Ok, well, this is my first ever fanfic, I know I'm a noob and all, but Ihope you enjoy it! of course, i do not own anything of the harry potter series or the characters, cheers!

The One

Chapter One: I Love You Lily Evans

Meet me at the park where we first met in 20 minutes...

It was the doe patronus of Lily Evans that had informed Severus Snape to meet her at that park where they first met, where he plucked up the courage to say "well, isn't it obvious," whenshe didn't believe him when he called her a witch, he smiled to himself thinking of that memory and made his way out of his parent's shabby old house, ready to make his way to the park.

She's getting married tomorrow, I have to tell her how I feel tonight or it will be too late...

Severus's thought made him nervous and weak in the knees, so many emotions were flowing in and out of him, but above all, he was so excited to see her and everything beautiful about her, she was the one for him, this he knew.

He waited outside his house for a few minutes because he didn't want to be the first one there, he wanted to be the one that would walk to her and see her invisible light shine throughout the park that will lead him to her.

So he started to walk, confident and so ready for her, so ready to tell her, and if she rejected what he had to tell her, then it would be heart-breaking, but he would never, ever...hate her for it.

He saw the park come into view and there she was, sitting on the swings, swaying on the swing set looking up into the setting sky, she looked radiant and bright compared to anything else around her with her long red hair flying across her face, such a beautiful thing to watch thought Severus, it was as if she was the only colourful thing around them, and everything else, including himself was just dull.

As Severus strolled towards the swings, Lily had caught the sound of the crunching grass beneath Severus's feet, looked in his direction, smiled that heart melting smile and jumped off the swings breaking out into a run to Severus. Lily flung her arms around Severus's neck as he too reached out to grab her as she said "long time no see."

"it's so good to see you Lilz" said Severus, trying to sound casual but found himself yearning for her body crushed to his again as Lily pulled away from him. After Lily was done smiling at Snape for about a minute, she lead the way to the swings and there they began to swing as if they were little kids again, Lily began to swing so high that Snape was getting worried and almost fainted when she jumped out of the swings seat and laughing so hard she hit the sandy ground. Snape jumped off the swings and sat down next to Lily rather closely so that she could rest her head on his shoulders.

They sat in the sand for quite some time, taking in the view of the world through their eyes.

This is the moment; you have to tell her now, now, NOW, NOW! Snape's thoughts were becoming too overwhelming to listen to anymore so he broke the silence first and said "I'll never forget the day I told you that you were a witch, you were so outraged, it was shown all over your face!" and at this, Lily was laughing, lifting her head off of Snape's shoulder and looked at him, "I've missed you so much Sev, I'm sorry that it's taken me this long to see you, but I really just needed my best friend right now, mum and everyone else has just been pestering me these past few months about the wedding and I just needed a break, I'm so glad you're here Sev" and she gave him a big hug , it was these times with Lily that he cherished the most, nothing could destroy the moment, not even Potter, but the sound of two words, "The Wedding" nearly broke his cool.

"Hey, do you mind pushing me on the swings for a bit?" at this, Severus got up to help her up with a hand and this time, Severus lead the way to the set of swings, waiting for Lily to settle on the swing to their right, she looked over her shoulder with a smile to him to indicate that she was ready. Severus pulled back the swing and pushed her with light force, this went on for a while in silence.

PUSSY! PUSSY! What kind of man are you? YOU NEED TO TELL HER NOW! NOW IS THE ONLY TIME YOU HAVE LEFT! TIMES RUNNING OUT! TTEELLL HHHEERRRR...TTTEEEELLLLL HHHHEEEERRR!

The thoughts in Severus's mind was taking over him, he couldn't take it anymore, he needed to tell her, it was becoming too much for him and at this, he grabbed a hold of the chains that held the swing up pulling the chains towards him so that Lily's back was pressed to his torso, she froze as Severus whispered into her hair where her ears were and the words "I love you Lily Evans" ringed crystal clear into her right ear...