As the haze slowly drifted away she looked around, she felt so stiff and tired. What happened everything flashed before her as she remembered strong arms around her keeping her from falling? Those strong arms…
Her train of thought was cut short when she looked to her side to see teachers there and ministry officials. She was in a bed a soft one she coiled away dragging sheets up to her chest.
(Don't worry she's still wearing her clothes)
The bed was a deep green it was Snapes. His scent still clung to them. She got her wish at least.
"Ms. Granger, don't worry," Dumbeldore said," your in Professor Snapes courtiers right now." She had already known that and she believed the old man did to. Nevertheless, the feelings of being in his bed made her feel safer.
"What happened," she asked rubbing the throb in the back of her head, god everything was still a blur.
"It seemed that you fainted," he said the twinkle in his eye actually gone," how are you feeling?"
"Tired, and really hungry," she said as her stomach rumbled to agree with her. They were all studying her she didn't like it, as if she was under a microscope. She didn't like people looking at her she liked to be unnoticed believe it or not. Being invisible wasn't that bad, was it!
"What have you eaten yesterday and the day before that," McGonagall asked, Hermione thought she couldn't remember.
"I don't think I've eaten anything," she said staring off; she hated admitting that she had skipped meals. IT made her feel weak, too weak weaker than she already felt.
McGonagall's eyes filled with tears the girl she thought of as a daughter was starving herself because she couldn't finish all her homework.
"Professor Snape has told us that you didn't sleep last night was that because you were stuck here with him?" a ministry official asked she didn't recognize him, she didn't like his tone either it angered her that he would ask that. The ministry tried to ignore the glare that she gave him, why would they think that.
"Oh no, I just had lots of homework," she said looking at the desk that was still filled with papers; more homework was piled on her desk.
Yawning she rested back against the pillows, that smell was slowly lulling her to sleep, she couldn't help it she felt so drained her stomach was empty but her body demanded sleep before anything else.
"Sleep sweetheart all right we can talk later," Minerva said leaning forward and kissing her forehead, the girl only gave a murmur as she turned onto her side and cuddled with the pillow.
"I demand that this stops," Severus said coming into the room. He went silent as he saw her fast asleep.
"What are you talking about?" a man said, trying to act like he didn't know what was going on.
"This girl can't sleep can't eat, all she does is work, she's only a teenager," he said in a whisper not wanting her to wake up.
"We are just doing what were told, the minister for education will be here, soon and he demands to see the girl and what she can do," the man said his voice little louder than a whisper. Severus glared at the man getting his point across.
"He cannot come here, she can barely stay awake for a couple of minutes," Minerva said, she usually never raised her voice but this was a problem that warranted it, she was angry she would not allow her student to be ill because of this.
"Were sorry, it seems he wants to test her in front of the whole school," he said as they all turned around and left, a lethal number of glares were sent at their back that they had to feel.
The three people looked down at the peaceful girl, her curly hair lying behind her like an ocean. What were they going to do; their prize student was slowly shutting down all the work was dragging her down.
"Don't worry Minerva she'll be able to do it she just needs to rest, Severus keep an eye on her, I'll teach your classes for you," he said patting the man on the back, he just groaned.
Minerva however was on the brink of tears.
The two sat there looking at her.
"I remember the first day she had classes she was so eager to learn, but I remember a time or two when she would cry so much because of you," Minerva reveled to him, he looked at her shocked she just nodded her head.
"When you use to call her a know it all, but she actually just wanted you to say good job just once, that was her wish on her birthday a couple years ago," Minerva said chuckling.
"I didn't know about this," he said, looking down at the girl.
"That's because you're a man, they don't see things the way we do," she said soothing the girls hair," we understand each other, just a little word can make the difference, a little smile a little touch."
"What about her parents?" he asked he watched her roll her eyes obviously she didn't like them.
"Hey parents are very rich she hasn't seen them in three years, before she came here she went from boarding school to boarding school in the summers now she goes to the burrow of Gimmauld Place," the woman said," but I like to think beside the bad parenting that we had something to do with how she turned out."
He had never known that, the woman gazed upon the sleeping siren with such love adoration. Still he could tell that the woman wasn't telling him the whole truth something else was there but it was just out of reach. Sooner of later he would get it out of her, if it were the last thing he did.
He had to admit as he watched her there she did have some certain qualities that a man might find attractive. She was thin, athletic, cunning, but that blush she had sent a man into delirium, the power she asserted and the fact that she was way to damn smart for her own good. She had an air around her that demanded to be noticed, even if she didn't want to be. Everyone had been right when they said that she was the smartest witch to ever grace the halls of this school. The founders would have been proud maybe even Salazar himself no matter how long it would take to convince him.
Long after Minerva left, fully dressed he rested himself under the covers by her, careful not to wake her he drifted to sleep, maybe when he woke she was up, just maybe. Nevertheless, for now he relished in her presence for as long as it would last.
Thank you for the reviews, I rather wrote this one quick right after work. The reviews are very encouraging.
To bad for me my lab top is completely worthless so it's getting harder for me to update.
Thanks
Steph