Chapter 16
I walked - ran - down the way too familiar halls that I had already taken so many times this year. My heart was pounding so loudly. I knew for sure now that it wasn't my imagination, Myrtle has seen it too. I had trouble breathing, tears of panic and fear starting to overflow in my eyes.
I walked up the stairs of the Astronomy tower, his office being a few stories under where we had class. It was late and maybe he was busy, but I needed to talk to him. When I arrived, without thinking, I burst into the room without knocking.
"John, I need to-" I started and stopped right in my tracks as I saw that he wasn't alone.
In the seat I had sat in too many times was Professor Noble who turned around to look over at me, surprised.
Mortified, I left the room and closed the door behind myself. I leaned on the door and whipped away the tears I had streaming from my eyes. I had just called John by his first name in front of another teacher, this couldn't be good. I walked away from the door to leave.
"Hermione, wait,” I heard and I turned around to see John in the door way.
He closed the door behind himself and walked over to me. He placed a hand on both shoulders and looked down in my eye.
"What's wrong?" he asked, looking so concerned and attentive.
"It... It happened again... I wasn't myself in the mirror again... my eyes, my hair, my skin..." I sobbed.
"Hermione, I'm sure your just tired and seeing things-"
"No! Myrtle! She saw it too! Moaning Myrtle in the girl's bathroom," I cut him off, not wanted to hear that your-imagination excuse.
A wave of worry passed in his eyes as he took a deep breath.
"It's probably nothing..." he said, very unconvincingly.
"It's not nothing, John," I said. "I'm scared..."
Without saying another word, he wrapped his arms around me and pulled me into a comforting hug. I closed my eyes and held him back.
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Brilliant (Harry Potter/Doctor Who Crossover)
FanfictionDuring her 7th year at Hogwarts, Hermione is intrigued right from the start by the new Astronomy teacher, Professor John Smith. This strange man has captured all her attention and she seems to have done the same to him. As the year goes by, talking...
