Severus Snape felt satisfied with the song he altered. 'That'll fix Potter's attitude problem, and let Lily know that…well…I don't care she's a Mudblood, she's a good person,' he thought, blushing at his own thoughts. He didn't like Lily, oh no, that'd be too much, he knew. But he did feel bad for calling her a Mudblood. Besides, Severus had learned that summer that being a Death Eater was not all it was cracked up to be. Severus had agreed that muggle-borns shouldn't learn magic, but he definitely didn't tolerate killing them. Especially when it wasn't their fault.
Justice had always been a very clear thing to Severus, which was why he liked revenge. Revenge served justice, and when justice was served, the world at peace. Knowing he would have his revenge was sweet. With that comforting thought, he left the Great Hall for bed.
"Severus!" 'I'm tired. Leave me alone,' he wanted to say, but knowing who it was, he dared not.
"Yes, Lucius?"
"Which song did you pick?" he asked.
"Er…I'd rather keep it for a surprise," Severus replied softly.
"That's alright. Can you believe that girl, Flora Benning? She was going out with me, but then, all of a sudden, she's 'in love' with that damn Sirius Black, again! She keeps going back to him!" Lucius raged. "I didn't think I could care about someone as much as I care about her. Damn it, Severus, the only thing Black uses her for is a bed-partner!"
"I wish I had advice for you, mate, but I'm really in the dark about these types of things," Severus replied wisely.
"That's all right. Flora will know how Black's mind works once I sing my song."
"You think so?"
"I know so."
"Oh, Kim, what do I do?" a flustered Flora asked.
"How am I supposed to know? You're the one who keeps going after him. If you ask me, Lucius was a nice catch. You should stick with him; you can see he cares about you," Kim replied.
"But…it would be a boring love that would grow from respect. That's so dull! This love will be born from passion! Just like in books!"
"Hate to burst your bubble, Flora, but I don't think love will exactly be the thing born of sharing beds every other night."
"Always a cynic," she sighed.
"I don't want to see you hurt, again," Kim admitted, "which you will be, because Black couldn't settle down if someone chained him!"
"He'll see how I feel about him when I sing Bouncin' off the Ceiling for him."
"I siriusly doubt it." Kim laughed to herself. She was the only one who noticed her pun. She put an arm around her friend and led her back to the Ravenclaw Common Room.
"Lily, we've obviously got to do this one!" Lily's best friend cried. Lily saw the title and read, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and laughed.
"If you say so, Norma," she smiled.
"I think we should do it, too," her other best friend, June, agreed.
"Alright. D'you think we'll have to change the lyrics?" Lily asked.
"Definitely not," June said, after she finished reading the sheet.
Lily's mind drifted off to the song she'd picked to sing on her own. She wasn't changing any of the lyrics from that one, either. It was by Gigi D'Agostino, and it was called I'll Fly with You. Lily sighed dreamily as she remembered the first time she actually accepted James' proposal to go out with him. There had been no tricks, no Slytherins with dirty underwear hanging upside down, and no more jinxing everyone just because he could. Lily couldn't deny that he was unbearably romantic. His head had deflated, and she found she could talk to him. She smiled as she realized that she and James were keeping tradition alive. 'When I despised the very ground he walked on, I had no idea we'd be Heads together,' she mused.
