Chapter 6
A/N: I tried to get you this one out the next day, but things don't always go the way we want them to.
I don't know if you were sent an update for chapter 5 after I changed it from an author's note to an actual chapter, but if not I am telling you now…
(CHAPTER 5 IS NOW A CHAPTER NOT AN AUTHOR'S NOTE)
Thanks to Raven Lockwood for the support and the review, to VAMPIRESEX for the recent review that got me up and typing on this chapter, MrsFredWeasley101 with her private message of support and encouragement, Coolnetta for the compliment within a condolence message, and OfTheDark for her interest in my story.
Thank you for your patience.
Happy Reading!
As the door closed to the bedroom behind Ginny and Hermione, Ginny let go of her best girlfriend and turned to her before speaking.
"Oh My Merlin! You are going to have to sleep with that gorgeous man? Lucky girl! But are you really okay with all this?" Ginny asked to the astonishment of Hermione.
"Ginny! You still think he's cute, now that you know who he is?"
"Well, of course! Snape has always been hot, and now he is closer to my age AND hot! Too bad he's taken. But I am sure you will have some fun with all that newly nubile lushness." Ginny continued. "And you didn't answer my question. Are you okay with this?"
Hermione moved to sit on the edge of the bed. "I don't know. I mean, I have never hated him, but I have never... okay I can't say never, but only for a brief period of time, have I had a crush on him. The one thing that I wasn't going to tell anybody is that when I looked into the mirror, I saw him kissing me."
Ginny sat on the bed and put an arm around Hermione as if to comfort her. "I didn't know that you liked him that much."
"That's the thing though, I don't. I mean, yeah, he is very good looking and that voice and those hands are to die for, but…" Hermione started.
"No buts. That is all you have to think about. If fate has said that you two will be together, then I really don't see what you can do about it. Just make the most of it and enjoy the envy of all the girls in this school." Ginny interrupted and effectively ended the conversation.
As soon as the door closed to the bed room, Harry seemed to come out of his daze.
"Wow, this is not what I expected to happen today, or you know, ever!" Harry said, and stood up. He started to pace as he continued.
"What did Hermione ever do to deserve this? I mean, she has always been the smart one, and now she is rewarded for her hard work by being stuck with the greasy bat of the dungeons as her future husband and a life of misery and disregard. I mean, I know that Ron and I have always took her for granted and all that, but is this what she gets for dealing with the war and surviving it? She was the one who helped the most with ending it. I mean, I did too and Ron as well, but she figured out things that neither of us did and…" Harry would have continued to rant if Ron hadn't stood up from the couch, walked over to Harry, and stopped his pacing with a hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry, Harry. Everything will be okay. I know it doesn't seem like it but it will." Ron said, patting Harry on the back in a calming way with his other hand. After a few minutes, Harry pulled away from Ron's calming hands.
"Thanks, Ron." Harry said, smiling. As if he just remembered the others in the room, he looked around and blushed slightly. Walking to the couch again, he moved the conversation back to the original subject of Hermione and Severus' new living situation.
"What did Dumbledore say about you teaching?" Harry asked.
"Well, I know Miss. Granger stated that I wouldn't be teaching, but Dumbledore didn't in fact mention me teaching or what would be done to keep Potions a class. We are just assuming that he doesn't want me to teach in the form that I am now in. I can only guess that he will get Slughorn to teach in my place for the time being." Severus answered. "Now are there any more stupid questions that you need answered or repeated?"
Harry reared back as if struck. "That wasn't a stupid question. We needed to know that. You…" He tried to argue, but was interrupted by Ron.
"He's right. It is never good to assume something, but to ask the questions you need to know positively." Ron said, surprising everyone.
"OOOOkkay. That was enlightening. I do have a question for you, albeit not a stupid one. A nosy one, sure." Draco said, looking from Ron to Severus.
"If it is too nosy a question, I might not answer it, but go ahead and ask it." Severus permitted with a careless wave of his hand.
"Do both of those doors lead to bed rooms or is one of them a bathroom?" Draco asked pointing to the door Hermione and Ginny went through and the door next to it.
"You are right. That is a nosy question and one I am not sure I should answer. At least not until Miss. Granger and Miss. Weasley come back in." Severus answered, with a shake of his head.
Only a few seconds after he said this, the door to the bedroom opened to reveal the two girls grinning from ear to ear. They both walked back to their respective seats and sat down waiting for someone to say something. Severus turned to Hermione and spoke.
"Draco asked a question that was quite nosy and I am not sure you want anyone to know if there are two bedrooms in this apartment or only one. That decision is yours to make, as most of these are your friends." Severus said with a nod.
"Oh, well." Hermione's grin dimmed slightly. She took a moment to think on that one, but in the end she decided that telling them everything was probably for the best. Glancing as Severus, she asked him with her eyes if it was okay with him and he shrugged getting her message loud and clear.
"Only one of the doors lead to a bed room, while the other is the bathroom." Hermione said quickly, with a shrug.
