Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN IT…. there does that cover it?

Sorry this is so late, this story is almost over, and all hell breaks lose in the next chapter. As much as I love this story I will be soooo happy when it ends. I now have three other stories going. For some damn reason I have gotten into the show Smallville show. So Now I have a Lex/Chloe story up. When this story ends I think it will be my last Harry Potter story for a while at least until the last book comes out. I will also be re-writing my Phantom Of The Opera story Not In 2005 Anymore when this ends.

Chapter Fifteen

After Dumbledore and Ron had left Hermione had gone into her and Severus's bedroom without a word and shut the door. Severus had decided to give her a few minutes to herself before he approached her to talk.

When he got into their bedroom he found it empty. He went and knocked on the bathroom door.

"Hermione are you in the bath love?"

He heard sniffles and than the reply. "Yes"

"Can I come in?"

There was a moment of silence than a very timid "Sure"

Severus opened the door to find Hermione in the large bathtub surrounded by bubbles. Now normally that site would be a turn on but the look on Hermione's face broke his heart.

He went and took a seat on the edge of tub. Before he could say a word Hermione began to speak.

"Do you have any idea what it feels like to know that the person who stole your innocence is running free?"

"Hermione, your safe. He can't touch you." Severus ran a hand along her cheek.

"But that's just it. He already has. I was so stupid that night. I should have gone straight back into the castle the minute I saw him transform." Hermione whispered, her eyes downcast.

"What happened that night Hermione?" Severus asked. He knew he needed to hear the details but he was not sure he could bear to know the pain she had suffered.

Hermione didn't look up as she started her tale.

"I was angry with Harry that night. He had called me a know-it-all, nothing new but he had been such a git that day that I just needed to get away from him. I didn't care that the grounds were still muddy from the rain that had fallen that week; I just grabbed my cloak and headed outside. I passed Malfoy at the broomshed; he was in the middle of transforming. I just thought he was trying to sneak into the dark forest so I didn't give him a second thought. But than the minute I stepped foot on the pitch he was on top of me, tearing at my cloths." She wiped a tear away. "You know most girls picture their first time with a guy they love. They picture this grand romantic affair with candles and a bed of roses. What they don't imagine is a guy who hates them forcing himself on them and than leaving them bleeding and broken in the mud."

Severus wiped a tear that had escaped his eye than took his hand and gently lifted Hermione's chin so that she would look at him.

"That was rape Hermione, it wasn't your first time. Your first time will be after you give birth to our son. And if you want candles and roses than that's what you shall have. Now come on and get out of this bath. You need sleep." He grabbed a large fluffy towel and wrapped it around her as she stepped out of the tub.

After he had put Hermione to bed made sure she was asleep Severus made a few floo calls. He had made the decision to take Hermione to his family's summer home in America. She needed to get away from the castle, from Europe entirely. If only he had known the storm that was coming.

TBC

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