Time Heals All Wounds

Disclaimer: the chances of me holding a decent, intellectual conversation with Albert Einstein, is about my chances of owning Harry Potter.



LEMON WARNING: yes, there will be a lemon in this chapter.



Chapter 4.



Hermione gave the boys their gifts as soon as she awoke, to stop them from pestering her all day for them. They were delighted with the jokes and sweets. As soon as the paper was off and thrown across the room, they had given her and Lily their gifts, and run out of the common room and down to the main hall to try to prank Filch. Hermione turned to Lily, and presented her with her new robes, which she happily accepted with a hug. Hermione got her hair stuff and then they went down to breakfast.



As she was leaving the great hall, Hermione gasped at the pink and neon blue haired students. She asked one upset second year, who had caused it. And at their forlorn looks she knew that it had been Sirius, James and Remus.



Hermione sighed and preformed the counter charm that fixed their hair to the original colors. “I am sorry for all the fuss.” She apologized on their behalf. “It is my fault. I gave them the jokes to keep them occupied and out of my hair.”



The boy blushed. “It is ok Miss Hermione.” He said flustered, before running away.



Hermione chuckled a bit before going off to the usual spot by the lake. Severus had sent her a letter earlier around dawn. He said to meet her there. After performing several countercharms on the poor victims of the three troublesome boys, she finally made it to the hidden spot behind the grove, which was located at the base of the lake, opposite the school.



She glanced around and didn’t see Severus anywhere. She sighed and looked again at the letter. ‘He said to meet him here after breakfast, before first period…’ she thought to herself as she again scanned the trees. ‘Oh well. I will see him later at lunch…’ she turned around to see Severus standing, partially hidden in the shadows.



“Oh! There you are!” she exclaimed happily. “I didn’t think you were going to show up. I couldn’t find you.”



Severus smiled as he stepped forward and kissed her lightly on the cheek. “There is no way I would miss this.” He said grinning. “You look great.”



“Thank you. You look very nice yourself.” She said smiling at him, as he pulled her down onto the moss. “I have your present here.” She pulled it out of her book bag, and handed it to him.



Severus accepted it with a smile. It was beautifully wrapped in shimmering green and silver foil paper, with tiny potions bottles and flasks shooting up tiny spirals of multicolored light. He opened it gently, taking great care not to rip it. His eyes lit up at the sight of genuine dragon-hide gloves.



He leaned in and kissed her gently on the lips, softly murmuring the words, “Thank you Hermione.”



Blushing slightly she said, “Your welcome.”



“I have another gift for you.” She said smiling. “I will give it to you later…ok?”



“Ok.” Severus agreed as he dug her present from his bag. “This is gift one of three.” He said handing it to her.



“Severus!” she exclaimed. “You didn’t have to do all that!”



“Yeah well, this is just for appearances, although I do believe you will quite enjoy it.” He said. “But the real gift is the two I am going to give you later.”



Hermione smiled softly. “Thank you Severus.” At his smile, she then turned her full attention on the large thick parcel on her lap. With as much care as Severus had used, she too made sure not to rip the beautiful gold and red paper. It had minuscule books and candles on it with realistic flickering flames. She admired the thick leather of the books cover, when she turned it over she noticed that it was a limited edition copy of Hogwarts a History. In her time, you could not find one in such good condition. In fact her own copy was very worn, from constant use. And this one even had gold pages.” She threw her arms around Severus knocking him to the ground.



“Oh thank you! Thank you Severus!!” she said hugging him to her tightly.



His arms snaked around her in an equally tight embrace. “You are very welcome… my Hermione.” The last he said so softly she could barely hear him. In fact, she was sure he had meant for her not to hear it, at all.



They gathered up the paper and their gifts, and walked back up to the castle, hand in hand. Each was in their own little worlds, just happy to be near each other. Once they entered the school, the bell rang, and they parted ways for their respective classes. Before he let go of her hand, he whispered in her ear, “Meet me in the Room of Requirement before dinner.” He said. “Please say you’ll be there?”



Hermione kissed his cheek. “I shall be there.” She said letting go of his hand. “See you in potions.” She waved goodbye as she ascended the stairs to transfiguration.



Hermione made it in time, but only just. As soon as she had sat down in the front of the room, next to Lily, the bell chimed. Professor McGonagall strode into the room from her office. With a wave of her hand, the instructions were on the board, and she began the lesson. They were to learn how to transfigure large animals into furniture.



Within ten minutes Hermione had successfully transfigured a large dog into a couch. Lily had transfigured her pig into a large plump footstool, five minutes after. The professor gifted them with five points each, and the class was over. They had a free period after first hour, so Hermione and Lily went to the library to catch up on some studying.



The second class of the day was Potions with Professor Slughorn. Hermione and Lily made their way down to the dungeons. They passed a few ghosts, and Peeves, whose nose was a large eggplant, which was again, courtesy of the marauders. Lily fixed his nose with a simple incantation. And each lighting their wands with the Lumos spell, hurried down the dark corridors to the potions classroom, and Hermione took her usual seat next to Severus.



