A/N: I've decided to release this chapter early! But no worries you shall also have another tomorrow. I have this whole story planned and so i'm ahead on editing and writing. True to my word, things start to get interesting. Also, in the previous chapters and the upcoming chapters I have created characters of my own. Such as Doris, Merida Macmillian, and Bohemian. I'd also like to thank the few readers I have. I'm very self concious about my writing and it's great to see that the few that have read it, like it. So thank you and happy reading3

Snape

He didn't know what tempted him to do this. To wake up early and go and sit at the table in the back of library. The very same table that Lily had tried unsucessfully to strike up a conversation with him as he was studying. He blamed it on Bohemian. Bohemian was all for his friendship with Lily and that small approval had seemed to have a fairly large affect on him. More than Snape thought.

Snape had been sitting in the library for fifteen minutes, mindlessly flipping through books and rewriting notes. Wasn't Lily usually in the library by now? He muttered to himself. Evans is not the reason for my being here, he thought. The library is a place to study and he did spend a fairly large amount of time in there. That is until he realised Lily spent an enormous amount of time hunched over books and he had decided to move his studies back to the Slytherin common room. But now here he was, flipping through books sitting at Lily's usual study table anxiously waiting for her to walk through the shelves of books bearing a pile of books.

He sighed and picked up another book.

Lily

"Do you really need all those books?"

Lily was walking alongside James to the Great Hall. "Yes. If I carry around all my texts it will be easier to immediately continue any studying or homework I may have, and I can head straight to the library without stopping by the dormitory," she explained.

James rolled his eyes and grabbed a book off the top of her pile. "Give it a break will you? You study far too much." He turned his nose up and hung the book out in front of him between his fingers as if it were deadly to the touch.

Lily shot him a look that silenced him from commenting any further. "I can easily stop lending you my notes for any classes we share. Do remember that." She snatched the book out of his hands and began walking at a brisk pace towards the Great Hall. Her arms were tiring from the weight of lugging all the textbooks around. She knew James had a point, there really was no need for her to carry around all the books she did but she'd be dead before she admitted he was right.

James held his hands up in surrender. "I take it back alright? I'd be lost without your brilliant note taking." He flashed her a charming smiling.

She smiled smugly and started towards where Macmillian was seated with a rather bright looking Sirius and a tired looking Lupin.

"Finally," Macmillian looked up from her cereal. "He won't shut up," she pointed to Sirius with her spoon.

"What makes you think i'll be able to shut him up?" Lily asked as she seated herself beside the irritated blonde haired girl.

Sirius grinned seeing who had arrived. "You won't believe my brilliant plan Evans!"

With a roll of her eyes she began filling her plate with eggs and bacon. "Oh please do enlighten me."

Macmillian groaned beside here. "Lily," she said turning to face her, "Don't encourage him. I really don't want to hear him drone on about this."

"Ladies, you will be throughly impressed by what James and I have planned this time."At this statement Lily turned towards James with narrowed eyes. Peter, seated next to Sirius also seemed to take this news unpleasantly. Fore he was not let in on the plan James and Sirius had put together and he hated to be left out.

"Howlers," James and Sirius exclaimed in unison.

"What about Howlers?" Peter asked excitedly, desperate to be let in on the plan.

"Calm down Peter, we can't rid of all our suprises now." Sirius and James grinned at one another and began to dig into the eggs and bacon on their plates.

Macmillian cast Lily a glance of why-do-we-associate-with-this lot but Lily merely shrugged and reached for a book. Sure James and Sirius were always up to something and were always planning something new to disturb the peace but they weren't always so rowdy and obnoxious. Sometimes they even behaved as normal quiet boys and focused on their studies. Their obnoxious ways were admired by many students in and out of the Gryffindor house and she had to give it to them, they were indeed very clever when it came to planning something new.

Throughout the years they had pulled many tricks and pranks. From hexing peoples bags to bewitching the schools brooms to fly through the school. And somewhat, to her dismay, they had not yet run out of ideas.

The screeches of owls and beatings of their wings echoed throughout the dining hall signaling that the morning post was here. Lily instantly froze with a fork containing eggs halfway to her mouth when she caught sight of Sirius' snowy white owl clutching a bright red steaming howler. She narrowed her eyes. James and Sirius planned on sending a howler, but to whom? She glanced over at them and saw them shaking with silent laughter. From the opposite end of the hall a horde of owls flew into the great hall all bearing one or two howlers.

Howlers were dropped unceremoniously in piles in the middle of each house table. Students began to register what was about to occur and they began shouting and toppling over one another to reach the exit of the Great Hall. Lily heard Macmillian swear under her breath and take off after the rest of the students with James and Sirius on her heels laughing gleefully as they entered the corridor to seek refuge from the howlers. Lily remained frozen as multiple students desperately tried to reach the exit. She could vaguely hear James and Sirius' laughter mingled with Macmillians shouts to get into the corridor. Coming to her senses she swung her legs over the bench and started to make her way towards the hall. Before she could move however a ear splitting bang echoed through the hall as all the howlers exploded at once. She hit the ground at breakneck speed as she slammed her hands over her ears.

