The incident |Jeverus/Snames

Four is a good number, but three is better.

Three weeks later... Lily's POV:
I was still devastated, although I made a promise to myself to not ever talk to him. But I knew that it was just a doubtful consolation.
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Severus always looked like a kicked puppy now, sulking and looking miserable, yet would still growl if needed.

Although the thing that made me straight-on enraged was the fact that instead of now ignoring Severus, the older students treated him like garbage, they would go at him in groups.

The instinct of protectiveness had set alight in me a couple of times, yes, but my dignity had diminished it.

He had tailed me many times to apologise, that he didn't mean it, the words had floods of hurt, and his physical state wasn't any bette, probably neither is his mental.
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I couldn't bear it anymore, so I decided to go apologise to him, he was sitting by the Black Lake, scrawling away in his potion book.

I came up to sit beside him, a look of hope flashed in his eyes as he looked up at me.

"Sev, we need to talk," I started, he gestured I continue. "I'm sorry for ignoring you, and I'm also sorry for taking so much offence to just one word. It was really childish of me. And I know that you said it out of pure embarrassment and anger, it was Potter's fault for that." I finished.

"No! Lily, I'm the one who should apologise—" "No, Sev, you really shouldn't. It's not your fault that awful people surround you." I cut him off before he could say more.

"So, how has life been these weeks?" I asked innocently, trying to strike a conversation. "Awful. Everyone treats me even worse, although for some reason Black has stopped with it. Seems like the Marauders are breaking apart from Potter." He scoffed, the relationship between the four had become tight.

I even heard a couple of arguments at night between Black and Potter, I had to go shut them up since no-one could sleep.

I looked at what he was writing, "Really I don't get how you have the time to test all of that." I remarked, a faint blush appeared on the pale face. He loved being praised, probably because no one really complimented him a lot, everything in this abysmal place hates him.

He shrugged awkwardly, wincing slightly when doing so. "Your shoulder?" I asked, he nodded timidly, I stood up, and without further words, I walked off.

He followed me, as expected of course.
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Everyone in the Gryffindor common room eyed him like prey, I glared at them, and people didn't question it.

We got into my dormitory, I began searching for the pain-relief salve that Madam Pomfrey had given me.

"Sev, didn't you say you would apply it everyday?" I snapped, taking out the salve and waiting for him to unbutton his shirt so that I could properly apply it.

He muttered a 'sorry' and I began scolding him for going back to his self-harming antics. He hissed a number of time but I ignored it.

"There." I said, finishing. He put his upper clothes back on. "Lily, are we back to being friends now?" He asked, hope was practically overflowing from his voice. "Obviously." I answered, rolling my eyes and sitting next to him.

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At some point conversation broke between us and we were talking until almost curfew. He hurriedly went out of the Gryffindor common room and ran off before prefects found him.

Meanwhile... James' POV:
I looked at the Slytherin that was retreating from the common room. I saw Lily saying good-bye to him and jealousy flooded me.

Peter came up next to me. "What're staring at him for?" He asked.

"He spends a lot of time with Lily." I responded. Peter shook his head.
"Jealous?" -Peter
"Yes." -Me
"Of whom?" -Peter
"Snivellus." -Me
"Oh I doubt it." -Peter

The interaction confused me as he walked away, I mean, me not being jealous of the vermin? That's unheard of. We had a long history of hatred, so that was stupid to assume.
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A/N: The song that I put was my inspiration I guess, also, please forgive me for such a short chapter again 😭