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After a short reception, we took a port key directly to the Hogs Head. Severus had initially wanted to appareate but I told him I was to tired. It was a tavern that I remember frequenting quite a lot in my Hogwarts years. Mainly because they sold liquor to underage students. We left the establishment and I was escorted in to the carriage that was waiting outside the tavern for us. Here I was in a carriage with my...... Husband. It seemed so strange that I should ever have some one to call by that title. Anyone who would have known me back in my party days would never have thought that I would have married a stuffy, dark, fearsome, middle aged, potions professor. They all thought I would grow gradually into a cougar and party till my body couldn't take it anymore. And some how, I wish they were right. We reached the castle quickly. Before I knew it we were walking down many long corridors, and stairs, to the dungeons that were to be my new home. As he opened the door to his main living quarters I noticed that nothing had really changed, with the exception of our trunks which had some how reached the room before we had.

"Would you like to see your room?" He said to me.

"Yes, I am very tired," I replied.

I followed him into a room off the main one and looked in awe at the bed. It was an enormous four poster oak bed finished with a dark lacquer that seemed to enhance the oak. There was a magnificent Dark Green Canopy that hung over it.

"Is this my bed?"

" Only if you wish to share it. I'm afraid that I was unable to secure the room next to mine. Some confounded hexing spell put on it that gives the person trying to open it a rather nasty shock I'm afraid."

"Then where am I to sleep?"

"I'm afraid that the mattress on the floor in the closet was the best I could do." Madelyne took a few steps towards the closet and peered in at her new bed. A single sized mattress with cheep white cotton sheets and a rather questionable looking quilt on top.

"I'm sorry but this will not do at all."

"Well you are a witch, are you not? You can transfigure it into something more pleasing if you like."

"No I can't. I'm afraid that Transfiguration was not my best subject."

"Well then I suppose you have two options. Either lower yourself to sleep in the same bed as me, or sleep there. I promise, your 'virtue' is entirely safe with me." Severus smiled on the inside. He knew that she would either rise to the challenge of sleeping in the same bed as him, or be a stubborn fool and sleep on a mattress that even the Hogs Head pub would reject.

"Very well I will sleep with you, but only in the most literal sense."

"I assure you I had no intention of pursuing anything more of you."

"I think I'd like to get ready for bed now. Will you please point me in the direction of your, our bathroom?"

"Out the door to the main room and the only other door in that room besides this one and the door leading to the corridor."

"Great I'll be back shortly," she spoke as she grabbed one of her smaller bags and made her way to the bathroom. She began to look at her selection of night clothes. Most of which we're very sexy and barely there garments. She managed to find a red night gown that covered mostly everything though it still exposed a good portion of her chest. She shrugged her shoulders and sighed. If she wasn't bashful about herself before, why should she be so now? She sighed and walked back into the bedroom where her husband was sitting on the bed.

"You look beautiful," he said without any hint of an ulterior motive. He had changed into his pajama's, obviously while she had changed into her night dress.

"Thank you Severus," she felt herself blushing much to her surprise. She then noticed that he was packing. "Going somewhere?" she felt confused.

"London. First thing in the morning."

"But we've only just arrived! It would look most suspicious if you suddenly up and left your new wife to go to London after one night would it not?"

"It can't be helped. I have business there."

"Very well then I will come along."

"I'm afraid that this is private business."

"Severus you will not leave me here alone in this place! I will not tolerate it," she was very irate.

"Well I am afraid that you will have to learn to bear my loss some how."

"Are you a Deatheater?" she found no reason not to be blunt.

"Go to bed Madelyne," he did not need to deal with this right now.

"You don't tell me what to do."

"For the love of god stop being so impertinent. I will return the day after tomorrow."

"What a perfect way to start our marriage with deceit."

"I am going to bed now. I suggest you do the same." he looked at her and a familiar phrase ran across his mind Hell hath no fury like a woman's scorn. He smiled slightly as he climbed under the covers and spoke "Nox"

Madelyne felt angry but decided that it was no use to reason with him. She climbed under the covers next to her husband and waited until her body surrendered herself to a deep dreamless sleep.
OMG it's done finally a new chapter! I'm relieved! Thanks to Mandi who kept bugging me to update and most recently to Monique for inspiring me to stick with it! I really appreciate reviews!! Review!!!!!!!!