Authors note: My dearest readers, I have been receiving some reviews where
people can't understand why I have lyrics in the endings. Well, the answer
is I love music and I think it's very romantic, people who can't understand
this are the most uncultured humans I have ever had the pleasure receiving
reviews from. Well, here is chapter
seven............enjoy..........Snowstar.
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When a Man Loves a Woman:
Chapter VII : "Some things you see with your eyes, others with your heart"
Hermione opened her eyes and immediately recognised where she was. Her head was aching, she reached up to her forehead and felt the bandage that was tied around it. Sighing she turned to the other side and saw Severus sitting there, looking at her. There was a certain warmth in his eyes now that she had never seen before. She felt how the fear started to crawl up her spine.
"Good morning" he greeted her. He saw a new flicker in her eyes. What was it? fear?
"We can take this off now" he said, moved his hands to her head and untied the bandage. The cut was healed and the bruise was gone, there was only a little lump left.
"Does it hurt?" he asked and gently touched the lump. She flinched a little. "I guessed so". He turned to the table that stood by the bed and started to tie a napkin around some ice cubes. Then he gently leaned forward and laid the little package on her lump.
Hermione closed her eyes. It was nice to feel the coolness of the ice against the warmth of the lump.
Severus saw how she enjoyed the ice on her forehead. He had always imagined her lying on his bed, the difference was that the image he had seen was such that he was in the bed with her and she was not injured.
Hermione opened her eyes and saw Severus' face so close to hers. She could feel his breath on her face and she could smell his scent. There was something dark and mysterious about it. The warmth that had been there before had now blossomed to a fire, the fire of desire.
Severus sensed her discomfort.
"Can you hold this by yourself?" he asked. She nodded, reached up to her forehead, took hold of the little bag and kept holding it against the lump. After about five minutes she removed it and placed it at the table. All that was left on her forehead was a little, barely visible, red spot.
"Now, professor Sprout said that you had to drink this" he said and Hermione saw a cup of tea at the table. Then he opened a little bag and put a pinch of a purple-black spice in the tea and mixed it.
"What's in it?" she asked curiously.
"Belladonna" he simply said and gave her the cup.
She slowly lifted it to her lips and jerked a little as she felt the hotness against them.
Severus frowned and took the cup from her. Her lips were swollen and had a little wound.
"This might be nice" Severus said, took an ice cube and very slowly placed it against her mouth, gently stroking her lips with it. He made sure that his fingers didn't touch them. Her lips were very sore since Draco's kiss had opened a little wound at the side of them.
Severus sighed.
'Dumb blonde' he thought
Hermione looked at him with a little bit of shock. Who was this man? She didn't recognise him anymore, he who used to be so cold-hearted and evil. Every student's great fear. He was sitting here, stroking ice against her swollen mouth. She felt how her fear drowned away, all she saw was this handsome man before her. Her heart started to beat faster. What was going on?
He removed the ice, her lips were only a little swollen now, but still it killed him somehow. He shook his head and pulled out his wand. He saw how Hermiones eyes widened a little.
"Bocus mendo" he said, and a faint blue glitter light was laid against her lips and they were healed.
"Thank you" she said and touched her mouth with her fingertips.
Severus stretched the sides of his mouth a little (his way of smiling) and gave her the tea again. She drank it, felt more stronger and gave him back the cup. As she looked into his eyes she felt a sudden weakness come back. She had to get out of there.
"I have to go now" she said and started to move.
"But..." he started.
"I have to" she insisted and pulled back the covers of the bed. It wasn't until now that she realised what she was wearing. She brought her arms around her chest. The negligee didn't leave much to the imagination. She desperately searched for her dressing-gown.
"Don't be ashamed" Severus said and Hermione merely rolled her eyes.
"You might be needing this" he said and held out the dressing-gown to her. She removed one arm from her chest and took it from him, turned her back against him and put it on quickly.
"Thank you for everything" she said and held out her hand to him. He took it and gently shook it.
Then she went to the fireplace and took some floo powder.
"The head girl room" she said very clearly, threw the powder to her feet and disappeared.
Severus sighed. He was alone, once more. But at least she had been here.
He turned to his bed and saw the mark at the pillow her head had left. He sat down at the bed, grabbed the pillow and buried his face in it, inhaling her scent. He lied down with his face against the pillow and very soon he dozed off, dreaming of Hermione.
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The minute Hermione came back to her room she went to the bathroom and started to fill the tub, adding bubbles to the water.
She threw her flimsy outfit on the bed and got in the tub, leaning back, letting the water clear her mind which was a carousel of different emotions.
Thank God it was Sunday today so she could relax. Nobody knew she was back, so she could spend the entire day lulling.
