(JILY) MARAUDERS AND VALKYRIES : THE FALL OF SERPENT

23. True Friends

                     A TRUE FRIEND IS SOMEONE WHO SEES THE PAIN IN YOUR EYES WHILE EVERYONE BELIEVES THE SMILE ON YOUR FACE.

Lily didn't know where her legs took her, she was angry and hurt, it didn't hurt this much when Snape has chosen Avery and Mulciber's friendship, but she thought that he still values her and that he will comeback to right side and they will be friends again. But she hadn't thought in her dream that Snape, the Snape who once said that being a muggle-born doesn't matter has just insulted her. He has proved that blood status values . He had said that she belong in the Wizarding world but now has just insulted her by saying the name that people use to point out to someone that doesn't belongs to this world. She felt her heart break into pieces.

Is this how life is? Her sister calls her 'freak' and says she doesn't belong to muggle world and now her 'best-friend' sorry 'ex-best friend'  has just pointed out that she doesn't belong in magical world. So, where does she belong? She has no answer.

She has been called 'mudblood' before but it didn't hurt as much as it hurt when coming from his ' ex-best friend'. 

Lily just sat there but not crying, just sitting , she closed her eyes.

There was some noise behind her, but she didn't turn. Someone sat beside her, she could feel the warmth, but she didn't open her eyes.  

" I crossed the line." said a low shaky voice and then silence fell.

After 30 minutes Potter was still there, Lily spoke angrily, "What do you want Potter?"

" I want you to speak to me," he replied in soft voice.

"I don't want to talk to you ever." she spat, her eyes still closed.

"Please Lily, you know, I wanted to just warn them, please listen to me." he pleaded, Lily noticed there was a pain in his voice, was he crying? why? It was his mistake.

"I don't want to listen to you ever. Leave me alone," she shouted. " Do you even have the slightest idea what have you done today? You were going to go to fall to the level of Mulciber and Avery, and why just give them a warning, are you out of your mind? Do you think that doing that and that too in a public place will be good? Then you are wrong that was the most foolish thing you have ever done. I know what they did and I know Snape was as much guilty as them but does that mean you had to do the same thing?

"Don't you see Potter, that your way of dealing with things is wrong? When will you grow up? You have to understand that just because you can punish people, it doesn't mean you have to, there are other ways to deal with them. Doing pranks and having fun is one thing but hexing people, bullying others, and humiliating others is the worst thing. But you don't see that, because you are arrogant. All these things you do is immature." her voice echoed throughout the place. She took a deep breath and continued.

" You are a good person, I have seen that inside you but you just .... blow it away with doing these things. You should really think about all the things you do in public. You know what I thought that we were friends, we were going so close together and then today you had to do all those stupid things, Why? You should think more before jumping in and doing things." she said and took another deep breath. 

"Now you should leave. I don't want to talk to you again" She said angrily.   

"Okay, I will never talk to you again, if you will just talk to me now, then I will never disturb you ever, I promise you that if you will say so I will not disturb you ever, but just talk to me and listen to me, now," said James in a soft voice. Lily was silent, has he really said so? James Potter who always annoys her irritates her and asks her out was ready to stop talking to her.