Author Note: Hey guys! This is my first fanfic so be nice :) Basically I started writing this when I was extremely bored xD I'm sorry if I've missed mistakes :S This first chapter was just an intro really... Plus I do have a soft spot for Snape :)
As soon as they called out my name, I took a deep breath and took my place before the sorting hat. I hoped it wouldn't take long because honestly, it was embarrassing sitting there with everyone staring. I got my wish, as almost as soon as the hat was placed on my head; it bellowed 'Gryffindor!' I smiled in spite of myself, yet as I walked over to the Gryffindor table, I noticed one of the boys from the train who was mean to Severus and I. Trust me to end up in the same house as this idiot. I turned my back on him as best I could. More names were called out and the next person to take the seat beside me was also recognizable from the train. Sandwiched between the two, they began whispering across me. I craned my neck as I waited for Severus's turn to be sorted full of hope that he would be in Gryffindor too, but no such luck. The hat called out 'Slytherin!' and my stomach sank. I watched him go across to the other side of the Great Hall, and as he sat down he was patted on the back by a blonde boy with slicked back hair who seemed to be a prefect. I hoped Sev would look at me. He didn't.
My first few years at Hogwarts flew by and I did make new friends in Gryffindor. Severus still spoke to me often, though I felt there was a distinct distance between us, mainly due to the huge rivalry between Gryffindor and Slytherin. Yet, I saw him the most during the summer and he was the same Severus I always knew. Summers proved difficult as Petunia made sure of. She started arguments over silly things and if anything went wrong, I was to blame. She spilt Diet Coke all over the cream rug in the living room and when my Mum started shouting, she said it was me and my 'magic tricks'. It was SO annoying. I moaned to Severus about it the next day.
'I just can't enjoy her company Sev. She is getting beyond a joke!'
'Oh she's only jealous.' he said smirking. I nodded.
'I know, but I kinda get it. If roles were reversed, I'd probably be doing the same thing to her.'
He smiled, his jet black hair blowing into his face. 'Do you really think?'
I thought about it again, and sighed. 'Yeah I do...Maybe it wouldn't last forever though. Come on, Petunia has hated me for the last four years. It's not my fault for God's sake! Ugh I'm just so glad I have you to moan about it to...' I laughed. He then surprised me when he replied.
'Well I'll always be here for you Lily.' his black eyes were intense and searching as he gazed at me. I kept eye contact for as long as I could and then I felt my cheeks redden, and I smiled and patted his arm a little too enthusiastically as he winced slightly. 'Thanks Sev!'
That summer sped by as quickly as it had come, and soon enough Severus and I were back on the Hogwarts express ready for our fifth year, trying to find a seat. No sooner had we begun when a voice said behind us 'Hey Snape, over here!' I turned around and saw Mulciber,a boy Severus was friends with. Severus had turned around too and then he turned back to me with a look of entreaty. He then said to me, 'Do you mind-?' I immediately said that I didn't, and told him to go. He gave me a weak smile and turned towards the compartment which Mulciber was guarding, eyeing me with a look which could only be described as a look of contempt. I turned away and trudged forwards instantly feeling like I wanted to be swallowed up. I now had to find a seat for myself. I. HATE. SEVERUS. How could he?