Lily
I agreed to go out with James Potter yesterday. It hasn't quite sunk in yet. It's all been such a blur. First, he approached me as usual in the common room, but for some reason, it was empty of everyone but me and him. He was chatting about things, messing his hair up at the back, clearly embarrassed, and then just came out with it. He practically begged. I don't know why I did it, but I just found myself stuttering yes. He was obviously ready for me to say no, and the look on his face when I didn't. It was like Christmas had come early! He picked me up and spun me round, which I must say I found fun, then took my hand and whirled me out of the common room.
We walked for ages, just holding hands, talking about things. It felt, comfortable. My hand seemed to fit his, and I began to see him in a new light. His arrogance peeled away in layers, and he became nicer, kinder, more beautiful than any other boy I had ever seen. I had evidently made a bad judgement about James Potter. I'm determined to make up for it.
We came back eventually to the common room, which was now packed full. No one seemed to notice us creep in, until Sirius spotted us. "Potter got Evans!" he screamed. Suddenly everyone was crowding round us, jostling to get to James, to ask him how he finally won me over. Sirius disappeared for a while, and came back, arms full of Honeydukes sweets, and butterbeer. I couldn't believe all the attention. James seemed to thrive in it. He sat me down next to him, and kept looking at me with awe-filled eyes. Remus told me it was because he simply couldn't believe his luck.
The party promised to continue well into the early morning, if it wasn't for the head of Gryffindor, charging in at one. She gave James, Sirius, Lupin, and Peter detention, and then when I tried to speak up for them she gave me one too. Then James started to argue with her, and she sent us all up to bed. That night I dreamt of him.
This morning I thought that everything was a dream, but discovered it wasn't when I found James patiently waiting to go down to breakfast with me in the common room. He took my hand again, and we walked down to the Great Hall together. We'd just passed the Slytherin table when something flew past us, trailing large sobbing sounds behind. It was Severus. I felt so guilty.
Everyone in the Great Hall was staring at us make our way to our seats, so James suggested we just grab a stack of toast and go for a walk. I followed him, glad to escape all the turned heads.
We went to sit down by the lake, watching the giant squid propel itself lazily up and down. I put my head on James shoulder, and he stroked my hair. I felt so guilty for Severus, but so glad I had found James. We went back up to the castle after an hour or so. James needed to go to Quidditch practice, and was desperate for me to go and watch him, but I said I had homework. He looked worried that he'd lost me already, so I reached up and kissed him softly. He smiled, oddly dazed, and started off in the wrong direction to the Quidditch pitch.
I went to find Severus. I found him in the library, slumped over a book, his shoulders shaking. I put my hand on his shoulder.
"Sev?" I said softly, calling him a name I hadn't used in years.
"Leave me alone, Evans, I don't want to talk to you."
"Severus, look, I'm sorry I said yes, but you're just going to have to get over it. We can still be friends. You're still my best friend, and I hope I'm still yours."
"As if I'd want to be best friends with a mudblood," he spat, then clapped his hands to his mouth. "Oh Lily, I'm sorry, please, please don't take offence, I don't mind that you're going out with him, honest, please, Lily."
"That's not the first time you've said that, Severus. You're starting to get a bit repetitive."
"Lily, I'm sorry. Honestly, I am. To prove it, I'll never badmouth James again."
"I don't care who you badmouth, Severus. It doesn't change anything. You can't keep calling me that and expecting to get away with it."
"Please, Lily, please." He was sobbing now, trying to take my hand in his.
"I've got to go, Severus. I have a detention with James, Sirius, Peter and Remus because we were celebrating a little too loudly last night."
"I've got a detention too, because I was laid in front of the Gryffindor portrait hole last night and your head of house tripped over me. Please let me come with you."
"Why were you outside my common room last night?"
"I heard rumours… I wanted to see if they were true."
"About me and James, you mean? Well, I can tell you that. It's true, true, true as true can be. I'm going out with him and I don't care what you think. You shouldn't care about me, either. After all, I'm only a mudblood."
With that I flounced off. The detention was in 2 hours, so I headed back to the common room. That's where I am now. Writing my diary. I'm still angry with Severus, but he will always be my best friend. I'm glad I agreed to go out with James for some reasons, but others, not so. I didn't realise it was going to jeopardise my friendships so easily. I hoped this wasn't going to be a James vs. Severus scenario. I honestly wouldn't know who'd win right now.