The Long Wait Chapter 7: Chapter 7

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The Long Wait

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Severus and Hermione go out for "supplies."

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I know this chapter is a bit short, but it sort of just belonged on its own.

All canon characters belong to JKR.

Thanks to June for being my beta.

Chapter 7

It was now Saturday morning. Severus rose early, as was his usual custom, and dressed in casual attire — black trousers and a white raw silk shirt. With his sleeves rolled up, he sat at his desk and penned a short note to Hermione. ‘No,’ he thought; ‘she is Miss Granger.’

Miss Granger:

I realized this morning that we are in need of several ingredients for the coming year. It will be necessary to venture to Hogsmeade to order the proper amounts for all the classes.

Be ready to leave the grounds at two this afternoon. We will Apparate to Hogsmeade, and then proceed to the Apothecary. I will need to show you how to choose the freshest ingredients for your upcoming classes. Since you will be acquiring these on your own in the future, it is best you learn the correct way to do so now.

Once we have finished, we can have the Apothecary deliver the order to the castle. I imagine this will take us the entire afternoon, and therefore we will most likely miss dinner at the Great Hall. It would be best for us to have dinner at the Three Broomsticks, or better yet, Muggle London.

I will meet you outside your rooms at two.

Severus Snape

He made sure not to sound as though he was asking her to dinner, instead telling her she was having dinner with him — no ifs, ands or buts. He looked the letter over several times, then rolled it up and sealed it with wax and his personal crest. He opened the small narrow window next to his desk and whistled. After a few moments, a large black Raven appeared and bowed his head.

“Osiris, take this to Miss Granger. She is next door, but wait for a response.”

The bird bowed once more and flew in the direction of Hermione’s rooms. He only had to fly about thirty or forty feet, so it did not take long for him to start tapping at her window.

Hermione had just woken up and gone into the bathroom when she heard the familiar tapping sound, letting her know she had received correspondence. She had to run out in her towel. She saw the large black bird and wondered briefly who could have sent it. Hermione knew no one with such a bird. She opened her window and the bird hopped in. He was the biggest Raven she had ever seen. His feathers were shiny and so black he shone blue, not unlike Severus’ hair, she thought. She smiled; if she could not call him Severus to his face, she would at least give herself the pleasure of doing so when thinking about him.

She took the small scroll from the bird’s leg and looked at the sender’s name. She gasped; it was from him, from Severus.

“Oh no, I must have forgotten an appointment with him or something,” she said aloud to herself. She looked at the Raven. “Was he angry when he wrote this?” To her great surprise, he shook his head and actually looked agitated. ‘Yes,’ she thought, ‘this was certainly his bird.’ She sat down breathing a sigh of relief and read the note.

“Dinner?” She had to read it twice. He had practically ordered her to have dinner with him. It seemed as though he timed the trip to the Apothecary just right. Of course it would take several hours to pick out the freshest and best ingredients, as well as choose the correct amounts for the potions planned for the first quarter of the year. She had no idea how to do so herself, so he clearly needed to teach her the process. By the time they finished shopping, it would be dinnertime, and certainly too late to have dinner in the Great Hall. Why not have dinner out? She went to her office and wrote a quick note to let him know she would be ready, and sent it off. Tonight she would have dinner with Severus.

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I'll have another chapter up on Sunday. I hope you like this one.

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10/10

AmyPond159

This is deffinetly one of the best fanfics I have read, and I have read a lot. It is well rounded and intresting. There were no errors that I noticed. I realy enjoyed this story and the way that it was writen and am now going to go check out some of this authors other works.

Response from ancientgirl (Author of The Long Wait)

Hi! Thank you for the lovely review. I have a few sequals to this story. I hope you enjoy those as well! I've also got some comedies. :)

10/10

deedeebug95

Draco, a typical man!

10/10

deedeebug95

Awe, he so unsure of himself, and Hermione well if I was in her situation I would have a hard time keeping my hands off him too,growwlll!

Response from ancientgirl (Author of The Long Wait)

I've always seen him as such a shy person. Mainly due of course to him not being accepted as a child by the other kids.

9/10

deedeebug95

love your Draco, I really like stories that pair Ginny and Drco!

Response from ancientgirl (Author of The Long Wait)

Thank you! It's always wonderful to hear someone likes your work. I've always liked the Ginny/Draco pairing as well. I'm especially fond of the Ginny/Lucius paring.

10/10

deedeebug95

had to go see the artwork and Severus is right,I kept waiting for her to breathe.

10/10

deedeebug95

I love the way his thoughts drift!

10/10

deedeebug95

Poor Severus, wanting so little out of life so sad!

Response from ancientgirl (Author of The Long Wait)

Yeah, you get to a point where you just don't wish for things anymore.

10/10