Ch.9 New love
Severus stood in the doorway entranced by the delicate curves and smooth looking skin of Renee's legs, she had yet to turn around, still hanging up her wet clothes. Her hair was still wet and dripped beads of water every now and then on the back of her short bathrobe, Severus swallowed hard, trying to force his eyes away or to look at something else. Renee hung the last item of clothing up then turned around "Oh, geezus!" she gasped, placing a hand over her heart then laughed "I almost forgot you were here...". Snape coughed lightly, finally abe to tear his eyes away then looked back up "So, I just hang my clothes up here?" he walked forward, pointing to the laundry line in the garage. Renee nodded and walked towards the door, Snape started hanging his clothes up, not needing to go on his toes to reach since he was a bit teller than Renee.
Renee stopped and turned around to ask him something when she noticed just how nicely the clothes she had lended him fit him, she tilted her head slightly, catching a glimpse of his well toned stomache peeking from the lifted t-shirt as he hung his clothes up. She shook her head and cleared her throat, catching his attention, "Umm, I don't know about you, but I can't sleep during storms, would you like some coffee?", Snape thought for a moment 'No sleeping? Shit!' he opened his mouth to decline "Sure, I'd love some". "Ok, I'll be in the kitchen..." Renee moved her hair behind her ears and left, Snape winced and actually did smack his forehead 'Sure, I'd love some? What the hell am I thinking? Now we'll be up all night!' he silently berated himself as he finished hanging up his clothes, avoiding looking at Renee's black, lacey undergarments she'd hung up.
When Snape entered the kitchen he didn't see Renee 'She did say she'd be in the kitchen, right?' he stepped in further then heard the second funniest thing he'd ever heard Renee say. "Sugar...sugar...if I were the sugar...where would I be hiding?", he looked to where he heard her voice coming from and almost regretted it, she was bent over, searching through the pantry, slightly bopping up and down on her bare feet. Snape cleared his throat to inform her of his entrance but the noise made her jump and hit her head on a shelf, she backed out of the pantry rubbing the back of her head but she laughed "Just trying to find the sugar...I swear, Camron hides that damn stuff on me".
By the time Snape had helped her find the sugar their coffee was ready, the storm seemed to be alot louder than it was when it started and it was driving Dart nuts, making him run around and jump on things, barking nonstop. "I see why you don't sleep well during storms" Snape chuckled, Renee sighed and nodded "Yep, but then again, I'd be afraid to live here alone, so I find Dart to be good company". She took a sip of her coffee then set her cup down and eyed Snape, feeling a bit uncomfortable, Snape set his own cup down and looked over at her, She smiled "Tell me...do you have any pets?". Snape discreetly gave a sigh of relief over the question then shook his head "No...I never have the time to take care of them...", Renee nodded slowly "Yeah, that always seems to put a damper on things...if you did have the time, would you own a pet?".
Snape was enjoying the casual conversation, made this whole ordeal seem less stressful, "I guess I might own one, if I had the time..." he shrugged. "What type?" Renee winced as Dart came running in the kitchen, barking up a storm and then ran back out, they both laughed at the dogs antics, "Definately not a dog!" Snape declaired, causing them both to laugh again. Their conversation ranged from pets to life ambitions then back to memories, "My family's told me all sorts of stories of where I went to school, things that I've done, place's I've seen...but, even though they tell me these things, I still can never really remember them" Renee frowned slightly. "Amnesia's a difficult thing...sometimes, victims of amnesia never recover their memory..." Snape quoted from something he'd heard, he looked up to see Renee staring into her coffee cup sadly, "Of course..." he back tracked "They sometimes do recover their memory, like I said, it's a difficult thing...".
"I'm not too worried..." Renee murmured, still in a slight daze "I mean...at least my family's here to help me...if they hadn't found out and gone to the hospital, I'd really be lost right now...". 'Think, you idiot! Think!' Snape stared at her, not liking the way she looked when she seemed depressed, "If anything, you still have the present and future...", Renee slowly lifted her head up, her frown slowly changed into a soft, sweet smile "Yeah...you're right...thank you, Severus". The way she had said that just now sent a chill down Snape's spine, it was most likely because of how soft and whispery her voice sounded from her just having been depressed a moment ago. Renee cleared her throat and took a sip of her coffee, obviously noticing how sultry her voice sound, "Thank you...I mean that..." she said in a more' normal' voice and took another sip of her coffee.
