Chapter 14: Shopping and Confessions of Love

Severus walked into the boutique across the street from the shop that his bride had just left Modern Wizards Wedding Boutique and quickly strolled over to his best man and the Weasley boy who hung out with him. "Let's get this over with I really do not like to shop and this place makes my skin crawl." He said shortly to the boys standing before him.

As if on cue the owner dashed out from the back room and skidded to a halt in front of the three men before him. "Ah as I was forewarned, you're here for your wedding robes no doubt Mr. Snape, yes your bride was in the other shop just 2 minutes before you arrived. Now I assume black, due to your norm and some white should be. For all of you I'm guessing, ah you boys must be the groom's men, yes, yes. This will work splendidly!" he ushered the men into the back by the fitting rooms and took their measurements before summoning the correct suits. Severus feeling no real need to try on the robes quickly paid for them, Harry and Ron followed suit and paid for theirs without trying them on as well. They were out of the suffocating shop as quick as they entered without a falter or delay.

"Thank you again Mr. Potter, Mr. Weasley you made life a lot easier for me I thought I might have to be stuck with Lucius and Draco up there…." He sighed at the incredulous look on his students faces before turning and walking back towards the castle, he desperately needed a drink and not the kind he was willing to have with others in the Broomsticks and he simply didn't trust the Hogs Head.

He worked his way to his rooms and sat upon his sofa in the living room in front of him was a bottle of firewhiskey and a cup that was currently half full. He lifted the cup to his mouth and let the alcohol burn its way down his throat and warming his insides, yes he needed this, a nice good drink. Though if he were to be truly honest with himself he needed Hermione, in the worst ways, but the alcohol would have to do, she was out shopping with her friends and he didn't need to disturb that, no matter how much he wanted her, needed her soft flesh against his. Wanted, needed to hear her voice moan his name; wanted, needed to hear her tell him that she loved him; wanted, needed to be one with her again. But he'd settle for the liquor in his hand, for now that was all he could do. Severus sighed into his glass and took another draught of the burning liquid, he wouldn't get drunk no, tipsy perhaps a little, but drunk no, he never got drunk anymore.

Hermione walked through the doors or the Entrance Hall and turned away from her friends towards the dungeons. "Where you going 'Mione?" Ginny asked as she saw the brunette turn to go in the opposite direction. Before mouthing "Oh" as Hermione stepped to the stairs leading to the potions classroom, and the seductive Potions Master's quarters; Hermione simply nodded her goodbye and began her decent into the dark alley to her hearts greatest desire. Oh Hermione knew what she would see if she were to look into the mirror that Harry had talked about so many times before, she would see her and Severus together with a family, happy for all time. Instead of going into his quarters Hermione turned down the corridor his classroom, she knew the room had a door to his chambers, but really she just wanted to be there for a bit, to reflect.

Severus was going to pour himself a second glass when he heard the door to his classroom open and shut softly on the other side of the thick stone wall, what was a student doing there, of all the places in the world, at this time of night, so close to curfew. He rose to his feet and glided across his common to the door linking with his office, and from there to the door leading into the classroom. He opened the door slightly only to find Hermione sitting on one of the desks looking at the board at the front of the room. He slipped in and shut the door as quietly as he could behind him. He moved swiftly over to her and stood behind her for a moment just looking at her before she broke the silence.

"This room is where I first fell in love, he didn't care that I existed he was just determined to shut me up, I didn't care, he was handsome, he was intelligent, he was graceful. He learned to slowly forget my existence in the room even though I sat in the center near to the front, always eager to learn as I was, raising my hand trying to answer the questions he asked, he always relayed them to others, never once glancing my way. I never thought that he actually cared about me, that he was one of very few who actually valued my intelligence. I had no idea back then that I'd marry him one day. I blame the mistletoe, if it weren't for the mistletoe, nothing would have happened between us. It's all because of that stupid mistletoe madness." Hermione sighed still looking at the blank board at the front of the room.

Severus flicked his wand at the board and writing appeared on it in his elegant scrawl.

Love it wasn't the mistletoe. Forever I'll be yours and forever I had hoped to be. I've always cared about you. Thank you for choosing me. I love you I would have found a way, it wasn't just the mistletoe. Turn around.

Hermione read this and turned to face him. "You heard all of that?"

"Yes love, now come with me, it's late." He answered and pulled her close arm around her waist. They both looked up and sure enough, the one sprig of cursed mistletoe still hung above their heads, they looked deep into each other's eyes for a split second before closing the distance between their bodies and kissing with all the love and passion they could muster without going crazy with need.

Severus led Hermione back to his chambers and to his room. He gently placed her on the bed and got himself under the black silk covers turned and held her. They slept like that through the night.

Severus was awoken the next morning by a foxy brown haired vixen stroking his naked chest under the sheets; she had found a way to shed herself of all but her undergarments sometime in the middle of the night as well as his. She was driving him wild in his sleepy state, and her eyes would probably fling wide if she knew what he'd been dreaming of not seconds ago.

When he couldn't stand the torment anymore he growled and flipped his fiancé on her back stripping off what little she still had on before doing the same for himself. He leaned his head down and began to kiss and tease every inch of her body he could reach making her go wild with heat. He stroked her very core and the wetness he found there broke his last strand of control he pulled himself back up and captured her mouth as he thrust deep into her catching her strangled moan and letting out his own primal groan. She felt so wonderful, silky and smooth and tight, he let himself go and delivered even calculated thrusts to make her as crazy as she made him, and she writhed beneath him soaking up all he gave and giving back just as much. Their breaths mingled as they kissed and he thrust both battling for dominance, after what seemed like ages Hermione finally found her sweet release and screamed Severus's name clinging to the man she loved nails planting themselves firmly in his back. Severus was going through the same battle as he groaned her name and pressed her into the soft mattress biting her neck and kissing her now swollen lips before falling on top of her.

Balancing his weight on his elbows he looked down into her deep hazel eyes and drank in the love her saw there, what he did to deserve her he would never know. He didn't need to know all he needed to know what that he had her and now that he did he was never going to let her go. She was his, and he was hers, she stole his heart in an instant and he was positive that he would be perfectly fine if she never gave it back, because he knew he had hers. Forever.

A/N: Sorry it took so long to update. I've been super busy lately so here's the newest update I hope you like it. Thank you to all of my reviewers you've made me very happy and I really appreciate the feedback, it actually inspires me to write and update more often. I love you all thank you so much. Thank you also to my readers for sticking with me through my sporadic and spastic update schedule, I've never really been too good with that kind of thing because I don't really find the time to get to a computer as often as I would like for as long as I would need to update on a regular basis. So again thank you, now if I could just ask you to please once again Click the pretty review button below to leave your love or hate or other! I'll update as soon as I possibly can next chapter will be the wedding part 1 or maybe the whole thing, I'm not quite sure yet, only time will tell!

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