Title: Lessons in Loyalty, v Challenge: Snape's Hufflepuff streak Word Count: 100
Being a good Slytherin and having a friend in Gryffindor was not easy.
Severus had realized that almost as soon as the Hat had decided that ambition outweighed intelligence, courage, and loyalty. That did not mean he was going to stop talking to Lily. Lily was his best friend, had been his only friend, and forgetting that would be wrong.
At the same time, Evan had a point. So Severus made a point of cultivating Evan, and Charlie Wilkes, and even Malfoy's girlfriend's sister. Soon the talk died down, and life went on.