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Moments in time Completed	By : Kvarta Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 10373 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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A/N: Only one more chapter to go ;)
Catherine - end is coming soon and I do hope it will be to your liking :)
Fox: "ok, so there is no mistake in grammar, but did you know 18 inches equals almost 43cm? :D :D :D" - yep, they usually have platform as well ;),
If You Leave Me Now
Severus was standing next to the high arched window, his hands folded on his back, eyes stapled to the frozen scenery. Minerva’s voice came to him in waves; he was catching on the phrases but not full sentences.
- Severus! – he turned to meet her worried gaze
- My mind is made up Minerva. –
- And there is nothing I can say to change it? –
- No. –
- My boy… -
- Stay out of it Albus! – they cried in unison and portrait just huffed, turning his back on them, insulted
- Well, it that is your decision. –
- It is. Just send her out from here as fast as you can. – she had sadness written all over her face
- Severus, you know…. – he started to walk towards the door
- Minerva, you meddled in to my life one time to many. I am too old and too tired to be a chess piece on somebody else’s chess board. This is for the best. If you call yourself my friend…, at least allow me to retain what little of my dignity I had left. – with those words exited from the Headmistresses office. His heart was heavy as he walked the corridors “I never imagined it would be this hard to let go and…Bwah, you are an old fool Severus and the world will collapse on your head.” This will be hell of a fight, a trial on its own, and the hardest one he ever endured.
~ S ~ S ~ S ~
Walking down the path toward the gates Hermione stumbled; the world was flowing in front of her eyes, watered down and smeared like water-color drawing after you spill water on it. Taking her wand, she called upon her patronus
- Harry, I don’t care what you are doing, be at my flat in 15 minutes. I need you… - she sent patronus with a message, Harry will probably have a fit but she didn’t care…
…She run in to their…his…quarters. He was standing at the table in the laboratory, fiddling with some equipment.
- Severus, I’m ready to leave. –
- Mhm. – he answered and looked at her – I believe it is for the best that we move back to proper addressing again Miss Granger. –
Her heart sunk down, descending to the pit of her stomach with painful thud, he wasn’t mean, and his voice was…his old – deployed of all emotions, same as his face and his eyes.
- I was hoping… - she started
- We had an agreement Miss Granger; I do hope that you will honor its ending. However, if you need, my offer still stands… -
- You know I’ll just… -
- Miss Granger, it is only fair to inform you that I successfully terminated my contract with ministry as an advisor. This was my last project in that capacity. –
- Then, maybe when I come to see Minerva… -
- I’m leaving Hogwarts; my resignation is already submitted and accepted. –
- I can owl you to Spinner’s End… -
- The property is sold. –
- What you will do? Where you will stay? – she did her best to fight the tears, they stung the back lids of her eyes, he just gazed at her with empty gaze – How can I find you then? –
- You won’t, not unless I desire to be found. -
- Will we see each other again? –
- Maybe, you never know. -
- It is entirely my fault, isn’t it? – realization hit her like a ton of bricks, pounded above her head in to the ground with a swarm of angry bludgers – You are…I pushed you too far and you are disappearing. I forced you to leave the only place you can call home! –
- I wouldn’t go that far. –
- All you wanted is peace and quiet and I destroyed that! –
- It was my time to change the scenery; you helped me to realize that. For your effort, you have my eternal gratitude. -
- I don’t want your gratitude! – snapped hitting the table with both fists
- Miss Granger, I would appreciate if you do not break any of the equipment some of the parts are expensive and rather hard to come by. –
- What will you do? I can talk to the Head of the Department and Kingsly … -
- Thank you, Miss Grange, arrangements have already been made. –
She took a long, shuddering breath “He won’t see my tears.”, straighten he back and looked him in the eyes
- In that case, Master Snape, thank you for your guidance and assistance. I do hope that on your new job you will have all necessary requirements to complement your talent. –
- Thank you, Miss Granger. Heave a safe trip home. –
She just nodded and left the laboratory. He didn’t even see her out…
…Reaching the apparating point, she forced herself to compose and apparated directly in to her living room.
