Pretty Woman

Chapter 3






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Chapter 3

 

At Luis Diego’s penthouse, they were warmly welcomed. Luis Diego took Severus and Hermione to meet
his wife, Elena. She was a lovely woman
who welcomed them. The four had a few
drinks before a few more family members showed up.

 

After an hour of visiting, they left to the
restaurant. Hermione faithfully stayed
by Severus’ side, being the attentive and adoring wife. They went to a Japanese restaurant where the
chef cooked the food in front of them.
Neither Severus nor Hermione had ever experienced this. Hermione’s eyes lit up at watching the chef
flip and toss his spatula and clever. She was fascinated at how graceful he was when slicing and dicing
the food. It reminded her of how
graceful Severus was when preparing ingredients for a potion, although he didn’t
slice as fast as this chef.

 

The food was heavenly.
She ate her fill, leaving plenty on her plate. Severus ate most of his food.
He leaned over to her, “This is what I call dinner.” He was referring to the peanut butter and
jelly she had served him. She looked at
him, ready to respond, but he gave her slight wink. This took by surprise, Severus Snape teasing her.

 

It was such a lovely evening that the group walked back to
the Penthouse. Hermione was holding
onto Severus’ arm while visiting with Benita.
Benita was walking next to her with her husband. Out of the cr ofr of Hermione’s eye, she saw
a figure Apparate behind Benita. It was
pure instinct as Hermione let go of Severus and drew her wand. Whipping around, she pointed it to the figured
and yelled, “Stupefy!” The figure froze
with his wand drawn, pointed straight at Benita’s heart.

 

Benita screamed, but her husband threw her to the ground,
just like the rest of the men did with their woman. Hermione was the only woman standing while the other wizards had
their wands drawn. They scanned the
area, Apparating and searching for any others.

 

When all was clear, Luis Diego stepped over the figure who
was a large, dark haired wizard.
“Steven Charlize,” he sneered.
“He works for the Mondragon family, our sworn enemy. Our families have been feuding fore
ge
generations. He just cannot accept that
Las Vegas belongs to the Diegos.
Hermione,” he said, taking her hand, “I am indebted to you. You and Severus are a part of my
family.” He kissed her hand and shook
Severus.

 

~*~*~*~*~

 

They all adjourned back to the Penthouse. Luis Diego was pouring a round of whiskey.

 

“Hermione, please join us woman out on the balcony,”
requested Elena. “Leave the men to talk
business.”

 

“I would love to.”
Hermione gave Severus a quick kiss on the cheek and smiled. He nodded his approval and watched her
leave.

 

“She is very lovely Severus. I can see how much she loves you just by the way she attends to
you. She is a good woman,” said Luis
Diego, raising his glass to Severus.

 

Severus toasted his glass back. “Yes, I am a lucky man,” he answered before taking a drink. He watched Hermione leave, realizing he was
just now starting to appreciate her.

 

“Family Severus.
There is nothing more important the family. After all, blood is thicker than water, but once I have claimed
you as family, you become blood. Lucius
Malfoy has informed me that this new uprising will secure bring unity to the
family, bonding ties, and bring peace.”
Severus nodded, acknowledging what Luis Diego had said. “To the uprising” he said. Severus and the rest of the Santiago members
present raised their glasses.

 

They spoke about the uprising for another hour or two
before Luis Diego invited Severus to a game of poker.

 

Luis Diego drew his wand and flicked it. A table appeared. He flicked it again and a deck of cards along with a pile of
poker chips appeared on the table. “Do
you play Severus?”

 

“I have only played wizard poker.”

 

“Come, my friend, we shall teach you Vegas’ style poker,
but you and I already have enough money, so we will play for fun, yes?”

 

“Yes, Luis Diego, we will play for fun.” The men gathered around the table and
explained the rules to Severus. He soon
realized the only difference was the betting.
In Vegas poker they bet money where in wizarding poker, the stakes
varied from jinxes to dares to charms and curses. The played for several hours while the woman visited with each
other.

 

“Hermione,” said Esperanza, Luis and Elena’s eldest
daughter, “you have such a charming husband.
He is so attentive to you. Is he
always like that?”

