1A Love So Bitter-Sweet
AN: Well, after reading the 7th book, I just had to write this. I hope you enjoy it.
Disclaimer: I Don't own the characters, obviously.
Seventeen year old Severus Snape sat at the Slytherin table, eating his toast without noticing nor caring about the taste of it. His mind and eyes were set on something else, something far more important to him.
Lily Evans sat at the other end of the Great Hall, chatting and laughing with the bloody Gryffindors. James Potter and Sirius Black sat on either side on Lily, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew across from them.
They were all smiling and chatting, Potter staring at Lily like a love-sick puppy. It was disgusting, really. Well, that's what Severus thought of it.
Indeed, Severus couldn't think of one slightly decent reason for such a beautiful and smart girl as Lily was, to even give the time of day to such a filthy, obnoxious fool that went by the name of Potter.
Severus wished that he could talk to Lily again, but he knew that there was no changing what he had done. He had hurt Lily Evans, his best friend.
His love.
It was true, Severus Snape was undeniably in love with Lily Evans, whom hated him so.
Why, he wondered, oh why had he been so stupid, so hateful?
Lily was protecting him, and in his humiliation and rage, he had called her that unforgivable word.
Mudblood.
He realized that Lily had finally listened to what her friends and her family had all said about him. He was cruel and cold-hearted to everyone.
But not to Lily. Never to Lily.
Not until that fateful day when he had let the word he had never called her slip out of his mouth.
Mudblood.
How could he have been so stupid? How could he have hurt the one, single person that mattered to him?
He didn't care what anybody said of thought about him.
Lily was the only one he cared for.
Lily had been the only person that had ever cared about Severus, to be truthful.
She was his only true friend, the only one he could actually talk to.
And he had thrown it all away.
Severus had tried and tried again to beg for Lily's forgiveness, but to no avail.
She wasn't going to put up with him any longer, she had made that clear.
So, Severus Snape sat there, at his house table, eating his toast, and watching the love of his life as she continued to slip away from him.
She was as good as gone form his life now.
But...
Would Severus Snape let go of his love so easily?
I would think not.
...Later on that night...
Lily Evans sat at Gryffindor table and stared down at her plate of food. She wasn't really in the mood to eat her dinner.
In fact, she hadn't really been in the mood to do much of the things that she usually enjoyed.
Lately, when she wasn't talking with James or her other friends, she was usually quiet and feeling quite a bit lonely.
You see, her best friend, Severus, had recently gone off on her and called her a Mudblood.
She was hurt and even heartbroken that a person so dear to her would call her such a retched name.
Lily was a Muggle-born witch, but never had her friend called her that hateful word.
He was a Slytherin and she was a Gryffindor, and the fact that their houses were rivals had put a slight hardship on their friendship.
Severus had made friends with some of his very cruel house-mates. There was no doubt that the first thing they were going to do when they left Hogwarts was serve The Dark Lord.
And as it goes, Severus wasn't too keen to the fact that Lily had befriended James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter. Severus seemed to think very badly of them, especially James Potter. He always tried to warn her that Potter was no good, that he wanted more than friendship from Lily.
Lily had known that James liked her, but she didn't see why Severus made it out to be a big deal. Sure, James Potter was handsome and popular and friendly, but there was a bit about him that Lily didn't like much.
Lily had hated the fact that James and Severus were always bothering her best friend. Just because he didn't fit in with many people didn't mean James could make a fool of him. Lily was saddened whenever James jinxed poor Severus, and she was always there to defend her long-time friend.
But after the way that Severus Snape hurt Lily Evans, she quite frankly didn't see a single thing wrong with James Potter.
Lily felt a tap on her shoulder and looked up to see the young man in question.
"Do you want to come with us up to the Common Room?" asked James with a grin. Next to him was his three friends. They were inseparable.
"No, I think I'm going to go to the library, actually," Lily told him.
James' grin faded slightly as he and his friends headed out of the Great Hall, leaving Lily to herself.
After a few more minutes of sitting and looking uninterested in her plate of food, the flaming redhead left for the library, unaware of the black haired Slytherin watching her every move.
Okay, there you have it. That's the end of the first chapter. What do you think of it? Share your thoughts, please:)