A/N Hello, everybody. I am sorry if you don't find this chapter very humorous but that is just due to that I need to get this part done to be able to lead it onto another one. I still like it though and I think it is worth reading, so please do... thank you for all the reviews... you can't believe how happy I am for all of them!
Chapter six,

'Snape! Where are you going?' Snape turned around and saw Minerva McGonagall coming walking towards him. She had her usual green coat on and a pointy green hat matching the colour of the dress. He was hoping he would be able to sneak down to Hogsmead unseen, but now that wish was broken.

'I am going down to Hogsmead,' he muttered truthfully.

'Would you mind me walking with you? I have to get some new parchment,' McGonagall asked. Snape shrugged. He didn't have anything against McGonagall all though he would have liked to walk to Hogsmead alone.

'What are you doing in Hogsmead for?' McGonagall asked. 'You never go down there,'

'Ain't I allowed to go there sometime?' Snape asked with offence in his words.

'I didn't mean any harm, Snape. It's just that I thought you were a lot like me... never attending parties down at the PUB, trying to keep social life outside of our studies,' McGonagall said and opened the Main Entrance door.

'I am like that,' Snape answered. 'It is just that I have an appointment today,' he glanced at his watch. It was quarter to twelve all ready, and in fifteen minutes he would be seeing his new dog. He couldn't deny saying that he was actually looking forward to seeing it.
Snape entered the small crowded animal store. It smelled a weird sort of smell, and he could hear a lot of noises coming from the rusty cages that were carefully lined up on high shelves reaching all the way up to the ceiling. He immediately recognised the man from the train. He was sitting behind a big brown oak desk, pressing buttons on his computer like he had done the day before.

'Oh, it's you,' he said as he saw Snape standing in front of him.

'Oh, it's me all along,' Snape said keeping his face straight.

'And you are here to pick up Betsy, I suppose,' the man asked standing up.

'Betsy?' Snape asked eyeing the man suspiciously.

'Yeah, Betsy. The dog you ordered. It came in a delivery this morning,' the man said getting out a paper from a drawer.

'You need to sign here,' he carried on pointing to a line on the paper underneath a bunch of text. 'It is to make sure the dog is under your care from now on,' Snape looked at the man still with a glint of suspicion.

'May I at least see the dog first?' he asked, wanting to make sure this wasn't a trick.

'Of course,' the man said. He made a short smile and then disappeared through a wooded door that stood ajar. Snape had to wait for about a minute before the man returned. He was carrying a large cage underneath his arm. Snape bent down and looked into it. He could see two large dark brown eyes looking into his.

'This is Betsy. Betsy, this is... what was your name again sir?' the man said.

'Snape,' Snape answered sternly.

'Betsy, this is Snape,' To Snapes surprise a small sound came from the cage.

'Could you take her out of the cage please, so that I may see her?' Snape asked, but with a firm tone almost demanding it. The man slowly opened the cage door and then returned to writing something down on a bit of parchment. Snape stared into the cage. A small grey dog with large curls was looking back at him. It had a pink ribbon around it's neck, and not even Snape could deny it was pretty cute.

'Thank you for buying here. You are welcome back!' the man said and smiled as fast as Snape had signed the piece of parchment. Snape glared at him and then took Betsy with a leach outside.

'Well Betsy, it is us two now, not just me,' Snape said proudly to the small dog that was walking next to him. He actually felt he needed to take care of the dog, because even if he only had known it for like five minutes, it all ready felt like a close friend to him. 'You will be the solution to all my problems,' Snape carried on. 'You will find me a wife, and you will stay with me for ages. The small dog barked and jumped a small jump. It looked up at Snape with very understanding eyes.

'If only women were as easy to get along with as you,' Snape said, and together they walked down the street of Hogsmead.