DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN HARRY POTTER OR ANY OF ITS CHARACTERS, HOWEVER, VICTORIA AND SUE ARE MINE

Chapter 1

Lily POV

"Awe come on Sev, let's just leave. You know how I despise Crabbe and Goyle." I whispered at Severus. "And please, do you have to make fun of James like that?"

A smirk spread across Severus's face. "Awe, come on Lily, it's fun teasing them. And I just saw you laugh a while ago. So you can't deny that you didn't find it funny." He told me.

"Okay fine Sev, but do you have to use such dark magic? Those spells are creepy." I muttered.

It was a bright and sunny day. We were out on the lawn in front of the school; classes had just finished for the day. I had met up with Severus after my final class and we walked outside. That's where we were now; hiding behind the big tree near the school watching Severus play tricks on James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin.

I watched Severus with curiosity as he muttered a spell. I glanced back over towards the others and saw James's pant's fall down. "Sev!" I shouted horrified that he would do something like that. "Stop it now!" I demanded.

Sev shook his head.

I don't know why I stuck with Severus Snape. He was a pale boy with greasy black hair that fell past his chin. He was cute, but he hung out with the worst friends imaginable; especially Crabbe and Goyle. I hadn't the foggiest idea what he saw in them. I personally thought they were stupid, and he could have found some better friends. However, Sev would never agree to make new friends no matter how much I begged him too.

Sirius and Remus were now laughing at James who was pulling up his pants. James's face had turned a bright shade of red. I felt sorry for him especially since Severus had started picking on him. It never used to be like this until recently. Quite frankly I blamed it on Crabbe and Goyle.

"Sev, please, come on, let's just go." I begged again.

He spun around fast. "If you want to go, Lily, I'm not stopping you."

I backed away hurt at the tone of his voice. I hadn't expected him to say that, and I especially hadn't expected him to say it so harshly.

I nodded my head. "Very well then, I'll see you later Sev." I said as I turned around to walk away.

Severus sighed. "Lily, wait." I stopped in my tracks and turned around. "I'm sorry alright, but can't I just have some fun every once in awhile. Every single day I'm stuck in that stupid classroom studying the same old stuff. Doesn't it ever get old?" he asked me.

I shook my head. "No, I happen to enjoy it."

His face fell. "How could you enjoy it?" he asked

I shrugged my shoulders, "I just do."

Sev shook his head. "I'm sorry, Lily, but I'm staying here for now."

I growled in frustration and stomped off towards the castle. I didn't get very far before I was cornered by James.

"Hi, Lily!" he shouted way to loudly.

"Sheesh, Potter! Can you talk any louder?" I complained as I rubbed my ear.

"Sorry." He apologized. "Do you want to go do something? Like, take a walk maybe?" he asked.

My breath hitched. Was James Potter really asking me to go for a walk with him? If Sev knew what he was doing James would be dead. I was off limits.

I shook my head. "I'm sorry James, but Sev would literally kill you if he found out."

His face fell. "Oh, right."

"I really am sorry James, but you know how Severus is." I said.

He nodded his head. "Yeah, I do. I can't believe you are still hanging onto him. What do you see in Snape?" he asked me

"Severus is very kind, unlike you!" I spat in his face. "You go trying to steal other people's girlfriends. You should be ashamed."

He nodded his head. "Sorry, Lily, didn't mean to waste your time." He whispered as stormed off into the castle.

Of all people James should have been the one to know that I was off limits. He tried asking me out before and Sev was right behind me; though James didn't realize it at the time, and man did Sev get angry. Sev practically beat the poor boy to death. I would have thought that he had learned his lesson then, but I guess not.

I walked into the castle and up the stairs to the Gryffindor common room. "Password" the portrait sung. "Dumbledore." I muttered.

"Sorry, but that's not it." The portrait replied.

What how could the password change. It was Dumbledore this morning. "When did it change?" I asked the lady.

"Five minutes ago."

