A/N: Hello! I hope you enjoy this chapter. I own nothing! All credit to the amazing J K Rowling! Have an interesting day!

LILY'S P.O.V

Dear Diary,

First of all, it feels petty to be writing in a diary when I'm 13 but then again, who can I talk to about this stuff? Mar and Alice are great friends but I can't talk to them about boy stuff unless I want it to be transformed into a fucking joke.

Today was my first day of my third year at Hogwarts. Marlene doesn't live far from me so instead of dragging my delightful sister along with me; I met up with Mar instead. We met Alice and Sev at Platform 93/4.

Sev always comes alone, I did offer for him to come with us but he said no. Alice and Mar don't like Sev, I'll get into that later.

"Hey Sev!" I shouted. Sev looked up and smiles and I greeted him with a hug. "How was your holiday?"

"It was alright, my dad was there a lot." I noticed a new bruise above his eye.

"What happened?"

"He started hitting my mum and I couldn't let him, could I? So I jumped in the way."

"Are you okay Sev?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Stop worrying Lily."

I didn't push it further, he'd only lie.

Once we got on the train, Alice, Mar and I sat down in a compartment but Sev hovered at the door awkwardly. Even though Alice and Mar don't like Sev, they still tolerate his presence because he's my friend.

"Aren't you coming in, Sev?"

"No, I don't think I will. Lucius and Bellatrix invited me to sit with them."

"Why would you do that? Tell them you're sitting with us."

"It wasn't really an invitation, if you know what I mean," he'd tried to crack a smile.

"Oh."

Sev smiled apologetically. "I'll catch you later though, Lil?"

"Sure," I said weakly.

The compartment door slid shut and I remember feeling a part of me deteriorate.

"I don't know why you're friends with that scumbag." Alice said.

"He's my friend and he's not that bad."

"Not that bad? Do you know what him, Avery and Mulciber get up to?"

"No."

"Dark magic, Lil. They're always talking about the Dark Lord and becoming Death Eaters."

"Sev's not like that, he's a good person."

"I don't know who you're kidding, Lily. He's as much of a blood status racist as Malfoy."

"He's never called me the m-word and he never will."

"Just watch your back, Lil. I don't want you to get hurt," Marlene said seriously.

The compartment door slides open.

"Hello, ladies. What's this about Snivellus?" Black stuck his head, then his whole body into our compartment.

"How long were you out there listening?" I whipped out my wand.

"Hey! Don't attack me, it was Prong's idea!" Black shoved Potter into the compartment.

"Mind if we sit here?"

Potter doesn't wait for an answer and steps completely into the compartment. I stand up, my wand drawn, he eyed it cautiously before sitting in my seat.

"Potter, that's my seat."

"It certainly seems so, Evans."

"Then get out."

"Just sit down," Black says as he seated himself next to Mar and Remus and Peter sit in all the other available seats.

"There's nowhere for me to sit."

"Sit on me," Potter smirks.

"Certainly not, Potter."

As I said it, his hands grabbed my waist and pulled me into his lap.

I try to pull away but his hands hold me there. "Let go of me, Potter."

"Not a chance, Evans, unless, of course, you'll go out with me."

"Not in a million years will I go out with you."

"You heard her, Prongs," Remus said. Potter reluctantly lets go of my waist and Remus moves up but I was still uncomfortably close to Potter. Potter stares at me the whole journey.

BREAKFAST THE NEXT DAY

(A/N: This is as it happens, by the way, still in Lily's P.O.V so not in diary mode. Diary mode wasn't really working.)

"Please pretty please?" Alice begs as we head for the Great Hall.

"No, Alice. It was awful the past two years and I have studying to do."

"Oh come on Lily. It's just one party a year. Marlene's going with Frank Longbottom and I don't want to be alone. Mar won't even talk to me about whether Amos likes me. Do you think he'll ask me to Slughorn's party?"

