Chapter Three: Hidden

Previously on Hidden:

"Tell me Evans, you're a sour bitch, your sister sent you a snake for breakfast, what in God's name is wrong with your mother?"

He had crossed the line. There was a line, and Potter had stepped gleefully into the emotional, hurtful side. She dropped her dish and the knife she was holding to cut the ham, and ran as fast as she could back into the dormitory, sobbing all the way.

CHAPTER THREE: HIDDEN

A few weeks had passed since Gryffindor's victory, and the skies grew cooler and crisper, the days shorter and less lenient. Lily kept to her studies, and now resorted to the Library in almost all of her free time to escape ridicule amongst the Marauders. Due to her increased study time, Lily was quickly escalating to the top of all of her classes, much to James Potter's dismay. He had always been the top.

"Where did she come from?" asked James to his friends, who weren't paying the slightest bit of attention to him. They were sitting on the edge of the lake, watching the minnows swim in between feverishly in between their legs.

"I mean, she must have people that love her. Her family. I wonder if she's from a secret family of elves that live underground and don't associate with humans."

Sirius grunted.

"We know everything about most people we hate- I mean, Amos Diggory for instance, I know his cousin's middle name. And Severus- I've actually met his mum before."

"Lily Evans the Ginger. Have you ever realized that we don't know a thing about her?" asked James Potter.

"If she wasn't such a bitch she would be hot," Sirius said off-handedly.

"Maybe you don't know anything about her because you are too busy bullying her to ask" said Remus, looking up from his book.

"That's not true."

"Of course it's true," Remus said, going back to his book.

"She's quite mysterious."

Sirius grunted again.

"How are things going with Vance?" James said, switching subjects.

Sirius looked up from the water. "I broke it off. There was no point to our

relationship. She wanted us go steady."

"HA. The day Sirius Black goes steady with any girl I will eat this book." Remus laughed, knowing his Kind of One Night Stands friend all too well.

"I think that I am going to ask Caroline Sinclair to Hogsmede next week end. She's looking fine- OI-CAROLINE!" James stood up and walked over to the group of girls that were gathered by the dock.

"Caroline is going out with Tomas from Hufflepuff-" Remus said quickly as James was walking back.

"Well, she just said yes…"

Lily chanced studying in the Common Room that night. It was a beautiful night- with a sunset colored red and purple. Most people chose to socialize and study on the grounds, instead. Lily had just gotten to her Transfiguration homework when-

"Lily Evans the Ginger." Came a voice from behind her. She recognized that voice.

"James Potter the Royal Arse" she replied, not looking up from her book.

"Where are you from, Lily?"

"Do not call me Lily and it's none of your damn business."

"Of course it's my business. You are my competition now, aren't you. And I have to have some background information on by competition. Where did you go before Hogwarts?"

Silence.

"Why don't you socialize? Why don't you want friends?"

"Why would anyone want to be friends with the shallow pigs here?"

"Oh, so you are better than everyone else? Why do you wear such baggy clothes?"

"Potter. That is none of your fucking business! You don't know where I've been or who I am, and I prefer to keep it that way! Everything is easier this way." Lily felt the famous Evans rage boil inside of her. He had no idea, absolutely none.

"You really do think you are better than everyone else, don't you."

Smack. She had slapped his across the face, her hands shaking with anger. As his eyes widened with shock, she could not help but notice just how beautiful his hazel eyes were- a pool of green and brown.

"Stay away from me Potter. I mean it."

Lily got up quickly, pulled her bag over her shoulder, and headed to the library. It was only eight, so she had an hour before curfew. She didn't think that she was better than anyone, she just thought that it was easier for her not to have friends here. She knew that her friends at Beaubattons would never betray her- hell, she had known them since she was in first year, but she couldn't trust anyone foreign now. Not with her secrets, anyway. But it would be nice to have someone to talk to…

"Hi" a greeting rang from the lit corner of the library. Lily moved closer, cautious.

"Christ, I hate Potions. You a seventh year or sixth?"

"I'm a seventh…" Lily replied, uncertainly.

"Oh, I figured. I'm Sidney, Ariah Welsh. I'm a sixth year in Ravenclaw. I don't think I've ever met you before. You are-"

"Lily, Lily Evans."

"Well won't you sit down?" said the girl, her brown eyes wide with anticipation.

"Um, I, I dunno.."

"Don't be afraid, I don't bite. Actually I accidentally bit my boyfriend when he tried to kiss me second year, but that was a long time ago."

Lily sat down. She sighed, and through an emotional miracle, she decided to listen to this girl. Lily needed someone to talk to. She thought she might not explode if she upheld her original plan of not being social at all costs. Just no secrets.

"You are studying potions, you said? I can help you there…"

And in that hour before curfew, on the night that she had slapped the most popular boy in the school, Lily Evans the Ginger made a friend.

Please, please review! I'm considering not continuing if you don't! I think that I'm going to make this story a maximum of ten chapters- I rather not make you wait and come out with the climax. I'm sick of writing filler.