What was she doing? She had stopped looking and had balled her fists. I was about to get up to see if she needed help when I caught Sirius' eye.
"Does she love you yet?" he mouthed.
I shrugged my shoulders with a big smile on my face. It was then that I noticed that Snivellus was watching us. I poked my tongue at him and winked in Lily's direction.
Bam!
My bum hit the floor. I got my wand out and aimed at Snivellus' chair.
"Evanesco!"
I watched in amusement as he hit the floor with a thump; his chair vanished. I smirked as the rest of the room erupted into laughter.
"Mr Potter and Mr Snape! What are you both doing on the floor?"
This only made the room erupt into more laughter.
"We were resting our legs sir."
"Oh well-just get up off the floor!"
I stood up as did Snivellus and only then did I notice that Lily was the only one who didn't laugh.
Pathetic. That's what they both were. I saw James wink at me and then the inevitable: a fight. Why couldn't they both just leave me alone? I gathered the ingredients and carried them to my table.
"Lily?"
I looked up and saw his hazel eyes probing into mine. I looked away with a scowl and got to work setting the equipment. We worked in silence except for the odd instruction I gave him. I could feel the silence like a fog working over my body, it was deep and endless. I preferred it this way though. Didn't I?