Disclaimer: Hello, my name is Bob. I live in a cardboard box of the sidewalk of downtown Vancouver, and I own Harry Potter. (Just kidding!)
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"Snape! Out of all the bloody dopes in Slytherin, why him for head boy? I'm so doomed!" cried Lily.
"Head boy, eh, Lil's?" sneered James, "You know what that means…"
"…You two will have to sleep in the same room, breath the same hair, bathe in the same bathtub…" finished Sirius.
"Surprisingly, this isn't necessarily helping," moaned Lily.
It was the 7th year at Hogwarts for Lily Evans. Lilly, who had just turned 17, had long red hair, which was down to her butt. It was usually in a messy ponytail at the top of her head. She had bright green eyes, with was extenuated by light purple eye shadow most of the time.
"You know what we could do?" asked James, "We could get him expelled or something!"
Lilly didn't like the sound of that, last time she left that sort of thing up to James and his friends, Snape was found standing in front of the great hall wearing nothing but a ladies thong, the poor 1st years were scarred for life.
"Nah," replied Lily, "I'd rather go out with you!"
"Really?" said James excitedly.
Remus rolled his eyes, "She was joking…"
"Oh." James lowered his head.
"Well, I must be off," sighed Lily, throwing her shoulder bag over her, "Professor Binns needs to go over with the head girl rules with me in his office."
"Bye," the three of them said.
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Once Lily entered the school she bumped right into Snape.
"Watch where you're going!" he cried at her.
"Snape, take a vacation, you don't have to be an asshole everyday of your life," responded Lily coolly.
The two walked to Professors Binns office together. Once they got there they realized that they didn't have the password.
"Why would I have it?" asked Lily, "I've been outside with Potter since I got here."
"Lost all your friends did you?" replied Snape, "Really, Evans, that's even low for you."
"Look, see that whole in your face?" asked Lily loudly, "Shut it. We're going to have to live together, whether you and I like it or not, so just -"
"Hello, Ms. Evans and Mr. Snape," said Professor Binns, "Please, step into my office."
The two gave each other dirty looks and then stepped into the moving golden stairs that led into Binns office together.
"Tea?" offered the Headmaster. The two shook their heads while he poured himself a cup.
"As Head Boy and Girl," started Binns, "It is your duty to lead your peers in the right direction. Discipline them - take away house points if you must. Please realize that this is a privilege, not a right, abuse this privilege and it shall be taken away from you."
The two nodded to show that they were, indeed, listening.
"Now, Professor Dumbledore has arranged a loft for the both of you. The loft includes a den, one bathroom and two bedrooms," continued Binns taking another sip of his tea.
"Two bedrooms, sir?" asked Lily, repeating what the headmaster had just said.
The headmaster nodded in return as Lilly gave a sigh of relief. "Oh, thank heavens!" cried Lily, "I thought –"
Just then Snape had raised his eyebrows at her and so she decided to stop right there, leaving the subject of the two sleeping in the same room alone.
Suddenly the door open and the two twisted their heads around to see Professor Dumbledore standing there. He looked a lot different to Lily, quite like an old lion. Huge chucks of gray were settled among what used to be his hazelnut beard.
"Good morning, Professor Binns," he said with a bit of a croak, "May I now show Ms. Evans and Mr. Snape their home for this term?"
"Very well," replied the Headmaster, "I believe I've gone over everything."
At this time Lily and Snape raised from their seats to join Dumbledore. They left Professor Binns room in a hurry. They walked down the stairs that they had gone up a few minutes ago and past a bundle of whispering 4th year girls. The three of them then stopped at a large owl gargoyle.
"The password is kneazle," Dumbledore informed them, and with that he left.
Lily said the password and the two entered a huge room that had banners that said 'HB' and 'HG' all over them. There was a plumb leather couch beside a blazing fireplace. She walked down a narrow hallway that was beside a large oak desk, and opened a door that was labeled 'Head Girl'. Inside was a huge king sized bed and an oak dresser. She plopped herself onto the bed, which was way more comfortable than the four-corner beds that she was used to, and for a minute there she drifted away … until she heard a large BANG and found out that Snape was in the bedroom beside her playing with his chemistry set again.
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Authors Note – Okay, I started to write this ficcy before I read HBP, and so I know it is technically politically incorrect for me to write a ficcy like this seeing how HBP ends. However, I am going to go on with this, and I hope it doesn't cause any controversy. Please hit the review button and you will get cookies. –Alicia (Jeni)
Ps. I'm joking about the cookies.