A/N: Well here it is. The first chapter to the sequel to I Promise You. I know I just finished that story today but I couldn't wait any longer. I'm not a very patient person. lol. The song at the beginning of this chapter is called In Another Life and it's by Ashlee Simpson. I thought that it fit this story perfectly hence the title of the story.

In Another Life

Chapter 1: Now Or Never

In Another Life Ashlee Simpson

Do you love me? Oh do you love me?

I say so.

Do you need me? Oh do you need me?

God I hope.

I get this feeling deep inside,

That somewhere somehow you've passed me by.

I can't put my finger on it but…

The more that I see you, the more that I know,

Everywhere you go is everywhere I've been.

You finish all my sentences before they begin.

And I know that look in your eyes,

It's like I've seen you before about a million times.

In another life, in another life maybe,

In another life you must have been mine.

You make me feel so,

Oh you make me feel so…

Beautiful.

It doesn't matter,

No it never matters if we're out or home.

We can make hours into years.

Wherever you go, you're always here.

It's like I've known you from before,

But I'm just so happy you walked through my door.

Everywhere you go is everywhere I've been.

You finish all my sentences before they begin.

And I know that look in your eyes,

It's like I've seen you before about a million times.

In another life, in another life maybe,

In another life you must have been mine.

I'm breathing you in,

I'm breathing you out,

You're all around me.

No matter what you do, I wanna spend my life with you,

Only you.

Do you love me? Oh do you love me?

Say you love me, oh say you love me.

Everywhere you go is everywhere I've been.

You finish all my sentences before they begin.

And I know that look in your eyes,

It's like I've seen you before about a million times.

In another life, in another life maybe,

In another life you must have been mine.

And I know that look in your eyes,

It's like I've seen you before about a million times.

In another life, in another life maybe,

In another life you must have been mine.

Do you love me? Oh say you love me.

Severus Snape was not just your ordinary wizard. He happened to work at the best school of witchcraft and wizardry in the world, Hogwarts. He was the Potions master and the Head of Slytherin house. This all sounds ordinary right? To everyone around him, he was the snarky, mean potions teacher, but underneath he was so much different. You see Severus had only loved one woman in his whole life.

The only problem was, she was his student, and she had no idea that they had had a relationship at all. Hermione Granger was her name. When Severus had been in his final year of school here at Hogwarts, she had accidentally fallen back in time and ended up in his life. They had fallen in love and he had given her a promise ring. He told her he would wait his whole life for her if he must. So that's what he was doing. He would wait as long as it took for her to remember him.

The day she set foot in Hogwarts, his heart leapt with joy, there was just one problem. She was eleven and he was thirty-one. He knew he should not be in love with an eleven year old so he waited. He had noticed from the moment he saw her that she was wearing the ring he gave her. This made him have reason to hope. He had watched her become friends with the Potter boy and the Weasley boy. She of course was placed in Gryffindor, for her intellect and bravery. She was very smart.

He had remembered how she had said he was mean to her so he was going to change. He had not scolded her for her intelligence, as she had said. Now he would praise her and even awarded points to her, the only Gryffindor to ever receive points from the Head of Slytherin.

Then she had returned the next year. Twelve, he had told himself, was still much too young. So he had waited longer. He had almost lost her during that year. She had been petrified by a Basilisk. Every night he went to visit her in the hospital wing. He had said that it was to check the infirmary's potion supply, but he was there watching over her. When she had been cured he could not have been happier.

The next year, she came back and he noticed she was turning into a young woman. But thirteen was still too young. That year he had saved her from Professor Lupin, who had been a were-wolf at the time. He had seen her and the two idiot boys going out onto the grounds at night and followed them. If he hadn't been there, who knows what could have happened to her.

During her forth year, Dumbledore had decided to host the Tri-Wizard tournament, and Potter had been mysteriously entered. He watched her help him all she could to get through the tournament. Then the Yule ball came and she had looked gorgeous. If only he could have been her date instead of that idiotic Bulgarian boy who couldn't even pronounce her name correctly. She was fourteen, and he wasn't sure how much longer he could wait. But still he kept to himself.

Then her fifth year and he had beamed as she had passed all her O.W.L.'s with flying colors. He had watched her deal with the loss of Harry's god-father, whom was close with all of the 'Golden Trio' as they were known. She was becoming a woman and he knew he wouldn't be able to stay away much longer, but she was still only fifteen.

Finally in her sixth year he had helped them defeat Voldemort. He had seen how quickly she became an adult. She had seen many people she loved die. But it hadn't affected her as much as he had thought. She still seemed to care about the minor things like school. Fortunately for him, she hadn't taken much interest in boys. Although he had seen the way they looked at her. She was no longer a child, and she had the body to prove it. Sixteen, he told himself, is not a child anymore, but still he had not acted on his feelings.

Now she had returned for her seventh and final year at Hogwarts. He knew if he was going to do something, he had to do it this year. He was running out of time, and if he didn't act fast, he could lose her forever. This year she had been chosen Head Girl, like he knew she would be. He sat at the Head's Table in the Great Hall and watched her take a seat at the Gryffindor table for what would be her last Sorting Ceremony. She looked up at him, smiled and waved. Her smile always made his heart melt. At least he had managed to make her like him. He didn't care if any of the other students liked him or not. He waved back and she turned to her friends.

