Out of the blue

"Thank you, Potter." Severus stood in front of him, a ghost of a smile on his lips.
"For this?" Harry questioned, gesturing out to the great hall that they now stood in. Their wedding guest slowly making their way into the hall after the ceremony.

"Yes, no. For everything I guess." He held his hand out, Harry looked at it precariously before shunning the hand and going in for one giant hug. He wrapped his arms tight around the man. Severus froze, unable to move from the shock of what had just happened. He stood with his arms out to the side, contemplating why the boy had done such a thing. Taking a deep breath he hugged the boy back, albeit awkwardly. The tense hug seemed to take an eternity before Harry pulled away and sat down at his seat next to Draco. Hermione, smiling from what had just happened, she could not believe how close Harry and Severus were becoming. Years ago the two would have drawn wands and killed one another if given half a chance.

Hermione looked out across the sea of people in the hall, all chatting happily. The hall decorated in the elected colour scheme of silver and blue looked wonderful. Snow on the ground in the hall, bare trees dotted the room, snow still in fact fell from the roof. Each table had a lovely silver flame of light as decoration.

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Hermione, chatting to Draco and Harry as they ate their dinner, the house elves doing a splendid job, did not notice the now closed door to the hall open, it went unnoticed that a tall slender woman with grey hair streaked with even lighter whiter bits entered the room. Her face bore the wrinkles of age, a warm smile on her face. Severus instantly sat up rigid as the woman tried to stand in the back of the room and go unnoticed.

His heart almost leapt out of his chest as he got to his feet and swooped down the great hall. He reached the woman, not even looking at her he opened the door to the hall and exited, she followed.

"Who the hell is that?" Draco asked. Wondering who could cause such a response from Severus. He had never seen the man move so fast.
"Maybe an ex lover?" Harry offered. He tried not to laugh, he knew exactly who it was but was not going to let on. He had kept the secret this long he would keep it a bit longer.

"Oh come on, she looks old enough to be his..." She trailed off.
"His what?" Harry pushed.
"Mother." She said in a low whisper.

"Wouldn't his mother be like a kabillion years old now?" Draco asked through a mouthful of chicken, doing his best Ron impression.

Hermione rolled her eyes and shook her head, "Really Draco, a kabillion?"
"Ok ok maybe a kabillion is a little far fetched, what about a million."

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"What are you doing here?" His tone unassuming as he shut the door behind the woman and turned around. Oh how she had aged, she would have to be, he tried to do the maths in his head, at least 65.

"Well, that is a lovely way to greet your mother," She said stiffly.

"Sorry, sorry." He rubbed his temples, did he really need this, now?
"How is it my eldest and only son did not invite me to his wedding." She folded her arms and pursed her lips.

He took a deep steadying breath, "Well, long story short it did cross my mind, it really did. But then I got to thinking, I did not even know if you were alive, where you lived or if you would even come."

"Oh come on Severus, I am your mother, of course I would've come. I am here now aren't I? And If I was dead no doubt you would hear about it, and I am sure an owl would've found me. I get a feeling you are not telling me the truth."

"Fine fine." He held his hands up defensively. "I was worried you would not like Hermione."

"That pretty young thing?, Severus of course I will like her, she is your wife now after all. How the hell you got someone like her is beyond me, but such is life."

"If you were so interested in me and my life how come you never came to find me, mother? You knew where I was, you know where I have always been, it would not be hard to walk to the castle gates and wander down." His voice raised a few octaves unintentionally.

"You were always such a broody bastard if I had made an attempted you would of just pushed me away, but I can see you have changed, I can sense it. I have no idea who the girl is you married but I sure as hell need to offer her my gratitude, you have changed."

The corners of his lips twitched up into a smile. "Well mother, come on in and meet her. Oh by the way, how the hell did you find out I was getting married?"

It was now his mothers turn to smile. "Harry Potter does wonderful things, doesn't he."
He could only shake his head, of course, it had to be bloody Potter, it was always Potter. He held the door open and the woman stepped back in, he followed her.

Everyone's eyes landed on them as they walked past the tables, he could feel them boring deep into him and he did not like it. He held his breath the whole way up to the front table, letting it out for a second, now he had the job of introducing his wife to his mother, were they not meant to hate each other?

"Hermione, this is my mother," He blurted out, if he had not of guessed she would've needed him to repeat it.

"Mum this is Hermione." He took a deep breath, there the hard part was done.
"And you know Harry, oh and there is Draco, the spawn of Lucius Malfoy."

His mother quirked a brow at that statement, she had met Lucius a few times over years her son and Lucius attended Hogwarts, she always found him to be quiet the charmer and a looker, she could tell he was his fathers son.

"Have a seat." He pulled a chair up to the table next to him, she sat, a plate of food appeared before her which she gratefully began to eat.

"So mother, what have you been doing with your self?"
"We can talk about me later, Severus, right now we are here for you and Hermione. Tell me Hermione, how did you come to fall in love with him? He was so hard and so cold I was sure he would never wed." She leant forward, Hermione looking to her, taking a breath she began to relay the story.

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"Dance with me Madame?" Harry bent low in front of Hermione offering a hand. She took it gratefully, giggling as he pulled her to her feet and spun her around. Hermione needed to get away for a few minutes, relaying every detail was getting rather tedious, however from what she knew of the woman so far she liked her.

