Chapter 6

Hermione woke up the next morning, and remember what had happened the previous night. She wondered if it had been a dream.

She got dressed and walked down to breakfast. She sat down and when Ginny smiled at her, she realized it hadn't been a dream.

"Sleep well, Hermione?" asked Ginny.

"Fine. And you?"

"Great. About what happened last night-" Ginny was cut off by Hermione as Harry and Ron turned around. Before this statement Harry had been talking to Ron about his girlfriend, Loretta. Apparently they had broken up right before breakfast. Normally, Hermione would have been right at his side consoling him, but she was a bit distracted.

"What happened last night?" said Ron.

"Nothing, Ginny and I were just discussing something last night."

"Don't worry about it. Harry, I'm sorry what happened with Loretta."

Harry shrugged and ate his French toast. A few minutes later, he put his fork down, got up, and walked away. Ron went after him.

"Listen Gin, I don't want Ron and Harry knowing about this. I know they are my best friends, but I don't want them knowing. They wouldn't understand."

"oh, okay" said Ginny.

After her morning classes and lunch, Hermione, Ron and Harry were sitting under a tree outside talking. Hagrid came up to talk for a few minutes, then went back to work. Hermione wondered where Ginny was.

Just then Snape walked by them, glancing at Hermione. Just then she swore she heard someone whisper something nearby, but before she could look around, she found herself stuck to Snape.

"Miss. Granger?" he asked questioningly.

Equally confused, Hermione made to move away from him, but found she couldn't.

"What the hell is going on" said Harry.

"5 points for you language, Mr. Potter," said Snape, proving that no matter what situation he was in, he never missed a chance to take points from Harry.

" This looks like an Attachment Charm," he groaned. "Let's go. We're going to see the headmaster to see if he can do anything about this."

As they made their way down the hallway, they got many strange stares from the students.

"What are you looking at, Mr. Thomas. Five points from Gryffindor, snapped Snape.

When the reached the gargoyle guarding Dumbledores office, Snape gave the password to it, and it swung to the side, revealing a staircase. The staircase was narrow, making it very difficult for the two of them to go up. Somehow, though, they made it.

Dumbledore took one look at them and had to stifle a snort.

"Attachment Charm?"

"How did you know?" asked Snape.

"Normally you would never let a student this close to you."

"Headmaster, this is getting more awkward by the moment. Is there anything you can do about this?"

"I'm afraid not. These spells usually last about 18 hours, so it looks like your going to be stuck for the rest of the day. Severus, you are relieved of your teaching duties for the remainder of the day, and you Hermione, are dismissed from your afternoon classes," said Dumbledore

Snape growled and stalked out of Dumbledores office, dragging Hermione after him.

Three hours later, Hermione was sitting on a couch in Snape's office, very uncomfortable. The past three hours had been hell. They had gone back to the common room to get some of Hermione's things. Hermione had been so embarrassed by the stares of the Gryffindors. After she got her things, she came down the stairs, Snape at her side, and saw Harry and Ron sitting there with sympathetic looks on their faces.

Hermione had then spent the last three hours working on a Transfiguration essay while Snape graded papers.

Hermione finished her essay and sighed.

"Hungry?" asked Snape, not looking up from his papers.

"A little," she admitted.

He put down his papers, stood up, and summoned a House Elf from the kitchens. Moments later, the Elf came back with a tray and left. Hermione and Snape sat down and began to eat in silence. When Hermione could take it no longer, she put down her fork

"Why did you kiss me?" she asked, looking him straight in the eye

He coughed and spit out his food.

"Excuse me, Miss. Granger?"

"I asked, why did you kiss me?"

"I didn't realize that this was appropriate dinner conversation," he snapped and went back to eating.

"I didn't realize that it was appropriate for you to kiss me, professor," she said.

He sighed and put down his fork

"It was a mistake, that was all. I apologized, and now I would like to forget it."

Hurt, Hermione sat there in silence. She didn't realize she was crying until she looked up. She tried to wipe them away before Snape saw. Too late.

"Miss. Granger? I didn't realize you would be so hurt by that," he said, a hint of amusement in his voice.

She continued to stare at the ground.

They finished up their dinner. For the next few hours, Hermione did some more homework while Snape stared at the wall.

At around 10 they figured they might as well try and go to sleep. With great difficulty and embarrassment they managed to solve the bathroom problem, the other one standing right outside the door. Hermione was grateful that the charm allowed a 5-inch space between them.

Next came the sleeping problem, not as easily solved. In the end, Hermione slept leaning against Snape on the couch. Extremely uncomfortable, but it could have been worse, thought Hermione. She closed her eyes but found she couldn't get to sleep. When she opened them, she saw Snape was staring at her.

"What," she asked.

"I'm sorry about before when I said I wanted to forget about what happened."

'It's okay"

Hermione closed her eyes again. What the fuck is going on? He's supposed to be an evil, snarky, greasy potions master, but lately he's anything but. She began to drift off, an finally fell asleep, but not after swearing she heard him whisper "I don't want to forget it at all."

Wow two chapters in one day after three months of not writing at all. Again, I apologize. Please, please, please review!