A turning moment in life

A/N: sorry it took me forever to update, but tons of problems at work and with the apartment I'm trying to buy (yes, trying being the right word). I hope you enjoy it, though I know the lemons here aren't that good... not too inspired, next time better. I hope to update tomorrow as I have half chapter 13 written. Well, enjoy and review!

Severus felt his heart soaring with happiness, though only the softening of his eyes gave any external clues as to what was going on inside him. Hermione knew him enough as to realize that she had done the right thing by coming and apologizing, but she still needed to talk to him about the relationship – or lack thereof – and see where they stood. Severus gestured her to enter his office and then opened the door to his personal quarters. Hermione was a bit nervous but though she was hiding it well.

‘I’m sorry, Severus. I shouldn’t have left the way I did.’ Hermione looked at him with batted breath.

‘I guess you thought the old bat of the dungeon would kick you out the minute he had his wicked way with you,’ sarcasm was dripping from his voice, though it had not been his intention to snap at her. ‘You obviously did just what any brave and noble Gryffindor would do, run.’

Hermione felt her face flush and her hands started to shake, after finding his present she thought he was not angry with her, but she was mistaken once more. Severus would never cease to make her feel on unsteady ground. ‘I know what I did is unpardonable, but I needed some space to think and get my feelings clear as to what I wanted from this,’ Hermione said in one fast breath. ‘I didn’t want to stay with you unless I knew for sure that the feelings I had were real and not just some infatuation that remained with me from being your student. Now I know that I want to be with you in a relationship and not a one-night stand. I want to get to know the person beneath the façade you present the world. I want to share my life with you as long as you will have me.’

She finished her little speech and Severus was still showing no signs as to whether he agreed with her or not. The fact she was holding the quill box in her left hand and that her knuckles were completely while did not go by Severus unnoticed. He had wanted to hear her say all those things, but never dreamt it would be so soon.

‘Hermione, I gave you that quill as a token of my respect for you and your space. I do not wish to rush into this as I do not want either of us to have any regrets later.’ Severus closed the space between them and was inches from Hermione’s face. ‘I will have you again, and this time you will not get away from me.’

Hermione’s eyes lit up and a huge smile was starting to form in her face at hearing Severus words, but was interrupted half way by his mouth roughly kissing her with the pent up lust he had been harbouring for her. Hermione grabbed him by his neck and returned the kiss just as fiercely, both their tongues battling for dominance and backing towards the couch without taking a second to breathe. When her legs finally bumped with the back of the couch, they both separated to take some air.

‘Shall we continue this in my room?’ Severus whispered into her ear huskily, making Hermione’s nerves to react as if he were caressing her whole body with his voice.

‘Yes,’ her answer hardly audible.

**__**__**

Ginny and Draco were having a party of their own. Ginny was riding her dragon with all her might, her long dark red hair falling forward, brushing his chest. Draco’s thrusts were driving Ginny mad, she was shaking all over and she was calling his name as a mantra, over and over again until she climaxed and taking Draco over the edge with the tightening of her muscles.

After calming themselves, Draco asked her about Hermione. ‘So, what did Severus give her?’

‘I don’t know, they’re probably shagging like bunnies now. I didn’t want to go and ask her in case I found them in a compromising position.’ Ginny winked saucily.

‘I think she’s just what the doctor ordered for old Severus. See if he relaxes a bit in class after getting laid a few times.’ Draco laughed imagining a soft Severus trying to infuse fear in his students. Ginny laughed too having similar thoughts, but she also was very curious about her friend’s attachment to the Potions Master. She thought it was not going to be an easy relationship, Severus was too volatile, too angry with the world and she did not want Hermione to suffer any more than she did with her stupid brother.
Finally, she asked Draco, ‘do you think he’ll be good for her?’

‘They’ll be married before you can say The-boy-who-lived-to-be-a-pain-in-the-Auror’s-ass-is-back-as-a-bridesmaid.’

‘Draco!’ Ginny punched him in the arm, though she was trying to fight the urge to smile at imagining Harry with a pink frilly dress spreading flowers before Hermione on her wedding to Snape. They looked at each other and started laughing uncontrollably; they had never had so much fun.

**__**__**

In Severus rooms Hermione was trying to unbutton the maddening layers that the Potions Master covered himself with. Severus smirk made Hermione crazy and she suddenly pulled at his coat and shirt and his buttons popped out, she had finally accessed his defined chest and started licking his nipples. Severus like her fiery, he did not mind her lost of control at all. Hermione was discovering his body and she was making a good job of it. Licking his torso and running her fingertips along the black hairs that pointed to his hidden snake. She started unbuckling his belt and feeling him through his silk boxers. She loved the feeling of him completely hard and wet with pre-cum at her touch.

Severus suddenly grabbed her and he laid her in his huge bed. He started undressing Hermione, while she moaned his name. He kissed her passionately and then licked his way down to her breasts, sucking around her breasts making her nipples to stand hard and tense waiting for his tongue. Severus’s hands were sneaking up her legs, unbuttoning her trousers and pushing them down. Then his fingers caressed the insides of her legs, from her knees to her thighs, not quite touching her where she wanted.

Hermione was panting hard, she could feel his tongue lapping and sucking her nipples and she was so wet that the only think she could think about was thanking the Weasley twins for the “lacy underwear sweets”. She had taken one just before knocking on Severus’s door. Her knickers were black and felt like satin, this was very much to his liking and he was nuzzling her through them.

‘Please, Severus.’ They had been so quiet this time around that she was feeling a little overwhelmed with him. It felt like he was just taking as much as he could from her as if it were the last time. ‘I need you, please.’

‘Patience, my little lioness,’ Severus answered with a hint of a smile seeing her lose control.

He then started peeling her knickers from her body, extremely slowly while his fingers caressed her legs down and then up. His nose was back next to her core and Hermione could not resist any more teasing. He grabbed his head and tried to pull him next to her, to feel him eating her and drinking her juices, giving her all the pleasure she craved.

‘What do you want, Hermione.’ His voice a soft purr sending chills through her body.

‘Anything. Everything.’ She was completely taken to form a coherent sentence with what she wanted from him.

Severus licked her folds and heard her scream with pleasure. His fingers grabbed his hair again while he opened her with his fingers and his tongue caressed her folds looking for her clitoris. He licked it while listening to her gasps and moans, then he put two fingers inside her and she bucked from the bed. No one had given her good oral sex before. They were all kids with no idea of what they were doing, but Severus was pushing his fingers in and out of her and his tongue circled her clit incessantly. Suddenly she felt him sucking her nub and an explosive orgasm took hold of all her body. She was shaking while crying his name and breathing raggedly.

‘Oh, my god,’ Hermione said between her gasps for air. ‘This was the best orgasm of my life.’

Severus looked at her body covered in sweat. She was the most beautiful woman he had ever had in his bed and could not help but swell at her compliments on his abilities as a lover. After all, he was a man.

‘Well, my Gryffindor. This was only the preliminaries. Now let’s get started with the real thing.’

Hermione felt the heat course through her body at his words. She knew he had been quite loving doing this, the first time together was much more inventive and she was sure he was not going to disappoint her now.