Love Me
by Vegetakitten
Lily Evans/ Sirius Black
I do not own Harry Potter.
Chapter 1
Sighing Lily walked the third floor corridor. All she could think of was the way Severus had spoken to her. 'Mudblood,' he'd called her again. She couldn't believe it. It was all that Potter's fault. If he and his friends hadn't attacked Severus last June, they'd still be friends.
Sighing again she began to head in the direction of the Gryffindor common room.
Upon arriving, it wasn't surprising to see the mauraders settled into the comfortable chairs by the fire. They always seemed to beat everyone to them and tended to kick the first years out of them on the off chance they managed to claim them.
Intending to go strait to her dorm, she noticed the boys watching her. She understood James' gaze, but the others?
"Oi Evans," Sirius called out. She stopped surprised he spoke to her. None of the mauraders had spoken to her since last term ended and it was already close to Christmas holidays, turning slightly she said "What?" by way of an answer.
"You look down, you ok?" He asked
"Like you care." she said irritably and, tossing her long auburn hair over her shoulder, she proceeded to the staircase and disappeared up to the girls dormatory to think.
Serious was taken aback by her hostility toward him. He'd always been able to talk to her before, He'd wanted to talk to her earlier in term, but James suggested that he would be refraining to give her time to cool off and possibly realize that she didn't need that git Snivellus. By his way of thinking, this would make her more receptive to his attempts to woo her. Sirius thought this was wishful thinking on James' part but had gone along with it to appease him. James thought it would help his case if she thought he had given up on her.
Sirius doubted his best mate's strategy and felt he should really move on and explore other birds. Ones that were unlikely to hex him when his back was turned, but he kept these doubts to himself.
He wondered what was wrong with her and figured she actually missed the Slytherin. As much as he James, Remus and Peter hated to see her spend time with him, he hadn't thought the git's absence would affect her so.
He resolved to break silence with her and try to talk to her more, They shared a lot of classes together so he should have plenty of time to work at her. She'd be his friend before long.
"Hey Alice", she said by way of greeting to one of her dormmates.
"Hey Lil, you look a bit on the down side. Get kicked out of the Slug Club?" She grinned.
"No," Lily shot back. "I just tried to talk to Severus again. Our friendship is really over, and to make things worse, he's actually thinking about joining that Voldemort!"
" Ahh, I see", said Alice. "Lils, why don't you leave..um..Severus alone. I know you're worried about him and you miss him, but it sounds like he doesn't feel the same about you. Being around him now might get you hurt. He does hang out with the likes of Malfoy, Avrey and Rookwood now."
"Those guys give me the creeps." Alice shuddered. She'd hate to be caught in an empty corridor with them; that's for sure.
"I know," Lily sighed. "You're right of course. He's different, changed." Lily sighed again and rallied a little. Smiling at Alice, she said," Are you going home for the holiday?
"Yes unfortunalely, my parents are having a party and they want me there. Come to think of it, you're the only girl from our year who is staying."
Lily felt anxious, but put on a brave face. Maybe it would be good to have the dorm all to herself. She could have some alone time.
" You'll have to tell me all about the party when you get back."
"Oh, I will. Don't worry. I'm not really looking forward to it; my mom keeps trying to fix me up. She doesn't realize I'm dating Frank Longbottom now and I really like him. I told him I'll talk to my mom's choice, but nothing else. Not even a dance"
Lily smiled, "I'm glad your relationship is going so well."
There were sounds on the staircase and the other three girls entered. Marlene Mckinnon, Sarah March and Luna Finnigan were chatting amongst themselves until they saw Lily and Alice.
"Hey girls," they greeted cheerily.
"Hey," answered Lily and Alice. Lily yawned, "I'm beat. Can you believe the essay on human transfiguration McGonagall set for over the holidays?."
The other girls grumbled.
Eventually, the girls grew tired and decided to go to bed. They had an early morning the next day to finish packing and then catch the Hogwarts Express back to King's Cross.
"Well, see you after the holidays mate. Are you sure you don;t want to come home with me?" James Potter eyed his best friend.
"No I'll be ok. I have to write the transfiguration essay and I think I need some time alone." Sirius smiled at his friend. "Thanks though."
"Alright then. I'll see you in a couple weeks. Try not to do anything I wouldn't do." He winked and he, Remus and Peter dissappeared through the portrait hole.