Chapter 4: What's Up?
She didn't know how long they stood like that, but Hermione realized when they finally broke the intimate contact that her breathing had become ragged and her hands had made their way into her Professor's hair. It wasn't greasy as most thought it was, it was soft and silky beneath her fingers. Then she realized that his breathing had also become harsh.
"You may want to go to class now Miss Granger you're late, I'll write you a note with a reasonable excuse, so you don't have to worry about a detention." Snape told her once he'd regained his composure, neither really noticing that his hands were still around her waist.
Hermione looked at the floor apparently finding something interesting about it. "Thank you, Professor." she said finally stepping back letting Snape's hands fall back to his sides. Snape simply nodded and walked back to his desk drawing out a thin piece of parchment and quickly scribbling something.
Severus walked back over to his student and handed her the note before they both realized Hermione should have moved before he'd done this because they were stuck again. This time Hermione stood on tiptoe and quickly placed a soft kiss to her teacher's lips. "Bye, Professor," she said before heading to the door to the dungeons.
Before he could think of the ramifications of what he was about to do Snape intercepted her as she got to the exit and pulled her into his arms kissing her thoroughly once more before whispering a soft goodbye to the baffled brunette, gently nudging her out of the classroom.
Hermione walked around the school in a daze until dinner, Snape hadn't been to lunch that day. She had to wonder if it was her fault that he didn't show. She understood the kiss from the mistletoe, but was still boggling over the passionate kiss he'd given her in the doorway to his classroom.
When it was time for dinner the trio quickly put their bags in their dorms and rushed down to the great hall. Once they had seated themselves Harry asked his friend what was up, "Hermione you've been on like auto-pilot since you got to Defense late today, what's up?"
Hermione stole a quick glance at the head table to utter a small sigh of relief and she glimpsed Snape was in his seat picking slowly at his food. "It's nothing Harry, I supposed I'm just a bit distracted with school work is all, don't worry I'm fine."
"Whatever 'Mione." came her reply from Ron on Harry's other side. After the war Ron had realized and stated to the Gryffindor Princess that whatever had happened to them in that battle was impulse and he simply just could not think of her that way, she was too much like a sister to him, and anyway he still adored Lavender. Hermione and Harry, both, could not have been anymore relieved by this news, they were sure at first that the boy was going to start obsessing over Hermione. Harry felt much the same way Ron did about her, she was like the sister he'd never had, caring, kind, always there for you , but bossy and overbearing at times. Don't get me wrong they both loved her very much, but only as friends, or siblings, no deeper no less.
Harry simply nodded in agreement with Ron's two word input and began stuffing himself with food as well, although not nearly as savagely as Ron was. Hermione took lead from Snape and picked lightly at her food, she was still in a bit of shock and not very hungry as a result.
The trio went back up to their common and departed ways into their dormitories for a decent nights sleep. Hermione however could not fall asleep immediately and merely lay in bed for a while re-contemplating the bizarre events that had happened that morning…
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