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Torment Completed	By : Kvarta Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 31713 -:- Recommendations : 3 -:- Currently Reading : 8
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A/N: I’m sorry for late post and reply people, my friend and I had tickets for Carl Orff's opera in the nearby city and decided to spend the day in that city, I just returned home :)
To avoid further confusion:
Italic - Past, memories
‘Single quotation mark’ - inner monologue, thoughts
“double quotation mark” - actually speech
She was feeling…well, Harry and Ron would call it antsy. Angry. Uneasy in her own head. Her nightmares returned. She was not proficient in Occlumency or Legilimency by no means, but until now she at least managed to block them. That was the whole point of learning Occlumency in the first place, to block bad memories and nightmares. Legilimency, she thought it might be useful to know. The nightmares made her cranky and unfriendly to others. And for someone self-thought, she had a really fair understanding of both.
Six. He’s progressing nicely. He manages to take six spoons of porridge before losing his strength today. Given that he was at four just a few days before, she was satisfied. But, what will she do when he’s back on his feet? When he regains enough strength to put his magic under control and dispel the connection. Poppy won’t have an excuse to keep her here, and he doesn't want her here. Malfoy’s won’t manage to stop him if he is really set on killing himself. And if she is not there...he might succeed. No! She almost shook her head, she won’t permit it. The more she learned about him, the more she saw of his memories, she understood why he didn’t want to live. She really did. In his place – she wouldn’t either.
But, to live or to die wasn’t his decision. She needed him alive. If she forces him to live, then she’ll manage to amend herself just a bit. She would be able to tell that she saved at least one person that is not herself. He was glaring at her, silent and dark, gloomy almost as much as she was.
She moved to her sofa and finished her breakfast, placing all dishes on one tray and stacking the trays she called
„Misty.“ The elf appeared and she rolled her eyes, she was really not in the mood for elf’s grumbling. „You may take them away.“
„Did professor finished his meal?“
„I wouldn’t call you otherwise.“ She rolled her eyes again
„I don't trust Muddy Blood.“ Hissed elf, she leans towards Misty
„And I don’t trust you, so we’re equal. And if you call me Muddy blood once more, I can guarantee you that I will find a way to trick you into taking some clothes and free you. Malfoy can dance on his eyelashes for all I care.“
„Misty will carry the message to the Master.“ Hissed elf
„Good, give him my regards, while you’re at it. Now, you are not needed here anymore.“
Elf grumbled but vanished. She straightens up to meet almost amused black gaze
„That is quite a turn from your school days Miss Granger.“
„And you, return to your pointed ignoring of me.“ She snapped at Snape. Gods! She was really antsy today. Her attitude and narrowed eyes would usually force the boys into submission. Snape appeared untouched by her demeanour.
„As a matter of fact, I was wanting to talk to you.“
„Well, I’m not so keen to talk to you.“
„Nightmares, eh?“
„What do you know?“
„Ah, nothing, lucky guess. But I do want to talk to you about your notes.“
„What notes?“ was she supposed to do something and forget about it? Her brain runs a fast check up on things she had to do while she was here.
„Lucius told me that you made notes before your little escapade to unknown.“
„Poppy has them. Why do you need them anyway?“
„I’d prefer to get rid of you from my head and from my vicinity. As fast as possible.“ The nerve of him! He was polite! He was actually polite! How can someone be so polite and offensive at the same time is beyond her.
„Well, Poppy has them. And I can’t help you, I am banned from all mind magic books by the Poppy and Malfoy.“
„You may be, are you sure that rule applies to me?“
„Don’t you think they figured out that you will try to ’get rid of me’ as you put it before you are properly healed?“ she smirked at him
„Well, then, we just have to be creative about it then, now, won’t we?“
„There is no we in that – I won’t help you. You are on your own with that.“
„Too bad that you limited yourself to only this one thing. I’d be much more inclined to feel grateful if you’d transplanted that ’you are on your own’ policy to my person in general and simply be gone.“
„Well, at least we are sharing something. I do not want to have the first-row ticket to your memories. You do not want me near. At least we agree on something!“
„Oh, I’d say that we agree to disagree on everything.“ His voice was a pure annoyance and that irked her. She was saving him, for Merlin’s sake! Fine! He can be as cranky as he want’s, she doesn't care, as long as he is alive it is all that matters to her anyway. Lucius entered the room.
„Mr Potter is waiting for you, Miss Granger.“
She turned on her heel and left without the word.
~ S ~ S ~ S ~
Harry looked Hermione warily, she marched out of the room nearly slamming the door. She is antsy again, he hated it. Antsy Hermione equalled bossy Hermione, and he had no desire to argue or be scolded. She did look bit tired, but better than she did in months. She gained some weight over past ten days, and he could tell, he was visiting her daily after all.
