Chapter 12: Teacher returns
The week ended far too quickly for the newlyweds but they had things to do. Hermione returned to her classes while Severus returned to his snarky self. Luckily for Hermione being head girl, she was able to sit with her husband at meals. He would walk her to meals and her friends would take her to classes, but she didn't mind.
She and her friends spent time in the library preparing themselves for any papers or exams, she would return around ten or so to her husband sitting on the couch drinking some firewhiskey while grading papers. She couldn't help but smile and walk over to him and cause some form of distraction.
However, tonight was different, tonight he wasn't there at all, tonight she returned to a cold dark chamber with a note on the coffee table simply stating Go to Albus. –S, she panicked, what if something happened? She quickly abandoned her books in the living room and ran to the headmaster's office, where he was seated with Minerva on the couch.
"Headmaster, I am sorry to bother you…" Hermione started.
"Hermione, dear what is it?" Minerva asked worried that something terrible had happened.
"It's Severus," She paused to catch her breath and to calm herself before continuing, "He's not here."
"Hermione…" Minerva started, having a hinky feeling about where this was going.
"Minerva, he's not here, I always return from the library to him grading papers and tonight our rooms were completely dark and cold. All I found was this note." She handed the paper to Albus and let him decipher it.
"Hermione, he has been summoned."
"Summoned where?" Hermione's voice grew shrill from the shear panic she began to feel.
"Hermione, calm down," McGonagall's voice went from soothing mentor to professor mode in five seconds flat. "Hermione the Dark Lord summoned him; I assume it has to do with his marriage to you."
"So when should we hear from him?"
"I don't know Hermione, but the Dark Lord wouldn't' do anything to his best spy, of that I am sure."
"But…"
"Hermione, go take some calming drought and dreamless sleep potion and go to bed, when you awake he will be home."
"I… I'll try." She sighed in defeat and then went back to her chambers.
After taking the potions, she lie in bed and slowly fell asleep.
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When she awoke the next morning, her husband's side of the bed was still made and was cold to the touch. She tried not to panic but Severus could have been summoned because of her, this was all her fault. She eventually crawled out of bed and got ready for her day, putting on her uniform and her hair back in to a French braid. She walked to the great hall practically ignoring the curious faces thrown her direction. In fact she was so into her own thoughts that she didn't hear her name.
"Hermione!" a hand grabbed her upper arm and she jumped with her wand out pointed at her visitor.
"Oh Draco…"
"Sorry my bad, I didn't mean to startle you."
"No it's ok, what do you need."
"Well, I just saw you walking by yourself to the great hall…"
"So?"
"That doesn't typically happen."
"Don't you think I know that?" Her voice raised in volume voicing her frustrations.
"Well I figured you did but…"
"But what?"
"I was wondering if everything was ok."
"It's fine, just peachy!" she spun on her heals and made to walk away but he grabbed her again."
"Hermione, what's wrong?"
"Nothing."
"I beg to differ, you are really short today."
"Draco…"
"No Hermione tell me." She broke and told him everything from the previous night and her feelings about him being summoned. "Hermione, its ok to be worried, he's your husband, being a death eater isn't a cakewalk."
"But what if he doesn't come back?" Tears now shown in her brown eyes.
Draco did the only thing he could think of, he pulled her into a hug and told her that it was going to be ok. When she was calm enough, she pulled back and smiled at him, "Thank you."
"Hey that's what friends are for right?"
"Yeah."
"Let's get some breakfast I'm starving!"
"Me too," She laughed. They entered the hall where she noticed that her husband was sitting in his spot with his usual scowl on his face. She didn't smile completely but if one looked close enough you could see that she was so relieved to see him. Draco squeezed her hand and she continued to the head table. She took her seat to the right of her husband and slowly filled her plate.
"Good Morning Severus."
"Good Morning Hermione."
"How are you?"
"Good." She wasn't going to get anywhere with his curt answers so she decide to wait until later. She and her friends went to class as if everything was normal.