Fifth Year

Lily Evans sat in the cold, rain watching her Quidditch team recklessly play the Hufflepuff team.

"Lils, we should probably head out," Alice suggested and stood up next to her.

"No!" Lily shouted and Alice grinned maliciously.

"It's because of James, isn't it? You wanted to say yes to his Hogsmead date, but you said no. You're regretting it, aren't you?" Alice gasped. "Lily has a crush!"

Lily looked over at Alice furiously. "No, I want to support Marly. You know I always do!" she retorted and Alice laughed.

"You have tried to miss so many Quidditch games in the past even though Marly asked you so many times to come and watch. I'm sure that's why..."

"Are you implying I fancy Potter?"

"Yes, indeed I am."

Lily couldn't argue with Alice any longer because she was trying to concentrate. Lily didn't understand a second of Quidditch so it was hard for her to follow along.

"Hey Lily," Severus said.

Alice looked up at the boy with the slimy, black hair and the big, hooked nose. "See ya, Lily. Tell Marlene congrats for me."

"Wait, Alice!" Lily called, but Alice was long gone. None of Lily's friends liked being around Lily when Severus was there because he was super overprotective over Lily. They didn't like being around Severus alone, for that matter. He was so rude to all of them. Lily just didn't see it.

Severus sat down next to Lily. "She'll be fine. You two will see each other in your dorm room."

"I just wanted to discuss something... Never mind. It's not important now," Lily shivered. She was getting irritated at the fact that she couldn't tell who was who in the pouring rain. That is, until James came flying over.

"Evans!" He shouted before winking and giving her the usual flirtatious gun fingers, pretending to shoot her with his charm. The girls around her started gossiping and screaming about what just happened.

Lily rolled her eyes. "Sod off, Potter. I said no."

Severus smiled at Lily's reaction and glared at James. "Potter. I believe Lily said sod off."

James looked down at Severus and sneered.

A girl behind Lily tapped her shoulder and leaned in to talk to her. "Lily Evans, right? I think you meant yes."

Lily burst into snorts of laughter as James flew back into the game. "You're one of them, aren't you? So blind."

"What do you mean by that?" The girl asked indignantly.

"You're so blind to his arrogance and pride," Lily said.

Severus turned with a chuckle. "Don't forget the way he struts around."

"But James is so much more! He is so cautious of his surroundings and he-"

"Yeah, save it for the people who actually care," Severus growled and he got up to leave. "I'll be in the library."

Lily nodded. "Walk me to the locker rooms?" Severus and Lily left with the girl in fits of anger.

When they arrived, Lily leaned against the wall on the outside of the locker rooms.

"Why do you hang with her?" Severus said, a bit harshly.

Lily frowned. "Who?"

"McKinnon! She's so... Sluttish! You know? Always snogging a boy in the broom closet. I'm pretty sure shagging is the least she does," he replied.

"Marlene?" Lily asked. "Are you talking about Marly?"

Severus saw Lily's eyes go bitter so he stepped down. "I didn't mean it the way I said it. That was rude..."

Lily just nodded with a stone cold expression. "I'll see you later," she said, as if to say it was a good time to leave.

"See ya," he said and walked up to the castle. Severus hated the fact that Lily was in Gryffindor. Everyday, he wished they could go back to their first year and whisper 'Slytherin' into the old hat's ear. He wished he could go back to make sure Lily never met the stupidly whorish Marlene, the sarcastically rude Mary, and the annoyingly loud Alice. They were the worst roommates Lily could have ever gotten. He thought that if Lily was in Slytherin, she could have had better roommates. Roommates that actually deserved being in Lily's company. He just wished Lily would stop hanging around them and hang with him more often. Severus could wish, but none of it would come true. All because Lily was put into Gryffindor. All because some stupid, silly, old hat thought it knew what was best. And if it was one thing that he hated, it was that hat. That stupid, old hat.