Disclaimer: see part one

part 3

A/N: ok, so my Snape isn't into character very much .... I think I better stick to another tall, dark and very handsome man.

Completely forgetting Anna wasn't the only one in the room when he entered, Severus took the young woman by her shoulders. He gently squeezed them, and leaned forward.

A loud noise threw him off balance. "I'm frightfully sorry for leaving you with this mess, Anna, but I have to run now. I was supposed to meet Miss Granger five minutes ago. I'll see you later, and Severus, I expect to see you at dinner."

Professor Minerva McGonnagall, cool under pressure, had accidentally turned over a tall stack of books, when she was trying to make her way out of the room without the other two occupants noticing her exit.

Snape's head immediately shot up, his hold on Anna's shoulder tightening noticeably. "What was Professor McGonnagall doing here?" He looked around panic stricken. "Anna? Do you plan to lure the entire staff of Hogwarts into your chambers?"
"Severus, will you please calm down. Remember my function? I am Minerva's assistant. She simply came in to congratulate me on my success. It seems all but one of my 'pupils' remembered my first lecture."
Snape sat down on a large box, looking uncharacteristically glum. "I must be the proverbial donkey in that class. Couldn't you have warned me, Anna?"
Carefully moving around the stacks she had created, Anna went in search of her wand. She had to make sure this was the same Professor Snape she had heard all the horror stories about.
Muttering under her breath, she overturned almost every box and bag in front of the left window, before trying to see if she could jump over her main server to reach the other side of her room.
Suddenly she felt his presence right behind her.
"Anything I can help with, Ms Grey?"
Anna whirled around and found herself once again caught between Snape's arms.
"Eh, no thank you, Professor Snape. I have simply misplaced my wand."
"You misplaced your wand? A wizard who misplaces her wand?" He started to laugh uncontrollably. His face was magically transformed, and Anne realized she was pleasantly surprised by Snape's looks.
"I'm afraid, I have already lost 2 wands. My parents don't even want to know when I lose my next one. They say I'm on my own now, but Mr. Olivander told me he could manage to make me another one. I guess I'm one of those wizards who seem to be able to handle different types of wands. You must be one who has had the same since childbirth."

Incessant ticking on the window interrupted their conversation. A small grey barn owl was clapping its wings to stay in sight of his owner. Anna opened the window and let the small bird inside.
"Hello there, Linus. What did you bring me?" The owl had a small scroll attached to its left paw. Opening the scroll Anna carefully read the script.
"O my. Severus, could you excuse me from dinner tonight. I have to fly out to a symposium on the latest version of our operating system. Would you? Thanks, you're dear." She raised herself to put a kiss on his cheek. "When I get back, would you like to have dinner with me sometime?"

Too stupefied to reply, Snape was still standing in Anna's office after she left.
"Dinner?"

FIN ... for now, I think.