Chapter: Visitors in the morning

It had been two weeks since she'd received the letter, but she hadn't gone to Hogwarts and wasn't planning to.

It was five o'clock in the morning when Lavinia's alarm clock rang and she sleepily tossed the pillow afterwards to put an end to the disturbance, but she threw it wrong and the alarm clock continued to ring.

She lolled and yawned, still too tired to get up, but it didn't help, her boss wouldn't let her get away with another mistake or a delay and he'd put her on the street.

She threw back the covers and swung her legs out of bed, sat there for a moment, dazed and asked herself: "Lavinia Mortimor, what's the point? Why don't you look for something better?", She yawned again and finally got up. She pulled on her dressing gown over the thin strappy nightgown and pulled her slippers on to her bare feet.

After a few gymnastic exercises, she left the bedroom, went to the apartment door and then outside, down the stairs in the hallway to get the newspaper, in case another neighbor hadn't taken it away.Just as expected, the mailbox with her name tag was empty, whereupon she cursed and kicked the banister.

Suddenly she caught sight of a cat sitting on the doormat, staring at her but not moving. It was a big black tomcat with a shaggy coat.

She crouched down and said: "Well, what are you doing here, my little one, do you want to come with me? It's pouring out of buckets, come here, my beautiful one, I'll take you with me."

She smiled, grabbed the cat and carried it up the stairs to the third floor of her apartment, where she finally dropped it off and went to the kitchen herself to get a bowl of milk for the animal.

Lavinia put the bowl in front of the black cat, but found that the cat didn't touch the milk, just sat there and still looked at her.

"Oh, are we too fine for milk? What else can it be?", She asked, but was distracted by the clock on which her gaze was a lot and cried: "Oh, you scare!If I don't take a quick shower now, I'll be late! "

She ran out of the kitchen and took off her dressing gown and nightgown on the way to the bathroom.

After a few seconds, the splashing of the water from the shower could be heard and she trilled a song to herself.

In the meantime the cat ran into the bedroom and the cat's frame grew into a large black silhouette of a man. He turned around to examine the room and finally sat down in an armchair that was next to the bed.

After a good ten minutes Lavinia stepped out of the bathroom, went to the kitchen and, when she saw the milk still untouched, called: "Hey cat, where have you gone?"

She was wrapped in a bath towel and rubbed her long, wet, black hair with another towel. The beauty took a bottle of milk from the refrigerator and then went to her bedroom. Once there, she was terrified and even dropped the bottle, which crashed into the ground."Oh my god! She exclaimed when she saw the man in the chair.

"A" good morning "would be more appropriate!", The man sneered, without changing a face.

"S-Severus! What are you doing here?", She stuttered and was able to hold onto the sliding bath towel at the last moment.

It was actually Severus Snape who was sitting there in the armchair and looking at her. She stepped back slowly, as if she were afraid of what would happen next.

"Now that I have not received an answer to my letter, I wanted to see for myself what my Lavinia is up to.", He said calmly and stood up.

"You were the hangover, h-am I right?" She whispered, still startled.

Slowly he walked up to her and then took her in his arms, Lavinia gasped in vain for air, a sigh escaping her and tears welling up in her eyes.

How often had she dreamed of this moment, to feel it, to soak up its scent, to let itself fall into his arms.

"No!"she whispered, trying to pull away.

"No? What no?" He replied, pulling her tighter, "Why did you just disappear four years ago?"

Lavinia closed her eyes and her fingers dug into the fabric of his cloak, unable to speak.

Memories shot through her head, memories of the nights they had experienced together, the passionate kisses, touches and his tenderness.

The only thing she managed to say was, "Oh my Severus!"

Now she wrapped her arms around him and clung tightly as if she were afraid he might just disappear, it might be a dream or something else.

She felt his hands wander up and down on her back and a shudder made her tremble, he felt it and gave her a kiss on the forehead, as he had always done to take her fear away.

He picked her up and carried her to the bed, where he slowly laid her down and sat on the edge of the bed to look at her."Come back to Hogwarts, Lavinia," he said.

She grabbed his hand and said, "I can't!"

Snape jumped up and turned his back on her. "Is it because of that Muggle you wanted to marry?" He hissed angrily, causing Lavinia to get up and lean against his back and put her arms around him.

