Jane and John Doe by Caitlin Lee

Rating: R
Genres: Romance, Mystery
Relationships: Draco & Ginny
Book: Draco & Ginny, Books 1 - 5
Published: 07/09/2004
Last Updated: 12/10/2004
Status: In Progress

What if you've lost everything and you don't know how to get it back? Will you ever be
able to live the life that you had before?




1. Chapter One
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Disclaimer: I don't own any of it and I'm not making any money. It all belongs to
someone else!

The sun broke through the window curtains and fell upon the sleeping body of a young girl. She
is about sixteen years old, but no one is really sure what her age is. She has bright red hair that
is very long and in soft waves. She is small, but not delicate. She has the build of an athlete.
She also has a beautiful face to look upon, many people think so. Her face has an elegance and
grace that no make up could improve. Her eyes are a rich brown with flecks of gold in them. When
she is angry, people have told her it appears that she is on fire. She felt the warm summer sun hit
her face and she stirred from her sleep. She heard soft voices whispering not far away. The girl
struggled to wake herself from sleep, only to catch the attention of the people uttering the quiet
conversation. They stopped talking and the girl heard movement in her room.

“Good morning!” A chipper female voice greets her. The young girl groans inwardly before
responding not nearly as lively,

“Good morning, Emma.” The girl sits up in her bed, stretches widely and reaches for her clothes
for the day. She dresses in jeans and a plain white tee shirt. She pulls her hair back to into a
ponytail. The girl looks at Emma. She is short, like the girl, but she has greying hair pulled back
in a bun and wrinkles on her friendly, round face. The girl says to Emma,

“What are the plans for today?”

“Well, I have some exciting news for you. You're going to have some company for your lessons
from now on. There's a boy who is at the same level as you and seems to be in the same
situation. Scott thought it would be a good idea for you two to learn together.” Emma replied. The
girl looks excited.

“How old is he?” She asks.

“He's about your age. Supposedly he's very good looking.” Emma says with a smile.

“Really? Oh this is going to be awesome!” The young girl runs to hug Emma and she says,

“Oh, don't thank me, thank Scott, it was his idea. I just approved it that's all.” Emma
smiles and lets the girl go as she runs downstairs to the cafeteria on the first floor.

*****

During this time in another building not far away, the same bright, morning sun is waking up a
young boy. He is about seventeen years old, though no one really knows how old he is. The boy has
straight, blonde hair, which is almost too long. His hair covers over the tips of his ears and they
have been telling him to get it cut. He prefers it this way though, covering up part of eyes as
well. His eyes are a smoky grey, one of his best features. He is tall, but not bulky. He is lithe
and wiry. He jumps off his bed and opens his blinds fully, letting in the sunshine. He dresses for
the day wearing a polo shirt and some khaki pants. Just before he is about to leave his room,
someone blocks his path and joins him in he room. He is another young man, about twenty-five, who
is tall and has a weather worn face. The boy smiles at the man and says,

“Hey Tom. What's going on today?” Tom looks at the boy and smiling widely he replies,

“Today you get to meet that girl I was telling you about. And you'll be doing your lessons
with her from now on with Scott teaching.”

“She's the hot one with red hair, right?” The boy questions. Tom laughs.

“Yeah, she's the pretty one. After breakfast go to Scott's office and you'll get to
meet her.” Tom replied.

“Awesome, thanks so much Tom!” The boy exclaims.

“Don't thank me, thank Scott, I just approved it that's all.” Tom watches the young boy
run out of his room to go downstairs and eat breakfast in the cafeteria.

*****

The girl eats her breakfast as fast as she can. She avoids people that might want to talk to
her. She gulps down her orange juice and runs out the front door across the courtyard to another
building. No one lives in the building, only people working, teaching, and learning here. The
building is named the Meadowvale Rehabilitation Centre. She keeps running all the way up the stairs
to the fourth floor of six. She turns right at the top of the stairs and enters a large hallway
that is full of activity. She passes many room and offices. Some have just adults, and some are
filled with young children playing. She turns to her left and knocks on a door labelled Dr. Scott
Grumman.

“Come in,” a deep male voice says permitting the girl to enter.

“Hey Scott. I hear I'm to have a classmate.” She says with a smile. Scott smiles at her. He
is of a medium build, has dark brown hair with streaks of grey and dark blue eyes. He has a
moustache and although he was once fit, age has changed that a bit and he now is a little larger,
particularly around the middle.

“Yes it's true, now you can have some company of your own age.”

“How come we are going to be studying together now?” She questions.
“Well it's rather interesting really. Your situations are strikingly similar and perhaps were
caused by the same thing, we do not know. But we feel that it would be advantageous for you two to
work together, especially because your knowledge is at the same level.” Scott responded.

