A/N: Yaaaaaay new chapter!! Long, long, long time since my last update. I find it hard to keep on top of writing fanfiction on top of my day to day life. Many apologies. Disclaimer is in my profile.

Chapter 2

Lily packed up her books at the end of charms class finding herself quite pleased. It turned out she had been amongst the first to master the wingardium leviosa charm, bested only by one Ravenclaw student, and followed quickly by Remus Lupin and Jordan. She was even more pleased when it took Potter almost half the lesson to get his feather to do more than rise half an inch before falling quickly back down to his desk . She slung her bag over her shoulder and walked happily out of the room, Jordan, Alice and Mary talking animatedly around her. This Hogwarts thing was turning out to be better than she and Severus had imagined it to be.

In the hallway the girls passed a group of Slytherins, containing Severus. She waved brightly at the boys, most of whom were older. In return she got several disdainful looks and a feeble wave from Severus only. Puzzled, Lily joined her friends in the queue outside of the Potions dungeon and found herself quickly distracted by the girls making fun of Potter's feather's refusal to levitate. The ridicule was short-lived, however, because no sooner had the girls started to discuss this, had the door to the dungeon opened, admitting the students to their first ever potions lesson.

Lily followed Alice into the classroom, taking a seat in the middle of the room, looking at her surroundings. Long tables stood in rows in front of several mildly comfortable stools. Lily noted curiously that, although they were underground there was a window with rich green draperies and a comfortable purple armchair placed behind the teacher's desk, which contained a large jar of what looked like yellow crystal. A large cabinet stood in the corner next to a large basin with a gargoyle shaped spout. A door swung open over by the teacher's desk and Lily spun around to see a large portly man enter the room.

"Good afternoon, class. My name is Professor Horace Slughorn. I am the head of Slytherin house." He said, nodding to the students on the other half of the room. Lily looked round. She didn't realise she would be taking this class with Severus. She scanned the faces, spotting him towards the front. She grinned, relieved that even though they were in separate houses, she was still going to be able to spend some time with Severus.

"Now, turn your texts to page five. Today we are going to go over the rules and procedures of the potions labs, as well as looking at some commonly used ingredients and their properties. "

It had been a long lesson, full of note taking. As the girls sat down at the Gryffindor table, Jordan's stomach gave a loud rumble.

"What?" she said when they all looked at her. "It's been a whole five hours since I last ate. I'm a growing girl, you know."

Alice giggled, Mary rolled her eyes, and Lily merely grinned whilst helping herself to some mashed potatoes.

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Before Lily or anybody knew it, Saturday had come. Lily awoke around nine o'clock to find Jordan had already been up, and Mary, Alice, and Michele were all still sound asleep. Lily got up and made her bed before heading into the bathroom to shower and get dressed. She emerged twenty minutes later, with her hair still wet. Walking over to her small wardrobe she felt something stuck to her foot. She glanced down at the piece of parchment and picked it up.

Dear Mother,

I did not receive a reply to my letter from earlier this week informing you that I have been sorted into Gryffindor. James says the letter must not have gotten delivered, so, on the off chance that he is right I have decided to send you another. As I stated above, I am a Gryffindor with James. Sirius Black, Frank Longbottom, and Mary Bell are also in my house.

Classes have been going well, though it HAS only been one week. I am settling in very well to school life. I think the Latin and French lessons you made me take are going to come in very handy. Today we have our first flying lesson.

I know you are very busy doing whatever it is you do, but I do hope you can find a spare moment to reply to this and tell me how you are doing.

With Love,

Jordan.

Lily refolded the letter and slid it halfway under Jordan's bed. It was none of her business anyway. She exited the dormitory, now fully dressed and smacked headlong into someone she did NOT wish to see so early in the morning.

"Lily!" Potter said happily, upon spotting her. "Is my lovely cousin up yet?"

"Potter. Yes, she it, but I'm afraid she's not up there. Any idea where I might find her?"

"She likes a nice fly in the mornings," he returned. "I'll walk down with you. There's something I need to talk to her about anyway."

"I'd rather you didn't." Lily said shortly, climbing through the portrait hole, and away from him.

Much to Lily's dismay, he followed. Sighing loudly she began to walk quite fast, so he had to struggle to keep up. In her hurry she ended up sinking into a trick step. Fuming with anger she cursed and pulled her leg up, causing it to sink deeper. A hand grasped her arm and pulled her out.

"Well," said an angry sounding voice ahead. "Looks like you won't need me around anymore, Lily, now that you've got Potter around to rescue you."

Lily looked up at Severus, standing about ten feet away. She ripped her arm out of Potter's grip and ran after him as he turned and strode in the other direction down the corridor.

"Sev! SEV!" Lily shouted as she caught up with him. He stopped and looked over at her.

"Lily, if you are going to be friends with a bigot like that you can save your breath." Severus spat at her. Her eyes widened and she could feel a small lump in her throat.

"I didn't ask him to pull me out of that step. I wouldn't have even been in it if it weren't for him." Severus rolled his eyes, and Lily knew this wasn't good enough, Even if it was the truth. Enraged at Potter for causing this, she continued.

"I don't even like him. As a matter of fact, Severus, I hate him. How could you think I would befriend him like that after the train ride?"

"You hate him?" Severus asked, as small grin on his face.

"Yes, yes I do. He's vile and he's a bully." Lily responded. Severus' grin grew.

Around the nearest corner, however, someone was not smiling. James Potter turned and walked quickly away from where Lily and Snape stood talking. He had the feeling Jordan wasn't the only one who needed a nice long fly to clear their head.

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James flew around the quidditch pitch for at least an hour before he realised he was hungry. Jordan had gone in before he had made it out, which, even though he wanted to talk to her, he was thankful for. Landing softly, he picked up his cloak and headed back to the castle, putting the school broom away as he did so.

On his way through the Entrance Hall he heard his name and turned to see Sirius following Jordan down the marble staircase.

"Hey guys." He said as they approached.

"Where have you been?" Jordan asked him, hands on her hips. "I've been looking all over for you! I even ha d to get Sirius to help me."

"Sorry. I needed to fly for a bit." James responded. Jordan nodded knowingly.

"We'll talk about it later. I need to go meet Lily and Alice for lunch. Mary's still sleeping." She said as she headed into the Great Hall for lunch.

"Talk about what later?" Sirius asked as they too entered the Great Hall.

"Nothing, nothing. Oh, all right, " James sigh as Sirius gave him a doubtful look. "The two of us like to fly whenever something's bothering us. But I'm not telling you my problem."

"Fair enough." Sirius replied, taking a seat across from Remus and helping himself to some soup.