LISTEN TO ME!
House: Gryffindor
Category: Speech
Prompts: "What would it take to make you listen to me?" [Speech]
Word count: 441
Severus Snape was frustrated. He was tired of the shouting matches between him and his best friend Lily Evans. The argument was almost always about his choice of friendship in the Slytherin house. It was not as if he had any choice in selecting his friends. All the other houses hated Slytherin and refused to be friends with them. Lily was his only friend outside of his own house.
"What will it take for you to listen to me, Sev! I am telling you! Avery and Mulciber are evil! Please stop hanging out with them before you become like them!", Lily said.
"Lily! It is not as if I have any other choice! I have to mingle with them as they are in the same house as me! They are my room mates and are the only ones who treat me with respect other than you.", Severus said. "You do know that, the other three houses hate the Slytherin house and refuse to become friends with us, don't you?"
"I know about the nonsense house system, Sev! Can you blame them, Sev!?", Lily said. "There is a war going on, and most of the people in the other side are from your house!"
"Are you one of those who believe that, all Slytherins are evil? Are you!?", Severus asked. He never thought that Lily could believe in something as bad as this.
"I am not telling that, Sev! I do know that, there are many people from Slytherin were great. Merlin is a great example,", Lily said. "You know that I am not like those Marauders, who thinks such nonsense."
"You sure sounded just like them for a second there.", Severus was relieved at this.
"Just listen to me, Sev. I am telling it for your own good. I am sure that, I can persuade my friends to be your friends.", Lily said hoping that Severus will see the point.
"No, you listen to me, Lily! Nobody likes me! I am just a greasy Slytherin git with a crooked nose, who possibly is a follower of You know who!", Severus shouted and walked away. Lily just did not get him. She didn't know what it was to be like him. She did not know, how it is like to be hexed and cursed every day and even teachers turning a blind eye towards him. Severus did not know, what it would it take her to make her listen to, his predicament.
But he knew that, he shouldn't worry about it for now. He should forget it and go to library. After all it was his OWL exam for DADA subject tomorrow.