Severus paid no attention to his work for the rest of the day, his thoughts on Lily about how whenever they made up something else made them fight, that something else was usually the Marauders. He sighed and was brought out of his thinking by a knock at the door. "The headmaster would like to see Mr. Potter, Mr. Black, Mr. Lupin and Mr. Snape," The boy said he looked as if he was a six year. Pettigrew jumped slightly and frowned as the rest of his friends had been called and he hadn't.
The walk to the headmasters office was painfully quiet not even Black said a word, once the boy gave the password for the gargoyle he disappeared on his way to class. The Four boys walked up the stairs and stood there watching the door as if waiting for it to something. Potter eventually walked forward and knocked, Dumbledore's voice answered. "Come in." The four boys entered the office and sat down on the seats in front of Dumbledore's desk fidgeting with their ties or sleeves.
"Mr. Black and Mr. Snape I am highly disappointed in you," He said, his voice was cold, and low it was worse than shouting Severus noted, calm fury always was. "Mr. Snape for what you said that could danger another students schooling and Mr. Black for how you responded, the only person who had the right to respond like that is Mr. Lupin, but he didn't act like that. He acted calm as to give everyone the appearance that there was nothing really wrong." Lupin glanced awkwardly at his feet not liking the sudden spotlight. "You will both lose twenty points and get a week worth of detention." He turned away from the two boys. "Mr. Potter as Head boy and a friend of Mr. Black you shouldn't have let him react like that. I gave you this position because I thought you would be able to get over this schoolboy grudge when more important needs arised. I am quite disappointed in you too."
Potter nodded sadly. "I'm sorry Sir."
"Mr. Lupin," Dumbledore continued. "It is not likely that you will be connected with the werewolf that Mr. Snape mentioned even if anyone believes him, which I don't think they will," He sighed. "Keep in mind all I have said today, Mr. Snape and Mr. Black be in the great hall at five, and Mr. Potter will you please tell Miss. Evans I want to talk with her?"
"Severus," Lily shouted running down the stairs to catch up to him.
"Not now Lily," He muttered wondering what the headmaster had said to her to make her come and find him already.
"Look I'm sorry about earlier, I'm sorry about not being sympathetic about Sirius trying to kill you because you had insulted my house, I'm sorry," Lily bit her lip looking into her oldest friends face.
"Lily it's not your fault," Severus said he was slightly worried about her babbling, she was usually quite a calm person and he knew something was wrong when she babbled.
"Yes it is," The Gryffindor frowned. "I let something as stupid as house pride get in the way of our friendship, I know Sirius is an idiot but I didn't want to think about him trying to kill you."
"Lily," Charlie called from a few flight of stairs up, she was tapping her foot impatiently, Severus frowned. Couldn't she see that Lily was talking to him?
"Look I need to go," She said running a hand through her hair. "Can we talk at lunch tomorrow? Thanks for sticking up for me earlier."She smiled briefly at him then ran back up the stairs leaving the Slytherin standing there wondering how she was a Gryffindor, she had a sense of pride alright but all houses did and she dropped that pride to stay friends with a friend. Ravenclaw would have suited her more than Gryffindor he admitted before walking down to the Slytherin dorm.
Lily and Severus walked outside the next day at lunch in silence, Lily watched her feet awkwardly, she wasn't really looking forward to the conversation but she wanted to make up with Severus.
"Sev," She said softly as they sat down under one of the trees. "About yesterday when we were talking." The Slytherin looked up to watch her as she continued with what she was saying. "I'm sorry for well not not believing you but more not talking about it." She bit her lip anxiously. "I didn't want to think about Sirius trying to purposely set you up against a werewolf, he is an idiot but..." She shrugged.
"It's okay Lil," Severus said. "I used to, still do, the same thing with my house members, when they do something 'dark' I just shrug it off."
"But this is different, he could have gotten you killed, no it's not the same as what nearly happened with me, that was an accident. If you're telling the truth then Sirius doing that was intended." Lily ran a hand through her hair like she did when she was nervous. "I have a Head Girl meeting with Dumbledore later I could talk with him about it?" She suggested.
"No don't," Severus said, as much as he would like Lily to do something negative against Sirius there was no point and the headmaster would probably just think that he Severus was behind it.
"Are you sure?" He nodded and Lily frowned. "If you say so."
"I do." Lily frowned but let it drop.
"It's hard you know," She said. "Being friends when we're in different houses, especially when those houses are Gryffindor and Slytherin, my friends don't like you, your friends don't like me, it's hard..." she trailed off and wiped her eye with her sleeve.
"Lily," Severus said picking up her hand in his and squeezing it. "It'll work out. I don't care that we're in different houses."
"Yes you do," Lily said stubbornly. "You wish I weren't in Gryffindor. You'd prefer me in Slytherin or probably Hufflepuff more than Gryffindor."
"Lily, I thought we came here to work this stuff out not to start another argument."
"Sorry Sev, it's just all this pressure is getting to me. Being Head Girl and the thing with the Marauders and just all this and Newts coming up and just ahh." The Gryffindor buried her head in her hands, Severus frowned as Lily's hand left his. He wanted to console her but was too awkward to do more than just squeeze her hand. "I'm just so confused."
"Do you want to talk about it?" He asked taking her hands away from her face.
"No," She shook her head. "You wouldn't understand, you'd think I'd hit my head hard or was under some form of potion."
"Lily-"
"I don't want to talk about it Sev."
"But isn't that what friends are for?"
"I don't want to talk about it." Her voice was quiet and strained. "Sev?" She said after a few seconds of quiet.
"It's about Potter isn't it?"
Hope you enjoyed that chapter. It would be too small not to have chucked all three of those bits together cause they are small peices so anyway. I'll try get the next chapter up soon. I've already started writing it.
