Chapter 31
His lips were soft. He gently grazed her lips with his, almost testing to see if she would stop him. But she clung desperately to his arm and pulled it ever so softly toward her. After a few moments where their breath intermingled between their lips, Severus wrapped his arms around her and crushed her beneath him.
She sighed heavily as she wrapped her arms around his neck, feeling the muscles in his back flex. She could smell his skin and she knew she had never known such happiness before. So much elation. So much of everything all at once, that she feared she would burst in his arms.
He felt her small frame in his arms and wondered at the frailty of her. She was passionate and strong. Yet she met his ardor with intensity. He felt the softness of her hair under his hands and felt her petite figure crushed to his long lean body.
Their revere was interrupted by a few cat calls and whistles by people passing by. To the onlooker, they were two young people very much enamored with each other. Their passion for each other was great and at this moment, hidden in half shadows, with the beat of the music, they were two people that had stepped from a folk song. The two lovers falling into each others arms for the first time. The kiss forever immortalized in song, but witnessed by the people who stopped to see it.
Their lips parted for a moment and Hermione shyly looked around as Severus forever etched the vision before him in his minds eye forever. No matter what happened, no matter where the fates took him, this moment was so pure and so full of everything he had ever missed. He felt the familiar warmth that he was accustomed to fill his chest and he realized, for the first time, that it was she who inspired this reaction within him. She was the source for it all. Every positive feeling he had had the past three years was due to her. With this thought, he pulled her closer and wrapped his hands around her head and felt her entangle with his body. He breathed in the fragrance of her hair and closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, he saw the stars twinkling in the sky. It was a beautiful night. One that dreams were made of.
He offered her his arm again and they continued their track to the hill over looking the village. In silence they walked, each of them lost in the emotions that cascaded around their hearts.
When they reached the hill, he placed his other arm around her and she looked up at him. His heart constricted in his chest at the sweet smile she bestowed upon him.
With a crack they were gone.
A/N: There is your kiss guys...sigh