Alexa hated Lily Evans.
And Lily made it quite clear that the feeling was mutual.
"Alexa?" Lily asked uncomfortably one afternoon in third year.
"First names, Lily?" Alexa asked sarcastically.
Lily looked annoyed but twisted her face into an odd smile. "I need to ask you something," she said.
"Alright," Alexa said. "Let's have it then."
"Will you…oh never mind!" Lily was about to run off when Alexa grabbed her arm.
"I'll help you with Transfiguration," she said softly.
"You will?" Lily asked hopefully.
"Yeah," she said, smiling.
And so that was the beginning of Lily and Alexa's friendship. A simple act of kindness.
"Why do you hang out with the 'Marauders'?" Lily asked Alexa as they walked back to the common room from the library.
Alexa shrugged. "They're my friends," she said simple. "And I know you see them as arrogant, which they are, but they're actually really nice once you get to know them."
Lily nodded thoughtfully.
"And they're funny as hell!" Alexa added, grinning.
"Do you want to eat breakfast with Alice and I tomorrow?" Lily asked.
Alexa's face lit up. "Sure!" she said. "Like I said, the marauders are great, but they are boys, and I am a little tired of hearing them talk about who they want to go out with while I'm trying to eat!"
Lily laughed.
Somehow they just clicked. From that day forward Lily and Alexa were inseparable, except for when Alexa was with the Marauders.
Some days she would go to the Quidditch field and help Sirius and James practice, and other days she would study with Lily. Occasionally, if Lily was in a good mood and James didn't ask her out, the six of them (or seven if Alice came too) would walk around the grounds, and even seem like friends to anyone watching.