 

“Esperanza!” said Elena. “You don’t ask someone about her
husband.”

 

Hermione smiled, thinking about her first impressions of
Severus in potion’s class. “It’s
okay. Yes, he is always that
attentive.”

 

“How did you two meet?” asked Luz, another daughter.

 

Hermione blushed.
She had purposely thought about her first night with him when he dipped
his fingers inside of her to see if she was ready for him. “I was his student at Hogwarts School for
Witchcraft and Wizardry in Europe. He
was the most intelligent, brilliant wizard I have ever met. I fell head over heels in love with him the
first time I met him.”

 

“Did he fall in love with you immediately?” asked Luz
again.

 

“No,” smiled Hermione.
“Actually, he couldn’t stand me at first. I had to prove my enthusiasm for learning was genuine. After this he began to pay attention to me.”

 

“Did anything happen while you were his student?” asked
Elena, who had gotten caught up in the story.

 

“Mamá!” cried the girls.
“Well, I just wanted to know.”
They all giggled.

 

“Yes, he kissed me one day after class. I was caught off guard and he thought he had
made a mistake. He left back to the
dungeons and I ran after him. When I
finally caught up to him, he wouldn’t even look at me. I didn’t know what to do, so I grabbed him
around the neck and forced his mouth down to mine.”

 

“What happened next?” asked Esperanza.

 

“We melted into each other’s kiss.”

 
www,www,” said the women.
They talked and shared each other’s love stories. There was an equal amount of ‘awwws’ as
there were giggles.

 

Hermione didn’t notice Severus walk up behind her. He watched her visit with the ladies. The ladies noticed him admiring his
wife. He leaned down and placed a
gentle kiss on her neck. “Love, you you
ready to go?” She looked up at him and
smiled.

 

“Yes, it’s getting late.”
He took her by the hand and helped her up. The woman watched as they sighed. “It was lovely visiting with all of you. I hope we can do it again soon.”

 

“We will dear,” said Severus, “Luis Diego has invited us
to Luz’ birthday party Saturday.”

 

Hermione’s eyes lit up.
“Then we will see you in two days.”
They all gave her hugs before she and Severus Apparated back to their
suite.

 

He Apparated them in the bedroom. Hermione went to the bathroom to wash her
face and change into her new lingerie.
She was pleased that Benita had picked out tasteful lingerie instead of
tacky teddies and thongs. Not that she
was against such items, but with all the other elegant clothing, Hermione did
not want to wear anything except tasteful items.

 

She walked out of the bedroom and found Severus lying in
bed. His wat watched her as she
appeared from the bathroom. She had
washed off her makeup, let her hair down, and was wearing a crème colored silk
nightgown. He had never really had a
preference to her appearance until now.
He realized he preferred her without the make up, but he did like the
soft curls in her hair.

 

She gracefully pulled the covers back on the bed and
climbed in. He was nervous, something he should not have been. Here was a gorgeous woman who was not going
to turn him away, yet he felt like a sixth year, waiting for his first kiss. Cursing himself, he wrapped an arm around
her, a pulled her toward him. His hand
slid down her hip, down her thigh to the bottom of her nightgown. He then slid his hand back up along her bare
skin, pleased to discover she was not wearing underwear. His fingers massage and groped her buttocks,
while his other hand held her face.

 

He wanted so much to kiss her, but she had rules, as did
he. Instead he nestled his chin into
the crook of her neck while his other hand conti to to explore her body. Her skin was incredibly soft. His fingers danced along her outer thigh,
stroking her buttocks and hip. He felt
her take a quick breath. Knowing his
touches affected her pleased him. His
hand moved to her abdomen, but before touching her breast, he slowly inched off
her nightgown and pulled it over her head.

 

His fingers went to her breasts stroking and massaging
them as his eyes watched her react. He
didn’t know why, but he loved being able to do this to her. His hand moved back down to her abdomen,
down between her legs. His mouth found
her breast and he began to lick and suck each nipple.

