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Warning: This chapter contains vulgar language and sexual suggestions! Be Forewarned!

Chapter 4

A Drunken Predicament

Dawn came and slapped Severus in the face. He's been up for hours now. Not fighting sleep but finding it hard to dream with the fact that poor Hermione was in there all alone with her 'erotica' books; with no one there for her to find comfort in. Severus sighed, then that godforsaken voice laughed and he scowled. Every time it told him to go check on her and maybe even offer assistance, which was becoming more frequent by the minute, he twisted until his blanket restricted ANY movements at all. As his stomach rumbled for early morning food he grumbled and resisted even getting up and started the day. He rolled onto his side and stared into the early morning light. Was this some sort of joke? When did those two, The Loudmouth Brat and the Bushy-haired Know-it-all, become women?

"You know for being a spy, you're not very observant in that aspect."

"Shut up! Go away and just leave me alone!"

Had Dumbledore known they were women all along? Wait, Dumbledore trusted him with these women. Did he trust him to do every thing necessary to keep them safe? You could… take them. If Voldemort or any other Death Eater found them they'd rape them or take advantage of them. He couldn't let that happen to them. Not them. No, it was best if he just 'did his duty' and take care of business himself. Severus smiled at this thought. He actually smiled, big and genuine. Then just as quickly as his wistful expression came it faded as he heard Hermione the hall to Ginny's room.

"Oh Merlin," he whispered to himself.

He heard her soft knock on her friend's door and the owner of the room open it. They whispered and Severus couldn't quite make out what was being said. Then he heard the door close softly and two pairs of feet padding quietly downstairs. If they thought he was down there, with breakfast ready and a hug for each of them, they were mad; especially about the breakfast, perhaps the hug too.

"Merlin's beard! Perhaps I'm mad," he said as if seeing himself lying in bed like this. Several minutes later he sighed, "I suppose I should get out of bed. It's certainly not good for my sanity, or what's left of it." He stood and dressed and went to the door. "Although I don't know how long my sanity can last in this house. I'm going crazy with them this close. Something has to done!"

When he walked out into the hall he instantly caught the fragrance of rich coffee. Then he smiled to himself, the girls don't drink coffee.

When walked into the kitten to the breakfast nook Ginny sat at the table as Hermione bustled around the kitchen, preparing the morning's meal. Speaking with an air of amusement, Ginny said, "Well good morning, Sleepy Head!"

He scowled but noticed his hair was a mess of black tangles and bed-head. He'd forgotten to straighten it, damn it! Hermione wandered over to the table with three well-balanced plates in her arms. Severus sat but noticed Hermione's struggle and grabbed the plate that had been resting on her forearm. She sat the other two plates in her hands in front of Ginny and she was to sit and gratefully said, "Thank you and good morning, Severus."

Severus whipped his head around to her. What had she just said? He was surprised, did she actually say that? He panicked a little for some unknowledgeable reason. "What did you just call me?" He couldn't be crazy, not yet.

Hermione sat across from him and beside Ginny and blinked. She and Ginny glanced at each other. Then she stammered, "I-I didn't call you anything, sir. I only asked if you'd slept well."

He blinked and felt slightly embarrassed. Wait, Severus Snape: embarrassed. Fah! "Oh."

"What did you think I said, sir?" She asked curiously but cautiously.

"Nothing, now eat your breakfast; both of you. I want you two to do the dishes today, all of them; at every meal. Understood?" He snapped. There Severus Snape was not going soft, he was only getting harder… rougher… tougher. Ah hell, he needed something to preoccupy himself with today. They nodded and ate quickly to get away from this abnormal version of Snape.

As the girls did dishes, Severus went and made himself comfortable in the living area on one of the recliners. He made himself a goblet of brandy and sat and read the Daily Prophet. That's right; he was going to rid himself of his recent thoughts of his housemates, once and for all; by drinking himself into oblivion, duh.

"What the bloody hell is up with him?" Ginny whined as she scrubbed a pot. "We could use magic to clean and all that but it's like we're in one of his detentions."

"Ginny we can't use magic outside school anyway. Besides, Death Eaters can trace magic so it's better to just do things the muggle way. It's shitty but that will keep us undetected and safe," Hermione said drying the dish she'd just washed.

"What's up with Snape? He's asking strange, don't you think?" Ginny asked turning to her friend.

"Uh, I don't know. Maybe he didn't get a good night's sleep."

"Judging from his hair, I'd say he had a pleasurable night's sleep."

"Ginny! Where do you get such ideas?" Hermione scolded.

"Oh come on, Hermione. Besides it's not like it's true. No one would even think about sleeping with him." Hermione rolled her eyes and snorted. Then Ginny got an evil idea and smirked. "How big do you suppose he is?"

