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Hermione watched Luna glide down the hall and straight past the guard to the front doors. She turned back to see Snape sitting on the edge of his bed starring at her intently. She gave a small smile and pulled her wand out of her bag.

\"I thought you had to hand your wand over at the front desk?\" Snape said in a gravely voice.

\"You do,\" Hermione said as she walked over to him, \"But I don\'t take any chances with the other people in here. Stand up.\"

Snape moved to stand next to her, a frown on his face, \"And the guard knows that you have your wand?\"

\"Of course not,\" Hermione pointed her wand at the disgusting grey bed, \"Scourgify.\" she cleaned the sheets so that they were their original white colour, \"I gave them a fake wand.\"

\"A very Slytherin thing to do, Miss Granger.\" Snape said in a low voice.

\"I\'m sure it was,\" Hermione sat on the clean bed, \"But I am no Slytherin.\"

\"Indeed,\" Snape said thoughtfully. He was about to sit down next to her when she had a thought and held her hand up to stop him.

\"Wait.\" She pointed her wand at him and his eyes widened, \"Don\'t worry; I’m not going to blast you into the next millennium. Scourgify.\" The rips and the dirt disappeared from his robes.

\"Thank you.\" He looked at her in a strange way as he lowered himself slowly next to her.

\"You\'re welcome.\" Hermione said lightly.

There was a pause.

\"I take it you went to file for the appeal yesterday?\" Snape shifted towards her a little.

\"Yes, it was quite a job getting Figglesworth to comply, but I managed it in the end.\" Hermione nodded, putting one hand behind her and leaning on it.

\"How? I heard that he swore on his life that he would never give a death eater an appeal.\" Snape asked.

\"He gave me permission to file for the appeal, but said that I was sacked if I did. I, however, was not going to be sacked by the likes of him, so I quit.\" Hermione shrugged.

\"You lost your job to fight for me?\" Snape looked surprised, or something along those lines.

\"No. I quit because that’s what I took for Figglesworth to allow me to have the appeal.\" She said slowly.

\"But still... to do that for me -\"

\"I am not here to discuss what I did to get you this chance, I am here to talk to you about what I intend to do to win the appeal and get you out.\" Hermione said firmly.

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Severus nodded and moved one hand behind him to prop him up; mirroring Hermiones pose. His hand slid back, until his finger tips touched the side of her hand slightly. She seemed not to notice and carried on talking.

\"So, I will come and tell you when I get sent the appeal dates. I intend to find Professor Dumbledores memories and use them as my top evidence, the prosecution should not be able question them too much. I will get a memory expert to write a report on how genuine the memories are, so that should go well,\" She took a deep breath,

\"I will call in some character witnesses, including me, Luna and some other surprise people; if I can persuade them. I hope to write an effective opening and closing and hopefully, all together, it will get you out.\" Hermione smiled.

Severus hardly heard what she said; he just said \'yes\' and nodded now and then. He was watching her hot, wet, pretty, little mouth as she spoke and wondering what it would fell like on his -

Oh shit! She was starring at him expectantly.

\"So? What do you think?\" She asked nervously.

\"Yes... um... very good...\" He managed to croak out.

She let out a sigh of relief, \"Good, now I have some bad news... you house was sold when you were convicted.\" She started to bite her lip lightly.

\"It was to be expected, Miss Granger.\" Surreptitiously Severus moved his hand back, so that two fingers rested on the back of her hand.

\"Well, when you get out -\"

\"If I get out.\" He said doubtfully.

\"WHEN you get out,\" She stressed, \"You can come and stay with me.\"

Severus knew he should be noble and turn her down -or at least fight a little- but the thought of being in the same house as her was too much. He just nodded, mutely.

\"Well, I should be -\" She started to get up, but Severus placed his hand fully over hers, holding her down.

\"Wait,\" He said in a silky voice he knew made most women go all giddy, \"I would like to know what you have been doing for the last five years, Miss Granger. I think I have a right, seeing as you are defending me so readily.\"

\"Alright,\" Hermione said cautiously. She pulled her hand from under his and started to undo her coat. Severus watched eagerly as she revealed a black V-neck top and bit his lip to stop a groan getting out. She really was just too delicious; he was sure that any normal man -who was not woman deprived like him- would drool over her shapely form.

Finally, she folded the coat in her lap and looked up at him, \"So Professor, what do you want to know?\"