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Discaimer: I do not own any thing about Harry Potter. The only original things are my O/C which are actually people I know because I have no imagination. Enjoy

Summery:Lily was planning on going to Hogsmeade with Severus until Leroy Nickel asked her out in song and she decided to split her day between them. God my summeries suck.

October 1975

Snape woke up from the two hours of sleep he had managed to get. This was the day. He made special effort to ensure he was awake before he even got dressed. He had been up all night debating what to wear and where to take Lily to leave an impression; After all, he was going to be followed up by Leroy and he needed to make sure that the time Lily spent with him was more impressionable. Eric insisted on helping Severus pick out his outfit claiming "I know what women like". But after everything in his closet was thrown at him and deemed "not good enough", he decided to go with a blue plaid shirt that he knew Lily thought looked great on him and loose fitting dark jeans. He used a spell to trim his hair so it fell just behind his ears when he combed it back. He borrowed some of Eric's cologne and wore his black trainers. Snape looked in the mirror and was quiet pleased with the result. He left the common room and started slowly down the corridor. His stomach was killing him with nerves.

Why is this happening? How many times have I picked up Lily from her common room? This should be like second nature.

But nothing he could tell himself would calm his nerves. Maybe it was because he had to prove something today. That he could make a better boyfriend than Leroy. Severus had nothing against him as a person, but he knew that he and Lily were meant to be. He walked past the great hall and Marissa stopped him.

"Hey, glad I caught you Lily is going to be a while. She's getting all girled up for today" Marissa said.

Severus' mouth widened. The thought of her get dolled up for him, but the joy fell as he realized it was probably for Leroy.

"Oh, ok. Do you know how long?"

"I say wait like ten minutes down here"

"Will do." He said with a forced smile.

Snape waited by the entrance of the great hall checking his watch every thirty seconds until the time had passed. She was going to look amazing and it's all for him. He waved at people as they walked by trying not to look so upset. He started his trek over to Gryffindor again when a thought hit him. Did it really matter if she looked good for someone else? He would see her first and that's what mattered. He made his way up the last staircase and waited in front of the Fat Lady. It took about five minutes before Briony nearly knocked him out with the door.

"Ooo, sorry Severus. I'll let Lily know you are here."

"Thanks"

A few minutes passed and Briony came out again, this time with more caution and her date, Josh Woods.

"She will be right out. She looks great" Briony said with a wink as Josh led her down the steps.

It felt like forever and the anticipation was killing him. Then he heard a small creak from the portrait hole and he turned around.

Lily woke up early so that Alexia could help her get ready. She had butterflies in her stomach and could get the wide smile off her face. This had been her first date in quite some time and her mind wouldn't stop racing from the possibility of something good coming of it. She skimmed through her closet with Lexi trying to find something that would be classy yet flattering. She pulled out a black blazer and some dark jeans to see if this gained her roommates approval.

"Well put it on, I can't choose if I don't see it on you." Alexia said.

Lily speed off to the restroom to change. Underneath blazer she wore a dark green tank top (hoping this would please Leroy, being Slytherin and all), and her best push up bra. When Lily came out, Alexia looked her over.

"I think its perfect Lil" she said.

"Really, you don't think it's too librarian"

"Well, sexy librarian. That way he remembers you have it all" The blonde winked. Lily half laughed. She and Alexia hurried to the vanity to work on her makeup. Alexia set a charm to ensure that nothing would get on Lily's outfit.

"We are going all out my dear. When I'm done you could be on the cover of Witch Weekly."

"Or Vogue" Lily said smiling. Her friend just looked at her with a confused expression. "Never mind, sometimes I forget you not knowing muggle things."

Though Alexia was in the top her class, she still had not managed to do makeup with magic and it often looked like a prostitute blew up, so the girls spent a half an hour doing Lily's make up until it was perfect. Her green and burgundy shadow brought out Lily's emerald colored eyes as well as her tank top. They opted for black eye liner inside and plum on the out leading to a slight point. Her fair skin was glowing and had an almost sun kissed tone to her cheek bones. The finished it off with a clear lip gloss. When they put down everything Lily stared in the mirror.

"Ok no time to waste, on to hair." Alexia stated.

This however took little time as Alexia had been doing hairstyle charms since she was nine. With a flick of her wand and a few words Lily couldn't remember her normally frizzy thick hair was now flowing in soft waves down her back. The light hit her hair so it appears even more vibrant red. Alexia stood Lily up and walked backwards from her.

"It's official, I'm amazing" Alexia shouted. "All that's left is accessories." Lily stood in silence waiting for Alexia to get some things together when Briony came running in the room.

