Two
Chapter 2 of 11
neelixHermione is down on her luck and has to apply for a job with her old Potions tutor. She gets (and observes) far more than she bargained for.
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The following morning Hermione arrived before eight and waited for Snape. After her interview yesterday, when she had to admit she had probably come across as a bit big for her boots, she had resolved to be mindful of talking too much, and to do as she was told. She would have given anything to have Professor Snape’s respect and to be treated cordially by him – she knew he could do it because Minerva had told her – but it certainly wasn’t going to be any time soon. She had dressed carefully in black trousers and a plain white shirt. Her hair was tied back firmly and she wore no make up just to make doubly sure she wouldn’t contaminate the potions. She had also removed her wedding ring and left it sitting on the mantle piece. She would decide later what fate would befall it. If things didn’t work out she would have to sell it, but she didn’t care. It no longer held any significant emotional value. Hermione was absent-mindedly rubbing her finger where the ring had once been when Snape open the door and waved her through.
The lab was larger than Hermione had imagined. A long, sturdy preparation desk dominated the centre of the room, and along one wall, floor to ceiling shelves were loaded with equipment, potions ingredients and ancient potions books, some of which Hermione had never even heard of.
‘The store room is over there.’ He pointed to a small door opposite his office. ‘And this room is for your use whenever you have need of it,’ Snape said as he continued the tour. He opened the door and Hermione popped her head around to look into the room. A single bed sat along the far wall, a chest of drawers on the other. It was sparse but functional. After all, she wasn’t planning on moving in.
As she backed out of the room she collided with her new boss, the buttons on the front of his robes digging into the top of her right arm. She stumbled away from him awkwardly.
‘I’m so sorry, Professor,’ she said. ‘I didn’t realise you were standing so close.’
‘I sincerely hope your clumsiness doesn’t spread to your potion making. There is a list on the desk. I expect it complete by the end of my classes today.’ He turned and walked into his office, but paused briefly before leaving her to it. ‘The door over there leads to my personal quarters. I have warded the door should curiosity, shall we say, kill the cat.’ He looked at Hermione pointedly but she ignored his barbed reference to her disastrous experience with Polyjuice potion and walked over to get her list.
Hermione looked at the list. Skele-Gro, Blood Replenishing Potion, Deflating Draught, bruise and burn healing pastes and Calming Draught. She had a feeling Snape was trying to test her, but she wasn’t worried. She could brew most of these concurrently if she had enough cauldrons. She felt a frisson of something as she rolled up her sleeves, and set about impressing Professor Snape.
***
Severus Snape was a miserable man. He knew, Filius knew it and he was damn sure that now Hermione Granger knew it. There were times, now and then, that he yearned for something more than what seemed to now be his lot in life. There was no excitement, no drama, just the usual day and daily routine of teaching, brewing, eating sleeping, Firewhisky and the occasional liaison with the ladies of Constance Barclay’s Pleasure Emporium – ‘Discretion is Our Priority, Your Pleasure Our Reward’. He knew he had no right to feel like this. After all, he survived the war against all odds and now his life was his own to do as he pleased. Trouble was he didn’t know what pleased him.
He headed towards the top table, pondering the witch in his lab. He had asked Winky to pop in to her and provide her with lunch and was more than glad he hadn’t been there to see that conversation. He had needed to bribe Winky with the promise of extra chores just to persuade her to talk to Granger after the hats debacle. He eased himself into his usual seat, ignoring the twinge in his knee as he sat. He wasn’t old by wizarding standards but he was no longer in his prime, which was certain. Even the pleasures of the flesh were palling somewhat and it had been over two weeks since he had been serviced by one of Constance’s young and nubile whores. He decided he should rectify that situation soon.
‘How is Miss Granger, Severus? You really should have asked her to join us for lunch,’ said Filius, who sat beside him and seemed to consider him a friend.
‘She is working for me, Filius, not the school. I have arranged lunch to be taken to her so you have no need to worry about her fading away,’ Snape said in a bored tone.
‘Poor girl. After everything that happened, the Prophet was far too critical of her if you ask me.’ Filius stabbed a juicy looking sausage and chewed on the end of it.
‘Some witches are not woman enough to keep their wizards in their own beds.’ Snape said with a sneer. In reality, the only reason he had given Granger the job was to help her out. He didn’t really need an assistant, but he knew from experience how cruel it was to be rejected by the wizarding great and good. Not that he felt sorry for her. It was her own fault for marrying the ginger twat in the first place. Snape could have predicted what would happen.
‘Now, now, Severus. I’m sure Miss Granger has ample charms for the right wizard,' Filius said with a dirty chuckle.
Snape rolled his eyes and pushed his plate away. ‘I have to check on her progress, Filius, if you would excuse me?’ He couldn’t wait to get away from where he knew the conversation was inevitably going. He had lost count of how many times Filius and Minerva had tried to set him up, and he didn’t need the charms of Miss Hermione Granger pushed down his throat.
He had noticed them already.
