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A/N: This is an 'edited version' I found some typos in it so i had to fix em. i'm writing chapter 6 now, so it should be on ff.net in a few hours if all goes accoring to plan!
Love in the Third Degree
Chapter 5
A Trip to Hogsmeade!
(For lack of better title!)
Lily woke up the next morning, in a hurry to get the day started. There was a couple things she needed to get done, the main one being having a really great time with Sirius at Hogsmeade, showing James that she would not be out done by Therese.
A half an hour later Lily was walking to the Great Hall, hoping to get a good breakfast to start a good morning, but what she saw made her angry. Sitting at the Gryffindor table was James and who else was next to him but Therese. 'Was Therese put on this earth just to aggravate me?' she asked herself. 'I mean, I had no problem with her before, but now that she's ruining my chance of winning the bet she is going to have to be dealt with.'
Calming herself down, Lily approached to the table and found a seat next to Sirius. She sat down in it, giving Sirius the biggest smile she could muster. It was hard though, seeing Therese and James smiling and laughing with each other, her hand on his arm as she laughed at one of his stupid jokes. 'Ew, I hope I don't have to act *that* way around him to get his attention.' Therese was inching closer and closer to James until she was practically on him. 'But then again, I *did* kiss Snape...James can't be that much worse, can he?'
She was startled as Sirius brought her back to her main task of the moment: Sirius.
"So, should we leave as soon as we're done with breakfast?" he asked semi-sweetly, clearly trying to hide the fact that he was anxious to get away from all the Hogwarts students in the Great Hall, and spend time with the red head sitting next to him.
"Yeah, I can't wait!"
"Great. By the way, James and Therese are coming with us, you don't mind, do you?" he asked her, motioning toward the very close couple across the table.
"Of course not, as long as we get a *few* minutes alone," Lily replied, as she scooted closer to Sirius, who looked like he could fall over in happiness.
'God, I can't believe I'm doing this! I never act like this!' Lily had realized that the bet was no longer about just winning some extra money, but she made it her goal to prove Megan wrong.
Megan still hadn't came down to breakfast, but Lily moved the thought out of her head thinking, 'Who cares, if she wants to ruin our friendship over a boy, *I* wasn't the one who overreacted.'
She turned back to Sirius, ready to get out of the loud Great Hall, she sweetly asked him, "Actually, I'm not that hungry, I'm ready to go if you are."
Sirius smiled and turned to James. "So how 'bout it James, ready to go now?"
James looked a little out of it but replied with a 'yes' without even bothering to ask Therese.
*****
The two couples were now making their way to the Three Broomsticks, James glaring at Lily while she chatted with Sirius, and Therese looking adoringly at James. As they entered the inn, Sirius went to get drinks as the other three sat down in a booth, James and Therese on one side, Lily on the opposite.
"So...Lily, how are you and Sirius getting along?" Therese asked, trying to get a conversation going.
"Really great, we get along so wonderfully!" James frowned at this for a second, but then turned to Therese.
"Actually, how about you and I go somewhere else?" he offered to her. Lily didn't like this at all. She needed James there to actually witness how much she and Sirius were 'getting along' so she could see the jealousy on his face. Plus she didn't like the fact that James liked Therese enough to go off somewhere "alone" just to get away from her.
Sirius returned, struggling to carry four butterbeers, whose foam was slopping over the side. He grinned as he sat down next to Lily. Wanting to act quickly in case James was leaving soon, she kissed Sirius, straight out on the lips.
His eyes seemed to pop out in surprise, but soon he was soon so into the kiss that they seemed to go back to normal. Lily finally pulled out of the kiss ('The human body needs oxygen,' she told herself).
James had a strange look in his eyes ('Disgusted? Surprised? God forbid- *Jealous*? Lily thought to herself with a smile) as he pulled Sirius out of the booth, muttering "Sirius, we gotta talk."
"Wow Lily! I never expected that from you! You really like him, don't you?" Therese all of a sudden had forgotten about James and was focusing on what had juts occurred. Lily blushed as she said this, but remained silent until James and Sirius returned, both looking slightly angry at each other.