"Sure, Alice. You're really pretty and Amos would be lucky to be your date."

"Aw, thanks Lily, that's so sweet. I really need you to come, in case I vomit on the punch again and Slughorn would be so disappointed of his star student didn't come."

"Fine, Alice. I'll go to Slughorn's party, but if you start kissing Amos, I'm leaving and you can walk back to Gryffindor Tower by yourself."

"Yay! You won't regret it, I promise!"

As we enter the Great Hall, Marlene waves at us. I frown when I note that she is sitting with Potter and Black.

"Good morning, Evans," Potter says brightly.

"Good morning Marlene, Remus, Peter… and Black."

"Oh come on! Am I invisible?" Potter scowls.

"I'm sorry, I must be hearing things. Did you hear a troll?" I ask Remus. Remus snorts, even Black chuckles a little.

"Very funny, Evans."

I begin to sit down between Alice and Remus but Potter pushes Alice along next to Black leaving a space next to him. Grudgingly, I sit down. Potter smirks at me and I look down at my toast.

"There was a boy called James Potter, some people thought Sirius was hotter, those people are crazy, Sirius is just lazy, so will you be the seal to my otter?" I read aloud.

I howl with laughter, the limerick is awful but I haven't laughed so hard in ages. Once I've read it aloud, Remus, Alice, Mar and Black join in laughing. Peter doesn't laugh, he clearly doesn't have a sense of humour.

"That's ridiculous, mate. 'The seal to my otter'?" Black hoots.

"Like you could do any better," Potter glowers.

"Sure I can. Sirius Black is the best and ultimate man, if he can't do something then nobody can, the ladies swoon, because he looks fabulous in maroon and shit, poetry's hard."

I almost fall of the bench from laughing so much.

"Exactly, it's hard. All I wanted to say was that I want to take you to Slughorn's party," Potter sighs.

"Why didn't you just say that then?" Remus asks amusedly.

"Because I knew she's say no."

"He's right," I admit, "although, I'd say no anyway."

"Fine, how about we study together in the library at 4?"

"Absolutely not, Potter. I won't spend any more time with you than I have to."

"Why not, Evans? Am I too hot for you? Or maybe I distract you with my charm." Black snorts into his toast.

"The only thing you distract me with is your large obnoxious head."

Potter sighs. "One day, Evans, you'll be my wife and you'll feel foolish."

"If Evans ever does become your wife, I'll give you 50 galleons," Black leans forward to whisper in my ear. "Just don't fall in love with him, Evans. I don't actually have 50 galleons."

"Don't worry, I won't."

I get up and leave the Great Hall. I really hate Potter. He struts around like he owns the place or something. Not to mention that all he does is how off and mess up his hair so it looks like he's just come off the Quidditch pitch. Yet, girls swoon at the sight of him. They're either blind or incredibly stupid.

I'm so busy ranting in my head, I accidentally bump into someone.

"Sorry," I mutter.

"You've got no right to touch me, you filthy Mudblood."

I raise my head to look at the person I bumped into: Mulciber. I wince, I really hate that word.

"Don't call her that," I hear two voices at once. Sev and Potter stand behind me staring daggers at Mulciber.

"Standing up for your scum of a Mudblood girlfriend, Snape? Her blood is so filthy; I think it's affecting my health. I wonder what the Dark Lord would say about that, you little Blood Traitor," Mulciber sneers.

"What's going on here?" Professor McGonagall appears next to us.

"Nothing Professor," Mulciber says in what he thinks is a delicate tone, it sounds like a load of rats being tortured.

"Believe it or not Mr Mulciber, but as a teacher I have acute senses, apologise to Evans and once you've finished that, get a bucket and clean the boy's toilets- without magic."

"Come on, Lily."

Sev takes my arm and we start walking away.

"You're welcome Evans!" Potter shouts after us.

"She didn't need your help!" Sev shouts back.

Potter standing up for me? The world really has become nonsensical.