Apprentice.

A/n: Im so sorry I haven't been updating, you see I hit my head really hard cleaning the bathroom a few days ago and had to get stitches and things. Im clumsy. D: Anyway, I hope you all like this chapter, its going to be fluffffyyyyyy to the max. :D

Hermione tossed and turned on her bed. She could not sleep for the life of her. She had tossed and turned now for hours trying to get comfortable. She sighed and sat up, she would go and check on her potions since she couldn't sleep. She walked briskly to the dungeons and smiled when she walked in. She then walked into the room with all of her potions, she smiled and stirred the polyjuice potion and looked into the dark black potion to its right. She sighed and sat down on the hard stool. Her eyes glanced at the oak door across the room. She slowly got up and walked to the door. She touched her hand to the door and slowly turned it, entering his quarters. She smiled and sat down on the couch she previously had slept on and laid down, she curled up and fell asleep quickly.

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As soon as she touched the door, he knew. His eyes snapped open, the tingling sensation in his body told him someone entered his room, but was not a enemy. His eyebrows knitted together, only three people knew where his quarters were, Dumbledore, McGonagall, and Hermione. He closed his eyes, he was sure it was his apprentice, looking at all of his books and reading one of them. For some unknown reason he really did not care that she was in his room. Well, was the reason really unknown or did he not want to admit the true reason?

He sat up and began to get curious, what was she doing? He realized that just the previous day he placed a spell on his room that would let him look into the room without him being there. She closed his eyes and concentrated on his quarters. Images flew through his brain and he stopped at one, his eyes opened. He laid back down, a happy buzz making his body feel light. She was sleeping on his couch. A small smile lifted his lips as his heart pounded faster than it should have. He rolled over and fell asleep, the nightmares keeping away for the first time.

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The next few days, Hermione was miserable. She was just plain miserable! She needed someone to talk to, argue with! She couldn't take it anymore. She sighed and got up and exited his quarters. She had been sleeping on the couch since he had left. She walked into the great hall and ignored her former friends. She was sure she looked horrible. She walked over to Draco and Blaise, and sat down.

"Hermione." Blaise acknowledged.

"Hey guys. How have you been?" She questioned.

"Pretty good, how have you and Snape been?" Draco asked, sipping his pumpkin juice.

"Fine, he is actually not here. He hasn't been for a few days." She replied.

"Hm…so that's why you look so down." Blaise concluded.

"I'm just tired." She snapped.

She stopped and listened to another slytherin's conversation "Did you hear? Snape is back…now we have class starting tomorrow."

Hermione stood up and walked out of the great hall.

Blaise looked at Draco "Told you."

(Okay, so from here on in this chappie Snape is going to be OOC!)

Hermione walked as fast as she could back to the dungeons. She pushed the large door open and saw no one. She ran to the other door and opened it, and walked across to the door and pushed it open, her heart beating loudly. She walked into the room and heard the shower running. She sat down on the couch and waited, her heart beating faster by the minute. She fiddled and moved constantly until finally the door opened.

She stood up and smiled at the man. "Snape."

He looked curiously at the girl. When did she get here?

"Ms. Granger, when did-" His eyes widened, she was hugging him.

His arms gently slid around her shoulders. "I missed you." She whispered.

"Why?" He questioned.

"I was so bored…I had no one to talk to. I kind of missed your snaky remarks. I missed you taking away house points, I just missed everything." She whispered, it was almost too quiet for him to hear.

Snape's arms tightened around her. He had never hugged anyone and here he was hugging an ex student, that he couldn't stand to look at two years ago. He wondered why life worked in such weird ways as she squeezed his waist and pressed her face into his chest. He felt happy, and he would kill anyone that tried to take it away.

"Ms Granger, may I go and work now?" He asked, softly. It was true, he need to do his lesson plans.

Hermione let go immediately, and as soon as she did he missed the warmth. He looked down on her, softening his gaze. She smiled at him and walked out of his room and back into the classroom. She sat down in a desk and watched his sit at his desk.

"What did you do while I was gone?" He asked.

"Nothing really, read mostly. What did you do?"

"Gather supplies for you and my personal closet." He scribbled fast.

Hermione nodded her head "Thank you."

He hummed in response.

Hermione smiled and placed her head into her hand. She was in such a better mood now. She still couldn't believe he jugged her back, even though it was light. What did she expect though? This was Severus Snape, ex-death eater, she was even lucky that he allowed her to hug him.

She was confused, she had never had any sort of attraction to the potions master until now. Was it because she didn't know him? She thought hard of why she was attracted to him.

'His nose is not as big as everyone says, and his hair isn't greasy, he is so smart and is able to keep a intelligent conversation.'

Hermione snapped out of her thoughts when she felt someone staring at her. She glanced up and saw his dark eyes.

"Is something wrong with you room?" He asked quietly.

Hermione's eyes widened. How did he know? Was he angry? "Im sorry." Her lip quivered, fearing the worst.

Snape looked up, her eyes sad. She thought he was mad at her. "It does not matter." He dismissed the subject.

Hermione sighed in relief. "Do you need anything done?"

Snape shook his head. "I am tired, after this I will be retiring Ms. Granger."

Hermione didn't realize it was already past dinner time. She nodded and stood up. "Goodnight Snape."

"Pleasant dreams Ms. Granger." He watched her walk out.

He sighed and finished his lesson plans and walked into his quarters. He undressed and laid in his bed, he missed it. That wasn't the only thing he missed. He closed his eyes and sighed. He got up and scribbled something and laid back down as it disappeared. He swore he was insane.

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Hermione laid in bed staring at the ceiling, something just kept her awake. She sighed and rolled over. She screamed and fell out of bed. She peaked over her bed and saw a letter floating. She chasted herself for being such a scared little girl and grabbed the black envelope.

'I missed you also.'

It was the sweetest thing that she had ever read.

'I know.' she wrote back and returned it to the sender.

She smiled, her heart exploding with happiness. He had stolen her heart.

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Severus re-read the two words. He closed his eyes, finally at peace. It was like he needed to tell her that. He was glad he did.

'You can have my heart, I have no other use for it.'

Was his last thought before he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

A/n; AWWWWWW this is so sweet. I adore this chapter! Review pleasseee