Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or the lyrics.
AN: Please R+R.
We'll do it all
Everything
On our own
We don't need
Anything
Or anyone
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
It had all started at the first graduation Hogwarts had after the fall of Voldemort. The graduation of what everyone called the golden trio.
It had been a huge surprise that Hermione Granger, whom had turned down everyone who had asked to escort her to the ball, or even to dance while at said ball, walked towards the head table and stopped right in front of Severus Snape.
A silence had rung out through the hall and everyone became curious as to what the supposed, smartest witch of their age was doing, standing in front of the one man everyone tried to avoid.
"Excuse me Professor Snape," Hermione had said to get his attention.
He stopped trying to ignore the hall and the celebrations going on in it and looked up.
"Yes Miss Granger, what can I do for you?" Severus had asked curiously, not even a sneer to be seen.
Hermione had held out her hand towards him and smiled at him, as if he had just given her the world.
"You could honour me with a dance sir!"
Even though he had been surprised, he surprised everyone else by standing from his chair, taking her hand and leading her to the dance floor.
"The, honour, is all mine!" He had replied smoothly.
I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel
Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
The war had taught them both many things, but the one thing that stuck out more then others was not to leave anything til the next day. Say what you are thinking at the moment you think it, don't leave it til the next day, cause the next day may never arrive.
They had never really been anything but acquaintances, but they had learnt a lot about each other when they began working together earlier on in the year. So when he felt a sudden fire ignite at the touch of her hand when they began to dance, he knew that the thoughts that had began to creep into his life a few months back, were not just thoughts, but feelings as well.
And he knew that there would be no other time to grab everything he wanted, so he took a deep breath and jumped in with both feet.
"Marry me Hermione, i know it is sudden, but i don't think i will ever find anyone quite like you." he whispered as they danced closely.
A tear ran down Hermione's cheek as she looked into his eyes and nodded.
"Let's do what the song suggests and forget the world."
"I promise you won't ever regret it Hermione,"
"All I need is everything that you are, and I know I will never regret anything in life as long as I have you by my side!" Hermione whispered.
"I felt it you know. When you held me after it was all over Severus!"
"What did you feel Hermione?" Severus asked.
"Complete!" Hermione breathed.
Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads
I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life
"The three words
You meant to say but didn't
The three things
You were told but forgot
The three things you wish you could change
But will now never get the chance to.
Do it all, say it all, change it all
Live, love and let the world know you were in it.
Never regret anything later in life, and look forward to the future you will have."
"I have no regrets and I know that parents never had any either.
They lived their lives like there was no tomorrow. They took advantage of every opportunity they were given.
They were married for fifty years. They both told me at different times in their lives that the night they decided to forget the world, the rules that said you shouldn't do everything so quickly or to some people, at all, was the day they began to live."
"No one here should be surprised that they died the same day, they would never be able to go on without the other. And as much as I will miss them, I am glad that at the end, just like at the beginning they have the one and only thing that they will ever need.
Each other,"
All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see
As the last words left her mouth, Mikaelah Snape smiled as she saw the spirits of her parents walk away from the small family graveyard holding hands. Walking towards their new future or their next life together.
I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all
If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world?
One the headstones of Hermione and Severus Snape lay a few simple words that only few would understand.
The world will never forget them, even though they had to forget the world to live in it together.
AN: The song used is called chasing cars.