„Are you alright Hermione? Are they treating you badly?“
„No better and no worse than yesterday.“
„I finally managed to do damage control about that blasted article.“ He hoped that good news will lift her mood a little
„God, I hope that blasted woman ended up in Azkaban.“ She grumbled and he blinked, that did not sound like Hermione
„Well, no...“
„Too bad.“
„What’s wrong Hermione?“
„It’s Snape, he’s just annoying.“
„What did he do?“
„What can he do? He barely can lift a spoon. He does not want me to take care of him.“
„Well, that was rather expected, wasn’t it? I mean, it’s Snape we’re talking about.“
„He doesn't want to live.“ She snapped „And he is...well...as nasty as ever. He want’s me to give up.“
„I want you to give up, come with me to Grimmauld place, he has Malfoy’s to take care of him.“
„No! I know you don’t understand Harry, and I have no way to explain, but...if I walk away, he will kill himself.“
„I know, but Hermione do you hear yourself? You can’t babysit him forever.“
„I will if I must. Who is he anyway to determine if he is worthy of my help?“
„Ummm, ...well, ...“ Harry stirred uncomfortably, she didn’t sound reasonable to him and he just couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her.
„Did you bring it?“ she asked
„Oh, yes, I almost forgot.“ He handed her mp3 player „You know it won’t work here?“
„It will, I’m using it for years. I charmed it in the fifth year.“
„Hermione, that’s...“
„Ilegal, I know. I’m not very proud of it, but do you know how it looked like to share the room with Parvati and Lavender? I’d never do any reading if I didn’t have it. Do you know, how annoying it was to listen all the time about boys and beauty spells? Not to mention the sixth year and Lavender's talks about her and Ron...“
„I understand.“ He mumbled, he could understand her desire to block that particular chatter. However, he could not understand why she was acting like this. She took the player and placed it in the bag around her hips. He frowned
„Hermione is that ...the bag....the one you...?“
„Yes. I transfigured a bit, it is much more practical like this.“
„What do you have in it?“
„Oh, you know, all I’d need.“
„You are aware that you are in-house, surrounded by dozens of Auror’s on the daily basis and that you won’t end up in the forest?“
„Oh, I know. I just feel better having it with me.“
„You didn’t wear it in the hospital“ he narrowed his eyes mulling if she really felt that much endangered in this house
„I did, at the beginning, Poppy was on my neck until I handed the bag to her. She returned it to me when we were moving here.“
„Oh.“ He wasn't sure what to say, that sounded bad to him. ’Maybe Poppy is right, maybe Hermione really does have some serious problem.’ No matter how many times Poppy told him, he somehow refused to believe...until now.
The door clicked and Draco entered the hallway. He hadn’t seen Draco since the last day of trials. He nearly winced, Draco was looking dreadfully. His attitude wasn’t changed
„Potter, Bucktooth...“
„Malfoy“
„Ferret-face.“
Draco narrowed his eyes at Hermione who was looking at him with challenging pose, the boy glanced at him, frowned and walked away.
„Coward.“
„Is he giving you the trouble.“
„Nothing I can handle. At least he is familiar evil.“
„Hey, do you want to hear the gossip I’ve heard? It’ a juicy one...“ he grinned, hoping that if he switches to more normal topic Hermione would somehow shift to her normal self.
~ S ~ S ~ S ~
The door nearly slammed at her back, and he chuckled watching a mixture of feelings, ranging from indignation, disbelief to pure puzzlement, colliding on Lucius’s face.
„What got her knickers in the twist?“
„Oh nothing, the fun times are just at the beginning.“
„Care to elaborate on that?“
„No.“
„Do you know that she threatened my elf?“
„I was present.“
„Does she know that she can’t free my elf? Only I can.“
„I am not sure what she knows, but with her and elves...you never know what to expect. Maybe she will force you to wear S.P.E.W. badge.“ He snickered enjoying in Lucius’s obvious confusion
„S...what? On the second thought, I don’t want to know.“
„Wize decision my friend.“ Looking at Lucius’s face he frowned, it wouldn’t boot well if his friend makes a wrong move and actually harm the girl „Lucius, what are you planning?“
„What? Planning about what?“
„Do you think it is smart...“
„Oh, you mean the girl?“ his friend’s smile was all too wide „Because of the elf? Well, nothing, I didn’t lose Misty after all, and given that she can’t set her free...“
„Lucius?“
„Severus.“
„Don’t you ’Severus’ me, entire wizarding world knows that she is here.“ He growled
„I am well aware of that fact. I had an idea of toying with the girl, but as far as I can see you are doing the bang up job on your own.“
„This...is all her, I did nothing.“
„If I don’t know you I wouldn’t question that statement. Fine, keep your secrets. Can you at least tell me what was that super secret thing you talked with my son?“
„No“
„But, you do know what is bothering him?“
„I do.“
„And you won’t tell me?“
„No, it’s not mine to tell.“
„Hmmm...“ Lucius seemed troubled „You are spoiling that boy too much.“
„And you are pressuring him too much.“
„He’s Malfoy, he should be the best in everything, he has to carry the family name once when I’m gone.“
„He should learn to pick his battles and choose for himself, not blindly follow your instructions. That is not the way to prepare him...“
„I did that...“
„So, are you planning on dying from dragon pox in perceivable time then?“
„That, my friend, was low. Even for you.“ Huffed Lucius and turned to stare through the window. He remained silent, giving his friend time to mull on his words.
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