Stranger In A Strange World by Theskyatdawn2

Chapter 14

A few months passed and it was December. It was hard not being able to see Severus very often, but when we could, it was fireworks. He told me he was invited to the Malfoy's for a Christmas Eve party. He said he did not and will never tell them about me or our relationship. He was hoping to be left alone long enough to look for the diary.

I worry about him around those terrible people. My paranoia thinks it could be a set up, if they did find out about us. Even if seen out in public at dinner only once, would seal our fate. I would hate to have to go charge in on a rescue mission to kill some death eaters. All I could do is wish for safe passage for him. He is brilliant so I hope everything goes well.

I was up all Christmas Eve night, worrying about Severus. I was pacing the floor by 1am Christmas morning. I was ready to fly out the door and go get my man from those bunch of criminals. I heard my front door open, it was dark, I had my wand out and peeked around the corner. There was Severus. I ran around the corner and grabbed him and kissed him and hugged him making sure he was ok. I was crying in relief. He held me in his arms and whispered,"Shhhh, it's ok. You're gonna wake the house up. Come on, let's go to your room." He pulled me along with him to my room as I sniffled. He cast the silencing spells. I grabbed him and cried on his chest. "I was so worried about you and when it hit 1am, I was ready to go over there to kick some ass and pull you out myself." He chuckled.

"You would, wouldn't you? It's nice to be so loved by you. Kiss me and forget your worries. I am just fine." I got on my tiptoes, I put my fingers in his hair at the nape of his neck and kissed him as passionately as my heart could express. We undressed and got in my bed and I held him close in my arms for a little while just needing the closeness.

"What happened at the party, my love?" I asked. Looking at each other with our heads on the pillows.

"The party was full of death eaters and Lucius's friends. It was dinner first and then cocktails. I have always hated those pretentious parties. This one was odd though, they had turned it into a revel at the end of the night. Basically, that's a perverted sex party of swapping partners, prostitutes, vile sex acts, drugs and alcohol. I stopped eating and drinking once I noticed the direction it was headed in. They like to drug everything. The other parties I had been to on Christmas Eve were pretentious but normal. They kept trying to get me to drink or eat things. I wasn't going to, but they know me, I never did their drugs anyway after being drugged once before when I was younger. I learned to avoid it."

"Throughout the night I had heard your name dropped on occasion. The consensus was. Who you were and how much power you have with the government. Where you came from and how to get you on their side. What you're capable of and how much you know of the death eaters organization."

"By the time the revel was in full swing, I had a chance to slip in the library and get you an early Christmas gift." He got up and pulled Tom Riddle's diary from his clothes and handed it to me. I squealed in delight and put it in my nightstand drawer. I jumped up, wrapped myself around him and kissed him so hard. I was another step closer to stopping Voldemort.

"You're an amazing man, my love." I laughed. I thought, one more down. "We need the locket from Kreature. I think then I will tell Sirius I am hunting the horcruxes. Perhaps, he can call upon Kreature. I wish I could have saved Regulus." I look down

Severus says, "You are a warm and caring woman. You would have, if anyone could have. Make love with me?" He strokes my face, then leads me back to the bed. "I need to get the pictures of those people's behavior out of my mind." He was kissing me,then laid me down, spread my legs and lay on top of me caressing my thighs.