Okay, okay, I got bored. Again. So sue me. Better yet, don't. Another response to the 100 Word Unbelievable Challenge on WIKTT (for those of you who asked, WIKTT stands for a yahoo group called When I Kissed The Teacher, which focuses on the Severus Snape/Hermione Granger pairing). Enjoy, and please review.

Pain

Severus clutched her to him, trying in vain to stop the bleeding from the. "Hermione, why? That curse was meant for me."

"Because I love you," she said softly. "And your job isn't done yet."

He choked back a sob. "I love you too. You are . . . unbelievable."

"Were . . . was." She smiled and put her hand on his cheek. She sighed, and didn't take another breath. Her hand fell away.

Pain like nothing he had ever felt before lanced through his soul as he held her body even tighter. "Are unbelievable, and always will be."