Why So Different?
Author's Note:: This is a little bit shorter than I intended, but hopefully it'll still do. Please read and review!
The Hogwarts Express 1976
Eirian slammed the door on the backs of Potter and Black. "Every single year." She sighed, as she turned back to Lily. "Every year they seem to have this irrepressible desire to come and bother us." She sat down across from Lily. "All these years I thought they were coming to bother Severus. But do you see him in this compartment? No!" Eirian looked at Lily. Lily was looking down at her feet, her red hair formed a wall around her face, but Eirian knew that her friend was a little hurt by the fact that Severus wasn't with them. Eirian bit her lip. "I'm sorry, Lily. I forgot."
"It's fine." Lily waved a hand dismissively, looking up at Eirian. "He left us the moment he called me that horrible name. Besides, I don't even know if he was ever really with us after he became friends with them." Lily's bright green eyes bore into hers. "It's just us now."
"Don't say it like that." Eirian said, something felt uneasy in her stomach. "What about Mary or Sonia? And Janet isn't unfriendly. You can't say we've gone through six years of Hogwarts and only to make two friends."
"Yeah, we have friends but everyone else has groups of close friends. We just have each other."
"Well, you have Potter." Eirian said, grinning a little. She wanted to get off of the topic and teasing Lily about the fact that Potter fancied her always got Lily going.
"Eirian! That's not even funny." Lily spurted out as the train jerked to a stop. Eirian stood up, still smiling, and grabbed some of her luggage. "Don't forget that Sirius makes his annual attempt on you." Lily argued standing up as well.
"Yes, Lily, annual. He doesn't continually follow me and stare at me and try extra hard to impress me."
"Remember third year, when he tried to kiss you. James never tried to kiss me." Lily continued as the stepped off of the train.
"That was three years ago, and after a couple of hexed snowballs, he didn't try again all year. You pushed James into freezing cold lake water last February and he still hasn't quit coming after you. That's commitment. True love, even." Eirian laughed at Lily's face.
"The day I say I love James Potter is the day the Minister of Magic awards Pettigrew a medal for bravery!" Eirian laughed so hard she began to cry, and soon Lily joined in.