9.
"Excuse me Lucius. But do you know where Severus is?" Sadie sat down beside the blonde man. "I haven't seen him all morning." You could hear the sadness in her voice.
"I am most sorry. I too haven't seen him since the end of our conversation last night. He didn't say anything about leaving today. I would never abandon such a beautiful young lady as yourself."
"Thank you once again." She blushed. "Are you always such a gentleman?"
He laughed at this question. "Only to those who deserve it."
"Oh," She looked around the room. "Did you used to come here?"
"Almost everyone has. I was in Slytherin. My whole family has been." He said while smiling proudly.
"I was the only one in my family to be put in Gryffindor. Everyone else was scattered."
"Well I think that it fits you very well. Strong at heart." He watched as students began packing up their things for the afternoon.
"Well I think that you would have made a good Gryffindor. You don't seem like a Slytherin to me. Maybe it's because they always treated me terribly and you treat me so nicely."
"Well I hope that they have more respect since you are a professor. Draco especially."
"I see him scuffling with the odd kid but other than that. He is a great kid." By this time they had finished eating and all of the kids were out of the hall. "I'm sorry. I really should go and look for Severus. I hope you don't mind."
"Not in the least. Unless I don't get to talk to you again, then we may have a problem." He laughed as he grabbed her hand and kissed it.
"Thank you for talking to me." She laughed as well as she dashed outside of the room.
She looked for the rest of the afternoon for Severus but found nothing. All of the people she asked didn't see him either. "It seems he has forgotten our plans." She whispered to herself as she returned to her room. She called a house elf for some tea and biscuits as she sat down in front of the fireplace.
"Here is your food." Winky the house elf bowed.
"Thank you Winky. And may I say that, that tea cozy looks wonderful on you." Sadie smiled.
"Thank you Miss Sadie." She bowed again.
"By the way, have you seen Severus today?" Sadie asked.
"I believe I did. Very early, I think he left to go to Diagon Alley for something. He was muttering to himself but I couldn't hear him clearly enough."
"Curious." She stared at the house elf standing before her. "Thanks again Winky." She winked at the house elf that disappeared into the air with a crack. "I wonder if he is getting more supplies." She thought about what else he would be getting and why it would take a whole day to do so. After a long time of thinking she fell asleep beside the fire.
When she awoke the sun had already disappeared but something appeared. Sadie wiped her eyes and went over to the box that was sitting on the table beside her. It was wrapped in dark green wrapping with a red bow tied around it. Slowly she took off the bow and unwrapped the paper. She lifted the lid of the box only to see the prettiest dress she had ever seen. It was rose red and had diamond spread across the upper half of the strapless gown while the bottom flared out down to the ground. "I wonder if it fits." She said before replacing her clothes with the dress. "Perfect fit." It was true nothing too lose nothing too tight. She changed into her night gown and just before she was about to put the dress back into the bow she noticed a note.
She picked it up and read it out loud. "To my princess."
