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Authors Note: For early notice, I'm sorry. Reference to the end of the second part of chapter 13 might be needed for readers. Might want to re-read the last 5 paragraphs to be safe Enjoy!
Chapter 14: Realization
"So I am stuck. I don't know what I am supposed to do." Severus stopped to take a breath. He looked to Hermione for an answer. She looked as if she was daydreaming. "Hermione." No response. Severus raised his voice a bit more, "Hermione?" Nothing, he sat on the edge of his chair and touched her lightly. "Hermione, you failed potions." Severus got a devilish smile on his face as he said that. Hermione on the other hand jerked out of her stupor.
"What? What are you talking about? What were you saying?" Hermione realized she must have been daydreaming, and sounding like a bumbling fool. "I'm sorry Severus. What was it you were saying, before I was so rude?"
"I was saying that last year, I noticed someone. I knew that I shouldn't notice her though. I mean there are so many differences. And the relationship would be hard. It would not be acceptable to a lot of people, but I think I love her. Really love her."
"Oh, is that what you said. I am happy for you. You deserve to have someone. I mean any…" Hermione was interrupted by a snort from Severus.
"Hermione, think about what I said. Differences, shouldn't notice her, hard relationship, and it not being acceptable to a lot of people." Hermiones' eyes widened, she realized he was talking about her.
"You, you have to be joking. You can't possibly like me?" Hermione hoped she was wrong.
"Hermione, your intelligence is only rivalled by myself and Dumbledore. You are flawless; there is nothing wrong with you. If you had just one wizard parent, I bet you would have been placed in Slytherin. Slytherin could of used your smarts. It might make us a better house, instead of being infested with all of these baby Death Eaters." Severus hung his head. He knew he just blew the only chance he would have at Hermione.
"I… I don't know what to say. I have liked you since last year, when I figured out you were a spy. I always knew that for some reason you put on a mask when teaching. I knew in my gut you had a softer side. I just can't believe you like me, a worthless Gryffindor, muggle born at that."
"Hermione Granger, I love you, and only you. I don't deserve you. I am not even close, but it is a feeling I can't ignore anymore." He tried to smile despite his fear.
"Oh, Severus. I love you too. I really do. But, it can't work, can it? I mean what if people found out. You could lose your job, and I could be expelled." Hermiones' eyes started to tear at the sound of her not being able to love the only man she loved, and would love.
"I guess I should tell you."
"Tell me what?"
"Ok, well my mother was very close to Dumbledore. He is my godfather. He is the godfather of all of us children. He is also a seer. He sees you and me together. He and McGonagall kind of got me to realize it, and got us together. This cure idea was half theirs and half Lupin. Dumbledore and McGonagall are ok with it; which is extremely unreal, but all Albus wants is for me to be happy. And I guess both of them want me to be happy." He said this all very fast hoping she wouldn't ask questions.
"What about the other Professors and the students?"
"Do they have to know?" Severus felt a bit ashamed for saying that, but it was true. "What they don't know won't hurt them."
"That is very true. How do I get Ron and Harry to let me leave the common room?"
"Don't worry about that, I will fix it all." Severus had a devilish smile on his face, but Hermione knew to trust him.
"Sounds good to me."
"So officially, will you be mine?"
"Oh Severus, of course I will." Hermione jumped up from the couch and flung her arms around Severus.
"It is pretty late, it is probably time that you head back to Gryffindor."
"I wish I didn't have too."
"I wish you didn't have too either, but we don't want to start any ruckus."
"Come, I'll walk you some of the way." Severus picked Hermione up off his lap so he could stand. He was a good 15 cm taller than Hermione. He looked down at her with a deep passion in his eyes. Hermiones' knees went weak just looking into his eyes. 'Funny,' she thought, 'his eyes almost look green in this light.' Severus took Hermiones' hand and wrapped his free hand around her waist. They stopped only to get Hermiones cloak.
Severus slipped his hands back into place. 'Oh how well her body fits right next to mine.' They walked in total silence, both of them thinking about this wonderful dream. All too soon they reached Severus' office. Severus hated the fact that they had to be more than semi hush-hush. He placed both of his hands on Hermiones' shoulders; he brought her close to him. He placed the longest, yet most sweet and passionate kiss Hermione had ever had on her lips. Once it was over Hermione grabbed a hold of him and held him as tight as she could, she never wanted to loose him, no matter what.
"Good night Severus, sweet dreams."
"The sweetest of sweet dreams to you Hermione. Good night."
With that she left his office. She walked to the dungeon door and undid the locking charm and headed up back up to the Gryffindor common room. Severus blew out all of the lanterns and candles lighting up is office, then preceded back to his quarters for a cold shower and some sleep.
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Hermione made it back up to the common room without anything happing. She walked through the portrait hole, where Ginny was waiting for her. Ginny had the most perplexed look on her face at the sight of Hermiones green, and the cloak, where those silver serpents?
"Hermione, what in the world did you do to your dress and cloak?"
"The guy in my Arithmancy class is in Slytherin, but don't worry. It won't work between us. I did this to try and get his attention. It is ok thought, I think I should take a rest from guys at the moment." Hermione had the hugest smile on her face and Ginny was in shock and confused.
"Wait, you mean to tell me this guy rejected you and your ok with it? Not only that, but you want to take a break from guys, and your happy about it?"
"Yes Ginny, I know you couldn't ever understand. I mean you have Harry you have nothing like that to worry about. Ron and Parvati too, but I want some time to myself. I might have to start writing to Viktor. Ginny, I swear if you speak a word of that too anyone, I will personally kill you." Hermione winked and she knew Ginny got the message.
"Now, lets go to bed. I'll explain more later." So, the two girls went up the stairs to the dormitories. They reached Hermiones' first. They both said goodnight and went sleepily to bed, both thinking about the loves of their lives. One a hero named Harry, and the other a mysterious Severus.
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Authors Note: Hope you all enjoyed this chapter. I loved the little day dreaming bit I added in. Gave the story a much need tiny twist. Thank you to all of my faithful reviewers.
DarkFire: Thank you for your reviews. I did not have Hermione change the colour of her dress and cloak to accommodate the likings of Severus. I did it to attract Severus' attention, which it did. I had her change everything to green to show that she wasn't afraid of Slytherin. I did that on propose, red for Gryffindor, and green for Slytherin. It is just a gesture to show she approves of him. I hope that makes sense. I am a faithful believer in the equality if men and women too, I did not mean the colour changing thing in anyway of a sexist thing. Sorry that confused you.
Zoe: I have always wanted Ginny and Hermione to be like close sisters. That is why I have made her such a good friend. I'm excited that you liked his speech some said it was not detailed enough and didn't fit. So thank you for that! I'm so very glad you see the Snape family as a huge one too. I had an awesome time choosing names. I didn't want them all to fit Snape. I wanted that so Severus was his totally different person from his siblings. It will be fun to decide what they all look like and act like. If you have any suggestions feel free to e-mail me at Stargirl1311@aol.com. Thank you.
ROTCGirl: The point of Dumbledore and McGonagall doing that was to be totally different from any other S/H stories. It will all tie together more later in the story. And there is a way it could happen, trust me. I'm never in a hurry to get my chapters up and I reread them before I post. If I have a grammar mistake then it is something I don't know how to fix, sorry. Thanks so much for your review.
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