Authors Notes: These characters are JK Rowling's, not mine…I'm just giving them a different ending. I would love your reviews and comments but please be kind; this is my very first story.
Blissful sleep By: Sage Spelling
Chapter 10: The Beach
~Severus~
The next day, he could not take his mind off of Hermione. She wanted him, he saw it in her eyes from the moment she opened her hotel room door. He could have had her had he tried but he felt he should wait.
He didn't want a relationship with her other then companionship and sex while she visited Greece but he didn't want to seem like he was using her either.
As he sat at his desk thinking of the night before, he praised himself for his self-control, the vision of her legs in that unbelievable dress and those ridiculous shoes imprinted in his mind and he ached to touch them. When he told her to dress as a muggle, he assumed she would wear what she'd worn in Hogwarts; jeans and a shirt. He should have realized she had grown into a sexual vixen and was tempting him with her spectacular body.
There was something very appealing about the woman, she is intelligent and charming and, he was completely captivated with her. He feared his fascination with her because he had not been this intrigued by a woman in a longtime. He knew there could never be anything between them, he was 20 years her senior and he was too accustomed to being on his own.
At noon he could no longer wait to see her; he sent her a note asking if she would like to join him for a quick lunch at the muggle part if the town. Returning his note she explained that she was already at the muggle beach and would met him at the food stand. What in the world was she doing at a muggle beach, he thought to himself as he charmed his robes to muggle blue jeans and a blue cotton polo shirt, and apparated to the Golden Gate that lead to the muggle city.
Once he reached the food stand at the muggle beach he scanned the area for her. He knew her by the mass of hair that hovered around her but what stopped his breathing was that she was wearing a muggle two piece bathing suit and a long skirt that tied around her waist and left an opening on the side of her leg, which peeked through as she walked towards him.
He could not take his eyes off her perched breast that were pulled tightly together in her suit making them stand tall for her small body and her hips moved in a seductive way as she approached him. He noticed her skin was slightly pink from where the sun kissed her skin that was covered in oil; making her glow.
"Hello Severus!"she said as she walked over and kissed his cheek, leaving the spot warm from her touch.
"Jeans? Wow, am I surprised!"she said looking him up and down in a lustful way.
Smirking at her he said, "You're surprised? What about you… I could not imagine you wearing this in the wizarding community in England."he said as he pointed to her upper body as his smirk became a smile.
Laughing she said, "Neither can I really, their so ridge! I am muggleborn you know and I am used to wearing this at the beach."
"I can get used to seeing you wearing It.", he said drinking in the sight of her.
Not able to control her pleasure as she spoke,"What's for lunch?"
"Have you had a Gyro?"
"No."
"Then you must try one."
They went over to the food stand and he ordered, then they took their sandwiches down to the beach.
She already had a blanket set up where she laid in the sun and they sat there as they ate.
He noticed a book lying on the blanket but he felt magic on it, curious he picked it up to see what she was reading. He smirked when he read the title on the cover was charmed to read Greek for Dummies but when he opened the book he realized she had charmed a memory charms text book.
"Memory Charms? Why would you be reading about them, you should have memorized all of that by your second year."he said knowing she was researching because of her parents.
"Well I don't know if you know this but after my sixth year, I went home and erased my parent's memories and moved them to Australia to keep them safe."
"No, I did not."
"It was stupid mistake, I should have just asked the Order to protect them because after the war I could not bring back there memory."she said with sadness in her eyes.
"You can't blame yourself, you did what you felt was best at the time and I can assure you that they would have been killed...Voldemort had ordered a few Death Eaters to find them."
"I knew he would…I was a target for being Harry's friend."
"Also for being a muggleborn." He added.
"Yes, that too… It hurt not having them in my life but they were safe."
"So you are trying to find a way to return their memory?"
"No, their memory is restored; someone restored it when I was in the hospital."
"Really?" he answered not looking at her, keeping his eyes on the ocean waves.
"Yes, they told me their memory just started to return slowly one day and Professor McGonagall seems to think that my magic was not strong at the time I cast the spell and the spell just began to fade."
"Interesting theory", he answered.
"Interesting yes, but there is nothing in this book to support this."
"What does the book say?" he asked as he looked at her.
"It said that if the memory charm worked no one can remove it without damaging the mind…only a very skilled Legilimens." she said as her eyes scanning his face.
Damn it…she knows, he thought but decided to play along to see where she was going with her line of questioning.
"You see, at first I feared they were in danger but then I thought they would have hurt them; not let them come home to me."
"True." he answered his eyes returned back to the water.
"So, then I thought about the part that said only a very skilled Legilimens can break the spell without damaging their minds and only one Wizard came to mind."
"Whom?" he asked softly.
"You…" she said.
He didn't speak and his eyes stayed on the ocean as she stared at him, she reached over and took his hand in hers and he turned to face her, his eyes spoke to her but it seemed his voice could not.
"How did you know about them?"she asked.
Finally finding his voice, he answered but turned his eyes to the sea he said, "It was one of your memories I viewed."
"Oh…what did you see?"
"I saw you cast the spell and felt how painful it was for you…I also viewed you fighting Arthur because you were afraid of causing damage to them; knowing I can reverse the spell easily… I decided to found them."
"Thank you Severus! You gave me back my family, I will forever be grateful!" she said softly.
This silly women was forever grateful to me for reversing a simple memory charm, does she not realize what she did for me, how much I owe her he thought. But he didn't trust himself to speak, he just nodded at her and raised her hand to his lips and kissed it.
"Why did you have them lie to me?" she asked softly.
"I didn't want you to know it was I who lifted the spell."
"Why?"
"Old habits die hard…I believe is the muggle's term, I am very used to doing things for others without their knowledge." he said as his eyes stayed focused on the waves.
"Did you honestly believe I would believe that there memory just returned?"
"No…I know you are far more intelligent than that." He said as he turned to face her.
"Hermione, I just wanted to take away as much of your pain as possible. I felt your anguish, and honestly it overwhelmed me. Your pain and sorrow reminded me of my own guilty and I could not bear the thought of you feeling the same. I didn't want you to know, because I didn't expect anything in return from you. You have given me a new life with a second chance to finally live a real life. I just wanted to repay you…even though at first I had thought you had stolen my anticipated peace."
As he spoke he saw tears forming in her eyes but she was smiling brightly.
Smiling she said "Yes…you were quite angry with me."
"Indeed I was." He said as he looked at his watch and asked, "I must be getting back to work, but can I see you tonight Hermione?"
"I would love that."
He reached over and pecked her lips ever so softly and lingered there for a moment as he placed a finger in one of her curls.
He stood up to leave and said "I will pick you up at eight."