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a/n: In this story Minerva is the same age as the marauders and Severus
She saw two people walking down to the lake. A boy and a girl. The only thing Lily couldn't do was to identify them. But we can, so let's watch them.
She had long dark black hair which she wore in a ponytail and emerald green eyes. He was a bit taller than her, had dark eyes and black hair that fell to his shoulders.
They didn't talk, or so it seemed because they didn't look at each other while walking. Suddenly he stopped and turned to the girl.
„I have to tell you something. I know I should have told you earlier. But – it wouldn't have changed a thing."
She knew what he wanted to say. It was the only reason why he wanted to be alone with her. She had known about his feelings for a long time but always had thought it was just a crush that would go away again. How wrong she had been. And now she would have to hurt him, no matter she had tried to avoid getting in this situation she had to be honest.
„What's it?"
„You know it's hard for me to tell!"
„You can trust me, remember? You can tell me everything, you're my friend."
„I know you're my friend – that's what makes everything so complicated. What I want to tell you is...well, I love you."
Here we leave them at first to see what Lily is up to.
She had returned to the castle where she sat now watching James who didn't notice that she was in love with him. He could be so stupid sometimes! So she decided to go back to the Gryffindor common room.
What Lily didn't know was that she wasn't the only one left alone in her thoughts. Sirius who was still in the great hall was in a rather depressing mood. His girlfriend behaved so strange lately that he didn't know what to do.
And now she was going for a walk with one of these Slytherins. No, the problem was that it was Snape, Snivellus as everyone used to call him. In Sirius' opinion he was nothing more than a Slytherin slimeball. His girlfriend on the other hand seemed to like him. To Sirius it looked like he had lost her. Lost her to the enemy.
If she could have heard what her boyfriend thought she probably would have been furious about him for just thinking that she could love anyone else.
Severus, I really like you and you know that but you also know that I love Sirius and even now, although he doesn't return my feelings anymore, I would feel guilty and...I'm sorry."
„What for? Loving him? You don't have to be. Hating me because I destroyed our friendship? I would understand you."
„I don't hate you Severus. Even if I wanted to I simply couldn't. Ad well, this Sirius thing – it seemes as if it wasn't as serious as I thought. Good night, Severus."
She ran back to the castle as fast as she could. She had to talk to Sirius before it was too late. When she couldn'd find him anywhere she decided to ask James. What he told her hit her as a shock. Sirius was outside with some Ravenclaw girl she never heard of.
Now she was more confused than ever – either he just wanted her to feel jealous or he didn't care at all about her still loving him.
So she decided to search him. She found him relatively fast as he was sitting at the lake kissing this Julie-girl. At first he didn't notice his girlfriend but when he heard her crying and sobbing he immediately ran to her completely forgetting about the other girl. As they walked back inside he tried to talk to her.
„Minerva, please – don't go."
„Why? Do you know the old quotation 'If you don't have anything nice to say, that better say nothing'? That's exactly how I'm feeling at the moment. Let me go, just don't make it worse."
„Min, I think you got something wrong. I know I wasn't honesty in person but that doens't change the fact that I love you. Only you and nobody else!"
„Oh, I love you, too, Sirius. We will always be together, won't we?"
„Yes sweetheart, we will – always!"
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