Question and Answer
I finally caught up to him, outside the library. He was biting his fist and looking as nervous as he did when he played his first Quidditch game for Slytherin. He spun on his heel when he saw me, and looked half-thankful and half shocked.
"What took you so long? I've been waiting for ages!" he wasn't even out of breath, and that annoyed me, because I could hardly speak!
"Shut up and get in there! I'm coming with you though!"
" I know you are! Kick me if I say or do anything stupid, but not so she can see you, OK? And if I nod, give us some space, but don't go too far aw..."
"SHUT UP AND GET IN THERE!!!!!"
With much protesting, I finally got him into the Library, where we immediately saw Madam Pince laying into a Slytherin boy in our year called Edward Camerson, one of the Slytherins we actually got on with. He was a bit of a class clown, and by the snippets we caught he had been setting Chocolate frogs loose in the Restricted section. This was great, because it alleviated the tension of the moment, and Sev and I both gave him a thumbs up from behind Madam Pince. He smirked, and as we walked on we could hear her shout
"Don't you smile at me you wretched little worm!"
Finally, near the back of the room, we saw Lily. She was sat reading a massive book with metal covering, and she looked engrossed. I looked at Severus again, and the colour had drained from his face for about the fourth time that hour.
"Well go on then." I whispered, not wishing to anger Madam Pince any more.
He walked over to her, apparently trying to look cool and relaxed, but he was walking like he had just had his knees broken, and if I could have thrown a book at him, I would have. I just remained and hovered by a bookshelf, just out of sight.
She looked up just before he had reached the table, and I slapped my forehead as I realised she had noticed the walk.
"Sev, what have you done to your legs? You're walking like a chicken."
I heard this and looked at him, but his back was to me and I couldn't see his face, but I wish I could have. Edward joined me, looking rather pleased with himself.
"What's up, what you watching?" he said, louder than he should have.
"OUT CAMERSON! NOW!" Madam Pince heard him!
"I'll tell you later, Ed!" I whispered as he ran for the door, and I returned my attention to Severus and Lily.
"So, Lily, I...I was wondering if...um...if you were going to the Yule ball with anyone?"
"I'm impressed, Sev!" I thought. I had been expecting much worse than that as an opening line.
Lily looked as if she had been caught off her guard, and for one horrible moment I thought Potter had asked her already.
"Umm, no...no I'm not."
"Well I...that is, I, well, I was...uh...wondering, no, will..."
I cringed, and my face I'm sure made me look like I was twisted in agony.
"Someone shoot him now, so he doesn't have to carry on!" Was all I could think, he was really hashing it up.
"Are you asking me to the ball, Severus?" She asked, with a cheeky smirk on her face. I silently thanked her for answering my prayers.
"Well, I...umm, if...uh, no..."
That was it, I had had enough.
"Yes he is! Get a bloody move on, Sev!" I shouted from behind the bookshelf, and I just managed to see her say "Yes" before I got thrown out of the Library, and I couldn't help but smile to myself as I walked away from Pince's awful screeching.
It all went from there.
I finally caught up to him, outside the library. He was biting his fist and looking as nervous as he did when he played his first Quidditch game for Slytherin. He spun on his heel when he saw me, and looked half-thankful and half shocked.
"What took you so long? I've been waiting for ages!" he wasn't even out of breath, and that annoyed me, because I could hardly speak!
"Shut up and get in there! I'm coming with you though!"
" I know you are! Kick me if I say or do anything stupid, but not so she can see you, OK? And if I nod, give us some space, but don't go too far aw..."
"SHUT UP AND GET IN THERE!!!!!"
With much protesting, I finally got him into the Library, where we immediately saw Madam Pince laying into a Slytherin boy in our year called Edward Camerson, one of the Slytherins we actually got on with. He was a bit of a class clown, and by the snippets we caught he had been setting Chocolate frogs loose in the Restricted section. This was great, because it alleviated the tension of the moment, and Sev and I both gave him a thumbs up from behind Madam Pince. He smirked, and as we walked on we could hear her shout
"Don't you smile at me you wretched little worm!"
Finally, near the back of the room, we saw Lily. She was sat reading a massive book with metal covering, and she looked engrossed. I looked at Severus again, and the colour had drained from his face for about the fourth time that hour.
"Well go on then." I whispered, not wishing to anger Madam Pince any more.
He walked over to her, apparently trying to look cool and relaxed, but he was walking like he had just had his knees broken, and if I could have thrown a book at him, I would have. I just remained and hovered by a bookshelf, just out of sight.
She looked up just before he had reached the table, and I slapped my forehead as I realised she had noticed the walk.
"Sev, what have you done to your legs? You're walking like a chicken."
I heard this and looked at him, but his back was to me and I couldn't see his face, but I wish I could have. Edward joined me, looking rather pleased with himself.
"What's up, what you watching?" he said, louder than he should have.
"OUT CAMERSON! NOW!" Madam Pince heard him!
"I'll tell you later, Ed!" I whispered as he ran for the door, and I returned my attention to Severus and Lily.
"So, Lily, I...I was wondering if...um...if you were going to the Yule ball with anyone?"
"I'm impressed, Sev!" I thought. I had been expecting much worse than that as an opening line.
Lily looked as if she had been caught off her guard, and for one horrible moment I thought Potter had asked her already.
"Umm, no...no I'm not."
"Well I...that is, I, well, I was...uh...wondering, no, will..."
I cringed, and my face I'm sure made me look like I was twisted in agony.
"Someone shoot him now, so he doesn't have to carry on!" Was all I could think, he was really hashing it up.
"Are you asking me to the ball, Severus?" She asked, with a cheeky smirk on her face. I silently thanked her for answering my prayers.
"Well, I...umm, if...uh, no..."
That was it, I had had enough.
"Yes he is! Get a bloody move on, Sev!" I shouted from behind the bookshelf, and I just managed to see her say "Yes" before I got thrown out of the Library, and I couldn't help but smile to myself as I walked away from Pince's awful screeching.
It all went from there.