The room was silent for a second as they all took the time to take in this bit of shocking news. Then Ginny and Luna began to giggle. Hermione looked at Ginny and grinned at her knowing full well what she was thinking. She didn't even want to know what Luna was thinking at the moment. That girl was so weird, but that was just the way she had always been and Hermione didn't judge her for it. Whatever she was thinking, it was crazy and not important at the moment. After a moment of the girls giggling, Hermione looked at Ron, Neville, and Harry to try and figure out what they were thinking. She really didn't care what Malfoy thought.
Harry and Ron both looked like they were about to pass out. They were both pale and their mouths were hanging open in shock. Neville was shaking his head in denial and the expression on his face was a mix of horror and remorse.
'Neville is probably feeling sorry for me and trying not to thank Merlin that he wasn't the prisoner in this situation. I have no idea about Harry and Ron though.' Hermione thought.
Hermione glanced at Snape and wasn't really surprised at what she saw. He was lounging back in the chair and smirking, as if this was what he was expecting them to do. Well not the girls' reaction but the boys'. The one time she saw him glance towards the girls, his expression turned into one of puzzlement.
Her musings were interrupted by Malfoy speaking.
"That's what I figured. Too bad for you, Uncle Sev. That is going to be…" Malfoy wasn't able to continue because he was interrupted by Snape.
"I don't want to hear it!" He said, leaning forward quickly.
This seemed to be the Queue for Harry and Ron to respond.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE! THAT IS SO NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!" Harry shouted at no one in particular jumping to his feet. Hermione was confused.
"What's not going to happen? We have no choice, Harry! I could possibly die if I don't and so could he." She said and pointed toward Snape.
"You would choose to… With this…" Harry Stutters. "I didn't know that you were like that, Hermione, I guess I don't know you as well as I thought I did." He said, and walked out the portrait hole. Ron looked at Hermione in horror and followed Harry shaking his head in obvious disbelief.
Hermione was even more confused now. "What did he mean by that?" She looked around.
Snape had both eyebrows raised and seemed slightly surprised. Neville was still stunned by the earlier announcement. Ginny and Luna had stopped giggling as soon as Harry had started shouting. Now Ginny's face was a light shade of pink. Apparently she knew what he had meant by what he said.
"Ginny?" Hermione directed the previous question to her.
"Ummm… I think that he was… assuming that if there is… only one… bedroom… then Dumbledore is expecting you two to… Ummm… become very… familiar with each other very quickly." Ginny haltingly stated.
"WHAT? How would he come to that conclusion? We have always butted heads in the past. Why would that change just because we found out that we are Soul Mates of some kind? We need to get to know each other A LOT better before there is even a possibility of THAT happening." Hermione said, jumping up from her seat to pace.
Snape suddenly leaned forward, resting his head in his hands. "I think the rest of you need to go. NOW!" He snarled, when the remaining three didn't move right away. They all immediately got up and walked out the door, closing it behind them.
"You need to calm down." Snape said to Hermione, with his head still in his hands.
"Why on earth would they even think that something like that could happen this soon? I mean, if it were someone else, sure. I could understand that, but with you it is soooooo different, and so unlikely to happen any time in the near future. What could he have been think…" She wasn't allowed to finish. Snape had stood up from his chair, strode over to where she was pacing, and grabbed her. Before she could say anything else, she felt his lips on hers. This shocked her in more ways than one. Snape was kissing her. She never would have figured him for someone who could kiss as well as he was now. And SNAPE WAS KISSING HER! After a millisecond pause, she responded to his kiss, not even knowing why she did so. Her hands burrowed into his, surprisingly, soft hair as she held onto him tightly. Feelings that she had never experienced before welled up inside her. She didn't know what the feeling was, just that it was a pleasant feeling and that she wanted more of it. One of her hands wondered to his back, caressing down to his lower back. His hands hadn't been idle either and they were currently tugging at the hem of her shirt.
All of a sudden, Sna… Severus pushed away from Hermione. Luckily, she had been very close to a wall and didn't fall over with the force of the shove. Breathing heavily, she looked at Severus in shock. Shock at her own reaction to the kiss and at him for starting the kiss. Severus looked a little shocked as well but not as much as she was. After a moment of getting back their breath, Severus spoke.
"I'm sorry. I don't know why I did that. All I know is that it seems that when you get upset, I get the urge to kiss you. I tried to get you to calm down, but you didn't hear me. I just hope that you don't get upset too often around me, because I know that that will be my response." After saying this, he strode to the bedroom door and walked into the room, after opening said door.
Hermione just stood in the living area in shock. Slowly she raised her hand and ran her fingertips over her still tingling lips, and smiled a secret smile.
A/N: Thank you for reading this chapter. I hope you enjoyed. I am editing this story at the moment, trying to remember some small details that I had forgotten before. I hope it is now a little better.
Questions I leave you with:
What was the compulsion that let Hermione to being kisses out of no where?
Will Hermione have the same feelings when/if he gets upset?
Are there any other emotions to watch out for?
What else is going to happen to our pair?
