A Love born of Hate
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1. Mmm, Professor Graham and Jelena Patil are mine. Well, Parvati and Padma's name is Patil, too, because her mother just wanted them to have her last name, okay?
A/N: Thanks for the reviews!
Chapter 2
That night Lilly couldn't go to sleep. She had way too much on her mind to just allow her mind to rest from the worries of the day. On the one hand she really wanted to get away from James, Sirius and their lot and on the other hand she wanted to stay. Of course Hogwarts was a wonderful place, but there was more to it ... The Defense against the Dark Arts teacher, Dandelion Graham. She sighed ... Professor Graham wasn't the most handsome person she had ever met and that was why nobody but Lilly was really interested in him, but she saw something else in him. Something different. She loved his dark brown hair and how it would hang into his eyes and the way he brushed it away ... how his blue eyes sparkled when he explained something he found interesting. With another soft sight she turned around and with the thought of Professor Graham still in her mind she finally found sleep.
What Lilly didn't know was that James, Sirius, Remus and Peter were still awake. Sirius's eyes were closed and he focused on something while the others were watching him curiously, also deep in thought. Sirius had developed a certain talent to read other people's minds. At that time most of the students hadn't heard about Occlumency yet and Lilly knew nothing of this art to protect your mind from others. Sirius however, had sometimes caught flashes of Lilly's thoughts and emotions towards the DA teacher and now he would try and find out more about it.
And really: As soon as he had entered Lilly's mind waves of emotions and dreams regarding Professor Graham washed over the black haired boy. With a grin he withdrew and looked at his friends who were watching him expectantly.
"It seems that Miss Evans is indeed in love with Professor Graham," Sirius chuckled.
That night the boys didn't get a lot of sleep but they didn't mind since they were too excited to find out if their plan had worked or not, anyway.
When Lilly got down to the Great Hall the next morning students were pointing at her, laughing. She shrugged and walked towards the Gryffindor table where several of her friends were just staring at her in disbelief.
"Is it true, Lil?" Jelena Patil, future mother to Parvati and Padma Patil, asked.
"Uhhh, what is true?"
Jelena brushed a blonde curl out of her face and pointed towards a piece of paper that was along with many other pieces of paper floating over the table. Lilly caught one and read through; by the time she was finished she was shaking with rage, fear and shame. Tears welled up in her eyes and she jumped up to leave the room, determined never to come back again in her whole life, no matter what. Jelena took the paper again and read through it again.
Lilly Evans, Gryffindor Prefect, is in love with Professor Graham.
Lilly stormed towards the stairs, but just when she arrived there it decided to change its direction. She cursed under her breath and turned to find another way back to her bedroom when she heard laughters behind her: James and his lot were standing near the entrance to the Great Hall, talking about Lilly's humiliation.
"Have you seen her face when she read it, Moony?" James giggled. "It was just priceless!"
"Are you sure that was such a good idea?" Remus murmured.
"She deserves it!" James laughed and ruffled his own hair.
"And what for?" Lilly cried out, no longer able to just be silent and listen. "For saving a poor boy who hasn't done anything to you?!"
James stared at her; she looked like a furious Goddess, seeking revenge. "E- evans, I ... umm ... uhhh ..."
Lilly considered several charms, but then she decided on a art that most females know the second they need it: she slapped him hard and good.
James held his cheek, trying not to whimper. Evans was definitely not helpless, magic or not. Sirius raised his wand, but this time Remus was too quick.
"Expelliarmus!" With that Sirius' wand flew into Remus' hand. "Enough! That's really enough!"
The uproar caused by the boys and Lilly had attracted several teachers. All ended with fifty points (for each of them) being taken from Gryffindor and cauldron cleaning for James and Sirius while Lilly, Remus and Peter just had to write 'I will not fight my fellow class mates' for 1000 times.
Five days later all of the students got on the Hogwarts Express and back him; The Marauders were still angry while Lilly had felt like someone had ripped out her heart and pierced it with a dagger and she swore something that she intended never to forget about:
"I will never ever forgive James Potter! Come what may!"
