Chapter one.

Prince's confession, dreams.

"Lily please listen" A tall, skinny sad looking 5th year boy with shoulder length black hair pleaded with a red haired green eyes 5th year girl named Lily Evans. A girl who had stolen his heart long before this day. "Sev please just drop it!" she covered her ears trying not to listen. As other students passed by and gave Severus the usual dirty looks Lily stared straight ahead trying to get away from the boy who followed close behind her. She spotted her savior. The girls lavatory that had been practically closed ever since Moaning Myrtle died in there. "Lily i can not tell you how much i protest what you are doing, Lily why would you even go out with him?" Sev dodged other students who tried to elbow him or knock books out of his hands. He almost lost the space between them when a girl ran into him accidentally. She stoped for a second and froze she saw who she had bumped into. "uhm i-i'm sorry" A 4th year looked up at him with ice blue eyes. She quickly brushed a loose strand of hair behind her ear and was about to say something when Severus regained lost space between him and lily. She looked down at the floor as she bit her lip.

"SEV i'm not going to explain myself to you..." Lily whispered as loud as she thought needed for only him to hear her. "just for a second listen to me...please" His voice was soft ans sweet. He reached out for her free hand that dangled just inches away from his but was stopped by her sudden change in direction. He looked up and saw that it was the empty girls lavatory. "goodbye Sev" Lily said as she nearly ran inside and hid in one of the stalls. He stood outside the door waiting for her to come back out. Soon 5 minutes passed, then 10,then 15. He had found a seat on the floor and counted the times he heard her sniffle. He knew she was crying and would like nothing more than to comfort her, but would he dare go into the girls lavatroy and risk being teased even more. He thought for a second traceing circles with his wand on the stone floor. 'If i go inside, someone might find out i went in the girls bathroom...but if i do i can comfort Lily' His thought prosses was inturpted by footsteps he knew to well coming out of the bathroom very quietly. He looked up just in time to see Lily poke her head out and look around. "hey" he said as he pushed off against the ground and stood up. He brushed himself off and went to smile at lily when she turned and closed the door. From the other side of the door she spoke quietly but just enough so Severus could hear her clearly. "Severus you are missing your classes..." she trailed off before finishing what she was trying to say. He stood outside the door and pressed his hand lightly against the wood knowing she was on the other side. "lily i'll wait here for as long as you want me to...i dont want you to be mad at me, but i do want you to know how i feel about" he stopped hearing her sniffle on the other side of the door.

"Just go sev..." He squeezed his eyes shut "not until i know you are alright" There was a pause "Sev i'm fine, you worry t-...to much i just want to have a day off" She lied but he knew she was lieing, he knew he too well. He heard her walk away from the door thinking the conversation had ended. He looked around seeing only a few other students then held his breath, he opened the door and stepped in closeing the door behind him. He opened his mouth to speak but thought it better to do something else. He reached for his wand and took out a peice of paper that was in his pocket. He casted a small wordless spell and the paper began folding into a bird which then started to fly. He directed it in the direction in which he heared her. "what is?" He heard her voice as he walked to the corner and saw her sitting against the back wall. She was looking up at the bird and a huge smile was plastered on her face. She then saw Severus out of the corner of her eye and the smile faltered. She looked up at him as he slowly guided the bird around her head. He gave her a short half smile and she gave him a small smile back. She felt the paper bird land on her head and she giggled slightly. He wouldn't dare take another step towords her without her saying so, he didn't want to risk her being mad at him. She reached up ontop of her head and held the bird in her hands "come on Sev, sit down or something since you obviously aren't going to go to class" He looked at the ground around his feet and deemed it fine to sit on. He sat cross legged and watched her as she carefully placed the bird on the floor next to her. "I know you dont agree with me going out with James...I know you don't like him for obvious reasons, but I didn't have a choice" He looked at her like a lost puppy. His face just under the midday sun that shown through the high windows. "You always have a choice Lily, Is he forcing you to go out with him?" He immidiately got a dark look on his face that scared Lily. She had seen that look more and more often ever since he stared hanging out with Lucius Malfoy and the rest of that group.

"oh no, he's not...he just well kept asking and asking...and aksing until i finally just said fine...i more yelled it at him" she quickly said before Severus had gotten angry. She looked at him as his expression turned into understanding and sadness. She hugged herself and looked away from him. He saw her shiver slightly "are you cold? do you want my cloak?" He had noticed she must have left hers in her room. She looked at him and nodded slightly with a shy smile. He got up and took off his cloak. "did you leave yours in your room or?" he trailed off thinking she could have left it with Potter. He walked to her and drapped the cloak over her shoulders then turned to go back to where he was previously sitting. She looked up at him "Where are you going?" she asked with a hint of sadness in her voice. He stopped and turned to face her. "just over here" he pointed to where he was sitting. She sighed and looked at the floor "ok" Sencing her sadness her looked over at his spot then walked back to her and sat next to her. The Smile on her face said enough "thank you Sev" she leaned against him setting her head on his shoulder. "your my best friend you know that Sev?" He stared across the bathrooms to the sinks with a solemn look on his face. "yea I do" he said after a moment of silence. His thoughts were racing as he kept thinking of different ways his news could effect her. He got to the 3rd option, her excitment taking over her and she kissing him and he blurrted out "i love you lily" he spoke in barley a whisper but regretted it as soon as the words left his lips. he waited for her response but heared her breathing low and steady. He turned his head slightly to see her face. She was fast asleep. He then leaned his head back against the wall and stared up at the celing until the last glimpse of the suns light disappeared in the windows.