Lily sat in the dining hall, friendly conversations surrounding her; but she was oblivious to them. She absently reached for her goblet of cider when a paper airplane flew down, right on top of her pudding.
She snatched the paper airplane and ran out of the hall, flew up the moving staircases, nearly shouted the password to the portrait of the Fat Lady, and scrambled through the small tunnel.
When she emerged, she was relieved to see that she was the only person in the Gryffindor Common Room. She pulled out the note frantically, while settling down onto an armchair. The writing was quick and small, and a bit blurred:
Meet me by the Forbidden Forest at 12:30Lily folded up the letter and threw it in the measly fire. She wanted to swear, but she contained herself as three-second year boys climbed out of the portrait hole. She hated him. She hated Severus.
He
had called her a mudblood, and was hanging out with dangerous
Slytherins. But she was also scared for him. Maybe if he had been
sorted into Gryffindor things wouldn't be so messed up. Curiosity
slowly overlapped her anger and fear. Should she go to the Forbidden
Forest? What if Severus was just trying to fix their friendship? Or
what if he was just going to scorn her with a sharp tongue, and blame
her for everything, declaring that she should apologize?
She
sighed heavily, scared of what to do. She finally decided to go down
to the Forbidden Forest, and hear what Severus had to say. If he
started saying rubbish she'd walk away, telling him their
friendship was over. Or was it over already? She wasn't sure of
anything at the moment.
