Jaci and Snape hardly talked after that night, although Snape still asked for her stories, and Jaci didn't mind giving them to him now. It was October, the day before Halloween when Jaci walked down to The Great Hall. "Did you hear the news?" Freddie asked.
"What news?"
"Since tomorrow is Saturday and Halloween, Dumbledore is allowing us to go to Hogsmeade."
"Yes! Come on let's go tell the rest of the family."
Charlie sat in his tent, looking at a picture of Jaci and him in his last year at Hogwarts. They were hugging and laughing. Charlie sighed. It had been two months since they had last seen each other, and it had been one month since he had gotten a letter from her. He sighed again. Standing, he put the picture away. Then he finished packing, so he could to home that same day. Tomorrow is Halloween, and Saturday.
Jaci woke up in a good mood. She dressed and walked downstairs. She was surprised to see Snape in the common room. "Good morning professor," she said. Snape nodded.
"Listen Miss Leza, tonight Erume should be delivering. We will leave in the middle of the feast. I have already told Dumbledore. He gave permission, seeing as how it is educational." Jaci nodded.
"Thank you professor. I shall meet you then," Jaci said. Jaci saw Draco and ran up to him. As she neared him, she saw that he was reading a letter, and she thought the writing looked familiar. As he saw her, he quickly hid the letter, and narrowed his eyes.
"What do you want?" Draco spat. Jaci winced.
"Draco that isn't fair."
"Not fair? Not fair? How come you tell me it wasn't fair?"
"Why should you care whom I date? You told me to be happy, and I was."
"Was? Was? What the weasel couldn't handle it?" Draco said laughing coldly. "Maybe he just couldn't afford it?" Jaci glared.
"Money isn't everything, Draco," Jaci countered. She then began walking away.
"So it was because he was poor!"
"Did I stutter?" Jaci said turning around. "When you stop being an arrogant jerk, and turn back into the friend I had, come see me." Jaci walked out of the common room to meet up with Freddie at the gate.
Draco sighed. Maybe I am being too harsh with Jaci. And it seems that now Weasley is out of the picture. He smiled, and then looked down at the letter in his hand. Kristie had written him another letter, saying that she hoped he was doing good, because she hadn't been able to see him what with a transfiguration test.
"Come on Jaci, let's go! Stop lagging behind!" Becca yelled. Jaci smiled.
"You go and buy something for Johnny, Mattie, and BJ for me. Buy me some ink and some parchment please. You can buy something for yourself too, just not too expensive," Jaci said handing Becca some money. Becca laughed and nodded. She ran to catch up with the rest of the family.
Jaci sighed and began heading out to the outskirts of town, where she could sit and think for a while. She soon reached an old cave that she knew Sirius was always taking about to Remus. She didn't go in, but sat outside of it. She sighed and put her head in her hands. She wasn't going to cry.
So what if Charlie will probably never speak to me again? So what if Draco is mat at me? I don't care. She began crying. "Ok, so I do care, but I just need to calm down, I need to take deep breaths. I can't get too over emotional. There's no Snape to save me." She laughed quietly, and dried her tears. Yes, Snape. That was nice of him.
Charlie gazed at Jaci. She had been crying when he apparated close to her. He wanted to run up to her, but not yet. He wanted her to see him.
Jaci sighed and looked up at the clouds. Suddenly she felt like she was being watched. She slowly turned to the left, and gasped. Snape was standing there, looking at her. She shook her head and Charlie stood where Snape had been a second ago. "Stop playing tricks on me! I'm sorry I hurt Charlie, I'm sorry I hurt Draco! Ugh!" She closed her eyes and lied down on her back. She heard footsteps.
"Jaci?" Charlie asked. Jaci opened her eyes wide. She sat up and turned to face him.
"Oh my God, Charlie?" He nodded. Jaci sighed and got up onto her feet. Quickly she began walking away, but Charlie stopped her.
