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Those Long Nights- Quidditch Tryouts

Severus walked down the hall with Alfred in his arms. Halfway to the Slytherin common room, he put the lease on Alfred and took him for a walk. Stacey occupied the thoughts of Severus. He was ecstatic about having a real friend. It made him feel oddly special. But he knew he shouldn't take it for granted. People got annoyed with Severus very fast. Either he didn't talk or when he did talk it was about potions or the dark arts. Stacey didn't seem to mind though.

He walked down to dinner after leaving Alfred with a bowl of lettuce in his cage.

He walked in and saw Black with his arm around Stacey. It didn't bother Severus too much because of the look on Stacey's face. Pure boredom and annoyance. He sat down at the Slytherin table. Lucius got up from where he was sitting, talking with his posse of idiots.

"Well, well, Severus. Won't Daddy be happy to hear that you have a friend? I might be generous and forget to tell him that she's a Gryffindor." Lucius said with a cold laugh.

"Do whatever the hell you want Malfoy." Severus mumbled. He honestly didn't care anymore. He was used to his father's harsh punishment. He didn't care how proud his father was of him. Severus often described his father as a piece of dirt under his shoe. But of course he never voiced his opinions out loud. That would be a death wish.

Then Sirius Black started to shout. Severus only heard a bit but he knew what Black was talking about. Stacey was joining the Quidditch team. Or at least trying out for it. 'Wonder if I should go watch her…Nah, the Gryffindors would kill me if they saw me. Besides I have Alfred to take care of.'

Severus saw Stacey leave the hall. She glanced at him but kept walking. He got up shortly after that and went to his dormitory to play with Alfred.

Stacey walked out to the Quidditch pitch. Lily had showed her it earlier. She had her broom in her hand and she was wearing basketball shorts and a grass green hoodie that said Nike on it. On her feet she wore old ripped up sneakers that had duct tape wrapped around the toe of the right shoe. These were her lucky sneakers. She noticed one day that really good things happened when she wore them.

She mounted her broom and lifted into the air. She felt like she was in heaven. When you flew, you felt weightless. All the nervousness and stress of the day disappeared. She flew higher and higher. Then she flew straight toward the ground and pulled up just before she hit the ground. Life was perfect in that moment.

And that moment ended too soon.

Sirius and James ran up and mounted their brooms. They chased Stacey around the pitch. Her blissful state was interrupted and replaced with a cheerful fun. They began a game of tag. More people that Stacey didn't know came and joined in. Then the Quidditch captain came and stopped it all. They all slowly came to the ground at got off their brooms.

The Captain introduced himself as Aden Merricot. There were 4 other people trying out for the chaser position. A second year named David Dewalt. A fourth year named Abby Reeder. And the last one was a sixth year named Shelly Besley.

Shelly was first. She did outstanding. She caught the Quaffle every time and made it in the hoop 7 out of 10 times. And she flew like a pro. Everyone except for Sirius and James seemed to be convinced that she was it.

"I bet Stacey could do better!" Sirius shouted and James said "Yeah" in response. But nobody really noticed them because of all the cheering for Shelly.

David went next. He didn't do so well. He dropped the Quaffle 7 times. And only made it in twice.

Abby did better than David but she couldn't beat Shelly. She only dropped the Quaffle three times. And she made it in the hoop 6 times.

It was Stacey turn and after the David and Abby they expected her to suck. Plus most of them just thought she was looking for some way of popularity because she was new. But she amazed them with her technique and style. She didn't drop the Quaffle and she made it in the hoop 9 times. Sirius and James went insane.

"I KNEW YOU COULD DO IT BABE!" Sirius said giving her a bone-crushing hug.

"That was amazing Stacey!" James said giving her a much softer hug.

Stacey had a huge grin on her face and Aden announced that she made the team. He shook her hand and gave her a schedule. "We'll have your uniform by next practice." He said smiling. Stacey, Sirius, and James did a victory lap around the pitch. She liked hanging out with Sirius and James but she enjoyed Severus' company more for some reason.

They walked back up to the castle laughing and joking. But then it got ugly when Sirius started talking about Severus.

"Snape looked extra greasy today." He said to James. Stacey turned and glared hard at Sirius.

"He's my friend." She said through clenched teeth.

"Oh no, you'll see his dirty greasy personality soon my dear." Sirius said sweetly.

"He's not dirty or greasy!" Stacey shouted. "I don't want to hear you talk about him anymore or I won't hang out with you Sirius!" And with that she walked away from them toward the library.

She was so mad. 'Why the hell does he have to be like that damnit? Ugh. I wish Sirius would just keep his awful thoughts to himself.'

Stacey walked into the library and spotted Severus in the back corner with his head in a book. Her mood suddenly lightened. She grinned as she came up behind him and put her hands in front of his eyes.

"Hmm…Stacey?" He said with a smile forming on his lips.

"Maybe." Stacey said and took her hands away while sitting down next to him. "I made the team." She said with her giant grin spreading across her face.

"Good job." Severus said with a smile playing on his lips.

"Yeah. Only set back is the annoyingly stupid bimbo-headed idiot on the team who never shuts up about how greasy you are. I don't even know why he says that cuz you don't look greasy to me." Stacey said sincerely.

"Well you're the first I guess." Severus said lowering his head and looking at his feet.

"Sirius is such an ass. Someone should knock some sense into that big head of his. I was having so much fun with him and James and then Sirius starts talking about you. I just met both of you today but I mean what the hell did you ever do to him to make him be like that towards you?" Stacey said with a quizzical look on her face.

"Well it all started in Diagon Alley five years ago. That's where we get all our school supplies and things like that." Severus stated at the confusion on Stacey's face." I accidentally bumped into Potter. And he never liked me anyways because his parents always hated my parents and vice versa. So he started yelling at me. Then came his best friend, Sirius Black. They both beat me up and they said they'd really get me at school. And ever since then they've called me names and pulled pranks on me. Probably because they can't beat me up. I mean they would get in so much trouble. Oh yeah and they don't like me because I'm a Slytherin and there's this unwritten rule that says Gryffindors and Slytherins are supposed to hate each other." Severus said not showing any emotion.

"Phh, well that's a bunch of BS." Stacey said shaking her head. "They are so immature. And I'm new anyways so I can pretend I don't know about the stupid Gryffindor vs. Slytherin rule." She said with a smile.

"Well that works until someone decides to tell you." Severus said sarcastically.

"Phh I've never cared about what other people think of me before, why should I now?" Stacey said with determination.

"You shouldn't." Severus said finally smiling.

Stacey returned his smile and asked, "So what is Hogsmeade?"

Severus and Stacey sat there for an hour talking about the shops and everything in Hogsmeade. Stacey looked at her watch and said "OH SHIT. It's almost curfew!"

She helped Severus pack up his books and they both said their goodbyes and ran as fast as they could to their common rooms.

Stacey got there and said the password. She walked in and Lily bombarded her with 30 questions.

"Whoa Lils. Slow down!" Stacey said with a grin.

They talked about the tryouts and the library until midnight. It was a Friday so they could sleep in the next day. Stacey drifted to sleep with a certain Slytherin on her mind.

Severus dashed back to his common room as fast as his legs would take him. He got there just in time. He walked over to his bed and saw Alfred sleeping soundly on his pillow. He was purring like there was no tomorrow. Severus smiled and read his Transfiguration book until sleep overcame him.

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