Disclaimer: Don't own any characters...but think of the possibilities of owning Snape...so jealous of JKR

A/N I'm sorry it took so long to update, but it has been a hectic year. this chapter hasn't been beta'ed yet so any mistakes are mine.

Chapter 6: Discussions

He passed her by, robes billowing behind him, and abruptly stopped when he was in the middle of his living room causing Hermione to bump into him.

"Sorry sir" Hermione apologized with her head down, rightfully suspecting her face was flushed.

"Yes well, you can make it up, by writing 5 feet of parchment on the use of ashwinder eggs, doxy eggs, lovage and bezoar. Include what potions they can be used in, and if you can find a link between them, which shouldn't be too hard."

"Now, FOCUSS! That door leads to the kitchen, the door next to it leads to my lab, office and classroom."

"Turn"

"You already know that door leads to my bedroom, which is strictly forbidden territory to you, the one next to it is my bathroom, you can enter it directly from both our rooms too. Which brings me to the door next to the bathroom, that will be your room for the next 2 weeks."

The only thing Hermione saw was a swish of his robes disappearing behind his lab door. She was all alone in his rooms and finally had the time to take a look at the interior. There were book everywhere. No paintings, hell, not even walls, every inch of wall was covered with books, from floor to ceiling, nothing but books. There was a small ladder attached to the top. The ceiling was plain white but highly decorated. There were 2 leather chairs that were perfect to read in, there was an L-shaped couch, a large wooden table with 8 wooden chairs completed with leather.

Awed by his living room, she made her way to her bedroom finding a four poster bed with what she suspected was a waterbed mattress. A large oak desk, a little couch, a wardrobe and large bookshelves were the only things present. All of her stuff had been brought over to this room and stored. She had nothing better to do, so she went to inspect the kitchen. The kitchen was nice, but looked like it had never been use before. She opened the fridge and wasn't really surprised to find it empty with the instructions lying on the top shelf. It really hadn't been used before; she checked the stove and the freezer and opened all the cabinets. There were boxes stored in the cabinets. She opened every one of the dust covered boxes, and was surprised to find pots and pans, cutlery, plates. In short everything you need to cook and eat. There wasn't a thing that looked like it had been used, not even once. She decided it was time for a major change. Opening all the boxes and finding nice spots for everything in the cabinets she called for a house elf.

"Hi, what's your name"

"I is called Nana, miss"

"Would you like to do something for me? I need food, not prepared stuff, but things like eggs, ketchup, butter, salad, tomatoes, and potatoes, everything that is needed to make a decent meal. Will you do that for me Nana?"

"I has heard of your S.P.E.W. campaign, so misses is having to promises Nana she is not giving Nana clothes if she does something for Misses."

"All right, whatever" Hermione sighed, she really had done more bad than good.

The house elf was back in no time, with all the basic ingredients that belonged in a proper kitchen. Hermione instantly began making spaghetti the way her mom had shown her when she was little. When everything was ready, she set the table and looked at her watch. 11.45 o'clock, Perfect timing for lunch. Something was missing, she just knew she had forgotten about something, but couldn't put her finger on what it was exactly….

"Professor, I need you to take this potion!"

"Watch your tone Granger, don't forget who you're talking to."

"Rest assured I didn't forget sir. There's only one as stubborn as you. Drink it!"

"I will most certainly not!"

"Oh yes you will!" she sighed "If you want to feel better you should take this potion this instant. It's this potion that has kept you stable for the last 24 hours. You only have to take it once a day and it will give you enough energy and vitamins for the next 24 hours. As it's been already 24 hours and 20 minutes since you last took this potion I'm surprised you're still standing."

"I feel perfectly fi…"

The rest of the sentence was lost as he abruptly fainted, the stern look on his face still there. As everything happened fast, Hermione hadn't been able to cast a cushioning spell. After a couple of minutes of sheer panic and minutes of checking he was really unconscious she levitated him on his bed and cast a few easy spells to reduce the bumps and the pain. She gave him the revitalizing potion and as she wasn't allowed to be in his bedroom, she left it as quickly as possible and seated herself on a chair at the door. She was just reading the last 4 pages of 'the advanced potions book' when sleep caught up on her.

Snape woke up after approximate 2 hours of sleep. What was he doing in bed? ... Granger. He made his way out of his bedroom and saw her sitting in one of his chairs, potions book on her lap and fast asleep. It looked as if she was guarding him. He would let her sleep….for now.