Hermione took her usual seat at the Gryffindor table and looked up at her professors. She smiled and waved at Professor Snape. He was her favorite teacher. She liked all the teachers but he was the only one who didn't exploit her intelligence as if it were for sale. He treated her like an equal. She couldn't understand why so many students hated him. She would never tell anyone, but she had somewhat developed a crush on him over the years. He had saved her on countless occasions. She had to force herself not to daydream when she was in his presence. She turned her thoughts from her Potions professor and began to talk to her best friend, Ginny Weasley.

"Hey Gin, I had another one of those dreams again." Ginny turned to Hermione and looked concerned. Hermione had been having strange dreams ever since she could remember. The only thing was, as she got older, the dreams began to get more adult like.

"What happened this time?" Ginny asked. Hermione recalled her dream from the previous night and told it to Ginny.

"Well that guy was in it again." They were always about the same people. Herself, of course, and a boy about her age whom she couldn't tell who it was, and a girl who reminded her strangely of Ginny.

"Well this time, I was crying and telling him that I was from the future but that I loved him." She furrowed her brow in thought, trying to remember. "He said that he needed to think about things and then he left me there crying. But then he gave me a ring and we…you know." Hermione looked down at her right hand. She smiled at the ring that she had had her whole life. It was silver with a small pink heart in the middle. Her father had given it to her when she was a child, or at least that's what she thought. She didn't really remember how she had gotten it.

"So have you figured out who the boy is?" Ginny asked, not paying attention to the sorting.

"No but he seems familiar. It's like I know him from somewhere."

"Well what does he look like?"

"I've told you Gin, I can never see his face. It's like it's blurred out or something. Oh Dumbledore is giving his speech." Hermione stopped talking and listened to Dumbledore's annual start of term speech.

"And I am pleased to announce this year's Head boy and girl, Mr. Draco Malfoy, and Miss Hermione Granger." Hermione blushed as everyone applauded. She looked up at Professor Snape and saw him applauding and smiling. She blushed, thinking that he was applauding for her but then realized it was probably for his god-child Draco. After everyone had eaten dinner and dessert Dumbledore congratulated the new students and dismissed them all. Hermione however, had to stay behind, to receive her Head girl instructions.

"Hey Hermione!" Hermione turned to find Draco making his way through the crowd to her. The two of them had developed somewhat of a friendship, when he had helped to defeat Voldemort.

"Draco, how was your summer?" She said smiling as he finally reached her.

"It wasn't too bad. You know lot's of family stuff. Going through my dad's will, dealing with my mother." Draco's father had been murdered in the final battle and had left Draco and his mother with everything. Unfortunately the rest of his family hadn't approved of Draco's alliance during the war and wouldn't acknowledge him as family.

"Oh I'm sorry. Are you getting along all right though?"

"Yeah I'm just glad to be here, and away from it all. So what's the deal with our Head's stuff? Do you know anything about it?" Hermione shook her head and watched the rest of the students file out of the Great Hall.

"Miss Granger, Mr. Malfoy, Professor Dumbledore has asked me to show you to your rooms and alert you of your duties," said Severus. "Now if you two would please follow me." They nodded and followed him out of the Great Hall. When they had reached their rooms, he showed them through to a giant room decorated in Gold and Green, Gryffindor and Slytherin colors. At least they didn't do red and green, even I don't like Christmas that much, Hermione thought as she looked around the room.

"Draco, if you would follow me into here, I will show you your room. Hermione you can wait out here and then I will show you your room." Hermione nodded. She looked around the room as Severus led Draco into his room. She was looking at the bookshelf when Severus came out of Draco's room alone.

"Enjoying the scenery Hermione?" She jumped as she heard his silky voice behind her. She tried not to blush as she turned around. He showed her into her room and she gasped when she saw it. Everything was a deep shade of blue, her favorite color. Severus smiled as he watched her explore her room.

"You know I had Dumbledore build that bookshelf over there, especially for you. I've even taken the liberty of providing you with some rare books." He pointed to an oak bookshelf that rivaled her own at her house. She smiled and ran over to hug him.

"Thank you so much Professor. I love it." She reached up and kissed him on the cheek. Then realizing what she had done, her face turned beat red.

"I'm sorry."

"It's all right, Hermione." He was trying not to sound too happy.

"Well I'll leave you to your explorations." He turned and closed her door behind him. He reached up and touched the spot where she had kissed him and smiled. He didn't even notice that Draco had been watching him the whole time. Draco just looked confused when he saw his professor's actions, but didn't say anything. Severus couldn't stop smiling. This was definitely going to be his year. It was now or never.

Hermione was still blushing and couldn't believe what she had just done. She collapsed on her bed and sighed. This was going to be a great year. She could just feel it.

A/N: So what did you think? I am really happy with the way this chapter turned out and I hope you are too. Please review…please.