"Come in," the familiar voice called after I knocked on the office door.

"Hi Sev," I smiled.

"Hello Lily," he returned a hint of question in his voice.

"I just thought…we haven't really talked much since I got back, so I thought I'd drop by," I rambled a bit.

"Ah," he said in understanding. "So what were you thinking we should talk about?"

"We haven't spoke in how many years? What have you been up to?" I asked though the air was vibrating with awkward.

"You want to know why I turned against the Dark Lord?" he interpreted correctly.

"I thought I lost you…that you were gone," I whispered, not meeting his eye.

"Correct me if I'm mistaken, but it was you who refused to talk to me," I was still looking away.

"Because you were on the path to becoming a Death Eater!" I defended myself.

"You're right, you've always been and I should have listened," he whispered.

"Do you hate me Sev? For ignoring you or…or what I did?"

"No, I could never hate you, even if you last name is now Potter," it had gone from neither of us looking at each other to our eyes being locked.

"You're still my best friend. Whenever anyone's asked I've always said you."

"No one's ever asked me," our eyes remained locked as he spoke, "but I'll always say you."

As I walked around his desk he stood up. For the first time in years I hugged my best friend, not the Death Eater he was pretending to be, but the real Severus Snape. I couldn't help but smile.

X.X.X.

D.A. meetings. The time I usually shine. I can just concentrate and learn what I should be in Defense against the Dark Arts. But today is the exception. I had been pondering something all day and now it was becoming very distracting. Malfoy. He had been acting so strange lately. He hadn't insulted me since our detentions had ended and I'd caught him looking at me a lot lately.

When I asked Ginny this morning she grinned like a Cheshire cat and said that he liked me, but that couldn't be true. He hated me, and when I pointed this out Ginny just said, "Exactly!" At first I was completely baffled, but the more I thought about it, the more sense it made. And that's the reason Ron got the chance to hit me with Stupefy.

"Hey Hermione? Are you okay?" Ginny asked after pulling me aside.

"I'm fine; it was just a stunning spell."

"That's not what I meant."

"Then what did you mean?" I asked.

She looked around the room to make sure no one was listening in, "About the whole Malfoy liking you thing. I know that's why you're distracted."

My first thought was to deny it, but instead I whispered, "I don't know, it makes perfect sense, and absolutely none at all at the same time!"

"Good to know, but that's still not what I mean."

I was confused by this, "Then what?"

"Do you like him back?"

"What!" I was stunned she could even think…"No! That's ridiculous!"

"Well that might not be true for too long. Power of suggestion," she smirked and went back to where she had been before I couldn't say anything.

A/N: Awww...Lily and Sev are friends again! And Hermione and Malfoy...will the power of suggestion work? Will Crabbe get a girlfriend? Will Goyle get a boyfriend? Will Malfoy turn into a super danceing faret? Why am I asking you this? I don't know! But I'd love to hear your thoughts! (Serieously...Faves are great and I absolutley love them, but reviews are nice too...)