Severus spent lots of time trying to look his best for Lily. He washed his robes every day until the ball. He washed his hair, shockingly (jk). On Christmas day, Severus received only 1 present. From his mom and dad. It was a box of homemade pies. He smiled even though he was really sad. But tonight was the night. To finally impress Lily Evans. To make her fall in love with him. He went down to the Great Hall, ate breakfast, went back upstairs, and kept to himself until tonight. Lucius came in, his prefect badge shining, holding a box of presents.

"Hey, Sev. My parents gave me all of this!" He dumped the lot on his bed, revealing at least 20 or 30 gifts.

"That's nice." Lucius saw that Severus didn't care about how many gifts he got, so he left. He was staring at the clock. It was 1:00. Only 7 more hours to go. He paced in his room for about 2 more hours. "Maybe if I take a nap, time will go by." He laid down on the bed, and slept. When he awoke, it was almost 8:30. He lept out of bed, quickly changed and ran down to the Gryffindor common room. He found her, sitting by the portrait of the Fat Lady.

"Evans!"

"Oh. Only 30 minutes late." She said coldly.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry! I fell asleep and... ARGHHH!" He was very nervous.

"I'm just kidding."

"Before I forget." He said. "Here, it's for you." He handed his flowers.

"Oh, Severus! They're beautiful. Let me put this in common room real quick." She ran back inside and put in water and ran back out. "Let's go!"


He took her arm, blushing of course and walked down to the Great Hall. They were walking and then a rat came out of nowhere. Severus tried to avoid it, but tripped, flat on his face on the cold, hard floor. He got up. There was a red mark on his forehead. Everyone was freaking out and the rat ran into the transfiguration classroom. Dumbledore came in to find Peter.

"Oh my god! Professor Dumbledore, kill it!" A student said, screaming. "EEEEW! Rats are so disgusting!

"Mr. Pettigrew? Did you see a rat?" He asked, kindly.

"Oh, yes. But I let him out." Peter replied. Dumbledore nodded and everyone went back into the Great Hall.

"Stupid Pettigrew. He should've killed it." A girl muttered. "It might eat us in our sleep.

"Are you ok, Sev?" Lily asked, taking out a damp towelette and patting the red mark. This guy blushes way too much. He was blushing now. He pushed her hand away.

"I'm fine. Let's just go." He grabbed her hand and led her into the Great Hall. James and Sirius were sitting by the buffet.

"Let's dance, Severus!" She grabbed his hand this time and took him onto the dance floor. He put his hand on her waist and held her hand. He had very nervous expression on his face. They slow danced for a bit. Sirius was smirking. He held up his wand.

"Wingardium Leviosa!" The punch bowl was floating over Severus's head. Sirius let it go and it splashed over his robes. They stopped dancing and walked back to the buffet. Carie Smith was there.

"Here, sit here." Severus sat down. There was a squish. It was glue. He got up, to find glue all over his bottom.

"Ooops, sorry." James said, laughing. "Here ya go." He tossed a barrel of feathers on him. "Now it's a bird!" Everyone was laughing.

"Hey, Sev! I need to write a note to my mom." A boy said.

"So?"

"So, you're an owl! Deliver it!" People were laughing. All except for Remus, Peter, and Lily. Severus ran out of the Great Hall and up to his dorms. He spent 2 hours in the shower, trying to get the punch smell out. After that... he lay in his bed, crying.

"My only chance to impress Lily, and that Potter ruined all of it." He thought, wiping his tears away. Suddenly an owl came through the window and landed on his bed. It had a note. He took it.

"A note?" He opened it up.

"'Dear Severus,

Even though Potter did all those horrible pranks against you, I had such a good time with you tonight. I hope we could do this again someday. You're the nicest guy I've ever met. I knew you wouldn't come down so I wrote this letter, using my owl. Please, come down so I can talk to you. One on one. Again I would like to thank you for such a wonderful time. That Potter is just so immature. Him and that Sirius. I've got nothing against Peter or Remus. They are both very nice. If you haven't noticed, neither one of them ever laughed at you."'

Lots of Love,

Lily.

After reading this letter, Severus had a smile on his face. The girl he had loved for so long, had fun with him. Lucius Malfoy came in, with a frown.

"I told you going with that Mudblood was going to ruin your life." He said, arms crossed. "I can't believe you, Sev."

"Look, does it matter? Who I hang out with? She's my friend. To tell you the truth I lo---" He stopped, dead in his tracks. "I was about to tell him I loved her." He thought. Lucius had a smile.

"You love her?" He repeated with a smirk. "You love a mudblood?" Severus face turned from pale to red.

"No! No!" He yelled. "I don't, I don't!"

"Then prove it. Call her a mudblood. If you don't do it, I'll tell everybody you love her."

"But... I can't hurt her like that. I just can't."

"So, you do love her. Cissy and Bella are going to get a kick out of this."

"No... I'll do it." He replied.