Love And Revolution

XVI

When Snape woke up, he found the space next to him empty. He scuffled up in bed in a sudden worry.

"Hermione...?"

She was on the other side of the partition, using the toilet and she rushed back hearing his alarmed calls. "I'm here..." There was no sunlight coming through here, but the watch indicated the time to be about midday, so she still greeted him with a- "Good morning."

His worries were pacified when he saw her but there was a new kind of apprehension. He observed her, trying to measure her state of mind at the time. "How are you?"

"Good," she said as she gave him a smile and continued to do the buttons of her dress that she had found from the collection of her belongings that were still left in the pouchbag they had managed to retrieve from Lee's house. "Yeah, great. Thanks for asking. And you?"

He didn't reply, watching her instead. He was sitting in bed, the covers protecting his modesty although he was still bare-bodied. "Well, perhaps I still owe you an apology..."

She turned towards him. "Apology? For what?"

"I..." he didn't know how to say it really and he looked massively embarrassed. "You were quite upset last night...and I- I shouldn't have...I mean, I can't expect you to feel the same way about...about us- about what happened last night, this morning too..."

"Severus," she slowly walked towards him, "The changing of the time from night to day does not change my feelings towards you." She came closer and put her arms around his shoulders while he sat on the edge of the bed. Her eyes were soft and warm and her face shone with an exalted smile. "I still feel quite strongly drawn towards you and I don't regret what happened."

He gazed up into her eyes in awe. "I had no reason to believe so...or maybe I didn't allow myself to believe that you had any intention of continuing...I guess, I am just sorry that it happened like that."

"Well, you shouldn't," she said with a smirk, "I was really impressed...you're quite the generous lover!"

He looked amused, a little red in his cheeks. "I-...I was actually talking about the state of affairs. I wish it didn't have to happen here, under these circumstances."

"But that doesn't necessarily mean that you regret the thing itself, does it?" A slight hint of worry betrayed her features, meaning there was a little bit of insecurity in her mind too.

But he cleared it when he said in all earnestness. "No."

She awarded him with a smile and brought her lips to his, kissing him as an expression of her grace and appreciation. He was also thankful that he was receiving the same amount of zest and passion she had shown him last night and responded to her kiss with equal fervour. He grabbed her by the hips and had her flush against his body and she had also wrapped her arms around his head, enmeshing their mouths together in a hot kiss.

She was dominant over him, standing on the edge of the bed, while he was still seated, naked and vulnerable, the covers trapping his legs as his hands roved down to her behind, under her dress, caressing the back of her thighs. She grew bolder and she wanted to put her knees on both sides of his hips, straddling him and climbing on top as she flicked her tongue over his lips, demanding entrance. At that moment there was a short knock on the door and someone pushed it open, stopping short at the entrance.

"Oh, ahem, you guys are still at it...?" It was one of the men from the Union, "I was just- uh, I just wanted to let you know that the Mad King has called a session at the junction."

With this he left, leaving them shocked and flustered but they quickly untangled themselves from each other's arms and decided that they should be present at the session. As Snape began to put on his pants, Hermione smoothed down her dress, proceeding to go out. But he caught her elbow, stalling her. "Look, you don't have to go right now...I can go and listen to what he has to say. If he wants us to do something- go on some kind of mission, I'll just say it's not possible for you. It's too soon after Lee...you should take the day off. I can handle this."