A/N I'm sorry I always take so long to write but now I'm really busy and I'm hoping no one will give up on this story, and here's a note to my friend superguy3…STOP REVIEWING ME BADLY, OR ELSE I'LL GET YOU! Anyone who doesn't like it, don't read it. To bev I hope you like this and to Paranoid Sarcasm thanks for keeping with the story.

Chapter 4

As she walked back to the Common Room she thought sadly, 'I thought I could be his apprentice this week, now I have to wait a whole week.'

Waiting through the week was going to be excruciating for her, especially with the new emotions she was developing for her teacher.

She hoped it would be worth the wait.

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Severus paced in front of his fireplace thinking of what it might be like to be with the only person he'd ever cared about during the next 2 years.

'…holding hands, sitting by the lake…stop thinking these thoughts Severus, you lecherous old man,' Severus thought to himself sinking into a pleasurable dreamland.

'She'd never want you, why would she want you, you have nothing to offer her, well nothing good anyway…'

'Why must my life be so difficult? One day I'm sitting at the head table looking at all the 1st years, the next I see her become the strong, woman she is today.'

'I should be ashamed of myself seeing her as more than a student, but I can't help myself she's everything I've ever wanted in a woman, smart, funny, beautiful, sensible. Severus get a hold of yourself' he thought frantically pacing in front of the fire.

Out loud he said, "Well next week I'll just have to see if these feelings are reciprocated."

"What feelings?" said a voice from the fireplace.

He'd been so caught up in his thoughts he hadn't seen the green flash of the floo and a very wizened face and beard pop in the fire.

Severus froze trying to cover up his accidental moment of surprise.

"What feelings? Headmaster?"

His jaw clenched in fear of what could happen, he could be suspended for having feelings for a student, or possibly fired!

He didn't want to be fired just as he was about to find out if him and Hermione could be something more.

So as it was very quiet in the room while Severus pondered the unthinkable, Dumbledore smiled briefly and said, "Severus, my boy, I think we ought to have a talk in my office tomorrow morning, get some rest."

And like that disappeared back in the fire.

Severus rubbed his temples at the headache that was already forming.

'And here I thought I'd have a nice day…'

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Hermione woke up to a rather rude awakening the next morning by Ginny jumping on her bed.

Hermione grumbled in her sleep wishing Ginny would stop yammering on and on about how Harry had given her his school ring.

It was nice that Harry and Ginny would finally be getting together but it was too early in the morning to be getting up.

She mumbled to Ginny, "Yes that's nice, now go away."

Ginny looked down at her, beaming and said, "But Hermione don't you realize what this means, Harry and I'll get married and have little Harry juniors."

"Gin, really it's nice that you two have gotten together but there's no need to punish me by waking me up at…" At this she looked up at her clock and squeaked, "It's eight! Why aren't you dressed we have class in 5 minutes."

She jumped up and started putting on her clothes while Ginny sat on the bed grinning like the Cheshire cat.

"Well are you going to get dressed or not?" Hermione said as she put on her robes quickly.

Ginny stood up and put her hands on Hermione's shoulders.

"Hermione, It's Saturday."

Hermione froze and glared at Ginny who was giggling at her.

Ginny suddenly stopped and said, "Well as long as your dressed come with me to hogsmeade to find a present for Harry."

Hermione, unable to say no to her friend, stopped glaring and said, "What for?"

Ginny rolled her eyes and said, "You really need a calendar Mione, honestly there's only 8 days till Valentines Day."

Hermione smiled and said, "Ooh so what are you going to get him?"

"Not that It's any of your business but I'm thinking about something for his broom or maybe a necklace. I'm not quite sure what he'd like."

Hermione smiled gently at the girl who had become one of her best friends and said, "Well gin that's what I'm here for. I'll help you get something that Harry'll love."

Ginny rushed to her friend and gave her a hug, "Thanks Mione."

Ginny ran off to get dressed while Hermione thought about who to get presents for.

