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Open To Interpretation
"So?"
"There's been no word from Him, Avery, just like two hours ago when you asked me the same thing." Lucius Malfoy was sitting in front of the Slytherin's common room fire when Avery posed his question.
"I know that, Malfoy. What I meant was, if you had been listening to a single word I said, should we do something on our own accord? It has been a almost a month and a half since he sent word to congratulate us."
"You sound like an angry wife, Avery." Snape said coming up behind them. "Is there something you two need to confess.... hmm?"
"Very amusing, Snape. Perhaps you should become a comedian?" Malfoy sneered at him. "A Muggle profession would suit you."
"And where did you learn all about Muggle professions, Malfoy? You really do have a confession to make." Snape leaned forward as if waiting to hear a secret.
"If you weren't loyal to our Lord then you would have to watch your back, Snape." Malfoy warned him.
"Then I guess I'm safe."
"Could you two cut it out for maybe, I dunno, a minute or something? I need to talk." Avery interjected before Malfoy could manage a comeback. Snape just looked at Avery in amusement. "What?" Avery looked at Snape.
"Nothing..... Please continue." Snape was quietly chuckling to himself, Avery did sound like a girl sometimes.
"I think we should do something, rumours or something like that. We need to break up those stupid Gryffindors." Avery punched the couch for emphasis.
"No." Snape had stopped laughing. "Nothing until Voldermort condones it."
"Can't think for yourself now, Snape?" Malfoy said scathingly.
"I just think that there would be a reason why He hasn't contacted yet. Maybe He has a different plan."
"Snape's right, Avery. Besides things are not nearly as chummy," Malfoy spat out this word, "between the Seventh Year Gryffindors as it once was."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It had been two and a half months since Arabella and Sirius had broken up. Malfoy was right, things weren't nearly as 'chummy' as they once were if only for the fact that Sirius and Arabella weren't in each other's arms 24/7. But no one in the group was complaining, they were all just glad to go back to being friends.
"Just take those old records off the shelf, I sit and listen to 'em by myself." Sirius jumped up and mimed a microphone as he started singing in the middle of the common room. (A/N: Think Tom Cruise, Risky Business...hahah had me laughing as I typed this.) "Today's music ain't got the same soul! I like that old time rock and roll!"
"Sirius! Sit down!" Lily jumped and pulled him down, making him land on top of her.
"Well! Lily dear! I had no idea you fancied me!" Everyone laughed as Lily tried to get him off of her. "I'd imagine James would be extremely jealous." He whispered into her ear.
"Yeah, just as I'm sure Bella is." She growled.
"Touché pussycat." He got off of her, "Sorry for squishing you, my lady." He said resuming his normal voice. Lily just snorted at him.
"Not quite a lady is she Padfoot?" Remus chimed in.
"Remus!" Lily reached over and hit him, "That was mean!"
"Precisely why I said it, my dear." This caused Jessabelle and Lily to both start hitting him. "Help! I'm under attack. Where are all your friends when you need them?"
"Friends?" James snorted, "You have none!"
"Thanks Prongs." Remus had managed to grab the girls' hands and prevent them from hitting him. "Be nice now girls." He said looking at them seriously.
"Why? You're not." Lily quipped.
"Lily." He looked at her sternly. Lily fell quiet.
"You should be a teacher, Remus. You manage to render Lily silent by just saying her name." Arabella joked.
"Oh yeah," Remus said sarcastically, letting go of the girls who sat down again, "I could teach them all about werewolves, what with all my extensive knowledge and experience."
"Remus, don't be like that." Jessabelle said quietly.
"Sorry." He smiled apologetically at Jessabelle. "New subject!"
The group continued talking into the night, only stopping to say goodnight to Peter when he went to bed early.
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"These meetings get really annoying, really quickly." James said as he and Lily made their way to the anteroom off the Great Hall for a prefect meeting.
"Yes, but we haven't had nearly as many this year as we had in our sixth year. Besides, how would it look if the Head Boy didn't turn up, especially as we're the ones who call these meetings?" Lily reasoned.