“So us working together might help our progress along too won't it? And maybe we'll give
you more answers then. Am I right?” She wonders to Scott and he laughs.

“You really are too smart for your own good. Of course that's exactly what we are hoping.
But don't get your hopes up too much for some answers. This move might be beneficial for the
both of you, or it might hinder you.”

“Oh I'm sure it will work,” she says confidently. “With me in the mix with my intelligence?
Of course it will.”

*****

The young boy is eating breakfast at a fast pace. He doesn't even notice anyone or anything
around him in the cafeteria. As soon as he is finished, he jumps up and runs out the doors leaving
his mess behind on the table. He runs across the courtyard dodging trees and bushes that he leaps
over. People stare at him but he takes no notice. He runs into the Meadowvale Rehabilitation
Center, up to the fourth floor, down the hallway and opens the door to Dr. Scott Grumman's
office without knocking. He hears a young female voice say,

“…me in the mix with my intelligence? Of course it will.” Without looking at the girl he
says,

“Now you can't forget about me and my rather sharp brain.” The girl looks up and stares at
this boy who is tall with blonde hair. He is so handsome that she stops thinking and just takes in
all of his features. Scott smiles at the girl who he noticed has gone temporarily dumb.

“Welcome,” Scott says to the boy. “Ah yes, introductions!” Now the boy looks at the girl and it
is his turn to come over speechless. She has red hair and a face that could only belong to someone
who is angelic. Scott notices the how the two are staring at each other as if they'd never seen
a member of the opposite sex before.

“Ahem.” Scott clears his throat, which barely deters either of them. He begins a little more
loudly. “Jules, I'd like you to meet Penny. Penny, this is Jules. You two will be working and
learning together from now on.”

A/N: What!? It's not Ginny and Draco? You'll just have to wait and find out what
happens! It will all be explained in the next chapter or so. Hopefully I've suckered… I mean
hooked people into reading my story… he he he… I won't keep you waiting too long though! But if
you are waiting a lot check out my other fic, It's My Birthday Today. It's funny and short,
at least I think so, he he!

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2. Chapter Two
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**Disclaimer: I don't own any of it; I'm not making money. It's all belongs to J K
Rowling and Warner brothers and other such businesses.**

Penny and Jules continued staring at one another for what must a have been a good minute before
Penny stood, shook Jules' hand, and said as impassively as she could,

“Nice to meet you, Jules.” He smiled and she felt her legs tremble.

“Likewise.” He replied. Scott decided this would be a good time to intervene before they started
having a staring contest.

“Why don't you take a seat Jules?” Scott said, his hand gesturing toward the chair beside
Penny. Jules sat down and reverted his attention slowly back to Scott. Penny did the same.
“Alright, now that you two have met, we'll go over the schedule for the following months. You
know the both of you will be able to live on your own in about six months, but we still have a lot
to go over. I just hope we can get enough memories from you two that will enable you to live
comfortably out in the world.” Jules and Penny both looked excited at the prospect of leaving
Meadowvale behind.

“I know that our hypnosis sessions are usually done separately, but I would like to try a few
sessions together. You will both be hypnotised at the same time. That way you won't feel
uncomfortable and you won't be able to watch the other person being hypnotised. I would like to
know how you two feel about this. If you don't want to do it, we won't.” Scott sat back in
his chair and waited for both of them to think it over. Penny was the first to speak.

“What do you think that this will accomplish? I mean, can Jules and I communicate with each
other while we are hypnotised?” Penny questioned. Scott smiled at Penny. He knew she liked the
idea. But he also knew she liked to think of everything before anything was done. She was just very
thorough.

“Frankly, we don't know what could happen. It's a bit of a risk you could say. But I
have a hunch that you will be able to communicate and interact. While you are relaxed you can
converse with me while I am hypnotising you, so I would think that two people hypnotised by the
same person would be able to communicate. The question is, do both of you trust me enough for this
to work? And you both need to trust yourselves and each other.”

Jules and Penny both thought for a moment, each knowing they could trust Scott, both wondering
could they trust each other. They quickly looked at each other and knew their answers
immediately.

“I'll do it,” said Jules.

“So will I,” Penny agreed. Scott seemed pleased, as if he knew they would both agree and want to
go through this experiment.

“Excellent! Ok you'll have some time together to answer each other's questions and get
to know one another. Then after lunch, you'll be helping some of the nurses look after the kids
when they go to the zoo. You'll have time to talk to one another today. You'll need to have
to know each other for this to work,” Scott told them. Penny and Jules both nodded in
understanding.

