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Disclaimer: Do I really need to say that I don't own them? I'm just playing with someone else's toys and do return them in the same shape I have found them (well that may not always be the case).

Severus was sitting in his office when Morgan came sweeping in landing in front of him, she eyed him like she knew what he had done and didn't approve of it.

If you were being honest about me hurting you then times it by an infinite number and you might touch the pain you caused me.

He dropped the paper on the desk, what was he to say to that? There was nothing he could say, it was mistake to go to her house and then when she was there he was surprised. Being drunk didn't help, he wanted to show her that he could be hurt too. In doing so he more than likely lost ground with her, between that and the ministry. He took a piece of parchment writing,

Let me know when you want to finish the complaint, if you still want to.

He sent the letter back with Morgan.

~~^~~SSHG~~^~~

Hermione was still mad at what he had done, all to prove a point. He didn't have to do it in such a way, what right did he have to complain that she hurt him anyway? It was nothing compared to what he did to her.

When Morgan landed in front of her she took the small note attached to her leg then read it. She went inside to her fire place, before she could throw in the floo powder a pain hit her lower abdomen that had her on her knees. She tried to breathe through it thinking she really needed to go to the doctor. When it finally passed she threw the powder in yelling "Severus Snape!" she had wanted to surprise him and had Harry connect her floo to his office, rooms and home. Now she didn't care, as soon as she could she was having Harry close the connection again.

"Hermione?"

She heard him as his head appeared in her fireplace.

"Any time you get your ass here." Was all she said before she backed out going into the kitchen.

She heard him come through the floo then say,

"Hermione."

"Let's just get this damn thing done so we won't be… so we don't have to see one another again."

"Hermione, that's not….."

"No! I'm not going to feel bad that your feelings getting a little bent out of shape because you have no idea the pain of hurt feelings or how bad someone can be cut open by someone they love. I don't want to hear how the one time you say I hurt you then have the balls to compare it to all the pain you caused me."

"I was not comparing what I felt to what you did. I was drunk, you were not even suppose to be here. I just wanted you to know that what you wrote me hurt."

"I don't care."

"Yes you do."

"So now you know what I feel? What I think?"

"No, of course not."

"Then how dare you tell me that I care when I say I don't."

"Damn it." He growled, "there were things that were out of my control or I would have been here."

"What was her name?" Hermione asked sweetly.

"What? No I haven't… it was nothing like that."

"Sure."

"What the hell is wrong with you?" he asked.

"That I spent the better part of five years waiting on you, in more ways than one. I swore I would never do that again yet here again I spent days waiting on you again."

Severus took a step toward her without thinking, he reached out only to have her side step yelling,

"Don't touch me."

Severus dropped his arm turning to the floo he threw in powder saying, "Harry Potter."

Hermione stood there watching dumbfounded, she wasn't listening to what was said until Harry was standing in front of her.

"Tell her where I've been for the last two weeks."

"She didn't believe you?" Harry asked.

"I never got a chance and I really don't think she's going to listen to me now."

Hermione looked between them as they spoke then said,

"She is standing right here, what the hell is going on?"

"Severus has been in the dungeons of the ministry for the last two weeks. He was released very early yesterday" To Severus he said, "I told you to tell her."

"Yes, yes. You were right."

"Why?" Hermione asked.

"The minister of magic wanted his help in catching some rogue death eaters."

"What? Why would Kings…. He's not the minster anymore is he?"

"No he's not." Harry said.

Hermione looked between Harry and Severus before saying, "Percy."

"Yes." Harry answered.

"Why didn't you just tell me last night while you were here?" Hermione asked Severus.

"I….. You know why."

"But I would have tried harder to understand." She said.

Harry slowly backed out of the room flooing home.

"I only thought of one thing last night, and being drunk didn't help calm the thoughts I was having."

"What was that?" Hermione asked.

Severus licked his suddenly dry lips, he didn't even want to admit it to himself let alone her. Not right now anyway, but he felt that he wouldn't get much further he didn't admit to something. So quietly he said,

"Someone else touching you."

Hermione couldn't have heard him right, there was no way she heard that right.

"What?"

He looked up at her before saying louder,

"Someone else touching you."

"No… no…. no…."

"Hermione…."

"No, your not allowed that not after five years of knowing that you…. No."

"I nev…"

"I don't believe you, you were gone too much. Congratulations now you know how you made me feel for five years."

"I never….. I haven't…"

"Does it really matter?"

Severus backed up to the wall, he had no idea what to say. If she felt only half of what he did last night for the five years they were married then….. He really didn't deserve her, not at all. Hermione stood staring at him with her arms across her chest. He finally pushed off the wall before saying,

"I'm so sorry, you will never know how sorry I am. You need not worry, I won't bother you again."

He turned walking away from her toward the fireplace.

Hermione didn't know what to say, or do. He was going to walk out of her life and she wasn't sure she wanted him too, not anymore. Her breathing became erratic before she finally said.

"Stop!"

Author's Note: Comments really do make me smile and brighten my day.

Also I wanted to let you know that I have a couple of Severus/Hermione videos on youtube, the link is in my profile.