"Would I get another lecture like I had near the end of last year?" He asked raising his eyebrows innocently as they entered the Great Hall.
"Yes you would so-"
"In that case." James turned around and started to walk off.
"James!" Lily grabbed his arm and had to drag him into the Anteroom. "Honestly, you are the biggest baby sometimes. Oh....Good.....Everybody's here." Lily stammered as every eye turned to stare at James and her.
"Evening all." James tipped an imaginary hat to all the prefects gathered in the room. He pulled out a chair for Lily and waited until she had sat down before turning and making for the door.
"Stop. Turn. Sit." Lily waited for James to obey her as everyone looked on in amusement, minus some of the Slytherins. "Okay, so what's the goss?" Lily looked at the prefects.
~*~
"Good. Thankyou everyone for turning up. It makes it a lot easier and we don't have to have so many of these meetings." Lily kicked James under the table whose head was drooping. "And I'm sure you're all thankful to your Head Boy for his marvellous input." She finished dryly as the prefects filed out chuckling.
"Funny Evans."
"The truth Potter." Lily grinned at him and James stuck his tongue out at her.
"Come on. Let's get out of here." James stood up preparing to go.
"Evans, a word?" Snape stood up from his seat.
"Oh, Severus, I thought you had left?" Lily said looking surprised.
"You can have a word, Snape. No. Now buggar off." James moved closer to Lily as if to protect her.
"James, it's okay. I'll catch you up, alright?"
"I'll wait outside." James scowled at Snape as he walked out the room. As much as he wanted to stop them talking, he didn't want to bring Lily's wrath upon himself. James knew first hand what her temper was capable of.
Lily closed the door after James had left. "What is it Severus?" But Snape wasn't listening; he was muttering something under his breath. All of a sudden the people in the portraits surrounding the room vanished. "Severus?"
"Don't worry, they'll come back in a minute. What I needed to tell you..... well I just hope I can trust you."
"Of course you can. What is it?" Lily said frowning.
"There was a spell put on Black-"
"What?" Lily cried.
"Just listen, Lily." Snape said urgently. "A spell that made his conscience distorted for a small amount of time. On Valentine's Day." He waited for the penny to drop. It didn't take long and Lily's eyes widened in disbelief.
"But what about-"
"The girl? She was under the Imperious Curse." Snape said gravely.
"But that's illegal!" Lily yelled in outrage.
"Do you think that matters to the Dark Lord? Or his followers?"
"But how do you know this? Why are you telling me..... unless you're one of them!" Lily took an involuntary step towards the door. "Why are you telling me this?"
"Because he wants to separate your group."
"But why would you care? How do I know this isn't just another plan?"
"Please, Lily. You said I could trust you. You have to trust me!" Snape said a hint of urgency in his voice. The portraits would be returning soon.
"Enough!" James burst through the door, "You slimy git. You did this to my friends?"
"James shutup!" Lily rushed around him and shut the door again. "You're putting your life on the line by telling us this aren't you?" She turned to Snape.
"More or less." He said, eyeing James warily.
"Why does he want to separate us?" Lily was getting scared with all Snape was telling her.
"I'm not sure. It's part of some bigger plan." What Snape didn't mention was that the plan revolved around Lily.
"Why are you putting your life on the line for us?" James asked suspiciously.
"You live a sheltered life Potter, despite what happened to your family. What I've seen, what I've witnessed-" Snape stopped as a whooshing sound surrounded the three. "I have to go. Please-" He looked at Lily almost helplessly.
"We won't say a word, Severus. Thankyou." Lily promised. Snape nodded then swept past her and out the door just as some extremely annoyed paintings of people returned to their portraits.
"Do you believe him?" James asked Lily.
"Yes. And I think we should tell Bella and Sirius. But we can't tell them that Snape told us. Come on, we're due back at the common room." Lily was looking at the portraits that were eyeing them curiously in turn.
The pair travelled to the Gryffindor Tower in silence, both mulling over what had just happened. They entered an almost empty common room.
