Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own any of the Harry Potter characters. Just this plot.

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Lily's body was achy. Her eyes had dark circles under them, and she felt like she was going to collapse, but she kept trudging on to the secret passage. This would be the third time she would be waking herself at midnight, and not getting much sleep afterward because she was too excited. She knew she shouldn't keep doing this, but she was having too much fun. She was beginning to think that she like kissing, especially kissing Severus, a little too much.

She arrived to find Severus sitting on the bench they'd left there, asleep in an upright, sitting position.

"Severus. Sev, wake up." She shook his shoulder. "Sev." He slowly opened his eyes and blinked. He let a yawn escape him.

"Hi, Lily," he said groggily.

"Bit tired, Sev?" asked Lily, trying to contain the yawn he passed to her. Severus noticed.

"Lily, do you think maybe we should do this less? I mean, not that I'm not enjoying this, because I definitely am." Severus blushed. "I...believe me, you're really good at kissing, but I'm...we're exhausted."

"I know exactly what you mean. I fell asleep in History of Magic yesterday."

"Didn't you tell me you always fall asleep in that class?"

"Well, yes, but I meant to this time." Severus laughed. Lily was seeing so much change in him.

"Maybe we should cut down to, I don't know, twice a week, with a fair distance between so we can actually sleep?"

"Sure, sounds wonderful."

"How about Monday and Thursday? Mondays are awful, because it's the start of the week and classes start, and Thursday are bad because we know the next day is Friday and we just want it to be here already. That way, we'll have something to look forward to on those days."

"Okay," agreed Severus. He began to walk out of the passage.

"Wait, Sev. Since we're already up," Lily turned pink, "I mean, we can...um. You don't have to leave yet." Severus felt like the king of the world. He smiled more than Lily or anyone had ever seen him smile. Lily grinned, ran over to him, and wrapped her arms around him. She pulled him in hard and kissed him fiercely. Their kiss built, grew more passionate, and Lily's grip never loosened. She teased Severus' lips with her own, parting them slightly, then made a gentle foray with her tongue. He opened his mouth more and swirled his tongue around hers. His breathing became heavy. Severus was growing hard, and Lily felt him. As he tried to pull back, pushing lightly on her arms, she held on and pressed herself more tightly to him. He moaned. He let the lust inside him build, moving his hands down to her waist. He slid them lower and his hands lingered on her back pockets. When he realized what he'd done he forced himself to break away.

"We should get some sleep. Good night, Lily," he said, his eyes turning from lust to looking like melted chocolate, expressing his feelings without his permission. "I can't wait 'til next time."

"Good night, Severus," she whispered back.

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When Lily got up to the common room, her friend Mary was waiting up for her.

"Mary, what are you doing up?" asked Lily.

"I could ask you the same question," said Mary.

"Well, I...that is...I , um -"

" -have been off with a boy."

"How did you know?"

"What other reason is there for sneaking off at midnight three nights in a row? So, who's the lucky fellow?"

"N-no. You'd laugh at me. And I don't want anyone to find out."

"Come on, I'm your friend. Who would I tell?"

"James Potter. I know you fancy him, I've seen you two looking at each other."

"Well, who do you think I've been sneaking out at midnight to see?"

"Mary!" Lily shouted.

"Shh! Lily, keep it down. I know you don't like James, and I'm glad you haven't taken the mickey out of me for going with him. Now, let me extend that same courtesy, and just tell me who it is!!!"

"Alright, but you promise not to tease me?"

"Of course I won't."

"Severus Snape -"

"That kid from Slytherin? Isn't he messing around with the Dark Arts?"

"I don't know. I hope not. Thanks for not laughing."

"Why would I laugh? I'm worried for you! I hope you know what you're doing."

"Sev is a really nice guy; he's my neighbor. He wouldn't hurt me. We've been friends since -"

"That's not what I meant, Lily, dear. I meant I wanted to know how far you've gone. Have you let him touch you yet?" Mary wiggled her eyebrows.

"Mary MacDonald!" hissed Lily, horrified. "What kind of question is that?"

"A legitimate one! James and I have done. We're all over each other. I'm surprised we haven't gone all the way yet."

"I don't want to know this, Mary. I think I'm scarred for life."

"Okay, fine. You'll tell me more when you feel like it." Mary headed up to the dormitory. "Try kissing his neck," she called from the stairs.

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The next day, Tuesday, went awfully for Severus. He hadn't gotten enough sleep for a total of four nights now, and his focus in the classroom was proving it. Worse yet, he wouldn't be able to see Lily again until Thursday, which was their next Potions class and thier next midnight meeting. And his thoughts of Lily were drifting, in his opinion, dangerously far. It wasn't going too well for Lily either, for the exact same reasons. Lily, she chided herself, good girls don't have dirty thoughts like that. Stop it.

Yeah, but maybe I don't want to be a good girl, said a nagging voice in her head that sounded rather like her own.

