Severus and Al were in Severus' office, waiting for Lily's shift to finish. Severus stood when the guardian statue gave him a vision of Lily approaching the office: when she opened the door he was ready enough not to look completely discombobulated when she hugged him. He hugged her back, bony hands patting her back as gingerly as if her pregnant status made her as fragile as a soap bubble.
"We start in a room I've prepared for the tests - there's far too much stray magic here," he added with a grin and a wave at the portrait-lined walls, the tall cabinet behind his desk where the Sorting Hat and the Sword of Gryffindor were kept.
He held out his hands, one to Lily and one to Al. "We could take the scenic route, or I could Side-along us all directly there."