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Song for this chapter:
Crush by David Archuleta
Why do I keep running from the truth? All I ever think about is you.
Do you ever think, when you're all alone, all that we could be, where this thing could go?
Snape gazed across the room at Lily. She looked miserable sitting all alone with those Gryffindors. All he had wanted was for her to be in Slytherin like him. All he had wanted was for them to be happy, together. And now, they were sad, apart. She was his best, and only, friend. She was the one who would cheer him up after his parents had a fight. She was the one whose doors (or windows) were open when he needed a place to sleep. She was everything, and now they had no way to be together.
On the other side of the dining hall, Lily was on the verge of tears. They weren't necessarily tears of her sadness, they were more tears of utter fear. Lily couldn't believe that Severus was going to be in a different house. She knew that somewhere deep down she had always known that they wouldn't be together, but now that it was a reality she was scared and alone. The only other people she knew there were those mean boys from the train and she made a promise to herself that she would never befriend those jerks.
Just then a pretty second year girl came up to Lily.
"Hello, Lily I think was your name, my name is Rachel!"
Lily smiled and replied, "Yes it's Lily. Nice to meet you Rachel."
Rachel looked at Lily for a second with a puzzled expression on her face then said, "What's wrong? You don't look happy, and who wouldn't be happy to be at HOGWARTS?"
Lily paused, wondering if she should share the truth with her new friend, then decided to tell her an edited version of the truth, "My friend was sorted into another House, that's all. I'll be fine in a minute."
Lily knew that 'friend' hardly covered what her and Sev had...but she didn't want anyone to know how she felt about him. She had learned that Slytherin and Gryffindor were rivals, and if they knew that she liked, maybe even loved (although she was too young to realize that yet), a Slytherin, she would be the laughing stalk of the whole school.
Rachel smiled sympathetically, "I know how that feels," She said with a sugarcoated voice, "My best friend is in Ravenclaw, but don't worry we get to see each other sometimes. Hogwarts is a lot of fun and you will for sure make new friends here! Besides, I think I saw James Potter looking at you! He's CUTE!"
Lily wrinkled her nose at the thought of the nasty rat of a boy liking her. She then smiled politely and declared, "I'm off to bed. All this chit chat has made me sleepy. Would you show me my room?"
The two new friends went off to the rooms to get to bed.
Meanwhile, Snape had made some new friends himself. They were murmuring something about the rise of a man called 'Lord Voldemort'. The way they put it, the whole idea sounded rather intriguing. Wizarding rule, Muggles as slaves.
To a boy who had been walked upon by nearly everyone in his life, the idea of being superior appealed to him. He wanted the chance to get back at his parents for putting him through such a horrible childhood and it sounded like this 'Voldemort' might be the way. He knew marrying Lily, the muggleborn, mattered not to his parents. His mother was, in fact, a muggle child herself (although marrying Lily was certainly a part of his life plan). Yes, maybe ruling on high in the right chair next to Voldemort could give him the power to get them back. For now, they were just thoughts of an abused 11 year old boy. But later, they would become his very downfall. They would become the things that took him away from the only woman he ever loved.
