Snape reached the portrait and swung it open. Before he walked out, he smiled to himself, thinking of Lily and how she had chosen to hang out with him rather than that Potter boy.

Snape exited the common room, but the second he closed the portrait door, he was nose to nose with 'that Potter boy.'

"Well, well, well. What do we have here? A Slytherin walking out of the Gryffindor Common Room? Now that doesn't seem right, now does it?" smirked James, who stood in front of Remus and Sirius.

"I-I-It was Lily-" Snape stammered.

"Oh, so now you're blaming my girlfriend? Remarked James.

"N-no. I didn't mean it that way…wait, Lily is NOT your girlfriend."

"Maybe not yet, but she will be tomorrow, once I get done with you." Said James, who started to take out his wand.

"Wait! Guys. I didn't do anything! I just walked her to-"

But Severus never got to finish his sentence, for in a split second, Severus's tongue was twisted and ropes were so tightly conjured around him, he could barely breathe. Remus and Sirius were dragging him down a corridor while James walked behind them with his wand pointed at Severus.

They finally reached a broom closet that looked semi-empty, but impossible to fit all four of them in it.

"Remus, Sirius. Stand outside the door. Cover for me if you get caught. Now for you." Said James as he grabbed Severus and shoved him into the broom closet. He shut the door behind himself and took the ropes off of him and untwisted his tongue.

"What do you want, Potter? I didn't do anything!" Severus pleaded.

"You've done something, all right, Snivillus. You've won Lily's heart. She tells you everything. She holds your hand. She fools around with you. She helps you with your homework. She does EVERYTHING with you. Now tell me how you did it. Tell me exactly how you did it, or else I will hex you." Said James as he pointed his wand at Severus.

"W-What are you talking about? I haven't won Lily's heart. Yeah, we hang out a lot, but I wouldn't say I've-"

"Yeah, whatever you wanna call it. Now tell me how you did it!" persisted James.

"Well, I don't know. I was just, being myself I guess." I weakly replied.

"Well, just 'being myself' hasn't really worked for me, now has it?"

"Well, I don't think you really have been yourself, unless being rude, arrogant, and obnoxious is yourself." I dared myself to say.

"Don't push it, Snivellus." Said James through his teeth.

"Lily isn't into that stuff. Be nice to her, help HER with her homework, invite her to Hogsmede and DON'T go to Weasley's Wizard Weezes, Sit with her at lunch and DON'T eat like pig."

"I see where you're going there, Snivellus. I'll try it, but if all fails, you're gonna get it." James said as he lowered his wand and opened the door. Snape slowly walked out and ran to the slytherin common room, without looking back at James, Remus, and Sirius.

When Snape reached the common room he said the password, opened the portrait, ran inside, and collapsed into a chair in front of the fire. Snape pondered over the night, then smiled to himself. James had gone to HIM for advice on how to get Lily. HIM! Snape then wondered why he even bothered to tell James how to 'win Lily's heart.' Then he realized that he knew that Lily would never chose him, but had a chance with James. Snape just wanted to make Lily happy. With that, Snape slumped up to his dorm and instantly fell asleep onto his four-poster bed; clothes on and all.