Chapter 85: The Dour Piano Man

{A/N: Severus The Piano Man...short chap...}

(Your Song, Elton John, All Rights to respective owners)

Snape's Quarters, Slytherin Dungeons,Hogwarts, Wizarding World...

Hermione awoke to the strange sound of a piano's keys playing. She recognized it as the muggle musician Elton John's Your Song playing as she neared the living room. She had been shocked to see a still slightly drunken Severus Snape sitting at a newly conjured black piano and his long pale fingers gliding along the ebony and ivory keys as gracefully as when he was chopping potions ingredients. If that had not been enough of a shock she found herself treated to his quite powerful baritone voice as he sang, no doubt he was using his drunkenness as a good excuse but he was amazingly talented. The bushy haired Charms Mistress smiled as she watched him continue to play.

"It's a little bit funny, this feeling inside...I'm not one of those who can easily hide, I Don't have much money but boy, if I did...I'd buy a big house... where we both could live..." sang Snape as he continued to play.

Hermione had never would have guessed she would ever find out that Snape could sing. She continued to listen unable to get over the shock of how good he had been. She smiled when he changed some of the words to fit his own persona as often many people did especially those who were as drunk as he had been.

"If I was a sculptor but then again, no..." sang Snape as he played." I'm just a wizard who makes potions in a castle by the sea...Oh, I know it's not much but it's the best I can do...My gift is my song...And this one's for you..."

The bushy haired witch nearly gave herself away as she tried to keep from giggling at his new lyrics.

"And you can tell everybody this is your song...It may be quite simple but now that it's done..." continued Snape. "I hope you don't mind...I hope you don't mind...That I put down in words...How wonderful life is while you're in the world..."

Snape looked up at her as he played letting her know that he knew she was there and that he wanted her to hear the meaning in why he chose this particular song to drunkenly play.

She had been quite impressed with his playing skills as he elected to play through the next verse.

"So excuse me forgetting but these things I do...You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're brown...Anyway the thing is what I really mean

Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen..." sang Snape once again as he played.

It was not lost on Hermione that he had been changing the lyrics to fit her.

"And you can tell everybody this is your song...It may be quite simple but now that it's done...I hope you don't mind...I hope you don't mind that I put down in words...How wonderful life is while you're in the world." sang The Potions Master.

He stopped playing and got to his feet. Hermione had been about to question why he stopped when he took her hand and pulled her close to him.

"I hope you don't mind...I hope you don't mind that I put down in words..." he sang looking into her amber eyes. "How wonderful life is while you're in the world."

The bushy haired witch found herself trying to keep her eyes from watering.

"That was beautiful Severus." she said. "Where did you learn to play?"

"Believe it or not...mother was good for something." he replied.

Hermione shook her head. Only Severus Snape could be a git even after not only playing but singing a beautiful song.

"Well, I might have to thank her one day." she said trying to remain pleasant.

"I'm sure she'll love that." said Snape rolling his eyes.

"Git." said Hermione.

"You forgot Slytherin." he replied.

Hermione laughed.

"Excuse me then, Slytherin git." she said with a smile on her face before she pulled the dour piano man into a heated kiss and lead him back into his bedroom.

The drunken dour wizard should have realized the young witch wanted an encore, although he had no idea to which performance.