"Hey Jackie, where have you been?" Freddie asked her as he came over to the Gryffindor table with a small cake.
"I'll tell you later," Jackie said with a smile, but Freddie could tell it was fake. Later one, when Jesse, Lily, Becca, and Kristie started going upstairs, Jackie stayed behind with Freddie. She showed him the package. His eyes went wide, he knew that if they wanted to, Jackie and Kristie could be mad at each other for a while year.
"Jackie, don't get mad," Freddie said, but Jackie was starting to shake, and Freddie knew that it would be no use.
"I can not believe she did this Freddie, I can not, I can't forgive her for this, and you know it," Jackie told him, Freddie nodded, he knew better than to talk to Jackie when she was mad, he had to wait until she calmed down. Jackie left The Great Hall, and went up to her bedroom.
She had Severus's package under her pillow on her bed, she waited until Becca and Kristie fell asleep, she quickly took it out and opened it. She started to laugh quietly.
Inside was every CD player that he had taken from her every year. She lifted them up and quietly put them in the trunk at the foot of her bed. She went back to the package. Then she gasped, inside was a beautiful cloak, one different from the ones that she wore for school, the fastenings were silver with a tiger face design on it. She lifted it up and put it on, it fit just the way she liked it, brushing the floor. She giggled, then went back to the box and found a letter in the bottom of the box.
Dear Jackie,
First of all, I want to congratulate you, you're finally 18! Next of all, I want to say how much I care about you. Please be careful, more and more strange things are happening, behave, well try to.
Love,
Severus
Jackie sighed and put the letter away with the rest that she had received. She quickly put the rest of her things away and went to bed.
So it went on like that, she never got to see Snape in Dumbledore's office again, it would be to conspicuous, and in class he would act just as cold and mean as he always did, but Jackie hoped and prayed that he was just acting, they stopped writing owls, someone would notice right away, but Jackie always kept faith, until one day...
Jackie was walking down the hallway, going to Herbology, when she saw Kristie with Severus, her blood started to boil.
Just then Kristie saw her, and hugged Professor Snape and started walking to Jackie.
"What are you doing hugging him?" Jackie asked her coldly.
"I was apologizing," Kristie, answered her innocently, and that just really got to Jackie. "I told him that I was concerned for you,"
"I don't need you to be concerned, I can take care of myself. I don't need you period."
Jackie stomped off to the gardens. "You shouldn't be too hard on her," she heard from behind. Without thinking, she hugged Snape. He sighed and hugged her back. "She found out about the Death Eater, and she came to the same conclusion Dumbledore did."
"Yes, but she didn't have to take my package away and send it back to you," Jackie told him. Snape sighed.
Just then Jackie realized what she was doing and pulled back. Snape smiled at her and put a strand of hair behind her ear.
"You've gotten more beautiful," he told her.
"Thank you," she said blushing. "By the way, thank you for the CD players, I don't think I ever thanked you for that." Snape laughed the most beautiful sound Jackie had ever heard.
Suddenly Snape stepped back and looked around. Jackie blushed again and stepped away too. "I'll go back inside."
"Do I disgust you that that much?" he asked. Jackie looked up at him. "This is the first time in weeks I've had to be with you. I'll understand if you find Daniel more attractive than me."
He looked so forlorn that she ran up to him and flew into his arms. "No, no don't think that," she told him, kissing his cheek and his lips. She heard Severus chuckle.
"Jackie I was kidding, but I'm not complaining," he replied, as his arms moved back around her waist and he brought her closer. He leaned down and placed a kiss on her forehead, then her nose.
"Go back inside now," Jackie told him, "it's not safe for you to be outside."
He laughed again. "I think it's not safe for you to be out in the open, with me." Snape looked to the doorway and smiled. Kristie was walking out, but she stopped when she saw Jackie with Snape, for a split second she looked pissed, but she quickly smiled.
"Um, professor Snape, Dumbledore is looking for you," she said. Snape kissed Jackie one last time, then walked into the castle.
As Jackie turned to walk into the castle after him, she saw Kristie pull out her wand.
"Patrificus totalis," she said. Jackie felt herself get paralyzed from head down.
Snape walked into The Great Hall, and saw Kristie at the table with her friends. Suddenly he felt something was wrong, he ran back outside, only to find Jackie sitting on a bench, looking at the stars.
"Jackie?" he asked.
"Yes?" she replied.
"I thought you were in trouble," he answered