Hermione Granger return to Hogwarts

Chapter 3: potion apprentice

As I finish the last period of the day I grab my bag and head to the dungeon. I walk around the corner thinking. Bam!!! I walk into a solid piece of something.
I'm I'm sorry professor Snape I didn't see you I say very softly.

Are you okay miss LeStrange his says in a caring voice, reserved only for his Slytherins

I nod and head into his classroom and I stand infront of his desk waiting for him to return.

Find a place to sit miss LeStrange I hear his voice as he enters. I sit down at a desk and he hands me a book, I take the book from his hand, touching his fingers in the process, sending a tingling down my spine. He jerks his hand away. Did he also feel the tingling sensation.

He looks down at me review the first 5 potions, you will be brewing it in two days.

Yes professor, I say

Without another word he turn to his desk.

After a couple of hours I heard him say miss LeStrange you may leave it is almost time for dinner.

I stand up head to his desk, to hand him the book.

He looks up at me, and for a moment I felt I could loose myself within those obsidian black eyes of his.
His voice pulls me back to reality.. miss LeStrange I said you can keep the book.
O sorry professor, thank you I say with a smile and walk out. I head to the great Hall, sitting down at the special table provided for us.

O welcome back Draco says.

I roll my eyes, I was with professor Snape.

During the course of dinner I find myself glancing over to the professors table, just to find to black eyes staring back at me...

After dinner we all head back to our common room and relax on the couch, I start reading the potion book again I got from professor Snape.

Draco came to sit next to me, hi Lilith what you reading.

Hi Draco, a book I got from professor Snape for my apprenticeship. He looks at me in disbelief did my Godfather give you one of his potion books?
I look up from the book Uhm yes why is it so weird Draco?

I beg me to let me borrow his books and he always refuses I am not even allowed to touch them.

O okay I see, I say wondering why he let me have it then.

I head up to bed and remove my robes and put on my nice silky pajama set

I get up the next morning, head to the bathroom and look in the mirror put some make up and put my hair in a nice pony.
In the great Hall every one is already eating, I slip in and grab a croissant and some yoghurt, without looking around the table. I feel someone staring at me.....

I look up to see Ron, Harry and Ginny looking at me as if I'm some kind of imposter. As I take a another bite of my yoghurt.

What is their problem I think. After breakfast we stand up, professor McGonagall stands up to announce that classes has been suspended for the day because of the amount of students going to Hermione's funeral.

Draco, Pansy, Blaze and myself walk out the hall.

Aren't you going to the funeral Malfoy.

We spin around to see who it is.

No Weaselbee, why would I go to some mudbloods funeral, Draco's says in a sneer and we leave.

*Time lapse*

It has been a few weeks since the whole funeral thing and I discovered that whenever professor Snape is near me I has a warm an fuzzy feeling, I don't know if he feels the same but he is trying everything to ignore me.

Last period of the day we have potions, I walk in and take my place next to Draco.

Without looking up professor Snape speaks in his dark, baritone voice, today I will be brewing amortentia. With a wave of his wand the instructions appear on the board, as we gather around the front of the class. Can anyone tell me what amortentia does? I raise my hand, he looks my way miss LeStrange...

Amortentia is the strongest love potion it creates the feeling of being in love. Each person have four different smells that is unique.

Professor Snape nods.
Wow he actually nodded at me without a snarky comment.

He finishes the potion, who will be brave enough to smell it he grins.

I put my hand up, I will professor Snape.
The students make a space for me to pass, as I reach the cauldron I smell...

We haven't got all day miss LeStrange he says

Sorry professor Snape, I smell apothecary, dark chocolate, musk cologne and old books....

I step back and realize who that smell belong to...

I hurry back to my space at the back, professor Snape looks bewildered for a few seconds then cleans up. Class dismissed he yells. I gather up my things and hurry to the door.
Miss LeStrange I want a word with you he calls me back.

I walk back to his desk, yes professor?

You will assist me in gathering potion ingredients in the forbidden forest this evening.

I just nod and walk off.

After dinner I go to my room and get dressed in something casual but warm.

I head to the dungeon to find professor Snape, just as I enter I hear him call is that you miss LeStrange?

Yes professor it's me answer. Come through to my lab, I'm almost ready to leave, I hear him call again in a soft friendly almost voice.

I walk to his potion lab, and enter. I stand there in the middle of the door, and I can see him very busy with a potion, I look at him while he is busy, fuck he is a handsome man up close, his hair isn't greasy as everyone presume,it looks soft, I wonder what it smells like, how would it feel... I think.

Miss LeStrange!
Yes professor?
Once your done staring at me we may go.
O sorry professor I was just thinking.

As we walk to the Forrest I have to take two steps, to keep up with him.

We first head to a tree not far into the forest with a small river, he bends down here we collect knotgrass miss LeStrange he says. Once he collected enough he puts them in his basket an we walk deeper into dark, after walking a long time he stops again, he takes out a small shovel, and starts digging. After a while he cuts of a piece of root, this root is aconite he says. That's all the ingredients I need let's head back. As we walk back my foot gets caught on a root from a tree, and I fall face first before I hit the ground I'm caught by two hands.

Are you okay miss LeStrange? Professor Snape asks in a soft caring voice.

I think so thanks professor, I say embarrassed. We walk the rest of the way back to the castle without any incident.

As we reach the castle he turn to me, I will escort you to your dorm miss LeStrange, as it is way past curfew.

I nod, thank you professor Snape that is very kind of you, I say feeling my cheeks get warmer from blushing.