Chapter 6
Little to Remus's knowledge, Lily had overhead the argument between the two boys, and was planning, of course, to help Sirius become the winner.
"ACCIO LILY!" he said, so loudly that other classmates began to look at him oddly.
Lily instantly popped out of her seat and spun once, twice, until she was in the reach of Sirius's well muscled arms. He wrapped them around her and nuzzled the side of her neck, burying his face in her sweet smelling hair again.
"See? Told ya, mate," Sirius said smiling deviously, "I'd like to have my firewhiskey by next Hogsmeade weekend if you don't mind."
Remus scowled, "Never bet with Blacks…they cheat," he muttered.
"Oh, no Moony. Blacks never cheat, their girlfriends eavesdrop," James butted in, "And I want some of that firewhiskey myself."
Lily decided to let the firewhiskey slide this time, mostly because deep down, she was anxious to try some herself. It also kept the boys talking, thus not sending pillows in Severus Snape's direction.
Once Professor Flitwick had declared that class was dismissed, the students slowly began to file out the door, Lily and Sirius hand in hand. When Lily stepped outside the door, a hand grabbed her arm and jerked her away from Sirius who had not been paying close attention and her hand slipped away from his. At that moment two other classroom doors opened and more students filled the hall way, pushing Sirius on toward the Great Hall for lunch.
"Lily!" he shouted over their heads.
"Siri!" Lily responded before the person's other hand clamped over her mouth.
"Listen here, mudblood," Severus Snape murmured, "I don't need you sticking up for me. I-"
"Right, you've got Luscius to do that for you," Lily spat, interrupting.
"Don't interrupt me," he said twisting her arm roughly, "I don't need you to stick up for me, and I know very well what you were doing the entire class. And I know that Remus is planning to buy you all a bottle of firewhiskey, and don't think I won't report it to the proper authorities, I'm sure Professor McGonagall would not be very pleased to hear that one of her house prefect's would let something so against the rules slide."
"Let go of me!" Lily shrieked, trying to pull her arm away from Severus, "And they're always making stupid bets like that, they never go through with them! And just think how stupid you'll look for false accusations. It'd probably land you in detention; you know McGonagall knows how much you dislike the Marauders!"
Severus responded to Lily's struggle by twisting her arm behind her back. A fierce pain shot up her arm.
"You may be right, but you're still a mudblood. I'll be watching you and your sweet Sirius very closely, love," Severus whispered into her ear, mimicking Sirius. Then he kissed her on the cheek and released her, scurrying off down the hall.
Lily cast Scourgify on the spot on her face which Severus had kissed and examined her arm, dark bruises turned her skin many brilliant colors. Once the hall had completely cleared, Sirius reappeared.
"What'd Snivellus want with you?" Sirius asked, walking over to her.
"Uh, nothing much," Lily said, moving the sleeve of her robes back over her arm to hide the imperfections, "Just that he'd report you to McGonagall for having firewhiskey, but don't worry, I got him off it…"
Sirius noticed Lily covering her arm, as though she were hiding something from him, he pulled back the sleeve and examined the bruises, "When did this happen?" he asked, "Did Severus do this to you?"
"No, no. I…I just ran into the wall this morning, turned a corner a little too quickly, is all," she said, knowing Sirius would inflict a million times worse pain on Severus had he known he'd done this to her.
"Lily, I don't believe that. You're not a clumsy person. Tell me, did Severus do this to you?" he asked again.
Lily sighed; she couldn't lie to Sirius, "Yes. But don't you do anything about it; it doesn't even hurt that badly," she lied.
Sirius sighed as well, "Whatever Lilz, let's just go get some lunch, I'm starved," he said taking her hand and leading her down the corridor to the Great Hall.