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ZoeyChick - I need Severus now. I need love and hugs from him.-hugs severus plushie in hope-

Five weeks later...Friday, December 16th, 1977

It was nearly Christmas Break. The excitement radiated throughout the castle infection everyone's mind. By the last class of the day Severus and I were the only two with any sanity. Even Lily and Remus were mad with desire to get out and play in the snow.

I felt sick at my stomach and the more adoring looks I got from Severus the sicker I felt. Every beat of my heart was agony.

Dumbledore called me to his office that morning. He told me that the forward time-turner that would return me to my time would be here within ten days and as soon as it arrived I had to return.

Everything was happening too fast. My mind was reeling. My head and heart were in complete and utter contradiction. My heart cried loud and clear for me to tell Severus the whole truth and let him decide when I arrived back in my time what he wanted to do. My head told me that I would have to force him to wait twenty years for the truth. That he couldn't and shouldn't know. If I told him the truth now I could be in big trouble. I would be breaking the law. Yet another voice said I could never, never tell Severus the truth. It said that he would then feel obligated to care for me because I was Jane. I wanted him to care for me as me and not Jane. My stomach hurt. I felt like crying but I held back the tears. The Severus of my time had always snapped at me when I cried.

Ding-dong.

Whoops were heard all down the hall as doors banged open and feet scrambles for the exits.

"Jane, would you like to go for a walk?" Severus asked as he reached out and took my hand as we exited after the hubbub died down.

I squeezed his and gently. He smiled.

"Let me drop off my bag first," I said and stopped on the seventh floor landing. Severus nodded and I released his hand and slipped through a door that would drop me out at a painting right next to the Fat Lady.

I raced up to my room. I tossed my bag onto the bed and grabbed my velvet cape.

"Jane," Remus' soft voice called as I crashed down the stairs. "Would you care to join everyone for a snowball fight against all the other houses?"

"Severus and I were going to take a walk by the lake. But if he wants to have a snowball fight then it's fine with me," I said. I kind of hope he did. I just needed some time to myself and if he was occupied it would be easier to plan my farewell to him. He could read me like a book and he knew something was going to happen. But he could not know I would be leaving him to join him in another time. I slipped out of the common room and Remus followed.

"Severus," I called as I reached the landing where he was waiting. "Remus invited us to join everyone in a Battle of the Houses snowball fight. Want to?"

"Sure I guess, but we'd be pitted against each other," Severus said. He looked a bit nervous till he saw Remus standing there watching us. He scowled then and wiped all emotions away as if his face was a blackboard.

"Remus, do you think instead we could have four team captains and let them pick who they want on their teams?" I asked. "So Severus and I could be together."

Remus grinned, "I bet we could talk James and Sirius into it. They are the ones who came up with the idea in the first place."

"Severus," I said as we arrived at one of the hidden entrances to the dungeons, "you might want to drop off your bag."

"Yes but we aren't even to a level where we can enter the dungeons yet," Severus said with a frown.

Remus and I sniggered.

"What's so funny?"

"Severus, dear," I began. "Well clearly you don't know how we Gryffindors get down to Potions when we're running late."

Remus giggled and pulled aside a mirror to reveal a dark tunnel.

"Jane, go ahead," Remus said giving a sweeping hand gesture at the opening.

I gave Severus a mischievous grin before swinging my legs over the side of the tunnel and sliding down into the darkness. The tunnel twisted and wound until I arrived at the bottom behind a painting. I pushed it open a sliver and jumped out as soon as I could hear someone coming down after me and the coast was clear. It was Remus.

When Severus arrived he was clutching his bag to his chest, his eyes were the size of your average house elf, and his skin was several shades paler than normal. He sat at the exit for about half a minute before I reached in and touched his hand. He gave a startled squeak and flinched back.

"Severus, it's alright. It's me," I said and touched his fingers and began trying to pry them from their desperate hold on his school bag.

He squinted up at me, "Jane, I never want to go through that passage ever again."

"Of course Severus," I said as I managed to get one of his fingers pulled off. It took two more minuets of coaxing to extricate him from the tunnel. His hand clung so tightly to mine throughout that time I was certain I would have several fingers amputated by the hold alone and have to visit the nurse to have them sewn back on.

"Wait here Jane," he said and he hugged me. "I'll be back in a few minutes."

Severus turned and marched away into the dungeons. He turned and went toward the Slytherin common room I assume.

You really like him don't you?" Remus asked as soon as Severus was out of earshot.

"Yeah Remus," I said turning to him. "I really like him."

