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What You Don't Know
Chapter 13
'Mr. Black? Is Mr. Black here?' Their Transfiguration professor was calling out. Lily turned to look at James, sitting beside her, and they both smirked. Lily was trying quite hard not to think about why they had left Sirius out by the lake. It appeared that James was as well.
Finally, Lily raised her hand. 'Yes, Miss Evans?'
'Sirius isn't in class, and I don't think that he's going to becoming to class,' she said, trying to keep a straight face. It became increasingly difficult when James snorted loudly.
Their professor raised an eyebrow. 'Is that so? Why, may I ask?'
She tried hard to keep her face innocent. 'This is Sirius we're talking about. He was being his usual self,'
Their was a short pause, then, 'very well. Today, class, we will be performing a rather difficult spell, not unlike the Switching Spell. If you could turn to the person on your left, we will begin...'
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'Lily! Hey, Lily, wait up!' James called, stuffing his quill into his bag as he ran down the hallway. Up ahead, he could see the flame of red hair next to short blonde hair and a guy's brown hair. The redhead turned around. 'Um. Hi,' James said, coughing slightly as he reached them. Alice and Frank smiled in amusement. 'Hey Alice, hey Frank,'
'Hi, James,' Alice said, a smile playing about her lips. 'We'll see you two later.'
'Yeah,' Lily smirked. 'They have some studying to do,'
Alice turned red, but Frank just laughed. 'Can't you set her up with some guy?' he asked his girlfriend. James felt himself blush at that.
'Oh,' Alice said, smirking herself now. 'I think Lily can get a date on her own,'
'Really?' Lily exclaimed. 'You are such a good friend!'
Alice just grinned, took Frank's hand, and the two left. Now Lily turned back to James, who was feeling more awkward by the second.
'So. I just wanted to- apologize, for what happened.'
A small grin played about the corners of Lily's mouth. 'Right. It was really fun to talk to me and you want to thank me and then leave?'
'Well...'
She burst into laughter. 'You really were going to say that! I can't believe you! That is hilarious!'
He was slightly put-out, mainly because he had been intending to say just that, and because the girl of his dreams was practically dying of laughter... directed at him. He started to walk away, but Lily grabbed his arm.
'Sorry,' she managed to say, still giggling. She was clearly trying to settle herself down, an effort for which James was grateful. 'It's just.... That's exactly what you said to me before, after the ball,'
'Are you saying that I'm predictable?' James asked softly, smiling himself now as he realized the truth in her words.
'Very,'
'What could I do that would be unpredictable?'
'You'll have to think of that on your own, mate. Can't help you there,'
'Clearly.'
There was a pause. 'Do you think we ought to rescue Sirius?' Lily asked, frowning slightly. 'I mean, we don't want him to get hurt... And he might if, you know, one of his cousins comes along,'
'That's a good point. Still, I'd say he deserves it,'
'Why?' Lily asked, watching him intently.
If James didn't know Lily better, he would have said that she knew and was trying to get him to admit that he loved her and had been about to kiss her when Sirius had interrupted them, but -- he couldn't. He just plain couldn't.
'For the same reason you put a silencing spell on him in the common room the other night,'
Lily grinned. 'Touché,'
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'Maybe,' Alice frowned, 'we should just stop this whole stupid thing and let Hestia come to her senses- if she still has any- and break it off.'
'But what if Malfoy learns something dangerous in the meantime?'
'I know, I know. But I still don't like your plan. I really think that it would just backfire,'
It was late at night, and Lily and Alice were whispering together next to the window in their dorm. Lily had finally told Alice her plan, having realized suddenly that she had told James, and not her best friend. Plus, she did want Alice's take on the matter.
'Then what do you suggest?'
As Alice opened her mouth to answer, the dormitory door opened, and Hestia walked in, her eyes sharp as she saw the two of them together.
'Hello,' Lily greeted her cautiously.
'Hi, guys,' Hestia returned, still eyeing them.
'Want to talk?' Alice asked casually, shooting Lily a glance that clearly told her to play along.
Hestia was quiet for a minute, then, 'okay,' She walked over to sit down next to them. 'What were you talking about?'
'Oh, we were just reminiscing about our first day at Hogwarts. Remember how Lily and James both fell out of the boats on our way over?'
Hestia giggled. 'Yeah. We all sat together on the train coming up,'
Lily wondered where Alice was going with this. 'That was fun. We were terrified... We had no idea what to expect,'
'And then there was that stupid boy who called Lily a- a- well, you know what, and she hexed him, and he was so surprised that a first-year could do that, and then we were so angry at him we made a pact to never, ever let him do anything to us again,' Alice smiled.
There was a pause. Okay. Apparently that was where Alice had been going, seeing as how that 'stupid boy' had been none other than Luicius Malfoy.
'He's really not a nice person,' Lily pleaded, breaking the silence. Why, oh why, couldn't Hestia understand? What was wrong with her?
'People change. My word, Lily, look whose talking. You've hated James Potter since- as long as I can remember- and now here you are practically dating him,' Hestia snapped.
Lily had to fight the urge to yell, and instead answered in her best attempt at a calm, quiet voice. 'First of all, I have not hated James forever. Second of all, we are not practically dating, we are friends and that's only because he has proved himself to be a good, loyal friend, and a funny person who is worth being friends with. But I would rather marry James then ever go out with someone who is into the Dark Arts, and that is the third and final difference: James has never called me a mudblood- despite almost implying it once when we had a huge row- and he despises the Dark Arts and Lucius Malfoy does not,'
She realized as she spoke that her voice was growing icy and she had to spit the last four words out from between clenched teeth.
