For the rest of the day, Severus walked around with a weird feeling in his
stomach. Something was different, but he couldn't exactly put a finger on
what it was. He seemed strangely...happy. Which was really weird because
any other day, he would have thrown himself off the Astronomy Tower had he
been forced to work with Lily Evans. She was a lot different than the
opinion Severus had held of her up until that day. He had pictured her to
be a cocky, stuck up little Mudblood. But in fact she was sort of nice,
sort of quiet. She was actually rather attractive in her own way. Her
straight red hair matched her expressive green eyes. Severus couldn't seem
to get Lily out of his mind. Usually, when the thought of her came into his
head, an automatic sneer wold come across his features, but now it was a
thoughtful expression.
"Sev, what what's up with you and the Mudblood?" Lucius asked, as he took his seat next to Severus, for dinner in the Great Hall.
"We have to tutor each other." Severus told him, doing his best to put on a disgusted look, and grabbed a roll from the tray in front of them.
"Oh that sucks, I wouldn't do it man. You couldn't get me to go near that trash for a lifetime supply of Chocolate Frogs." Lucius said, taking a bite out of his roast pork.
"Well I don't have much of a choice, now do I? And you don't even like Chocolate Frogs! Severus said.
"It's just a figure of speech. But I have something more important to talk to you about." Lucius said, dropping the volume of his voice to almost a whisper.
"Ooooh, secretive." Severus said, rolling his eyes but leaning in to hear him better.
"You've heard of Voldermort, haven't you?" Lucius asked, his eyes shining.
"Of course I have. I don't live with Muggles you know." Severus said.
"Well, he's been gathering some witches and wizards that think he has the right idea. You know, get rid of the Muggle and Mudblood trash that infects this world. A bit of ethnic cleansing if you will. They call themselves Death Eaters"
"And....?"
"And I think that I just might join him." Lucius whispered. Severus' eyes shot open and he popped right out of his seat.
"Lucius you git! Are you crazy!?" he shrieked, drawing weird looks from a few other members of the Slytherin table. NOBODY talked like that to Lucius Malfoy. Severus was the only one who got away with it, since he was the closest to a best friend that either boy had.
"Sit down! You idiot." Lucius hissed, grabbing Severus by the shoulder and forcing him back into his seat.
"Lucius, you've got to be kidding me! The Ministry has got almost every Auror they have out there looking for these people!" Severus whispered.
"Exactly, which means they must actually mean business. Next year I'll be out of here, and I have every intention of helping him in his cause. You should too. You know you feel the same way." Lucius said, almost proudly.
"I never said I want to go kill a bunch of Mudbloods just for kicks." he hissed.
"Relax, I'm just saying think about it." Lucius said, returning his attention once more to his roast beef. Severus stared at his food for a while, pushing it around with his fork. He wasn't hungry. He was about to get up when he felt someone slide into the seat next to him and tap him on the shoulder. It was a girl he could tell because there wasn't much space there.
"Hi Severus." he turned around expecting to see that damn Ashley Jenkins. Gods, that girl stalked him and Lucius! He turned his head and his jaw almost dropped in disbelief. Lily Evans was sitting at the Slytherin table. About half the table looked as surprised as Severus did. Gryffindors NEVER even came over to talk to someone at the Slytherin table let alone, SIT at it.
"What are you doing here Mudblood, shouldn't you be over at your own table with the Quidditch stars? What brings you to descend from your almighty heights to speak to us peasants?" Lucius hissed.
"I don't remember addressing the likes of you Malfoy, nor do I intend to." Lily told him, drawing even more startled looks from the table. Lucius looked like he was about two seconds from wiping the smirk off of Lily's face. She brought her gaze back to Severus.
"We didn't say what time we were going to meet. How about right after dinner tomorrow night? We can get a head start."
"Fine." Snape said quietly.
"Well good, see ya then." and with that she got up and returned to the Gryffindor table.
"What in the HELL was that about?" Lucius roared.
"How the hell do I know. I told you I have to tutor her." Severus said angrily. Maybe this wasn't going to go over as good as he hoped.
~~**~~
Lily returned to the Gryffindor table to meet the horrified looks from her friends.
"What...was...THAT!?" Sirius asked.
"What?"
"That...that...you sat at the SLYTHERIN table." Remus stammered.
"Yes I did."
"And you talked to Snape." James added.
"Yup."
"And you pissed off Lucius Malfoy. He does not look happy." Peter pointed out.
"oh who cares what that over grown three year old looks like." Lily said exasperated.
