James POV:
"But...but Prongs, that doesn't make sense at all!"
I roll my eyes.
"It makes perfect sense to me! Snape is the reason I feel so guilty, and me feeling guilty is the reason I don't feel good...
"It's simple really," I mutter.
Remus sighs deeply and Sirius gives me a look.
"James that's not - I don't kn - never mind," Moony stumbles over his words.
I just shrug my shoulders and take another sip of butterbeer.
It makes perfect sense.
They just don't get it.
Don't realize how important this is.
Because by merlins beard I will go back to liking myself.
☆
"Hey!" I sing as I enter the hospital wing.
Snape looks up from his book.
"You're still reading!? Gosh and I thought Moony was a bookworm!" I chuckle, a smile plastered on my face.
"What do you want Potter? Now not really a good time. " Snape deadpans.
I plop down in the chair at his bed side and kick my feet up to where they're on his bed.
"Why to see my favorite Slytherin of course!" I say, my voice still filled with a forced cheeryness.
Snape rolls his eyes.
"Cut the crap and get your feet off," he instructs, pushing my feet off his bed.
My false smile drops for a second before I put it back on.
I'm trying this new tactic - being really nice to Snape.
If I'm nice, he'll like me, and if he likes me, we're friends.
I got the idea from some muggle saying Lily told me once.
You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
I didn't really understand what she meant at the time but now it seems all too clear.
"I don't know what you mean Sev," I smile.
Snape glares.
"One: don't call me that, two: either spill what you want or get out, i don't have time for your shenanigans," he sneers.
Sighing my smile begins to fade.
Maybe if I tell him he'll warm up to me?
"Listen - " I start before I'm interrupted.
"What are you doing here I thought I told you to stay away!?" The angry voice of Lily Evans cuts through the air like a knife.
I flinch and spring up from the chair.
"Jeez! Lily! Give me a heart attack why don't you!?" I exclaim, holding my chest.
"Leave, Potter." She says sternly.
"And stop bothering Sev you've caused enough damage, what more could you be after?" She glares.
I glance at Snape, who just looks between Lily and me in mild suprise.
"Lily he's fine, he wasn't doing anyth - " Snape begins before I cut him off.
"Wait so she can call you Sev but I can't?" I smirk toward Snape.
YOU ARE READING
To be Hated (ON HOLD)
FanfictionSeverus is hated. Hated by his peers, hated by his father, hated by, it seems, the world. The marauders, in particular, seem to loathe him. But can they find it in themselves to hate him anymore, once they find out what goes on behind closed doors...