Back at Hogwarts, Lila was drunk. They had arrived back at the castle many hours later and were walking, or stumbling, to Lila's chamber. Severus only had one drink that evening, but the same could not be said for Lila who was using Severus as a crutch as they walked. Severus was not disappointed in her drinking. He was still experiencing the light cheerfulness he felt back at the parlor.

Lila was humming the tune they had danced to that evening and trying to get Snape to dance with her through the empty Hogwarts halls. He thought she was friendly teasing and therefore resisted dancing. She kept pestering him, asking him to twirl her and dance.

Severus finally gave in. He took Lila by her waist and dipped her. It wasn't hard because of how light she was. Her hands were wrapped around his neck as they kissed. Right there, in the Hogwarts hallway, they were kissing.

The couple reached at Lila's room and she was reluctant to leave him for the evening. "Stay with me," she begged.

"You know I cannot do that." Although she was drunk, she was still so very lovely.

"Why not Severus? I thought you were just starting to like me again." She flashed him a playful smile.

"Get some rest." He kissed her goodnight on the forehead and departed for his room.

Lila was sad to see him go. She truly wanted to spend more time with him.

One hour later, there was a knock at Snape's door. He hadn't gone to bed yet. He was up doing paper work. He stood up to answer the door. It was Lila still in the dress she wore out, but her hair was let down now. It was messy, but not a bad sort of messy, it still looked pleasing. "I told you to get some rest."

To anyone else but Lila, they might have thought Snape was telling them to go away, but Lila understood Snape and knew he was only saying that because he cared about her well-being. "I can't sleep." She let herself in, walking past his desk, headed to his bedroom.

"There are charms for that, Lily." He was beginning to doubt her capability at being a charms professor. She couldn't cast a sleep charm on herself. Not only that, but she could never produce- His train of thought was cut off by what she said next.

She turned her body half way around and looked at him. "What did you just call me?" She hated nothing more than being called Lily. It made her feel like he was always thinking of someone else.

Disregarding her question, he demanded, "you cannot stay here, it is against school rules."

She marched over to him with a heated look on her face, "you know what else is against school rules?" she said in a derogatory manor. She didn't mean to bring it up, but she was drunk and he had made the mistake of calling her Lily, so why couldn't she take a dig at him?

He stopped her before she could answer her own question. He knew what she was getting at. "I'm sorry. Please stay." He never meant to upset her.

She put her arms around Severus. She was pleased to hear him apologize. "I don't like it when you call me that, Sev." Lila had used the name Sev to refer to Severus back when she attended Hogwarts, without realizing his sentimental attachment to the name. He had always allowed her to use it.

He was happy to hear her call him that. The two went to bed. Lila climbed in first and waited for Severus when he pointed out that she couldn't wear her cocktail dress to bed. "I'll conjure up some pajamas for you." Severus drew the outline of her perfectly.

She grabbed the clothes. "Promise not to look?" she said innocently.

Severus sat down on the bed facing the other way. They had their back turned towards each other as Lila took off her dress. Severus turned around for just a quick glance without Lila noticing.

"Good night," she said as she climbed into bed a second time. Severus lied down next to her, under the covers. Lila moved into Sev's arms and instantly fell asleep.