Title: Teenage Dream.
Team:Spy for the Order.
Challenge: Hormones.
Rating: G
2x100.
Disclaimer: Characters depicted belong to JK Rowling. No money has changed hands.
The new Arithmancy Mistress was causing quite a stir, Severus noted with some disdain. Particularly among the seventh-year boys. It wasn’t as if she was particularly pretty; some would go so far as to call her plain. Perhaps they were in awe of her reputation; although, knowing teenage boys, it was most likely the size of her-
‘Good morning, Professor.’ Hermione Granger greeted him with a sunny smile.
‘You shouldn’t encourage them, you know,’ Severus replied.
‘Whatever do you mean?’ she asked, puzzled. ‘They were only asking for some additional reading material.’
He snorted. ‘Additional reading material, my Aunt Hecate.’
‘You can’t expect me to believe you haven’t noticed,’ Severus continued. ‘There are two members of my Quidditch team in the Hospital Wing, thanks to you.’
She stared at him blankly. ‘What’s that got to do with me?’
‘Showing off, Professor Granger,’ he replied, looking down his long nose at her. ‘Trying to impress you by attempting the Wronski Feint and failing spectacularly. In short, Miss Granger, you are becoming the object of many an adolescent fantasy.’
Hermione giggled. ‘Don’t tell me you never had a crush on any of your professors.’ She winked at him. ‘I know I did.’