“Off you go then. You can eat lunch together downstairs in the cafeteria here.” Penny and Jules
both stood up to leave and said good-bye to Scott.

Walking down the hall from Scott's office the both of them felt a little awkward. Both
having doubtful thoughts.

“*How can I trust this person? I don't even know him.”* Penny thought. Jules was
feeling the same as Penny was. Jules decided now is the time when they should be talking, no point
in delaying the inevitable.

“So where do you…” Jules and Penny both turned and said to the other.

“Sorry, you go first.” Penny said, blushing.

“Oh, okay. Umm… I guess what I was going to say was: do you know where you came from?” Jules
said awkwardly. Penny smiled and said,

“I was going to ask you the same thing.” Jules felt relieved and waited for her response.

“I was found in northern Scotland, not many people live there and the closest building I was
found by was deserted and in ruins. So I'm a bit of a mystery for the doctors. Especially
because I don't have a Scottish accent, it's English as you can tell. I'm from England
somewhere it seems. How about you?” Jules was startled by her honest response but he didn't let
it show. He decided to answer truthfully as well.

“Actually, I have a similar story. I was found near this abandoned factory in Wales. But I also
know I'm not from Wales. I have an English accent, not Welsh. Could I be from England? I
don't know.” Jules finished. Penny seemed shocked and walked without paying much attention to
anything. She was going over his words inside her head. She finally spoke very slowly and
carefully,

“That's weird - we were both found by ourselves, and without a sign of an accident or
struggle? Usually people like us have been in a car accident, or are really old and suffer from
Alzheimer's disease. They told me our situations were similar, but I didn't know it was
like this.” Jules was deep in thought as well. He asked Penny quietly,

“What else do we have in common?”

“I don't know, but probably a lot more than just where we were found. Makes sense for us to
be spending all this time together then.” Penny said.

“You're right. Let's ask each other as many questions as possible to see how much we can
figure out.” Jules suggested.

“I think that's exactly what we should do. Let's talk about it over lunch in the
cafeteria. I'm starving.” Penny said with a slight smile. Jules smiled back at her before
responding,

“Me too.”

They reached the cafeteria for lunch and the special today was beef stew. They grabbed their
trays with their bowls of stew and sat down together at a table. Both were feeling more comfortable
in each other's presence already. Penny decided it was a good idea for them to learn and do
their sessions together. But first she wanted to know more. So did Jules.

“How much do you remember before the incident?” Jules asked Penny as soon as she had pushed away
her empty bowl.

“ I don't remember anything. Well that's not true, I know some things but it's
nothing from my life. I still know how to talk, walk, and what a car is - but I don't know how
to drive one. Scott says that is unusual, because people remember things like that. I don't
even know how to ride a bike. And I don't know everything that I should with school. I am very
far behind people who are the same age as me. I don't even know how to do variables properly.”
She stopped talking and seemed thoughtful for a moment before asking Jules tentatively,

“What do you remember from your life?” He was looking a little unnerved and seemed afraid to
answer the question. Penny was puzzled for a moment and then understood.

“You don't know how to ride a bike either, do you?” Penny said with quiet shock.

“No, I don't know how. I even barely knew what they were. I saw one a while ago, and it
wasn't the first time I'd seen one, but it was definitely not something I saw everyday,”
Jules said with the same astonishment. They both sat in silence for a moment, trying to process
this startling information. “This is too weird. They told me I was a special case. This has never
happened to anyone before.” He finished in a hushed voice.

“What happened to us?” Penny said after another moment of silence.

“I don't know.” Jules said. They looked at each other and it was the first time, but not the
last, that they saw each other's expression in the others face. Jules cleared his throat and
Penny looked at her watch.

“It's already five to one! We have to meet Anna for the zoo in five minutes.” Penny
exclaimed. Jules jumped up out of his seat and Penny did the same. The rushed out the front door
and ran to the Children's Centre. Anna was waiting outside with the kids trying to get them all
onto a yellow school bus. She seemed a little flustered because her only other help was a first
year nurse. Anna was in her mid thirties and lived with her husband. She was a kind person but she
had a hard face. They say she grew hard after she left her family. Jules and Penny ran up to Anna
and she said,

“You two are late! Help me get these kids on the bus.”

“Of course,” Penny said as she helped a young boy onto the bus. All the kids that were going on
the field trip to the zoo had learning disabilities as a result of a birth defect. It takes them
longer to learn to something that a baby of five months old can grasp. Simple tasks like touching
toes has to be taught to these children.

Once all the children were on the bus and Anna made sure they were all secure and accounted for,
they left for the zoo. Jules and Penny sat together up at the front.

