Juliette could barely sleep that night. She sat up in bed, her heart bouncing in her bosom. Every time she even thought of Severus, she uttered a tiny squeak. She felt like a child. She took a deep, her hands clutched together tightly. She could hear her heart pounding. She looked at the clock. It was only 1 AM. She still had quite a few hours to go, and she wasn't even exactly sure when he would come. She looked out the window, but no sooner did her eyes meet the moon, she felt them becoming heavier and heavier until she drifted into deep sleep on the thick blue carpet of her bedroom.

She was awoken by the bright sun beams that thickly caressed the walls. She got up quickly and ran downstairs, still in her night clothes and hair in knots. No sooner had her bare feet touched the wood floor of the downstairs hallway, she heard a knock on the door.

"Can you get that, Juliette," Andromeda called from the kitchen.

"Of course" Juliette replied, her heart skipping a few beats. She dashed to the door, and peered out through the peek hole. She saw a familiar glittering black eye looking back at her.

She could have screamed, but she didn't. She contained herself. She opened the door slowly and quietly.

The second she saw his face, she went weak at the knees, and grabbed his arm quickly, but still didn't say anything until she shut the door. Once it was completely closed, she threw herself into his arms.

"You're here. I... I can't believe it...I..." She didn't know what to say. She just pulled him to her lips, and remembered the taste of his tongue against hers for the first time in so long. Then, she pulled away, and glanced anxiously back through the peek hole. No one was coming.

"What should I tell Andromeda?" she asked.

"You didn't tell her I was coming?"

"Well...no."

"Why... Well, that doesn't matter now. Just say I'm... I'm sent by Professor Dumbledore to check up on you."

"Good plan. Here, come in."

They went inside, and Juliette led him to the kitchen.

"Andromeda, it's Professor Snape."

"Professor Snape?" she said, turning around and looking very confused.

"I was sent by Albus to see if Juliette was comfortable in her new quarters. Everything looks in order..." he said, pacing around the room.

"Well..." said Andromeda, a little flustered that no one had warned her. "Would you like some tea or something?"

"I would like that very much," he said politely.

He took a seat at the table beside Juliette, and soon Andromeda joined them with a pot of tea and three cups. She handed one to Snape, and was about to hand one to Juliette but she shook her head.

"I'm more of a coffee person," she said, and Snape smiled. He remembered the last time she said that.

"Well, you know where that is," said Andromeda, nodding towards the cabinets.

"I'm not really that thirsty anyway," Juliette said, shaking her head again.

Andromeda nodded, and turned to Snape. "So, what business did you need to take care of?"

"Well, Juliette looks very comfortable here, as Albus suspected."

Juliette didn't hear the rest of the conversation between her aunt and Snape. She was thinking. Maybe she should tell Andromeda about her relationship with her former potions master. She wasn't his student anymore. She didn't need to know the details. And even if it did mean confessing she'd had this relationship with him while she was a student, she was sure that if her theories about Andromeda's characteristics were true, she wouldn't tell Dumbledore.

"Andromeda..." she said loudly, but as soon as she'd said that, there was a knock on the door.

"I'll get that," Andromeda said, getting up.

The second she left, Juliette turned to Snape. "I'm going to tell her. She won't care. I think I should."

"If you think it best," he said. "I agree, I'm sure she..." But he didn't get to finish, because Andromeda came running in.

"It's Narcissa and Lucius," she said quickly. "I don't know why they're here, but it can't be good. My sister doesn't come for visits... ever. It would be best if you stay out of site, Juliette. Perhaps you should too, Professor. I'm sure a Death Eater spy in my house wouldn't be a good thing for them to see. There's a small linen closet upstairs. Hurry!"

The didn't say a word as they rushed upstairs and into the linen closet. Snape climbed in, and Juliette followed, her body pressed against his. He could feel her heart beating quickly, and pulled her closer with his great arms wrapped around her.

"They won't find you," he said. "I promise. But we have to be silent."

So they were. Suddenly, they could hear footsteps and voices.

"Why is this any of your business again?" they could hear Andromeda say.

"Andromeda," they heard the voice of Narcissa Malfoy say. "Bella is our sister. If her reputation is at stake, we need to help her. And Lucius has a suspicion that the girl is in your house."

"I can assure you, I didn't even know Bellatrix had a child at all. That really doesn't sound like our dear sister, especially with a muggle. Lucius must be mistaken, Narcissa."

"I'm afraid I am not. She was just at Hogwarts this year. Your daughter Nymphora may have known her."

"Who said my name?" they heard Tonks call, and footsteps followed.

"My dear niece," said Narcissa cooly. "Do you know of a girl called Juliette?"

"No."

"She's your cousin."

"No."

"She may look a little like..."

"I dunno any Juliette"

"Well," said Lucius in a slithering tone. "It would be in your best interest, Andromeda, to teach your daughter to keep her voice down."

Tonks glared.

"Now," he went on. "If we could just have a look around..." He began to reach towards the door of the linen closet.

"Get out NOW Lucius," shouted Andromeda, slapping his hand briskly. "Who gave you the right to look through my linens? Now get out before I call the police."

He paused, looking from Narcissa, to Andromeda, to Tonks, to the linen closet. "Very well," he said finally, and turned to leave, taking his wife, and his newly formed suspicions with him.