Summary: James Potter is tired of having girls throw themselves at his feet the second he flashes them one of his famous smiles. So, when he hears of Muggle Born Lily Evans, who is saving herself for marriage, he realizes that this is just the challenge he is looking for. But, what happens when what started out as just another game for James blossoms into something much more? Something like… love?
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Clip From Past Chapter: "Hello, Snape…" the mysterious voice said, and as his features became more clear, Snape gasped at the sight before him. "Let's have a little chat about Lily, James, and Sirius… shall we?"
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Disclaimer: Sadly, I own nothing that is even remotely related to Harry Potter, although my name is Lily! That must count for something lol.
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A/N: Look at me updating nice and quickly! Woo! Go Lily! Ok, so I'm apologizing right now because last chapter, I wrote it in like half an hour, didn't review anything, and it was 2 in the morning… my writing skills weren't up to par :). But, on a good note, although this fiction is in fact coming to an end, worry not! I have a few good Lily and James stories at the bottom of the story. Check them out!
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"Lee… Lee Robbins?" Snape asked in disbelief, his eyes widening in haste. "What do you know about Lily, James, and… and… Sirius?" Snape murmured quietly, hastily trying to hide the unshed tears threatening to pour out of his cold black eyes.
"More than you'd dare to dream," Lee spoke back dangerously, and motioned Snape to continue following him. "I know all about the bet James and Sirius have together.
Snape decided to follow him without another word. As much as it pained the heartless Snape to admit it, he had indeed been falling for the unmatchable charms of the Sirius Black. Snape shook him greasy hair dejectedly. A Gryffindor for the love of fizzing whizbees. But Snape had a kind of hold on him… his delicious chocolate hair, his entrancing blue eyes, and his love for adventure… he was like a rubber band. The more Snape tried to resist him, the quicker he was drawn into him. Sooner than Snape had expected, Lee had lead him through a tapestry on the wall, and the two boys found themselves in an enclosure.
"Welcome," Lee said, with a maniacal glint in his eye, "to one of the only rooms in all of Hogwarts that the bloody Marauders haven't scouted out yet."
Snape took a glance around, before turning back to Lee, snarling. "What does this have to do with the bet?" he spat, cold eyes narrowing darkly.
"Everything," Lee whispered, before turning sharply around on his heel to face Snape, causing him to jump. "But before I show you, I think you might want to know exactly why I'm willing to help you out with this." Slowly, Snape nodded his head.
"Well…" Lee started, as he summoned two chairs in the corner of the room, gesturing for Snape to sit. "Lily Evans… she was my girlfriend at the beginning of the year, and James Potter stole her away."
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Flashback to Chapter Two… Lee's POV.
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"Lily, I seriously think that we need to have a talk," a very flustered Lee screamed down to his girlfriend of a year and a half, Lily Evans.
"Yes, Lee?" Lily smiled up at him. "I haven't talked to you for a few days, but I'm about to be late for my DADA lesson, you see, and..."
Lee scowled, waving away her explanation with a swift movement of his sturdy hand. He wasn't in the mood for some lighthearted banter. He wanted to get down to business.
"But Lily, can't this wait?" Lee pleaded, looking at her with puppy dog eyes. He grinned with satisfaction as Lily caved in. She could never resist those eyes. He heard a movement from behind him, and turned his head for a second, catching a raven-haired 6th year staring at him and Lily.
"Just James Potter," he though nonchalantly, waving the thought from his head as he turned his attention back to Lily.
"I think it's time, since you and me have been together for what it seems like a year and a half, to take our relationship to the next level. We've only ever made out, and although it's great... well, sex seems reasonable now." Lee finished, his heart thumping. Surely, Lily would agree! But then, to Lee's dismay, he saw Lily flush a deep scarlet, and her eyes focused on a part just under his eyes. He didn't have to be a genius to figure he was just about to be rejected.
"Lee, you know I love you, but I can't," she said, peering out at him, as she turned the color of her dazzling auburn hair. "I have to wait until the time is right, you know?"
Lee sighed, and then inquired, "Well, what are you waiting for? Is it marriage?" He was somewhat angry. He had loved Lily for a year and a half, and for Merlin's sake, he was a man the last time he checked… he had stayed loyal to her. That meant no sex for a year and a half. He couldn't take it anymore. And then, Lily whispered the worst thing she possibly could.
"Either that or true and unrequited love," she murmured, then instantly covered her mouth with her delicate hands.
Lee's could feel his heart literally breaking in two. His fists clenched, and his breathing sped up considerably.
"So you don't love me?" he hissed, peering out at her with cold green eyes. "We've been together a fucking year and a half, of which you've deprived me from the thing every sane 17 year old guy is after, and it's still not 'true love' to you Lily?" Lee knew he was shaking slightly, and he felt like he was about to go insane. "We need to do this Lily. I love you, and its finally time," he said, and grabbed Lily's hands, pulling her into a passionate kiss. He thought that maybe he could melt Lily with the taste of his mouth. Maybe, just maybe, she'd give in.