"Hey, thought I'd let you know Severus is waiting for you outside the portrait hole. Oh and if he claims I hit him it's not true. You look gorgeous by the way."

"You do too. Good luck today" Lily winked. "And thanks for telling me about Sev"

"No problem babe. Tonight, we are having a story session. Don't forget." The chaser smiled. "You too Lexi. I need to know if you and Viet are still together after tonight" She shouted across the room.

"Yeah sure" Lexi yelled. And with that the thin strawberry blonde ran out the door.

"We are going simple ok" Alexia handed Lily a white watch and some small silver hoop earrings. As she put them on the blonde gave her some words of advice.

"Be your sarcastic and wonderful self. Don't try to be all proper. If he really likes you it's going to be you, not what you think he wants. Don't get to hyped up it's just a date. If it doesn't work out there are tons of other guys. Try not to be nervous. If you need to be all awkward, do it with Severus to get it out of your system" She laughed. "And have fun. Even if you aren't feeling a relationship, that's no reason to be a downer" Alexia gave her a hug. The two girls walked down to the common room together. With one last breath Alexia whispered "Good Luck" and the two walk through the portrait hole.

She looks….stunning. I mean she always looks great but wow.

Lily looked at Severus with concern. "Are you ok Sev? You look like someone just stunned you" She said with a smile.

"See you later Lily" Alexia said as she walked past to meet Viet who was waiting as well. "Bye" Lily replied and then continued to look at Severus waiting for a response.

"I'm fine" he finally said. "You look beautiful by the way"

Lily blushed accentuating the blush already on her cheeks. "Thanks" she replied shyly.

"Well shall we?" Severus offered her his arm and she happily accepted.

They walked though the castle in comfortable silence when Lily spoke up. "So what do we have planned today? Please tell me breakfast because I didn't eat to getting ready for this date"

Severus froze up. He was hoping he could put the fact that she was meeting Leroy later out of both of their minds, but he was starting to think it wouldn't be very easy.

"Sure we can go to Madam Puddifoot's" he replied with a smile.

"Umm not to be picky Sev but isn't that place more for…. I don't know…couples" she laughed "I don't want to eat then vomit from all the love in the room."

Severus was taken off guard. That was precisely why he wanted to take her. He would have to quickly think of something new to fill his plan but sadly couldn't think of anything good. Finally he just caved.

"We can go the Three Broomsticks then" He said with a weak smile. They always went there. How would he be able to impress her they did the same old thing.

"That sounds perfect" Lily said relived she could stifle some of her hunger. They walked arms linked and occasionally Lily would start to skip which caused Severus discomfort.

Suddenly Lily stopped. The raven haired boy looked at her puzzled.

"It's time" she said.

"Time for what?"

"Siamese twins"

"Really Lily"

"Come on we have done it since we were kids. You know you love it" she said with a pleading look.

"Fine, but not for long. You know how I can't do it well"

"Nonsense, we are doing it the rest of the way" The boy rolled his eyes and smiled

Lily repositioned her in his. "Ready" he nodded.

"Ok, right foot. Left foot. Right foot left foot. and they walked in unison all the way to the pub.

When the two arrived they were laughing in hysterics. Just outside Three Broomsticks was a familiar group of boys. The messy haired Chaser walked up to them.

"Hey there Snivillus. Looks like you got a date with the Evans here. You can finally say you beat me to something." He joked.

"For your information Potter, I would rather date Mr. Filch than you and second Severus and I are just spending time as friends. So if you could excuse us, I won't hex your where the sun don't shine."

"Very sorry to hold you up your highness" he said sarcastically stepping to the side a bowing.

As they walked in he yelled after them. "When you are done playing house, come find me Evans." He chuckled and rejoined his friends.

"He's such a git. As if I would ever…" Lily started.

"Don't stress it Lily. He doesn't deserve your words" He said with a smile. She smiled in return and they found a table to sit at.

They order soup and butterbeer but ate very little due to the fact they were having so much fun.

"Remember that time you came to my house and you had brought homemade butterbeer. Petunia drank like the whole thing and then asked what it was."

"Then I said it was a wizard drink and she ran off the bathroom trying to push it back up. You sister can be a bit much sometimes"

"I know she can but what am I supposed to do, she's blood"

Time was passing by so fast that Lily had just noticed it was almost 12:30.

"Umm Sev was there anything else you wanted to do. Leroy is getting me in thirty minutes."

Severus was in a panic. How could it already be time for her to leave? They hadn't gone to the bookstore to find new novels. They hadn't had a romantic walk away from the town. They hadn't had a chance to get ice cream or skip rocks. Everything he had spent so much time planning gone. It had been like any other day. Once again their relationship would be "Just Friends". He quickly tried to think of what he could do in thirty minutes and still be able to end at Honeydukes. He went for his last resort.

