Severus suspired deeply as he made his way onto Platform 9 3/4. This is the moment he's been waiting for; going to a school where there are others like him, where he wouldn't feel so...different. He paused, looking around for lovely Lily Evans. It would be really nice to sit with someone he knows on the train. He searched the platform for her but she was no where to be found.
Might as well get on the train, he thought. Wouldn't want to get stuck in a compartment with a bunch of twats.
Looking for a proper compartment was hopeless. He reached the last compartment and decide to settle in since there was no point in going looking through each one again.
He entered to see four lads already there; One of them was rather handsome with dark hair falling into his eyes, another with light brown hair looking as though he hadn't slept in ages, the third who seemed to resemble a fattened rat. He raised his black eyes to meet a pair of hazel ones. He was wearing glasses, his dark hair untidy sticking up at the back.
"Lost, are you?", the hazel-eyed boy said, with a mysterious smirk.
"Couldn't find a compartment.", mumbled Severus, placing himself on the seat opposite of Hazel Eyes, keeping his head down.
"Of course, looking like that, you look as if you're heads over heels to get into Slytherin.", he laughed.
"What's wrong with Slytherin?" Severus and the handsome one said at once.
Hazel Eyes laughed again. "Well, what are your names?", he asked.
"I'm Remus." said the tired one, quietly.
"Sirius!" the handsome one said.
"My name's Peter!" exclaimed the wide one, eagerly looking at James.
"Well, my name is James Potter. And you?"
It took Severus a while to realize it was Hazel Eyes that spoke. James Potter. As the name sunk in, he realized he was staring. He tried to speak but his throat was suddenly dry.
"Well, are you going to stare at me all day? I know I'm good-looking but..." James said.
"Severus! My name is Severus," he coughed out nervously, not being able to understand the boy he was looking at.
James continued to speak but Snape lost focus. His years at Hogwarts was supposed to be about him, the Dark Arts & Lily Evans, wasn't it?