See! Told you I'd update right away! But I have to go through all the other
chapters and make sure they're written right. And I have to write more.
Jesus, this story is going on forever. I've lost a lot of reviewers ..
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"We'll need to use a different book than Potions for the Mind," Lily said to Snape as she slipped into the work routine. "There just isn't enough information."
"But we looked in all the other books, Lily," Snape reasoned. It was true. The other students seemed to have taken out all the good books for Potions already.
"I know. Only if we could get Moste Potente Potions. It's bound to have stuff about the Forgetful Potion in it, but it's in the Restricted Section. Hostis'll never give me permission to take it out, and the essay is due in two days."
"Why wouldn't she let you take out the book? You're her best student." Snape found himself to be rather confused.
"Because she doesn't like me. I'm Gryffindor, not Slytherin. Remember?"
"But that shouldn't matter," he protested. Now he was really confused.
"You know that, and I know that, but Hostis doesn't know that. Or is she does, she doesn't care."
"But -"
"Severus, where have you been for the past seven years? Hostis has always hated Gryffindors. She's head of the Slytherin house. It's part of the job or something."
"That's so stupid."
"Yeah, well, what can you do? That's life," Lily said with a shrug. She didn't really care about Hostis anymore, the frigid bitch. "We have to get that book, though."
"I can get it."
"Oh, really?"
"Yeah, I'm her favorite student."
"So I've noticed," she replied dryly. But he had a point; Snape always got what he wanted when it came to Professor Hostis. "Do you think you could? We really could use the book."
"Yeah, no problem. Like I said, I'm her favorite student. I'll go now, the sooner the better, right? Be right back." Snape got up and walked away without a glance over his shoulder. Lily sighed and looked over her notes again. It was amazingly pathetic how little they had accomplished for this stupid essay. She hoped Snape was able to persuade Hostis that they needed that book. Maybe there was an advantage to having a Slytherin as a partner.
Thank goodness that a Hogsmeade weekend was coming up, she thought as she rolled her shoulders. She needed to let loose. All the homework and tutoring was catching up on her. And the Head duties. She couldn't forget the Head duties. A day in Hogsmeade with the Marauders would definitely get her loose.
She only tensed for a moment when someone's hands rested on her shoulders and began messaging them. It felt so good. She wouldn't even care if it was Voldemort behind her. Her shoulders and - ooh, that was a good spot - and her neck was - mmm, this was really nice - very tense lately. And who ever was massaging the back of her neck had simply wonderful hands. Lily closed her eyes and let the massaging wonder continue. She felt him lean in and run his lips across the top of her head so softly that she shivered. The hands slowly stopped and the person took their hands and trailed them lightly down her arms, them dropped them by their side. Lily turned around to see who the person was and gasped before the person leaned in for a kiss.
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"Okay, that's it." James stood up abruptly in the common room. He had just come down from pacing in his dormitory.
"What's it?" Sirius asked. If it was what he thought, they were going to have a nice show.
"I'm going to take all of you guys down to the Library so you can see for yourself that Lily is not messing around with Snape!"
"Looks like someone has to settle their conscience," Remus muttered under his breath, but he got up to follow the stalking James out of the common room. Sirius and Cassandra followed him, laughing silently to each other.
By the time they reached the Library, Sirius and Cassandra had stopped laughing. They, along with Remus, were afraid of what James would do to Lily, or Snape for that matter. They had seen James in this sort of temper before, and it did not bode well. The three hoped that their friendly jests would not prove to be true as James lead them into the Library. And they stopped dead in their tracks.
Snape was massaging Lily's shoulders and Lily sure as hell wasn't objecting. James's hands clenched into tightly balled fists as Snape ran his hands possessively down her arms. Lily turned around slowly and Snape leaned down and kissed her. Directly on the lips.
Lily couldn't move. She seemed to be frozen in place. Snape was kissing her. She couldn't believe Snape was kissing her. Within a few seconds she began to register sensations and the numbness slowly seeped out of her body. Snape's lips were chapped and rough on hers, despite the lightness in which he kissed her. Lily still couldn't move. Her eyes stayed open, locked on Snape's closed ones. She was paralyzed. Until she heard someone's horrified and angry gasp.
James couldn't believe it. It was true. Lily and Snape. Snape and Lily. Lily and Snape. Snape and "Lily? Why?" he asked disbelievingly.
"James, it's not what it seems," Lily said as she stood up. "I can explain."
"I'm sure you can, you fucking whore," Sirius spat out. "How could you do this to James? How could you?"
"I'm not a whore." Lily's eyes were alight with anger. She didn't even notice when Snape laid a possessive hand on her shoulder. But the others did. "Just listen -"
"I can't believe you, Lily. I can't believe you would do this to me." James was getting angrier by the second, and it showed by how he stood stiffly straight with his arms by his side.
