So, I kinda forgot to say anything in the first chapter... That made me sad. And I remembered right after i upload haha. Oh well! I remembered this time at least. Anyways, I've been gone for a while. I can't remember the last time I was on this site, but it's been loonnnggg. It's also been really long since I've written anything (sad face), so I'm sorry if my writing isn't the best. I just have to get back into the groove and remember:) Towards the end of the last chapter, I thought it improved somewhat from the beginning at least. I hope you guys liked the last chapter! Thanks ItalianChick88, DegrassiGleek1024, and .. for the story alerts!:) I don't usually write in third person, but I decided to try something new, and I kinda like it...:)

Oh, and I might as well put this here, since I forgot in the last chapter: I OWN NOTHING. Everything Harry Potter is J.K. Rowling's because there is nobody more genius than her that could have thought this wonderful world up. There, I think that will do:)

Okay, well, enough with my rambling. Here's Chapter 2:)

Chapter 2

Lily spent the rest of the train ride in the compartment with Mary MacDonald and Gina Bostic, making herself forget the previous scene. She was failing miserably.

As soon as she had entered the compartment, Mary and Gina had known something was up, so Lily told them the story, from the almost-fight with the Slytherins to the row with James at the end. When she was done, Mary and Gina were wide-eyed, slightly disappointed they missed the whole thing, and surprised the Lily-James fight had gotten so out of control.

Gina, being the sweetest out of the three girls, spoke first. "Don't worry about it, Lily," she said, smiling sadly at Lily who seemed really bothered by the whole fight. "I'm sure this will all be forgotten in a few days."

Lily groaned, obviously not comforted by Gina's words. "But it won't, Gina," she said, throwing her head back. "Nobody is going to forget this! He called me a...bitch. No one has ever heard that come out of his mouth, at least not when it's directed towards me." She shook her head, still feeling the blow of the word. She knew people thought of her as a bitch sometimes, but she had never driven someone so mad to call her bitch, especially in front of so many people. "But that's not what I'm really worried about," she said quietly, looking back at her friends. "I told him I hated him."

They were silent for a few moments, each trying to sort out their thoughts, until Mary spoke up, voicing the question they were certain to all be thinking. "Well...do you?" she asked, looking at her seriously, wanting an honest answer. She had dealt with the Lily-James fights for six years, but never had she heard Lily say she hated him, not even when she was the most angry at him. But now that she had actually said it, Mary wanted to know what Lily's true feelings towards Potter were.

Lily was quiet, thinking over the question. "I... I don't know," she said, staring hard at the floor.

Mary sighed, but there was nothing else to say on the subject. "You might want to figure that out then - soon - because if you realize you don't really hate him, you should probably fix this. He definitely deserved this, that arse, but I doubt anything good could come from this fight."

Lily knew she was right, but didn't know if she wanted to fix it. To her, she thought she had every right to hate Potter. She thought this, but somehow she couldn't make herself believe it.


"Good show, Prongs. You're a genius when it comes to fucking yourself over."

"Shut it, Sirius," James mumbled, brooding in the corner of the carriage as they made their way up to the castle, being pulled by the invisible horses.

"I have to say, she did deserve it though," Sirius went on, apparently not hearing James. "Nobody talks like that to a Marauder, right, Prongsie?"

"Back off, Sirius," Remus said in a low voice, sending him a look. The shaggy haired boy finally stopped, and slouched back on the bench, obviously annoyed by the tension in the carriage.

"This lot needs to brighten up," he said, scowling.

James hardly acknowledged Sirius' comment, but continued glaring at the wall opposite. He didn't know what he felt at the moment; there were too many thoughts he had, he couldn't process any of them. All he knew was that fight had blown way out of proportion. All he knew was that somewhere, somehow, something had gone terribly wrong, and turned a normal row between him and Lily into something that scared him. He had never meant to call her what he'd called her. He knew Lily was amazing, good, kind, even though she was "high-maintenance", but not once had he ever considered her a bitch, not even when she started telling him exactly what she thought about him. It had just slipped out through all the anger.