Lily pulled away, and looked out at Lee. "No, Lee. We don't. If you really cared about me, you'd understand why I have to wait. I'm not going to have sex now, OK?"
Lee felt his blood begin to boil. "Were you raped or something?" He cried out in impatient rage. "Why are you so reluctant to do this with me? I don't have any unknown nasty diseases, and... well, let's just say I aim to please. I'm very big in certain places." He smirked, thinking that he had finally won her over.
Lily blushed, and she started to look visibly nervous. She began to twiddle her thumbs. "Lee, I wasn't raped." She said slowly, looking up at him as if she was seeing him for the first time.
"Well, then what is holding you back? It's not like this would be your first time or anything," he snorted. This was getting quite ridiculous. Why wouldn't she just give in?
Lily looked down, and Lee instantly knew the truth. Lily was a virgin.
"I... I have to go," Lily said tentatively, and strode away very quickly, leaving a dumbfounded Lee standing in the middle of the hallway. With a shake of his head, he quickly darted into the nearest classroom he could find. Luckily, it was deserted.
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End Of Flashback……………………………………………………
"You can't even begin to imagine the amount of humiliation I was put through," Lee seethed, his blood boiling at just the thought of that encounter. "And by that time, I couldn't take it anymore. I began hounding Lily every other hour, pressing her to give up her virginity to me."
Snape nodded. He knew the feeling of sexual frustration. He had only had sex once in his entire life, with a girl named Petunia Parkinson, and that had ended disastrously, as he had miraculously discovered his newfound sexuality that day in bed with her. Needless to say, he hadn't shagged a girl (or guy for that matter) since.
Lee stayed silent for a while, so Severus decided to prod him a bit.
"Ahem… um, what happened after that?" he wondered aloud.
Lee snapped back to attention. He had been lost in a sort of reverie, and looked at Snape like he had just realized he was there.
"Naturally, when she continued to deny me… I, well, I…" Lee faltered, looking down at his hands before continuing. "I started to turn to other things for pleasure. Things such as sex toys," he muttered.
"Ahh," Snape nodded, understanding the position Lee was put in. How else was he supposed to get anything done? "And?" he prodded, waiting for more.
"Well, they were great for a while… but they weren't enough. I was in no position to turn down any chance of getting a shag in that I got. So, one day, I stayed behind during Quidditch practice, and rode around on my broomstick a bit more. As I was getting off, I was approached my… erm… Alicia."
"Uh oh," Snape said, understanding instantly. Alicia was the school's slut. Just a smile was enough to have boys mooning over you instantly. She seduced anyone and everyone that came into her path.
"I couldn't help myself. She was there, I was there, and she was wearing a quite lovely shirt to show off her cleavage it just happened. Before I knew it, we were in my dormitory, not a care in the world." Lee said quietly, remembering what had happened. "And apparently Lily knew about it as well, as she confronted me about it the next time I tried to get her to have a romp with me."
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Flashback To Chapter 3… Lee's point of view through to chapter 4……………………………………………………………………………
Lee had been looking for Lily all morning, fretting what was about to happen. He would ask her once more for her to give it up to him, or he would dump her… and hopefully nobody need figure out about Alicia and him. He spotted her up ahead, and ran up to her, tugging on her shoulders until she was facing him. Taking a deep breath, he began.
"Lily! I can't take it anymore! We've had this discussion for weeks and weeks on end, but still, you won't put out for me! I'm a guy, Lily! A man! With hormones running wild, my testosterone is on the lose! But still, you REFUSE to have SEX with your BOYFRIEND of over a YEAR! You don't understand how bad it is Lily!" he finished, taking a few steadying breathes for what her reply would be.
Lee and Lily were in yet another fight, in the middle of the corridor to the DADA classroom. Lily turned around sharply, and glared at Lee, straight in the eyes.
"So, you want me to just GIVE UP all of my values? What do you want Lee? You want me to just stop, and drop everything I believe in just because you're hornier than just about everyone in the whole sodding castle? You pleasure yourself enough Lee, just wait a little more! Don't think I don't know about all of those kinky little toys you hide! I know ALL about them Lee, so don't even pretend you don't get any!"
Lee's face was a mixture between contorted rage and unsepressed anger at those words. How had she figured out about that? It wasn't his fault he had to resort to them! If she wouldn't pleasure him, he had to rely on himself, so he did. Every man for his own, every toy for his man.
"How… dare… you… Evans," he seethed, a flush rising up his cheeks. He had to defend himself, had to… But his thoughts were interrupted by Lily's next confusing words.
"So, we're on last name terms now, are we?" Lily shot back, eyes narrowing.
"What is she talking about?" he thought, but his unspoken question was answered instantly.
"You weren't on last name terms with ALICIA a few nights back now were you? The whole castle could hear your moans!"
"Wh - WHAT?" Lee shrieked, with a voice of a guilty person. He looked like a dear caught in headlights. Everything was turning out wrong today. How in the world had she figured out about Alicia?"