"James, let me exp -"
"No! I don't want to hear your lies. I've listened to them long enough. How long has this been going on? How long have you been messing around with him," he demanded as he pointed at Snape, "while I poured my heart out to you like a fool?"
"It -"
"You know what? I don't even want to know. All I want is to not have to deal with this - or you - again. We're through, Lily. Over and done with. Now you're free to do what you want and snog with your precious Snape," James said bitterly and stalked away, with Sirius in tow. Remus and Cassandra hesitated ever so slightly when they noticed the crushed look on Lily's face, but turned in unison when Snape pulled her closer.
Lily couldn't believe it. Had James really just broken up with her? Yes, it had really happened. Her worst fears had been brought into reality. She knew by the way her heart hurt. Oh, such pain! It was ungodly. Unbearable. She crossed her arms over her chest and sand to her chair, hoping merely wishing it away would make the pain disappear. It didn't seem to be working. There seemed to be a heavy weight on her shoulders, one she couldn't shrug off. That's when she realized Snape was still holding her. "Get away from me, Snape."
"Lily, -"
"Get out of here. Out of my life."
"But -"
"Go. I don't want you near me. Leave. Leave me in peace." She felt his hand slip off her shoulder and heard his receding footsteps. Oh, on the life of Merlin she hurt. Such pain.
"Lily? What's wrong?" Lily took a deep breath to hopefully hold back the tears she knew would come as she turned to Sol. But she found it was a hopeless and useless act as she saw Sol's concerned face and started sobbing. "Oh, Lily, it's all right. Let it out, just let it out, Lils baby," Sol soothed as Lily sobbed into her robes. "Now, honey," she said as Lily's hysterical sobs ceased, "tell me what happened."
"James broke up with me!" Lily moaned miserably. Sol jerked back so she could look into Lily's face directly.
"Say what!?"
"Quiet, students," Madame Gear (A/N: For those who don't know, and I'm sure many of you don't, gear as it is used here is supposed to be Gaelic for sour. Just thought you'd like that little bit of info) interrupted sternly. "This is a Library."
"Let's go somewhere else and you can tell me everything," Sol said to Lily quietly as she helped her pack her books.
"All right. We can go to the Head's Lounge." Lily quickly wiped off her face and stood up. Crying would do her no good. Crying was useless. But, oh god it still hurt. "Let's go."
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Well guys, what do you think? Not one of my best, but what can you do? You win some, you loose some. Sheesh, they seem to do a lot of fighting in this story, don't they? Maybe that says something about me. Well, hope you enjoyed it and please review!! Please!
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"We'll need to use a different book than Potions for the Mind," Lily said to Snape as she slipped into the work routine. "There just isn't enough information."
"But we looked in all the other books, Lily," Snape reasoned. It was true. The other students seemed to have taken out all the good books for Potions already.
"I know. Only if we could get Moste Potente Potions. It's bound to have stuff about the Forgetful Potion in it, but it's in the Restricted Section. Hostis'll never give me permission to take it out, and the essay is due in two days."
"Why wouldn't she let you take out the book? You're her best student." Snape found himself to be rather confused.
"Because she doesn't like me. I'm Gryffindor, not Slytherin. Remember?"
"But that shouldn't matter," he protested. Now he was really confused.
"You know that, and I know that, but Hostis doesn't know that. Or is she does, she doesn't care."
"But -"
"Severus, where have you been for the past seven years? Hostis has always hated Gryffindors. She's head of the Slytherin house. It's part of the job or something."
"That's so stupid."
"Yeah, well, what can you do? That's life," Lily said with a shrug. She didn't really care about Hostis anymore, the frigid bitch. "We have to get that book, though."
"I can get it."
"Oh, really?"
"Yeah, I'm her favorite student."
"So I've noticed," she replied dryly. But he had a point; Snape always got what he wanted when it came to Professor Hostis. "Do you think you could? We really could use the book."
"Yeah, no problem. Like I said, I'm her favorite student. I'll go now, the sooner the better, right? Be right back." Snape got up and walked away without a glance over his shoulder. Lily sighed and looked over her notes again. It was amazingly pathetic how little they had accomplished for this stupid essay. She hoped Snape was able to persuade Hostis that they needed that book. Maybe there was an advantage to having a Slytherin as a partner.
Thank goodness that a Hogsmeade weekend was coming up, she thought as she rolled her shoulders. She needed to let loose. All the homework and tutoring was catching up on her. And the Head duties. She couldn't forget the Head duties. A day in Hogsmeade with the Marauders would definitely get her loose.
She only tensed for a moment when someone's hands rested on her shoulders and began messaging them. It felt so good. She wouldn't even care if it was Voldemort behind her. Her shoulders and - ooh, that was a good spot - and her neck was - mmm, this was really nice - very tense lately. And who ever was massaging the back of her neck had simply wonderful hands. Lily closed her eyes and let the massaging wonder continue. She felt him lean in and run his lips across the top of her head so softly that she shivered. The hands slowly stopped and the person took their hands and trailed them lightly down her arms, them dropped them by their side. Lily turned around to see who the person was and gasped before the person leaned in for a kiss.
