Chapter Eleven: Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Let your heart be light
From now on,
our troubles will be out of sight
Have yourself a merry little Christmas,
Make the Yule-tide gay,
From now on,
our troubles will be miles away.
"MISTER SNAPE!!!" Jane shrieked into his room as Snape opened his left eye, she stood in his doorway, jumping up and down in her pink nightgown.
"What is it, Jane?" Severus mumbled, pulling the covers over his head.
"It's Christmas and Mommy won't let me open my presents until you're up, so can you get up!" Jane exclaimed.
"Jane, why are you being so demanding today?" Jessica asked from the kitchen where she placed the pan of rolls into the oven.
"I will be right there, Jane," he sighed as the girl giggled and shut his door.
Snape rolled out of bed and pulled on his black muggle jeans and a black long sleeved shirt, after making sure his wand was secure, he headed to the living room.
"Do you ever wash your hair?" Jessica sighed, drying her hand on a towel.
"Happy Christmas to you too," Snape yawned, he had to admit, Jessica looked pretty in her long 'Rolling Stones' shirt.
When she saw him looking at it, she replied: "It was my father's."
Severus nodded as he took the cup of coffee offered to him by Jessica.
"Mommy, Mister Snape is here, can I open my presents now?"
"Yes, honey," Jessica smiled, tugging on Snape's hand and directing him towards the tree. Snape stared down at his hand, where her slim one held his pale one. Severus gulped, 'Stop, you're not sixteen anymore!' he instructed himself silently.
Jane raced to the pile of presents and dove into it, ripping off paper. Severus pulled two presents from his pocket and taped his wand on them to enlarge them to their original size.
"Here ya go, Severus," Jessica whispered, pulling out a brightly-wrapped present from under the tree. Snape was in shock, the only person who ever got him a present was Albus Dumbledore and it was usually socks, for some damn reason.
Snape slowly opened the present; it was wrapped in simple green paper with little snowflakes magically dancing around. 'Only in the wizardry world,' he mused to himself. Inside were two books, one on Defense Against the Dark Arts and one on Potions from the Aztecs. "I have never seen these before…" Snape trailed off, holding them like they were a newborn baby.
"I got them from the store, before they were released to the public," Jessica smiled.
Severus stare at the books for a minute, then whispered two words that are rarely heard from the Potion Master's mouth, "Thank you."
"Anytime," Jessica replied, a smile on her face, reaching from ear to ear.
"Well, here," Snape said awkwardly, handing a present to Jane and one to Jessica.
"You can open yours first, Jane, dear," Jessica encouraged.
Jane ripped the plain brown paper off and inside was a book.
"Peter Pan? With Wendy!?" Jane exclaimed, looking hopefully at Snape.
He nodded; a small smile on his face.
Jane rushed over and jumped onto Snape's lap and gave him a big hug around the middle, "Thank you very much, Mister Snape, sir," she smiled, giving him a kiss on the cheek. Snape sat there, shocked beyond all belief. After Snape recovered, Jane was already back to unwrapping her presents from her mom.
He looked at Jessica next to him, who was red in the face, due to the fact she couldn't breathe from laughing too hard.
"Shut up!" Snape growled, crossing his arms.
"Whatever you say, Mister Snape," Jessica laughed, picking up her present.
Wrapped in the same plain rough paper as Jane's present, was a tiny jewelry box. Snapping it open inside was a gold bracelet, with little sapphires. Jessica face went from shock, to awe, to pure happiness. She turned to Snape and gave him a small, soft kiss on the cheek, "It's beautiful."
Disclaimer: Yeah….I own nothing except Jane and Jessica
Well, sorry it took FOREVER, the dumb system wouldn't let me upload. But anyone, any religious people out there, please pray for the lives taken and injuried at Virgina Tech and their families. Yeah...I'll try to update soon.