When Hermione woke up half an hour later, she saw Snape looking down at her. Arms crossed, right foot tapping on the floor and a look that would probably even scare the headmaster.

She bit on her lip hard to refrain from saying 'told you so' and instead asked "what?"

"What, not even able to speak in more than 2 syllables? Haven't your parents thought you always to speak with two words" he sneered

"So what's the problem, sir" she spat back

"Give me that revitalizing potion and don't give me that look!"

"What look, sir?"

"The look to say 'I told you so' you are mere a child, and as a potions master I'm perfectly capable of selecting and deciding whether or not there's a need to take a potion."

"I'm not going to give you that potion, and you showed just how much you need someone to tell you when to take a potion. You fainted, remember?"

"Now, let's get something to eat, I'll just warm the spaghetti up again." She walked him by, not looking at him until she was several feet away from him before saying

"Are you coming or what!" …

The professor followed her obediently, at least for the first two steps

"What do you mean, you're not giving me that potion? I want that potion and I won't have you disobeying me!"

"well, I gave it to you after you fainted, and until you're better the headmaster told me I'm in charge, so I CAN disobey you whenever I want." And you can't she thought to herself. "now let's get some food", I'm starving"

"You must learn your place Miss Granger, you're talking to a professor, and mark my words before you open that mouth of yours again, Severus Snape does not take commands!"

She ignored him and put the spaghetti sauce back on the fire

"you gave that potion to me, knowing that I was unwilling and while I was unconscious. You will pay for this Granger, and I'll talk to the headmaster about your attitude, missy!"

"You know perfectly fine that you needed that potion, now stop wining and take a seat; the spaghetti will be ready in a moment."

Snape was put back from her attitude. It was not worthy of a student her standard. Although he would never say so out loud, he knew she had a brilliant mind and a promising future. But he didn't understand why she hadn't backed down, he had used his best potion class voice, and still she didn't back down, in class that same voice always riled her up causing her to loose even more points, but he was in no position to take points from her now, and she knew it. He set himself to task to find a way to silence the girl, she had to know who was the superior, and he was dying to get some of his power back, she was stubborn, and it won't be easy, but he was going to get her to shut up. He just needed a plan.

Hermione didn't notice his brooding face when she came out of the kitchen with the spaghetti, nor when she put the spaghetti on his plate. Only when he didn't start eating she noticed the distant look on his face.

"Eat"

Although the look on his face didn't change, he did start eating. But his movements resembled those of a machine; she doubted he even tasted the spaghetti. This concerned her, after all, he was still her responsibility.

"Are you quite alright? You look a bit distant. What is it, don't you feel well, don't you like spaghetti, would you like something else to eat, I can always fix u up something else, just name it."

Her friendly and worried tone ripped him form his reverie.

"Stop nagging girl, you'd better change your focus on your eyes instead of on those impertinent questions. Are you blind girl, I'm eating, aren't I!"

After lunch Hermione cleared the table while Snape went to his office to continue the grading of papers.

After doing the dishes Hermione started eagerly on the 5 feet essay Snape had set her. She didn't dare going to the library as she preferred staying close to the professor whilst something happened, so she hoped he wouldn't be to angry if she used his books. So she started doing what she had wanted to do from the minute she had entered his chambers, roaming the bookshelves.

After half an hour of searching she had 2 piles of books laying ready on the table. One pile for her paper and one for reading after finishing the paper. She took a few scrolls of parchment and her quill and placed it on the table. Everything was ready for her to begin.

First she would have to inform the professor it was time to take another nap.

"Oh hell, this is going to give one hell of an argument" she whispered before opening the door to his private lab.

"Professor?"

Her only answer was his head acknowledging her.

"Professor…sir, It's time to get some sleep. I know it sounds silly, but Poppy…"

"I have no need for sleep just yet Miss Granger, I'm not some 5 year old you can command to take a nap!"

"Poppy's orders sir, don't shoot the messenger"

"And I've told you before that I won't take orders, from NOBODY!"

"Sir, I advice you to sleep for a few hours and not try to make me angry. If you are not willing to listen, I will bloody well make you listen!"

As she knew in a duel she wouldn't stand a chance, she silently acioed his wand.

Snape was chocked when he felt his wand shoot out of his sleeve. Still being a bit ill, his reflex weren't what they used to be, and he was too late to grab his wand back. He figured he wouldn't have enough energy to do wandless magic, and so Hermione's move made him defenceless.

"Now, will you go to bed?"

