"Miss Granger, I’m glad to see you care about Draco enough to come to me despite my obvious distaste for your friends... You are both children and so is Mr. Potter... This is a matter for adults..." Snape had been jaded for a long time. He had been hurt and betrayed so much that he believed in very little. But something about this odd and unforeseen pair sitting in front of him, stirred something in his heart - Hope...