Severus awoke in the morning, as he heard a few others in the room talking rather loudly. He rolled over out of bed and slipped on his robes, quickly running down to the Great Hall for breakfast. When he arrived at the Slytherin table, he sat down next to Narcissa and looked around.
"Where's Lucius?" He asked, taking a bite of one of the eggs that appeared in front of him, "He is usually here at this time."
"Been busy, doing God knows what," She said rather irritably, reading her copy of the Daily Prophet. "Nothing but rubbish in here, I'm surprised the bloody owl still delivers it to me."
She gave a nasty look to an owl that was cleaning its feather towards the end of the table.
Severus snorted; Narcissa had a short-temper that kept him entertained, especially when she hexed James Potter a few years back. As he remembered Potter, his eyes lingered over to the Gryffindor table, where he saw Potter no where in sight. But when he glimpsed a red-headed girl leaving the room, his heart skipped a beat.
"What's wrong with you?" A voice snapped as they threw their books down on the table. It was Avery, looking rather disgusted and tired as he sat down.
Severus shook his head and looked down at his plate, his hair hanging in his face. "I-I think I need to be going, I've forgotten about something." He got up quickly and ran across the room, throwing open the door and looking around for a red-headed figure. He saw Lily going up in the next corridor and ran after as fast as he could, a sharp pain hitting him in his side. He didn't know exactly what he was doing, or why he was running after her, but something inside him told it was right.
After a few moments she disappeared and he looked around, loosing all hope. He slammed his fist into the wall and let out a groan of frustration.
Peeves flew over head, cackling loudly, "Snivelly, Snivelly, how do you do?" The ghost began throwing pieces of what seemed like gravel at his head.
"Quit it," Severus snarled, pulling out his wand as the ghost cackled some more and flew through the next wall. Sev leaned up against the wall and rested on it, feeling tired and exhausted. He turned his head, hoping maybe Lily would come over and greet him, but he heard nothing except for talking and laughter a few corridors below.
And out of nowhere, came James Potter down the hallway with Sirius Black.
"And then he was standing in front of everyone in his skivvies!" James said loudly, as Sirius let out a howl of laughter. They were both laughing but stopped suddenly when James felt a wand thrust into the side of his throat.
"Shut your face, Potter," Severus growled in a quiet tone, "Nobody wants to hear your stupid voice this early in the morning.
Sirius opened to say something but Snape turned his wand on him and yelled, rather loudly, "Petrificus Totalus!" and Black's body locked up, falling into a heap on the floor.
"Now I've got you by yourself, with none of your little friends to help," Severus said in James ear, shoving his wand in the side of his neck even more.
James let out a small laugh, "Wow, Snivellus, when did you become so physical?"
Next thing Severus knew, there was a sharp pain in his left eye.
Potter had punched him in the face.
"Why you foul little-" Severus was cut off by a girl yelling fiercely from behind.
They both turned around to see Lily holding her wand up at both of them, a look of fury in her beautiful green eyes. "Both of you quit it, and I saw what you've done James, you little cockroach!"
She waved her wand and James went flying backward, unconscious.
Severus opened his mouth in sheer shock, wanting to thank her, but she turned on him as well, "What do you think your doing up here? Trying to find some more muggle-borns to torture?"
"No I…" he stopped. She was still angry with him, despite hexing her own boyfriend. "I… Lily, please listen, I didn't mean…"
She shook her head and took a step closer to him, lowering her just a little but lowered it fully when she realized Snape wasn't going to do anything to her. She seemed to look more beautiful than ever, her features growing more mature as she aged.
"Lily, it's been so long…" Severus started.
"Don't start up on that," she snapped. "Look, I'm just doing you a favor. I mean…" she stopped for a moment, looked down at her shoes then returned her gaze into his black eyes. "I just wish you were still my friend."
Severus looked away from her in shame, "I'm sorry. I've betrayed you… I don't deserve…"
She cut him off once more, "No. Its fine, I suppose I could give you another chance. Why don't we go out to the grounds, for old time's sake?"
He raised his eyebrows, looking at her, shocked, and spoke, "Say wha--? Are you asking me to come with you?"
Lily smiled a little, "Of course, silly."
"But I… we don't… You're still…"
She took his hand and laughed, Severus felt nervous.
"I- I can't. Maybe another time?"
Lily looked at him in disbelief. She thought for sure that he would've wanted to go with her, but she slightly suspected he would not. "I guess, I mean, see you later?"
He nodded, and turned around, stepping over Potter and Black as he walked. Severus looked behind him at Lily before continuing.
Later that day, he headed off to the Quidditch pitch with a few other Slytherins to watch the Slytherins practice. The actual match would be the following day, against Gryffindor. As he took a seat in the stands, the Slytherin captain called up at him, "HEY SNAPE!"
