Disclaimer: I own nothing from Harry Potter. If I owned Harry Potter and I do
not, Ron and Ginny would have either never existed or died. Also Hermione would
have ended up with either Harry, Draco, Blaise, Cedric, or young Tom Riddle.
Also I do not own the song used in the first chapter!
Severus Snape's Pov:
"Hermione!" My heart turned to stone and dropped to my feet as I heard Harry Potter cry out her name. I looked in the direction he was looking and I saw Hermione laying on the ground as she looked up at Bellatrix Lestrange who was holding her wand at Hermione's heart. She was grasping Hermione's wand in her other hand and she was cackling madly.
I was trying to fight my way through the many people on the battlefield but it was useless. There was no way I could reach her. It was as if hands were trying to hold me in place. Trying to keep me away from her. Every step I tried to take felt like my leg was made of concrete. I felt as if no air was making its way into my lungs. Felt as if my heart was going to explode in my chest.
"Avada Kedavra!" Green flashed infront of my eyes and I sat upright in my bed yelling my lovers name. My breathing was harsh as it would be if I had run a marathon. I struggled to catch my breath as I felt Hermione put her hands on my chest. I could feel my body relaxing as she did this. It had only been a nightmare. She hadn't died, it was only a dream.
"I died again didn't I?" Her curly brown locks caressed my chest as she lay her head down upon it.
"I couldn't get to you this time. She killed you. I saw your eyes go clear as your soul left your body." My voice was broken as tearless sobs wracked my body. I was not a man who showed emotion often.
"I'm here she didn't get me." My sweet Hermione caressed my cheek softly. "You stopped her in the real battle. You saved me remember?" She repositioned herself so that she could lay my head in her lap. She was sitting cross-legged on my bed. The green of the sheet covering her naked body made her pale skin glow. "Harry and Ron where so shocked don't you remember how after we won that the first thing Ron did was punch you?"
I scowled at the smile that graced her features. Ronald Weasley had slugged me in the jaw when he put two and two together and realized that I was screwing Hermione. Those were his words mind you, not mine. "He is a perfect example of why you shouldn't have more than 1 or 2 children. The more you breed the dumber they get."
She was trying to make me feel better about my dream and it was working. If I had thought that I loved Lily, it was nothing compared to how much I loved Hermione. Hermione thought that the reason these nightmares were so intense was because I had never forgiven myself for the events in the past but how could I? It may be easy for my Hermione to forgive me for my sins but it was not as simple for me.
My lover just laughed at me as she stepped out of bed and slipped on some clothes. I raised my eyebrow at her as she threw my robes at me. "Get dressed." She demanded with a smile. I looked over at the clock on the far left wall. It was only 7 AM on a saturday. Usually saturday's were the days we spent sleeping in. No class to rush to.
"And why would I want to do that?" I asked her even as I started to get dressed. What could be so important that we had to do it right now? It was our first saturday after the war. We should be able to spend it in bed if we wanted to. And believe me I wanted to.
"Because we are going to do something we should have done a year ago." She walked over to me and kissed my cheek before wrapping her arms around my middle. "You are going to sit with me during breakfast. At the Gryfindor table. It is about time that Harry and Ron deal with the fact that we are dating." Now those were not the words that I was expecting to hear from her pretty little mouth.
I tilted her head up towards mine. "We don't have to." I offered. I knew that her friends would not take this well. They could not stand the sight of me and I doubt they feel ready to sit down and have tea with me like I was an old friend. I could only imagine the carnage that would take place. As much as I wanted the world to know that I loved Hermione Granger and that she belonged to Severus Snape, I did not want her to suffer from her friends angry outbursts that were most definately going to come in the near future.
This time it was she who forced me to look at her. "We have faced death head on and won; don't you think that we can handle Harry and Ron?"
I let out a dramatic sigh as I removed a strand of hair from her face. "I suppose if we have to. I can always deduct points if they get on my nerves."
Hermione for her part looked outraged at the very idea. "You would do no such thing!"
I smirked at her as I buttoned the top button of my robes. "Your talking to a former Death Eater Ms. Granger...Of course I would."
TBC..
AN: The last chapter will be up in a little bit. Let me know what you think!