A/N: Several people have pointed out the fact that Sirius should recognize the name Ted Tonks, so I'm going to clear that up here once and for all. Sirius ran away from his family around the age of sixteen, losing contact with them. While Andromeda (Tonk's mother and Ted Tonk's wife) was eventually disowned herself, I believe that she stayed in contact with her family as much as possible and that came with Sirius ignoring her along with the rest of them. For the purpose of this story, we're going to say that Andromeda didn't marry Ted until later than Sirius's seventh year; hence the reason that Sirius does NOT recognize Teddy's name. Although it really wouldn't make that much of a difference if he did. So if you still don't like the idea of Sirius not recognizing the name Tonks, you can tell yourself that he does and is just keeping it to himself. HorcruxFinder

This chapter is written by HorcruxFinder.

Chapter 10:

As Lily sat at the edge of the lake watching the Giant Squid throw rocks at several first years, her mind was in turmoil. Never in Lily's life had her feelings not been reciprocated. She was always the one that guys wanted and she wasn't used to being so blatantly rejected. She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't notice when the young Slytherin sat down next to her. He put his arm around her and she jumped at least a foot into the air.

"Severus Snape get away from me," she said, shrugging off his arm but making no attempt to leave.

"Come on, Lils. You know you miss me!" he said cockily. It was true. She missed the Severus she had grown up with. This Severus, however, made her skin crawl.

"Severus, leave me alone," she said moodily, mentally kicking herself for using his first name. Habit.

"Come on, sweetheart. What's bugging you?"

"What makes you think I'm going to tell you?" she asked. "I haven't said a word to you since fifth year."

"Well, better me than that arrogant prick, Potter."

"James Potter is a better man than you'll ever be," she said, wrapping her arms around her knees.

"Standing up for him now, are you? Only two years ago you hated him."

"He grew up," she answered quietly.

"So is he your problem, Lily?" Snape asked harshly. Lily remained silent, staring across the lake. He followed her gaze and noticed Teddy and Regan laughing together on the opposite shore.

"Ah…in love with the metamorph are we?" he asked haughtily.

"What—no!" she said much too quickly.

"Yeah right. I see the way you look at him. I also see the way he looks at you and let me just say—he's not interested."

"Shut up!" she cried angrily, never making eye contact with him.

"But you need to understand, Lily. You're too serious for a guy to actually care about you. You're just a game to guys—who can get you into bed first."

"I said shut it, Snape!" she said, leaping to her feet. That, however, didn't stop his rant. He just stood up along with her and continued.

"Personally, my money's on Sirius Black. He's laid pretty much every other girl in this damn place." Too true…

"Yeah, well at least he can get a girl. More than you can say. Ever kissed a girl, Sev?" she retorted harshly. Her yelling had attracted Teddy's attention and he began heading their way, even if they took no notice.

"You're such a hypocrite, Evans! How many boyfriends have you had? Oh right; I remember now. One—Cole Bennett in fifth year!" She was about to supply a comeback when he stopped her. "Oh wait…I'm forgetting someone, aren't I?" Lily's eyes widened. There was no way that he could know about that. Was there? By this time, a fairly large crowd had gathered around the couple. Looking around, Lily saw the Marauders coming from one direction, Teddy from the other. Damn.

"Severus, please," Lily whispered. "You've proved your point."

"No, I don't think that I have. So, where was I? Oh yes, the boyfriend you kept a secret. The reason for your untold happiness last year." The Marauders had arrived with Teddy by their side and they were pushing through the crowd to come to her aide. They weren't going to make it in time and worse, they were going to hear every word that Snape said.

"Mr. Lupin," Snape said loudly, turning to Remus as he arrived. "What was it like sleeping with Evans here?" All movement froze and Lily could feel her face reddening and saw that Remus's was doing the same.

"Was she that bad?" Snape asked with a smirk. Lily looked to Remus and saw the emotions running across his face. He was trying to decide whether to deny it or not. Lily seriously hoped that he didn't—with her luck Snape had pictures.

"Actually, best fuck of my life," Remus said smoothly, ignoring the looks from his exes in the assembled crowd and drawing his wand. "I suggest you leave now."

"That goes for all of you," Sirius said to the students, also drawing his wand. Teddy did the same. With a few more threats, the crown dissipated and Teddy, Sirius, and Remus closed in on Snape. James was standing stunned in the background and Peter was patting his pockets, trying to locate his wand.

"I suggest you go and leave Lily alone or you're going to have to deal with us," Remus said harshly, digging his wand into the flesh under Snape's chin. Snape ignored him and turned his eyes instead onto Lily.

"So how's the werewolf in bed, Lils?"

"Better than you'll ever be," Lily replied, crossing her arms over her chest.

"You know, I've never really thought of you as easy, but how many of these guys have you slept with? The half-breed and Black definitely. Black only thinks with his lower extremities." Sirius jabbed Snape hard in the chest with his wand and even though the accusation was totally false, Sirius felt the need to stand up for Lily at all costs.

"I know you haven't slept with the new kid," Snape continued. "'Cause if you had you wouldn't be moping around wishing he'd just—"

Before any of the boys could register what she was doing, Lily pushed past them and shoved Snape hard in the chest. Not bothering to watch as he fell into the lake, she stormed off into the castle. Remus and Teddy quickly followed her. Sirius stay just long enough to make sure that the Giant Squid found its new toy and then grabbed a stunned James and led him back to the castle.

Two minutes after they had disappeared, Peter finally located his missing wand and brandished it with a great "Ah-hah!" of triumph. Looking around at the emptiness of the grounds, he stowed his wand again and ran to the castle, trying to locate his now missing friends.

A/N: Hope you liked that. This is kind of the turning point of the story—after this chapter it starts to get a lot more interesting. So keep reading. And review. Please?

And yes, AnotherHPF. That reference about Bennett was for you.