A/N: Sorry that I've been taking so long to update. There have been some technical difficulties. But I MIGHT be inspired to work on them during the time set aside for reading and relaxing if I got some compelling reviews… Anyway thanks for sticking with me, I love all you guys. And special thanks to all my reviewers.

I know that this chapter is short, but I swear my head is working out some plot to make it up to you all! Review! –Teacherspet

Hermione stared at her ceiling. The way that the moon left a light blue tint on all of her room reminded her… that she was very alone.

That wasn't how she had intended it to happen. Shortly after their heated kiss in the middle of the restaurant she had begun to imagine all the different ways the night could end. Her favorite HAD been in bed, but not alone.

It was infuriating. She didn't get what she wanted and she couldn't even take it out on Severus. She had practically jumped him outside of her room. There had practically been steam when they separated. Hermione had opened her mouth to invite him in… well actually she had been prepared to order him in, and lock all the doors, but as soon as she had opened her mouth it had been distracted with another searing kiss. Severus had given her a heated glance that spoke of nights to come, and had somehow managed to glide away without Hermione being able to respond.

Hermione consoled herself with the thought of all the ways she could tease Severus now. She had a skirt that was almost, but not quite, indecently short that she could wear tomorrow. She'd get what she wanted. After all she had never been afraid of a challenge, and she ALWAYS succeeded.

Harry was used to getting what he wanted. He was the bloody boy-who-lived, why the hell should he have to work for anything?

The fact that he hadn't actually been very found of Hermione anymore didn't matter in the slightest. He had seen that all they needed was a break when she went away. Things seemed so much more complicated without Hermione about to give the answers. And she had never said no. At least not when it counted…. Harry grinned at the thoughts of some of their kinkier encounters.

Those thoughts quickly turned sour when he thought of who she was attempting to show her more primal side to. It probably would have been less insulting if she had left him to explore lesbianism.

It was simply unacceptable that Severus Snape could be the snarky bastered that he was and still get the girl.

And the way that he had looked at him while leading Hermione out of the door! Well he had practically screamed for the whole castle to hear that Harry had lost.

Well he wasn't planning on loosing. He'd just have to plan his strategy for the next round better.

Severus had hurried back to his rooms after snogging in the middle of the hallway. If he had stayed there any longer he would have accepted the imminent invitation into her rooms.

And Merlin he wanted to.

But he knew that when things get serious secrets either don't stay secret or they ruin everything. And Severus had a lot of things that shouldn't be left untold until after a consummation of a relationship.

The knowledge that he was doing the right thing hadn't stopped the need to take a cold shower. And the cold shower did not stop him from thinking of the woman he had left behind.

"She won't let it go at this." Severus told his ceiling. "I'm going to have to watch my step for awhile."

Three floors up Hermione Granger smiled contentedly in her sleep.