"Yes, but only because I now see that it was wrong," she whispered.

"Was wrong?" He asked, "Why was it wrong?"

"It was wrong about you. I was so stupid, even though I loved you, I wanted to get away from you, I only know that now. I always wanted you, even now, you are my life, Severus. But I have myself ashamed, that's why I couldn't come back and then this letter from you, it was so cold, I thought ... thought that you hated me. ", she whispered through tears and caressed his chest tenderly.

He grabbed her hand and turned to meet her eyes and said, "How could I hate you Lavinia?"She closed and opened her eyes to dispel the tears that stole her sight.

"But how do you know about him, the" Muggle "?", She asked now, since it occurred to her that he really shouldn't have known.

"Do you really think I've lost sight of you, or have you forgotten? Do you know me so little Lavinia?" He asked seriously.

Lavinia asked haltingly: "But how did you ..."

"I found my ways and means there.", He replied and smiled a callous-looking, tired smile, as he always did, but Lavinia knew him better, somewhere deep inside him, there was still a sparkling feeling and heart .

Slowly he pulled her close and began to cover her face with kisses until his lips found their way to hers and he gave her a longing kiss that seemed to be infinite.

When she had already thought he would take her now, he let go of her and turned away, licking his lips, and was silent.

Staggering and shivering, she stood there and asked, "What about you Severus?What do you have?"

"Nothing, it's time, I have to go back. With or without you!" He said softly.

For Lavinia it felt like a slap in the face and she sat down on the bed, clutching the bath towel, and whispered: "Don't go! Hold on and hold me, I need you, Severus, I love you so much! But you have never told me if you love me too ... do you? ... do you love me? "

He spun around, eyed her and saw her tear-stained face and looked into her questioning eyes.

"Do you love me?" She repeated, reaching out a hand to him, which Snape grabbed, knelt in front of her, and kissed her hand. His chin-length, black hair much forward and he now looked even more like a shadow, since his pale skin was hardly visible.

After a few minutes that he had remained there, he looked up again, let his cloak slip from his shoulders, got up and pulled Lavinia close again, but he still hadn't answered her question.It had always been like that, he had always left her in the dark, but maybe he couldn't put it into words, because Lavinia clearly felt that there was love between them, but she would have liked to hear it from him.

She let him hold her again. It was enough for her to feel him, but suddenly she was startled from her dreams when the phone rang.

"Oh my god!", She called, "What time is it?"

"It's half past six!" Said Snape, who could see the clock on the bedside table.

"What? Then this is my boss, he's going to kick me out for not coming to work!" She shouted in a panic and was about to break away from the hug, but Snape didn't think about letting go of her.

"It's just a stupid Muggle, come back with me and you'll finally get rid of her.", He said and gave her a kiss on the mouth.

"B-but ..." she stammered.

"Nothing but, you come with us and all right!", He interrupted her, lifted her up and after half a turn let himself fall on the bed so that she lay over him.Lavinia brushed a few strands of hair from Snape's face and traced the features of his face with her fingers.

He started to unbutton his jacket, but she pushed his hands away and smiled and breathed: "Let me do it."

He let her go, stroking her thighs that were right and left next to him and pulling on her bath towel that she was still wrapped around but she slapped his fingers and whispered with a cheeky grin: "Wait, it's your turn first!"

After opening her jacket and shirt, she began to tenderly kiss his neck and chest.

After a few moments she let herself fall on the pillows, pulled him towards her and they kissed passionately.

Lavinia pushed the jacket and shirt off his shoulders and threw both after he had released himself from the bed and wrapped his arms around his naked, slim torso and pressed him as tightly as she could.

"I'll never let go of you again!", She said and enjoyed his kisses while she finally undid his belt to free him from the last pieces of clothing.Now she let him take the bath towel from her and for minutes, if it weren't for hours, they just lay there to feel the other's skin.

"How long have I waited for this moment ...", she whispered, "I dreamed of it night after night and I could have died if I woke up and you weren't with me!"

"I was with you! In my mind I was always there, I watched over you and now I watch over you even more.", He replied, breathlessly.

During this time, the phone had rang a few more times, but neither of them had paid much attention to the disturbance, because they had been caught in passionate fire and had not even been able to take in