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Lily blinked. She didn't want to trust her ears but his words echoed inside her head and she felt her stomach drop. She felt tears stinging her eyes but the pain she was feeling was instantly replaced with anger and hatred. She arranged her face into a calm expression and looked at the boy she once called her best friend.
"Fine," she said coolly. "I won't bother in the future. And I'd wash your pants if I were you, Snivellus." Until then Lily hadn't realised how quiet everyone was. The whole school knew that Lily and Severus were best friends although none of them understood why or even how.
"APOLOGISE TO EVANS!" Potter roared at Snape, his wand pointing threateningly at him. Lily began losing control.
"I don't want you to make him apologise!" she shouted at Potter, rounding on him. "You're as bad as he is."
"What?" yelped Potter. "I'd NEVER call you a you-know-what!"
"Messing up your hair because you think it looks cool to look like you've just got off your broomstick, showing off with that stupid Snitch, walking down corridors and hexing everyone who annoys you just because you can- I'm surprised your broomstick can get off the ground with that fat head on it. You make me SICK."
Lily felt the tears which had once subsided threatening to spill. She turned on her heel and hurried away. She heard Potter calling after her but she didn't look back. She ran until she was panting and was completely out of breath. She found shelter behind Green House number three.
She leaned against the wall and sunk to the ground, hugging her knees to her chest. She sobbed her eyes out and didn't even realise when the sun had set. She didn't look up until she heard a small voice from behind her.
"Lily?" came Alice's voice softly. She sat down beside Lily and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. She tried to comfort her but Lily wasn't listening to her. The events that had taken place earlier that day kept replaying in her head. Sev's words haunted her, they probably always would, reminding her of the inferior position she held in the wizarding world.
The two friends sat in the darkness for a while after which Alice led Lily up to Gryffindor Tower. Lily noticed that the common room was mostly empty so it must have been pretty late. She felt some movement to her right but didn't look up, letting her red hair shield her from everyone elses prying eyes.
She went up to her dorm and curled up in her bed. She wasn't crying anymore but she just felt this emptiness inside her and it seemed to be swallowing her. She wasn't sure what made her most upset; the fact that she had lost her best friend or that she knew that the awful things she had said to Potter weren't true.
AN: MUST READ. Very important.
I need everyones opinion about what I should write after their fifth year. I could skip to their seventh year when they actually get together or I could write about their sixth year and then their seventh. I'm not too keen on writing their sixth year because it will be more of a filler and it might get boring. But at the same time if I skip an entire year I'm worried that it might become awkward. Thank you for reading this and PLEASE let me know what you think. you could write a review or send me a PM but I really need your help.