Disclaimer: I don't own it, sadly. I wish I were brilliant enough to, but I don't.
"This is hardly appropriate, Professor. How do you expect me to respond?" Hermione had sat for what felt like hours in her room after opening the scroll that Severus had handed her. She finally got her wits about her and headed to Snape's classroom. Now she was holding the scroll in one hand, using it to make her point.
"It is very appropriate, Ms. Granger, given the circumstances. And I expect you to respond however you wish. I do not have any expectations from you, other than that you will make a decision." Snape was now the one sitting at a desk, and he leaned back comfortably in his chair, "But I will remind you, that your decision affects not only you."
"Use guilt trips often, Professor?" Hermione asked with a smirk as she sat in a chair that usually held clumsy potion students, "You do quite well making one feel guilty."
"Not
my intention at all, Ms. Granger, though if it helps my situation,
all the better." Snape leaned forward in his seat, and place his
hands on the desk in front of him. "Do you have an answer? I'm
not a patient man, Ms. Granger, and if I'm to change my life
completely, I'd like to know whether I'm to make room in my
drawers or pack them."
"I should make you wait till the very
last moment. For once someone has the control in a situation with
you, perhaps I'll spend my last two days relishing the feeling."
"If that's how you plan to act, I'll pack now, make the decision for you." Snape detested the thought of losing the upper hand in any situation, especially this one. "Now, should I pack now or are you going to tell me?"
"Fine, if you insist."
"I insist."
"You're sure."
"Absolutely."
"Well then …"
A/N: Thank you again to all my lovely, wonderful, magnificent reviewers. You make my day and inspire me to write. Now, I know this is a cliffhanger of sorts, and I—along with everyone else—don't like them, but it felt appropriate. And I know that it is short, very short, but I thought I should get something up and I like it short like this. So until next time …