 

Her hand went to his face and stroked it. She had never touched the potions master
before. There was something so
forbidden, yet erotic being able to run her fingers through his hair and stroke
his face. He raised his head to look at
her. She looked him in the eyes and saw
a different man than the one she saw for seven years at Hogwarts. Contrary to the appearance Severus Snape had
given, she now saw a man who needed human nurturing like the rest of the world. Her fingers traced his jaw, his lips and his
nose. She smiled at him, trying to stay
in control, but his hands were enveloping her own body.

 

His hand gentle pulled her legs apart before entering her
womanhood. He slowly entered a finger
into her, feeling her wetness. He
sighed. She was ready for him. This was something that never happened to
him. Women feared him or were revolted
by him, but never sexually ready for him.
He looked into her eyes as his fingers entered her again. They were pleading for him to continue. He gave her a small smile. He wanted to pleasure this goddess lying
next to him.

 

He turned his hand so his fingers would thrust in and out
of her while his thumb rubbed her nub.
She gasped at the pleasure he brought her, all the while looking into
his eyes, his solid black eyes. They
had always been empty, but now she could see tife ife in them, the desire he
held within. His fingers continued to
stroke and tantalize her. Her whimpers
and moans encouraged him, making him rub her faster. When she came, she cried his name out, surprising both of them.

 

Hermione then rolled onto her hands and knees and climbed
onto of him. She straddled her legs
over his hind lnd lowered herself onto him.
She had been pleasured more than she could ever imagine and it was his
turn. “Show me how,” she whispered.

 

He grabbed hips and showed her how to move while his own
hips thrust into her hard. He was
demanding with his desire to feel her making her want him all the more. She was grunting with each of his powerful
thrusts wanting more. To bring this
much pleasure to him was so rewarding for her.
He finally came, spilling into her.
Sheld fld feel his warm seed spilling down her legs and she gave him a
satisfied smile.

 

Rolling off, she lay next to him, both catching their
breath. “Hermione, I know you said you
don’t actually have sex with most of your customers, but I am curious, did you
loose your virginity to one of your customers?”

 

She panicked, thinking she hadn’t performed well. “Was I that bad?” she asked quietly.

 

“Oh gods no,” he quickly replied, almost blushing at his
clear admittance to having enjoyed her.
“You’re just still tight, like you recently lost your virginity,” he
sighed. “I guess I am just concerned
that you lost it to one of your customers.
I know the first time for a woman can be painful and - ”

 

“Are you worried about me?” she unintentionally snapped,
but then softened her voice. “I’m okay
Severus. I can take care of myself.”

 

‘I hope so,’ he thought, not wanting to think what the
wrong man or wizard could do to her.

 

In the morning, Severus woke up to find Hermione still
sleeping. He tried to wake her up, but
she slept soundly. He knew she had
earned a morning of slee in, in, so he got out of bed and went to take a
shower. He wasn’t disappointed because
she had carried herself with such grace and elegance with the Santiagos that he
was truly proud of her although her reason for being in Las Vegas worried him.

 

~*~*~*~*~

 

It was about ten in the morning when she woke up. Her eyes stungm thm the bright sun. She stretched and felt the soreness of her
body, causing her to blush. She
remembered the pleasures Severus had done to her. Looking around she didn’t see him, so she decided to take a
shower.

 

When she finished, she dressed in her favorite pair of
loose fitting Levi’s and pink t-shirt.
She decided to walk barefoot to enjoy the thickness of the carpet
between her toes. She was hoping to
find Severus, but ended up inspecting the rest of the suite. Coming to the dinning room table, she found
a note from him.

 

Hermione,

 

Please use today to relax. I had

to go take care of some business.

I should be back before dinner.

Order room services when you are

hungry.

 

Severus

 

She was a little disappointed that he was gone, but she
decided to take advantage of the time and read some of her books that were
required for the fall term. It was late
afternoon when she realized she had not eaten.
She ordered a grilled chicken salad with a chocolate malt, convincing
herself she had earned it.

