Love's always found somewhere you didn't think was possible;
A Severus Snape And Hermione Granger fanfic;
By emsslovesronalways;
Disclaimer – I own nothing but the plot;
Fresh from her break up from Draco, Hermione wanted to start a new. So she went to see her former headmaster Albus Dumbledore.
Her arrival to Hogsmead was rough; she didn't like Apparating that much so she went into the Three Broomsticks for a quick pick me up, only to bump into Professor Slughorn. Slughorn then beckoned Hermione over to the table he was sat at.
"Hermione, m'love, how've you been?" Slughorn cried as he pulled Hermione into a big hug.
"I'm good thank you," Hermione replied rubbing the other on the back, "Though I've broken up with my partner of 5 years, which was sad."
"Oh, who was that then?" Slughorn asked. He was a very nosey man.
"Draco Malfoy." Hermione told him without looking him in the eye. The memory of the break up was still in the front of her memory. It involved objects smashing, tears falling and curses flying. They haven't spoken to each other yet and it's been 5 months.
"Oh, well, that's his loss then, isn't it? What brings you to this neck of the woods?" Slughorn asked trying to cheer Hermione up.
"Oh, I've got an appointment with Albus about the new job." Hermione replied; glad to be rid of the previous conversation.
"Oh, yes, the Potions job. Severus is back as Defence against the Dark Arts Professor. So of course they'll be a space on the faculty." Slughorn seemed dazed yet saddened about something.
"Does that mean you're leaving Horace?" Hermione asked.
"Indeed it does hon. I'm too old for this nonsense, but I am going to miss it." Slughorn sighed. "Well I'd best be off. See you Hermione."
Hermione watched him get up and leave before rising to her feet and walking to the door.
SSHGSSHGSSHG
It was bitter cold outside so Hermione was grateful to the warmth of Hogwarts castle. She made her way up to Headmaster's office and knocked on the door with 3 short raps.
"Enter," Albus called. It was very surreal. Hermione felt like she was back in Hogwarts and she had been sent up to the Headmaster's office. The thought was comforting. She felt like she was home again. She breathed deeply and opened the door.
"Hermione, darling," Albus cried making his way to meet her in the middle of his office to give her a hug. "It's been a long time."
"I know, Albus, I know." She replied and hugged him back.
Albus pointed to the seat across from his desk to which she sat.
"Would you like a drink?" He asked showing her a few options.
"That would be lovely. Is there any chance of a cup of tea?" She replied.
Albus nodded and with a wave of his wand, two mugs of hot steaming tea were in front of the pair.
Hermione stared around at the portraits of the previous Head teachers and she wished that someday she could join them.
Albus coughed quietly but loud enough to attract her attention. Hermione turned her head towards him and she looked into his dazzling blue eyes. As soon as she looked into them she felt she was being x-rayed.
"What brings you here then Hermione? Why do you want the job?" Albus asked her, breaking the silence.
"Well, I've broken up from Draco and I just wanted to start again with something I love doing. I've always wanted to teach too and help the younger, future great witches and wizards." She stated. She'd had this answer planned for when he asked it. Truth was though; she wanted the comfort that Hogwarts gave her when she was a student here.
Albus saw through her, "I see," He commented, "Well you are the best candidate we've seen. You know the staff and the way round, you have the job." He finished.
"Oh, Albus, thank you." She cried and a huge grin spread on her face.
"They'll be a staff meeting tonight about your arrival. It starts 7:00 in the Great Hall. Don't be late." He told her. He knew she wouldn't be. If she was still the Hermione Granger he knew, she'd be there early. "I'll show you to your rooms."
She started to make her way down to the dungeons until Albus stopped her.
"There's been a little bit or rearranging. You see, Severus prefers the dark, goodness knows why, so we've swapped the DADA classroom with the Potions classroom."
Hermione sighed with relief. She'd always liked the DADA classroom and office, it reminded her of the cheerful chats she had with Remus some time ago.
Hermione went into a daze and Albus had to cough slightly again to get her attention, "This is you, now, Professor Granger." He said. They were in her new office facing a painting of a forest with a little stream where otters were building a dam. "The password is 'New Beginnings' " Albus told her. He winked and bid her goodbye.
SSHGSSHGSSHG
Hermione muttered her new password to the painting and stepped through it into a spacious sitting room. The colour scheme was beautiful. There were many shades of red with hints of gold and silver.
Off to one side, through a hazel door was a small empty room, but once she'd been there a week it was turned into a small library.
To the other side of the room was another hazel door. In there was a spacious bedroom. It had a full wall wardrobe and a huge four poster bed, much like the one she'd had in Gryffindor tower, but much larger.
She had a full set of draws and bed side tables.
