`~*Chapter 2*~`
Narrator
"My turn." Snape said suddenly, with a smirk on his face. Lily jumped slightly when he spoke.
"What do you mean?" she asked rubbing her eyes. She felt like she was going to fall asleep since she was so exhausted from getting up early to work on the essay.
"It's my turn to ask you a question." He said.
"Uh okay…what's your question, Sev?" she asked. She was mostly curious, but slightly nervous too. She always hated playing truth or dare with Petunia because she loathed answering her 'truth' questions. But this was different; Sev would never hurt her, not intentionally, at least.
"What do you think of James Potter?" Snape asked. His expression hardened when he said the name, but Lily could sense worry buried deep under the loathing. What was he afraid of? She didn't like James in the slightest, and he knew it.
"I've told you, Sev, I hate him just as much as you do. He's an arrogant, boastful, and selfish jerk. I never have, and never will like him." she said definitely. This seemed to lift Snape's spirits a great deal. He lay back down, a smile still etched on his face.
Just as Lily was going to say something, she heard some muffled laughing and whispering from behind them. She turned to see some Slytherin boys laughing at Snape sitting with Lily; Avery, one of the boys, even wolf-whistled at them. Lily gave a frustrated groan and fell back on the ground, with her arms folded, holding back an urge to hex the Slytherins. Why was a sweet boy like Severus friends with those barbarians? She knew Snape would never show his kind side to them, but all the same, how could he stand them?
"Sev, please tell your friends to shut up and go away." She said, with a frustrated scowl on her face. Snape sat up, and turned around to see who she was talking about. His pale skin turned pink in an instant, which made his friends laugh even harder. He tried to get up, but lost his balance and tumbled on top of Lily, so that his face was inches from hers. By this time the Slytherins were laughing their heads off, meanwhile Snape turned even pinker. He got off of Lily and was so embarrassed, he seemed close to tears. Lily stood up too, and went to comfort Severus. But before she could put her arm around him, he pulled away.
"Leave me alone!" he said, tears sliding down his cheeks by now. He turned away from Lily and sped-walked back to the castle. He tried to hide his face with his hair as he passed the group of boys, but they caught a glimpse of Snape's wet, pink face and doubled over in laughter.
Lily, not un-hurt by Snape's remark, but more angry than hurt, ran over to the Slytherin boys and yelled, "All of you are Insensitive, rude, and completely idiotic bunch of boys, who don't know what's good for you!" she screamed angrily "And you" she said taking out her wand and pointing it at Avery, "Never. Wolf-whistle. At. Me. Again. Furnunculus!" As she cast the hex on Avery, red boils started to cover his face. His friends screamed and ran away rather stupidly, afraid of getting cursed themselves. Cowardly, selfish gits… Lily thought to herself. Satisfied, she walked away, heading to the bathrooms, hoping she could find Severus there. As she ran, she saw someone with longish hair, and a Gryffindor tie, watching from behind the corner.
Severus' POV
I ran down the corridor, hot tears still pouring out of my eyes. People coming back from lunch stared, but I didn't care. All that mattered to me at this moment was that the other Slytherins saw me with Lily. They will never let me live this down; I'll be lucky if they even talk to me anymore. How long had they been there? Or more importantly, how much did they see?
I turned the corner on the 2nd floor, towards the girl's bathroom. I pushed the door open, eager to be alone. As soon as the door closed I collapsed on the bathroom floor and sobbed rather loudly. Everything, everything, I had, was now gone. Lily probably hates me for yelling at her, I was just so embarrassed...and all those people who saw us…the reputation I had worked so hard to get…destroyed…It wouldn't be long before James Potter will hear and torture me…
I heard the door open as someone walked in. Oh no, the one thing I needed was someone to see me crying like a baby in a girls bathroom. Whoever it was walked in front of me and stopped. She bent down, and lifted her hand to wipe my tears away. My eyes were still terribly blurred from the tears building up inside them, so I couldn't see who it was clearly. I turned away and stood up shakily.
"I- I uh…nothing- I'm- bye." I stammered. I started to run past the girl who had just walked in, but whoever it was caught my arm before I could run away.
"Sev, please wait…"
