Evolution of the heart
Hello again! Before I start, I just HAVE to say A BIG WET THANK-YOU to my first 2 reviewers! Oh, my, god! Thank-you so so so so so so much!!!!
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Chapter 2: an accident
He must have taken it by mistake! She realised with a start. Lily groaned loudly, holding her head in her right hand, as if it were going to fall off.
Why me! What did I do to deserve this! She thought miserably to herself.
Her depressed thoughts were soon cut off by a familiar voice.
"Lily..."
Lily looked up with a start, to find Sirius standing before her.
"Yeah?" She replied awkwardly, Even though she knew exactly what he wanted to know.
"Um, what did James say to you?" He asked trying to sound innocent.
The mentioning of James name gave Lily the bubbling feeling of rage build up within her stomach again.
"Oh. He just said he had business to go to. You know, that immature thing you call pranks." She answered rather heatedly, though Sirius didn't seem to notice.
"ah-ha... I see. And, did he tell you who or where?" Sirius continued trying to keep the trace of innocence in his voice.
"Actually, yeah. He did. He said something about Snape." She replied.
Instantly at the mention of these words, Sirius's innocent smile turned into an evil kind of mischievous sneer.
I hate it when they do that! She thought.
"Er... Thanks." Said Sirius with an expression of utmost delight.
With that, he turned around and marched out of the common room and down the dimly lit corridor.
Lily supposed this meant he would be alerting the other two Marauders on the upcoming prank on Severus.
Lily felt the rage building in her chest all of a sudden at the thought of another prank. She hated pranks, even if it was on a Slytherin. Lily let out a slow and annoyed sigh before rising from the comfortable and warm couch she had slumped into, and picked up the contents of parchment and books that rested on the small table before her. Lily paused for a moment to take in the beauty of the dancing flames that lit up most of the common room before retreating up the girls' dormitory to where her four-poster bed was positioned closest to the arched window. The beds on either side of hers were occupied by her two fast asleep friends. Lily quietly made her way around the soundless deep sleepers, and threw herself onto her own bed.
Lily let out a slow and quiet sigh, as she laid her head on the warm pillow and sunk into the comfortable soft bed.
She stared at the ceiling above her thinking.
Tomorrow... what do I have tomorrow... double care of magical creatures... double transfiguration.... Single charms, then Defence against the dark arts... then...
Lily paused for a moment, trying hard to remember what else she had. Then finally, it struck her.
"No!" She whispered to herself, hoping she didn't wake up the others.
I have my first detention of the week with those two pricks! She realised.
Lily rolled over, shoving her face into her pillow miserably, and let out a silent muffled groan.
Once again, she dreaded the time that she had to spend in the defence against the dark arts room with James, and that prick of a teacher.
She let out another miserable sigh, as she drifted off to sleep, hoping when she woke up she would find it was all just a bad dream.
- - - -
That morning however, Lily woke up to the howls of masculine laughter coming from the common room. She rolled over, and squinted at the arched window that showed the morning blue sky, and the gentle morning rays of sunlight. She sat up in her bed, remembering the torment that was awaiting her at around seven O' clock that day.
Her thoughts were broken by yet another howl of laughter that came from below, only this time more dog like. Lily hopped out of bed, and opened her trunk. She withdrew from it a pair of jeans, and a simple white T-shirt.
She glanced at the beds on either side of her bed that were now vacant.
Probably gone down to breakfast. She thought as she changed from her night robes, to her jeans and T-shirt.
She glanced at the mirror. Her red hair was as straight as ever, and its usual tidy.
With that, she strode to the door and opened it. As she started down the stairs that led to the Griffindor common room, she could see James bent with laughter on the couch she had sat on the previous night next to the fire, and Sirius also completely bawling with laughter. Lily had an idea of what they found so funny, but she hoped she was wrong.
As she approached the final step, she glanced at James and Sirius who didn't seem to notice her. Relieved, Lily made her way to the front door of the common room, but before she could even reach out for the handle, someone called out to her through chuckles of laughter.
"Lily!" came the sudden voice.
Lily turned around frustrated, and glared at James. The familiar bubbling of rage began to rise in the pit of her stomach as she turned around to face him.
"What do you want?" she asked through gritting teeth.
"Oh, I just thought I'll let you in on the little prank I did yesterday. Ok... Heres how it goes..." he said through suppressed laughter. "I was in the potions class room, and I couldn't help notice a wand sitting on a table. So I took it, and replaced it with a fake wand!" He said now completely bowling with laughter again.
Lily rolled her eyes at him annoyed, and turned around to open the door.
"Wait! There's more!" came James' voice through another suppressed fit of laughter. "I thought that the wand belonged to Severus... but it wasn't. It just happened to be Lucius's wand!... and he was meant to do a stunning spell on a toad, so when he picked up the wand it turned into a snake that happened to swallow the toad!" James broke into a fresh fit of laughter along with Sirius.
"So professor Grinch thought it was some kind of sick joke, and gave Lucius three detentions!" James continued, as he fell to the floor and cradled himself through another batch of chuckles.
Lily turned around, and with great effort tried fighting back a chuckle, but failing miserable. James, who seemed to notice even though Lily had her back to him, staggered to his feet, and walked over to her.
Lily seemed to hear the approaching footsteps, and straightened up, trying to wipe the smile off her face. She turned around, and found herself face to face with James.
"Why do you always do that?" He asked with half a grin spreading across him face.
"Do what?" Lily protested.
"Try to hide whenever you smile? Its not like it's going to kill anyone to see you smile." He said sceptically.
