Chapter 6 – Now I'm with you, I'm close to tears

"Didn't I tell you to be honest?" Severus said, enjoying his advantage.

"I told you the truth." Hermione blushed again, this was really embarrassing.

"Oh I see. Hermione Granger, the know-it-all has a crush on a teacher. Whoa." Severus tried to keep his mask while he was beaming inside. He was nearly 100 she had been honest, otherwise she wouldn't have blushed that much.

"Have you ever been married, and are you married now?"

"Yes, I was married. No, we're divorced since many years ago." He mumbled, talking about his ex-wife with the girl he loved wasn't his favourite occupy. "Are you a virgin? If you aren't, when and with who was the first time?" He knew he had put her in a hard situation and he enjoyed it. She was so cute when she was in pressure, and when she blushed.

"You can't ask that Sir. Please." She begged, pretty embarrassed.

"Oh yes, I can." He was quite certain she was a virgin; otherwise she wouldn't have been so embarrassed by the question.

"Yes, I am a virgin. How old were you when you had sex the very first time?" She laughed; this was going to be fun.

"It's very inappropriate to ask a teacher that, Miss Granger. I was 16. Hmm.. I guess this is my last question for you… Wait, since I am the teacher in here, I should have some privileges, let's change the rules, I have five questions for you, you have still four to ask me. Alright?"

"If you may change the rules, so may I. Five questions for you to ask me, five questions for me to ask you, agreed?"
"Very well. What are you most afraid of?"

"I don't know really… That one of the people I like the most would die I guess."

"Which includes that?"

"My family, I do care a lot for Harry and Ron still, some of my cousins and….. you. Do you have any feelings towards me?"

"Miss Granger, that's not appropriate. I won't answer. As always in games like this, one may refuse to answer a question. I refuse to answer this one." He smiled satisfied.

"You coward! You are so bloody cowardly, which I hope you know." She screamed.

"Oh, Miss Granger is very tough in her mouth." He said ironic. "For how long have you been thinking of me?"

"I refuse to answer that. Hmm… My last question. What did you feel when you found me up in that tower the day before this?"

"I felt compassion. I was sorry for you, for how such a beautiful 16-year-old could be thinking of suicide." Severus answered frankly as he looked into her eyes.

"You think I'm beautiful?" She asked surprised.

"Your questions time is over. I have one question left to ask you though. What are you thinking about living down here, with me?"

"Oh well.. I kind of disliked it first, now I don't know… It's quite alright. It's kind of weird to have you around me all the time, nothing bad, but I mean, I'm 16, and it feels strange to ask somebody if I can go outside for example." Hermione frowned.

"I see. Happy with what you got to know about me?" Severus said ironic.

"Oh yeah." She blinked at him.

"As I'm sure you will agree to, everything we've said and will say will be staying in this room. If you even say a word about my private life outside this room, I can assure you that you will regret it."
"Yep, I get it and I agree. Um. I'd like to go to the Common room, are you free now?"
"Aw I am terribly sorry, but I don't have time now. Maybe after dinner..." He smiled satisfied. It was fun actually, he had such a power over her and she could do nothing without his permission.

"So what are you going to do which is so important?" She asked.

"Oh it's nothing really. Since this is the second day of the term I don't have any essays to mark."

"I see. Tell me what is so fucking important you don't want to do me a favour?" Hermione was getting mad at him now; he was such a stubborn sometimes.

"I'm so sorry for you. You ought to know how it is to have such a power over someone. It's even more fun when the 'someone' is in love with you." He said satisfied.
"You are the most obstinate person I know. Fuck you." She left the room and went in to her bedroom.

Just five minutes later she heard someone opening the door but she didn't care. She was lying on the bed, studying. The door was closed and someone approached.

"Thirty points from Gryffindor for bad behaviour three times. And a detention. I will inform you later what it will be." Severus said as chilly as ever. He looked at her for a few seconds and noticed how fit her body was, and her nice brown hair matched the bed very well.

Hermione just ignored him and didn't notice when he stood one inch from her. His masculine hands caressed her waist, along her thighs.

"Come here my dear." He kissed her hand and helped her out of the room where they sat down in the couch again.

"You fancy me, don't you?" Hermione smiled charming.

"What makes you think that?" Severus caressed her thighs and smiled cunningly.

"You are just playing around, aren't you?" Tears were welling up in her eyes.

"Hermione…" Severus began softly. "Why do you care this much for me?"

"Because I'm in love with you. I thought you'd already noticed that?" She said dryly.

"Dear Merlin, I thought you were joking." Severus lied.

"I wasn't."

"What's so attracting with me then?" Severus couldn't resist from asking that question.

"Everything. You're handsome, you're cool, you're nice, you're caring, you've humour, you've a particularly nice body and you're a great teacher."

"Hermione, I am like 25 years older than you. It's illegal."

"Why were you so interested in my sexual life?" She snorted and turned away from him.

"Because you're interesting." He whispered, caressing her hair. "Oh I forgot to tell you, Albus wants to see us after dinner." He added.

"Alright. You know what's the big wrong with you? You think too much of yourself." She muttered and stood up. She went to the desk and sat down and read what Severus had written last evening. To her amazement, her name was written on a small paper. She recognized Severus' handwriting.
"You wanna know what's wrong with you? Nothing. Except that you should watch your tongue sometimes… We have to go to dinner now. And about your detention, it will be no visit up to the Common room today." Severus said and stood up. "Come on, or we'll be late for dinner."

"You're so mean sometimes. So now I'm stuck here all day with you. It couldn't get worse…" She said ironic and laughed.

"Watch your tongue Miss Granger." Severus said sharply as they went along the corridor, up to the Great Hall.

"Oh, I'm so sorry, Professor." She smiled with emphasis on 'Professor'. Now the roles were back to normal; 'she was only a student he was only a very hot professor' she thought, smiling.