“How much fun can going to the zoo be?” Jules wondered aloud. Penny thought he sounded a little
moody, and she wasn't impressed.

**A/N: That was chapter two, folks! I hope you liked it. Ok, so review and give me some
comments and suggestions, anything is appreciated!**

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3. Chapter Three
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**A/N: Sorry for the wait! And I had to change the name of one my characters, you'll find
out why later. But Nancy is now Anna. Anyway, here's chapter three, and don't forget to
review!**

**Disclaimer: I own none of it. It all belongs to JKR and others.**

The ride to the zoo was fairly uneventful until the end. Once they pulled up to the gates, the
kids got a little excited and became harder to control. Penny didn't seem to mind the extra bit
of excitement for she was smiling and laughing along with all the kids. Jules, however, was a
little moody and avoiding helping too much. Penny walked into the zoo with one child attached to
each hand. They kids were talking excitedly about all the different animals they would get to
see.

“And elephants! We're going to see them too, right?” The little boy on Penny's left
asked her. She looked down at him and smiled.

“Of course we are! We couldn't miss out on the elephants,” said Penny.

Jules walked into the zoo last with his hands in his pockets, looking thoroughly annoyed. The
two little boys who were holding onto Penny's hands let go and ran ahead with Anna and the
other children. Penny waited for Jules to catch up with her.

“Are you alright?” Penny asked.

“Yeah, I'm fine, I just don't like kids too much. I'd rather not being doing this.”
He admitted.

“Oh, I see. That's alright, we'll just stay out of the way then, if that's ok.”
Penny said.

“Yeah, that'd be ok.” Jules said, looking relieved. They walked along together behind the
group in silence. The kids were having a wonderful time laughing and pulling faces at the monkeys
and other animals. Penny smiled at the expression on a little girl's face when she saw her
first monkey. Jules was watching Penny and couldn't help but admire her. She didn't seem to
mind when a young boy from the group came running up to her and hugged her suddenly. He had left
his dirty handprints on her clean clothes. She wasn't phased in the least. Jules seemed
disgusted. He didn't comment on it though, but Penny noticed the expression on his face.

“You're not afraid of a little dirt are you?” She asked with a giggle.

“I'm not afraid, I'd just rather stay clean and respectable.” He said.

“So you're saying that I'm not respectable right now?” She asked inquiringly.

“Right now, I'd say yes.” He responded with and air of slight annoyance. Penny was taken
aback by his harsh words. She quickly regained her composure and decided not to let her anger get
the best of her.

“You do know that clothes can be washed and they're just like new again, right? Besides it
doesn't bother me if I'm dirty. If it bothers you that's your problem, because I
don't care what your opinion of me is.” Even though she said this with conviction, it did
matter to her what his opinion was. She wanted him to like her.

“Well that's just fine by me because I don't care what you think of me either.” He lied.
He wanted her like to like him too.

Thinking that this was a bad start to a friendship, Penny tried to seem like she was okay with
this new information about Jules.

“So then just as long as we don't care what the other thinks we should get along fine.” She
joked. He noticed a little bit a tension in her voice,

*“She does care what I think then.”* He thought to himself.

“So… err… which one is your favourite animal?” Jules asked, trying to sound as if they'd
been having a conversation about hippopotamuses all along. Penny couldn't help but smile.

“Why, the monkeys of course.” She said.

“Monkeys? Aren't they kind of gross?” Jules asked.

“Yeah, but they remind me of you.” She laughed at the surprised expression on his face that
changed to a grin once he realized she was joking.

“My favourite animal is a pig. You know, you've got a perfect pig nose, that must be why I
like you so much.” He said a matter-of-a-factly. She giggled.

“That make senses for you to like pigs. You must have a lot in common, it even sounds like
you're grunting when you talk.” They were both laughing at themselves by now. Penny was glad
Jules was lifted out his sullen mood. The kids had reached the reptile house and were looking at
all the interesting lizards, snakes and other scaly creatures. Jules and Penny stopped walking and
looked at one particular specimen of snake. It was boa constrictor. Its scales were in a pattern of
three different dark shades of green. They were staring and staring at this snake all the while
wondering why they weren't moving yet. Penny and Jules looked at each other simultaneously,
while both feeling confused and awed.

“I feel like this means something, but I don't know what.” Jules said with a hushed
voice.

“I know what you mean. But I feel like I should know,” She responded.

“That exactly how I feel. I wonder what it means?” He questioned. Close by, a young boy dropped
his ice cream cone and was screaming at the top of his lungs. This brought them out of their
reverie. They made to walk out the reptile house and the feeling passed.

