Disclaimer - I am sure if you look at the top of some of the other chapters you will see one saying that I am indeed J.K. Rowling and I write Fanfiction. That is a fabrication I have created in my own mind to bring myself comfort. I belong in a rubber room.
Response to ZoeyChick -
-Rallies the forces- calls loaned troops from hyperkittias well.
-loaned soldiers--PIKACHU AND BULBASAUR- THUNDERSHOCK AND VINEWHIP!
Scottie and Wuffie-dogs- sniff for Sevvie Wevvie Poo!
Mr. Squeezy and Bobby -teddy bears- Give hugs to hurt troops and be nurses!
-my soldiers who are 100 loyal and will not try to steal Severus-"Pansy,"-a cute stuffed dragon- "You must distract Draco...having little Draco's would be good for you plus they would be cute!"
"Harry Potter"-a stuffed eagle- "You get to eat 'Voldie'!"
"Rudolphus, Bellatrix, Nott, Pettigrew"-PIDGEONS- "You must dive bomb ZoeyChick!"
"Lucius and Narcissa,"-two tigers- "Eat Crabbe and Goyle Jr."
"Crabbe Sr., Goyle Sr., Nott Jr., and Mrs. Longbottom-nevilles grandma"-all stuffed cats- "You are to assist me in reclaiming Severus Snape.-author pauses and swoons-"
"Ronald Weasley,"-stuffed coyote- "BITE HER!"
"Colin and Dennis" -a dalmation & pug- "Take a picture of Severus and I Together and we'll leave it for her."
-evil diabolical laughter-
Here is Chapter VII!
Monday October 31, 1977
"Lily!" I yelled sprinting up the stairs.
"WHAT?!" she called dashing from the bathroom and into her room as I crashed through the door.
"He asked me! He asked me! What am I going to wear? How will I be ready in time?!" I cried.
Lily seized my shoulders. "Jane, the first thing we're going to do is calm down. Three big breaths," Lily instructed. "Now what we're going to do is...I am going to transfigure one of your robes while you go take a shower."
I managed a somewhat shaky nod.
"We're not going to panic?" she asked.
I shook my head. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh.
"Good, now go," she told me sternly.
I took another deep breath before diving into the head-girl's bathroom. I took a very brief shower and dried my hair with a quick spell.
"Lily!" I screamed as I stared at myself in the mirror.
She burst through the door.
"Jane! We're NOT panicking remember?" Lily said grabbing my shoulders.
"But my hair," I gasped snatching a handful of it. I looked like a poodle after being primped and preened for a show. I bit my lip to hold back another distressed outburst.
"Not a problem," Lily said calmly as she removed the last of the rollers from her hair.
Why couldn't I have hair as perfect as hers?
Lily opened one of the closets in the room and removed a large bottle of Sleekeasy's Hair Potion. She tucked the bottle under her arm and grabbing my wrist she led me from the bathroom and put me in a chair before a large vanity.
"I think a simple bun would suit you," Lily told me as she dumped a glop of the potion into her hands and began to pet it into my hair. It took her almost an hour but she eventually got my hair swept up into an elegant bun. She stuck red and gold chopsticks in my hair. She stuck a comb with a red glass rose and gold leaves on it in my hair.
"Lily my hair is...my hair is..."
It was truly gorgeous. What was Severus going to say?
"Well Jane you don't have your make-up done yet and you've not seen your dress." Lily said and she grinned.
Lily walked over to her bed and picked up a red silk dress. It looked oriental in design and had gold sequence roses that glittered on the right front side from waist to floor. It had mid-thigh slits on both sides and fit tight around the torso and fastened in a mock turtle-neck type design. My shoulders were covered but my arms were bare except for the matching scarlet gloves that extended only up to my wrist.
With just a few flicks of Lily's wand I was dressed.
I glanced at the clock on her bedside table. Ten minutes!
"NOT PANICKING!" Lily said.
"Lily, what about you?" I asked. I felt terribly guilty. I was going to make her and James incredibly late.
"Jane, you'll see me tonight," she said. "James thinks we, meaning he and I, should be fashionably late so we get a lot of attention."
"James is rather full of himself isn't he?" I asked after Lily finished applying a shade of red to my lips that was so bright it was almost sinful. She put a light layer of blush on my cheeks along with a light dusting a gold glitter.
"Oh my gosh! I've got to go meet Severus!" I yelped. I was nearly ten minutes late by this time.
