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Both Unexpected and Expected Surprises
Chapter One
A Not So Unexpected Invitation
Lily Evans stumbled as she slid across the ice. Hogsmeade was covered in beautiful shimmering snow. It draped across the shops like a wool blanket. Her red cloak warmed her small body like a mug of butterbeer on the tip of your tongue. Lily maneuvered through the crowded streets into Three Broomsticks. As she waited to be served a roar of laughter came from the table behind her. Lily turned to see Peter, Remus, Sirius, and James hiding their embarrassed faces from her. She scooted her chair into their direction.
"What is it you are laughing at?" she scolded.
James stood up unexpectedly.
"James has a question for you!" Peter giggled.
"Well, what is it?" Lily asked annoyed. Remus smirked at James.
" Evans want to go to the Christmas party?" James hollered over to her.
"What in the world are you talking about?" Lily questioned.
Laughs and even more laughs came from James's childish friends.
"Professor Slughorn's Christmas party." James called out.
"You're in the slug club?" Lily almost laughed out loud. James Potter, the trouble maker, the boy who was in detention at least twice a week, in the slug club?
"No, but you are," James declared as if it was obvious.
Lily looked around to see that the whole Three Broomsticks was staring at the two. She studied each pondering expression and listened to each whisper. Her eyes worked their way back to James until she saw him.
Severus Snape.
He looked at her anxiously as if wanted his old best friend to remember all of the cruel, harmful tricks Prongs had played on him. Lily could only hear "mudblood" over and over in her head, blocking out the noises around her.
"Fine," Lily huffed, "but only for one night will I go with you, that's it."
Lily headed out the door. She couldn't decide, should she be happy, crying, or depressed?
The wind pierced her face after the door had shut. She would be James's girlfriend for only one night, then she could hate him again. She panicked after three minutes of walking on the slippery street an internal debate with herself…
I'm going crazy! Him…why him, that arrogant prat! "Fine I'll go!"-What was I thinking?
Lily quietly cried to herself. She could almost hear the annoying laughter she would have to live with for a whole horrible night. Not just laughter, also immature, embarrassing behavior.
Lily sighed…she couldn't just cancel on him, after all it was her party. Everything seemed so complicated.
"Lily?" the voice sounded almost like…
"Severus!" Lily bit her tongue after saying the name so happily.
"You forgot this at Three Broomsticks," Severus said handing Lily her coat.
"That's why I was so cold." Lily huffed grabbing her coat.
"So, you and James…" Severus questioned.
"Yes, and I really do like him, if you'll excuse me I have to go." Lily walked ahead of him catching her cold breath.
She almost felt good about herself now. As she headed towards the exit of Hogsmeade she felt in the way back of her shivering heart that she may be able to survive one evening with James Potter.
A/N: Thanks for reading!! This is my first fan fiction, I hope you like it! Please review!! I am going to make another chapter soon!