A/N: Hi! This chapter is for Lexi. I would like to thank all of my lovely readers. I appreciate every review I get. I will try to respond to all of them where I can. I hope that you all enjoy this story as it comes into being. I do have plans. I've actually planned what happens after this book, and I even know when or how this will end yet, lol! Anyway, read and review as always lovely readers!

Chapter Two

Evelyn stood outside potions their first morning of classes and watched patiently. Severus had been the first one in the room of course, and she knew he was waiting for Lily. So Evelyn waited and watched, knowing full well that Lily would never partner with him after what he said. The three of them had been like three peas in a pod, inseparable classmates and with a single word out was all gone. Evelyn still loved Lily like a sister she never had, but she was in love with Severus. She couldn't deny it.

Finally Lily came down the hall and walked into the potions room, not even noticing her friend leaning against the wall across from the classroom. Evelyn chose that moment to walk towards the doorway, catching the cross words.

"Lily, do you-"

"No, I do not want to partner with you. Don't even speak to me."

Evelyn felt bad for her friend, she knew he was hurting, and over a small word too. But she understood how Lily felt about it too. Still, she walked over to Severus' table.

"Hey Sev, you mind if I join you this semester?"

He looked at her, with her friendly, cheerful grin, and couldn't help but smile a little. Her smiles were infectious. "Wouldn't you rather work with Lily?"

"No, she and I are partners in Transfiguration, I want to spend time with both of you."

"Are you sure you won't go crazy between us. I mean, she can't be happy about it."

"She's not, but she deals."

"Evelyn!" Someone shouted from the hall. She turned and groaned when she saw Sirius Black run into the room.

"I didn't take you for an advanced potions student, Black," Severus snarked.

Sirius rolled his eyes and focused on Evelyn. He just had to stop being mean. "Evelyn, you should come to Quidditch practice. You can be my own personal cheerleader."

"Sirius, I didn't want to watch you and my brother play Quidditch all summer, why would I want to watch you at school?"

"Well for one, we have a deal, and for two, I'm determined to change your mind about Quidditch. Come on, please. I'm not going to leave until you agree."

Evelyn sighed. "Fine, I'll come watch you at practice."

Sirius smirked and took off down the hall.

"What agreement with Black do you have?" Severus asked after a moment.

Evelyn sighed again. She didn't want to talk about Sirius. But she didn't seem to have a choice. "He's decided that we should be at peace because of the fact that he's now living at our house. He promised to try and be nicer to you."

"I don't need-"

"I know you don't need me doing that. I only told him that we'd see."

They waited for class to start in silence for just a moment before Evelyn thought of a great way to spend time with Severus. "Sev, would you come with me? I'll be bored out of my skull otherwise."

"I don't think that's what Sirius had in mind."

"Screw what he wants. He's an arrogant prick. If I ran around topless all summer, everyone would have had a field day. But no, he prances around like it's no big deal."

"Um, Evelyn, could we nut talk about girls running around without their tops?"

She giggled, "Are you embarrassed, Sev?"

Their conversation was cut short by Professor Slughorn walking into the room. "Hello class. Glad to see you all found the room alright. Today we're going to have a competition." He held up a small vial full of golden liquid. "Can anyone tell me what this potion is?"

Evelyn couldn't help it, her arm shot up into the arm at the same time that she spoke the advert, without waiting to be called on, "Felix Felicis!"

She clapped her hand over her mouth. Slughorn however smiled, "Very good, five points to Ravenclaw. Can you tell us it's effects?"

Evelyn grinned wide. "Felix Felicis, also known as Liquid Luck, will provide the drinker with good luck for small periods of time. If you from you, you'll find that all of your endeavours will succeed. It can't stop incredibly dark magic, but it's a very powerful potion. Drinking too much of it can have adverse effects as well, as once the potion begins to wear off, you'll find that one's luck tries to balance itself out."

"Very good, another ten points to Ravenclaw."

Evelyn grinned at Severus, who jokingly rolled his eyes.

"Today, you will be brewing the Draught of Living Death. The student with the best potion will receive this small vial of Liquid Luck. You can begin brewing now."

The students pulled out their books and found the instructions.

"You are such a know-it-all, Evelyn," Severus teased.

"I am not! You knew all of those answers!"

"But you didn't see my hand flying up."

She giggled. Then she saw an opportunity as Severus reached for his knife, so she reached for hers causing their hands to brush slightly. A jolt of electricity shot through her.

"Sorry," Severus mumbled as he retracted his own hand.

Her heart fell. Hasn't he felt the specificity between? Couldn't he see how the touch affected her.

Instead of focusing on the pain of his apparent rejection, Evelyn started working on the potion. She started with the infusion of wormwood, enjoying the smell. After letting it set, she added the powdered asphodel root. Then she stirred the contents clockwise twice.

"You know, I wonder why sloth's haven't evolved to have faster brains," Evelyn said as she held up the disgusting ingredient while making a face.

Severus laughed as he added the south brain to his own potion. "It's not like it's a very sought after ingredient."

She added hers to her cauldron and began trying to cut her sopophorus beans. Severus barely managed to duck out of the way as her bean went flying across the room.

"Sorry, Sev," she mumbled. "They're pesky."

