Cause of Everything
Disclaimer: See chapter 1.
I'd like to say that this story is dedicated to my friend's dad. May you rest in peace. We all can't wait until that day when we will meet again.
Chapter 10 Truth Potions
The next morning before breakfast the little group went to go visit Sirius, of course Sirius, being the laziest one of the group, was still sleeping. So they ended up just going to breakfast.
When McGonagall was taking roll call in Transfiguration, she didn't know that Sirius was in the Hospital Wing, so she sent one of the students to get a signed note from Madame Pomfrey just to make sure that he wasn't just skipping her class.
When the student got back with the signed note, James was tempted to shout at her in a nice, yet disrespectful way, but restrained himself thinking of Lily who was sitting next to him.
"Today we are going to review what we learned yesterday, turning your desk into a cat. Now was Lily the only one who got it yesterday?" McGonagall asked.
"Yes," everyone mumbled.
"Well then Lily you may help others if you wish, or you may get started on your homework, which is write a two foot essay on the process of transfiguring a desk into a cat and tell how you do it."
Everyone, except Lily, sighed. They could tell they were going to have a lot of homework due to the upcoming N.E.W.T.s.
"Lily? Will you help me?" James asked sweetly when they had started to practice the spell.
"Just do what you did yesterday with Charms, plus you're good at Transfiguration, you don't need help."
"Please," he begged.
"Hey I don't want any homework."
"I'll keep begging until you give in."
"No you won't."
"And why is that?"
"Because if you do I'm going to kill you."
"I doubt it."
"Would you like to see?" she asked sweetly with an innocent face in place.
"Not really."
"Then try the spell!" she spoke stiffly.
James sighed, "Fine."
James of course go it right the first time and sighed disappointed that he had gotten it right.
"See. Now will you allow me to do my homework?" Lily asked huffily.
"No."
"James," Lily said in a stiff warning voice. If he didn't let her work she really would break up with him.
"Please," James did the puppy face that never worked on her.
"Please what?" Lily was still very stiff at not using this time to good use.
"Talk to me."
"James! We can talk later when I'm finished with my homework!" Lily was embarrassed and angry.
"I guess, but it's just not the same," James gave an overdramatic sigh.
"We'll talk during rounds too."
"Ok. If you promise that as soon as you're finished with your work, you hang out with me and talk to me the whole time during rounds."
"Fine."
"Yeah!"
"Shut up."
"Whatever you say Flower," he cooed sweetly.
Lily glared at him before getting started on her essay she turned to Remus and Peter, "Don't forget your dare, Remus," and turnedback around to do heressaywith only 30 minutes left of class, which was barely enough time to get it done. A few minutes later she could hear a wave of laughter go through the class, as she suspected Remus had done his dare, by turning Peter into a cat.
Lily began to scribble, yet in a readable fashion, faster when there was onlyfive minutes left of class. She was almost done, onlytwo more inches left.
Just as the bell rang for the end of class, Lily finished her essay. She walked over to Professor McGonagall and handed the professor her essay.
She hurriedly said bye and gathered her things so that she didn't keep James waiting, who was leaning up against the door frame, in a slightly subducing way hoping to get her to kiss him.
She sighed, "James you KNOW that that won't work. Come on we're going to be late!" she grabbed his hand and dragged him out of the room even though she only came up to his shoulder, she was quite strong.
"Lily, I'm capable of walking myself unless you like dragging me to class I'm quite fine with it."
"Oh. Sorry," she mumbled embarrassed releasing his hand. James, who had quite enjoyed holding her hand, just not being dragged around, grabbed her hand, just holding it. (So they were walking hand in hand.)
"What?" she asked looking at they're hands.
"Hurry, we're going to be late for Potions!" James said distracting her from him holding her hand, he didn't ever want to let go. Her hands felt so small and cold against his large, warm ones. (I always have cold hands for some reason.)
Due to Lily's rushing they reached the classroom with aboutthree extra minutes to spare. (They havefive minutes in between each class because this is my story and I don't know the real time.)
"We're late!" Lily said quietly, but angrily to no one in particular.
