A birthday go about
Another year, another time we had to spend Lily’s birthday with Severus Snape. I regretted telling Lily to patch things with the creep.
“We should invite Sirius!” Mary giggled as we walked to the kitchens.
“If we’re inviting Sirius then we should invite Dorcus!” Marlene smiled giddily.
“First off: Lily doesn’t like Sirius. Secondly: Lily doesn’t know Dorcus so why would we invite them?”
“Lily’s inviting Severus, we should each get someone. I’ll get Sirius, Marlene Dorcus, and whoever you want.” Mary explained.
“Lily invited Severus because it’s her party!” I said.
“Just think about it, that’s all I ask.” Mary smiled and we reached the portrait with a bowl of fruit. Marlene tickled the pear and the portrait opened.
Immediately we were greeted by the house elves that worked there.
“Oh Miss Potter! Miss McKinnon! Miss Macdonald!” A house elf came towards us.
“Hello Borgen!” I smiled politely. It was always best to treat house elves with your best manners.
“Misses! I haven’t expected you, misses. What can I do for my friends?” Borgen asked. Whenever they came to the kitchen, Borgen always welcomed them.
“We need a birthday cake for Lily, you remember Lily right?” Mary asked.
“Of course Miss, of course! A birthday cake we can do!” Borgen nodded excitedly.
“Ooh! And snacks and party food.” Marlene added.
“Anything Miss!” Borgen said, “do you’s need anything else?”
“Oh! I brought you some chocolate as a thank you.” I said handing it to him. I knew he would never except money or clothes, but my mum always said that they like food more than anything else.
We left with our food and made our way to the astrology tower. Again we were not letting Snape enter Gryffindor tower.
“Potter.” Snape said bitterly
“A pleasant seeing you as always.” I smiled.
“I hear your torturing Regulas Black now, can’t bully someone your own age like your brother?” He said.
“Neither one of us are torturing anyone, Snape. And my brother bully’s you as much as you bully him.” I was getting hotter with anger.
“Whatever, Blood traitor.” He spat and walked off.
“What did he mean by you tormenting Regulas?” Marlene asked me.
“Apparently conversing with the boy means tormenting.” I sighed in frustration. Just in time Lily entered the tower.
“Happy Birthday!” Mary ran to Lily and hugged her. “I am so excited you’re thirteen! It’s so fun being a teenager!”
“I hope you’re right!” Lily smiled.
“I am practically always right.” Mary grinned and Snape scoffed. Mary shot him a mean glare.
We ate, we gave out gifts, we had cake, we tried our hardest to ignore Snape and forget that he was even there. Luckily, tonight wasn’t a full moon so we didn’t have to relive the disaster from last year.
Mary and I were getting more cake at the table when Snape nudged Mary out of the way.
“Excuse you!” Mary snapped.
“Excuse yourself, mudblood.” Snape rolled his eyes. Mary seemed to instantly forget that magic was a thing and punched Snape across the face. She then tackled him to the ground.
“Get him Mary! Deck him!” Marlene cheered, and Mary listened. She tried to hit him more as Severus hit her back. I know violence is never the answer but I was rooting for Mary with my whole heart.
“Mary! Sev! Stop! Please stop!” Lily yelled and ran to the two on the ground. I pulled Mary off of Severus and Lily helped him up.
“What has gotten into you two?!” Lily asked like a disappointed mother.
“He called me a mudblood!” Mary yelled and I let go of her. If she decided to fight again, I wouldn’t blame her. I never pictured Mary as a fist fighter but I can’t deny that she was good.
“Sev is that true?” Lily asked.
“No! Of course not! Lily you know I wouldn’t.” Severus lied with ease. Now I wanted to deck him.
“Lily I was there, I heard it!” I added. Lily stayed quiet, for a moment I thought she might actually believe Snape.
“I can’t believe you would lie.” She said to Snape.
“No wait Lily, I swear! I promise you! I didn’t mean it! I- I-“ Snape tried to defend himself.
“Save it.” Lily sighed. “This party is over.” She started walking out of the tower, my friends and I grabbed her gifts and followed her.
“You can clean up the food.” I smiled at Snape as we left him.