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Chapter 1
It isn't easy being Lily Evans' best friend. Sometimes it's downright tiresome trying to keep up with her, what with all her academic activities and such. Oh, and fending off the infamous James Potter.
Yes, being Lily's best friend is a full time job but I don't mind doing it because she's family to me, a sister really, and if that means I'm the one that keeps her head level and makes sure Potter doesn't get the chance to harass her than so be it.
We met our first year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. We were partners for a Transfiguration project and ever since she helped me turn a frog into a vase we've been inseparable. Thank goodness that Sorting Hat put me in Gryffindor rather than in Slytherin like my mum who pretty much bled green and black. Merlin knows how she ended up with my Gryffindor of a father but somehow they work.
Oh by the way, I'm Rose, Rose Lange. I'm the type of gal who listens to music in her spare time whilst contemplating all of life's conundrums. Okay maybe not that last part but I do wonder why the hell life had to be so boring sometimes. At least for me that is while Lily actually has an interesting boy who fancies her and I'm just over here fancying the wrong type of boy, or so my father thinks and sometimes even Lily questions my sanity. Of coarse my mum approves completely but we will get to who it is later. For now, let's enjoy this Gryffindor vs. Slytherin Quidditch match.
"Oi get a move on Prongs that Snitch wont find itself!" Sirius Black yells. He's standing beside his other best friends Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew, who seem to be more animated than usual due to our obvious winning. Gryffindor rocks.
Potter throws an obscene gesture their way causing them to grin like a bunch of loons as well as myself because well hey, I'm just nosy. "Do they know they're prats or do they really not understand what can get them detention?" Lily scoffs, shaking her head. I shrug and look around, "I don't think anyone even saw it."
Of coarse, as I'm looking around I know someone who is looking over and my heart seems to stop. Him. The weird Slytherin boy everyone makes fun of and picks on. The boy who caught my eye when he silently offered me a tail of rat in Potions class our second year when I needed one the most. Severus Snape.
I'm pretty certain he wasn't looking at me because from what I can gather, he only had eyes for my best friend, who is completely oblivious by the way, like no way would she ever know, even if it fell in her lap one day.
This is why I'm not even jealous, not even a little bit. Okay a bit. It's not her fault though because like I said, she has no idea.
I finally look away from the Slytherin side of the court and my attention is back on the game. Apparently while I was day dreaming Gryffindor scored another 10 points which put us ahead 50 to 30. Potter seemed to be whipping his broom quickly throughout the other players while Lucius Malfoy, the Slytherin Seeker, was hot on his tail.
We were cheering so hard and loudly that they could probably hear us in Azkaban. A resounding chant of "Potter! Potter! Potter!" filled the Gryffindor side, signs were hoisted, students were flailing about in excitement. Finally he caught the Snitch and cheers erupted all around me including Lily who had finally gotten into the game.
I chanced a glance one last time at the Slytherin side before filing out with everyone else to find Snape leaving gloomily with the rest of his House when suddenly he looked up and over towards me and Lily. Well, once again it was more like Lily and right then and there, I decided to make sure he stared at me like that someday. However long it took…
Author's Note: Sorry I'm a bit rusty at this but I hope you enjoy it so far. I know it's not a lot of story but I promise it will pick up so please review and let me know what you think and what I should do to improve ^_^