AU: Well hello there!! So, here's another chapter. I've mixed my own stuff with Rowling's in this, but it will be some small differences (which someone most probably will notice). I hope you like it, please review and tell me!

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Chapter 2

Lily found it hard to concentrate in all of her classes that day. The spark she had felt while touching James Potter seemed to linger on her skin, and she couldn't get his hazel eyes off of her mind. She knew it was disastorous feeling this way, but she had to admit that she had always felt a connection with James, even though they had got off on the wrong foot. It wasn't just his good looks that attracted her, but she knew that beneath his arrogance and spoildness, he was actually a good guy. Why she knew this, she did not know, she just did.

-"But Lily, you and I both know that isn't true!" Veronica hissed, as they stepped into the Griffindor common room after eating dinner. Lily and Veronica had been arguing all morning if it was true that James Potter had asked Susan Gloomdale and Nicoline Sproudle, the famous gossip girls in the schools history, out on the same day and time. Veronica insisted it wasn't true, but Lily had a hunch that it was. Afterall, it was James Potter they were talking about, the most notorious playboy that had ever stepped foot on school territory.

"I'm sorry, but you are mistaken, Veronica! I know for sure it's true, because this is exactly something he would do. You have to understand that he enjoyes torturing women!" Lily replied, tired of the subject. "Let's not quarrel anymore, he's not worth it," she continued, sitting down in her favourite chair. Veronica sighed and picked her favourite gossip magazine out of her bag, while Lily started reading her book. They sat like this for half an hour, before they were disturbed by a group of boys entering the common room.

"... I'm telling you Sirius, it's the most fun I've had in ages! You should have seen the look on their faces, I though Susan was going to faint!" a voice said. Lily knew at once who it was, and what they were talking about.

"Yeah, but what did they do next?! Did they freak out?" Sirius Black replied.

"Well, at first they looked a bit shocked.. But after a few seconds they asked if I still wanted to go out!" James said, making the group of boys scream of laughter. Lily made eye contact with Veronica, giving her a 'I told you so' look, and then continued reading. The group of boys continued making fun of the girls, but after a few minutes they spread out. Lily gave a sigh of relief, and was reading the book with great interest when suddenly...

"Reading anything good, Evans?" a deep voice said just behind her ear, making her jump. James let out a chuckle, and gave her a wide smile. Fury started to boil inside of her, and she was just about to tell him HOW much she was enjoying it before HE came, when all of a sudden Veronica threw herself at him, talking about how much she had enjoyed watching him play quidditch last year, and what his expectations for this term was. She actually called the snitch 'thee.. er.. stitch" and claiming that if the Griffindor team used a bit more colour on their outfits, maybe a dash of pink, it would become much easier winning the cup. With a smirk on Lilys face, she dashed of to the girls dormitory, leaving James with Veronica. The last thing she saw, was James' eyes filled with desperation and agony, as she went.

- "He's what?!" Lily shrieked at Mary. She had just told Lily that Snape was standing outside the Griffindor-tower, claiming he would sleep outside it if she didn't come out. Lily couldn't believe it. The nerve that boy had! She couldn't understand why Severus just couldn't let go, and understand that they would never be friends again. Not after all he had done. She sighed, smiled at Mary, and walked down from the girls dormitories and through the common room, where James was still tortured by Veronicas flirting. When he saw her walking through the room, he straightened up, but then sunk back again as she climed out without a word.

"I'm sorry."

"I'm not interested in listening to you."

"But I'm sorry! I didn't mean to.."

"Save it for someone who cares. The only reason why I came out was that Mary told me you were threatening with sleeping here through the night."

"I did. I would've done it too. I didn't mean calling you a mudblood, it just-"

"Slipped out? It doesn't make it any less true. It's too late now, I've been making excuses for years. None of my friends have understood why I am talking to at all. You and you fabolous deateater-friends... You see? You don't even deny it! You don't deny what you and your crew are aiming at! I bet you just can't wait untill you can join You-Know-Who!" Lily spat at Snape, with no compassion in her voice. Snape opened his mouth, and then closed it again, without saying anything.

"But I can't deny it anymore. You have chosen your path, and I have chosen mine, Snape."

"But you need to listen Lily, I didn't mean -"

"To call me a mudblood? It's what you call everyone else with the same background as me Severus; mudbloods. So why am I so special?"

Snape tried to say anything, but the words were stuck to his tongue. Lily gave him a poisonous look, and climed back in the portrait hole. As she entered the common room again, James and Veronica was staring at her. It was no doubt that they had heard her conversation with Severus. Veronica finally managed to tear away from James, and looked at Lily with an apologetic smile.

"It's probably for the best, Lily.. He wasn't any good frie-"

"Don't you tell me what he was and wasn't! You didn't grow up with him, you haven't known him your entire life... So don't you dare to judge him, don't any of you dare!" she spat back at Veronica, and sending both of them a look filled with agony. She then stormed off, and went straight up to the girls dormitory. Later that night, Lily cried herself to sleep.

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