Rating: R
Warning: May eventually contain slash
Category: Humor/Romance
Summary: Hermione undergoes a change in thinking and is determined to enjoy her last year to the fullest. Wacky hi jinks and craziness ensue leading to a list of amusing new rules for her, friendships with slytherins, and romance. This is my first attempt at any kind of fiction so please be kind. Constructive criticism is wanted, flames will be ignored. Hermione is a little OOC because of her change in thinking.
Disclaimer: JK Rowling owns the Harry Potter Universe and all it's characters, I'm just playing with them for a bit. There may be slash as I said so you have been warned. I got the basic Idea for this story from the list 213 things skippy is no longer allowed to do in the army. I stole some of those things on the list as I could just hear them being said in the HP universe. Oh yeah and I don't own DR Seuss stuff either. I'm just borrowing it for fun. The title is a Dr. Seuss quote also.
Being a bit scatter brained I may get class schedules wrong. I didn't actually write one out so if I misplace a class day do forgive me. I'm working with the impression that classe times change from time to time.
Sorry it took me so long to update but I got a bit busy, I'll try and update at least once a week or more in the future.
Big Thanks to my Beta Gelsey. Whom without things would be less error free!
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Chapter 16
Detentions so far 19. List of things Hermione can no longer do at Hogwarts 21
Hermione spent very quiet detentions with Lupin and Hagrid, as neither one allowed her to talk. Her detentions with Severus were quite different, since all they did was talk and laugh.
They discussed the works of Dr Seuss, and how inappropriate her behavior was, even though he enjoyed her performance of "you're a mean one Mr Grinch", to which she apologized profusely telling him she was just angry and she didn't mean it.
They had quite a bit of fun in their detentions, though she did have to make several potions for the Hospital Wing. They got to know each other even more, and realized they both enjoyed a lot of the same things. They played a game of backgammon and started a weekly ritual that would last for a very long time. They met several times a week to talk and play.
Hermione noticed subtle changes in Severus's behavior towards her. He always pulled her chair out for her now, he would put his hand on the small of her back as they walked from his office to his living quarters for their games and talks, he was treating her as a woman. Mione just chalked it up to wishful thinking and tried to control herself.
He still treated her the same in class, which is to say he still smirked and sneered at her and berated her if she didn't get things perfect. She would have been angry, though, if he had given her any special treatment due to their friendship, so that was a good thing. He had actually mellowed a bit towards his students. Oh he was still as snarky as ever, but he had just stopped being needlessly cruel for the most part. The students were actually starting to get used to the dreaded Potions Master smiling from time to time, though it still scared some of the younger years witless, which just made him smile more.
As time passed they became comfortable enough with each other to discuss anything. He had even shared his reasons for becoming a Death Eater and why he came back to Albus with her. She told him about her nightmares and dreams and how she had felt confronting Voldemort with Harry and Ron. The only thing they didn't discuss was their feelings for each other.
The weeks passed in a whirl of enjoyment and contentment, the only one who couldn't see the love shining in Severus's eyes was Hermione, which was making her unhappy. Even the students were starting to notice that those eyes were directed towards Mione, and that she was looking too. It wasn't long before some of the seventh year Gryffindors and Slytherins got together and decided it was up to them to give the couple the final push.
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It was a Thursday when Severus finally got up the nerve to ask if she would like to join him for dinner in his quarters the next night.
"I would love to but I believe I will have another of those lovely detentions tomorrow night," Mione said with a laugh.
"Oh no, what have you planned now? Please say it is not for my class."
"Nope, Lupin is my next victim, er, I mean target, no I mean Professor this time," Mione said with a grin.
"Ok, spill it," Severus told her.
"Well, let's just say I did my required essay for DADA but added a little to the beginning."
"Poor Lupin," Severus laughed, thinking of the essays she had handed in to him.
"How about Saturday night then?" Severus asked her again.
"Sure," Mione smiled, "what time?"
"6pm. Is there anything you don't like to eat?"
"No, I'll be fine with whatever we have," Mione assured him with a smile.
"Well then Mione, I will see you on Saturday evening then."
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In DADA the next day Mione handed in her essay and waited for Professor Lupin to grade them while they did their homework for the next lesson.
She could tell when he got to hers and he at first looked amused and then started blushing. It took all her willpower to stifle her giggles. When he got towards the end she looked back down at her book so he would not se she had been watching for his reaction. She pretended surprise when he yelled out to her.
"Miss Granger, you will never again hand in an essay that starts with anything resembling, "I recently had an experience I just had to write to you about...."uh any of the other stuff. Do you understand me?"
"Yes sir," Mione giggled.
"Detention this evening, provided you are not otherwise similarly occupied," Lupin said.
"No sir, I am free this evening."
"I will see you here after dinner then," Lupin said, and with that everyone went back to their work.
"Just what did you put in your essay to make Lupin blush like that?" Harry wanted to know as they made their way to lunch.
"Now Harry, if I told you that then you would start blushing too," Mione giggled.
"My Harry's adorable when he blushes Mione so tell us," Draco said, as he caught up with them.
"Wouldn't you like to know. Well, too bad, if you really want to know you'll have to ask Lupin, if he'll tell you."
Then during lunch Harry made the mistake of saying something to the effect of that with Moldy Voldy being gone and Him and Dray on good terms, he no longer had a villian to keep him on his toes. Upon hearing this Mione started getting some wicked ideas. Poor Harry, no one was safe from Mione's pranks, it seemed.
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Professor Lupin gave Hermione a look as she walked into detention that evening that was somewhere between amused and wary.
"Don't worry Professor, your safe for now. It's Harry who should be worrying," Mione told him with an evil grin.
"Really?" Lupin said, with a relieved sigh. "Hmm, I'm almost afraid to ask, but I must say my curiosity is piqued. It's nothing against the rules is it?"
"Oh no, well at least not yet anyway. I seem to be creating quite a few of those this year."
"So what is in store for poor Harry?" Remus asked rubbing his hands together, fondly remembering his Marauder days.
"Nothing dangerous, just a little embarrassment is all."
"Go on, tell me already," Lupin said in frustration.
"Harry made the comment today that he no longer has a villian to keep him on his toes now that You Know Who is gone and him and Dray are on, uh, friendly terms. I thought that I would provide him with one," Mione laughed evilly, and explained the rest of her idea to Lupin as he looked at her with amusement and pride in her marauding skills.
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