A/N - Sorry this is a lil late, I'd just like to say HP is not mine and thanks for reviewing

"Oh, it was wonderful!" Hermione said happily as she pranced around the girl's gryffindor tower.

Lily beamed at Hermione. She had never seen her this happy before and it was starting to get to her too.

"He almost kissed me!" she screamed and flopped down on her bed, gazing at the swirls on the ceiling.

"Oh my god!" shrieked Lily and bounced so she was lying down next to Hermione. "Tell me everything!"

"It was so romantic." she sighed "His hand was holding onto my chin. Not harshly! He was so gentle and it was as if I was being pulled like a magnet and his lips were getting closer and closer!"

"Yes? Yes? Don't just stop there!" Lily pleaded. She was a huge romantic and Lily felt very tensed for what would happen next.

Hermione then scowled blackly. "Sirius happened."

Immediately Lily's face dropped. It was no secret to the other marauders that Sirius was in love with Hermione, practically the whole school knew! The only person completely oblivious was Hermione which was awful for everyone involved.

"What did he do?" asked Lily uncertainly.

"I'll tell you what he did!" Hermione huffed angrily, "He threw a snowball at the back of Severus' head! Completely ruined the moment. Honestly, if he wasn't my best friend I would've hexed him. Utter disregard-"

Lily let Hermione carry on with her tirade. They usually lasted a while so using the time she digested the information. It was clear to Lily that Sirius knew that Severus liked Hermione yet was unsure of Hermione herself. Poor Sirius Lily thought surely he must know now? They were about to kiss!

Lily worried whilst Hermione finally went to sleep. Sirius was usually a sweet, funny guy but this recent development might make him a bit more volatile. This could be bad.

"That git had his hands all over my Hermione!" Sirius growled as he paced the common room floor, at this rate there would be nothing left of the carpet.

"Calm down mate! You said you wouldn't go near Snivellus for Hermione so stop thinking!" James said in alarm. He could see a glint in Sirius' eyes that he had only seen once before when someone had picked on a little hufflepuff girl. The student who had done it had to be in the infirmary for two weeks afterwards.

"For Hermione. How could she possibly like him? It's a love potion. Please Prongs we have to stop him. Merlin knows what he's doing to her when we're not with her. He's a lunatic." Sirius raved on and on and on.

From Remus' point of view, he thought Sirius was the lunatic yet kept his judgement to himself. Sirius might try anything in his current state of mind.

Unfortunately Peter didn't have the same reasoning.

Peter burst out laughing and seemed to be struggling to breathe as he watched Sirius stop his stalking and fix his cold, grey eyes on his form.

"Why are you laughing?" Sirius asked with a hint of steel.

Sensing his friend's mood, Peter stopped laughing and faced him. "Well if you think she's under a love potion why don't you just brew one right back?"

For a moment all the marauders struggled to get a head around his words before all of their minds clicked at once.

"Of course!" Sirius cried and immediately strode over to Prongs.

"Hey, what are-? Oi!" James shouted out as Sirius reached towards his bum to get the invisibility cloak he was sat on.

Sirius held it up with a flourish before shouting "Thanks Peter!" over his shoulder and running out of the common room.

"Could've just bloody asked." James mumbled grumpily.

Remus and Peter chuckled at him before carrying on with their chess game.

A week passed and Sirius was hurriedly getting all of the ingredients to create a potion of his own. Hermione was still on cloud 9 as was Severus and it was a rare moment in Hogwarts where you couldn't see one in the company of the other. Suddenly Christmas was upon them the very next day so both were in a rush doing the finishing touches for each others present.

Early Christmas morning Hermione woke up bright and happy and rushed down to the gryffindor common room where the rest of them were eagerly awaiting to open their presents.

"Always late Hermione, tut tut." Remus winked before plucking a mini package meant for him.

Hermione loved all of her gifts. From Lily she got some naughty lingerie (upon which Hermione heavily frowned at her) and a gift card for flourish and blotts. From Remus she got a series of old manual texts based on the themed of time travelling (Hermione looked in shock at Remus before he quietly said that he had seen her reading a lot about them lately). From James a book on how to conquer fear of brooms and other assorted objects. From Peter she got lots of chocolate and sweets (too much chocolate was never a bad thing). Finally from Sirius she got a beautiful heart shaped necklace which had a ruby dazzling in the centre.

Hermione was incredibly touched by the gift and quickly got up from her place off the sofa and ran up to Sirius. "Thank you!" she said joyfully before reaching up to peck him on the cheek.

