A/N: I don't own any of the Harry Potter Characters. All I own is this lil plot!





"What in the bloody hell is going on with you Severus!?" Lucius asked once he had gotten them both into the dorm room.

"Nothing." Severus said angrily. He took a quick glance in the mirror. He had blood flowing out of the corner of his mouth. The middle of his lip was split and bleeding as well. There was a bruise developing on his cheek and it looked like he was going to get a nice black eye. He wondered if he had hit Lucius when he was breaking up the fight because Lucius he had an ugly bruise on the side of his head.

"You look really bad." The mirror told him.

"Oh blow it out your ass." he muttered.

"Severus why the hell were you making out with Lily Evans? She's a Gryffindor! She's a Mudblood! She's-"

"A very nice girl who I happen to like." Severus cut in. Lucius' jaw dropped.

"You LIKE her?? Sev, when I told you that you need a girl I didn't mean for you to go out and get a Gryffindor tramp!" he shouted.

"She's not a tramp." Severus answered angrily.

"How do you think Voldermort is going to react to having a Death Eater that's in love with a Mudblood?" he asked. Severus just glared at him.

"I'm not a Death Eater Lucius. Maybe your main goal in life is to make people suffer but it's not mine."

"I don't believe this! Severus, I'm your friend, have I ever lead you wrong? No. And Lily and her little friends have made your life miserable for the past six years! Put two and two together Severus! She's using you."

"Oh bull. What is she using me for?" Severus asked, beginning to get quite angry with Lucius.

"Who knows, to get back at James for something, for all we know this could be a set up. James and Lily could still be going out, they're just leading you on!"

"You've lost it Lucius."

"No I haven't. Think about it! Why would Lily Evans leave her popular, Quidditch star boyfriend for a Slytherin."

"Gee, thanks. I'm going to the bathrooms and try and clean up." Snape said dejectedly. He turned and left his room, slamming the door in the process. He made his way down the hallway to the sixth year Slytherin boy's bathroom. It was empty, thankfully.

He began to think about what Lucius had said. What if Lily was using him? What if she really was setting him up?

Severus ran some warm water in one of the silver sinks. He took a look in the mirror and sighed. He looked like he got in a bar fight. His face was still smeared with blood and every part of his body was aching. He pulled off his robes, wincing in pain as he did so. He pulled up his back shirt and looked for any bruises on his chest. He made his way to the closet to get a washcloth when a knock at the door stopped him.

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Lily made her way down from the Astronomy Tower. She didn't want to be there if Lucius came back. He'd probably throw her out the window. She made her way to her room, ignoring the looks that most of the Gryffindors were giving her. When she got to her dorm she collapsed on her bed and sighed. From the bits of conversation she heard, Severus and James had an all out brawl in the hallways. She was worried about Severus. James was diffidently a lot bigger and stronger than he was. Her hand brushed against parchment and she turned over, looking at it. It was the Marauders Map, she had asked James to borrow it the night before. She suddenly had an idea. Pointing her wand to the map she whispered, "Slytherin?"

Instantly the map began to swirl and the Slytherin Tower came into view. Lucius was pacing back and forth in his dorm, Crabbe and Goyle were in the common room. Severus was in the bathroom, alone. She immediately left her room and made her way to the Slytherin Tower.

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"Great, this is all I need." Severus muttered. It figured that a teacher was going to find him in the bathroom, take one look at him, and give him detention for a week. He crossed the room to the door, and slowly opened it. To his surprise Lily was standing at the door, biting her lower lip with an uncertain look on her face. She looked up at Severus, feeling herself drawn into his penetrating eyes.

"You're the last person I expected to see down here Lily." he said quietly. Lily's eyes studied his face and scanned over the vivid bruises. She pursed her lips and entered the room.

"I can't believe you and James fought." she said, crossing to the cabinet and pulling out a handful of washcloths. Severus still said nothing, just watched her as she soaked the washcloths in the sink. She pulled a chair next to her and motioned for him to sit in it. He did so, eyes not meeting her gaze. She pulled one of the washcloths out and wrung the excess water off of it.

"I'm not mad at you, you know. I don't blame you for this." she said, putting her hand under his chin and forcing him to look at her. He just nodded. She pressed the washcloth to his lip and he hissed in pain, pushing her hand away.

"Hold still." she said, gasping his shoulder. He quieted and she cleaned off his mouth and wiped the blood off. He sat still the whole time, black eyes watching her with undivided attention. She moved up to the bruise on his cheek and ran her fingers over it. She wiped it with the cloth and pulled out her wand.

"Alliviatus." she said. The bruise immediately stopped throbbing and the livid blue color left somewhat. She did the same to his eye and smiled when he touched it gently.

"Thank you." he said, finally. Lily crouched down to his height and gently ran her hand through his hair. She didn't know why everyone said his hair was greasy because it really wasn't. It was very soft and shiny and she loved the feel of it against her hands.

"It's the least I could do." He shifted his weight, uncomfortably in the chair and closed his eyes as the pain in his side grew. Lily's hands reached down to his black shirt and started to tug it out of his pants. He looked at her quizzically and she smiled.



"Don't worry." She pulled the shirt up over his head. She was greeted by a surprisingly muscular chest. His muscles were visible but without being too large. Lily smiled, to her, he was perfect. Her eyes dropped to an angry boot mark on his side. She preformed the healing charm and the bruise dissipated. He pulled his shirt and robes back on and looked at Lily.

"I'm sorry." she finally said. He looked up and his dark black eyes met her bright green ones. He smiled sadly and tucked a stray hair behind her ear. That simple contact was enough to make tears well up in Lily's eyes.

"Sorry for what?" he asked.

"For everything, for the kiss, for the fight, for..gods I messed everything up." she trailed off as the tears spilled over and she buried her face in her hands. Severus quickly leapt off the chair and sunk to the floor next to her.

He didn't have the slightest idea what to do. He was never in this position before. Let's face it, his mere presence wasn't exactly comforting. For once he actually wished that Remus Lupin was there. He was infinitely more comforting than he was. He gently pulled Lily's form into his and she put her head on his chest. He could feel her breath blowing on his chest through his robes. Severus hesitantly began to rub her back and whisper into her ear. Her sobs died down but she was reluctant to pull away from him, felling somehow safe, buried in his black robes.

"Are you okay? he finally asked. She picked her head up from his chest and looked into his eyes.

"I'm fine." she said, pushing herself off the ground. He too stood up and hugged her tightly.

"Look, I'm sorry for whatever trouble I've caused you, if you don't want to see me again I'll understand I-" Lily was silenced by Severus gently putting his finger over her lips.

"Lily, I...well, I think I love you." the words felt so strange coming out of his mouth. Lily looked up at him wide-eyed.

"You do?" she asked. He nodded, and Lily was sure that in that moment she would never feel pain or anger again. She stood up and planted a chaste kiss on his forehead.

"I love you too."

"You should go get some sleep." He told her. She nodded and reluctantly left his embrace, to head back up to the Gryffindor Tower.