I glanced at her and all I could think of was how beautiful she was. I wish I could be her friend. She did glance towards me for a moment and I was so mesmerized by her hazel eyes. I loved the soft look she gave me. For some time, I flowed into a daydream. My vision got blurry and soon I found her standing near me.
"I'm Lily." She stretched out her hand towards me.
I felt everything going out of my hands. Although, I couldn't see myself but I was pretty sure that I must be looking like a maniac who was handling all the nervousness and shyness at the same moment.
"Oh…um…Hi. I'm Severus." I replied and took her hand which ultimately sent butterflies in my belly.
She'd be having no idea how nervous I was. I couldn't help it. It was then that I realized there were many others standing and sitting near us and the feeling of panic started to explode and as I tried to initiate the conversation I felt a clump in my throat. I felt so uneasy in the situations and didn't feel comfortable at all. I felt odd one out amongst all of those students. They were glaring me with their skeptical looks. I closed my eyes for a second and took a deep breath and then returned my gaze back to where Lily stood.
She offered me a welcoming and serene smile. I smiled back with much effort.
"Can I sit here?" Lily asked.
"Sure." I spoke without wasting a second.
I shifted a bit towards another girl who sat a little bit away from me. As I shifted towards her she pulled her face out of the book she had buried it in and gave me an obnoxious look. I smiled weakly at her eccentric expression.
"Thank you, Severus." Lily spoke.
"You are welcome, Lily." I replied.
We looked at each other for a moment and I forgot whoever was present in that specific moment with us. I felt her eyes hypnotizing me.
"What book are you reading?" She asked.
"It's just…um…a book by Newt Scamander." I replied and closed the book for her to see the front cover of the book which said 'Fantastic beasts and where to find them'.
"It teaches you about the beasts." She spoke.
"Yeah…I have just started it." I spoke
We chatted for a few minutes until a girl came and spoke out of the blue, "Lily, what are you doing here?"
She stood by the threshold. Her neck was so long that it seemed like she was having multiple necks on top of each other at the same time.
"I…um…I was just talking to Severus." Lily spoke out of confusion.
I looked back to Lily who seemed a little irritated than before. This girl looked at Lily and didn't even seem to notice that I was sitting right beside her.
"I searched you in the whole section and you are sitting here with whoever-this-is because I don't really care. Come and tell me where my chocolate frog is?" She spoke with complete ignorant attitude.
"I'm just coming in a second." Lily spoke.
"Hurry up." The other girl shouted and went away.
Now, everybody's attention shifted on to their own work which was previously fixated on us.
"I am sorry for Petunia, Severus. I will be back in just a minute." She lifted her bag and waved at me.
I tried to force a smile. She opened the door and went away. I just kept looking and my gaze got fixed there as I watched her leave. I thought about the other girl who was so rude to me and Lily and Lily was so different than anybody I've ever met.
I suddenly realized that I was having a book in my hand which I showed to Lily. Instead of over thinking I tried to push my full concentration on the book. For a moment I thought that what if all these people sitting in front of me could really see what I am feeling within my head. I felt that they could read my thoughts and know all my weaknesses and fears.
But finally the time passed away and many people in my section started to drift into slumber. I felt quite comfortable as the night grew darker because nobody was awake to watch or spy on me.
When I woke up I gazed at a pair of black metallic shoes just in front of my eyes and they were moving. I suddenly got up and realized that I was sleeping on the floor. I mean I dropped from my bed onto the floor. Many people rushed past me without even caring that I was lying on the ground. Everybody was so buys in taking their stuff from here to somewhere else. They were probably packing all of their essentials. I stood up and looked out of the window. It was almost dawn and I heard people talking around me that the train will reach Hogwarts in just some hours. I was extremely excited and all of this was so new to me. I felt overwhelmed with the sudden pouring of excitement within my heart.
I wanted to learn all the magic in the school.
Finally, I got back to my seat and started reading the book again. We reached the place in no time and I looked up to the place of my dreams, Hogwarts.