Harry wandered through the halls tiredly. He had been released from the infirmary early due to his fast healing.

It seemed he always healed fast.

Nothing wrong with that I suppose. He sighed.

Vaguely, he remembered the time he had broken his arm – James had tried to Levitate him down the stairs – it had taken less time then a normal wizard to heal. He was odd like that.

He ached though, his muscles protesting with every step he took. And he had no idea why he had been in the infirmary in the first place, one minute he was with Remus and Sirius, the next he was waking up in a hospital bed.

Harry missed Severus though, that thought was predominant. Even though the older teen was a right prat to him, he still had warm feelings towards him. Perhaps not love, but something close to it.

What is love anyway? He mused.

After watching Remus and Sirius, he supposed that was love. James also loved Lily, and when they finally realized they were meant to be together, perhaps their relationship would resemble love too.

But for now, Harry was left guessing as to what love felt like. He wanted to know for sure if he truly loved Severus, he was turning his back on everything by going out with the dark Slytherin after all.

Maybe there really isn't love in the world. Maybe everyone just made up this
grand emotion. He scuffed his foot, the slight sound echoing into the
silence.

"Maybe I do love him, and I just don't know." He sighed.

"Who do you love?"

Harry yelped and fell over as he tripped in shock. "Ow." He groaned from the floor. "It's definitely not you."

Lily giggled lightly. "I'm sorry, are you alright?" She held out her hand.

The young wizard grimaced, scowling at the hand as he took it and hefted himself to his feet. "I'm fine, nothing wounded but my pride."

"What is it with boys and pride?" She smiled.

Harry straightened his shoulders. "I don't know about Gryffindor boys, but we Slytherins must be the best at everything we do." He shrugged and deflated. "At least that's what all the seventh years tell us."

"That's silly." Lily laughed.

"Mm." Harry shrugged again.

The quick sound of hurried footsteps interrupted their silence and echoed from down the corridor, both turned curiously. Harry recognized the figures first and allowed a small smile to show.

"Hey James, what are – "

"Get away from her Harry!" James barked angrily.

Harry frowned. "What? Why?" He glanced toward Lily who shrugged beside him.

"She was acting like a hag earlier." Sirius growled, stepping up beside James. "Throwing herself on Malfoy of all people."

"What?" Lily gasped. "How dare you!"

"You were the one pushing us around." Sirius retorted.

"I would never sink as low as Lucius Malfoy, that's just disgusting."

Remus remained silent, brooding. Harry looked toward him in question.

"Lily," Remus caught her attention. "Have you been around Severus at all today?" He asked.

The witch frowned. "What kind of question is that?" She shook her head, displacing a few strands of red. "I haven't seen him at all today."

Remus nodded. "That's what I thought. James, I'm not sure the "Lily" we saw earlier was the real one." He turned toward his friend.

James frowned. "What do you mean?"

"Yeah Moony, are you trying to say that there are two Lily's running about?"

The tawny head nodded. "That's exactly what I'm saying Padfoot."

"I don't know." James seemed reluctant.

"Remus is right." Sirius admitted. "She doesn't have on the same clothes as the other Lily. The other one was wearing this horrid green sweater."

James frowned. "That's still not enough proof."

Remus fidgeted in front of Lily. "That's the reason why I asked if she had been with Snape at all." He glanced away. "The Lily we met up with earlier smelt like Snape."

"That's why you were sneezing, isn't it!" Sirius said excitedly.

The werewolf nodded.

"I knew Malfoy was up to no good." James growled. "There's no doubt about it now, Snape and Malfoy are plotting together."

"What are we going to do about it?" Sirius perked up.

Harry grimaced. Severus did something nasty to them while I was gone? This is all we need. He groaned silently.

James moved away from their odd group. "We're going to go find them and kick their arse."

Sirius cheered, quickly pushing past Harry and Lily to stand beside his leader.

"Er, James, maybe you shouldn't." Harry bit his lip.

Narrowed eyes turned toward the younger wizard. "I'm tired of them Harry, this time we're going to put them in their place."

Lily snorted. "You three are just as bad as they are, even without poor Peter following you about." Harry nodded enthusiastically beside her.

The elder Potter scowled. "We're going to do this whether you like it or not."

Harry stiffened. "I have to go." He said hurriedly.

"What?" Lily frowned. "But Harry, where – "

He didn't wait for their reaction as he waved over his shoulder. "Bye!"

"He's up to something." Sirius murmured, James nodded as he suspiciously watched his brother running down the hall.

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"What did you do to them?" Harry cried.

He stood before Severus, after having run through Hogwarts as fast as he could. Severus on the other hand, stared at him with a look of disgust.

"What?" He spat.

"James and his friends, what did you do?" Harry panted. "They're pissed, and they seem to think you're to blame."

If Severus looked a bit pale, Harry couldn't say, but he did remain silent, thoughtful.

"I see." He finally shrugged.

"That's it? You see?" Harry crossed his arms angrily. "Did you do something to them or not?"

There was a haughty smirk. "If I did, what would you do about it?"

"Well, I would…" He huffed. "That's not the point."

"I think it is." Severus turned his attention away.

"Sev." Harry whined.

Severus grimaced. "You behave like such a child."

Harry pouted. "Sorry, but I still am."

"Indeed." Severus scoffed. "Why I even bother with you I can't say."

"Don't be mean Severus; I just want to spend time with you."

"Well I don't, now go away."

Harry became quiet for a moment and Severus believed he would finally leave him be. He was getting used to the silence when it was once more broken.

"Severus, why was Lily with Lucius earlier?" Harry frowned. "I thought I was the only Slytherin she tolerated."

"I don't claim to know how the female mind works Harry." He replied with little patience.

Harry nodded slightly. "I suppose…but James said he had seen them together, and I had been with her for – "

He was silenced as Severus leaned forward and pressed their lips together. Harry allowed his body to melt into the kiss, his train of thought effectively thrown out the window.

Severus pulled Harry onto his lap, the latter eagerly straddling his waist and never breaking their kiss. Their tongues twined and twisted around each other as their lips remained meshed. The heat between the two wizards was rising and Harry shifted as his young body responded to the attention.

Finally Severus pulled away, eyes lidded as he regarded the wizard perched upon his lap.

"You should take care of that." He whispered, before pushing Harry onto the floor and walking away.

Harry's mouth dropped in shock as he stared after his boyfriend. Then it suddenly hit him that Severus had left him.

"Severus!"

AN: Er...I'm starting to see howI might be making Harry a bit of a..."Hufflepuff" as some people have told me. ButI can't help it! I'll um, work on it...I'll try, 'cus he's acting too happy for the situation. But thank u everyone! I luv u, really I do,I get so happy whenI read your reviews!

-Red