Think Severus 'lost' Lily when he was sorted into Slytherin House at the start of his time at Hogwarts and the rest were put in Gryfindor.Further along in the story Dumbledore says that perhaps they sort students too early.If this is the case would Snape have been put in Gryfindor?Lily couldn't truly have loved Severus as she was unable to forgive him for calling her a 'mudblood', even though her friends were taunting him at the time.Personally I can't see what she saw in James Potter.

Exactly!!
JP changed, Severus didn't, I agree, I don't see what she saw in JP either. - So, would they really have ended up together?
It's a sweet thought to think that Severus finally gotten his Lady love, but.. would that be actual!?

The story doesn't explain how JP changed to make Lily love him.There was only a short time for him to change before he was killed by Voldemort.He wasn't a great wizard like Snape either.Slughorn thought Lily was a wonderful person and brilliant Potions student.However,people usually look at people through rosy coloured spectacles when they are no longer around.Severus might have been disappointed if he got his lady love?Maybe because he couldn't have her the more he wanted her.

Well, we know that he toned it down, for Lily, so I doubt he had changed at all. Agreed! Nods.. that sounds very much... likely, yes, I agree on that.