Chapter 8

"Jackie, Jackie wake up!" Kristie yelled, shaking Jackie hard.

"What? Where is he? Where's Severus?" Jackie said, getting up out of her bed and running to the closed window, she looked out, and no one was there. She started crying.

"What's wrong?" Kristie asked her, hugging her tightly. Jackie quickly explained her dream. Kristie soothed her, so she could calm down.

"But..." Jackie said.

"Nothing's going to happen to him Jackie," Kristie said, Jackie looked at her quizzically.

"You don't like him," Jackie said. Kristie sighed.

"No I don't, but I don't want to see you sad," she said. Jackie smiled slightly at her. "Go back to bed, tomorrow's your birthday," Kristie said, pushing her to her bed. Jackie laughed.

"Okay," she said, she quickly went back to bed, but she still felt uncomfortable about Snape not writing to her about his arrival yet. She sighed and closed her eyes.

Well, if he comes back late, at least I'll see him in class tomorrow.

Jackie sighed and went to sleep.

"Miss Leza, it would help if you paid attention," Professor McGonagall said sharply. Jackie quickly looked up at her.

"I'm sorry Professor," she said. She tried to listen to Professor McGonagall, but she kept zoning out. Finally the class was over, and Jackie almost ran to Potions. But when she walked in, there was no Snape, there was no teacher.

"Didn't you hear?" a passing Slytherin said. Jackie turned to look at him. "Potions was canceled for today." Jackie shook her head.

"Thank you," she said, and started walking to the common room, but someone got in her way. "Excuse me," she said, not looking up.

"Well Miss Leza, if you don't want to see Severus," Dumbledore said with a smile. Jackie quickly looked up with a smile. They walked over to Dumbledore's office. He let her in and quickly left.

Okay, it's REALLY dark in here.

"Severus?" Jackie asked as she walked in a little bit more.

"Yes?" she heard him ask, but she couldn't tell where he was, it was too damn dark. Jackie looked around, she smiled.

"Where are you?" she asked.

"Why would you care? If you don't want any package of mine, then you certainly wouldn't want to see me," she heard him say again, but she still couldn't tell where he was.

"What are you talking about? You sent me a package? When?" she asked, walking deeper into the room. He snorted.

"Yes, act innocent, as if you didn't send back your package to me," he said, finally stepping out of the shadows, he looked angry and hurt. Jackie ran up to him and hugged him, but he remained stiff. Jackie looked up at his eyes, they were cold and black.

"Severus, what's wrong?" she asked him, he looked down at her, then produced a package from behind his back.

"This," he said, then he went to go and sit in one of the chairs, Jackie looked over at him confused, and then looked down at the package. She gasped, it had her name on it, but right next to it, it said,

"PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME ANYTHING, ANYMORE, I WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU EVER AGAIN, JACKIE"

"Severus, I didn't write this," Jackie said, walking over to him. He looked down, she put a hand on his face and forced him to look at her. "Severus, I did not write this," Jackie said to him seriously.

"I want to believe you Jackie, but..." Jackie cut him off with a kiss. She looked at him again.

"I did not write that," she said, pointing to the package. Snape smiled.

"I'm glad, when I read it, I was confused and angry, I'm sorry," he said, getting up to hug her, but Jackie looked back at the package, she gasped. "What is it?" he asked. Jackie pointed to the writing. She was turning red and getting mad.

"Kristie, Kristie wrote it, I knew she was being way too nice to me last night," Jackie said. Snape looked at her. He sighed.

"Jackie, I'm sure she didn't mean it like that, I'm sure that she was just protecting you," Snape said, but Jackie shook her head.

"No Severus, I'm not going to forgive her this time," Jackie said. "But what I am going to do, because it's my birthday and I haven't seen you in over 2 weeks," Jackie started, but Snape cut her off with a kiss. She laughed. "You read