"Where are you going?" he asked her.
"I'm leaving you alone, just like you left me." Jaci shook her arm free from his grasp, and began walking away. She started down the hill and tripped over a rock. Charlie rushed to steady her.
"Are you ok?"
Jaci moved away from him. "Leave me alone Charlie, I mean it." Jaci began walking again, but Charlie took her arm again and spun her around to face him.
"Please Jaci, I'm sorry," he said. Jaci scoffed.
"Oh yeah, now you're sorry." Charlie growled. He pulled her closer to him.
"You're the one who kissed Malfoy. You should be apologizing to me!" Jaci glared at him.
"I kissed him before we went out. I kissed him the last month of school! So don't' go giving me that bullshit!" Jaci pulled back. "I'm not going to apologize if I did nothing wrong Charlie!"
Jaci turned and began leaving again.
Snape was walking through Hogsmeade, the outskirts, thinking and gathering some herbs that grew on the hill. He thought Erume might need them. Just then he heard shouting and he peered up at the hill. There he saw Jaci! Squinting against the sun's rays, he saw someone else with her, a man perhaps. They were shouting at each other, when he saw the man grab Jaci roughly, and bring her closer to him. Snape glared and felt his blood start to boil.
"Leave me alone, Charlie!" Jaci yelled. "Go back to Romania, and enjoy yourself with Linda!" Jaci tried to move away from him, but he didn't let her. "Damn it Charlie!"
"I'm not going to let you go until you apologize!"
"Me! Me! Apologize! You're insane! Now let me go!" Jaci finally broke out of Charlie's grasp and stepped back, walking away from him. She began hurrying down the hill.
"Jaci!" Charlie kept calling out, but she ignored him. She didn't want to hear a word he had to say. She kept looking down, to make sure she wouldn't trip on a rock again. A sudden movement made her look up, and she gasped.
What's Snape doing here? Just then, she tripped over another rock, and began falling.
Charlie watched as Snape ran up to catch Jaci. He growled. Damn git! He has to come and get in the way. I'm not going to rest until Jaci and I are back together! With that Charlie disapparated.
"Jaci are you ok?" Snape asked. He had her in his arms while the herbs lay forgotten on the floor. Jaci looked up at him. She sighed and nodded. Slowly she looked back up at the hill, and saw that Charlie wasn't there. She looked back at Snape.
"I'm fine professor, thank you." She smiled as he set her down. "This is the second time you come to my rescue."
Snape smiled. "Well, at least you're safe." He began picking up the scattered herbs.
"What's that?"
"Oh, it's some herbs I've been getting for Erume." Jaci smiled. She began helping him. They reached for the same herb and their hands brushed together. Jaci felt her face grow hot, but she didn't think she was blushing. She moved her hand away, and let Snape pick up the herb.
"If you don't mind Miss Leza—"
"Jaci, and the man up there was Charlie Weasley. That's the answer to your question, right?"
Snape nodded. "Jaci are you sure you're ok?"
Jaci sighed. "I would tell you the whole story, but it's long."
Snape plopped himself on a rock. "We've got a while until dinner." Jaci laughed. She sat down next to him and began telling him.
Half an hour later…
Snape raised his eyebrows. "Wow." Jaci nodded, she sighed and looked at her watch.
"Well, professor, we should head to the castle. Dinner will be served shortly." She stood and stretched.
Snape watched her silently. He let his eyes scan her from her long legs, up her firm stomach, and her beautiful face. When he realized what he was doing, he shook his head. Sighing, he began rubbing his eyes.
"Are you ok, professor?"
when Snape opened his eyes, he saw that Jaci was kneeling before him. She placed a hand on his forehead, and smiled. "Well, you don't feel hot." Snape laughed, taking her hand and pulling her up to stand with him. Jaci smiled up at him, still holding onto his hand.