No, I won't think like that. I won't let myself.

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Severus lay in his bed, tossing fitfully in his lack of sleep. He was getting very annoyed with his one-track mind. Fortunately, at their latest Slug Club meeting, they had made some medical potions for the nurse, and they each were allowed to take a bit in a small vial for themselves. Severus had taken one for dreamless sleep, so he got up and picked it out of his neatly organized trunk. He also took out a teaspoon so he could carefuly measure the proper amount of potion to ingest, not wanting to sleep for much more than 8 hours. He put away the potion first, knowing it would take effect quickly after he swallowed. He climbed back into bed and drank it, tossing the teaspoon into his trunk as his world slowly faded.

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Finally Thursday arrived, and it was a double Potions lesson - the kind which most students detested but that Lily and Severus enjoyed the most. They both showed up bright and early, for purely academic reasons, they would claim.

They tried their hardest to act cool and collected, but on the inside they were grinning like idiots.

"Good morning, Lily," Severus said nonchalantly.

"Good morning, Severus," Lily replied coolly. Her mouth was turning up at the corners. She could hardly contain the smile that was longing to burst forth.

"Hey, Evans!" Lily's desire to smile vanished at the sound of Potter's way-too-familiar voice. James bounded into the room and up to the front of her desk. Bending over, he put his elbows on her desk and his hands in his fists. "There's a Hogsmeade trip this weekend, and I thought you could go with me. You know, afterword we could sort of...get to know each other better." He winked.

"Potter, I'd like to," Severus' eyes widened in shock, James' in pleasant surprise, "but I only date guys with a positive IQ number. Sorry." Severus laughed. James snorted. He'd pushed himself off from the desk and started walking back towards Sirius when Severus silently casted the Leg-Locker curse on him.

"Damnit!" yelled James. The students that noticed laughed at him. He flushed around the neck and quickly muttered the counter-curse, and was about to reciprocate when the professor walked in.

"Tough break, Prongs. Maybe she'll say yes next time."

"Is it just me or does Sluggy always have the worst timing?"

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Midnight arrived, and none too soon for Severus or Lily. Not a word was spoken upon their arrival; they began kissing straight away. Severus grasped Lily's waist, and her arms encircled his neck. He began to tease her, pulling away slowly and grazing her lips lightly, then pulling her in and toying with her tongue. He gently sucked on her bottom lip, and she moaned. He grew hard. She remembered what Mary had told her, and began kissing a line from his lips, down his jawline, to his neck. She put pressure there just below his earlobe, varying between soft, wet kisses, and playfully passionate ones. She experimented, flicking her tongue on this newly found sensitive area. His erection strained against his pants. His breathing was labored.

"Lily," he mumbled. "Lily, I need you...to stop. I can't stay...in control. Please." She pouted, but stopped. He tugged at her arms gently and took her soft, delicate hands into his own, pale ones. "I didn't want to ruin anything by my actions...I wanted to ask you something." His dark eyes gazed into her emerald ones.

"Anything, Sev. Ask me anything."

"About that Hogsmeade trip this weekend, I was wondering...if - would you like to go with me?"

"You mean like a date?"

"I-I understand if you don't want to..." He looked into his lap.

"N-no, Sev -"

"I didn't think you would -"

"No, I meant 'yes,' as in, 'No, I don't not want to.' If that makes any sense. Sheesh, I'm talking nonsense." Severus laughed.

"I like it when you laugh," Lily whispered.

"I like it when you make me laugh," Severus replied softly. He gave her a quick peck on the side of her mouth. "I'll see you this weekend. Goodnight, Lily."

"I'm looking forward to it. Good night, Sev." She sighed contentedly. I'm falling for him, aren't I?

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James burned in anger and rage. Stay the hell away from her you damned, greasey bat! Why in Merlin's name did she choose you over me?! James was surprised Snape couldn't hear his thoughts they screamed so loudly in his head. Stealing my date idea and my girl? You bastard. You'll pay for this. If it's the last thing I do I'll make you pay for this!

Thanks to Souunga, LyLMystiKeLf, Mistress of Dreamz, snapeadoodle, gwynhwyfar llewelyn, MoCheetos, Hollarious, xox-steph, sesshysmiko, gabbana, FuegoDiosa, and King of Simcoe for reviewing! Wow. Your reviews are so nice, I almost cried! Seriously. Isn't James a prick? I hate him now. I'm thinking I may do a sequel to this about Lily and James, mostly because I do want to go along with the book, and also so I can make myself stop hating one of J. K.'s precious characters. Maybe I like hating him. (Bwahahahaha!) Should I do a sequel? P.S. A scary thought - I'm finding Mary MacDonald to be eerily like myself. I hope I don't sound (or act) that slutty in real life! P. S. S. I'm writing this at one in the morning. Please, forgive my weirdness.

xox-steph