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Disclaimer: Do I really need to say that I don't own them? I'm just playing with someone else's toys and do return them in the same shape I have found them (well that may not always be the case).

Hermione rushed into the house, she was running so late to her computer class. Today had been the day from hell at work, one that she wasn't even supposed to be working. But she picked up the extra shift to be the only waitress there, every customer seemed to be in a bad mood today which did nothing to improve hers. Then to top it off Kathy, the evening waitress was two hours late. Of course Hermione couldn't fault her for being late, her child was sick. But still Kathy knew she was going to be late and it was suppose to be your responsibility to find someone to cover for you if that was the case.

She finally made it home in time to throw other clothes on, not even time to shower and she was still going to be late to class.

When the owl flew in to the house when she opened the door she knew it was Snape again, what in the hell did he want? Didn't he get it, she really couldn't talk to him it still hurt too much. She changed before coming back to deal with the owl, then said out loud.

"What the hell am I doing, it can keep until I come back."

She shooed the owl out to the back garden saying,

"I'm running late, you'll just have to wait."

She had spent five years giving in to what Snape wanted, now was her time to do as she pleased and by God she was going to her computer class.

After the class her friend Gina asked her why she was late, after relaying her day to her friend Gina drug her to a pub for a couple of drinks, well with Gina it's never just a couple and by the time she stumbled in the door at two in the morning she had forgotten about the owl sitting in her garden.

Well she had forgotten until four hours later when the thing pecked on her bedroom window, wanting to deliver its letter. She finally sat up, with her eyes half open she walked over opening the window letting the brown owl in. She looked down at the letter it carried before saying,

"Not interested, return to sender." She shooed the owl out going back to bed hoping that Severus would get the hint that she wanted to be left alone.

~~^~~SSHG~~^~~

Severus was at breakfast when the owl returned his letter to him, he sighed. He had known this would happen, but it didn't make it any less troubling that she had returned it to him. He took the letter wondering what else to add to get her to open it.

He sent the owl away after sharing a piece of bacon with it.

After lunch he took the letter back to the owlery to send again, he just kept going though his mind that Potter said 'persistence'.

~~^~~SSHG~~^~~

Hermione finally got out of bed at noon, she went to shower. Today was her day off and she intended to spend a quiet day doing nothing but relaxing.

Forty-five minutes later when she emerged from the shower there was another owl furiously scratching at her bedroom window, when she opened the window the owl flew in going out of her room, downstairs to the kitchen. Hermione sighed as she followed.

She gave the owl a piece of meat out of the fridge and she looked at the letter it carried, now under the word 'urgent' was also written 'business'. She had no idea what he could want, couldn't he just forget her.

She sat at the table lost in her thoughts, she had tried so hard to at the very least act like she was moving on. Why now of all times was it so important for him to contact her? There was no business left between them.

She took a piece of paper that was on the table writing,

Snape,

We have no business between us, it was all said and done four years ago.

Granger

Yes she signed it with her maiden name, there was no reason for him to know that she never changed her name back from his.

She tied the note to the owl's leg then said to him after giving him a piece of toast,

"Return to sender."

~~^~~SSHG~~^~~

When the owl returned that afternoon Severus wasn't surprised, when he saw the extra note attached to its leg that was what surprised him. He gave the owl a treat before sending him away.

He sighed deeply as he opened her note, it was short. After he read it he knew what his next move would be without a doubt.

He left the classroom going out of the castle to Spinner's End, this was his off weekend and he hoped that by the end of it she would at least be on speaking terms with her. He changed his clothes as he thought about his next line of action. Maybe he should have showed up at her door in the first place, it would have conveyed the importance of his mission. He chuckled, his mission. Now it was twofold, the main objective was to get Hermione back, the lesser was to make Kaseload pay for what he had caused by his deceit.

He apperated to a park not far from the Granger home, as he walked down the street toward her house he started to have a feeling he had not had in a very long time, he was nervous. He shook his head trying to clear away this feeling, he had nothing to be nervous about.

Well actually he did and he paused, all the what if's traveled through his mind. What if she slammed the door? What if she told him to leave? What if….. he walked around the block, his hand automatically going to the chain around his neck with their rings on it.

He knew what he wanted to achieve, but now he started to wonder how long that was going to take. He knew in this moment he would do anything to get her back to him, he just hoped that she could forget the past allowing for them to have a life together.

With his mind calmed he started toward her house again.

~~^~~SSHG~~^~~

Hermione stared at the fireplace, her mind had been on Severus much more than she was use to. It seemed that since she saw him her thoughts went to him and their marriage every day again. She had thought she was over that part, but seeing him brought up all the buried feelings she had for him. Then to top it off she had to let him know that she was still bothered by running out not able to even say his name.

She heard a knock on the door, sighing she stood to answer it thinking it was Gina who had called earlier wanting her to go to a party. Hermione yelled as she walked toward the door.

"I don't want to go Gina, I have to….." all of her thoughts fled as she opened the door to see the one person she never thought would be on her doorstep.

Author's Note: Comments really do make me smile and brighten my day.

Also I wanted to let you know that I have a couple of Severus/Hermione videos on youtube, the link is in my profile.