Chapter 7
A Very Shakespeare-esque Dream

Over the next couple of days, Jamie couldn't help but think about Romeo and the date she had with him in the Room of Requirement. Oh, how she wished it could have been longer, but she knew their date was secret, and almost risked that secret getting out when Jane and Joseph just happened to decide to bring their date inside.

Since that wonderful day, Jamie had to be very careful about her secret relationship with Romeo. Once or twice, she found herself writing Romeo's name on her History of Magic notes and realized it seconds before Jane looked over at her to see what she was doing. Jamie, having been doing pretty well with her non-verbal spells, wiped Romeo's name away clean. Jamie really wanted to talk to Romeo, because she still hadn't found out if Romeo liked their date or not, but it was getting to be very hard. She was always with her friends and couldn't get any time alone. Finally after her final class that Thursday, she saw Romeo walking down the hall and had an idea.

"Hey, guys, I will catch up with you," Jamie said to Jane, Joseph and Alice, "I have to go to the little witches' room."

"All right, Jamie," said Jane, "We will see you later."

Jane, Joseph and Alice walked ahead of her and disappeared around the corner. Jamie ran into an empty classroom and waited for Romeo. A minute later, Romeo came into sight and Jamie pulled him into the class room.

"Whoa, what is going on?" said Romeo, who then finally realized who had pulled him into the room, "Jamie, hi…"

"Hey, Romeo," said Jamie.

"You know," said Romeo, smirking, "Before last week, I doubt you would have done this to me. But this is the second time in two weeks you have dragged me into an empty room."

"Yeah, sorry," said Jamie, "I wanted to talk to you."

"Really?" Romeo asked.

"Yeah, I uh…" Jamie said, "Kind of missed you."

"Missed me?" Romeo said, "We have been in nearly every class together, Jamie!"

"You know what I mean," said Jamie, rolling her eyes, "You know… alone. We are always with our friends when we see each other."

"Well, to tell you the truth, I thought you actually didn't like our date," said Romeo.

"Like it?" Jamie asked, "I kissed you remember! I wouldn't have done it if I thought our date was bloody boring! That was one of the best nights of my life!"

"Really?" Romeo asked, "Haven't been on much dates, have you?"

Jamie turned away from Romeo.

"You haven't?" Romeo asked, walking closer to Jamie.
"For your information," said Jamie, "I am kind of shy!"

"Shy? Really?" Romeo asked, "The daughter of Harry Potter, shy? I would expect boys would be lining up to ask you out."

"I am not as popular as my father was," said Jamie, walking over to a chair and sitting down, "And actually, it doesn't bother me."

"Popular?" Romeo said, sitting down in the chair next to Jamie's, "Jamie, you are the star Seeker of the Gryffindor Quidditch team. I should know… you beat me a lot, remember. And besides that, you are the captain of the team."

"A captain who crashes her broomstick when she can't get control of it," said Jamie, a tear going down her face, "I am lucky I still have a broom."

"Yeah… well," said Romeo.

"Well what… Romeo?" Jamie asked him.

"It was…" Romeo said, pausing a bit, "It was a one-time thing. You are a brilliant flyer, Jamie."

Romeo wiped the tear away from Jamie's cheek. Jamie smiled.

"And who cares if there are no boys lining up to ask you out?" Romeo asked, "You got me, remember?"

"You don't hate me still?" Jamie asked.

"No, Jamie," said Romeo, "I don't hate you…your brother is kind of annoying. And let's not forget it was your friends who interrupted our date."

"You talk too much, Romeo," said Jamie. Jamie leaned over and kissed him.

When Romeo backed away thirty seconds later, he looked at Jamie, smirked and said, "Aw… who cares if your friends are annoying."

Jamie smirked too.

"I haven't really told you why I dragged you in here, Romeo," Jamie said, "I was worried, I didn't know whether you liked the date or not, but I guess you did. I just don't like not being able to talk to you, that is all."

"We can always write letters," said Romeo, "And of course you can drag me into a room whenever I don't expect it… that seems to be working for us."

This remark made Jamie giggle.

"Well, er… we better go before someone decides to use this classroom for something," she said.

"Yeah, I wouldn't want your friends to nearly walk in on us again," Romeo said.

Jamie rolled her eyes and left the classroom alone. She walked in the direction of the Great Hall, where she had been going before she needed to get away from her friends.
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"What is wrong?"

"Malfoy… he's missing."

"Romeo Malfoy?"