 

At eight o’clock, Severus still had not returned. She was getting worried, but decided to give
him more time. Tried of reading, she
decided soaked in the huge Jacuzzi bathtub for a while. Getting out, she wrapped her lavender silk
bathrobe around her and went to play the piano.

 

She had been playing pieces from Bach and Mozart when
Severus Apparated behind her. She heard
the pop, but did not look back. She
knew the wards were set for only them to Apparate and Disapparate. She continued to play concerto when she felt
him behind her. He sat down behind her,
straddling his legs around hers. His
arms squeezed around her body, his hands reaching for the keys. Together, they played, her the middle
octaves and him the higher and lower octaves.
His mouth found her neck and began placing gentle kisses on it while she
felt his powerful arms around her. She
watched his long slender fingers gracefully stroke the keys. When they finished the concerto, she turned
her body so she was now straddling him.
Facing him, she looked up and finally looked at him.

 

“I missed you,” she said.

 

He only nodded. He
wasn’t sure if she said this because he was paying her or, well he wouldn’t let
himself go there. He knew he was there
for the Order and nothing else. He
picked her up and placed her on top of the piano. His fingers went to her robe, untied it, and opened it. He looked at her naked body and then looked
at her. “Do you ever wear knickers?”

 

“I can go put some on if it would please you,” she teased
him.

 

“No,” he said quickly, “I prefer you this way.” Truth was she did wear underwear, but she
had noticed his reaction the first night she was with him. When she undressed and revealed that she was
not wearing underwear, she noticed the excitement in his eyes.

 

He leaned her back so her body was completely lying on the
piano. Her put her legs over each of
his shoulder so his mouth could easily taste her. She had only read about this in books and her the other girls
talk about it, but to have Severus tongue explore her so intimately was a piece
of heaven she will never forget. Nor
will she ever look at a piano the same way again.

 

That night, Severus showed her the same passion he had
before, but this time Hermione took the initiative and explored his body
too. She was curious to what actually
made the male whimper and moan. Having
read many books gave her many ideas, but to actually perform this was much
different. She never dreamed at how
turned on she would get from hearing him moan under from the touch of her
fingers and her tongue. It was a very
long night exploration along with pleasure.
Neither one woke up until noon the next day.

 

~*~*~*~


The next day, Hermione was the first to wake up. She took a long shower and then ordered
lunch. Severus woke up an hour
later. After a shower, he joined her
for lunch.

 

“Can I ask you about your business yesterday?” she asked,
knowing he’d never volunteer information unless it was relevant to the
situation.

 

He took another bite of his food and took his time chewing
it. He was contemplating whether to
share with her or not. He realized he
had nothing to hide from her and she did have his complete trust. “I had to inform Albus of the current
situation and I had to also inform Lucius.
I didn’t wish to take the chance of having either message intercepted,
so I Apparated back to England.”

 

She was impressed.
The last time he had Apparated to America, he was clearly exhausted, but
this time he was able to keep her up most of the night.

 

“We need to get ready for the Luis Diego’s daughter’s
birthday party. Do you know what you
are going to wear?” he asked in a serious tone.

 

“I know what I’m not going to be wearing,” she smirked, referring
to her underwear. A small smile formed
on his mouth, but he did not acknowledge her comment. She left the table to get ready.


 

~*~*~*~*~

 

The birthday party was held at Luis Diego’s Estates. His house was a mansion that was on a
perfectly manicured lawn. There was a
large white canopy set up where dozens of tables where colorfully
decorated. Under another canopy was a
Mariachi band and dance f. U. Under a
third canopy were tables and tables of food, all containing traditional,
homemade Mexican food.

 

Severus and Hermione met more of the family while
celebrating Luz’ birthday.

 

“My baby is fourteen today,” said Luis Diego proudly. “Next year we will have an even bigger celebration
because she will be entering womanhood and she will have a Quincinera.” This floored Hermione.
She couldn’t imagine a bigger celebration than this. Elena and the rest of the woman all greeted
Hermione and Severus before stealing Hermione away.

 

“Where are we going?” she asked, half running and half
walking.