"So what's the plans for today?" Therese asked in her normal perky way.
"Actually, Sirius and I decided we should go our separate ways, you know, just me and you and...Lily and him."
"OK..."
They said their quick good-byes as Sirius and Lily started to walk along the streets of Hogsmeade.
"So what were you and James talking about?"
"Well...." Sirius seemed apprehensive.
"And tell the truth, whatever you say won't bother me."
"All right, we were talking about you. James seems to think that it was treason, me going out with you. And he said some things about you... *bad* things about how fast you were moving along with me..."
"What? What'd he say? You can tell me!" She added the last part when Sirius shook his head at her. After a few moments he continued.
"He said you must be a slut for 'snogging with me', he said we've never gone out before and already you were 'all over me.'"
However, Lily just brushed if off.
"Like he should be talking! Have you seen the way he and Therese act? Geesh!"
"Good, I didn't want his stupid words to get to you, I didn't think they would. It's just..." Sirius trailed off, looking like he didn't want to continue.
"Go on."
"It's just that, lately you seem to be acting differently around me, sometimes even James. You used to give us looks as if we were the most immature creatures you'd ever seen. And know you and I are really getting along, and you aren't making nasty comments towards James anymore. And not to mention you kissed Snape. Just tell me, honestly, if there is something you're hiding."
Lily looked uncomfortably at Sirius, who didn't seem to notice.
"Of course not. In the past few days, I've seen a whole new side of you, you're funny and charming, and not to mention extremely cute. And as for James, I've decide to at least be civil to him."
Sirius' smile returned.
"I'm sorry I questioned you, but I had to hear it from you."
"Oh, that's ok, forget all about it, let's just have a good time. What do you say to heading back to Hogwarts early and hanging out in the common room?"
He nodded in agreement and they made their way back.
*****
Three hours later, Sirius and Lily were still chattering away on a couch in the common room, Lily's head resting on Sirius' shoulder as they talked about Quidditch.
"I still don't see what's so *great* about it, I mean from the stands it's just a whole bunch of brooms zooming around!" Lily said, laughing.
"But that's just it! I mean, it's action packed, and as Keeper, I can block anything coming my way," he said, a tad bit arrogantly, but Lily was distracted for a moment. Out of the corner of her eye she saw James and Therese coming through the portrait hole, as close as ever, so Lily needed some quick action.
"Yeah, well can you block this?" she asked him as she started to kiss him for the second time that day. As this continued, James stopped dead in his tracks. Therese ignored him and pulled him over to an armchair across from the couch Lily and Sirius were occupying.
Therese cleared her throat rather loudly, and the couple across from them jumped apart, both blushing clearly.
"Look, if you want to snog, *atleast* help us out by getting a room."
Lily stole a glance at James, who looked like he wanted to strangle Sirius.
"Well, um, I'm kinda tired, so I'm gonna go take a nap. I'll see you at dinner," she told Sirius as she bent down and gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Yeah, you should be tired after all *you've* done today," James muttered under his breath after she had turned and was heading toward the stairs leading to the girls' dorms.
*Unfortunately* for him, Sirius heard him, which he acted out when he lunged at James and attempted to pummel him.
*Luckily* for James, Lily quickly had grabbed her wand and had Sirius was quickly bound.
"LILY! What'd you do that for? He just insulted you!"
Lily held his arm to calm his down, then quickly got rid of the ropes that had been restraining him.
"Look, I'm sorry I did that, but I didn't want you to get in trouble for beating James up."
"Ha, as if he could ever beat *me* in a fight," James finally spoke up. Lily had to use even more strength to hold Sirius back this time, but he pulled out of her small arms and stalked up to his room without a word. James left through the portrait hole, and Lily and Therese were left there, starting at each other in silence.
*****
Lily really had decided to go to bed, she had had enough of this mess. 'Why did I get myself into this?'
After falling asleep, she was awoken an hour later by Megan who had stormed in the room, sharing her first words with Lily that day.