“You know what, it was probably nothing anyways.” Penny said, and five minutes later the snake
was long forgotten when they came upon a dolphin show. They laughed along with all the kids when
the dolphins splashed them.

“Okay kids!” Anna said leading them out of the dolphin show, “Now we get to see the big animals.
All these animals live on the savannah in Africa. Who's ready?” All the kids responded with a
big, enthusiastic,

“Me!”

The kids were all eager to see the giraffes, zebras, and gazelles. Anna had to run to keep with
the over excited kids, while Jules and Penny walked leisurely behind. Penny smiled when the kids
`oohed' and `ahhed' over large grey elephants, tall lanky giraffes, and striking zebras.
They walked along to where the lions were kept. All the kids were apprehensive about these
ferocious beasts. For some reason that Penny couldn't explain she waked right up to the edge of
cage and got as close as she possibly could.

“Penny, be careful!” warned Anna, “Don't frighten the kids.” Penny didn't seem to hear
her. A large female lion was approaching the cage where Penny was and roared a mighty roar. Penny
was nonplussed. She just stood watching the majestic animal with rapt attention. A bizarre thing
then happened. The lioness sat down in front of Penny and stared at her just as intently. Penny
felt someone grabbing her arm and she turned to face Jules who looking at her with a concerned
expression on his face.

“Are you alright?” She seemed to snap out of whatever trance she was in.

“Yes. I'm fine. Sorry. I don't know what came over me.” She responded.

“That's ok. But we have to go, they're loading the bus to go back to the center.”

“Ok.” They turned to leave and Penny stole one last glance at the lioness. She was still
watching Penny and watched her until she couldn't see her anymore. The lioness got up and went
back to the patch of grass she was occupying before.

The ride back to the center was just as noisy as before. They kids were all talking and laughing
wildly at the fun they had today. Anna looked exhausted. She looked at Penny and Jules who were
sitting quietly together at the front of the bus.

“Thanks for your help today, you two. I really appreciate it. I hope you had fun too, though.”
She said to the both of them.

“We had a lot of fun, Anna. Thanks for letting us come.” Penny said.

“Yeah it was great. Thanks Anna.” Jules said sincerely.

“Now I know who to ask for some help if I ever need to take all the kids to the circus. I'm
just joking!” She added and laughed when she saw the slightly stricken look on Jules' face.
Penny laughed as well.

“After this, I think he'd like to volunteer for some babysitting jobs.” She giggled when
Jules turned to glare at her.

“I'll have you know that kids love me so it'd be a breeze anyways.” He said confidently.
Penny and Anna laughed out loud.

“That's something I've got see one day.” Penny said through her giggles.

“Oh, shut up.” Jules said, though he was grinning too.

When they finally unloaded the kids, Jules and Penny were exhausted.

“Want to go to supper together?” Penny asked.

“Sure.” They walked to the cafeteria in Penny's building. Grabbing their trays and supper of
lasagne they sat down at a secluded table together.

“It wasn't all that bad, was it?” asked Penny.

“No, it wasn't all bad. I just don't like kids too much—you know that. I don't think
I had a lot of exposure to them before.” He said.

“You don't know if you had any brothers or sisters?”

“No, I don't know, but I think I didn't have any or a lot. Scott thinks so too. What
about you, do you think you did?”

“I don't know either, but I know I love kids and I like being around a lot of people, so
maybe I did.” She took a sip of her drink and then added, “I know I don't mind sharing
either.”

“Then you must have a lot of siblings. Do you think they look as good as you?” She blushed and
he said quickly, “I mean like you, look like you.” He continued rambling. “I probably didn't
have a lot brothers or sisters,” he was saying, “Because I can't stand sharing. I know I like
to keep the things I own, and I like to get what I want.” He took a bite of his pasta hoping that
Penny didn't think he was crazy.

“Really? Sometimes not getting all the things you want makes you a bigger person. I don't
think my family was very wealthy, or maybe I lived alone without a lot of things. I'm used to
living frugally, it's not a problem.”

“That's the opposite of me. I wish my room were bigger at this place. I know it could be
nicer. I also wish I had silk sheets on my bed.”

“Silk sheets? But those are so expensive! Cotton ones are just fine for me.” She said.

“I guess to each his own, or her own, if you'd like.” They sat in silence for a bit and
finished eating.

“Are you finished?” Jules asked after a bit. “Because I could walk you back to you room if you
wouldn't mind.” He asked. Penny thought he sounded a bit nervous. She smiled and said,

“Yes, I'm done, and you can walk me back if you want.” They didn't say anything walking
back to Penny's room. When they got there, she opened the door and looked at him. She noticed a
funny look on his face, so she said,

“Goodnight, I'll see you tomorrow.”

