"What is it you need Lily?" Sirius asked as he, Annie, and James followed
Lily into the Apothecary.
"Griffin spleens, eye of monkey, puffball pus, and dittany." She read off her list.
"Bloody advanced potions," muttered James, who, along with most of their friends, was also in the class.
"And we've also got to get some more dungbombs." Sirius grinned wickedly. "C'mon, Annie, you know you'd rather be in Zonko's." He grabbed her arm and hurried her out the door.
"Lily, I know this is important to you, but...." James trailed off, looking longingly at the joke shop across the road.
"Go on." Lily dismissed him with a wave of her hand. He kissed her cheek and shouted a "thanks" as he left. Lily, left along in the near-deserted Apothecary, turned a corner and gasped, seeing a dark figure emerge from the shadows.
"Did I frighten you, Lily?"
It was Severus Snape, the pale, hooked-nosed, melancholy-eyed Slytherin that had a crush on her and had been the boy's torment for five years.
"You just caught me off guard, that's all." She replied, picking up her bottle of griffin spleens.
"What's a beautiful girl like you doing in a dark place like this?" Severus asked in the slick dark way he had.
"I'm buying potion ingredients." She explained, showing him a package of dittany before putting it in her basket.
"Advanced potions class, I assume?" he raised his pointed eyebrows and she nodded, trying not to laugh at his attempts to flirt, or even make conversation. "I don't suppose you'd care for a Butter-"
"Lily, c'mere, you've got to see this!" James cried, running into the Apothecary, stopping short when he saw who she was with.
"Potter." Severus said scornfully
"Severus." James nodded, trying to be polite. "Come on, Lily."
"But I haven't finished my shopping." Lily held up her half-empty basket.
"Here...monkey eyes and what else?" He gave her a jar of them before looking around the Apothecary.
"Puffball pus." Severus said in a monotonous pitch.
"Yes." Lily agreed. James nodded and found it for her.
"Now let's go pay." James took her arm and lead her to the clerk, Severus following them up. Lily put her things on the counter, feeling his breath on the back of her neck.
"You aren't all you seem to be, Potter." He muttered. "There's something...and I intend to find out."
He turned on his heel and stalked out, his black robes swishing. Just as he was about to close the door, James shot a stream of green sparks out of his wand, turning Severus's luxurious black hair a bright shade of lime.
"James!" Lily cried, getting her basket refilled with her purchases.
"He deserves it." James muttered. "You saw how he was getting!"
"I know." Lily replied, ruffling his messy hair. "But he could never take your place."
"You're amazing." James leaned over and kissed the tip of her nose. "Now, come on, I want to show you these acid pops!"
He hurried her into Zonko's and showed her the display of multicoloured pops that would burn a hole through your tongue if you ate them.
"Think I should give one to Sirius?" he suggested with a grin.
"Why don't you go ask him?" Lily suggested. "Maybe he won't know and..." She trailed off with a mischievous smile. James laughed and walked over to where Sirius was cleaning out Annie's mouth.
"Ahem." He cleared his throat. Annie stepped back, embarrassed.
"I'm going to see Lily." She said, blushing and running off.
"Getting really into this one, are we?" James said, laughing.
"Cut it, James." Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Well, you'd better keep up with it, or there's no girls for a long time." James said, reprimanding him.
Severus, hiding in the corner, slipped out silently to tell Lucius the news.
"James!" Lily called, rushing over to them. "Where have you been, we have an hour left, we still have to meet Remus and Rhia at the Three Broomsticks!" Lily grabbed James' arm and they made their way to the old pub. Once inside, they saw Remus and Rhia huddled close together in a corner booth. Sirius was up at the bar getting drinks, and Annie was watching Sirius with heated interest.
"There you are!" Rhia called out when she saw Lily and James. "We were just discussing you."
"Sure you were," Lily answered with a smile.
"Only two more moths of school left." Sirius said, putting down a tray of Butterbeers and glancing about at his friends: James and Lily, with their love showing in every look; Rhia and Remus, with their own special shy, new love; Peter, humorous and a bit dim, but trying nonetheless; and Annie, adorable and sweet, who was beginning to strike a certain chord in Sirius when he kissed her.
"That means O.W.L.s." Lily added.
"No, that means the Quidditch Cup." James corrected.
"Really, you ought to start studying, just a little bit." She chastised.
"I already know it all." He cried, taking a great swig of Butterbeer.
"I don't." Peter said glumly.
"Let's not worry about O.W.L.s just yet." Rhia suggested.
"Here, here!" Sirius raised his tankard.
