Lily rushed upto the owlery with a piece of parchment and her quill. As she got to the top of the stairs, she ran in and closed the door behind her. She began to write "Dear Severus, meet me in the library at 9pm. Lily x" She sent it with her own owl so as not to show any shame or embarrasment and set off for transfiguration.
Severus decided to feign sickness in order to avoid transfiguration with the Gryffindors, and set off towards the hospital wing. Madame Pompfrey couldn't find anything wrong with him but told him to lie down anyway. Moments later, a handsome tawny owl flew through the window and dropped a note before stealing some grapes from the bowl by Severus's side and flying off again. Severus read the note several times, hardly daring to believe that it could actually be happening to him. Half of him was desperate to go to the library then, and wait the eleven hours until Lily would be there but his other half told him not to go at all, let alone early. He was going to need to prepare!
With his jaw set, James sat watching Lily, as if daring her to look round. As he began to grind his teeth, Sirius piped up, "All right, mate?"
"Not really. I just wore my heart on my sleeve for that ungrateful Evans, and she tried to make a fool out of me" James scowled.
"Forget her mate. Not worth it. Look at all this gorgeous girls just dying to go out with you" Sirius smiled at some girls in the class, who in shock, started projectile vomiting, so that class was dismissed so it could be cleared up. James contemplated following Lily, but Dumbledore had called back, just as several house elves ran full pelt in to clean up the classroom, overjoyed at extra work.
"I sense you have a problem, Lily" Dumbledore's eyes bored into her, gleaming with understanding yet still bearing the slightly amused look they never seemed to lose.
"Well, its a bit of a long story",she shrugged.
"You have an hour before Herbology and I have no prior engagements so let us share, hm?"
"Well, it started yesterday......." began Lily
".....and now, James Potter is persuing me, who I don't really hate, in fact I quite like him, but there is Severus too, and I can't decide if I really do like him, or whether its just pity," Lily blurted out.
Dumbledore gave a slight smile, "Ah, the joys of adolescence. I, of course, got through it alive but my brother, Aberforth, reacted quite strange although he was never normal." Dumbledore's beard twitched with what Lily assumed to be a smile.
"But what should I do, Professor?" Queried Lily.
"One must follow one's heart but must not be blinded by one persons appearance, because looks aren't everything, as Aberforth quite clearly showed after he removed his nose, and it re-appeared somewhere the sun doesn't generally reach."
Lily didn't know whether to shudder or giggle so opted for both.
"Thanks, Professor." Lily answered before setting off for her next class.
At 6.00pm, Severus was quite hysterical and had taken to walking around wringing his hands. He decided to work on his appearance before thinking about what he would say. He gazed in the mirror and saw just what James had called him, a greasy haired misery. Grabbing his shampoo and clean, black robes, he set off for the boys second floor bathroom, which was always quite deserted for no apparent reason. After washing his hair, and changing into fresh robes, he looked in the mirror and smiled. Ok, so he was no James or Sirius, but what he saw staring back was a perfectly good looking fifteen year old boy, with long, silky black hair and a decent smile. Feeling, for the first time in his life, quite optimistic, he set of to wait in the library.
Lily entered the library and saw the shadow of Severus in the corner. Breathing in deeply, she walked towards him. A sharp intake of breath occured when Severus stood up and smiled, something she had never seen him do before and his perfectly straight, black hair framed his face nicely. Regaining her senses, she sat down, Severus imitating her waiting for her to speak.
"Thanks for the apology", she finally mustered up the words to say,"It was much appreciated and I have to ask, is there something different about you?"
"No, and nor is there about you because you always look this beautiful" Severus replied, colour flushing in his cheeks, colour which had never before been there.
Lily blushed."Thanks, you're looking very good yourself. I just thought we could get together for a chat like" Lily paused, "like friends".
Severus looked taken aback so Lily quickly spoke up, "Of course, we don't have to be, I just thought...."
"No! Its just that, well, I've never had a friend before" Severus looked down.
"Well, I honestly can't understand why apart from the fact that you never try, never talk to anyone" Lily explained to him, trying to be careful about what she said.
"Its not that I don't want to, its just that I'm shy, well, until James and Sirius, then it was just anger".
"Them" replid Lily, hotly, "They think they are everything, except Remus. He's ok. You shouldn't let them bully you."
"I know, but I feel better knowing that I have a friend" Severus smiled. "I was wondering....."
"Yes?" Lily pushed quite hopeful.
"....if, um, if you wanted to study together?" He supplied.
"Oh,sure"Lily said, crestfallen.
"No, I didn't mean that!"
"You didn't" Lily asked, now confused.
