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Chapter 5— Orchid

Lily woke up early, as usual. She couldn't help but smile to herself as she went to take her daily dose of contraceptive potion. The more she thought about her and Severus's plans though, the more antsy she felt. She managed to completely work herself up wondering when and how everything would play out. Lily fell back onto her bed and took a deep breath. There was a knock on the door just a few moments later.

"Yes?" Lily called out unenthusiastically.

Petunia walked in.

"Good morning, Lily."

"What do you want, Tuney?"

"Well, I suppose I want to apologize."

Lily raised herself up on her elbows.

"Well you know I'm no good at this sort of thing. I know that you were offended at lunch the other day and I just want to set things straight before you go back to— ahem, uh school and before I move away and start my life with Vernon," she ended airily.

Lily stared at her for a second, unimpressed. "Oh alright," she sighed, "I could really use a sister right now anyway."

"Splendid! But before I forget, I've been trying to find you a date for the wedding and I think I've found someone. Vern—"

"Can I not bring my own date?"

Petunia scoffed, "Own? Who— well who would you bring, Lily?" she started sharply. "Sure you don't— surely not just some— some fr— some boy from—"

"No, not just some boy from school. My— my boyfriend."

"Your boyfriend. I am terrified to ask, but who exactly is your boyfriend, Lily?"

"Severus, of course."

A vein bulged in Petunia's forehead. "Is it your goal in life to humiliate me, Lily? How could you even ask to bring that filthy, slimy FREAK to my wedding! Of all people! What is it you see in him? He is trash, Lily. Trash!"

Lily stared at her sister, baffled. "What happened to you, Petunia? Why are you so bitter? When did you become so cruel?"

"Of course you wouldn't understand it. Perfect, beautiful Lily with her head in the clouds," Petunia responded, her voice uneven.

"I want to understand, Tuney. Just talk to me. I hate this."

Petunia looked for a second like she was about to drop her guard but quickly pursed her lips and started to walk toward the door, "Don't gain any weight while you are at school. You wont be here for the second round of dress fittings so we'll have to use the measurements from earlier this summer. And don't think of bringing that Snape boy within 5 miles of my wedding," she said walking out of the room and closing the door behind herself. Lily threw a shoe at the closed door and quickly got ready to see Severus.

Lily entered the Snape household but didn't see Severus anywhere. She waited a few minutes thinking he might have gone upstairs to bring his mom breakfast. When he didn't show, she started to head back outside where she noticed a note taped to the screen door that she didn't see coming in.

"Lily, if you are looking for me, you'll find me in the little clearing across the creek. –Sev"

Her heart skipped a beat— was this something Severus was planning?

Lily quickly came upon the clearing and could see Severus's form through the trees. "Severus? He— What are you doing? Are you using magic?" Lily said, widening her eyes in response to the wand in his hand directed at the bush next to him.

"Um."

"Sev! You're going to get in trouble! You know we can't do magic outside of school. What are you thinking?"

"Yes well, this isn't my wand so—"

"Whose wand have you got! Surely you aren't messing with some wand you've found in the woods?"

"No, Lily. Let me explain. It's my mother's."

"What are you doing with her wand? I sure hope she knows you've stolen her wand to go off and illegally perform underage magic in the woods!"

Severus raised his eyebrows at Lily, waiting.

"And what are you trying to do out here anyway? I mean using—"

"Seriously, Lily? Did you become a goody-two-shoes over breakfast because yesterday you sure—"

Lily blushed. "Sorry. Merlin, I know I sound ridiculous. I'm just stressed about getting ready to go back to school and Petunia... ugh. Never mind. Please explain."

Severus gave a small smirk before speaking. "Well honestly, I think it's kind of awkward to explain now… and it'll most likely make you feel bad about making a fuss."

Lily placed a hand on her hip and waited.

"Okay. Well, my mother enjoys blueberries. This blueberry bush has always been back here but it's pretty pathetic. I know it's lame but when my dad would go for long trips, she and I would come back here and she'd give a few flicks of her wand and big, perfectly ripe blueberries would pop up everywhere. We'd pick them and make blueberry everything— pies, cobbler, jams, popsicles. She's actually a really good cook, even while cooking totally the muggle way. Anyway, the blueberry bush has kind of been forgotten about the last few years. Her birthday is tomorrow and I was thinking I could surprise her with some blueberry… something. Also, she hasn't been using magic very much anymore. We got a message from St. Mungo's out of concern for her well-being after she'd gone six straight months without so much as touching her wand. I try to use it for her now and then to keep people off her back and stop anyone from the wizarding world paying us an untimely visit. I really don't need my father to be home when a bunch of wizards show up questioning my mother's sanity."

