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*The beginning of the end*
And the cracks begin to show
Lily and Severus sat crossed leg facing each other; they sat next to the shade under the tree. Lily threw her red curls back and laughed, as did Severus, which was a sight to see as he hardly ever laughed.
Lily started to pluck at the grass, whereas Severus just stared at her his eyes hungry and wanting. Lily didn't notice.
"Oh, I nearly forgot!" Severus said suddenly, reaching into his pockets. Lily looked up, her bright green eyes misting with confusion. He withdrew his had revealing three gold coins. Lily raised an eyebrow, he smiled at her. "Oh well, if you don't remember…" Severus trailed of smiling cheekily. Lily grabbed his hand, his cold dead eyes lit up. He closed his hand and pulled it towards himself.
"Don't worry, I'll still take it, just tell what I did to get this small fortune" Lily said
"Oh, wouldn't you like to know?" he said, laughing again.
"Well as long as I get the money, it doesn't really matter. But…I guess…it would be nice to know"
"Okay, I'll give you a clue…hmm; well it's to do with our houses and a sport –"
"Oh! Oh! Gryffindor beat Slytherin! Our bet!" Lily cried
"Yes! Yes!" Severus laughed once again, he always laughed when he was around Lily. He opened his fist and this time let Lily take it.
"Yes! I'm rich!" Lily cheered; she stood and did some weird little jig. When she sat back down Severus was laughing so hard he had tears running down his shallow cheeks. Lily picked a couple of daisies and started making a daisy chain.
"So, Sev, any girls you got your eye on?" Lily asked Sev
"Only one…" he said looking at the floor.
"Who is this girl?"
"That's unimportant; the important part is I don't think she feels the same way"
"Why's that?" Lily asked frowning slightly.
"We've been best friends forever, and I think she just sees us as friends"
"Well I think you should tell her. I mean you're a great guy, why wouldn't she want to be with you?" Lily smiled at her friend; the problem was she couldn't remember a time when Sev had hung around any girls. Well apart from her – he couldn't mean? No, Lily mentally shook her head, they were just friends.
"Lily" Sev said looking at her "There's something I want to tell you…I –" but what he wanted to tell Lily, Lily never found out because at that exact moment someone shouted "Evans! Fancy meeting you here!" Lily looked up to see James, followed be his Marauders; he sat next to her flinging his arm over her shoulders. Lily dropped her daisy chain.
"Get your filthy hands off me" Lily snarled
"Funny, that's not what you were saying last night" James replied without missing a beat. Sirius and Peter laughed, Lily glared at James a glare that could melt ice, but he seemed unaffected by it. "Don't glare at me Evans, I might turn to stone!" James cried
"At least then you won't be able to talk" she said, whilst trying to shrug of his arm, it wasn't working.
"Hey Snivellus" Sirius cried "dude, ever thought about having a bath? I could smell you a mile off!" James and Peter roared with laughed, while Severus' eyes shone with pure hatred. Sirius and Severus stared at each other, neither looked away. The tension in the air was so thick Lily thought she was going to drown in it.
Sev was the first to look away, he stood "Lil, you coming?" he asked, without looking at her. He couldn't bear to see her in James' arms, even if he didn't want to be there.
Lily struggled against James' grip, but he held her in place. "Fine, whatever" Sev muttered and walk away. "Sev! Sev!" Lily screamed after him, but he didn't turn around.
"Potter. You. Git. Let. Me. Go!" Lily cried and between each word she punched his chest with all the force she could muster.
"I will if you go out with me" he smiled
"How many times do I have to say 'no' before you finally get the picture. I DON'T WANT TO GO ON A DATE WITH YOU! NOT NOW, NOT EVER!"
"Well, no need to be rude" James said "I can't help if I'm in love with you" he smiled
"Potter, you wouldn't know what love was if it bit you on your overly large head!" All four Marauders laughed.
"Oh, Lil you are just too funny" Sirius laughed.
"Don't call me Lil!" Lily snarled
"You let him" he nodded towards the direction Severus had stored off in "call you Lil"
"He's my friend"
"So am I!"
"No, Black, we are not friends"
"No need to be harsh!"
"Yeah" James agreed "I mean, when we're married and have our first born Paddy's gunna be godfather"
Lily raised an eyebrow at him "Number one, I will NEVER marry you. Number two, I will NEVER have a kid with you. And even if hell froze over, Black will NEVER be my kid's godfather! Understand?"
James didn't answer but looked at Sirius "Don't worry, she'll warm up to the idea"
Sirius smiled "Lil, can we call the kid Sirius?"
Lily finally succeeded in shrugging off James' arm, she stood "I AM NOT HAVING POTTER'S KID!" she screamed, many people looked at her as though she were slightly crazy. Lily didn't care she just started to storm off towards the castle.
"Just think about the name Sirius, okay?" Sirius yelled after her.
Later than evening Lily, Alice, Marlene and Willow all sat around the fire in comfy armchairs. "Lil, you alright? You seem down." Willow asked.
"I'm fine" Lily sighed.
"Is it about what James and Black said?" Alice asked.
"No – it's just Sev. He avoided me all day!"
"I'm sure everything will be fine" Marley told her friend.
"I sure hope so" Lily muttered.
The next day they had History of Magic with Binns and the Slytherins. Sirius and James were sitting at the back of the room, bored as hell. James elbowed Sirius "Watch this" he said. James pointed his wand straight at Severus, he mutter a spell under his breath. And Severus notes set alight; a surprised Severus jumped back and fell of his chair and onto the floor. The Gryffindors laughed as Severus flushed bright red, but James and Sirius laughed loudest.
Severus stood and pointed his wand at James "Mr Snape what are you doing?" Professor Binns asked.
"He…he set my notes on fire!"
"What! No I didn't" James said putting on his best innocent face.
"He did! Professor he did!" Severus cried
"Prove it!" James snarled
"Detention Mr Snape for a random attack on a fellow student!"
"But he started it"
"As he said, you have no proof. But I will be keeping a close eye on Mr Potter. Now, Mr Snape, sit down."
The rest of class was uneventful but as James left he heard a shirking behind him. James turned to face a very scary looking Lily.
"I know it was you, Potter!" she jabbed a finger in his chest
"Aw, Evans I can't believe you would think I would do something that immature" he replied smoothly
"Cut the crap Potter!"
"I have no idea what you're talking about"
Lily, without anything else left to say, slapped him hard across the check, leaving a red mark. He laughed trying to show she couldn't do anything to break his sprit.
James walked away from her, still laughing like a mad man. Oh, how he annoyed her.
Severus walked up to her "Why the hell did you do that!" he whisper yelled.
"Because he" she knew that Severus knew who he was "set your notes alight!"
"And? I can handle things on my own!"
"You weren't going to do anything!"
"I don't need you to defend me, I'm a big boy!" Lily looked absolutely 100% angry. Severus sighed "Look, I'm sorry. Still best friends?"
"Always" Lily muttered.
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