Lorelei lay staring at the wall in the hospital wing for what seemed like an eternity before a quiet cough sounded from behind her in an attempt to get her attention. "Look Remus..." she began speaking without turning over.
"Do not confuse me with that wolf." The cold voice hissed from behind her.
"Severus." Lorelei replied, rolling over to face the boy. "Please, do not refer to him as such."
"He is, as are you, as well as..." he let the words hang in the air. Reaching into the pocket of his robes he pulled forth a small glass bottle. Holding it up before the girl, she could see the dark liquid sloshing around inside it. "As I have said, I tire of the game. If I waited for you to decide, you wouldn't until it was too late." Severus picked up one of her hands, and thrust the bottle into it. "This way, you have it. If you chose to do humanity a favor." he sneered slightly.
Lorelei shook her head slightly in wonder. "Why do I stand up for you to Remus. You're heartless and uncaring." Something flickered in the boys eyes, then he turned to leave. "Is it that hard to show emotion? Or just without her here?"
Severus turned on her sharply. "I'd watch your mouth if I were you. You're treading into things that do not concern you, and you do not understand."
"I understand you were almost human for two weeks last year."
"I said watch it." he growled.
Lorelei smirked, "I also noticed the day she left, your house ring disappeared as well."
Severus narrowed his eyes at her. "Unless you want the choice taken away competely, and I do humanity the favor right now, you would be wise not to mention that again."
"I don't know why I ever stood up for you." Lorelei replied bitterly.
"Because, I am innocent of this crime." Severus replied coldly. "Now if you don't mind. I believe we have nothing futher to say to each other...ever." With that, he turned quickly and stormed out of the hospital wing.
Lorelei bit her lip, tears sliding from her eyes as she stared up at the ceiling. She had more or less turned her back on Remus for not listening to her thoughts on Severus. And now, Severus had told her he wanted nothing more to do with her. 'Not that I find that surprising.' Lorelei held the bottle up before her eyes. 'I am alone again.' she let out a sigh. 'I can stay alone, or...' she bit her lip, in thought, then let the bottle slip from her hands and shatter on the floor. 'I can chose not to be...no matter how hard it will be.'
Gryffindor Common Room
Remus sat on the couch, staring into the flames of the fire, his mind finding no peace. "Hey mate, what's bothering you?" James asked sitting down beside him.
"I think..." he let out a frustrated sigh, "That I've lost Lorelei."
"Because of you not believeing her about Snape?" James shook his head. "Moony, perhaps if that's the case, it just wasn't meant to be. She is a Slytherin after all."
Remus looked over at his friend. 'She was right. They only accepted her because of me. And I couldn't give Snape the same benefit of a doubt that she gave my friends.' His hand collapsed over the amulet that hung around his neck. 'This thing...that was suppose to be my salvation. In the end it's brought me nothing but pain. I've hurt the one girl who knew what it meant to be like me. I've doomed another to this same cursed exsistence. And for what, for me to be aloud to live a normal life.' "I guess you're right Prongs. Things just...weren't meant to be." Remus frowned as he came to a decision...and made another choice.