A/N: I know that it has been about 2 months since I updated this story and I am soooooo sorry! Please don't hurt me! *Ducks behind an over turned table*
*Peeks over the edge* Onto the new Chapters. 2 new chapters for your patience.
Chapter 9
After their shower, they went down to the kitchens to get their picnic basket. Then they walked out the Great Hall doors and into the cold winter air. As they walked they debated on where they would sit to eat their meal. Hermione wanted to sit under her, Harry, and Ron's normal tree by the lake, but Severus wanted to go into the forest to a spot that he knew of that she would love.
"Hermione, please." Severus said and stopped walking. Picking up one of her hands in his free one, he continued, "Trust me. You will like this spot I wish to take you to and it is safe. None of the dangers in the forest will come near us." He waited until she reluctantly nodded, then pulled her by the hand towards the forest. It took them 20 minutes to reach the spot but when they did, Hermione gasped in wonder at what she saw.
The clearing was clear of ice but the trees surrounding it still held the icicles that were on all of the other trees through out the forest that they had just walked through. There were no words to describe the beauty of what she saw. The clearing was green and in full bloom as if it were spring and not the middle of winter. Several kinds of flowers were showing off their beauty to the cloud covered sun. Hermione let go of Severus's hand and ran to the middle of the clearing. Spinning, she laughed.
Severus stood on the edge of the green grass and just stared at his love. Before he had found the kitten, he had never really known what love was. Of course, there was his love for Lily, but now that he knew Hermione and loved her, he realized that his love for Lily wasn't the kind of love that you sacrificed everything for. Hermione was the one and only woman for him and he was so excited to meet this baby. He watched as Hermione spun around several times before she collapsed in a heap on the green ground, still laughing. She beckoned him over to her and patted the spot next to her. They had brought a blanket to place under them, but this spot had no patches of ice or wetness to cover.
He walked over and, setting the basket down, sat beside her. He was so glad that she seemed to like this spot.
"This place is so Beautiful! How did you find it? Why isn't it frosted like everywhere else? Did you.." He interrupted her with a laugh.
"Woah, slow down. First of all, I just stumbled upon it when I was a student and I wanted to be alone somewhere safe that wasn't in the castle. This place has been my secret since my 5th year at Hogwarts, when I was a student. This clearing has just never changed and I really don't know why. Maybe, Dumbledore enchanted it to never change with the seasons or something in the clearing just won't let it change. Whatever it is, I am so glad that it works this way." As he said this, he laid out the blanket and set the food on top of it. The elves had packed pot roast, potatoes, carrots, Pumpkin juice, and for dessert, Treacle Tart.
"Oh, Wow! That looks so good! I'm so hungry." Hermione exclaimed patting her stomach. Severus smiled and handed her a plate. As soon as she had the plate, Hermione practically lunged for the food and piled as much as she could on the plate. Severus was stunned for a moment, then started laughing. Hermione looked up from her plate, which she had just started to eat from. "What?" She asked confused as to what was so funny.
Severus just shook his head and helped himself to what was left of the food. They ate in silence for a little bit, just eating and appreciating the beautiful clearing. Finally Hermione put her empty plate down and said, "That was soo good!" Leaning back, she placed her hand on her stomach. Severus looked down at her stomach and smiled. Placing his plate on his right, he leaned over and placed his hand over hers. She looked at him and smiled. Then she looked questioningly at him.
"Are you sure you are okay with me having this baby? I don't know want to have it and then you change your mind." Hermione voiced her fears.
Severus looked up at her and smiled. Scooting over, he wrapped his free arm around her shoulders. He leaned down and kissed Hermione on the forehead, then on the lips. Pulling away, he said, "I would never lie to you. Especially about something as important as this. And I don't believe that I could ever change my mind about something to precious. I don't think this baby has quite gotten to me, but I know that as soon as I see him or her I am going to be so enamored with them, I would not be able to think of anything but them and you. I Love you. I.. Bloody Hell! I am getting so sappy." Severus burst out with a laugh. Hermione laughed with him feeling much better. "Don't ever tell any of your friends about this."
"As if they would believe me that you would ever be sappy about anything." Hermione said continuing to laugh.
Severus settled down to a smile and just watched Hermione in her happiness. After she had settle down a little bit, he gently lifted her face up to his with his finger under her chin. Lowering his head, he kissed her gently and lovingly. She responded in kind for a few minutes, then circled her arms around his neck to pull him closer. The kiss quickly progressed from gentleness to passion. Severus urged Hermione backwards to lay on the soft grass. Hovering over her, he released her lips and slowly kissed down her neck to her fully buttoned Pink shirt. When he reached the last piece of skin that was visible, he moved one hand up to undo one button at a time and kiss the newly exposed skin. When he had finished undoing the shirt, he pushed it aside and fondled one of her lace covered breasts. She bowed up in response and moaned her pleasure. He loved how this pregnancy was making her so responsive to him.
Hermione moaned again and then stilled. "Wait. We can't do this out here." Severus looked up from her breast.
"Why not? No one can or will see us. We are too far from the school for anyone to see." He replied.
"But I don't feel right doing this here. I'm sorry. We can continue this in one of out rooms." She suggested with a smile. Severus looked at her for a moment and then smiled. Removing his hand, he re buttoned her shirt and sat up, pulling her with him. Turning towards the basket and the dishes that had held the food, he packed everything up including the blanket and stood up holding the basket in his right hand. Turning toward Hermione, he held out his left hand for her to take and, when she took it, pulled her up next to him. All he said before they set off was, "Let's Go", and off towards the school they began to walk.
As they walked through the forest, Hermione looked around. What she saw startled her. Glowing eyes of red, yellow, and white were following their progress through the trees. None of the creatures seemed to be moving towards them, but Hermione didn't want them to have the chance to attack them. Turning to Severus, she said.
"We are being watched. That is really creepy. Should we do something to dissuade them from attacking us?" She saw Severus glance toward some of the eyes and away.
"Don't worry. If they attack, we can defend our selves pretty easily. Those creatures are mostly Centaurs and Unicorns. As you probably know, Unicorns aren't known for attacking anyone or anything. Centaurs don't like to attack, if they have a problem with any humans they tend to try talking with them first." Severus said, offhandedly.
Just as Hermione nodded, several of the creatures stepped into the light.
A/N: I am so sorry about not updating this story for so long. I'm not as into writing this story as I was, But I am NOT going to stop writing it. By the end of this year, I am going to have 12 chapters. That is my goal.
Thank you for sticking with me!
I will try to update within the next few weeks.
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