Author's Note: Sorry for the long break between uploads, FFN hasn't been very reliable recently and I feared my documents would crash because of it.
This chapter is something I have been planning for a while and I am so happy I can finally share it. The truth is so close!
Chapter Twenty Five: Why Would I Do That?
Lily sat silently: She could not believe it.
Walking back to the common room after discovering the true nature of the muffins had left Lily feeling deeply unsettled. She didn't want to think anyone would want to trick Remus into loving them.
However, Severus has been surprised that anyone would even like Remus. He had then added that this was not to be taken offensively, just that nobody seemed so obsessed with him that they would go to such disgusting lengths to win him over. Lily agreed.
These thoughts still lingered in Lily's mind as she watched him enter the common room. He had a half empty basket of muffins in his hand as he left the first year dormitory.
"Sirius! What do you think you are doing?!", Lily shouted as she stormed over to him.
"Why is that any of your business, Evans?", sneered Sirius defensively. Though he wasn't prone to such things, he couldn't help but feel paranoid at the idea of nosy Lily Evans discovering his secret.
"I think you know exactly what I mean, Black", Spat back Lily aggressively. This visibly shocked Sirius, he would have never expected such a vicious temper on a girl as reserved as Lily.
"Well, I don't know, actually. Not everyone is a know-it-all like you!", Sirius felt shaken.
'What does she know?'.
You're giving Remus love potions, and you know it!", Lily hissed with utter contempt.
"What?!", Sirius stuttered slightly, "I... I would never!". Sirius' horror was evident and, as much as Lily despised the boy, she secretly felt inclined to believe him.
"Who did then?!", her anger had tightened like a coil in her stomach, "Don't think I haven't noticed the way he looks at you!". She was barely resisting the urge to punch Sirius, her uncertainty was the only thing holding her back.
"Why would I do that?", he felt as if all the air in the world was being drawn away.
"I love him!", he felt as if the floor under him would give under the strain.
"I'm not a monster! I would never ever do that to him!", he felt as if his heart had been crushed under the weight of Lily's words.
'Does that mean... does that mean he doesn't really love me?', Sirius' brain faltered at the almost certainty of his agonising realisation.
"Why have you got the spiked muffins Remus has been drugged by then?!", Lily said quietly. She genuinely didn't think he knew, 'No one would look so broken if they were to blame'.
"They are not mine!", Screamed Sirius. He couldn't understand why they would do this.
"Who do they belong to then?!", said Lily, upholding her accusatory act - despite no longer believing in her own convictions.
Author's Note: I am looking forward to posting the big reveal.
I also want to thank everyone who has reviewed - I love reading and replying to them, however, it is not always possible to reply to some without giving massive spoilers.
Thank you for sticking with me and the story!