Motherly Amnesia
Chapter Seven
A/N-Sorry for the delay.
(Time sequence to story)
"Severus? Where are you?" Hermione called out into the halls of Hogwarts's elusive dungeons. However, he was neither in his rooms nor the dungeons. She glanced out through an enchanted glass window and caught a swatch of black on the grounds. Severus.
She raced outside and once reaching him, she then pulled him around to face her.
Looking down at her were his haunted eyes, pain seeming to stream from his insides.
"Severus, Harry is a lout and I'm so sorry he treated you that way. There is no spell and you know this. I enjoy your company and truly wish to learn more of you."
"Why?" He croaked out, a rasp distinctive in his voice. "Why do you want to get to know me? Do you know who I am? Do you know what I have done?" Saying this, he turned away from her and looked out into the sky.
She grabbed his shoulder, pulled him around and put her hands next to his cheeks directing his eyes to meet hers. "Why wouldn't I want to know you? You are a wonderful man, a selfless man who devotes himself to the Cause, an educated man with knowledge in so many areas, and a man who cares for those around him and will do anything to keep them safe. I see a man who needs to see himself. Severus, your past can not be changed and as well your past is part of you. You learn from your past and it has made you a better man in this present. No one makes all the right choices, which is truly impossible. I want to know what makes you tick, what you feel, you intrigue me like no other. I can't even understand this feeling. I have never wanted to know this much before; it's more tempting than a forgotten library of books never seen before by the human eye."
He looked at her, wonder clear in his eyes. His words were at a loss, he was touched, utterly touched. No one is his life had praised him like this, no one had openly expressed that they wanted to know him. All he could think to do was to draw him to her and put a single kiss to her lips. A kiss of thanks he had thought until suddenly a spark united and she grasped him by his collar and pulled in for more. The senses twirled and enthralled in one another, unlike any other thing imaginable. Not even an exotic potion could compare to her.
Finally, once they both we are almost out of breath, they pulled away and while filling their lungs searched each others eyes. Finally Hermione smiled and took Severus's hand in her own, he clasped hers and they slowly walked towards the castle. Unbeknownst to them, up in a nearby tower stood Professor Potter fuming over what he had just seen.