Intelligble shouts and screams exploded from the howlers and echoed throughout the great hall. Owls still delivering the post screeched and took off outdoors from the way the previously entered. Lily caught glimpses of the professors in the great hall attempting to cease the yelling but more than half instantly gave up and covered their ears as well to escape the tremondous noise. Lily's head pounded with the noise as she silently cursed the boys. Why couldn't they plan something harmless? Something that wouldn't cause half the school headaches. After what seemed like ages of crouching on the floor pressing her hands against her ears the shouts and screams from the howlers subsided at once leaving a ringing in her ears and her body fully awake. She fumed. Talk about causing someone to go deaf.

Students began to trickle back into the hall and assisted those that still lay crouched on the ground and underneath the tables. Professors instantly began searching for the cluprit. Macmillian and Lupin ran to where she lay crouched on the floor and helped her up. "Again I ask, why do we hang around them? That was outrageous. And they ran off after they witnessed everything!"

Lily threw her hands up in the air. "I don't know anymore." She shakily made her way to her discarded book pile and began shoving them in her satchel. "I'm going to the library," she mumbled and stalked out of the great hall. The idiots. Didn't they ever know when to stop? They were always so aggrivating. Howlers were rarely used and she was sure that with that many howlers exploding at once, it could cause some serious hearing damage.

Snape

Snape had finally been able to cease his thoughts about Lily and now all that remained were thoughts of potion ingredients and newly memorized spells. He was so absorbed in his studying he forgot what his intentions of being in the library really were until he heard the faint scuffles of shoes from someone making their way towards his table.

Evans stood clutching a pile of books looking slightly confused at Snape who occupied the table. Of course she'd be confused, he thought. He had been trying to avoid her all week. She hesitantly set her things down next to Snape's and peered at him suspiciously before she opened her advanced potion text and began reading.

He was instantly thrown off gaurd. Didn't she want to know what he was doing sitting at that table? And where was the usual cheery greetings she had offered him the last few times she had attempted a conversation. This was unusual. He glanced at her uncertainly and turned back towards his potions text, telling himself to stop worrying.

A few minutes later he could feel her gaze at him from behind his book. Without removing his eyes from the page he spoke in a cold tone, "Is there something wrong Evans?"

"Why are you sitting here?" She questioned.

He glared at her. Why was she constantly asking questions. She could just accept the fact that he was sitting there and not question it. But of course not. He sighed, he most certainly was not going to state his real intentions of why he was sitting in the library at the exact table he had avoided since their encounter. "Studying," He supplied. Which wasn't exactly a lie, he was studying.

She ducked her head and focused once more on her reading. The faint trace of a smile appeared on her lips. Snape was glad she hadn't responded. Maybe she finally had the sense to keep her mouth shut and just accept whatever he had to say. As they worked quietly he couldn't help but glance at her occasionally. This red headed girl in front of him was most definitely not just looking to seek a friend. She had a fairly good amount of friends and it seemed she was well liked in her Gryffindor house. That giant of a blonde girl sat with her during meals and Potters crew was usually around her. Potters crew. Instantly his thoughts of befriending her in any way scattered his mind. She was probably set up by Potter or Sirius to attempt to befriend him. It explained why this Gryffindor who was in no need what so ever of friends was constantly seeking him out. But why? He asked himself. Here she sat pouring over books like her life depended on it. He could hardly believe that she would do anything so cruel. Even so, he'd probably continue being suspicious.

They worked in silence until the nine o'clock bell signaling the start of their morning classes caused them to cease their working. Niether of them spoke a word as they packed their satchels and walked out of the library side by side. He thought about saying goodbye but he knew it would be foolish so instead without giving any indication that they had worked side by side in silence for an hour, he turned on his heel and stalked off to his class without a second look back at the girl he deserted at the library doors.

Lily

Lily allowed herself the smile she had been holding back for the hour that her and Snape had studied alongside each other. They had only exchanged a few words when she had first sat down but she had quickly decided not to respond or ask questions in fear that he would stalk off at any second and leave her sitting there among her books for a second time. So she stayed silent and expressionless as she poured over her potions text. When the bell signaled the beginning of morning classes he walked alongside her until he reached the door and then continued on his way as if she hadn't been there at all.

As Lily stared after the retreating pale boy clothed in green and black robes she realised she wasn't the least bit annoyed that he had left and acted as if she weren't there. Recieving a goodbye from Snape was too much to expect. The Gryffindor and Slytherin houses resented each other. Tempers ran even higher between the two houses when a Qudditch match came around and she understood why he didn't want to be seen with her.

In the back of her head a nagging suspicion gnawed at her. That maybe it wasn't only a feud between the two houses that caused him to seperate himself. But maybe it was the simple matter of her blood. Rumors were always circulating about the Slytherins view on the purification of Hogwarts and the wizarding world itself. She knew some students probably hated the idea of sharing classes with muggleborns. Lily was never used to being on the bad side of prejudice until her first year at Hogwarts. She had quickly learned to brush aside any nasty remarks from the Slytherins and it never botherd her anymore until now. She hoped Snape didn't look at her differently merely because she was a muggleborn. She could withstand the stares from other Slytherins but she found him oddly amusing and she didn't want to endure remarks about her blood from him, especially since he was already so cold and harsh to everyone around him.

Realising she hadn't moved from her spot in front of the library doors she spun on her heels and leaving all thoughts of Snape behind took off down the corridor for her Transfiguration class.