Until Death Do Us Part
Harry Potter theme and related characters are property of J.K. Rowling. Plot idea is accredited to the original author, J.K.Rowling. Plot angle and revisions idea of Melissa Pomeroy. Character Verissa Station (name borrowed with permission from an aquaintence) property of Meisako Pyoko-Chan (Melissa Pomeroy), 2002. Any and all reviews appriaciated.~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~*~~~
chapter SIX: She Didn't Know Any Better
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Welcome to my version of 'life before Harry'. This is the story of James, Lily, and the gang in their seventh year of Hogwarts to the begining of the Harry Potter series as we know it... Please read my rendition of Harry's fifth year, Harry Potter and the Fallen Angel at Hogwarts (complete), and his sixth year, Harry Potter and the Children's Crusades (work in progress).
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Lily got the feeling that Sirius was trying to avoid her. During lunch, in Potions, Transfigurations, and Charms, even until supper, Sirius refrained from speaking to her and never made eye contact, although she tried on several occasions. It was very frusterating. Perhaps Lily wasn't the only one who noticed. James and Peter also tried to make deliberate conversations between the two, but each attempt failed miserabley.
"Sirius, if it's about that girlfriend crack- you know I was only joking, right?" Sirius acted as though Lily weren't there and made no acknowledgement that she had even spoken.
"Padfoot, just get off your high horse and talk to her... she didn't mean any harm. You know that." James was getting just as irritated as Lily, but it wasn't until Peter had a word with Sirius did anything change.
"Look, Padfoot. Lily didn't know, alright? Now just get over it." There was a tone in his voice that indicated there was something deeper in his meaning. Something in the stern manner of which he spoke.
Sirius looked at Lily out of the corner of his eye. With a sigh, he nodded. "I'm sorry, Lily. I've been a jerk, but I'm still upset with you."
Lily clentched her teeth and nodded. it was a start.
"Moony?" said James as Remus walked in the common room that evening. "Where have you been?"
Remus looked up, suddenly realizing they were there. "Huh? Oh! Hi guys! Just been walking with Verissa." Despite his cheeriness, his friends, with the exception of Lily, didn't look all that pleased.
"That's lovely, Remus! How is she, by the way?" Remus pulled up a wooden chair and sat next to Lily.
"She's fine. She thinks some one spilled the strawberries in her bowl while they were passing it along the table. I, however," Remus leaned in and spoke in almost a whisper, "suspect foul play. That Snape has always had it in for her... I think we should investigate tonight."
However displeased they were, all four Maraurders' eyes gleamed with excitement. "Tonight then," said James.
Lily shook her head. "You've detention tonight, remember? That's the reason I couldn't join your pillaging tonight, in the first place." She pursed her lips and Peter groaned loudly.
"I completely forgot! What is that old bat having us do, anyways?"
"Moping the Great Hall..." said James.
Peter began to pound his head onto the table they were sitting around.
"Oi! Stop that, now, Wormtail! You need all the brain cells you've got left!" Sirius grabbed Peter's shoulder to prevent his head from making contact with the furniture.
An hour later, the three rule offenders left to serve their detention, leaving Lily and Remus alone.
"So..." Lily began slyly.
"So what?"
"Have you kissed yet?"
Remus outright laughed. "Kissed? No, no. Verissa and I only decided today that 'there was something between us', as Rissa put it." He smiled. "Thank you for your interest," he said in mock businesshood.
She smiled, embarrassed. "Sorry. Do you, uh, really think Severus put the strawberries in her porrige? I think it sounds awfully imature, and if I know Severus at all," Remus frowned slightly, "he wouldn't do something like that. It's not his style."
"Are you defending that git, Lily?" The new tension in his voice was threatening to break through his calm facade.
"N-no... I just think Verissa's version seems more plausable, that's all."
"You have no idea what he is capable of, Lily. No idea. He's a slimey, greasy git, with no heart what-so-ever. He cares about no one but himself and would do anything in his power to hurt someone. Anything in his power." Remus stood from the table. "Now, if you'll escuse me, I've got homework to catch up on."
"I can help," Lily offered.
"No. No, I'll manage." Without another word, Remus left her alone. Lily could feel the heat of the eyes of other people in the room on her.
She wasn't sure what she had done wrong this time, but she was rapidly loosing friends. First Sirius, now Remus. What was wrong with her? She hurried up to her room and threw herself onto her bed. Analisa and Evelyn looked up but didn't say anything to her.
