Chapter ten--Snapie Reveals All
"Are you insane?" implored Sirius. Ruby glared at him.
"No, I'm just as sane as you are...I take that back. I'm just as sane as a *normal* person."
"So you're saying I'm demented?"
"Why yes, I suppose I am--"
"Shut up, the pair of you!" Lily yelled, causing James to wake up.
"What's going on?" asked James sleepily, standing up beside them.
"Ruby wants to poison Severus," Lily replied.
"Not poison!" Ruby said impatiently. "It's Veritaserum--a truth potion. But...but how're we supposed to get him to lure Lily and James to fall asleep with each other?"
"Are you *joking*?" James snorted. "He would give *anything* to get me in trouble. Sirius--you just go and tell Snape--anything....tell him to make a love potion or something, make him lure Lily and me to sleep with each other--"
"James Potter!" Lily spoke up. "I will *not* get in bed with you!"
"Why not?" he asked, sounding hurt.
"Oh, men, I don't know--just go, hurry! Tell him now! We don't have much time before McGonagall questions him."
"Right," Sirius said hastily. "I'm off." He walked out of the common room.
"But Ruby--where on earth are we going to get Veritaserum? It takes three months to--" Lily began.
"Not to worry. I snuck some out of the Potions cupboard yesterday. I knew we'd need it for something," she shrugged.
"Right then, let's get it out. Ruby, you go on. James and I will have to go down to the Great Hall--since Severus doesn't know our common room password. "
"Okay. See you later!" Lily grabbed James's arm and led him out of the common room and into the Great Hall.
"Wait," Lily said as they approached the door.
"What?" James asked.
"We need to make it look like we're really in love...but not so much that we sleep with each other."
"But we are!" said James indigantly.
"Erm...yes, well...I s'ppose we are...but still, we don't display it to the public."
"Right...I have a plan."
"Alright..."
"Just do what I say...c'mon, let's go!" James grabbed Lily's hand, lacing his fingers with hers. They walked into the Hall and made a beeline for the Gryffindor table. Lily spotted Sirius standing by Severus, whispering in his ear.
"What happens now?" asked Lily, buttering a piece of toast casually.
"Er...okay. Wait 'till Snivellus is looking this way...come on...okay, put down the toast," James muttered. Lily placed the toast onto her plate.
"Okay...now what hap--" James silenced her with a kiss, taking her by surprise. The innocent, soft kiss turned almost at once into a forceful kiss. Lily looked up at the staff table. Professor McGonagall was now striding toward them.
"*Damn*," Lily said into James's mouth. He broke away.
"What...holy sh--"
"POTTER-AND-EVANS-STRAIGHT-TO-MY-OFFICE-RIGHT-NOW!" McGonagall shrieked, grabbing them by the neck of their robes. James glanced over at Severus, who was now walking out of the hall. Sirius grinned and flashed a thumbs-up. James nodded and smiled.
Professor McGonagall led them into her office(again). Lily sat down and stared at her feet. She didn't realize that this would get her into trouble...
"Explain yourselves...both of you!" McGonagall spluttered.
"Wow, your so mad you aren't even talking in complete sentences," James said. Lily pursed her lips at James's comment. /You idiot/ she thought.
"Mr. Potter you are ALREADY in a LOT of trouble, do not make matters worse for you NOW."
"P-Professor, I can explain--" Lily started.
"Miss Evans, that is *all* I have heard from the pair of you this year. Your innapropriate behavior has *got* to stop!"
"I kn-know Professor, and we're really very sorry...well...me more then him--"
"What?" James yelped. "You don't think I'm sorry too?"
"No," Lily said calmly. "Because apparently I'm the only one who takes being Head Girl seriously."
"You don't think I take being Head Boy seriously?"
"No, I don't. You're always getting into trouble, detention, whatever. And then you drag *me* into it."
"But I--"
"ENOUGH!" Professor McGonagall shouted over the bickering couple. Lily tucked her hair behind her ear and looked up, her eyes shining with tears threatning to erupt. James ran his hand through his hair exasperatley.
"Now, I know what Potter here is capable of, and I finally see how Miss Evans gets dragged in to Potters' shananagans. James...detention for two weeks with me. And...I'm afraid I'll have to confiscate your Head Boy badge while you serve it."
"WHAT?" James roared.
"But he--" Lily started.
"Silence. Both of you. Straight to your dormitories...now." Lily and James stood up and exited the office sulkily.