"Besides, we've got to worry about that Quidditch cup first." Remus said mischievously.
"Griffin spleens, eye of monkey, puffball pus, and dittany." She read off her list.
"Bloody advanced potions," muttered James, who, along with most of their friends, was also in the class.
"And we've also got to get some more dungbombs." Sirius grinned wickedly. "C'mon, Annie, you know you'd rather be in Zonko's." He grabbed her arm and hurried her out the door.
"Lily, I know this is important to you, but...." James trailed off, looking longingly at the joke shop across the road.
"Go on." Lily dismissed him with a wave of her hand. He kissed her cheek and shouted a "thanks" as he left. Lily, left along in the near-deserted Apothecary, turned a corner and gasped, seeing a dark figure emerge from the shadows.
"Did I frighten you, Lily?"
It was Severus Snape, the pale, hooked-nosed, melancholy-eyed Slytherin that had a crush on her and had been the boy's torment for five years.
"You just caught me off guard, that's all." She replied, picking up her bottle of griffin spleens.
"What's a beautiful girl like you doing in a dark place like this?" Severus asked in the slick dark way he had.
"I'm buying potion ingredients." She explained, showing him a package of dittany before putting it in her basket.
"Advanced potions class, I assume?" he raised his pointed eyebrows and she nodded, trying not to laugh at his attempts to flirt, or even make conversation. "I don't suppose you'd care for a Butter-"
"Lily, c'mere, you've got to see this!" James cried, running into the Apothecary, stopping short when he saw who she was with.
"Potter." Severus said scornfully
"Severus." James nodded, trying to be polite. "Come on, Lily."
"But I haven't finished my shopping." Lily held up her half-empty basket.
"Here...monkey eyes and what else?" He gave her a jar of them before looking around the Apothecary.
"Puffball pus." Severus said in a monotonous pitch.
"Yes." Lily agreed. James nodded and found it for her.
"Now let's go pay." James took her arm and lead her to the clerk, Severus following them up. Lily put her things on the counter, feeling his breath on the back of her neck.
"You aren't all you seem to be, Potter." He muttered. "There's something...and I intend to find out."
He turned on his heel and stalked out, his black robes swishing. Just as he was about to close the door, James shot a stream of green sparks out of his wand, turning Severus's luxurious black hair a bright shade of lime.
"James!" Lily cried, getting her basket refilled with her purchases.
"He deserves it." James muttered. "You saw how he was getting!"
"I know." Lily replied, ruffling his messy hair. "But he could never take your place."
"You're amazing." James leaned over and kissed the tip of her nose. "Now, come on, I want to show you these acid pops!"
He hurried her into Zonko's and showed her the display of multicoloured pops that would burn a hole through your tongue if you ate them.
"Think I should give one to Sirius?" he suggested with a grin.
"Why don't you go ask him?" Lily suggested. "Maybe he won't know and..." She trailed off with a mischievous smile. James laughed and walked over to where Sirius was cleaning out Annie's mouth.
"Ahem." He cleared his throat. Annie stepped back, embarrassed.
"I'm going to see Lily." She said, blushing and running off.
"Getting really into this one, are we?" James said, laughing.
"Cut it, James." Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Well, you'd better keep up with it, or there's no girls for a long time." James said, reprimanding him.
Severus, hiding in the corner, slipped out silently to tell Lucius the news.
"James!" Lily called, rushing over to them. "Where have you been, we have an hour left, we still have to meet Remus and Rhia at the Three Broomsticks!" Lily grabbed James' arm and they made their way to the old pub. Once inside, they saw Remus and Rhia huddled close together in a corner booth. Sirius was up at the bar getting drinks, and Annie was watching Sirius with heated interest.
"There you are!" Rhia called out when she saw Lily and James. "We were just discussing you."
"Sure you were," Lily answered with a smile.
"Only two more moths of school left." Sirius said, putting down a tray of Butterbeers and glancing about at his friends: James and Lily, with their love showing in every look; Rhia and Remus, with their own special shy, new love; Peter, humorous and a bit dim, but trying nonetheless; and Annie, adorable and sweet, who was beginning to strike a certain chord in Sirius when he kissed her.
"That means O.W.L.s." Lily added.
"No, that means the Quidditch Cup." James corrected.
"Really, you ought to start studying, just a little bit." She chastised.
"I already know it all." He cried, taking a great swig of Butterbeer.
"I don't." Peter said glumly.
"Let's not worry about O.W.L.s just yet." Rhia suggested.
"Here, here!" Sirius raised his tankard.
"Besides, we've got to worry about that Quidditch cup first." Remus said mischievously.