AN I make no monies and JK owns the realm of Harry Potter. I write for enjoyment and warn you that this chapter contains explicit sexual interactions and death. If you are below 18 years of age skip it to keep me out of trouble ;). M Rating definitely applies.

Chapter 21 Decisions

Removing her cloak, she laid down next to him, listening for a moment hearing normal breathing and pulled him next to her and wrapped her arms around him.

She woke up slowly and felt him next to her but her arms not wrapped around him. Opening her eyes she found him on his side watching her.

"Why are you here? I told you not to come here." He growled out.

Hermione leaned on her elbow and faced him. "You don't remember anything from last night? The words spoken between us?" She asked.

His silence answered her question.

His black obsidian burned into hers, waiting for an explanation, watching her eyes narrow and launched herself at him and found himself on his back with her hands holding his shoulders to the floor. He could have easily tossed her from him but stilled, waiting for the next step. "No explanations Severus. I hurt you as I pursue my target and at the end of the day I know what I want and you do too." Leaning down and kissed him roughly, forcing her tongue against the resistance he put forth and pleased when she felt his tense body grow slack after a moment of resistance, placing his hands on her hips breaking the kiss and pushed her down on him.

"Oh Hermione." He breathed out. "This is so wrong and right the same time. It is…"

She sighed out when he unbuttoned her outer robes from her shoulder slowly and allowed them to fall around her and heard him gasp out on what was revealed. "You are beautiful Hermione."

Severus moved and soon on top of her, placing light kisses on her neck moving until he was at her breast, alternating between kissing and sucking. Moving he found his goal and used his tongue to swirl around her hard nipple enjoying a mew of pleasure from her as he continued his action while running long pale fingers down her side.

He moved to kiss her, long finger trailing slowly down her navel hearing a firm moan of pleasure from her and a reminder. "Severus you are over-dressed for what we need."

He looked to her in understanding and realized they were on the floor. He would not take her there. In the future, on the floor against the wall, or on his desk were pleasant possibilities but not this time.

Pulling her to him he stood up holding her in close to him and strode up the stair, kicking the door open and gently laid her on his bed, kicking dragon hide boots off his feet before pulling his wand out and used magic to remove his clothes and moved on the bed and pulled her to him. "Are you sure Hermione? Wars have been lost or won with rash decisions and I find that I do not care one way or another right now. First time in my life I don't care about anything except for you…I"

Hermione placed her finger on his lips. "Far too much talk Headmaster Snape and not enough action."

Those were the words he needed to hear, kissing her hungrily while moving his hands up and down her body feeling her body heat up. Moving a long finger down until he was at her core and gently brush her clit eliciting a moan of pleasure from her. She was so wet and ready for him. If there was time in the future he would explore more but he would not wait now when so much was presented before him in the present, moving over her and placed his member at her entrance, encouraged at her sigh and slowly pushed into her.

Oh God! Hermione shuddered in pleasure, his long length filling her and stilled waiting for her reaction, his black obsidian eyes looking into her warm brown ones losing himself.

He moaned out when he felt her small hand on his ass and pushed down, forcing him deeper in her. "Move Severus!" She gasped out, not quite begging but the intent of it was there.

A woman under him that wanted him and only him for the first time. In his life. He felt the bond between them thrum as he moved at a slow rhythm, his pathetic visits to the brothels forgotten concentrating only on her.

Their moaning stopped as he quickened his thrust, both sensing their mutual pursuit of Nirvana.

She moved and wrapped her legs around him a tilted up, moaning at the new depth as he continued his thrusts, causing him to moan out and wrap his arms around her, pulling her up with him taking the advantage of kissing her neck, hell anything that he could kiss so lost in her that he lost control and willing to give it up.

Was it minutes or hours he did not know when he felt her walls clamp down on him shouting. "Oh Severus this is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I…I."

Her words and actions? He could not hold himself back any longer, pounding into her whispering a steady mantra" Oh Hermione Just Hold, just hold…"

Time stopped when he felt himself give into her, pulsing into he her as she gave into her climax, her pulling him from where his faced rested on her shoulder and kissed him, tongues fighting as they rode through something they both knew they never experienced.