"What was *that* all about?" James asked as they climbed the staircase to the seventh floor.
"What?" Lily replied distractedly.
" 'You don't take being Head Boy seriously' ," mocked James.
"Oh...sorry..." Lily said, flushing. They approached the Fat Lady.
"Pixie D--" James started, but was interupted.
"Hey Evans, Potter!" shouted a cold voice somewhere behind them. Lily froze.
"Snivellus," James said curtly, his eyes narrowed.
"So are you two going to pack your bags?" Snape sneered as he approached them. "Or to do a bit of shagging--" James lunged for him, but Lily held him back.
"STOP--JAMES--NO!" Lily said, struggling to hold back James.
"I bet you'd just *love* to get that Mudblood in bed, Potter," Snape said softly. Lily released James and lunged for Snape herself. She tackled him, knocking him down onto the ground, Lily on top of him. Then, Sirius and Ruby rounded the corner, both freezing at the sight of Lily and Snape.
"Erm..." Ruby said, a horrified expression on her face. Lily tossed her red hair and stood up, breathing hard.
"I just--" started Lily.
"SNAPE!" yelled a voice. A voice that sounded similar to--
"McGonagall!" said all four of them.
"Ruby! Give him the potion, quick!" Lily whispered as she and James rushed into a nearby broom cupboard. Ruby's hand dived inside her robes and pulled out the potion. She stooped down where Severus was laying and suffed the bottle into his mouth. As soon as she drained the bottle into a gagging Severus, she flew around the corridor where Sirius was hiding.
"Snape, why are you on the ground boy, get up! I have a question to ask!" Lily heard McGonagall say. She stuffed her face into James's shoulder to keep from laughing.
"Y-yes, Professor McGonagall," said Snape in a dull voice.
"Did you really trick James and Lily into falling asleep in their common room?"
"Yes. Then Lily jumped on me...she *is* the hottest Mudblood I've *ever* met."
"Very--very well then," Professor McGonagall said strangely. "Come with me."
As soon as Lily was sure they were gone, she burst out of the cupboard, followed by James.
"Well now, THAT was interesting," said Lily conversationaly.
"Yeah," said James gruffly. "C'mon, let's go to the common room."
"Are you insane?" implored Sirius. Ruby glared at him.
"No, I'm just as sane as you are...I take that back. I'm just as sane as a *normal* person."
"So you're saying I'm demented?"
"Why yes, I suppose I am--"
"Shut up, the pair of you!" Lily yelled, causing James to wake up.
"What's going on?" asked James sleepily, standing up beside them.
"Ruby wants to poison Severus," Lily replied.
"Not poison!" Ruby said impatiently. "It's Veritaserum--a truth potion. But...but how're we supposed to get him to lure Lily and James to fall asleep with each other?"
"Are you *joking*?" James snorted. "He would give *anything* to get me in trouble. Sirius--you just go and tell Snape--anything....tell him to make a love potion or something, make him lure Lily and me to sleep with each other--"
"James Potter!" Lily spoke up. "I will *not* get in bed with you!"
"Why not?" he asked, sounding hurt.
"Oh, men, I don't know--just go, hurry! Tell him now! We don't have much time before McGonagall questions him."
"Right," Sirius said hastily. "I'm off." He walked out of the common room.
"But Ruby--where on earth are we going to get Veritaserum? It takes three months to--" Lily began.
"Not to worry. I snuck some out of the Potions cupboard yesterday. I knew we'd need it for something," she shrugged.
"Right then, let's get it out. Ruby, you go on. James and I will have to go down to the Great Hall--since Severus doesn't know our common room password. "
"Okay. See you later!" Lily grabbed James's arm and led him out of the common room and into the Great Hall.
"Wait," Lily said as they approached the door.
"What?" James asked.
"We need to make it look like we're really in love...but not so much that we sleep with each other."
"But we are!" said James indigantly.
"Erm...yes, well...I s'ppose we are...but still, we don't display it to the public."
"Right...I have a plan."
"Alright..."
"Just do what I say...c'mon, let's go!" James grabbed Lily's hand, lacing his fingers with hers. They walked into the Hall and made a beeline for the Gryffindor table. Lily spotted Sirius standing by Severus, whispering in his ear.
"What happens now?" asked Lily, buttering a piece of toast casually.
"Er...okay. Wait 'till Snivellus is looking this way...come on...okay, put down the toast," James muttered. Lily placed the toast onto her plate.