"Not without a cloak!" Lily snapped and she draped a velvet cloak over my shoulders and tied it. "Now go! I'll see you around nine forty-five." She shooed me out the door.
"Jane?" Sirius asked.
"Hello Sirius," I groaned internally.
"You're breath taking," he said. His eyes were firmly locked on my torso.
I crossed my arms over my chest. I felt violated by the way he was looking at me.
Sirius shook his head and looked up into my eyes.
"Will you go with me to the dance?" he asked with a grin.
"Sorry Sirius but I'm going with someone else," I said and I attempted to look upset that he had no one to go with.
"Well it's just Snively. Break it off and go with me," Sirius said smirking devilishly. "No one likes him anyway. He would understand."
"I'm going with Severus because I like him. I will not break it off with someone I really like just because someone else is a stalker! AND stop calling him Snivellus!" I hissed in his face like an angry cat.
"He's ugly! Why would you go near him?" Sirius had finally popped. "YOU could have me!"
"Sirius what makes Severus so attractive to me is the fact that he clearly has no idea how attractive and wonderful he is. Why don't you just give him a chance?"
"You could have me," he whispered looking me right in the eyes.
I sighed. He would never get it.
"I have to go," I said walking around him and opening the portrait hold.
I exited and walked to the seventh floor landing.
"Severus!" I cried as I saw him start to descend the stairs. His head was low and he looked like his best friend just stabbed him in the back.
He spun.
"Jane!" he grinned. Severus was even more handsome with a smile on his face and I told him as much. "Thank you."
"You look wonderful," I said blushing.
It was true. I could barely keep myself from swooning. He was wearing a nice white shirt with a tight black vest over it and a floor length cloak with a silver border around the outside. His hair was tied back with a black ribbon near the base of his neck.
His eyes widened and his cheeks were stained with a blush as he looked me over.
"Jane," he gaped. "You...you...you're exquisite."
I felt heat rise in my cheeks again. He stood several steps below me. He shook his head quickly and offered me his hand.
I softly gave him mine. I walked down till I stood next to him on the same step. He put forward his arm and I slipped my hand in to rest lightly on it.
We entered the great hall through one of the side doors so as not to cause a commotion.
There were several hooks by the door to hang cloaks on. Severus took my cloak gently and hung it before removing his own.
There were dozens of tables for two set around the perimeter of the great hall. We sat down at one of them that was in a secluded corner.
We sat watching the couples dance and saying what we thought of the couples. It was fun because I already knew what would happen to them. I felt slightly sickened when he asked what I thought would happen to Frank Longbottom.
"I don't think it will turn out well for his wife or him."
Severus gave me an odd look.
"You will understand one day," I promised him. "Someday I will tell you everything."
He gave me a weird look but shrugged it off.
At exactly nine forty-seven Lily and James made their grand entrance.
They both looked amazing.
James was dressed in dark wine red robes that made his eyes and hair stand out. Lily was wearing a strapless white dress that fit tightly around her bust and flowed out at her hips. Her hair hung loose down her back in auburn waves. She wore elbow length silk gloves with a white rose corsage and a string of tiny pearls around her neck.
She spotted me sitting there in the corner. She tugged on James arm. He saw me and allowed Lily to drag him over amidst the cheers. He waved at a fair few admirers.
I shook my head at her. She frowned but stopped and pulled James away in a different direction. They moved out onto the floor and began to dance. Slowly the others resumed their previous activities.
It took two hours. Two hours I waited for Severus to ask me to dance. It was eleven forty-three. Not much time left to dance.
"Jane, I wonder if you'd dance with me?" Severus asked after he stood up. He offered his hand to me again.
"I'd love to Severus," I replied and I took placed my hand carefully into his.
They just started a new song. It started as we walked out onto the dance floor.
-Too Lost in You-
You look into my eyes
I go out of my mind
I can't see anything
Cos this love's got me blind
I can't help myself
I can't break the spell
I can't even try
I placed my hand on Severus' shoulder and he placed his in about the middle of my back. We each took the other's hand for the moment.
I'm in over my head
You got under my skin
I got no strength at all
In the state that I'm in
And my knees are weak
And my mouth can't speak
Fell too far this time
I carefully coaxed Severus into putting his hand down lower on my back.
Baby, I'm too lost in you
Caught in you
Lost in everything about you
So deep, I can't sleep
I can't think
I just think about the things that you do (you do)
I'm too lost in you
(Too lost in you)
We twirled around the floor divinely. Severus leading. I had no idea he knew how to dance. I lost myself in his eyes.
