A/N: Yes...well, here's the fourth part...now you will learn if Lily's plan worked...or sunk faster than the Titanic (I don't know where I came up with that, I've been watching too much 'Weakest Link' ~sigh~) Ugh, yeah...don't give up on me yet!! This isn't a Snape/Lily fic!!!!!!
Love in the Third Degree
Part 4 ~ Endless Circle of Jealousy
How we left the last part:
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.
***
Lily closed her eyes while she kissed him, not daring to open them and remind herself just exactly who she was kissing. After a few moments she pulled back from Snape, who looked like he had utterly shocked. He started to stutter.
"Li-l-ly?" he finally managed to get it out.
"Oh, sorry Sna- Severus, I've got to go, but I'll talk to you later, 'k?" she told him, for lack of anything better to say. Without waiting for a reply she glanced at James and left the dungeon. She gave herself a small smile, because by the horrified look on James face, her plan was working. As Lily made her way to the Charms classroom she made a decision: no more kissing Snape, she would have to find some other great way to win Potter over...
****
Charms was never boring with James and Sirius in the room, and today was no different. The two troublemakers (actually it was mostly Sirius' work, as James wasn't doing so swell in the Charms department) had charmed Peter's quill to follow around Professor Flitwick, repeatedly poking him in the head. Flitwick was unsuccessfully was trying to stop it, but couldn't because of the fact that every time he tried to point his wand at the quill behind him, he just ended up going in a backwards circle. Much of the class found this amusing, but Lily wasn't one of them. She happened to excel in this class, (not that she didn't excel in every other one) and did not appreciate them making a mockery of it. However Lily chose to remain silent, not wanting to get on James' bad side, pushing away the part of her mind that was telling her she was already on his bad side.
Another thought flashed through Lily's mind, and she turned around and smiled at Sirius and giggled. He looked a little surprised and smiled, but suddenly the corners of his mouth went downward, as if he remembered something unpleasant.
"James here just told me that he and Therese saw you kissing SNAPE! Is this true?!"
"Well...yes it is," but Lily wasn't looking at Sirius when she said this, she was trying to read James' expressionless face. It seemed to look anxious. 'Is that a good thing?' she asked herself.
Just then class was over, so Lily gathered her things, preparing herself for Transfiguration.
*****
That night after easily finishing a report on the origins of the Unforgivable Curses for Defense Against the Dark Arts (she was Head Girl of course, sadly Head Boy was James Potter), Lily spotted Sirius sitting in an armchair chatting with James and Peter. She smoothed down her slightly curly hair and approached Sirius and the others.
"Hey guys, where's Remus?" Lily did her best to seem polite.
"Erm...I think he went to bed early tonight," fumbled Peter, although Lily didn't believe him, but she wasn't going to concern herself with that now. She was here for another reason.
"Oh, well that's probably best for him, he had seemed really tired recently."
"Yeah, you're right Lily, but let's get back to this you-kissing-Snape thing," Sirius seemed very willing to interrogate her on her afternoon activity with the Slytherin.
"Why do you want to know about it, are you jealous?" Sirius grinned and shrugged at this.
"Maybe...so are you going to Hogsmeade tomorrow?"
Sneaking a glance at James' face, Lily replied, "I haven't decided yet. Why do you want to know?" James appeared to be angry about the goings on between Sirius and her. The made Lily happy. Very happy.
"I was just hoping that'd you be free so you could go with me. So how 'bout it?" he asked her eagerly.
"Sure, I'd love to! I better get up to bed though, need to rest up!" At Lily's reply Sirius grin grew even more.
"Great, see you tomorrow at breakfast!" Sirius called out that last part as Lily turned and waved as she ran upstairs to the girls' dormitories.
*****
"I can't believe you did that!" Megan had sprang out of her bed as Lily was explaining how she and Sirius were going to Hogsmeade together the next day.
Lily grinned. "I know, it's a great plan, isn't it?" she said, but the look on her friend's face said otherwise. Megan started shrieking at a shocked Lily.
"YOU KNEW I LIKED HIM! AND YOU'RE GOING TO USE HIM TO WIN A BET AGAINST ME? WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE??" Finally, Meg lowered her voice. "Do you know how many things are wrong with what you just told me? A guy you don't have any interest in, but you know I have a serious crush on, you are going to just use? You know, I used to think you were really nice, but now I've realized what you're really like. You're going to completely ignore Sirius' feelings? Have you thought about how much it's going to crush him when he finds out you were just using him to get to his best friend?" Megan ended in a 'huff' and slipped back into her bed, facing away from Lily.
