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** Chapter Four **
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Severus Snape was sitting at a table along near the front of the library. Perfect, Lily thought to herself. She swaggered over saucily, careful to wiggle her hips with every step.
"Sn-- Severus," she cooed in Scarlett's, leaning over the table to face him, "what are doing in the library?" She flittered her eyelashes.
Snape's head snapped up.
"Mirabelle! Take a seat ..."
He waved his wand a bit and the chair drew out. Lily took it and leaned in on his books, much too close for comfort.
Urgh, she thought, he was much uglier close-up than he was at a distance.
"What're you doing?" Lily asked, eyebrows raised and twirling her hair around her finger. It was like in the last ten minutes she had become a completely different person both physically and mentally.
"I -- I was studying," Snape said jumpily. Lily fought a strong desire to laugh.
"What?" Lily said, beginning to stroke her neck with her left little finger.
"Just ... just this, Mirabelle," Snape replied. He flipped over the book he had been reading, and Lily saw that it was titled 'Nastily Advanced Dark Arts'.
"The Dark Arts," said Lily softly, her voice almost dropped down whisper. "How ... endearing."
Snape nodded and swallowed, and Lily seriously thought that she would be cracking up laughing any moment. Instead, she smiled mysteriously, untucked Snape's emerald and silver tie out of his jumper, stood up and pulled Snape up with her.
"Why don't you follow me, Severus?" Lily said, licking her lips. She grinned, knowing that Snape could not possibly answer, and led him out of the library.
"W-where are we going, Mirabelle?" Snape finally managed to ask her.
"Oh, you'll see Sevvy, you'll see," Lily said, disgusting herself. It was awful having to come onto Snape, but Lily just wanted to prove that she was no wuss, and that she had guts.
They were still on the second-floor, and Lily spotted an empty classroom at a darkened end of the corridor. Excellent, Lily thought.
"A-are we going in here, Mirabelle?" Snape asked as Lily opened the door silently.
Lily laughed softly. "Of course," she replied. Lily pushed Snape into the room first, and followed him inside.
Lily sat on the teacher's desk, her legs crossed and a come-hither expression on her face. Snape hovered around blackboard, unsure where he should really be.
"Sit in the teacher's chair, Severus," she said. Snape sat down immediately, and Lily spun around on the teacher's desk to face him. Urgh, she thought, look at that ugly wart, right there on his nose. Wait... if she squinted enough... like this... Snape almost looked a bit like Sirius...
"Why are you squinting, Mirabelle?" Snape asked, not taking his eyes off of her.
"Wha-- Oh, no reason," Lily replied quickly, her eyes snapping open properly. "I have something for you, Sevvy," she added sweetly, smoothly slipping down off the desk and onto Snape's lap, a leg either side of his thin body.
"O-oh?"
"Yes..."
Lily moved in closer, putting her hand on his bony chest and shutting her eyes tightly. Her lips pressed against his, and with all her will she forced herself to believe that it was Sirius that she was kissing...
She pulled away from Snape, whose eyes were very wide indeed, and snuck a look at the clock. Nine o'clock, ten minutes before the potion would wear off. She'd better wrap things up.
"It's nine o'clock, Sevvy," she said quietly, an arm still around his stiff neck. "Curfew time." Of course, no one paid attention to curfew rules at seventh-year, apart from the sucky Slytherins. "I'm off. But I want to be your girlfriend, Sevvy, and I'm hoping you'll be my boyfriend. See you tomorrow."
Lily pecked Snape again on the cheek (she had her eyes closed when she did this as well), jumped off of Snape's lap swiftly and hurried out of the classroom. When she was out in the corridor, sure that Snape couldn't hear her, she wiped her mouth.
"Yuck!"
*:*:*:*
The Polyjuice Potion wore off just as Lily walked back into the empty classroom where Ariella, Sirius, Remus and Peter were all waiting for her. Lily had changed back into her Gryffindor robes before going back to the empty classroom.
"Lily!"
"What happened?"
"What did you do?"
"Did you snog him?"
"Was there tongue?"
"No, there was not!" Lily retorted.
"That means you kissed him, then?" Ariella said. James was sniggering and so was Peter, copying whatever James was doing.
"Of course I bloody well did, I wasn't about to wuss out!" Lily said defensively. "Though I did wash my mouth out in the bathroom just before."
The room rang with laughter, and Sirius gave Lily a high-five.
