"If you could have anything for your Birthday what would it be?" asked Severus his piercing gaze made the red-headed beauty blush. Her green eyes lowered. "Really Sev, I don't need anything-"
"Why not?"
"I-I just don't know...I have everything." She quickly recovered herself "If means that much to you then suprise me." She smiled.
It was earlier that day that Gryffindor and Slytherin had their first Quiddich match of the year and Gryffindor had won. Severus said, "James isnt the whole reason your house won...Our team was just...tired thats all."
"Sev please don't start with James his not worth talking about, okay?" Severus had quickly changed the subject by asking about her birthday. If she didn't want to talk about James Potter that was fine with him.
"I think I have an idea.." Severus said as they walked away from the castle and towards the Black Lake. "For your birthday I mean."
Lily looked at him with curiousity gleaming in her emerald eyes. as Severus gazed into them he was breathtaken by them, her. "Meet me tomorrow? In the forest? Eleven."
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"Okay wait here." Severus was standing a little ways from Lily in the forest. Sunlight streamed through the forest the leaves a glow and the sky blue as a robin's egg. The air was warm and Severus was seeing to it that Lily did not come any closer to his suprise. "Sev!" Lily said teasingly. "I'm sorry! this time I promise this is where I want you to be." He hurried over to her a red cloth in his hands as he genlty wrapped it over her eyes so it woul act as a blindfold he said softly, "oh Lily I know you will love this. Come." He guided her gently by the pale hand which was warm inside his. His heart pounded and his eyes searched greedily over her face, hair and the wide smile. "Okay i'll guide you, you need to climb up sort of." As she did so he noticed a slight look of alarm on her face. "Don't worry you'll know what it is... now! Take off the blindfold." Lily's eyes widened. Severus was right in front of her on a hippogryph! A proud and beautiful creature kneeling down on the earth so that they could mount it. "You ready?" he said looking back at her. She nodded, she was so suprised she couldn't speak. Then, as the great creature sped forward Lily exclaimed with joy and excitment. Wrapping her arms firmly against Severus's waist. Startled at first but to his delight she hung tight. The rose higher into the air. Lily's laughing and excitment affected him too. He laughed and looked back to see her eyes, happier than they'd ever looked before. Her hair flying up around her. He felt her arms wrapped tightly around him. Gliding around the castle, throguh the trees, over the lake, and up around the clouds she let out cries of delight. As the sun began to melt into the earth the trees darkedned and the sky was peppered with stars. The ride more calm now Lily was able to say, "Sev...?"
"Yeah Lily?"
"I love you."
The hippogryph landed just then at a bank beside the lake. Severus and Lily laid down on the cool earth. Gazing deeply into her eyes. He said. "I love you too Lily. Happy Birthday."
"Why not?"
"I-I just don't know...I have everything." She quickly recovered herself "If means that much to you then suprise me." She smiled.
It was earlier that day that Gryffindor and Slytherin had their first Quiddich match of the year and Gryffindor had won. Severus said, "James isnt the whole reason your house won...Our team was just...tired thats all."
"Sev please don't start with James his not worth talking about, okay?" Severus had quickly changed the subject by asking about her birthday. If she didn't want to talk about James Potter that was fine with him.
"I think I have an idea.." Severus said as they walked away from the castle and towards the Black Lake. "For your birthday I mean."
Lily looked at him with curiousity gleaming in her emerald eyes. as Severus gazed into them he was breathtaken by them, her. "Meet me tomorrow? In the forest? Eleven."
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"Okay wait here." Severus was standing a little ways from Lily in the forest. Sunlight streamed through the forest the leaves a glow and the sky blue as a robin's egg. The air was warm and Severus was seeing to it that Lily did not come any closer to his suprise. "Sev!" Lily said teasingly. "I'm sorry! this time I promise this is where I want you to be." He hurried over to her a red cloth in his hands as he genlty wrapped it over her eyes so it woul act as a blindfold he said softly, "oh Lily I know you will love this. Come." He guided her gently by the pale hand which was warm inside his. His heart pounded and his eyes searched greedily over her face, hair and the wide smile. "Okay i'll guide you, you need to climb up sort of." As she did so he noticed a slight look of alarm on her face. "Don't worry you'll know what it is... now! Take off the blindfold." Lily's eyes widened. Severus was right in front of her on a hippogryph! A proud and beautiful creature kneeling down on the earth so that they could mount it. "You ready?" he said looking back at her. She nodded, she was so suprised she couldn't speak. Then, as the great creature sped forward Lily exclaimed with joy and excitment. Wrapping her arms firmly against Severus's waist. Startled at first but to his delight she hung tight. The rose higher into the air. Lily's laughing and excitment affected him too. He laughed and looked back to see her eyes, happier than they'd ever looked before. Her hair flying up around her. He felt her arms wrapped tightly around him. Gliding around the castle, throguh the trees, over the lake, and up around the clouds she let out cries of delight. As the sun began to melt into the earth the trees darkedned and the sky was peppered with stars. The ride more calm now Lily was able to say, "Sev...?"
"Yeah Lily?"
"I love you."
The hippogryph landed just then at a bank beside the lake. Severus and Lily laid down on the cool earth. Gazing deeply into her eyes. He said. "I love you too Lily. Happy Birthday."