Don't know how I got the idea for this story, but I hope you enjoy it:)

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Eclaire Stones: I try to upload a chapter every week, but I can't promise it. I love writing this story, but sometimes it takes a while before I get ideas...

flame55: I'm glad you like it:)

TheAngelofIego: I was planning on focusing it more on Lily/Snape, but since Harry and Lily are now 'together' I thought, I'd like to write about them.

It was half of November when I made my way to the Quidditch Pitch for the first match of the season, Gryffindor vs. Slytherin. I joined Hermione and Hagrid on the stands as the two teams walked onto the field. I saw Harry and Slytherin's captain shaking hands, obviously trying to crush each others hands. The two teams mounted their brooms and as Madame Hooch blew on her whistle they kicked off from the frozen ground. Ginny took hold of the Quaffle, it didn't take more then one minute before she scored the first ten points for Gryffindor. I celebrated the point with the rest of Gryffindor, Hufflepuf and Ravenclaw, only the Slytherins didn't join us in our celebration. I looked over the stands and spotted Snape sitting along the teachers, he was still ignoring me, how on earth could I get closer to that man?

Everybody sat down again to follow the game, but I didn't, I kept on looking to Snape, it seems like he must have felt it because I saw him looking around to find the person who was looking at him. I was about to look away when his eyes met mine, everything around me seemed to fade away as we stared in each others eyes. It must have been only a second or two, but it seemed so much longer. He looked away, just in time to dodge out of Ginny's way as she made her way to the teacher stands and crashed into it.

I looked around in the hope to understand why she did it when I saw the rest of the Gryffindor team around Harry who was holding the Snitch in his hand. The rest of Gryffindor was shouting around me 'Weasley is our King' and dancing together.

I joined them as we left the stands as Hermione and I waited outside of the changing room, when only Harry and Ron were left, we entered. She looked quite angry at Harry, "I want a word with you, Harry."

She took a deep breath, "You shouldn't have done it. You heard Slughorn, it's illegal."

"What are you going to do, turn us in?", Ron asked. "You were quite lucky today, Ron", I joked. Ron looked from me, to Hermione and then to Harry.

"What are you talking about?", Harry said, while he turned away from us, hanging up his robes.

"You know perfectly well what we're talking about!", Hermione said angry, "You spiked Ron's juice with lucky potion at breakfast! Felix Felicis!"

I looked at her, "Hermione, are you sure –"

"I am damn sure about it, Elisabeth, I saw it with my own eyes!", Hermione shrilled.

"Els is right", Harry said, "I didn't spike Ron's juice."

"Yes you did, Harry, and that's why everything went right, there were Slytherin players missing and Ron saved everything!"

"I said, I didn't put it in", Harry said, showing a sealed bottle to Hermione, "I wanted Ron to think I'd done it, so I faked it when you were looking", he put the vial away, "Ron saved everything because he felt lucky. He did it all by himself."

"So, there really wasn't anything in my pumpkin juice?", Ron said.

Harry shook his head, "Not a drop."

"You added Felix Felicis to Ron's juice this morning, that's why he saved everything! See! I can save goals without help, Hermione!", Ron said, in a perfect imitation of Hermione's voice.

"I never said you couldn't – Ron, you thought you'd been given it, too!"

But Ron already strode past her out of the door, I looked at them, "Er, shall we go to the party then?"

"You go!", Hermione said, "I'm sick of Ron at the moment!" And she stormed out of the changing room.

Harry looked at Ron and me, "Well, we'd better go to the party, they probably miss us."

I nodded and together we walked back to the castle. As we reached the seventh floor, I saw some black robes disappearing in front of me, "You go ahead, there's something I have to do guys", I said, Harry, Ron and Hermione looked at me, "Don't take to long, Els, I bet Fred and George have a lot of food from the kitchens", Ron said, I nodded.

"I will be there in a minute."

They turned left to the Fat Lady as I made my way to the Astronomy Tower, I spotted Snape sitting with his back to me, looking over the grounds. I slowly made my way over to him as I cleared my throat, "Professor – ?" He turned around, "Oh, It's you, why are you not in your Common Room, celebrating with the rest of your House", he said with the emphasis on 'your'.

I sat next to him, "Too much noise, and probably too much drunk people in half an hour, I never liked it, most of the time I go here, it's quite and peaceful up here." From the corner of my eye I saw him looking at me, but I pretended not to notice, "What about you, Professor, why are you up here?"

"Me? I just want to avoid McGonagall, knowing her she would keep on talking about it until I go mad, she always does."

"Sir, may I asked you something?", I said.

He grumbled, "You just did, you know, but go on."

"Why are you ignoring me, sir, even in the classes you ignore me." I looked at him, hoping he would tell me.

He sighed and buried his face in his hands, "It's – it's because I am confused, I never let anybody near me after what happened the last time I cared about someone, but somehow you just went right through my walls, so I tried to keep a distance from you."

"Oh…", was the only thing I managed to bring out.

"But what I am curios about", Snape continued, "Is why you are trying to get close to me, I am not social, I am nasty to all student who are not in Slytherin, especially Gryffindors like yourself and most of the people know I use to be a Death Eater. So my question to you is why?"

"I think it's because you try to push everyone away, I have the feeling that you are so much more then you pretend to be. You act like a git, but for some reason I know that you can be different and I am curious about that side of you."

He looked at me in unbelief, "There has been one more person then you who said that to me, and she died a long time ago, she said it in exactly the same words."

Damn, I should have remembered that, I said to myself, "Who sir?", he looked angry at me, and I already regretted asking him, but it seems like there was no reason for my fear.

"When I was a student myself on Hogwarts, I had one close friend. She always saw the positive sides of people, even if they acted nasty to other people. She was the only one I could really talk to, I didn't got along with the other Slytherins in my first couple of years in Hogwarts, but she was always there for me. But then I insulted her, again, and we never spoke again after that day. It wasn't until then I realized how much she meant to me, but I blow all my chances, and now she's dead, so I can never tell her what she means to me."

He sighed heavy and closed his eyes. I knew he was talking about me, well when I was Lily Evans, I had never known that he cared about me so deeply, I now whished I had acted different that faithful day in our Fifth year, but there's no way I can change what happened in the past, even if I could travel back in time, it would probably mean that I would change to much.

"I am sorry I asked you about it, Sir", I said, I carefully laid my hand on his arm, "But I am sure she can hear you, I think she's somewhere up there, and looks at you, and I am sure she doesn't want to see you suffer so much, because of her." It was true, if I had known it before… We spent so much time together when we were younger, I didn't even care about the insult any more, even if I was dead, I wouldn't want him to suffer so much because of me!

He looked at me, "How do you know that?"

I shrugged, "It's just a feeling, probably the thing they call 'woman's intuition', we just know things."

I stood up, "I think I'd better go to the Common Room, before everybody gets drunk, Good Evening, Sir."

Snape stood up also, "Good evening, Miss Vinyal, good luck with you House mates, knowing them it's though to keep them of the alcohol."

I stood there for a moment, debating what I should do, but then I stepped towards him and gave him a hug, "It was nice talking to you, sir."

As I left the Astronomy Tower I heard behind me, "Thank you for listening to me, Miss Vinyal." A little smile appeared on my face, but it disappeared quickly again when I thought about the drunken Gryffindors in the Common Room.

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