It had been three days since Hermione had peered in on Professor Snape. She felt a blush hit her face every time he would pass by her and she knew he had seen the red in her face more than once. She knew she did nothing to help her get rid of her dreams. It was so ridiculous she started to have this uncontrolled crush on this man. It was logical though, he did save her life along with her friends. He was lighter warmer than he had been when he was her professor. He was a man of wit and intelligence. He was very curious and well-read not unlike herself. 'It's just a crush!' she thought to herself as she made her way to the greenhouse. She was looking at what was growing, curious about the nature of the building. She saw many herbs being grown along with many vegetables and even flowers for decorative purpose. She saw a few younger students ones that came early or stayed over the summer.

They were naming the plants and telling each other what they knew of them. She along with Neville were the only 2 of her age to come back early, but Neville was a student, wanting to take time learning the things he needed for his NEWTS. Ron and Harry weren't coming and Luna would be there later to join her other half. Hermione and Neville were never really close so little contact has been made both to busy caught up in their individual needs. She realized how hungry she was as she smelled the various fruits and vegetables so she took a few grape tomatoes from the vine along with a bell pepper and a carefully took some grapes from there vine. She snacked on the delicious plants as she wondered why the 8th year wasn't around. She knew though that he also was concerned for his parents as well. So she took a deep breath in and walked to the library and wrote down a plan on getting her parents back.

After four hours she had sorted the jumbled mess she had found in her head. She was glad she had somewhat of a plan to present to whoever may end up helping her. She hoped she would receive some help soon. She also hoped they knew how to do some things in her not so foolproof plan. Yes, she knew a lot of things but bringing back memories wasn't really a strong point. Many of the things she planned to do she really didn't know how to execute. Dinner was soon and she made her way to the great hall finally seeing Nevile and sitting next to him. She just wanted to be in the presence of someone she knew. He was surprised to see her sit next to him. It wasn't that they didn't like each other it was just they were different.

"Neville, I've been looking for you all day. I hope everything is okay." Hermione said.

"Same as always, I'm ready to get the year started, have Luna back and just finish what we started. It feels weird now we're in a time of peace."Neville replied.

"I know I just feel it's hard to relax here, I've spent too many years questioning things and now I still find myself wand at the ready."Hermione said nervously.

"We all do Hermione, how is the parent search coming?" Neville ask.

"Well I have a plan at least; I hope it's at least a start."Hermine said.

Neville nodded at this and they ate their dinner and talked about upcoming class, and the fallout between her and Ron. The last subject she hadn't even thought about until Neville mentioned it. Ron couldn't believe she was choosing school over him, when she left the burrow she thought that they may have a chance in the future but after being there for almost 2 and a half weeks that thought was slipping more and more each day. Hermione didn't go much into detail and she didn't want to. Hermione was walking out of dinner when Minerva called some reason, she still got surprised when she was called Hermione, but now she was a professor of sorts she knew she had to get used to it. Hermione quickly followed the sound of her professor's voice and there she stood at the head tables with Minerva and Severus.

Hermione panicked what if he saw her last night on that rock peering in, ogling his body.

"Hermione, I've been thinking and the best person I could come up with to help you find your parents is Severus Snape. He has agreed and I think you should leave tomorrow morning." Minerva said.

Hermione couldn't believe what she was hearing. Was Minerva serious she was going to find her parents with the help of Professor Snape Severus Snape? He wanted to help, he was going to be with her alone. She had so much emotion she was shaking she could feel it and she knew Professor Snape was looking oddly at her because once again she couldn't keep the blush from her cheeks in that close proximity She took a deep breath.

"Thank you, Minerva, Professor Snape... I mean Severus, are you sure you want to this because I know you're busy and I know school is only 1 and 1/2 months away. I mean I really do need the help but if I am ..." Hermione was cut off by Severus himself.

"Miss, Hermione I have agreed to help because it shouldn't take long and I know many potions that can reverse the charms put on your parents. They are hard to make and require fresh brewing to reach full ability. So I am the obvious choice. It should take no longer than four days. We should head to Australia first thing." Severus concluded.

"Actually I thought we should go to my home in London sir, to make sure everything is okay you know a place for my parents to come back to if everything is a success and they want to come back to the house. I also thought about oblivating their memory of Australia altogether, and just bringing them home." Hermione carefully said.

"Let me guess, you have a whole plan written out and about 10 different ways each thing can happen and what to do if and when a problem occurs?" Severus questioned.

"In fact I do." Hermione smiled.

"Very Well Miss, Granger, Hermione we will leave for your residence in the morning." Severus sighed.

Hermione once again couldn't sleep she was excited for many reasons. One Professor Severus Snape agreed to help her, two they would be alone, for a little while anyway. Three she was going to get her parents back, with Professor Snape there was no way he would fail and finally, all will be back to a somewhat normal pace. Hermione awoke early even early for her. At 5:00am and she wanted to make sure that everything had been put in her beaded bag that never ran out of space. She was still unsure herself how she managed to find exactly what she needed when she needed it, she assumed a strong magical power. She put in last minute toiletries and wrote a letter to Harry, Ron, and Ginny. She finally decided against having breakfast she was too nervous, she wanted to go this minute, but she knew it would be rude to go to Professor Snape's new quarters, even though she knew exactly where they were. She couldn't help but get washed away in a daydream of the night she saw him in the window. She knew for both there sake's she needed to stop all this foolishness they both needed to concentrate. She couldn't believe she would be stepping foot in the place she called home again. She thought many times during the war she would never see it again. Sometimes she thought that because she had nightmares of death eaters burning down her whole street just to get to her parents. Other time it was because she thought for sure she didn't hide her parents well enough and they would be dead then, she wouldn't deserve to go back. The thought that was the most frequent in her mind though was the one where she couldn't get her parents back. She knew it was still a chance she may have to live with.