“Right. Yeah, I'll err… see you tomorrow.” He walked away rather quickly and Penny watched
his retreating back confusedly. She went into her room and put on her pyjamas. Only then did she
realize that he had wanted to kiss her. She flopped down on her bed with a big smile on her
face.

**Please review. :)**

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4. Chapter 4
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**A/N: I am so sorry for the wait! I am extremely busy with school this year. Courses are much
more difficult and they require more of my time. My updates will probably be pretty
irregular.**

Jules had troubles getting to sleep that night.

“Why didn't I kiss her? All I had to do was lean in a little more.” He thought furiously. He
turned over in his bed and groaned in frustration.

“Now I bet she won't even look at me—or worse, she'll laugh at me.” He lay on his back
looking at the ceiling, not feeling remotely tired.

“No, she won't laugh at me. I am good looking, so she has to be attracted to me.”

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Somewhere not far away, Penny was laying in her bed feeling not much different that Jules.

“Why didn't he kiss me? Why didn't I kiss him? His lips were mere inches from mine.” She
was biting her fingernails like she always did when she was thinking about something.

“Great, now it'll be awkward the next time I see him.” She let out a groan of
frustration.

“No, I won't let it get awkward. We have to work together.” She then tried to think about
nothing and fall asleep. It was some time later she did eventually fall into a sleep filled with
dreams a handsome young man with blonde hair.

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Jules woke up the next morning feeling very tired. He looked at his clocked and sighed. It read
6:24 am. He struggled to try and fall back to sleep, but it wasn't working.

He sighed again and sat up on his bed. Morning sunshine was already filtering into his room. He
got up off the bed, crossed his room and opened the blinds fully. Usually this action makes him
feel happy. Today, however, it only depressed him.

He had a hypnosis session with Scott today. This one was just with Scott and himself. Scott said
he wanted them to know each other more before they started doing their hypnosis together.

Jules opened up his favourite book, *Watership Down*, and picked up reading where he last
left off. He was immersed in the book and did not look up at the clock again until it was quarter
to eight.

“Oh crap!” Jules exclaimed as he threw his book down on his bed and began to get dressed for the
day. He hastily threw on some clothes, hoping that they were clean. He ran out his room without
bothering to make his bed and he headed down toward the cafeteria.

After nearly running somebody over to get to breakfast, he grabbed a container of juice and an
apple. He ate this quickly and as soon as he was finished, he high-tailed to the fourth floor of
the Meadowvale Rehabilitation Center building to Scott's office.

“Rough night?” Scott asked, his voice filled with amusement. He looked over Jules in his
dishevelled state. His hair was in complete disarray, and he was sweating and planting from running
so hard.

Jules plunked himself down into one of the chairs in front of Scott's desk.

“You know, you can be a few minutes late. I won't mind.” Jules glared at Scott who looked
back with a large grin on his face.

“I know that, I just wasn't thinking.” He responded with touch of anger.

“That is apparent.” Scott replied. “But on to business!” Scott exclaimed before Jules had a
chance to respond.

“Last time we were making great progress with your hypnosis so we'll pick up where we left
off.” Jules nodded as he was becoming more relaxed by the moment. Scott's voice had that affect
on him. It was possibly because he was so used to being hypnotised.

“Follow me to the study and you can settle yourself down in the lounge chair.” Jules got up and
walked behind Scott into his study where his psychologist's chair was. Jules settled himself
into the chair while Scott grabbed his clipboard and a pen.

“Alright Jules, you know what to do. Listen to my voice. It is soft and soothing.”

Jules closed his eyes and focused all of his attention of the words Scott was saying.

“You are becoming more and more relaxed with each word that I say.” Jules was barely aware of
himself as he went into a sleep-like state.

“Okay Jules, I want you to concentrate on your facial features. Picture them very clearly in
your minds eye. Do you see yourself Jules?” He nodded his head yes in response.

“Now try to imagine which part of your features came from you mother, and which came from your
father.” Jules lay there in silence for a while as Scott watched him intently. It almost looked
like Jules was sleeping, except that his slightly furrowed brow gave him away.

“My hair.” Jules said softly.

“Jules, tell me about your hair.” Scott asked.

“It's blond.” Scott waited while Jules was thinking some more. “Like my mother's.”

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Penny woke up feeling tired still and attempted to fall back asleep. She did after sometime,
until someone bustled into her room.

“Get up you sleepyhead!” Emma said. She pulled open the blinds and Penny groaned when she felt
the glorious sunlight fall upon her.

“I'm still sleepy.” Penny said, covering her head up with her pillow.

