Hey guys I'm back! Sorry for the long wait! I have had a major case of writers block. I this story is one of the hardest I have written. So it might be some time gaps between the chapters. I don't leave a story unfinished. I hate when a writer does that!

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Hermione Snape

The Other Spy

Chapter Eight

Lessons

Hermione knocked on the potions classroom door. She was nervous because it had been little over a week since they were last together. They were both busy to work on potions or even for to have her first lesson. The witch took a deep breath and knocked on the door. She heard a slick voice call 'enter.' The witch opened the door and walked into the room and closed the door with a soft click.

Hermione smiled and slowly walked up to his desk. She sat down on the front row and waited for him to finish grading his papers. Severus sighed and rubbed his head trying ease the head ache that was forming.

"They get dumber each year. I think their IQ's drop as they get older." He motioned to the seventh year essays.

She slid of the desk and walked around the wizard's chair. She wrapped her arms around his neck.

He leaned back and sighed, "I must start your training today and no it can't wait another day." Severus pulled her around his chair and sat her down on his desk. "What about Potter?"

"Nothing. I mean besides quidditch talk and him obsessing over Ginny. I have nothing to give to Voldemort when he calls."

"Than we must think of something."

The wizard smirked and entered her mind, but was pushed out. He tried again but entered this time.

Hermione stood in front of Voldemort as she took the dark mark.

She pushed him out of her thoughts.

"Not bad, but not good enough. The dark lord can still penetrate your mind. He might not force it but he will use it." He stood up, "It's time to work."

Hermione sighed and slid off the desk.

They spent the past few hours working. Severus entering her mind too many times to count. She didn't complain about her fatigue but pushed on. The witch knew this was life or death.

Severus sensed her energy draining he pulled out and leaned against a lab table.

"Ok. I saw things I wish not to see again."

Hermione bit her tongue so she wouldn't laugh. "Did you see when Harry kissed Ron?"

"Don't, that is presently burnt into my brain. I'll have to remove it just live my life."

"Severus it was a dare nothing more."

He raised a brow at his mate. It Didn't look like a dare to him and that was a very disserving thought.

The spy dismissed the witch and she left the potions class room. He sighed and sat down behind his desk. Severus propped his elbows on the desk and buried his face in his hands. He loved the minx truly he did, but sometimes wonder what she saw in him. He had a very dark past and it had hardened his heart.

The Potions Master looked up when he heard a knock on the door. "Enter."

The door opened and the headmaster walked into the class room. "How is the training coming?"

"It's progressing. But she still needs to improve. I will not loose her!" he hit his fist on his desk and rose from his seat.

Albus's eyes twinkled at the Potions Master. "You've fallen love with Miss Granger."

The wizard sneered at the elderly man and walked over to the potions on the lab table.

"I don't love Hermione." He's voice cracked with emotion. "She's only a child."

The headmaster walked around the table and looked at the spy. He smiled at the wizard. He knew that Severus truly loved Hermione Granger. He may have a hard heart, but Hermione was the only one that was able to chip the hard barer around it.

"Severus you're lesson is don't deny your heart," and he walked out of the room.

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