"Ginny, for Merlin's sake!" Ginny laughed and Hermione shoved a dirty cup into her hand. They finished the dishes and, with nothing else to do, went into the living area where Severus was.

When the girls walked into the living area they could smell the alcohol. Severus watched them from behind his newspaper. "What do you two think you are doing?" They looked at him and then at the goblet in his hand. He sipped it and quirked an eyebrow at them.

"We're bored," Hermione said sitting on the couch.

"What is there to do here… besides clean?" Ginny sat looking at Severus and sitting beside her friend on the couch.

Severus lowered his paper and took another sip. "You could read," he said looking pointedly at Hermione. She seemed to catch on as she blushed and looked away.

"And do you have to read? Boring stuff like what you teach?" Ginny huffed, crossing her arms over her chest.

Severus whipped his head to her and narrowed his eyes. "I'm sorry that the subject that I try to teach you dim-witted fools and I'll actually excuse that comment Miss Weasley, next time watch your mouth. As for reading material, I believe I'd ask Miss Granger. She may have something of interest," he said looking back at his paper, though not reading. From his peripheral vision he didn't miss Hermione's scowl at him and he took another drink of brandy.

"Hermione's books are just as bad," Ginny said sighing.

"Ginny!" Hermione scolded as Severus' head whipped in direction of the girl in question.

"Sorry 'Mione but your books are boring." She turned to Severus. "Just as boring as Potions."

He narrowed his eyes but smirked as he drawled, "Oh, I believe Hermione as something of good taste." He looked back at his paper. He never noticed their wide eyes. The silence sent him into a reverie and he questioned himself. "Did I just call her Hermione? I couldn't have, could I?" He looked back up and took note of their stares. "Oh shit, I did. What do I do now?"

"Tell them to get over it and ask if they'd like to battle a Basilisk in your bedroom," that voice said, whom he'd decided to name Stewart.

"You idiot, I can't do that. I need a plan," he scolded.

"Why not?" Stewart said.

"I don't have time for this! They're expecting me to say something."

"Then say something, stupid."

"Why you little, I'll show you 'stupid'!"

"I'm sorry Miss Granger. I seem to be a little intoxicated. I apologize, I-"

"It's okay!" Hermione blurted and both Ginny and Severus looked at her. "Uh, that is, because we are living together. You're not really our professor anymore, seeing as we're not in school. I just thought it'd be a little less intense if we just go by first names."

Severus considered this and Ginny looked at him. "Well, I suppose. If you'd like I guess, it doesn't matter," he said with a slight kindness.

"Muhahahahahahahaha!" Stewart laughed wickedly. "Our plan is almost complete! Hahahaha!" Then he coughed and choked. "Damn it I need to stop doing that." Severus sighed and continued to drink and try to read.

Hermione and Ginny glanced at the other but then started to talk. Ginny lowered her voice considerably, thinking her now ex-teacher couldn't hear her. "What was all that book talk? I saw you blush," she whispered.

Hermione blushed again and feigned innocence. "I… I don't know what you're talking about."

"Oh, come on, give over!" Ginny said aloud suddenly.

Severus coughed amusingly and Ginny rounded on him. Hermione tried to shut Ginny up by jumping onto her and clamping her hand over her friend's mouth. "Wha waf thhe eady ass nigh?" Ginny muffled through Hermione's hand.

Severus grinned and, in an attempt to free herself, Ginny and Hermione tumbled to the floor and rolled around. They wrestled until Hermione pinned Ginny to the floor. "Ha! You're no match for me."

"Oh, no? Hey, watch this," Ginny said and then kicked her legs up and locked them around Hermione's neck. She flipped her over and straddled her. Holding her hands firmly on Hermione's wrists she said, "Now I am the victor."

Hermione groaned and yelled, "You bitch!"

Ginny giggled and said, "Now to claim my prize." Suddenly, Ginny bent her head down and forcefully kissed Hermione's lips. Hermione gasped and relaxed and kissed back, forgetting about Severus.

Severus, who had been watching the girls with a merry smirk upon his face, sat forward when he saw Ginny kissing her friend carelessly; almost spilling his brandy. His smile faded and his heart flipped. "Merlin! What are they doing? Doing to me?"

"Go over there and get in the middle of it then," Stewart said voicing his opinion.

"Get in the middle of it? I believe you're insinuating I grab them both, take them up to my room, and ravish them for their punishment, are you not?" Severus asked him.

"Well you want to don't you? Are you man enough for two girls? Punish them, go on; discipline them for not including you. Hurry up, man!" Stewart advised.

"What are you two doing?" Severus asked aloud. At once the girls jumped and flew to their knees. They stared at him like a deer in headlights, as did he. Hermione opened her mouth but only managed to look like a fish gasping for air.

