A/N: So I hope you like this :D I know it's pretty similar to J.K Rowling's Snape and Lily story, but this is just the beginning, and it's going to be different when James comes in.
He pushed his curtain of greasy hair out of the way in impatience. He couldn't bother with something as trivial as hair when Lily Potter was right there; almost close enough for him to touch. Of course, her infuriating Muggle sister Petunia was there too, but he couldn't stand for Petunia to ruin such a wonderful moment for him. She was always interrupting him when he tried to tell Lily just how special she was. But this was different. Finally, he had plucked up the courage to approach the girls-mainly Lily- and to make her understand that she was a witch, and he was in love with her.
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He felt that curious feeling come over him. The one he felt when his father was around. The nervous one he got, like fear and uncertainty all mixed up. Bad things happened when Severus felt that way; his father hit his mother, the children at his Muggle school taunted him, and now this. Maybe this wasn't the best idea. He backed away, but in the process, he stepped on a loose twig and a loud crack resonated across the park. Petunia glanced up sharply and Severus lingering guiltily.
"How dare you?" "Were you spying?" she spat at him, an expression of disgust seeping onto her face.
"Spying on you?" "A Muggle?" Severus shot back.
"A what?" Petunia seemed genuinely confused.
Lily simply stood there, staring at him with her almond shaped green eyes.
"A non-magic person," Severus explained, " "Not like me and you," he pointed at Lily.
"You're a witch!"
"A what?" gasped Lily, affronted.
"Come on Lily, we're leaving!" Petunia grabbed her sister's arm and dragged her away, shooting Severus a look of white-hot rage. As they passed him, Severus didn't notice Lily looking back at him.
They left Severus standing there, feeling alone and stupid.
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The next day, Severus was staring out of his bedroom window, when he noticed Lily Evans walking up the path to his house. His eyes widened as he glanced in the mirror on the way down. He looked terrible. He sighed, as he ran a hand through his hair, and straightened his unsightly clothes. By the time he got down, Lily was perched on the edge of the living room sofa.
"Hello, Severus," she offered him a small smile.
"Lily, what are you doing here?" he asked.
"I thought about what you said yesterday, and I wondered if maybe, you could tell me more?" she whispered. "Only Tuney doesn't know I'm here, so if…" Lily trailed off.
"If we could keep this a secret?" Severus smiled bitterly. "Of course."
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Just as his mother had unloaded his trunk from her car, Severus spotted a flash of auburn hair, by Platform 9 and 10. Dragging his things along with him, he hurried up to catch her, just before she went through the barriers. "Lily, wait up!" he yelled in the direction of her rapidly disappearing hair. It was too late. She passed through the wall to Platform 9¾ as he waited for the line of Muggles to pass. And once again Severus stood there, feeling like an idiot, just as he had that day he told Lily what she was.
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