Lily sighed and changed into her pajamas and crawled into bed, reflecting on her day. 'Well, on one hand James is really jealous of me and Sirius, but on the on the other hand I've lost my best friend because of *her* jealousy. And Sirius probably was provoked to ask me out because he was jealous that I had kissed Snape, and Snape was always jealous of me because I had better marks than him. So really, this is just one endless circle of jealousy.'
Just then Therese and Samantha came into the dorm giggling. Lily pretended to be asleep, not wanting to deal with the questions Therese would ask about her and Sirius, but she soon realized that wasn't what they were giggling about.
"Yeah, and then he asked me to go to Hogsmeade with him, and of course I said yes," Therese was talking excitedly to Samantha, who was nodding, with a supportive smile on her face. "The best part though was after I agreed he kissed me! Right in the middle of the common room, in front of everybody!"
The girls continued to giggle as throughout the night Therese went on and on about what a 'great kisser James was, how cute he was, how smart he was,' Lily thought she was gonna hurl up her dinner!
'Wait, why do I care what James is doing with Therese? Oh yeah, it'll make it harder for me to win the bet! That's it...It doesn't have anything to do with feelings or what I was thinking about earlier...'
Lily drifted off to dreamless sleep, too exhausted from her days work of screwing up her life. 'At least my plan of kissing Snape was right...' was the last thought she had that night.
However, there was one thing she was completely wrong about: Her feelings about Therese and James *were* important. She was not a part of that endless circle of jealousy.
A/N: ok...that ending was stupid, but im not gonna change it now. i just have one thing to say: PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!! THAT'S WHAT THAT BOX BELOW IS MADE FOR! PLEASE GIVE IT A REASON FOR LIVING!! Not that you guys haven't been great so far!! Just giving you a *friendly* reminder!!
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Love in the Third Degree
Part 4 ~ Endless Circle of Jealousy
How we left the last part:
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.
***
Lily closed her eyes while she kissed him, not daring to open them and remind herself just exactly who she was kissing. After a few moments she pulled back from Snape, who looked like he had utterly shocked. He started to stutter.
"Li-l-ly?" he finally managed to get it out.
"Oh, sorry Sna- Severus, I've got to go, but I'll talk to you later, 'k?" she told him, for lack of anything better to say. Without waiting for a reply she glanced at James and left the dungeon. She gave herself a small smile, because by the horrified look on James face, her plan was working. As Lily made her way to the Charms classroom she made a decision: no more kissing Snape, she would have to find some other great way to win Potter over...
****
Charms was never boring with James and Sirius in the room, and today was no different. The two troublemakers (actually it was mostly Sirius' work, as James wasn't doing so swell in the Charms department) had charmed Peter's quill to follow around Professor Flitwick, repeatedly poking him in the head. Flitwick was unsuccessfully was trying to stop it, but couldn't because of the fact that every time he tried to point his wand at the quill behind him, he just ended up going in a backwards circle. Much of the class found this amusing, but Lily wasn't one of them. She happened to excel in this class, (not that she didn't excel in every other one) and did not appreciate them making a mockery of it. However Lily chose to remain silent, not wanting to get on James' bad side, pushing away the part of her mind that was telling her she was already on his bad side.
Another thought flashed through Lily's mind, and she turned around and smiled at Sirius and giggled. He looked a little surprised and smiled, but suddenly the corners of his mouth went downward, as if he remembered something unpleasant.
"James here just told me that he and Therese saw you kissing SNAPE! Is this true?!"
"Well...yes it is," but Lily wasn't looking at Sirius when she said this, she was trying to read James' expressionless face. It seemed to look anxious. 'Is that a good thing?' she asked herself.
Just then class was over, so Lily gathered her things, preparing herself for Transfiguration.
*****
That night after easily finishing a report on the origins of the Unforgivable Curses for Defense Against the Dark Arts (she was Head Girl of course, sadly Head Boy was James Potter), Lily spotted Sirius sitting in an armchair chatting with James and Peter. She smoothed down her slightly curly hair and approached Sirius and the others.
"Hey guys, where's Remus?" Lily did her best to seem polite.
"Erm...I think he went to bed early tonight," fumbled Peter, although Lily didn't believe him, but she wasn't going to concern herself with that now. She was here for another reason.