"Who cares? He's a Slytherin…"

Indistinct conversations could be heard from all around as Jamie walked down the hallway. Jamie could make out a few of the sentences as she walked. How could they talk that way about Romeo? Romeo was only like his father in looks. Jamie knew this. Romeo was sweet, and unlike a Slytherin in many ways.

But as she walked down the hall, she realized what they were talking about. Romeo was nowhere to be found. Then a thought came to Jamie's mind… Romeo wasn't in any of the classes that day. Was he sick? Should she ask his friends?

No, she thought, no, that would give away something for sure.

Jamie brushed her hand down the side of her jeans and felt something in her pocket. The Marauder's Map! Jamie remembered she had been carrying it with her a lot now. That was the key to finding Romeo! Jamie ran down the hall and over to the stairwell. When she saw that no one was around, she took the map from her pocket.

"I solemnly swear I am up to no good," Jamie said.

The map began to reveal itself. Jamie opened the map and looked through the floors. Suddenly she found "Romeo Malfoy", but it wasn't in the Slytherin Common room or any of the dormitories. It was on the seventh floor in the Room of Requirement.

The only thought that went through Jamie's head was that Romeo was waiting for her there. Forgetting to wipe the map clean, she shoved it in her pocket and ran up the stairs and headed for the seventh floor.

When she arrived to the seventh floor, Jamie ran down the corridor and over to where the Room of Requirement was. She got a surprise when a door was standing where a blank wall should be. Jamie opened the door slowly and looked in. The room was very small and dark. The only light in the room was a greenish glow in the far left corner. Jamie could see a bed there. She closed the door and walked over to the bed. Through the glow, she could make out a lump in the bed. She then saw something else… Romeo! He was laying on the bed very still.

"No… Romeo?" Jamie said, tears welling in her eyes.

Jamie moved her feet a bit and heard a CRUNCH! She looked down and saw what looked like a broken vial. The broken glass was laying on a piece of parchment. Jamie could see some ink glowing in the greenish tinge of the light. She picked up the paper and let the bits of glass slide off of it. She moved the letter to the light and began to read it:

Jamie, My Love:

I am sorry it had to be this way. My father found out that we were dating and he got really mad about it. Over the past few years I have been trying to keep my secrets about my father secret, but he seems to have gotten to the point where I can't do anything with him. He is vengeful about what had happened to my grandfather and the Dark Lord so many years ago and he seems to be uncontrollable. I was afraid to report his whereabouts to the Ministry of Magic, but I don't think it would have been too good anyway. He seems to be able to move around a lot and I don't know where he goes.

A couple days ago, he contacted me in a letter and said that he knew what was going on here at Hogwarts. He knows, Jamie. He knows that you and I were dating. I was afraid to do anything about it and I couldn't break up with you. I love you too much and this is the only way. I found out how to do a certain potion and I will not speak of its name. I had to drink the potion. It was the only way to keep you safe. Jamie, I want you to leave Hogwarts. I want you to return to your father and be safe. Tell him if you must, but warn your father about mine. I fear something could happen.

Goodbye, my love. I trust we will see each other again.

Always Remember,

Romeo Malfoy

"No, Romeo," said Jamie, tears streaming down her face, "It can't be… this can't be true!"

Jamie fell to her knees, sobbing on the sheets of the bed.

"Jamie!" said a voice, "Jamie, wake up!"

Jamie opened her eyes slowly and sat up.

"What… where…" she said as she looked around. Jane was standing next to her bed.

"It was just a dream, Jamie," Jane said, "It's okay."

Jamie looked down at herself. Her pajamas were soaked with sweat.

"Just a dream," Jamie said to herself, "It was so real…"

"Do you want to tell about it, Jamie?" Jane asked her.

"I…" Jamie said, but then she realized what she was about to do. If she told Jane about the dream, it would ruin everything. Besides, it was just a dream. It wasn't real…. "No, no, it is okay, Jane," she finally answered her friend.

"Are you sure?" Jane asked her.

"Yeah, Jane, I am fine," said Jamie, "I just need some air. I am going to get dressed."

"I will go with you," said Jane.

"No!" Jamie said before she could stop herself, "I… I mean, no. You probably want to spend some time with Joseph. I just need some time to think…"

"Oh… okay," said Jane.

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Jamie quickly got dressed and walked down to the common room. She walked silently out of the empty common room. Most of the students were down in the Great Hall. Jamie was very relieved that it was Friday, because she didn't have class and she could have time to think. Jamie to the stairwell and saw that Professor Lupin was walking up the stairs. Lupin saw her and walked up to her.

