Chapter 8

A/N: I have received a review that has a very good idea. If I decide to put the Ron and Harry slash pair in this story, I will put a warning in parentheses before I write it and tell you when it is over so that you can continue reading. I hope that helps all of you who don't like or would prefer not to read that kind of story.

I don't know if I will get this out too soon after the last one but I am going to try.

Now on to the new chapter.

… Harry with a hold of the front of Severus' shirt.

"Harry! Let him go! What are you doing? Why are you here?" Hermione asked him, still trying to catch her breath from the kiss. "How did you get in?" She looked behind Harry and spotted Ron sprawled on the floor. "What happened to Ron?" Looking back at Harry, she realized that he wasn't listening to her. Lunging forward, she stomped up to Harry and punched him in the back of the neck.

"Ouch!" Harry said, letting go of Severus and putting one hand on the injured spot and the other out in front of him at Hermione as if to ward her off. "What did you do that for? I haven't done anything wrong."

"Nothing wrong? What about dragging Severus around the room? And I asked you a few questions that I want answered and you were ignoring me. Go wake Ron up and go. Sit. Down." Hermione finished pointing at one of the sofas. After Harry moved to do as she said, Hermione turned toward Severus to see if he was hurt. "Are you okay?"

Severus looked up at her from the floor and nodded with a small smirk. "Of course. He couldn't hurt me if he wanted to."

Hermione shook her head and barked out a small laugh. Then, as Severus got up, she turned toward the recliner that she had been using the whole time and, walking over to it, sat down. She waited for Severus to join them before she began speaking.

"Now, again my first question is; what are you doing here?"

"Well, we got worried when you didn't come down to breakfast so we came up to make sure you were alright." Harry explained with a shrug.

"I guess we forgot to tell you that Dumbledore has excused me from my classes for the next few days so that we," She waved her hand between herself and Severus. "Could get used to having to be around each other so often. This is why we decided to eat in our rooms." Hermione finished. "Since you answered my next question already, my third question is; How did you get in here? We didn't tell you our password."

"Well, that was an accident. I knocked, but when no one answered I started to ramble to Ron that you were both probably still asleep and it wasn't as if you were doing anything because it wasn't as if you were each other's true love, and the door just opened." Harry said and shrugged.

Hermione shook her head. "Great! Well, now that you know it, you are not to use it at any time. Or I will punch you again, Harry. Next time it will be in the face."

"Okay. I won't, I promise." Harry said.

"Last question; why was Ron on the floor?" Hermione asked, and slumped into her chair.

"I wasn't expecting to walk into your room to see you kissing Snape, so I passed out in surprise. Why were you kissing?" Ron asked.

"Umm... Well…" Hermione started, looking over at Severus.

"It would seem that whenever she gets upset or embarrassed around me, I get a headache and the urge to kiss her. The headache won't go away until I do so or so it seems. That is why when you intruded on our rooms you saw us kissing. Hermione had been embarrassed around me this morning and that is what happened." Severus explained with a shrug.

Harry and Ron looked stricken.

Hermione sighed and stood. "I suggest you two get to class now before you're late and get detentions for it."

"But we can't leave you here with him. He might try to kiss you again." Ron argued standing up as well.

"And that is my problem not yours. Let me handle it on my own. I don't need your help." Hermione said, starting to feel a little frustrated with her friends. They were just trying to help but she wanted to figure this out all on her own if she could. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw Severus put his head in his hand. Glancing over at him, she groaned. "You guys are making it worse. Please, go!" She pointed at the door. Harry and Ron glanced at Severus and then at each other before walking out the door. Hermione turned to Severus and watched him for a moment. When she didn't feel as frustrated about Harry and Ron, she spoke.

"I guess frustration is another feeling that we will have to watch out for. Do you ever have any feelings? I mean, so that I know if I will have to watch out for these headaches, too." Hermione asked quickly.

"Yes, I have feelings. The headache is lessening. I am glad to find that you can control your emotions when you want to, Miss Granger." He replied, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

"Of course I can. What? You think that I do things only on impulse and my emotions alone? I am not stupid as you very well know." She said with a shake of her head.

"Bloody thinks- she- knows- everything." Severus said under his breath, thinking that she couldn't hear him. She heard him loud and clear.