Remus was grinning, "What's he like?"

"Well once you get past the sarcasm he's amazing and perfect and I adore him," I said and smiled delightfully.

Remus smiled sadly but giggled a bit with me, "I never wanted to be his enemy. Though in hindsight I realize that aside from one situation that was out of my control I've never been mean but at the same time I've never really gone out on a limb to try to be kind to him or stop my friends from tormenting him. Even when I was a prefect I never punished my friends as I should have when they were unkind to him."

"Jane," Severus called from down the hall. "We better get going."

I nodded and took Severus hand. Remus smiled and winked at me. We left through one of the dungeon exits that led us up outside.

SPLAT!

Severus and I spun and were staring at Remus who had just been hit with a snowball. We heard Sirius barking laughter.

"How'd you like that Remus?" Sirius asked tossing another snowball casually up and catching it as it came down.

The snowball fight lasted till dark but I left early and watched from a tree where no one could see me.

"Jane, whatcha doing up there?"

I looked down. Remus stood there at the base of the tree staring up.

"You hiding?" he asked as I began to climb down.

"Nope, just have a lot on my mind is all," I said softly.

"Anything you want or need to talk about?" Remus asked offering me a hand to help me down.

I took his hand and he helped me. We linked arms on the walk up to the castle.

"Remus there is something I want and need to talk about but I'm not supposed to. Remus, I'm leaving soon. I can't tell you when I'm going. I just know that I'll be leaving before January. It's killing me. I can't tell Severus any of what is about to transpire and please you must promise not to tell him any of this till I'm gone," I whispered as we arrived at the front steps. I let go of his arm. "I'll tell you this, no matter what...I can't say. I would be breaking the law."

"Couldn't Severus just write to you?" Remus asked in confusion as we sat down to dinner. We had arrived late and had the Gryffindor table to ourselves. "How would you be breaking a law?"

"I suppose he could write to me but if he writes soon as he surely would I know the letters will never reach me. As for breaking the law I do not think I can tell you that without saying too much," I said sniffling. I wiped my eyes with the back of my hand. "Remus, I cannot live in all this secrecy any more. I have to tell someone."

"Jane whatever you say I promise I won't talk to anyone but you about it," he said sincerely and gently to me. "You are one of the nicest and coolest girls I know."

"Come with me Remus," I said snatching his hand and leading him from the great hall and upstairs.

We stopped facing the wall opposite the tapestry depicting Barnabas the Barmy trying to teach trolls how to pirouette. Foolish thing to do really. I walked up and down before that stretch of wall three times.

I pushed open the door. The room of requirement had outdone itself. Two comfy armchairs were situated in front of a grand fireplace and a table sat in between the two chairs that had red and gold striped candles.

"Remus, everything I tell you in this room stays in this room or just between us. I know some of what I'll say will make me sound completely loony."

"Jane, I am going to tell you something as well. My biggest secret. I have never divulged it to anyone who didn't figure it out first," Remus said. "I think we're pretty good friends."

"We are great friends," I said touching his hand. "You go first so I can have a few more minutes to contemplate where I need to begin my story."

"Jane, I will understand if you don't want to be friends with me after I tell you this," Remus said and he looked away nervously. "But well I am a werewolf."

I giggled. He looked so serious as he told me this. "Remus, I knew that from a while ago and I never told anyone."

"I must be super obvious without meaning to be," Remus said and he started to giggle as well.

"Well I guess it is my turn now and I suppose I should start with my real name," I began. I spilled my guts to Remus Lupin. I told him everything about being from the future and how I have to go back. "I know I can't tell Severus any of this. It will kill me not to but in my heart I know it's best not to. It could cause so many problems in the future if I do and I do not want him to possibly lose his job because of me. I will have to be patient. Do you believe what I am telling you?"

"Wow! That is all I can really say. I believe you but it will just take a minute to sink in," he said smiling sadly. "I guess in the future I will have to be more understanding of why Severus will be so cantankerous."

I nodded. "He is a hard man to deal with in the future. Will you promise to keep Sirius from picking on his after I am gone?" I begged taking his hand. "Will we be friends when I return with these memories?"

"Firstly, we will most definitely be friends dear Hermione," he began. "If Severus will let me that is and I doubt he will; but I think for your sake Sirius will let up at least for a while after your funeral. I do not mean to sound as flippant as I do when speaking of your death. It will not be easy on anyone."

We left the room after a while. Remus managed to convince me by the end of our evening to first of all leave Severus a goodbye note and secondly be sure to let him know in some way that I was not as gone as I seemed.

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