With a great sigh, Lily pulled off her shoes and crawled under the covers, wishing to take back whatever she had said to anger Remus. Was it beacuse she had always believed a little good to be in a person that her friend destested her so? Detirmined not to mull it over, Lily went to sleep.
Her eyes were thick with tiredness as Evelyn shook her awake the next morning. She muttered something in her pillow and rolled over. Evelyn tried again.
"Lily. You need to get up. One of the twins has got her head stuck in the banister..."
Grumbling, Lily pulled herself out of bed. "Mac Kenzie or Madison?" Mac Kenzie was afraid of wands near her face, a strange reflex that would prevent Lily from banishing the railing around her head away.
"I never could tell..." Evelyn bit her lip.
"Okay, here I come to save the day." On the stairway, wand in hand, Lily squated down and poked the girl in the shoulder. "Now, which Lohman have we got here, huh?"
"Madison." The third year replied. "I'm stuck."
"I can see that. Care to tell me how this happened?" She raised her wand and knocked one rung away, enough for her head to squeeze through.
"Not really... must I?" Madison pulled her head out and rubbed her ears.
"No, that's alright. Go on." The blonde stood quickly and dashed down the stairs where her sister was waiting.
Lily went back to her room to shower and change into fresh robes. It wasn't until she saw Remus speaking with Peter that she realized what had transpired the night before.
"Morning, Remus."
"Hi," he said curtly and turned back to Peter.
"Fine," she sighed in defeat, "I'll just go find Vera. Tell James I've gone on ahead to breakfast."
Pure and utter loneliness moored over Lily as she walked briskly down the corridor. Perhaps it would be better if she just never spoke ever again. Starting.... NOW. Once in her seat at the Gryffindor table, she began to nibble at her toast. For some reason, she wasn't hungry. Verissa noticed and walked over to her.
"Morning!" Her voice was extremely cheerful. Lily nodded a greeting.
"Are you alright?" Verissa furrowed her brows. Lily shrugged. "Going to tell me what's wrong?"
She shook her head. "I'll tickle it out of you..." Verissa threatened.
"No... that's alright!" She hated to break her new fond vow of silence, but she hated to be tickled even more. "I said something last night and now Remus is upset with me."
"Oh." Lily couldn't read the Ravenclaw's face. Was she worried? Or was that anger?
"Have you noticed anything strange? I mean, besides the usual strange occurances?"
"No. Remus is just sensitive, that's all." Verissa's lips were clentched tightly together.
"Oh, please don't do that to me... You have no clue what I've been through these past couple days. My head is simply swimming." Verissa's expression softened and she nodded. "Alright, here's what has been happening. I thought Sirius was jealous of remus and you. He got mad. I told Remus I didn't think Severus slipped strawberries into your porrige. He got mad."
Verissa nodded. "That I agree with. It sure is an evil thing to do, but it's not in his nature. He'd more likely slip a hate potion into my food."
Lily's eyes widened. "Do you think he did? I mean, a hate potion in Remus's or Sirius's breakfast?"
She pondered it for a moment. "Could be... but Remus was nice to me..."
"Will you help me find an antidote, anyway?"
"Absolutely. I'll meet you in the library after fourth period." She and Lily shook hands in a business like manner.
When the guys came in for breakfast, Lily was extra careful to be polite and not touch any sensitive nerves.
They all looked at her as though she had been knocked off her nut.
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I have a perfectly good explaination... Really, I do! I can't write just to write. If I'm not inspired then it is most likely that you guys wont like it. So... there!
QueenofTheQueer: Thank you! I'm happy you like it.
Amy: Alright, here's more!
ThistleMeg: I don't know why you never saw that it had been updated, but right now I am getting the feeling that that was a rhetorical question... huh? Yeah, you bet it's frusterating! Heck, I'm frusterated!
MinaPotter: It's not because Lily told him to get a girlfriend, it's because he doesn't think Remus and Verissa will work out because of a certain secret Our dear Messr. Moony has...
GoldenFawkes: I know! i hate those love/hate fics... :( I'm very excited that you think my fic is well written. I plan to be a novelist one day, so this is just practice! Thanks for putting me on your list! I'm going to check out you stories and perhaps i'll do the same!
Slycat: You know I love ya! Yeah. in the first chapter (or maybe it was the second) it says that Verissa is allergic to strawberries. A bit of foreshadowing, I think. :) Yeah. Our dear Lupin has finally gotten a girlfriend. But will it last? You be the judge! (although I do think they are deeply in love -- which wont show yet...)
