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

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The next morning, Severus and Lily had gotten up extra early to get a change of clothes, but decided to wait in their common rooms for others to join them at the breakfast table. They figured things would be less conspicuous that way. Of course, no one said anything about it to either of them, but when Mary caught Lily's eye, she gave her a wink that said I know what you've been up to. Lily blushed and mouthed to her, "It's not what you think," but she could tell Mary didn't believe her. Mary took a seat next to Lily.

"We didn't- " Lily's voice dropped to a whisper, "We didn't go all the way. Just...pretty far." Lily turned a shade of red that matched her flaming hair.

"You had your first orgasm?"

"Shh! Merlin's beard, Mary, you'll inform the whole castle!"

"Moving a bit slow, aren't you? I mean, James and I hadn't had sex at this parallel point or anything, but still- "

"'Hadn't had,' as in past tense?"

"Yeah, we broke up a couple weeks ago. I'm dating Sirius now. He's sexy in that pompous, stuck-up sort of way."

"Like James?" Lily snorted.

"What can I say? Arrogant jerks appeal to me for some reason."

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Much time passed with preparation for the O.W.L.s, but Lily and Severus continued their nightly trips. There was a lot of learning and experimenting for them, both in- and outside of their classrooms. It was one night when James was poking around in his invisibility cloak, when he happened upon one of their visits. He saw Lily, naked and exposed, writhing in orgasm from Severus' touch. He was so angry, but he couldn't tear his eyes away. She's so beautiful. Damn lucky bastard. He forced himself to leave, mostly because he did not want to see Severus completely starkers, but not before he heard him tell Lily, "I don't know how I would even exist without you. You are the most amazing thing that's ever happened to me, and the most wonderful person I could ever know."

And that's when James realized that there was no trick. Lily was with Severus by choice, and there was something he had in his personality, It couldn't possibly be looks, could it? that drew Lily to him. Something that James did not. And he would figure out exactly what that was.

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Potions class was extremely difficult for Severus and Lily. They longed so badly to talk, but they were being kept so busy by Professor Slughorn, by their other classes, their studying, their homework. It was all being piled onto them at once, and for the few seconds they had before lessons were about to start, they agreed to cut their visits down to once a week. Too much stress was being placed on them, and they needed their sleep. With the O.W.L.s only two weeks away, they needed time for all the work required to pass those sufficiently, but they still wanted a good stress reliever, and what better way to unwind than with each other? After the exams were over they would very willingly return to more nightly games and then they would soon have the whole summer for themselves.

"No James, no Sirius. Won't it be great? We can just the two of us spend time together."

"It does sound wonderful, Severus."

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Severus showered himself extraordinarily well. It was all of his hunching over potions with the fumes pouring onto him that kept him in such a greasy state, but he was determined to stay completely away from his creations and go to Lily perfectly clean.

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Severus' tongue caressed Lily's as he ground his pelvis into hers. She moaned and arched her back. She ran her fingernails down Severus' back, giving him goosebumps. He kissed that spot on her collarbone that he knew so well, the one that always made her lose control.

"Oh, Sev," she moaned.

He traced his hand under her shirt and up her body. His thumb grazed her nipple and he lightly pinched it. Then he gently brushed his fingers, barely touching her skin, in a circle around it. She squirmed as the shivers were sent through her. He pulled off her shirt and continued to play with her breasts as he brought her torturously close to the edge.

"Severus, please!"

He slipped a finger inside her. She tried to move with his fingers as he plunged them into her. He stroked her, maddeningly slow. His own lust was building quickly and powerfully, but he tried to supress it for Lily.

"Sev, please, I want you. I need you now!" He pulled his fingers out from inside her.

"Are you sure, Lily?" It was too good to be true. He didn't want to hurt her, but he'd dreamt about this many, many nights.

"Yes, Sev, please. I can't take it any more. I need you."

He slipped off the rest of his clothes and cast a contraceptive charm on Lily. He eased himself on top of her and into position. She guided him to her entrance and he pushed himself in quickly, hoping to get her pain over with as fast as possible. She gasped as he entered her, the sharpness of the pain taking her breath away, but as he continued rocking, the pain transformed into ecstasy. Quickly she reached orgasm, and Severus followed behind shortly after.

He pulled out of her and wrapped his arms around her. Their breathing slowly returned to normal as they lay contentedly in each others arms.

"That was incredible," Severus whispered into her ear.

She took so long to respond he thought she was asleep.

"Same here."

Thanks to pettybureaucrat, Souunga, snapeadoodle, MoCheetos, Kitty East, Princessenr1, LyLMystiKeLf, and McFlyer-Girl-Frankie for reviewing! Yes, James is cocky. And nosy. Severus did not deserve the ending he got in the book, I don't care what anyone says. He was a good person. Yells pointlessly, "I MISS YOU, SEVERUS!!! YOUR DEATH SERVED NO PURPOSE! THERE MUST HAVE BEEN ANOTHER WAY!" I cried in the 5th movie when I watched all the people whom I knew were going to die. It's so sad, knowing they have no future. P. S.. I just turned 18...