"Maybe we can work together?" The words were out before Severus really thought about it. Of course she didn't want to work with him, she was a Gryffindor, he was a Slytherin. He should not want to work with her for the same reason but also because of the things he had been hearing from some of the older Slytherins. He should not want to be around a muggle-born witch, he should work toward a pureblood wizardingworld.
It was just so hard to decide what to do and want, Lily was nice to him and the purebloods, who should be superior, like Potter and Black were always terrorizing him. The whole werewolf episode was still clear in his mind. He wanted to be friends with Lily but he knew he needed stronger friends like Lucius Malfoy. He would not be able to have both.
"If you want of course." He added if she said yes then he would decide about the pureblood superiority things he heard about another day.