She ordered some food from a house elf and magically brought a TV into her room so she could watch a Muggle movie, which she hadn't done in a long time. All this so she could get her mind of from what had happened the last days.
After a very comfortable day, she went to sleep.
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The next morning everybody was happy she was back. During her lessons she never looked over at the Slytherin students, she just minded her own business and took the day with a smile.
As she entered the Great Hall with Ginny she saw that neither Draco nor Snape were there. She exhaled and sat down at the Gryffindor table.
"You will never guess who I have been dating two times now while you were in the Hospital wing. I'll give you a clue: Harry."
"Harry?" Hermione said with raised eyebrows.
"Yeah, you know Harry Potter, the boy who lived?" Ginny teased.
"Stop being silly, of course I know. Congratulations, you finally did it."
"I know, isn't it fabulous? He is so sweet"
Hermione smiled and concentrated on her meal while Ginny kept on yapping about her and Harry.
It was when Ron, Parvati and Harry entered the Great Hall that she stopped. They sat down and started stuffing their faces.
Hermione excused herself and left. She always left first. Her next lesson started in thirty minutes so she had time to go to the library.
As she stepped out the Great Hall, she walked down the left corridor, but turned back as she saw Draco, Crabbe and Goyle at the end of it.
She started walking down the right corridor, but turned back as she saw Snape at the end.
She gave up a little squeak and saw her rescue next to her, the girls bathroom. She ran in and slammed the door behind her.
She panted and leaned her elbows at the sink, hiding her face in her palms. She looked up into the mirror and saw herself, but was it really herself?
A man she had hated more than anything started to turn her world upside down.
"Some things you see with your eyes, other with your heart". Her grandmother had once said those words.
She definitely saw Draco with her eyes, but Severus, what did she see him with?
She didn't know. Her next and final class of the day was Potions. How could she look at him without feeling her heart beat hysterically again? Maybe she did see him with her heart.
Sighing she leaned back against the wall.
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Look at me
You may think you see
Who I really am
But you'll never know me
Every day
It's as if I play a part
Now I see
If I wear a mask
I can fool the world
But I cannot fool my heart
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
I am now
In a world where I
Have to hide my heart
And what I believe in
But somehow
I will show the world
What's inside my heart
And be loved for who I am
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection
Someone I don't know?
Must I pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
There's a heart that must be
Free to fly
That burns with a need to know
The reason why
Why must we all conceal
What we think, how we feel?
Must there be a secret me
I'm forced to hide?
I won't pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
"Reflection" - Christina Aguilera
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When a Man Loves a Woman:
Chapter VII : "Some things you see with your eyes, others with your heart"
Hermione opened her eyes and immediately recognised where she was. Her head was aching, she reached up to her forehead and felt the bandage that was tied around it. Sighing she turned to the other side and saw Severus sitting there, looking at her. There was a certain warmth in his eyes now that she had never seen before. She felt how the fear started to crawl up her spine.
"Good morning" he greeted her. He saw a new flicker in her eyes. What was it? fear?
"We can take this off now" he said, moved his hands to her head and untied the bandage. The cut was healed and the bruise was gone, there was only a little lump left.
"Does it hurt?" he asked and gently touched the lump. She flinched a little. "I guessed so". He turned to the table that stood by the bed and started to tie a napkin around some ice cubes. Then he gently leaned forward and laid the little package on her lump.
Hermione closed her eyes. It was nice to feel the coolness of the ice against the warmth of the lump.
Severus saw how she enjoyed the ice on her forehead. He had always imagined her lying on his bed, the difference was that the image he had seen was such that he was in the bed with her and she was not injured.
Hermione opened her eyes and saw Severus' face so close to hers. She could feel his breath on her face and she could smell his scent. There was something dark and mysterious about it. The warmth that had been there before had now blossomed to a fire, the fire of desire.
Severus sensed her discomfort.
"Can you hold this by yourself?" he asked. She nodded, reached up to her forehead, took hold of the little bag and kept holding it against the lump. After about five minutes she removed it and placed it at the table. All that was left on her forehead was a little, barely visible, red spot.
"Now, professor Sprout said that you had to drink this" he said and Hermione saw a cup of tea at the table. Then he opened a little bag and put a pinch of a purple-black spice in the tea and mixed it.
"What's in it?" she asked curiously.
"Belladonna" he simply said and gave her the cup.
She slowly lifted it to her lips and jerked a little as she felt the hotness against them.
Severus frowned and took the cup from her. Her lips were swollen and had a little wound.
"This might be nice" Severus said, took an ice cube and very slowly placed it against her mouth, gently stroking her lips with it. He made sure that his fingers didn't touch them. Her lips were very sore since Draco's kiss had opened a little wound at the side of them.
Severus sighed.
