A/N: Just a reminder that this story is rated M for a reason.

Chapter 9 The Consummating Couple

Severus followed as Hermione huffed out of the garden, he wanted nothing more than to get home and get the next part of this night over as quickly as possible. He was certainly not looking forward to consummating the marriage with his former student.

"Are you planning to walk all the way to Hogsmeade?" Severus asked as he stopped but Hermione continued on.

She ceased walking and turned around with her arms crossed. "Is there a reason that you are being especially insufferable right now?" Hermione asked her voice slightly raised.

"Maybe, it has something to do with the fact that I must bed you, and that's not my choice." Severus sneered as he crossed his own arms.

Hermione groaned in frustration. "Let's not argue about this now, I just want to get it over with."

"Then let's go." Severus responded as he reached out to her with his hand. Hermione didn't move towards him instead she stay rooted to the same spot, glaring at him. "Do you plan to disapparate to Hogsmeade by yourself and wonder around until you find our house?"

"No." Hermione let her arms drop and stepped towards Severus and took his hand. He pulled her in close, wrapping his arm around her waist, then the two disapparated.

The two appeared in a large sitting room with a huge fireplace, that was obviously on the floo network, and white walls. Along the wall across from the fireplace was several bookshelves, a chair sat before them, and a couch was placed in front of a large bay window. Other than that the room was empty.

Severus released Hermione and took a step back. He pulled out his wand and with a wave the fireplace roared to life, casting a soft light into the room. "Let's go upstairs and get to it then." He rasped indicating the door on the wall next to the bookcases.

Hermione felt her nerves grip her chest. "Don't I get a tour first?"

Severus sighed, "fine." The two walked out of the sitting room into the entrance hall and he turned the lights on. A large oak staircase dominated most of the space and a hallway stretched to her right. The front door was to the left and across the entrance hall was a closed door. "Down the hall is the kitchen, dining room, and bathroom for the main floor." He indicated as he spoke softly, his throat feeling raw.

"What's that room?" Hermione asked pointing at the closed door across from them.

"An empty room, right now."

"Oh." Hermione responded softly as she looked down at her feet. She felt awkward and nervous standing here with Snape, and it was only going to get worse the closer to the bed they got.

Severus exhaled softly. "Let's go up stairs." He started up the steps and Hermione slowly followed. On the next floor Hermione could see a hallway leading in two directions.

"There's two bedrooms and a bathroom in the back of the house plus a staircase leading tp another room, which I'll be using as my study." Severus murmured waving his wand to light the hall. "The master bedroom and bathroom is in the front of the house." He motion for Hermione to lead the way and she knew that she had no choice but to comply.

She walked down the short hall to master bedroom, the door of which was already open and the lights already on. Hermione stepped inside to see a wall of windows looking out towards the front of the house, there was an amazing view of the distant mountains. The curtains framing the windows were a dark color, emerald green, if Hermione was correct, and the walls were a light gray. Another wall was dominated by a huge mahogany wood four poster bed, with Slytherin green linens. On either side of the bed were side tables made of the same reddish wood as the bed frame. On the wall, to the left of the door to the room, was the door to the bathroom slightly ajar, the room dark.

A frowned crossed Hermione's face, the room was obviously decorated by the Slytherin, was it worth the argument to have it changed? She turned to Severus, who stood quietly behind her. Hermione opened her mouth but lost her words when he raised an eyebrow, this could wait.

Hermione pulled her wand out and with a flick all of the curtains closed. She walked over to the closest night stand and set down her wand. Swiftly, she pulled her shoes off and took her miniature trunk out of her pocket, setting it on the night stand. She heard him step into the room and shut the door. "Let's get this over with as quickly as possible," she murmured, nervously.

"I highly doubt it's going to happen quickly." Severus whispered into her ear.

She turned to find him rather close to her. "Why not?"

A small laugh escaped his lips but there was no humor with it. "Do you know how these thing work?"

"Of course I do," Hermione huffed, crossing her arms.