"Look, its not like I ran over there and declared my undying love for him. I just asked what time we were going to meet tomorrow. I told you that we're stuck tutoring each other." she said, as the rest of them just looked at her like she sprouted another head.
After dinner Lily retreated to the Common Room to finish her homework and went to bed. Tomorrow was probably going to be a trying day.
~~**~~
"Okay so, lets try disarming okay? I'm going to pull out my wand, and you take it from me. Ready? On three...one...two..three."
"Expelliarmus!" Lily incanted. The wand didn't move. Neither did Severus. "Expelliarmus!!!" she tried again. The wand still didn't move. Severus sighed. This was now the eighteenth try.
"I told you I just can't do this stuff." Lily said, when she noticed Severus' expression. He put his wand into the inner folds of his cloak.
"That's because you're concentrating too much on getting the wand out and ready. Watch, hold up your wand." Severus told her. Lily pointed it at him and in one swift movement, he pulled out his wand, swung it around his head, incanted, and within seconds, was holding Lily's as well, while Lily was knocked onto the floor. Severus offered his hand, she took it and he helped her back to her feet.
"You'd make a good Auror." she told him, brushing herself off.
"Aren't you tired off falling on the ground? Want to try something else?" Severus asked as he noticed Lily cradling her bruised elbow.
"No. Expelliarmus!" she shouted. He spell hit Severus so hard he flew back and crashed into the wall, his head smacking into it with a crack.
"Son of a-" Severus let off a list of curses bad enough to make a sailor blush.
"Oh, oh gods, Severus I'm sorry! Are you okay!?" Lily asked, crouching next to him.
"Oh, I'm just dandy Lily." he said, hesitantly holding the back of his head.
"At least I got the disarming spell right." she said as Severus pushed himself off the floor.
"Yeah you did, trust me," he said. He noticed that Lily was still gripping his arm with a concerned expression and added, "Don't worry, I'm not going to keel over and die."
"Okay, now that I got that, what next?" she asked.
"How about dueling stance. Do you know that?" Severus asked. Lily awkwardly held her wand out in front of her.
"Um no. See, you don't want to hold your wand straight on in front of you like that. Cause I can do this." he said, swiping the wand out of her hand and pointing at her.
"Okay well how do I hold it?" she asked, taking her wand back. Severus ran a hand through his hair and looked a bit nervous.
"Okay, first you have to fix your stance. You're too flatfooted. Um, do you mind?" he asked motioning to her legs.
"No, go ahead." she told him. He pushed her right leg slightly behind her left and turned her hips slightly. Lily had to stop herself from smiling as Severus' hands touched her thigh.
"Okay, now get up on the balls of you're feet, because you're going to have to move quickly." he said. He looked her over and made sure that she was standing right, his eyes lingering a little longer than expected.
"Okay now you're grip," he said, moving her arm so that it was bent, with her elbow facing out, "You want to be able to swing your wand above your head if you need to."
He stepped back and made sure that everything was good, then stepped in front of her and took the stance as well.
"Now bow. But not that low. You want to keep eye contact with your opponent." he said, as he watched her incline her head foreword, her eyes lot leaving his.
"Good, now do you think you can dodge a spell?" he asked. She nodded and he racked his mind on what he could cast that wouldn't cause too much damage.
"Rictusempra!" he incanted. A silver stream of light flashed out of his wand and Lily rolled out of the way as it crashed into the wall and rebounded back at the table.
"Hey, that was pretty good." Severus said.
"Merlin, it's hot in here!" Lily said, unclasping her blue robe and tossing it onto the table." She was wearing a green and red, plaid, tight fitting sweater with a pair of jeans that accented the curve of her hips. "Aren't you hot?" she asked, motioning to Severus' forehead, which had a light layer of sweat on it. He unclasped his robe as well and tossed it next to hers on the table.
Lily's eyes roamed over Severus. The impression that she got from him was that he was on the skinny side, which wasn't true. Through his black shirt, she could see the outline of the muscles on his chest. They weren't big like Sirius' but they were nice in a way. Lily cleared her throat nervously.
"Wanna try that again?" she asked. They both assumed the stance, wands raised and eyes on each other.
"You try casting something." he told her.
"What?"
"Cast something, anything. Try swinging the wand above your head quickly, it'll increase in power. He watched as Lily swung the wand above her head and brought it down perfectly.
"Tarantallegra!" Snape threw himself to the ground as the spell flew into the blackboard.
"That was good, you're getting a lot better." he told her.
"Really? Thanks." she said, tucking a strand of red hair behind her ear and smiling. A knock on the door sounded and in walked James Potter.
"Hey Lily it's 7 now, are you guys done?" he asked.