"Did our Mirabelle ask him out?" he said.
"Yeah," Lily replied, grinning. "I can't wait to see what happens tomorrow."
"We have double Potions tomorrow with them, of course we're going to see what happens," said James. "We'll have front row seats."
The six of them thought that they should really be getting back to Gryffindor Tower, and so they headed out of the room and started to climb their way back to the seventh-floor.
Much to Lily's delight, Sirius hung back so he could walk with Lily back up to the Tower.
"I've got to admit, Evans," he said, "you impressed me. You've got guts."
He beamed, and Lily blushed and grinned.
"Thanks," she said, pleased with herself.
They didn't say anything for a while, until they reached the seventh-floor. Suddenly, Lily felt Sirius take her hand gently, taking her by surprise.
"Siri--" she started, but Sirius smiled cheekily back at her, and all of a sudden Lily found it extremely natural.
"Ladies first," he said when they had reached the Fat Lady. He said the password ("Shpinkluck") and let Lily climb in first.
Once they were in the deserted common room, Sirius and Lily stared at each other. Sirius looked at Lily as though she was the most beautiful girl in the world, and Lily self-consciously licked her lips, her mouth extremely dry. She could have sworn that Sirius was just about to lean in and kiss her when James appeared at the bottom of the boys' staircase.
"Sirius, mate, are you coming upstairs?" he said loudly from the base of the staircase.
Sirius's head snapped to James, who he looked at, annoyed.
"Sure, James," Sirius said reluctantly, and he left Lily to head up the staircase. James had gone back up to their dormitory, and Sirius followed, stroking his hair. Before he had climbed out of sight he cast an apologetic look at Lily, and all she could do in return was grin and nod softly.
James, the idiot! she thought furiously. He always ruined everything!
Sighing, Lily thought she might as well go back up to her dormitory, where she hopefully wouldn't have to retell every single thing that had happened with Snape to Ariella before she went to sleep.
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A/N: I'm getting addicted to writing this fanfic. The ideas just keep flooding into my head! I simply cannot wait to write the next few chapters, they're going to be very exciting indeed. Again, make my day and REVIEW. Thanks! xoxo DreamingPhoenix
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** Chapter Four **
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Severus Snape was sitting at a table along near the front of the library. Perfect, Lily thought to herself. She swaggered over saucily, careful to wiggle her hips with every step.
"Sn-- Severus," she cooed in Scarlett's, leaning over the table to face him, "what are doing in the library?" She flittered her eyelashes.
Snape's head snapped up.
"Mirabelle! Take a seat ..."
He waved his wand a bit and the chair drew out. Lily took it and leaned in on his books, much too close for comfort.
Urgh, she thought, he was much uglier close-up than he was at a distance.
"What're you doing?" Lily asked, eyebrows raised and twirling her hair around her finger. It was like in the last ten minutes she had become a completely different person both physically and mentally.
"I -- I was studying," Snape said jumpily. Lily fought a strong desire to laugh.
"What?" Lily said, beginning to stroke her neck with her left little finger.
"Just ... just this, Mirabelle," Snape replied. He flipped over the book he had been reading, and Lily saw that it was titled 'Nastily Advanced Dark Arts'.
"The Dark Arts," said Lily softly, her voice almost dropped down whisper. "How ... endearing."
Snape nodded and swallowed, and Lily seriously thought that she would be cracking up laughing any moment. Instead, she smiled mysteriously, untucked Snape's emerald and silver tie out of his jumper, stood up and pulled Snape up with her.
"Why don't you follow me, Severus?" Lily said, licking her lips. She grinned, knowing that Snape could not possibly answer, and led him out of the library.
"W-where are we going, Mirabelle?" Snape finally managed to ask her.
"Oh, you'll see Sevvy, you'll see," Lily said, disgusting herself. It was awful having to come onto Snape, but Lily just wanted to prove that she was no wuss, and that she had guts.
They were still on the second-floor, and Lily spotted an empty classroom at a darkened end of the corridor. Excellent, Lily thought.
"A-are we going in here, Mirabelle?" Snape asked as Lily opened the door silently.
Lily laughed softly. "Of course," she replied. Lily pushed Snape into the room first, and followed him inside.
Lily sat on the teacher's desk, her legs crossed and a come-hither expression on her face. Snape hovered around blackboard, unsure where he should really be.
