Chapter 10
"International Portkey?" Hermione questioned.
"That is what I wanted them to think. Besides, you will go someplace international but not until you have taken your NEWT's. Now my dear, we have something to do. Nubby, Ixi!"
"Master?" They each said.
"This Is Hermione my wife and your new mistress. You will abide by her wishes as you do mine." Severus commanded. They each gave a formal bow to Hermione then they began squealing and jumping for joy.
"We are so happy Mistress is come and we have house and family to serve." Nubby said.
"Yes. We is." Ixi said.
"Now, has everything been prepared that I asked for?" Severus asked.
"Yes sir." Nubby said.
"Thank you." Severus said. He led Hermione up the stairs and into the Master's suite. Hermione noticed that Severus had the room decorated in Slytherin Green and Gold. The bed was a queen sized four posters with green hangings and a gold cord. The duvet was green with a large gold Celtic knot on the center with Gold silk sheets underneath. All of the wood was a rich dark Mahogany color. The room had two different wardrobes matching the four poster.
"Do you like it so far?" Severus asked.
"Yes. It is beautiful." Hermione said.
"Not as beautiful as you are." He said approaching her. He pulled her close and kissed her soundly.
"That is a pickup line." Hermione said as she undid the clasps on his cape causing it to fall to the floor.
"Is it working?" He asked as he too removed her cape letting it too fall.
"That depends on what else you have to say." She said using wand-less magic to unbutton every button he had from his throat to his trousers, leaving his chest exposed but his clothes still on.
"When did you learn that?" he asked before kissing his way down her neck to the hollow of her throat.
"The buttons spell is in a mediwitch textbook and the wand-less part is in the charms text for 7th years." She said then used the same spell to remove his cufflinks and undo them as well.
"I always knew that you would be my know-it-all." He said kissing her soundly.
"Just as you are my Snarky Potions Master." Hermione returned.
"Snarky?" He questioned.
"Snippy, cranky, order barking and sexy." She said and wand-lessly removed all of his jewelry but his wedding band and sending it to the dressing table.
"You my dear are my personal Aphrodite. You are dangerously intoxicating and boldly intimidating yet completely the most alluring woman I have ever met." He claimed her mouth as his own infusing her with a new sense of passion. He used her wand-less spell on her buttons of the dress causing it to pool at her ankles leaving her in a slinky slip and all of her undergarments.
Hermione had returned the favor leaving him only n his trousers.
"I knew that you would be a strong witch but this selective with the wand-les magic is very strong magic." He said nibbling on her shoulders as he began removing the slip from her, one shoulder at a time.
"I am merely learning what I can do." She said pulling his face for another searing snog.
"I want to collect your blood for a very powerful potion for you." He said cupping her face.
"I trust you Severus." She said.
"Being married to a potions master has its advantages. I can give you something to keep you from feeling any pain or discomfort." He said as he retrieved a vial from his pocket and handed it to her. She downed it without hesitation.
"Severus, you are going to have to teach this know-it-all, some things." She said stopping a few times to add heated kisses. She rubbed his bare chest with her hands and placed a kiss to the center of his chest.
"There is nothing to teach, we just need to experiment." Severus said.
Hermione's hands trembled as she unbuttoned the last buttons of his fly and pushed his trousers from his hips to reveal a silky black pair of boxers that was very tinted. Severus smiled at her and began to undo the hooks on her bra. He kissed his way across her collarbones to each shoulder and removed the straps from her arms allowing the bra to fall to the floor.
"You are so beautiful." He said. He placed his hands on her shoulders and slowly pulled them down to her breasts. She sucked in a breath as his thumbs found her nipples. He continued pulling his hands down her body till they had made their way to her silky thong. He hooked a finger into each side and pulled them down till gravity took over. He put a hand on each hip and kissed his way back up. He stopped at each nipple to keep them at attention before claiming her mouth. He knew that she was still nervous.
Hermione's hands found his hips and she kissed him soundly as she pushed his boxers off. Her eyes never left his face to keep her courage up.
Severus smiled at her and her innocence. He stepped out of the boxers and picked her up to put her in the center of their bed that he had magically turned down completely. He laid down beside her and began to snog her senseless to get her completely comfortable. He slowly scooted foreword till every inch of them were touching. When she was not as tense, he wand-lessly summoned the vials and placed a wand-less collection spell on her. He caressed every inch of her till she was whimpering at every touch. She was ready.
He looked at her for the sign to continue and she pulled his face to her and kissed him his approval but her eyes held all of the confirmation that he needed. He slowly positioned himself over her and he was quick so she would feel nothing but the pleasure because of the potion. The vials filled themselves and he put a wand-less stasis spell on hem and sent them to a holder on the top of the wardrobe.
