Here's the next chapter Severus will be appearing soon I promise. I am working on a request right now and it will be up soon almost have the first chapter done. Just started school so posts won't be as frequent.

Hermione walked down the path in silence, Lucius was behind her when they got farther up the road. He knew how she found out about his affair.

"Are you alright?" He asked taking her hands.

"Yeh I'm fine, let's just get to Hogwarts."

He nodded his head.

Once they got to the school grounds Hermione talked to the new headmistress. McGonagall gave them permission to look around the school for the stone and the black lotus. She didn't even look at Lucius.

"We will be happy to accommodate you,"

"Thank you so much Headmistress."

"No problem Ms. Granger anything to help you and the Ministry," Her old professor said. "Ms. Granger you can look through the dormitories if you need to tonight, if you need."

"We're going to check around the other parts of the school then the dormitories if need be."

"Alright if you need anything please do not hesitate to come to me."

"Thank you Head Mistress."

The pair departed into the hallways and began looking. Hermione went into the dungeons she couldn't help but step take a peek into Severus' old class rooms. They had been untouched since the war. She was in the Defense Against the Dark Arts class room. She walked up the stairs, to the direction of his private quarters. She opened to door to see everything was how he'd left it. The desk was still covered in books, and papers. She looked into his desk drawers curious to see if he'd actually left her the potion, he did. The bottle had a note on it 'If you want to forget.'

She walked over to the cabinet that was against the wall, Hermione noticed a piece of paper stuck to it. 'If you ever need to remember,' she opened the cabinet to see many vials and a pensive. She smiled and thought about him at least if the spell doesn't work she can still see him.

She took a look into the pensive and fell into a memory.

Lucius walked down into the Dungeons trying to find Hermione the old potions room was open he tried to walk in but couldn't. He saw Hermione run down the stairs from Severus' private courters and out to him.

"I know where the last stone is,"

She led him down the hallways and down to the very bottom of the school. Hermione found the loose stone and pulled it out then found the box.

"Now all we have to find is the lotus," She said.

"How did you know where to find that?"

"Severus had a memory in his pensive about it,"

"That reminds me how did you get into that room?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well I couldn't even get into the potions class room but it seems you walked right in it."

"I guess it's charmed so only I can get in,"

"I appears so."

"I think the lotus might be in the school as well or near here."

They stayed at the school that night and were placed in separate rooms. It was late and Hermione couldn't sleep. She got up and put on her shoes before walking down to Severus' room. She walked around his room and found an old scarf he let her borrow one day.

She was walking back from Hogsmead it was snowing out and she was halfway back to the castle when she realized she forgot her scarf back at the bookstore. She saw no one else around and didn't want to walk all the way back. She continued to walk back to the school when she noticed Severus walking down the path. He stopped in front of her.

"Ms. Granger," He drawled.

"Professor,"

"What are you doing by yourself in this weather?"

"I'm going back to the castle,"

"You must be freezing; you need to learn how to dress for the weather."

"I forgot my scarf at the bookstore,"

"Here," He said taking off his scarf and handing it to her. "Make sure to get back to the castle soon you have detention tonight,"

"Yes professor," She said wrapping the black scarf around her neck.

When she got back to the castle she went down to his room and started a fire. Before laying down in his bed and curling in the blankets to warm herself up. About thirty minutes later he walked into the room snow on his coat. He removed his clothes before lying next to her. She could feel the warmth of his body next to hers as he wrapped his arm around her. Hermione never thought he'd be this warm this time last year. Now she didn't know how she'd ever lived without it.

"Severus," She said. "I'm worried,"

"About?"

"You, I know where your loyalties lie but I'm still worried that you'll go back to him."

"Hermione I'll never go back to him you know that."

"I know, you're a good man."

"Don't say that," He said.

"Severus don't try to convince me you're not because it's never going to happen."

There was silence for a while neither minded.

"You need warmer clothes, I have a-"

"Severus," She said cutting him off. "I don't think it'd be the best idea if I went around dressed in your clothes."

"Your right," He said after a pause.

She looked at the scarf and was tempted to take it but she decided against it. She laid down in the bed and couldn't help but cry she felt alone.

Lucius walked around the castle remembering his time at school. He was down in the old dungeons when he heard crying coming from Severus' old room. He walked into the doorway surprised that he made it through and up to his old friend's room. He looked at Hermione who was lying in his bed crying.

The tall blonde couldn't help but walk up to her and wrap his arms around her. He had no idea how he was allowed into this room right now but he didn't really care. When Hermione stopped crying she looked up at him before her lips met his. He pulled away knowing it wasn't the right place to do this. She thought about it and thought this wasn't the right place to do this so she just let him hold her.

She thought about their time together and how it was going to end soon. After all of this could she leave him when this was over? If the spell didn't work she knew she couldn't go back to her normal life but could she leave him. That seemed like the only option what else was she supposed to do live with him at the Malfoy Manor and be his mistress, pretend like they were a normal couple. While the thought seemed nice she also knew it could never happen. Lucius and her were two completely different people.

The next morning Hermione wandered into the forbidden forest she didn't know why but she needed to get away from everything right now and this was the best place to do it. The deeper she walked into the forest the more she felt at ease. Her mind drifted and she stopped paying attention before tripping over a tree root. When she lifted her head there was three black lotuses she quickly grabbed one and headed back to the castle.

That's it for now let me know what you think. I'm almost done with the first chapter of the requested story I'm working on.