The Blowers Daughter

DISCLAIMER SAME AS EVERYONE ELSES. I DONT\' OWN SNAPE, IF I DID HE WOULD BE TIED UP IN MY CELLOR!

The members soon left Grimmald place, and Hermione went to her\'s and Remus\'s bedroom, to find him sat in front of the fireplace with a large bottle of muggle scotch. She smiled nervously.

\"Honey, i didn\'t realise you like scotch,\" she said, approaching his chair and standing behind him, her hands on his shoulders. He stood to face her quickly, glaring at her angrily.

\"Oh Honey, i didn\'t realise you like Snape,\" He replied, mimicking Hermione\'s soft and nervous voice, before allowing his tone to harden in fury, \"Its funny how much we don\'t actually know about eachother.\" Hermione froze and he approached her, leering at her. She could smell the drink on his breath.

\"How long have you been drinking? the others have only been gone an hour,\" she said shyly, not wanting to meet his leer.

\"Don\'t be so fucking evasive,\" he slurred, \"Why Snape? What did you and he do?!\" he yelled. Hermione looked away.

\"Remus, it was a long time ago, and it was a bad thing,\" she said. Remus shook his head and grabbed her chin, turning her to face him. His glance softened, and he let go of her.

\"Then tell me,\" He sighed. She nodded and sat down in the large leather chair. Remus sat in the chair opposite and waited for her to talk to him.

\"It was Christmas of my sixth year honey, I mean, i was young,\" she said softly, \"I suppose i was seduced, it was strange. At the Yule Ball, everyone thought i looked beautiful. Do you remember? In those golden robes my parents had sent me for my birthday, and my hair long and wavy. All the guys wanted to dance with me, it was the first time i ever felt pretty,\" she smiled softly, \"And Snape was there, and at midnight, when i went to leave, he caught my arm and complimented me. He said that i was the most beautiful person in that room. I blushed and said thank you. What else do you say?\" Hermione looked away.

\"What did he do?\" Remus asked softly.

\"He asked me if he could have one dance. I said yes, i had always had a small crush on him, and felt special. We danced in the corridor outside of the great hall, and when we had finished, he kissed my cheek softly.

\"My equal,\" he whispered, letting his lips linger. I smiled, but drew away. That was all we did that night, i returned to my room and thought about him. It was strange when i saw him after that. He seemed so shy. I wanted to see him, and would sneak into the dungeons after lessons. I was seventeen, but he wouldn\'t touch me for a year. We carried on like this until Christmas day of my seventh year, my eighteenth birthday. He was so gentle with me, and i gave myself to him so willingly.\" She looked at Remus, whom was clenching his fists tightly.

\"He abused his position and seduced a pupil,\" he hissed.

\"You don\'t understand Remus!\" she said, \"I loved him, and i actually think he loved me. We talked about what would happen once i had left Hogwarts, he wanted me with him. I was going to be with him,\" She said softly, \"But then the battle. Did you see me weeping as i healed him? I thought he had died. Then i dragged him to safety and healed him, and before returning to the battle, he kissed me, and he asked me to marry him,\" she reached down the neck of her jumper to reveal a small silver ring on a chain, \"I said yes.\"

\"Then why are you with me?\" Remus replied coldly, \"Why not be with him!\" he said, his voice rising in anger and bitterness.

\"You heard me talk with him! He ran away, he abandoned me! The night after the battle, i went into the wing in St. Mungo\'s and found his room empty. No message, no note. He had fled. The nurses would not tell me what happened, but shook their heads when they saw me. I thought he was dead. I cried my heart out that night, and then you came to me. You were looking for Snape and found me sobbing. You lifted me into your arms and kissed my forehead. You thought i was sobbing over the events of the previous night, and tried to help me. You told me how we had won. \"We have nothing to fear anymore!\" you proclaimed! You were so happy. And as i lay in your arms, you looked down at me, and i felt safe. I felt like i had been a fool with Snape, and that you were saving me from my hurt. You asked me out to dinner, and you were such a gentleman. You wooed me! I felt more loved, more desired than i ever had with Snape. I felt as though you needed me. When Dumbledore told me Snape was alive, and living in Vienna a month after the war, i did consider going to him. But he had rejected me, what reason did i have to seek him out? So i stayed with you, and gave my heart to you.\" Hermione finished and picked up the half full glass of scotch Remus held, downing it in one gulp, before wiping away her tears with the back of her hand.

