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Chapter 7 – An Unexpected…..

Severus walked into his private quarters after teaching his seventh year Gryffindor/Slytherin class. Like always, Neville's cauldron exploded again. He looked over at the couch and saw Hermione sitting there crying. For some unknown reason, he felt his stomach drop at the sight of her crying. Without thinking, he walked over to her, put his arm around her, and pulled her closer to him.

Hermione didn't care whose arm was around her as she continued to sob on the person's chest.

"Hermione," whispered Severus. He really wasn't good at comforting people, but he tried his best.

Hermione instantly stopped crying because she immediately recognized the voice. She looked up and saw Severus looking worried, which was weird.

"I-I'm s-sor-ry P-rofessor," said Hermione trying to get away, which only resulted in Severus pulling her closer to him. Soon, Hermione just gave up trying to get away. She didn't know why Severus was acting like this, but she liked how she felt safe in his arms.

She looked up at Severus with her tear stained face and they both stared at each other intently. The next thing that happened was their lips connecting. Hermione opened her mouth to allow Severus entrance. Severus pulled Hermione closer to him while his tongue roamed every part of her mouth.

Suddenly, Hermione snapped back to reality and realized that she was kissing her professor. She pulled away.

"I'm sorry," she said before she ran out of his quarters leaving a shocked, angry, and confused Severus.

Hermione ran all the way to the head common room. A couple of first years saw the Head Girl running and wondered what was wrong with her. Hermione reached the portrait to the Head common room, told the portrait the password, and ran straight to her room. Once she was there, she laid down on her bed and started to cry.

She started to think about what had just happened to between her and Severus. She couldn't believe that they actually kissed. She would've never imaging kissing someone like Severus. What surprised her was that she actually returned the kiss. Hermione continued to cry until she slowly fell asleep.

Moments earlier in the common room, Draco was sitting on the couch going over Quidditch strategies. He saw Hermione come through the portrait and run straight to her room, not noticing him. He sat their for a while then decided to see what was wrong with her.

He got up from the couch and walked towards her room. He turned the doorknob and walked into Hermione's room. Draco walked towards her bed and saw her lying peacefully on the bed. He examined her closely and noticed that her face was tear-stained. He then left the room and decided to ask her about it tomorrow.

The next day, Draco asked Hermione about the night before, but Hermione avoided the question and changed the subject. Draco seeing that she didn't want to talk about it didn't bother to nag her about it.

Days have passed since the incident between Hermione and Severus. Both of them tried to ignore the other and pretend the incident never happened. During these days, Hermione became more withdrawn and that worried Draco and Severus. Her grades started to slip and she sits in the back of the class thinking about the kiss that has been invading her mind since the incident.

Hermione was sitting in Potions class brewing a Dreamless Sleep potion. The potion was simple and most of the class finished without trouble. As usual, Hermione was the first one the finish and when she was done she sat there thinking about the kiss again.

'Why am I always thinking about the kiss?' She asked herself

'It's because you liked it that's why 'her mind replied.

'I didn't like it. He's my professor and my parents' best friend I can't go around kissing him '

'Well you did a few days ago and plus, who cares if he's your professor, there's no law saying you can't kiss your professor.'

'But it's just wrong. He's Snape!'

The bell rang and Hermione ran straight to the door until……

A/N – Cliffhanger! What do you think will happen? You'll just have to wait until the next update. In the meantime, don't forget to review.