A/N: New story that game to mind while I was trying to work on a Lemon scene for my AW+HG series. This first part was brought about by the song I Will Always Love You by Dolly Parton. Read & Review please :D. Thank you to Werecat08 for catching my mistake on Hermione's age. Oh and I'm looking for a beta if anyone wants the job, just message me.
Disclaimer: I do no own Harry Potter or any Characters that have to do with the books. If I did I think this is what I would have done in book six.
It was the last night of Hermione, Harry, and Ron's sixth year. The boys were off somewhere in the castle; Ron with Lavender and Harry with Ginny. Hermione was quietly walking from the Gryffindor tower up to the Astronomy Tower. She was supposed to be meeting Severus in his classroom, but she couldn't bring herself to tell him goodbye. She couldn't handle saying it to him again, not when soon she would be taking away her parents memories.
She soon found herself looking out on the grounds of Hogwarts. Tears were streaming down her cheeks and she just didn't care anymore. She already had to deal with hearing her friends accusing her husband, of just a few days, of murder and now she was expected to just run off and leave him? What kind of person does that make me? She dropped down to hear knees and cradled her head in her hands as sobs wracked her body.
"Hermione, what's wrong?" Severus was on "patrol" of sorts when he heard her sobs. Though he wasn't supposed to be wondering the castle, he didn't feel right leaving the students and his wife unprotected. A few teachers knew that the death of Albus was not murder, but rather allowing a great man to choose his way to die. Albus didn't want to die in pain, didn't want to put Minerva, his wife, through that.
"Oh Severus, I'm leaving tomorrow… and I don't, I can't do it!" She threw her arms around his shoulders and laid her head on his chest. Soon the front of his cloak was soaked.
"Love, we already knew you were going to have to leave. I fail to see what the issue is." Severus didn't like seeing his little witch so upset. It took most of her sixth year for them to realize that not only did they have feelings for each other but the only issue to over come was that he was her teacher. Because of the time turner in her third year, she was actually eighteen, a whole year older then the rest of her classmates.
"No, you don't understand!" She pulled away from him and looked him in the eyes. "Severus, the boys and I are leaving school and not returning. Well, at least that is what they want me to do. They want to go on a hunt for all the horcrux and break them. I'm having enough trouble keeping them from searching for you. I have no reason to give them for me to stay with out revealing our relationship." Hermione stood up and walked over to the railing that looked out on the Forbidden Forest. "I don't want to leave you, and I want to tell people but until Vol-"
"DON'T SAY HIS NAME!" Severus took her by the arms and pulled her to him. "He'll hear us if you do. You must not say his name anymore. Promise me!"
"Okay, I promise." Hermione looked deeply into his eyes. She needed something from him. Something that she knew she already had but didn't know how to ask for more. She needed his love, and if she was honest with herself, she needed him to stay by her side where everyone could see. "I want to tell people and I can't stand… No I HATE that we can't say anything until You-Know-Who is dead!"
"We can tell two people. And I know just the two to tell. Quite frankly, I don't give a damn if they want me dead." Severus pulled Hermione flush against his body and kissed her with all the love he had for her. Her knees grew weak from it and she wrapped her arms tightly around him. "I can help with the Horcrux hunt, but for most of it I must do it from afar. Now use that coin of yours and tell the boys to meet you here."