He led her to the dance floor, a slow song played, he wrapped his arms around her waist, hers around his shoulder, resting her head against him.
"Thank you Harry, for finding her, it means the world to him, he may not admit it but I can tell from the look in his eyes."

"No problem."
The two swayed on the floor, if someone walked in and never knew Hermione was married to Severus they could be mistaken to think Hermione and Harry were the happy couple.

"You want to watch him." Eileen quipped as she watched the two of them down on the floor.
Severus stifled a laugh. "Harry?" He questioned, surely she was not being serious.

"Look at them Severus, they are close, too close. I bet there is some history there, the way he holds her, the way they talk. "

He only shook his head "Harry is gay... He and Draco are together." He found his mothers observations quiet preposterous, they were not in love, they were just friends. He watched them, perhaps they were a little too close, they did have a great friendship. The green eyds monster reared it's ugly head, jealousy was a curse.

Had Hermione slept with him? He shook his head, no, no she was virgin when they first got together, he breathed a sigh a relief, his mother was just making mountains out of mole hills.

"Some would say I was loosing a best friend, I beg to differ, I still have my best friend and I have gained another friend in the process. Hermione, I love you, we have been friends for an eternity, ok ok I know eternity is not the politically correct word here but it sums up how I feel. I am so glad to of met you. Granted, I honestly thought Ron would be where Severus is today. I never in a million years thought you and him would be married, or that I would actually enjoy being around him. "

Hermione could only smile as he talked, how she loved him, how could she not, you would love someone you had spent so much time together and gone through so many things. Their friendship had stood the test of time and would stand up against anything.

"Perhaps if I had not of been to slow and I had asked you out I would be marrying you today. Not to worry." The song stopped and he pulled away from her slightly, she noticed a few things when he looked at her. His cheeks were tear stained, he was trying to fight back more tears and he looked sad. He gave her a quick peck on the lips and left her standing in the middle of the floor on her own.

Was that Harry's way of confessing his romantic love for her? Is that why he was so eager to plan the wedding, he had hoped it was him in Severus' place so offering to plan the wedding was almost his way of thinking it was his own to Hermione's. Is that perhaps why he had befriended Severus? So he could in turn spend more time around Hermione?

"And I think your old age has inhibited your judgement, the only relationship they have is that of best friends, now if you excuse me." He saw Harry leave his wife abruptly on the floor and went to her. Grabbing her from behind, dragging her from her stupor she forced a smile as her husband spun her around in his arms.

"What is my gorgeous wife doing out here alone?"

"Oh I was just coming to find you, Harry had to go find Draco." She lied, she was not sure what else to tell him. That her best friend harboured feelings for her and perhaps resentment against him for 'beating' him to a relationship and thus marriage with her. Was Harry's gay tendency's towards Draco to keep his mind away from the woman he could not have?

Hermione tried to push it to the back of her mind as he wrapped his arms around her waist. "You are so beautiful." He kissed her neck.
"Stunning." He kissed her neck again.
"Wonderful." Once again he placed a kiss.

She smiled "And I love you, too."
"How about me and you go and consummate this marriage?"
"Oh Severus Snape you deliciously evil man, I think that would be a great idea, everyone is starting to leave anyway."

He grabbed her hand and headed off towards the front table again, he wanted to bid good night to his mother and Harry and Draco. The three of them sat, watching the couple walk towards them, Harry knew that look, they were going to fuck. He wanted to kick himself for missing his chance, he wanted her for himself, she should have his last name, she should be fucking him tonight. He tried to calm himself, forcing a smile.

"We are off, the night is getting late, thank you Harry, Draco. And mother do keep in touch, come by once in a while please."

His mother nodded, agreeing. "You two have fun." She smirked, Hermione knew where Severus got it from.

"Oh before you go." Draco reached into his pocket and pulled out an envelope. "The keys to my Manor, stay, enjoy for a few weeks, my gift to you."

"Your Manor? Harry, Severus and Hermione asked in unison."

"I wanted to keep it a secret until tonight, but yes, everything finally came through I am now the owner of the Malfoy empire. I am not only good looking I am rich now. And Harry, I want you to come and live with me in the Manor."

Harry's mouth gaped open and shut, Draco a bleeding squillionair and he was tapping that, perhaps he had made the right choice after all? No, since when did money and wealth trump love? Never, he would always love Hermione. He had planned it all in his head, he would confess his love for her on her wedding night and she would come to him, looking for love and affection when Severus pushed her away again. If he could not marry her, or have her to call his own he could at least offer what Severus would eventually fail to do.

After bidding everyone a good night the couple left, heading to the Manor, Severus was going to have fun tonight, how he loved that place. The many times he had had the rough sex that he loved so much was in there, he went hard at the thought, perhaps tonight was the night Hermione too would find out his dark sexual side... Why not, there was a first for everything.

A/N: There! It had to be done. Never did I intentionally mean for Harry to be at all in love with Hermione. I just write what my heart feels like at the time and this is what happened. Half of the time I do not plan what I write, it just comes to me and I go along with it. Any who maybe a few more chapters, this was meant to be the last then an epilogue but I am having too much fun.

I am so torn, I want just for once Hermione and Harry to sleep together but I know in my heart Hermione would probably not do it and all of you would flame me for it. I am really feeling an angsty sex scene between both Harry/Draco and Hermione/Snape coming up. I was really thinking of have a little foursome between them... I guess then that would satisfy Harry's need for Hermione... Stay tuned... I will soon make my choice.

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