She sighed. What a lovely room. But such a shame she'd be in it all on her own.
Through another hazel door in her bedroom lead to a bathroom with a fitted bathtub/shower and sink with a set of draws filled with large Egyptian cotton towels.
She paused on her way through to her bedroom as she heard a knock on her office door.
She made her way back to her sitting room and thought the painting to open her door. Once opened, it revealed her old friend Neville Longbottom.
"Neville," She cried, she stepped to the side to let him in and offered him a seat by her desk.
"Hey there," he said.
"Drink?" She asked. She saw him nod so she waved her wand. Two mugs of honey tea appeared on the table and they both drank deeply.
"It's been a while." She commented.
"Yes, it has Hermione, love, Albus just told me about you getting the job. So how've you been?" He asked. Neville was the Herbology Professor. He'd gotten the job last year when Professor Sprout had a shock retirement.
"Okay, I supposed. It's been hard. Yourself?" She questioned, wanting to get the conversation off her miserable past.
"I've been great. Hannah and I are due to be married early this coming January." He commented. His smile was even bigger.
"Congratulations, Nev. Harry and Ginny are to be married soon also." She told him. Neville nodded. He'd spoken to Harry on the phone earlier.
The conversation changed. It varied from what it was like teaching and how all their old friends were, including; Ron, Ginny, Harry and Luna.
Ron and Harry were both busy with Auror missions and Ginny was playing Quidditch with the Holyhead Harpies and was captain. All their dreams had come true.
Luna was on an expedition it seemed. She writes to Neville often about the creatures she'd seen and could prove were real. Neville told Hermione that Luna had met someone called Rolf on her studies and that they had started dating.
"Well, isn't that lovely that she can find someone like her," Hermione commented.
"I'd better off," Neville told her. It was around 6:30 now. "I need a shower before the staff meeting. See you later."
"Bye." She said and he smiled before leaving her office.
And then Hermione realized. She was once more alone.
She didn't like being alone. It made her remember the reason why she and Draco had split up.
He wanted marriage and children at an early age so that he could start his carrier and not have to break off in the middle to look after children. Hermione wasn't ready for marriage. Nor was she ready for children. She loved Draco deeply but realized that they were too different to have a good future together.
Draco didn't take it very well. He almost killed her with the rejection. She was glad he hadn't thought to put a Dissapparation charm in the Manor because she may not have made it out alive.
Shaking all the bad thoughts out of her head she went into her bathroom to freshen up. She thought it'd be best if she changed her clothes too. She was wearing her favourite Muggle outfit. Probably not the best thing to do, so she changed into a set of new robes she'd bought at Madam Malkin's the other week. They were deep purple with silver swirls on them.
She checked her watch it was 6:55. I'd better make my way down, she thought; they'll never forgive me if I'm late to my first meeting.
So she set off back to her office and locking her office and classroom door behind her.
Once in the Great Hall, she noticed that she was the second one to arrive. The other, you may ask, was the one and only Severus Snape.
When Severus heard someone approach he turned from the window he was staring out of to see who it was.
"What are you doing here Miss Granger?" He gasped.
"Hello to you too," She mumbled to herself, "It's Professor Granger now." She added, loud enough for him to hear, but he heard the first part too, though she didn't know.
"You got the potions job then?" He asked. There was no other reason to why Hermione would be there.
"Yes I did actually." She replied.
"Well, congratulations." He told her and smiled.
Hermione gasped aloud. Severus Snape had just complimented her! Severus Snape had just smiled!
She was just about to thank him when she heard the Great Hall's doors open and in came the rest of the staff.
Hermione paused for a minute without joining them. They all came in at the same time. Why? She asked herself. She shook of the thought and joined the other teachers.
Albus sat at the top of the circular table he had transfigured. On his right was Minerva and on his left was Severus.
All the other staff members had taken their seats, Neville was next to Minerva. There was only one seat left. She cringed mentally. Of course – it was next to Severus.
She sat there without comment thought she didn't notice Albus and Minerva eye her strangely.
Then the meeting began.
Albus talked and talked. Hermione couldn't take anything in. She heard her name mentioned but could only guess that he was talking about her getting the job.
She felt weird. She felt warm and she had the urge to take her clothes off and declare the love for the man next to her. The man she didn't even like let alone love. She looked around to see who could be casting the spell. To her surprise she couldn't spot anyone, it didn't fool her. She was surrounded by the best wizards and witches in the world.
The meeting finished swiftly and she was thankful when it had. She watched the other members of staff leave except for one. The one she wanted to talk to.
"Did you enjoy your first meeting, Professor Granger?" Severus asked her. He seemed deeply concerned. A look she'd never seen on his face.
