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A/N: OK, it's been a looooooong time since I wrote chapter two and you all probably thought I forgot about this poor little story...well I didn't! I've just been a little sidetracked, by, er..natural disasters and such. Ya, so anyways please R/R, it'll most likely help me put up the next chapter faster. :) Feel free to give me any ideas on how this story should go (even though I'm pretty sure I've got it figured out!). On to the story- o wait! this is probably messed up, so im gonna revise it a couple times!! ok, here we go-
Love in the Third Degree
Chapter 3: Some Stupid Choices
It was 12:30 in the morning and Lily was creeping back to the Gryffindor common room, trying her best not to caught in the halls of Hogwarts so late at night. She had left the library ten minutes ago after yet another late night of studying. She had an important test in Transfiguration the next day and was trying to go through every book in the library containing the word. 'Well,' she thought to herself as she finally reached the Fat Lady, 'now it's all up to luck.'
As Lily whispered the password and stepped thought the portrait hole-ignoring the women in the painting giving her a disapproving look- she stopped as soon as she was inside the cozy room the Gryffindors called home. Four heads had turned and looked to see who could possibly be ruining their chance of seizing revenge on Snape.
"What are you doing Evans?" James looked even more annoyed with her than usual, and had his normal amount of coldness in his voice he reserved only for her.
"I might be asking you guys the same thing...Care to tell me what you're plotting now? Anything to do with any of our delightful Slytherin friends?" Her voice was laced with a touch of victory, knowing she had caught them at the time they least wanted her to.
"None of your business," James said calmly, the remaining three of the group seemed to be quite intent enough just listening.
"I know, I just think you guys could stand to be a little nicer to Snape. I mean, why are you always picking on him? Give the guy a break." This time her voice was filled with actual concern. She did have to feel some amount of pity for the target of the four boys pranks.
Sirius finally seemed ready to speak up. "Come on, Lily. This is Slimy Snape we're talking about here. You know, the one who knows all the Dark Arts and can recite the '50 Reasons I'm Better Than You' by heart. I mean this guy is a slime ball." Sirius' voice also seemed to be brimming with true concern for the red head.
"Well, I'll find out what you guys are planning later. I need to get some sleep. Goodnight, Sirius, Remus, Peter...James. Have fun doing whatever evil things you guys are doing." She smiled at them and crossed the room to the stairs leading to the girls' dormitories.
The four friends looked at each other, each a little surprised by what had just occurred. "Did anyone else something different about Lily just now?" asked Remus, appearing to be thinking hard about something.
"Yeah, she actually left us alone and was attempting to be nice to us..." James trailed off not knowing how to explain what he was thinking in his head.
"And she called James, well James. I don't think that's ever happened before," Peter added, looking at the other three wondering what could possibly be happening, not really comprehending all that was going on.
Sirius remained silent, but a simple look at his face and his emotion was given away: jealousy.
*
Meanwhile Lily was sneaking into her bed trying her hardest not to wake the others in her room. She peered at the other girls already fast asleep in their beds. Megan, looking as calm as always. Therese, looking like she was having some kind of wonderful dream by the way she was smiling in her sleep. 'Probably imagining herself with Potter again...Doesn't that girl ever give up?' Lily smirked when she remembered overhearing Therese declaring how much she loved James to her best friend, who was occupying the fourth and final bed in the room. Samantha looked unreadable, even in her sleep. She was the one Lily knew the least about of the three other girls she shared her 'home away from home' with.
Lily thought back to how she had acted in the common room. She smiled when seeing the surprised look on the guys' faces after she had suddenly done a total 180 in her attitude towards them. At first she was how she usually around them: suspicious, annoyed, and out to get them into trouble. But then of course she had to remember her bet. So that's how she came upon her 'nice' act.
Tomorrow was another story though. Yes, tomorrow she would finally get Potter to declare his love for her. That made her bite her tongue to stop herself from laughing as she imagined him doing this in front of the whole school in the Great Hall. Now all she had to do was come up with a plan...
Stop there? I think not...let's continue, shall we?
*****
The next morning Lily was slouching her way to the dungeons for Potions. She had been in a depressed mood ever since breakfast when she had smiled at Potter. Let's just say he didn't smile back. To add to it, she had gotten her History of Magic paper back. The little talk with the ghostly Professor Binns hadn't helped much, which you could tell by looking at the grade on the paper.