He exploded into her and gasped out at the same time, holding her tightly as they rode the waves of passion together.

Pulling away from her, he laid gasping out spent and felt something he had not felt in a long time. Love.

"Severus…" Hermione whispered and he enjoyed the contentment in her voice and pulled her to him.

"Sleep Hermione. We will discuss the ramifications of our actions later but it was worth it no matter what it will cost later."

He smiled in the darkness of his bedroom and pulled her tightly against him and waited, soon feeling even breaths indicating the witch fell asleep and soon joined her, enjoying the feel of her body against him as he spooned her.

HGSSHGSSHGSS

Harry sat with his family at the kitchen table with his sons James and Albus eating breakfast. Harry smiled watching James keep looking toward the window. "James the Post is not due for another thirty minutes. Finnish you breakfast before it gets cold."

"I'm sorry Dad. I can't wait! I bet you were excited waiting for it."

Harry chuckled. "I was raised muggle James and did not know of a magical world until one owl came, and then many as my Uncle Vern took the letters and they kept coming." Harry continued telling him of how he found out he was a wizard.

Five years after the defeat of Voldemort he went looking for his cousin Dudley when he remembered the olive branch when he was moved from Previt Drive, with Dudley demanding to know what would happen to him. Dudley had married and had a son and daughter of his own.

He remembered the look of shock on Dudley's face when he opened the door and found Harry standing there.

"Harry is that you?" Dudley whispered out.

"It is Dig D." Harry smiled at the look of disbelief in the muggle man's eyes.

The large muggle cried out and grabbed him in a bear hug picking up his smaller cousin and picked him up. "I always wondered what happened to you."

Harry gasped out in surprise when Dudley dropped him and turned around. "Barb set another plate. My cousin that I told you about is back from the wars."

Harry looked to Dudley questioningly but Dudley was already ahead motioning him into the dining room. Entering he found a petite blonde haired woman placing an extra plate on the table and looked up when the men entered.

"Barbara, this is Harry the cousin I spoke to you about." Dudley spoke, shocking Harry further.

Barbara Dursley wiped her hands on her apron a moment before walking over and extended her hand. "Dudley spoke about you and the night that MI5 had to move his family out due to a terrorist threat. He and his parents were moved to one safe house and you were moved to another. He was sure that you became immersed with MI5 and working to destroy the terrorist cell that targeted you and wondered if you ever survived."

Harry shook her hand. "I managed to survive Barbara."

"Jolly good then." Barbara replied back and motioned for her visitor to sit down. "Your timing is perfect for Harry and Gladis is staying with their grandmother."

Dudley looked to Harry noting the look of surprise. "I named our oldest after you. We'll talk later about everything." Eyes darting to his wife who had turned and began to fill plates with slices of roast beef, Yorkshire pudding, parsnips and slices of potatoes and carrots.

Harry enjoyed the meal and followed the man and woman to the sitting room with her motioning the men to sit down and watched her move to the cabinet pouring two glasses of Scotch, placing those and the bottle on a silver tray, moving to place it on the small coffee table in front of them.

She handed the glasses to her husband and his cousin and smiled. "I hope that we will meet again Harry. I'll leave you two to catch up on things." She left the room closing the door behind her.

Harry sipped his glass of scotch, watching Dudley.

Dudley drank all of his at once and poured another into his glass. "I know you're surprised Harry. All I want to say is I'm sorry for the way I treated you in the past. I did not understand why we had to leave all at once and my parents would not answer me. Whenever I brought it up Da would change the subject and that night was a taboo subject."

Harry listened to as his cousin continued that his hated uncle died six months after he went into hiding and the day after the funeral Petunia spoke of Harry and everything about him.

"I knew you were magic Harry and Da said you were the devil and could not be trusted. Mum told me everything. A war, your protection, prophecies that she could never understand and a demand to protect you as a blood relative gave some kind of charm power.

Dudley sighed. "I received this from an owl a little over a year ago. I love my wife and I keep it on me so she cannot find out because I can't explain it. I wrote out a reply and I never received a response." Pulling a piece of paper out of his pocket and reached over to Harry to take it.

