Not all Slytherins are snakes
“As if dating wasn’t hard enough.“ , Remus thought as his friends stared to ask him out. Yes he was going out with a girl. And yes he really liked her. And yes he was sure he would be dating her for a while. But he was quite sure if he told his friends to much, they wouldn`t be as happy as they seemed to be now. “So when do we meet her?”, Sirius asked wiggling his eyebrows. “Don`t know.”, Remus answered and tried to hide behind his text book of “Fantastic Beasts and where to find them”. “So, is she ugly?”, James laughed and took the book from Remus hands. “No!”, he said, beginning to blush. “She is beautiful. Perfect!”, he said, his face becoming more and more red. “She has to have a catch. You seem so happy with her. So why don`t you want to introduce us to her?”, James said with a soft voice. Remus was looking at his feet. “Because she is (Y/N) /Y/L/N).” And there it was. The silence Remus had feared so much. He did not even look up. He knew what his friends felt. He probably would have felt the same. But she was different! She really was! She wasn’t mean and just teasing everyone. She wasn’t whit these strange guys that wanted to be death eaters. She was just a normal, clever girl. But how should his friends know? “Honestly Moony?”, Sirius asked raising his eyebrow “I mean we all know you are a though guy. But honestly? That girl from Slytherin? She is a bitch!”. With this words Sirius just went a step to far. He only recognized it, when Remus was on his feet, pointing his wand directly to Sirius’ face. “Don’t you dare!”, he growled in a voice that nearly sounded like the one he used to have in all the full moon nights. “Don’t you dare to talk about her like that!”, he whispered. Sirius became quite nervous, pushing Remus’ wand down. “Whow. Ok. Relax. I’m sorry.”, he said. “So we maybe should meet her.”, James said, softly pushing Remus away from Sirius. “Maybe we then see what you see.”, he said, Remus was shaking his head. “I shouldn’t have told you! Not a damn word!”, he shouted before leaving the common room.
“You look sad.”, (Y/N) said softly when Remus showed up. They had a special place, a hiding place, where they would meet whenever they wanted to see each other. Just an owl for the other one and they would meet up. Just like this night. Remus needed to talk to her. He was nervous, he was down and he was still angry about what Sirius said in the common room. Because every time he looked at her he did not see the Slytherin girl. He saw someone who cared. She was focused on what she was doing and she really was fighting for her goals, but never did she hurt anyone. She wasn’t a snake. Softly she stroked his hair, as he sat next to her. “So why are you sad?”, she asked, he breathed deeply “I told my friends about you.”, he whispered. She smiled sadly “They didn’t like the thought of their best fried dating a Slytherin. Right?”, she said, pulling her hand back. “Not really.”, he said, taking her hand in his own. She knew how much his friends meant to him. She knew they were got to him. Even though they were kind of douche bags. It was them teasing other students, like poor Severus, not her. But sure it was the cliché of the mean Slytherins and the brave and strong Gryffindors. She hated it since her first year in Hogwarts and she always tried to show everyone that she wasn’t like that. But what was all this worth when Remus’ friends still thought she was just like everyone thought the Slytherins were. She sighed and stroked his hand. “So you want to break up with me?”, she asked holding back the tears that slowly made their way up in her eyes. “No!”, he said, gasping for air. “Not in any way!”, he said, looking at her fiercely. “But what are you going to do than? They are your friends and they hate me!”, she sobbed. “I know how important they are to you and I don’t want you to fight with them about me.”, she whispered, slowly pulling her hand from his. “I don’t think this is going to work as long as they don’t understand that not all Slytherins are bad people.”, Remus felt like his heart was shattering. That was not what he wanted. He wanted to be happy with her. And he wanted his friends to like her. But he had no clue how to make them see… “Don’t say that.”, he whispered, he bagged. He didn’t want to lose her. He felt like the day since they started dating, he was a better person. She made him more outgoing. She made him more confident about himself. She made him feel protected and as if he was her protector at the same time! “I don’t know how, but I will make them see!”, he said, looking into her eyes. All he saw was a broken heart. Not the joy he used to see there. “You don’t need to convince us.”, a voice said. It was Sirius coming from the shadows, followed by James and Peter. “I guess we will need a little time to adjust to your new girlfriend…”, Sirius said “But we would have needed that with every girl. Like honestly? You never dated anyone since we got here six years ago.”, James laughed. Remus smiled slightly and looked to (Y/N). She didn’t really seem convinced. “I guess you are ok. If Rems likes you. We will too.”, Sirius said, shrugging his shoulders. “But be carefull. We will have an eye on you.”, he said “Good.”, (Y/N) said. She seemed more confident now, Remus even noticed a witty smile on her lips. “But believe me, Potter, I am not gonna spear you on Quidditch just because I am dating your friend.”, she said “Wouldn’t have thought so.”, James answered “And Black, your cousins will not like this. So we maybe can have a little fun teasing them?”, Sirius smiled “You don’t like them?” “Narcissa was quite a bitch running around in our common room like the queen. I know they are not here any longer, but, they will hear. Believe me.”, (Y/N) smiled widely, Sirius joining her smile. “I like her Rems! She may be a good adding to our group.”, Sirius said. And this were the words that started a friendship between a Slytherin and Gryffindors that was never seen again.