Mistakes
By Alan's Only
Beta-Graylor
Chapter 10
Confessions and Promises
Hermione's eyes slowly opened. Her body was in more pain than she ever thought possible, more than childbirth. She could feel dry blood in between her legs and on her chest and as the feeling of disorientation wore off she met the sight of her son's room. She tried to move but the pain that shot though her chest like a bolt of white-hot lightning.
She couldn't get up, she couldn't summon help, and merely trying to move had broken open the scab on her chest.
She slowly started to drift into unconsciousness. And yet a soft smile played on her lips as her mind played with the thought that she would soon be able to be with her son again.
A knock at the front door went unnoticed by the lady who barely breathed in the bed.
The blood had never stopped, just slowed.
"Hermione! Open Up!" yelled Severus. He banged on the door once again. She had missed their appointment and if he knew Hermione she wouldn't have missed anything if her life depended on it. She had missed only one other appointment with him and he hoped this wasn't for the same reason. If it wasn't and she had just decided not to continue therapy, she'd be able to sue him for some pretty Knut for coming to her home.
He tried the knob to find that the door was open. He slowly walked in, the hair on his arms standing at attention as the chill of the house washed over him: it was far too cold. No one was downstairs but the rusty smell of blood told him something terrible had gone on.
He raced up the stairs and into the only room with a door ajar. It was a child's room. His eyes met the only form of life that seemed in the house now, if she even had any left. Whatever had transpired had left her with a gash across her chest in the shape of a 'V'. He took one quick stride over to the prone form and gently touched her forehead. Her eyes opened but they were glazed and slightly out of focus.
"Hello…" he spoke softly as to not startle her and make her bleed more.
"Hello, Severus," she said weakly.
"What happened?" he asked.
"It doesn't matter. I'm going to die anyway…" she whispered with a laugh that made her wince.
"No you're not…I'll get help and they will save you," Severus murmured.
"You know, if I would've just had a sign earlier…" she said, her voice trailing off.
"You are not going to die," He said firmly but even his mind was telling him she was. Yet his heart wouldn't listen he ran his hand gently across her forehead in soft strokes.
"Stop saying that we both know it…" He had to chuckle softly: even on her deathbed she was still straight to the point, "Could you tell a dying person the truth?"
Tears started to well in his eyes. "I had a feeling that Mr. Weasley would hurt you. But I didn't want to jump to conclusions. So I decided if he did that I would find some way to see you again…" He trailed off. He tried to hold off his tears.
"Why did you do that?" she asked. He could tell that breathing was getting harder for her.
He didn't want to say it, he wanted to wait so she wouldn't think wrong of him, yet he could feel her life force slowly slipping. He sighed then replied, "Because…I… wa- am in love with you…" he said, trying to blink away the tears. "But since you were a student I said nothing and told myself it was just an obsession and I'd get over it… But the day you left was the day I fell and hard…"
"Severus, will you hold me… I'm getting cold," she whispered through lips which had turned that shade of deadly blue so familiar to Severus from the War. He pulled her close to him, his body heat passing through his shirt as if it wasn't there. He held her close. The rhythmic sound of his heart lulled her eyes closed.
"Severus, the reason my son was named after you…was because I secretly longed to be with you…" she whispered.
A tear slid down his cheek and into her hair. He kissed the top of her head. He could feel her last breath leave her. He cried freely into her hair and vowed to help her. He had never been adept in magics-the simmering cauldrons liked him much more, his wand did not like him much, only responding when he least expected it…
The end
AN/ O.O that was just sad! But what is that I see? Another chapter to come…
no vampire inher future...lol 2 more chapters though to go! lol...