Snape went into the Transfiguration class with a huge stupid grin on his face. He couldn't believe that he actually saw James Potter and Sirius Black shouting at each other. He can't actually believe that they were fighting!
Snape like neither of them. But he can't stand seeing them as friends either. Both has the best brains, greatest Quidditch talent and even the looks. Everyone likes them, even the most strict teacher, Professor McGonagall. And worse of all, James' girlfriend is the school's most beautiful girl, Lily Evans.
Yeah, it's pathetic. But Snape couldn't help it. They've got everything any teenage wizard would want. But he, Snape, is nobody. Just a greasy-haired, hooked-nosed, nasty Slytherin boy. Nobody would ever like a Slytherin. Unless you're counting the troll-related-face Tina Roofus. And now, the two golden boy of Hogwarts are fighting. It's like having an early Christmas.
"Snape!"
Snape was jerked out from his memory by the call of McGonagall. "I've been explaining about the Summoning Charm for the past thirty minutes. Care to join me and the rest of the class?"
Snape would usually scowl at McGonagall's sarcastic remarks, but that day, he just grin shepishly and opened his book.
When the class was finished, Snape walked across the corridor just to hear a couple of bickering voices of- YES!
"You're not so smart as you think you are, Black!"
"What? Just coz my Boggart curse is better than yours, you're jealous?"
"I'm not jealous of you! Why should I?"
"Coz you just can't bear anyone better than you, right? James Potter is always the best! Nobody tops James Potter! James Potter does not accept second best!"
Snape jogged further until he saw it- James and Sirius, shouting to each other in the middle of the crowd, with Remus and and Peter trying to prevent them from hitting each other. Remus was trying in vain to stop their fighting.
"Stop it! Stop it!"
"You keep out of this Remus!"
"There's nothing that concerns you on this!"
Peter, whom was holding James, was almost in tears. He tried to help Remus stop them. But his voice was so squeaky that it was drowned under their loud shoutings.
"You are a loser!"
"I'm not! You are!"
"You!"
"You!"
"Alrigh', that is enough!"
Rubeus Hagrid came marching towards them, Lily on his side, his beetle-eyes looking both worried and angry. "'S goin' on here?" he shouted. "James! An' Sirius! Why are you two bickerin' with each other? You two are suppose teh be bes' buddies!"
His voice sounded so angry, but instead of shouting back to him, Sirius and James laughed.
"Oh God, let's stop this James. I can't take it much longer!"
"It was your idea!" James shot, and rolled on the floor laughing.
Everyone looked at them with surprised and confused looks. "For the 276th time, what is going on with you two?" it was Remus' turn to shout.
Sirius clapped his hands and tried to stop laughing. "Everyone, listen up! Today, is our dear 'friend' Severus Snape's 16th birthday. And since James and me had never given him birthday presents before, we thought we'd give one to him this year......."
Colour drained from Snape's face as everyone turned to look at him.
"So, since the only thing that he ever wanted from us is fighting, we faked it that we're actually having a war with each other. But the trick's spoiled coz we can't take it much longer the way Remus, Peter and Lily's taking our fighting. Sorry Snape, ol' boy. HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANYWAY!"
At this point, everyone started laughing- including Lily, Remus and Hagrid while Peter smiled weakly. Snape glared at Sirius and James, his hands itching to put a curse on them.
"You really think we would fight?" James asked Remus.
"One could be scared, couldn't he?" Remus smiled. "I can't bear to see my best friends fighting."
"It's a promise!" Sirius declared.
Snape spat bitterly on the ground.
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