After a bit more of conversation, the topic landed on relationships, "Now, we've distinguished that you had a love interest back in the day...why not now?" Renee raised an eyebrow. Snape thought for minute 'Why haven't I tried to find someone else before?' it finally hit him 'Because nobody could replace Cecelia to me...that and nobody ever want to date me...' he shook away from his thoughts, realizing he hadn't answered yet. "Umm, I guess that would be because I just couldn't think of anyone else but Cecelia, that was her name...and I'm not exactly the top choice bachelor" Snape snorted. Renee blinked at him in disbelief "Let's see...you have a job...a dependable one, as Camron would put it...you have your own home, right?", Snape nodded, Renee now started counting on her fingers "Alright, good job, own place to live...". She screwed up her face in thought "Umm, I'd say you're a handsome man...sharp dresser, indicates you're not a slob...you...hold a decent conversation, not many people can do that nowadays" she laughed.
'She thinks all these of me, does she? Or is she just trying to be nice?' Snape wondered as Renee continued, "Umm, you're nice...you help out with cooking and cleaning, again, not many people seem to know how to do those things...". Snape watched her as she looked up, as if trying to find a hidden list in the air to read off more compliments, her hair was nearly dry now and swept across her smooth collar bone. She licked her lips absent mindedly as she tried to think, she bit her bottom lip every now and then between thoughts and compliments, "Should I go on, or have you heard enough to believe you are, in fact, a top choice bachelor?" Renee laughed lightly, her cheeks held a tinge of pink in them. Snape blinked, not realizing he'd just missed out on whatever else she'd said about him "Umm, no no...I believe you...it! I mean...I'm just going to shut up now..." he felt his own cheeks flush.
After a seconds worth of awkward silence, Snape cleared his throat "So, what about you? Why no love in your life?" he mentally poked at himself 'Smooth...remind her of her loveless life, nice one!'. Renee drummed her fingers on the table "Umm, I've never found anyone atractive...", Snape raised an eyebrow "And yet you just said I was handsome, I knew it, you were just trying to be nice" he snickered. Renee shook her head and laughed "Ok, ok...let me rephrase myself...I've never found anyone...that seemed right...I mean, sure I've found some men to be good looking, but...I dunno, they just weren't...right". She ran a hand through her hair and laughed "Sounds stupid, right? Here I am, thirty three years old and I'm the only one out of my family and friends that never got married, all because of a silly notion I have that I'll find some dream man".
Snape looked at her seriously, even though she was laughing about it, her eyes showed how lonely she really felt, he knew that look because he saw it in the mirror every day and every night. "I don't think that's silly..." Snape shook his head "Why settle for someone you're not even remotely atracted to? Why live a life of...of lying to yourself, just to fit in with everyone else's life style?". Renee was staring at him unblinking for a good minute before smiling and shaking her head "It is a wonder that you haven't been snatched up yet, Severus...". They sat there staring at each other for a few seconds, Snape opened his mouth to finally reply but Renee held up a finger "Do you hear that?", Snape sat there quietly then shook his head "No, I don't hear anything...", Renee smiled "Exactly! Dart's asleep...I can set you up on the couch if you'd like...?".
They quietly dispensed their cups in the sink, "I'll wash them tomorrow, don't want to wake Dart up" Renee whispered "I'll go get you a blanket and pillow...". Snape walked into the living room, sure to step over the sleeping dog by the couch 'So that's where you are...' he mused as he heard Dart snore slightly. He stretched and turned himself to sit down on the couch when Renee walked in with a large comforter and pillow stacked in her arms, Snape moved forward to take the bundle from her just as she tripped over Dart, having not seen him laying on the floor. The pillow went flying as well as the blankets and Renee fell forward, knocking Snape and herself onto the couch. After catching their breaths from the fall, Renee sat up to feel one hand on her thigh and another on her hip, Snape felt the pressure of someone stradling his lap and looked up slightly to see smooth, round cleavage in his face.
They stayed there frozen in shock and embarrassment, also oblivious to their provocative situation, it was a few quiet minutes before they gathered their composure to look at each other. Renee looked down to see her bathrobe had opened slightly and quickly grasped it shut, Snape had been quite the gentleman and had his eyes closed tight before he looked up to see he wasn't the only one embarrassed about this. "I..." Snape realized where his hands were and quickly removed them "I am so sorry...I should've told you I found Dart in here...", Renee shook her head "No, no! I should've been looking where I was going! I should be the one apologizing!". Another few awkward seconds passed, 'Oh my gawd, I'm still on top of him!' Renee mentally smacked herself, she looked back down at him, their faces were mere inches apart.
'Why aren't I moving?' Renee felt frozen, she couldn't seem to will herself off of the man below her, their eyes were locked on one another. 'She's still on me...this is too embarrassing, my heart is racing so fast I can hardly breath...' Snape swallowed hard, his eyes never leaving Renee's. Finally, something snapped within both adults, their lips pressed together in a hesitant kiss before turning it into a deeply heated, passionate one, their hands roaming about each other. Renee placed one hand on his chest to keep herself from falling, the other she tangled within the back of his long, black hair, keeping him from moving away from her, even though he wasn't trying to. Snape had one hand resting gentley on her collar bone and the other hand on her back, softly massaging yet making sure she wouldn't get up and leave him.
