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Chapter 3

The next morning Hermione woke up feeling groggy and tiered. She put on her slippers and walked into the bathroom with out lifting her head...she berley had her eyes open as she undressed and turned on the shower...she waited a moment until the water had come to the perfect temperature and entered the steaming chamber. She stood underneath the falling water for a long time, thinking about what happened the night before. She remembered not being able to sleep and walking around aimlessly.. She had met someone but she couldn't remember who it was. She took a glob of shampoo into her hand and began massaging it into her hair. She worked it into her hair when she came to the realization of who it was..

"OH SHIT" she swore, for now she remembered that it was Snape.

She didn't hate the potions professor as much as Harry or Ron did but he wasn't one of her favourite people. If he had been a little nicer she could have easily liked him.

" I just don't see why he is so bitter," she said to her self as she stepped out of the shower.

She looked at her self and sighed. She was very pretty but not what the boys would consider "hot". Her figure wasn't that big but nor was she skinny, her hair had calmed down since first year but still, in comparison to most it was puffy. She never approved of much makeup just the basics and she never dressed fashionable, usually she just wore jeans, tank top and hoody when she wasn't in her uniform.

She left the bathroom and entered the bedroom, the other girls were already up, so the room was completely empty. She changed into some muggle clothes and left the room.

When she entered the common room there were a few people about but non of them gave much notice to her, most of them felt she was a know it all, and besides from Harry, Ron, Nevil and Ginny she didn't really have any friends. Most people never said anything to her but upon occasion people would make sly remarks about her when they thought she couldn't hear or even sometimes when they didn't care.

Harry and Ron were still eating their breakfast when she entered the hall. She sat down beside them and began to pill on pancakes even though she wasn't that hungry.

"Vat append too wu?" Ron asked with a mouth full of bacon.

"What are you talking about Ron?" she said in confusion

Ron took a gulp of pumpkin juice and replied:

"What happened to you? You look terrible did you not sleep last night?"

"No I didn't sleep well last night...so I went for a walk"

"And when did you get in?" asked harry as he raised a piece of toast to his mouth

"Oh about 3am" she said sarcastically.

"WHAT?" screamed Ron, "even you don't have an excuse to be out that late."

"Well it seems that it's a fine excuse for some people" she said mostly to her self.

"What's that supposed to mean asked Ron.

"Oh nothing just that I ran into Snape and he felt that it was perfectly fine for me to be out that late."

"SNAPE LET YOU OFF!" exclaimed Harry, " I don't believe it"

"Well it's true now if you don't mind I'm hungry" she lied.

since it was Sunday and there were no classes many students were out in the grounds but Hermione was in the library. She had left Harry and Ron after breakfast for they wanted to talk Quidditch and she didn't. She had been looking in the restricted section, being Head Girl gave her that freedom. She had found an interesting book about potions that change the way one looks. Of course it contained things like the Polyjoice potion, one too make one older another to be skinnier or fatter and one to make one younger. She was curious about the youthful one. It was very complex and needed ingredient that would not normally be found in the common cobbered in potions classroom. She was sat down unconsciously on the ground between two rows of books. She didn't know how long she sat there but she read in a trance, until someone cleared their voice.

"Miss Granger, I find you last night sitting on the floor and again today are you making a habit out of this unseemly behaviour?" said the voice.

She looked up and looking down on her was Professor Snape.

" I am sorry professor," she said as she rose from the ground, he did not extend his hand this time. "However I am grateful you found me"

Severus was taken aback, it had been a while since anyone was happy to see him. "And why would that be Miss Granger?"

"Well you see sir; I have been reading this book and I came across an most interesting potion and I was wondering if you could explain"

Severus fought to contain a smile, but he managed it.

"Miss Granger, if you have a question about it, it must be highly above general academia levels that I am allowed to teach here."

"But sir I was thinking about doing it for my N.E.W.T.S. I thought that it would be impressive and I could continue my education abroad or some place" she said hopefully

"And what would you like to know exactly?" he asked

"Well sir I would like to know exactly why one must add root of yarrow why not the leaves for does not every part of the plat help and the leaves are so much easier to use?" she asked.

"Yes that is true" he said, "but the roots hold the most power and one does not want this potion full of yarrow leaves."

"I see...and why must it be begun at the waning moon why not the wax..won't it be better then on a waxing?"

" True I see your logic but one would want the gravitational pull of the waning moon to extract the powers of the herbs" he said. He took a step towards her. "Miss Granger would you care to follow me?"

"Why sir?" she asked

"Because, I have a book that you may find interesting." she stated as he turned.

She hesitated for a moment. "Why was he being nice to her lately, why was taking her to his chambers?" she asked her self. She hesitated, but drew a deep breath and followed. He took her down the steps to the dungeons and led her down the familiar hall that led to the potions class room, but he went passed it, turned left at the end of the hall. When she got there she found him waiting for her about a quarter of the way down the hall. He turned and whispered something into a statue. It jumped aside to reveal a door. She gasp, she had never even thought about where Snape may have lived before. He opened the door and lead her inside. She gasped again, for what she saw took her breath away.

She stood in a large living room who's walls were covered from ceiling to floor with books, even above the fire place there was books. On the mantel was a mix of books and photos, she didn't stop to see who's photo they contained for Snape spoke:

" I see you approve of my library."he said while he watched her drink in the room.

"Oh yes I love it," she said as she gleamed. It was like being in a library but more comfortable, it had over stuffed couches and a fire burning. In the corner there was a guitar. She Gasped, she never thought Snape could be musical. " Is that yours Sir?" she asked as she pointing to it.

"Yes Miss Granger, I play is there anything else you'd like to know?" he said half joking and half warning her to butt out of her personal life.

She just looked at him. He took that as her answer that she would not ask any more questions.

"Miss Granger do not get the impression that I do this for every student who asks me a question. I know that you are mature and that you will benefit above all by me showing you these things. So do not going around spreading it to all your little friends that they can just barge in here when ever they want and take my books or pester me."

" Yes sir, I understand."

"Alright, " he said as he walked over to the far wall and immediately took a book, as though he knew exactly were every book in his keep was. He turned and walked to her. " this Miss Granger will give you all the understanding you'll need...it explains the potion you were so interested in, in more detail then the other book. " he passed it too her. " Now you said that it will be for your N.E.W.T.S.?"

"Yes sir."Hermione replied

" Read the book many times and once you have known all that is with in it I shall want it back.." he said walking past her and to the door. He opened it and made a gesture for her to leave.

Hermione made for the door. She looked up to smile to the professor but he gave her a look that put that thought out of her mind She turned to say thank you but he slammed the door before she could turn the full way around.