Morning light penetrated through Lily's curtains and awoke her from her drunken slumber. She tried opening her eyes and lifting her head at the same time but fell back onto the pillow with a groan and holding her head in agony.

"It's about time you got up." A deep voice commented from beside her. Lily vaguely recalled the voice but the overwhelming throbbing in her head prevented her from remembering.

"I brought you that potion I promised." The voice said. Lily's eyes quickly snapped open and she turned to her side to see Severus sitting on the beanbag chair she had by her bed. Lily slowly sat up in her bed, not taking her eyes off him.

"What are you doing here, Severus?" She asked as she wiped the sleep from her eyes and made a small attempt to fix her bed-hair. Severus looked pained by the question and stood up immediately.

"I'm just here to bring you this to you." he nervously said, stepping closer to her bed and genially placing a small vial, filled with a golden liquid, near her feet.

"Wait!" Lily called out when he reached for the door. Severus stood with his back against the door and looked at her with a curious expression. "What happened?"

"From the information I gathered from you last night, Petunia dragged you to a party and you got drunk." Lily nodded at the story to show she understood.

"And you brought me home?" she asked.

Severus nodded and answered, "Yes."

"Did my parents catch me?"

"Almost." He remarked. "But I convinced them you were throwing up because you had a stomach virus."

Lily broke out in a fit of laughter and Severus smiled.

"Well, thanks for keeping me safe and out of trouble." Lily said sincerely. "And for the potion. Hangover cure, I assume?"

"It is." Severus said. "Like I promised."

Lily nodded, again, and an awkward silence fell over them.

"Do you remember anything from last night?" Severus asked with hope laced in his voice.

Lily thought about it for a moment before breaking out in a nervous smile and replying, "Did I bother you?"

"No! Not at all." Severus sputtered out. "I was just wondering where we stand."

Playing with the vile of liquid between her hands, Lily mulled over his question.

"Are you aiming to be a death eater?" Lily asked stiffly with her lips pursed together and eyes focused on her hands.

"No." Severus stated simply without hesitation. He may not have meant it 100% but at this point the would have said or done anything to be in Lily's good graces.

Severus saw Lily's face instantly brighten. She quickly took the potion, jumped of bed wearing the clothes she had on the night before, and tightly wrapped her arms around him. He stood stiffly for a few seconds before carefully wrapping his arms around her.

"I just need you to be safe." Lily whispered in his chest. Severus gathered her closer.

"Lily?" His deep voice asked abruptly. Lily pulled away to see his face, but still held on to him. "Will you go out with me?"

Her mouth opened in shock.

"Are you serious?" She asked with a hint of excitement.

"I mean I completely understand if you say no or if-" Severus stuttered but was cut off by Lily's lips crashing upon his. The kiss only lasted a few seconds before Lily pulled back with a dazzling smile etched on her face.

"So are we official?" Severus asked as he rested his forehead upon hers. Lily rolled her stunning emerald green eyes and pulled him into another kiss by his neck.


As summer continued it's smoldering heat made being outside unbearable. Lily and Severus had tried lounging around the small lake near Spinner's End but left after 10 minutes of heat exhaustion. But on the bright side, Severus had the pleasure of seeing Lily in a bikini.

At the present, the couple were in Severus's bedroom. Lily's parent's were out and the two of them didn't want to deal with Petunia and Severus's parent's were gone.

"Presumably at the local pub." he grumbled to Lily.

They laid silently in his bed, staring up at his ceiling, just talking. Occasionally they stopped to snog, but for the most part it was just talking. Then Lily turned to her side to look at him and asked, "Did you get your letter, yet?"

"From who?" Severus turned on his side as well.

"Hogwarts." Lily stated in a 'matter-of fact' tone.

"Not yet." he replied. "Did you?"

Lily sighed and looked back towards the ceiling.

"No." she said. "And I'm so nervous to see my O.W.L. results."

Severus gave her a sympathetic smile as he gently removed a strand of her auburn colored hair out of her eyes.

"I'm positive you did perfectly fine." Severus reassured and placed a small peck on the top of her head. Lily smiled in content and rolled back on her side to look at him again.

"When did you become Mr. Sensitive?" Lily giggled and watched as his pale face started to heat up.

"Well, don't expect to see me like this with anyone else at that bloody school." He muttered in embarrassment. Lily smiled, placed her hands on both sides of his face, and slowly drew him close to her. Severus felt like he was floating when their lips tenderly touched again. He now understood why his fellow classmates were so obsessed with snogging. It was bloody brilliant, especially when your partner was the love of your life.

As the kiss was deepened, Severus could feel Lily's warm hands creep under his shirt and slowly tug it up by the hem. The kiss was broke, only for a moment, as Severus shirt came off, and resumed with Lily pushing him down on the bed and straddling his waist.

Severus tried to stifle a moan when he felt Lily slightly move her hips against his. Lily took notice and smiled against his lips. She then took his hands, that were safely placed on her hips, and guided them to remove her own shirt.

"Whoa." Severus said nervously and sat up, causing Lily to fall to the side. "I think we should stop."

"Why?" An out of breath Lily asked.

"Because we were getting closer to…" He paused for a moment. "You know,"

"And?" Lily drawled out with a hand motion. Severus rolled his eyes.

"Well I know I'm ready for this but are you?" He asked. "It's ok if you want to wait."

"I'm ready." She said with a smile.


Lily quietly turned the doorknob and tiptoed her way into the house, cringing every time she would walk over a floorboard that creaked.

It wasn't late, Lily guessed it was about 5 O'clock, and she knew that she be there before her parents.

She almost made it to the kitchen before she heard a shrill voice call out, "Where have you been all day!"

Turning around she saw Petunia coming down the stairwell, hands on hips, wearing an angry expression.

"I told you I was going to be with Sev." Lily said calmly. Petunia huffed and grabbed Lily's arm, pulling her into the kitchen.

"Lily, I don't think you should be around that grease-ball after what he called you." Petunia said hotly as she sat down at the table. Lily remained standing and crossed her arms.

"First of all, you don't even understand what that word means." Lily seethed. "Second, I forgave him. So it's all behind us now."

"Until he does it again." Petunia said bitterly. Lily's face started getting red and she could feel her hands start to shake with rage.

"It's not going to happen again because he loves me, Petunia, and we are now a couple." Lily fired back.

"What?" She yelled in bewilderment. Lily felt smug at her reaction and smiled.

"Severus and I are in a relationship." She repeated with more confidence. Petunia dropped her look of surprise and angry.

"Fine." She said. "But don't come crying to me when he messes up again."

Petunia stood up, brushed past her, and out of the kitchen.

"Don't worry, I won't!" Lily screamed at her back. No response came and Lily gave the refrigerator a swift kick in frustration.