Renee could feel how fast his heart was beating and couldn't help but wonder how bad her's was beating as well, she slowly slid the hand from his chest up and around his neck, letting herself lay on top of him now, still slighty stradling. Snape let his hands do a bit of sliding and softly ran the hand on her back down to her thigh, he felt her squeaze her thighs together slightly and her fingernails slightly scrape the back of his head near his neck. This all brought on a certain reaction for Snape down there, he couldn't help the impulsive bucking of hips, at which point, Renee broke away from the kiss and looked down at him. Her eyes were hazey and her cheeks were slightly pink, her breathing came out in slow, heavy pants "We shouldn't do this..." she whispered.
Snape felt his heart go into overdrive 'Shit! I've screwed up...I knew I shouldn't have stayed...she's never going to want to see me again...', he looked up at her with concern "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have...". Renee laughed lightly, which actually came out as a soft pur, and shook her head "No, I mean we shouldn't do this here..." she motioned with her eyes, Snape looked ovrr to see Dart sitting right next to the couch with his head tilted as if asking 'Whatcha doin'?'. Snape chuckled softly and silently gave a sigh of relief, Renee slowly got off of him then hesitantly offered her hand, Snape felt his hand float up and clasp with hers and himself get up off the couch.
Renee took in a deep shakey breath before smiling at him and leading him out of the living room and down the hallway, Snape felt a new wave of anxiety hit him as they drew closer to her bedroom. Renee seemed to sense this and stopped, she took another breath and turned to him "We don't have to..." her voice was low, almost sounding scratchy, Snape searched her face and saw in them what could only be described as 'hope'. He brought a hand to her chin and lifted her face up as he bent down and placed a soft kiss on her lips, as they broke away Renee laughed nervously "Don't change the subject, now", he smiled at her and was brought back down for another kiss and they somehow managed to make it to the bedroom like that.
The second Renee kicked the door shut behind her they were both all hands roaming about and deep, needy kisses, Renee walked him like that to the bed where they both fell backwards, this time with Renee underneath. Snape broke this kiss away from her lips to trail kisses along her neck down to her collar bone, his hands hesitantly sliding the bathrobe off of her, exposing her smooth, toned skin. Renee was struggling to get the t-shirt off of Snape but finally managed to, she ran her hands across his chest, smiling 'He's pretty well toned for a school teacher...' she thought before tugging at the draw-string pants she'd lent him. After both were equally bare and satisfied with looking each other up and down, Renee wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him down for another kiss.
Snape slid them both furthar onto the bed then let his hands slide up and down her sides before finally traveling to her thighs, which he drew them up slightly. They locked eyes once more before he was sure it was alright for him to continue, he slowly slid into her, making sure she was comfortable, she suddenly flipped him onto his back and started moving her hips in a way that made him moan. They would flip the other one over, wanting to take charge at moments, their hands never leaving the other, their eyes never wandered, their breaths coming in short gasps. They each moved to a similar rythem, backs arching every now and then, sweat starting to bead down their bodies, they would nuzzle each other or lock into another deep kiss.
When their pace started to quicken and their breaths started to hitch, they clasped one hand together and the other pulled their faces together for one more passionate kiss as they came, moaning in each others mouths. Snape was on top of Renee at this point and slowly let himself rest there for a moment to catch his breath, Renee wrapped her arms around his back and softly kissed his shoulder. After laying there for a few minutes they slowly made their way to lay their heads on the pillows on the bed, Renee placed her head on Snapes chest and looked up at him "I'm sorry..." she whispered. Snape's eyes snapped open "Sorry? Sorry for what? There's nothing to apologize for" he panicked. Renee shook her head and laughed "I didn't finish...I'm sorry I have to leave real quick, I'll be right back...promise!", Snape let another sigh of relief escape as he watched Renee slip into the bathroom.
Renee was quite exhausted from that and from earlier at the festival, but she knew she couldn't sleep in her contacts, she shut the door behind her and removed each lens. She gazed at herself in the mirror, granted she couldn't really see herself, she could clearly see two dark blue blurs staring back at her, she smiled to herself and exited the bathroom. She blindly found her way back into the bed and crawled in next to Snape, resting her head on his chest again, he kiss her softly and whispered "Good night, Renee", she snuggled against him and whispered back "Good night, Severus".
Whew! I need a cigarette after writing that part, lordy! Hahaha, anywho! Pretty long chapter, decent sex scene I hope...I can hear you all screaming "YES! THEY FINALLY HOOKED UP!" hehehe, well, you guys know what to do, review please!