***
Hermione nibbled on the remains of her sandwich in Snape’s office. Her anger towards him had dissipated along with the hunger that had been gnawing away at her, and she had to admit that the only way she would have eaten today was if a House Elf had appeared. Winky had made her jump, and the potion she had been stirring had been ruined by one too many clockwise turns of the rod as she had stared at her. Winky had made it clear she wasn’t too happy about the arrangement either, particularly when Hermione had initially refused the offer of lunch. She gave in eventually, scared that Winky was about to start throwing things in her direction, and her acquiescence had earned her a toothy grin and a low bow.
The door opened and Professor Snape walked in silently, eyeing her as she swallowed a mouthful of pumpkin juice.
‘I thought it best to eat in here and not near the potions, I hope that’s okay?’ she asked politely.
‘Finished already?’ he asked, almost smirking.
‘I would have been if Winky hadn’t scared me half to death. A bit of warning would have been nice. Sir,’ she grumbled.
‘How was she?’ Snape couldn’t stop the hint of a smile quirking his lips.
‘Fine, once I gave in.’ Hermione shrugged and stood, brushing crumbs from her brewing robes. ‘It was thoughtful of you to send her to me. I was starving.’
‘Potions, Granger. I’m not here to chit chat.’ Snape swept into the lab and Hermione stuck her tongue out at him.
She just knew things would get worse before they got better.
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damnnn it was hot hahahaha
Perfect, dearest neelix! Absolutely perfect! You are the best.
Response from neelix (Author of 49 and Never Been Kissed)
Thank you for all of your lovely reviews, they really make me smile x
Going much better than I had expected. I really don't remember the details. I wonder if I have early signs of dementia. Seriously. 
I wrote much more the first time I read this but I seem to remember that it all works out OK in the end so I will suffice it to say; Hermione, you're a stupid little know-it-all, and I hope you're pleased with yourself. Do grow up you silly girl. Let the man see his whore in peace.
Poor wittle boo boo Snape. He's all hot and bothered for his Hermione and doesn't even know she would be thrilled if he would only give her a small smile and a, "Have a nice weekend". I'm sure it would take only a small amount of relatively nice behavior and a couple of stimulating intellectual discussions and she would be more than happy for him to teach her how he likes it. Hopefully, that will be happening soon, for all of our sakes.
It was stupid for her to marry the ginger twat. Any of us could have told her that but she was too young to hear us and I'm sure there was a lot of pressure put on her to go through with it. I'm just glad Severus Snape is a man who believes in second chances. His came at an awfully high price but he was grateful for it non-the-less. Now he's paying it forward. I could just kiss him for that! Hee Hee. But, I'm guessing Hermione gets to have the first kiss sooner or later in this adventure.
I read this a long time ago but remember enjoying very much so it's time to give it another go! I have terrible memory so while I remember the general gist of the story, I dont' remember details so everything old is new again for me. So far, so good! 
What a yummy read! Thanks!
Very good!
Aww I liked this chappie
Hehehehehehe
Steamy
Caught in a pickle, eh proffesor? Hehe
WOW! That was amazing! Thanks for writing!!!
Lol nice prompts you were given! Loved threw story, the naughty bits were awesome, though I am surprised he knew it was hermione during the switch. I guess the nose knows, huh?
Response from neelix (Author of 49 and Never Been Kissed)
It was Amortentia. That was explained in the story I think. I don't know if you can amend your review? It should say the, not threw. Thanks for reading.
I had to quickly review to point out mistakes I've found. Her "main" of hair should be "mane," and i forget where it was, but a "lose" should have been "loose". ;) Hope I'm not offending by pointing them out. I love the story so far!!
Response from neelix (Author of 49 and Never Been Kissed)
Thank you. I'll amend them later. Posted in haste!
This was so much fun to read!
Thank you for sharing, I love that you made Hermione just as kinky as Severus. ;)
As always Neelix you write to please!! And please you did, love the Amortentia descriptions. I can almost smell Severus myself!! I want to thank you Neelix,you and Teddy's fan fiction writing is what really drew me into this fandom!!! Always will be a devoted fan~dee
Absolutely smutgloriously delicious!!!! What else can I say? It's a new word I made up just for you. It was exactly the kind of story I was looking for tonight.
Response from neelix (Author of 49 and Never Been Kissed)
Bless you :) Thank you for reading my little smutglorious fic and inventing new words for me!
Response from neelix (Author of 49 and Never Been Kissed)
Bless you :) Thank you for reading my little smutglorious fic and inventing new words for me!
That was totally awesome! I forgive Hermione and am so happy for them. I knew you were a skilled story teller and would anticipate my worries then soothe them as the crisis worked itself out into a wonderful climax. 
The Amortentia was the ingredient that made all the other concerns unimportant. They were made for each other. That's all that really matters in the end. And what a wonderfully sexy Severus he is too. I love the way he stuck up for her. Ron is such a stupid little speckled toad. He must have a death wish to want to pick a fight with Severus Snape. I didn't review the last couple of chapters because I didn't want to stop the flow of the story. I really like the way Severus treated Winky when he told her she was a good elf even though he had a terrible hangover. He was even more lovable than ever after that. Everything went great with Rosie. I'm very glad she cared about Severus' happiness and not just the money. And the waiting to kiss the girl he loved and who loved him was wonderful, romantic and sexy. Well done gentle author. That's why you write the stories and I just read them. 