Please email me! Slytherin_Angel@MostlySunny.com
Harry Potter theme and related characters are property of J.K. Rowling. Plot idea is accredited to the original author, J.K.Rowling. Plot angle and revisions idea of Melissa Pomeroy. Character Verissa Station (name borrowed with permission from an aquaintence) property of Meisako Pyoko-Chan (Melissa Pomeroy), 2002. Any and all reviews appriaciated.
chapter SIX: She Didn't Know Any Better
Welcome to my version of 'life before Harry'. This is the story of James, Lily, and the gang in their seventh year of Hogwarts to the begining of the Harry Potter series as we know it... Please read my rendition of Harry's fifth year, Harry Potter and the Fallen Angel at Hogwarts (complete), and his sixth year, Harry Potter and the Children's Crusades (work in progress).
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Lily got the feeling that Sirius was trying to avoid her. During lunch, in Potions, Transfigurations, and Charms, even until supper, Sirius refrained from speaking to her and never made eye contact, although she tried on several occasions. It was very frusterating. Perhaps Lily wasn't the only one who noticed. James and Peter also tried to make deliberate conversations between the two, but each attempt failed miserabley.
"Sirius, if it's about that girlfriend crack- you know I was only joking, right?" Sirius acted as though Lily weren't there and made no acknowledgement that she had even spoken.
"Padfoot, just get off your high horse and talk to her... she didn't mean any harm. You know that." James was getting just as irritated as Lily, but it wasn't until Peter had a word with Sirius did anything change.
"Look, Padfoot. Lily didn't know, alright? Now just get over it." There was a tone in his voice that indicated there was something deeper in his meaning. Something in the stern manner of which he spoke.
Sirius looked at Lily out of the corner of his eye. With a sigh, he nodded. "I'm sorry, Lily. I've been a jerk, but I'm still upset with you."
Lily clentched her teeth and nodded. it was a start.
"Moony?" said James as Remus walked in the common room that evening. "Where have you been?"
Remus looked up, suddenly realizing they were there. "Huh? Oh! Hi guys! Just been walking with Verissa." Despite his cheeriness, his friends, with the exception of Lily, didn't look all that pleased.
"That's lovely, Remus! How is she, by the way?" Remus pulled up a wooden chair and sat next to Lily.
"She's fine. She thinks some one spilled the strawberries in her bowl while they were passing it along the table. I, however," Remus leaned in and spoke in almost a whisper, "suspect foul play. That Snape has always had it in for her... I think we should investigate tonight."
However displeased they were, all four Maraurders' eyes gleamed with excitement. "Tonight then," said James.
Lily shook her head. "You've detention tonight, remember? That's the reason I couldn't join your pillaging tonight, in the first place." She pursed her lips and Peter groaned loudly.
"I completely forgot! What is that old bat having us do, anyways?"
"Moping the Great Hall..." said James.
Peter began to pound his head onto the table they were sitting around.
"Oi! Stop that, now, Wormtail! You need all the brain cells you've got left!" Sirius grabbed Peter's shoulder to prevent his head from making contact with the furniture.
An hour later, the three rule offenders left to serve their detention, leaving Lily and Remus alone.
"So..." Lily began slyly.
"So what?"
"Have you kissed yet?"
Remus outright laughed. "Kissed? No, no. Verissa and I only decided today that 'there was something between us', as Rissa put it." He smiled. "Thank you for your interest," he said in mock businesshood.
She smiled, embarrassed. "Sorry. Do you, uh, really think Severus put the strawberries in her porrige? I think it sounds awfully imature, and if I know Severus at all," Remus frowned slightly, "he wouldn't do something like that. It's not his style."
"Are you defending that git, Lily?" The new tension in his voice was threatening to break through his calm facade.
"N-no... I just think Verissa's version seems more plausable, that's all."
"You have no idea what he is capable of, Lily. No idea. He's a slimey, greasy git, with no heart what-so-ever. He cares about no one but himself and would do anything in his power to hurt someone. Anything in his power." Remus stood from the table. "Now, if you'll escuse me, I've got homework to catch up on."
"I can help," Lily offered.
"No. No, I'll manage." Without another word, Remus left her alone. Lily could feel the heat of the eyes of other people in the room on her.
She wasn't sure what she had done wrong this time, but she was rapidly loosing friends. First Sirius, now Remus. What was wrong with her? She hurried up to her room and threw herself onto her bed. Analisa and Evelyn looked up but didn't say anything to her.
