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Lily woke up slowly, as if surfacing from a deep lake. She opened her eyes. While she was trying to figure out where she was, she noticed a slight movement beside her bed. She turned her head and saw a pair of dark, long-forgotten eyes, staring at her. She couldn't believe it. Was it really Severus? What was he doing here? What was SHE doing here, anyway? She was in the hospital wing, at Hogwarts. Hogwarts? She smiled. A feeling of comfort of all these bright, shiny school memories soothed her. The eyes were still there. Hard, serious, cold eyes. Thin, pale face. Strings of long, greasy, black hair. Really, it was him. He looked the same and yet different. Her friend. Or enemy? She wasn't sure anymore. She never was. "S-severus?" "Ah, I see you've finally woken up, Lily. That's good, very good," she heard an old woman's voice. "Poppy," she breathed out. "Now off with you, Severus. I must take care of my patient." Severus nodded and left. He seemed so lifeless, so... different. "How