A/N: As I sit here, I am awaiting the kiddies to come knock on the door in their over-priced costumes asking for the cheap candy I bought. This is the first time I've ever not pretended to not be home. Bah humbug, usually. Anyway, here goes...
PS. It gets a little heated.
Chapter 10
Severus had gone overboard for the small affair and for such a short amount of time. Hermione was walking down the street, guided by Minerva. "Where are we going?" she demanded.
"Don't worry, dear. We're just going to get you a dress."
Hermione stopped in her tracks. "I don't need a dress. I don't want a dress. I just want to marry Severus."
Minerva smiled sadly. "Hermione, this is your wedding. Even if you will have to have a different ceremony in the Wizarding world, you should do this properly. I feel like the white dress makes the bride feel pretty."
"Is Severus buying a tux?"
"Probably renting one..."
"No! There is no point!" Hermione yelled. Minerva looked around the small town square at all of the people that had stopped.
"Hermione, dear...you're making a scene."
Hermione pulled her arm from the older woman's grasp. "Why should he go out of his way to look nice? I can't even see him. This is all becoming too complicated. I just wish to marry him."
"Severus asked me to do this."
"It's too much money."
"Hermione..." she said, taking the girl's arm and pulling her to the side of the small street. "Severus does not lack money, I can promise you that. He is a great wizard with many published works that have given him a great deal of success."
Hermione sighed and nodded. She knew all of these things. "I'm sorry...I'm over reacting. I just want to marry him."
Minerva nodded. "And you will, dear...very soon."
Hermione smiled. "I guess I would like to look nice for him..."
Minerva chuckled and led Hermione forward. "Would it be out of line for me to buy you a new set of lingerie for tonight?" she asked.
Hermione flushed and shrugged. "I-I suppose not."
Minerva smiled, mischievously. "A blue set...for something blue. That is the muggle tradition, no?"
Hermione nodded. "Something borrowed, blue, old, and new."
"Well your dress will be new, the lingerie will count as blue. My necklace," she said, pulling it from her robes pocket and placing it around the girl's neck. "Old...it was my mother's."
Hermione touched the necklace, feeling the pearls. "Oh, Minerva...I can't accept this."
"Nonsense! You are as close to a daughter as I have."
Hermione wrapped her arms around the woman, tears in her unseeing eyes. "Thank you..." she managed to get out.
"Of course, dear. And we will find something borrowed," she said, leading the girl into a small dress shop.
Hermione allowed Minerva to select a dress and once they determined that it fit, it was purchased. Minerva took the bag, but shrunk it as soon as they were out of sight. She led Hermione to a small salon. The girl wanted to argue, but she couldn't help but enjoy the extra attention.
Over an hour later, Minerva had helped Hermione into the lingerie, and the salon women were helping Hermione into her dress, careful not to mess up her hair.
One of the woman placed an ornate silver hair piece in her hair and smiled. "Have that back here by tomorrow afternoon..."
Hermione smiled. Something borrowed.
She thanked them all gratefully as Minerva led her from the shop. She apparated them a block from the site of the wedding, looking at her watch.
"Minerva...I haven't any shoes..."
Minerva ignored her and continued walking.
Hermione gasped quietly upon feeling the sand between her toes and hearing the rush of the ocean. They were to be married on the beach.
Severus gasped when her saw Hermione appear with Minerva at her side, guiding her along the beach. She looked like an angel. The white dress was lined in lace and hugged her body perfectly. He watched her startle slightly when Minerva placed her tiny hands in his own large ones. She placed a hand on his chest before moving it to his face, feeling his features. "Severus?" she asked, quietly.
"You look stunning, my love."
Hermione blushed and looked down. She didn't hear much of what the priest said, though she got out the words she needed to at the right times.
"I now pronounce you...man and wife. You may kiss your bride, Severus," the short, enthusiastic priest said.
Severus pulled her against him and kissed her passionately. Minerva sniffled from where she stood, taking photos with her magical camera. Before she left, the woman accioed the piece from Hermione's hair so she could return it before she headed back to the castle.
After a lovely meal on the beach, Severus carried Hermione over the threshold of their small cottage. He kissed her gently before sitting her down on her feet. "Well. How do you feel, Mrs. Snape?" he asked, a large smile on his face.
Hermione mirrored the man's smile at his question. "Like I want to show you the gift Minerva bought for us."
"She didn't have to get anything for us."
"I think you'll be glad that she did..." Hermione said, suggestively.
Severus's eyes went wide, and he scooped her up and carried her to the bedroom. He sat her on the bed and went to open the large doors that led out to the private beach and patio. The sound of the waves crashing onto the beach could be heard clearly. When he turned back to her, she had discarded her dress onto the chair.
Severus's gaped at his young wife. She wore a light blue corset that snuck down to meet a lace thong of the same color. "Oh Merlin..."
Hermione blushed. "Does it look good?"
"Thank Merlin for Minerva..."
Hermione laughed. "Come here..."
Severus crossed the room and pulled her into a passionate kiss. "You look...amazing." He ran his hands down her sides, kissing and nipping at her neck.
Hermione groaned quietly, her arms wrapped around his neck. She pushed him back until he was forced to sit on the edge of the bed before climbing onto his lap. She kissed him gently, pushing the black tuxedo jacket from his body and tossing it onto the floor. She unbuttoned his shirt as she moaned quietly, Severus still biting at her neck.
Pushing him back on the bed, Hermione kissed his chest as she pushed his shirt off. She could feel his arousal against her, her own arousal coiling in her lower abdomen.
Hermione gasped as Severus flipped them over so he was on top. He unlaced the front of the corset and pulled it from her body. He massaged her breast gently, a moan escaping her lips. He kissed down her neck, teasing a nipple with his tongue. "Oh, Severus!" she cried out.
Severus groaned as she pushed her hips up against his arousal. She pulled his pants off, and he ground his hips roughly into hers. "Please, Severus..."
Severus smirked. "Please what?" he asked innocently.
"Make love to me...as your wife."
Severus smiled and kissed her. "I love you, Mrs. Snape."
"I love you too...Mr. Snape."
Severus pulled his boxers off before pulling her panties away. He kissed her as he pushed slowly into her. The both moaned into the kiss as Severus began to move slowly. Severus set a pace, moving slow and deep within her. Moaning loudly, Hermione moved her hips in time with his. "Oh, Severus..." she moaned as her inner walls tightened around him as she came, crying out his name again.
Severus moaned, feeling her tighten around him. He moaned loudly and moved a bit more before he came inside of her. He slowed and kissed her before pulling out of her. "I love you."
"I love you too." Hermione smiled and laid next to him, kissing him gently.
"Are you sleepy?" he asked.
"I'm just getting started, love..." she said,, smirking as she pushed him onto his back and straddled him.
A/N: Hope that was okay. Pretty long for me. Soooo...REVIEW! q
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