Chapter 15
"Oh god, what did I do? And in front of Harry no less. Oh no I am so screwed, Severus is going to think I am easy and Harry is going to start yelling and I only just got them to have a truce oh I ruined everything!" Hermione said to no one in particular as she flopped done on to her bed. She was still in shock from kissing Severus she had no idea what had come over her, it wouldn't have been so bad if she hadn't jumped on him in front of Harry. Hermione knew that she would have to explain everything to Harry and she had to deal with a particularly pissed off Severus Snape because she had kissed him in front of the boy that constantly annoyed the crap put of him. Although in Hermione's opinion Harry had never done anything to grant such hatred from Snape.
"Is this a private pity party or can anyone join in?" questioned Emily as she walked in to her sisters bedroom.
"Uh I ruined everything Emily." Hermione sighed heavily.
"Oh stop being so dramatic you great dingbat. I heard your rant while I was walking up the stairs and honestly you are being a preppy little girl." Emily said as she sat down next to Hermione on the bed. Hermione glared for a few seconds and then deciding that Emily was right she sat up and hugged her.
"Thanks that is exactly what I needed to hear but what to I do? I mean Harry isn't going to like the fact that I have liked Severus for god knows how long and even worse than that I know Severus will be mad that our first kiss, well small kiss, was in front of Harry." Hermione said honestly hoping that Emily had a miraculous solution.
"Well Harry will have to get used to it and Severus will get over it. Although he probably will get over it faster if you kiss him again." Emily laughed as Hermione blushed furiously.
"Yes well, I have to face him at 7 anyway for a detention. He is probably going to make me scrub cauldrons just to make up for it. Wait, what time did we tell Marcus for the practice session?" Hermione asked
"Umm, seven I think why?" After a second Emily said "Never mind, your detention is at 7 isn't it?" Hermione nodded and stared formulating ways to change the time of her detention or have the place changed to their private rooms.
"Well we will just have to tell Marcus that tonight is not good for us." Emily said.
"We can't really do that, I mean he is really serious about this. As serious as we are I think that we have to start tonight. Every second counts if it is just a month away." Hermione said as she started pacing.
"Talking about every second" Emily said looking at the clock "We are going to be late for class if we don't hurry up. Our schedules were left on the table downstairs by one of the house elves, here." Emily handed over the piece of parchment to Hermione.
Hermione Giordani – Seventh Year Schedule
Monday
09:00 am – 11:30 am Potions Gryffindor and Slytherin Professor Snape
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch Great Hall
12:30 pm – 02:00 pm Charms Slytherin and Ravenclaw Professor Flitwik
02:15 pm – 04:15 pm Runes All Houses Professor Tyler
7pm – Undecided Detention Professor Snape
Tuesday
09:00 am – 11:30 am Duels Gryffindor and Slytherin Professor Black
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch Great Hall
12:30 pm – 02:00 pm Transfiguration Slytherin and Ravenclaw Professor McGonagall
02:15 pm – 04:15 pm DADA Gryffindor and Slytherin Professor Lupin
7pm – Undecided Detention Professor Snape
Wednesday
09:00 am – 11:30 am Divination Gryffindor and Slytherin Professor Firenze
11:30 am – 12:30 pm Lunch Great Hall
12:30 pm – 02:00 pm Charms Slytherin and Ravenclaw
02:00 pm – 03:30 pm Transfiguration Gryffindor and Slytherin Professor McGonagall
7pm – Undecided Detention Professor Snape
Thursday
See Monday.
Friday
See Tuesday.
"Oh god, I have to go see him now. Face to face, I don't want to. Save me Emily." Hermione cried frantically.
"Stop being such a baby." Emily laughed. "Come on we have ten minutes to get to class, we have to hurry or we may not make it. Grab your bag quick, you don't want to make him mad do you?" Emily asked knowing that it would get her sister moving, Hermione would never disappoint Snape on purpose.
"Ok I am ready lets go." Hermione said as she ran out of the door praying that she would get to the class on time. The twins ran through the halls of Hogwarts, sidestepping the other students. They got to the dungeons with two minutes to spare and stopped to calm their breathing before they entered the room. There were two seats left open next to Marcus and the girls joined him at the desk in the front, right hand side of the class room.
"Why did he have to pick the front of the room." Hermione whispered to Emily who almost burst out laughing at the concerned look on Hermione's face.