At the beginning of the year, the Professor had decided that inter-house relations were to be upheld in his class, and therefore the Gryffindor’s and Slytherin’s were now seated, one of each at each table.



The directions and ingredients were on the board and one order could be seen. ‘Work quietly and quickly.’ Hermione rose from her seat and went to get the potions ingredients and Severus began to take notes. They were the first pair to finish their potion, and got a perfect score on it per usual.



The rest of the day flew by like nothing, and before either Hermione or Severus knew it, dinner was fast approaching. Hermione had gotten another letter from Severus during lunch, telling her to make sure to dress up for her surprise.



Hermione gave a last wave of her wand, and glanced at her reflection in the mirror. Her hair was up in an elegant knot with several strands of her shimmering hair hanging down about her shoulders. She was wearing a simple black velvet gown with a green and black velvet cloak. One simple teardrop diamond rested above her breasts on a silver chain. She had done her makeup sparingly, a bit of light green eye shadow, and a touch of lipstick. ‘There.’ She said to herself as she exited the common room for the Room of Requirement. ‘I sure hope Severus likes this.’





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Severus was pacing back and forth in front of the Room of Requirement. ‘What if she forgets? What if she remembers and just doesn’t show up?’ he was very nervous. He had never done this before. He was just about to give up hope, when he saw her approaching in the corner of his eye. He turned to face her. His eyes widened in appreciation. “You look beautiful…” he said. “Really Hermione, you look absolutely stunning!”



She blushed. “Thank you Severus.” She said, as she took in his appearance. He was dressed in black, of course, but if you looked closely, you could see a wire thin stripe of green around the cuffs. “You look very handsome.”



Now it was his turn to blush. He walked past the wall three times until a door appeared. Severus offered Hermione his arm and she took it smiling. He opened the door for her and she gasped in delight.



A floating circular table, with a delicate silver cloth covering it was in the center of a large candlelit room. Severus waved his wand once and golden dishes materialized on the table. He led her to the intricately carved chair and held it out for her.



Once she had seated herself, Severus lifted the golden lid from her plate. She would be feasting upon tender fish and shrimp in a creamy sauce, with broiled potatoes and fresh vegetables, her favorite.



Severus sat himself and lifted his own. He had the same as Hermione, except his was rather spicy. They talked about school, homework, and just joked, all throughout dinner. When they were done, Severus banished the dirty dishes, and summoned their dessert, which consisted of freshly made brownies, with vanilla ice cream and dark chocolate sauce.



When they had finished with that, Severus led Hermione to the couch on the opposite side of the room. He sat and pulled her down next to him. She snuggled up next to him, and sighed contentedly.



“That was gift number two.” He reminded her with a smile.



Hermione raised her eyes to look at him. “What is the last one?” she asked, curious.



Severus swallowed the nervousness that was threatening to overcome him. He knelt in front of her, sliding his hand into the pocket of his cloak. He pulled out a small box of deep green velvet.



“Hermione…” he began. “These four months have been like a dream, a wonderful dream, that I fear is going to disappear and I will wake up.” He waited to see that she was listening, before going on. “These months, I have been the happiest I have ever been, and I do not wish it to end. I know it has only been a short time, Hermione, but I cannot hold back my emotions any longer.”



He reached out and brushed his fingers over her cheek. Her eyes and his met, and he tried to read her expression. “Hermione Jane Granger, it is undeniable, I have fallen totally and completely in love with you. Every morning I wake with your name on my lips, and when I see you, I can’t help but smile. Hermione, I know you are the only girl for me, please,” he opened the box to reveal a white gold band with a ruby and emerald jewel in the center. It sparkled in the candlelight.



“Will you…stay with me? This is a promise ring, Hermione. I promise to someday make you as happy as I am with you right now. Will you accept it?” he finished with a hopeful, nerve wracked expression in his eyes.



Hermione’s eyes filled with tears. She nodded once before holding out her hand, “Yes! Yes, of course I will Severus!” She waited as he slid the ring over her finger, and then she leaned in and kissed him passionately.



Severus’ arms slid around Hermione’s waist, and pulled her flush against him. She wrapped her arms around his neck and her fingers entwined in his hair. Lips met lips, and their tongues were battling furiously against each other in their mouths.



Severus slid a hand down to brush against her thigh, and her enthusiastic response, gave him more courage. He led her back over to the couch, which they quickly learned, had transfigured itself into a large fluffy bed, during their short absence. Severus lay Hermione down on the bed gently, and moved so he was straddling her. He leaned in for another mind blowing kiss, and the hand on her hip moved slowly upward.



