Chapter Twelve
Cold Hard Bitch
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Disclaimer: Not Mine
A.N. I was thinking of doing a Sirius and Remus romance fic, what does everyone think? It's been floating around in my brain for a while, so if you're interested put it in a review and I'll put a chapter up.
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'What the hell was she doing there in the first place Albus?' Severus was ranting about in the headmaster's office. 'A little girl like that in the middle of the forest all by herself! How did she get there? Why wasn't someone watching her? Even if they didn't know she was a werewolf you don't just leave a child like that all alone! No one has reported a missing child, and there haven't been any unexplained maulings. Something is going on, six-year-old werewolves don't just appear out of thin air!'
Dumbledore sat behind his desk, calmly surveying Severus over his folded hands.
Severus collapsed into a chair. 'And Hermione won't even talk to me, Albus,' he said weakly. 'Not for three days. I saved her life, and she won't forgive me for it.'
Dumbledore narrowed his eyes, 'Maybe you should take a week off Severus. Go home and get some rest.'
'I can't just run away, I think I love her.'
Dumbledore frowned
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Hermione awoke with tears dried on her face. She didn't know why, but the fall-out with Severus was tearing her apart. Severus had saved her life, but it had been at the cost of another. She hated the whole situation. Why did this have to happen?
It wasn't in her heart to forgive him just yet, but while she pretended to be an ice queen she wasn't, and she really needed him.
She couldn't tell anyone about what had happened, and that made things even worse.
A tapping at the window brought her out of her thoughts. She went over to the casement and let a large black owl into the room. She recognized the owl immediately as having belonged to Sirius Black, the letter it bore however was covered with Remus Lupin's handwriting.
With trembling fingers she unrolled the piece of parchment.
Hermione,
I've just heard about what happened. I realize that you can't tell the others about it, and I wanted to let you know that if you need to talk to someone I'm here.
~Remus J. Lupin
The letter brought a weak smile to Hermione's face. She didn't think that she could really talk to Remus though, because while he did know what had happened in the forest he didn't know what had happened between her and Severus in the few days before the incident in the forest.
They had fallen in love.
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Severus was picking unenthusiastically at his eggs when Hermione came into the Great Hall. He watched her desperately as she sat down at the Gryffindor table.
He very much wished to speak with Hermione, but wasn't sure what he should say to her. That he was sorry? Was he sorry? No, he decided, he wasn't.
Hermione saw him looking at her from the staff table, and she got up and left.
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Severus was very surprised when Hermione showed up for their scheduled potion session. He'd taken the trouble to make some tea, but she wouldn't have any. She wouldn't look at him either, but she had shown up.
Severus couldn't decide what to say to her, so he told her what to do to the potion and she followed his instructions unerringly, never once looking at him or saying a single word.
She was getting ready to leave when she finally spoke. 'Professor Snape,' she started resignedly. 'After next week, when we finish the potion, I don't want to see you again. Not outside of class. You're not the same person to me anymore.' Hermione picked up her bag.
'I thought I told you to call me Severus,' he said weakly, trying to smile.
Hermione looked away from him and left.
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Severus picked a teacup up off of the desk and threw it across the room into the fireplace. The cup shattered into a hundred pieces.
Severus wanted to curl up into a ball on the floor and die. Instead he decided to go home.
He flood himself back to his manor and went up to his room.
He locked the door to his bedroom and lifted the loose floorboard under his bed. He removed a muggle stereo and a handful of cd's. His father had been dead for many years now and he no longer needed to hide it. He only did it from habit now, and because it felt wrong leaving it out after hiding it for so many years.
Muggle music had always been his escape, and now he needed it more than ever.
He laid back on his bed and turned the music up all the way, droning out everything else.
Gotta leave town
Got another appointment
Spent all my rent
Girl you know you enjoyed it
Ain't gonna hang around till there's nobody dancing
I don't wanna hold hands and talk about our plans, alright!
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
I'm waiting, give me
Cold hard bitch
She was shakin' her hips
That's all I need
Gonna check her out
She's my latest attraction
Gonna hang Tround
Wanna get a reaction
Gonna take her home Tcos she's over romancing
Don't wanna hold hands and talk about her plans alright!