"Hello, Jamie," he said, "It's a nice day out. Pity I have to stay in and teach. I might just have to take my classes out today."

"Yeah, I guess…" Jamie said.

"Something wrong, Jamie?" Lupin said, "You seem different."

"Oh, just a dream I had," said Jamie.

"A dream… really?" Lupin asked, in a suspicious tone.

"Oh, please, I don't need to hear another theory of my dreams being real," said Jamie, a bit annoyed.

"I wasn't going to say that," said Lupin, "But please, Jamie, it would cheer me up a great deal to here about this dream of yours."

"So you can tell my father about my dreams?" asked Jamie.

"I wouldn't do that, Jamie," said Lupin, "I am surprised at you today. You are usually nicer to me then this."

"I am sorry," said Jamie, "I have a lot of things on my mind."

"Come on, let's go back to my class room," said Lupin, "I would like to hear about your dream."

Jamie sighed and looked around, trying to avoid eye contact with Professor Lupin. How much would she have to tell him? After deciding that this would be for the better… if she continued to act this way, he might give her a detention anyway! Jamie nodded and followed Professor Lupin up to his class room.

"Now, Jamie," said Lupin, "Let me hear about this dream. It seems to be bothering you."

Jamie hesitated but started telling Professor Lupin about the dream. She told him nearly everything but she replaced Romeo's name with "this boy".

"And then I woke up," said Jamie, after she finished the story of the dream.

"And who was this boy?" Lupin asked her.

"I don't know who it was," Jamie lied, "Besides it was just a dream."

"That was a very powerful dream," Lupin said, "It kind of reminded me of a story I used to hear as a kid. It was a Muggle story but the Muggle was a very famous man. Jamie, have you ever heard of the story called 'Romeo and Juliet'?"

Jamie gave an inaudible gasp from the name "Romeo" but shook her head.

"I thought not," said Lupin, "Your father never heard it either. Well, it is a very famous Muggle story. See, Romeo and Juliet were in love but their families didn't like each other. In fact they were at war with each other. But Romeo and Juliet's love for each other wouldn't die. Their families found out about their relationship and forbid them to see each other again. Well, Romeo found out that Juliet's father had done this and Romeo ran away from home to think about what he had to do. Well, while he was doing this, Juliet also was thinking of a plan. Her friend told her all about a potion if she drank it, it would make her look like she was dead. She would wake up sometime later and could live a new life. Well, Juliet drank the potion and her parents found her dead… mind you, she wasn't actually dead. They were going to have a royal funeral… both Juliet's and Romeo's families were royalty… very powerful. Romeo found out about this and thought Juliet was dead. He found her laying in a church and when he saw her he killed himself."

"Wow…" said Jamie.

"Juliet woke up and found her true love dead and she killed herself as well," Lupin said.

"Yeah, I have never heard that story before," said Jamie.

"Now you see why your dream reminded me of it," said Lupin.

"But… I have never heard of that story," said Jamie, "How could I dream up something like that?"

"Hmm… well, I don't know if I should ask you this," Lupin said, "I mean… it is your privacy…"

"What, Professor?" Jamie asked.

"Well… is there a boy you fancy that you are worried about losing?" Lupin asked.

"What?" Jamie asked, surprised.

"Well, sometimes the way your mind thinks affects your dreams," said Lupin, "It was just a thought…"

"Professor, how long have you known me?" Jamie asked, "I am a shy person."

"Still doesn't mean you don't have feelings for someone," said Lupin.

"Ugh, please Professor," said Jamie, "Don't play matchmaker." This was getting way too close to Jamie spilling the truth!

"I'm sorry, Jamie," said Lupin, "I just don't want to see the daughter of one of my best friends grow up alone."

"That's sweet, Professor," said Jamie, "But this isn't like eighteen years ago when people were trying to speed up their lives."

"I know that," said Lupin, "Hey, I have an idea. I will find my copy of 'Romeo and Juliet' and let you read it… okay? You might like it."

"All right," said Jamie.

"I will try to find it and I might be able to give it to you later today," said Lupin.

"Well, you have a class soon," said Jamie, "So I better get going."

"You have a fun today," said Lupin, "It is a nice day out. Don't spend it inside working on your homework."
"Oh, I won't," said Jamie, "Don't worry, Professor."

Jamie smiled and left the room. She had planned to find Romeo and talk to him about the dream she had. She was determined to find out if her dream was as real as it seemed.
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One of the more emotional chapters I wrote...

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