Hermione opened her eyes and found herself back at her dorm room. It was completely taken apart; drawers pulled out and clothes everywhere, her laptop smashed beside her desk as well as her lamp and her printer, and her small TV was shattered around the room. There was glass everywhere and it was hard to find a safe place to step. Her bed covers were taken off and ripped apart, her pillows destroyed with feathers scattered around the room and her diaries ripped into confetti around the room. She sat on her mattress, wand in hand, and stood still, just waiting there. She knew Tom would come back.

As she sat there, she thought about Severus. Yes, she loved him but would never admit it to him but she had to do this. She couldn't just sit there and hope that they wouldn't do anything. She had to be active. She had to do it her way.

There was a knock at the door. She took her wand and flicked it to open the door. Severus rushed into the room with a rage and slammed the door behind him.

"How dare you leave the house Hermione! You are not safe here!"

"I am fully aware of this Professor." Hermione said in a dry tone. Severus was taken aback at the distain in her voice.

"Hermione… you had me worried. You shouldn't be here. Let's go back, ok?"

Hermione shook her head. He knew she would do that. He made his way over to the bed, sat down beside Hermione and put his arm around her. Hermione put her head on his shoulder and sighed. "Severus, I can't just wait around for him to do something. I know he will come back here and when he does I'll be ready to surrender or fight."

Severus looked at her and smiled. "Surrendering isn't your style Miss Granger." He kissed her on the head and chuckled. "When they do come I will be here right by your side to help you fight."

Hermione took her head off his shoulder and looked at him with a glazed look on her face. She knew she was looking at him with adoring eyes. She knew what she felt. She didn't quite care if Severus knew or even felt the same way. She moved her head forward and gave Severus a deep, passionate kiss with all of her feelings in that one kiss. Severus moved his hands to her cheeks and the two fell back into the bed and laid down, embracing each other. Now was hardly the time, but in times of worry and waiting, it just felt right.

Clothes fell to a heap on the floor only minutes after the initial kiss and Hermione got the chance to live out the dream she had after finding out Professor Smith was indeed Severus Snape. And it felt even better in person. The two bodies danced to a twisted sort of rhythm that was both entrancing and passionate.

Hermione and Snape laughed in the aftermath of what happened. "At a time like this we decide to finally do something about how we feel about each other." Severus snickered. He kissed Hermione on the head and Hermione giggled at his comment. She knew the time would be short and wanted the moment to last forever. But Tom had other plans.

"You idiot! You should have told me sooner you saw the smoke of a disapparation into the dormitories! Who else would it be?"

Hermione sighed. She walked over to the floor, picked up her clothes and threw Severus' his. But not enough time. The door swung open, and Tom laughed a dark menacing laugh.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything Miss Granger… my what a beautiful body you have…" Tom said, striding around Miss Grangers body, sliding his finger around her neck and shoulders. Hermione was terrified. She didn't like him touching her. Tom rested his chin on her left shoulder and whispered into her ear. "My my… I would very much like to play with you before I slaughter you… maybe I should do it in front of your boyfriend the rat."

Severus slowed tried to reach for his wand in his robes, but one of the death eaters caught him and pointed his wand at Severus.

"You aren't yet a demon, are you Tom? You still have functioning male parts yes?"

"Oh Miss Granger, quite the feisty one you are. I missed my chance at my party but I think you and I will have much fun now…" Tom hissed in her ear. Hermione smiled. Before Tom could move to face her, Hermione took her elbow and swung it at Tom's groin. Tom leaned over and groaned at the pain he felt.

Hermione lunged for her wand in her clothes and cut herself on the glass on the floor as she did. She threw Snape's wand to him and the two of them threw spells around the room. They both managed to disarm all of the death eaters, all three of whom were lying on the floor.

"You should have brought more backup Tom." Hermione said, snickering. "This is for all of the people who lost their lives in the war against your father!" Hermione said, pointing her wand at Tom. Severus pointed his wand at him as well and both yelled crucio at the same time. Tom wriggled around like a dying ant that had just been stepped on. His body bended in ways it shouldn't. Then he finally collapsed on the floor.

"Granger…." Tom said through gasps of air. "How dare you take advantage of the fact I'm still human…Father… I have failed you…." Tom's body finally went still. Hermione checked for a pulse. She smiled at Severus.

"Why did that seem easier than it should have been?"

Snape shook his head. "It doesn't matter now. Hopefully we have seen the last of the evil in the world for now. We need to alert the press…. The wizarding world will have to come here to take pictures and such…" Snape sighed. "How am I going to explain this to the school… an absence left unexplained… a dormitory destroyed… so many cancelled and forgotten classes… I'm going to get fired…" Snape ran his hand through his jet black hair and sighed.

"Let's take this one step at a time and put some clothes on if the authorities are coming." Hermione giggled and handed Snape his clothes.

Aftermath: Snape alerted the authorities and they swarmed the dorm. Severus explained that he was being hunted by a bounty hunter after owing a large sum of money and got to keep his job, but was forced to go to counseling and addiction services for the remainder of the term. Hermione and Severus remained together and the two of them were friends, student and teacher, and lovers all at once. All of the death eaters were lost causes now and surrendered to the ministry of magic to be interrogated and to be part of a Special Forces team to track down all evil and the remainder of the revitalization of the dark lord's army.

N/A: I'm sorry for such an abrupt ending. This is how I felt the story should end and with school starting soon I wouldn't have been able to update much anyways. Thank you all for reading my story/stories and being such awesome readers! =)