Disclaimer: Don't own…But I wanna see it! Drool… Mmm…18 teen year old Severus gurgles and drools more.

I'm sorry

By Alan's Only

Part 3

Mistaken For a Friend

Hermione watched as a male with long black hair, a black boa and a big nose walked from the safety of the tree line. Her jaw dropped as she noticed that it was Severus. She could've fainted when she noticed that he was naked.

"Severus?" asked Sagkarie. She seemed to not be affected by his nakedness. A fleeting question pasted though her mind; Why is she so comfortable about seeing him naked? I wonder how many times she saw him like that? The male nodded and crossed his arms. Looking skeptically at the women.

"Good," muttered Sagkarie. She jumped and landed a foot away from Severus with an evil smile on her face. Hermione yelled to her but Sagkarie didn't notice. Sagkarie's ears folded back and looked at him.

"You were suppose to die!" Sagkarie screamed and before Hermione could react; she plunged her claws into Severus's stomach he gasped in pain and looked over Sagkarie's shoulder and his eyes locked with Hermione's. Her body knew what to do before her mind did.

"Avada Kadava!" Hermione screamed. Pointing her wand at Sagkarie. She convulsed in pain and fell to the ground her claws leaving Severus's body. He looked over at Hermione and whimpered as he fell to his knees. Hermione ran across the rather slow moving river to Severus. Hermione had tears in her eyes once she reached him.

"Severus?" Hermione whispered, once she reached his side. He looked over at her and held his gut. Blood gushed. Hermione ripped her shirt off and wrapped it around his wound to try to slow the bleeding. He looked her over.

"Take the snake…" he whispered. Hermione looked at him like he was nuts but the look in his eyes told her he meant it. She pulled the boa off; it gave no sign of minding. She let it wrap around her shoulders but as she did her eyes watched as Severus fall to the ground. She sorta let out a little yelp and pulled him back up. She moved so she could put him in her lap. She could tell be his breathing and by the way he didn't move, he was unconscious.

"Severus I will help you…" She whispered. She closed her eyes and thought of St Mango's. She hoped that this would work.

"So…What happened?" asked a midi-witch, looking over at Hermione over the bed that held Severus.

"Sagkarie and I left to find him and when we did…Sagkarie attacked him…I killed her…" Hermione whispered.

"And Sagkarie was that demon?" asked the midi-witch. Looking over at Hermione then looked down at Severus who was sleeping, his abdomen was wrapped in tight white linen. Hermione looked down at him as well.

"Yes…" Hermione said she ran a gentle hand over his naked chest. The midi-witch nodded and jotted down a little note.

"And you are?" The midi-witch turned a critical eye to Hermione. She looked down at Severus and pondered what she really was to him. Just a sex-thing he had fun with or did he really love her. She didn't know, nor did she know when she would find out.

I'll see you tomorrow… she could still hear his voice clearly in her head. That one line had brought tears to her eyes so many times. This time was no different. She didn't know what he meant. She what to if he had stayed in Hogwarts; would he have proposed to her. That question too, haunted her.

"I' m not sure…we were together for a while then we broke up. A while ago we got back together…" Hermione looked up at the midi-witch who looked down at her silently as though trying to see if she was lying. Hermione wiped the tears from her eyes away and looked back down at Severus. His chest moved slowly and steadily up and down. She noticed each and every one of his newish, well really, old, features. His body was leaner and any one could tell he had gone though too much for such a young boy.

He's eighteen now…Only a year older… her mind whispered as she looked at his face. He may still be pale, but his face held so much more. It was fuller and his nose didn't look that big. It must've gotten broken before.

"Well then I haven't anything more I can do here. So you may take him home. Just make sure to clean it." The midi witch said but then explained. "The wound was to deep to just heal with magic. I healed the vital things all you need to do is change his wrappings."

Hermione nodded then looked back down at Severus. "Alright." She said. Not really thinking about where he will sleep. The midi-witch nodded and left. Hermione looked down at Severus and sat next to him she pulled the boa away from his side and put it around her shoulders. She ran a light touch across his cheek. She smiled and bent over him. Luckily her university had no aperating laws, for students to get into the school.

She sat levitated him onto her bed and quickly covered him with her blankets. She didn't have any clothes for him yet so she would have to wait for him to wake up before she could go shopping. She let the snake slither off her once she sat in a chair facing the bed. Slowly her eyes drifted closed.

