Chapter Three- Pretending

Severus woke up that morning, first one awake as usual, and went straight to take a shower and dress. He left the Slytherin Common room and left the dungeons to go the great hall were only a few of the 'morning people' were scattered amongst the four long tables.

Soon after Lily entered the great hall, her hair done up in two plain yet elegant braids that were joined together by a hair tie and the Casablanca lily, which had a everlasting charm on it, contrasting beautifully with her auburn hair. She scanned the great hall and spotted Severus watching her from the Slytherin table. She waltzed over to him and sat the in the seat across from him.

"Lily, maybe you shouldn't talk to me during school, you'll get made fun of and both our houses will freak."

"So? I'm not afraid to defend myself."

"I noticed that but still, how about Lunch? Me and you 2nd floor the empty room on the far end of the corridor." Severus said watching as the marauders dragged themselves sleepily to the Gryffindor table.

"All right, how shall we prove our 'hatred' for each other right now?"

"Stand up and yell that you're head girl and you won't be spoken to in such a manner"

"Okay, oh and thanks for the flower and note, It was way sweet of you!" Lily stood up angrily and shouted "I'm Head Girl and I WILL NOT be spoken to in such a Manner!" And stormed over to the Gryffindor table where she nibbled on a piece of toast with strawberry jam on it and waited patiently for Alice to join her.

After Alice and Frank joined her; the post arrived and a screech owl dropped a parcel in her lap. She began to open it but Alice pulled it away and shoved a note in her hand and mumbled through her mouth full of bacon on eggs "read it"

Lily opened the letter and in her mother's handwriting were the words "Lily, here are your new dress robes, freshly pressed and fitted. PLEASE take care of them, they were very expensive, hang them up in your wardrobe straight away! Oh and also inside is another box with candy bars, some money, spare quills, ink bottles, more potions ingredients, and a new framed Family portrait, thought you'd like it! Love Mummy."

Alice snorted and muttered something that sounded oddly like "Mummy"

Lily hurried up to the Gryffindor tower unpacked the box shoved some chocolate in her mouth and sprinted to her first class, double advanced potions.

Lily ran all the way to the dungeons and into the potions classroom not three seconds before Professor Maryellen hurried in and began writing notes on the board about truth potions. Lily got out her things and took notes until a piece of parchment drifted into her hand and on it in the same green ink and curvy handwriting. 'Hey we're going to be paired up in threes to make a truth potion but the room is odd so there will be two, you and I can work together.'

"All right, kiddies, pair up into threes, Snape and Evans there's an odd number, you two will be a group, you'll do fine, smartest two in the class!" She said beaming at them fondly.

Everyone paired up and got to work while Lily got the ingredients for them and sat down beside Severus. "Hey…"

"Glad I had a chat with the Professor?"

"Course I am!"

They brewed the potion together talking quietly about things that annoyed them, what they wanted for Christmas, what they wanted to be once they got out of Hogwarts, and most of all of what was coming that night when they met in the spare classroom. Severus had something planned and refused to tell Lily what they were.

The class kept busy while Lily and Severus sat crouched together heads only an inch apart while Lily had Severus' hand and was tracing the lines on his hand and telling him what they meant. "This one… see here? It's a child but it's broken so my guess is that something happens or you don't connect with it or it could even be twins. And here, this line is sadness it could be past present or Future but you will experience or have experienced a great loss or sadness. I see a Marriage line as well, but like the child it's broken, so either your spouse dies or a divorce or even it could be that you are married twice."

"Lily, are you sure this is all accurate?"

"Not in the least, no one Really knows what's going to happen, all we can do it live our lives as fully and Greatly as we can right now. Right now is all we have Severus, and what we do with it determines who we are."

"Woah, that's deep."

"Well thank you! My Mother used to tell me that. And Speaking of right now… I desperately want to kiss you… "

"I know the feeling, but we can't, we're in class."

"Yeah, maybe we should clean up?"

Severus checked his watch "Yeah, class will be out soon."

They cleaned quickly and poured some of the potion into a vile and Severus took it up to the Professor's desk, labeled with his and Lily's names.

Lily gathered her things as the professor excused the class; Severus gathered his things and walked her out of class and out of the dungeons. "Hey, don't forget, Lunch, you and me."

"I wouldn't miss it."

"See you!"

"Bye!" Lily hurried off to Charms while Severus turned to go to History of Magic. Peter watched from the stairs, as Lily looked back and smiled.

Peter ran as fast as his pudgy little legs would allow, until he caught up with James, Sirius, and Remus, who were laughing as Sirius mocked Professor Kettleburn. "Now Please do not touch the tail, they hate being - OMPH!" Sirius flung himself back onto a stone wall and pretended to nurse a burned hand and James Laughed heartily and Remus smirked.

"Served him right if you ask me, We know how to deal with Fire newts, he's been teaching us the same lessons for four years now!" Sirius said standing up straight.

"Ohmigod! Guys! You'll NEVER guess what I Just saw! Ohmigod! It was so gross!" Peter said panting for air.

"Out with it man!" James said strutting towards the Charms classroom

"Lily… and… Snape!" Peter said like the world was coming to an end.

"Yes, they have potions together, what of it?" Remus said walking into the room and setting his book bag down at his seat.

Peter sat his things down beside James' desk. "They were all goo-goo eyed at each other, and it was so gross!"

"Yeah right, Wormtail! Lily would date Snivillus the day Dumbledore joins you-know-who!" Sirius stated, moving Peter's things to his seat beside Remus and Set his things down in his seat beside James.

"Yes but-"

"Besides, She's so digging me right now, we're way closer now that we have things to do together, Like patrolling the halls, she was Flirting with me last night in the dungeons." James said plopping down in his seat and leaning back in his chair and propping his feet in the table.

Lily walked in and pulled his chair back so he lost balance and fell backwards as She continued to her seat in the front beside Alice Smirking.

"Oh yeah Prongs, She's really into you." Remus Said laughing as James picked himself up off the ground.

"Harmless bully flirting, I'm gonna marry her, Mark my words boys. She'll love me." James said sitting back down as the Professor walked in.

"Yeah, She'll marry you the day Dumbledore joins you-know-who!" Remus whispered.