I plopped down on the step in front of the common room trying to figure out the new password. I can't believe that I couldn't figure it out. Usually I was good at these things. I think I tried every word that I could think of, but I didn't have any luck.

I spotted Anne; who was a second year, walk up the stairs and to the portrait. "Fiddlesticks." She said clearly.

"Correct." The lady said.

"Fiddlesticks?" I asked in disbelief. "You've got to be joking me? Fiddlesticks!" I shouted as she let me in the common room.

It was probably very stupid of me to go in the Gryffindor common room since I knew that's where James probably was.

I was right. I spotted James sitting alone in the corner of the room looking very sad. I sighed and walked over to him.

"Hi." I whispered.

James looked up from his book. "Oh, so you're talking to me now?" he asked

"James, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings."

"Sev is a very kind boy unlike you. You should be ashamed of yourself." He mocked me using a high pitched tone.

My face reddened. "I'm sorry." I told him again. "I just didn't want him to find you talking to me again and I especially didn't want him to beat you up again. I'm sorry that he did that stupid pant thing to you."

He looked up at me. "So you liked that then, eh?" he asked smirking

"Not really, I thought it was a really terrible thing for him to do."

"Please go away Lily and let me just wallow in my own self pity."

I shook my head. "No."

"Come on you're dating Snape. He'll kill me if he even finds out that I've talked to you."

"He won't find out, I swear it." I promised him. "I just can't go on a walk with you, because he might see us."

He nodded his head in understanding. "I know, I'm sorry that I asked. It's just that, well..." He stumbled trying to find the right words.

"Just spit it out." I told him.

"You're beautiful." He whispered as he jumped out of his chair and up to the boy's dormitory before I had time to comment.

I smiled at what he just said. James thought I was beautiful. In the two years that I had been dating Severus he never told me I was beautiful. Not once had he even said that I love you. Now I was really wondering why I stuck with Sev.

My friend Sue walked downstairs and came over towards me. "Hey Lily!" she greeted. "Lily?" she asked again. "Hey!" she shouted trying to snap me out of my little trance. "Earth to Lily, Earth to Lily." She said clapping her hands in front of me.

It worked and I finally shook my head to clear my thoughts.

"Welcome back." She grinned.

I blushed. "Sorry Sue." I apologized.

"Why are you apologizing?" she asked. "You apologize way to much."

"I'm sorry." I apologized as she gave me "the look" and I busted out laughing. "Sorry." I told her again.

"Lily Evans, now you really must stop that." She told me seriously

I nodded my head trying to hold in the chuckle that was trying to escape my lips.

"Now, spill the beans." She told me.

I glanced at her curiously. "Spill what?" I asked her.

"Awe, come on Lily, the news that you're just dying to tell me."

I grinned again. "James thinks I'm beautiful." I blubbered out.

She stopped smiling. "Lily Evans!" she shouted at me.

I stopped smiling too.

"You are dating Severus Snape. Do you have any idea what he'll do to both you and James if he finds out that you're dating another person?"

"Whoa! hold the phone!" I spat at her. "I never said I was dating him. I only said that he thought I was beautiful."

"Ah, right," Sue muttered. "You just better be careful. I will not have Severus beating up on my best friend."

I nodded my head. "Don't worry Sue, I promise I won't do anything stupid. James just wanted to talk. And besides I felt sorry for him for what Sev did today."

"Ah, yeah, I saw that little stunt he pulled. Poor James, I'll bet he'll be humiliated for life now."

I nodded. "Yeah, and it didn't help that his so called friends were laughing at him."

"But you gotta admit it was pretty funny." She laughed.

"Sue Daniels!" I shouted at her in disgust. "That was not funny." I told her as she tried to wipe the smile off her face.

"Sorry." She whispered.

"Now who's the one apologizing?" I grinned.

"Hey now that's really not fair Lily."

"I know." I laughed. "Come on, let's go get a good seat at the table. I'm starving." I told her as I looped my arm into hers and skipped on down to the great hall.