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CHAPTER 10: DON'T

"Kris, I can't believe that you're all talking about this nonsense!" Lily said as Kristanna closed her bedroom door.

Kristanna sighed. "Lils, I'm not lying, after all. That's the truth." She held out the hand where Lily's engagement ring was placed. "Here, take the ring off and look beneath it," she advised slowly. "And don't throw the ring out after reading it!" she reminded hastily.

Lily cautiously took the gold and red lined diamond ring and looked underneath it. "It was a long journey on my way home to you… Lily and James…"

"So, are you telling your best friend that she was lying?" Kristanna asked slowly as Lily read and reread the statement, trying to prove that it was wrong.

Lily felt that she shouldn't remove the ring from her finger. "But, Kris, this is a feat that cannot happen, surely," she insisted.

"But it did happen, Lils," Kristanna explained, letting herself fall on a chair conjured by Lily. "I didn't even expect that this could happen. I didn't even notice that by the end of seventh year…" she sighed and looked at her friend once again.

"How about you and Black?" Lily interrogated, trying to find people with the same case as hers.

"Lily, that's different. I've been with Black since… well, seventh year," Kristanna said, looking sorry that her friend didn't find what she was looking for. "Besides," she stood up, and took a glass, starting to pour a little of this and that on it, "You were the one who told me that 'Love comes in a way…"

"…We least expected it.' I know, I know," Lily said, taking the glass of potion. "Did you put it?" she asked her, sniffing the potion that exhaled a smell of mixed moss and vomit. "I think I cannot handle the taste of it," she said, pinching her nose.

"I totally forgot," Kristanna said, searching her clothes for the potion. "Sirius!" she shouted, and Sirius popped in the bedroom. She held out a palm and with a clear understanding, he passed the purple bottle to her, kissed her, and disapparated.

She tipped the bottle and three drops got out, creating hissing noises. The smell of the potion changed. "I feel creepy everytime I see Black touching you like that," she said while drinking the potion.

"What does it taste?" Kristanna asked her excitedly.

"It's not the usual taste anymore, it tastes like…" she mused for a while, "…like peas!"

"Peas, did you say? Then my theories are true," Kristanna concluded. Before Lily could say another word, she apparated.

"Now, what is happening to that girl? What's the matter with peas?" Lily asked herself, gulping the remaining liquid in the glass.

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"Sirius, try to drink this," Kristanna asked her fiancé. "I didn't put anything on it. It's just water," she said, putting a drop of her invention.

Sirius obediently drank the water. "Kris, are you sure this is water? It tastes of butterbeer," he complained.

"Does James like peas?" Kristanna asked. Sirius nodded as they walked in the small orchard-forest of the manor.

"It's weird but he really does," Sirius said. Kristanna grabbed the glass and took a sip.

"You know, I'm really confused. What is your favorite food, again?" she asked him.

"Feed me anything, as long as it tastes good," Sirius said.

"But you liked roast chicken the most, do you?" Kristanna said with a small laugh.

Sirius looked surprised. "How did you know?"

"And that kind of roast chicken is the one roasted above real fire lighted by rosewood and filled with basil leaves," Kristanna continued. "Don't worry, I'll cook you one."

She hummed as she walked away, transformed to an eagle, and flew to the tower of the manor, where Lily was.

NCSP:

Lily smiled secretly as she went down the stairs first. However, her long-trailed robes got her and she slipped. She went down the stairs with uncontrollable steps. As she went at the last flight of stairs, James jumped from the stair balcony, did some somersault, and caught Lily's waist, slowly making a 720O turn. Lily met James' eyes, full of worry and relief, and she did something that she felt right to do…

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