"What the heck are you thinking?" I yelled.

"Lily, James and his 'pack,'" he said the word in a disgusted tone, "are going out of the castle again and I know where they're going this time!! I'm going to find out what they do when they leave the school at night! I'm going to turn them in!"

"You can't go. It's too dangerous!"

"Oh come on! I'll be fine. They're the ones who should be worried!"

"Severus. Please," I begged.

He looked at me imploringly.

"What if you get hurt?"

"Like you give a damn what happens to me!!" he yelled turning red. I looked at him, shocked. How could he think something like that? My throat tightened and my vision blurred.

"Please," I begged again, "Please,"

"Give me one good reason why I should stay here with you."

I knew that if I told him the truth, that I wanted him to stay because he was my best friend, he would never stay. My friendship didn't seem to be enough for him anymore. But, I would never be able to forgive myself if I hadn't done everything in my power to keep him safe and something happened to him. So I did the only thing I could think of that would make him stay.

"Severus," I said quietly, looking at the floor, "I need youto stay with me."

I looked up into his eyes. They were suddenly close. Very close. I knew what was coming next and I was going to let it happen. It was the only way. He leaned in, pressed his lips to mine, and kissed me. I stood very still, intending to stay that way until he finished.

But, when he felt my resistance he stopped too. I knew that if I didn't do anything he would follow them, he would get hurt. I threw my arms around his neck and kissed him back, pretending to feel the same way he did. I could practically hear his happiness (if that's even possible). He believed me so easily. Tears of guilt and some other emotion, pain or fear from kissing someone I didn't love, built up behind my closed lids. My throat closed making it hard to breath.

He pulled away.

"Lily, I have to go," he whispered with a very un-Severus like smile. The tears spilled over and he brushed them off my cheek, still smiling. Anger built up inside me. After all I had done for him, the jerk was still going to leave me. WTH?!

Before I could yell at him, he had turned and continued to make his way down, through the hidden passage way to the shrieking shack.

It took me a minute to figure out what had happened and to recover from what I had done. Once I was fully awake again a ran/ stumbled down the passage way to catch up with Severus. Soon I could see a light up ahead, the end of the tunnel. I was only a few steps away from the opening of the passage, when I heard a heart stopping scream and a howl. I ran, faster out of the tunnel and collided with Severus, somehow ending up with him right behind me and a werewolf right in front of me.

Crap!

"Ahwooo!" it howled again, Its hot meaty breath covering my face and filling my nostrils.

Oh crap crap crap!!! What had I done! I was only 16! I wasn't ready to die yet; I wanted to at least finish school first!!!

"Oh!" I gasped as something hit me, knocking me on the ground a couple of feet away.

Ow! My head! I touched the back of my head and looked at my hand; it was covered in thick blood. I looked up expecting to see the wolf in front of me preparing to eat me up.

Huh, that's odd, no wolf in sight. I blinked. Was that… James Potter? Yes, that was him. He was leaning over me. Oh, was he trying to tell me something? That's funny, why couldn't I hear him?

Black dots covered my eyes until I couldn't see.