"What I meant was, well, WillyougotoHogsmedewithme?" Severus blurted.
"I thought you'd never ask" Lily smiled.
Severus decided to feign sickness in order to avoid transfiguration with the Gryffindors, and set off towards the hospital wing. Madame Pompfrey couldn't find anything wrong with him but told him to lie down anyway. Moments later, a handsome tawny owl flew through the window and dropped a note before stealing some grapes from the bowl by Severus's side and flying off again. Severus read the note several times, hardly daring to believe that it could actually be happening to him. Half of him was desperate to go to the library then, and wait the eleven hours until Lily would be there but his other half told him not to go at all, let alone early. He was going to need to prepare!
With his jaw set, James sat watching Lily, as if daring her to look round. As he began to grind his teeth, Sirius piped up, "All right, mate?"
"Not really. I just wore my heart on my sleeve for that ungrateful Evans, and she tried to make a fool out of me" James scowled.
"Forget her mate. Not worth it. Look at all this gorgeous girls just dying to go out with you" Sirius smiled at some girls in the class, who in shock, started projectile vomiting, so that class was dismissed so it could be cleared up. James contemplated following Lily, but Dumbledore had called back, just as several house elves ran full pelt in to clean up the classroom, overjoyed at extra work.
"I sense you have a problem, Lily" Dumbledore's eyes bored into her, gleaming with understanding yet still bearing the slightly amused look they never seemed to lose.
"Well, its a bit of a long story",she shrugged.
"You have an hour before Herbology and I have no prior engagements so let us share, hm?"
"Well, it started yesterday......." began Lily
".....and now, James Potter is persuing me, who I don't really hate, in fact I quite like him, but there is Severus too, and I can't decide if I really do like him, or whether its just pity," Lily blurted out.
Dumbledore gave a slight smile, "Ah, the joys of adolescence. I, of course, got through it alive but my brother, Aberforth, reacted quite strange although he was never normal." Dumbledore's beard twitched with what Lily assumed to be a smile.
"But what should I do, Professor?" Queried Lily.
"One must follow one's heart but must not be blinded by one persons appearance, because looks aren't everything, as Aberforth quite clearly showed after he removed his nose, and it re-appeared somewhere the sun doesn't generally reach."
Lily didn't know whether to shudder or giggle so opted for both.
"Thanks, Professor." Lily answered before setting off for her next class.
At 6.00pm, Severus was quite hysterical and had taken to walking around wringing his hands. He decided to work on his appearance before thinking about what he would say. He gazed in the mirror and saw just what James had called him, a greasy haired misery. Grabbing his shampoo and clean, black robes, he set off for the boys second floor bathroom, which was always quite deserted for no apparent reason. After washing his hair, and changing into fresh robes, he looked in the mirror and smiled. Ok, so he was no James or Sirius, but what he saw staring back was a perfectly good looking fifteen year old boy, with long, silky black hair and a decent smile. Feeling, for the first time in his life, quite optimistic, he set of to wait in the library.
Lily entered the library and saw the shadow of Severus in the corner. Breathing in deeply, she walked towards him. A sharp intake of breath occured when Severus stood up and smiled, something she had never seen him do before and his perfectly straight, black hair framed his face nicely. Regaining her senses, she sat down, Severus imitating her waiting for her to speak.
"Thanks for the apology", she finally mustered up the words to say,"It was much appreciated and I have to ask, is there something different about you?"
"No, and nor is there about you because you always look this beautiful" Severus replied, colour flushing in his cheeks, colour which had never before been there.
Lily blushed."Thanks, you're looking very good yourself. I just thought we could get together for a chat like" Lily paused, "like friends".
Severus looked taken aback so Lily quickly spoke up, "Of course, we don't have to be, I just thought...."
"No! Its just that, well, I've never had a friend before" Severus looked down.
"Well, I honestly can't understand why apart from the fact that you never try, never talk to anyone" Lily explained to him, trying to be careful about what she said.
"Its not that I don't want to, its just that I'm shy, well, until James and Sirius, then it was just anger".
"Them" replid Lily, hotly, "They think they are everything, except Remus. He's ok. You shouldn't let them bully you."
"I know, but I feel better knowing that I have a friend" Severus smiled. "I was wondering....."
"Yes?" Lily pushed quite hopeful.
"....if, um, if you wanted to study together?" He supplied.
"Oh,sure"Lily said, crestfallen.
"No, I didn't mean that!"
"You didn't" Lily asked, now confused.
"What I meant was, well, WillyougotoHogsmedewithme?" Severus blurted.
"I thought you'd never ask" Lily smiled.