'Dumb blonde' he thought
Hermione looked at him with a little bit of shock. Who was this man? She didn't recognise him anymore, he who used to be so cold-hearted and evil. Every student's great fear. He was sitting here, stroking ice against her swollen mouth. She felt how her fear drowned away, all she saw was this handsome man before her. Her heart started to beat faster. What was going on?
He removed the ice, her lips were only a little swollen now, but still it killed him somehow. He shook his head and pulled out his wand. He saw how Hermiones eyes widened a little.
"Bocus mendo" he said, and a faint blue glitter light was laid against her lips and they were healed.
"Thank you" she said and touched her mouth with her fingertips.
Severus stretched the sides of his mouth a little (his way of smiling) and gave her the tea again. She drank it, felt more stronger and gave him back the cup. As she looked into his eyes she felt a sudden weakness come back. She had to get out of there.
"I have to go now" she said and started to move.
"But..." he started.
"I have to" she insisted and pulled back the covers of the bed. It wasn't until now that she realised what she was wearing. She brought her arms around her chest. The negligee didn't leave much to the imagination. She desperately searched for her dressing-gown.
"Don't be ashamed" Severus said and Hermione merely rolled her eyes.
"You might be needing this" he said and held out the dressing-gown to her. She removed one arm from her chest and took it from him, turned her back against him and put it on quickly.
"Thank you for everything" she said and held out her hand to him. He took it and gently shook it.
Then she went to the fireplace and took some floo powder.
"The head girl room" she said very clearly, threw the powder to her feet and disappeared.
Severus sighed. He was alone, once more. But at least she had been here.
He turned to his bed and saw the mark at the pillow her head had left. He sat down at the bed, grabbed the pillow and buried his face in it, inhaling her scent. He lied down with his face against the pillow and very soon he dozed off, dreaming of Hermione.
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The minute Hermione came back to her room she went to the bathroom and started to fill the tub, adding bubbles to the water.
She threw her flimsy outfit on the bed and got in the tub, leaning back, letting the water clear her mind which was a carousel of different emotions.
Thank God it was Sunday today so she could relax. Nobody knew she was back, so she could spend the entire day lulling.
She ordered some food from a house elf and magically brought a TV into her room so she could watch a Muggle movie, which she hadn't done in a long time. All this so she could get her mind of from what had happened the last days.
After a very comfortable day, she went to sleep.
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The next morning everybody was happy she was back. During her lessons she never looked over at the Slytherin students, she just minded her own business and took the day with a smile.
As she entered the Great Hall with Ginny she saw that neither Draco nor Snape were there. She exhaled and sat down at the Gryffindor table.
"You will never guess who I have been dating two times now while you were in the Hospital wing. I'll give you a clue: Harry."
"Harry?" Hermione said with raised eyebrows.
"Yeah, you know Harry Potter, the boy who lived?" Ginny teased.
"Stop being silly, of course I know. Congratulations, you finally did it."
"I know, isn't it fabulous? He is so sweet"
Hermione smiled and concentrated on her meal while Ginny kept on yapping about her and Harry.
It was when Ron, Parvati and Harry entered the Great Hall that she stopped. They sat down and started stuffing their faces.
Hermione excused herself and left. She always left first. Her next lesson started in thirty minutes so she had time to go to the library.
As she stepped out the Great Hall, she walked down the left corridor, but turned back as she saw Draco, Crabbe and Goyle at the end of it.
She started walking down the right corridor, but turned back as she saw Snape at the end.
She gave up a little squeak and saw her rescue next to her, the girls bathroom. She ran in and slammed the door behind her.
She panted and leaned her elbows at the sink, hiding her face in her palms. She looked up into the mirror and saw herself, but was it really herself?
A man she had hated more than anything started to turn her world upside down.
"Some things you see with your eyes, other with your heart". Her grandmother had once said those words.
She definitely saw Draco with her eyes, but Severus, what did she see him with?
She didn't know. Her next and final class of the day was Potions. How could she look at him without feeling her heart beat hysterically again? Maybe she did see him with her heart.
Sighing she leaned back against the wall.
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Look at me
You may think you see
Who I really am
But you'll never know me
Every day
It's as if I play a part
Now I see
If I wear a mask
I can fool the world
But I cannot fool my heart
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
I am now
In a world where I
Have to hide my heart
And what I believe in
But somehow
I will show the world
What's inside my heart
And be loved for who I am
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me?
Why is my reflection
Someone I don't know?
Must I pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
There's a heart that must be
Free to fly
That burns with a need to know
The reason why
Why must we all conceal
What we think, how we feel?
Must there be a secret me
I'm forced to hide?
I won't pretend that I'm
Someone else for all time
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
When will my reflection show
Who I am inside?
"Reflection" - Christina Aguilera