"It was a meeting Severus, should there have been something to enjoy?" She enquired raising a think brow.
"Well it seemed to get hot during the middle of it. Was that anything to do with you?" He asked her.
"Nothing to do with me, Professor." She told him, emphasizing the Professor. She turned it into a slight hiss at the end.
"I th-th-thought not." He stammered.
Hermione stared at him. She'd actually had an effect on him. When she realized the thought, she smiled.
"Well, goodnight Severus." She didn't wait for an answer, she turn swiftly to make her way back to her office.
She heard a quiet "goodnight Hermione," from behind her. When she heard that she smiled. She'd gotten him to say Hermione for the first time since they'd met.
SSHGSSHGSSHG
The next couple of weeks went without a problem for the new Professor Granger. She'd planned all the first lessons planned and decided it would be nice to walk outside in the late August heat.
Most of the staff was at Hogwarts too, planning out their lessons. Hermione was so far ahead with planning that she had at least 3 different roots she could go down depending on how her students were like and what they preferred.
The light was bright and the sun was hot so she put on some short white shorts and a strappy pink t-shirt. She war some light brown wedge sandals on her feet.
She picked up an apple out of her fruit bowl and made strolled through the empty corridors to the main door.
Once she was outside she sighed and cast a protective charm on her visible skin so she didn't get sun burn but her clothes revealed her lightly tanned skin.
When she'd finished that, she made her way to the lake for a stroll.
She munched on her apple as she gazed around the place. She detoured to the lake by passing Hagrid's hut, she hadn't had chance to talk to him on the night of the meeting.
She knocked on the door and Hagrid stood there and, once he recognised Hermione, he beamed.
"Hermione! It's been a long time, love, come on in," he cried.
"Hello Hagrid." She said crossing the threshold, "It really has been a long time." She mused.
"Yeh looking well, how've ya been?" Hagrid asked.
"Lonely, to be truthful. Draco and I split." She told him when he gave a confused looked.
"I know, Harry told us." Hermione wasn't happy now that Harry had been telling everyone about the split. She wasn't going to tell him anything from now on.
They talked for about half an hour about everyone's different lives and how excited Hermione was about starting to teach. She looked out the window and saw Severus walking towards Hagrid's hut.
"I'll see you later Hagrid," Hermione said and walked out of the door before Hagrid could reply. He didn't seem to mind. He went over to his window and watched Hermione meet Severus.
"Hello, Hermione," Severus greeted her and held out his hand for her to take. Hermione was shocked at the gestured but accepted and placed her hand in his.
She took in his outfit. It was different to his normal bulky bat like robes. Instead he was in a pair of khakis and a white short sleeved t-shirt.
"You look nice Severus, dressing up, well, down for someone?" She enquired and winked at him.
"Yes," he replied, "You in fact. Would you like to join me for a picnic?" He asked and nodded his head towards a picnic blanket he'd obviously laid out earlier.
"Sure," she replied.
She was rather liking this new Severus Snape. The more she thought about it the more she realized she was crushing on him. Maybe even falling for him.
When they started munching, Hermione realized that all the food was her favourite picnic snacks. Pork pies, ham and cheese sandwiches and bottles of coca cola.
She loved it.
"Did you know that these are my favourites?" Hermione asked him after taking a sip of coke.
"Wow, really?" He enquire, he knew that to be so. He knew everything about her. Not because he was a stalker, but it was because he wanted to find out how to get her as his own. He'd had a crush on her since she turned of age. Maybe even before that, but that wasn't allowed.
"Yes, they are in fact." Absentmindedly she sat closer to him, she didn't even realize it.
It felt natural to him to lean over and put his arm around her. She snuggled into him.
He took a bite out of a pork pie that had some coleslaw on and he caught some round his mouth. Hermione noticed this before he did and she wiped it off with her finger then put it by his mouth for him to lick off.
He obliged and he licked off the coleslaw and sucked slightly on her finger.
Ignoring the rest of the picnic Hermione captured his face and kissed him lightly on his lips.
When she did that they both felt a spark and began passionately kissing.
At this point, Hagrid walked away from the window and rung Albus. (The school had recently discovered a magical phone that could be used throughout Hogwarts.)
The phone call was short but it informed Albus about what was currently happening with Hermione and Severus.
When Hermione and Severus finally broke apart they were panting.
"Maybe we should take this to a more private place," Hermione suggested.
"That would be sensible," Severus agreed and hand in hand they made their way up to Hermione's office.
SSHGSSHGSSHG
Once they were in Hermione's private bedroom their clothes were vanished by Severus' wand and he was latched onto Hermione's nipples and alternatively sucked, licked, squeezed and bit on each of them.
The sound erupting from Hermione's mouth confirmed Severus' thoughts that he was doing it right.
