Secret Of Mine (A SNAMIONE FANFICTION)

Lesson Two?

After Severus woke up and put his normal frock coat on, he strolled menacingly to his side of the desk. Hermione was working on her essay for his class, and seemed to have a little trouble. He couldn't understand why such a brilliant witch couldn't figure out the patronus charm well.

"Miss Granger, are you ready to start lesson two?" Severus asked calmly, watching her intently. Her face contorted, wondering where the first lesson went.

"Sir, sorry, but this is our first lesson." She corrected softly with a hint on confusion.

"No, the first lesson was finished atop the astronomy tower that night I departed for the Dark Lord." His face unchanged as she thought.

"Pray tell, what was it?"

He was silent for a long while. "To trust me. To know that I didn't hate you or your friends all these years." They stared at each other for a while before Snape cleared his throat and paced the room. "So, Legilimency and Occlemency are as you stated before to penetrate ones mind and to shield ones mind from the enemy. You have attempted to teach yourself these skills, and therefore have left your mind WIDE open for the Dark Lord, or anyone to find out what has gone on with Potter. So, we will be learning how to shield your mind. It is similar to fighting off the Imperius Curse. Your mind has to be blank, calm, and rid of any and all emotions."

Hermione nodded furiously, eyes never leaving Snape. She attempted to rid her eagerness to please him. She took a deep breath as he watched her try to calm down and blank her mind. Probably never has emptied her mind in her life. Her face slowly went from overly excited to a neutral expression. He hoped she did better on this than Potter.

When he thought she was ready, he went up to her, so close he could kiss her cheek, pointed his wand at her, and muttered, "Leglimese."

Immediately he was plunged into a memory of Dumbledore and Minerva sitting in a living room with a small very bushy haired young Hermione. They were explaining about Hogwarts and the Wizarding World. Then he soared to her first day at Hogwarts, sitting beside Harry and Ron, listening to Ron tell Harry about himself as he stared at Harry. Then once again he soared to the second year when she was petrefied, her feeling confused when she finally woke up, then upset that the exams were cancelled. He gave a little roll of his eyes as they soared to under the whomping willow. When he threw his arms around the three of them to protect them from Remus' werewolf stage. She had tightened her grip on him and looked at him for a moment. He soared to the next night where she was talking to Ginny in an empty common room.

"I tell you Ginny, his arm was so strong, not at all like you would expect. The way he just had tightened his grip on my waist..." she broke off as she sighed deeply.

GInny giggled and said in a sing song voice, "You have a crush on --"

"NO!!"

He was thrust out of the memory and into his own. Many memories of the Dark Lord soared through until one came into view. The Yule Ball. Him seeing her dance with Krum and having a good time in spite of Potter and Weasly being fools all night. He watched how her dress flowed perfectly with her body. She was a brilliant witch, she did a great job tranforming herself from a child to a young woman on this night. He was in shock at being brought here and not shifting to another night. To him this was the night that he realized that she was a beautiful woman and at the same time that there were other women out there for him.

Forcefully, he pushed her out and they broke the connection. They didn't move from where they were as they caught their breath and came to their own realization of what was just witnessed. Granger had a crush on him as a third year? He tried really hard to get ahold of himself as she was shaking in her seat. Obviously by her facial expression, she was trying to comprehend what she had seen and gone through.

He likes me? What do I do with this information? Does he realize I liked him. No, like. His chest this morning was exactly how I imagined it. I hoped I grew out if it, but there's no denying that I still love him.

Severus tried not to let on that he heard her in his mind. He prayed secretly that he could teach her to shield her mind to protect Potter and herself from the Dark Lord and that he never lost her connection however it is happening. She could keep so much to herself and bottle up emotions until she exploded, which wasn't good. He went to sit down in his chair, however his mind wasn't fully functional. He instead sat on his desk in front of her. She said nothing as he took a deep breath and looked at her.

Her eyes are beautiful. He cleared his throat. "That wasn't a terrible attempt, however the Dark Lord would have already gotten information from your parents about you and everyone you know. So, until next week, I want you to practice emptying your mind and emotions so next time you will be able to not let me see anything."

She nodded. "Um, are we going to talk about what we each saw?"

That surprised him. He didn't think she would be that brave. However she's a griffyndor, those that dwell the brave of heart. "What would you like to talk about specifically?"

"The last memory of mine and yours." She watched as his face changed multiple times.

He didn't know how to go about this. They were student and teacher. He had revealed more to her than to some of his fellow teachers. She passed the first lesson he gave her, the most important one in his opinion. "Well, we are human. We are allowed to feel feelings, however it is what we do with those feelings," he said, tapping his leg with his arm.

Hermione fiddled with her quill. "I know that we will never happen. I would just like to clear up that I do have a crush on you. However I can get over it quickly if it will interfer with our saturday work."

Severus didn't want her to leave ever, much less not spend saturdays with him. "No, it will not, and as I said, it isn't a crime to feel something. Its a crime to act on them, as long as you are a student and underage. So, we will forget what we each saw, live our life and I will keep on letting our saturday's continue."

She looked disappointed, but didn't object. What did she expect, for him to kiss her? He wanted to, desperately. She twitched her head as if he spoke it aloud, but never said anything back. He knew he didn't say it aloud however and he never let her read his mind. He didn't think. Could it be possible that by letting her read that one thought that they now had some sort of crazy connection?

Gathering her stuff, she stood up and headed to the door. "Thank you for letting me study here. I think I'm all caught up. I will see you in class sir." She went to leave but turned instead. She had a question, he could tell. "What about me do you like?"

He had to think about that one. He liked the way her nose was perfect for her face while his was sort of long and obnoxious on his face. He liked her voice. "Your open minded optimism. Always keeping Potter and Weasly on their toes and in line, and your intelligence in general." He paused, letting that sink in. "What about me?"

In an instant she stiffened, nervous. "Um, smile, intelligence, and your presence." He raised an eyebrow, trying to remember when he smiled in front of her. As if he said it aloud, she continued, "You haven't smiled in front of me, I just like to imagine your smile, and when I imagine it, I like it."

Severus nodded his thanks, trying to keep a smile from forming, to prevent her from seeing. Pushing his feelings deep down, he swallowed and put his smug look on. He hoped she could see past it. "Yes, well, thank you Miss Granger."

She took that as her leave and closed the door after her. He sat on the desk still, thinking of her. Somehow, knowing she was thinking of him on her way to the Griffyndor dorms to spend time with her friends. He needed to do research on this mysterious connection that has formed between the two of them. He was starting to think that even his own thoughts werent as closed to her as he thought they were. That was dangerous.