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She doesn't know when it started, but she did know that it had to end or he would lose his job and she would be expelled. They both knew the consequences if they were caught. Too bad they were both too far gone to care.

With the morning classes over Kagome walks out of the Herbology greenhouse smiling to herself as she puts some parchments in her bag to study later, not paying attention she walks right into someone and falls flat on her bum.

"Oh Merlin's beard! I'm sorry Kagome I… I wasn't watching where I was going."

Looking up Kagome smiles and takes the hand being offered to help her up, "It's quite alright Neville I wasn't watching either."

"So," his hand comes up to nervously rub the back of his head, "I'm sorry Kagome… I… I have to go."

"It's okay Neville, I understand. I'll talk to you later okay." she just watches him go with a sad smile on her face.

Draco comes up behind her, "It's nice to see Longbottom growing a backbone for himself or not."

"Oh hush you've been nothing but mean to him, he probably still doesn't know what to think is all."

"Yeah or he probably is still letting Potter think for him."

"You promised to be nicer Draco, remember?"

"Yes I remember and I will, but they should want your happiness more than the unhappiness of someone who they think deserves it. Anyway, what are you doing after lunch?"

"Studying for potions, the same thing you should be doing."

"Good we can study in the dungeons together."

Kagome just smiles at him, "I'm going to be spending a lot of time down there aren't I."

"Why of course, you've been bitten by snakes after all."

After studying in the library with Draco and Blaise for the rest of the morning it's finally time for lunch.

"So Kagome, will you be sitting with us or are you planning on staying in the lion's den?" Blaise asks as they make their way to the Great Hall.

"Well to be honest I've been wondering which to do all morning, surely the rumors have spread to the whole school already but they're my house and I can't just turn my back on them and leave."

"But what if they do that to you? Even in the wild lions have been known to exile members of their packs that don't see things as the rest of the pack does." Draco looks at her seriously, not wanting his new friend to go through the pain of being kicked out.

Blaise's look turns serious as well, "He does have a point Kagome."

Kagome lifts her chin and pulls her shoulders back, "If they truly can't understand how I can be happy with someone they hate then its them I feel sorry for, not me; because they will come to realize just what they lost and what you gained. But we will never know until we at least try to make them see." She opens the door and starts to walk to her table.

"I hope you're right, because they will be surely upset when your specialness leaves them." muttering Draco follows her lead walking to his own table and taking a seat.

WITH KAGOME

"Hello Luna." She smiles as she sits down next to her best friend.

"Hello Kagome, have you seen my socks? I think something may have taken off with them again, I can't find any of them anywhere."

"Well if something did take them I'm sure it had a good reason to, you can use some of mine until we can get you some new ones."

"Thank you Kagome, you're always so giving to help someone out."

"It's no big deal Luna; it's just what you do. When someone needs help you help them out as best as you can, it's one of the lessons that the past taught me."

"Did the past also teach you to betray your friends and sleep with the enemy?"

Hermione, who had just sat down shots him a death glare, "Ronald!"

"What, it's true. If she wants to lay with the snakes so badly then she should stay with them."

"Its fine Hermione, everyone is entitled to their own opinion."

"No Kagome, it's not fine. You can't help who you love."

This time Harry speaks up, "And what do you do when its forbidden?"

Kagome looks straight at him with sadness in her eyes, "There's no such thing as forbidden love Harry, there is only love and hope to be loved in return. And although I'm sorry you can't understand that, it doesn't matter, for love only matters to the people who can feel it." With that Kagome gets up and leaves the room holding back the tears in her eyes until she was a safely holed up in Snape's private chambers. Then falling onto the bed she lets them fall.

BACK IN THE GREAT HALL

Draco goes to get up and follow after Kagome only to feel a hand on his shoulder. Snape looks down at Draco in a silent command as Draco nods and Severus leaves the hall.

Slowly opening the door to his room Severus watches the young woman curled in on herself crying in the middle of his bed. Walking over to the edge he takes off his robe and shoes and slides into the bed and pulls Kagome to him.

Looking up into his sad eyes Kagome wraps her arms around him and pushes as much of her love into the older male. They lay that way, with each other's arms wrapped around the other until Kagome falls asleep on his chest. Looking down at the girl who melted his frozen heart, Severus can't help the feeling of sadness for the loss of both of their first loves and the single question that always follows.

How did I ever do enough right in the world to deserve this angel to love me?

Okay so there it is.

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