Severus stepped closer to her. "I highly doubt that you are already wet at the thought of me and it's going to take a little more than fucking dry pussy to get me off." Hermione gaped at his vulgar language. "So maybe you had better rethink your plan of us just getting right to the fucking if we are to consummate this marriage tonight," Severus growled.

"What's your plan then?" Hermione asked, annoyed.

"Foreplay," Severus stated simply.

"What did you have in mind?"

"First, you'll need to stop talking," Severus said as Hermione frowned but remained silent. "Better," he whispered as he set his wand next to hers on the night stand.

Then, he closed the distance between them and kissed her. Not like the quick kiss at the ceremony, this one was deeper and heavier. Severus wrapped one arm around Hermione's waist, pulling her close, and the other wound into her hair, gently pulling the bun free, letting her hair cascade around her shoulders. She stood with her hands on his chest, ready to push him away if he overstepped a boundary, all the while enjoying his warm, soft lips devouring hers. An unintentional sigh escaped her lips, she had never been kissed like this before, it had always felt clumsy and overly wet, of course, she had always been kissing boys, not a man. Severus took advantage of the sigh and added his tongue to the kiss so he could taste her mouth and every inch of her lips. After several long moments they broke apart, both breathing heavily. They stared at each other for a several minutes, catching their breath.

"Shall we continue?" Severus asked softly and Hermione nodded, unable to find any words to say. "Nox!" He murmured and the lights in the room went out, leaving the two in darkness before each other. After a couple moments their eyes adjusted and they could distinguish the other from the blackness.

Severus took Hermione in his arms again and began to kiss her once more. This time she wrapped her arms around his middle, holding herself up, he was making her feel weak in the knees as she began to feel a warmness filling her. He pulled away gently and Hermione was going to protest but then his lips found the sensitive spot on her neck near her ear. She gasped as he skillfully sucked and nipped at the spot. He smiled to himself amused that he had already reduced the brightest witch of her age to nothing more that gasps and sighs and he had done nothing more than make out with her. Her hands started to tentatively explore his shoulders and back as she leaned her head to the side to give him better access to her neck. He moved his hand slowly up her side from her waist up to gently cup one of her breast then Severus captured her lips again. Another gasp escaped her mouth as he used his free hand to reach around the back of her dress and leisurely unzipped it. He moved his and her hands back letting the dress slide to the floor.

She stood before him in a matching white lace bra and panties. Her skin was smooth and seeming flawless, her body perfectly proportioned. He stepped forward again and captured her lips as his hands found her breasts. He massaged her through the bra eliciting more gasps from her. Severus reached around and unhooked the bra quickly sending it to follow the dress to the floor.

"On the bed." Severus commanded in a sultry whisper.

Hermione was breathing heavy but climbed onto the bed, on top of the covers. She watched as he slowly disrobed until he stood before her in nothing but a pair of green, silk boxers. Though he was thin, he was also muscular and had a well defined body. He climbed onto the bed next to her and pulled her into another kiss, letting his hands explore her body. She held onto his shoulders as she felt a warmth filling her and small gasp escaped her lips.

One of his hands trailed down her body to her panties and he slowly reached down to caress her through them. A moan slipped through her lips as she arched her back into his hands. A smirked crossed his lips as he slowly pulled his fingers back up along her panties to the waist band. He slid his hand into her panties and down into her folds. Severus found her pussy hot and damp, waiting to be touched, and he was only to happy to oblige. He ran his long finger over her clit eliciting a moan from her lips. She was panting and moaning as he used his skilled fingers to stroke her clit and along her folds.

She emitted sounds of protest when he withdrew his hands and he could only smirk at her. Severus quickly pulled off her panties and discarded them. Hermione lay before him completely exposed, panting as she tried to catch her breath, gazing up at him through her lashes. She was beautiful and the sight of her made his cock harder. He pulled off his boxer shorts, discarding them to the floor, letting his thick, swollen dick spring free. Hermione gasped at the sight of it and Severus knew that she felt nervous, wondering if he would fight in her tight pussy.