Ginny stiffened but then thought of the playfulness before the kiss relaxed a bit and calmly stated, "I was claiming my prize." Severus stood and stopped five feet in front of them.

"You were... 'Claiming your prize'?" He said with an air of calmness that would've terrified those months ago.

"Yes," Ginny whispered and Severus shivered at the seductiveness he'd heard behind it.

"Oh, oh, oh. Tell her she hasn't claimed her prize from you," Stewart said absolutely bursting with glee at the scene unfolding.

"And just what did she do to justify a prize?" Severus asked.

"Are you kidding me? That kiss, Dumb ass. She and Hermione both deserve a prize. A BIG prize, huh; hint hint, nudge nudge, Bob's your uncle." Stewart urged.

"Uh," was all Severus could before Hermione piped in.

"It was just a bit of fun, Professor… uh… Severus," Hermione said quickly.

"Fun?" He said thinking back to the discussion of being bored and with nothing to do. So this is what they did for fun, huh?

"Yes, sorry. We won't do it anymore," Ginny said.

"Um-"

"We'll go and get lunch ready. Come on Ginny," Hermione said and they scampered onto their feet and left him there.

"Fuck!" Severus berated himself quietly. He sat back down but instead trying to read he only drink and drink and drink. When lunch was ready Severus couldn't eat anything unless he wanted to vomit but he sat at the table while the girls ate. He couldn't stop looking between them and instead of asking Stewart about it, which he'd normally do, he asked aloud, "Have you two kissed before?"

Ginny and Hermione looked at each other then to Severus incredulously. Ginny stammered and Hermione smiled saucily at him saying, "You really want to know?"

In his drunken state, Severus nodded vigorously and said, "Merlin, yes!"

Hermione and Ginny looked at each other, smiled, then looked back at Severus. "No," they said simply in unison.

"No?" Severus said crestfallen.

"That's right and it was our first time kissing another girl in fact," Ginny confessed.

"Would you like to see more, Severus?" Hermione asked with a speck of amusement behind it; whispering his name seductively.

Severus opened his mouth but nothing came out and he shut it. Then, a second later, he said, "I… uh… um."

"We'll give you time to think about," Ginny said standing up and going over to him.

"Yeah, after dinner you can inform us as to your choice. Deal?" Hermione inquired going to his other side. With them so close he'd rather just show them his answer. He nodded his head slowly and then they turned and grabbed the dishes they'd used and washed them.

When they were done they turned and left through the door but before they completely left Ginny turned around and said sweetly, "See you after dinner, Severus." Then she ran upstairs with Hermione.

Severus swallowed. "Oh, Merlin, what have I gotten myself into? What have I gotten them into? What have they gotten themselves into?"

"Exactly what we wanted insolent fool. Now, don't do anything to screw this up. If you listen to me you'll be fucking them tonight! Pah, if you'd listened to me before you'd already be laid and you'll be going back for seconds… or hundred and seconds," Stewart chastised.

"I'm drunk that's what's going on. I'm totally smashed! I'll tell them. I'll tell them, all right. I'll say we can't do this. We have to back to the way things were," Severus thought soberly.

"No, no, no! Don't you dare! Listen to-"

"Shut up!" Severus told Stewart and refused to listen to him some more. He got up to find some bread to sober him up.

"What the hell is going on with him?" Ginny asked turning to her friend on the bed.

Hermione leaned against her door and regarded her friend. "He's not himself, he's drunk. But I sense something other than drunken sex-appeal."

"What is it?" Ginny asked eagerly.

Hermione sucked in a breath. "An obsession. Like a crush or something."

"Great! First it was cleaning, now it's sex," Ginny cried. Hermione looked at her incredulously and in confusion. "Begging. He's trying to make us beg for death."

Hermione threw up her hands and growled, "He is not trying to kill us!" Then, as an afterthought she said, "Though I don't doubt about the begging part."

"What are we going to do?" Ginny asked.

Hermione thought and paced the room. Then she turned and rounded on her friend. "We'll get him back! Make him beg. But for what?" She paced the room again.

"To see us kiss again?" Ginny offered and Hermione continued to think. "To watch us have sex with each other. To have sex with him-"

"That's it! We'll make him beg, to yearn, to have sex with him. We won't, of course but we have to be smarter then him. We have to master the Potions Master," Hermione devised.

Hi it's me again just wanted to say thank you again. (Tries to dodge a tomato) Well I can see you loved this chapter (dodges again) Your favorite, you say? Well, I'm glad to hear it. Thank you again.

I also want to say that the next chapter WILL have some erotic stuff in it (THat'll make Hermione happy, huh?) so never fear, your wishes I hear! Hugs and Kisses.