Acts and the consequences

Chapter Two

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Hermione knocked, after a moment she heard low voice, "come in". She entered a cold class room.

Snape watched her coming in, it came to his noticed that witch looked nervous and quite pale. Of course many other students were nervous and scared when they came to serve detention, but usually those were young students, not seventh year's.

"Tonight you will clean cauldrons, use no magic Granger".

"Yes, sir" , said Hermiome and began with her work. Will he ask about drawing? But Hermione decided that best is not to bring up this theme, so she begin with cleaning. Inside of the cauldrons was remaining of the potions, what had became sticky and hard to clean. Especially for Hermione, who whose hands became little trembling. Maybe he haven't looked at paper closely yet? What if i will get expelled?! God...Hermione, just, keep, calm.

While Hermione cleaned cauldrons, Snape was seated behind his table. He noticed that witch was way too nervous. Perhaps she is nervous because of that paper? Was there something that i missed? Severus took out her drawing, there were notes and scribbles. He thought little bit, and then, he whispered a spell, "Revelabo". Notes and scribbles began to disappear, instead of them appeared drawings. Snape could see, drawing of flowers, birds, and a drawing of unfinished dark figure with black shoulder length hair, holding hands with...bushy girl. What??? Did she draw herself w-with me?

Severus glanced at Hermione, then back to the drawing, slowly realizing the fact.

Severus began to give her surreptitious looks and began to see her differently. He looked at her and recognized that she was most definitely a woman, and uncomfortably realized her intelligence rivalled his.

"Professor?"

Severus realized that while he was deep in thought, his gaze was all the time on Hermione.

Hermione only now saw peace of paper in his hands, and understood professor's blank and wordless look. She quickly dropped her gaze down, trying to hide embarrassment and the flush that appeared on her cheeks.

"Professor, i think, i'm finished with cauldrons"

Snape stood up, came to the cauldrons to consider her work. When he came to the last cauldron, where she were standing, she could sense his smell, it was wood, cinnamon and some potion ingredients. She saw trough low lighting, that faint of pink appeared promptly on Severus' cheeks.

"Well Granger, you may go"

Hermione nodded, took her wand and headed out of the class.

When she arrived in Gryffindor common room, she was glad that Ron and Harry wasn't waiting for her with dozens of questions about where was she. She could now rest.