“That's too bad. It's time to get up now. You should do your math homework, which I know
you haven't finished yet.” Emma told her before she left the room.

Penny rolled her eyes before sitting up. She yawned and stretched widely. Grumbling a little,
she made her way to the shower rooms. She had a quick shower and washed her hair. Wrapped in a
towel with her red hair dripping, she walked back into her room searching for a brush.

Penny loved brushing her hair. It was comforting somehow. She liked to think that her mother, if
she had one, used to love brushing her hair as well. She would fantasize what her mother looked
like and what it felt like to be hugged by someone who loved you unconditionally.

Once she was done brushing her hair, she opened her dresser drawer and pulled out some clothes.
She dressed in jeans and a jumper.

Penny walked down to the cafeteria where she grabbed a tray and some breakfast. She chose her
favourite, plain cereal. She sat and ate silence. For some reason she couldn't explain, she
found it was hard to make friends with other people. She just didn't feel a connection to
anybody. She didn't even feel particularly close to Emma or Scott, even though she has been
with them since her arrival at Meadowvale. She often wondered why this was.

Penny felt like she was a friendly person who could get along well with people. It was something
she couldn't describe; she didn't feel a connection to anyone. Jules was the exception.
Penny knew in her heart that they were connected somehow. She felt it every time she was with him.
She hadn't felt that way around any of the girls or boys that she had tried to befriend over
her four-month stay. She continued thinking about Jules while she took her time finishing her
cereal.

Penny returned her tray and put her bowl on the counter by the kitchens. She walked back
upstairs to her room and flopped down on her bed. She picked up her math homework and attempted to
finish it.

“Three `x' plus five equals twenty-six… alright-y. Now I'm supposed get the `x' by
itself… then what? Oh, I don't know any of this! Maths is such a useless subject.” She muttered
angrily to herself.

She pulled out her calculator, and decided that a little cheating on her multiplication table
wouldn't hurt.

“Okay, I know twenty-six minus five equals twenty-one. But what times three is twenty-one?” She
thought about it before she tried plugging the numbers into her calculator. Before she could even
try and cheat, the answer came out of nowhere.

“Seven.” She heard someone say. Penny looked up to see Anna standing outside her door
smiling.

“Thanks!” Penny said, once she saw who it was. “But you know, I'm supposed to learn how to
do this crap by myself.”

“Maths isn't crap. It was possibly my favourite subject in school.” Anna said.

“Well it might have been my favourite subject if I could remember any of it. This is Grade eight
stuff supposedly. I should be at a grade 12.” Penny said sounding incensed. Anna sat down beside
her on her bed.

“I know it's frustrating, but you just have to be patient. It will come back.” Anna said
with hopes of lifting Penny's spirits.

Penny turned and looked at Anna. “You really think so?” She asked.

“Yes, I think so. Of course I could be wrong, but don't give up hope, Honey. That's the
worst that you could do.”

“I know. It's just getting more and more frustrating only seeing your life with half the
pieces.” Penny said.

“Well I know this won't cheer you up that much, but I have your favourite treat here if you
want it. I just wanted to say thank you for yesterday.” She handed Penny a chocolate bar from
Belgium.

“Oh, thank you! I love Belgian chocolate!” She hugged Anna.

“You're welcome.” Anna said, smiling. She spied Penny's calculator and asked,

“I thought you weren't allowed to use your calculator for this unit?” Penny looked sheepish
when she let go of Anna.

“Well, I just wanted to use it for this one question and then you helped me, so now I don't
need it anymore. Besides, I can barely even use it properly. It's a stupid, useless, mugglish
contraption that seems to hate me.” Penny responded quickly.

“Mugglish? What does that mean?” Anna asked with a weird look on her face.

“I don't know. I think I just made up the word right now. Or maybe not. I could have heard
it somewhere.” She replied with a wave of her dismissive hand.

“Oh, but try not to use the calculator any more. I want you to do well.” Anna said getting up
from the bed.

“Alright.” Penny agreed. “Thanks for the chocolate, again.”

“You're welcome, again. I'll see you later.” Anna said as Penny was already getting back
to her homework.

“Yup, bye!” Penny said without looking up. Anna lingered at the edge of her door for a moment,
looking at the small, athletic girl. Anna's brows were knitted together as she was doing some
quick thinking. She shook her head and the look passed from her faced as she cleared her head of
those thoughts. She walked away from Penny's room without a thought on her mind.

Penny somehow managed to finish doing her maths homework before her appointment with Scott.
Maybe she had used her calculator a little, but all in all, she felt that she had done well. She
went down to the cafeteria where she grabbed an apple for the journey over to Scott's
office.