Very nice chapter! I'm thawing. I guess Hermione doesn't have to be perfect. She is only a witch after all. But I still hope he doesn't ever know she spied on him because she suspected he was still an evil death eater. He can find out she spied on him. That will probably be pretty hot. But I don't want him to know she doesn't trust him. Snape is hotter than ever. He feels bad for what he did, but she hasn't admitted that she was wrong to assume the worst of him after he'd been so nice to her. They obviously belong together. I'm sure you'll work it out.
"Lloooosseee!" That witless, inane girl. At first I thought Severus was playing the "Lucy" character, but now it's turned out to be Hermione! One minute he has a total personality change from Bastard Extraordinaire to Mister Nicy-Nice after she practically destroys his potions store and "Little Miss Know-It-All" doesn't give it a second thought as she goes tripping along like Little Red Ridding Hood on a lark. 
And then now, NOW, she has the nerve, the unmitigated, self important, pompous, impertinent and faithless nerve to suspect Severus Snape of actually trying to revive Voldemort's reign of terror simply because he wanted to keep a secret from her, because he had personal business he didn't choose to share with her? AND THEN, she has the rudest, most shameless, insulting, intrusive, arrogant gall to spy on her boss--to spy on Severus Fucking Snape as if it was her God given right and duty? How dare she! Who does she think she is anyway? 
I could have tolerated insatiable curiosity leading to ill-mannered snooping, but her assuming the worst of him and making it her business to make sure he wasn't up to something dastardly like when she was 11 years old, ruined what could have been a totally erotic adult encounter. She just proved everything bad he had ever thought about her is true. Now she couldn't pay me to fuck her if I was Severus Snape. Imagine how hurt his feelings will be if he finds out she spied on him because she didn't trust him. He expected her to be nosy. But this is betrayal. I hope he never finds out.
All of that said, I haven't read the entire story and you may work this out so I won't feel so betrayed on his behalf. Please know that this is not a criticism of your storytelling prowess. You are on my favorite authors list. I'm just angry at Hermione right now. I really want them to become a couple, but she's been mean spirited after he did her a favor. I hope she is extremely ashamed of herself so I can like her again. 
Please don't be offended at my over the top hissy-fit. It's one of my most grievous faults. I'm impulsively over emotional and I have the tendency to either hate something or love something but am seldom lukewarm about anything. This is why I must muster all of my self discipline and never ever allow myself to start tweeting. I would be totally fired, sued, locked up by some secret service agency who might take me seriously and then murdered in my bed by the end of the 1st day.
I'm poised in anticipation! It feels like a smutty "I Love Lucy" episode. You know he is going to get so caught. (I don't know if you are old enough to know about that old show. Sometimes I had to close my eyes because I couldn't stand it when I knew Ricky was about to find out what she'd done. I was a kid and hated it when she would predictably get herself in a fix, kind of like this one, every episode, only exceedingly more G rated.)
My goodness that was a serious about face. He went from total bastard to normally polite and even forgivingly nice in 60! I'd be wondering if I had gone through some kind of portal to an alternate universe in the explosion, if I were Hermione right now. He sure mended his ways quickly. Wouldn't a normal person be suspicious? On Snape's side; I'd be worried about making the polyjuice if I were him, unless he harbors a secret desire to get caught. Nothing gets past her observation. He also has to know she won't stop wondering who would want polyjuice. Unless he wants her to catch him, he'd better keep his brewing to Moaning Myrtle's bathroom during Hermione's off hours and tell her the customer canceled the order. If he was Slytherin enough, he should have just frankly told her he supplies it to the local whore house for their high end customers and gets paid quite nicely for it. It's a perfectly believable cover story. The man is painfully out of practice. 
Seriously though, would that be illegal? As long as it's legal she'd probably just be disgusted and let it go. If it's not she'd probably feel like she needed to address the issue, sooner or later. All he'd have to do is say he won't do it anymore if it upsets her but that she will have to make up the difference from her pay. That's the Snapishly Slytherine thing to do.
Poor Snapy-poo. He's as lonely as Hermione. Worse than Hermione, even. Hermione got taken out to dinner and he had to pay for a blow job. Does he realize how isolating it is for her to just brew all day and not even get to eat in the Great Hall? He probably hasn't even thought about it. Well, now he has too much time on his hands because she has brewed all his potions for him. I wonder why he's piling so much work on her. Maybe he thinks she likes it. Maybe he's afraid that is she gets bored she'll leave. Maybe he's afraid to talk to her so he keeps her too busy to have to make conversation. He's a right mess! Still, it was nice of him to give her that job. Is his sexual attraction to her a new thing or has he been thinking about her this way for a while? Won't she be surprised!