There, There

She was so sick of being the third wheel... why couldn't they just pretend for a minute that she was the same girl she had been at the Yule Ball? Hermione is fed up with being treated like "one of the guys". But what else is there for her? One Hallowe'en Night she finds a mentor.

After Professor Lupin finds her lying in the hall, he invites Hermione into his office to talk. After a very trying moment, someone walks in on a moment they shouldn't have seen.

After discovering Lupin and Hermione in an awkward moment, Snape finds that he is jealous. "Not that he was particularly fond of Miss Granger, but she was apparently fond of Loony Lupin, and he of her, and Snape was fond of hating the said Lupin. So, by proxy, Snape figured, if Miss Know-it-all over here fawned over me, her red-hot Lupin would become green with jealousy." Humor and unexpected terror follow.

After being attacked by the Death Eaters, neither Snape nor Hermione can recall what happened. While Snape finds himself unneccesarily guilty, Hermione once again finds unexpected comfort in the arms of Professor Lupin.

After being attacked by the Death Eaters, Hermione lays in the Hospital Wing, conscious, but confused. Two conversations with Professors Lupin and Snape provide many questions for her, as well as a fight or two.