A/N: Hi. Don't hate me for starting a new one, okay? Please. I'll give you cookies. Anyway so begins year six and all of the drama is going to unfold.

Chapter One

Evelyn walked past her brother on the narrow train and headed straight for hers and Lily's usual compartment. James had become insufferable ever since Sirius moved in. And Sirius was acting odd. She sat down across from her friend and sighed.

"How was your summer, Lils?"

"Fine. How was yours?" Evelyn could hear it in her voice that Lily missed Severus, no matter how mad she was.

"Obnoxious, not only did I have to deal with my brother, but Sirius moved in. And he was acting weird. And he likes to walk around without a shirt."

Lily snorted a little. "Oh Merlin that's awful. You have to stare at Sirius' chiseled abs," she teased.

"Yea, well, he's not my type."

Evelyn stared at the passers by. She was watching for the one face she missed all summer. Severus of course had spoken to her and apologized for treating her the way he had after her brother tortured him. But she had forgiven him immediately. Lily however could not be swayed.

Something inside Evelyn was okay with Severus being at odds with Lily. It was another obstacle for Severus, and one less for her. Still, she knew they both hurt, and that hurt her.

Finally Severus walked by, he stopped at the door and opened it.

"Go away, Severus," Lily scoffed, turning her head away.

"Lily, please, I'm sorry. I didn't mean it. I swear it!"

Lily ignored him and instead started talking to one of the girls next to her. Severus' face fell further and he slumped out of the compartment.

"Severus, wait up," Evelyn called as she took off after him. He stopped and looked at her, giving a half smile.

"Sorry, I meant to say hi."

"It's okay, Sev. I just wanted to see how your summer was. Could I walk with you to your compartment?"

He nodded, "My summer was the same as usual. Parents fighting, counting the days till this train arrived."

"Well I couldn't wait to see you," see said with a cheerful note, "I thought you might want to laugh at the suffering I had to endure all summer."

"What suffering?"

"Sirius Black was kicked out of his home, and James convinced mum and dad to let him move in. I had not one, but two arrogant pricks parading around my house. I think I spent most of my time in my room just to avoid running into them."

Severus chuckled, and her stomach fluttered at the grin she managed to pull out. They stopped outside the compartment that Mulciber and several other Slytherins sat in.

"Do I want to know what the two arrogant pricks did all summer?"

Sirius Black watched the exchange between Evelyn and Severus. She had intentionally wore a short black skirt with a white blouse. The knee high grey sucks only added to the effect she desired. And yet she was wasting it on Snivellus who wasn't appreciating any of the slender goddess before him. Her raven curls and green eyes were beautiful. Yet Snivellus was the one on the receiving end of her fluttering eyelashes and hair twirling.

He didn't understand. She'd seen his abs all summer and wasn't even phased.

"Sirius, I might approve of you trying to win her over, but could you save the drooling and oggling for when I'm not around," James said as he playfully punched his friend in the arm.

"Wait, what did we miss?" Remus asked as he stepped forward. "Did you just say that Sirius is drooling over your sister? And you're not freaking out?"

Sirius turned and smacked Remus in the arm. "For the record, I told James how I felt last year. He decided I was a better choice than Snivellus."

Remus and Peter chuckled. "Good luck, she's as moon-eyed for him as he is for Lily."

"Shall we go find our seats gentlemen?" James suggested, gesturing towards the end of the car.

They made their way to the last compartment, with James and Sirius shoving their shoulders into Severus.

"Grow up, James!" Evelyn scolded after them. Then she turned back to Severus, trying to hold back the urge to embrace him, "I guess I should get back to Lily. Don't be a stranger this year Sev. Promise you won't forget to study with me on Fridays like usual."

"I promise. I'll see you at the school."

She walked back to her compartment, her heart feeling both heavy and light.

"How can you be friends with him, Evie? After what he said?"

Evelyn shrugged, "I guess I understand that he reacted rashly."

"It makes me so mad that he could do that."

"He's really sorry Lily. He is."

"No, he's sorry he got in trouble."

"Snape, when are you going to bag Potter's sister?" Mulciber questioned as Severus took his seat next to him. "She's practically throwing herself at you?"

"What are you talking about. We're just friends."

"Like you and Lily were just friends?" Bellatrix teased.

"At least Potter's a Pureblood," Regulus added. "And imagine the look on her brother's face."

The compartment erupted in laughter. Severus shook his head. Evelyn was just a friend. She had fewer friends than even he did and she was loyal, even when it meant going against her brother.

"You can't pine after that mudblood anymore, Snape. The Potters could actually raise your status."

"Shut it Mulciber. Who I date is none of your business!"

"Sirius, where are you going?" Peter asked as Sirius tried to leave the compartment in peace.

"Peter my friend, I am off to woo a woman."

He made his way to the compartment where Evelyn sat chatting with Lily and few other girls their age. He opened the door and leaned on the frame.

"Hello Evelyn."

She looked up and saw the smug grin on her brother's best friend's face. She rolled her eyes.

"What do you want?"

"I thought we could take a stroll, find the sweets cart a little early?"

Lily was mouthing the words "go on" art her and she realized that she wasn't going to have much choice in the matter. "Fine."

She followed Sirius down the length of the train. "Did you want something special, Black? Or are you just trying to annoy me?"

"Well, given that for the foreseeable we have to live together, I figured we should be on better terms. You were pretty content to hide in your room all summer so we didn't have that chance."

"Well yeah, I had a lot of studying to do. And I'm not a fan of Quidditch."

"You wound me, Evelyn. You don't like Quidditch? What do you enjoy doing for fun?"

"Blackmailing my brother and his friends. Hexing them. Chasing rats."

He coughed. He'd forgotten that they helped her become an animagi because she'd threatened to tell if they hadn't. But now he realized that she was the cat that always chasing Peter.

"That's not very nice," he teased, hoping to see her playful side.

"Since when do you care about being nice?"

"I'm not a bad guy, Evelyn."

"The way you treat Severus makes a different point."

"Hey, he's the one hanging around Death Eaters."

"You've singled him out from day one and you know it."

Sirius realized that he didn't stand a chance with her as long as he continued to treat Snivellus like crap, he'd never stand a chance with her.

"If I promise to be nicer to Sniv-Severus, can we be friends?"

"Why do you care so much?"

"Like I said, if we're going to be living there, we should be on good terms. Besides, I hate to see brother and sister fighting."

"We'll see. But for now, I'm going back to Lily. I don't really want anything off the trolley."