- Hermione… - Harry sounded worried, she spun around and hugged him, painful wail she was holding back turned in to incontrollable sobs. Harry just hugged her. It seemed like she cried for hours, she could hear Ginny and Jenny whispering in the background but couldn’t muster strength to separate from Harry or stop crying. Finally, well of tears dried out, Harry gently moved her away and guided her to the sofa
- Hermione? –
- I ruined everything Harry! He is going away, disappearing! I drove him away! – tears started to roll again, Jenny handed her a towel
- You said you are happy… -
- I was. And I ruined everything. –
- If you like I can try and talk to him… - Harry was uncertain but worry was plainly written all over his face – After seeing you like this, he certainly… -
- You don’t understand! –
- Than explain it to me. –
- I am in love with him, for years! And I just couldn’t sit on it anymore, so I did what I always do, I went for it. And now, he has no choice but to run away. –
- Why would he run? – Ginny asked softly
- Because, he knows me. He knows I won’t leave him be. –
- Why you never told me? –
- Yeah that’s a conversation with great punch line “Harry, you know the bloke who is in love with your mum, the one who almost died cos of his promise to her? Well, I am in love with him, can I have our blessing?” – sobs broke out again with renewed strength.
Hours later, three of them finally managed to calm her down. Jenny handed her an envelope with Ministry stamp on it
- This arrived while ago, we received it. It is from your work. –
She tore the edge and read through the letter
- Can this day be any worse! They can’t do this to me, just can’t! Listen “We are informing you that we found you a project partner since Master Snape resigned from its post as your advisor. You will share an office with your new partner according to the contract we signed with him, starting Monday.” I don’t want another partner! –
- Hermione, maybe it’s for the best… -
- They’ll assign me some incompetent rich kid who doesn’t know how to tie his shoelaces. I won’t stand for that! –
~ S ~ S ~ S ~
She cried through the weekend, Harry, Ginny and Jenny stayed with her, doing their best to console her, but how could they…her entire world collapsed.
Walking in to laboratory on Monday, anger flared inside her… Everything, everything was moved, her ledgers scattered all over the work table with little notes pasted to them. With growl, she picked up one…notes were written with dicta-quill, her dicta-quill! “Un-sorted information, re – write it! I’ll give you un-sorted, I’ll re-write your face with a hefty hex!” going to storeroom to make herself a tea before she enters her office and really hex the intruder growled again, even here everything as moved and rearranged, her cup was missing. Storming to her office, she started from the door
- Listen Mister, I do not know who you are or you think you are, but you are in my office, and you are going to follow my rules… – then abruptly stopped, her armchair was moved to the other side and replaced with high antique armchair on her spot, top drawer on her table was open and her diary was missing, her private diary – That is private, return it now! –
Notebook flew through the air and she catch it, not even wanting to know who it was, she stormed directly to the Department Head’s office, clenching her diary
- I do not care who he is…I want him out! –
- Miss Granger… -
- I don’t care how rich or influential his family is, I don’t want that…that…in my office, or as my partner. In fact, I am here long enough to know that I do not require mentor, adviser or partner. –
- We only acted on you request… - she sighed, she handed that request hoping to persuade Severus to join her, that was painful reminder of her foolishness - …and now we have a contract with him. Miss granger, why don’t you give bloke a chance… -
- Oooo I will, I’ll give him the chance to apologize for rearranging my laboratory, my storage and my office without consorting me first. By the end of the day, you’ll have a choice me or him! And, let me remind you that per my contract I have right for all intellectual property of my research… -
- Only if you can cover the research cost. –
- …For this last research, I’ll cover all the costs, including Master Snape’s fee. Any facility in the world will want me with this in my hands, and they already do. I. Can. Choose. –
- Miss Granger! –
- Good day. – she turned on her heel and walked out. They won’t do that to her, no way! Considering her options, she downsized her options to three countries Tahiti (small facility but renown in the middle of the paradise), Malaysia (big and fancy laboratory with substantial funds) and Japan (that just sound far away, she liked far away).
Entering the laboratory, she stapled herself to the floor, her eyes narrowed, magic angrily crackled around her “Definitely Japan!” her brain finished the thought, separated from the rest of her. All she managed to squeeze was one menacing, angry
-You. –
If You Leave Me Now - Chicago
If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me
Ooohh no
Baby please don't go
And if you leave me now, you'll take away the very heart of me
Ooohh no
Baby please don't go
Ooohh girl
I just want you to stay
A love like ours is love that's hard to find
How could we let it slip away
We've come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way
When tomorrow comes and we'll both regret
The things we said today
A love like ours is love that's hard to find
How could we let it slip away
We've come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way
When tomorrow comes and we'll both regret
The things we said today
If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me
Ooohh no
Baby please don't go
Ooohh girl
I just got to have you by my side
Ooohh no
Baby please don't go
Ooohh mama
I just got to have your loving here
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