He began nibbling at her neck as he entered her again and this time he was slow and careful. He allowed her to set the pace as he continued his ministrations of her neck and collarbones while he occasionally made a dip to her nipples. She explored him with her hands. He was pleased that she was comfortable enough to explore. He upped the pace and she began to find more pleasure when she began to twist slightly and try certain movements. He picked up the pace even more and she could only arch into him with every thrust moaning her pleasure.
He could tell that she was close and her tight walls were doing nothing for his longevity. Her moans of ecstasy were nearly his undoing as it went straight to his groin. Tonight was about her pleasure. Each groan and moan sped his thrusts till she screamed out in pleasure, her climax shattered around him. He was pulled with her spilling himself with in her.
He wand-lessly cleaned them up when he was more coherent and laid down beside her pulling her to him and kissing her tenderly.
"Thank you Severus." She said.
"For what?" He asked.
"For choosing me and loving me." She said snuggling up to him.
"I was drawn to you." He said as he kissed her again tenderly. He pulled up the covers ofver them then spelled the sconces out. Hermione fell asleep quickly so did he for the first time that he could remember.
Early the next morning, Hermione awoke to a soft caress across her shoulder. "Good morning." She said before giving him a chaste kiss. "What time is it?" She asked.
"Just after six. Minerva wants us to be present at every meal to keep the gossip down to a minimal." Severus said.
"I must revise. I have to catch up for missing most of yesterday." Hermione said stretching then she felt his erection. She smiled shyly at that. Severus took the opportunity to snog her soundly.
"That happens every morning we don not have to experiment this morning if you do not want to." He said.
"But we can tonight." She said hinting.
"Whenever you wish." He said kissing her again.
"Um, that's nice but how much of my wardrobe has been brought over?" She asked.
"Nothing." Severus said smirking at the look on her face. Hermione was shocked then jumped out the bed and opened the first wardrobe. That one was clearly Severus's. She opened the second and found at least 10 new sets of every kind of robes in all the colors she wore. She ran back to the bed and kissed him before she was pulled back in.
"That was not the only surprise." He said. He waved a hand at the bathroom door and it opened. Their bathroom was now a replica of the prefects bath on a smaller scale with an added large shower. Hermione was in awe over the bathroom.
"You sir, are spoiling me rotten." She said.
"I know. I can." He said kissing her.
When they both were dressed for the day, Severus escorted her to the apparition room that held the floo and he flooed them both to their chambers.
"We can explore them later or we shall be late for breakfast." He said.
"Where shall we say we went?" She asked.
"To Salem to the Salem Society Inn." Severus said. They walked together out of their quarters and down the corridor to the stairs that led to the entrance hall and in to the great hall. At least they were not the last ones to the hall.
"Severus, Hermione, we were not expecting to see you for at least a week." Filius said.
"Hermione's exams are in 8 days. She needs to revise and pas them. We will be in the castle until then." Severus said.
"Where did you go yesterday?" Panoma asked.
"Salem." Hermione said.
"To the Society Inn too I am sure." Filius said.
"Yes." Severus said.
"Good choice." Panoma said fondly.
"At least we were not recognized there." Severus said.
"Well, Harry Potter and Ginny Potter were seen entering the burrow yesterday and they too had to have portkeys to get away from the throng of reporters. They along with Ron and Susan are staying at Harry's house till further notice." Minerva said.
"I am glad we did not go to London." Hermione said.
"Your contract says fulfilled at the ministry. My contact there said he filed it as soon as it changed. The minister will never know what has hit him till it is too late." Minerva said.
"It's already too late." Severus said.
"He does not have to know that" Minerva said.
"Do we have any news on the rest of the Weasley boys?" Hermione asked.
"Bill went to Paris to marry Fleur, Charlie married his long time girlfriend Catrina. The twins will be married this afternoon at the ministry but refused to say to whom and Percy married Penelope a month ago." Minerva said.
"Just think Severus that is a whole new generation of Weasley kids to teach." Hooch said in between bites of eggs.
"May none of them be the next generation twins." Severus said saluting his tea.
"We can only hope." Minerva said.
"Even you have to admit they did a good job annoying Umbridge to the point of insanity." Hermione said.
"That is the only time we never had the heart to punish them." Minerva said.
"Why do I have the feeling that Umbridge is a part of this?" Hermione asked.
"You set a pack of angry centaurs on her and nearly had yourself killed in the process." Severus said.
"It seemed like good idea at the time." Hermione said.
"Just promise me you will not follow through with any more of those schemes unless you run them through me first." Severus said.
"I promise." Hermione said.
"Good. Now, eat your breakfast." He ordered mockingly.
"You too." She returned.
Half of the staff looked at them quizzically. The others were trying very hard not to laugh. Severus was a very private person before Hermione this summer. They wondered what had happened to him to change that. The staff ate after that in relative silence. Then when Hermione had finished her eggs and kippers, he leaned over and whispered something in Severus ear that no one could hear then she kissed his cheek and left out the staff door. Severus watched as she left the room.
"And what pray tell was that about?" Minerva asked.
