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"Miss Evans, what's the matter?"

Lily looked in the direction she had heard Madam Pomfrey's voice, which turned out to be the wrong way completely. James spun her around to face the medi-witch full on.

"We were practicing some spells for charms and one of them backfired," James lied.

"What charm was it?"

James nearly blew their cover. "I can't remember..."

Snape coughed, but James could just make out the words "Indigo blindus."

"But I'm pretty sure it was 'Indigo Blimps-'"

"'Blindus,'" Lily corrected, laughing awkwardly as she smiled.

"Oh, dear," Madam Pomfrey. The worry in her voice made them nervous. "When did this happen?"

Lily felt someone grip her shoulders and someone's breath on her face. James watched as Madam Pomfrey stared into Lily's eyes, which had clouded over with an odd blue haze that seemed to be deepening. She looked worried, and James wondered if he maybe should have brought her in earlier.

"Last night," James replied, shifting. "Is there a problem?"

"It might not be too late," Madam Pomfrey said, shoving Lily onto the bed as lightly as she could in her hurry.

She quickly began mixing a potion.

"Severus?" Lily said.

"Yes, Lily?"

"Will you tell me the truth?"

He paused a moment. "Of course. Anything for you."

"What happened to you? Are you in bad shape?"

He sighed. "I've got three broken ribs, internal bleeding, a black eye, and I'm pretty scraped up."

Lily choked on her gasp. "What happened?" She breathed.

Snape had promised. He never broke a promise he made to Lily. "Bellatrix found out I helped you and Potter last night."

"It's my fault, then?" Lily asked, looking in his direction, though she was really just staring at the wall.

"Of course not, Lily," Snape said softly. She couldn't see the smallest of smiles on his split lip. "It was completely on me. I knew what would happen if I helped you."

Lily sighed and leaned back in the bed as Madam Pomfrey approached and handed her a small glass filled with a murky green liquid. "Here, Lily, dear," she said, helping her drink it. "This should clear your vision. I made it extra strong, so you may fall asleep in a few minutes. You'll have to stay the day. Mr. Potter?"

He glanced at Mrs. Pomfrey, having to nearly pry his eyes from Lily, who already looked drowsy. "Yes?"

"You wouldn't mind helping Lily here to all of her classes and taking her notes for the next week or so until her vision clears completely?"

"Of course!" James exclaimed. "Anything."

Madam Pomfrey smiled and nodded. "Good. You can pick her up after supper, then. Now, go on. Get ready for class. Please let all of her teachers know where she is."

James nodded and kissed Lily on the forehead before he left. She smiled weakly, already curled up in her sleeping position, facing Severus.

"I'm going to go ask Professor Slughorn to mix a pain potion before I give you something for your ribs, Mr. Snape."

"Thank you," he said gently.

A moment later, Lily heard the door close. "Severus?"

"Yes, Lily?" came his soft reply.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Of course, Lily," he said. "Anything for you."

"Would you change sides?" She whispered, her eyes sliding shut.

Severus could tell she was still awake, though.

"One day I won't be such a coward, Lily," was his reply.

She sighed painfully before slipping into a deep sleep.

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"Lily!"

Lily jumped from her sleep and almost had a heart attack when she couldn't see who was gripping her shoulders and repeatedly banging her into her pillow.

"Are you mad, woman?" Sirius exclaimed. "Put her down!"

"Yeah-Al-ice-put-me-do-own!" Lily tried to shout.

"Oh, I'm sorry, Lily!" Alice stopped shaking her and Lily felt the bed shift as Alice removed herself from nearly straddling Lily to sitting next to her. "I only have a few minutes until my detention and I wanted to see how you were."

Lily shrugged. "Where are you? I don't know who to roll my blind eyes at."

Alice laughed, and Lily used this to find where she was, rolling her eyes.

"So I take it you still can't see?"

Lily shook her head. "Madam Pomfrey says it could take all week for me to get my vision back."

"That's horrible," Alice said. She shook her bead. "But James said that he would get to drag you all over the place."

Lily laughed softly. "Well, I guess that's not all bad."

They didn't say anything. Lily was frustrated because she couldn't see their expressions.

"What?" She exclaimed.

"You love him."

Lily rolled her eyes. "I do not."

"Maybe not yet but you must have feelings for him!" Alice said frantically.

Lily huffed. "I have feelings for Sirius but that doesn't mean I love him. It means that he's a person that I acknowledge."

Sirius barked a laugh. "Hey, thanks Lily."

"Don't mention it," Lily said, giggling. "Anyways, just because it's not a bad thing that I get to have James take me places does not automatically mean I'm in love."

"Whatever, Lily," Alice said, getting off of the bed. "I have to go to my detention. See you later!"

"Bye, Alice, bye Sirius!" Lily called.

"See you, Evans," Sirius said before closing the door.

Lily sat in the dark silence for a moment before curling up and finding herself wondering about her feelings for James. She hadn't thought of it before. She knew she didn't love him, that was for sure, but she didn't hate him, and she more than liked him. She already admitted to fancying him, but this was a little more, wasn't it?

It confused and frustrated her, but when James came to take her back to the Heads Commons, she forgot all about it.

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Ah!

Lily's blind for a week, Severus is all mottled from defying Bellatrix, and he won't change sides. :( James is excited to get to take Lily everywhere until she can properly see, and everyone thinks that because she said it won't be all bad that she loves him! :O

Well, stay tuned~!