Lily glanced at Sirius who had stopped laughing and was looking closely at her, obviously awaiting her response. Why did she always hide her smile from James? She wondered. Lily looked down at the stone floor thinking why? She could feel James' eyes still upon her, waiting for an answer.
Lily finally looked up at James, and was surprised to find herself suddenly lost for words. Then she finally said "Its embarrassing."
She glanced at Sirius who now looked mildly disappointed, but never the less satisfied. She looked back at James, who nodded.
"Fair enough." He replied.
Suddenly, Lily seemed to remember something.
"Oh! I forgot to tell you, you have my potions book. Can I have it back?" She asked unexpectedly.
James looked at her dumbstruck. It seemed to take a while for what she had said to sink in. Then, when it finally did he glanced at Sirius nervously.
"Oh... Um... that, well see. Uh," he shot Sirius another nervous glance, before returning his gaze on a rather confused and annoyed Lily.
Lily stared back at him, and suddenly became aware of the guilt that now reflected in his Hazel eyes.
"Go on," She said suspiciously.
James could feel his ears turn the slightest shade of pink with what seemed to be guilt, and something else he couldn't explain.
"Um... when I did the prank, I kind of... misplaced your book and-"
"You WHAT!" lily suddenly cut in viciously, giving James a dangerously poisonous like glare.
Lily could feel her entire body tense with fury. Her fists were clenched so tightly that her arms felt suddenly numb. Lily, who didn't seem to even notice that she was completely flushing with anger, fought back a scream that was now painfully caught in the middle of her throat.
James looked at Lily completely stunned at the sudden anger that seemed to erupt in her. He could see in the fury, and anger that shone in her emerald green eyes that this was not going to be easy.
"Let me explain," he said soothingly, even though it seemed to have no effect what so ever on Lily who was now glues to the spot with what looked unmistakably like complete angst and frustration. "When I put the fake wand on the desk, I settled the books down on the floor and watched what happened. When Professor Grinch gave three detentions to Lucius, he stormed out of the classroom, so I ran. If he saw me there, he would know it was me who put the fake wand there in the first place. When I ran far enough to be out of his sight, I remembered about the books, and ran back to get them, but when I had arrived... they were gone."
At the sound of these words, Lily thought her insides had exploded with rage.
James, who tried his best not to notice this, continued to inform her, even though he knew it would only get uglier. "I asked Professor Grinch if he had taken them, and he said no... so... I think someone might have-"
"Taken my book?" Lily said in a dangerously low whisper.
James, who was completely taken by surprise simply nodded.
Lily quickly turned around and with as much force as her anger would allow, swung the door open. She feared that if she stayed within more than a metre in reach of James, she would do something violent and stupid. She glanced over her shoulder at James, who was now looking down at the stone floor with what looked like heavy guilt reflecting in his Hazel eyes, before smashing the door in his face with a big BANG.
Lily rested her back against the wooden door. She could feel the anger coming to an ease, and the numbness in her arms slowly die away. She took in a deep soothing breath and closed her eyes.
What a stupid prick! I can't believe this. She thought to herself, as she ran her hand through her strait red hair in frustration. It was at this moment, when she realised she had thrown a complete skits attack at James.
Meanwhile"So... I think you really annoyed her mate." Said Sirius throwing himself into the comfortable couch.
James, who was still standing at the door that Lily had stormed out of, turned around, and raised his eyebrows at Sirius.
"Are you sure? 'Cause she looked perfectly happy to me." James retorted sarcastically.
"All right... I just thought, you know, you should say sorry." Replied Sirius, as he withdrew a dung bomb from his pocket, and placed it on the other couch.
"How am I supposed to do that? If I get anywhere near her she'll bite my head off." Said James. The familiar feeling of guilt seemed to suddenly pour over him again. Sirius, who noticed this, walked over to his friend and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.
"Don't worry mate. Its not like you even like her anyway." He assured James.
But that was a lie, and James knew it. He realised that deep down, he had a thing for her, and the more he saw her, the more it grew.
James let out a quiet sigh. He looked up at Sirius and grinned at his friend. "Come on. Lets go down to breakfast. I'll say sorry to her later, when there's less of a chance she'll tear my head off."
With that, both friends left the Griffindor common room, and started down the dimly torch lit corridor that led to the enchanted great hall where the other two Marauders were probably stuffing their faces with food.
Before hand"Professor, I swear! I didn't do it!" bellowed Lucius angrily at professor Grinch who was now pointing a finger at Him.
"Don't-you-DARE raise your voice at me Malfoy!" screamed professor Grinch furiously. "You will be coming back here after classes for three detentions! No excuses! Now get out of my classroom!"
Lucius remained where he was standing for a moment, glaring at the teacher, before storming out and furiously slamming the door closed behind him. He started down the corridor, muttering curses under his breath, when he came across rolls of parchment and a book that lay positioned on the floor, not too far from the potions class.
Lucius picked up the potions book that was placed on top of the parchment. He opened it and examined the inside curiously, and suddenly stopped when he came across a name that was clearly written by the handwriting of a female, at the top left hand corner on the back of the front cover.
The handwriting read Lily Evans Griffindor 7th year.
Then, all too quickly, a thought occurred to him. The books weren't here before, and they lay just outside of the potions classroom.
...She did it! That stupid mudblood put that fake wand there as payback... Lucius thought grimly. A cruel smirk formed onto his cold sour face.
"I'll get you for this you pathetic mudblood. Just you wait... just you wait." Lucius whispered coldly to himself.
With that, he continued walking through the moon lit corridor, and up the stone steps that led to the slytherin's common room.
A/N: Well, there chapter two! I hope you liked it! Also, chapter three is going to be the longest chapter yet... If you want it updated, you know what to do... Evil grin
until next time!