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
I'm waiting, give me
Cold hard bitch
She was shakin' her hips
And that was all I need
I'm waiting give me
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
Yeah I'm waiting
Yeah I'm waiting
Yeah I'm waiting
Yeah I'm waiting
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
I'm waiting, give me
Cold hard bitch
She was shakin' her hips
And that was all I need
I'm waiting give me
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
I'm waiting give me
Severus felt warm tears running down his cheeks
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Hermione braced herself and entered The Lionhearts' practice room.
Ginny walked over and smiled at her brightly. 'Have you picked your song for the Halloween Ball out yet? Nearly Headless Nick needs to know which one you've chosen.'
Nearly Headless Nick floated over. 'Yes Hermione, you need to decide which song you want to play.'
'I want to play the one I've been working on,' her eyes glinted.
'Can we hear it already, we've been in suspense for months,' Shawn said smiling.
Hermione nodded, and she lifted her microphone out of it's stand and began to sing soulfully. Tears running down her face.
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A.N. I realize that the last few chapters have been kind of short, but the next one is really long. Cold Hard Bitch is a song by Jet.
Thanks:
Sarahamanda: thank you kindly, you're just going to have to wait and see what happens next.
Belle Mortis: Happy Birthday on Sunday *hands belle a piece of acid green birthday cake*
Parody-of-an-Angel: The werewolf is dead, sorry. This chapter didn't have a cliffhanger.
Anarane Anwamane: It is Romance/Angst
Casiana Joy: You'll find out more of what's going on in the next chapter.
Aindel S. Druida: No principle character death from me, I promise. I have a very large grudge against J.K. Rowling for killing off my Sirius. ...On second thought, I might kill off that Harry kid, I never really liked him.
Sara Lily Potter: Thankee, I'm happy now.
Mademoiselle Morte: You'll find out in chapter 13 what Dumbledore said,...actually you might want to make that chapter 15.
Ravn2-16: He couldn't tell that she was a little girl until he killed her.
No review from Amara Tsu again, that makes me sad.
Cold Hard Bitch
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Disclaimer: Not Mine
A.N. I was thinking of doing a Sirius and Remus romance fic, what does everyone think? It's been floating around in my brain for a while, so if you're interested put it in a review and I'll put a chapter up.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
'What the hell was she doing there in the first place Albus?' Severus was ranting about in the headmaster's office. 'A little girl like that in the middle of the forest all by herself! How did she get there? Why wasn't someone watching her? Even if they didn't know she was a werewolf you don't just leave a child like that all alone! No one has reported a missing child, and there haven't been any unexplained maulings. Something is going on, six-year-old werewolves don't just appear out of thin air!'
Dumbledore sat behind his desk, calmly surveying Severus over his folded hands.
Severus collapsed into a chair. 'And Hermione won't even talk to me, Albus,' he said weakly. 'Not for three days. I saved her life, and she won't forgive me for it.'
Dumbledore narrowed his eyes, 'Maybe you should take a week off Severus. Go home and get some rest.'
'I can't just run away, I think I love her.'
Dumbledore frowned
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Hermione awoke with tears dried on her face. She didn't know why, but the fall-out with Severus was tearing her apart. Severus had saved her life, but it had been at the cost of another. She hated the whole situation. Why did this have to happen?
It wasn't in her heart to forgive him just yet, but while she pretended to be an ice queen she wasn't, and she really needed him.
She couldn't tell anyone about what had happened, and that made things even worse.
A tapping at the window brought her out of her thoughts. She went over to the casement and let a large black owl into the room. She recognized the owl immediately as having belonged to Sirius Black, the letter it bore however was covered with Remus Lupin's handwriting.
With trembling fingers she unrolled the piece of parchment.
Hermione,
I've just heard about what happened. I realize that you can't tell the others about it, and I wanted to let you know that if you need to talk to someone I'm here.
~Remus J. Lupin
The letter brought a weak smile to Hermione's face. She didn't think that she could really talk to Remus though, because while he did know what had happened in the forest he didn't know what had happened between her and Severus in the few days before the incident in the forest.