"They just planted a big tree outside of town not far from Honeydukes. We can people watch." He smiled.

"That's sound fun"

The two walked continuing their stories from the past when they reached the destination. The grass was a beautiful green and was yet to be completely destroyed by the weather. They sat on the cold grass and leaned against the tree.

"This is really great" Lily said. Severus just grinned at his quick thinking. They sat and watched as students, teachers, and town's people passed. There was a little boy tugging on his mom's robes because he wanted candy. There was a seventh year couple snogging between the buildings. And McGonagall once again yelling at the Marauders for jinxing a third year. Lily set her head on Severus' shoulder and he wrapped his arm around her.

This is perfect. She has to feel like this is right. I did it.

He looked down and saw that Lily had fallen asleep on him. He kissed her forehead and she woke up slowly.

"Wow did I really just fall asleep on you. I'm really sorry Sev"

"Don't be. That's what I'm here for" he smiled.

She looked down at her watch and saw that she had two minutes to meet Leroy.

"Well I had a lot of fun today. I'll be sure to find you later and let you know how things went" Lily said.

I only want to know if it's horrible. "Ok, I'll talk to you soon "He said. And with that she gave him a hug "Bye" she said as she raced away.

Lily spotted the dark skinned keeper with his back facing her. This was it; a strange sensation surged through her body. She took one last breath and raised her hand to tap his shoulder. Just then He turned around.

"Lily" he smiled encompassing her in a hug. "I thought you might have bailed because you weren't here an hour early" he laughed.

"Well, I'm here now" she looked down at her watch "with a minute to spare" she grinned.

"Ok, have you eaten yet?" Leroy asked.

"Nope" Lily replied.

"Perfect" he gave her his arm and she intertwined her with his.

As they walked they shared stories about their families. Leroy was a pureblood as most Slytherins were so he knew very little about the muggle world. Much to Lily's surprise he seemed very interested in how her world worked.

"So this microwave cooks food faster than an oven. You must really love cooking to have something like that." Leroy said.

"You know its kind of the other way around" Lily laughed.

They came to a sudden stop and Lily looked down. A blanket was set up with all her favorite foods, including one of her favorites from the Chinese restaurant by her house.

"How did you know what black bean chicken is much less make it?" she asked.

"Let's say I had some help from your fellow red headed Gryffindor." He smiled.

As he sat the small tea lights that rested on the blanket rose to the air. Lily could not look past all the details that went into this meal and the romance wasn't lost on her. She looked up from her plate and locked eyes with Leroy. They both smiled at the coincidence. Lily decided to break the silence.

"So how's Quiddich going?"

"It's great. You Gryffindors better watch out we are going to make it three in a row." He smiled. "Are you coming to our game against Hufflepuff? It should be brutal and I don't have to tell anyone if you root for us."

"I wasn't going to but now that you mention it I might just come. But the cheering is going to have to be internal" She smirked.

They packed up the picnic two hours later even though they had finished eating quickly. Lily held the blanket while Leroy took the rest. As they walked back Lily's hand touched his. She quickly looked away from him trying to hide the blush that had appeared on her face.

Without warning Leroy grabbed her hand and Lily stopped.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that" he let go of her hand and looked away. Lily smiled and took his hand.

"It's ok, just took me off guard." She smiled.

The two walked hand in hand to Zonko's where they spent hours trying different product and laughing. Lily didn't know why but she felt comfortable with him. It was as if she didn't have to hide who she was. She often found herself unable to say or do the things she wanted with guys she liked but this was different.

The sun was starting to fall and most of the students had already returned to the castle. They had been enjoying themselves so much they didn't realize until Professor Bright reminded them to be back by sun set. The two hurried back the carriage holding hand in silence.

They climbed off the carriage and smiled.

"I had a really good time Lily, I hope you did too'

She smiled. "I really did" he leaned in and kissed her on the cheek.

"I'll see you in class. Bye Lily"

Lily walked up the steps to the entrance in a daze. As she made her way up to her common room she noticed a familiar raven haired boy.

"Sev, what are you doing here?" she smiled happy to see her friend. He looked so confident and dashing. It had been a long time since she had seen that.

"Lily I have something to ask you"

"Ok, let's hear it" she laughed.

"Will you go out with me?"

A/N: OOO cliff hanger. Chapter 5 is already written so I hope you are ready for a landslide of happenings. Its about to get real. As always thanks for reading and please review. The are like socks to Dobby. If you have Questions Let me know.