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Charmed Mistletoe

I was happy Potter hadn't bothered asking me out again. It was almost Christmas break, and I could finally go home and take my mind off OWLs for a few days. I was excited to see my parents and even Petunia. It'd be nice to hang out in the park with Sev again. We only ever get to spend a lot of time together during breaks since at school we're in different houses. I had told him about my last big run in with Potter and he'd sneered. We talked about what an arrogant, conceited fool that boy was. Always strutting around the castle without a care in the world. I think Sev thinks I fancy Potter, he's always asking if I hate him. I tell him no, because hate is a strong word but I do dislike him immensely. Sev always looks suspicious but I'm not sure why. It's not as if I'm hiding anything from him. I always tell him the truth. It's me who should be suspicious anyway. He's always hanging around those gits, Mulciber and Avery. They're worse than the Marauders if possible. They put dark spells on people. It really scares me that Sev is involved with them. I know he knows a lot of dark magic, but I always thought he was one of the Slytherins that wasn't intrigued by that side. I have mentioned it to him a few times but he usually waves off the subject. No use pushing him. He's as stubborn as I am!

"I think a little wolfsbane should do it," I said to Sev in Potions. It was our last Potions lesson before the break and Professor Slughorn had us making the Draught of Peace.

"Three shakes and then stir it counter-clockwise three times," he said, busying himself with finding the wolfsbane in our giant pile of ingredients. I looked back at the textbook.

"It says two shakes and five stirs clockwise in the book though," I said.

"Well that'll take longer won't it Lily?" he said with a slight smile. I laughed.

"Hey, I just thought we ought to do it right for once!" I said, putting my hands up in mock defensiveness.

"We do it right all the time! We just do it better," he said proudly.

"Well, I trust you Sev" I said patting him on the shoulder. I ignored the blush that had crept to his sallow, white skin and went to the front to collect a vial from Professor Slughorn. Just my luck, he was talking to Potter. Not surprisingly, Potter wasn't paying attention to a thing Slughorn was saying and instead was watching me with serious eyes. I ignored him and went to the desk to pick out a medium sized vial to put a sample of our potion in.

"Oh ho! Look here, Lily have you finished already?" Slughorn said beaming at me over his fat mustache. I smiled, resigned to chatting with him for a few moments. He'd never let me get away with just going back to my desk.

"Yes Professor, Severus and I just have a couple more instructions to follow," I said with a smile. Potter had of course fallen silent.

"Well, well, I really ought to separate you two…my two best Potion-makers really should be helping some of the others. Mr Potter here has been having trouble with step six."

I turned to Potter who looked mildly embarrassed as he looked over to where Sirius Black was now using their steaming cauldron as a foot rest while he lounged in his chair looking bored.

"Perhaps I should pair you and James up for the next assignment…" Slughorn said thoughtfully as Potter looked thrilled.

"That's a brilliant idea Professor!" he exclaimed, shooting Black a look. Black on the other hand looked far less enthused. I almost smiled at the idea of Sev and Black trying to work together if he and Potter were split up.

"I don't know if that's a great idea Sir" I said, my face solemn.

"Why not?" The Professor looked at me, his brow furrowing in confusion.

"Well Sir, detaching Black and Potter from the hip could cause them serious mental damage. We'd have to deal with them moping all day and yearning for each other" I said, a tiny smirk falling on to my lips.

The listening members of the class erupted into laughter and looked at Black and Potter. Potter was a very faint shade of pink, something I've never seen on him before, while Black just looked amused. His pale grey eyes met mine and he shook his head sarcastically.

Professor Slughorn let out a booming laugh and patted me on the shoulder. "Well, we can't have that can we Lily?" he said shaking his head, still chuckling.

"No, we can't Sir" I replied with a grin before taking my vial and walking back to a still laughing Sev without a second look at Potter. Of course, I felt the usual intense gaze on my back, but didn't quite care enough to acknowledge it.

I left Sev downstairs in the dungeons and made my way up to the Gryffindor common room to meet up with Marlene and Dorcas. Apparently Benjy Fenwick had talked to Marlene about me and I was quite excited to hear the whole story.

"Evans" came the cheeky voice I've become so accustomed to hearing my name in.

Tiredly, I turned to Potter who for once was without his cronies.

"Potter?" I said stiffly. He'd walked a lot closer to me than I was prepared for.

"Guess what?" he said when there was only a few inches between us.

"Enlighten me" I replied boredly, leaning back a bit, tucking a loose strand of hair behind my ear.

"Mistletoe" he said looking up at the ceiling. Shocked, my head shot up and there it was. He wasn't lying. I wondered how the horrible shrubbery had been so conveniently placed for him.

"Bugger" I said loudly making him laugh happily and reach for my shoulders. I of course tried to back away out of his reach, but my feet stayed planted.

"Bollocks!" I said squirming the best I could away from his arms. He grinned at me happily.

"Charmed Mistletoe" he explained with a smirk. "Can't move until to lay a wet one on this beautiful face," he said gesturing to his and pouting. Just perfect, my first kiss and it was going to be James bleeding Potter. It's alright, I just won't count it…

I scoffed and looked away in irritation. "Stupid magic mistletoe" I muttered before quickly getting on my tiptoes and pecking him very, very quickly on the mouth. After this, my feet could of course move and I saw that his eyes were closed a second or two longer than me. Ignoring the enormous grin that slipped on to his handsome face, I rolled my eyes, spun on my heel and walked away.

Poor Potter, I hadn't felt a thing.


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