Chapter 12- Caught in the act
I was aware of an incessant pounding on my door when I opened my eyes the next morning. I tossed back my covers and made my way to the door, wondering why Lavender hadn't woke up to whine about it.
Ronald was standing at my door, red faced, and panting. I raised an eyebrow at him, waiting.
"Harry tells me that you're with Snape!"
I nodded hesitantly, confused. Hadn't Ron warned me about this bond thing before I'd had ever been named. Shouldn't he be happy for me?
He smiled suddenly and pulled me in for a hug. "Don't expect me to like him, though. I still don't like Malfoy."
I let out a breath of relief and hugged him back. Sometimes Ron was a good friend. Someone nice to have around.
"Thanks for letting me be the last one to find out! I'm glad you're finally getting back to your old life Hermione."
Ron released me and left so I could get dressed. It was nice to wake up with a smile and just a wonderful feeling that everything was going right.
I headed down stairs, waiting for Harry or Malfoy to start in on me. No one was there and the room was completely deserted. I frowned. Where could they have gone? Breakfast was long over, since it was almost eleven. I was suddenly glad Ron woke me or I would have missed charms class at one today!
I went searching for anyone but the great hall, the library, the commons were all deserted. I figured they were avoiding me. Why, though?
I wasn't ready to see severus yet. I still wasn't sure how he felt about actually being with me. Forever with a bonded mate was a scary thought.
My thoughts drifted to Karen, my wondrous daughter that was miles away from me. Could I see her before this weekend? I was sure Andromeada wouldn't mind too much. But what if she was busy, or maybe not even home?
I was actually missing Karen quite a bit, for only have been with her less than twenty four hours. I guess every mother felt that need to be around their offspring at first.
Ugh, I shook my head. What was wrong with me? I was thinking about it all wrong. It would make me happy to see Karen. That's what mattered.
Determined, I headed out to the grounds, stopping only before I was about to apparate. An uneasy feeling had erupted in my stomach. I lowered my wand in confusion. I knew I wasn't sick. I never got sick!
I turned around swiftly when I heard someone walking up to me. I let out a breath. It was just severus. I felt like I'd been drowning in water until he showed up.
"Hermione, I thought I made it clear you can't stray too far without hurting yourself!" he said, pulling my upright and closer to him. I suspected the latter was just a necessity. To him anyway.
"Would you believe me if I said I forgot?" I whispered pulling away from him. It felt wrong to be held by him when he obviously didn't want to touch me.
I lowered his now empty hands. "Something is bothering you." He said calmly, though I saw something in his eyes that made me think he was anything but calm.
"Aside from you not wanting me? nothing." I snapped before I could hold me tongue. I sighed and turned away from him, expecting him to walk away. Part of me wanted that and another...did not.
I felt him stand right behind me, so close I could smell everything that made him Severus. His hands reached out to turn me to face him. I allowed that.
He had a strange look in his eyes as he stared at me.
"Out of everything I expected you to say, that was not one of them." I whispered softly. His warm, minty breath fanned over my face. I inhaled wistfully. He noticed and smirked just a little.
"One thing you should never question is how much I do want you. In every way possible."
I frowned, "Is that a subtle way of saying you want to fuck me?"
He sneered, "Hardly. I don't want to 'fuck' you."
"No you just fuck with people." I muttered, crossing my arms.
"Possibly, but not so much now. All I think about is you and our bloody bond." He said, I glanced down at his plain black teaching robes. How did my love life come to this? Why was it him?
Maybe it was the way I couldn't help but smile when I heard his name? Maybe it was those beautiful black eyes? Or maybe the voice? The voice that sent shivers down my spine whenever I heard it?
Tears prickled in my eyes, but I fought them off.
"How do I know?" I whispered softly. I met his eyes, eyes that were burning with something.
He took a step closer to me and gripped my chin gently. "You'll just know."
He brushed his warm lips against mine, eliciting a little gasp from my mouth. I sucked in his breathe eagerly, pressing closer to him, overtaken with the emotion his word envoked in me. I did know. I knew everything about him that mattered at the moment. He was all that mattered in my life, along with Karen. Two people to love and to love me? When did I get so lucky?
I gripped the back of his neck, tilting my head so our kiss went deeper than ever before. We really hadn't been doing this enough. His hands moved from my waist to twine in my mass of curls. He pulled away for a split second before descending on my mouth with a growl that expressed a hunger I hadn't heard before. I was innocent in this. I only knew the brutal part of loving another person with their body. This was too foreign for me to wrap my head around. Too wonderfully good as well.
I pressed my chest more firmly against his, wondering how I could just get closer and closer and never be apart. He seemed to want the same thing because he pushed my down into the soft grass and covered my body with his, kissing me with like a man possessed.
