1A/N: I have been working my butt off trying to get this chapter out within a month of my last update, but I have missed the deadline… only by about a week… or so… Plus it is in less time that it took for me to do the last update. I hope you can forgive me. I have had writers block and second guessing this story. I don't want to put something in this story and be disappointed in myself later. I am trying to just write this for the enjoyment of the few, but it is taking a lot out of me. I hope you like this chapter.

Chapter 13

Unrequited Mystery Love!

When Hermione entered their living room, she saw Luna sitting on the love seat. She was just gazing into the elf made fire, totally oblivious to the fact that someone else was in the room, which was how she usually was, but Hermione could tell this time was different. Hermione walked passed her to get to the kitchen expecting to see Severus there getting breakfast, but the room was empty.

"I guess he left our rooms." Hermione surmised aloud. She went to the cabinet and extracted the Chamomile tea to make it for her guest. It only took her a moment to heat the water and get the cups up onto the tray. She levitated the tray into the living area and set it on the coffee table.

"Tea?" Hermione asked, picking up the tea pot and pouring herself a cup. When Luna nodded, Hermione poured some into the other cup and set the kettle down. She pushed Luna's cup over to sit in front of her and indicated that she use the cream and sugar as she wished. They fixed their tea in silence, exchanging the cream and sugar. Hermione settled back into the armchair and waited for Luna to get done putting a lot of sugar into her tea and stir it up before she spoke.

"So what is it you need to talk about?" Hermione began, then took a sip from her cup.

The room was silent and the atmosphere was calm as Luna turned to look at Hermione.

"I have heard from the Nargles that you have a new gift that might be able to help me with my problem. Your love radar is meant to help others and not just for you. Please help me." Luna said in her airy voice.

"So Dean and Seamus told you that Severus and I have a new gift?" Hermione asked in order to see if she understood Luna correctly, but Luna just shook her head.

"No. The Nargles told me." Luna insisted, before taking a sip of her tea.

"Okay, so the Nargles told you that we have a new gift. I don't know how a gift dealing with love and couples can help… Oh!" Hermione said as she finally came to realize what Luna was talking about and she saw the reason for her visit. "You need to talk about your love for…"

"Yes." Luna interrupted before Hermione could say the name of her unrequited love interest. "I don't know how to tell him how I feel without him just thinking that I am crazy. I mean, it's not like we hang out a lot or anything, but I know him through you so I thought that maybe you could help." She confessed.

"Well, I guess I could help you, but I don't really know how to do so. He isn't easy to get along with and I have known him for quite a while. We've been in so many fights that I don't know why I'm still friends with him at the moment or at all."

"Anything you can do to get us together, would be brilliant. I know he isn't the most observant of people, but I am sure that a little nudge will get him going in the right direction. Even if it's just a few comments in my direction." Luna said, "Thank you for helping me."

"As I said, I can only do so much. I hope things work out for you." Hermione said with a small smile.

They sat there in an awkward silence for several minutes drinking their tea. Then Hermione was surprised into almost dropping her cup when Luna asked,

"You and Severus have sex often? Why has it happened so quickly? Were you in a relationship before his turn? You two seem extremely comfortable with each other in such a short time." She fired the questions off so fast, Hermione didn't comprehend what she had said at first.

"Bloody Hell, Luna!" Hermione said, as she stabilized her cup and placed it on the table in front of her. "Don't do that without warning me." She was silent for a moment before she answered the questions posed. "I don't know the answer to your first two questions, but I can tell you that we didn't have any kind of relationship before his change except the student and teacher one. I think the reason why we are so comfortable around each other is that we have realized the more we resist this Bond, the more it is going to push us together. And the thing is, neither of us likes to be forced to do something we don't already want to do, so I guess we've both decided to just let things work the way they are going to anyway. I don't know if that made any sense to you or not, but that is just how I see this situation." Hermione finished and then took a long sip of her lukewarm tea. She looked up after she had set her cup down and was surprised to see Luna smiling at her in her normal dazed way.

"I understand what you mean. You should be warned though; you might want to get checked out at the Hospital Wing soon. Don't worry, it isn't anything urgent or life threatening. Wait a few more days and you will understand what I am talking about." Luna informed a confused Hermione. She drained the rest of her tea before placing her cup on the tray in the middle of the table and rose out of her seat. "Well, thank you for listening to me and agreeing that you will help me with… my love." She said, still obviously not ready to say the name of her potential partner. Hermione also rose from her chair after placing her empty cup on the tray.

