Sorry this chapter's so short, but I'll post another one soon and hopefully one more by tonight. Have fun reading... To all of you that are against Lily/Snape, you might not like this chapter... There's no twists this time, sorry. Maybe next chapter. :o) Thanks to all that updated... I'm trying to take the majority of opinions and write around them.
Lana
Severus never asked Lily why she had kept her family history a secret, of which she was grateful for. In fear of being teased or accused of only being a prefect because of her relation to the Headmaster, she had never said a word about it. Her great-great-grandfather, Professor Dumbledore's son, had married a Muggle and had a daughter who ended up having no magical powers. Lily was the first witch in her family since her great-great-grandfather, which was why her parents were so proud when Lily got her acceptance letter to Hogwarts.
Later that night, as Lily was climbing into her own navy and silver bed, she heard a knock from the inside of her closet. She got up and opened the door, grinning when she saw a very sheepish looking Severus.
"Sorry," he shrugged. "I missed you."
Lily smiled and guided him into her room. "You saw me a half an hour ago, how could you already miss me?"
He smiled back and kissed her, "I guess you're just too missable to be away from for more than twenty minutes."
Lily kissed him back quickly and went to lock her door. "You know, Mum and Dad left Papa in charge while they went over to Vernon's for the night."
"And what exactly are you suggesting, Miss Evans?" Severus asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Daddy said you had to make me happy." Lily kissed him once more, "And do you know what would make me happier than I've ever been?"
"No, I don't know… what would make you happier than you've ever been?"
"Lily took his hand and brought him over to her king-sized bed. She sat him down on the edge and slowly climbed into his lap, then kissed him as gently as she could.
"You."
The next morning, Lily awoke to feel another body against hers. For a fleeting moment, she thought it was James. It took her mind a minute to realize if was Severus, not James, lying next to her.
She opened her eyes to see if he was still sleeping and was momentarily blinded by the light coming from her window.
"Good morning sleepyhead." Severus greeted her.
"Good morning… what time is it?" Lily asked before stretching for a minute.
"A little before nine." He answered after checking his watch.
"We have a full hour before anyone else is going to be up." Lily mumbled while rubbing her eyes.
"Do you want to go back to sleep then?" he asked.
Lily shook her head, "I actually… wanted to tell you something."
"Yes?"
"You have to promise to listen to everything I say though. If you only listen to the beginning, you'll miss the whole point, ok?"
"I promise."
"Don't freak either, just listen to it all."
"Ok…" Severus answered slowly.
Lily took a deep breath, then started. "The night when you first talked to me in the prefects' bathroom, James found out. But instead of blowing up like I expected him to, he came up with this… plan, I guess you could call it. I didn't want to go along with it, but he gave me no choice. He told me the next day he'd stage a break up with me. He knew you liked me, but what he didn't realize is that I liked you back equally as much. He told me that I had to make you love me, that I had to make you love me so much that when James told me to break up with you, you're try to kill yourself." Lily paused as she felt Severus tense up.
"I swear, I was so happy when him and I broke up, even though it wasn't real. You're ten times the man – the boyfriend – he ever was and ever could be. When Remus followed you into the bathroom, I wanted to kick him out so badly, and when we kissed.. God, it was like I was finally free. I fell in love with you in a matter of days, but I knew James would kill either you or me if I ever told him I wanted to really break up with him… Especially to be with you."
Lily smiled slightly as she felt Severus relax and pull her into a hug.
"One of the conditions was that I couldn't ever, no matter how much I wanted to or how much you begged, sleep with you. I was supposed to drop you right then and there, but here we are… I'm so, so, sorry about not telling you from the beginning, but I was terrified you'd never want to see me again unless I proved to you I really do love you." Lily sighed, "Feel free to yell at me now."
Severus pulled her even closer to him, then kissed her forehead. "Lily, I could never be mad at you… Even if you deserved it, which this time you don't. James is a total asshole, and if he ever tries to touch you again, I want you to yell at him hard, so that he'll be too surprised to hit you… Then I want you to come either directly to me or your Papa, and I know he and I will make sure James never touches you again, ok?"
Lily smirked, "Me? Stand up to James? I'll try… But you know how hard I'm gonna get hit if I don't surprise him enough, right?"
"If he hits you, I'll hit him ten times harder and make sure he gets expelled."
"You promise?"
"I promise."