Chapter 21
With a chaste kiss, she headed to her classes feeling refreshed and excited about school, she had the best sleep ever.
She had training that night on the pitch and for once was actually excited about Severus seeing her.
"We missed you," Ginny said hugging her tight.
"I wasn't even gone," she said laughing.
"We know but now you look so happy, I wonder why?" Ginny asked and Hermione just blushed and laughed shaking her head. Embracing the other two, she felt at home again maybe this wouldn't be as bad as she thought.
Walking to Potions their first class, they talked excitedly.
Sitting down a presence was felt in the class. Turning around she saw gray eyes staring back evil and sadistic.
Lucius was here and watching her, bastard. However, she chose to ignore him, he wouldn't dare try anything right in class.
"Class silence the instructions are on the board now get to work," he sneered, no once looking at her.
He watched her out of the corner of his eyes, working with Harry laughing, and smiling. They were whispering and chatting. Looking so happy anger rose again.
"I want a foot long essay on the products and use of this potion, due on my desk tomorrow," he said, as everyone bottled up their potion and brought it to his desk.
"Professor," his head shot up as he looked at her clutching her books to her chest.
"Yes, Ms. Granger?" he asked.
"Umm when do you want me to help you with your potions you said you needed an assistant and I wouldn't mind helping," she said smiling. Chuckling he couldn't believe it she hadn't forgot his promise.
"Tonight is good, thanks for reminding me those potions need to be done quickly," he stated, the bell rang and she winked at him before leaving the two dumb squad behind her laughing. In addition, he knew in the back of his mind the sway of her hips was for him.
"Severus the girl is beautiful, and you assistant," Lucius stated coming forward," I can sense it to my man."
"What?" he asked playing dumb.
"She's strong very strong, to strong in fact, and beautiful above all," the man sneered.
"She won't be fooled easily Lucius she's not dumb," Severus said pointing out the silent fact," the order is here watching the threes every step."
"Yes but the point is to be one step ahead of them, see you later," the man was gone with a flick of his cloak out his door.
Leaving Severus deep in thought as what to do know, but he knew the man would try something eventually.
"Hey Hermione want to come with us to Hogsmeade," Harry asked.
"Can't guys got to go meet Moody," she said her friends nodded," next week though a round of butterbeer on me."
They all nodded in agreement with her and left.
AS she walked out of the doors to head to the pitch Severus was by her side in an instant.
"Hello," she said.
"You always know its me," he said.
"Yah I know how your feet hit the ground a gift I have," she said blushing.
"You two stop yah chattering she has to get to work," the growl came. Severus just smiled.
"I'll be right here watching all right, see you after," he said kissing he hair and watched as she walked off.
For hours, he watched her dodge spells, her wand taken away relying on instinct to help her.
But a movement made his head flick around to see Lucius standing beside him watching the girl need in his eyes, so raw it disgusted him.
"She's good," the man said not taking his eyes from her.
"Yes,' Severus murmured.
"Okay Kitten, getting better, now remember rest up tonight okay at least three hours, then tomorrow we are here at 3 right after classes," he said smiling to her he was so proud she was his gifted student and shone with happiness at how well she picked up things. Seeing Lucius standing, they're watching her; he glared at the man finally getting his eye. With a squeamish, need Lucius fled, giving Severus his privacy.
They ate in their rooms as to not want to disturb the others. Sitting at the table, they talked about their day. When they had finished Severus locked his classroom door and made sure not one was in their with a spell and went to his storage room.
Grabbing a lengthy list, he gave it to her.
"Dumbeldore is going to pay you a galleon for each potion you batch up and don't say no because you never know when a little money will come in handy," he said stopping her from talking," I have marking to do so start."
She was absorbed in her task of making the potions starting easily with headaches, cramps, etc.
At two when he was finally done all his marking, he looked over to see her still working. He didn't' know how long he stared at her but stared at her he did and intently too, and studied her. It seemed each time he looked at her was like the first but more interesting more arousing.
She was beautiful, but the clothes she wore were way to baggy but better all the same he knew she didn't like to draw attention to herself. Those eyes so caramel and so exotic drew any man to her easily. He remembered the picture of her almost naked the creamy skin under her knee and the smooth slope of her stomach. He remembered almost every line of her the feel of her lips on his chest the way she cuddled to him just like a kitten at night.
Love was very blunt in his heart but how could he tell her, she might reject him and then what he would be left humiliated and hurt.
When she bottled up the potion she made she looked up and a smile so bright lit across her features.
"Are you almost ready?" he asked.
"Yes I just need to label it and clean up the mess," she said writing things down and with a flick of her wand everything was put away and clean.
"I'm so tired," she moaned as she entered his rooms.
"You can have first shower," he said kindly/
"Why don't we share a bath you know like old times," she said smirking, and with a flick of her wrist she was changed into the bikini, he had first put her in.
"I don't mind at all," he said as they walked into the bathroom turning on the water and waiting as it filled up.
"It seems so natural to do this with you," she said sitting on his lap, leaning against him," like there is nothing I would rather do than be doing this right now."
"Mmmmm," he said nuzzling her throat, sending a shiver of arousal through her body.
With the bath full, they slipped in and cuddled together as the sweet aromas lifted from the pool.
"I wonder what my parents are up to," Hermione said catching him off guard,
I know they were so mean but still there my parents, I actually miss them for the first time in years."
"They'll come around eventually when they realize what a beautiful daughter they left behind, whose so sweet, tender smart and taste so damn good."
"I don't think they want to know that," she chuckled grabbing his mouth in a kiss so full of pent up lust he was blown back by her need.
For a month everything went by in harmony, her training had been postponed until the snow left, and Lucius had kept to himself.
Still the lust and need was building between the two they had not gone the next step for he knew she needed time and he would wait forever for her. For now, their relationship was amazing even though it was secret from everyone else.
Late nights reading to each other mornings waking holding each other. Long hours of kissing and pushing boundaries.
"I love you," she blurted out as they slept that night. He pulled her back to look in her eyes and taking in her blushing face.
"Really," he said shocked.
"I'm sorry I just felt like saying it," she said trying to hide her face in the pillow.
"Hey," he said grabbing her chin," I love you too."
She smiled.
"I was so scared I would say it and you wouldn't say it and I would feel like one big idiot," she said smirking at him, he was speechless.
"That happened to me to, I was scared you would find someone better younger," he said.
"Did you forget your turning 24 soon, and your all the man I need," she said kissing him again.
"Christmas in two weeks you know," he said," want to come with me to Hogsmeade I need to go shopping."
"Shopping really sure, this weekend, all right, we leave in four days to go home," she said as they separated to wash their hair.
"Yah, I've done no shopping," Snape confided to her.
"Me neither I hate shopping for people you never know what to buy them well Harry and Ron candy or some porn mag, don't' even ask," she said looking at his bewildered face.
"What's a porn mag," he asked, she chuckled at his unintelligence at some things.
Coming closer she straddled him were he sat.
"A book full of naked women, for men who need release," Hermione said, kissing his neck playfully biting his neck and nipping his earlobe.
"What man would need one of those when he has you," he asked causing her to gasp as he thrust upward with his hips hitting a spot causing her to start sweating, and gasp in delight.
"Good then you'll be ready on Christmas," she said breaking from him winking.
He sat there for a couple of more minutes remembering her words letting them sink in, Christmas, he would have her and she would be his.