She munched happily on her sweet apple, still high on the feeling of finally accomplishing some
homework. She threw her apple core out in garbage can down the hall from Scott's office. She
was just about to knock when the door opened and she found herself looking at the very person who
she was dreaming about all last night.

Jules looked up and saw the face of the girl who had in torments all night long. They stared at
each other for a second. Then Penny spoke.

“Umm, so you finished your session then?”

*“That was bloody brilliant, Penny.”* She thought furiously.

“Yeah, err, yeah I did. You have one now then?” He asked.

*“Stupid, of course she has one! She's right here!”* He told himself.

“Uh, yeah. I'd better go in.” She said, but still she stood there.

*“Move your legs Penny!”* She told her self sternly.

“Okay, well, I'll see you later.”

*“This is the part when you walk away.”* Fortunately, for the both of them, Scott appeared
at the door.

“Are you coming Penny?” He said, saving them from any further self-inflicted misery.

“Yes.” She said. She walked into Scott's office without a backward glance at Jules. She felt
it was probably safer this way. She was surprised for spending that much time with him already she
hadn't drooled once yet. Jules was often surprised that he didn't drool over her as well.
He suspected it would be quite unbecoming.

“I'll be right back.” Scott told her.

Penny sat in the squishy armchair by Scott's desk. She was biting her fingernails again
thinking now about how Jules must think of her.

*“He probably thinks I'm some blibbering idiot,”* She thought. *“Great, just
great.”*

“Everything alright, Penny?” Scott questioned once he came back. He knew her well enough to know
that when she bit her nails, something was bothering her. She quickly pulled her fingers away and
responded

“Yes.” He looked at her intently. She cleared her throat. A sudden thought came to her and she
was surprised that she hadn't thought about it more. She decided to tell Scott about it.

“Actually, something peculiar happened yesterday.”

“Really? Care to tell me what it is?” He said, leaning back in his desk chair.

“Well, I don't know exactly what it was. More of a moment, really. Jules might have
mentioned it to you.” When she said his name, she blushed every so slightly, but Scott didn't
notice it.

“No, he didn't mention anything about yesterday.” He said.

“Oh. We were at the zoo with the kids and Anna, and walking through the reptile house and Jules
and I were staring at this snake. And this feeling came over me. It came over Jules too.”

“What was it like?” he asked.

“It was big, and green. I think it was a Boa Constrictor, or something.” Scott laughed.

“No, not the snake. What was the feeling like? Were you happy, sad, scared? Anything that comes
to mind?”

Penny thought hard about it for a moment, trying hard to place herself back in the
situation.

“I'm not sure exactly what I was feeling, only that I know I've felt it before. I think
the snake symbolized something for me, and Jules too. Him more so I think—he was in a trance, or
something like that, longer than I was.” She said.

They sat in silence together for a few more minutes. Scott could clearly tell she was trying to
relive that moment and he waited for her to collect her thoughts.

“What do you think this means?” She asked him after awhile.

“Good question. I'm not sure what it means. Maybe we'll find out. Were you afraid of the
snake at all?” He asked.

“Oh no, I know that for sure. Why do you ask?”

“I was just thinking maybe you had an experience where you received a bite or something, or one
might have startled you and it stuck fast in your memory. But I don't think so if you
didn't fear it all.” He stated.

“Yeah, I agree with that. But I know it did mean *something* to me at one time.” She said
resolutely.

“Has anything like this happened before since the incident?” Scott asked.

“No, but it happened again at the zoo.” Penny replied.

“Again?” Said Scott.

To Penny, he seemed just mildly surprised, but he was shocked and masked it well.

“Yeah, I was looking at this lion, and it was much stronger that time for me. It was almost like
time stood still for that moment. I wasn't aware of anything happening around me. And then it
passed.”

“It was the same feeling as before?”

“Yes and no. I felt more, well…” Penny struggled to find a word. “Confident.” She finally
added.

“Confident? That's interesting. The snake didn't make you feel this way?”

“No.” She assured him.

Scott sat in silence for a while with his fingertips together, leaning back in his chair, and
looking up at the ceiling. Penny was forcibly reminded of someone else, but she couldn't think
of whom. Scott spoke, and the moment passed.

“I made great progress with Jules today in his hypnosis,” Penny blushed a little again, “So I
was thinking that if we make the same progress today with you, then we should have one more
individual session each before we start them together. How does that sound?”

Penny was surprised by this new information. “Together, so soon?”

“I think you are both ready.”

“Well as long as you think so, I think so, too. I trust you, Scott.” Penny said.

“That's good to hear,” Scott said with a smile. “Let's get started, shall we?” Scott got
up from his chair and Penny followed him into the other room.

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