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Brandy
Chapter Two
The Great Hall was as quite as a mouse at the sight of Snape on the floor in front of Charlie Weasley and the woman he had brought in. No one knew what to do. It was a rare occasion when a teacher was thrown for a loop and was found on the floor.
At the Gryffindor table Harry Potter leaned over to Ron Weasley his best friend and wispered. "Did Snape just faint or did I imagine it?"
Ron looked at the fallen Potions Master on the floor and snickered. In all five years he and his friends had been at Hogwarts they had never seen their Potions teacher passout.
"Nope, Snape's out like a light." Arthur Weasley said as he too took in the unconsicous form of Severus Snape. Molly Weasley was worried about the man on the floor.
"He might of hurt himself." she fussed at her husband when she saw he was trying not to laugh.
At the Slytherin table the whole table was worried about their head of house. Draco Malfoy was looking from his fallen teacher to the young woman who had caused the man to passout. She was a small red head in a pair of Muggle clothing.
"Oh great, another Weasley." he mumbled but he was heard by everyone. But if the woman heard him or not she showed no sign, instead she kicked at Snape and said, "Oh get up you big faker."
Willow kneeled down in front of him and helped him off the floor much to the agony of the Grffindor table.
Snape looked from Willow to Charlie. He took a deep breath and muttered, "Thanks Weasley." Charlie took this as being thanked for going after the girl, and moved to sit down by his family. But he was stopped when Willow grabbed his arm. He turned to find her glaring at Snape.
"I thought your name was Charlie?" she said looking to Charlie.
"It is, my last name is Weasley." he replied not sure why it mattered.
Willow looked back at Snape and said "His name is Charlie." as she said this she tilted her head in Charlie's direction.
"I know his name is Charlie." Severus replied looking her.
"Then why did you call him Weasley. That is not his first name. And from I'm from we DO NOT go around calling pepole by their last name unless we call them Mr. or Mrs. Now what do you say?" Willow said folding her arms across her chest, and staring up at Severus.
Harry could see Snape's nostrales flare. "I like her." Ron said as Snape's loud voice boomed through out the Great Hall.
"Come with me NOW!" he said as he grabbed Willow just above the elbow on her left arm and hauled her in to the room off to the right side of the Staff table.
"Uh oh she's gonna get it." Draco said in a sing song voice as the door was slammed shut.
"What is the matter with you?" Willow asked as Snape slammed the door closed.
Snape whirled around and faced her saying, "I am going to say this once and one time only. Do NOT correct my actions in front of my students or co-workers. And......where do you think you are going?" he yelld as Willow walked out of the room and back into the Great Hall.
Willow walked down the steps and on to the Great Hall floor muttering all the while about pompous Potion teachers.
"Young lady I am not done talking to you." Snape said as he came out of the room he had drug Willow in moments before.
Willow huffed "Yeah? Well I'm done listening." and sat down next to Charlie Weasley and glared at the man standing before her in black robes. She was ignoring him and she wasn't going to talk to him. He made her mad.
"Severus. A word, please?" Albus Dumbledore said from the staff table.
Severus glared at Willow one more time and stalked back to the staff table.
Dumbledore had been watching the exchange between his potion teacher and the young redheaded woman in amusement.
"Severus, you have to get under control. Why is it bothering you that she wanted you to call Mr. Weasley by his first name or put Mr. in front of his last name?"
"I do not like to be underminded in front of the students. And that is what she is doing."
Albus chuckled and asked who she was.
Snape just looked at him and sighed saying he had to go deal with a redhead.
Willow sat next to Charlie fuming over Snape. Willow saw that Severus was coming back and she got up to leave but stopped in her trackes when Severus' voice boomed again.
"WILLOW ANN!!!!!!! Get back here."
Willow turned and faced him and before she knew it she was yelling at him.
"Don't you do that. Don't go all authority guy on me now. Where were you when me and Xander buried Jesse? Where were you when I had to help bury Buffy? Where were you when me and my friends had to blow up our high school cause our mayor turned out to be an evil snake guy and tried to eat the graduating class? Where were you when I learned the world was full of darkness? Where were you when mom and dad thought 'oh hey lets leave Willow here and ignore her'. Only to send money home for bills and groceries and say, "Oh hi Willow we just wanted to make sure that you were paying the bills. Well, we're off to Berlin, see you when we see you." Where were you when my boyfriend broke up with me so him and his band could go on tour?"
Snape didn't know what to say or do. She had just shouted at the top of her lungs her life story in front of him and A LOT of complete strangers.
"Oh Willow." he said taking her in to his embrace. He knew he should have been there for her but pride kept him away from the muggle world for so long.
"Severus?" a voice from the doorway broke the silence that had formed after Willow outburst.
Severus looked up to see a face he had not expected to see at all. It was a face of a long ago friend when they were students at Hogwarts themselves. And he had his wand pointed at Snape.
Willow turned, still in Severus's embrace, to see a very familiar face. And he had a ......wand? What was he doing with a wand? Where did he get a wand?
"Giles? What are you doing here?" Willow asked staring at him.
"Severus I suggest you let go of my charge." Giles said as he brought the wand up ready to cast out a spell in the man's direction.