Defining Sexuality

Chapter 10

Severus woke early as he never needed much sleep and stepped into the warm shower as he lathered his body and began to wash as he thought about what Hermione wrote about last night and wondered what she would think when she reviewed her notebook with her normal no nonsense intelligence. Would she be ashamed? Or would she avoid him now and feel awkward about the whole thing. That would be a pity as he had become accustomed to their conversations at dinner.

His cock grew hard as he thought of what would happen if she decided to act on her feelings. The potion made one realize one's true desire in a sexual way. And he knew that intelligent Hermione Granger would realize and accept the logic of it. But would she act on it? He grasped his cock and stroked his rock hard shaft as he pictured the words written in her notebook as he grunted out in completion as he came forcefully, his ejaculate hitting the shower wall. He leaned against the spray of the warm water for a moment as he realized for the first time in many years that he desired a single particular witch for more than just a night's dalliance.

He dressed in black slacks and a black turtleneck with a black belt adorned with a buckle of a snake in silver with emerald yes and entered their shared sitting room not surprised at the absence of his housemate as she had a late night.

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Hermione undressed and fell onto her bed naked achy and exhausted. She certainly had a lesson in sexuality first hand with none other than Severus Snape lecturing as she observed. She giggled as she pictured him in his severe black teaching robes standing at the podium in the potions classroom as he spoke in a silky voice. "Turn to page 69 of your Defining Sexuality textbook." Knowing that she was beyond tired if she imagined that. She wrapped herself in her duvet as she thought that tonight was worth it as she knew that there was no way she was going to fail her class as she drifted off to sleep.

She woke up and groaned as she glanced to the bed stand, the digits of her clock revealing that it was well past noon. Making her way to the shower, she turned it on and stepped into it as the hot stream of water flowed down her body and immediately felt better as she quickly washed and stepped out of the shower, drying herself off with a towel.

Standing in front of the mirror she looked to herself and decided that she would not dress herself in faded jeans and a t-shirt as she normally did when she did not have to go to University. She dried her hair and brushed the tangled lengths as she decided to leave her hair down for once and even applied a bit of cosmetics.

Hermione made her way to her wardrobe and looked to it. There was not much there in the way of nicer clothing as she had never felt the need to dress up previously. She realized that dressing up last night allowed her to feel beautiful and sexy for the first time since the Yule Ball from long ago and found that she liked that. Sighing, she pulled out a pair of nice dark blue slacks and a lighter blue blouse that she usually wore for Christmas with her family.

She walked into her living room and picked up the picture of Ron and looked to it. "I forgive you Ronald Weasley but you should have been honest with me years ago." placing it down to go to the shared kitchen.

Entering the shared sitting room she noticed Severus put down the paper that he was reading and stood up. "She finally graces me with her appearance and not looking one step below Inferi as I expected." He drawled out as he held out a phial. "Muscle relaxant as I am sure that you are experiencing aches and pains from the stress you were under last night."

Hermione thanked him and drink the phial down, grimacing at the aftertaste. "I think that you would make loads of galleons if you improved the taste of medicinal potions." She said feeling the potion work as the aches and pain went away.

He looked to her with a slight smile. "You know the saying Hermione. If it taste bad then it must be good for you."

Hermione chuckled as she left him and went to the kitchen and made a quick salad and sat at the table to eat. She picked up yesterday's late addition of the Daily Prophet waiting for her noticing the headline. "War Heroine Hermione Granger Returns!" Reading the article as she snorted in disgust as she read the other articles and speculation of her involvement with ex-Headmaster Severus Snape. The rest of the paper was devoted to Severus's Death eater past and speculation to if he was really on their side at all.

"Bastards!" She hissed out as Severus suddenly appeared before her and snagged the paper out of her hand causing her to jump in surprise.

"Don't let it get to you Hermione as you will learn the tendencies of Wizarding reporting if you decide to return fully. Worse things have been written about me and all of it true in one way or another except for us being a couple." He sat down and looked to her. "This too shall pass in time."

She reached out and placed her hand in his, feeling calluses on his hand from years of potion making. "It's not fair Severus."

"It is more than fair for me Hermione. I never expected to live and yet the one witch who I treated with such contempt stepped up and took me away and devoted six months of her life to heal me when none were willing. I never thanked you for that." He spoke softly as he looked into her brown eyes.

She noticed that he was uncomfortable as he spoke the words and removed her hand from his. "It was never needed Severus as you sacrificed all."

Her housemate suddenly stood up as he inquired. "Your test is tomorrow. What are your plans today?"

"Now that I've had a bite to eat, I plan on reviewing my notes from last night. But everything seems so hazy Severus. Why is that?"

"You did not complete the potion's purpose Hermione. It is a fail-safe that I created so those few that do not act out only has hazy memory of a nice night out when they wake up the next day. That is why I encouraged you to take notes as I ensured that you would not act if you found someone. You are a virgin after all and you should have a conscious choice as to who you decide to give your precious gift to." His obsidian eyes showing no emotion as he turned from her and left the kitchen, paper tucked under his arm.

