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Without You	By : HexxKitten Category: Harry Potter > Het - Male/Female > Snape/Hermione Views: 2735 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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This is set during the
direct aftermath of the final battle. The magical world is in tatters. The
rebuilding of lives cannot start until the losses are counted and the grieving
begins.

Disclaimer: I do not own
Harry Potter, nor any of the characters from the books
or movies. I do not make any money from the writing of this story.

Without You

How can you live when life ripped out your heart? How can
you live with your soul torn apart?

Harry wiped the tears from his
cheeks as he continued to read the letter aloud so that Ron could hear.

I cannot live without him. Without him I have no life to
live. I just beg that you my best friends and wand brothers can forgive me,
even if you cannot understand.

I will not have suffered at all, and I know this seems
the cowardly way out. But it was a choice taken of my own volition and I spoke
of my plan with no-one. So do not ever think that you or someone else could
have prevented this.

You did so well my boys in destroying Voldemort and our
world can be rebuilt bigger, better and stronger.

But without him in it, this is no world for me. The
potion I took will have simply put me into a deep sleep from where I would have
slipped to the other side. I know he will be there waiting for me.

There is but one fear I have and that is facing him and
his legendary anger at my actions. But I know he will understand in the end, as
will you my loves.

Would that life have been different: I could have fallen
in love with Ron as everyone believed, and Harry with Ginny.
But I want you both to know that; yes I knew...

Ron and Harry exchanged
glances with each other and Ron mouthed �no way!�

Harry gave him a watery
smile �come on Ron, you know we could never hide anything from her.�

Be good to each other my boys and love each other with
all of your hearts.

Do not fear other people and their reactions. You must
live your lives true to yourselves and no one else.

I learned this the hard way. My love was hidden and so
much time was wasted. We both made plans for �afterwards� and �later� but our
time was stolen from us.

So please love each other with openness and honesty.

Oh and Ronald, please think from time to time before you
fly off your broom. Harry loves you. That much is obvious and I know you love
him equally.

There are but two things I ask of you now that I am gone,
please do not waste your lives mourning mine. I am going where I want to be. I
will be with him and we will be happy. I�ll merely be in another place.

My final request is that you bury me with my love. There
is a photo enclosed with my letter, it is the only one we ever had of the two
of us together, you can see how happy we truly made each other.

Be well my loves, I will always love you and we will look
in on you from time to time. So don�t let me catch you moping!

All My Love Always

Hermione

Harry and Ron stood silently
at the graveside for an age. They both stood holding hands and silently
weeping. Everyone else had long since walked back up the hill away from the
lake and back into the castle.

Mere days had passed since
the Battle of Hogwarts and the whole of wizarding
Britain was upside down had someone to mourn.

Now Hogwarts had three white
marble graves under a huge oak tree beside the lake. Of course Albus Dumbledore
lay here in the grounds, and now they were here too.

A small snicker escaped from
Ron and Harry turned to look at him like he was cracked.

�Don�t look at me like that
Harry.� Ron smirked �I was just thinking how strange it was to see Professor Snape in white!�

Harry stared at Ron and then
back to the white graves and he actually joined him in laughter.

But it was short lived. For
how could they laugh standing by the side of their best friend�s grave? �I
still cannot believe it was Snape all along� Ron
whispered.

�I know. But it does kind of
make sense if you think about it. They were both highly intelligent and very
bossy� Harry shrugged �and the heart wants what the heart wants� he smiled and
Ron, raising their clasped hands he kissed the back of his lovers hand.

Taking out his wand Harry
stepped up to Hermione�s grave. He twirled the wand like he had once seen her
do for him. A wreath of beautiful white flowers now rested against her
headstone. He then repeated the process to leave flowers for their old Potions
Professor and Headmaster. �Take care of her for us...� he whispered.

�Come on� said Ron, pulling
Harry towards the castle �time to face the family again.�

~ * ~ * ~ * ~

As the two young men walked
back toward the ancient stone edifice, two figures stood watching them leave.

�They will be alright won�t
they Severus?� Hermione whispered as tears flowed down her cheeks.

�They will be fine my
darling witch� Severus drawled, standing behind her and wrapping his arms
around her shoulders �but you on the other hand are still not in my good books
Miss Granger!�

�Oh no Professor, not
detention.� She snickered �You were happy to see me though weren�t you
Severus?�

�I was both delighted and
heartbroken my love. You were supposed to go on with your life witch, and meet
me at the very end. Not now. You were meant to have a husband and a family!� He
had turned her and was looking into her eyes �Hermione you were supposed to
have a life not this, not yet!�

Hermione raised her hands
and took his face into her palms �Severus without you I had no life. I could
have no life. You are my heart, my soul. You are my Husband in my heart and
there could never be another.� She smiled at him �We can stay here for as long
as we wish. I read all about the afterlife...�

Severus smirked �of course
you did my love, I should have known. So you have a grand plan for us I take
it?�

�Of course I do� she laughed
�we stay in the afterlife, we can visit with family and friends who have been
here for a while. Then when we are ready we can go back.�

�Go back? Hermione darling,
we are dead. We cannot go back� Severus shook his head sadly; he was praying
she had not died with a foolish plan to resurrect them both.

�No silly, Hermione and
Severus cannot go back, but we can. One day we can reincarnate, be together in
life once more. Maybe even getting the family we planned for. But for now, I am
happy to stay here with you.�

Severus picked his witch up
into his arms and swung her around �have I told you recently that I love you?�

�Yes...� she smirked �but
you can say it as often as you wish and I will never complain�

A small cough from behind
them drew their attention to the fact they were no long alone. They turned and
both burst out laughing as they saw standing beneath the tree which shaded
their graves there was a tall thin wizard with a long white beard and blue
twinkling eyes. He held out a paper bag toward them and smiled �sherbet lemon?�
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