Of course there was Harry, Ron, and Ginny, mentally ticking them off on her fingers, but then there was Snape.

She knew it was probably stupid to try to get him something, seeing as he would probably laugh in her face but she thought he deserved something for accepting her as his apprentice, and for other reasons…

'What should I get Snape? A set of combs, no he wouldn't like that very much, hmmm how about a box of chocolates, nah he might throw them at me. I have to get him something he can't resist, well I can't resist a good book, maybe he's the same way.'

So with a smile she went down the staircase where Ginny was waiting, with a plan of what to get him.

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Severus sighed unhappily as he untangled himself from bed. He was not looking forward to what the headmaster would say about his obsession.

He knew he couldn't lie in front of the old codger since he was a more advanced Legimens than he, so he would have to tell the truth and was fully prepared to accept the punishment of his idiotic mind.

As he got dressed for the day, he kept thinking about all the possible scenarios of the day, getting fired, getting a bad reputation as a pedophile by the one man he considered as the loving father he'd never had.

Then there was the slim hope that the headmaster wouldn't find out about his love for a student or even more unlikely accept it or approve it.

He shook his head, snorting at the thought, 'Like that would ever happen…'

He went out through his private chamber doors and into the dungeon hallways still thinking about the impending conversation with the headmaster when all of a sudden he bumped into something and fell over still holding onto whatever had bumped into him trying to regain his balance.

He felt himself falling and dragging the thing with him.

His head felt a little sore from hitting the ground and he was furious with whatever or whoever he had bumped into.

As he opened his eyes all he saw was a mass of curly brown hair he opened his mouth to say a scathing remark to the girl laying on top of him when the girl moved her hair to see who she had fallen on.

The both froze as they looked at one another.

'Oh my God,' Snape thought, 'Hermione's on top of me.'

'Uh oh, I fell on Snape and he smells good' Hermione thought as she breathed in his natural scent of Sandalwood and potions ingredients.

"Umm…"Hermione said as she tried to grasp what to say.

Her voice was a little shaky and nervous after all it was a little awkward to fall on someone you like after all.

"Miss Granger," Snape said shakily hoping she wouldn't notice his slight problem down below, "If you would please get off of me."

He didn't want her to get off of him, he wanted to ravage her right then and there.

To feel her lips upon his would be so wonderful it made his problem worse.

He thought quickly to try to alleviate his problem, 'Umm…Quidditch, brooms, cats, hats,' as he tried to think of something nonsexual.

Finally it went away after thinking of a naked McGonagall on a cold day.

'Gross' he thought with a shudder.

Hermione was watching the emotions flicker across his face before he turned his attention back to her.

He gave her a look that said, 'Well what are you waiting for' even though inside he was secretly hoping she'd inch her face a few more inches towards hers so he could taste her soft rose petal lips.

She slowly stood up, but while doing so she had brushed a rather large 'ahem' thing down there.

She was shocked to say the least.

"Well good day Professor," she said gently while brushing past him to the Great hall, so she could meet her friends and go to Hogsmeade to get her presents.

'Was that what I think it was?' she thought to herself looking back at the man she had respect for.

Hermione was slightly flabbergasted to think that her professor had been aroused when she was on top of him, either that or she was imagining things, even though she doubted she could imagine that!

While Hermione was contemplating her Professors problem, the professor himself was Panicking about the upcoming meeting and the encounter with Hermione.

He hoped she hadn't felt his problem, he thought looking down at his feet wondering what to do next.

He shook his head coming out of his reverie and moving on to his next location that he was dreading, the Headmasters office.

A/N This whole chapter had nothing to do with my plot but I thought it would be funny to put in. To My Reviewers THANK YOU! I might do what I did last year and just wait another year to update unless convinced otherwisewink. Thanx to my friends who are keeping with the story and to superguy3 if you don't like what you just read don't read anymore k Gib? If anyone has any thoughts about what they would like to read in this give me some clues cause I'm lost on this fic(kinda writers block). Until next time…