What in the world? He thought as his senses came back to him. He couldn't move and his gut hurt like hell. His eyes opened and they where bombarded by a bright light off to his left he quickly closed them again. He waited for the pain in his eyes to subside until he tried to open them again. Once his eyes adjusted he looked around. He noticed he was in a dorm room

Good it was all a bad dream… he thought as he tried to sit up. But the pain that shot though his gut sent him back on his back and a yelp of pain erupted from his mouth. Hermione's head shot up and looked around. She looked at Severus who was breathing hard and holding his gut.

"Oh no! Did you try to get up?" Hermione asked as she rose from the chair she had fallen asleep in. Severus looked at her and wonderment filled his eyes. Hermione blushed then noticed where exactly his eyes were fixed. She hadn't put on a new shirt and was only in her sports bra. She covered her chest and squeaked 'PERVERT!' she slapped him and pulled a shirt out of her chest-of-drowse. She pulled it quickly over her head and looked at Severus, enraged. He held his cheek and looked over at her. Slowly he sat up and not much pain came. He put his back against the wall and looked over at her. A smile came to his lips.

"You expect me to be courteous to you when your are only in you bra and I haven't seen a women in four fucking months!" Severus said watching Hermione as she sat back down in the chair, her glare shot ice-sickles at Severus.

"That is no excuse to stare!" Hermione scoffed and lifted her nose into the air and closed her eyes. Severus smiled and a low chuckle came from him but he stopped and tried to blow the strand of hair from in front of his eyes. But it wouldn't move. Hermione looked back and laughed. She tossed him a hair-tie. He picked it up off his lap and pulled his hair up into a low ponytail. Hermione watched him pull his hair, up, transfixed. Severus looked over at her and cocked an eyebrow.

"Now who's staring?" Severus asked as he watched her back. Hermione blushed and shook her head. She looked down at the ground then back up at him.

"So? I actually have every right to stare at you!" she said with a smirk and stared at him pointedly. He smiled and then it to turned into a smirk.

"Look all ya want but you better be ready to deal with the consequences." Severus said. He crossed his arms. Hermione looked him over and found an already big bump. Her eyes widened and her face blanched then turned as red as a mahogany chest. She stood and turned her back.

"Go take a shower I will give you something to wear. Then we'll go shopping." Hermione said not looking over her shoulder. She could hear him get up and his breathing changed from regular to rather ragged. Hermione quickly turned and saw him holding his gut. Hermione pulled out his wand and shot a simple pain-killing spell. Severus looked up at him and smiled.

"Thanks…" Severus said. Got back up and walked into the bathroom. Hermione's eyes had widened but seeing him naked yet again. She blinked and shook her head again she didn't understand why seeing him naked still shocked her. She walked over to her wardrobe and pulled out some of her baggy clothes: a black tee with 'TRUTH' in big red letters and a pair of really baggy jeans. She threw them on her bed and sighed. She picked the snake up off the ground and patted his sleek black head.

The snake looked at her. Suddenly something weird started to happen…its scales changed in to a light black with a hint of red ebony, feathers appeared they were a shade of dark white. Hermione stared at it with wide eyes.

"I wouldn't sssstare if I were you." The snake hissed. And looked at her closer.

"Ho-ow? I ca-an't spe-eak…" Hermione said looking at the snake. It looked like it scoffed and looked away but looked at her though its right eye.

"You don't need to! I can sssspeak human. I am a queeetxal (An/ check ' pawn to Queen'). And that ssssnake language issss below me." the snake said. Hermione could tell by its voice, it was a boy.

"What's your name?" Hermione asked. He looked back at her and blinked. Then it slowly slithered around her shoulders. She tensed but once his grip didn't tighten she clamed down.

"I'm named Damian. And my home hasssss lossssst me." He said. And nudged her ear looking within her ear with a critical gaze.

"What do you mean?" Hermione asked she could hear the water in the bathroom turn off. The 'quetxal' hissed and slithered off her.

"My home. Hasssss lossssst me." he said pointedly. She slithered onto Hermione's bed and curled up under the blanket. Hermione sighed and looked at the bathroom door. Her eyes met Severus's standing there with a towel wrapped around his waist.

"Where are these clothes I was told about?" Severus watched her. She blinked and grabbed the shirt and jeans. She tossed them at him. He caught them and walked back into the bathroom. Hermione stifled a yawn with the back of her hand. She would have time to sleep once she got Severus some clothes. He came back out of the bathroom with the towel wrapped up on his head to help dry his hair.

Hermione looked over at him and a little smile formed on her lips. He walked over and sat next to her looking at her sharply.

