Disclaimer: The same as everybody else's it's not mine, never will be, however much I wish.
AN: Really sorry it has taken this long to update, but my computer has been playing up, think it's sorted now but not sure. Hopefully I will be able to update more frequently if the machine starts to cooperate with me.
Chapter 3;
"Enter." came a bored voice from within.
Hermione pushed open the door without any hesitation, she was determined to show him that she wasn't scared or intimidated by him. Glancing quickly around the room, she proceeded up to his desk.
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Sitting at his desk, Snape looked up as Miss Granger walked in. He took note that she gave him that same look that she had given him earlier.
"Well, Miss Granger, you can either tell me what you're studying or you can clean the cauldrons, without magic." he drawled and was taken back when she made her way over to the sink, though of course he did not show it. He watched as she turned on the taps before he spoke again. " I shall take that as 'I'm not telling you,' shall I Miss Granger?" he drawled again. As her answer she slowly added the Magical Mess Remover to the water, covering the surface in a brilliant white foam.
Snape sat and watched, while pretending to mark homework, the annoying know-it-all was able to move with such grace, even if she was scrubbing at a cauldron. Her hair he noticed had mostly escaped the clasp at the nape of her neck and was drifting across her face causing her to pause and re-clip it all about every fifteen minutes. 'Pull yourself together Severus.' he thought. 'There is no reason for you to be thinking about her like this, nothing has changed she is still the same know-it-all Granger, best friend of the boy-who-fucking-lived and his side kick weasel.' he admonished himself. Once again he took to watching her, she had surprised him lately, and not just the fact that she had been wandering the corridors alone in the dead of night, or that she had disobeyed direct orders, no, she had become more confident in herself. She had always been strong minded and strong willed but now she was confident in how she looked. This was a very bad combination, all men knew, that, attractive women, who knew they were attractive, and also had a brain were some of the most dangerous creatures on the earth. 'Wait where did all of that come from?' he asked his subconscious self.
The women … girl, in front of him was just Miss Granger, Know-it-all and part of the 'Dream team' or 'Terrible trio' just two of the names he had given the group. The group that had made his life hell.
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Scrubbing at the cauldron Hermione knew Snape was watching her, she had acquired a new sense over the summer holidays, and she loved it. She could now tell if anybody was looking at her, anytime and anyplace. She could feel where their eyes went, as if they were lasers that traced a warm trail where ever the gaze went. It was great for many a reason some less innocent than others.
Hermione continued with the cauldrons without turning around, she built up a steady rhythm and could feel Snape's eyes following her every move, even if she could hear the scratching of his quill.
After finishing all the cauldrons she stretched languidly and turned to face her Professor. She slowly adjusted her uniform, and pulled her hair free of the clip.
"Anything else Professor Snape?" she asked sweetly running her hands through her hair again, all the while watching him watch her.
"Miss Granger, that is entirely up to you. You may go and get the book you are studying or you can come back and report to me tomorrow. The choice is entirely yours." he snarled as if pointing out that if she didn't bring the book then her detention tomorrow would be a lot worse than today's. Hermione studied the man in front of her, there was no way she was going to talk to him without extensive knowledge of the subject already. She decided that she would go back to the tower and study for as long as she could, then come back tomorrow.
"Well sir, if that's all, I will bade you goodnight," she smiled and turned, just before she shut the door she added " I do hope you get some marking done without me as a distraction."
AN: i know, i know, this is my second note in this piece, sorry, i just wanted to say that i hope my next chapter will answer some questions you may have. Sorry this one was a little short but the computer as i said before is playing up.