"Let's just hope that I can actually do something for you. I'm glad that you came to me with this. Oh, I forgot to ask. How did you get the password?" Hermione finally remembered to ask. They both walked slowly to the door as Luna answered the question.

"Harry told me, but only after I had told him that it was very important that I know it so that I could talk to you. So don't blame him for giving it to me."

"Alright, just don't give it to anyone else and tell Harry to stop giving out the password. I will get back to you on.. what you wanted to talk about." Hermione replied, opening the portrait to let Luna out.

Luna just nodded and walked… well, actually she skipped… out the door and down the hallway. Hermione shook her head. "I will never understand that girl." She said out loud to herself, before closing the door. She was thinking that she wouldn't even worry about what Luna had said about the hospital wing because nothing would be accomplished by going.

Severus

Severus left the bedroom after getting dressed and wondered what he should do for the next hour to occupy his time while Hermione spoke to her 'Not-all-there' friend. He glanced at the aforementioned girl sitting in front of the fire and noticed that she didn't even seem to realize that she wasn't alone. Shrugging, he walked swiftly to the portrait out of their living quarters and down the hall in the direction of his old quarters. He knew he couldn't enter his old rooms, but that was just the direction that appealed to him at the moment. No, he wasn't wondering aimlessly through the halls, he had a goal in mind. He just wasn't sure where his mind wanted to go yet. Or maybe it was his feet taking him somewhere. He didn't even want to think about it.

'I don't know how I can keep my word to Hermione when it comes to letting our past relationship go. I have always thought of her as my student and nothing more. I have never thought of a student in the way I am supposed to be trying to do with Hermione. At least I am able to think of her as Hermione and not Miss. Granger. That's progress, right?' He asked himself silently. When he looked up, he realized that his feet had inadvertently led him to Dumbledore's office. Severus looked at the Gargoyle for a moment before he shrugged and said the password. The gargoyle jumped aside and the staircase began its journey up. Severus stepped onto one of the higher steps and waited for it to reach the top. Just after the staircase stopped, Severus raised his hand and knocked on the door in front of him.

"Enter" was heard almost immediately from inside the room. Severus slowly opened the door and walked in to find Dumbledore sitting behind his desk with a very large, thick book in front of him.

"Have you found anything out about this bond with miss… Hermione and me yet?" Severus had to correct himself, but then continued, "We really need to find out what is going on and soon." Severus insisted sitting down in the chair in front of the headmaster's desk.

"Actually, I believe I have found a name for it, but no specifics as of yet. I found a reference to the rarest bond known and it is called The Enemy Bond. From what I can find, the bond is only supposed to come about between two people who classify the other as an enemy. The two people are usually Soul Mates who won't admit their true feelings for any reason. On the event of the enemy's first contact after they are both of suitable age, the bond will adjust everything to help them along in the right direction. Unfortunately, I haven't found out anything more specific than that. There was something vague about a reaction between the two that will cause something to happen, but nothing spelled out," Dumbledore answered resting his hands on the large book in front of him and looking at Severus for a reaction of any kind. "What is so urgent that needs to be figured out?"

Severus shook his head in frustration. "Nothing that is important at the moment, just a few things that might cause problems while we are in classes. We seem to be able to see if others are interested in our… mate, for lack of a better word, and if they aren't interested, who they want and if they are together with that person. It is a very annoying thing to deal with as we can see the aura's of each person. I don't know what will happen if we do find someone who is interested in the other." He finished with a sigh.

"That is an interesting new power. Thank you for letting me know about this new development. I will have the teachers keep their eyes out for problems. Is there anything else that I don't know about this bond?" Dumbledore asked with his normal twinkling eye.

"Yes there is, but I don't know if Hermione wants anyone else to know so I won't be telling you at this time." Severus said, rising out of the chair, intent on leaving before the nosy old man could ask any more of his nosy questions. "Thank you for your time. I will be on my way now." He said, before he walked out the door, closing it behind him.

A/N: SORRY! I wasn't planning to end it here, but I just think that this is the perfect place to stop for now. Before I post this chapter, I will be starting the next chapter. I would like to reach 100 reviews before I post the next chapter, but we shall see if that happens. I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

Questions to leave you with:

What is the Enemy Bond?

What was Luna talking about with Hermione?

Who does Luna like that Hermione is helping her with?

When will Dumbledore find more information on this Enemy Bond?

What's the mystery reaction stated in the book?

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