Chapter Ten

"Yeah, so here it is," Severus said coolly, trying not to sound enthusiastic. He couldn't get his hopes up because he knew he was being really foolish. He opened the door, and Lily entered the Slytherin dorm room.

"So this is where the bad boys sleep," Lily murmered quietly, half- joking. He studied her. She was really taking this in, staring at the walls, the carpet, the mess of some of the sleeping areas.

The bad boys. Severus liked that.

She shook a finger, her hair shimmering. "Right, now don't tell me! I'm going to guess which bed's yours."

"Sure, good luck," he laughed.

Lily weaved in and out between the five canopy beds, looking at photographs, strewn clothing… She paused at Lucius Malfoy's bed. "Lord! Does this person think there's a maid here at Hogwarts?"

Severus' smile twinged.

"Don't tell me this is yours!"

He chuckled darkly at the unmade bed, the books and snacks every where. "Nope. Malfoy's."

"Oh." Lily got quiet, meeting Severus' gaze, but then said," it figures. Yuck."

She moved down to the end of the line. Snape's heard began beating. The smoothed out covers. Books stacked all over a small chest. Books upon the floor. No mirror. No photographs. Just drab.

She glanced at him. "Yours." It was a statement. She did not even have to confer. Lily sat upon the edge of the bed, where the canopy was slightly open. She bounced a little.

It was all Severus could do to not get excited. He looked away.

"I guessed!" she exclaimed. "Don't I get some sort of prize?"

He turned back. "Prize?" he said skeptically, fingers growing clammy.

"Yeah, you've got an awful lot of books here. I'll take one of them," she grinned.

Severus couldn't tell whether or not she was kidding. "Oh," he said, hoping the tone of disappointment was not all too large.

"I like it," she told him. "It's nice."

"What?" He was utterly lost now.

"Your bed," she declared, giggling. "Don't worry, I won't steal your books. Severus- what's wrong?"

He realised he'd been staring right through her, thinking. Thinking about everything.

Severus snapped out of his state and stepped closer to her. Her slender legs hung off the bed. She was poised leaning forward, her green eyed wide and inquiring.

"Could I… That is… Can I kiss you?" he asked, his voice quavering.

Lily stared at him in momentary silence. "That's the prize I really wanted," she said simply, and he bent over her. She raised up her face to meet him. He pulled his hands through her red bangs, and their lips met again.

They kissed harder, more passionately with each second. Severus' hands fumbled in Lily's hair- he undid the ponytail and the gleaming locks fell free around her shoulders. He stroked it thoroughly, his body pulsating.

Suddenly, Severus' hands fell upon her breasts. She looked up at him.

"Sorry!" he exclaimed, surprised at even himself.

"Don't be sorry," she whispered, and to his amazement, she unclasped her blouse and tossed it onto the floor.

Severus could not take it in quick enough. Her Gryffindor tie hung between her perfect breasts, kept enclosed in a silk bra. He kissed her vigorously, his hands moving back down to her chest. He softly began to feel her up.

Lily moaned gently, her lips making imprints on his cheek and neck.

Just like my dreams.

He fumbled with the back of her bra, so she assisted him, pulling it off with a brandish. His hands went around her breasts once more. He felt the nipples harden under his fingertips and breathed out.

She was undoing his shirt, pulling it off, feeling his naked chest with her hands. His Slytherin tie hung off of his neck as she backed up onto the bed, still sitting up. Severus followed her on his knees, and sat in front of her, kissed her again. His mouth slid down her chest and he moaned. He began drawing circles around her right nipple with his tongue.

Lily squirmed excitedly, pulling off her skirt and lying down, her perfect head upon his pillow, gazing up at him.

"Are you sure-" he began, scuttling off the bed and standing, shuffling with his pants zipper. He managed to pull off his trousers, his groin hardening more and more. "I don't know what I'm doing-"

She pulled down her panties and he was transfixed. He wanted all of her, now. He always had. And it was real.

He pulled off his own underpants with minor difficulties and stood quietly, wondering how much his ribs poked out and how scrawny he really was under all of that padding. Wondered if she thought he was gross because his chest was smooth.

Lily eyed him. Sat up, let her eyes wander down. "You," she said," are so… God, the other guys would kill for that-" he reddened slightly-" Severus, you don't realise how pretty you are."

He crept over her, planting a kiss on her lips which she returned.

"You don't know what pretty is, Lily Evans. Because you are gorgeous," he whispered. "So beautiful. And you and I, we don't even compare."

She seized him around the neck and held on, smiling. "Severus Snape," she began. "I'm so glad we got to know each other…"

"Me, too."

"Wait-" she said, and undid her tie. She did the same to him and then she wrapped her Gryffindor one around his neck. She placed his Slytherin tie around her own neck and smiled at him. "None of it matters at all now."

Severus looked amazedly at this woman. And as he took in what she had done, she grazed his cheek with her soft hand. He breathed in.

He knew it was time, and steadily, he put himself inside of her. His hands gripping the bedspread, he began to thrust slowly.

They were both panting, becoming louder and louder.

"Ow-" she cried at first, but then,"Ooh. Yes! Severus…" Her voice came out in breathless bursts as Severus went harder into her, and the room was becoming so many colours. Green and gold. Red and silver.

"Lily… Lily!" Her hands were weaving around him even more tightly, her body moving upward to fit him better.

He was yelling out her name, feeling absolutely blissful. And when it all rose to a crescendo- the room was circling around them, she was gripping his chest and calling him- and he came into her, it was better than he had ever imagined.

He collapsed beside her and pulled up the comforter. He wrapped his arms around her shoulders.

So this is why all of the couples are so happy. Don't think I can blame them anymore.

She kissed his cheek, and they drifted off together, their ties twisted together. The colours looked lovely.