It was midnight, and I had been at a seedy bar all the night. Sitting on the uptown number 6 train, there were two other passengers in the last car. A couple.
We pulled into 66th street-Hunter College, and they got off. In a moment, a figure stepped on board.
He had black hair to his shoulders, dark oynx eyes, and was wearing his long black cloak. He had pale, pale skin. There was no mistaking him as my former teacher at Hogwarts.
"Severus?"
He turned and stared at me for a moment then strode over.
"Elizabeth. What a surprise." He shook my hand, and sat down next to me.
"Where are you off to?" He asked me, eyebrows furrowed. "It seems a bit late for you to be out."
I actually had no place to stay, and I was planning on sleeping in the park with an invisibility charm over my body. I told him this, and he shook his head.
"No. I insist you stay with me until you find housing. I'm currently renting an apartment on 84th street right off 5th avenue."
So we both got off at 86th and Lex, and proceeded to his apartment. If I had looked ahead, I wouldn't have seen myself homeless in New York and being taken in by Professor Snape.