"Good meeting?" Sirius asked from the couch he was sprawled on.
"Where's Bella?" Lily replied.
"Gone to bed. Why?" Sirius sat up, curious now.
"Wait until they're together." James muttered to Lily. Aloud he announced he was going to bed.
"Night then." Sirius called after him. Lily collapsed into a chair opposite Sirius. "Trouble in paradise?"
Lily looked at him curiously, "That reminds me, how did you know that song you were singing the other day?"
"Muggle brother-in-law. He showed me a heap of C.D.'s after he could control his laughter when I ran away from him."
"Huh? Why'd you run away from him?"
"He pointed the remote control at me. You have no idea how scary that was!" He said in his defence as Lily laughed at him. "But in all seriousness," He grinned at his own joke, "What's up with you and Jamesie?"
"Are you up for a girly chat then?" Lily looked at him, wondering at his sanity.
"Yep, spill the beans girl." Sirius settled himself on his couch as Lily rolled off of hers and onto the ground.
"What do you want to know? Tell a soul and you won't be so popular with the ladies if you catch my drift."
"You know me better than that Lils. I want to know how you feel for James. Are you in like, lust or love?"
Lily sized him up before answering quietly, "Love." As soon as she said these words a chair toppled over and both Lily and Sirius jumped up.
"No doubt it's Peeves." Sirius said narrowing his eyes at the chair.
"I have some blackmail over Peeves so he wont say a word. Meanwhile, I'm going to bed. Goodnight Sirius."
"Night Lil." Lily left for her dorm and Sirius waited until he was sure she was gone before speaking.
"James, that was low. Even by my standards." Sirius only referred to his friends by their name when he was thoroughly annoyed.
"I didn't mean to overhear." James took off the cloak and sat down, looking white as a sheet.
"Well, you did. What are you going to do about it?"
"I'll think about it."
"You'll think about it? Daft prick." Sirius muttered to himself.
"What?"
"Nothing. Why were you down here with the cloak anyway?"
"I felt like going for a run around the forest. I have a lot on my mind."
"I'll bet... Can I come?" Sirius asked hopefully.
James grinned, "And if I said no?"
"I'd come anyway." Sirius grinned back.
"Let's go then."
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Author's Note: Okay well the whole things starting to unravel (do do do do do do do do..Twilight Theme) yep.well I woulda had this up sooner but I woke up this morning and saw how pale I was and I just had to go and bake in the sun..as a result I'm burnt and very sore...not very smart but anyway..
everyone's said that there isn't much (if any) Lily-James action in this and it's true.there isn't but there will be I promise! And there was a little bit in this one but just wait for the next chapter! It's a doozy...I just have to write it first...One of the reasons why this is so random is cos I write it then post it.. I have no plan what so ever and everything that makes sense is just co-incidence!!!!
Thankyou to all my reviewers! I reached over 30!!! And I got 7 reviews for the last chapter!!! So it's a long thankyou list!!!! Happy Happy Joy Joy!!
Thanks To:
bav: dun worry I was planning on it!!! But don't tell anyone!! Thanks for reviewing!
Jlee: ~_~ Is all revealed? (I love the Twilight Theme so I'm gonna put it here again..) do do do do do do do do
Oliverwoodschic: Yes!!!! And it'll happen soon don't worry!
you-know-who's-lover: I dunno..he just kinda vanished.oops!
Clearbrook: Thankyou!
Why R u lookin' at my Nick?: Are you serious? Macy's alive??? Or are you just yanking my chain..lol.anyways, it's my first fic and so I'm just looking straight ahead..I completely forgot about a heap of stuff..And poor Hagrid's one of them.I'll see if I can add him in.loophole! As for the tense love and passion. uhh.maybe later.
Frankie: Run! Gingerbread man! Go!! And yeh Pete's a traitor but Voldie's scary. I don't know if I could stand up to him and tell him to stick his dark mark up his arse. ohhh that would smart.. ~_~
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Open To Interpretation
"So?"
