Okay chapter five. Left you with a sucky cliffey in the last chapter oh well sorry this one is a little bit better. oooo yeah I dont own the character's that are familiar due to the books thank you.

CH5

The Cure's Promise

Hermione sat up in her bed in the hospital. It had been a few weeks since she had come to Saint Mongos and now all she wished to do was go home. But her home was not as safe as it was in the hospital. The hospital was always sterile. The magic binding it was the most powerful. Then again the power binding her to her husband was probably equally strong. No silly wand waving was needed to keep her bound to her husband and that is the strongest magic around. … Love.

Severus had been at her bedside every night to make sure that she was safe. He had brought her clothing and other items from home so that she could be as comfortable as possible. For weeks now Hermione had been allowed to sleep in her old night gowns made of the finest silk and lace. She was allowed to have her blanket from the bed that se and Severus shared brought to her. Pictures and flowers adorned the walls and shelves of the room. Little sketches from her students were hung up across from her bed.

Every now and then a student accompanied by a teacher or a parent would come into the room to visit. They would always bring her news and gossip. On one such visit Hermione learned that one of her favorite students was to be married. The girl was a pureblood and completely in love with a muggle-born wizard a year ahead of her. Her best friend came and told Hermione what was happening. Hermione wished she could be there but knew she couldn't.

"Is there nothing they can do to ignore the arrangement?" Hermione asked the young sixth year in front of her.

"Jeslyn and Mathew tried to elope on the last trip to Hogsmead, but her parents somehow showed up. They took her away to be betrothed to some snooty twenty-something-year-old pureblood prat."

"She has no choice? Are you sure?"

"Hermione, listen to her," Severus said from the doorway, "In a wizarding betrothal ceremony you are bound to your fiancé by magic. There is no way that Jeslyn and Mathew will be able to marry now unless the bond is broken by Jeslyn's parents, her fiancé, or his parents."

"Oh," was all that Hermione could manage before sinking a bit into her pillows.

After that visit Hermione had been left alone for a week or so. Severus of course stayed at her side.

On Hermione's fifth week in Saint Mongos Healer Fischer came into the room and sat down with the couple with a semi grave yet semi relieved look on her face. Severus tried to sort out the meaning of her presence when she opened her mouth to speak.

"I have good news and bad news. I'll give you the good news first because it won't make too much sense the other way. The good news is that we believe we have found a cure for ovarian cancer in this stage. The bad news is that this cure is very experimental and there is a chance that you won't pull through the surgery let alone the recovery process," she said to Hermione. "You have a choice. You can take the surgery and possibly outlive us all or you can forget about the surgery and die within the year. It's up to you, Hermione. You are able to make this decision on your own you're still stable to do this on your own. But if you wait until tomorrow it might just be too late."

"The choice is mine and mine alone," Hermione whispered to herself before breaking into tears, half of them over joy for the cure being found and half of them due to distraught confusion over what to do.

AN: Thank you uys for those wonderful heartfelt reviews from the last chapter. I love that you guys were able to fall in love again with these characters as they are in this new light. My fave reviews (concerning characters) are the ones where you guys are so happy with the way I made Severus all nice and loving and loveable. It was a hard task after all. What with his natural air of big nosey pain in the arse scarry teacher-ness it is not easy to make him a loveable knid of guy. Oh well thank you guys again. Keep the reviews coming!!! 3

Mellie