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Chapter 8

Hermione walked down the stairs to her potions class. She walked into the classroom with her head down, unable to look at her Professor. She sat down and waited until Snape stood up.

"The instructions for today's potion are on the board. I want a flask of it on my desk by the end of class," he said coldly. "Get to work."

While Hermione was working, she kept looking up at Snape, and everytime found that he was looking at her. So first he acts like he doesn't even care. Now he's staring at me. Damn, its like man PMS or something.

She kept working but could feel his eyes burning into her. At the end of class she went up with her potion and set it on the desk, careful to avoid his stare.

"Miss. Granger, could I see you after class?" Snape asked.

Hermione looked at him. What now? She thought. When the bell rang, she walked up to his desk, shaking the whole time. When she reached his desk, he opened his drawer and pulled out a small notebook with a black leather cover. Hermione recognized it immediately.

Holy shit! My diary! But how could he have gotten it? Oh my god, It must have been in my bag when we were stuck together, and I forgot it.

"Miss. Granger, I think I have told you before about leaving your personal belongings behind," he said. Before, when he had given her back the notebook she left during detention, his voice had been cold. But this time there was a hint of amusement, and possibly even kindness.

That's a good sign, thought Hermione. Oh god! What if he read it. That's one of those muggle diaries with the lock and key. Shit!

She grabbed her diary and practically ran from the room.

She entered her History of Magic class with her face still red with embarrassment. Unfortunately Ron and Harry noticed this.

"What's wrong Hermione?" said Ron.

"Yeah, your face is all red," added Harry.

"One, thank you Harry, for stating the obvious. Two, I…umm.. tripped down the stairs on my way to Potions," said Hermione

Hermione waited till they stopped laughing.

"Wow, good one Hermione," said Harry.

"Yeah, we knew you were never that graceful," said Ron.

Hermione laughed and smacked them over the heads with her notebook.

After a long History of Magic class with Professor Binns lecturing, with a bit of Ron's snoring in the background, Hermione was ready for lunch.

She was just filling her plate, and making fun of Ron's snoring, when Ginny walked in.

She sat down, and once Hermione was sure that Harry and Ron were deep in their conversation, Hermione leaned over to Ginny and whispered that she had something to tell her.

"What?" said Ginny impatiently.

"Not now, dumbass," whispered Hermione.

After lunch, they all had an hour before their next class. Harry and Ron went down to the Quidditch pitch to practice flying, and Hermione and Ginny went back to the common room, where after making sure no one was there, Hermione told Ginny the story about the diary.

"Oh my god Hermione, I have never known anybody to endure so many embarrassing moments. First getting stuck together, then walking in on him naked, and now this. What's next?" said Ginny, laughing.

"I don't even want to think about what's next," groaned Hermione.

"So what's the next step for you and Snape her?" asked Ginny.

" I don't know…what do you mean?" said Hermione.

"What I mean is, he's perfect for you, and you need to do something."

"He is so not perfect for me."

"Let's see here…you are both very smart, love books, love potions, plus, you two have had more embarrassing moments together than…than… I don't know what, yet you two have managed to act normal around each other.

"But theres the fact that he's old enough to be my father, and that he's a teacher."

"Age is just a number. And about the teacher thing, I overheard Dumbledore and McGonnagall talking about the whole thing about you two being stuck together, and Dumbledore said that he thought Snape was lonely, and that he should have someone, and he also said that you two being stuck together would be the perfect opportunity," said Ginny

"Wait so is EVERYBODY matchmaking behind my back? And student-teacher relationships are against the rules. So why would Dumbledore say that?" said Hermione.

"I don't know. You know how Dumbledore is, with his ideas," said Ginny.

Hermione sighed.

" I wonder if he actually read my diary," she said.

Ginny laughed

" I don't know. You had to have one of those Muggle diaries, didn't you?" said Ginny.

" I don't know what to do. I just need to think," said Hermione.

Ginny smiled understandingly.

After talking a bit more, they got up and headed for class. Walking down the hallway, Ginny suddenly remembered something.

"Oh, Hermione, Christmas holiday is less than two weeks away. Mom invited you to come stay with us."

"I'll have to write my parents to see if its okay if I go. I'll have to stay with them for a couple of days, but after that I should be able to come."

"Okay," said Ginny.

"The Order is probably going to be spending a lot of time at Grimmauld Place," Ginny added.

"And?" said Hermione.

"Uh, Snape is in the Order," Ginny teased.

Hermione rolled her eyes and laughed.

"See you later, Ginny," said Hermione as she turned to go to her Arithmancy class.

"Bye, Hermione," said Ginny.