One More Light (Severus Snape's Love Story)

Chapter 9

It has been exactly 3 months since the last time Severus Snape's visit to Samantha's house. Her bedroom changed a lot in a short time. Her spacey room was changed to bedroom / nursery. A baby crib near the large window made of dark wood with sky blue sheet. A white changing table was set next to it. Her desk was cleared out from her things. Instead she has a pack of diapers, wet tissues, dry soft tissues, baby soap, powder, and many things she couldn't believe herself that she would need all of those once the baby came. 

She walked to the crib and grabbed a tiny Winny the Pooh that she bought for her son. She saw it at the baby story and immediately picturing her son sleeping holding it. She sighed. 

She had to pack. Just few minutes ago, her bestfriend Cedric came and convinced them to pack and hide. She's 35 weeks pregnant, the doctor told her she would be due any days now. She decorated the room already and she had to move away. 

"Sam," called Cedric.

She turned and found her bestfriend leaning by the door. 

"Let me help," he said walking to her.

She stepped back and sat down on her bed while tiny Winny the Pooh still in her hands. Cedric used his wand and packed all of the things include the baby furniture to his magic bag. 

"You want to carry that?" He asked, eyeing the tiny Winny the Pooh.

She looked down. She was sorting her feelings. She was terrified. Months she hadn't heard any news from wizarding world. Months, Severus didn't come and visit. And suddenly her bestfriend came, admitting not knowing any news about Severus but urging them to move somewhere safer. 

Her parents agreed to move to Canada, where her grandparents lived. She in the other hand, refused to go there. She was scared to leave her house. If she stayed put, Severus could always come and find her. She was scared that she couldn't meet him anymore. Cedric's not knowing where he was didn't help her to calm her emotion.

"What if he wants to see me? How does he know where I am?" she finally asked the question.

"I can't say much now. Either you go to Canada or go with me, you will be safe. Only if you're safe, there will be possibility to be reunited with him."

She nodded, sensing his statement was right. 

She stood up and said, "I'm coming with you, let's go."

She hugged her parents one last time before some wizards took them away leaving Cedric and Weasley twins with her.

"We have to go too," one of the twins said to them while walking to the backyard.

They all followed him and walked few yards to the hill behind her house where she found an old car. Cedric opened the door and helped her to climbed inside to the back passenger seat followed by Cedric. 

The car flew away for what it seemed as hours until they finally landed on top of a cliff. A castle appeared in view.  She climbed out of the car and looked at her surrounding. Opposite of it, across the sea, she saw a familiar view of her old school, Hogwarts.

"Where are we?" she asked.

"We're in Scotland," told Cedric, "Wood's house."

"It isn't a house," Fred said. Followed by George, "It's a castle, mate."

They smiled widely and walked to the castle, "Come on. I'm starving."

Cedric held Sam's hand and walked her to the castle. The path was friendly but to her, it was taxing. Ever since her belly was huge, she felt cranky all the time. She wanted to not being pregnant anymore.

The twins opened the giant double door and she saw lots of people walking by inside the open hall. They looked busy. She knew some of them and some of them even greeted her or greeted Cedric and the twins. 

She followed them until the twins opened another smaller double door. The twins stepped aside, not entering the room. She stepped forward cautiously. It was a library or study room. She saw Professor Dumbledore, who she once believed passed away. She then saw Professor McGonagall who was talking to ...

"Severus," she called in her small voice.

He turned and a vivid change in his expression, as if he was smiling for a second.

She walked to him immediately and pushed herself to his embrace. And for the first time for Cedric, or even the other professors who were in the room, surprised to hear the snarkiest professor in Hogwarts was embracing Sam with love from his eyes.

"Let's leave these lovebirds alone," said Dumbledore, followed by the smiling looking professor and a dim-faced Cedric leaving the room and closed the door.