Harry took it and read it recognizing the graceful scrawl of Minerva McGonagall and the date.

Dudley Dursley,

Years have passed since your cousin Harry defeated Voldemort. I know how your father viewed our kind harshly, beings that defied nature and the order of things.

I congratulate you on the birth of your daughter Griselda Dursley. She is a witch and in eleven years she will be sent a letter. The letter will be personally delivered by a representative of our school and I promise it will not be by the large man that you remember. I wanted you to prepare for that moment and warn you. Your daughter is not the spawn of the devil.

Minerva McGonagall

Headmistress, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry

Harry sighed and handed the letter back to him, realizing the old witch broke protocol warning the muggle parents early based on his experience with the Dursleys. "She was murdered shortly after this Dudley so that is why she did not answer and the current Headmaster probably does not know she contacted you. What do you want?"

Dudley looked to his cousin. "I want to understand so I can prepare for it and tell my wife. I'm not who you remember. My baby daughter cannot be the work of the devil!"

"Dad! Dad! The Post is here!" Drawing Harry out of his memory and watched two owls fly in through the open window dropping two parchments on the table and left out of the window.

Harry picked up the light green envelope recognizing the spidery, thin scrawl of his ex-potions professor.

"I think this one is yours James." Handing it over to him and watched him open it.

HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WITCHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

Headmaster: Severus Snape

(Order of Merlin, First Class)

Dear Mr. Potter,

We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Please find enclosed a list of all necessary books and equipment.

Term begins on September 1. We await your owl by no later than July 31.

Yours sincerely,

Filius Flitwick

Deputy Headmaster, HOGWARTS SCHOOL of WHICHCRAFT and WIZARDRY

UNIFORM

First-year students will require:

sets of plain work robes (black)

plain pointed hat (black) for day wear

pair of protective gloves (dragon hide or similar)

winter cloak (black, with silver fastenings)

Please note that all pupil's clothes should carry name tags.

COURSE BOOKS

All students should have a copy of each of the following:

The Standard Book of Spells (Grade 1) by Miranda Goshawk

A History of Magic by Bathilda Bagshot

Magical Theory by Adalbert Waffling

A Beginner's Guide to Transfiguration by Emeric Switch

One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi by Phyllida Spore

Magical Drafts and Potions by Arsenius Jigger

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt Scamander

The Dark Forces: A Guide to Self-Protection by Quentin Trimble

OTHER EQUIPMENT

1 wand

1 cauldron (pewter, standard size 2)1 set glass or crystal phials

1 telescope

1 set brass scales

Students may also bring and owl OR a cat OR a toad. PARENTS ARE REMINDED THAT FIRST YEARS ARE NOT ALLOWED THEIR OWN BROOMSTICKS

Harry chuckled hearing his son read out the letter while he read the letter from Hermione that she would be staying away as the start of term begins in two weeks and promised to visit with him before it began.

He worried for her and wondered how things were going between her and Justice.

HGSSHGSSHGSS

Hermione sat nervous at the Leaky Cauldron waiting for Justice to arrive. After a heated argument between her and Severus it was agreed that she would tell him that someone else caught her eye and wait to see if he would be called.

Justice arrived and sat across from her and kissed her hand and held it. "I was afraid my pick-up lines ran you off."

"Oh Justice! It's not true. It's just that I've met someone else. Someone that I thought out of my reach. I work with him and he expressed an interest after he heard we were going out. I've got to take this chance and sorry if I've misled you."

Justice took it in stride and released her hand. "Who is the lucky wizard Hermione? I admit I'm disapointed that I do not have a chance to prove that I am a better wizard than he."

"It's Severus Snape Justice and hope that it will not affect our other interests." She replied and waited for a response.

Justice let go of her hand and leaned back in his chair. "Severus Snape, Order of Merlin First Class, Headmaster of Hogwarts and ex-Deatheater redeemed. Our files indicate he is intelligent and published in many Journals. I can see the appeal."

Justice stood up and waved a hand over to the Auror that accompanied him to come forward. "It is also known that Snape uses people to expand his own means. You need to be wary of him, especially in view of recent vents."