Disclaimer: See Chapter 1. Mmm, Professor Graham and Jelena Patil are mine. Well, Parvati and Padma's name is Patil, too, because her mother just wanted them to have her last name, okay?
A/N: Thanks for the reviews!
Chapter 2
That night Lilly couldn't go to sleep. She had way too much on her mind to just allow her mind to rest from the worries of the day. On the one hand she really wanted to get away from James, Sirius and their lot and on the other hand she wanted to stay. Of course Hogwarts was a wonderful place, but there was more to it ... The Defense against the Dark Arts teacher, Dandelion Graham. She sighed ... Professor Graham wasn't the most handsome person she had ever met and that was why nobody but Lilly was really interested in him, but she saw something else in him. Something different. She loved his dark brown hair and how it would hang into his eyes and the way he brushed it away ... how his blue eyes sparkled when he explained something he found interesting. With another soft sight she turned around and with the thought of Professor Graham still in her mind she finally found sleep.
What Lilly didn't know was that James, Sirius, Remus and Peter were still awake. Sirius's eyes were closed and he focused on something while the others were watching him curiously, also deep in thought. Sirius had developed a certain talent to read other people's minds. At that time most of the students hadn't heard about Occlumency yet and Lilly knew nothing of this art to protect your mind from others. Sirius however, had sometimes caught flashes of Lilly's thoughts and emotions towards the DA teacher and now he would try and find out more about it.
And really: As soon as he had entered Lilly's mind waves of emotions and dreams regarding Professor Graham washed over the black haired boy. With a grin he withdrew and looked at his friends who were watching him expectantly.
"It seems that Miss Evans is indeed in love with Professor Graham," Sirius chuckled.
That night the boys didn't get a lot of sleep but they didn't mind since they were too excited to find out if their plan had worked or not, anyway.
When Lilly got down to the Great Hall the next morning students were pointing at her, laughing. She shrugged and walked towards the Gryffindor table where several of her friends were just staring at her in disbelief.
"Is it true, Lil?" Jelena Patil, future mother to Parvati and Padma Patil, asked.
"Uhhh, what is true?"
Jelena brushed a blonde curl out of her face and pointed towards a piece of paper that was along with many other pieces of paper floating over the table. Lilly caught one and read through; by the time she was finished she was shaking with rage, fear and shame. Tears welled up in her eyes and she jumped up to leave the room, determined never to come back again in her whole life, no matter what. Jelena took the paper again and read through it again.
Lilly Evans, Gryffindor Prefect, is in love with Professor Graham.
Lilly stormed towards the stairs, but just when she arrived there it decided to change its direction. She cursed under her breath and turned to find another way back to her bedroom when she heard laughters behind her: James and his lot were standing near the entrance to the Great Hall, talking about Lilly's humiliation.
"Have you seen her face when she read it, Moony?" James giggled. "It was just priceless!"
"Are you sure that was such a good idea?" Remus murmured.
"She deserves it!" James laughed and ruffled his own hair.
"And what for?" Lilly cried out, no longer able to just be silent and listen. "For saving a poor boy who hasn't done anything to you?!"
James stared at her; she looked like a furious Goddess, seeking revenge. "E- evans, I ... umm ... uhhh ..."
Lilly considered several charms, but then she decided on a art that most females know the second they need it: she slapped him hard and good.
James held his cheek, trying not to whimper. Evans was definitely not helpless, magic or not. Sirius raised his wand, but this time Remus was too quick.
"Expelliarmus!" With that Sirius' wand flew into Remus' hand. "Enough! That's really enough!"
The uproar caused by the boys and Lilly had attracted several teachers. All ended with fifty points (for each of them) being taken from Gryffindor and cauldron cleaning for James and Sirius while Lilly, Remus and Peter just had to write 'I will not fight my fellow class mates' for 1000 times.
Five days later all of the students got on the Hogwarts Express and back him; The Marauders were still angry while Lilly had felt like someone had ripped out her heart and pierced it with a dagger and she swore something that she intended never to forget about:
"I will never ever forgive James Potter! Come what may!"
