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Note: I always pictured Voldemort being the unseen being. The type that has his boys do the dirty work. Which is why Lily didn't recognize him as the dark lord.

Chapter 3,

"Hi." Lily said quietly. Voldemort grinned.

"No need to be so shy." Lily blushed a bit.

"I just never really thought that we'd…" she trailed off. "I'm happy to have finally met you."

"And I you." Voldemort said.

It turned out to be like any other time they talked. They chatted about Hogwarts, classes, the ever growing annoyances known as James Potter and Sirius Black. They walked around the wooded area as they talked. There was a stream that ran through the trees. They walked across a log to the other side. Lily held tightly to his hand as she walked shakily. His hand was cold, but strong.

"You almost fell." Voldemort said lightly. "That would have been bad."

"Potter would have come running if he heard that I got a white shirt wet." Voldemort chuckled even though the idea made him more then a little angry. 'Pervert' he thought dryly.

"Mom used to take me and my sister on walks through the woods when we were little." Lily told him. "Sometimes, when we went camping, we would gather berries and water and then pretend we were witches making a potion."

"Were you close with your mother?"

"Yes, well more then with my dad. We started drifting after I got my letter." Lily realized that he was still holding her hand. "What was your childhood like?"

"Pathetic." Voldemort said bitterly. "I never played well with others."

"So you're a reader?"

"Yes." Lily smiled.

"Me too."

"Sadly, we must say our farewells." Voldemort said as they reached the edge of the woods near the shrieking shack. He raised her hand to his lips and kissed it. "I'll be away for a while. But I'll contact you when we can speak again."

"Okay." Lily mumbled. With a smile on her lips and blush in her cheeks she ran off towards the village and then back to school.

Lily sat down to dinner and was joined, much to her dislike, by James.

"What do you want, Potter?" she asked dryly.

"Lily, I've realized that I've been a jerk."

"Finally, years of telling you have sunk in." James put his hand on hers.

"You know how I feel about you." Lily turned to him and sighed.

"James, you're a sweet guy two percent of the time. And I would probably go out with you…if you had the maturity of a seventeen year old. But right now even if you did I couldn't."

"Why not?"

"Because," Lily said with a slight blush, "I think I'm in love with someone else."

Voldemort observed the conversation between Lily and James with immense delight.

I think I'm in love with someone else.

"Excellent." Voldemort muttered. He leaned back in his chair delighted by Lily's feelings for him.

Back at Hogwarts, Lily and James were actually carrying on a conversation.

"What do you think you're going to do after you graduate?" James asked taking a sip of pumpkin juice.

"I don't know for sure, I've been taking classes to become and auror."

"Me too." James said brightly. "I just want to pay Voldemort back for all the people he's killed!" Lily smiled and nodded.

"Me too. But I'll probably end up teaching here." Lily said just before yawning. "I'm getting tired."

"Hey, talk to you tomorrow?" James asked as she stood. Lily looked back and nodded.

"Only if you act like a normal human being." She said with a laugh in her voice. She walked off and James suppressed a whoop of joy.

Voldemort scowled as he saw the interaction between James and Lily. He felt a heavy pressure in his chest and threw the nearest object he could find across the room. Coincidentally, Lucius Malfoy was walking in with Macnair and he got hit in the forehead. Voldemort mentally laughed. "What is it, Malfoy?"

"We found a resistance cell in London. We need your go ahead." Voldemort held out his hand and Lucius handed him a file. As usual it contained a list of death eaters they would take, the curses they planned to use, who they planned to use them on, and a few maps. Voldemort studied the information intently.

"What are the risks?"

"We've had a spy of ours staked out there and he's reported that these are far more violent then the rest of Dumbledore's order. Two members, Rosten and Marrel, are former Azkaban inmates and are tough. Karkarof is there as well."

"Tell him and the other spies to get out so they aren't discovered."

"Sir," Macnair began uncertainly, "we're not entirely sure where Karkarof's loyalties lie."

"What do you suggest, Macnair?" Voldemort asked coolly.

"I suggest we keep an eye on him."

"Very well, put Crabbe on it. What else?"

"Other then that we foresee no risks aside from the obvious they are trained aurors."

"Very well, get on it." Voldemort said. "Bring back their leader for…questioning."

"Yes, my lord." Lucius said bowing and then leaving with a swish of his black robes. Macnair following in his wake. Voldemort crossed one leg over the other and rubbed the bridge of his nose tiredly. Being the dark lord was hard work.

Voldemort watched in mild interest as Lily spent her evenings cramming for exams. Even though the NEWT exams were a month away. He thought fondly back to his days as a school boy and studying for the NEWTs.

"She'll work herself into a frenzy." He muttered. There was a Hogsmead weekend coming up in a few days. Perhaps when they met he would give her a few tips.

"Lily, what are you doing in Hogsmead this weekend?" James asked as the students lined up to leave. Sirius rolled his eyes behind them and James, somehow knowing, elbowed him in the ribs.

"Yeah, I wasn't using those ribs." Sirius grunted.

"I'm meeting someone." Lily said apologetically. "Sorry."

"Okay, see you around then." James said. He waved back to her as Sirius dragged him off, dead set on getting to Zonko's before the rush.

Voldemort clenched his fists as he saw James more or less ask Lily on a date. "I'm so close," he growled to himself, "like hell I'll let that pretty boy wreck everything."

Lily walked into the clearing where they usually met. She sat on a tree stump and waited. She had only been sitting for about five minutes when she felt the familiar hand on her shoulder. She turned around and smiled brightly. "Hey,"

"Hello." Lily jumped up and hugged him. Voldemort kindly returned the embrace. "And how have you been lately?"

"Busy." Lily said with a sigh. "NEWTs are in a month."

"Those exams aren't anything to get worked up about." Voldemort told her. "I promise. Someone of your intellect should have nothing to worry about."

"Still, you know me I'm a worrier." Voldemort chuckled.

"Indeed you are."

"I do this every year," Lily sighed, "I never need to worry as much as I do because I always do fine, but I can't help it."

They both sat on a log and began talking. Voldemort's hand rested beside him, and he didn't mind that Lily shyly put her hand in his.

Once again they had talked all day. Voldemort learned that when Lily was nervous she fidgeted with the necklace he gave her. "Something on your mind?" he asked.

"No." Lily said quickly. "I'm fine." They both stood up and walked a little. As four thirty rolled around Lily told him that she had to go. "I'll talk to you later." She said.

Voldemort thought quickly. James would talk to her at dinner. Lily stopped when he didn't let go of her hand. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"Nothing," in a quick movement, Voldemort pulled her hand and Lily stumbled forward into him. One pale hand rested on the side of her face, on her jaw line and his lips rested on hers. Lily's eyes widened and her heart began to race.

It was her first kiss, so of course she thought it to be more romantic then it actually was. The kiss was rough, moist and his lips were chilly, but to Lily the kiss was tender. In her imagination the background was enchanting, rather then just trees.

But most importantly, Lily realized that without a doubt she was head over heels in love with her angel. And that, was exactly what Voldemort had been waiting for.

TBC

Hopefully that's not too big of a cliffy. I'm not sure when I'll be able to update again (probably soon but I'm not sure) because we're moving across the country so we have to get packed up. We're moving on Friday and it's a three day drive. Unfortunately my laptop has a pathetic battery. Anyway enjoy.