The Way Things Were Meant To Be
Chapter One: The New Friend?
A/N:
I know that it's been ages since I wrote anything on FanFiction, but I have a genuine excuse, I haven't had access to a computer for months – I have only just gotten a new one you see.
This Fic is going to be a fairly short project – I am too in love with the Sev/Lily thing, that I just couldn't bear to break them up, hence the start of a new Fic, and not an update of my other story. If this story has some grammatical mistakes, please forgive me – I wrote this first chapter in two hours and that was just a few minutes ago!
Please, Please, PLEASE enjoy and leave some sort of review at the end – I promise that it will be much appreciated and I'll respond to every single one!
Now on with the Story!
Severus Snape looked on in horror as Lily stormed away, back towards the Entrance Hall. He couldn't believe how stupid he had been, why couldn't he have just accepted her help? Why did he have to call her that? A million thoughts ran through his mind, how could he make this better? Was there anything that he could do to help her see why he had called her that?
Somehow he doubted it – hadn't she just called him "Snivellus"? There was no way that she would have called him that, not if she wanted to be friends any more. Severus then did something he never thought he would be able to do – he ran, ran faster than he had ever ran in his life, after Lily, not stopping until he reached the Entrance Hall, right at the point where the four Hourglasses stood.
How could a school, the very best school in the whole of Britain, be so split up? Why were students forced into the different houses; Slytherin, Gryffindor, Ravenclaw or Hufflepuff – what was the difference really? Did it really matter if he was a Slytherin and Lily was a Gryffindor? Somehow, Severus decided that it did not – if you really love someone, nothing mattered, nothing except whether or not that person loved you back.
He had to find out whether Lily felt the same way, he knew that if he didn't do it now, he would regret it for the rest of his life – there comes a time when you can't run and hide forever, sometimes you have to bite the bullet and tell that person just how you feel – even if it means you never see them again…
Running up the Grand Staircase, all the way to the seventh floor, he ran through his mind things that he could say to her, "Lily I love you…", "Lily, you are the only person in my life that I could ever call my friend…", "I need you…", all of these things didn't sound… right…
"What do you want Snivellus?" called out Potter and his gang. Severus ignored them; running straight past them down the corridor, only stopping when he reached the portrait of the Fat Lady in the pink dress.
"Hey I'm talking to you Snivelly!" yelled Potter, grabbing a hold of Severus' shoulder and forcibly turning him around to face him.
"Get your hands off me Potter! I HATE YOU!" Severus screamed as the portrait quietly opened behind him, "You've ruined my life, you never give a damn about what you do to people, you think you're popular because you have a little bit of talent on the Quidditch pitch! You think bullying people is cool because you can show how superior you are to everyone else… YOU THINK THAT YOU CAN GET LILY TO LOVE YOU BECAUSE OF THOSE THINGS!? You are seriously deluded Potter – she may not love me, but I'm willing to bet everything I own, EVERYTHING, that she hates you even more than me!" a few tears escaped his eyes but he carried on, "You don't even understand what it's like to love someone Potter, you've grown up with your rich parents, getting everything you want, whenever you want it, well I have news for you Potter – you can't make someone love you, no matter how much money you have at hand, no matter how much you show off in front of her – love just doesn't work like that…" realising that he had said too much, he barged past Potter and Black and stormed down the corridor, not really thinking about where he was going and slamming open a door and closing it behind him.
Where he was, he didn't really know, the only thing he was aware of was the fact that he had never been in this room before. He knew that he was still on the seventh floor, but he had never seen a room like this before. It just didn't make any sense, why would there be a room in Hogwarts that had both the Slytherin AND Gryffindor colours together on one wall?
If only Lily could see this… thought Severus. As if on cue, there was a knock on the door; Severus could hear a muffled voice coming through the thick wooden door. He slowly walked towards the door, finally deciding that he might as well open it. To his surprise, Remus Lupin entered the room, closing the door behind him.
"What do you want Lupin?" sneered Severus.
"I wanted to talk to you, to apologise for James and Sirius' behaviour down by the lake." He looked so sincere that Severus nearly fainted with shock.
"And why would you want to do that? I was under the impression that you were ah… enjoying what they do to me every day of every month of every year."
"Well Severus, as hard as this may be for you believe, I really do not like the way James and Sirius treat you – in fact a lot of the time they are completely out of order, I do try to stop them, I honestly do." He replied begging Severus to understand.
Again Severus couldn't believe what he was hearing; he opened his mouth to shoot Lupin down, but was interrupted before he even got a word in.
"I know you love Lily, Severus" he whispered, "I can help you to get her to speak to you again, just so you can tell her, face to face…"
The shock on Severus' face was comical; Lupin actually looked at him in surprise, a slight grin on his face, and this just confused Severus even more. "How can you help me, in fact why would you want to help me?" he questioned.
"Well the fact that you are so obviously head over heals in love with Lily, also the fact that this room is decorated with both Gryffindor and Slytherin colours is a clear giveaway that she means more to you than anything else in this world, even house traditions." Lupin had a look of triumph on his face.
"Okay, I'll let you help me, but on one condition – "
"That I don't tell James and Sirius?"
"Yes that and also that you'll tell me what this room I'm in is!"
"This room is called the 'come and go room' it only reveals itself to those in need of it's service – if you needed to put a broom somewhere, it would become a broom cupboard or if you needed to hide somewhere it would become a hideout – you get the general idea" replied Lupin smartly.
"This room is amazing! How did you find out about it Lupin?" asked Severus, clearly the discovery of something of this important meant a lot to him.
"That's a story for another day and call me Remus" said Remus as he left the room, leaving a stunned Severus standing there, mouth open wondering what had just happened…
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