Hestia's eyes were dark with a very strong emotion that Lily could not quite name. The black-haired girl tightened her grip on the chair and then said, 'is he really into the Dark Arts?'
Alice widened her eyes, and looked away, clearly unable to speak.
That left Lily.
Pushing all frustration out of her voice, she looked Hestia in the eye. 'Hestia, we all have great reason to believe that Malfoy is not only interested in the Dark Arts, but is, in fact, a Death Eater. He despises Muggleborns.'
'I know that,' Hestia whispered. 'I tried to tell him that it was stupid. But- Oh, Lily. You two are so brilliant and beautiful and loved and funny and clever and nice and everyone looks up to you, because you're courageous and kind and it's so hard to be your friend. Then one day someone asked me out, and I asked him why and he said because I was an interesting person that he'd like to get to know and because I was beautiful and he thought that I was fearless and smart.'
'You are all those things, Hestia. Along with being the sweetest person that I know,'
Hestia began to cry. 'But I- I said things that I shouldn't have, when I was... Well, you know,'
Lily wrapped her arms around her friend. 'Ssh. That's okay. Everyone says things that they shouldn't,'
There came a muffled giggle through the sobs, as Hestia said, 'right. Like you and James.'
Lily blushed. 'Shut up,'
Alice now joined the hug, whispering, 'you really could do a million times better than him, Hestia. Won't you-'
She stopped herself, but Hestia, on her own said. 'I'll break up with him tomorrow,'
Lily was bewildered. Hestia had to have known all along that Malfoy was into the Dark Arts, and yet, here she was, saying she'd break up with him. Maybe all it took was a little love.
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'Hestia's back! ' Lily squealed as she sat down between James and Alice.
'What?'
'Just look!'
Sirius, James, Remus, Peter, and Frank looked over at the Slytherin table, where Hestia was talking with Malfoy.
'Er.... What?' James asked again.
'Unless she has serious issues, she is in the process of dumping him,'
'See? You're a genius, Lily,' James said happily.
'Thank you kindly, but it was, in fact, all Alice's idea,
'See?' Frank grinned. 'You're a genius, Alice,' and he leaned over to kiss her lightly.
'Hey!' Sirius exclaimed. 'James didn't kiss Lily,' he waggled his eyebrows and added, 'but I think he was going to,'
Remus turned around. 'What? When?'
Sirius put on a rather awful casual look. 'Oh. You know. The other day. During their "walk". He almost snogged her,'
'Why didn't he?' Peter asked curiously.
Lily put her face in her hands and groaned.
'Oh. I - accidentally- interrupted them,'
'Yeah right was it accidental. And, he, ah, didn't interrupt anything,' James put in hurriedly, turning a lovely shade of red.
'I'm not colorblind, mate,' Remus smirked.
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'So you broke up with him?' Alice asked excitedly, leaning over to Hestia during their Charms lesson. Hestia nodded.
'He was really upset though. You don't think- he didn't really like me, right?'
Lily prodded Hestia, and motioned to the door. Hestia peered through it, to see Malfoy walking down the hall, hand in hand with one of the Black sisters.
'Narcissa!' she exclaimed. 'But- Malfoy told me that they had broken up!'
Lily and Alice exchange glances. 'Well, it would seem that they're together,' Lily said finally. Hestia grimaced at Malfoy's back, and turned back the charm they were working on.
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'So, Lily, darling-- Tell me. What did Sirius mean by interrupting you guys?' Alice asked, late that night as they worked on a Potions essay together.
Lily pretended not to know what she was talking about. 'I have no idea what you mean,' she said stiffly.
'Oh, come on. This morning- at breakfast? When Sirius said that he had interrupted you and James on your walk?'
'Oh. That. Well, James and I were talking. About Hestia and such, and... Suddenly Sirius popped out of nowhere,'
'And did something that forced you to in some way inable him to get to class?'
Lily turned pink. 'He's a very bothersome person, you know,'
'Who is?' Sirius asked, coming up with the other Marauders, plus Frank, to sit with the girls.
'You,' Lily said simply, causing Sirius to pout and the other to burst into laughter.
'I feel very picked on when I'm around you,'
'Only because you're very bothersome,'
'You love me anyway, don't you?'
'Of course, darling,'
'But you love James more,'
'Whatever you sa- hey, no, wait!'
The others [minus James who was studying his shoe very intently] burst into a fresh wave of laughter as Lily waved her hands. 'See? See? This is why he's bothersome!'
'Because he "interrupts" you and James?' Remus smirked.
'Remus Lupin! You really have stopped acting the gentleman,' Lily said, acting shocked. Remus chuckled.
'Well, Lily, give me a reason Sirius didn't go to Transfiguration yesterday,'
'He interrupted us!'
'Oh, your deep conversation?'
'They were studying,' Alice burst in, shooting a look at Lily and collapsing into giggles.
'Lily put a body-binding curse on me,' Sirius interjected, sounding hurt.
The others only laughed harder.
'Everyone enjoys laughing at me,' Sirius said in a dejected tone.
'Sirius, dear,' Lily told him, 'we're laughing with you,' She looked over at James, and to her surprise found his eyes already no her. Meeting his dark hazel eyes, she winked slightly, grinning at the blush that crept over his neck. When he flashed her his charming smile back, she only stuck out her tongue.
'But I'm not laughing,'
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