The Seaside Retreat
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Harry Potter › Het - Male/Female › Snape/Hermione
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
30
Views:
21,285
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94
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1
Currently Reading:
1
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News
Chapter Three …… News
He walked across the sand to her parent’s cottage and knocked. He was relieved when it was Hermione that opened the door and was slightly amused when she squealed with delight upon seeing him. Very few people in his lifetime ever squealed with anything other then disgust upon seeing him.
“Ohmygosh Ohmygosh the letters are here!!! Come in Professor please! Have you opened them? What do they say? Can I go home? How is everyone?” she shrieked grabbing the letter and leaving the door open to allow Snape to find his own way into the cottage.
They sat down at the scrubbed wooden table and each began to read the scrolls addressed to them. Hermione’s letter was somewhat thicker then the Professor’s and she was curious as to why until she realized that she not only had a letter from McGonagall, but also fro Harry and Ron. A warm feeling spread over her at the though of hearing from them finally, but she pushed it down and decided to read McGonagall’s letter first.
Miss Granger-
I am so pleased to hear that you are doing well and with your parents. I have sent the a letter that should arrive shortly after yours with a copy of the daily prophet included in it so that they may see for themselves that the battle has ended. I look forward to your return in the fall and will do whatever I can to expedite your return to London. However much we anticipate your return I feel that it is prudent to be secretive about it due to the rogue death eaters. In fact, I believe we should send your parents to continue their holiday elsewhere while Professor Snape and you stay where you are for a bit longer. I will handle the arrangements with your parents and apperate to see them in two days time. Good day Miss Granger and please accept my condolences of spending more time then necessary with Professor Snape and my congratulations on your Order of Merlin.
Minerva McGonagall
Headmistress of Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
PS (The portrait of you in the ministry is lovely. The artist certainly managed to catch that knowing glint in your eye. You look most formidable.)
Hermione felt her heart drop after reading the letter. She was very excited to hear a plan for her return, but she highly doubter her Mum and Dad would go along with it. After all it was the danger that kept them from letting her return. She would just have to wait and see.
With a jolt she remembered she wasn’t alone. She looked over at Snape and could only assume that by the very ugly scowl set upon his face that his letter read something of the same as hers. Hermione wasn’t particularly excited by the fact that the remainder of her summer was to be spent with him instead of at the burrow with her second family though she doubted she found it as distasteful as he obviously did. Another month in this miniature version of a town living in a house with the potions master? Well at least now she felt as though she earned her Order of Merlin.
“I am sorry you are being inconvenienced further by me Professor” Hermione murmured, almost afraid to speak above the timid whisper. And for the second time this summer, Snape surprised her with his answer.
“Miss Granger, its not your fault, though I do fully intend to make you miserable for it should I have to baby-sit you I will grudgingly admit to finding the peace and quiet of my cottage a bit boring. After all, I am used to living with the war and chasing after you and your boyfriends to make sure none of you died from your adventures. As long as you continue to follow my rules then I will admit a change of pace may be welcome.” Snape finished his sentence and stood to leave.
“I will return in two days with Minerva to arrange everything. Do try to warm your parents up to the idea beforehand though. I hardly want to be the one to beg your parents to let you stay alone in a house with a man twice your age. Specifically if that man is me. Good day Miss Granger.”
It was then that he turned on his heel and left the cottage slamming the door behind him. Hermione just couldn’t figure him out. He just admitted he was lonely in so many words and then as quickly as the decent Snape emerged he disappeared leaving the bastard to rear his ugly again. She certainly hoped she wouldn’t be dealing with a dual personality for the entirety of this ordeal. What a mess she thought. And with that she slipped on her flip flops to find her parents and begin to beg for their cooperation.
He walked across the sand to her parent’s cottage and knocked. He was relieved when it was Hermione that opened the door and was slightly amused when she squealed with delight upon seeing him. Very few people in his lifetime ever squealed with anything other then disgust upon seeing him.
“Ohmygosh Ohmygosh the letters are here!!! Come in Professor please! Have you opened them? What do they say? Can I go home? How is everyone?” she shrieked grabbing the letter and leaving the door open to allow Snape to find his own way into the cottage.
They sat down at the scrubbed wooden table and each began to read the scrolls addressed to them. Hermione’s letter was somewhat thicker then the Professor’s and she was curious as to why until she realized that she not only had a letter from McGonagall, but also fro Harry and Ron. A warm feeling spread over her at the though of hearing from them finally, but she pushed it down and decided to read McGonagall’s letter first.
Miss Granger-
I am so pleased to hear that you are doing well and with your parents. I have sent the a letter that should arrive shortly after yours with a copy of the daily prophet included in it so that they may see for themselves that the battle has ended. I look forward to your return in the fall and will do whatever I can to expedite your return to London. However much we anticipate your return I feel that it is prudent to be secretive about it due to the rogue death eaters. In fact, I believe we should send your parents to continue their holiday elsewhere while Professor Snape and you stay where you are for a bit longer. I will handle the arrangements with your parents and apperate to see them in two days time. Good day Miss Granger and please accept my condolences of spending more time then necessary with Professor Snape and my congratulations on your Order of Merlin.
Minerva McGonagall
Headmistress of Hogwarts
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
PS (The portrait of you in the ministry is lovely. The artist certainly managed to catch that knowing glint in your eye. You look most formidable.)
Hermione felt her heart drop after reading the letter. She was very excited to hear a plan for her return, but she highly doubter her Mum and Dad would go along with it. After all it was the danger that kept them from letting her return. She would just have to wait and see.
With a jolt she remembered she wasn’t alone. She looked over at Snape and could only assume that by the very ugly scowl set upon his face that his letter read something of the same as hers. Hermione wasn’t particularly excited by the fact that the remainder of her summer was to be spent with him instead of at the burrow with her second family though she doubted she found it as distasteful as he obviously did. Another month in this miniature version of a town living in a house with the potions master? Well at least now she felt as though she earned her Order of Merlin.
“I am sorry you are being inconvenienced further by me Professor” Hermione murmured, almost afraid to speak above the timid whisper. And for the second time this summer, Snape surprised her with his answer.
“Miss Granger, its not your fault, though I do fully intend to make you miserable for it should I have to baby-sit you I will grudgingly admit to finding the peace and quiet of my cottage a bit boring. After all, I am used to living with the war and chasing after you and your boyfriends to make sure none of you died from your adventures. As long as you continue to follow my rules then I will admit a change of pace may be welcome.” Snape finished his sentence and stood to leave.
“I will return in two days with Minerva to arrange everything. Do try to warm your parents up to the idea beforehand though. I hardly want to be the one to beg your parents to let you stay alone in a house with a man twice your age. Specifically if that man is me. Good day Miss Granger.”
It was then that he turned on his heel and left the cottage slamming the door behind him. Hermione just couldn’t figure him out. He just admitted he was lonely in so many words and then as quickly as the decent Snape emerged he disappeared leaving the bastard to rear his ugly again. She certainly hoped she wouldn’t be dealing with a dual personality for the entirety of this ordeal. What a mess she thought. And with that she slipped on her flip flops to find her parents and begin to beg for their cooperation.