He looked down, wondering what he wanted. He gave him a look of question.
"Care to take the spot of keeper? Malfoy's out sick!"
Severus' eyes opened wide. He walked down nervously to the pitch and walked up to the captain. "Why me? I… I've never played Quidditch."
"You'll be fine. Here, take this broom," he handed over a spare broom and Snape mounted it.
He flew off into the sky towards the goal posts and stopped when he reached them. He looked down at his fellow Slytherins, and swallowed. He had never tried this before, but all knew was that he had to stop the quaffle if it came near him.
Easy enough, he thought to himself.
One of the players came sprinting toward him quickly and Severus' eyes widened. He thought the quaffle went to the left but his team mate sprang back and threw it right in the middle. He slipped off the side of his broom and almost fell, but swung back on.
There was a roar of laughter from some of them, and he felt his cheeks turn hot. Severus shook his head and flew back to the middle post, looking determined, his hands sweating as he gripped the broom.
Out of nowhere, he had seen a boy in red robes come flying from the distance, a long with a few others.
"Potter?!" Severus screamed loudly, "What are you d-"
But before he could say anything else there was a sharp pain that came to his side and he felt him self falling further and further down. And the next thing he knew, he opened his eyes and saw Lily Evans at his bedside.
"W-what the hell happened?" Snape said, sitting up right and howling at the pain in his side.
Lily looked worried, and tired.
"It was Potter, wasn't it? If I see him again I swear…"
"Actually it was Black, I guess he was a little angry because of earlier," Lily replied. "Your ribs should be mended soon, and after, would you like to take a walk?"
Severus felt his stomach do back flips.
"Yes," he said louder than he would've liked.
After about an hour or so, he was released from the hospital wing and walking slowly with the love of his life. The time they spent together was pure bliss, he couldn't ask for anything better. It was as if anything else in the world did not matter, and all was well. If the world were to end now, he would have died happy. As they walked he examined the hall ways, full of old memories of when they were younger, and didn't care what others thought. Now, people would give them dodgy looks and they would feel their stomachs churn and their faces turn red.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" Lily said, looking around at all of the portraits, "Old, but beautiful. Ancient, and historic, I love it."
Severus nodded, he agreed. They both came to stop and he realized they were standing in front of the portrait of the Fat Lady. "I… I can't go in there!"
Lily laughed, "Of course you can! I'll bring you in if I'd like, plus everyone is off in the grounds."
She said the password and they both walked in. She was right, there was no one in the common room, and she lead the way up to the girl's dormitories. The place was much different than the common room in the dungeons, much brighter and happier.
"It's a bit depressing, staying down in the dungeons all the time, isn't it?" She asked.
He shrugged; he was so used to it that it didn't even really matter to him anymore. Dark and mysterious expressed his moods as of late, and he really did not care. "I suppose, I kind of like it in here though. Not too shabby."
She smiled, sitting down on her bed, offering him a seat next to her. He sat quietly and looked her right in the eyes and gave a small smile back at her.
"I've missed you," he mumbled, clearing his throat afterward and straightening his tie nervously, "I mean. I've missed you a lot," he said more clearly this time.
Her cheeks turned a light shade of pink, and at that exact moment Severus found himself wanting to kiss her, hold her, like he's always dreamed. But he never had the courage.
"I've missed you too. After what happened, I felt like a part of my life had disappeared..." She looked him straight in the eye.
"I… I don't know what to say. I feel great remorse from what I've said to you, no words could explain the apologies I would like to give you," he said. She could tell he was not lying. Lily knew him too well and this is why she forgave him so easily.
"I know," she whispered, wrapping her arms around him and pulling him into an embrace, her head lowering to rest upon his chest.
Slowly, Severus wrapped his arms around her in return and gave her a short rub on her back.
They stayed there for quite some time, he did not know if it was for an hour, or even one minute. However long it was, it did not seem to last long enough when she pulled away abruptly.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
She shook her head, "I… I don't know."
Severus looked down immediately; the marks on his arms were showing. He covered them quickly, his heart beat going ten times faster. "It's nothing, I swear."
"I don't believe you," she retorted.
"Of course you don't," he said, scoffing slightly.
She looked as if she was about to start bawling. "Oh, Severus!" she cried, flinging herself onto him, pulling him into another tight embrace.
Her hand reached down slowly to stroke the marks on his arm, and he pulled away from her slightly, enough to look her straight in the face, only inches away from his own.
"Don't touch them," Severus said softly. She could feel the breath from his voice against her cheek. A shiver went down her spine.
She looked away from the mark, a tear falling quite close to it. Her nose almost brushed against his crooked one, and she turned away, more tears falling.
