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Hermione- Yes, they give her inspiration.

Snape- She doesn't and never will own Harry Potter.

LLL- Yeah, thanks for that inspiration Snape

Snape- *Grins Deviously* The pleasure is mine

*Hermione's POV*

*12:19am*

About 15 minutes ago, Snape gave me permission to stop.

"Hermione, were you helping Mr. Potter with his work before the break?"

"No, why would you think that?"

"He didn't fail this time around."

"So that makes you think he had help from me? Harry is a smart person."

"He is fool."

"Don't say that about him. He just needs time."

"The more time you give him, the more he messes things up," Snape growls.

"You don't even give him a chance."

"His first should be enough. I refuse to give him another chance to fail."

"That's not true. He won't fail."

"He's just like his delinquent father."

"Harry's father was a good man. He risked his life to save Harry."

"NO! Lily did that. It's her love that keeps him alive today."

"You're holding this grudge against Harry because of his father. What did Harry do wrong?"

"He was born."

"What the hell Snape."

"How dare you curse at me Mudblood," Snape says, walking over to me and grabbing my arm. I snatch my wand out my pocket and point it at him.

"Let go of me." I demand.

"If he hadn't been born, she would still be here. Lily." His eyes widen with thought and he let's go of me. Slowly, he walks over to his desk and puts his head into his hands.

"You loved her, didn't you," I say softly. He drops to his knees and I kneel next to him. I use one finger to pull his chin to look at me. His eyes are teary and this makes me tear up, I've never seen him so sad and I don't like it. "I know she's gone. We both know, but do you really think his is what she'd want." He looks at the floor. "Look at me. Let her go. She wouldn't want this from you and I know that you don't want this from you." This time I look away. "And I don't this from you. I've never seen you cry and it pains me."

His eyes widen and i look back up at him when he speaks. "She was everything. She was smart. The best in her class. She stood out because she was muggle born. She was great at up lifting others spirits no matter what the situation. And I've just realized that your personality is the spitting image of hers." We look into each other's eyes. Just like last time, he looks away and then gets up. "You need to be getting back to your dorm." He beckons me out of the door and I follow.

The castle is quiet, but with Snape, it calming. The walk is long and somewhat awkward for a reason, I think me and Snape both understand. What he said wasn't just a simple compliment. When we finally make it to the fat lady portrait, we stand in front of each other.

"Good Night, Hermione."

"Good Night, Professor Snape." I stick out my hand and he hesitantly shakes it. Then he starts to walk away. "Snape, wait." He turns, expecting the usual apology. I walk over to him and wrap my arms around him in a hug. He stands there for a moment, stunned. Eventually, he hugs me back. His arms are strong and his hands trail up and rub my hair. He steps back and leans on the rail, still holding me.

"I'm sorry I called you a mudblood. I was out of line."

"It's OK. You were upset and I shouldn't have cursed at you." He brings his head down and nudges my cheek. I don't pull away because this doesn't feel too wrong.

"AWW!" says the fat lady in a sleepy tone. "So cute, but do you mind getting inside, it's a little late." We look over at her and let go of each other. I remove my wand and point it at the fat lady.

I turn it slightly while saying, "oblivion." A dazed look is in her eyes and Snape looks back at me. "Don't worry, she only won't remember the last five minutes." I say. He nods with a smile. I turn to the fat lady, who still has a dazed look on her face. This makes me sigh. Just as I'm about to knock and snap her out of her dizziness, Snape wraps his arms around my waste from behind and lays his head on mine. I hug him back and then pry his arms off of me. "The fat lady will be coming back to reality in a minute, I'll see you tomorrow." I'm not sure his reaction since I never turned around, but I don't need to.

When the fat lady is back to normal, I hear Snape's footsteps going down the stairs. Then, I give the fat lady the password and go inside.

*Snape's POV*
Am I crazy? Hugging her. A student. My head has attained a strange headache and I make my way down the dungeon stairs. When enter my classroom, the first thing I see is the last thing I want to see sitting in my chair. Draco smiles deviously.

"Where have you been at such a late hour," he asks.

"Escorting Ms. Granger to the Gryffindor tower and why are you in my room sitting in my chair?"

"Can't a guy visit his favorite teacher?"

"Not at one thirty in the morning. And get out of my seat." Draco stands and I sit. "Now tell me why you are really here."

"I can't take it anymore. I need her."

"You can't take her. Not now. You're too special and if you do this at the wrong time, not only will it raise suspicions, but you might have to start over and that will take time."

"He's not telling me anything. The dark lord has been keeping secrets from us."

"He has the authority to hide what he pleases."

"But what he's hiding is delaying me."

"You're not the most important Draco."

"You just said I'm special."

"There are others like you."

"But not many and they're older. They have already passed this process."

"Me and you don't attend and deatheater meetings. For all we know, what we think he is hiding, everyone else might know."

"Well when I get this done, I'm going to find out. My father is in Azkaban. I will get him out and make redeem his name."

"When it's your time, you will know. Just be patient and be careful what you do, you've been very obvious and Dumbledore has suspicion." He nods. "Now get out of my classroom." He shrugs his shoulders and leaves me.

'His target is Hermione, but I don't know if I can let him do it. Sirian or not.'

LLL-Hope you liked

Snape- Not bad

LLL- Hermione, why don't you explain to our readers what a Sirian is?

Hermione- Happily. A Sirian is a creature originated from a deatheater randomly and is a very rare. It will be explained more in future chapters.

LLL- Thank you and please review. By the way, in the story, Hermione has no idea what a Sirian is.