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Torment Completed	By : Kvarta Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 31717 -:- Recommendations : 3 -:- Currently Reading : 8
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A/N: From this chapter, the focus will shift more to Snape, there is still Hermione’s POV but story demands that spotlight is back to him.
@BlackRose I'm glad you liked the chapter, I know how that feels after tiering work week :) "I wouldn't mind giving Severus a bath either! Attitude and all!" - me too! :D
To avoid further confusion:
Italic - Past, memories
‘Single quotation mark’ - inner monologue, thoughts
“double quotation mark” - actual speech
She sighs and closes the book. Things got, well, not better but sort of fell into the routine with an addition. They added a session of exercises for the afternoon or evening in the room and resumed pool exercises two days prior. She leans against the wall and relishes the silence of the hallway. How long are they here? 20 days, maybe 25...she is sure it wasn’t this difficult to share a room before. And she shared a room with Padma and Lavender! What changed? Not that it matters, even if she was offered her own room, she wouldn’t accept it.
He is advancing nicely. Better than nicely, considering they don’t use magic at all. She is not sure what is in the potions Matron gives him every morning, but they do work wonders apparently. He is still far from the fully functional usage of his limbs, but yesterday he managed to sit and hold the position for good 10 seconds, that is huge.
More annoying and nerve wrecking is...well...more than one thing, actually. First one would be Malfoy Senior. Oh! That man! Ever since that day, not only she but Snape as well were on the other end of Malfoy’s jokes and snide remarks. He keeps giving her small winks, insulting tips and annoyingly long measuring glances. He teased Snape about her, he provokes him until Snape is ready to bite. And he safely leaves leaving her to deal with sharp-tongued, acerbic Snape ready to kill with just a few words. she did manage to build up at least partial resistance to his remarks, mostly by using her mp3 player as a buffer to ignore him. Of course, that does not improve his mood but at least preserves her nerves.
Second is much trickier. All that talk about inappropriate relation they most definitely do not have to spin her head in the wrong direction. Calling him Snape instead the professor didn’t help either. It made...everything...more personal. She is sure if this was Harry she would still feel the same under the circumstances. Well, probably not the same, Harry wouldn’t try to insinuate with nasty remarks, but, still... She started to notice him more, his appearance. It is necessary, after all, she is taking care of him, as a nurse. But she started to look him more as a man and less as a...well, she never considered him before, beyond the mass of black robes, like he was bodiless and lifeless. Now she knows, not just that he did, in fact, had a life beyond school walls, but also that he does have the body. And it was not just occasionally realisation, lost soon after it came. It was constant nowadays. She was acutely aware of the fact that he is a person, a man, human. ’Nonsense, he was always human.’ She grumbles in her head. Question is, why didn’t she saw that before. Why now?
Of course, the third thing was the cause of his mood-swings and loads of arguments, which she won, sort of. For five days now, mornings would start with the very particular area of the covers, tented, and she would have to use a spell on him. she doesn't know who of them found that situation more embarrassing. He certainly saw it as a reason to be unpleasant and angry, but she can’t figure out why. It was nothing unusual, she read in her parent's medical book that it is a normal occurrence for grown men. If it’s normal, why is he so mad about? Maybe because she is his ex-student? Yes, that must be it.
The door clicked and Draco is in the hallway. He smirks at her and she jumps to her feet. Draco is looking much better, she didn’t see him for days. He is still a prat ’I guess, no help there.’
„Bucktooth.“
„Ferret-face“
„In the hallway again?“
„Your father is in the room.“
„Yes, I know. I figured that by now you wouldn’t mind...entertaining...them both.“
„I am here to help Professor Snape recover. Your father will heave to look for the nurse elsewhere.“ She replied dryly, ignoring the jab
„Well if you think they are too old for you...“
„Really Draco?“ she faking aloofness „Do you honestly think you could...entertain...a muggle-born? It might just be more of a bite than you could chew.“
„We can try out and see.“ Draco is not so easy to shake off, she rolled her eyes
„Thank you, I do have better taste than that, you I mean.“
„Yeah, that’s why you couldn't keep even Weasley.“
That hurts, that really hurts. Ron is a bleeding wound in her heart. She is mad now, still, tears prickle her eyes. She blinks to push them away and narrows her eyes at him
„At least I have a spine.“
„Do you, now?“
„More than you have.“ ’Two can play that game.’ She thinks with malice, knowledge is the power.
„Meaning.“ Hissing Draco, he’s leaning towards her threateningly, she slides the tip of her want to her hand and smiles sweetly
„At least I had the guts to go for the guy I want and lose him. You on the other hand...are a coward, afraid to tell...“ she lets the end of the sentence hang in the air „Like you see, I know things too.“
„You little...“
„What, you are going to hex me in the house full of Aurors, or run and tell daddy. Oh, wait, you can’t. Chicken!“
„You have no right to talk about things you have no knowledge about.“ He backed away but he’s still hissing at her.
„Oh, I know enough. But more importantly, I had the balls, where is your’s?“ she is challenging him.
„I’ll get you for this, Granger.“ Draco threatens and walks into the room.