"Wow, it's that late already? Okay ya, I guess we're done for today. Thanks Severus, you were a big help." Lily said, walking over to the table and pulling her robe back on.
While Lily wasn't looking, James shot Severus a death glare. Severus just sneered in return and watched Lily leave with James.
"Damn that James Potter he gets everything." Severus muttered, pulling his own robe on and stalked down to his Common Room.
"Sev, what what's up with you and the Mudblood?" Lucius asked, as he took his seat next to Severus, for dinner in the Great Hall.
"We have to tutor each other." Severus told him, doing his best to put on a disgusted look, and grabbed a roll from the tray in front of them.
"Oh that sucks, I wouldn't do it man. You couldn't get me to go near that trash for a lifetime supply of Chocolate Frogs." Lucius said, taking a bite out of his roast pork.
"Well I don't have much of a choice, now do I? And you don't even like Chocolate Frogs! Severus said.
"It's just a figure of speech. But I have something more important to talk to you about." Lucius said, dropping the volume of his voice to almost a whisper.
"Ooooh, secretive." Severus said, rolling his eyes but leaning in to hear him better.
"You've heard of Voldermort, haven't you?" Lucius asked, his eyes shining.
"Of course I have. I don't live with Muggles you know." Severus said.
"Well, he's been gathering some witches and wizards that think he has the right idea. You know, get rid of the Muggle and Mudblood trash that infects this world. A bit of ethnic cleansing if you will. They call themselves Death Eaters"
"And....?"
"And I think that I just might join him." Lucius whispered. Severus' eyes shot open and he popped right out of his seat.
"Lucius you git! Are you crazy!?" he shrieked, drawing weird looks from a few other members of the Slytherin table. NOBODY talked like that to Lucius Malfoy. Severus was the only one who got away with it, since he was the closest to a best friend that either boy had.
"Sit down! You idiot." Lucius hissed, grabbing Severus by the shoulder and forcing him back into his seat.
"Lucius, you've got to be kidding me! The Ministry has got almost every Auror they have out there looking for these people!" Severus whispered.
"Exactly, which means they must actually mean business. Next year I'll be out of here, and I have every intention of helping him in his cause. You should too. You know you feel the same way." Lucius said, almost proudly.
"I never said I want to go kill a bunch of Mudbloods just for kicks." he hissed.
"Relax, I'm just saying think about it." Lucius said, returning his attention once more to his roast beef. Severus stared at his food for a while, pushing it around with his fork. He wasn't hungry. He was about to get up when he felt someone slide into the seat next to him and tap him on the shoulder. It was a girl he could tell because there wasn't much space there.
"Hi Severus." he turned around expecting to see that damn Ashley Jenkins. Gods, that girl stalked him and Lucius! He turned his head and his jaw almost dropped in disbelief. Lily Evans was sitting at the Slytherin table. About half the table looked as surprised as Severus did. Gryffindors NEVER even came over to talk to someone at the Slytherin table let alone, SIT at it.
"What are you doing here Mudblood, shouldn't you be over at your own table with the Quidditch stars? What brings you to descend from your almighty heights to speak to us peasants?" Lucius hissed.
"I don't remember addressing the likes of you Malfoy, nor do I intend to." Lily told him, drawing even more startled looks from the table. Lucius looked like he was about two seconds from wiping the smirk off of Lily's face. She brought her gaze back to Severus.
"We didn't say what time we were going to meet. How about right after dinner tomorrow night? We can get a head start."
"Fine." Snape said quietly.
"Well good, see ya then." and with that she got up and returned to the Gryffindor table.
"What in the HELL was that about?" Lucius roared.
"How the hell do I know. I told you I have to tutor her." Severus said angrily. Maybe this wasn't going to go over as good as he hoped.
~~**~~
Lily returned to the Gryffindor table to meet the horrified looks from her friends.
"What...was...THAT!?" Sirius asked.
"What?"
"That...that...you sat at the SLYTHERIN table." Remus stammered.
"Yes I did."
"And you talked to Snape." James added.
"Yup."
"And you pissed off Lucius Malfoy. He does not look happy." Peter pointed out.
"oh who cares what that over grown three year old looks like." Lily said exasperated.
"Look, its not like I ran over there and declared my undying love for him. I just asked what time we were going to meet tomorrow. I told you that we're stuck tutoring each other." she said, as the rest of them just looked at her like she sprouted another head.
After dinner Lily retreated to the Common Room to finish her homework and went to bed. Tomorrow was probably going to be a trying day.
~~**~~
"Okay so, lets try disarming okay? I'm going to pull out my wand, and you take it from me. Ready? On three...one...two..three."
