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Living	By : ssdawn Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 31345 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Living: Chapter 8
Hermione stood up with her hands on her hips. Red faced she said, "So this is what you really think of me?" Her eyes bore into his as he looked somewhat ashamed. He looked down at his feet avoiding her eyes. Severus then reached out to her to pull her down next to him. Hermione pulled her hands back, but not quickly enough. She fell on her knees, down next to him.
Hermione started to speak, but Severus reached out with his long fingers and covered her lips. Severus took a deep breath, and then said in a matter of fact voice, "I did NOT mean to say that." Hermione cautiously looked at his face as he stared at her. Was she going to be hearing the truth or more lies? With this man after all of those years as a double agent, maybe he didn't know how to distinguish the truth from deception, even with his own feelings. She had never been more confused in all of her life. At least with Ron, he was so one dimensional, you always knew what you were getting from him. He wore his thoughts and feelings on his face for the whole world to see. Severus now, he was like a thousand piece puzzle where you had a hard time even fitting the edges together. No matter how long you worked on the puzzle, you'd still wind up with missing pieces. It would be time consuming and a lot of hard work before she would figure him out.

Severus struggled with what to say next. He noticed Hermione working through things in her mind. He'd often seen that look on her face in class. She'd start by nibbling on her lower lip. Then she'd clasp her fingers together tightly. After a minute she'd shake her hands out. At least she was letting her intellectual side come forth and not letting the emotional side rule at the moment like most women did.
"I am learning how to do this…us. I'm for sure going to make many mistakes along the way." The worry and self doubt showed on his face. Severus had never felt so vulnerable. Hermione sat there with her mouth open looking like she was trying to catch flies. Maybe the word, shock, would be a good way to explain her reaction to what he had just said. It wasn't often that he'd seen Hermione speechless.

Yes, the puzzle kept getting harder and harder to figure out. This was the man who had only done things for himself for many years. This was the man who had been forced to be who others wanted him to be. He had fought, struggled, spied, fabricated stories and killed others to keep himself alive. Now, he was telling her that he was truly thinking of someone other than himself. It was a lot to take in for one day. Hermione's hand strayed to push a lock of hair off of his face. Her fingers brushed lightly down the side of his cheek. He closed his eyes and his breath hitched. Her heart pounded in her chest as she struggled to think of something to say.

Severus closed his eyes and he trembled at her soft touch. The tenderness was so new and absolutely foreign to his senses. The feel of a hex was closer to the norm for him; not the warmth from of a woman. What would his old friend, Lucius Malfoy say if he could see him quivering at the simple stroke coming from this Gryffindor's hand? He tried to shake that thought from his mind. Old Death Eater mates did not belong in this scenario now.
"I am very sorry for letting my anger have control over me once again. This has been a problem ever since the war ended. I've let my control slide away from me." It felt odd explaining himself to her. He usually did not feel that he needed to justify his behavior to anyone. It had seemed though, this had been all that he'd been doing the past few days; justifying his actions to Hermione. Severus leaned towards her and kissed her gently. With his strong hands he guided her down to the ground. His hair cascaded around their faces as he continued kissing her.
Hermione looked up at him, "Severus, where do we go from here?"
He had wondered when this question would arise. Unfortunately he wasn't sure that he had any answers. During his entire teaching career, he had never even been tempted to become involved with one of his students. If Headmaster Dumbledore was still alive, his over-optimistic outlook would somehow find a way for them to be together. What with the strict nature of prissy Headmaster Minerva McGonagall, this whole thing was doomed from the start.
"I…do not know," Severus answered in a clipped voice. He began to place kisses along her delicate brow, down her face and heading to a soft spot on her neck.
Hermione squirmed and pushed him up so she could look into his eyes, "I thought that Severus Snape knew everything?" Her eyes crinkled with amusement.
Severus pushed her down again, "I suppose that this is something that we will need to learn together." They continued to kiss each other, letting the serene feeling of coming to some understanding wash over them.

