Lily Bud
Year 1 Chapter 2
Lily was still thinking about the conversation of her first night in Hogwarts. Did everybody else know that Slytherin didn't like muggleborns? Why didn't Sev's mum ever tell him that? Did Sev learn about it yet? Lily hadn't asked him about it yet. It just never came up.
Lily only half listened to Dorcas and Sulfia sitting next to her. It was dinner time and the Great Hall was buzzing with people. Lily liked Dorcas a lot, but she still wasn't sure about Sulfia. It wasn't really her fault that she knew more about Slytherin than Sev, right? But she could have been more polite about it. Lily still sat with her in class and at meals, because Sulfia and Dorcas got along fine. Their dads were cousins or something, Lily stifled an eye roll, but according to Sulfia she was related to practically everybody.
A loud laugh broke out, and Lily turned her head to see the rude boys from the train. Potter and Black if she remembered correctly. Lily tried to remember all the names, because Sulfia was constantly talking about people very fast and got very annoyed when she had to explain who she was referring to.
The boys had been very rude, but maybe they just knew about the same stuff Sulfia told her about the first night. Maybe, she had been too rash in her judgment of them. Maybe, if she had listened to them on the train, they would have explained it to her and Sev and then Sev could have been with her in Gryffindor instead. Maybe, she should give them another chance.
As Lily was thinking about starting over with her housemates, she didn't notice that the boys had stood up from the table and were walking past her and her friends. Until she felt a sharp pain on her head. Lily cried out and twisted around on the bench. Behind her stood Potter and stared at her wide-eyed. A couple of long red hairs hung between his fingers.
Sulfia and Dorcas turned around at her shriek.
"Lily what is going on?" Sulfia asked, looking from her to Potter.
"He pulled my hair!" Lily held her head and glared at that stupid boy. She reached behind her head. Her hair was all sticky. "And he put sticky stuff in it!"
"N-no. I didn't- I just wanted-" He stammered. His friends around him started to snicker, as he turned red. James was moving his hand up and down as if he was petting something.
"You're such an idiot, James Potter." Sulfia told him, before she pulled Lily with her out of the Great Hall. "Let's go wash your hair and get that jam out." Dorcas followed behind them.
Lily felt angry tears in her eyes. She had been right about that boy. He was rude and mean and she would not give him another chance! But, she thought while glancing at her defender, maybe she should try to be better friends with Sulfia.
Thank you again at Hurricanhairandemeraldeyes for being my beta reader.
AN. This is the follow up from the first chapter of The Best. James learned at touching hair with jam sticky hands can be considered hair pulling and just when Lily thought about giving him another chance... Lily is still thinking about Slytherin and that they don't like muggleborns, but didn't yet confronted Severus about it.
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