Disclaimer : J.K.Rowling! Yeah...

A/U : Its a little short. Sorry bout that.

Chapter 16 : The Chat

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Hermione was up and about by dinner and was in Severus' bathroom, soaking in a bubble bath with her usual jasmine scent. She was leaning back into the tub, the water level rising up to her chin, thinking about what Mr. Loahn had said to her a few days back.

"... You might want to read more about the consequences. Oh and... It doesn't take a pureblood or whatever pureness crap it says in the book to lift a curse. Anybody... can lift it."

Anybody can lift it. Can she lift it? She hoped to do so. She wants her old Severus back. The recent one is quite close but she want him to be whole again, to remember who he was and what he did, to have his mind again.

Hermione dipped her head underwater for a few seconds before rising up again, smoothen her hair back and leaned against the tub again. She heard the door click and swung open. It was Severus though he didn't notice her in the tub and went straight to the lavatory opposite the tub. Hermione saw that he was wearing his black silk pajamas and no shirt on.

From her point of view, she couldn't see much except hear the fumbling of his pants, trying to loosen it a little and the little waterfall sound that followed. Snape threw back his head and twist it left to right, his eyes closed as he felt the tension lift from his body. When he was done, he cleans himself up, flushed the toilet and went to wash his hands. He splashed his face with water before wiping it off. As he glanced into the mirror, he saw a face in the tub behind him and he whirled around in shocked.

"Oh Merlin... Hermione, you gave me a fright!" Snape raised his hand onto his chest as the other leaned back to hold him up.

Hermione threw her head back and laugh. Snape felt his heart flutter as he heard the tinkle in her voice. Gods, he missed that nasal sound.

"Well, why didn't you say something?"

"I didn't want to frighten you while you were busy with your 'handle'..." Hermione giggled. Snape shook his head and noticed that the bubbles that had been covering her dissapeared and he could see her naked body in the water.

His eyes grew darker and he tilted his head a little. Hermione noticed the change in his eyes and saw the cause of his distraction. She blushed and shifted about in the tub, feeling her body heat rise in temperature in the cold tub. Snape smirked and push himself off the sink. He held out a hand towards her.

"Why don't we finish this conversation on the bed, shall we?" He gave her a sly smile as he saw her slowly stood up, with the water droplets glisten down her naked form, her hand reached out to him and he grab it, pulling her out of the tub and into the bedroom.

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For the next few days, The Weasley clan tried helping Snape out by asking questions about him, what he remembered and who he was. Mostly Snape did get some of his questions right and his lapse were getting lesser and lesser. Hermione spends most of her time reading the articles Mr. Loahn had given her. She found out that Mr. Loahn was cured by a girl named Mistyria Loahn, Mr. Loahns daughter, who mysteriously dissapeared. Amongst the articles, Hermione saw tiny scribbles along the side which looked like notes. Hermione assume that it was Mr. Loahns handwriting and went through with it.

And other than that, she found out something big. Something exciting for her but she was afraid of how Severus will react. She just hope he will be as excited as her. The only problem is... How does she break the news to him?

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That night after dinner, Hermione was lounging in the library when Snape came in, with a scowl on his face and plopped himself down on a chair beside her. With a wave of his wand, a bottle of firewhisky appeared together with two goblets and filled itself. One of it flew into Snape's hand while the other landed on the table in front of her. Hermione giggled as she saw Snape gulped the whole drink down and winced.

"Bad day?" She asked.

"Worst... You know I never understood how a couple could produce such packs."

Hermione frowned.

"Who?"

"Molly and Arthur. I swear if our children get to be of that much, I want them to be disciplined and quiet." He took another swig out of his drink.

Hermione went wide eyed and blushed.

"Our children?" She asked, looking down into her book but not reading a thing at all. Snape realized what he had just said and cleared his throat.

"Yeah, well... If we do have any... when... If you want to... You know what? Just forget what I said."

"What? Why?"

"You'd probably think I'm getting too maudlin or something. From what I heard, the old me hates children." Snape filled his goblet and gulped it down.

"I won't say hate... You just..." Hermione made faces, trying to find the right word for her sentence,"... despised little dunderheads who go out and risk their own life's just for... some fun!" Hermione breathed out a sigh of relief when she managed the whole word. Snape frowned.

"Okay... That would sound something like I would do." He nodded slowly and took a sip from his goblet.

"You would. You would do anything to get Harry, Ron and I expelled from Hogwarts." Hermione went back reading her book. Snape sputtered for a while before staring at Hermione.

"You?? I wanted to get YOU expelled? But... but why?"

Hermione did not look up from her book.

"Oh I was what you may put it as, a troublemaker but I was the good one. I never did get caught for anything." Hermione grinned wide.

"And what was it that you were 'never get caught' from?" Snape raised an eyebrow at her.

"Oh and why would I want to say what I did now? It happened in the past, we should all forget about it." Hermione glanced a look at him before reading again. Snape shook his head before setting his goblet aside.

"Well, am off to bed now. Join me?" He asked. Hermione nodded before setting her book aside. She took Snapes' hands and walked out of the library together to bed.

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