"Hermione? Hermione? Where are you?" At the same time both Severus and Hermione heard Harry's voice shouting out to her. Severus fell flat onto Hermione so they were covered by the tall grass around the lake. Hermione said, "What are we going to do? We can't let Harry find us like this. He'll try to kill you!"
"What do you mean he will try to kill me? He can try, but it would never happen. I am a better dueler than he is." Severus looked so offended Hermione almost started laughing. He put his hand over her mouth and shushed her. He could still see the look of amusement in her eyes. The shouting from Harry neared them and Severus disillusioned them quickly. The only thing now that would give them away would be if Harry stepped on them.
"What did you think you saw?" Great, Ron Weasley was here also. Of course the great Harry Potter could go nowhere without his faithful sidekick. Severus grew more agitated by the moment.
"No, I saw Hermione run out this way and then I saw Snape running after her. " Harry stood there catching his breath.
"Why would that bastard be running after Hermione? Does he think that she's stealing from his potion stores again?" Severus quirked an eyebrow down at Hermione as Ron mentioned about the polyjuice potion escapade from the trio's second year at Hogwarts. He had figured out long ago, how Hermione had stolen the ingredients to make the polyjuice potion. She gave him a sheepish smile back and mouthed, "Sorry. He started kissing her neck so hard that she knew that he would leave a mark.
"Stop, Severus!" Hermione whispered in a panic. She tried to peel him off of her neck.
Leaning up he smirked down at her, "That's for stealing those potion ingredients many years ago."
"Bloody Hell Harry, they're not here. They could be anywhere. Are you sure you even really saw them come out here?"
"Yes, Ron, I know what I saw and I had my glasses on so don't even ask." Harry sounded very put out by Ron's questioning.
"Anyhow, I'm hungry and it's time for lunch. You know how I get if I don't eat." Ron whined and rubbed his belly as he heard it growl.
"Well, we don't want you in a bad mood Ron." Harry responded with much sarcasm. "Feeding your gut is so much more important than finding our best friend who may be with the Great Bat of the dungeons!"
Hermione heard Severus whisper, "Thirty points from Gryffindor". Then Hermione pinched him on his arm.
Harry started running across the grounds back to the castle. "Harry, wait up. You don't have to get all beasty about this." Ron started to scurry after him.
Severus flopped over onto his back next to Hermione. They both turned their heads towards each other and grinned.

"That was so close, I almost threw up," Hermione sighed.
"Well, I would not have you vomiting in so close proximity to me, so thank you." Severus said in a serious tone.
"I was joking Severus. I wasn't really going to vomit on you." Hermione turned onto her side, "You are too serious Severus." She stroked her fingers down his arm and back up again sending chills throughout his body.
He looked at Hermione and answered her by pulling her head towards him. "The Great Bat can never be too serious." He proceeded to kiss her thoroughly until both of them had to come up for air.
"We need to head back to the castle. We will be missed in the Great Hall if we don't make an appearance." Severus helped Hermione up and pulled her in for one more kiss. "Thank you for listening and not running away."
"Thank you for saying you were sorry. I know that it's not an easy thing to do." Hermione smiled at him sweetly and starting walking towards the castle. He could see her almost skipping as she made her way there.
Severus fell back down onto the grass with a groan. He put his head into his hands and sighed. What to do next? The Great Bat had snogged the Gryffindor Princess under the feet of the rest of the golden trio. Even though he felt that some things had been solved for the moment, he knew that the real sticky dilemma had just begun.

Author's Notes: One problem solved, but many more ahead for the Great Bat and his Princess. Let me know what you thought about this chapter. I love reviews and hearing from you. Also, go visit my other huge story, Time Changes All Things, if you like stories with Hermione and Tom Riddle. I can promise you, that it is a story like one that you have never read before about this twosome.
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