"I heard what you did! I can't believe you've got him defending you, having him betray his best friend, all so you can win some bet. You know, I would call it off, but I want to lower your already high opinion of yourself. You think you can do anything, well, I'm going to make sure you lose this bet!"
She left without another word.
*****
As Lily headed down to dinner, she was thinking about what Megan had said to her. 'Of course it's all true. I mean, how can one damn bet make two pairs of best friends become divided? I hate to admit it even to myself, but I *am* changing. I used to be sweet little Lily, always helping someone with their homework, and never using people like I am now. What's happening to me...?'
She took a seat next to Sirius, who was uncharacteristically silent. James was pretty much the same. Megan, was chatting with a sixth year further down the table. Therese was trying to get James in a conversation, but failing miserably.
'This is all because of me,' Lily thought glumly as she poked at her steak and potatoes. 'There is only one thing I can do to end this: win this bet ASAP. Tonight I'm going to corner and MAKE him like me, whether he likes it or not!'
Lily planned all this with a little smile on her face, which could easily be mistaken for an evil grin.
A/N: Ok, it's really hot and I have a Geometry test first period I need to study for (grr, circles!), so I'm just gonna end it like that even though it makes no sense what-so-ever. Lily has turned into a real bitch in this chapter, I mean she's kinda evil...You wanna know y? the simple answer is I'm watching "Blond" the story of Marilyn Monroe my icon, even though she did *many* immoral things. So that's my bad influence for now. :) ~Sigh~ 'All or Nothing' by O Town is on the radio... such a good song!
In the next chapter: Depends on reviews, if I get a lot then I'll move things faster and James and Lily will actually have some ROMANCE! But if you decide to neglect that box, well then, let's just say 'I'M A GOOD PROCRASTINATOR!!!'
BWAHA!
Ok, I'm done! O yeah, I probably had lots of sp mistakes, my spelling check sucks, and I'm just going to asssume that Black was Keeper. Got it? So please REVIEW! If you do I'll keep you in my prayers tonight! ;) Thanks for all the reviews so far!
A/N: This is an 'edited version' I found some typos in it so i had to fix em. i'm writing chapter 6 now, so it should be on ff.net in a few hours if all goes accoring to plan!
Love in the Third Degree
Chapter 5
A Trip to Hogsmeade!
(For lack of better title!)
Lily woke up the next morning, in a hurry to get the day started. There was a couple things she needed to get done, the main one being having a really great time with Sirius at Hogsmeade, showing James that she would not be out done by Therese.
A half an hour later Lily was walking to the Great Hall, hoping to get a good breakfast to start a good morning, but what she saw made her angry. Sitting at the Gryffindor table was James and who else was next to him but Therese. 'Was Therese put on this earth just to aggravate me?' she asked herself. 'I mean, I had no problem with her before, but now that she's ruining my chance of winning the bet she is going to have to be dealt with.'
Calming herself down, Lily approached to the table and found a seat next to Sirius. She sat down in it, giving Sirius the biggest smile she could muster. It was hard though, seeing Therese and James smiling and laughing with each other, her hand on his arm as she laughed at one of his stupid jokes. 'Ew, I hope I don't have to act *that* way around him to get his attention.' Therese was inching closer and closer to James until she was practically on him. 'But then again, I *did* kiss Snape...James can't be that much worse, can he?'
She was startled as Sirius brought her back to her main task of the moment: Sirius.
"So, should we leave as soon as we're done with breakfast?" he asked semi-sweetly, clearly trying to hide the fact that he was anxious to get away from all the Hogwarts students in the Great Hall, and spend time with the red head sitting next to him.
"Yeah, I can't wait!"
"Great. By the way, James and Therese are coming with us, you don't mind, do you?" he asked her, motioning toward the very close couple across the table.
"Of course not, as long as we get a *few* minutes alone," Lily replied, as she scooted closer to Sirius, who looked like he could fall over in happiness.
'God, I can't believe I'm doing this! I never act like this!' Lily had realized that the bet was no longer about just winning some extra money, but she made it her goal to prove Megan wrong.