Evelyn wasn't the only one having issues, the beans flew all over the classroom. Severus cane around to her side of the table and took the hand she held the knife in and her other hand before guiding her, "Crush the beans. They cooperate better that way."

Could he tell that she couldn't breath? Could he tell that her heart was racing? Then he was gone, back to to brewing his own potion. She crushed her remaining beans, lost in her thoughts about Severus. Then she stirred her potion.

One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven.

She looked up and saw Severus adding a stir.

"What are you doing, Sev?"

"Seven anti-clockwise with one clockwise works better."

"That's not what the instructions say."

He shrugged and went back to brewing.

Evelyn soon found herself lost in the art of potion brewing, missing the hour pass by until she added the final Valerian root and her potion turned the tell tale pink color.

Slughorn came around, testing each potion by dropping a single leaf into the cauldrons.

She grinned when he came to hers, until the leaf in Severus' pot completely disintegrated. He got to take the vial of Liquid Luck.

Severus and Evelyn made their way to the Quidditch pitch, running a little bit late, in a comfortable silence. She was glad that he agreed to come along with her.

They sat in the usual seating area for Slytherin, it being the farthest from any of the other spectators and started fyi watch.

Evelyn groaned when she noticed Sirius without a shirt.

"Sev, I have decided that Sirius is in love with James," she giggled.

He looked at her curiously. "Why do you say that?"

"Because, in the last four months or so, every time he's around James, he's not wearing a shirt. I think he's trying to seduce my brother."

Sirius looked in the stands, searching for Evelyn. When he found her, he was livid. There was, sitting in Slytherin seats with Snivellus. They weren't even watching! She was chatting and giggling with Snivellus. She was a bloody Ravenclaw, how could she not see what he was up to?

"Heads up, Black!"

Sirius looked up and managed to duck just in time to avoid a bludger. Then he realized where the bludger was aimed at.

"Longbottom, your aim is off, as usual!" Sirius shouted before he leaned forward on his broom, zooming towards Evelyn and Severus. He swung his bat several feet away from the stands, but still, Evelyn finally looked at him. She was shocked, as if she weren't expecting a bludger to come flying towards them.

"You should pay more attention when you're watching sports," Sirius shouted from his broom.

She rolled her eyes, but nonetheless turned her attention to the game. She occasionally cheered for her brother when he managed to get the quaffle past the keeper, but for the most part she tried to enjoy Severus' company.

Finally the practice ended without any further incidents, and Severus and Evelyn made their way back to the castle. Unfortunately, they did not escape the team.

"Evelyn, wait up!"

Did Sirius have no idea what the purpose of a shirt was? He was wearing one, but left it unbuttoned and wide open. Even worse, she noticed that Severus had kept walking, leaving her to deal with the arrogant prick.

She sighed, "Yes, Sirius?"

"Did you see my smooth moves out there?"

"I saw you being pretty cocky. Though, I suppose I should thank you for stopping that one bludger."

"Absolutely. Though if you really want to thank me, you could get a butterbeer with me this weekend."

"Why would I do that? I've already said thank you."

Sirius held back a groan. How could she be so oblivious? "Think of it as a step to us becoming friends. That way you don't have to hide out in your room."

She rolled her eyes, and then came up with a brilliant idea.

"Okay, I'll get a butterbeer with you. But you have to promise to keep your shirt on. Seriously, there no reason to not wear one!"

What? No girl had ever said anything timely close to that. Most of them asked to touch his abs, which he was very proud of. She acted like she wasn't even impressed! Instead, he stated to button his shirt up. "Okay, fine. So Saturday we're on then, yea."

"I suppose."

James came running past the two of them, yelling in pure rage, "What the bloody hell were you doing at a GRYFFINDOR practice, Snivellus?"

He shoved Severus to the ground.

"James, back off!" Evelyn scolded, running towards the pair, her wand ready.

"He's a Slytherin. He's going to tell their team our secrets! No outsiders watching practice!"

"So it's okay for me to be here then? I'm in Ravenclaw! I could tell my housemates!"

"Do you even know who plays on the team?" James retorted.

"I was invited to watch. I invited Severus to join me. That's it. Besides, we weren't even paying attention. We were talking about potions."

James was seething. What was it about Severus that made his own twin turn against him? "Don't ever bring him again."

"That won't be a problem! I won't be coming again either! Thanks again, Sirius."

She stormed of, leaving all of the boys behind.

Severus stood up, brushed himself off, and left as well.

"Sirius, you should have let the bludger hit its mark," James grumbled.

"Alright, next time Longbottom's aim is off, I'll let the bludger hit Evelyn."

"He was aiming for Snivellus."

"You think I don't know that? Of course I do. I would have let it hit him. But like I said, his aim was off. That bludger was about to hit Evelyn."

"I-I..."James stuttered. "I guess that I owe you thanks for that then."

"Yea, treat her better mate. You might not like Snivellus, but he's one of her best friends. She's only going to get angrier the more you mistreat him."

"Since when are you on his side."

"I'm not. But you told me I could have a go at her. If I want to stand a chance, I need to be in her good graces."

"I don't think I could do that."

"Clearly," Sirius said as he jokingly pushed James, "otherwise you might have Evans!"