A/N: The obvious belongs to the Queen. Please review!

Lily walked into the library determined to finish her essay, but instead she walked straight into Severus Snape, her ex-best friend, who called her a mudblood in front of most of their year. And, to make matters worse, James and Severus loathed each other. In fact, she was surprised that they hadn't tried killing each other. Yet.

"What were you doing walking with Potter?" he spat the last word, a look of disgust washing over his face.

"Not your business is it, Sev? What are you doing, asking the business of a mudblood anyway? Go run along to your death eater friends and leave us dirty ones alone." She looked him over and walked away, proud of herself for standing up to him. But, like Potter, he was relentless.

"I told you I was sorry for that."

She ignored him. He continued anyway,

"You can't trust him-"

"Oh, and I can trust you now?"

"-he'll break your heart"

She stopped at once, causing Severus to look at her directly.

"I can deal."

There was a moment of glaring between them, a look of pleading in his eyes, and she scoffed away.

She wasn't completely heartless, for a while after "the event" she felt terrible. I mean, how could she not? She lost her best friend for merlin's sake! Luckily for her, James was really supportive- as were her other friends. Mary MacDonald and Donna Shacklebolt brought her chocolate and tea and made her go to Zonko's for a laugh. But it was James who sat with her in the common room at four in the morning when she couldn't sleep, letting her cry on his shoulder. It was James, who somehow broke the spell that blocked boys from coming into the girls dorm, who brought her breakfast in bed on weekends. As much as she didn't want to admit it to herself, James was more of a comfort than anyone could be or was.

~Later ~

"Prongs, you need to make a move. She's totally into you!" Sirius exclaimed.

James rolled his eyes in a way that would have made Lily proud

"She's not! She's rejected me every single day since third year! I might as well give up,"

Sirius pinned his friend against a nearby wall and slapped him, much to James' surprise.

"YOU, JAMES POTTER, ARE NOT GIVING UP ON HER. SHE'S PERFECT FOR YOU. JUST GIVE IT TIME" he screeched.

A bunch of first and second years stopped to look at the two best mates, but Moony- otherwise known as Remus Lupin- shooed them away.

"Fighting about Lily again, are we?" he asked with a smile on his face. It was so obvious that Lily was madly in love with him, James was just too much of a prat to realize it.

"Sod off, Moony."

Moony put his hands up in defense, "only trying to help"

Sirius clapped him on the back and the three marauders walked away.

~Midnight~

Lily was in the common room attempting to finish her homework that was due the next day when James walked in.

He nodded in her direction, "Evans"

She gave him a wave and a smile, "Potter"

She really had no idea what she did to him. The way her hair fell in ringlets, framing her face gorgeously, drove him mad. Her green eyes had flecks of yellow in them and most times he couldn't help but stare at her. Her lips, bloody hell were they perfect. Pink and plump and always moist, whether it was from licking her tongue or putting on that muggle thing called chapstick. The one thing James didn't notice, however, was how she flushed whenever he was around her.

With his heart beating rapidly, he walked over to the table she was sitting at and sat across from her.

"May I help you, Potter?" she said with a smirk

James mustered up the courage to ask her the same thing one last time. If she said no, then he was going to move on. Or attempt to.

"Yeah, you can actually."

"How?"

"Have lunch with me tomorrow. Just us two. On the astronomy tower."

She paused, looking at him curiously. What's the worst that could happen, she thought. We only have a year left anyway. She had no idea that the one word she was about to say would change her world forever.

"Sure."

Did she just say sure? he thought.

"Really?"

She nodded, "yeah Potter, I'll have lunch with you tomorrow."

"You know I'm asking you on a date, right?"

"Mhm"

"And you're sure?"

"Yes, Potter! I want to go on a date with you!"

James never thought he'd hear her say that, and he couldn't remember the last time he was this happy. The girl of his dreams, the love of his life, just said yes. For the first time in years, James Potter finally had Lily Evans.

"Perfect. It's a date then."

She smiled that breathtaking smile at him, "It's a date"