Victory! It is a small one, and she does not see Draco as a worthy adversary, but at least she got him good. A hurt for a hurt. Gods! What is wrong with her? She is around these people way too much, she started to think like them. No! She will not be like that...mean and spiteful...and hurtful. She will be better than them! She is better than them. She will apologize to Draco on his way out.
„Miss Granger, do you possess any other attire?“ the cold voice of Mr Malfoy snapped her out of her musings, she nearly jumps. Bloody hell! Are all of them going to try and walk over her today? Narcissa is looking at her from above, the woman is good half a head and higher, her cold eyes look at her with severe disapproval
„I do.“ She replied, politely but cold „They are also Muggle.“
„As far as I know Muggles do have more decent and elegant clothing for females, Miss Granger.“
„They do, but this is comfortable...“ she wants to explain to this woman that this is most comfortable clothes she could wear, but Narcissa cuts her off
„The woman, Miss Granger should always be elegant, and decent, walking around in underwear will not get you a good husband. Not even a decent lover.“
Is she mocking her? „It is a good thing then, that I’m not on the hunt for a husband or a lover.“ She replied dryly „This is good enough for exercising with the professor and taking care of him.“
„Such behaviour! Poor Severus...“
„Professor Snape is everything but poor!“ she snaps „But if you like it, chuck it out on my blood status.“
„Miss Granger,“ Narcissa rise one eyebrow at her eyes shift just for a second „ I could care less about your blood status. I am merely pointing out some of the finer aspects and expectations of our society. But of course, you are, as Muggle-born, uneducated in our ways. Such a shame.“ She shakes her head, slowly, almost royally and walks away while Hermione still tries to push answer through throat jammed with air.
To hell with them all, bathroom seems like a viable and quite cosy option. The audacity of that woman, to tell her that she does not know how to dress up! To tell her that she walks in the underwear!!! When it is clearly a sportswear! She should learn if she doesn't know!
With force she opens the door and enters the room, barely registering that conversation came to a sudden halt, or Snape’s face brightened with a genuine and quite wide smile. She marches to the sofa and takes one blanket, walking towards the bathroom.
„What are you going to do in the bathroom, Granger?“ calls Draco snidely, giving one eyebrow wiggly glance to his father
„Look for your balls or your spine, Malfoy. Good chance though, I won’t find them.“ She hisses before entering the bathroom with a slam. She briefly registers confused face of Lucius, dark look in Snape’s eyes and stunned face of Draco.
Shuffling angrily around the bathroom she takes a blanket and folds it before casting a cushioning charm. She refuses to put down the cover and sit on the toilet seat. She placed the blanket near the door and leans against the wall, tills are warm there, from the fireplace. She takes her book and flares at empty shower booth when she notices that voices are drifting under the door to her. Her ears twitch and perk up. Lucius
„...what are you saying?“
„She’s just mean and spiteful, that’s what I'm saying.“ Draco
„Draco...“ Snape’s voice, she is surprised it is soft and calm, caring „maybe you should talk to your father, think about it.“
„Why should I, he never listens anyway.“ Draco sounds like he’s going to go into tantrum any second „He so much like the sound of his voice that he doesn't need anyone else to say anything.“
„I am still in the room, Draco. At least wait for me to get out if you want to slander me to my best friend.“
„Do you even hear yourself?!“ Draco’s voice risen in an octave „Severus is not your best friend, he is your brother!“ You took him to the family even before I was born! I have one sane relative, that actually wants to talk to me and you negate it!“
’Brother? Didn’t Malfoy said something like that to Harry...brothers by blood and magic sealed it...’ sh never paid much attention to what Malfoy said, maybe that’s why they insisted on bringing Snape here?
„Draco, times were different and we explained to you why we hid the truth. It does not matter, names and titles mean nothing, we know what we are, and you know what I am to you.“ Snape’s voice is still gentle ’How is he capable to produce that sound? And to Draco!’ she feels jealousy, he should be talking like that to her, she’s the one trying to save him, not Draco. Draco is just a prat.
„Well, the Snake-face is dead now! And you can say it, openly! O are you still so blind father, so blind that you can’t force yourself to let the world know that you mixed your blood with a half-blood?“
’Ouch, that’s harsh. Deserved but harsh. Why is he so angry at his father anyhow?’
„I won’t stand here, being slandered by my own flesh and blood.“ Malfoy sounds outraged but also hurt, can he even feel hurt „Severus, I’ll come back later. Hopefully, you can talk some senses into the boy...“
„I am not the boy!“
„YES, you are.“ Hisses Malfoy „And as long I am the Lord of the house you will obey.“ The door slams and she hears almost a cry, a sniffle
„Draco, come here.“ Snape’s voice sounds soooooo, she is jealous of Draco, of the way Snape talks to him. snape sound so...well...almost parenting to the prat „Did you talked to your mother?“ silence „And what Cissa say?“
„She will support me, but she won’t break the news to the father, she thinks that is my responsibility.“
„And she is right. Your father loves you Draco, he won’t deny you...“ the voices are lost in a buzz and she realises that one of them, probably Draco cast a Muffliato. ’What just happened?’
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