Bid for Love | By : triz Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 23870 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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AN - I own nothing! I’m
just borrowing from J.K. Rowling!
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Chapter 3
Severus
burst out of his office, and ran as fast as his feet could take him. He took
two stairs at a time up the dungeon steps, and was a blur with the flurry of
his robes billowing behind him. When he saw Trelawney in one corridor, his feet
maneuvered quickly, dodging him away from her sight before he was seen as he
turned into another corridor.
Why
didn’t he think about it sooner? It was an excellent plan. He only prayed that
Granger would help him, and would even beg on his
knees if he had to. Hopefully, it wouldn’t have to go that far, but he was desperate.
“You
will bid for me,” Severus told Hermione as he ran into her office, halting to a
complete stop, trying to catch his breath.
“What?”
Hermione frowned as she dropped her quill.
“You. Will. Bid. For. Me.” Severus said as he took in very deep breaths,
sitting himself on one of the chairs in front of Hermione’s desk. His chest
burned like he had ran for miles on end.
Hermione
went to one corner of the room, and poured some water into a glass and handed
it to him. “Did you just run around the Black Lake?”
Severus
gulped down the contents quickly, without taking a breath. “Worse,” he replied.
“I ran around and tried to avoid Trelawney.”
“Now
what is this about me bidding for you?” she asked as she walked around her desk
and sat herself down.
“I’ve
thought of a solution. You bid for me as well.”
“What?”
Hermione was confused, not really knowing that he was getting at.
“Better
yet, you outbid Trelawney, and win me for the auction. It’s the only way,”
Severus clarified.
Hermione
frowned at him again. Was he serious? “You do realize that she will spend a lot
of money to get you? Thousands of galleons I’m sure.”
“And
so will you,” Severus interjected.
Hermione
shook her head. She didn’t have much. Her parents left her almost nothing, and
she had just been teaching for a few years. She had very little money to spare,
not wanting to put a damper on her savings account. She couldn’t afford it, and
would go broke by the end of the auction night. “Even if I could, I don’t have
the money—“
“Then
I’ll pay you back for it,” Severus interjected. “She can only go so far on her
salary, trust me, she cannot outbid you with my money.”
Little
did people know, he was a rich man. Living a life with
little to spend on and no luxuries allowed him to save a lot. Being a Potions
Master at Hogwarts wasn’t his only job. He was also an independent researcher,
and made millions for his creation of Wolfsbane
potion among many others.
Hermione’s
frown deepened. “You really thought about this?”
“And
it is the only solution,” Severus replied softly.
“Why
me, when you can ask any other witch?” she asked.
“You
said you’d help me if you could. Now here’s the solution and I need your help.”
“You
do realize that you’ll still have to take me out for a dinner date,” Hermione
reminded him.
“Rather
you than her,” Severus sneered.
“Oh
I see,” Hermione said softly, hurt by what he just said. “Why not just ask a witch that is pretty and beautiful? Or better yet, a
hooker from some brothel that you can sleep with?”
“Miss
Granger, I meant no offense,” Severus apologized. “You know how I feel towards
Trelawney. You are a pretty witch.” Where did those words come from?
Hermione
arched a brow at him. Did he just compliment her for the first time? During the
days when she was still his student, he had never complimented her even when
she became top of her class.
“Please
Hermione,” Severus begged, calling her by her first name for the first time
again. “If you want me to beg on my knees, I will, and I’ll even make my way
towards you on them.”
Hermione
smirked. Now that sounded tempting to see. “On one condition,” she said.
“Blackmail
by a Gryffindor,” Severus muttered, scowling at her. “Why am I not surprised?”
“Then
I won’t do it,” Hermione said. Her eyes suddenly widened in surprised, along
with her dropping jaw.
Severus
got down on his knees, and made his way towards her. “No! No! No!” Once he got
in front of her, he placed his hands together in front of his chest, and looked
up at her. “I’ll do anything you want, as long as Trelawney isn’t involved. If
it is within my powers, name it, and I’ll do it.”
Hermione
brought a hand up to her mouth, and laughed into it. Snape
was actually on his knees in front of her begging. Oh, if she only had a camera
right now. “I decide the plans for our little date, assuming that you pay of
course.”
“That’s
all?” Severus asked. “It isn’t going to be a comedy club, or worse, some place
where there are strippers of any form?” He paled; it was another nightmare of
his to go to such places.
“Not
at all,” Hermione answered as she shook her head.
Severus
let out a sigh of relief, and stood up on his feet. “Very well then,” he said
dusting off his robes, and straightening them out. “I can live with that.”
“Trust
me Professor, I wouldn’t want to do anything that would give you a coronary and
kill you,” Hermione said smiling. “The way you came in here earlier, I thought
you’d have a heart attack.”
“I’m
not that old,” Severus drawled.
Hermione
giggled and started to get back to her work. “I’ll see you at dinner
Professor.”
Severus
stopped for a moment when his hand reached the door handle. He looked at the
witch at her desk and called her name. “Miss Granger.” When
his eyes met hers, “Thank you.”
Alone,
Hermione bit her lip, and felt her cheeks heat up. She knew she was blushing,
and thankfully he was gone. She was actually going to have a date with Snape! Work wasn’t on her mind as she looked up and dreamed
about her date with him.
There
Hermione sat, like a school girl daydreaming about her crush. Nothing else
mattered for she was in her own little world.
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AN – I had a hard time
typing this coz I was laughing! Review!
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