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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).
Valentine's day came, Severus hadn't seen Hermione much since their night on the sofa last week and he wondered at times if she regretted what happen. Then he remembered the smile that was on her face the next morning and the way she went out of her way to touch him and how those touches lingered on him.
This morning before he left her sleeping he conjured a red rose leaving it on his pillow beside her.
It was just fate, between him having to set detentions and her research they only really saw one another in his third year classes that week and at breakfast which they ate in their rooms.
He had found the wizarding equivalent of a muggle CD with the song she said she had been humming, when he listened to it alone in his classroom the words really hit him and he wondered if that was what she truly felt, he found himself playing the chorus over and over in his mind.
in your eyes
the light the heat
in your eyes
I am complete
in your eyes
I see the doorway to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution of all the fruitless searches
in your eyes
I see the light and the heat
in your eyes
oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
the heat I see in your eyes
Of course the company he bought it from was new and wanted to have repeat business so they had also sent another Wizarding Compact Disk a WCD they had called it, with three songs on it. The first one he hated, it just sounded like noise to him. The second one that played was one he remembered from growing up in the muggle world, the third one though had him replaying it several times. If he had ever heard words that reminded him so much of what he had done to her this one was it.
He spent all of his free time today day making everything prefect for tonight, though he had never cared for this day he wanted her to have no doubt how he felt when the day ended.
~~^~~SSHG~~^~~
Hermione knew she was alone when she woke, there were no arms wrapped around her. She turned over to his side of the bed to see one red rose, a conjured one, laying on his pillow. She smiled, as she picked it up. She never thought that he would have a side such as this, she went to the kitchen to find her morning coffee and gasped. On the table was breakfast with a stasis and warming charm. A note was beside her plate.
Don't forget, front gate at six.
He had reminded her ever night this week that they had a date tonight. Smiling she wondered if he was anxious or nervous. She did feel as if she was forgetting something today but it just wouldn't come to her what it was.
Once she dressed and left the room she was accosted in the hall by a cupid and then it came to her suddenly. It was Valentine's day, of course she wasn't worried about getting him anything. She had made up her mind in the last week that this date would end with her giving him the pleasure he had given her. No, intercourse was still not on the table yet, but there were always other ways.
At five she was still in the library a house elf popped beside her when she looked over seeing Dobby she said,
"Hello, how have you been?"
"Fine miss, Dobby is to remind Miss. Granger that she is to be at the gate at six."
Hermione looked at her watch,
"Thank you Dobby, the time got away from me."
"You are welcome miss."
Dobby blinked out and Hermione gathered her things to go shower and dress for her date with Severus.
~~^~~SSHG~~^~~
Severus had finally had his sitting room the way he wanted, using a concealment charm to hide everything so when Hermione came in to get ready for this evening she wouldn't see the items. He had banked on the fact that she more than likely lost track of time and would be in too much of a hurry to notice the magic around the room.
Severus had been to Hogsmead twice already today, he was returning from his second trip when he heard a sound from the woods on the side of the path. He had his wand in his hand in a moment moving off the path to investigate, he kept telling himself that it was more than likely just some animal scurrying around.
He made it to the edge of the woods when his world went black.
~~^~~SSHG~~^~~
Hermione stood in front of the full length mirror on the back of the bathroom door, the grey colored dress she chose fell just below her knees she had barrowed Ginny's knee high green boots to wear. She stood in front of the mirror looking at herself, she had one last thing to do, she took the comb Luna had given her and worked it into her hair. She had thought about it after Luna gave her the comb and decided that she would be the holder of it until either death or if they had a daughter and she married.
She grabbed her black cloak as she walked out the door.
She waited at the gate, being a few minutes late she thought she would have to listen to Severus complain about the fact but he wasn't there yet. She paced the area in front of the gate for half an hour, she wasn't angry, just a little upset that he had put so much emphasis on this and was running late himself.
Fifteen minutes later she started to become concerned, he had been really good about letting her know if something came up and he was going to be late for anything.
When seven came she gave up and started to really worry, she trekked back up to the castle straight to the Headmistress' office. When she knocked she heard a muffled 'enter' from behind the door.
"Hermione, you look lovely tonight." When Minerva's eyes landed on her face she became serious asking, "What's wrong?"
"Severus was suppose to meet me at the front gates an hour ago, I was wondering if you knew what was keeping him."
"No, I spoke to him briefly this afternoon but he was going to Hogsmead then coming back."
She opened a drawer in her desk bringing out a parchment, after running her wand over it she said,
"He's not the grounds, you said he was to meet you at the front gate?"
"Yes, I just came from there he's not there." Hermione's worry went up considerably.
"I'm sure we'll find him, maybe he was just detained."
Hermione hoped the older witch across from her was right, but somewhere deep inside she knew something was very wrong.
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.