The thought of visiting my daughter had vanished and now I was more interest in his tongue. In my mouth.
I was only distantly aware of the shockingly, animal-like noise that were escaping out mouths. I heard my name every few second, as I knew I must have said his quite a few times. His lips left mine and trailed down my neck, biting, licking, sucking and just so warm on my body. I melted into his hold and he could have suddenly said he wanted us to by a puppy and I wouldn't have noticed as long as he was touching me the way he was.
We rolled over and I was suddenly straddling him again, our mouths parted for the first time in almost ten minutes.
I panted and stared down at him with a smile. "We have to do that more often." I whispered, not wanting the good mood to disappear too quickly.
He was breathing very quickly, "I agree." He said in his deep voice.
I ran my hands along his chest, searching for something to say, but too content to even think about anything but his body touching mine. It was a heavenly feeling.
"I hope we wont ever doubt this again, Hermione." He said, releasing all the tension in his body as I continued to touch him.
"No, I think not." I said with a smile.
"Where exactly we're you going before I arrived?" He asked suddenly.
"Harry, Ron and even Malfoy all disappeared before I came down to the common room. I couldn't find them anywhere, so I was going to go visit Karen."
"Oh yes, I remember you saying you'd be visiting her. " He nodded sighing contently.
"Would you like to come with me this weekend to see her?" I asked out of nowhere. He blinked, looking shocked. A smile spread across his face, or at least a smirk did.
"That would be wonderful, Hermione." He whispered and leaned up to give me a forceful kiss. My lips were tingling and were probably bruised. I laughed against his lips, glad something was working out.
I rolled off of him and we got to our feet. It was a silent walk back to the castle, and I paused at his private rooms.
"Good day Severus, I'll see you later." I said and kissed his cheek lightly just in case someone was coming down the hall. When I looked up I saw two Slytherin's walking towards me. Severus had already disappeared into his rooms and I put my head down and walked past them. Or I tried to anyway.
"So that's how you have an O in Potions? Scrubbing his cauldrons, are you?" One yelled to me, I recognized him as Theodore Nott but I didn't know that name of the second boy.
"Hardly, I actually do my assignments." I said without a trace of the hurt and anger I felt. I'd been through much worse than these idiots could even dream of doing to me.
Theo came closer, with his friend helping to corner me into the wall. I just stood there, wondering if Severus would ruin his reputation to help me if he was here. His room was just ten feet away. If only he heard the things they were saying. What would he do? Detention?
Somehow that didn't seem like enough to me.
"Assignments? I bet you're following your own personal set aren't you? Knees a little sore aren't they?"
I glared and him trying to move past him, but he was physically stronger than me. He made the mistake of grabbing me around my waist and planting a wet kiss on my neck, where he bit down. I screamed.
Not because it hurt, though it had stung, but out of anger. I kicked and swore until I remembered I was a witch. One of the most powerful witches of the century. On Severus, Harry and Malfoy were as powerful as me.
A burst of green light flew from my body, hitting Theo in the chest. When he started screaming I knew it had been the Torture curse. I hadn't really meant to do that, but I was panicking. I could go through something like that again. Ever.
His nameless friend was angry, and pulled my legs out from under me. He tried to pin my arms to the ground.
"You stupid mudblood bitch. You think you can use that curse on anyone? That's for Purebloods. You aren't worthy! Crucio!"
Pain swept through my body, lighting my bones on fire. I trashed around, screaming and begging for them to stop. Then it was gone. I opened my eyes and groaned as my body kept twitching with pain.
Theo was unconscious, and his friend wasn't so lucky. I got to my feet shakily and saw his own blood splattered over the walls, me and even the ceiling. I clutched my stomach where one of them had managed to kick me hard enough to break a rib. A nearby door flew open, and a stumbling Severus came out.
"Hermione! What happened!" He made his way over to me, almost tripping over Theo's nameless friend.
"They saw me kiss you and were teasing me. I got angry and tried to run away, but Theo bit me. My magic just came out of nowhere. The Torture cure. I didn't mean to, really." I said softly, leaning against the wall nearby. My body was shaking with pain and covered in sweat.
"His friend, in turn, tortured you. Stupid on his part." Severus said glaring at the disfigured body on the ground.
"Come on, we'll both need Madam Pomfrey. I stopped stocking this potion two months ago." He whispered, but I faded away. Unconsciousness was a safe place. I felt Severus lift me into his arms, putting a body bind on the delirious Theodore Nott.
A/N: I had a bit of writers block, but I'm back on track. There probably wont be more than five more chapters if that many. Thanks for all the reviews! They mean alot!