A/N: OK here is the next chapter. I thought I would tell you all that I took some lines from The Notebook (great movie). See if you can find what they are. Although if you have seen the movie they should be pretty obvious. ;) Enjoy.
Hermione finished her potion before everyone else and poured it into a bottle. She got up to take the potion to Snape and set it on his desk. She looked into his eyes and he looked up into hers. Can I help you Miss Granger?
No I suppose not, well I was just wondering what were you going to say before everyone walked in? Snape was silent for a minute.
I was going to say that I hope you can give me a chance to prove that I'm not just an insufferable bastard.
You don't need another chance. I never thought of you as an insufferable bastard. I have always admired you. Hermione felt the blood rush to her face as she started blushing. Umm I should get back to my seat. The class is almost over.
Yes you should.
So umm I guess I'll see you tonight then.
Yes. Until then Miss Granger. Hermione walked back to her seat and was trying to hide her reddening cheeks. After class she went to the library for her free period. She wasn't sure why she had felt embarrassed telling Snape that she admired him. She had already told him once. She did admire him, but there was more to it than that. She thought about when she was watching him grade papers when it hit her. She finally realized what it was that she was feeling. She had developed a crush on Professor Snape. She didn't want to face her feelings so she ignored her thoughts. That was why she went to the library, to escape her thoughts. She went to her usual table in the back corner of the library. She took out her copy of Hogwarts: A History and started reading. She decided to reread this book since she hadn't read it in a while. She had read about twenty pages when she decided to go back to her rooms. She walked over to a chair by the fire in her room. She took out her book and started reading again.
Before she knew it, it was time to go to Transfiguration. She definitely could not be late. The teacher, Professor McGonagall, was the Head of Gryffindor. She dropped her book on her bed, grabbed her bag and rushed out of her room. "Just in time Miss Granger," said McGonagall.
"Sorry Professor, I lost track of time."
"Yes well if you would please take your seat we can begin."
"Yes Professor," said Hermione sitting in her usual seat. She took out her wand and listened to McGonagall talk to the class. An hour later, she and the rest of the class were leaving the room.
"Geez, I thought McGonagall would go easy on us Gryffindors this year. Instead she gives us an essay. Snape didn't even give us an essay but McGonagall does. Did they like switch bodies or something?" said Ron complaining.
"I don't think so Ron. And that essay shouldn't be too hard if you did your summer reading." Hermione said giving Ron a stern look. "Fine I'll help you but you're not copying mine."
"Thanks Hermione I knew I could count on you." Ron said smiling. The three of them walked to the Great Hall and sat in their usual seats. Ron as always started stuffing his face as soon the food appeared.
Snape was picking through the food on his plate when Dumbledore started talking to him. "Sorry Albus I didn't catch that."
Dumbledore chuckled and said "I said you seem a little distracted lately Severus. Is something bothering you my dear boy?"
"Hmm? Oh no I'm fine I think I'm just coming down with a cold or something. Nothing to worry about Albus."
"Oh very well then. Maybe you should see Madame Pomfrey for something to get rid of whatever you're getting. Can't have you getting sick. You're a young man, and a healthy one. It would be a shame for you to be bothered by something as trifle as a cold. Unless there is something you're not telling me." Dumbledore eyes twinkled as he said this.
"I'm fine Albus. Really."
"All right then. Enjoy the rest of your day," Dumbledore said returning to his Pumpkin Juice. He muttered something to McGonagall which Snape didn't catch. He was to busy reading into Dumbledore's statement. Does he know something? Snape was as always baffled by the old man. Yet Dumbledore never ceased to amaze him. He had the heart and soul of someone a third his age. Snape actually looked up to him. Dumbledore was a genius, so he could do whatever he wanted and people would still respect him. Snape turned back to his plate and decided that he wasn't hungry. He decided to leave lunch early and headed back to his rooms.
Later that night Hermione was lying on her bed when Ron knocked on her door. "Hey Hermione, you in there?" Hermione got up and walked to the door and opened it.
"Yes, I'm here."
"Good I was wondering if you wanted to help me on McGonagall's homework now."
"Sorry Ron, I wish I could but I've got to go see Professor Snape in about fifteen minutes."
"Why, what did you do wrong?" Ron asked confused.
"I didn't do anything wrong, Ron. I'm…I'm doing an extra credit project for him."
"You don't need any extra credit. You have the highest grade in the class." Ron was still confused.
"I know I don't need extra credit. I just want extra credit. Now I'm sorry but I'll have to help you some other time." Hermione grabbed her bag and walked past Rona and headed down to the dungeons. She shivered as she entered the long corridor that headed to the Potion's classroom. She knocked on the door and when she heard the familiar bone chilling voice that was Snape, she remembered their incident during class. She tried to act calm as she walked into the classroom.