With a great sigh, Lily pulled off her shoes and crawled under the covers, wishing to take back whatever she had said to anger Remus. Was it beacuse she had always believed a little good to be in a person that her friend destested her so? Detirmined not to mull it over, Lily went to sleep.
Her eyes were thick with tiredness as Evelyn shook her awake the next morning. She muttered something in her pillow and rolled over. Evelyn tried again.
"Lily. You need to get up. One of the twins has got her head stuck in the banister..."
Grumbling, Lily pulled herself out of bed. "Mac Kenzie or Madison?" Mac Kenzie was afraid of wands near her face, a strange reflex that would prevent Lily from banishing the railing around her head away.
"I never could tell..." Evelyn bit her lip.
"Okay, here I come to save the day." On the stairway, wand in hand, Lily squated down and poked the girl in the shoulder. "Now, which Lohman have we got here, huh?"
"Madison." The third year replied. "I'm stuck."
"I can see that. Care to tell me how this happened?" She raised her wand and knocked one rung away, enough for her head to squeeze through.
"Not really... must I?" Madison pulled her head out and rubbed her ears.
"No, that's alright. Go on." The blonde stood quickly and dashed down the stairs where her sister was waiting.
Lily went back to her room to shower and change into fresh robes. It wasn't until she saw Remus speaking with Peter that she realized what had transpired the night before.
"Morning, Remus."
"Hi," he said curtly and turned back to Peter.
"Fine," she sighed in defeat, "I'll just go find Vera. Tell James I've gone on ahead to breakfast."
Pure and utter loneliness moored over Lily as she walked briskly down the corridor. Perhaps it would be better if she just never spoke ever again. Starting.... NOW. Once in her seat at the Gryffindor table, she began to nibble at her toast. For some reason, she wasn't hungry. Verissa noticed and walked over to her.
"Morning!" Her voice was extremely cheerful. Lily nodded a greeting.
"Are you alright?" Verissa furrowed her brows. Lily shrugged. "Going to tell me what's wrong?"
She shook her head. "I'll tickle it out of you..." Verissa threatened.
"No... that's alright!" She hated to break her new fond vow of silence, but she hated to be tickled even more. "I said something last night and now Remus is upset with me."
"Oh." Lily couldn't read the Ravenclaw's face. Was she worried? Or was that anger?
"Have you noticed anything strange? I mean, besides the usual strange occurances?"
"No. Remus is just sensitive, that's all." Verissa's lips were clentched tightly together.
"Oh, please don't do that to me... You have no clue what I've been through these past couple days. My head is simply swimming." Verissa's expression softened and she nodded. "Alright, here's what has been happening. I thought Sirius was jealous of remus and you. He got mad. I told Remus I didn't think Severus slipped strawberries into your porrige. He got mad."
Verissa nodded. "That I agree with. It sure is an evil thing to do, but it's not in his nature. He'd more likely slip a hate potion into my food."
Lily's eyes widened. "Do you think he did? I mean, a hate potion in Remus's or Sirius's breakfast?"
She pondered it for a moment. "Could be... but Remus was nice to me..."
"Will you help me find an antidote, anyway?"
"Absolutely. I'll meet you in the library after fourth period." She and Lily shook hands in a business like manner.
When the guys came in for breakfast, Lily was extra careful to be polite and not touch any sensitive nerves.
They all looked at her as though she had been knocked off her nut.
I have a perfectly good explaination... Really, I do! I can't write just to write. If I'm not inspired then it is most likely that you guys wont like it. So... there!
QueenofTheQueer: Thank you! I'm happy you like it.
Amy: Alright, here's more!
ThistleMeg: I don't know why you never saw that it had been updated, but right now I am getting the feeling that that was a rhetorical question... huh? Yeah, you bet it's frusterating! Heck, I'm frusterated!
MinaPotter: It's not because Lily told him to get a girlfriend, it's because he doesn't think Remus and Verissa will work out because of a certain secret Our dear Messr. Moony has...
GoldenFawkes: I know! i hate those love/hate fics... :( I'm very excited that you think my fic is well written. I plan to be a novelist one day, so this is just practice! Thanks for putting me on your list! I'm going to check out you stories and perhaps i'll do the same!
Slycat: You know I love ya! Yeah. in the first chapter (or maybe it was the second) it says that Verissa is allergic to strawberries. A bit of foreshadowing, I think. :) Yeah. Our dear Lupin has finally gotten a girlfriend. But will it last? You be the judge! (although I do think they are deeply in love -- which wont show yet...)
Please email me! Slytherin_Angel@MostlySunny.com