A/N: Sorry this chapter took so long, but I had writer's block for this chapter. I really should be doing homework right now but I'm writing this instead. Someone asked how old Hermione was in this story. She is 17 and so is Severus.
Oh btw, sorry this chapter is so short but it just worked out that way. Hope you like.
Chapter 5: Her Secret's Out
Over the next couple of months, Severus and Hermione were inseparable, when they were alone. Slowly they had made their relationship public. They just weren't all over each other in public, like they were when they were alone. Lucius had acted as they thought. He had called Severus a traitor for lowering himself to be with a "mudblood" like Hermione. James and Sirius weren't too happy with it but they were at least civil to Severus, for Hermione's sake. Lily was happy for Hermione.
Hermione was sitting on her bed with Severus, looking out the window. He was rubbing Hermione's arm and she was leaning against him. Hermione looked up at him and he leaned down and kissed her. He moved his hand to her waist and slipped it up her shirt. She ran her hands through his hair and pulled him on top of her. He slipped off her shirt and she gasped as the cold air hit her skin. He leaned down and kissed her again. She had almost taken off his shirt when Lily came bolting through the door. Hermione screamed and pushed Severus off of her so that he fell to the floor. She grabbed her blanket to cover herself up and sat up.
"Lily! What do you want?" Severus stood up and rubbed his head from hitting it on the floor. Hermione was looking around for her shirt, found it and put it on, although it was inside out.
"Sorry Hermione, but Professor Dumbledore is looking for you." Hermione groaned and waved her wand so that her shirt was on the right way. She got up and headed to Dumbledore's office. She knocked on the door.
"Come in Miss Granger."
"Lily said you wanted to see me professor." Dumbledore nodded and motioned for Hermione to sit down, which she did.
"I have good news Miss Granger. I have figured out how to send you back to the future." Hermione could have sworn that her heart stopped then and there.
"What?"
"I've found a way to send you home however I won't be able to do for one week. That should give you enough time to say goodbye to your new friends shouldn't it?"
Two weeks? She only had one more week left with Severus. She hadn't even told him she was from the future yet.
"Professor, I was wondering if I have to go home. I mean what if I wanted to stay here?"
"I'm afraid you have no choice. You being here for this long may have already affected the future." She nodded. She couldn't speak or else she might burst into tears right there. She got up and headed back to her dorm. By the time she made it back to the common room, she had tears running down her face. She wasn't sobbing, but silently crying. Lily was sitting with James and Sirius near the fire, and was laughing. As soon as she saw Hermione, her smile vanished from her face. She got up and ran over to Hermione.
"Hermione, what's wrong?"
"I'm going home," Hermione said blankly. Lily's jaw dropped.
"Already? But you haven't even been here that long."
"I have one week until I leave."
"Does Severus know yet?" Hermione shook her head. She went upstairs and found Severus sitting on her bed.
"Hey I hope you don't mind that I waited here. I wanted to see…what's wrong?" He noticed that she had been crying. Hermione sat down next to him and looked up into his eyes.
"Severus, I have something to tell you."
"What is it? What's wrong?" She sighed and he wiped the tears off of her face.
"I'm from the future."
"What? What are you talking about?"
"I'm from the future. When I came hear three months ago, it was because I accidentally went back in time, twenty years."
"Are you serious?" She nodded.
"And now I have to go back."
"What? When?"
"In a week. Dumbledore just told me. And there's more."
"What is it?"
"Well in the future, we know each other. You work here, at Hogwarts. You're the Potions master. And I'm your…" Severus cut her off.
"Student. You're my student," he said very serious. She nodded hoping that he wasn't mad.
"You're also kind of…mean, to the students."
"What about you? Am I mean to you?"
"Well…"
"I am aren't I?" She nodded again.
"But I always admired you. You're a great teacher. I think the only reason that you're mean to me is because you really don't like my friends."
"So you knew this whole time that you've been dating your future professor." She nodded.
"Trust me; it was just as weird for me as it is for you right now. But I was willing to put all that aside, so I could be with you." He stood up and Hermione grabbed his hand.
"Wait. Where are you going?" He looked at the floor.
"I need to think about some things." Hermione's jaw dropped and she let go of his hand.
"Wait. What things? You can think about them here." He opened his mouth to speak but then stopped. He sighed and left. Hermione just stared at the door after he left. She couldn't move. Lily slipped into the room and saw Hermione sitting on her bed.
"Hermione?" She walked over to Hermione and sat down next to her. Hermione leaned against Lily and started crying again. Lily hugged her and sat with her the rest of the night.
The next morning Hermione got up and went to breakfast. She looked like a mess but didn't care. She looked for Severus and saw him sitting alone at the Slytherin table. She wanted to go talk to him, but couldn't work up the courage. He didn't look up from his plate once. Hermione didn't say anything at breakfast. When people asked her what was wrong, Lily would tell them to leave her alone.
Hermione didn't even know why she was so upset. She had only dated him for a few months. And he had always been horrible to her as a teacher. But when she was with him it just felt right. She wondered what he would be like when she returned home. Would he even remember her? Hermione couldn't bear to think about it.
All day she tried to focus on her classes but found it too hard. She just wanted to break down and cry. By the time the day was over she couldn't even make it up the stairs. She just sat on her favorite couch and watched people come and go. She saw Lily go up to James' room and then leave and then go back up to her own room. This didn't even faze Hermione but then Lily came back down the stairs and sat across from Hermione.
"Hey come on. Why don't you go upstairs and lay down?" Hermione nodded and went upstairs. She was surprised she even made it up them. Lily hadn't followed her like she thought she would. It was dark in the room when she got there. The only light was a single moon beam that was shining on something small on her bed. Hermione squinted her eyes to try and see what it was. She walked over to her bed trying not to trip over anything. It was a small velvet box. Hermione gasped and picked it up. She opened it and found a silver ring inside. It had a pink heart in the center. She was about to take it out when she heard a noise.
"Ahem." Hermione turned around to find Severus standing in the doorway.
A/N: ooooh a cliffie. Whats he doing there? And whats with the ring? guess you better review.