"Oh, well that's probably best for him, he had seemed really tired recently."
"Yeah, you're right Lily, but let's get back to this you-kissing-Snape thing," Sirius seemed very willing to interrogate her on her afternoon activity with the Slytherin.
"Why do you want to know about it, are you jealous?" Sirius grinned and shrugged at this.
"Maybe...so are you going to Hogsmeade tomorrow?"
Sneaking a glance at James' face, Lily replied, "I haven't decided yet. Why do you want to know?" James appeared to be angry about the goings on between Sirius and her. The made Lily happy. Very happy.
"I was just hoping that'd you be free so you could go with me. So how 'bout it?" he asked her eagerly.
"Sure, I'd love to! I better get up to bed though, need to rest up!" At Lily's reply Sirius grin grew even more.
"Great, see you tomorrow at breakfast!" Sirius called out that last part as Lily turned and waved as she ran upstairs to the girls' dormitories.
*****
"I can't believe you did that!" Megan had sprang out of her bed as Lily was explaining how she and Sirius were going to Hogsmeade together the next day.
Lily grinned. "I know, it's a great plan, isn't it?" she said, but the look on her friend's face said otherwise. Megan started shrieking at a shocked Lily.
"YOU KNEW I LIKED HIM! AND YOU'RE GOING TO USE HIM TO WIN A BET AGAINST ME? WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE??" Finally, Meg lowered her voice. "Do you know how many things are wrong with what you just told me? A guy you don't have any interest in, but you know I have a serious crush on, you are going to just use? You know, I used to think you were really nice, but now I've realized what you're really like. You're going to completely ignore Sirius' feelings? Have you thought about how much it's going to crush him when he finds out you were just using him to get to his best friend?" Megan ended in a 'huff' and slipped back into her bed, facing away from Lily.
Lily sighed and changed into her pajamas and crawled into bed, reflecting on her day. 'Well, on one hand James is really jealous of me and Sirius, but on the on the other hand I've lost my best friend because of *her* jealousy. And Sirius probably was provoked to ask me out because he was jealous that I had kissed Snape, and Snape was always jealous of me because I had better marks than him. So really, this is just one endless circle of jealousy.'
Just then Therese and Samantha came into the dorm giggling. Lily pretended to be asleep, not wanting to deal with the questions Therese would ask about her and Sirius, but she soon realized that wasn't what they were giggling about.
"Yeah, and then he asked me to go to Hogsmeade with him, and of course I said yes," Therese was talking excitedly to Samantha, who was nodding, with a supportive smile on her face. "The best part though was after I agreed he kissed me! Right in the middle of the common room, in front of everybody!"
The girls continued to giggle as throughout the night Therese went on and on about what a 'great kisser James was, how cute he was, how smart he was,' Lily thought she was gonna hurl up her dinner!
'Wait, why do I care what James is doing with Therese? Oh yeah, it'll make it harder for me to win the bet! That's it...It doesn't have anything to do with feelings or what I was thinking about earlier...'
Lily drifted off to dreamless sleep, too exhausted from her days work of screwing up her life. 'At least my plan of kissing Snape was right...' was the last thought she had that night.
However, there was one thing she was completely wrong about: Her feelings about Therese and James *were* important. She was not a part of that endless circle of jealousy.
A/N: ok...that ending was stupid, but im not gonna change it now. i just have one thing to say: PLEASE READ AND REVIEW!! THAT'S WHAT THAT BOX BELOW IS MADE FOR! PLEASE GIVE IT A REASON FOR LIVING!! Not that you guys haven't been great so far!! Just giving you a *friendly* reminder!!
So thanxx to all of those who have reviewed:
Rach
Clara Maplewood
DarkAngel009988
Mamasita
Ana:) (numerous times!!)
Victoria
Arabella
~*Charmsangel*~
Chrissy
C.
Kyle
Kitten Kisses
Nickzchick
Anne
Anon
Emilly
liat
Nikki
Queen of the World
Animagi Marauder
Lilly Potter
Amethyst
~*Padfoot's Gal
fdsg
VolleyballKrazy (Moon Serpent)
Ariana
**Lily Potter**
Nick
Kelley Belly
kjm,
:)
kjsehfagjkwflqhnafwkoenjafkgynajfh
Snowbear
Twilight and Silence
ginny5
Thanxx to you all!!