SEDUCTION BY THE BOOK
CHAPTER 8: No RegretsBy: Perselus"Professor?" Hermione sat up startled. "I-I thought you were asleep."
"Obviously," he said in the same silky voice. Hermione felt it shiver down her spine as if it was a tangible thing.
"I-I forgot my book bag."
"I believe you left it in my office... so why, Miss Granger are you in my personal quarters?" Hermione looked at him closely. Was he slurring his words? She had heard his voice almost everyday for the past seven years, and she knew something was different.
"I wanted to make sure you're alright."
"Well, I'm fine... now leave!" She knew he was trying to put that evil Professor voice on, but it just didn't sound as harsh as it normally did.
"How many drinks have you had?"
"That is none of your business!" He almost sounded like his normal self... almost. "Get out!"
Something inside of her snapped into place, something she didn't even know was out of place... like popping a joint and feeling better without knowing that you even felt bad before it happened.
"No I don't think so, sir! You just don't seem to be well right now."
"WELL!" His voice didn't get any higher, but the intensity grew in his voice. "I have not been WELL for more years than you've been alive Miss Granger."
"Well, then it's about time that you did become Well don't you think?"
"No, Miss Granger I do not." His voice lost its harshness. He only sounded tired now. Hermione did something she thought she would never do in a million years. She leaned forward and placed both hands on the armrest of his chair, trapping him.
"Don't you think it's about time to stop the pity parties?" she told him angrily.
"I don't want your pity!" he said really angry now.
"Don't worry professor, you don't have it but you do need to stop torturing yourself!"
Without warning his hands were in her hair and his demanding lips were on hers. Hermione was at first shocked but then leaned into the kiss, desperately kissing him back. She thought she saw a flash of light but couldn't be certain.
He finally pulled away both of them breathing hard. "Well, I think that should solve your problem."
"What are you talking about?" she asked confused. He summoned a camera. It was a muggle instant camera that had been charmed. She was shocked when she looked at the instant photo that moved, it showed Hermione almost straddling Professor Snape, in a long deep kiss.
"Show them this as proof and they will leave you alone."
She was speechless for a few moments then looked at him staring deep into his eyes.
"You will do this for me?" she asked in awe.
"Yes, Hermione I would do anything for you," he said so softly that if she wasn't so close, she wouldn't have heard.
"Professor?" she asked softly, so many questions in one word.
"Severus."
"Severus," she replied liking the way his name rolled around her tongue. She also noticed that the us in Severus, was caught in her throat, and was said as she inhaled giving it a breathless sound.
"I like the way you say my name, like a whisper that gets caught by the wind." They still had not broken eye contact and then they leaned forward as their lips meet again.
This kiss was as passionate as the last, but this time there was no holding back, no backing down. They both wanted this, needed this for a very long time.
Snape brought her closer to him, she completely straddled his legs without breaking the kiss. "We must stop this," said Snape between kisses.
"I don't want to."
"We must... I cannot... I will not stop... if we go much... farther Hermione... You don't know what... kind of man... I truly am," he said this through many kisses, knowing he had to stop but didn't have the strength to deny her or himself.
"I want to learn."
"You do not know what you are asking..."
"I don't care, I want you," she said and stopped his argument with a deep probing kiss.
Snape trailed kisses down her neck, nibbling now and again with his teeth. His teeth she had noticed earlier were not that bad, just stained. She wondered briefly at the time if he drank a lot of coffee.
"Hermione," he breathed.
"Severus..." she breathed back as she tilted her head, so he could have better access to her neck.
His arms wrapped around her waist, bringing her flush against him, as he felt her hands run though his hair. She loved the feel of his hair. She couldn't forget that day at detention, the first time she touched it.
His passion was so strong, not at all what she had expected. Then again, nothing about Snape was as expected. The heat the two were putting off, would have set a house on fire. 'It was a good thing that they were in the dungeon of a castle,' she thought.
All of the sudden she became frightened. She never had been all the way with a guy before and she really wanted to. She cursed her inexperience a million times in her head.
Snape picked up on her hesitance. "Hermione?" he said as his lips kissed her throat. "No second thoughts, no regrets."
"No second thoughts... no regrets," she replied, but there was a catch in her voice. He pulled back and looked at her, seeing longing, fear and innocence. That last part hit him like a ton of brinks. He tried to pull her away but she would not allow him to.
"No second thoughts... no regrets, Severus."
He closed his eyes. That breathless way she said his name would be his undoing.
"Listen to me, I want you more than anyone I've ever known. But there are a few things wrong here. One I'm a spy, two I'm your teacher... three I don't deserve your innocence."
"One, you are not a spy any longer. The war is over, get on with your life! Two, you're only my teacher for a few more weeks. And three, I want you. Don't you understand I never wanted anyone like this before? All the boys were not interested in me or me in them. You're who I want to be with, of my own free will."
"He- Hermione... I-I don't know what to say."
"Say yes! This is not a game anymore. I want you, more then anything in my life!"
He looked into her eyes and was amazed at the amount of emotion in them, the caring toward him. He knew he didn't deserve her, it was too good to be true. He kissed her deeply, feeling her sigh in his mouth.
There was no turning back, it was out of their control now.
Hermione left Snape's quarters a long time later. She was completely blown away, she couldn't remember a time she had been happier! Just the thought of her and Severus together made her heart flutter. No one had ever made her feel that way before.
That is when she ran into a few Slytherins, who decided to have some fun.
"So Mudblood, seduce our head of house yet?" asked Millicent Bulstrode.
"I don't know what you're talking about," said Hermione confused.
"Oh come off it, the whole school knows about it. I hear the other teachers are in quite an uproar!" Pansy Parkinson said with a gleam in her eye, as if to say you don't stand a chance.
"Not to mention we might just lose our Potion Master if you keep this up Mudblood. So just keep away from Snape! Or you will have the whole of the Slytherin house on your back!" With that they both left her.
Snape may lose his job... why didn't that cross her mind! Numbly she walked back to the Gryffindor common room and was immediately accosted by Lavender and Parvati.
"So, how did it go?" they asked in unison. Hermione just walked past them. As they started laughing at her, anger rose up in Hermione to where she turned on them.
"No I didn't and I never will, but at least I didn't go telling the whole school when you slept with both Crabbe and Goyle at the same time!" she had the gratification to see the girl go pale, as the entire common room turned their attention on her.
Once she got into her room, she locked her door with several strong spells. She took out the small picture of her and Severus kissing. 'No,' she thought to herself. 'I care too much for him to lose his job. I'd rather be the laughing stock of school, than to have this ever happen.' Looking longingly at the photo she hid it deep inside her trunk, so no one would ever find it.
Snape was sitting in his private room, sighing deeply, he looked at the photo in his hands.
It was of him and Hermione together. She didn't know he took it and he knew he shouldn't have, but there was a deep fear that he would never be able to see her like this again, and he wanted to remember everything. He knew this was going to be a long end of term, and he prayed he would still have a job afterwards. Not that he really needed it anymore, but this place was like home... even so, this woman was worth the risk! After another deep sigh, he put the photo in the bottom drawer and locked it.
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