Megan still hadn't came down to breakfast, but Lily moved the thought out of her head thinking, 'Who cares, if she wants to ruin our friendship over a boy, *I* wasn't the one who overreacted.'
She turned back to Sirius, ready to get out of the loud Great Hall, she sweetly asked him, "Actually, I'm not that hungry, I'm ready to go if you are."
Sirius smiled and turned to James. "So how 'bout it James, ready to go now?"
James looked a little out of it but replied with a 'yes' without even bothering to ask Therese.
*****
The two couples were now making their way to the Three Broomsticks, James glaring at Lily while she chatted with Sirius, and Therese looking adoringly at James. As they entered the inn, Sirius went to get drinks as the other three sat down in a booth, James and Therese on one side, Lily on the opposite.
"So...Lily, how are you and Sirius getting along?" Therese asked, trying to get a conversation going.
"Really great, we get along so wonderfully!" James frowned at this for a second, but then turned to Therese.
"Actually, how about you and I go somewhere else?" he offered to her. Lily didn't like this at all. She needed James there to actually witness how much she and Sirius were 'getting along' so she could see the jealousy on his face. Plus she didn't like the fact that James liked Therese enough to go off somewhere "alone" just to get away from her.
Sirius returned, struggling to carry four butterbeers, whose foam was slopping over the side. He grinned as he sat down next to Lily. Wanting to act quickly in case James was leaving soon, she kissed Sirius, straight out on the lips.
His eyes seemed to pop out in surprise, but soon he was soon so into the kiss that they seemed to go back to normal. Lily finally pulled out of the kiss ('The human body needs oxygen,' she told herself).
James had a strange look in his eyes ('Disgusted? Surprised? God forbid- *Jealous*? Lily thought to herself with a smile) as he pulled Sirius out of the booth, muttering "Sirius, we gotta talk."
"Wow Lily! I never expected that from you! You really like him, don't you?" Therese all of a sudden had forgotten about James and was focusing on what had juts occurred. Lily blushed as she said this, but remained silent until James and Sirius returned, both looking slightly angry at each other.
"So what's the plans for today?" Therese asked in her normal perky way.
"Actually, Sirius and I decided we should go our separate ways, you know, just me and you and...Lily and him."
"OK..."
They said their quick good-byes as Sirius and Lily started to walk along the streets of Hogsmeade.
"So what were you and James talking about?"
"Well...." Sirius seemed apprehensive.
"And tell the truth, whatever you say won't bother me."
"All right, we were talking about you. James seems to think that it was treason, me going out with you. And he said some things about you... *bad* things about how fast you were moving along with me..."
"What? What'd he say? You can tell me!" She added the last part when Sirius shook his head at her. After a few moments he continued.
"He said you must be a slut for 'snogging with me', he said we've never gone out before and already you were 'all over me.'"
However, Lily just brushed if off.
"Like he should be talking! Have you seen the way he and Therese act? Geesh!"
"Good, I didn't want his stupid words to get to you, I didn't think they would. It's just..." Sirius trailed off, looking like he didn't want to continue.
"Go on."
"It's just that, lately you seem to be acting differently around me, sometimes even James. You used to give us looks as if we were the most immature creatures you'd ever seen. And know you and I are really getting along, and you aren't making nasty comments towards James anymore. And not to mention you kissed Snape. Just tell me, honestly, if there is something you're hiding."
Lily looked uncomfortably at Sirius, who didn't seem to notice.
"Of course not. In the past few days, I've seen a whole new side of you, you're funny and charming, and not to mention extremely cute. And as for James, I've decide to at least be civil to him."
Sirius' smile returned.
"I'm sorry I questioned you, but I had to hear it from you."
"Oh, that's ok, forget all about it, let's just have a good time. What do you say to heading back to Hogwarts early and hanging out in the common room?"
He nodded in agreement and they made their way back.
*****
Three hours later, Sirius and Lily were still chattering away on a couch in the common room, Lily's head resting on Sirius' shoulder as they talked about Quidditch.
