Okay, getting to more plot points! It's all coming together :)
"Tabescet!" Bellatrix shouts, and I feel as though the sun has descended into the dungeons and engulfed me. I cry as I feel my skin sliding, and watch in horrified fascination as my skin melts like wax. I faintly hear Black laughing, and suddenly the pain stops and my skin is where it should be.
All the Death Eaters applaud her perfection of the new spell, and I force myself to as well. I'm the main subject of their testing now, since I got three days of detention for staying all night in the library with a muggle born. Now that Lucius has graduated and Bellatrix is in charge, people are no longer turning a blind eye to the relationship.
"Severus, do you now understand that what you're doing is wrong? And that you will be punished even more if you continue to dirty your already tainted blood? Malfoy let this go on, but I'm going to stop it. Get rid of the girl, and prove yourself one of us with her pain. And if some dirty muggle blood is spilt, so be it." Never has she been this forceful before, so I nod, and she grins back maniacally.
I hurry out when the meeting is over, and rush to the library to meet Lily. We've been seeing each other more and more since our detentions, and we have trouble keeping our hands to ourselves in public. I run in, knowing I'm late, and when Lily sees me she immediately looks concerned.
"Sev, what's wrong?" I realize belatedly that I'm probably a mess, and still dripping sweat from being used as a human candle.
"Er, it's nothing really-" Her glare cuts me off, and I decide to just go for it, since she's gonna find out anyways, "Actually, it is something..." I decide not to tell her everything, "Some of the people I know, well, they don't approve of our relationship-"
"Why do you care, then? If they don't want what's best for you, they're not really your friends."
"But, it's not as simple as that! There are other factors, like, well..."
"Bloodlines?" I gape at her, and she sighs and continues, "Sev, I know all about what you do, and the people you do it with. I just don't understand why. I'm muggle born, and you don't think there's anything wrong with me, do you?"
"No! It's just, well, I don't know..." It's just that she's different. But I know she won't understand that, so before I know it, I blurt out, "You're right, Lily, I'll stop." But I know I won't.
She smiles, and when I see that relief that floods her face, I realize how much stress I've put on her, and I watch it wash away happily. I manage to subdue the guilt in the back of my mind about lying to her by reassuring myself that she will never know. I panic when I remember my situation with the Death Eaters, but thankfully Lily saves me.
"But what about those people? Won't they be mad that you're leaving?"
"Yes! They will... Lily, maybe it would be best if for awhile, we made our relationship secret again?" She nods, but then frowns.
"But won't people be suspicious if we break up without a fight?" I grin, realizing Lily is giving me the perfect way to solve my problems.
"Maybe...we should fake one."
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