"There's been no word from Him, Avery, just like two hours ago when you asked me the same thing." Lucius Malfoy was sitting in front of the Slytherin's common room fire when Avery posed his question.
"I know that, Malfoy. What I meant was, if you had been listening to a single word I said, should we do something on our own accord? It has been a almost a month and a half since he sent word to congratulate us."
"You sound like an angry wife, Avery." Snape said coming up behind them. "Is there something you two need to confess.... hmm?"
"Very amusing, Snape. Perhaps you should become a comedian?" Malfoy sneered at him. "A Muggle profession would suit you."
"And where did you learn all about Muggle professions, Malfoy? You really do have a confession to make." Snape leaned forward as if waiting to hear a secret.
"If you weren't loyal to our Lord then you would have to watch your back, Snape." Malfoy warned him.
"Then I guess I'm safe."
"Could you two cut it out for maybe, I dunno, a minute or something? I need to talk." Avery interjected before Malfoy could manage a comeback. Snape just looked at Avery in amusement. "What?" Avery looked at Snape.
"Nothing..... Please continue." Snape was quietly chuckling to himself, Avery did sound like a girl sometimes.
"I think we should do something, rumours or something like that. We need to break up those stupid Gryffindors." Avery punched the couch for emphasis.
"No." Snape had stopped laughing. "Nothing until Voldermort condones it."
"Can't think for yourself now, Snape?" Malfoy said scathingly.
"I just think that there would be a reason why He hasn't contacted yet. Maybe He has a different plan."
"Snape's right, Avery. Besides things are not nearly as chummy," Malfoy spat out this word, "between the Seventh Year Gryffindors as it once was."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It had been two and a half months since Arabella and Sirius had broken up. Malfoy was right, things weren't nearly as 'chummy' as they once were if only for the fact that Sirius and Arabella weren't in each other's arms 24/7. But no one in the group was complaining, they were all just glad to go back to being friends.
"Just take those old records off the shelf, I sit and listen to 'em by myself." Sirius jumped up and mimed a microphone as he started singing in the middle of the common room. (A/N: Think Tom Cruise, Risky Business...hahah had me laughing as I typed this.) "Today's music ain't got the same soul! I like that old time rock and roll!"
"Sirius! Sit down!" Lily jumped and pulled him down, making him land on top of her.
"Well! Lily dear! I had no idea you fancied me!" Everyone laughed as Lily tried to get him off of her. "I'd imagine James would be extremely jealous." He whispered into her ear.
"Yeah, just as I'm sure Bella is." She growled.
"Touché pussycat." He got off of her, "Sorry for squishing you, my lady." He said resuming his normal voice. Lily just snorted at him.
"Not quite a lady is she Padfoot?" Remus chimed in.
"Remus!" Lily reached over and hit him, "That was mean!"
"Precisely why I said it, my dear." This caused Jessabelle and Lily to both start hitting him. "Help! I'm under attack. Where are all your friends when you need them?"
"Friends?" James snorted, "You have none!"
"Thanks Prongs." Remus had managed to grab the girls' hands and prevent them from hitting him. "Be nice now girls." He said looking at them seriously.
"Why? You're not." Lily quipped.
"Lily." He looked at her sternly. Lily fell quiet.
"You should be a teacher, Remus. You manage to render Lily silent by just saying her name." Arabella joked.
"Oh yeah," Remus said sarcastically, letting go of the girls who sat down again, "I could teach them all about werewolves, what with all my extensive knowledge and experience."
"Remus, don't be like that." Jessabelle said quietly.
"Sorry." He smiled apologetically at Jessabelle. "New subject!"
The group continued talking into the night, only stopping to say goodnight to Peter when he went to bed early.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"These meetings get really annoying, really quickly." James said as he and Lily made their way to the anteroom off the Great Hall for a prefect meeting.
"Yes, but we haven't had nearly as many this year as we had in our sixth year. Besides, how would it look if the Head Boy didn't turn up, especially as we're the ones who call these meetings?" Lily reasoned.