"Good evening Miss Granger," Snape said not even looking up from his work. Hermione walked up the isle of tables and stopped in front of his desk. Snape stood up and showed Hermione the area where she would be working. Hermione immediately sat down and got to work. Snape had to force back a smile at her enthusiasm. Snape returned to his desk and continued his work. Hermione worked quickly but efficiently. Every once and a while she would look up hoping to catch Snape's eye, but he was always buried in his work. Finally Hermione had finished her work so she walked up to Snape's desk and said, "Professor, I umm I'm done."
"Hmm? What? Oh I see. Very well then. You are free to go." Hermione noticed that he had not looked her in the eyes since she had arrived. "Unless there is something else…"
"Oh no. There's nothing." Hermione grabbed her things and left. When she got back to her room she fell into the chair by her fire. Her cat, Crookshanks, jumped onto her lap and curled up in a ball.
"Well that was a very awkward couple of hours," Hermione said petting Crookshanks. "He didn't say anything to me the whole night except for 'Good evening Miss Granger, and you are free to go," Hermione said trying to impersonate a man. "He just went back to acting as if nothing happened between us. The nerve of that man. Well next time I guess I'll have to be the one to say something. God he knows exactly what to do to drive me crazy. But why am I so mad. It's not like we have a relationship. But those conversations…didn't they mean anything to him?" Hermione spent the next half hour trying to convince herself that there was nothing going on between her and her Potion's professor. That everything she was thinking was just her teenage hormones out of control.
Over the next couple days Hermione was sure that Snape was avoiding her. He hadn't popped into hear head since that morning in class. She wondered if what she had said had scared him into ignoring her again. But what she had said hadn't been that bad. She had only said she admired him. Students should admire their professors, shouldn't they? She hadn't made eye contact with him in days either. She was now definitely sure he was avoiding her.
What she didn't know was while he was avoiding her he certainly wasn't ignoring her. During class he would watch her. During meals he would watch her. He would even watch her if he saw her in the hallway. He just always made sure that he never let her see him. He was sitting in his room thinking about whether he should ask her to make a potion for him again when there was a knock on his door. Who could that be at 10pm on a Thursday? Snape got up and walked over to the door. When he opened it he was almost knocked over by Hermione bursting through the door. "Hermi…Miss Granger what are you doing here. If I recall correctly we did not have a meeting scheduled." He could tell she was not in the mood for his sarcasm.
"What is you're problem? What you just like to toy with girls feelings?"
"What are you talking about?"
"You know very well what I am talking about. You just one day at random invade my privacy and make me have these feelings and then just disappear?"
"Miss Granger I assure you I meant nothing by it." Snape couldn't force himself to look Hermione in the eye. Hermione walked over to him and grabbed his face with both her hands forcing him to look at her.
"I know you felt something too. I saw it in your eyes. You can't lie to me. I can see it in your eyes now. You feel something for me." Snape broke away from Hermione's grip.
"So what? What if I do feel something for you? It doesn't change anything. I'm still your teacher. It's still illegal. What do you want me to do Hermione?"
"Damn it Severus. Forget what everyone else would think. Forget what is right or what is legal. Forget what I want. What do you want? Stop punishing yourself for every little thing. What do you want?" Snape didn't say anything or look at Hermione. After a few minutes Hermione started to leave.
"I guess you were wrong. You'll never change." Hermione left and Severus went to his rooms. When Hermione got to her room she shut the door, leaned against it and fell to the ground crying.
The next morning Snape didn't see Hermione at breakfast, lunch or in class. He had begun to worry about her. He hoped that she would make an appearance at dinner but was disappointed when she didn't show. He knew this was his fault. He did have feelings for her. He needed to talk to someone, so he went to the one person he could trust.
"Ah Severus my dear boy. How are you this evening?"
"I have a problem Albus."
"Tell me. What is bothering you? Could it be Miss Granger Severus?" Snape looked up at him in shock. "Yes I know all about your dilemma. You see this is my school, so it is natural that I should know most of what goes on here. There are however, some things that remain a mystery to me. Just the other night I came across a bizarre painting and just yesterday when I returned to look at it in the daylight it was gone. But returning to your situation, you know what you must do."
"But Albus, how can I? She is my student. And how could you allow such a relationship in your school?"
"Severus I was pretty sure that Miss Granger told you to do what you want. Now, what do you want?"
Hermione was lying in her bed still in her clothes from the previous day. She had not gotten out of bed more than twice, simply for restroom purposes. All of a sudden she heard a knock at her door. She figured it was Ron wanting help with more homework so she told him to go away. When the knocking continued she got frustrated and got up to yell at Ron. When she opened the door slightly, there was Snape standing in front of her.
"What…what are you doing here?" Hermione managed to say before he pushed the door the rest of the way open, grabbed her and gave her a very passionate kiss.
A/N: Well did you catch the notebook lines? I knew you could do it. If you haven't seen the movie you should. Its my all time fave movie. Ok now off and review all of you. Please?