Title: Half the World Away
Author name: Calbee
Author email: Category: Romance
Sub Category: Humor
Keywords: Snape Hermione psychological
Rating: PG
Spoilers: SS/PS, CoS, PoA, GoF
Summary: Severus Snape and Hermione Granger. A Slytherin and a Gryffindor. Who would have thought that this could happen when the results of a psychological love test are assumed to have gone horribly wrong...
DISCLAIMER: This story is based on characters and situations created and owned by JK Rowling, various publishers including but not limited to Bloomsbury Books, Scholastic Books and Raincoast Books, and Warner Bros., Inc. No money is being made and no copyright or trademark infringement is intended. This fic is inspired by an idea provided by josette the black pearl.
Author notes:

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Chapter 2 Snape reads the test

"Miss Granger, Miss Brown, Miss Patil, what are you doing here?"

"Speak of the devil," Hermione, who was the first to recover, murmured slamming the magazine shut and hiding it behind her. "Nothing, Professor... we are going now."

"What are you hiding behind you?" Snape asked, eyeing Hermione dangerously. Reluctantly, Hermione showed him the magazine. "Ten points from Gryffindor for taking readings onto the grounds. Ten more points for being Head Girl while breaking the rules." Snape took the magazine from Hermione. "This is confiscated." Then he walked away, his robe bellowing behind him.

Hermione turned to Lavender and Pavarti, "I am sorry about the magazine. I'll get a new one for you." She noticed that they were still rather pale. "Are you two okay?"

"Erm... Hermione, do you think Snape would read it by any chance?" Lavender asked, carefully.

"Him! No way. Why are you asking this?"

"There is this last bit of the test that would explain how your answers for the questions indicated your perfect match... " Pavarti swallowed, "and Snape was your perfect match..."

"Lavender, Pavarti, it is just a test, not reality. Okay? We better get back inside before we lose more points."

He was expecting her to be doing some university level reading, but this? This is the last thing in the world he would expect to see her with, especially with those incidents two years ago... No one would believe, and even Snape was a bit surprised that, he was not pleased to find Hermione with a copy of Witches' Weekly. He always saw her as one of the most mature among her peers, and he actually had high hopes for her, even though she was a Gryffindor. His stream of thoughts was interrupted by the muffled voice from the magazine he had rolled up. Out of curiosity, he opened the magazine. Once it was opened, the presenter screamed, "Miss Granger, even if your love match turned out to be Professor Snape, still you don't need to... Speak of the devil." The presenter shut up immediately, mentally hitting herself.

Snape arched an eyebrow at her. "Love match?" This was getting more interesting than he thought.

"Nothing." The presenter wouldn't say another word except for nothing.

"Fine, then you wait 'til the end of world to tell Miss Granger." Snape was prepared to close the magazine again, but his action was stopped by the screaming from the presenter, "Professor! You know that I have to finish explaining the test before I can go back to rest! It will bore me to hell if you don't give me back to Miss Granger!"

Snape smirked at her, "You have two choices, shut up or say whatever you need to finish the test."

The presenter was in a very difficult situation. If she didn't give out the explanation of the test, she would be conscious. If she did, Snape would know what the hell was happening, and it was not professional for her to tell him.

"Okay, here we go."

"First question, Miss Granger preferred to be home alone rather than going out, which showed that she was rather introverted.

"Second question, she didn't care much about her looks, which shows that she is not really confident in herself, even though she might already be fairly successful in reality. She sees people for who they are, not their appearance.

"She chose to keep the skin on her knees in good condition which means that she is both sensible and courageous, but she prefers to stick with her own experience and knowledge, rather than asking help from someone else. She cares far too much about people's opinions of her.

"The next six questions show that the kind of man she needs is someone who is sensitive, understanding and experienced, but not necessarily a romantic, as she couldn't stand mushy situations herself either. She needs a partner, not a boyfriend."

"Before you go back to rest, tell me, why am I her perfect match?"

"Seriously, Professor, I have no idea. I'm only responsible for administering the test, not criticizing the result." With that the picture was as lifeless as before.

To Be Continued