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"You what!" Hermione yelled.

"I told you Hermione he could never be trusted." Ron said.

"Shut up!" Severus, Hermione, and Harry all yelled at him.

Minerva came up to them saying,

"What in the name of Merlin is going on here."

"Release the spell." Severus said.

Minerva looked at the each of them seeing who was caught in the mistletoe before saying,

"Yes." She released the spell.

Hermione started to walk away and Severus followed she turned on him saying,

"You had better not, not right now."

When Ron started to follow she said,

"Don't you ever come near me again in this life, got it?"

"But I'm not the one….."

"Who what? Lied? And fucking Lavender and whoever else then telling me you were not wasn't a lie? Just stay the hell away from me."

Harry grabbed Ron's arm holding him back as Hermione hurried away.

Severus stood stunned looking after her when Ron turned on him saying,

"You did this."

Severus slowly looked at him saying,

"What is it exactly is it you think I did Mr. Weasley."

"Oh don't play dumb, you were screwing her when we were here. Then you cooked up some story about her being raped. Why else would she save you?"

Severus grabbed his throat saying,

"You have no idea what your speaking of."

"Severus." Minerva said calmly "Let Mr. Weasley go, I'm sure he's just upset and didn't mean to accuse you of any misconduct, did you Mr. Weasely?"

Ron stared at Severus, almost daring him to take it one step further. Severus shoved him back against the wall,

"Do not ever attempt to contact my wife again."

Severus stalked off down the hall robes billowing behind him. Leaving three shocked people staring after him.

~~^~~SSHG~~^~~

Severus stalked outside, blowing up anything that he felt like. He was not going to tell her, at least not right now that he couldn't bring himself to finish filing the papers that would grant them the divorce. He was letting her go, he just couldn't find it in himself to finish the process. After sometime he found that he didn't want to, he knew he was taking a terrible chance that she would find someone else which would have caused all sort of problems for her. Which knowing her she was now off beating herself up thinking that he did it to fuck with her mind one last time.

There was nothing further from the truth, in May it wouldn't have mattered anyway. Five years was the limit, after that it would have been automatic if no one showed up to finish the process. He did wonder why she hadn't done the job herself, either of them could have.

"Severus." Draco said walking up to him slowly.

Severus sighed, he knew it wouldn't take long for Draco to find him. He also knew that Draco came to find out if it was true.

"Yes Draco, I didn't finish filing the papers. Hermione is pissed, she's going to think I did it to play a mind game with her one last time."

"So why are you standing here telling me this and not going to find her?"

"She's pissed, she has every right to be. I should have just followed through."

"Why didn't you?"

"I didn't want to."

"Why?" Draco wanted Severus to admit that he loved Hermione and that was what kept him from going through with the divorce.

Severus turned to walk away when Draco laid a hand on his arm stopping him before saying,

"Even if you don't want to tell me, someday you are going to have to admit it to her."

Draco turned going back into the castle.

Severus knew Draco was right, he was going to have to tell Hermione someday his true feelings for her.

~~^~~SSHG~~^~~

Hermione was livid, she couldn't believe that he would do that. If she had found someone that she wanted to sleep with the result would have been terrible, it would have been breaking the vows and that came with a hefty price for her anyway, because in this backwards world the man always had all the power. There were consequences if she was unfaithful but not if he was. And to find out that she thought she was divorced, not under the binds of the vows any longer.

How could he lie to her like that, albeit a lie of omission, and she could have very well went and finished the filing herself instead of assuming that he did it. She had thought at the time that being free of her was what he wanted, but what does it say that he didn't go the ministry of magic to complete the process?

She looked down from the window in the tower she was standing in to see Severus stalking around outside blowing bushes up, she watched him for some time knowing that he was angry at Ron for forcing him to tell her…

"That son of a bitch." She said before running down the stairs, back to the great hall to only find Draco and Astoria there.

"Where's Ronald?" Hermione asked.

"Potter made him leave, for his own good."

"Damn it."

"What?" Astoria asked.

"Ron had to know the un-bonding was not finished."

"So he set all of this up just so that you would know and what? Be angry at Severus?"

"I think so, Ron told me once that if couldn't have me no one else would. He was drunk and I never thought much about it at the time but now I don't know. Why even play this game? What could he possibly gain now?"

"He's not trying to gain anything, I just think he doesn't like to lose."

"But he didn't lose, I did."

"But you also gained, which he didn't."

At her questioning look Draco said,

"Yes whatever he did made you cut ties with the Weasley's but bonding to Severus gained you our friendship, albeit a….. tenitive one at first."

Hermione thought about that, he was right. She reached over patting the back of his hand saying,

"Your right, I can't ever see any of them doing for me what you did that night."

Draco didn't have to ask what she was talking about.

"Yes well….."

Astoria smiled, she had known what Draco did and she was proud of him for comforting someone like that though it did embarrass Draco when it was brought up.

"I need to go find Severus." Hermione said standing.

"He was outside the east door."

"I know, I'll see you both later."

Hermione went outside, she walked around until she saw him standing by the side gate to the forest.

"Severus." She called but he didn't turn around. She walked up to him, standing next to him she didn't say anything for a long time. Finally she said,

"I need you to answer one question for me?"

He nodded.

"Why if you gave me the papers to sign at the first possible opportunity why did you not go to the ministry to have them fully filed?"

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.