After consulting his calendar, James Potter was upset. He now understood the odd behavior Lily had been. It explained how Sirius had not been seen all day. He realized why Peter had locked himself in their room and refused to come out, and he understood why Remus had been blushing constantly when talk of this day had come up. Damn, James thought, it's Valentine's Day. He exited Gryffindor Common Room and bumped into the last person he wanted to see, Severus Snape.
"Potter," Snape snarled. "What a displeasure it is to see that atrocious thing you call your face again." He chortled a little bit, pleased with his insult.
"Look, Snape, I am not in the mood," James warned angrily, glaring down his so-called "enemy". With Lily angry and Sirius missing, all that could ensue was chaos. He turned to walk away.
"James Potter is backing down?" Snape scoffed. "My, how the self-proclaimed 'mighty' have fallen. What's the matter, Potter?"
Losing his temper, James whipped out his wand, turned around, walked back, and had his wand jabbing into Snape's throat in the blink of an eye. "I've flipped you upside-down once before, Snivellus. Tell me why I shouldn't do it again, I beg you."
"James Harry Potter!" a voice screamed, and instantly, James lowered his wand and snapped his head around. Lily stood angrily glaring at the whole scene. "It's bad enough you forget what day it is, but once you finally figure it out, this is how you choose to spend it?!"
"No, Lily, I-" James started. He was so surprised to see her there. Her angry gaze sliced through James's heart piercingly.
"No, James Potter," Lily interrupted. "We're through!" On her heel she turned and sprinted away. She waited until she was far away to let the tears out. James didn't follow as he couldn't manage as much as a movement from his legs.
Even Snape was surprised; however, he was somewhat pleased at the same time. He got it into his mind that if Lily wasn't seeing James, maybe he himself would have a chance again. Remorsefully, he thought of the proper way to attempt to apologize for the events two years before that separated them.
"L-Lily.." James scarcely breathed. Lily had broken his heart, and he crumpled to the ground in a sheer lump of depression. And James Potter, the legendary courageous James Potter, cried. He didn't care a bit who saw it, not even if it was Severus. He sobbed her name. "Lily!"
Severus was shocked; he didn't know James was so vulnerable, or so simple or so.. human. Something inside of him screamed to take action, something so loud that he had simply no choice but to listen. He silently sauntered off in the direction Lily had gone.
A/N: So why is Snape going after Lily? And where is Sirius? Find out in the second half of this story. R&R 3