Chapter 8

When I opened the door to the potions classroom I saw something extremely out pf the ordinary. Professor Snape was standing at the front of the classroom wearing his dress robes holding a single rose and the rest of the classroom was filled with roses. There wasn't even any room for us to sit in our chairs. Professor Snape looked really good in those robes ( I've always thought he was kinda sexy) bu this as odd. But not as odd as what happened next.

As we started clearing the roses off our stools Professor Snape cleared his throat. We all looked toward the front of the classroom as the professor opened his mouth and began to sing. He had an extremely beautiful voice.

It's like a storm
That cuts a path
It's breaks your will
It feels like that

You think your lost
But your not lost on your own
Your not alone
I will stand by you
I will help you through
When you've done all you can do
If you can't cope
I will dry your eyes
I will fight your fight
I will hold you tight
And I wont let go

It hurts my heart
To see you cry
I know it's dark
This part of life
Oh it finds us all
And we're too small
To stop the rain
Oh but when it rains

I will stand by you
I will help you through
When you've done all you can do
And you can't cope
I will dry your eyes
I will fight your fight
I will hold you tight

And I wont let you fall
Don't be afraid to fall
I'm right here to catch you
I wont let you down
It wont get you down
Your gonna make it
Yea I know you can make it

Cause I will stand by you
I will help you through
When you've done all you can do
And you can't cope
And I will dry your eyes
I will fight your fight
I will hold you tight
And I wont let go
Oh I'm gonna hold you
And I wont let go
Wont let you go
No I wont

When he finished singing we all looked at him with our jaws dropped. Not one of of us thought Professor Snape could sing like that and besides it was completely out of character. He then walked right up to me handed me the rose, kissed my hand, gave me a quick smile and turned and walked back to the front.

"In honor of Ms. Granger, class has been cut short. Please go and enjoy the beautiful day out there." Everyone hesitated for a while. "I'm serious. Go get out. Or you're all getting detention." With that everyone jumped out and ran out the door. I walked slowly up to the Professor's desk. Was Professor Snape really my secret admirer?

I stood at his desk until he turned to look at me. "Yes Hermione? Didn't you just hear me? I let class out. You're free to go." I looked at him, afraid to ask the question that was on my mind. I put my books down on his desk and took a deep breath.

"Professor, may I ask you a question?"

"Proceed Ms. Granger."

I took another deep breath and did indeed proceed. "Professor all day today I've been receiving all theses lovely gifts and wonderful notes and then I come to class and you sing that song and I can't help but wonder if they were all from you."

Professor looked at me for a few moments and then started to laugh. I immediately became embarrassed. "Ms. Granger do you honestly think that I would have feelings for a student? I was blackmailed into this. Apparently someone has some incriminating photos of me and threatened to leak them if I didn't do this for them. However..." At this he walked around his desk to stand in front of me. "Don't think I haven't noticed how much you've grown up," He traced his hand up and down my arm. I felt a shiver go down my spine but I brushed it off. Of course I thought Professor Snape was gorgeous and all but some one out there really loved me and I had a slight idea on who it might be. I had to find out. I took the professor's hand and removed it from my arm.

"Sir, is there anyway you could tell me who this person is?" A devilishly cute smile crossed his face and he picked me up and sat me on his desk. He brought himself between my legs and whispered in my ear. "I can think of something that can persuade me." I lost my breath for a minute at the thought of the professor taking me right here on his desk but I couldn't. I softly pushed him back and got off the desk.

"Professor I am extremely flattered, really I am but I just couldn't. I have to go." As I walked out the door I heard him say, "Suit yourself, but I'll be waiting if you change your mind."

I closed my eyes for a moment to imagine but then opened them and continued out onto the grounds where I would no doubt find Harry and Ron.

As you could tell I decided to skip Fred's point of view and get right to what Hermione found in the Potion's classroom. I hope you like the little part with Snape. I plan on writing a Snape/Hermione one-shot soon. :-) (song lyrics "I Won't Let Go" by Rascal Flatts)