To say she was having a good nights sleep would qualify for understatement of the year. It was two in the morning and not only was Severus snoring, his sheeted elbow had found a home in her ribs over an hour ago and she had not been able to get him to move it.
She was tired, she was grouchy, and if he didn't remove his elbow in the next minute, she was going to shove him off the bed... thats all there was too it. She gave another valid attempt to remove the elbow but damn the man was a heavy sleeper and nothing she did was working.
"Move your damned elbow" she hissed through the sheet, hoping he would hear her. He didn't of course, but shifted his position anyway... making it worse. Now, not only did she have an elbow, she had a knee pressed into her hip.
That was it.. the final straw. She sat up, flinging her arms wildly at the sheet, ripping it down from the wall.
"Snape." she whispered harshly, giving him a shake, "move the hell over."
Sweet Merlin, the man could sleep through anything.
"Bat boy... wake up." she hissed,and once again getting no response from the sleeping man.
She let out a sigh of frustration and plopped back down on her slender piece of bed, forcefully pulling a good portion of the pillow from under his batty little head. She looked over to her left at the man sleeping comfortably... she wanted to smack him.
She finally closed her eyes, hoping she would pass out from pure exhaustion and it almost worked... almost.
Before she had a chance to do anything else, a heavy leg flipped over hers, pinning her to the bed as well as an arm that flopped over her chest and pulled her closer.
"no no no no" she whined, wanting to cry... she couldn't even move to turn to her side now. She wiggled her body like a girl with mad cow disease but her efforts were useless and only caused him to pull her closer.
She let out a sigh and closed her eyes... at least she had more room even if she was being cuddled by her big, bad Professor. The thought made her laugh... Snape cuddled.
Cuddlecuddlecuddlecuddlecuddlecuddlecuddle
The next morning, Severus let out a content sigh and pulled his pillow closer. He had slept better last night then he had in years. Without opening his eyes, he wedged his face in to the hairy pillow, he wanted to take advantage of his peaceful sleep while he could.
Wait... his pillow had hair?
He stiffened and slowly opened his eyes, almost afraid to see what he was pressed against that had hair. He instantly noticed the sheet he had erected for privacy was rumpled and laying across him and the girl he was trying to get privacy from, was snuggled and smiling against his chest.
He groaned... he didn't need this... anything but this.
He slowly untangled the girl from himself and tried to get out of the bed without her noticing. He didn't want her to notice his morning issues, nor did he want to deal with the awkwardness of the situation.
Once he managed to pull his fully clothed body out of the bed and from her grip, he mentally yelled 'Success' and went towards the port key to get his morning rituals done with.
Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
While Severus was in the shower, Hermione was stirred awake by a knock on her door. She got up from the bed and padded her way over to the door.
"Good morning Ms. Granger" Dumbledore said with a smile, "I was coming to check on the progress of the potion to correct this... little situation."
Hermione let out a chuckle, "Well, I'm not sure progress is the right word for it."
Dumbledore frowned and held out his hand for her, "Lets go into the main room and chat, shall we."
Hermione nodded and climbed onto her professors hand. She still felt stupid but else could she do. He carried her over to the couch and sat her down gently before taking the seat next to her.
"Alright Ms. Granger, tell me whats been going on."
Hermione smiled a big grin while trying to hold in her laughter, "Well" she started, "It seems as though Professor Snape had a little accident himself in the lab – he is now about 6 inches tall."
A large grin appeared across the old mans face, "Please tell me you are joking."
"I'm afraid not." she replied, "It's actually quite amusing."
"I see" Dumbledore stated, "Well, in that case, I'm afraid a few arrangements will need to be made."
"You can start by adding a second bed" she said grumpily, "The man is impossible to sleep around."
Dumbledore frowned, "How close did you two sleep?"
"Well, considering we had noting but a twin sized bed with a sheet hanging down the middle for privacy – I'd say too close." She though for a minute, "Can you possibly just shrink his bed down so he can get in it?"
Dumbledore shook his head, "Let's wait for Professor Snape. I'm afraid with him being small.. it changes things a bit."
Hermione nodded and sat back to relax until Snape came out. She wondered if she was going to lose her little house and be shipped off to stay with someone else. She also couldn't help but wonder if Snape would be placed into Minerva protective care. The thought made her laugh.
"Are you alright?" Dumbledore asked
"I'm fine... I just pictured Professor Snape being carried around by Professor Mcgonagall."
Dumbledore smirked, "They'd kill each other."
"I know" she said with a giggle, "That's why I find it funny."
llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
Ten minutes later, a clean Severus emerged from the bedroom in search of Hermione. He had port keyed back to the house and discovered it empty which nearly sent him into a state of panic after what happened the last time she went missing.
He had heard the voice of Albus and made a mad dash to the living room.
"Ah, Severus." Dumbledore stated, "Glad to see you are in one piece."
Severus frowned as Albus bent down and picked him up by the robes. He was not a bloody toy.
"Indeed" came his cool reply, "But it seems that things are a little worse for wear."
Dumbledore smiled, "I can see that"
The three sat and talked for a few minutes, working out the new details. Severus was grumpy to say the least, but he had no choice in the matter. Dumbledore had left for a few minutes and came back with a sleepy looking Harry.
"Morning Hermione" he yawned, picking her up so he could sit down. He looked down at his friend and frowned, "Why are you wearing my boxer shorts?"
Hermione shrugged, "They got mixed in my stuff and they are comfortable." she replied
"Enough with the idle chit chat." Severus snapped... he really wasn't happy.
"Snape?" Harry said with wide eyes, "You're... little?" he laughed
"Way to state the obvious." Severus replied with a roll of the eyes.
Dumbledore raised his hands to silence the pair, "Lets just get this out of the way, shall we?"
The three nodded and turned their attention to the headmaster.
"Harry, I need you to come down here morning, noon and night to make sure Severus and Hermione don't need anything. I will inform the staff of your arrangement so you are excused when you are late."
Harry nodded
Dumbledore then turned towards Severus, "You need to tell him your password so he can get inside."
Severus grumbled, he didn't want another Gryffindor hanging around his quarters but nodded a yes just the same.
"Excellent" Dumbledore stated, then turned to Harry, "Harry, will you take Ms. Granger to the doll house so she can change for the day?"
Harry stood, making sure Hermione was secure before walking into the bedroom and out of the hearing range of his professors. Once he was completely out of sight, Dumbledore turned to Severus.
"I will arrange for a house elf to bring you two your meals." he started, "I, under no circumstances, want the two of you to leave this room until we figure out how to fix this mess."
"But sir" Severus tried, but was met with a silencing hand
"I will take over your classes Severus – I just cant have the pair of you going around this castle and risk being eaten, stepped on or harmed."
"I will also be expanding the doll house to a larger size and adding a second bed."
"Cant you add another room as well."
"I could, but under the circumstances I don't want you out of her sight and vise versa... think of it as the buddy system."
Severus groaned... he hated his life.