"You look good today Severus and I am surprised that you are not in your normal robes."

He turned and looked to her for a moment. "And you as well Hermione. Just remember that I will not answer any questions as you have everything that you need."

Hermione quickly cleaned up her dishes and entered the sitting room with a cup of tea. She looked to Severus for a moment and saw that he was seated in his black leather chair reading the Daily Prophet, his face hidden behind it. She sat down at her desk and began reviewing her notes.

Severus discretely observed her from where he sat, watching her read the notebook and then read from her book as she scribbled in her notebook. He wondered how she would react to the last entry of her notebook as her memories of the previous night were hazy because of the potion. He watched as she turned to look to him as she suddenly closed her notebook.

Hermione looked to her housemate as she felt the room get incredibly warm. My Gods! That was the hottest thing that she had ever read and could not believe that she wrote that. What if he read this? She panicked for a moment before she calmed down. That should be easy enough to verify. "Severus did you go over my notes with me last night?" She called out as she watched the area where he sat.

He heard the odd inflection of her voice as he lowered the paper and noticed the slight flush on her face. So she was trying to find out if he read it.

She watched him lower his paper and looked to her with no emotion. "I did not need to Hermione as I was there and remember everything. If your notes are lacking it is because of you and I cannot believe that the Know- It- All that consistently turned in assignments doubled the length assigned would ever take incomplete notes. The potion I gave you prevented you from acting if you found someone that you connected to as I know you remember everything perfectly up until you took it. It does not addle intelligence providing if one had it to begin with. Wait here while I retrieve something." Placing the paper down on the table next to the chair as he rose up and went to his side of the house.

Moments later he arrived back holding out a small glass bottle containing an electric blue liquid. "You have two choices Hermione. You can take this Memory Enhancement potion as my little concoction was meant for muggles and this should clear your mind. Or you can ask Minerva for a penseive and view your memories for they will be clear as once removed from the affected mind they are true." He smirked to her as he stood waiting for her decision.

Hermione looked to him before striding over and taking the small bottle from his hand. There was no way she was going to the Headmistress as she would ask why she needed it. "I think I will continue studying in my room for a couple of hours."

He looked to her. "I hope you find the cleared memories of last night helpful in your studies. I recommend you take the potion while on your couch or bed as it will take thirty minutes to complete and it will render you unconscious during that time."

Hermione looked to him for a moment hoping that he would reveal something. She sighed inwardly. Getting any reaction from him was impossible. After all he was a master spy and a Slytherin to boot.

"I'm sure that it will." She replied as she felt a hot flush on her face as she turned from him, pausing for a moment to pick up her notebook and book as she left him. The problem was that her notes were too detailed and it drove her crazy that she did not clearly remember them. Especially the last entry as it was revealing.

Severus watched her leave the room as he caught the faint smell of her arousal as she turned from him. Everything was up to her now and he would not deny her if she approached him as it would be a conscious decision from her.

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Hermione went to her bedroom and stretched herself onto it fully clothed. Severus was actually pleasant and witty to her today and spoke more than just a few words as he would normally do so except at dinner and the forty five minutes that he allowed. She remembered that he said that their relationship would change. After all how do you go back to the normal when you invited your housemate to learn about sex?

She uncapped the glass bottle in one go and immediately lost consciousness.

Bodies swirling around her, hands rubbing her breast and the hot kisses she experienced from both men and women. A hot lust upon her as she searched for the one to release her and finding none. Her observations with Severus talking to her about different forms of sexuality as his silky voice and touch of his hand triggered the potion as she realized that she truly desired only him. She remembered her frustration on her inability to act on what she felt and when he commanded her to write about her own desire.

Severus sliding his hard thick cock into her as he thrusted deeply into her time and time again as he shouted "You are mine!" as she gave into her orgasm as she felt him come, growling out as he continued to pound into her as he released.

She suddenly woke up and noticed that she was complexly naked with the pleasant tingling of her pussy and body that she normally experienced after masturbating. What the hell? She was sweating as she noticed her clothes around her as she pushed herself up from the bed. That was the best fantasy she had ever experienced in her life she thought as she made her way to her bathroom and stepped into the shower.

Hermione stood in the warm shower as she lathered her body and began to wash. Was she ashamed of her desire? No. But how to pursue one that would never acknowledge or make the first move as she was sure that the man noticed her and remained quiet? Would she try? Unknown as she was not sure if he had any feelings toward her in that way as he had never indicated it. She felt that he did care for her in a way but Severus never indicated anything on what he felt. She would have to put some thought into it as she realized that she would have to make the first move if she dared to.

She finished her shower and warped a towel around her as she walked to her wardrobe and pushed the muggle clothing aside to look to the Wizarding robes that it contained.

Hermione pulled out a deep maroon robe and dressed. She was going to Diagon Alley and go to Gringotts. It was time that she entered the magical world once again on her own.

She entered the shared sitting room wand in hand and noticed that her housemate was not about. Turning her heel, she Apparated away as Severus melted from the shadows of the room.

He was pleased in her dress and realized that the Hermione Granger he remembered before her involvement with Weasley was back.