A/N: So, instead of almost falling out of my chair at the amount of emails I had….this time I actually DID. Guess how many emails I had about this story. 20! and that's just in about a 24 hour time period…not all of them were reviews but many of them were and I'll post results at the bottom again. I don't own Harry Potter cuz if I did, well…let's just say lions would be driving taxi cabs.

--

It was almost two days later that I finally had a moment to myself. I pulled the letter out of the drawer it had been in and stared at it for a moment. As I tore the envelope open I was expecting to be pulled away at the last moment, right before I could read the letter. I paused before I unfolded the parchment and listened for and disruption of the silence.

I stuffed the letter into my pocket and climbed out onto the roof. The sun was just hitting the horizon filling the sky with pastels. I watched as the sun slowly sunk out of view and stars started to appear on a navy blue canvas. They sparkled and I could feel my eyelids growing heavy.

When I woke up the moon was almost hidden and the opposite sky was starting to lighten. I swung back into my window and landed gently on the floor, noticing that it was a lot easier to do than the past few times. My stomach growled and I stalked down to the kitchen, grumbling that I still hadn't gotten to read the letter, and found Severus sitting at the table reading the Daily Prophet.

"Where have you been all night?" He asked, not looking up.

I sighed. Ever since he had resigned for the year he had been getting back on his up during the night and sleeping during the day schedule and he expected me to do the same. "Sleeping." I said, heading straight for the cabinet that he stored the blood in.

"We're almost out, so use it sparingly." He said and I groaned.

"When are you going to restock?"

"I've been meaning to write a letter to the reserve." He put the newspaper down and rubbed his face. When his hands fell away I noticed that his eyes were bloodshot and there were large bags underneath them.

"No, go to bed. I'll write the letter." I sipped at the small amount of blood I had poured myself.

"Are you sure?" I nodded. "Well, in that case I'm going up to bed. I'll see you tonight before you go to bed." He stood and left the kitchen. I wandered into his office and pulled out a piece of parchment.

Three quarts of fresh Horntail blood, I wrote in my loopy scrawl, and one pint of Chinese Fireball please. Thank you, Hermione Snape.

I sent the letter off with an owl and trudged back to the kitchen to make myself pancakes only to find that the only food food we had was an apple. I grabbed the apple and bit into it angrily, making a mental note to go out and buy food.

Two hours later I was up on the roof enjoying the warmth of summer when I remembered that I still hadn't been able to read my letter. Recalling that it was still in the pocket of the robe I had discarded earlier I swung down into my room. I found the robe lying on my bed and picked it up. After searching all the pockets I threw the robe on the floor and searched my bed. I finally found it under the bed and unfolded the parchment.

--

A/n: I know it's short, please don't kill me!! I promise that you will find out who wrote the letter AND who she'll be paired with in the next chapter so GET YOUR VOTES IN NOW!! Here are the results so far:

Bill: 5 (CURRENT LEADER) ((OBVIOUSLY))

Charlie: 4

Fred: 2

George: 2

Harry: 2

Marcus: 4

Adrian: 1

Draco: 4

Twins: 2