Justice bowed to her. "I'll always be here for you if you need me."

"Thanks for understanding Justice." Hermione murmured and watched the wizards leave. That went better than expected.

Severus Snape sat in his study at Spinner's End and felt his Mark pulse. He knew that she met with Justice and told the wizard her interests. The call told him of Justice's alliance.

He sighed and pulled his wand out and touched his wand to his Mark, whisking away and bowed before Voldemort

He fell down and bowed hearing cold words of his Master. "Explain yourself Severus Snape, Hero of the Wizarding world who helped defeat me. What is the extent of your involvement with Hermione Granger?"

Severus shook. "My Lord the opportunity presented itself and gives me the ability to spy on Potter from a distance! Please forgive me for not telling you! It all happened quickly and I leapt at the chance."

"Show me!" Voldemort hissed out, entering the mind, ignoring the screams of intrusion from his minion.

Voldemort left his mind and looked to his wizard eyes glittering. "She has become infatuated with you since she became a professor. But if push came to shove who would she chose Severus? Harry Potter and the Order or you?"

Hours passed as Severus remained bowed knowing this was the way the Dark Lord fucked with his minions. He was used to this despite the years that passed.

"Raise Severus Snape supposed faithful one that you are to me. I still have doubts despite what you previously declared. You want me to promise not to harm the witch you are involved with based on previous words?"

Severus rose looking to him. "I wish it if you can grant it. I did not have a witch the last time we spoke and this one came unexpectedly, to our benefit."

"Does she suspect that I am back?"

"She saw my Mark raised, black, and pulsing. She was instrumental in pursuing justice and saw enough of the faint Marks during the trials. She has not spoken of it. Potter may have ordered her to spy on me based on his belief that you are back. She did mention in passing that there was an Order meeting where the remnants of Dumbledore's Army were gathered and warned of your return and the missing witches of that organization, disappeared without a trace."

Voldemort looked to him with an evil smile. "Congratulations on finding a witch who seems to care for you. I'm thinking of a plan to verify that and I promise she will not be harmed by me if you both pass this test. " He chuckled darkly and continued.

"You are Headmaster of Hogwarts and have access to the book that reveals the births of those with magic. You will target the muggle-born five years and younger. You will kill them without magic so the Ministry will not be alerted. Take Hermione Granger along with you. If you pass the test I will allow the both of you to live and serve me. Send me the list of the names so I can watch the Muggle newspapers."

Severus heart sank. He would have to kill innocent children once again and drag Hermione into it as well. She just became a double spy and he would have to tutor her.

"Your will my Lord. So it is commanded it will be done." Turning his heel and Apparated away with a loud crack to Hogwarts.

The portraits gasped out in surprise at the Headmasters arrival for he was not due for two weeks.

"Go away all of you save Albus." He snarled out and watched the portraits leave save the one he put his trust in so long ago.

All left except Albus sitting in the large portrait behind his desk noticing the distress is his ex-spy.

Albus watched his spy's actions moving to the Book of Magical on his desk and opened it up, writing down the names of muggle-born five years and younger on parchment and tapped one thinking intent and watched it disappear leaving the copy. Severus slammed the book shut and pulled out the two bottles of Firewhiskey he kept in the third drawer of his desk, pouring a drink and slammed it down nd poured another helping.

"Severus?" Albus called out.

Severus ignored the portrait, snarling out. "I need a word with you Ronald Weasley!"

Ron appeared and looked to the Headmaster noticing the Book of Magic on his desk. "He's testing you? He is testing you both?"

"Yes!" Severus snarled back. "I can do it as I have done so in the past even if I loathe it. The question is can she suffer through it and be strong?"

Ron glanced at the names on the parchment. "She can and will Severus Snape. I know you now, not the asshole you presented to me years ago. You love her."

Ron glanced up to the portrait of Albus. "He would have you do it despite the cost. Albus does not care for anything except the end game. The end game cost for all except him as he is already dead."

Ron waited a moment before he continued sadly. "And me as well Severus Snape. I will feel her pain as she will accept what you present."

"Go away, the both of you!" Severus snarled out.

He watched the ghost disappear and Albus left his portrait leaving him alone to think.