He was fascinated with the little sounds she made when he hit certain spots on her stomach. He gently cupped a breast and squeezed lightly. Hermione gasped in pleasure as his teeth and tongue played with her nipple through the thin fabric. He smiled. ‘Well if that is her response when she has a shirt on…’ he thought to himself. He sat her up for a moment, and turned her around. He slid down farther to her waist. Using his teeth only, he undid the zipper that was holding her dress up. He pulled her to her feet, and carefully, and slowly, peeled the dress from her flush body. Severus dropped to his knees as he continued to pull the dress down to her feet, to help her steady herself when she stepped out of it. He sat her down and pulled off her shoes, setting them aside.



He gently spread her legs so he could move between them. He buried his face in the valley between her breasts. Kissing and nipping at them until she gasped out his name. He leaned up and kissed her neck, gently sucking, but not long enough to leave a mark. Severus lowered his head to the front of her bra. It clipped in the front. ‘Convenient.’ He thought to himself, as his teeth and tongue went to work unclipping it. He could hear Hermione’s heartbeat speeding up as he finally got the bra off of her. He kissed and nipped a trail up the valley between her breasts, as one hand cupped and kneaded her left breast, causing her to moan softly. He could feel himself getting harder, he had been rock hard from the moment he started undressing her.



Severus licked around Hermione’s erect nipple, before sucking it into his mouth. His tongue played with it for a while, gently nipping at it, causing her to moan louder, and clutch at his head, pulling him closer, and encouraging him to keep going. He lifted her in his arms, and climbed onto the middle of the bed. One hand was at her right breast, while the other was traveling down her stomach, and over her hips. Snaking its way to her inner thigh, he let it rest there. Enjoying the way she squirmed under his touch, and slightly lifted her hips toward him.



Hermione had never felt such pleasure in her life, as only she had touched these secret places. Everywhere that Severus touched, seemed to tingle with anticipation, for what was sure to come. He kissed her again. Her hands were clutching the pillow above her head tightly. His hand began to move up. She throbbed as she felt his hand, just inches from her womanhood. So much pressure down there, she wanted to feel his touch, needed him to touch her there, to give her some release. “SEVERUS!!” she moaned loudly as his fingers brushed over her clit.



Quite pleased with the response he was getting, he decided to pull off her panties, and found them soaked with her juices. He gently flicked his thumb against her nub, watching her buck and writhe under his hands.



The pleasure was escalating. Hermione felt herself moan loudly, almost screaming his name, as she felt a long finger slide inside her, pushing through her folds. He hit one spot deep inside, her that made her crazy with pleasure. He began pumping his finger in and out of her, first slow, and then at her urging, faster. After several pumps he pulled his finger out and replaced it with two. Hermione shrieked and bucked her hips against his hand.



He continued to pump faster and harder, as he leaned up and kissed her. He bit her lip slightly, causing her to gasp and lift her hips in rhythm with his hand. He played with her breasts and nipples for a bit longer before he pulled off his own robes. He stood before her in black silk boxers. Hermione licked her lips, as she watched him slowly lower them over his extremely large, very hard member.



Hermione’s eyes widened at the shock of seeing such a large member. “Will it…will it fit?” she asked suddenly unsure.



Severus smiled at the complement she had unknowingly given him. “Yes, love, it will.”



“Will…will it hurt?” she asked again.



Severus knelt next to her, gently stroking her arm. “Only at first, it will soon feel better. I will take it slow…or do you not want to do this now?”



“Oh I want to do this.” She said quickly, blushing.



Severus smiled then. “Ok.” He said, laying her back down and playing with her clit some more to get her wetter. He positioned himself above her entrance, probing it gently with the head, at her nod; he slowly slid himself inside of her, pausing just before her barrier. He waited while she got comfortable with the intrusion. When she was situated he leaned and kissed her passionately as he thrust his hips forward, his large cock effectively breaking through her hymen.



Hermione gasped with pain, and she clung to Severus, who was very still, letting the pain pass. "Y...You can go on now.” She told him with a light kiss on his lips. “I am ok now.”



Severus nodded and slowly pulled himself almost all of the way out of her, before pushing in just as slowly. Hermione moaned with every stroke, and was lifting her hips to meet his in perfect rhythm. She began purring with pleasure, when his hands once again found her breasts. She could feel herself getting closer, closer to her climax. She screamed. “OH GOD!!! SEVERUS!!!!”



Hermione’s passionate yell brought Severus to his peak as well. He called out, “HERMIONE!!” He thrust into her several more times, their bodies glistening with sweat, and still shaking from their orgasms, Hermione raised her back to press closer to him as he thrust into her once more. He came screaming her name.



They lay next to each other, both catching their breath. “Hermione?” asked Severus softly.



“Yes?” she replied, half asleep.



“Thank you for letting me be your first.” He said kissing her gently. “And for what it is worth. You were my first too.”



Hermione smiled into his chest, murmuring, “I love you, Severus.”



“And I love you, my Hermione.” Severus said, before they both fell into a very deep sleep.





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