A/N: More of Sev and Eva following on pretty much directly from Kiss of the Serpent was intending this to be one of a few oneshots but think I may just make it all into one fic up until the next one I have planned (thinking about 4 in total...possibly)

It was the second week of the summer and Eva was expectantly awaiting the results of her NEWT exams, these grades tended to be owled out a little earlier than the OWL results, the ministry obviously thinking that a summers worth of job hunting and interviews might just go that much more smoothly if both potential employee and employers knew exactly where they stood qualification wise.

For Eva however the results did not feel that vital, or rather she did not actively have any practical use for them at that moment. She still had no real idea of which direction she wanted her potential career to go, aside from it involving potions in some way, and her muggle parents were more than happy to oblige her in a summer of luxury after the difficult year she had experienced during her seventh and final year at Hogwarts.

Professor Dumbledore had been kind enough to divulge to them the details of not only the messy and potentially dangerous break down of her old relationship with her no good former housemate Cole, much to Eva's mothers distress and fathers desire to tear the boy limb from limb, but also of her budding new relationship with none other than the newest addition to the Hogwarts staff, potions master Severus Snape. This had apparently also been the cause of some alarm and had led to a number of lengthy sessions of questioning to which Eva was surprisingly obliging when it came to answering.

In truth she was more than happy for any opportunity to gush about the man she had fallen oh so very hard for and eventually her parents seemed satisfied with the details she had told them of Severus. Dumbledore had apparently also vouched for the man, relaying his trust in the young potions master and that Eva's parents really should not worry for the safety of their daughter whilst in his company. This was certainly good news for Eva for if meant that she would almost certainly be able to go and visit him at his home over the summer.

In fact she was itching to go as soon as she possibly could, it had not even been two weeks of absence but she missed his desperately already. Even if she had not spoken to him on a daily basis just seeing him across the Great Hall at meal times was enough. But there back at her parents house she could not even have that simple thing and she yearned just to see him again…amongst other things that plagued her thoughts and dreams far too often even for a hormone charged teenager.

As soon as Eva received that letter containing her results she was owling Severus immediately, they could celebrate together. Okay so Eva was pretty certain that she had done well enough and that celebrating would most certainly be on the cards and she knew just the way she wanted to do it if only he'd finally agree. Though after all their necessary abstaining whilst he was still her Professor Eva was sure she'd be able to tempt him, particularly when remembering a certain fetish she may just have uncovered when they spent an innocent night together at Christmas. Devious things had been plotting inside of her head for some time and she was anxious to try a few of them out.

"Eva dear, there is an owl here for you." She heard her mothers singsong voice call up the stairs from the hallway.

Eva grinned at the news and raced out of her newly decorated bedroom, decked out in tasteful shades of blue not to mention a fancy bit of transfiguration she had worked on the bed to make in reminiscent of her four poster back at Hogwarts. So she was feeling nostalgic for the Ravenclaw dormitories already but it sure as hell looked good. She flew down the stairs into the kitchen where she spotted the owl waiting for her on the table pecking delicately at a few owl treats her mother had set out for it.

She shook her head lightly she could remember a time early in her first years of Hogwarts when owls had not been quite such a welcome sight in their home. Her parents being muggles were a little surprised when during the summer holidays after her first year a barrage of owls began arriving from her friends, but as they became a regular occurrence they had grown accustomed and her mother had even grown rather fond of the creatures. Eva hadn't had much in the way of owls this short summer, in recent years Cole had been the main person to send her owls either bragging about his fantastic holidays or trying to coax Eva into going to stay with him but after what had happened between them this past year at school he had been thankfully quiet. She had been expecting perhaps some spiteful and hateful letters about it all but there had been nothing, Dumbledore was perhaps to thank again on this part.

Heading sedately over to the owl, so as not to startle it, Eva gently disturbed it from its treats and untied the letter that was attached to its leg. With a soft hoot it finished off the last few treats and then took off once again, gliding gracefully through the open window and off into the early morning sunlight.

"Is it your results?" Her mother asked and Eva nodded in response. "Well come on then, open them up lets see." She said excitedly.

Holding her bottom lip between her teeth in a small show of nerves Eva slid a finger into the opening of the envelope and broke open the purple wax seal and tugged out the folded parchment. She took a deep breath then flipped it open and scanned the neatly scripted emerald green writing that told her the results of her NEWT exams.

Eva's lips spread into a grin before she began to read them aloud to her mother seeing the pointed look upon the woman's face. "For charms I got an E, An O for Transfiguration wow I wasn't expecting that one, A for Arithmancy and History of Magic, E for DADA and another O for potions."

"Oh well done Eva love, they're wonderful results. Just what you were hoping for yes?"

"Well I got the potions grade I wanted and the Transfiguration one too that was very surprising, looks like I will be able to take that animagus course in a fortnights time for sure. The others were good enough too, I guess I should find it easy to get a job in the magical world, all I have to do is figure out what I want to do."

"So still no real thoughts then?" Her mother asked flicking the switch on the electric kettle and setting it to boil.

"Not so much, I mean I loved potions all the way through school and would really like to do something along those lines but its finding out what my options are." Eva sighed, "Perhaps I really should have taken the careers advice thing they did OWL year a little more seriously."

"Hmm, I wish your father and I could be more helpful with this sort of thing but unless you tell us something about your magical world we don't really know anything at all. Isn't there somebody you could talk to? Dumbledore perhaps? Or your 'friend', Severus is it."

Eva blushed slightly at the intonation her mother placed upon the word friend and the knowing smile that had crept to her lips. "Yes well he would perhaps be the right one to speak to I'd been wanting to send him a letter anyway but wanted to wait until I got my results through…" She paused taking up a slice of toast from the rack her mother set onto the table and buttering it thoughtfully. "He'd said I could go and visit him over the summer if I wanted, I can apparate there, and I was thinking that it might be a good opportunity to talk to him about it. What do you think?"

She felt her mother's eyes study her closely for a moment, it was as if she was trying to read the thoughts rioting around inside Eva's head, but Eva was pretty sure that her mother wasn't at all ignorant to the other reasons she wanted to go and stay with Severus. There was a silence that stretched for almost and awkward length of time until her mother sighed and smiled slightly sadly.

"Yes, I think that would be good he could help you with your options. And I'm sure you're eager to see him again if everything you've been gushing about him to us is true."

Eva blushed again but grinned, "Yeah I suppose you're right, I do sorta miss him."

"I thought so, well you can go whenever you like dear. Just be careful won't you."

"Yes mum of course I will, and who knows when I come back I may just know what I want to do for the rest of my life." Here's hoping.

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