Hello everyone! So this is the first story that I publish here even though I have been reading and writting for a very long while. I hope that you all like this and I ook forward to your comments and reviews. I will try to upload a chapter if not every day at least every two days.

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Disclaimer: Of course, I do not own these wonderful characters.

Summary: A story set in the Marauders era starting at the end of their fifth year. A romance story between Severus Snape and Lily Evans, "Snape's worst memory" having a very different outcome.

Chapter 1 - Here comes the summer sun

Severus was sitting on the corner of his room, reading some book to which he could not even remember the title. It was probably something on charms. His eyes followed the lines in the pages, but his brain was not receiving any sort of information.

It was the first day of the summer vacations of his fifth year. Things are home were sort of good for the moment. Somehow, her mother managed to maintain calm during the first days that Severus spent with his parents so as he would feel more at home. But of course, he did not feel at home. Home was Hogwarts... wasn't it?

Home is supposed to be the place where you feel save and good. During the last year, things at the school have started to become much more complicated and he was not sure he felt save anymore.

Problems with the stupid "rather be brawny than brainy" Gryffindors had increased with their puberty, since apparently joking about his nose and hair make them look more manly or something. On top of that, the forces of You-Know-Who were becoming stronger and rumours of recruitment have started spreading around the Slytherin dungeons. Not that all of this worried him much of course.

The reason for his lack of concentration was one of another sort. It was of course, Lily. Who else? In a display of absolute lost of common sense he had decided that it was a good idea to write her a letter on the last day of school. And not the "I will miss you during the vacations don't forget to write me" sort. No. Because they would be seeing each other, given they lived in the same neighbourhood. It was more on the lines of the "I cannot live without you". What was he thinking about? He was Severus Snape. He was not supposed to do any sort of emotional display, not even with her. Specially not with her because he just could not risk to scare away the only person he cared about in the entire school.

She had not answer him and that was making him extremely uncomfortable. He had not say that he loved her or anything, but she was intelligent enough to take that out from what he had written.

He stood up and decided to go for a walk.

No more than five minutes have passed when he saw Lily walking towards him.

"Sev!" she waved smiling.

Ok. Relax. That's a good sing.

"Hi Lily" he said waving back.

"I was going to your house, how was your return?"

"Well, it is ok."

"Oh come, after the letter you wrote me I do not think that is the better sentence you can construct"

"Lily... about that letter... I do not want you to think that..."

"Don't worry. I am assuming that you got an emotional breakdown or something after the exams. But, I want you to know that you are also my best friend Sev, because I do not say it usually and... Well, I know things at school are not wonderful for you... I am sorry if I am not always there." she hugged him.

It was true that she was not always with him, lately, more often so since she was spending more time with her girlfriends. But he understood, it was perfectly normal. It was not good for him either to be seen with her at all times, since his Slytherin companion would start bumbling about blood purity and Merlin knows what.

The only thing he did was smiling and hugging her back.

"Let's go to our spot, shall we? I have brought a couple of sandwiches mum made, we can spend the afternoon there and celebrate the begging of the summer vacations."

It was nice to be with her, he thought. She did not judge him for his careless appearance or for being different from others, in exchange, he was not allowed to judge her for being a muggle-born, which in fact, he did not care at all. If it was not for that fact, he would have never made friends with her in the first place. They sat down in the grass and Lily handed the sandwich over. He bite it trying not to show how hungry he really was. "This is really nice" he said.

"I'm glad you like it." she smiled, "do you have any plans for the vacation?"

"Lily... you know that my situation at home..."

"Yes. Sorry. I didn't mean to bring that up..."

"No worries"

"Anyway, what I was trying to say" she looked at her feet "is that I am going to spend the next month in London with my cousin. She is a muggle and I felt that I need some time off the Wizarding World."

He understood what she really meant. She needed a time away from all the blood purity propoganda.

"That's very nice. You will have a great time there Lils."

"Sev, I want to invite you over."

"Today? I have just arrived home and..." "No. I mean... I want you to come with me in August. I have already told my cousin and she does not have any problem with me bringing friends."

"I..." he tried to consider all the pros and cons in his head. He was not very fond of muggle culture knowing his father, but on the other hand, he would be spending a month with Lily away from all the other school kids bothering him. The main problem was his parents and the money... "I don't think I'll have the money..."

"That's not a problem! My parents would take us there and we would be staying at my cousin's you won't need much money Sev. But you can say no if you want. I won't get offended or anything."

"I would really love to, but I don't know if it's going to be possible."

A sad glow appeared in the eyes of the girl "Well, we still have July to be together." and she smiled. Severus knew that she was also having a bad time at school. She and all the other muggle-borns, even him being a half-blood was to suffer from some of the propaganda that was being spread out around the school, mostly by the hands of his fellow Slytherin students. It was perfectly understandable that she wanted to forget about all of that for a while. And probably, it was best to let her truly forget about everything. In a sense, he was also part of it all.

"Anyway, if you don't come, I hope you keep on writing me those beautiful letters." she said teasing him.

He hoped his face was not as read as he thought.