A/N: Hello! I tried to get this up as soon as, haha! This one resolves a few problems, however there are more to come! :D I'd like to mention that in the last chapter I accidentally called the Great Hall the Grand Hall, oops, I was tired! Please don't think I don't know my way around Hogwarts! Anyway, enjoy this chapter! :D

The day had been long, and Snape was exhausted. He'd chosen to skip the trip to Hogsmeade and spend the day studying, successfully completing three essays and mastering five new charms. He wouldn't usually dedicate an entire day to homework, but right now it was about the only thing that would take his mind off of what he'd seen in the library almost a week ago.
He was still furious about the whole situation, but didn't know if he should be furious with Lily or not. This was because he didn't know the full truth. He didn't know exactly what Lily had been doing with James, and he didn't know If the had actually been kissing, and therefore couldn't bring himself to assume one hundred percent that Lily had been kissing Potter, and potentially using him. Is that what she'd been doing? Using him to make Potter jealous?
Snape shook his head; he didn't want to think about it. No matter how pissed off he was with her, he still cared for Lily, he still had feelings for her. He just didn't know what to do.

Lily walked up to Gryffindor Tower, carrying bags of new equipment she'd bought earlier that day in Hogsmeade. She unpacked a few things, but then gave up and decided to make her way down the the Great Hall; she was starving.
She met Samantha on the Grand staircase, and together they walked into the hall, discussing various things they'd seen together in the village. They sat down, helped themselves to dinner and continued chatting.
Taking a sip from her goblet, Lily noticed out of the corner of her eye that Snape had just walked into the hall. She didn't turn around to look at him, just the same as he hadn't searched the hall for her like he used to. She returned back to her food, still conversing with Samantha.
Checking her watch, she decided it was about time to be heading back up to her dormitory and getting a head start on some homework.

She got up, said goodbye to Samantha and headed out of the hall. As she passed the Slytherin table, however, she heard a harsh whisper of "dirty mudblood," followed by a sharp hiss of "take that back".
Lily turned around, just so happening to be standing opposite Snape and another boy. She quickly remembered his name: McNair.
Lily looked at McNair pointedly, folding her arms. Loosing his snobbish demeanour, he went red and surprisingly muttered an apology. Lily acknowledged it with a nod of her head, and turned away, heading out of the room again. Again, she stopped, however, as she heard another whisper from the place she had just been standing.
"Oh dear, your face!" Snape chuckled, "Very subtle."
Lily rolled her eyes and let out an angry sigh. She strode around the other side of the table, grabbed Snape by the cuff of his robe and dragged him out of the hall, goblet still clutched in his other hand.
"What – what are you playing at, Lily? I was eating!"
Lily scoffed. "Me? What are you playing at? You're treating me like I've done something awful and I haven't done anything wrong! It's been a week since you've spoken to me, Sev, and already your ridiculous friends are insulting me, what's your problem?"
Lily's raised voice echoed around the entrance hall. Snape looked around, embarrassed, as people stared as they passed. This time it was him that grabbed Lily's wrist, dragging her to an empty corridor on the first floor.
"What are you talking about, my friends insulting you? McNair isn't my friend, and he's probably only being horrible be cause he has this… thing for you, but anyway – I'm ignoring you for a reason Lily, and don't tell me you don't know why because we both know exactly what you've done! You've really hurt me, Lily, what the fuck?"
Lily's draw dropped as she folded her arms again.
"No, Severus, I don't know what I've done. Enlighten me."
"I saw you, in the library last week, during the Quidditch match… with… him. You were… you know."
Lily raised her eyebrow. "No, I don't know, and who do you mean by 'him'?"
The look of disgust on Snape's face answered Lily's question. He meant James Potter.
"What? Why would you think I'd be doing anything with Potter? You know how I feel about him, he's a-"
"Yes, Lily! I do know how you feel about him! I saw you! How could you Lily, you told me you felt the same way I did!"
Lily closed her eyes for a second, trying to understand what Snape had thought he'd saw.
She sighed, mentally exhausted from confusion. "Please, Sev. Tell me what I've done. Tell me what you think you saw."
Snape was becoming impatient. "I saw you, in the library! Kissing him, at the back of the room, up against the bookcase! Does it sound familiar to you, Lily? Does it feel bad to have been found out?" Oh dear, Lily thought to herself, he's got it all wrong. He's got it so very wrong.
"Sev…" She said quietly, finally understanding. "Listen to me. You know I'd never do that to you with anybody, least of all James Potter. Please, listen. What you think you saw… that's not what happened. We weren't kissing! Did you actually see our lips touch? Did you actually see our lips touching? What on earth could make you think I'd to that?"

Snape knew she was telling the truth; they'd been friends for years, and he could tell exactly when she was lying, and she definitely wasn't now. He'd got it all wrong. He'd got it so very wrong.
Feeling guilty, and out of pure impulse, he grabbed Lily by the waist and pulled her into a tight hug.
Resting his chin on her shoulder, he began whispering his apology into her ear.
"Lily… Lily, I'm so sorry. I'm so… God, why would I even think that? I knew you wouldn't do that to me, I told myself over and over, but from where I was standing, it just looked so… convincing. I guess jealousy just overtook, you've got to understand how it looked, I'm so sorry-"
Lily hugged him back, tightly. "Sev, it's alright. I forgive you… I can understand how it must have looked, us being alone together… it's, it's fine. I just wish you'd have told me sooner."
They broke apart, guilt still visible on Snape's face.
"I feel so bad, I'm so sorry, Lily…"
Lily laughed. "It's fine, Sev, stop apologising!"
They decided to make their way up to the small room in the astronomy tower. They'd spent a lot of time there recently, as it was a nice, small getaway.

Whilst they were relaxing in the tower room, something was still pestering Snape.
"Lily?"
"Hm?"
"If you weren't, you know… kissing… Potter, then what were you doing?"
Lily had been waiting for this question. She didn't really want to tell Snape what Potter had done; she knew he'd go mad.
"It's… it's nothing, Sev, don't worry about it." She laughed nervously.
"Lily, just tell me."
She sighed, and began telling Snape what had really happened that day: how James had gotten in her face, pushed her into the corner, scared her.
She was right. Snape was furious.

"Please don't do anything, Sev, I just want to forget about it. He's not done anything since, it's fine…"
With some convincing, Snape promised Lily he'd keep quiet about the whole incident, yet Lily knew he probably wouldn't.
At around half past ten, they both decided it was time to head back to their common rooms. They left the Astronomy Tower room hand in hand, both teenagers happy that they'd finally resolved this whole mess.
Before they separated for the night, they stood concealed in a dark corridor, Snape's hands linked behind Lily's waist. They kissed passionately; Snape had missed Lily's touch, her warm, soft hands, her slender body, and Lily had missed him. As they locked lips, Snape did something he'd never done before: he slid his hands down Lily's back, and then back up the inside of her shirt, caressing her back with his surprisingly smooth hands. Lily flinched, and Snape removed his hands from her back, worriedly uttering an apology.
"It's fine, you tickled me, that's all," she giggled, before giving him another quick kiss and heading towards her common room.

Heading towards his own common room, Snape smiled to himself. Thank God he was wrong. Lily was faithful after all, why had he ever doubted her?

A/N:Did ya like it? Please comment with suggestions and events that you might like to see in future chapters, I like to please my readers haha :D I don't know how soon the next chapter will be up, I'll try my best, but it might now be for a week or two. Please anticipate! ^-^