"Expelliarmus!" Lily incanted. The wand didn't move. Neither did Severus. "Expelliarmus!!!" she tried again. The wand still didn't move. Severus sighed. This was now the eighteenth try.
"I told you I just can't do this stuff." Lily said, when she noticed Severus' expression. He put his wand into the inner folds of his cloak.
"That's because you're concentrating too much on getting the wand out and ready. Watch, hold up your wand." Severus told her. Lily pointed it at him and in one swift movement, he pulled out his wand, swung it around his head, incanted, and within seconds, was holding Lily's as well, while Lily was knocked onto the floor. Severus offered his hand, she took it and he helped her back to her feet.
"You'd make a good Auror." she told him, brushing herself off.
"Aren't you tired off falling on the ground? Want to try something else?" Severus asked as he noticed Lily cradling her bruised elbow.
"No. Expelliarmus!" she shouted. He spell hit Severus so hard he flew back and crashed into the wall, his head smacking into it with a crack.
"Son of a-" Severus let off a list of curses bad enough to make a sailor blush.
"Oh, oh gods, Severus I'm sorry! Are you okay!?" Lily asked, crouching next to him.
"Oh, I'm just dandy Lily." he said, hesitantly holding the back of his head.
"At least I got the disarming spell right." she said as Severus pushed himself off the floor.
"Yeah you did, trust me," he said. He noticed that Lily was still gripping his arm with a concerned expression and added, "Don't worry, I'm not going to keel over and die."
"Okay, now that I got that, what next?" she asked.
"How about dueling stance. Do you know that?" Severus asked. Lily awkwardly held her wand out in front of her.
"Um no. See, you don't want to hold your wand straight on in front of you like that. Cause I can do this." he said, swiping the wand out of her hand and pointing at her.
"Okay well how do I hold it?" she asked, taking her wand back. Severus ran a hand through his hair and looked a bit nervous.
"Okay, first you have to fix your stance. You're too flatfooted. Um, do you mind?" he asked motioning to her legs.
"No, go ahead." she told him. He pushed her right leg slightly behind her left and turned her hips slightly. Lily had to stop herself from smiling as Severus' hands touched her thigh.
"Okay, now get up on the balls of you're feet, because you're going to have to move quickly." he said. He looked her over and made sure that she was standing right, his eyes lingering a little longer than expected.
"Okay now you're grip," he said, moving her arm so that it was bent, with her elbow facing out, "You want to be able to swing your wand above your head if you need to."
He stepped back and made sure that everything was good, then stepped in front of her and took the stance as well.
"Now bow. But not that low. You want to keep eye contact with your opponent." he said, as he watched her incline her head foreword, her eyes lot leaving his.
"Good, now do you think you can dodge a spell?" he asked. She nodded and he racked his mind on what he could cast that wouldn't cause too much damage.
"Rictusempra!" he incanted. A silver stream of light flashed out of his wand and Lily rolled out of the way as it crashed into the wall and rebounded back at the table.
"Hey, that was pretty good." Severus said.
"Merlin, it's hot in here!" Lily said, unclasping her blue robe and tossing it onto the table." She was wearing a green and red, plaid, tight fitting sweater with a pair of jeans that accented the curve of her hips. "Aren't you hot?" she asked, motioning to Severus' forehead, which had a light layer of sweat on it. He unclasped his robe as well and tossed it next to hers on the table.
Lily's eyes roamed over Severus. The impression that she got from him was that he was on the skinny side, which wasn't true. Through his black shirt, she could see the outline of the muscles on his chest. They weren't big like Sirius' but they were nice in a way. Lily cleared her throat nervously.
"Wanna try that again?" she asked. They both assumed the stance, wands raised and eyes on each other.
"You try casting something." he told her.
"What?"
"Cast something, anything. Try swinging the wand above your head quickly, it'll increase in power. He watched as Lily swung the wand above her head and brought it down perfectly.
"Tarantallegra!" Snape threw himself to the ground as the spell flew into the blackboard.
"That was good, you're getting a lot better." he told her.
"Really? Thanks." she said, tucking a strand of red hair behind her ear and smiling. A knock on the door sounded and in walked James Potter.
"Hey Lily it's 7 now, are you guys done?" he asked.
"Wow, it's that late already? Okay ya, I guess we're done for today. Thanks Severus, you were a big help." Lily said, walking over to the table and pulling her robe back on.
While Lily wasn't looking, James shot Severus a death glare. Severus just sneered in return and watched Lily leave with James.
"Damn that James Potter he gets everything." Severus muttered, pulling his own robe on and stalked down to his Common Room.