"How long have I known you because I don't have any memories." Severus said. He could tell he knew her but he didn't know from where. He felt a deep connection with her.

"Aaah…ye-es…" her voice wavered and tears came to her eyes. She sighed and wiped her eyes. "I've known you for seven years…" she whispered looking over at him.

He watched as a tear slid down her cheek and confusion filled his eyes. One of his hands slowly slid up her face and wiped off the lone tear. She closed her eyes and leaned into his touch.

"How?" he asked quietly. Sreaching her face like it held all of the questions. She looked at him, deep into his eyes and something hit him. It felt like a stack of bricks hit him squarely in the gut. He had hurt this girl…he had left her when she had needed him… he couldn't remember but the feeling told him so. He looked shakily at her. "I'm sorry…" he whispered. Hermione looked startled.

"Why?" she asked looking at him and hoping that some of his memories had returned. He just looked at her quietly. Trying to figure out how to say this.

"I…hurt you…sometime before…I don't remember anything…But this feeling in me tells me so…" Severus said. He looked away and started to take down his hair. Hermione looked away as well. Tears streamed down her face. He doesn't remember anything…I'm not good enough to be remembered… she bashed herself. And covered her face with her hands. She felt her hands being taken away from her face and a finger under her chin brought her face up to look at Severus. His long black hair was pulled back again in the hair-tie and a couple wet strands feel in front of his ears had escaped the tie. He studied her for a bit as though debating what to say.

"But if I could choose one person to remember it would definitely be you." He said his deep brown eyes look so much more different as Hermione's chocolate ones studied them looking for any hint he was lying. The other fingers on the hand, which held Hermione's chin joined their brother and stroked her chin. Hermione's tears fell harder as she found no trace that he was lying. He stayed quiet but then pulled her to him she fell into his chest and just cried.

She moved her hand and felt his chest. Her hands were meat with sticky wetness she looked down and saw that blood seeped threw the shirt. Hermione gasped and pulled away. Severus looked hurt but then looked down at his chest and his eyes widened. Hermione's hands worked automatically. She pulled his shirt off and threw it onto the chair. She pushed him back and pointed her wand at Severus's chest and murmured a couple of disinfecting spells, health inhancer, and a wrapping spell. Severus now had clean wrapping and wide eyes.

"Damn…You don't hesitate do you?" he asked with a smirk. Hermione looked at his face then got up to find him a new shirt. She threw the bloody one in the hamper and then pulled a white t with 'It not me with a problem against the world' on the front and on the back it said ' It has got a problem with me' all of it in spiky writing. She had bought it because it reminded her of Severus'. She threw it at him and waited for him to put it on. Once on she walked into the closet by the door and pull out a pair of her roommates shoes they where to big for her but maybe they would fit him.

She walked back to Severus and handed him the shoes He looked at them then back at Hermione. "Could I have some socks?" he asked Hermione stood again and pulled out a pair and tossed them at him. She then put on a pair of black fip-flops and slung a black purse onto her shoulder. Severus stood and walked over to her. "Where are we going again?" he asked. As she lead the way though the building.

"Shopping. You need clothes." Hermione said flatly. As they reached the front door to the dorm house. She opened the door and waited for Severus to join her. He walked out and Hermione grabbed his hand She thought of the nearby muggle mall.

She pulled into it their hands still entwined. She pulled him into a store of to the right. She had a good amount of money with her so she would be able to but a bit for herself as well. She let go of Severus hand a went around the store. Severus looked around with wide eyes. He had never been in a muggle store and, well frankly, I scared him a bit. He quickly followed Hermione. She looked back at him and sized him with her eyes. She then went looking though the racks for anything that would look good on Severus. She found some shirts and pants; she packed them onto Severus's open arms.

She stayed quiet the whole time and it started to irritate Severus. "Umm…Hermione?" Severus said when she stopped to look at a rack of famine clothes. She looked over at him and waited.

"I…ah…need trousers…" Severus murmured. He had never said that to a women and it embarrassed the hell out of him. He could feel his cheeks heat up.

"Oh…Alright. Boxers or briefs?" She asked Severus looked over the pile of clothes in his arms and cocked an eyebrow.

Hermione blanched and her eyes widened. She gulped loudly and led the way to the male under ware isle. Severus looked around in horror. His face to blanched as his eyes fond every male on the packages held a man only in tight under ware. Hermione walked quickly to end of the isle.

Severus sighed and followed knowing this would be awhile.

TBC

AN/ ya another chapter done!