"Would I get another lecture like I had near the end of last year?" He asked raising his eyebrows innocently as they entered the Great Hall.
"Yes you would so-"
"In that case." James turned around and started to walk off.
"James!" Lily grabbed his arm and had to drag him into the Anteroom. "Honestly, you are the biggest baby sometimes. Oh....Good.....Everybody's here." Lily stammered as every eye turned to stare at James and her.
"Evening all." James tipped an imaginary hat to all the prefects gathered in the room. He pulled out a chair for Lily and waited until she had sat down before turning and making for the door.
"Stop. Turn. Sit." Lily waited for James to obey her as everyone looked on in amusement, minus some of the Slytherins. "Okay, so what's the goss?" Lily looked at the prefects.
~*~
"Good. Thankyou everyone for turning up. It makes it a lot easier and we don't have to have so many of these meetings." Lily kicked James under the table whose head was drooping. "And I'm sure you're all thankful to your Head Boy for his marvellous input." She finished dryly as the prefects filed out chuckling.
"Funny Evans."
"The truth Potter." Lily grinned at him and James stuck his tongue out at her.
"Come on. Let's get out of here." James stood up preparing to go.
"Evans, a word?" Snape stood up from his seat.
"Oh, Severus, I thought you had left?" Lily said looking surprised.
"You can have a word, Snape. No. Now buggar off." James moved closer to Lily as if to protect her.
"James, it's okay. I'll catch you up, alright?"
"I'll wait outside." James scowled at Snape as he walked out the room. As much as he wanted to stop them talking, he didn't want to bring Lily's wrath upon himself. James knew first hand what her temper was capable of.
Lily closed the door after James had left. "What is it Severus?" But Snape wasn't listening; he was muttering something under his breath. All of a sudden the people in the portraits surrounding the room vanished. "Severus?"
"Don't worry, they'll come back in a minute. What I needed to tell you..... well I just hope I can trust you."
"Of course you can. What is it?" Lily said frowning.
"There was a spell put on Black-"
"What?" Lily cried.
"Just listen, Lily." Snape said urgently. "A spell that made his conscience distorted for a small amount of time. On Valentine's Day." He waited for the penny to drop. It didn't take long and Lily's eyes widened in disbelief.
"But what about-"
"The girl? She was under the Imperious Curse." Snape said gravely.
"But that's illegal!" Lily yelled in outrage.
"Do you think that matters to the Dark Lord? Or his followers?"
"But how do you know this? Why are you telling me..... unless you're one of them!" Lily took an involuntary step towards the door. "Why are you telling me this?"
"Because he wants to separate your group."
"But why would you care? How do I know this isn't just another plan?"
"Please, Lily. You said I could trust you. You have to trust me!" Snape said a hint of urgency in his voice. The portraits would be returning soon.
"Enough!" James burst through the door, "You slimy git. You did this to my friends?"
"James shutup!" Lily rushed around him and shut the door again. "You're putting your life on the line by telling us this aren't you?" She turned to Snape.
"More or less." He said, eyeing James warily.
"Why does he want to separate us?" Lily was getting scared with all Snape was telling her.
"I'm not sure. It's part of some bigger plan." What Snape didn't mention was that the plan revolved around Lily.
"Why are you putting your life on the line for us?" James asked suspiciously.
"You live a sheltered life Potter, despite what happened to your family. What I've seen, what I've witnessed-" Snape stopped as a whooshing sound surrounded the three. "I have to go. Please-" He looked at Lily almost helplessly.
"We won't say a word, Severus. Thankyou." Lily promised. Snape nodded then swept past her and out the door just as some extremely annoyed paintings of people returned to their portraits.
"Do you believe him?" James asked Lily.
"Yes. And I think we should tell Bella and Sirius. But we can't tell them that Snape told us. Come on, we're due back at the common room." Lily was looking at the portraits that were eyeing them curiously in turn.
The pair travelled to the Gryffindor Tower in silence, both mulling over what had just happened. They entered an almost empty common room.
