Hey y'all! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed my fic! Just to let you know, I did add a new fic called The Dark Pages, which is a series of journal entries written from Snape's perspective. They correspond with Journey to Passion, so I hope you'll enjoy reading that as well!

And just so you know, I do plan on pumping out a sequel, but as you can imagine, it's going to be a bit tricky considering the fact that little Miss Van Eden happens to be an Heir of Slytherin. I suppose I'll find a way to make it all work. Ideas and suggestions are welcome. You can leave me a review or e-mail me if you've got an idea I can use for the sequel, or if there's something you'd like to read about Severus and Jessica, don't hesitate to let me know!!! Okay, here's a little piece of what you can expect in the sequel. Bear in mind it may change, I'll spend a while cleaning it up in the next few weeks:

Professor Severus Snape had his head propped up against Jessica's fluffy pillows and lay on top of her bed with his arms and ankles crossed. He lazily opened his eyes once he heard the bathroom door click open. A swirl of steam spilled out into the open room and parted as Jessica made way through the mist. She left the bathroom door open behind her and then leisurely padded her way barefoot across to her bed.

"Dozing off on me, are you?" Jessica teased as she watched the professor stretch his long arms above his head. She crawled up onto the bed and carefully straddled him at the waist. He was practically fully dressed, wearing everything except for his boots and black cloak.

"You were in there for nearly a half hour," he said callously. "I was beginning to wonder if you would ever emerge."

Jessica bashfully shrugged her shoulders. "I was just getting myself ready," she told him. Snape hesitated to keep his eyes open.

"Does it always take you twenty-five minutes to get ready for bed?" he asked disdainfully. "Tomorrow will be a big day - for both of us. There is no need to waste time pampering yourself in the bathroom at this hour."

"You're wrong," she assured as she craftily lifted a brow. Jessica reached down to the tie of her dressing robe and exposed a paper tag that read: To my beloved Severus, from Jessica. "Happy early Christmas, Love," she said in an effort to lift his gloomy spirits. Jessica leaned in enough to kiss his cheek.

He quickly returned the kiss and then pushed her away. "Thank you," he uttered under his breath. "What exactly is the meaning of this?" he said and gently pulled on the tag attached to her belt.

"A touch slow on the uptake, are we?" she mocked. Her discourteous words had earned her one of his most dreaded scowls. "Why don't you keep pulling and find out?" she suggested, a bit more politely.

Snape hesitantly began pulling harder on her tie until the knot came undone and her dressing robe spilled open, exposing a glimpse of bare flesh.

"I'm sorry about what happened last Christmas," Jessica apologized as his eyes fell to gape upon the opening of her dressing robe. "I know it was a long time ago, but I would still really like to make it up to you, Severus."

Jessica's eyes lifted to match the gaze of the weary Potions Master. He tried his best to turn his lips up into a smile. "You have nothing to make up for," he assured. "If either of us should be apologizing for what happened last year, it is certainly not you."

"I wasn't thinking of making up by means of an apology," Jessica said softly. "I'd rather like to make up for what didn't happen last year." There was a twinkle gleaming in her emerald eyes and a crafty smile spread across her lips as she reached her hands up to her shoulders. Jessica tipped her dressing robe back to fully expose the elegant lingerie she wore beneath.

Snape's eyes immediately fell to the enticing see-through material of her bra and then trailed down to study the matching thong underwear. His eyebrows popped up in approval and a thought-provoking growl sounded from the back of his throat. Her lingerie was a deep, plum purple color and fit her body so perfectly Snape couldn't keep his hands from grazing over her soft, creamy skin.

Jessica let out a soft giggle as his fingers tickled her sides. She leaned her head down and kissed him passionately on the lips. Snape responded quickly, pulling Jessica tight against his body and letting his tongue dip into her mouth to enhance the intimacy of their kiss.

"Make love to me, Severus," Jessica whispered into his ear. "Make love to me like you've always wanted to." Her voice was so full of persuasion and promise Snape was certain her words had erected goosebumps on the back of his neck. His stomach twitched uncomfortably and he reverently broke their kiss off.

Snape leaned his head back into the pillows and looked up at Jessica with unmistakable desire in his eyes. "Jessica," he said softly and began rubbing her left cheek with his thumb…

Hee hee hee… you'll just have to wait a little bit longer for the conclusion. Don't go away!