Snape's Lost Love
Chapter Seven
The next day at breakfast, everything was normal. Jessica was resting her head on Sirius's shoulder as she crammed for the Potions test. Sirius was laughing at something idiotic that James said and Jenny was just sitting there, smiling. As always, her smile lit up the group. How everyone could be going on as if nothing had happened?
At that moment, I realized that everything was an act. Everything that they were, was fake. I just stared at them, finally understanding. It was all for show, it always had been. Popularity, it was all an elaborate game. They knew it, they knew that everyday they were living a lie and they didn't care. I couldn't understand how all that was worth it. Was it really better to be unhappy then to be disliked? This was the price they paid for what they had, school superiority.
But it was eating away at Jenny. I could see it in her eyes. She didn't want to be there, she didn't want to hide behind that smile anymore. I knew it, the only problem was that she didn't. How could I get her to come with me, to be happy. I couldn't let her be that girl anymore. I couldn't let her die inside before she was able to live!