Severus, against his better judgement, arrived to the party, what he thought would be late (20 minutes after it started), but was surprised at how empty it actually was. He noticed Lily speaking to James, which hurt him more than Lily could ever know - he immediately headed over to the drink table and chugged down a cup of whatever was in the punch - at the moment, he didn't care. He didn't even care that he was supposed to be at this party with Sage. Right now, he just wanted to mope.