"Miss Granger, you better …"

"I won't take no for an answer sir, one last chance, are you going to bed freely, or do I have to put a binding spell on you!"

An image of her, chained to his bed popped in his mind. Snape was puzzled, where did that thought come from.

Hermione took his inattentiveness as an opportunity. She put a leglocking spell on him and levitated him to his bed. He had to learn what was good for hm, and in the meantime she could have some fun.

"now, if Severus is a good boy, he will get his wand back in a few hours." She said in a mocking tone, casting a nox, she said "sweet dreams" before closing his door.

In bed, he had taken some time to find a few ways to shut her up. And now he wanted to check those theories. She had to know he wouldn't be bossed around like this, hell, he was twice her age, she should be the one in control. He would form a plan.

" let's see, she's a Gryffindor, thus very loyal and sentimental. Maybe if I work on her guilt, she'll see how wrong she is in handling me this way. He didn't know what else to do except for asking her loads of difficult questions. He was sure she would be buried in books for a few days trying to find an answer to his questions and wouldn't worry about me anymore.

She had just written down everything she could find about lovage and bezoar when a shadow fell on her scroll, she looked up to see him standing before her.

"Miss Granger?" he asked in the softest of tones "you hurt me quite bad with locking me up like that which was by the way totally unnecessary as I was perfectly capable of going to and staying in bed myself. And I had just decided to give in when you leglocked me."

"Don't even try to go there Snape, I know I did the right thing. You weren't planning on going to bed, and the only thing that could have been hurt is your pride as I used a very soft leglocking charm. And by the way, that pityfull look doesn't become you"

She knew she would need to keep the upper hand, it wouldn't do to let him think he was her superior.

His plan had failed and he knew it was going to be much harder to get the upper hand again. Then I'll just have to go with plan B he thought. So he started shooting every difficult question that popped in his mind.

After answering every single question right Hermione asked him to go to bed as he still had to sleep for an hour minimum.

Severus, knowing when he was defeated went back to his bedroom disgruntled. Other plans had to be made.

She has made it clear that she had courage enough. No other students, hell, not even most of his colleagues dared putting up against him like that. He fell asleep before figuring out a new plan.

Meanwhile Hermione had found what she needed on ashwinder eggs, but before she would continue she wanted to make sure there was food waiting for him when he got up again. A fresh fruit salad, bread, meat and cheese were set on the table.

Waiting for him to wake up she started putting everything she had found together. She had written 3 feet when he walked out of the master bedroom.

"What do you drink with dinner sir"

"Water" He walked to the table. On one side he spotted his books and scrolls of parchment. It took him a while to remember the 5 feet essay he had asked her to write. Already 3 feet done, the girl's a freak he thought before taking his seat.

"Don't you have homework or something to do, I didn't expect you to finish the essay today"

"I don't really mind, my homework is done, my lessons are prepared and I already studied most of the stuff we need to know for out NEWTS"

Dinner went without trouble, not a word was said. She did the dished and he read a book in one of the chairs. After the washing up she went back to her assigned essay.

"I'm finished with the paper sir, where do you want me to put it?"

"just leave it there and please put those books back on their rightful spot"

After putting the books away, she took one of the book she had picked out to read and took place in the chair next to him.

In the corner of his eye he saw her sitting with one od his favourite books in her lap. He also noticed that she handled the book with care and that she read almost as fast as him. Really, he thought, I'm the professor here; I should be able to read faster than her. So he started reading faster.

When she heard that he started turning his pages faster, she took it as a way to prove to him he wasn't better than her. She would die if he thought her a slow reader. So she turned the speed up.

"Finished" he said proudly, he was indeed superior to her. His smug expression changed however when he looked at her and saw her turning her last page.

"Done too"

This couldn't be happening; she couldn't possibly have read that book this quickly.

"Then what can you tell me about the magical properties of octopus ink."

He wanted to make sure she hadn't just skipped the pages. He knew the properties of octopus ink only took a small paragraph in the middle of the book.

"Octopus ink is believed not to be magical, but when mixed with chalk and chocolate you get a color changing and disappearing ink. Off course the octopus ink must be collected and bottled during full moon"

before he could say anything to her, she had checked her watch"

"Oh my god, it's already 11 o clock, you should be in bed! Shoo!"

"Did you just 'shoo' me Miss Granger!"

"Don't even think about starting a fight to get out of this, in bed! Now!"

Snape knew he had to protest to keep is honor, but the truth was, he actually was kind of tired, so went to bed without another word.