"Any other time you would be ecstatic about being able to be this close to your lover boy." Emily whispered back just in the moment that Severus Snape walked through the door, he turned his head sharply to glare at the two girls. He had a charm on the classroom so that he could hear anything that was said, no matter how quietly. Severus couldn't believe that the twins were talking like that during class, as far as he was concerned, during class there were no feelings between Hermione and himself and that is how he wanted it to stay. After class was another matter however. He would have to have a talk with Hermione to make sure she understood his view on classroom behavior.
"You will be brewing the Salvatory Balm today. Can any tell me what this does?" Severus question and inwardly smiled when he saw Hermione's hand go up, he was allowed to pick her now she was one of his Slytherins. "Yes Miss Giordani."
"The Salvatory balm is used on wounds it puts the wound in stasis so it does not cause pain or blood loss however it is often over looked in favor of charms that can heal. The balm is useful for times when a wand is not accessible and can keep a wound in stasis for several days allowing the injured person time to find help." Hermione said happy that she was able to earn points for her house in this class now.
"Correct, 10 points to Slytherin." Snape said, thankful that he had some way to get his house more points. "The list of ingredients is on the board. Begin." For the rest of the class the students worked diligently to make the potion correctly. Marcus proved that he was extremely good at potions and impressed the twins immensely. Hermione left the stirring up to Marcus and Emily which did not go unnoticed by Severus as he remembered Hermione's last detention and his correction of her technique. Hermione was the one to bring the bottled sample of their potion to him for analysis. It was close to perfect which he expected from the three students but it was still very slightly cloudy.
"A slight miscalculation on the amount of Grandium Fladora leaves but useful none the less." Severus said as he marked down the 90 for each of the three. ""Miss Giordani I need to speak with you after class."
"Yes Sir." Hermione said quietly as she raced back to her seat. As the bell rang the class got to its feet in a fluid motion and started for the door while Hermione approached Severus' desk.
"Hermione I understand that you have a meeting planned tonight, a practice session and it happens to coincide with your detention, does it not?"
"Yes it does Severus, How did you know?" Hermione questioned
"I have very good hearing, I overheard yourself and Mr. Flint discussing it at breakfast."
"Oh, well I don't really know what to do about the overlap, Emily and I are very serious about these competitions. Is there anyway the detention could be put off?"
"No there is not." Severus said glaring at Hermione thinking that she did not want to spend time with him. "However I can move the place to my personal lab and you may have your practice session there instead."
"Thank you so much Severus and this way you will still be there, this is great. Thank you." Hermione gushed.
"Yes well, it is time for you to be going to lunch. I will see you later Miss Giordani." Severus said reverting back to teacher mode.
"Yes Sir, have a good day." Hermione headed for the closed door and looked back just as her hand went to the handle to have one last look at her Severus before she left, just to find he wasn't there.
"Looking for me Hermione?" Severus asked, standing next to the door just out of Hermione's frame of vision. Hermione whipped around to face him just as he moved his hand up to hold her hip and his other went to her face. Severus leaned down and slowly touched his lips to hers, teasing her. Hermione stiffened in his arms, she didn't know how to kiss but all thought flowed away as the pressure of Severus' warm soft lips got stronger. Severus was in heaven the only thing that would make it better was if Hermione would allow him entry in to her mouth he wanted to deepen the kiss but was worried about scaring her away. When he felt Hermione relax he nipped her bottom lip and sought out her tongue. As Hermione moaned Severus realized what he was doing and slowly broke the kiss.
"As much as I enjoyed myself Hermione, I believe you must be getting rather hungry. I will see you in detention Miss Giordani." Hermione turned to leave and Severus couldn't help but have a peak inside her mind to see what she was thinking.
Hermione was standing in his classroom in a rather skimpy school uniform facing him as he looked down his nose at her saying "You have been a very naughty girl Miss Giordani, come here girl." Snape was about to pull out of hermione's mind but stopped when he heard "Miss Giordani, your punishment will be a spanking" coming out of his mouth in hermione's mind as a stray thought went wafting through her brain "Wouldn't really be a punishment if I enjoyed it though." Hermione thought.
Snape broke the connection and stood staring at the door that Hermione had just walked out of, not knowing if she really meant what she had just thought.
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