Lily stared at Severus, her hand had covered her mouth in shame not long after he'd begun to explain. "I'm so sorry, Sev! Gosh you know I can get so ahead of myself. I'm just freaking— Ah, give me that," she said taking the wand from him and casting a few charms toward the bush and the ground beneath it. "Out of the two of us you know I'm the charms expert, you should've asked me. Really. I'm surprised you didn't just brew up a potion, actually."

"Well if you'll recall your original reaction to finding me wand-drawn, you'll understand why I didn't just put it out there and of course I considered a potion but my ingredient stores and time are limited."

Blueberries began to spring up everywhere. Lily smiled in spite of herself. "Do you even know how to cook Severus?"

"Well, personally, I think my skill in potions translates amazingly well in the kitchen."

Lily used the wand to pick all of the blueberries and she and Severus went back to the house to start cooking. "What's her favorite?" Lily asked.

"Um, probably the pie."

"Great! I should probably cast a charm to keep the smell from drifting and giving us away," she said effortlessly moving the wand.

"I miss watching you do magic," Severus said.

Lily grinned, "Really? D'you think it's sexy?"

"You're so bad," he smiled.

"Ah no, just horny and in love," she replied, giving him a drawn out kiss on the lips.

The two worked together mashing blueberries and creating homemade piecrust. They paused at one point to see how many blueberries Lily could catch with her mouth consecutively after she announced her "mad skill" for doing such things. She caught 17 in a row and convinced Severus to give it a shot. Severus caught none but he blamed Lily's aim seeing as how eight of ten attempts hit him in the eye or forehead. By the time they finished preparing the pies the two were covered in flour and had numerous blueberry stains on their clothes. Lily put one pie in the oven and the other went in the freezer.

"It'll take about 45 minutes to cook," she said turning on the oven light and peering inside. "What do you want to do until then?" He asked taking her right hand and casually sucking a bit of blueberry off her ring finger.

Lily was at a loss for words.

"Lily?"

"Severus, you said you've not had sex before, right?"

"…That's correct," he answered, a little concerned about where Lily was going with the question.

"Well have you done, you know… other stuff?"

Severus just looked at her, hoping she'd elaborate, which she did.

"I mean, I'm only curious. You're just so, I don't know… suave," she started with a laugh, "and I feel so silly sometimes. Like I'm trying to be sexy rather than just being sexy."

Severus forced a laugh. "Honestly Lily, I'm a bit flabbergasted. I've never seen anyone more effortlessly sexy than you and I think you must be mistaking my relaxed nature for some sort of sexual prowess. The only thing I may have going for me is the fact that I've spent several years playing out… encounters between us in my head," he laughed before continuing. "That and the fact that my housemates tend to explicitly describe their own personal escapades for all to hear and you can't really help but pick up on a few things."

"So you haven't—"

"I haven't done anything more than snogging."

"Who have you snogged? Other than me." Lily asked trying not to sound surprised or jealous and failing.

Severus stood there for a moment, still uneasy about the topic of discussion.

"C'mon, Sev. I can't believe that I don't already know about this! You know about every person I've dated or kissed."

"Olivia Higginbotham and… Cherie Romero."

"Cherie Romero. Gross, Sev. She's kissed like… everyone," Lily said disapprovingly.

"Exactly. She was about my only option when I decided it was time to attempt to get over you 3rd year. You'd just started dating Albert what's-his-name. It was just one kiss though."

"Your first?"

Severus nodded.

Lily couldn't help but smile. "Hm. I would have guessed Natalie Rivington." Other than Lily, Natalie was pretty much the only girl Severus was regularly seen in the company of.

Severus made an indecipherable face, "Nah."

"So what about Olivia?"

"Oh I don't know, Lily. We were both up late studying in the common room for like a whole week last year. You and I had had a row and I was once again on a try-to-get-over-Lily-mission. Olivia was there and nice and… well yes. None of it makes any difference."

"No, Sev. I get it. It's kind of nice to know I had a little competition. "

Severus laughed out loud. "There was never any competition, Lily."

"Shh, don't burst my bubble. I feel accomplished. Like I've won something amazing," she said wrapping her arms around his waist.

"Well what do you want to do? We've still got a few minutes before the pie is done."

"Take a guess," she said with a mischievous grin.

The two passionately kissed their way into his bedroom where Severus clumsily shut the door behind them. Lily quickly tugged his shirt over his head before returning to his mouth. Severus easily undid the buttons on Lily's plaid shirt and brushed it off her freckled shoulders. He slowly worked his hands up from her hips, gliding them ever so lightly up the curve of her waist, eventually letting his thumbs graze her nipples through the thin fabric of her bra. As Lily tilted back her head in pleasure, he took advantage of her exposed neck and throat. When he paused she quickly removed his belt and unbuttoned his pants. Severus stopped her, his jeans sagging low on his hips.

"Why not?" she asked looking completely flushed and sounding slightly winded.

