A/N: Alright, another chapter. I was considering rewriting the first chapter and ending it at chapter two, but I decided to keep going. Now I'm trying to decide just how much writing I want to do. I have an idea for a continuous story involving my main character, or maybe I'll just end it here, but I have a bit of time to decide.

And if there are more if you who read this, other than myself and Magical Mischief Maker, I apologize for the slow update. Term hasn't started yet for me, but I'm the Technical Director [Master Carpenter/Shop Foreman type position] of the The Music Man in a theatre camp. We have less than two weeks to get this thing up and running. And that's a LOT to build in that time. Tech rehearsals are giving me a chance to catch up somewhat with my non-theatre life. That an I forgot the name of the Underground stop that the hotel I'm thinking about was at.

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Maddy watched him leave before turning towards the counter. Everything seemed a haze as the name actually sank in to her mind. She vaguely realised what she was doing until she stopped out of the Underground at Bayswater and discovered that she had no clue where her hotel was.

After getting briefly lost, she arrived in her hotel room and sat down. His name is Severus, and he probably thinks I'm a complete idiot. Now he'll probably think that *I* think he's a Hogwarts…wouldn't it be fun if it were possible? No, it's not possible, but a fun thing to joke around about with my friends.

On that final thought, Maddy gathered her camera and a few things she thought she would need and went out to explore London and find food.

For the next two days, Maddy spent time touring around London, getting hopelessly lost and therefore discovering things that she probably would not have found otherwise. There were a few times where she swore she could have seen Severus in a crowd, but she was never sure.

She was almost positive once when she was wondering through Charing Cross. She got stuck in a crowd and caught sight of a man she would have sworn to be Severus. When he caught her eye, winked and smiled, she was certain it was him. A little voice in her head also confirmed that there was definitely no possibility of him being Professor Snape from Hogwarts. His reactions were just, well, un-Snape-like.

Suddenly it was time to figure out what train to take and where Christ's College was and how to get there from the train station, and, well, a lot of other things. So much was on her mind that she wasn't really paying attention to her surroundings except to note a very crowded King's Cross station.

To quote a book, 'Full of muggles' and I'm one of them. She allowed herself a small smile and made her way to her platform, platform nine in fact. Huh, no barrier between 9 and 10, another illusion shattered, oh well. She barely looked up from her book [A Virginia Wolfe that needed to be read for class] when someone sat down next to her.

"Drastic change from Harry Potter isn't that?"

Maddy replied without thinking, "It's for a class, and I need to get it read by…" looking up and seeing who was next to her, she completely lost her train of thought. Severus had been the one to sit down next to her. He smiled in greeting and waited for her to continue. Feeling really foolish, she tried to continue the conversation, weakly and with a feeble smile, "So how are you?"

"I am feeling well…and how about you? It seems," as he took the book from her hands, "that you're worrying about academics during your summer holiday? Oh, that's right; you're going to Cambridge for academics aren't you?"

Having no reason to really speak to explain herself, Maddy just nodded, feeling a bit silly. She felt as if she should impress this man somehow, but she didn't know why, or how. This Severus was a rather nice guy and helped ease Maddy into normal conversation. The hour train ride passed quickly with Maddy trying to explain the American education system, starting with colleges and working backwards, while he asked many questions.

The train seemed to arrive all too soon to the Cambridge station. To her surprise, Severus was getting off at Cambridge as well. In fact he insisted that he take her to Christ's College. She was extremely grateful for that. She was certain that she would get lost on the way without help.

Checking in with porters, having porters was a surprise that she quickly adjusted to. Severus helped her bring her one piece of luggage to her room and insisted that they meet for lunch. She wanted to, but had no idea what her schedule would turn out to be and when she would have free time. They still managed to find a time to meet for dinner the next day.

Once she unpacked, Maddy went down to the Porters to wait for people to come and to find out what was going on. She knew there would be a meeting that night, but she had no idea when, or where. No one else seemed to know either, and she hoped that if she waited long enough, one of the professors would know and would tell them.

There was talk amongst some of the group about how much one of them would miss their boyfriend for the six weeks that they were to be in Cambridge. She was just talking about how she would rather stay longer than to go straight home, when one of the Porters joined the conversation and jokingly commented on the man that she had shown up with being the reason that she wanted to stay. She didn't tell anyone that she was meeting that man the next night for dinner.

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Okay, should I come up with more instances in London where Maddy thinks she saw Severus? And in actually, the author was such a dunce when she was trying to find Christ's College. The bus stop was across the street from the entrance, and your esteemed author walked past it three times before making that realisation.

And so there we go. I need to dig up some stuff to get actual places for them to meet. Chapters may get shorter as I still need to decide how I want to continue this thing. I'm leaning towards ambitious so there may be a prologue at some point.

And now that I'm back on course, updates will be few and far between, but they will happen! I'll let you know if I decide to stop!