Severus had tried over and over again the following days to try and apologize to Lily, but nothing he did ever kept her attention. She would shoot him glares. Or leave the room. Once she threatened to hex his tongue off if he spoke another word to her. To make matters worse, he had to watch her grow closer to Potter every day.

He was living his worst nightmare and would probably go down in the history books as the most cowardly man that ever lived.

She had slipped through his fingers just because he could not keep his temper.