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"Hermione," said Severus, "I love you."
Hermione breathed in sharply. She had meant to tell him that she was leaving. How could she follow his statement with that? "Hermione?"
"Severus, I..." Hermione shook her head. She stood up and ran down to the Slytherin common room, and through into her room. She threw herself on her bed and cried into her pillows.
Chapter Six: Admitting the Truth
A few minutes later, Hermione heard a knock on her door. "Hermione," said Severus. "What is wrong? Can I come in?"
"Yes," said Hermione, not moving from her spot on her bed. The portrait opened, and Severus stepped in.
"Hermione, what's wrong?" Hermione mumbled something into her pillows. "What?"
"I'm going back tomorrow," said Hermione. She closed her eyes, waiting for him to start yelling.
"What? Why?" much to Hermione's surprise, he didn't sound angry. Just hurt. It was much worse than being yelled at.
"Dumbledore found a way to send me home," said Hermione, wiping the tears from her cheeks and sitting up.
"Fine, then. Pack your bags, I'll see you around!" Severus yelled.
"It's complicated, alright?" Hermione was yelling.
"How? Why is it complicated? I just confessed my love for you, and you want to go back to Ron and Harry!"
"It's complicated because," Hermione's voice quieted, "because I love you, too."
"What?"
"I love you, too!" Hermione put her face in her hands. "God help me, I shouldn't love you, I can't love you, but I do. And if I stay here any longer, then I won't be able to go home."
"Then don't. Hermione, don't leave me. Stay here with me." Severus was on one knee beside her bed. Hermione smiled sadly as tears began to fall again.
"I can't. I have a life, I have parents, friends, waiting for me to come home." She shook her head. "Severus, I need to tell you something. I lied."
"About what?" Severus's eyes were filled with concern.
"I'm not a Slytherin."
Severus's brows furrowed. "What?" he looked confused.
"I'm not Slytherin, I'm not even pureblood. I'm a muggle-born Gryffindor." She watched as emotions flashed over Severus's face. "I'm sorry. I... I guess I got tired of being put down all the time because my parents aren't wizards." She threw herself back onto the bed and sobbed once again.
Severus got up and sat down on the bed beside her. "Hermione, If you think so little of me that you believe I would care about something like that, then you don't know me."
"Yes, I do," she said, sitting up. "If I had said that I was in Gryffindor, would you still have gone out with me?"
"Ye-"Severus stopped. "No. No, I wouldn't have. You're right." he looked into her eyes for a long moment, then leaned forward and brushed his lips against hers in a very brief kiss. Then he turned to leave. When he was standing in the doorway, he turned back and looked at her. "I don't deserve you."
Hermione looked at him. "No, Severus. Don't say that. Don't put yourself down." She looked down. "Come here," she said suddenly. Severus raised an eyebrow, but walked over to her. Hermione took out her wand and pointed it at him. "I know of a way that will make this easier for us. I can erase your memory of me until I leave my time." Severus's brow furrowed, but he nodded. "You won't remember this for a couple decades, but I do love you, Severus." She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him. As they broke apart, Hermione pointed her wand at his back. "Dissimulo modo."
Severus's body because limp, and he fell to the floor. Hermione placed another kiss on his brow, before she turned and went up to Dumbledore's office.
She knocked on the headmaster's door. "Come in, Miss Granger." Hermione stepped into the room. "Are you ready?"
Hermione sniffed, and wiped a tear from her eye. "Yes. I have to go now, or I might not be able to leave." Dumbledore nodded understandingly. He handed her a goblet, filled with a white potion.
"You will appear in my office in your time. I took a leaf out of your book, and sent myself a letter, in case I forget. Which, knowing my old mind, I will."
Hermione smiled. "Thank you, Professor. I'll see you in twenty years." Hermione lifted the goblet to her lips and drained it. A bright white light filled her eyes, and Hermione closed them to block it out.
When the light faded, Hermione instantly found herself in two sets of familiar arms. "Oh, we missed you, Mione," said Ron into her ear. She laughed and hugged them back. She grinned widely. She was going to be fine.
I'm sorry that I couldn't write more, but if you wanted more any time soon, then this is it. I can write while I'm at my relatives, I just can't post. So I'll probably have the chapter in when I return.(next Sat.)
