Lily Evans was so beautiful. She came out everyday to play with her sister. Severus Snape watched her everyday. Her family and the love that her life seemed to radiate gave him happiness. Happiness was a luxury for him, stolen in these moments. He watched this beautiful girl laughing with her sister, her long red hair in plaits. Severus didn't come from a happy home, with his mother having run off with another man, leaving his father heartbroken and alone. He hid in the bushes because he knew that he was a wizard. Severus was afraid that if he introduced himself to her, when it was time to go to Hogwarts, he wouldn't be able to tear himself away. She was his secret, his pride and joy, his love. She was his everything, and she had yet to learn his name.