They had fallen in love.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Severus was picking unenthusiastically at his eggs when Hermione came into the Great Hall. He watched her desperately as she sat down at the Gryffindor table.
He very much wished to speak with Hermione, but wasn't sure what he should say to her. That he was sorry? Was he sorry? No, he decided, he wasn't.
Hermione saw him looking at her from the staff table, and she got up and left.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Severus was very surprised when Hermione showed up for their scheduled potion session. He'd taken the trouble to make some tea, but she wouldn't have any. She wouldn't look at him either, but she had shown up.
Severus couldn't decide what to say to her, so he told her what to do to the potion and she followed his instructions unerringly, never once looking at him or saying a single word.
She was getting ready to leave when she finally spoke. 'Professor Snape,' she started resignedly. 'After next week, when we finish the potion, I don't want to see you again. Not outside of class. You're not the same person to me anymore.' Hermione picked up her bag.
'I thought I told you to call me Severus,' he said weakly, trying to smile.
Hermione looked away from him and left.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Severus picked a teacup up off of the desk and threw it across the room into the fireplace. The cup shattered into a hundred pieces.
Severus wanted to curl up into a ball on the floor and die. Instead he decided to go home.
He flood himself back to his manor and went up to his room.
He locked the door to his bedroom and lifted the loose floorboard under his bed. He removed a muggle stereo and a handful of cd's. His father had been dead for many years now and he no longer needed to hide it. He only did it from habit now, and because it felt wrong leaving it out after hiding it for so many years.
Muggle music had always been his escape, and now he needed it more than ever.
He laid back on his bed and turned the music up all the way, droning out everything else.
Gotta leave town
Got another appointment
Spent all my rent
Girl you know you enjoyed it
Ain't gonna hang around till there's nobody dancing
I don't wanna hold hands and talk about our plans, alright!
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
I'm waiting, give me
Cold hard bitch
She was shakin' her hips
That's all I need
Gonna check her out
She's my latest attraction
Gonna hang Tround
Wanna get a reaction
Gonna take her home Tcos she's over romancing
Don't wanna hold hands and talk about her plans alright!
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
I'm waiting, give me
Cold hard bitch
She was shakin' her hips
And that was all I need
I'm waiting give me
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
Yeah I'm waiting
Yeah I'm waiting
Yeah I'm waiting
Yeah I'm waiting
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
I'm waiting, give me
Cold hard bitch
She was shakin' her hips
And that was all I need
I'm waiting give me
Cold hard bitch
Just a kiss on the lips
And I was on my knees
I'm waiting give me
Severus felt warm tears running down his cheeks
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Hermione braced herself and entered The Lionhearts' practice room.
Ginny walked over and smiled at her brightly. 'Have you picked your song for the Halloween Ball out yet? Nearly Headless Nick needs to know which one you've chosen.'
Nearly Headless Nick floated over. 'Yes Hermione, you need to decide which song you want to play.'
'I want to play the one I've been working on,' her eyes glinted.
'Can we hear it already, we've been in suspense for months,' Shawn said smiling.
Hermione nodded, and she lifted her microphone out of it's stand and began to sing soulfully. Tears running down her face.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
A.N. I realize that the last few chapters have been kind of short, but the next one is really long. Cold Hard Bitch is a song by Jet.
Thanks:
Sarahamanda: thank you kindly, you're just going to have to wait and see what happens next.
Belle Mortis: Happy Birthday on Sunday *hands belle a piece of acid green birthday cake*
Parody-of-an-Angel: The werewolf is dead, sorry. This chapter didn't have a cliffhanger.
Anarane Anwamane: It is Romance/Angst
Casiana Joy: You'll find out more of what's going on in the next chapter.
Aindel S. Druida: No principle character death from me, I promise. I have a very large grudge against J.K. Rowling for killing off my Sirius. ...On second thought, I might kill off that Harry kid, I never really liked him.
Sara Lily Potter: Thankee, I'm happy now.
Mademoiselle Morte: You'll find out in chapter 13 what Dumbledore said,...actually you might want to make that chapter 15.
Ravn2-16: He couldn't tell that she was a little girl until he killed her.
No review from Amara Tsu again, that makes me sad.