_hermaeth.

              _{(   ARE   YOU  ? )   her    rapier    tongue    lay    knotted    in    her    mouth,    though    the    thought    blooms    in    her    mind    where    her    wit    resides    safely.    after    all,    the    most    he    did    was    write    instructions    on    the    board    and    spent    the    remainder    of    class    insulting    her    classmates    and    herself    ;   her    textbook    proved    more    helpful    than    professor    snape    ever   had.}  

                    _{her    own    frustration    grows,    gentle    warmth    in    her    cheeks    aglow.    `    FORGIVE  ME,    professor   —    but    i    always    assumed    that    if    students    deviated    from    the   instructions,    there’d    be    consequences.     i’d    rather    not    lose    house    points   —    OR   WORSE:    lower    my    grade.  `}

WHAT DID HE EXPECT ?   _{for hermione to gladly receive the piece of advice with the excitement of a yappy dog ?    that certainly would be a most surprising sight.   thin lips curl into a snarl, but not the kind that denotes the timebomb of his temper will go off soon   —-   accompanied by the disdainful squinting of black eyes that sharpen his bony features, it’s a prediction.} 

                                 _{‘ i presume you plan on taking N.E.W.T.s, don’t you ? ’,    snape begins, thick eyebrows arched, tone not free of certain malice.}