The Lies and Deception of Evans
A/N: Well...I have three reviews...and ONE OF THEM WAS MINE! That means that I have gotten 2/3 of a review PER CHAPTER...
I work my arse off trying to get the chapters off and you don't review once...Be a good person, tell me what you think!
Oh, and I don't know Lily's middle name, so as of now, it is Anna. Lily Anna Evans...Not bad eh? Hmm...And it shall be Sirius Orion Black, and Remus Michael Lupin...And of course Peter Nicholas Pettigrew...Oh yes...Uh...James Edward Potter...They suck, but that's my problem...not yours!
Disclaimer: No, I don't own these characters, but I do own a bird who thinks that she is a watchdog...She chirps unnecessarily loud when ANYONE comes in the door. Quite obnoxious as well.
This story, unfortunately, is not about my bird. Sorry Cheerio. This is about Sirius, James, and Lily. ONWARDS!
Chapter Four: What Incentive?
Sirius' eyes, once sure of what he was beholding before him, snapped open.
"Oh...Hey...Uh...Evans..." he said, trying to restore some of his former confidence, and, needless to say, failing miserably at the task.
"Black..." she responded. It wasn't much, but it was an acknowledgement of his existance.
And...something else. There was something in her eyes, deep, back in the emerald green pools. More too, lingered in her voice, though it was so faint that Sirius could not place it, though he was certain that it was familiar. He gave her a questioning glance, but she responded with a gold glare...but...No...It wasn't actually cold. Just supposed to be.
She couldn't possibly feel the same way could she?
No.
Not possible.
Sirius sighed and shook his long hair from his eyes, shifting his gaze. Even looking at Lily was almost too much for him. A blush crept up his neck and onto his cheeks.
Wait a moment.
Sirius Black...Blushing?
It just couldn't be!
"Listen Ev--Lily. I wanted to say...I-I'm sorry."
The redhead just looked at him, confused. Sirius tugged on his ear and worried his lip a bit. As the silence stretched between them, he felt himself start to fidget, wishing that he could know what the hell she was thinking.
Finally, Lily, unable to stand it any longer, thrust a dagger into the silence, slicing it, breaking the built-up apprehension.
"I'm sorry too. But- but I think we need to talk...Need to figure out what's going on..." she said, looking down at her hands nervously, like they were the most interesting thing on earth.
Sirius nodded his head. "When, and where?"
Unfortunately, just at that moment, James swept in.
"Shit..." Lily muttered. Then, leaning close to Sirius, she whispered, "7:00 tonight...Room of Requirement. Be there..." She straightened and gave a weak smile to James.
"Morning Lilyflower!" he said brightly, as he grabbed her around the waist and swept her into a gigantic bear-hug. Lily attempted at a smile, but only achieved a faint upwards curve of her soft lips.
James bent his head and kissed those lips, much to Lily's and Sirius' surprise.
Black fumed...How dare he.
Well, maybe...
No.
It couldn't be!
He would go to the Room of Requirement and they would talk it out.
Meanwhile, he suffered as James and Lily, his brain couldn't help but add, 'My Lily...' though he shunned that thought, treating it like poison.
He and Lily weren't anything.
It was just a crush, and nothing real had happened.
He had not really felt the sparks as their lips met, as he pulled her body close to his.
None of that had really occurred.
Yeah, that's right, keep on telling yourself that... the voice in the back of his mind whispered. He promptly shoved it away. No.
Sirius sighed. Breakfast was coming around soon. He stood up sorely and stretched, groaning as his stiff muscles were forced to work again. The edge of his shirt lifted up and he looked to see Lily staring at the strip of exposed skin.
So she did feel something?
YES! Something in his mind shouted.
But...James...The loyal part argued.
He must be going insane...
No, he knew that wasn't true.
Sirius had just discovered his conscious. And, because there were two voices, one louder than the other, it appeared as though his sub-conscious had been uncovered as well.
Great...Three people in my head...
"Hey Padfoot..." a sleepy voice said. Then he heard a loud thump. Sirius spun around. Remus, it seemed, had just woken up.
"Moony!" he greeted. Remus, it appeared, had just fallen down the stairs...
The full moon must be coming.
Sirius walked over to him and hauled him up by grabbing his forearms and pulling.
When he had the werewolf up, he peered into the slightly shorter boy's eyes.
"You PMS-ing?" he inquired. Of course he was referring to what the Marauder's called Remus'...so to say, 'Pre-Moon-Symptoms'...
"Yeah...three more days..." Remus whispered quietly, receiving a short nod from Sirius. Remus, Sirius could tell, was tired. Black guided him over to a couch and sat him down, getting a warm smile of thanks from Moony.
Peter also stumbled down the stairs then, though he managed to stay on his feet. Sirius gave the small boy a pat on the back. "Three more days till the transformation..." he whispered. The mousy boy nodded, his pointed face looking like the rat he was. Sirius had never liked that boy as much as Prongs or Moony...
When he looked back at them, James was giving Lily a peck on the cheek and saying something about how he wanted to go down to breakfast early. Sirius also got up. He figured he might as well tell his friend...
Catching up with his messy-, raven-haired friend, Sirius saw a look of absolute bliss on his face.
"Why the happy face?" Sirius asked, though he thought he knew the answer.
Not only that, he was dreading it.
James smiled at him.
"Padfoot my friend, I think Lily and I are finally together."
"You mean like together, together?"
"Yeah, together, together, together, together, together, together, to--"
Sirius clapped a hand over his mouth.
"I get it." he snapped, slightly irritated. Then, upon seeing the stricken look on James' face, he continued this as a question.
"Uh...sooo...How did this come about?" he asked, dragging out the 'sooo'.
The old smile returned to Prongs' face.
"She kissed me last night..." he told Sirius, a dreamy expression crossing his face an lingering there.
"Oh?" Sirius swallowed. Uh-oh...
"Yeah...Though..." A frown crossed Potter's face.
"What?" Sirius persisted.
"Oh nothing...Just...This morning. She seemed so distant. Like she was thinking about something else..."
Sirius' inner-self grinned at that.
Or someone else...it whispered.
No, don't listen, shun that thought.
So he did.
They made it down to breakfast and sat down. Not many people were here. Gregory Crabbe and Harris Goyle of course, but they were pigs. A handful of Hufflepuffs and Ravenclaws were here as well, but just the notoriously hungry ones. James and Sirius traded glances before entering, and sitting down at their table.
Grinning, they filled their plates and began to stuff their faces.
Little did each know, the other was having doubts...second thoughts.
A fracture in the friendship had occurred.
This could not be good.
A/N: FWEE! A cliffy! Though, I'll probably have Chapter 5 up tomorrow, so it isn't all that bad. MWA HA HA HA HA! I apologize, I'm feeling particularly hyper today...
Please, review! I don't care if you've reviewed already, I just want more! They taste good... -burp-...Uh...I mean...They are good for my soul!