James heard, "No, we're not. We've got three minutes still."
"I meant compared to my usual."
"Which it?"
"Four minutes to prepare."
"Oh," James said in a casual voice rolling his eyes.
"Come on," Lily said dragging James up to a front desk, near where the Slitherins usually sat.
"Are you sure you want to sit here?" James asked thinking that this might be a bit too close to the Slitherins sat to resist pranking them, or them pranking either of them.
"Why? I always sit here. They won't bother us if we don't bother them," she said glancing to see him glancing at the Slitherins that were now entering.
"Ok."
"Don't prank them."
James sighed, "Yes mother."
"Please can we sit somewhere else?" James whined starting to look uneasy as Malfoy and Snape sat down behind them.
"James, class will start in a second, we really don't have time."
"Please!"
"No, now be quiet."
"Fine, but if our potion gets ruined because of you it's your fault I warned you."
"Do you remember all last year you attempted to prank me in Potions and you never succeeded because whatever you threw at it bounce off of it?"
"Uh yeah."
"I put a protective spell around it, the only people who can put anything in it are who I tell it."
"Oh."
"Yeah."
"Now relax!"
"Fine."
"Today," the professor startled the class, "we will learn how to make a Truth Potion. (A.N. I'm going to pretend that in the 5th book when he tells Prefessor Umbridge that it'll take a month to make, he was lying)."
"We will test it on one of the partners, you may choose which one. I will ask them a few questions and if you answer all correctly, you get full credit. Now get a partner and get to work!"
"Lily, will you be my…" James started, but was interrupted.
"James go get out ingredients."
"What? I was asking you a question!"
"Yeah if I'll be your partner, that was established before class was even started."
"Oh. Yeah I'll go get them."
After forty-five minutes of carefully brewing the potion the class was ready to test them.
"Do you want to take the potion, or me?" Lily asked while getting the sample.
"Um… would you mind taking it?" James asked thinking of the fact he was an illegal animagus.
"Sure."
"Everyone had better be done!" called the professor. "We will start with Evans and Potter. Who is testing it?"
"I am, Professor," Lily spoke up without trembling like some of the others in the class.
"Go ahead and drink some, a few drops will work."
"Yes, sir." Lily responded before drinking a little.
Lily's eyes turned distant and blank, Professor Walch knew that they had brewed it perfectly already, "Miss Evans, why are you sitting with Mr. Potter?"
"We're dating," she said monotonously.
A few of the girls started to cry, "Why?"
"Because he saved my life."
"How?"
"I tried to commit suicide, but he stopped me."
Everyone started to whisper to each other.
"Oh. That is all. Full marks. Mr. Potter, I suggest that you do not tell her what she answered."
James nodded.
About five minutes later Lily came out of her trance. "Did we get full marks?"
"Yes."
"Did I answer anything I wouldn't have normally?" she asked a bit nervously.
"Yes," James said hesitantly.
"What?"
"I'll tell you later."
"Ok."
None of the other students, not even Snape and Malfoy, got full marks.
Next was Charms, and all went well. Except for when James, yet again begged Lily for help. She simply rolled her eyes and started and finished her essay that was for homework. And once again it was barely before the bell that she turned it in.
"James, why do you keep distracting me during class?" Lily asked when they got out of Charms and were headed towards the Head's Common Room.
"It's fun. Unlike watching you work," James replied simply.
"Have you ever considered actually doing your work? You might actually have a lot less homework at night."
"Eh," James shrugged.
Lily sighed before telling the password to the portrait of Godric Gryffindor, whom Lily had had numerous conversations with. "James, when Sirius gets out of the Hospital, you have to start being his partner for classes again."
"Just one class can I be your partner?" James whined with a real look of sadness on his face.
"Fine. But only one."
"Ok."
Lily went up to her dorm to change her books. She really liked having James around, just she didn't want to ruin his and Sirius' friendship, even if that menat giving him up during class.
James went up to his dorm to also change his books thinking: Why can't I just be her partner in class? Does she really not like me at all? Does she really hate me as much as she used to say she did?
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