Disclaimer: Nope, still don't own Harry Potter.
Twice Defied, makeup, & secrets
Christmas was almost over and by Boxing Day Lily, Remus, and Amy was still not back. James was seriously questioning Dumbledore's sense of judgment on how they'd be back soon. How the hell would they escape from Voldemort?
"What are we going to do?" Lily mouthed to Remus on the brooms. They had just been yanked up and put on the brooms. There was no way Professor Dumbledore could do anything without killing them in the process.
"Nothing right now," mouthed Remus in response. "It's too dangerous air-born."
They felt a drop and Lily let out a little shriek under heard by anyone. The touched down on the ground and were roughly taken off.
"Come here," said a big blonde Death Eater. Lily couldn't see his face but she didn't fight him.
"Incarcerous," he growled. They were all bound together again and thrown on the forest floor.
"Pleasant dreams," sneered Voldemort. He led the Death Eaters out and the three were left alone.
"Do you think we'll ever get out of this mess?" asked Amy shivering. She drew in closer to Lily who drew in closer to Remus.
"Yes, we will," whispered Remus though he sounded doubtful. "Dumbledore knows we will."
They heard rustling of the leaves. They looked up fearful of being overheard but it was just Snape.
"What are you doing here?" spat Remus. He had never quite forgiven Snape for finding out about his condition. (Even though it wasn't his fault)
"Saving your asses before I kick them," snarled Snape and released the ropes from them. Lily looked at Snape not shocked by his choice of words but shocked the he was helping, no, saving them. He determinedly evaded her eye contact though.
"You all can apparate right?" asked Snape uncertainly. They all nodded.
"Okay good, follow me."
They walked a bit of a distance before they were outside the boundaries.
"Won't you get in trouble?" asked Lily worriedly. She hated Snape but not enough for him to get killed by Voldemort.
"I'll be fine, I can close my mind fairly well so he won't be able to do legilmens on me," replied Snape. He looked up for the first time that day into Lily's eyes and tried to smile.
"All right, quickly before they realize you're gone," said Snape hastily, looking away from Lily. "You have to disapparate to the Forbidden Forest.
Amy disapparated with a pop leaving Snape, Remus, and Lily alone.
"Thanks for saving us," said Lily and kissed him gently on the cheek.
She turned on the spot and disapparated to the Forbidden Forest leaving Snape and Remus in a state of shock.
Lily arrived after Amy in the Forbidden Forest. Amy, as Lily could see, was already running up to the castle frantically.
"Typical Amy," thought Lily and grinned. "Bet she can't wait to see the boys again."
Lily was about to start walking when she felt someone grab onto her arm. She turned around and noticed it was Remus, slightly out of breath.
"Lily, that was really stupid," said Remus bluntly.
"What was?" asked Lily though she knew he was referring to the kiss.
"You know perfectly well what I mean," said Remus sternly. "James won't be happy."
Lily gaped at him. "You won't tell him, will you?"
"No, because you will," replied Remus.
Lily twisted her fingers agitatedly. There was no way she'd ever tell James what had happened. Even if it was a simple peck on the cheek for thanks he'd be furious! She had just managed to kiss him after six whole years!
"Oh! I just realized we've missed Christmas!" said Lily, trying to change the subject.
"Aw man," said Remus, realizing she was feeling awkward. "Well, we'd better get up to the castle before dawn. We don't want to run into centaurs."
"Yeah." They made their way up to the castle slowly.
"Should we tell Professor Dumbledore we're back?" asked Lily, walking inside.
"Yeah, I suppose that'd be a good idea," said Remus. "Heavens knows we'd scare everyone half to death if we just showed up without telling them tomorrow in the Great Hall."
"Yeah, they might think we're corpses," joked Lily. Remus laughed then suddenly stopped.
"The sad thing is that that's the kind of thing Voldemort would do," said Remus sullenly. Lily nodded. She couldn't say anything due to the fact that her voice was suddenly constricted.
"Um… you don't happen to know the password, do you?" asked Remus suddenly.
"The truth? No," replied Lily frowning.
"Kids out of bed! At this time of night – " ranted Professor McGonagall then stopped dead. "Miss Evans! Mr. Lupin! When did you get back?"
"Just now, Professor," said Lily. "We were coming to tell Professor Dumbledore but we don't know the password."
"Oh, of course," said Professor McGonagall flustered. "Earwax."