As she entered the cold, darkened dungeon, she took a seat next to Megan, who looked at her in a worried way. "Are you OK? I looked for you so we could walk here together, but I couldn't seem to find you anywhere."
"Oh, yeah, sure I'm OK. Have I ever told you how hard it is to pretend to like someone when they are diminishing your grade?"
"Oh, you're upset about the bet we made, are you?" She was about to dig into her, but quickly reminded herself she was supposed to be Lily's friend.
Just then the bell rang and Professor Gris told them to settle down. Lily heard snickering behind her and turned around to see what was so funny. Of course, it was Potter and his little friends. 'How did they get in here without me noticing?' She decided not to worry herself and looked back at the professor who had started to explain why potions are so important to the werewolf, but after that the affect of not getting much sleep the previous night hit Lily. She could barely keep her eyes open, let alone listen to what he was droning on about.
Meg, on the other hand, was taking down notes. She was the exact opposite of Lily homework wise. She always seemed to be on top of things. Lily felt someone nudging her in the shoulder. Looking around she realized class was over, as everyone was packing their bags and leaving. As she stood up to leave, she glanced at Potter who happened to be talking to a very interested Therese. 'Damn it! I need to get his attention!' She was about to ask Megan for suggestions but realized she had just left after Lily had ignored her. 'Oh well, two can play at that game,' she thought as she disgustingly watched Potter talking to Therese.
Her eyes wandered around the room and landed on Severus Snape. 'Perfect,' was the word on her mind as she smiled to herself. She simply went over to where Snape was standing and as he looked at her wide eyed, started to kiss him.
A/N: Ok, that's enough for now...I'm tired and I need to wake up in 6 hours. Hmm....so whaya think of Lily and Snape? or Sirius? or James??? Give me feedback!! Thanks to all my wonderful reviewers! I'll respond to your reviews in the next chapter (if there is one! bwahaha) so pleaze r/r!! and i'll prolly rewrite this today, so keep checkin it!! this chapter is kinda messed! it'll speed up soon, don't worry!! think of this as a mini-chapter, im already writing chap. 4!
A/N: OK, it's been a looooooong time since I wrote chapter two and you all probably thought I forgot about this poor little story...well I didn't! I've just been a little sidetracked, by, er..natural disasters and such. Ya, so anyways please R/R, it'll most likely help me put up the next chapter faster. :) Feel free to give me any ideas on how this story should go (even though I'm pretty sure I've got it figured out!). On to the story- o wait! this is probably messed up, so im gonna revise it a couple times!! ok, here we go-
Love in the Third Degree
Chapter 3: Some Stupid Choices
It was 12:30 in the morning and Lily was creeping back to the Gryffindor common room, trying her best not to caught in the halls of Hogwarts so late at night. She had left the library ten minutes ago after yet another late night of studying. She had an important test in Transfiguration the next day and was trying to go through every book in the library containing the word. 'Well,' she thought to herself as she finally reached the Fat Lady, 'now it's all up to luck.'
As Lily whispered the password and stepped thought the portrait hole-ignoring the women in the painting giving her a disapproving look- she stopped as soon as she was inside the cozy room the Gryffindors called home. Four heads had turned and looked to see who could possibly be ruining their chance of seizing revenge on Snape.
"What are you doing Evans?" James looked even more annoyed with her than usual, and had his normal amount of coldness in his voice he reserved only for her.
"I might be asking you guys the same thing...Care to tell me what you're plotting now? Anything to do with any of our delightful Slytherin friends?" Her voice was laced with a touch of victory, knowing she had caught them at the time they least wanted her to.
"None of your business," James said calmly, the remaining three of the group seemed to be quite intent enough just listening.
"I know, I just think you guys could stand to be a little nicer to Snape. I mean, why are you always picking on him? Give the guy a break." This time her voice was filled with actual concern. She did have to feel some amount of pity for the target of the four boys pranks.
Sirius finally seemed ready to speak up. "Come on, Lily. This is Slimy Snape we're talking about here. You know, the one who knows all the Dark Arts and can recite the '50 Reasons I'm Better Than You' by heart. I mean this guy is a slime ball." Sirius' voice also seemed to be brimming with true concern for the red head.
