By breakfast the next day, the entire school knew that Lily Evans had given Severus Snape back his ring, and that Lily was now with James Potter.
Snape sat in the dark for hours, mourning his loss. Far from handsome, Snape had turned pale, with a greasy appearance, hatred and bitterness gleaming in his eyes.
Lily, on the other hand, could never have been happier in her life. When she had told Snape that she was in love with someone else, she had not only admitted to Snape, but to herself, that she loved James Potter.
He, of course, had loved her all along. He could not believe she had fallen in love with him so easily, and saw this as a sign that their relationship was meant to be. He had finally stopped torturing Snape, and by becoming her friend, she had fallen for him. He loved her.
A few days after Lily broke up with Snape, James ran into Snape himself in the hallway. James could immediately tell that the loss has effected Snape more that ne could ever have imagined. But Snape did not say anything to James, on the contrary, he acted as though James were invisible and kept walking. Somehow, James felt unsettled by this.
But N.E.W.T.s were coming up and all concentration was directed to those essential exams.
But the exams went by smoothly, and now they could relax, awaiting the day they graduated.
Lily and James both know that they would eventually marry, and this make their hearts jump with excitement. All was well- for now.