Myoujou
"Hermione," said Severus, "I love you."
Hermione breathed in sharply. She had meant to tell him that she was leaving. How could she follow his statement with that? "Hermione?"
"Severus, I..." Hermione shook her head. She stood up and ran down to the Slytherin common room, and through into her room. She threw herself on her bed and cried into her pillows.
Chapter Six: Admitting the Truth
A few minutes later, Hermione heard a knock on her door. "Hermione," said Severus. "What is wrong? Can I come in?"
"Yes," said Hermione, not moving from her spot on her bed. The portrait opened, and Severus stepped in.
"Hermione, what's wrong?" Hermione mumbled something into her pillows. "What?"
"I'm going back tomorrow," said Hermione. She closed her eyes, waiting for him to start yelling.
"What? Why?" much to Hermione's surprise, he didn't sound angry. Just hurt. It was much worse than being yelled at.
"Dumbledore found a way to send me home," said Hermione, wiping the tears from her cheeks and sitting up.
"Fine, then. Pack your bags, I'll see you around!" Severus yelled.
"It's complicated, alright?" Hermione was yelling.
"How? Why is it complicated? I just confessed my love for you, and you want to go back to Ron and Harry!"
"It's complicated because," Hermione's voice quieted, "because I love you, too."
"What?"
"I love you, too!" Hermione put her face in her hands. "God help me, I shouldn't love you, I can't love you, but I do. And if I stay here any longer, then I won't be able to go home."
"Then don't. Hermione, don't leave me. Stay here with me." Severus was on one knee beside her bed. Hermione smiled sadly as tears began to fall again.
"I can't. I have a life, I have parents, friends, waiting for me to come home." She shook her head. "Severus, I need to tell you something. I lied."
"About what?" Severus's eyes were filled with concern.
"I'm not a Slytherin."
Severus's brows furrowed. "What?" he looked confused.
"I'm not Slytherin, I'm not even pureblood. I'm a muggle-born Gryffindor." She watched as emotions flashed over Severus's face. "I'm sorry. I... I guess I got tired of being put down all the time because my parents aren't wizards." She threw herself back onto the bed and sobbed once again.
Severus got up and sat down on the bed beside her. "Hermione, If you think so little of me that you believe I would care about something like that, then you don't know me."
"Yes, I do," she said, sitting up. "If I had said that I was in Gryffindor, would you still have gone out with me?"
"Ye-"Severus stopped. "No. No, I wouldn't have. You're right." he looked into her eyes for a long moment, then leaned forward and brushed his lips against hers in a very brief kiss. Then he turned to leave. When he was standing in the doorway, he turned back and looked at her. "I don't deserve you."
Hermione looked at him. "No, Severus. Don't say that. Don't put yourself down." She looked down. "Come here," she said suddenly. Severus raised an eyebrow, but walked over to her. Hermione took out her wand and pointed it at him. "I know of a way that will make this easier for us. I can erase your memory of me until I leave my time." Severus's brow furrowed, but he nodded. "You won't remember this for a couple decades, but I do love you, Severus." She wrapped her arms around him and kissed him. As they broke apart, Hermione pointed her wand at his back. "Dissimulo modo."
Severus's body because limp, and he fell to the floor. Hermione placed another kiss on his brow, before she turned and went up to Dumbledore's office.
She knocked on the headmaster's door. "Come in, Miss Granger." Hermione stepped into the room. "Are you ready?"
Hermione sniffed, and wiped a tear from her eye. "Yes. I have to go now, or I might not be able to leave." Dumbledore nodded understandingly. He handed her a goblet, filled with a white potion.
"You will appear in my office in your time. I took a leaf out of your book, and sent myself a letter, in case I forget. Which, knowing my old mind, I will."
Hermione smiled. "Thank you, Professor. I'll see you in twenty years." Hermione lifted the goblet to her lips and drained it. A bright white light filled her eyes, and Hermione closed them to block it out.
When the light faded, Hermione instantly found herself in two sets of familiar arms. "Oh, we missed you, Mione," said Ron into her ear. She laughed and hugged them back. She grinned widely. She was going to be fine.
I'm sorry that I couldn't write more, but if you wanted more any time soon, then this is it. I can write while I'm at my relatives, I just can't post. So I'll probably have the chapter in when I return.(next Sat.)
Myoujou