A/N: Here is a short chapter, I don't know I just felt that this chapter was needed.
Disclaimer: I really don't own anything.
I hadn't seen Severus for the rest of the weekend. I knew that this wasn't something I could fix with a sweet smile and a promise to do better. I was friends with the Marauders, I had gone on a date with Remus. I wasn't going to change any of that, how could I when I knew what great people they were (though they sometimes made bad decisions). I guess I never really thought that my close circle of friends would ever include anybody else besides Lily and Sev. It had always been us since the beginning of Hogwarts. I had always thought that when the older children would tell us three that it wouldn't last that they had been sorely mistaken, but wasn't that what was happening? Was this just the beginning of the end of our friendship? Could I sever it as easily as Lily had, or would I be dragged through more situations like this trying to ensure we stayed friends? I suppose I owed it to our friendship to make it work somehow, it wasn't like he was a Death Eater or anything…yet.
"Have you seen Severus anywhere?" I asked a Slytherin Girl by the name of Anna. Anna was sort of the go-between, she wasn't nearly as pompous as the other Slytherins.
"No, sorry?" was her simple reply as she ran to catch up with her friends. How could somebody hide this good from me? It wasn't like I stayed in the Gryffindor tower all the time, I got out. I was about to give up the search when I spotted a mop of black hair among the crowd in the hallways. I rushed to meet up with the person.
"Sev! I have been looking everywhere for you. Where have you been?" I asked falling into step beside him. He seemed to be trying to find a way to leave my side without being a total jerk.
"I have simply been busy, I am sorry" though his tone a demeanor said the total opposite. He was mad, I understood that. I just didn't know how to make it better.
"Look I wanted to apologize for the other day" I started hoping that this would be the better way of addressing the issue. He showed no emotion to my words which was not very comforting.
"It's alright Theo, you don't owe me any explanation. I am surprised you aren't with your beloved Marauders right now actually" he said. There it was, the brunt of the problem. I had to tread lightly, the wrong move and our friendship would be over.
"Well I wanted to see you" I said simply, I just wouldn't bring up the Marauders, or Lily. I would be very neutral in this conversation in order to end it without being hexed.
"That's a new revelation" he said clearly agitated, this was already giving me a headache.
"Look Sev, I AM sorry! I am sorry that I didn't tell you about the date" I started putting my hand in front of him so that he wasn't able to move forward anymore.
"So it was a date" he said solemnly looking down to the floor. I sighed and nodded slightly.
"Yes it was, and I am sorry that I didn't tell you. I should have I know, you're my best friend and I should have told you" I said now taking a place standing in front of him. Sev studied my face for a moment, I tried to smile slightly.
"I suppose I should just be happy about not having to take care of you for the rest of your life" he said though he was trying to make light of our current situation I could tell he didn't feel any better about the situation. I laughed but it came out hollow.
"You don't forgive me do you?" I asked trying to blink away the tears that threatened to fall. He stood there for a moment before side-stepping around me. I turned to watch him walk away when he stopped a little ways in front of me.
"Not now" he said about to turn away.
"Will you ever?" I asked sadly.
"Maybe" was his numb response. I frowned as he walked off further into the hallways. I hoped that this friendship wasn't over.
"Theo! Come on, let's get to the Great Hall for lunch" Sirius called his arm slung over James' shoulders. As Severus' form passed a corner I turned to meet the Marauders at the other end.