Lily and Remus stifled a laugh and leaped once again onto the spiraling escalator. The got to the top and leaped off. Professor McGonagall knocked on the door and heard a feeble "come in". Lily wondered if Dumbledore ever got any sleep.
They walked in and Professor Dumbledore did a double take.
"Miss Evans! Mr. Lupin! How on earth did you get back?" asked Dumbledore shocked. "That didn't come out right, obviously we're glad to have you back but how did you manage to escape Voldemort?"
McGonagall winced but they all ignored her.
"It's kind of a long story," said Lily hesitantly.
"Well by all means, get comfy," said Dumbledore. He took out his wand and magicked up three chairs. "Minerva, you might want to stay and listen as well."
Professor McGonagall nodded and sat down in between Remus and Lily.
They took turns explaining their story and filling in each other's gaps. Dumbledore listen carefully and was particularly interested when Snape came in. Professor McGonagall however tried to interrupt a few times but Dumbledore held up his hand to stop her. Lily was glad he did this because it was horrible enough to recount it all but if they had to stop it'd be even worse. They finally finished and were silent to a while.
"Thank you for telling me this," said Dumbledore quietly. "I am amazed they managed to sneak you guys out without anyone noticing."
Lily nodded but Remus said nothing.
"I will have to speak to Mr. Malfoy and Miss Anderson however," added Dumbledore. "James did seem to know what he talking about when he came to me."
"James came to see you?" said Lily surprised.
"Yes, he was very flustered as a matter-of-fact," replied Dumbledore thoughtfully. "Now, you've better get off to the Gryffindor Tower and Head Tower. I'm sure your friends will be there after Amy alerted them."
They nodded again and headed off to their respectful towers.
Lily and Remus walked into the Head tower and saw their friends waiting there. All except for James, they were awake and alert. James was sleeping on the couch with his glasses lying askew.
"He looks so peaceful," whispered Lily. "Does anyone have a makeup bag?"
"Oh yeah, right next to my purse and matching red pumps," said Sirius sarcastically.
Lily rolled her eyes. "Amy? Do you?"
Amy nodded and handed it to her.
"Okay, let's try something now," whispered Lily, bending over James. She put on some lipstick and blush then coated him with eye shadow and mascara.
"He looks… pretty," choked out Alice. "Absolutely gorgeous."
"Stunning," choked Remus. Lily shushed him and shook him gently awake.
"Lily, are you back?" murmured James in his sleep.
"Yes," replied Lily.
James' eyes snapped open and hopped up at the sight of Lily. It was quite hysterical and Lily was sure as hell one good actress to keep a straight face.
"Lily!" he cried and kissed her passionately on the lips. She responded almost immediately and deepened the kiss.
"Hem, hem," coughed Sirius and they broke apart embarrassed. James caught sight of Lily with lipstick on her mouth and froze.
"Did you have lipstick on when you came here?" he asked. Lily shook her head.
James ran to the mirror and let out a shriek worthy of a five-year-old girl just discovering Santa wasn't real. (A/N: Sorry if you didn't know that yet)
"What the hell did you do to me?" cried James furiously. He tore his eyes away from the horrifying sight and glared at Lily. Even though he was at least a foot taller than her, she didn't back up or cower but stood defiantly in front of him.
"It was funny, and let me tell you that you do not make a pretty girl," said Lily smirking.
James lips twitched but refrained himself from smiling.
"All right, well I believe that we should be going now," said Remus hastily, giving Lily a knowing look. Lily knew he was only leaving because he wanted her to tell James what she did with Snape, no matter how small it was.
James noticed Remus' look and looked at her confused. He took a tissue and began wiping the makeup off.
"Are you a wizard or not?" sighed Lily. She swished her wand and silently got the makeup off.
"Thanks, so what was that encounter about?" asked James confused.
"What encounter?" said Lily too quickly.
"Um, the encounter with Remus back there," replied James. "Why are you so jumpy?"
"Jumpy? Who's jumpy? I'm not jumpy?" said Lily frantically. "Frogs are jumpy, not Lily's. I'm going to bed. Night James!"
She ran up the staircase and slammed the door shut before James could say goodnight back.
A/N: So, she didn't tell James what happened. Will he find out? You'll see soon. Sorry for long wait in between updates but school has been hectic and tiring at the end of the day. Wish me luck that I did good on my Spanish Quiz. Thanks. :D K, Peace!
~Puzzsta