He picked her up and carried her over to her bed and laid her gently there. He kissed trails down her body and paused over her very wet womanhood.
He inhaled the scent and dug in.
He licked every nook and cranny, nibbling in some places. He gave her clit some very special attention and when he bit down lightly, it sent her over board and her orgasm washed over her.
He went to get up but she grasped him round the neck and pulled him back down.
She kissed him passionately and she became excited when she could taste herself on him. She kissed, licked and sucked her way down his body till she got to his very large dick.
She wasted no time in kissing his head, which was dripping with pre-cum. The then licked up and down this length then shocked him by engulfing the whole thing in one. The shock took him over board and he came right into her awaiting mouth. And he watched her swallow it all.
"Yum," She giggled as he lined his dick up with her sopping hole.
He looked up and saw her nod slightly and he plunged. Once he was all the way in he paused for a minute taking in her tightness.
"Please... move," Hermione begged.
So he did. He pounded in and out until they'd had another orgasm.
They switched positions so that Hermione was now riding him. Severus couldn't resist the bouncing of her breasts in front of his face, so he leant forwards and took them in his mouth licking them lightly.
"I'm close!" Hermione shouted and she was right. As her third orgasm rippled through her so did Severus'.
They collapsed on the bed and Hermione leant across his chest. Severus put his arm around her and the nodded off to sleep.
SSHGSSHGSSHG
The next morning when Hermione awoke, she felt herself lying across a warm chest. She sat up suddenly which caused Severus to stir.
"Umm, good morning Severus," she mumbled.
"Oh," he whispered, "I'll leave then." He made to get up but Hermione pushed him back on the bed and climbed on top of him.
"I don't want you to leave," she muttered against his neck and she bit lightly on the side and licked across it lightly.
"I don't think I'm going anywhere," her replied and the once again had a very passionate hour.
SSGHSSGHSSGH
When the pair finally got up, showered and dressed, they were sitting Hermione's sitting room facing each other.
"What happened last night? I don't know what came over me." She asked him.
"Do you want the truth or the whole story first?" He enquired.
"Both. Please," She added.
"Right," Severus said and paused for a moment to get everything together.
"Do you remember your first meeting and you felt hot in the middle?" When she nodded he carried on, "Well I got that too. I wanted to rip my clothes off and declare that I loved you. I've always felt something for you and that night I realised it. I asked you if it was you because that was a possibility but then, when I talked to Albus later, he told me it was him."
He looked over to her to see her reaction. Her face was hard to read so he carried on.
"When Albus told me that you were having a meeting with him for the potions job and he was going to ask you to be the teacher I spoke to him. I knew how much you didn't like the dungeons when you were a student here, so i asked him if we could swap the rooms, to my surprise, he didn't ask me why. But he's been watching me ever since." He told her.
Hermione was glad that he was being so open to her; she smiled in encouragement for him to continue.
"I arrange the picnic with a certain blanket. If soul mates sit on the blanket, but they are not together then they realize that they should be. I love you Hermione Granger." He finished.
Hermione looked away to wipe a tear that had formed away before he could see it. She was flabbergasted. Severus Snape loved her?
"I love you also," she muttered as she turned back round to see him. She'd never heard him get up but he was knelt in front of her.
"Will you do me the honour of becoming my wife, Hermione?" He asked holding up a small box and opened the lid slightly. Inside was a band made up of gold and platinum intertwined with small diamonds in the gaps between the metals.
He didn't want to go with the charade of boyfriend and girlfriend. He's a 43 year old man; he didn't want to be a boyfriend and man friend sounded stupid.
Hermione was having a short but silent battle with herself. Should I say yes? I want to, but what will people say? Do I really care? No I don't. She came to her answer.
"Yes, Severus, I would like to become your wife." She replied and he picked her up and kissed her. When he put her down he slid the ring over her finger.
"Sev, it's beautiful." She commented and kissed him again.
"Come with me," he told her and grabbed her hand.
He was almost running with joy, she was having trouble keeping up with him. They went all the way up to Albus' office.
Severus didn't knock on the door, he bash on the door.
Hermione was ready to hear the usual "enter" that Albus did but instead he came to the door to open it himself.
"Am I about to hear that you two are now a couple?" Albus asked eying their joined hands, but then he saw Hermione's ring. "Engaged, I see." His smile was very smug indeed.
"Yes, we are. Albus, as a headmaster and a great friend to us, will you marry us?" Severus asked. Wizarding headmasters had the power to marry people. Albus had married James and Lily together many years ago.
"Yes, son, I would be very happy to do so." Albus replied.
"Thank you." They whispered together.
This was the begging of the new life that Hermione had wanted. Once again Hogwarts had given that to her.