After speaking with her own students and sending them to bed that evening, Lila decided to set out and find Harry Potter. The corridors were empty as she headed for the Gryffindor common room. Snape was on his way back to his room from Dumbledore's office when he saw Lila walking down the hallway towards him. They were the only two around.
"Hi," she said as they approached one another.
He nodded at her as he passed. He wanted to turn around and hold her, but he knew that was not acceptable behavior for their situation.
She watched him walk past and felt sorry for the man. She never meant to discourage him, "where are you going? You can't even say hello to me?"
He stopped and turned around to face her.
"I don't want things to be like this, Severus. I don't want you to only nod at me when we see each other."
He waited for her to say something worthwhile.
She started playing with her hands and looked down at them, "I don't even know if you care to hear this, but I thought a lot about you this summer," she looked at him now to try and gauge his expression. "I thought a lot about how we ended things, and I don't mean last year." She walked over to him slowly, "do you regret it, Sev?"
He wrapped his arms around her as she did the same placing her chin on his shoulder, "more than you'll ever know."
Tears filled her eyes as he held her for a while. She thought about his response and how much he loved her. But not even how much he loved her right then, how much he always loved her. How much he probably thought about her after she graduated and how happy he must have been when they revived their relationship last year. And she had been happy too. With Crouch Jr. out of the way, what was stopping them from carrying on with their relationship? Nothing.
As he released her she wiped tears from her eyes. He was thwarted with himself for his past actions which caused her to cry many more times than just now.
"I have to get going," Lila said as she walked past him.
He watched her leave before returning to his room.
Writer's note: Okay so I think I'm going to upload one chapter every Saturday and Wednesday(this might change to Tuesday). This chapter is kinda slow and vague, but next chapter should be interesting. Thanks for reading! :)