"I still don't see what's so *great* about it, I mean from the stands it's just a whole bunch of brooms zooming around!" Lily said, laughing.
"But that's just it! I mean, it's action packed, and as Keeper, I can block anything coming my way," he said, a tad bit arrogantly, but Lily was distracted for a moment. Out of the corner of her eye she saw James and Therese coming through the portrait hole, as close as ever, so Lily needed some quick action.
"Yeah, well can you block this?" she asked him as she started to kiss him for the second time that day. As this continued, James stopped dead in his tracks. Therese ignored him and pulled him over to an armchair across from the couch Lily and Sirius were occupying.
Therese cleared her throat rather loudly, and the couple across from them jumped apart, both blushing clearly.
"Look, if you want to snog, *atleast* help us out by getting a room."
Lily stole a glance at James, who looked like he wanted to strangle Sirius.
"Well, um, I'm kinda tired, so I'm gonna go take a nap. I'll see you at dinner," she told Sirius as she bent down and gave him a peck on the cheek.
"Yeah, you should be tired after all *you've* done today," James muttered under his breath after she had turned and was heading toward the stairs leading to the girls' dorms.
*Unfortunately* for him, Sirius heard him, which he acted out when he lunged at James and attempted to pummel him.
*Luckily* for James, Lily quickly had grabbed her wand and had Sirius was quickly bound.
"LILY! What'd you do that for? He just insulted you!"
Lily held his arm to calm his down, then quickly got rid of the ropes that had been restraining him.
"Look, I'm sorry I did that, but I didn't want you to get in trouble for beating James up."
"Ha, as if he could ever beat *me* in a fight," James finally spoke up. Lily had to use even more strength to hold Sirius back this time, but he pulled out of her small arms and stalked up to his room without a word. James left through the portrait hole, and Lily and Therese were left there, starting at each other in silence.
*****
Lily really had decided to go to bed, she had had enough of this mess. 'Why did I get myself into this?'
After falling asleep, she was awoken an hour later by Megan who had stormed in the room, sharing her first words with Lily that day.
"I heard what you did! I can't believe you've got him defending you, having him betray his best friend, all so you can win some bet. You know, I would call it off, but I want to lower your already high opinion of yourself. You think you can do anything, well, I'm going to make sure you lose this bet!"
She left without another word.
*****
As Lily headed down to dinner, she was thinking about what Megan had said to her. 'Of course it's all true. I mean, how can one damn bet make two pairs of best friends become divided? I hate to admit it even to myself, but I *am* changing. I used to be sweet little Lily, always helping someone with their homework, and never using people like I am now. What's happening to me...?'
She took a seat next to Sirius, who was uncharacteristically silent. James was pretty much the same. Megan, was chatting with a sixth year further down the table. Therese was trying to get James in a conversation, but failing miserably.
'This is all because of me,' Lily thought glumly as she poked at her steak and potatoes. 'There is only one thing I can do to end this: win this bet ASAP. Tonight I'm going to corner and MAKE him like me, whether he likes it or not!'
Lily planned all this with a little smile on her face, which could easily be mistaken for an evil grin.
A/N: Ok, it's really hot and I have a Geometry test first period I need to study for (grr, circles!), so I'm just gonna end it like that even though it makes no sense what-so-ever. Lily has turned into a real bitch in this chapter, I mean she's kinda evil...You wanna know y? the simple answer is I'm watching "Blond" the story of Marilyn Monroe my icon, even though she did *many* immoral things. So that's my bad influence for now. :) ~Sigh~ 'All or Nothing' by O Town is on the radio... such a good song!
In the next chapter: Depends on reviews, if I get a lot then I'll move things faster and James and Lily will actually have some ROMANCE! But if you decide to neglect that box, well then, let's just say 'I'M A GOOD PROCRASTINATOR!!!'
BWAHA!
Ok, I'm done! O yeah, I probably had lots of sp mistakes, my spelling check sucks, and I'm just going to asssume that Black was Keeper. Got it? So please REVIEW! If you do I'll keep you in my prayers tonight! ;) Thanks for all the reviews so far!