As dawn approached Hermione found herself waking up with a person lying next to her and feeling something lying across from her. She looked down and saw an arm lying on her stomach. When she looked up to see to who the arm belonged to she saw Severus sleeping next to her.
The events from last night came back to her and she started crying. To this Severus woke up, alarmed by the crying woman next to him. He sat up and started to take his arm of her when he felt her tugging it. Not sure on knowing what to do, he sat a bit closer to her and he found her sitting up to, trying to wipe away her tears.
"I'm so sorry Hermione, I really am" he was disgusted by himself for ever enjoying himself last night when she gave him pleasure. He knew she had to act, so it couldn't be real. Hermione looked up to him "Severus, none of this is your faulth I just feel so unclean knowing that Malfoy had touched me like that" she looked away from him, ashamed. Severus made her look at him by cupping her chin in his hand and forced her to look around. "Hermione, I didn't mean for this to happen, not like this".
After a few seconds Hermione started to calm down a bit " I know you didn't Severus, please don't blame this on yourself." With a final look at him she walked over to the bathroom. Severus sat there, not knowing what to do. After a few minutes he heared the water running, figuring she needed a shower and to be alone, he walked out of her chambers and went to Dumbledore's office, he needed to talk about what happened last night…
While sitting on the floor inside the shower she let the hot water stream over her while scrubbing her body as fierce as she could. All she wanted was for the stench of Malfoy to get off of her. Coming back she noticed Severus had left. Not like you asked him to stay she thought. Settling herself on her bed she thought about what happened last night. She was really sick with knowing Malfoy had touched her… but what she did to Severus… there is another story. Not that she would've think of this as being her "first" time with him, but to be honest, she never expected having done anything with him since he hated her in the future. She had to think of something to cut her bonds with everyone and everything in this time before returning to her own.
After a few hours just sitting in her bed, she decided she needed something to eat so she started to make her way down to the kitchens. As she got there, Milly, a little House elf, was there for her, fulfilling every need of food and drinks she wanted. She ordered something that always made her feel better, pancakes with apple, cinnamon and some sugar.
After she had her fill, she just sat at the fire in the kitchens, staring of into space when suddenly Milly popped in front of her " excuse me miss, but the headmaster has requested your presence" and with that disappeared again. She sighed and got up, she knew what was coming.
As she knocked on the Headmaster's door she wasn't answer by Prof. Dumbledore himself,but by Severus. She was a little surprised at this. Walking in she noticed the Headmaster putting some memories in the pensieve, letting them sink in and closing the cabinet. He strode over to his char and sad down, looking at Hermione after a few seconds. With a sigh he said " Please Hermione, sit down, I think we have much to discuss".
She sat at a chair close to the fire, she was feeling extremely cold today although she didn't know why. " Hermione, I think that after what happened tonight, Severus is afraid that your presence will be requested more than you would like, to Malfoy Manor" Dumbledore looked over to Severus who was clearly feeling that his was all his fault. " Sir, I knew that this might happen, and I've taken precautions, if it wasn't for Severus, I don't know what would've happened. I owe him my life…. Again." With a look of understanding Dumbledore looked at her and gave her a small smile.
"Now sir, I would like to talk to you, both of you and I know neither of you will like it" Puzzled the men looked at her. She let out a sigh and gathered the strength to tell them" Sir, I have to go back again" she was cut of by Severus walking over to her, placing his hands on her shoulders and forced her to look up at him " Are you MAD? I just got you back here safely and you already talk about going back…. You talk about going back… there?" Severus was flaring anger, she could feel it radiating from him and noticed it in his eyes. 'Yes Severus, I have to, I still need the venom from the snake, it's the only way for.." and she stopped talking, not wanting to see that image in front of her again.
Severus seemed to calm down at this and sat down in front of her, holding his hands on her shoulders " Hermione, please, there got to be another way…. Let me get it for you, it will be a lot easier that way". It was Hermione's turn to get mad " No Severus, I won't let you risk your life right now for this! I, We need you in the future! You've done enough by then already!" She was furious, how could he even mention that to her?
It was Dumbledore that spoke up " I believe Hermione is right Severus, it is to dangerous". He looked at the both of them and noticed that this was not going to be easy. "Now Hermione, what is it that you have been planning… at least I assume you have come up with something?". He gave her a questioning look. She avoided Severus' face " Yes sir I have… I will go to Malfoy manor on my own, willingly" This is what Severus sent into pure rage but before he could do anything, he found himself trapped. Looking at Hermione furiously he noticed she had her wand raised at him and she had casted a body-bind spell on him.
She walked over to him " please Severus, just trust me on this one, please?" she saw him slid his eyes closed and back open, telling her he did. At that she released him and they stood there, ackward not looking at each other. Severus walked off and Hermione wanted to walk after him but was stopped by Dumbledore " let him be for a moment Hermione, talk to him later, but first, sit and tell me what it is you're planning". And she did
Several floors below his office Severus was racing towards his office. How could she even think that I would let her go? She just got back and already wants to go back? For what? Some venom from Nagini, just to save my ass in the future, I will not have it! And with that thought he slammed his door of his office, as hard as he could.
An hour had passed and he was sitting in his armchair by the fire, staring into distance with a glass of fire whiskey when he suddenly heard someone entering his chambers. He didn't bother to look up and took a gulp of his drink. Suddenly he felt arms around him, coming from behind him where he knew Hermione stood now. " Please Severus, trust me on this, I promise I'll be careful but please don't act like I'm some 5 year old". He sighed and knew she was nothing like that, not after he has seen her and certainly not after what she had did to him. He looked up at her and saw that she had tears welling up at her eyes. He reached around and tugged at her arm. She obeyed and came to sit on his lap where he folded his arms around her and hugged her. He felt her body racking with sobs. "Sshhhh love, it will be alright, I won't let anything happen to you" she heared him say that nickname he just recently adapted for he and felt a burning feeling rise in the pit of her stomach. She was getting to close to this man than she should but right now she didn't care. "I'm sorry Severus but I got to go" and with that she fled from his chambers, crying all her way to her own rooms and fell on her bed. After a few minutes, she gathered her Gryffindor guts and started making preparations to leave. Writing a quick note to the Headmaster and Severus, she walked out onto the grounds and aparated towards Malfoy Manor.