Becoming Lily
Summary: Lily Evans thought she knew who she was, but when her friendship with Severus Snape falls apart, she begins to question herself. She's already lost her sister and now her childhood best friend. Where did she go wrong?
As Lily struggles to make sense of herself and her place in the world, she decides to change. Through the painful process of growing up, she gains new friends, discovers who she really is, and falls in love along the way.
This is the story of how Lily Evans became Lily Potter, the woman who gave her life so that her son could live.
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“Come on, Lily,” he said. “Just talk to me please.”
“It’s the same as last week, Sev,” she said, finally speaking, a barely contained rage in her voice.
Sev frowned. “You’re always so upset these days,” he said. “I don’t understand why.”
She wheeled on him. “You’re joking, right? I’m mad about how Muggleborns are being treated in the news, here at Hogwarts, everywhere, and guess who happens to be Muggleborn!” she spat. “I think I have a right to be angry, Sev.”
“Yeah, but there’s nothing that can be done about it,” he said.
She huffed. “Of course there is,” she said. “We may not be able to stop You-Know-Who and his Death Eaters, but we can stop his views from being propagated here at school, starting with your new friends.” His housemates seemed to make it a point of calling her a Mudblood when Severus wasn’t around, and she’d told him as much.
Severus scowled. “I’ve told you, Lily, I’m only just now becoming their friend. I can’t just tell them to stop saying something they’ve heard their parents say for their whole lives. They still don’t understand, and I don’t want to risk my friendship with them,” he said.
“It’s not a matter of friendship,” she said. “It’s a matter of what’s right and what’s wrong, Severus. Calling someone a Mudblood and viewing someone as inferior just because of their birth is wrong!”
“I agree with you, Lily, you know that,” he said. “But it takes time to make people see that.”
“So, you’ve spoken with them?” she demanded.
He scowled and didn’t answer. Instead, he said, “It’s as if you don’t want me to have any friends.”
“I don’t understand why you want to be friends with people like that,” she said. “How does that even add up when your best friend is a Muggleborn? Or are you not interested in having me as a best friend anymore?”
“That’s uncalled for, Lily,” he said tightly, his face serious.
She sighed. He was right. She said as much. “I didn’t mean to take it out on you. I just-I’m so frustrated with everything right now,” she said. She could hear her voice crack as she spoke. “I’ve got to go. I need to get a few things together before dinner. I’ll see you later, Sev.”
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