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"Okay, that's it." James stood up abruptly in the common room. He had just come down from pacing in his dormitory.
"What's it?" Sirius asked. If it was what he thought, they were going to have a nice show.
"I'm going to take all of you guys down to the Library so you can see for yourself that Lily is not messing around with Snape!"
"Looks like someone has to settle their conscience," Remus muttered under his breath, but he got up to follow the stalking James out of the common room. Sirius and Cassandra followed him, laughing silently to each other.
By the time they reached the Library, Sirius and Cassandra had stopped laughing. They, along with Remus, were afraid of what James would do to Lily, or Snape for that matter. They had seen James in this sort of temper before, and it did not bode well. The three hoped that their friendly jests would not prove to be true as James lead them into the Library. And they stopped dead in their tracks.
Snape was massaging Lily's shoulders and Lily sure as hell wasn't objecting. James's hands clenched into tightly balled fists as Snape ran his hands possessively down her arms. Lily turned around slowly and Snape leaned down and kissed her. Directly on the lips.
Lily couldn't move. She seemed to be frozen in place. Snape was kissing her. She couldn't believe Snape was kissing her. Within a few seconds she began to register sensations and the numbness slowly seeped out of her body. Snape's lips were chapped and rough on hers, despite the lightness in which he kissed her. Lily still couldn't move. Her eyes stayed open, locked on Snape's closed ones. She was paralyzed. Until she heard someone's horrified and angry gasp.
James couldn't believe it. It was true. Lily and Snape. Snape and Lily. Lily and Snape. Snape and "Lily? Why?" he asked disbelievingly.
"James, it's not what it seems," Lily said as she stood up. "I can explain."
"I'm sure you can, you fucking whore," Sirius spat out. "How could you do this to James? How could you?"
"I'm not a whore." Lily's eyes were alight with anger. She didn't even notice when Snape laid a possessive hand on her shoulder. But the others did. "Just listen -"
"I can't believe you, Lily. I can't believe you would do this to me." James was getting angrier by the second, and it showed by how he stood stiffly straight with his arms by his side.
"James, let me exp -"
"No! I don't want to hear your lies. I've listened to them long enough. How long has this been going on? How long have you been messing around with him," he demanded as he pointed at Snape, "while I poured my heart out to you like a fool?"
"It -"
"You know what? I don't even want to know. All I want is to not have to deal with this - or you - again. We're through, Lily. Over and done with. Now you're free to do what you want and snog with your precious Snape," James said bitterly and stalked away, with Sirius in tow. Remus and Cassandra hesitated ever so slightly when they noticed the crushed look on Lily's face, but turned in unison when Snape pulled her closer.
Lily couldn't believe it. Had James really just broken up with her? Yes, it had really happened. Her worst fears had been brought into reality. She knew by the way her heart hurt. Oh, such pain! It was ungodly. Unbearable. She crossed her arms over her chest and sand to her chair, hoping merely wishing it away would make the pain disappear. It didn't seem to be working. There seemed to be a heavy weight on her shoulders, one she couldn't shrug off. That's when she realized Snape was still holding her. "Get away from me, Snape."
"Lily, -"
"Get out of here. Out of my life."
"But -"
"Go. I don't want you near me. Leave. Leave me in peace." She felt his hand slip off her shoulder and heard his receding footsteps. Oh, on the life of Merlin she hurt. Such pain.
"Lily? What's wrong?" Lily took a deep breath to hopefully hold back the tears she knew would come as she turned to Sol. But she found it was a hopeless and useless act as she saw Sol's concerned face and started sobbing. "Oh, Lily, it's all right. Let it out, just let it out, Lils baby," Sol soothed as Lily sobbed into her robes. "Now, honey," she said as Lily's hysterical sobs ceased, "tell me what happened."
"James broke up with me!" Lily moaned miserably. Sol jerked back so she could look into Lily's face directly.
"Say what!?"
"Quiet, students," Madame Gear (A/N: For those who don't know, and I'm sure many of you don't, gear as it is used here is supposed to be Gaelic for sour. Just thought you'd like that little bit of info) interrupted sternly. "This is a Library."
"Let's go somewhere else and you can tell me everything," Sol said to Lily quietly as she helped her pack her books.
"All right. We can go to the Head's Lounge." Lily quickly wiped off her face and stood up. Crying would do her no good. Crying was useless. But, oh god it still hurt. "Let's go."
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Well guys, what do you think? Not one of my best, but what can you do? You win some, you loose some. Sheesh, they seem to do a lot of fighting in this story, don't they? Maybe that says something about me. Well, hope you enjoyed it and please review!! Please!