He groaned, realizing something that made him sick. It was just like the end of last year when the incident with Snape and Evans happened by the lake. Of course, the word Snape used was worse - much worse - but he could only imagine what Lily was thinking. It probably felt familiar to her too, except this time they weren't even friends to begin with. They were just acquaintaintances, with a few issues. But now...she hated him. He was hoping she didn't mean it, because he couldn't handle the thought of her really hating him, but he had seen how hurt and angry she was in her eyes when she said she hated him. He wanted to hold on to the hope that maybe she regretted it, but deep down he knew he'd screwed himself over this time.

Remus shook his head at James, disappointed at how pathetic he was and what an idiot he could be. He didn't care if James had meant it or not, Lily didn't deserve to be hurt like that. She might try to pretend she doesn't care when they got to the school, but he knew, from her eyes when the word slipped out of James' mouth, that that was a big blow for her. He had grown too close to the beautiful red head to let her be hurt like that, even if it was his best friend who had caused it. And as much as James pouted, Remus was hesitant as to whether or not he thought his friend deserved her forgiveness, the way he hurt and embarrassed her in front of all those people.

He knew he would do anything for James though, and if that meant finding a way to fix this damage the two had caused this time, then he would do it. It wouldn't be easy though, considering how ornery the two were, especially Lily. Remus knew he could figure something out though, and talk to Lily.

Feeling somewhat better after having giving himself his mission, he let his mind wander on to different thoughts.


Severus took his seat at the Slytherin table without a word with the rest of his 'friends.' They were still smirking about the incident on the train, especially Avery. He had thought the whole thing was a good laugh, specifically, in his words, 'when the Mudblood stepped in and thought she'd shown us.'

"Just wait until that filth gets what she deserves," he had said darkly, a malicious tint in his eyes. "She won't be so brave then, will she?"

It angered Severus to the core hearing the blood-thirsty boy talk about his Lily like that. A wave of pain ran through him at that thought, and he shut his dark eyes to compose himself. When he opened them again, they immediately sought out the familiar green eyes and the red hair. He found her just taking her seat farther down the hall at the Gryffindor table. It pained him to know he would never be close to her again, to smell her subtle perfume that somehow made him feel safer in the world. He had lost the only thing purely good in his life, over one slip up.

"I don't need help from filthy Mudbloods like her!"

He cringed at the memory, knowing he was never going to stop regretting that one moment in his life.

"...he wants me to join him after this year," Avery was saying, catching Snape's interest.

"But what about graduating?" Snape said, always one to find a problem with a plan.

"Graduating?" Avery laughed, and leaned further into the table with a dark look. "When I'm on the Dark Lord's ranks, I'll learn magic this lot can only dream of. He'll teach me things, there will be no point to graduating."

The Carrow twins nodded enthusiastically, grinning at the thought of such dark magic. Snape merely stared at the large boy, wondering if there was such a future for him.

"Until then, however," he said, his grin growing wider with the more information he spilled, "he wants me to keep an eye out here."

"An eye out for what, exactly?" Amycus said curiously.

"What do you think?" Avery said, annoyed with the dimwitted boy. "This place is crawling with filthy Mudbloods and the Blood Traitors that think they can protect them from the Dark Lord's power. It's not that hard to...give 'em a little scare, is it? Wouldn't want 'em to think they really stand a chance against the Dark Lord, right?"

The Carrow's and Regulus nodded, getting excited by the idea they could hardly sit still in their seats. Snape was silent, though. Something inside him was restraining him from joining their enthusiasm.

"And I know just where to start," Avery said quietly, and they all followed his malicious gaze to the Gryffindor table where they saw Lily, Mary, and Gina chatting together while they waited for the new first-years to enter the Great Hall for the Sorting, oblivious to the Slytherin's staring in their direction.

Author's Note ~

So, not as long as the last chapter, but I felt like this would be a good place to end the chapter. And, luckily for you and me, I can feel my writing coming back to me again, and it makes me feel really good haha:)

I saw HARRY POTTER! It was amazing. It was epic. And those words barely describe how brilliant it was. The perfect way to end ten years, if you ask me. I've grown up with Harry Potter, and now I feel kinda lost, knowing I can't look forward to another movie or book next year. Sigh. Oh, well, I'm sure Rowling has some more surprises in store for us:)

Anyways, reviews are appreciated! I hope you liked this chapter, even though it wasn't as long! I'll try to make the next one longer:)