Moment 10: Revival

Severus Snape was sitting in his office grading papers that he wasn't reading. He was thinking of the last Wednesday, when he had been working on the potion and awaiting Miss Granger's arrival. I was sitting here, he thought, checking his watch. Then she knocked. Exactly 5 seconds from now it will be exactly one week from then. Two.one.

A loud knock drowned his thoughts. "Come in!" he called, suddenly feeling very tired. Looking slowly up from his work, he started. Standing before him was Miss Granger.

"Hello," she said, shyly. "Are you ready to work?"