Snape realized he was holding her hand, not really wanting to let it go, and he moved back. As he looked down, he found the herbs, and picked them up. He saw Jaci looking at him curiously. Slowly, he smiled so that she would stop.
"Come, Erume will hopefully give birth today, so let's go grab a quick bite to eat and then go see her." Jaci nodded.
After eating, Jaci and Snape walked down to the forest to a pen that Hagrid had made. Jaci called Erume and Snape called Yarla. When they were in the pen, Jaci went to Hagrid's hut and asked for a big bucket full of water and old rags.
"So, how long do we wait?" Jaci asked as Erume and Yarla settled down outside of the pen, while Snape and Jaci were on the other end.
"I don't' know. As long as it takes. We'll probably be here all night." Jaci nodded. For a few hours, they spoke about potions, current events, and music. It was around twelve when Jaci fell asleep, slightly leaning on Snape.
Snape smiled as he watched Jaci sleep. He conjured a blanket, and covered her up. He gently lowered her to the ground, and then stood to stretch. He walked around the pen to see how Yarla was doing, along with Erume.
He went over to Erume to check her breathing, and he smiled. He quickly ran back to Jaci and woke her. "What's wrong?" she asked. Snape smiled. He pointed over to Erume.
"She's in labor," he answered. Jaci smiled. Standing, she walked over to Erume.
An hour later, Jaci smiled. "Oh Erume, he's beautiful!" Jaci said. She watched as Snape helped clean the baby unicorn, then set it back down next to Erume. He washed up and stepped back to survey the scene. Jaci stepped up next to him. Snape looked down at her with a smile.
"One healthy baby unicorn, born on November 1st, at 1:21 am."
"Hey, my birthday!" Snape looked at Jaci curiously.
"You're birthday is November first?"
"No, 1:21. My birthday is on January 21st."
Snape smiled. "Oh ok." Jaci sighed and plopped herself back down on the ground. Snape followed.
"Wow, that was tiring."
Snape nodded. He turned to look at her. "What are you going to name him?"
"Me? He's half yours!" Jaci and Snape laughed.
"Ok, he's half mine too, but you name him and I'll name the next one."
Jaci grinned. "Ok, um let me think." She looked up at the sky. "Hey, how about He Ide Morine?"
Snape looked at her. "You're using both their names?"
"Yes, so his name means 'I desire darkness.'"
"How did you know He Ide means 'I desire?'"
Jaci laughed. "Professor, it's basic elven."
"I should have figured." He sighed, and looked over at her.
Jaci stared up at the night sky and smiled. It was a beautiful cloudless night, a full moon. She thought about the full moon, and it had been a while since she had seen Remus and Sirius.
Sirius continued to gaze at her, watching how her face changed expressions every so often he could watch her and know exactly what she was thinking, at every single moment. "Professor?" Snape jumped at the sudden sound of Jaci's voice.
"Um, yes Jaci?"
"When is the next Hogsmeade trip?" Snape looked at her curiously.
"In about three weeks, why?"
"Oh, no reason. I just need to visit a friend."
"Charlie?"
Jaci scoffed.
"Oh yeah right, like I'm soooooo going to visit him." Snape hadn't realized he had been holding his breath, so he let it out.
"Well, then who may I ask?"
Jaci sighed. "I…I don't know if I can tell you."
"Why?"
"Two reasons, one, you would probably tell Dumbledore, and I wouldn't be able to go, and two, you don't like him." Snape raised his left eye brow.
"So, I know him?" Jaci smiled and nodded. She sighed and stood.
"Well, Professor Snape, I must be heading off to bed. I'm very tired." Snape nodded, and stood as well.
"Good night, Miss Leza," Snape said. Jaci looked at him curiously.
"You're not coming?" He smiled.
"No, I want to watch Morine, just to make sure he's ok." Jaci smiled.
"Thank you, well good night." Jaci walked off.
Snape watched her leave. He let his eyes roam her, until a neigh from Yarla made him tear his eyes off of her. He sighed.