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Okay, I know my last update was a wussy chapter. I had to get them back together, but not too soon, ya know what I mean? I\'m still trying to develop more of a story. In some of my stories, the characters have this animalistic passion right away. Here, they need to work out what they are actually feeling. I know it\'s slow going, but I promise you\'ll be happy in the end....and so will they. *winkwinknudgenudge*


Chapter 4

Approximately three and a half hours later, Severus made his way down to his former office. He smiled grimly as he pictured Granger, sitting at his old desk, waiting for him to come down. She was going to be extremely upset. He had taken his sweet time eating those delicious spuds, and then he had graded his 6th years\' parchments on hexes (something that could have waited until tomorrow night), done a bit of laundry and handed his detention list to Filch. Severus almost felt giddy when he thought of the tantrum Granger was going to throw. And she would, because she was fiery and passionate, but mostly she was impatient and enjoyed getting her own way. Severus paused outside the Potions classroom before opening the door. He frowned. No lights on, and the door to the office was shut, with no light peeping from beneath the door. Where was she? It wouldn\'t be any fun if he couldn\'t see her reaction. He stalked down the hallway, and headed for the Gryffindor wing. He paused outside the door to her private rooms. He could see light, but he couldn\'t hear any movement from inside. He knocked. No one answered. But, there was a shadow of movement. Severus knocked again. And again. And yet again. Still no answer. However, someone was definitely moving around in there. If the little chit thought to ignore him, she was so wrong. He grabbed the doorknob, twisted it, flung open the door and froze.

\"Severus! What the hell are you doing?\"

\"What are you doing? And what is this music you\'re listening to? It\'s quite vulgar. Good God, woman, did he just say \"I want to fuck you like an animal?\"

Hermione, who had been dancing around in her underpants while she unpacked, was holding a rather inadequate throw pillow in front of her near-nakedness. She was glaring rather malevolently at Severus as he stood in her doorway (with the door flung wide open, mind you). He had one brow raised and a rather puzzled expression on his face.

\"Severus Snape, you shut that door right now!\"

He was a bit dazed by what he was seeing and hearing, so he obeyed without question. She really was magnificent when she was angry and almost naked.

\"Now, why are you hear? And why did you just come barging in here?\"

\"Could we turn off the music? Who did you say this was?\"

Hermione walked sideways to her stereo and turned it off.

\"It\'s Nine Inch Nails.\"

He was staring at her legs. Hermione suddenly got a brilliant idea. She dropped the throw pillow on an armchair and sauntered over to her bed where her wand was. Then she turned around and looked at Severus. She nearly laughed and ruined it when she saw his face. He looked angry and very hopeful.

\"Would you like something to drink?\"

Without waiting for his answer she flicked her wrist and a chilled bottle of wine appeared on the coffee table with two glasses.

\"Now, why did you come barging in here without knocking?\"

Severus seemed to have regained some of his equilibrium (in other words, he started being snarky again). He scowled rather fiercely at her.

\"I did knock. Repeatedly. But I wouldn\'t have had to if you had been in your office like you said you would be. Instead I had to come traipsing all the way up here to find out what exactly you wanted to talk about in the middle of the night. And...\"

Hermione had walked over to him, and he suddenly found it a bit hard to keep from throwing her down and tackling her. He tried to tell himself that he was angry with her, so this violent reaction he was having to her was anger, and had nothing to do with the fact that she was so very tantalizingly close to being utterly and perfectly NAKED! He shook his head to clear it. He didn\'t want to see Granger naked. Icky, he told himself. That is wrong. Seriously, though, his body did not care one bit as she bent to retrieve the wine and pour them both a glass. Her bottom was just so nice and round and tight. He really wanted to touch it.

\"You were saying, Severus?\"

\"Don\'t call me Severus. Professor Snape, that\'s what I want you to call me. Not Severus, not Snape, Professor Snape.\"

She smirked as she handed his glass to her.

\"Well, Professor Snape, no need to get in a huff. I\'m sorry about not being in my office. I waited for about an hour, and when you didn\'t show, I figured you had forgotten or simply weren\'t going to come. So, I came up to my rooms and decided to unpack. I put a silencing charm on the door, but I must have forgotten to lock it. With my music up so loud, I didn\'t hear you knocking. And I was getting ready for bed, so that\'s why I was dancing around in my panties.\"

She took a drink of wine. She really was beginning to feel thirsty. Maybe inciting Snape\'s wrath (or was it something else?) was not such a good idea. Especially when she saw all the heat in his eyes. Surely he wasn\'t...he was! He thought she was hot! Her face must have shown her surprise, because he quickly shuttered his eyes.

\"What, Miss Granger?\"

\"Professor.\"

\"What?\"

\"Professor or Hermione. I told you earlier. If you keep it up, I\'m going to call you Sevvie for the remainder of my time here, and everyone will think that you are my Sevvie Pooh, and I am your Honey Muffin.\"

He looked shocked speechless. Hopefully he realized she was dead serious. She would do it.

\"You\'re serious, aren\'t you?\"

She nodded.

\"Fine. Now, Professor, what did you want to talk to me about that was just so important that it- FOR MERLIN\'S SAKE PUT SOME FRIGGING CLOTHES ON!!!\"

Hermione had bent to scratch her knee (which is ok when you have an itch, unless you\'re nearly naked.) and her breasts had just about burst forth from her bra. Not to mention that at his height, Severus could very clearly see her pert little backside up in the air as she bent over. Hermione snapped up, eyes wide as he yelled.

\"Well, seeing as how this is my room, and I sleep naked, you should probably leave before you have an attack of apoplepsy and die. Good night, Professor. We\'ll talk in the morning about my lesson plan. I\'d like to get some shut eye.\"

Severus spun around and wrenched open the door, slamming it behind him. Great. Just great. Now he knew she slept naked. It was time to come to terms with it. He didn\'t like her, didn\'t want to be around her, but he did want to fuck her. A lot. Blast it!

Hermione sank down onto the bed. Gods, but that man was something else. She hated how he was always in a bad mood, couldn\'t be in the same room with him without wanting to scream at him, but boy oh boy did she want to lick him all over. Damn him.