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Chapter 10- Defiance
Lily pulled away finally, her eyes still closed. They shot open, and immediately she began laughing uncontrollably.
"Wha-?" Sirius started to ask, but she raised a hand and covered his lips. Waiting a moment, staring at him seriously, she removed her hand and leaned in to kiss him again. She couldn't help it. Kissing him took all of her worries away; made them disappear as if they had in fact never been there at all. It was amazing, and she had no intention of giving up that natural high.
Finally gathering some self-controlled modesty, she pulled back again slightly, turning her head to the side. Sirius kissed her cheek and underneath her ears, until she gave a small smile and scooted out of his reach.
"Sirius...I don't know..."
"Don't know what?" he grinned.
"What are we doing?" He shrugged in answer, but didn't appear to have any problem with whatever it was she was thinking. Lily sighed. "I just broke up with your best friend...and now here we are....Aren't you still going out with that one girl?"
"Laura? No, we broke up a few days ago. I couldn't take any more snootiness."
"Oh, and I suppose you aren't snooty?" He looked confused, so she just shook her head, as if to say 'nevermind'. "Sirius, do you really think we should? I mean...well, I don't know what I mean."
He laughed. "I think you mean to say that you want this. In any case, I do."
"Sirius...this is a bit too sudden...I don't like telling you this, but I'm not sure whether I really have feelings for you, past friendliness, or not."
He nodded, understanding. "Well, when you do know, tell me. Because I already know what I feel for you." he smiled and lifted himself off of the bed. "See ya later Lils." And he left the room, leaving her alone.
She put a few fingers to her lips, confused. Had she really done what she thought she had? Well, the moment had been right. But was the person? She shook her head. What a stupid question to ask herself. She was almost ready to admit to herself that no person would be right, whatever she might think. Hadn't she thought James was the right one, at least for the time being? That was a stupid assumption. She was too trusting. She gave in too easily. Did she ever do anything right?
Mary walked into the room, ready to see Lily sitting there looking depressed, like she had all week. Her blue eyes shone when she realized that Lily had a slight smile on her face.
"Er..Lils? Something wrong?" Tiredly, she dropped onto her bed and turned to face Lily again.
"What?" Lily's eyes came back into focus. "Wrong? No, thing's wrong. Not really."
Mary gathered her long, black hair with one hand and curled it over her shoulder. Then, she remembered seeing that same look on Sirius' face a few moments before, while he walked down the stairs leading to their dormitory...
"Lily- you didn't!" but she was grinning, amused.
Lily laughed. "Depends on what you mean."
"You kissed Sirius, didn't you?"
"Mm."
Mary laughed again. "So, you really are planning on going all out this year, huh?"
"Whatever happens to insult my parents and their view of me, yes, I plan on doing."
She looked delighted. "When did you decide that?"
"Oh, a few days ago. Probably around the time I was crying over you-know-who."
"Honestly, you can say James' name. But that isn't the point- you sure about going all out?"
"What kind of question is that? Of course I'm sure! I'm sick of this. All of it."
"Good. Because I've decided the same thing." her blue eyes gleamed with mirth.
"Great! Where shall we start, then?"
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James walked into the Great Hall feeling dejected. But as he looked up with dark, detached eyes, he burst out laughing, his face splitting into a grin.
All of the male Slytherins' robes were flashing "I love men." and they couldn't seem to reverse them. And the girl's robes- "Party at my House tonight. Bring in the Gryffindors!" which the simple fact of knowing that the word Gryffindor was anywhere on their clothing infuriated them.
Everyone else in the school was laughing. Dumbledore seemed to be having a little bit of trouble keeping a straight face, and quickly took a sip of pumpkin juice to cover that. Eventually, though, he rose from his chair at the head of the room and the laughter fell silent.
"I would like to see two young women from Gryffindor in my office, who I believe know who they are. And Slytherins, I would think it appropriate to see the charms teacher, for it seems that nobody else is so skilled in charms to be able to reverse that." he sat back down with shining azure eyes.
James immediately looked over at Lily, sitting there grinning stupidly with Mary. What was up with them? He was confused and astonished at the same time. Without thinking, he walked over to where Lily was sitting and sat down next to her. She didn't look up. "Sirius, I-" His heart sank. Sirius? Then Lily looked up into his eyes and fell silent before looking away again and promptly ignoring him.
"Lily, please. Just-" he watched as Sirius approached, gave him a silent look, and turned to Lily. He picked up her hand and gave it a soft kiss. Looking up at him, she smiled.
James watched sadly, and then got up and left with hands stuffed into his robes.
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Mary and Lily laughed the whole way up to Dumbledore's office. Sirius, of course, had complimented them on their nice work. And they were proud of themselves.
They walked through the threshold and turned to face the Headmaster, who sat knowingly at his desk, his bright eyes watching them, concealed behind half moon spectacles.
"I would say that was amusing," he began. They grinned. "but it's also quite frowned upon."
"We know, sir." Lily said.
Mary added, "Er...sorry about that, Professor Dumbledore."
His eyes twinkled. "I'll have to notify your parents, of course. New policy I've thought up. With James and the others here...well never mind." he smiled again.
"Notify our parents?" Lily looked up with relative interest.
"Yes, Miss Evans."
"Alright then." she and Mary looked at each other, grinning.
"Well, time to go back to class..." Dumbledore watched them, slightly confused as they walked towards the door, muttering excitedly to each other.
After they had shut the door, he said to himself. "They seem happy for students who have just gotten into trouble."
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