"Well, I'll find out what you guys are planning later. I need to get some sleep. Goodnight, Sirius, Remus, Peter...James. Have fun doing whatever evil things you guys are doing." She smiled at them and crossed the room to the stairs leading to the girls' dormitories.
The four friends looked at each other, each a little surprised by what had just occurred. "Did anyone else something different about Lily just now?" asked Remus, appearing to be thinking hard about something.
"Yeah, she actually left us alone and was attempting to be nice to us..." James trailed off not knowing how to explain what he was thinking in his head.
"And she called James, well James. I don't think that's ever happened before," Peter added, looking at the other three wondering what could possibly be happening, not really comprehending all that was going on.
Sirius remained silent, but a simple look at his face and his emotion was given away: jealousy.
*
Meanwhile Lily was sneaking into her bed trying her hardest not to wake the others in her room. She peered at the other girls already fast asleep in their beds. Megan, looking as calm as always. Therese, looking like she was having some kind of wonderful dream by the way she was smiling in her sleep. 'Probably imagining herself with Potter again...Doesn't that girl ever give up?' Lily smirked when she remembered overhearing Therese declaring how much she loved James to her best friend, who was occupying the fourth and final bed in the room. Samantha looked unreadable, even in her sleep. She was the one Lily knew the least about of the three other girls she shared her 'home away from home' with.
Lily thought back to how she had acted in the common room. She smiled when seeing the surprised look on the guys' faces after she had suddenly done a total 180 in her attitude towards them. At first she was how she usually around them: suspicious, annoyed, and out to get them into trouble. But then of course she had to remember her bet. So that's how she came upon her 'nice' act.
Tomorrow was another story though. Yes, tomorrow she would finally get Potter to declare his love for her. That made her bite her tongue to stop herself from laughing as she imagined him doing this in front of the whole school in the Great Hall. Now all she had to do was come up with a plan...
Stop there? I think not...let's continue, shall we?
*****
The next morning Lily was slouching her way to the dungeons for Potions. She had been in a depressed mood ever since breakfast when she had smiled at Potter. Let's just say he didn't smile back. To add to it, she had gotten her History of Magic paper back. The little talk with the ghostly Professor Binns hadn't helped much, which you could tell by looking at the grade on the paper.
As she entered the cold, darkened dungeon, she took a seat next to Megan, who looked at her in a worried way. "Are you OK? I looked for you so we could walk here together, but I couldn't seem to find you anywhere."
"Oh, yeah, sure I'm OK. Have I ever told you how hard it is to pretend to like someone when they are diminishing your grade?"
"Oh, you're upset about the bet we made, are you?" She was about to dig into her, but quickly reminded herself she was supposed to be Lily's friend.
Just then the bell rang and Professor Gris told them to settle down. Lily heard snickering behind her and turned around to see what was so funny. Of course, it was Potter and his little friends. 'How did they get in here without me noticing?' She decided not to worry herself and looked back at the professor who had started to explain why potions are so important to the werewolf, but after that the affect of not getting much sleep the previous night hit Lily. She could barely keep her eyes open, let alone listen to what he was droning on about.
Meg, on the other hand, was taking down notes. She was the exact opposite of Lily homework wise. She always seemed to be on top of things. Lily felt someone nudging her in the shoulder. Looking around she realized class was over, as everyone was packing their bags and leaving. As she stood up to leave, she glanced at Potter who happened to be talking to a very interested Therese. 'Damn it! I need to get his attention!' She was about to ask Megan for suggestions but realized she had just left after Lily had ignored her. 'Oh well, two can play at that game,' she thought as she disgustingly watched Potter talking to Therese.
Her eyes wandered around the room and landed on Severus Snape. 'Perfect,' was the word on her mind as she smiled to herself. She simply went over to where Snape was standing and as he looked at her wide eyed, started to kiss him.
A/N: Ok, that's enough for now...I'm tired and I need to wake up in 6 hours. Hmm....so whaya think of Lily and Snape? or Sirius? or James??? Give me feedback!! Thanks to all my wonderful reviewers! I'll respond to your reviews in the next chapter (if there is one! bwahaha) so pleaze r/r!! and i'll prolly rewrite this today, so keep checkin it!! this chapter is kinda messed! it'll speed up soon, don't worry!! think of this as a mini-chapter, im already writing chap. 4!