"That's right, Lee," Lily said coolly, although a single tear slid down her porcelain cheek. "I know all about her. I was actually considering it Lee, but last Thursday confirmed my suspicions that you weren't the one. I can't have somebody who isn't willing to wait… and I can't have somebody who cheats on me with Hogwarts' number one SLUT!"
Lee opened his mouth to protest, but before he could utter a single word, Lily turned on her heel and entered a classroom, leaving him alone in the middle of the corridor, getting gawked at by a crowd of his fellow students. As he was getting ready to bolt, he saw James Potter passing him. James gave Lee a wink, and followed Lily into the deserted room.
"For the love of fizzing whizbees. Why is James following Lily? Why is James always around when me and Lily get into a fight?" he thought to himself furiously. With a final last minute decision, he bolted from the corridor to him dorm, in search of his invisibility cloak. He would get to the bottom of this… no matter what. After a few minutes, he was back at the classroom, and waited outside of it, cautiously putting his ear against the closed door, listening intently to Lily and James' conversation.
"Mhmm… the notorious player Potter actually wants to listen to what I have to say? He doesn't just want me in his bed. I'm sure all you want to do is talk, give me a shoulder to cry on, Potter. I'm just positive your real motive isn't to just manipulate me into your bed during my most vulnerable moment…" came Lily's voice from inside the room.
"That's right, Lily. You tell him," Lee encouraged her in his mind, listening intently for more.
"Lily, you've got it all wrong," Came James' voice. "I seriously know how it feels to be in your situation."
Lee scoffed. Sure you do, buddy…
"Ok, Potter… tell me about it," Lily answered defiantly.
"James," the male voice muttered. Lee had to strain his ears to hear the rest. "My name… it's James… use it, please?" Lee assumed Lily had nodded, as James continued on with his story.
"I'll admit, Lily, that the past few years, I haven't been a very honest person with all of my girlfriends, and I've broken many hearts in my path. I honestly wasn't thinking about my actions. So, I guess I should have seen it coming… I deserved it really… somebody decided to give me a taste of my own, bitter medicine. I fell for the girl… hard, Lily. She teased me, and I couldn't resist her. She kissed me, and after I had had a taste of her, I couldn't let her go. I chased after her recklessly, and she made me work for any affection she gave to me. Finally, after a lot of torture, we had sex… and she dumped me the next day. It taught me Lily, that I couldn't play around with people's feelings the way I had been. I haven't been able to trust anybody else since." James story stopped, and Lee found himself smirking. She wasn't actually buying this bullshit story, was she? Turned out she was. After a few more minutes, Lily and James left the room together, exchanging a brief hug.
Lee scowled to himself as Lily turned the corner. This was despicable. James was obviously just trying to get her into bed… but why? His answer arrived in the wet form of none other than Sirius Black.
After listening to the two friends chat for a while, Lee got the gist of it. James Potter was planning on getting Lily into the sack before Sirius could get Snape to confess his undying love. Remus had to sack McGonagall. Lee shivered a bit at that.
Lee felt his hand take form of a fist. "No matter what, I'm going to find a way to foil this… once and for all," he swore to himself as he left the corridor James and Sirius were chatting in.
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End Of Flashback……………………………………………………………………………
"Wow," Snape whistled, letting all of the information sink in. It had been a prank the whole time. Snape remembered Sirius getting wet, showing off his amazing stomach to him with a brief dip in the lake. He felt himself getting angrier then he was before.
"So, anyways, I followed James and Lily around a bit, and just today, I saw them in their tutoring lesson. Those two disgusting randy dogs practically got it on right there! When I saw you leaving, I knew tonight was the night. The night I clued you in to what was happening. The night we decided how to get back at the untouchable Marauders and Lily," Lee smiled, his white teeth glinting in the moonlight.
Snape agreed full heartedly. "The only question is… how?" he asked treacherously, already relishing in the thought that he'd get precious "Padfoot" back for what he had done to him.
"Well…"
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A/N: I was going to go on and make this chapter a few more pages, but I decided this was a good place to leave it off. I do think this is one of my favorite chapters yet. By far the longest, and the one I'm most proud of. One or two more chapters left. I thought I'd be making the chapter longer, which would mean only 1 more chapter, but I'm giving you guys two more. Your welcome? Lol, just kidding. Well, I expect at least 20 reviews for this one! Or at least that's what I hope for . Even just a few would be enough though. I'm so grateful to ALL of you reviewers! You make me want to continue writing! Anywho, here are a few stories you guys should check out. They're GREAT and you should definitely drop them some comments!
Take My Breathe Away – By "BlairBearX"
This story is absolutely fantastic, and off to a great start! She is the only story in my "favorites" place, so you can find her if you visit my page, and look at my favorite stories. It's about how Lily Evans is in love with Sirius Black, but realizes that James Potter is truly the only one who can, "Take Her Breath Away." Fantastic. Leave her a review!
The Truth Of The Heart – By child-of-scorpio
Just a fantastic story. I found it under BlairBearX's favorites. It's… amazing. I can't even describe it. She has more then 1000 reviews, and not even 30 chapters up yet! You HAVE to check it out! And leave her a review as well.
