"Why do you have to be so chummy with Potty and Black?" Severus asked, scowling at the pretty red head floating a couple of feet away from him in the water. She was wearing a navy blue bikini, and an identical scowl.

"Well why do you have to be so chummy with all those stupid Death Eater pals of yours?" she retorted, moving her limbs smoothly so she could glide further away from him in the water.

"Lily, that's different, you know it is," Severus protested, "They don't bully people for no reason, unlike your crappy friends,"

"My crappy friends?" Lily thundered, standing up and turning to face Severus with an expression on her face that would cause braver men to quiver, "They are NOT my friends, but they are more so than you! And what do you mean when you say your friends don't bully people for no reason?" She walked as quickly as she could towards him in the water. It took a ridiculously long time, but she thought the effect might be lost completely if she swam instead, "So what do you think happened to Remus Lupin then? Why is he now in the hospital wing?"

"Oh I don't know," Severus drawled sarcastically, although he backed away from Lily quite noticeably, "Maybe it's just that time of the month again, and have you not noticed that he is friends with Potter and Black? That he does not egg them on?"

"Remus does NOT egg them on, if anything, he calms them down!" Lily was getting increasingly angry, her voice lever rising in volume, "James and Sirius were all for tying you to the Whomping Willow and setting you on fire! Remus talked them down to just taking off your pants in front of people!"

"Oh yes," Severus continued, "I forgot you had that little tryst with Lupin, that really he is the one that you want," This stunned Lily to silence. She had, indeed, kissed Remus Lupin, just once, but unfortunately Severus had heard them talking about it directly afterwards, but Remus had then chased him and erased his memory, so how did he know? "If you're wondering how I know," he continued, as if he had read her mind, "I am becoming quite an accomplished practitioner of occlumency and legilimency," So maybe he had read her mind after all.

"You're such a creep Severus," she fixed him with her best icy look, "People hate you so much that they won't talk to you, so you have to resort to reading minds to know what people are saying." She waded over to the side of the bath and pulled herself out, "You make me sick. I'm going back to the Gryffindor common room. Enjoy your bath."

Severus grimaced as Lily did indeed towel herself slightly, pull on her dressing gown, and leave without a backward glance. He knew he had just lost his best friend.