"Good meeting?" Sirius asked from the couch he was sprawled on.
"Where's Bella?" Lily replied.
"Gone to bed. Why?" Sirius sat up, curious now.
"Wait until they're together." James muttered to Lily. Aloud he announced he was going to bed.
"Night then." Sirius called after him. Lily collapsed into a chair opposite Sirius. "Trouble in paradise?"
Lily looked at him curiously, "That reminds me, how did you know that song you were singing the other day?"
"Muggle brother-in-law. He showed me a heap of C.D.'s after he could control his laughter when I ran away from him."
"Huh? Why'd you run away from him?"
"He pointed the remote control at me. You have no idea how scary that was!" He said in his defence as Lily laughed at him. "But in all seriousness," He grinned at his own joke, "What's up with you and Jamesie?"
"Are you up for a girly chat then?" Lily looked at him, wondering at his sanity.
"Yep, spill the beans girl." Sirius settled himself on his couch as Lily rolled off of hers and onto the ground.
"What do you want to know? Tell a soul and you won't be so popular with the ladies if you catch my drift."
"You know me better than that Lils. I want to know how you feel for James. Are you in like, lust or love?"
Lily sized him up before answering quietly, "Love." As soon as she said these words a chair toppled over and both Lily and Sirius jumped up.
"No doubt it's Peeves." Sirius said narrowing his eyes at the chair.
"I have some blackmail over Peeves so he wont say a word. Meanwhile, I'm going to bed. Goodnight Sirius."
"Night Lil." Lily left for her dorm and Sirius waited until he was sure she was gone before speaking.
"James, that was low. Even by my standards." Sirius only referred to his friends by their name when he was thoroughly annoyed.
"I didn't mean to overhear." James took off the cloak and sat down, looking white as a sheet.
"Well, you did. What are you going to do about it?"
"I'll think about it."
"You'll think about it? Daft prick." Sirius muttered to himself.
"What?"
"Nothing. Why were you down here with the cloak anyway?"
"I felt like going for a run around the forest. I have a lot on my mind."
"I'll bet... Can I come?" Sirius asked hopefully.
James grinned, "And if I said no?"
"I'd come anyway." Sirius grinned back.
"Let's go then."
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Author's Note: Okay well the whole things starting to unravel (do do do do do do do do..Twilight Theme) yep.well I woulda had this up sooner but I woke up this morning and saw how pale I was and I just had to go and bake in the sun..as a result I'm burnt and very sore...not very smart but anyway..
everyone's said that there isn't much (if any) Lily-James action in this and it's true.there isn't but there will be I promise! And there was a little bit in this one but just wait for the next chapter! It's a doozy...I just have to write it first...One of the reasons why this is so random is cos I write it then post it.. I have no plan what so ever and everything that makes sense is just co-incidence!!!!
Thankyou to all my reviewers! I reached over 30!!! And I got 7 reviews for the last chapter!!! So it's a long thankyou list!!!! Happy Happy Joy Joy!!
Thanks To:
bav: dun worry I was planning on it!!! But don't tell anyone!! Thanks for reviewing!
Jlee: ~_~ Is all revealed? (I love the Twilight Theme so I'm gonna put it here again..) do do do do do do do do
Oliverwoodschic: Yes!!!! And it'll happen soon don't worry!
you-know-who's-lover: I dunno..he just kinda vanished.oops!
Clearbrook: Thankyou!
Why R u lookin' at my Nick?: Are you serious? Macy's alive??? Or are you just yanking my chain..lol.anyways, it's my first fic and so I'm just looking straight ahead..I completely forgot about a heap of stuff..And poor Hagrid's one of them.I'll see if I can add him in.loophole! As for the tense love and passion. uhh.maybe later.
Frankie: Run! Gingerbread man! Go!! And yeh Pete's a traitor but Voldie's scary. I don't know if I could stand up to him and tell him to stick his dark mark up his arse. ohhh that would smart.. ~_~
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Thanks ppls!!!
meg