"I do not think that I know everything. Not even. Why do you always do that?" Hermione asked. "Are you trying to start a fight with me? Because that is where we are heading."

"Whatever. I don't care. You should know that already. As you and the other students assume, I don't have any good emotions, so that is fine for you to assume." Severus said, starting to get annoyed with her.

"You don't know what I assume or think that I know about you. I try not to assume anything about anyone. "Assuming makes an ass out of you and me" is what I always say and I go by that and nothing and no one else's opinion. The only judgment I have made is what I see. I have seen that you have favoritism to the Slytherins, you work hard at potions because you seem to like the subject, you hide so much of yourself that I am not sure why you want to teach DADA, but you apparently do. You ask questions in potions to get an answer but when I raise my hand to do just that, you ignore me or patronize me for it. You need to make up your mind about what you want…" Hermione was once again silenced by Severus' lips pressing to hers.

She froze for a few seconds not having realized what was happening with her getting upset at him, but then figured it out and melted into the kiss. The kiss started out with only their lips touching, and nothing else. Their hands hung at their sides limply. Slowly Hermione's hands rose to grasp Severus' shirt tightly to keep from falling over due to her shaky legs that threatened to collapse from under her. 'He is such a good… No… a GREAT kisser! Who would have thought that Severus Snape could kiss like THIS!'

Severus' hands finally came up and he slid his fingers through her hair. Tilting her head and his own he took possession of her mouth and made her feel light headed, dreamy even. He bit softly down on her bottom lip and pulled it into his mouth to suck on. Hermione moaned and moved her hands around to his back to pull him closer. Her hands then dropped down to the hem of his shirt and pulled it up. Both hands delved under and up his shirt to feel the surprisingly soft skin. His hands left her hair and went for the hem of her shirt and repeated her actions. His hands moved from her back to her belly and then trailed up to cup her breasts. They were a perfect fit for his hands. His fingers softly fluttered over her nipples and she pulled away from the kiss to gasp in shock and pleasure at the sensation. She had never felt a sensation like this before and she really didn't know how to react. She had already told him that she didn't have any experience with sex, but she wasn't naive about it either. She just didn't realize that it would feel this good. And they hadn't even done anything major yet. Slowly, she realized that he had stopped moving and was watching her intently. Probably to figure out what she was thinking, but she wasn't going to assume.

"Why did you stop?" She asked, breathing heavily. Severus looked at her for a moment before he answered her.

"I just wasn't sure if you were trying to tell me something when you pulled away from the kiss." He said. "But you seem to be having more fun than I first thought. Do you want to continue?"

Hermione thought about that for a moment. Should she continue necking with Severus and eventually have sex with him today, the day after they found out about their situation. This did seem to be going a little too fast, so she was going to have to say no. But she really wanted to continue. She wanted to explore this new experience as quickly as possible, but she just didn't thing she was ready just yet.

"No. Not yet. Sorry, I don't think I am ready for that yet." She said, shaking her head.

"Okay." Severus removed his hands from her shirt and seemed to be waiting for something that she couldn't figure out. After a minute, he smirked and said, "You are going to have to let go of me at some point." He pointed to her hands, which were still around his back under his shirt and holding him close to her.

She looked down startled to realize that her hands hadn't dropped yet. "Oh, sorry, I didn't even realize." Hermione dropped her hands and laughed nervously at her mistake. She turned and walked to the bedroom door. Before she went through it, she said, "We should do something today. Maybe go to Hogsmeade and get you some new clothes that fit. Or something."

Severus looked at her for a moment and then said, "I can just keep shrinking my old clothes, but sure."

Hermione nodded and walked through the door, to get ready to go to town.

A/N: Okay, so I hope you liked this update. I have never before written a love scene so bear with me here, if you will. I have been trying to get all of my new semester homework done and write this story and trying to update my others, but it seems that my time keeps getting sucked into doing other things that aren't even my responsibility. Rini1999 knows what I am talking about.

Please review!

Questions I am leaving you with:

Will something happen to them in Hogsmeade?

Why is Severus allowing Hermione to pull him to town to shop?

Will Harry and Ron interrupt them again or will it be someone else?

When will Dumbledore tell them the bad/good news about their bond?