Chapter 3

It was the next morning in the great hall and both Ron and Hermione were sitting on opposite ends of the table. In one way Ron was simply angry about treatment he received while trying to make love with Hermione. She didn't even look pleased at all as to what would soon be happening, she didn't look afraid either as he supposed virgins should look. She just looked detached like she didn't care at all whatever happened.

Ron began to realize that this is what had happened to their relationship- they were stale. She no longer wanted him anymore and he no longer wanted her- his actions after he left her last night definitely bore witness to that fact. He couldn't even bear to look at Hermione.

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Every eye at the Slytherin table turned as Pansy sauntered into the great hall. She had an incredible"I was just shagged senseless" look on her face.

Crabbe smiled and whispered to Draco

"I guess you must have had fun last night."

"Oh you wouldn't even understand the kind of fun I had last night, and I can't stop thinking about her."

"Well, most of us don't ever stop thinking about Pansy."

"What?" asked Malfoy disgusted, "Not with that WHORE you idiot, but with someone I don't think I will ever be able to be without again."

"She must be even more special than Pansy." Goyle added.

"No shit. I think Ms. Ginny Weasley and I could be lovers forever." He said sweetly.

"Ginny Weasley? You don't like Weasleys Draco." Crabbe groaned.

"The hell I don't. Her brother is an idiot, but I'm VERY much INTO that Weasley if you get my meaning." Draco raised his eyebrows suggestively.

Crabbe and Goyle sat astonished and felt dumbfounded by what Draco was admitting.

" I would take Pansy any day" Goyle smiled.

Pansy continued sauntering and passed the Slytherin table to the Gryffindor table. She stood behind Ron and then bent over revealing a partly zipped school robe with cleavage showing. Then she lustily whispered into Ron's ear, "I am HOT for you and I will have you again tonight!"

Overcome by the emotion and what she was saying- he got up to walk her back to the Slytherin table. Then he thought about what she said, 'she was hot, and hot for him.' Gods how he had wished that Hermione felt the same way. Ron turned around and without even thinking began to passionately kiss Pansy. All eyes turned to them, including Hermione's.

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Ginny had just finished listening to Hermione's gut wrenching tale of what happened last night when she saw Ron and Pansy snogging. What a SHIT for a brother she had. She tried to distract Hermione but it was too late.

"RON! What is the meaning of this?" Hermione demanded. She had balled her fists to her sides and looked ready to deck both Pansy and Ron.

Ron didn't hear what was asked of him but several people saw Hermione fully loaded and prepared to deck Ron.

"What the bloody hell is your problem Ron?" Ginny screamed. "You're such an arse!"

Draco heard Ginny's scream and then began to make his way over to Ginny. Who was upsetting her so? Ron, that bastard of a brother.

The students were not the only ones who noticed the scene unfolding in front of them.

"Oh, how lovely- a cat fight." Goyle laughed.

" I trusted you Ron, I almost gave you something VERY special last night." Hermione screamed.

Several boys snickered.

"HOW DARE YOU DO THIS!"

Hermione was getting closer and closer to the couple when she was met by a wall that stopped her. Her eyes stayed on Ron and Pansy and watched while Professor McGonagall broke up the snogging session and took points from the Gryffindors and Slytherins.

Hermione was seething. Quicker than she even realized she was being led out of the great hall.

She screamed,

"NEVER COME NEAR ME AGAIN RON, I HATE YOU."

She looked up and saw Professor Snape leading her somewhere hurriedly. His robe swishing behind him as he quickly led her to his office.

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Once inside his office, Professor Snape pointed to a chair where Hermione sat as she began to cry immediately- her balled fists pulled to her eyes and she screamed and cried into the palms.

Professor Snape sat down at his desk and watched her cry. He could not believe how badly that stupid git Ron had hurt Hermione. He was going to snap both of Ron's heads off and bury them in the Forbidden Forrest.

Hermione was sobbing profusely when he slammed his hand, as hard as he could without breaking it, down on his desk.

Hermione jumped nearly out of her seat, but she certainly stopped crying.

"That stupid stupid boy. How can he do that to you after what I found you two about to do last night?" Snape was fuming. "He's a dunderhead and you're better without him. But what the hell were you thinking trying to bed HIM?"

"I didn't want to, but he said that as long as I wanted to be his girlfriend I had until Valentine's Day to make it right to him." Hermione started taking deep breaths. "I guess even though I tried it didn't matter to him. I was just as I suspected another piece of meat to him. And then to shag Pansy. Oh I'm SO bloody pissed."

Hermione clenched her teeth.

"I can't imagine why anyone would do something like that to you Hermione. I'm so sorry I had to bring you back here, I just cannot allow you to get into trouble even though you had your right to do what you wanted to do." Snape explained.

"I can't believe Ron made you commit to that stupid plan for Valentine's Day. I would never do that to you."

'Shit' he thought how could he save face with that one?

"I mean if I was Ron." He corrected.

"Yes of course." Hermione said, but then she began to feel the tension in the room and she heated from below her belly button up through her chest- it felt like there were butterflies trapped in her chest trying to get out and that she was on an insane rollercoaster taking dips here, there, but she didn't know where. She never had this feeling before. And she had never fully appreciated how good looking Professor Snape was. She was beginning to fear that she had some very strong feelings for him.

"Well, if you were Ron, what would you have done?" she tried to ask innocently enough.

" I would have treated you right." He said and thought ' You would have drenched that table'

"Well, thank you." Hermione responded with appreciation. " I can promise that I won't go after Ron and Pansy. Thank you VERY much for the talk professor."

She leaned over and kissed his cheek- "Thank you very much."

Professor Snape looked completely out of sorts and in shock.

'Oh hell' he groaned inside his mind realizing how he yearned so badly to be in place of Ron when he found them last night.

She looked into his dark, piercing eyes and felt pleasure and lust. He was delicious and she knew that she had been completely wasting her time going together with Ron.

The passionate images began to flood into her mind, the ones that she had when she dreamed of him last night.

"See you for detention tonight Ms. Granger." He promptly added.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world." She replied.