A Gift

Ok, I know you are really gonna hate me for putting Severus in this position but I gotta do it. You have to know why his patience with Sabine has finally run out. There will be only one more pensive scene and that will be him taking out his revenge on her. Yipee! LOL Anyway, enjoy!

The sun touches her face again, waking her to a new morning. She slowly sits up, rubbing the sleep from her eyes. When she finally opens them, they light on the pensive and a small letter leaning against it. She frowns and slides off the bed, walking towards the pensive. Lifting the letter, she notices right away Severus\' quick writing.

Miss Granger,
I will be out for the day on business. You are free to do as you wish but please do not leave the main grounds. As it appears we are being watched, I cannot assure your safety out in the fields. I may not be back until well after dark. Do not wait up for me.
Severus Snape

She sets the letter down and looks into the pensive. She can see that he has left another memory for her and begins to wonder if it is business that has him out for the day or the thought of how she will react to this new scene that has him away. She hesitates for a moment before placing her fingers on the rim.

He is walking towards his room, his eyes narrowed at the open door. He steps inside and nearly freezes at the sight of a beautiful woman in his bed naked. Next to her sits Sabine, all smiles and sweetness. He feels his usual mask slide into place, hiding the mixed emotions he\'s feeling.
\"I\'ve got a present for you, Severus.\" She stands up from the bed, seductively walking towards him. \"I know next year we are to be wed and I\'ve been a very bad girl. I thought to bring you a peace offering.\" She lays a gentle hand on his arm, looking up into his eyes. \"You\'ve been far to faithful to me. It\'s time you take a little pleasure and I want the pleasure of watching you.\"
He stares down at her, trying to read her face but for once she seems to be telling the truth to him. \"Why?\" he whispers to her.
\"Call me selfish if you wish. I think watching two people is very erotic. I also want to see you finally. I want to know what my husband will do to me. Since it is forbidden for me to take you myself\" she waves towards the woman eyeing him hungrily. \"I brought someone to take my place.\"
He slowly feels his defenses go down as the woman lets the sheets fall from her, showing her naked body to him. \"And what exactly are you expecting, Sabine?\"
Her lips brush his ear as she leans closer to him. \"I want you to give her pleasure. I want to hear you make her scream out your name. I want you to make love to her as if she were the woman of your dreams.\"
One eyebrow slowly lifts at her in question. When all she does is smile lovingly at him, he shakes his head and walks over to the woman on his bed. He settles down next to her and gently touches her face.
\"What is your name?\" He asks her quietly.
\"Angela.\" She smiles warmly at him.
\"Are you here of your own free will?\" His eyes stare into hers. \"Do you agree to this completely?\"
\"Yes, I am.\" She reaches out and runs her fingers through his hair. \"And yes, I agree if it means bedding someone as handsome as you.\" She catches his face, just as he starts to turn away. \"I\'m serious. I can tell from the look on your face that you don\'t believe me but I am. When she spoke to me, I was expecting someone revolting. I\'m glad to see I was wrong.\"
He sees the truth behind her words in her eyes and slowly leans down, brushing his lips to hers. She opens her lips to his, deepening the kiss.
Neither see Sabine walk over to a small chair in the corner nor the evil smile she sends their way as the woman slowly undresses him and pulls him into the bed. From Hermione\'s vantage point in the dream, she sees it all. She witnesses the tender way Severus held the woman in her arms as he took her, taking great care to be sure she was feeling every bit of pleasure she could wring out of him. She also saw the bored look to Sabine\'s eyes and the way she rolled her eyes when his name is screamed at the height of orgasm. four hours it took him before he was done with the woman in his arms. Four hours of Hermione learning something she never thought she would of the professor she had slowly come to know.
With one last thrust he filled her finally, his body slick with sweat. She looks up at him, a very satisfied smile on her face. \"That was..\" She begins to say.
\"Horrid!\" Sabine\'s voice comes from behind them. \"I\'ve seen dogs mate better than that!\"
He rolls away from the woman, tossing a blanket over them both. His scowl enough to make Hermione shiver. He glares at Sabine. \"Excuse me?\"
\"I said that was appalling! I\'ve had far better lovers than that!\" She grins wickedly at him. \"And if that is what is in store for me, I think I shall stick with my lovers instead!\"
His face transforms into rage. \"GET OUT! GET OUT OF MY HOUSE! GET OUT OF MY LIFE!\"
\"With pleasure!\" Sabine struts out of the room, her head held high.
Angela huddles next to him, afraid from the words thrown between them. \"Don\'t listen to her, Severus.\"
He closes his eyes, his voice sounding tired. \"Please leave. I wish to be alone.\"
She starts to reach out towars him but he flinches back away from her. Her eyes flick away, her face filling with hurt as she gets up from the bed and gathers her clothes to her. She stops just at the door, whispering over her shoulder. \"She\'s wrong you know. She hasn\'t had better and it\'s pissed her off is all.\"
She steps out and he lays down on the bed, covering his eyes with his arm so no one can see the tears filling them.

Hermione blinks, tears coming to her own eyes. \"I\'m glad she\'s dead. If she wasn\'t, I\'d kill her myself.\" She turns and sees Sarah watching her from the doorway. \"I don\'t want to play her anymore. I don\'t want to put him through that pain again.\"
Sarah smiles sadly at her. \"I know, Sweetling, but you must. And he knows she\'s not you. Give him a chance to know you in here where you can be yourself. Not out there where you have to pretend to be another.\"
A tear slides down her cheek. \"I will. I promise.\"