He positioned himself in between her legs and set his fingers back to work on her clit. She shut her eyes, throwing her head back and arching her hips closer to his hands. Slowly, he worked a finger into her wet pussy as he rubbed her clit with his thumb. He felt her tense at the intrusion but he pressed lightly with his thumb and she was lost in her moans again. Gently, he began to thrust his finger into her pussy and after a moment added a second one easily. Her noises grew louder and he felt her beginning to climb towards her climax. Severus leaned forward and replaced his thumb with his mouth causing her to jump in surprise. She was quickly soothed with a soft sucking of her clit and a flick of his tongue. It took only a few more seconds of the gently sucking on her clit and the thrusting of his fingers before her undoing. She shouted incoherently as her muscles flexed around his fingers. Severus grinned into her lips as he slowly pulled his long digits out.

Quickly, he sat up taking his throbbing cock in his hand and squeezed as he stroked it up and down, preparing himself to enter his wife. Hermione was coming down off her orgasm as he positioned himself and with a hard thrust his dick was buried deep in her pussy, causing her to gasp as her eyes flew open. He put his hands on either side of her head as he leaned over her and began to thrust into her. Severus stared down into her deep brown eyes for a moment before she closed her eyes again and moaned softly, clearly enjoying being full of his cock.

Her pussy was so tight around his dick, he knew that he wasn't going to last long, but he needed her to come first. Severus adjusted himself so that he had better access to her clit and set his fingers back to work as he pumped deep inside her. The sounds of her moans grew louder and it took all of his concentration to keep up the rhythmic thrust, to keep from losing control. Then, he felt the muscles around him begin to tighten as she started to climb towards her peak, and he said a silent thank you because he couldn't hang on much longer. Hermione cried out as her muscles contracted around his dick, pulling him in deep and that sent him over the edge. Severus erratically pumped himself dry into her warm depths as she clenched and shook beneath him. He stilled when she had milked him dry and waited for her to come down from the heights of pleasure.

When her orgasm subsided, he slowly pulled out of her and rolled over on his back, next to her, staring up at the ceiling. He felt her turn away from him as she tried to catch her breath.

He frowned at the action and stood up on shaky feet. He walked across the room, naked, into the bathroom and closed the door behind him. With a whispered spell the lamps roared to life and he crossed the room to get into the huge shower.

The previous owner had obviously enjoyed a good shower because the one in the master bath was large enough for half dozen people to comfortably shower together. The walls and floor were natural stone tile in earth tones and along the far wall was a wide bench. It had several shower heads set to let water flow down like rain over the occupants. The shower alone had made the house worth the price that he had paid.

Severus stepped inside the shower and turned on the water to the perfect warm temperature. Quickly, he washed away the stickiness of the sweat from their coupling. Even after he was clean, he stood under the spray of the water, enjoying the feeling of the water running down his body. Finally, the water started to go cold and he shut it off to step out. He wrapped a large towel around himself and reached for another to dry his hair. Once his hair was some what dry, Severus dried his body, then hung his towels back up.

He walked to the door of the bathroom and murmured, "Nox." The room fell into darkness and he left, shutting the door behind him. He silently crossed the dark room to the huge armoire and pulled out a clean pair of green boxers and a white t-shirt. He dressed silently before heading for the bed.

Severus paused next to the right side of the bed and looked down at his new wife. She was wearing a simple blue cotton night gown and was under the covers, fast asleep. Her hair was strewn messily on the pillow behind her and she looked so relaxed. He laughed, humorlessly, to himself, she was relieved that she had survived this far with intact.

Shaking the thoughts from his head, he picked up his wand from the beside table then moved around the bed to the other side and pulled back the covers. Careful not to wake Hermione, he slipped into the bed and laid his head on the pillow, tucking his wand underneath it, within reach. Normally, he was an insomniac but tonight as soon as he closed his eyes he drifted off to sleep, joining his new wife in sweet slumber.