Instantly Sirius flushed red and stammered that it was nothing.

"Have I stopped the big bad dog from talking?" she teased.

Sirius growled before heaving her onto his shoulder and taking her to the great hall.

Hermione merely flopped. It wasn't the first time he had done this and it would certainly not be the last.

"The rest of you coming?" Sirius called.

"We're gonna get changed first." Lily smirked before disappearing.

At Lily's comment, Hermione tried to look at what she was wearing. Oh no! she thought, horrified, she was wearing the pyjama bottoms with mini kisses splattered everywhere with bold writing on her bottom which said Spank Me If You Can. Her top was alright by anyone's standards as it was only a white tank top. She prayed to anyone who would listen to make sure that it wasn't cold in the great hall. She started fighting again in earnest as they moved closer before she gave up and tried to hide her face.

"Hi Hermione."

Looking up she saw Abraxas and Severus staring at her. Abraxas was looking at her gleefully whilst Severus looked concerned and appalled. Sirius said nothing and just continued. Abraxas and Severus were forced to follow but they looked uncomfortable.

"Hi guys." she said cheerfully. "Merry Christmas!"

"Merry Christmas." They both replied back before continuing to stare at her. The way to the great hall was awkward as Severus and Abraxas would just stare at her and she was stuck staring at everything around them.

Finally Severus decided to break the silence. "Would you like some help?" he asked.

"No, she wouldn't." Sirius said before she could say anything and increased his pace.

Hermione snarled at him before shouting out that she'd see the slytherins at the great hall.

Hermione was grumbling under her breath as she glared at Sirius from the slytherin table. She knew that she was the only one on the table but right now, she was waiting to give Severus and Abraxas their presents. Fortunately she had grabbed them before Sirius had nabbed her and had shrank them so they would fit in the small of her hand.

"Ahem."

Gazing up she was met with the blue eyes of Albus Dumbledore. Blushing she said "Merry Christmas, sir."

"And to you, Miss Granger. I merely wish to ask as to whether you have seen any demons?" he asked concernedly.

"No, sir. It seems strange." she said thoughtfully. When she thought about it, demons usually attack frequently yet it had been weeks since her last attack.

"Constant vigilance." he wisely said before heading to the head's table.

"Boo!"

Hermione fought the urge to scream and glared at Abraxas behind her. "That wasn't nice."

"I know but you love me anyway." he said jokingly before sitting down next to her.

Severus took the opposite side so he could see her reaction to her present.

"Here are your gifts." Hermione said and placed them on the table.

"Here are yours." the slytherins chimed together and, like her, put them on the table.

Hermione picked up the present from Abraxas first. When she opened it she saw that it was a scary with various swirls and patterns covered all over it.

"It also works as a protection charm." Abraxas said "It lets us know when you're in trouble so we can come rushing!" he said charmingly.

Hermione beamed and placed a kiss on his cheek. "Thank you."

Next she picked up Severus'. She couldn't help the way her heart jumped when she placed it on her lap. With careful fingers she undid the bow before gently unwrapping it and gasped at what was inside. Inside was an adorable kitten. It's fur was halfway between fluffy and sleek - a bit like herself really, and the only white spots found on her were covering both of her eyes and a white tipped tail.

"Oh my." Hermione said in wonder and picked her up. "Aren't you the cutest thing?" she cooed at her. "I'm going to name you Domino."

Domino was purring affectionately at Hermione and without delay, started snoozing on her lap.

"You are amazing." she said directly to Severus.

Severus blushed under her gaze and dropped his own to the present she had gotten him. It was a pair of socks. But not ordinary pairs of socks. These ones were magical. They had a heating charm which meant that his toes would never be cold. But that wasn't it. Throughout his life Severus had never been given anything homemade. He had never received a gift from anyone which had been made themselves, not a valentines card made by paper nor a fleece made by Mama Snape.

Severus felt himself fall even harder for Hermione so when she quietly settled next to him he blushed and looked away.

"Severus."

He refused to look.

"Severus."

No!

"Severus!"

Severus was poked in the stomach and without thinking looked up. She was so close to him. Virtually lying on his chest.

"Thank you." she said quietly and kissed him on the cheek as well.

Severus blushed even harder and mumbled that it was nothing.

Abraxas was humming the tune 'Love is in the Air' and Severus quickly dealt with it by elbowing him. This again caused a thwack war.