Chapter Three
The Private Meet
"Hermione!" Harry shouted just as Hermione was about to exit the Great Hall. She quickly turned around to face Harry. "Hermione, I need to ask you a question." "About what, Harry?" She asked. "When Draco and I were having our little quarrel and Snape jumped in, I saw how you two were looking at each other." Hermione turned a little pale. "Well, to let you know, there was nothing going on between Severus and me. Let me get that one out of the way." Hermione affirmed with a little of her color returning to her face. "That's not what you two made it to look like earlier." Harry said, now smiling. "Well still, I know you Harry James Potter. We've been getting in trouble with each other since our first year here at Hogwarts, we both became Aurors so that we could help defend you whenever Voldemort decides come back, and we are here together working as professors to the very school we attended. I know how you're mind works, Harry, and as your bestfriend I am telling you to stay out of mine." Hermione then walked out the Great Hall leaving Harry behind, just smiling.
As I walked into my private bedchambers (It was not all that private. I shared the room with Draco), I noticed that Draco had not been to the room yet. Once I passed my night table, though, I noticed that someone had been in the room for there was a letter addressed to me sitting on it. I quickly opened it up and read it, but not expecting what I was about to read.
Dear Hermione,
We need to talk. I know this is kind of awkward but we definitely need
to talk. There are unsettled questions in my mind that need answering
and only you can answer them for me. Meet me in the Room of
Requirement (I know that you remember its location) around two o'clock
this morning so we can talk.
Severus Snape
"Hermione? Are you in here?" Draco called out, startling me. Memories that had always been tucked away in my brain came back at full speed.
"I'm in here." I said as I hid the letter from Snape. I knew to what would happen if Draco read the letter from Snape for he knew the exact memories I did. And even if I didn't know to what Draco would do, I could most likely hazard a really good guess.
~
Severus kept looking down at the sun dial watch he had on his arm, anticipating the arrival of Hermione. He was glad that she was here teaching at Hogwarts now for he had missed her dearly. Severus began to pace the room and prayed that she had remembered how to get to the Room of Requirement. Suddenly his prayer was answered. Hermione had walked into the room and silently closed the door behind her. "Severus? Are you in here?" She asked as she was looking into the shadows for him. She knew of how he preferred the shadows and that's where she started to look for him first. "I'm over here, Hermione." Hermione's attention went straight to a corner that Severus voice had came from. "What did you wish to ask me, Severus?" Hermione asked as she stood her grounds. "Why?" He asked as he decided to emerge from the shadows to walk towards her. "Why what?" "Why did you marry Draco? Why did you leave me for him? Why?" He asked as he placed his hands on Hermione's shoulders. Severus felt Hermione shiver under his grasp and almost grinned at it. "I did it because I had to. After the last night we saw each other, I just remember not being able to look at you again. Some nights later, I ran into Draco. Eleven months later, we were married." Hermione moved from under Severus' grasp and looked down to the ground. "It doesn't make any sense though, Hermione. I knew then that you love me. I still have the feeling that you do, now. There is something that you are not telling me. Something happened the last night we saw each other but I know I can't remember. It had to do with why you left me. Do you remember what had happen?" Severus asked as he began to pace around Hermione. "I would tell you if I knew. But I don't remember what happened the last night that we were together. I am sorry." Hermione dropped her head low, hopping Severus would see through the lie she just told. She remembered exactly what had happened the last night that they were together. But she wasn't going to tell Severus... at least, not yet. Severus stopped right in front of Hermione and lifted her head so he could see her face. "Well, do me a favor and tell me if you remember before I do." "Why are you worried about it? You apparently are married if you have two boys here." Hermione crossed her arms against her chest. She was a little angry but not too much. "How did you find out about Severinus and Severn?" Hermione darted her eyes from Severus' face. "Someone told me." "More like you asked someone. Who was it Potter or Malfoy?" Severus crossed his arms across his chest and then began to back up against the wall. "Harry." "Um, should have known. Well, just to let you know I am not married. Severinus and Severn were born illegitimately. They were born because of my bad judgement when after I found out that you got married to Draco. I was devastated. The night I found out was the same night I ended up having a one-night stand with a woman I can't even remember her name. I got custody of them because she died after giving birth to them and they sent them to me. It's so funny of how I don't even remember her name and she remembered my name enough to have those people contact me to come and get them. The only reason I remember what she look like is because of the boys. They got my long black hair and her pale blue eyes." Hermione could have almost sworn that she saw a tear form up in Severus' eye. "Severus I have to go. Draco is probably awake and is probably wondering to where I went off to. But I will promise you this, when I remember what had happened the last night we were together, then I will tell you." Hermione turned her back and made her way for the door. Just as she grabbed the doorknob to leave the room, Severus called out, "Something in me is telling me that you are lying to me about the last night we had together. Something in me is telling me that you know what happened. And something is telling me that you will tell me when you get the guts to admit it to me." Those words made Hermione paused right before she opened the door. She turned back to look at Severus and then walked out of the Room of Requirements to go to bed.