 

The woman giggled.
“We’re teaching you how to dance,” said Elena. Hermione had mentioned to them the other night that she didn’t
know how to dance to Mexican music.
They took her to a large room inside the home and one by one, they
showed her how to move to Mexican music.

 

“It’s easy,” said Esperanza. “It’s very similar to country dancing, but you move your hips a
lot more.” Benita began to thrust her
hips forward and they all busted up laughing.
“No Benita tontita!”
said Esperanza, (silly girl), “Side to side Hermione.”

 

Hermione caught on quick.
She took turns dancing with Luz and Esperanza until she felt
confident. “Go ask Severus to dance,”
said Elena.

 

“I can’t do that!” she shrieked.

 

“Why?” asked Elena.
“A woman only has to bat her eyes and shake her hips to get what she
wants or else she reminds her husband that he can sleep on the couch.” They all giggled.

 

“Okay, I’ll ask him.”
Hermione was scared. It was one
thing to be intimately exposed with him behind closed doors, but to show this
much affection in public – she knew he didn’t do that.

 

She saw him sitting at a table with Luis Diego and his
sons. Cautiously approaching him from
the front, she bit her bottom lip. This
was something she hadn’t done for years.
She held her hand out and asked innocently, “Severus, will you dance with me?”

 

He looked at her oddly, like she was up to something. Before he could tell her no, Luis Diego
spoke up. “You better dance with her
Severus. The last time I told my wife
no, I slept on the couch for a week!”
The men howled, but Severus only nodded.

&;
;

He took Hermione’s hand and led her out to the dance
floor. “Don’t worry, I requested a slow
song,” she whispered.

 

“Do I look worried?” he asked.

 

“Oh, I didn’t know you could dance.”

 

“It can’t be much different than what I am used to.” The music started and he pulled her into
him. She was surprised at how well he
danced, but more surprising was how close he held her. It was as if he were being possessive. She leaned her head into his chest, smelling
him, feeling his heart beating. He gave
her a sense of security, something she had not known in years.

 

When the music stopped, he didn’t let go of her. She looked up at him, slightly
confused. “It’s hard to let go of
something of such beauty,” he whispered.

 

“Thank you,” she whispered.

 

“For what?”

 

“For being nice to me.”
He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her.

 

The rest of the day, she danced with several of the men in
the Santiago family, with Severus’ permission of course. He watched her on the dance floor, laughing
and smiling. She was so beautiful, but
Severus kept telling himself it wasn’t love.
‘It couldn’t be love,’ he thought.
‘She is getting paid an obscene amount of money to be at my beck and
call,’ he reminded himself.

 

It was late when they left the party. They Apparated straight to the suite.

 

“I need to take a shower,” said Hermione. “I am so sticky from dancing all day.” She quickly undressed and entered the
shower. Standing under the three
showerheads felt so good for her tired body.
She squeezed some shampoo onto her hand and massaged it into her
hair.

 

“Can I help you?” asked Severus, who had entered the
shower.

 

She was glad to see him.
“Yes,” she said, turning so he could shampoo her hair. He took his time, massaging her scalp and
gently rinsing. She pointed to the
conditioner and did the same thing, excehen hen he rinsed her hair, he ran his
fingers through it. He then took her
bathing sponge and adding a few drops of her body soap. He washed her body in slow fluid movements,
watching her reaction the entire time.
She didn’t take her eyes off of him while he did this.

 

When it was her turn to wash him, she started with his
body. She too took her time, stroking
his skin with one hand as she washed with the other. When she went to wash his hair, she had to stand on her tiptoes. She moved around to stand in front of him as
he leaned his head back to rinse his hair.
She lifted her hands to his hair, helping him.

 

As he finished, he looked down at her. Her hands wrapped around his neck, pulling
his mouth down to hers. His lips met
hers. The kiss was gentle at first, but
then it quickly turned passionate. His
tongue entered her mouth, exploring while his arms wrapped around her
waist. They continued kissing for
several minutes before he stopped the water and performed a drying spell. He then carried her to the bed and tenderly
placed her in the middle. Lying down
next to her, he kissed her again. Each
both too scared to admit to it, they spent the night making love to each other.