Shock Treatment

Chapter Three … Convincing Hermione

“Professor Snape?” Ginny squealed causing Hermione to screw up her face in a fair imitation of pain at the high pitched sound.

“Please don’t squeal like that again Ginny, I am not sure if my nerves can take it right now. But yes, Professor Snape. I have no idea what got into me Ginny, one minute he was telling me that I have to cover up in his class and the next I was offering to take off my clothes. How’s that for flirting? And now I have detention tonight and tomorrow and I am going to have to be near him and try not to think about what I said”.

“Wait, so you got detention for offering to take your clothes off?”

“No, I got detention for talking back to him. When I offered to disrobe he blushed then kicked me out of his office”.

Ginny looked thoughtful for a few moments as she processed this new information. Just when Hermione was about to speak, she looked up from her trance and a slow smile crept onto her face. ‘That look does not bode well for me’ thought Hermione.

“He actually blushed?” Ginny asked then continued on with her thoughts when Hermione nodded.

“Okay so maybe that means he isn’t all that opposed to the idea of a naked Hermione. I mean after all you are a right little hottie now. Not that you weren’t before but…” she trailed off then looking awkward. Ginny, like her older brother Ron had inherited the Weasley gene of being able to make a compliment sound like an insult. At least she caught herself before her foot was completely inside of her mouth. Hermione waved the comment off but signaled for her to continue.

“I mean” Ginny continued “that maybe having detention won’t be so bad. Who know, maybe if you keep on flirting something might pop up between you. No pun intended. Mind you are a tad bit more subtle in the future. I know subtlety is more of a Slytherin trait but look who your dealing with.”

“Ginny, what makes you think I want something to “pop” up between us as you so eloquently stated?”

“Think about it for a minute Mione. You talk all the time about how immature the boys here are. Before you protest you know I completely agree with you on that point. I know Snape isn’t wrapped in the prettiest packaging, but he is tall and smart. His voice could melt everlasting ice and those fingers; well all I’m going to say is that if those fingers were attached to Remus I wouldn’t make it through Defense without devouring him. You could probably have some really great conversations with him and I am sure you could probably give him a run for his galleons with everything you know about potions.”

“Ginny, you are insane” she pronounced slowly, hopefully giving each word time to sink into the red heads skull. “Even if I did think of him that way, which I don’t, there is no way he would do anything with a student.”

Upon hearing this Ginny’s eyes took on the look of triumph that clearly stated she knew something Hermione didn’t. “Dear sweet naive Hermione. How do you know he wouldn’t bed a student until you try? Besides it’s not against the rules. Trust me I checked when I decided I wanted Remus for my own. I know you are the queen of Hogwarts a History but this isn’t something that is advertised widely. After all they don’t actually want students seducing their professors and vice versa, but a couple hundred years ago it was perfectly acceptable for a Professor to court a student. All they did recently was amend the rule stating the student had to be of age.”

Hermione looked startled at hearing this bit of information, and for the first time since the conversation started she took a moment to actually imagine what a relationship with Snape could be like. Ginny was right about her assessment of him, the voice, the height, the hands, the smarts, and even that bad boy edge he had certainly did make for an attractive fantasy. The real Snape held a few problems though that fantasy Snape did not. His teeth for one, and his attitude for another. Hermione knew that she wasn’t Mary Sunshine herself, but that man could scowl at the sun for rising. It was bloody ridiculous.

She could just imagine trying to seduce him. Though she had no experience seducing men in general, she would imagine that a blonde bombshell with voice like silk and the body of a goddess would get thrown out on her bum if he wasn’t interested. He wasn’t a man you tricked into liking you. They had a caustic history and she was pretty sure that would very difficult to overcome.

The more Hermione tried to talk herself out of it, the more she could see Ginny’s points. He was slowly looking more and more attractive to her and before long the thought of servicing him in the potions lab had sent butterflies into a frenzy in her stomach. She really, really hated it when Ginny managed to convince her of things she had no intentions of being talked into. After a moment she sighed deeply, looked at the time, and looked Ginny in the eyes, searching her face for any signs of joking. She could find none.

“All right Gin, you win. In a strictly intellectual way he would be the perfect companion. The other things you mention aren’t exactly a turn of either. I have an hour until I need to leave for detention. Teach me the art of seducing a Professor oh temptress.”

And with that, Ginny was off the floor and searching through Hermione’s closet looking for a perfect “detention outfit”. It was decided that since he warned her to cover herself properly she should wear a muggle outfit. Something completely understated, but so close to the edge of sexy that he wouldn’t know what hit him. Tossing outfit after outfit aside, Ginny suddenly gasped in delight and withdrew what she claimed to be the ultimate detention outfit. This consisted of a pair of tight low rise jeans that hugged her hips perfectly and flared out over her calves and a long sleeved sweater with a dangerous scoop neck that came precariously close the falling off the shoulder. At first Hermione couldn’t see the allure in it, but once she dressed, she began to see just what Ginny was referring to.

The brown colour of the jumper drew out her eyes like nothing she had seen before, making the look large and round and positively sparkling while the snug fit showed off her nice curves. It covered her decently, but if she leaned forward a bit, it was cleavage city. The jeans were casual and faded but fit her snugly and the rips in them gave glimpses of leg that held many promises of being wrapped around someone in the near future.

Once the clothes were agreed upon and her hair shoved into a messy bun there was enough time to discuss a bit of strategy. Ginny was all for continued flirting and letting him know just what it was that Hermione was after. Hermione on the other hand wanted to take it slow. Try to be a bit subtle and feel out the situation first, after all she certainly chose someone difficult as her first conquest. She would follow Ginny’s advice about her body language and clothing and she would do her best to send the correct message, but the Operation Vampire, which they decided to call it, would have to be tweaked for certain success.

Game plan in hand the girls made their way out of Hermione room. Ginny walked her as far as the staircase and left her to walk to detention alone. She had decided to bring her bag along, never knowing what Snape would assign to punish her. The walk seemed to be over before she knew it and noticing she was a couple minutes early, she took her time collecting herself before walking to her doom…or destiny, whichever it was it was still nerve wracking. When the second ticked by and he nervous stomach did not settle, Hermione gave it up as useless and decided to bit the bullet.

She knocked and waited.

A/N- It’s getting a little difficult to respond to everyone’s reviews by name, so I think I am going to have to start addressing the questions in paragraph form. I have had some questions about whether this will be a strictly HG/SS pairing. That is certainly the intention, though she may provoke in some flirting with other people, I think she will realize Severus is the man she wants and remain faithful to that plan. However, sometimes characters do what they damn well please and I am powerless to do anything but type what they insist. I really do love hearing all of your comments and suggestions though I will pose a question. In my other story The Seaside Retreat I wrote in a threesome with Ginny, Hermione, and Snape. It was surprisingly well received and I was thinking of adding one again, though I haven’t made up my mind yet. What do you guys think? Oh, and to give you a heads up, I will be posting more regularly now, at least during the week.