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Chapter 17

Severus and Hermione were slowly dancing to the music in the center of the dance floor. Everyone else was across the pull, watching them of simply having small discussions of sorts about the newly weds for sure. Severus's arms were around Hermione's waist as hers were around his neck.

I wanna sing, while the ocean sleeps
I wanna feel, what it's like to be free
I wanna see, what you see in me
I wanna know, how it feels to believe

"Did I tell you how lovely you look tonight my darling wife?" Severus murmured, his mouth inches away from her ear.

"Not enough," Hermione answered. She didn't mind hearing it again.

"Well you do," he said. He paused for a moment before he continued. "I hope that you got the fantasy wedding that you had dreamed of… minus the prince."

Hermione looked up at Severus, and then raised herself up on her toes, giving him a small peck on his lips. "I did Severus. My prince is right in front of me. You are all I can ask for and want, nothing more."

Cus I feel lost, somehow I'm drifting away
Was almost gone, You brought me to life again
So let me be your lighthouse
And I'll help you find a way out of here
I see the tide is comin
Don't let it take you away from me
There's no way I'm jumpin over
I know it's your love that saved me

"Did you pick this song?" Severus asked. He had been listening closely to the lyrics since the song started.

"I did. It's a muggle song. I found it appropriate for us… especially for me," she answered. "You are not disappointed are you?"

"No, not at all. I find our song appropriate for the both of us," he said, sharply stating the word 'our.'

"Our song?"

"Of course," he smiled. Severus then planted a kiss on her cheek, and then allowed his lips for drag towards her ear. "You are my lighthouse as well Little One. My little lighthouse to be exact."

Hermione was very touched by his words. It got to her heart right away. Tears of joy started to roll down her cheeks. She placed her face against Severus's shoulder, and closer her eyes, and sniffled.

"Hermione!" Severus slightly growled. "You will soil my white robes with your damn make up. I should have worn black."

A small giggle escaped Hermione's lips. She then gave him a playful slap on his shoulder.

"It seems I am doomed to be your human handkerchief," Severus chuckled.

It was the first time in which Hermione heard a chuckle or some sort of laugh to come from Severus. Just like she imagined, because of his baritone voice, she knew it was perfect. It sounded like music to her ears.

Cus I was lost, somehow drifting away
Was almost gone, You brought me to life again
So let me be your lighthouse
And I'll help you find a way out of here
I can see the tide
From a faraway out
But its slowly drifting away from me

Cus I was lost, somehow drifting away
Was almost gone, You brought me to life again
So let me be your lighthouse
And I'll help you find a way out of here
Let me be your lighthouse
And I'll help you find a way out of here

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"May I cut in?" Lucius asked as stepped close to the couple.

Severus snapped head up and looked at Lucius with a scowl on his face. He was enjoying his time dancing with Hermione and didn't want it to end. He bent his head down and kissed Hermione for a short moment. "You know where I'll be," he said softly, and then headed towards the table.

Lucius shook his head as he took Hermione's hand in his, and placed the other behind her back. Soon after, he started to lead her on the dance floor slowly. "Seems like he didn't take my cutting in too well," he smirked.

Hermione nodded and said, "He can be quite possessive."

"I can't blame him," Lucius said. "Are you enjoying yourself?"

"Very much so," she smiled.

"I know that you want to dance with your father now, but please, do accept this as a sort of father daughter dance," Lucius said with sincerity.

Hermione lowered her head on Lucius shoulder and sighed. "You are my godfather Lucius, and no doubt, a second father to me. This is a father daughter dance."

Lucius placed a kiss on her brow, but never pulled away. "He loved you very much," he said against her skin.

"I know… and he is watching over me right now, and inside my heart."

"That he is."

"Does Draco have to take the Mark?" Hermione asked, suddenly changing the subject.

"You know that he does Love," Lucius replied.

"I don't want him to get hurt. And I don't want you to continue getting hurt," she said sadly. "I lost my parents. I don't want to lose you or Draco."

"We can take care of ourselves Hermione," he assured her. "It is you we are worried about."

"Sometimes I wish I just had a normal life. No Dark Lord, not a princess, nothing…"

"And where is the excitement in that?" he asked with a small scoff. "You wouldn't be around a great number of people who love you, and would do anything for you. And most of all, you wouldn't have a certain wizard as a husband, and who is falling in love with you."

Hermione looked up at Lucius with shock in her eyes.

"You can't deny it Love," he smiled at her. "And I am quite sure that you too are falling in love with him."

"It's just the bond," Hermione said softly, as she looked over Lucuis's shoulder and saw Severus drinking a glass of champagne.

"I know you too well," Lucius said as his eyes cast upon Severus as well. It was either that his goddaughter was in denial, or was just blind, and so was Severus actually.

Hermione was deep in thought. Was it the bond, or were they actually falling in love? If so… No. It was too soon for such feelings to arise. Deep down her heart though, she knew that she already had feelings for the man—her husband.

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"Kiss her again Severus!" Remus said aloud with a laugh after Severus fed Hermione a fork full of the cake. After which, there was a small amount of icing left on the bottom corner of her lips.

"Go! Go! Go!" Draco hooted.

Hermione saw a glint in Severus's eyes before he captured her lips with his. She could taste the cake and icing on his tongue as her tongue tangled with his. Her ears could hear everyone clap and laugh joyfully. Just a short minute ago, she fed him some cake before he fed her. And she fed him neatly. "You did that on purpose didn't you?" she asked just loud enough for him alone to hear.

"I can't get enough of your sweet lips," he said as he licked his lips, cleaning them off with any trace amount of icing or cake.

"How very Slytherin of you," she smirked at him as they both took their seats. "Did I ever tell you that I could've been in Slytherin and not Gryffindor?"

Severus looked at his wife and raised a brow.

"You're not the only one that can pull tricks and scheme in this relationship," she whispered seductively in his ear.

Severus felt his cock twitch beneath his pants. Was his wife a little minx? He could only wait and wonder until later.

"So are you going to go to Italy and do what the Italians do Godfather?" Draco asked Severus.

"And what is that?" Narcissa asked.

"Make passionate love to his woman," Draco answered with an Italian accent. He then waggled his eyebrows up and down a few times and smirked at the couple.

Hermione blushed deeply and buried her face in Severus's shoulder. Severus on the other hand glared at Draco and at everyone around the table when they all started to laugh again.

It truly was a wonderful wedding.

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AN – Can't you just fall in love with Severus yourself? –sniffles with tears of joy- The song that I picked for them is entitled Lighthouse, by an artist called Hope. If you listen to it, don't be surprised if you end up getting teary, because I do when I listen to it. Harry and Ron will be in the story after the honeymoon. They will eventually find out about SSHGs relationship later on in the story. So don't worry. Anyways, I hope that you loved this chapter. The honeymoon is about to start… Review! Review! Review!