"Lily-" he did not know what to say. He pulled her into another hug and leaned against the bed post as she cried softly. "Lily, there's no reason to cry."
"Who did this to you?" She asked, through tears.
He shook his head, looking out of the window where he could see the clouds quite clearly. Severus cleared his throat, "I will tell you another time. But for now, please forget what you've seen. Spend time with me, for Merlin knows how much longer we have together, with all that we have wasted."
She nodded. She knew that he was right. They had wasted too much time, and with the way life goes, nobody knew how much longer they might have. She rested her head on his chest and spread herself out on the bed. She looked up into his eyes, the emerald gleaming in the evening horizon that shone through the window.
Severus looked down, wanting now more than ever to kiss her. Instinctively, he leaned his head down, brushing his lips against hers, and they paused. He looked at her for only a moment and kissed her, his eyes closing gently.
The boy felt her hand come up to touch his cheek as they kissed, and she opened her mouth slightly to allow his tongue to gain access. He did so, twirling hers with his own, letting his hand wander down from his side to her chest, right above her bosom.
"Severus," she gasped, allowing him to lie next to her, their bodies pressing together as they entwined and snogged.
He moved his arm from her chest to rest over her waist and wrapped his leg over hers and continued to kiss her with all the passion he had kept inside for so many years. Severus felt proud of himself; she seemed to be enjoying it as much as he was. His only hope was that she was feeling the same way about it.
She leaned closer in, hungry for his kiss as they continued, her grasp tightened on his robes by his shoulder. He moved away from her mouth, kissing her neck and sucking gently. She let out a quiet moan at this and Severus felt his body go stiff. He looked to see if he had left a mark and sure enough there was.
He smirked to himself knowing Lily did not see, for she began to kiss along his jaw, and returned to his mouth and pulled him down with her, as her hand grazed over his belt buckle and went up his shirt and moved forward to feel his bare chest.
Severus let out a gasp, loosing all control as his hands wandered aimlessly to feel at her chest. She did not seem to mind for she began to run her hand across his nipples before moving to his belt buckle, undoing it slowly.
He did not deny, for anything Lily gave him was a sign of his trust, his love for her. He laid back as she undid his zipper, pulling down his pants. She looked at him with a smirk and continued.
Severus' breathing became heavy as he laid back and let Lily do as she pleased. His hand clenched at the sheets as she lowered her head, pulling his boxers, along with his pants, down to his ankles with her teeth.
His lower half was exposed now, and knowing that Lily was looking right at him made his heart pound fast. A small trace of sweat slid down the side of his face as she smiled up at him and began to lick at the top of his manhood.
Running his free hand through his black hair, he groaned, his hips bucking forward slightly. "Lily," he panted out.
She continued, taking all of him into her mouth and sucking gently, and eventually, more quickly. He kept instinctively bucking his hips, her head jerking slightly as he went to reach for her beautiful soft hair…
"Lily…" he gasped out once more. She continued, licking and sucking, and fondling his balls as he groaned loudly. The pleasure was amazing, but he did not wish to continue.
"LILY!" he cried.
She looked up, startled, "Severus, what's wrong?" She moved up and looked him in the eye, wiping the sweat off his forehead and kissing it afterwards.
"I can't," he said in a feeble voice, "I don't…" he took a deep breath, "I don't want to take your beautiful innocence from you."
"Oh," she let out a heavy sigh and kissed him gently, "your not. Severus, I've missed you-"
He cut her off, "You've missed me, but you don't love me. This is nothing but a fling for you."
Feeling taken aback, her face twisted into an angry look, "Severus! You've been my best friend for ages, I've come to realize how much I miss you, how much I love-"
"How much you love me?" he snarled, "You don't love me, you love Potter." What was he doing? He had waited so long for this moment to come, and he was ruining everything. But he did not let up.
"I'm just a second resort to you, Potter is your boyfriend," he snapped at her. He felt a bit guilty afterward.
Lily tried to remain calm, "Listen to me. Severus, I…" she couldn't seem to figure out what she was trying to say. "I love you."
He stopped. She had said it full on, and laid it out on the table. The full three words right in his face. He could not deny it.
"Are y-you telling the t-truth?" he stuttered, looking into her what seemed beautiful eyes, once more.
Lily nodded. She was not a liar, and he knew it. "I love you, Severus."
He felt his insides twist up into balls and knots and he couldn't seem to spit it out, "I love you too."
She pulled him into another deep kiss. And he pulled away and looked at her, his hand rested on the side of her neck. "I suppose I should go…"
He wiped his hair out of his eyes and pulled up his pants and buckled his belt. He stood and pulled her into another tight hug before letting go, and heading out of the common room.