"She wondered how much rise she would get if she did that during the middle of term." Severus said as he finished his breakfast then he too left. Minerva just shook her head at them before she too left. She was headed for Hermione's office to give her that quiz. She knocked on the door and heard Hermione bid her to enter.
"Hermione, I wondered if you were ready for your quiz?" She said at the door without completely entering.
"Anytime. Please come in." Hermione said. Minerva come in and looked at the décor.
"I must say Hermione. You did a wonderful job redecorating." She said as she took a seat in one of her wingbacks. "These are comfortable."
"I just added a few charms to them." Hermione said.
"Before we begin, I would just like to ask if everything really did go okay last night."
"Yes it did but why wouldn't it?" She asked.
"No reason. I am just trying to make sure the press rally didn't do anything."
"Minerva, we didn't catch a portkey. We apparated across the lake to our house. Severus wants me to finish my exams before we go off and celebrate."
"You mean that you all bought that muggle house across the lake on all that land." Minerva said.
"The house elves have made sure that it is not muggle anymore." Hermione said.
"I am sure of that. Those two are almost as bad as Dobby." Minerva said.
"They were excited to meet me yesterday."
"Yes, well, now that we have that settled, we can get to you review. Filius will give you a review after lunch and when you finish Arithmancy you will get the review for it. At the end of your revisions, we will all give you an overview before your exams." Minerva said then they quizzed.
"I must say you were thorough with your revisions. You will pass transfigurations with an 'O'. Now I must be off. I have a tower to refurbish for the married students. It won't be much but it is better than not being able to stay in school." Minerva said.
Hermione called for some milk and biscuits then settled back into the Arithmancy. She needed only an hour to move onto Herbology.
"Lunch supper and two quizzes later, Hermione and Severus were both lounging on a chaise in their quarters. Hermione was revising and Severus was watching her work. It was nearing midnight and he knew Hermione was getting tired.
"Hermione, I think that it is time for bed." Severus said taking the book away from her. "I have better ideas to put you to sleep."
"What did you have in mind?" She asked rubbing his chest.
"I think that I shall teach you the fine art of water pleasures." Severus said not telling her everything.
"Shower, tub or pool?" She whispered seductively in his ear.
"You choose." He said pulling her close and fondling her rear end.
"Shower then." She said kissing his Adam's apple.
"Our house or quarters?" Severus asked.
"We are already in our quarters." She said fondling his rear in return.
Severus led her into the bathroom where he divested them of all of their clothes then got her wet. He intimately washed every inch of her. Emboldened, she took the soap and washed him. She saved his member for last. She washed and explored trying to learn what felt best for him.
He stopped her as he pulled one of her legs up and put it around his hip then with a little maneuvering, he had her other leg wrapped around his waist and her back firmly pressed to the wall of the shower. His arm was supporting most of her weight as he thrust home. He was a bit more forceful than last night and she had much more pleasure from it. His thrusts went from rhythmic and meticulous to wild abandon as she was bringing him to new heights. Severus could only pant with Hermione's moans. They met each other thrust for wild thrust till they both climaxed in a near scream. Severus held her in place till he was sure that she could stand on her own. They cleaned each other again and got out spelling themselves dry before collapsing in the bed. They were asleep before they could extinguish the candles.
Hermione awoke much earlier than Severus and she couldn't go back to sleep, she quickly crept into the sitting room and flooed her quarters, changed then returned. She sat on the floor with her revisions set up around her. She set a timer for thirty minutes before breakfast and set to work. She finished the Herbology text a few minutes before the timer so she spelled it off and returned to he bedroom to find Severus still asleep. She woke him with a thorough kiss and when he returned her kiss, she pulled away. "You have thirty minutes to get dressed before we are to be in the great hall."
"I never sleep in." he said stretching then he noticed she was fully dressed and said, "How long have you been up?"
"Long enough to finish Herbology. I'd say about an hour." She said then gave him a tender kiss.
"I could get used to this." he said.
"Sleeping in or me waking you?" Se asked.
"Both." He said and pulled her on the bed and snogged her senseless.
"Get dressed or we will be late and Hooch will never let us live it down." Hermione said.
"I will be glad when term begins and she can not say anything again." Severus grumbled as he got out of bed and rummaged in his for a set of his outing robes.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"Apothecary. I will be gone till lunch. I usually buy out 3 different shops before I have enough supplies for the term." He said.
"Sounds fun." She said.
"No. It usually takes me two days to get everything put away." He said as he finished putting on his boots. He clipped the pocket watch on and went to the bathroom to shave and do the rest of his morning routine. When he came out he looked very sharp.
"Are you ready?" He asked.
"Yes." She said accepting his arm.
He led her to the great hall where they were the last to sit down. Hooch whistled at him. Hermione ignored her and turned to Panoma and said, "I have finished my Herbology revision."
"Great. Can you come to the greenhouses with me? We could do your quiz there after breakfast."
"Yes I can." Hermione said.
"Great." Panoma said.