AN: By now i think everyone should know the deal... I DONT OWN HARRY POTTER or THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. I simply rent them for awhile.

Chapter five
Point of No Return

The next day while wandering through the corridors Hermione heard numerous song being sung. Ginny was singing Angel of Music. Both Harry and Draco were singing Notes the entire day. Ron sang All I Ask of You. Romilda Vane was doing horribly with her rendition of Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh. And she herself sang Point of no return.

The day seemed to speed by. McGonagall gave a minimal amount of homework, Flitwick did not give any work, and surprisingly Snape only assigned a one page essay on the potency of a bezoar after being attacked by a dementor. The essay was the dumbest thing he had ever assigned, for she knew as well as he did that a bezoar does nothing to help you after a dementor attack.

Soon dinner was over and Hermione was on her way to the teacher's lounge for another practice. This time she was the second performer there. Romilda Vane stood at the piano with her song in hand. The girl took a deep breath and began to sing.

"Serafimo - away with this pretence!
You cannot speak, but kiss me in my husband's absence!
Poor fool, he makes me laugh!
Haha, Haha...
Time I tried to get a better half!
Poor fool, he doesn't know!
Hoho, Hoho...
If he knew the truth, he'd never, ever go!"

At that moment Snape walked in shortly followed by Ginny Weasley and the rest of the cast.

Knowing it was now his line Snape said,

"Did I not instruct that Box Five was to be kept empty?"

Ginny Weasley followed up with her line,

"He's here, the Phantom of the Opera."

"It's him,"

Hermione almost breathed while looking at Snape. She realized she had been staring and averted her eyes.

"Your part is silent, little toad,"

Romilda said while pointing an accusing finger at Hermione.

"A toad, Madame? Perhaps it is you who are the toad,"

Snape said almost to no one.

"Maestro, de capo porfavore,"

Romilda said. She then began to sing again,

"Serafimo, away with this pretence!
You cannot speak, but kiss me in my croak...
Poor fool, he makes me laugh -
Hahahahaha!
Croak, croak, croak, croak, croak, croak"

"Scene," squeaked Flitwick and everyone took a seat in a chair. "Today I wish to have everyone practice Notes. Well, everyone but Hermione and Severus. I would like you two to go into another room and practice Point of No Return."

Hermione gathered her things and followed Snape out of the room. The turned the corner a few time and were at the DADA class room. They moved a few desks out of the way and marked the stage lines with a glowing blue rim. They looked at each other and Hermione stepped off stage where she was to come in from, and Snape stepped behind a line where he was to come from the looked at each other again and nodded.

Hermione stepped over her line and began to sing while walking.
"No thoughts
within her head,
but thoughts of joy!
No dreams
within her heart
but dreams of love!"

She sat down on the floor where she was.

Snape slowly stepped out from behind his line and began to sing as well.

"You have come here
in pursuit of
your deepest urge,
in pursuit of
that wish,
which till now
has been silent,
silent . . ."

Hermione looked at him and he raised a finger to his lips she looked away and up at the wall where Box Five would be.

"I have brought you,
that our passions
may fuse and merge -
in your mind
you've already
succumbed to me
dropped all defenses
completely succumbed to me -
now you are here with me:
no second thoughts,
you've decided,
decided . . ."

Slowly Hermione rose. And slowly he approached her.

"Past the point
of no return -
no backward glances:
our games of make-believe
are at
an end . . .
Past all thought
of 'if' or 'when' -
no use resisting:
abandon thought,
and let the dream
descend . . .

"What raging fire
shall flood the soul?"

He was now holding her one arm around the waist and one holing the neck.

"What rich desire
unlocks its door?
What sweet seduction
lies before
us . . .?"

They now looked at each other. He began to lead her stage right.

"Past the point
of no return,
the final threshold -
what warm,
unspoken secrets
will we learn?"

They parted.

"Beyond the point
of no return . . ."

Hermione now sang.

"You have brought me
to that moment
where words run dry,
to that moment
where speech
disappears
into silence,
silence . . .

"I have come here,
hardly knowing
the reason why . . .
In my mind,
I've already
imagined our
bodies entwining
defenseless and silent -
and now I am
here with you:
no second thoughts,

"I've decided,
decided . . .

"Past the point
of no return -
no going back now:
our passion-play
has now, at last,
begun . . .
Past all thought
of right or wrong -
one final question:
how long should we
two wait, before
we're one . . .?

"When will the blood
begin to race
the sleeping bud
burst into bloom?
When will the flames,
at last, consume
us . . .?"

Together they sang,

"Past the point
of no return
the final threshold -
the bridge
is crossed, so stand
and watch it burn . . .
We've passed the point
of no return . . ."

The song was over and they held each other there for a period where no words were needed but they both knew that the one holding them was the right person for them.

AN: OOHHHHHH did you expect that one coming? They like each other... but what will happen next. Will Ron get pissed off? Will Ginny find out like she always does? Or wil it just not work out? Well, here's an idea when the next chapter is up read it.