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Patience on Sunday	By : Snapeoutofit Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 14135 -:- Recommendations : 4 -:- Currently Reading : 4
Disclaimer: All characters and settings are the creation of JK Rowling. I own nothing of Harry Potter and make no money from this story.

Chapter List
- 1-One
- 2-Two
- 3-Three
- 4-Four
- 5-Five
- 6-Six
- 7-Seven
- 8-Eight
- 9-Nine
- 10-Ten
- 11-Eleven
- 12-Twelve
- 13-Thirteen
- 14-Fourteen
- 15-Fifteen
- 16-Sixteen
- 17-Seventeen
- 18-Eighteen
- 19-Nineteen
- 20-Twenty
- 21-Twenty One
- 22-Epilogue
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The Headmaster let the door slam behind him as he found himself in his quarters. He stormed across the sitting room to fling the old window open and then poured himself a hefty measure of fire whiskey. He tossed the sip back quickly and relished in the burn at the back of his throat.

What in the name of Merlin was wrong with him? He chastised himself as he took another swallow of the amber liquid. Why did he ask her to go there in the first place? Why did he leave?

Severus thought he must be losing his mind. Would that be the first thing to go in his old age? Had he already lost it? He was acting ridiculously; completely out of character with who he was as a person. His lack of forethought was concerning.

He sat abruptly down at his writing desk and pulled parchment from the drawer to quickly scribble a note to Professor McGonagall. He gave a quick whistle in the direction of the open window as he signed and sealed the scroll. As he walked towards the window, his coal-hued owl landed on the windowsill just in time to greet him. Severus affectionately scratched beneath the bird’s beak before setting him off with the delivery. Then, without thinking any longer, he wandlessly snuffed out all of the flames in the room before apparating directly from his chambers.

The following morning, Hermione was late to breakfast. Truthfully she hadn’t felt like going and she didn’t want to see him. She did think she should return the telescope, though, so she slipped it into the pocket of her robe and went downstairs. To her surprise, the headmaster was not present and she learned from Professor McGonagall that he had left on an errand late last night; the nature of which she did not know.

Hermione finished her breakfast and went to her office before classes. Sitting at her desk, she opened the top drawer and placed the small telescope inside before closing it with a shove.

As she sat marking a few papers that she hadn’t been able to get to previously, there was a knock at the door. She beckoned the visitor inside and was relieved to see that it was Harry.

“Good Morning, Hermione,” he said as he came into the small room. She rose to greet him in a friendly embrace.

“What are you doing here?” She asked as she sat behind her desk and he sat across from her. “We’ve all been so busy lately I feel like I’ve hardly even seen you in passing.”

Harry nodded in agreement as he crossed his right leg over the left. “I came to talk to you because Snape has seemed...off lately,” he began, “I’m not sure what to make of it or if it’s nothing.”

“I’m sure it’s nothing, Harry,” she replied, “but yes he has been acting a bit oddly.”

“It isn’t like him to leave school grounds without letting people know...” Harry continued.

“Well he told McGonagall.”

“Yes but you know what I mean. He hardly leaves and when he does he typically lets everyone know at a staff meeting or something. In the years that I’ve been head of security here he has never left without making an announcement...well at least so far as I know.” Harry looked puzzled and Hermione could tell he was trying to work something out.

Hermione sighed before deciding to tell Harry about the astronomy tower. He was right, it wasn’t like Snape to behave this way. “I saw him yesterday evening on the astronomy tower. He sent me an...” Hermione struggles to choose the right words, “he sent me an invitation of sorts to look at the stars after my rounds.”

Harry’s eyes looked as if they were going to fall out of his head, but he quickly composed himself. Hermione chuckled at his shock and could tell he wanted to ask questions but had no idea where to begin.

“It was very pleasant,” Hermione said reassuringly. “Pleasant, and a little odd. He left suddenly though.” Hermione opened her drawer to take out the telescope and placed it on her desk. “I was hoping to return this to him today.”

Harry stood and raked his hand through his hair. “So let me understand this. Snape invited you to look at the stars, you accepted, then he got weird and left the grounds? Hermione, what did you do!”

“Me?!” The indignation in her voice was palpable. “I haven’t done a thing. It’s not my fault. Plus we both know he will be back. He can’t leave this place.”

Harry sighed as he sat back down; frustration evident on his face.

“I wish I could get this back to him though,” Hermione said as she gestured with her chin towards the telescope. “It looks like an antique. I don’t want to be responsible for it.”

Harry picked up the item and turned it over in his hands. “I have access to his office. I can just drop it on his desk if you’d like.”

Hermione furrowed her brow. “Why on earth do you have access to the headmaster’s office? Are you supposed to have access Harry?”

Harry laughed at her assumption. “Yes, he’s well aware of my access. It’s so that I can access the student files in there. Other than someone’s private quarters there isn’t much that I can’t access here.”

Hermione nodded as she handed him the telescope. “Oh wait then! Let me add a quick note.” She took parchment and the green ribbon from her top drawer. Harry watched as she wrote and then she tied the note to Snape’s telescope with a small bow.

“Is that a Slytherin ribbon?” He asked as she handed the telescope to him.

“Yes; he had it wrapped around the scroll he sent to invite me for stargazing.” She explained.

Harry hung his head to mask his laughter.

“What?”

“You and Snape..stargazing.”

“I don’t understand your meaning,” she said. “What’s so funny?”

“Something tells me you’ll understand soon enough. I need to run, though. I will drop this off and catch up with you later, Hermione,” Harry said as he walked towards the door.

“Alright, thank you. And Harry, bring that new boy by for a drink sometime if you can pull yourselves away from one another for a moment,” she said with a smile. Harry had recently started dating one of the newer aurors on his team, but very few people knew. The mention of him made Harry blush.

“I’ll let you know. Later, Hermione,” he said as he left and Hermione waved him off before returning to her work.
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