Well you whispered to me
And I shiver inside
You undo me and move me
In ways undefined
And you're all I see
And you're all I need
Help me baby (help me baby)
Help me baby (help me now)
Cos I'm slipping away
Like the sand to the tide
Flowing into your arms
Falling into your eyes
If you get too near
I might disappear
I might lose my mind
He smelled of sandalwood, ginger, and some sort of tea. I took my hand from Severus and wrapped both of my arms around his neck and leaned my forehead against his clavicle. I smiled from my position. This was heaven.
Baby, I'm too lost in you
Caught in you
Lost in everything about you
So deep, I can't sleep
I can't think
Severus slipped his other arm about my waist and drew me even closer to him. He and I were both completely unaware of the fact that all eyes were watching us and many Hufflepuffs were whispering about how cute it was.
I just think about the things that you do (you do)
I'm too lost in you
(Too lost in you)
I pulled my face away from him and saw he was staring down at me.
I'm going crazy in love for you baby
(I can't eat and I can't sleep)
I'm going down like a stone in the sea
Yeah, no one can rescue me
(No one can rescue me)
Ooh ooooh
Oooh, my baby
Oooh, baby, baby, baby
Severus was leaning toward me slowly.
Baby, I'm too lost in you
Caught in you
Lost in everything about you
So deep, I can't sleep
I can't think
I just think about the things that you do (you do)
I'm too lost in you (too lost in you)
Our lips met. His were warm and soft and it gave me a tiny little electric like shock and I pressed closer to him. I never wanted this to end.
I'm lost in you
I'm lost in you
I'm lost in everything about you
So deep (so deep), I can't sleep (no, no, no)
I can't think
I just think about the things that you do (you do)
I'm too lost in you
As Severus pulled away the last notes died and when we turned we saw we'd been the only two dancing. Everyone was watching us and smiling, even the Slytherins. They all clapped.
Severus was burning. I blushed in pleasure.
This was by far the best date I had ever been on. Way better than Viktor, Ron, Terry, Draco, Theodore, or Blaise. The latter three had been wonderful as well but they paled in comparison to Severus. He gave me undivided attention. He didn't see anyone but me. Lily holding James hand came out and embraced me as she let go of James.
"Severus I hope you will forgive me for stealing your date for a moment," she said.
Severus nodded and walked over to the side to stand by a set of doors that led to a balcony.
"I'm so happy to see you happy Jane even if I can not fathom why you'd want to be here with him. But is he makes you happy then James and I are happy for you."
"Thank you, but surely there is something else you wanted to talk to me about," I said noticing the nervous glances they kept tossing at one another.
"Sirius was here until he saw you and Snape dancing. He is so pissed off. He stormed out and I presume he went to the common room," James said. "I don't think that it would be wise for you to enter the common room on your own."
I nodded, "I'm going to get back to Severus now. Thank you for the warning."
They nodded. I stopped and got two goblets of butterbeer on my way back.
"Severus I got you a drink," I said holding it out to him.
"Thank you," he said. "Would you like to go outside for a bit?"
"Do you want to go out?" I asked.
"I just want to get away from all the simpering Hufflepuffs," Severus said and his face contorted into a look of extreme disgust. He leered across the hall. I looked over to see what he was scoffing at. I snorted in derision. "My sentiments exactly. So you know that several have actually had the audacity to come up to me and ask me if I love you. As if I would spill my guts to one of those gossipers. Several others told me how sweet it was watching me dance with you."
All the Hufflepuffs were smiling, giggling, and pointing in our direction.
"Are Hufflepuffs that way in this time as well?" I asked not realizing my mistake until I saw Severus giving me a weird and confused look.
"What do you mean in this time?" he asked. His voice was full of suspicion. His black eyes pierced me to the soul. I had to lie to him. It hurt knowing what I had to do.
"I misspoke. I meant all the time," I said trying to recover from a near fatal blunder. Judging from the look Severus was giving me he didn't entirely buy my explanation.
"Hufflepuffs have always, are always, and will always be excessively cheerful. To the very point of the exhaustion and supreme annoyance of all the other houses," Severus said glowering as a few of them walked by. They smiled and giggled at us. I rolled my eyes in return. "They are the bane of my existence."
"Yes Severus," I answered. "Going outside would be lovely."
He moved to the door we'd entered through and retrieved our cloaks. He draped mine over my shoulders lightly and I fastened it. He slung his own on rather haphazardly.
