Jessica Hollis (jessicasheart) wrote in ageofdarkness, @ 2011-01-07 09:20:00 |
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Entry tags: | jessica hollis, severus snape |
Who: Jessica and Severus
Where: Jess' room
When: Friday evening
What: Jess is worried about her future
Warnings: TBD
Jessica had managed to keep it together for a few days now, but she could feel her heart starting to rattle in the cage she was keeping it in. When she had done her chores for the day, she hurried up to her room, locked the door, and made sure the adjoining door was closed before she collapsed on the bed. She didn't burst into tears. That required some kind of heightened emotion that she wasn't capable of. But she began to gasp softly until tears slid gently down her perfect cheeks, and she curled up and gripped her pillow for dear life.
What was going to happen? She had always been so confident that by now she would have found a buyer, someone rich who would take her in, perhaps a married man who would keep her for special occasions, and ignore her most of the time. But someone who would at least appreciate her, look after her. She didn't ask for much. But now that the day was coming - less than two weeks away now - she was terrified. She didn't dare ask Umbridge, who hated her all the same, if there had been any interest.
As for Severus... well. He was a busy man. She had been naive to think he would want her so much to have to pay for her. She was a distraction to him but not much else, or that's how it seemed.
No, she was going to end up in a labour camp somewhere. She knew she wouldn't last long in one of those places. Unless she could find someone there, one of the guards maybe, who would look after her. But she supposed such men could have their pick of the imprisoned women, and would feel no obligation whatsoever, even to one willing.
The tears flowed faster and she began to sob into her pillow in earnest. Everything was going wrong.