He leans across the table, a smirk playing on his lips as Lily tells him about the elaborate lengths Chuck Macmillan will apparently go to to let her go out with him. He tells her there's clearly no way anyone could tie the great Lily Luna Potter down.
They share a look, it's intense but it's warm and nothing like the lustful or angry looks they often share.
And then, Lily smiles. A real smile - the first he's ever seen. She pulls up the corners of her mouth, and allows just the right amount of pearly white teeth to show - it's a ridiculously perfect smile.
"What?" The smile disappears as soon as it appeared and she frowns.
"You're pretty when you smile," He says simply.
She mutters at him to shut up, before flicking the page on her book and pretending to be involved in it.
Suddenly, he realizes something. People don't just not smile - people smile when they're happy and Lily never smiles. It's taken him this long to work out that she's hiding her unhappiness behind the bitchiness.
A/N- I'm ever so sorry for the long gap with no update but I'm SO busy at the moment! Hope you guys like this, don't forget to review because I love all my reviewers :)