The Private Meet
"Hermione!" Harry shouted just as Hermione was about to exit the Great Hall. She quickly turned around to face Harry. "Hermione, I need to ask you a question." "About what, Harry?" She asked. "When Draco and I were having our little quarrel and Snape jumped in, I saw how you two were looking at each other." Hermione turned a little pale. "Well, to let you know, there was nothing going on between Severus and me. Let me get that one out of the way." Hermione affirmed with a little of her color returning to her face. "That's not what you two made it to look like earlier." Harry said, now smiling. "Well still, I know you Harry James Potter. We've been getting in trouble with each other since our first year here at Hogwarts, we both became Aurors so that we could help defend you whenever Voldemort decides come back, and we are here together working as professors to the very school we attended. I know how you're mind works, Harry, and as your bestfriend I am telling you to stay out of mine." Hermione then walked out the Great Hall leaving Harry behind, just smiling.
As I walked into my private bedchambers (It was not all that private. I shared the room with Draco), I noticed that Draco had not been to the room yet. Once I passed my night table, though, I noticed that someone had been in the room for there was a letter addressed to me sitting on it. I quickly opened it up and read it, but not expecting what I was about to read.
Dear Hermione,
We need to talk. I know this is kind of awkward but we definitely need
to talk. There are unsettled questions in my mind that need answering
and only you can answer them for me. Meet me in the Room of
Requirement (I know that you remember its location) around two o'clock
this morning so we can talk.
Severus Snape
"Hermione? Are you in here?" Draco called out, startling me. Memories that had always been tucked away in my brain came back at full speed.
"I'm in here." I said as I hid the letter from Snape. I knew to what would happen if Draco read the letter from Snape for he knew the exact memories I did. And even if I didn't know to what Draco would do, I could most likely hazard a really good guess.
~
Severus kept looking down at the sun dial watch he had on his arm, anticipating the arrival of Hermione. He was glad that she was here teaching at Hogwarts now for he had missed her dearly. Severus began to pace the room and prayed that she had remembered how to get to the Room of Requirement. Suddenly his prayer was answered. Hermione had walked into the room and silently closed the door behind her. "Severus? Are you in here?" She asked as she was looking into the shadows for him. She knew of how he preferred the shadows and that's where she started to look for him first. "I'm over here, Hermione." Hermione's attention went straight to a corner that Severus voice had came from. "What did you wish to ask me, Severus?" Hermione asked as she stood her grounds. "Why?" He asked as he decided to emerge from the shadows to walk towards her. "Why what?" "Why did you marry Draco? Why did you leave me for him? Why?" He asked as he placed his hands on Hermione's shoulders. Severus felt Hermione shiver under his grasp and almost grinned at it. "I did it because I had to. After the last night we saw each other, I just remember not being able to look at you again. Some nights later, I ran into Draco. Eleven months later, we were married." Hermione moved from under Severus' grasp and looked down to the ground. "It doesn't make any sense though, Hermione. I knew then that you love me. I still have the feeling that you do, now. There is something that you are not telling me. Something happened the last night we saw each other but I know I can't remember. It had to do with why you left me. Do you remember what had happen?" Severus asked as he began to pace around Hermione. "I would tell you if I knew. But I don't remember what happened the last night that we were together. I am sorry." Hermione dropped her head low, hopping Severus would see through the lie she just told. She remembered exactly what had happened the last night that they were together. But she wasn't going to tell Severus... at least, not yet. Severus stopped right in front of Hermione and lifted her head so he could see her face. "Well, do me a favor and tell me if you remember before I do." "Why are you worried about it? You apparently are married if you have two boys here." Hermione crossed her arms against her chest. She was a little angry but not too much. "How did you find out about Severinus and Severn?" Hermione darted her eyes from Severus' face. "Someone told me." "More like you asked someone. Who was it Potter or Malfoy?" Severus crossed his arms across his chest and then began to back up against the wall. "Harry." "Um, should have known. Well, just to let you know I am not married. Severinus and Severn were born illegitimately. They were born because of my bad judgement when after I found out that you got married to Draco. I was devastated. The night I found out was the same night I ended up having a one-night stand with a woman I can't even remember her name. I got custody of them because she died after giving birth to them and they sent them to me. It's so funny of how I don't even remember her name and she remembered my name enough to have those people contact me to come and get them. The only reason I remember what she look like is because of the boys. They got my long black hair and her pale blue eyes." Hermione could have almost sworn that she saw a tear form up in Severus' eye. "Severus I have to go. Draco is probably awake and is probably wondering to where I went off to. But I will promise you this, when I remember what had happened the last night we were together, then I will tell you." Hermione turned her back and made her way for the door. Just as she grabbed the doorknob to leave the room, Severus called out, "Something in me is telling me that you are lying to me about the last night we had together. Something in me is telling me that you know what happened. And something is telling me that you will tell me when you get the guts to admit it to me." Those words made Hermione paused right before she opened the door. She turned back to look at Severus and then walked out of the Room of Requirements to go to bed.