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One day, Hermione was sitting down in the library, reading a book of poetry. Severus entered from the side entrance carrying a tray of tea and small sandwiches.

"How are you feeling today?" Hermione slowly lowered the book and smiled slightly at Severus.

"I'm okay. Thanks for asking." Hermione smiled as Severus hands her over a cup of tea, which she happily took.

"I mean your legs? Surely they must be healed by own?" Severus asked as he sipped his tea.

"My legs don't hurt anymore."

"That's good... I will be taking you back to the village once the sun goes down," Severus said blankly.

"What?" Hermione asked slightly shocked.

"Well, surely you must what to go home to your family and friends. Go back to your life and everything," Severus suggested.

Hermione gripped her cup in her hand and started at it sadly. She doesn't really have any friends back home, she has no family or anything back there that holds value to her. "I don't really have anything back there."

"Certainly you must want to be there instead of here." Severus was bewildered by her words and was quite shocked that she was suggestion she would rather be here then in her village. Severus grew to care for her, but felt it was selfish and greedy of him to care for someone like her. Everytime Severus looked into her innocent brown eyes, all he could think about was every horrible thing he has done, and he thought, I don't deserve that kind of love.

"Well... I don't really want to go home just let," Hermione was asking more then saying.

"There must be something back there?" Severus asked, he needed her gone. Not that he wanted her gone far from it. He just knew that it was for the best if she left, before he ended up hurting her, like he hurted everyone else.

"Can I stay just a little bit longer?" Hermione asked smiling up at him, she never really had friends before. She felt so quite content here. The grounds here were beautiful, the library was amazing and Severus was far nicer then McLaggen.

"Okay... You may stay," Severus signed deeply, wondering if Hermione is just doing this to torment and toy with his feeling.

"Thank-you," Hermione tucked her arms around Severus.