Lucy Snape and the Half-Blood Princess (Book Six)

Sacrificed Sincerity

Chapter 33: Sacrificed Sincerity 

Snape strutted away from the scene quickly, he had other places to be. He wasn't really going to find Dumbledore to increase security, he just needed to get away and find Draco. He needed to talk about this unbreakable vow, it was destroying his life...literally. 

"Severus!" An annoyed voice raged behind him. 

Snape turned around and saw Jessica standing there, she was shaking at how angry she was and was trying to keep her racing heart under control. She had to form a sentence to let Snape know how wrong his actions were but the words wouldn't form and she just stood there with her fists clenched and heavy breathing making her look a bit pathetic. 

"Yes?" Snape asked in a bored tone as if addressing one of his students. 

"S-STOP IT!" She yelled, it was the only thing she could muster. "YOU'RE BEING RIDICULOUS!" Jessica stormed towards him as if she could finally walk again. Jessica walked until they were inches apart and prodded her finger into his chest harshly and her bottom lip quivered. "That's your daughter!" 

"Jessica — " Snape tried to say, she was very important to him and he was fed up of disappointing people. 

"NO!" And for the first time in a long time, Snape could see Jessica's fangs. He had forgotten how truly terrifying she could actually be, as if she'd actually pulled them out for the sake of their relationship. But she could never stop being a vampire. "YOU'VE GOT TO TALK TO HER!" 

"I will," Snape placed a hand on her shoulder, not frightened of her fangs. "I will talk to her. She's my daughter and I will look after her but right now — " Snape turned his head to see Draco at the end of the hallway. "I have something to do." 

"I love you," Jessica whispered all of a sudden, just as he was about to leave. 

"I love you, too," Snape replied boldly before walking away. 

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"How selfish of him!" Matt raged as he held Lucy's hand. The two of them were making their way to the Slug club party that evening. Matt had mended her leg immediately, then she went to go and get changed into her dress and Matt got changed into his suit. "I can't believe he said that!" 

"Neither can I," Lucy sniffed. She was too numb to cry. Snape always cared about her, what had gotten into him? 

"You're his daughter for crying out loud!" Matt continued. "He should show some respect! You've just been attacked by a Knight! It doesn't happen every day! He should have been the first one to comfort you!"

"I know," Lucy nodded, again in a quiet tone. 

"He should wake up and protect you! He's so — " 

"I know..." 

Lucy stared at her dress miserably as they walked. Matt whispered reassuring things to her on the way but she wasn't really listening. All she could think about was Snape and how he used to be. She did this until they reached the outside of the party. 

"Smile for me," Matt commanded. 

Lucy tried her best attempt at a smile. 

"That's good enough, lets go." 

They walked into the dungeons to find everyone just beginning to start the party. It was very similar to the party at Christmas apart from the different decorations but Lucy didn't seem to mind as it made her forget about Snape completely. 

There were only a couple of pictures taken of Lucy and Matt as it seemed the Quick Quills had lost complete interest in writing articles on anything, probably under Ellen's command. This gave Lucy and Matt the freedom to do whatever they wanted without pressure so they wandered over to a corner away from the life of the party.