\"Why do you still wear the ring?\" he asked her, his voice sounding cold and apathetic. Hermione shrugged.

\"Here,\" she whispered, pulling it from her neck and placing it in his hand. He looked at it for a moment before throwing it into the fire.

\"That doesn\'t answer my question,\" he said. She shook her head.

\"I don\'t know. Do you really want me to say that up until very recently, i still loved him. What good will that do? The important think is that i don\'t love him now. Now all i want is you,\" she said, leaning across and rubbing his hand softly. Remus stayed quiet for a long time before speaking.

\"He took advantage of you Hermione, he broke your heart,\" Remus replied, standing up and grabbing a handful of Floo powder.

\"Remus, it was a long time ago, please wait,\" Hermione cried out, but it was too late.

\"Snape Manor,\" he called out clearly, before disappearing into a green fog.



Snape sat in front of his fireplace, staring coldly into the flames and thinking about Hermione. His meeting proved to himself that he was still in love with her, as much as he had been trying to convince himself that he was not. He was therefore suprised to see Remus Lupin appear in his fireplace, his eyes ablaze with anger.

\"Remus, to what do i own this pleasure ?\" Snape sneered, standing up in his chair. Remus ignored him and grabbed him by the neck of his coat. Snape sighed as Remus pushed him against the wall.

\"What you did to her was unacceptable, and had i known then, i would have killed you,\" Remus hissed at him. Snape rolled his eyes.

\"Oh, because fucking an seventeen year old is so very different from fucking a twenty year old when you are are old as us?\" he responded coldly. Remus looked away before throwing his first punch and Snape. Snape fell against the wall as Remus stepped away, sneering at Snape, whose lips was split and nose was bleeding.

\"Stay away from her Snivellous,\" he hissed coldly, \"Stay away from us both.\"

\"What is the old muggle saying, sticks and stones will break my bones, but childish nicknames that you never bothered to disregard after thirty years can\'t hurt me?\" Snape replied, pressing a handkerchief to his split lips. Remus raised his hand, ready to punch him again, before pausing.

\"She isn\'t a child now and she isn\'t your toy,\" he said, dropping his hand to his side.

\"She was never my toy,\" Snape replied, wiping his lip and looking at the blood, \"She was my life.\"

\"Well now she is mine,\" Remus said, grabbing him again by the collar of his dress shirt and lifting him from the ground, \"And she will never be yours again!\"

\"I don\'t belong to either of you!\" Both men turned to see Hermione standing in the fireplace, her eyes narrow with anger, \"Remus you fool! Snape made the mistake of thinking he owned me and now you do! Why can\'t you stop acting like children!\" Remus let go of Snape and stepped away.

\"You\'re right, I\'m sorry Hermione,\" he whispered, hugging her tightly. Hermione returned the hug, but looked over her shoulder at Snape, who was looking at her softly.

\"I cant take my mind off of you,\" Snape mouthed to her, knowing that his words would remind her of their past together. She looked away and shook her head softly.

\"I hope your heart breaks,\" she whispered coldly at him.

\"Let me take you home,\" Remus whispered.

\"Wait,\" Hermione said. Remus looked at her and she kissed him passionately. Her arms snaked around his neck and his hands went through her hair. Snape looked away, bitter and envious. When she had finished, she looked back at him. Remus smiled smugly and stepped into the fireplace, holding Hermione\'s hand tightly.

\"Grimmald place\" They both said.




As soon as they had disappeared, Snape grabbed the closest thing to him, a large chair, and flung it into the fireplace.

\"Why can\'t i stop thinking about you!\" he bellowed, approaching his desk and aggressively pushing everything off it before pushing that over as well. Destroying the room seemed to release some off his anger, but not enough. He collapsed into the fireplace and thumped the soot with his fists. But on looking down, he saw a twinkling object; the engagement ring he had given to Hermione. It must have fallen through when they used the floo powder. He growled with anger and threw the ring aside.

\"Well isn\'t this a sorry sight.\" He heard a voice drawl.

Looking up, he saw Lucius Malfoy standing over him.


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