"Sit in the teacher's chair, Severus," she said. Snape sat down immediately, and Lily spun around on the teacher's desk to face him. Urgh, she thought, look at that ugly wart, right there on his nose. Wait... if she squinted enough... like this... Snape almost looked a bit like Sirius...
"Why are you squinting, Mirabelle?" Snape asked, not taking his eyes off of her.
"Wha-- Oh, no reason," Lily replied quickly, her eyes snapping open properly. "I have something for you, Sevvy," she added sweetly, smoothly slipping down off the desk and onto Snape's lap, a leg either side of his thin body.
"O-oh?"
"Yes..."
Lily moved in closer, putting her hand on his bony chest and shutting her eyes tightly. Her lips pressed against his, and with all her will she forced herself to believe that it was Sirius that she was kissing...
She pulled away from Snape, whose eyes were very wide indeed, and snuck a look at the clock. Nine o'clock, ten minutes before the potion would wear off. She'd better wrap things up.
"It's nine o'clock, Sevvy," she said quietly, an arm still around his stiff neck. "Curfew time." Of course, no one paid attention to curfew rules at seventh-year, apart from the sucky Slytherins. "I'm off. But I want to be your girlfriend, Sevvy, and I'm hoping you'll be my boyfriend. See you tomorrow."
Lily pecked Snape again on the cheek (she had her eyes closed when she did this as well), jumped off of Snape's lap swiftly and hurried out of the classroom. When she was out in the corridor, sure that Snape couldn't hear her, she wiped her mouth.
"Yuck!"
*:*:*:*
The Polyjuice Potion wore off just as Lily walked back into the empty classroom where Ariella, Sirius, Remus and Peter were all waiting for her. Lily had changed back into her Gryffindor robes before going back to the empty classroom.
"Lily!"
"What happened?"
"What did you do?"
"Did you snog him?"
"Was there tongue?"
"No, there was not!" Lily retorted.
"That means you kissed him, then?" Ariella said. James was sniggering and so was Peter, copying whatever James was doing.
"Of course I bloody well did, I wasn't about to wuss out!" Lily said defensively. "Though I did wash my mouth out in the bathroom just before."
The room rang with laughter, and Sirius gave Lily a high-five.
"Did our Mirabelle ask him out?" he said.
"Yeah," Lily replied, grinning. "I can't wait to see what happens tomorrow."
"We have double Potions tomorrow with them, of course we're going to see what happens," said James. "We'll have front row seats."
The six of them thought that they should really be getting back to Gryffindor Tower, and so they headed out of the room and started to climb their way back to the seventh-floor.
Much to Lily's delight, Sirius hung back so he could walk with Lily back up to the Tower.
"I've got to admit, Evans," he said, "you impressed me. You've got guts."
He beamed, and Lily blushed and grinned.
"Thanks," she said, pleased with herself.
They didn't say anything for a while, until they reached the seventh-floor. Suddenly, Lily felt Sirius take her hand gently, taking her by surprise.
"Siri--" she started, but Sirius smiled cheekily back at her, and all of a sudden Lily found it extremely natural.
"Ladies first," he said when they had reached the Fat Lady. He said the password ("Shpinkluck") and let Lily climb in first.
Once they were in the deserted common room, Sirius and Lily stared at each other. Sirius looked at Lily as though she was the most beautiful girl in the world, and Lily self-consciously licked her lips, her mouth extremely dry. She could have sworn that Sirius was just about to lean in and kiss her when James appeared at the bottom of the boys' staircase.
"Sirius, mate, are you coming upstairs?" he said loudly from the base of the staircase.
Sirius's head snapped to James, who he looked at, annoyed.
"Sure, James," Sirius said reluctantly, and he left Lily to head up the staircase. James had gone back up to their dormitory, and Sirius followed, stroking his hair. Before he had climbed out of sight he cast an apologetic look at Lily, and all she could do in return was grin and nod softly.
James, the idiot! she thought furiously. He always ruined everything!
Sighing, Lily thought she might as well go back up to her dormitory, where she hopefully wouldn't have to retell every single thing that had happened with Snape to Ariella before she went to sleep.
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A/N: I'm getting addicted to writing this fanfic. The ideas just keep flooding into my head! I simply cannot wait to write the next few chapters, they're going to be very exciting indeed. Again, make my day and REVIEW. Thanks! xoxo DreamingPhoenix
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