Severus Snape looked up, disgusted, at what he saw. How did he get himself into this situation? He rolled his eyes as he remembered how.
The Dark Lord was spreading his army, not only in Europe, but also in the rest of the world, and since Severus was one of his most loyal Death Eaters, The Dark Lord had given him the task of going out to the United States to settle many of his affairs that were pending there. Severus growled.
He stepped out of the building and almost gasped in amazement. It was scorching hot here! His hand immediately went up to unbutton his traveling jacket and he threw it over his back, growling.
Bloody Americans! How can they live like this?
He began to make his way down the street, and then growled. There were so many cars here! How was he supposed to cross the road? He turned his head and saw a few people waiting by a corner, he decided to follow their lead. Soon he saw a contraption turn green, the cars stopped, and everyone began to walk. He gave himself a mental pat on the back for figuring that out.
He looked up at the street signs, since he needed to find these people so that he could quickly close the deal, then go back home. But after half an hour, he realized that he was lost, and had no clue as to where he was going. He growled, he was going to have to ask for directions, something he hated to do. He sighed, oh well if he had to.
He quickly walked to the nearest person; he was standing outside a large structure, with some kind of uniform on. Severus raised his eyebrow, but continued walking over to the man.
"Hello there sir, how man I help you?" the man asked. Again Severus raised his eyebrow, but he didn't want to make a rude comment, especially when this man could help him.
"Yes I'm afraid that I'm lost," Severus said. The man chuckled.
"New comer huh?"
"Yes."
"Could tell by your accent. Well here, let me see the address." Severus showed him the piece of paper. The man whistled. "You're far, far away from here, you'll have to take a taxi to get there."
"Really?" he asked. The man nodded.
"Yes, this is a residential area, right now you're downtown. Here I'll get a taxi for you." The man walked to the sidewalk, whistled and a taxi appeared soon. Severus again raised his eyebrow.
"Thank you," Severus said after the man gave the driver directions. The man nodded.
"Sure, anytime, hope you have a nice time." With that he shut the door and the taxi lurched forward.
Severus looked up as the man stopped the car. He raised his eyebrow again, this was a house, a nice tidy house by the looks of it. It was in a calm, peaceful neighborhood. He got out and paid the man who drove off as soon as he had the money in his hand. Severus looked up at the house again.
It had two stories, it was a light blue, in fact it looked like the color of the sky. The shutters were a nice white along with the door frame. The garden was nice and tidy, with a humongous tree in the middle of the yard that had a platform nailed to it, then there were a few vines growing onto the house, there were also roses along the walk way. Severus had never seen a nicer house. He took a deep breath and began to make his way up to the door.
Jaci groaned as she heard the doorbell ring. She was just about to plop down and watch a few well-chosen movies, was that so hard to ask for? She grumbled as she walked to the door and opened it. When she saw who was standing there, she caught her breath.
The man standing there looked very out of place in his business like slacks and his crisp black shirt. He also looked like he was burning up, his shoulder lengthened hair was tousled and his pale face was beaded with sweat. Jaci cleared her throat.
"Yes? May I help you?" she asked.
Severus stared in amazement. The woman standing before him was beautiful! She was wearing a black tank top with short blue jean shorts. Her black hair was picked up into a messy ponytail and her eyes were mesmerizing, they were green with brown flecks in them. He couldn't find his voice and it took him a few seconds to recover.
"Um, yes is this the Corntez residence?" he asked. Jaci huffed in annoyance.
"Yes this is the CORTEZ residence and no we're not buying." Jaci moved to shut the door, but Severus quickly stopped her.
"No wait, I'm sorry for mispronouncing your name, but I need to speak with your, well wait, are you Jake Cortez's wife?" Severus asked, looking at her up and down. Jaci made a disgusted face.
"No, he's my father."
"Oh, well then I need to speak with your father."
"And on what business?"
"Private," Severus said, glaring at her. Jaci glared right back.
"Well, come in," she said. She opened the door wider and allowed him in. Severus almost fell to his knees praying because it was air conditioned inside. Jaci turned the lock and turned to look at him. "Unfortunately you're out of luck," she said calmly.
"What?"
"My father had to go out of town this morning he got an urgent call from your Employer, but don't worry, you're employer told him to tell me to stay behind and wait for you here. Your employer says to owl him the minute you get here, other than that, you're going to be staying here the next week or so." Jaci grinned smugly. "There is paper and ink on the table over there, and there's an owl right outside the back door, when you're done you can find me in the living room, until then." With that she walked away, leaving Severus to stare at her opened mouthed.
What she's saying, it, it can't be true! I can't stay here, the Dark Lord better not make me stay here!
A few hours later, Severus walked into the living room. Jaci noticed the defeated look on his face and smiled.
"So you're staying huh?' she asked. Severus glared at her. Jaci laughed. "I told you, I just don't understand why people don't want to believe me these days." She shrugged and went back to watching the television. Severus continued to glare at her. "Are you going to glare at me all day or are you going to come and sit down and eat something?"
For the first time Severus noticed a large saucepan on the table in front of her, his stomach growled loudly. Jaci smiled and Severus was almost embarrassed, but he quickly recovered.
"What are we eating?" he asked, moving to sit by her.
"Chicken," Jaci replied, helping herself to some. Severus looked at her shocked for a few moments. "What?" Jaci asked.
"Where I come from, the hostess serves the guests first," Severus said. Jaci raised her eyebrow.
"Really?" she asked, leaning close to him, very close to him. Severus could do nothing but nodded. She was so close that he could see the brown specks clearly through the green. "Well sweet heart, you're not in London anymore are you? You're in Texas, and you're in Laredo, so I suggest that you stop being a snobby little ass and serve yourself cause I ain't your hostess." Jaci said. And with that she turned back and began to eat.
Severus sat there, looking at her stunned for a few seconds, then pissed off the next. How dare she talk to him like that! How dare she insult him, he was her guest! He stood up.
"Oh don't get started, sit your ass down and serve yourself you bloody fool," Jaci said. Severus growled when she used an accent on the word 'bloody.'
"Are you mocking me?" he asked. Jaci turned to look at him innocently, too innocently.
"No, of course not, why would I do a thing like that?" she asked in a sugary coated voice. Severus growled once more. Jaci sighed and rolled her eyes. She set her plate down and stood up as well. Severus glared at her and Jaci did the same.
"Well, come on," she said. Severus was confused for a second.
"What?"
"Go on, hit me!" Jaci said. Severus looked at her shocked.
"What?"
"Are you going to hit me or not?"
"Why would I hit you?"
"Because I 'mocked' you, 'insulted' you, come on already," Jaci said.
"I'm not going to hit you!"
"Fine!" With that, Jaci pounced on him. He flew back onto the couch with Jaci on top of him, the air knocked out of his lungs. Jaci sat on his stomach, quite happy with herself. She grinned. "Next time," she said, moving off of him, "hit me."