He was more aroused than he thought possible, "right now, I just want to kiss you," he said looking totally serious. Lily's brow creased in frustration for one second before Severus interrupted her by lifting her off her feet. She quickly wrapped her legs around his waist and slaughtered him with kisses as he walked them both to the bed, his jeans dropping towards the floor with each step. He playfully tossed her down and stepped out of his pants before placing a knee on either side of her legs. He unbuttoned and unzipped her shorts, hands lightly trembling.

"I thought—" she started weakly.

"I just want to kiss you… everywhere," he said with a half smile, tugging at her shorts. Lily lifted her bottom so he could take them off. She was a little surprised by how completely comfortable she felt. Severus stood at the foot of his bed and admired her for a moment, both of them down to just undergarments. She smiled as he slowly spread her legs and put himself in between them. He placed his fingertips on either of her bent knees and ran his hands down her thighs. She shuddered as he reached her hips and positioned himself on top of her. They looked into each other's eyes for a few moments before Severus, slowly and deliberately, pressed his hardened member against her core, causing them both to moan. Lily felt absolutely on fire and could feel her panties grow wet. She pulled Severus close to her and they started kissing again as he continued to grind against her body. He lifted her back up just enough to unhook her bra causing his erection to throb painfully as he exposed her full breasts and hardened pink nipples. He greedily took her right nipple in his mouth and massaged her left breast with his hand. Lily moaned beneath him as he very slowly trailed kisses and licks across her chest and down her abdomen. Severus paused before placing a tantalizingly gentle kiss just below her navel. From there he trailed to her hipbones, which drove her utterly insane. He kissed, licked, sucked and massaged his way down her inner thighs. Severus worked his way back up her thighs, pausing when his head was right in between her legs. Lily shuddered. Severus could see how wet she was and the scent of her aroused him even more. He kissed her once through the cotton fabric of her underwear causing her to tense and buck her hips, begging him for more. Severus slipped his thumbs under the sides of her panties and began to pull them off, "I just want to kiss you," he said lustily when he had them at her ankles.

This was another event that Severus had fantasized about many times come to fruition. Getting to taste her, to make her quiver and moan, was impossibly erotic. He teased and teased her until she was all but whimpering for more. Finally he made contact with her clit, giving one long slow lick that caused her back to arch in the sexiest of ways. As he continued to work, her knees came to rest on either side of his head and her hand tangled into his black hair, pulling on it and pushing his head just where she wanted it. Severus could have humped the mattress. His abdominal muscles were aching from restraint. Lily had been moaning heavily, occasionally attempting to get out his name but not getting farther than the first syllable. When the moans were suddenly exchanged for heavy, rapid breathing he knew she was close. He concentrated on keeping up with exactly what he was doing while also slipping two fingers inside her. He wanted to feel her walls clench around him when she came. His desires were realized seconds later as she climaxed. Lily found his hand as she came down from her high and squeezed his fingers, still breathing deeply. Severus slowly kissed his way back up her body, painfully aroused. The look on her face when he finally reached it was perfect. She looked so amazingly beautiful as she lifted her head to kiss him. "Wow," she said with a small giggle as he kissed her beneath her jaw. Severus smiled, brushing his lips against her skin and silently thanking his otherwise good-for-nothing housemates. He was completely thrown off guard when Lily quickly pulled down his underwear enough to free his penis and wrapped her hand around it. He nearly came instantly.

"Ms. Effortlessly Sexy is not quite sure what to do," she said with another giggle.

Severus could hardly think straight. "W-well you honestly wouldn't have to do much at this point," he said with a forced laugh.

Lily tightened her grip on him and moved her hand up his shaft and back down again, "Like that?" Severus buried his face into the space between her neck and shoulder and nodded. Lily pumped her hand up and down him a few times before suddenly wondering if she should be using some sort of lubrication. Severus didn't seem to care at the moment so she just kept doing what she was doing. Their positioning was awkward but she could tell it wouldn't be long before he was done as he'd begun to lightly move in rhythm with her strokes. Lily turned her head and began to suck on his neck, which brought him over the edge and he came on her stomach. He sat up rather quickly and grabbed the wand on the bed, "I'm sorry. Scourgio," he said casting the cleansing spell with a discomfited look on his face.

Lily looked at him strangely and propped herself on her elbows, "Sorry? For what? For…After you had your entire face buried between my legs for however long? Don't do that, Sev. Come here," she demanded, pulling him toward her and kissing him. "I love you so freaking much. You're sexy and your tongue is officially my clit's best friend."

Severus smiled and rolled onto his back. She rolled right on top of him and they snuggled up. Lily gasped and quickly sat up after a few minutes. "What is it?" Severus asked anxiously. "The pie," she said laughing and scrambling for her clothes.

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