We walked out into the moonlight. I sat down on the parapet. Severus sat down next to me. His back was very stiff and his shoulders were quite rigid. He glared at the ground as if it had said something offensive to him.
I put my hand on his shoulder hoping to see him relax.
"I've really had a lot of fun with you Severus," I said leaning over and putting my head on his shoulder and taking his arm and draping it over myself.
"I've enjoyed it as well," Severus said. "You're the first girl I've ever truly liked and you're the first person who didn't shun me."
"I'm sure if you would talk to them they'd like you. You are smart and sweet and attractive," I said. Please say you want to be with me.
"Even if they wanted to be with me I wouldn't want to be with them. Their fatuity never ceases to amaze me. All they care about is how well a guy can fly on a broom," he said. "And besides all that...I already gave my heart away."
Why was he saying this? Was he trying to say he loved me? I hung off his every word.
"You stole it your second day here when you asked me to sit with you and stood up to Black defending me. I've never had someone willing to do that for me before. Everyone just laughs."
YES! I jerked up. Severus quaked in surprise and his eyes widened.
"I'm sorry, too soon huh?" Severus said standing to slink away.
He got about one whole foot lifted from the ground before I launched myself forward and snatched his arm.
"Do you mean that?" I asked desperately looking up into his eyes.
"Yes," he said and tried to pull away. "I won't force my undesired presence upon you any longer."
I flung my arms around his neck.
"You don't and can't know how long I've waited to hear you say that. I never thought this would happen!" I sobbed holding him tightly to keep him from going anywhere. "Your presence is very much desired! How could you think otherwise?"
"You mean you feel the same way?" he asked incredulously. I felt two strong arms wrap around my waist and his lips caress my forehead.
"Yes," I whispered pressing a bit closer.
Severus removed one hand from my waist and took his wand from the pocket of his cloak and flicked it at the glass door behind us. They opened slowly and we could hear the beginning of a new song floating through the air.
- Accidentally in Love -
So she said what's the problem baby?
What's the problem? I don't know
Well maybe I'm in love (love)
Think about it every time
I think about it
Can't stop thinking 'bout it
How much longer will it take to cure this?
Just to cure it cause I can't ignore it if it's love (love)
Makes me wanna turn around and face me but I don't know nothing 'bout love
Come on, come on
Turn a little faster
Come on, come on
The world will follow after
Come on, come on
Because everybody's after love
So I said I'm a snowball running
Running down into the spring that's coming
All this love melting under blue skies
Belting out sunlight
Shimmering love
Well baby I surrender
To the strawberry ice cream
Never ever end of all this love
Well I didn't mean to do it
But there's no escaping your love
These lines of lightning
Mean we're never alone,
Never alone, no, no
Come on, Come on
Move a little closer
Come on, Come on
I want to hear you whisper
Come on, Come on
Settle down inside my love
Come on, come on
Jump a little higher
Come on, come on
If you feel a little lighter
Come on, come on
We were once
Upon a time in love
We're accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally
I'm In Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
Accidentally
I'm In Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
I'm in Love, I'm in Love,
Accidentally
Come on, come on
Spin a little tighter
Come on, come on
And the world's a little brighter
Come on, come on
Just get yourself inside her
Love... I'm in love
"Well the traitor has finally rrrreturned," Sirius voice slurred slightly as I stepped over the threshold into the common room.
I spun and saw him weaving toward me. He reached out and snatched my hair and yanked my head back.
I reached for my wand. NO! I had left it up in Lily's room on the counter. I could smell the alcohol on his breath as he leaned in closer to me and breathed hotly in my face. He shoved his lips down and pressed me into the wall.
I shoved him back.
"Sirius, Stay away from me," I said as I tried to dart around him.
"Sirius, leave her alone," Remus said stepping from the shadows.
"Stay out of this Remus," Sirius snarled.
"Let me ask you this Sirius," Remus started. "Do you really like Jane?"
"Yesss," he slurred. "I like her." He tried to grab me but apparently he was seeing double and he tripped over a chair by accident.
"If you really liked her you would care more about whether or not she was happy rather than if you were happy," Remus said.
Sirius burst into loud noisy sobs. "WHY CAN'T SHE LIKE ME?" he bawled.
Remus walked forward and wrapped his arms around Sirius. I raised an eyebrow in his direction. Remus shrugged.
"Thank you," I mouthed and slipped up the stairs.
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