"Okay...now what hap--" James silenced her with a kiss, taking her by surprise. The innocent, soft kiss turned almost at once into a forceful kiss. Lily looked up at the staff table. Professor McGonagall was now striding toward them.
"*Damn*," Lily said into James's mouth. He broke away.
"What...holy sh--"
"POTTER-AND-EVANS-STRAIGHT-TO-MY-OFFICE-RIGHT-NOW!" McGonagall shrieked, grabbing them by the neck of their robes. James glanced over at Severus, who was now walking out of the hall. Sirius grinned and flashed a thumbs-up. James nodded and smiled.
Professor McGonagall led them into her office(again). Lily sat down and stared at her feet. She didn't realize that this would get her into trouble...
"Explain yourselves...both of you!" McGonagall spluttered.
"Wow, your so mad you aren't even talking in complete sentences," James said. Lily pursed her lips at James's comment. /You idiot/ she thought.
"Mr. Potter you are ALREADY in a LOT of trouble, do not make matters worse for you NOW."
"P-Professor, I can explain--" Lily started.
"Miss Evans, that is *all* I have heard from the pair of you this year. Your innapropriate behavior has *got* to stop!"
"I kn-know Professor, and we're really very sorry...well...me more then him--"
"What?" James yelped. "You don't think I'm sorry too?"
"No," Lily said calmly. "Because apparently I'm the only one who takes being Head Girl seriously."
"You don't think I take being Head Boy seriously?"
"No, I don't. You're always getting into trouble, detention, whatever. And then you drag *me* into it."
"But I--"
"ENOUGH!" Professor McGonagall shouted over the bickering couple. Lily tucked her hair behind her ear and looked up, her eyes shining with tears threatning to erupt. James ran his hand through his hair exasperatley.
"Now, I know what Potter here is capable of, and I finally see how Miss Evans gets dragged in to Potters' shananagans. James...detention for two weeks with me. And...I'm afraid I'll have to confiscate your Head Boy badge while you serve it."
"WHAT?" James roared.
"But he--" Lily started.
"Silence. Both of you. Straight to your dormitories...now." Lily and James stood up and exited the office sulkily.
"What was *that* all about?" James asked as they climbed the staircase to the seventh floor.
"What?" Lily replied distractedly.
" 'You don't take being Head Boy seriously' ," mocked James.
"Oh...sorry..." Lily said, flushing. They approached the Fat Lady.
"Pixie D--" James started, but was interupted.
"Hey Evans, Potter!" shouted a cold voice somewhere behind them. Lily froze.
"Snivellus," James said curtly, his eyes narrowed.
"So are you two going to pack your bags?" Snape sneered as he approached them. "Or to do a bit of shagging--" James lunged for him, but Lily held him back.
"STOP--JAMES--NO!" Lily said, struggling to hold back James.
"I bet you'd just *love* to get that Mudblood in bed, Potter," Snape said softly. Lily released James and lunged for Snape herself. She tackled him, knocking him down onto the ground, Lily on top of him. Then, Sirius and Ruby rounded the corner, both freezing at the sight of Lily and Snape.
"Erm..." Ruby said, a horrified expression on her face. Lily tossed her red hair and stood up, breathing hard.
"I just--" started Lily.
"SNAPE!" yelled a voice. A voice that sounded similar to--
"McGonagall!" said all four of them.
"Ruby! Give him the potion, quick!" Lily whispered as she and James rushed into a nearby broom cupboard. Ruby's hand dived inside her robes and pulled out the potion. She stooped down where Severus was laying and suffed the bottle into his mouth. As soon as she drained the bottle into a gagging Severus, she flew around the corridor where Sirius was hiding.
"Snape, why are you on the ground boy, get up! I have a question to ask!" Lily heard McGonagall say. She stuffed her face into James's shoulder to keep from laughing.
"Y-yes, Professor McGonagall," said Snape in a dull voice.
"Did you really trick James and Lily into falling asleep in their common room?"
"Yes. Then Lily jumped on me...she *is* the hottest Mudblood I've *ever* met."
"Very--very well then," Professor McGonagall said strangely. "Come with me."
As soon as Lily was sure they were gone, she burst out of the cupboard, followed by James.
"Well now, THAT was interesting," said Lily conversationaly.
"Yeah," said James gruffly. "C'mon, let's go to the common room."