"Sev, I'm going to stay with you during Christmas"
Severus almost coughed up his dinner. "What, Lily?" he asked quietly, not sure he'd heard right.
"I told mum and dad that your mother well…I told them my friend needed me!" she said. Severus felt his heart pounding in his chest. The feelings he had for Lily Evans kept growing inside of him and the more time they spent together the stronger it got. "I had to convince them of course…mum really misses me. But they said they'd take Tuney somewhere special and be alright. Mum understands once I've got my mind set on something, I stick to it, and I can't be talked out of this one."
He knew that he should just take it as pity. Who would feel more for him than pity? But this was the girl who called him brave. Lily Evans. Lily Evans who had a family who loved her and had a Christmas to go to, and parents who loved her no matter her house. Lily Evans loved him enough to spend it with him instead. His cheeks turned red, he knew she couldn't feel the same as he did but her green eyes shimmered and he felt like perhaps…
At this rate, one day she might.
.