The moment James Potter uttered those latin words the young slytherin quickly spun around thinking that the raven haired gryffindor was going to curse him. But he was beyond shocked at the sight in front of him. James Potter was there kneeling in front of them, a bright crimson and emerald light swirling around him and before he could react those lights suddenly sped towards him engulfing his entire body just like what happened to James earlier. Then it was suddenly gone just like that.
Severus snapped his gaze towards the still kneeling gryffindor "what have you done?" he hissed angrily
Instead of James, it was Lily who answered him. "the empathy bond spell," she whispered staring at the gryffindor wizard in shocked and awe.
"It wil make the caster feel every emotion of the person whom he bind himself to," explained Lily thoughtfully.
"Reverse the spell this instant, Potter," the young slytherin demanded. "I had no idea what you are playing at, but this has to stop right here, right now,"
"I can't," replied James as he got up from kneeling on the ground.
when the young slytherin just stared at him blankly Lily explained " you're the only one who can free him from the bind, Sev. And no. you can't just free him anytime you want. Your magic would determine if he was deserving to be release from the bind,"
"and even if I can, I wouldn't want to. This is the only way I can prove to you of my sincerity. If I need to experience all you had been through before just to gain your forgiveness. Then so be it," added the raven haired gryffindor staring directly to Severus' onyx orbs.
Severus was the first to broke the eye contact as he felt as though Potter's intense gaze could see right through him.
"Fine," he finally conceded. There's something stir deep inside him while Potter was looking at him with those intense hazel orbs and he didn't want to contemplate or thought about it. So he just quickly agreed just so this odd situation would finally end. But it seems that fate really like messing with his already misserable life, Lily suddenly suggested something that the three of them had no idea that would change their life forever.
"Why don't you both agreed on a truce?" the red head witch suggested enthuciastically as she looked at them both quite eagerly. And the two young wizard had no intention to upset the said witch. For Severus part because she loved Lily like a sister. As for James, well everyone thought that he's really inlove with her, he himself believed that until this past week he realized the real reason why he was trying to got her attention. And it's far from what he believed before. Now he could honestly say that he only thought of her as a younger sister.
" Well?" Lily asked impatiently while tapping her feet when it seems that both wizards had no intention of answering.
It was James who gained his senses first " it's fine with me," he said as he held his hand out towards Severus waiting if the young man would agree and take it. And he wasn't disappointed when Severus took his hand in a firm hand shake making him smile brightly to the young slytherin that unexpectedly caught his breath upon seeing it. Severus quickly turned away when he felt so hot all of a sudden.
He continued his treck towards the spot where they would be gathering potion ingredience muttering to himself all the way. 'So stupid Severus. What the hell is wrong with you? Reacting like that because of James Potter of all people. You're doomed," he scolded himself.
Mean while Lily and James who opted to join them followed the young slytherin in a slower pace. This gives James a chance to talked to Lily
"erm. . Lily I have something to confess to you. But promise me you wouldn't get mad," said James hessitantly. But to his shock Lily started to giggle as she said.
"What? That you don't really like me? That all this time your trying to seperate me with Sev because you really wanted is his attention only to you? That all this time your not really inlove me with but to Severus instead? Don't worry, I already figured it all," she stated between her giggles.
James sputtered as he stared at the giggling witch in shocked and embarassment "how did you figured it out? Dear merlin am I that obvious?Oh, this is just so embarassing."
Lily patted James in his cheeks when she finally managed to control her mirth " no worries, I think Im the only one who figured it out yet. But if you keep blushing everytime Sev is near or if you keep shooting longing glances to him everytime he's around. I assure you by the end of this month everyone would already notice,"
"Great. Just bloody fantastic," muttered the agitated gryffindor wizard sarcastically.
" There. . there. Just minimize the blushing and the longing and intense look and you have nothing to worry about," suggested the red head witch teasingly
"That's really helpul. As if that's just so easy. Who bloody hell would not blushed when they heard that sexy voice of him. I think I could orgasm by just hearing him talk. And lets not forget that intense onyx eyes of his. I would never get tired of looking at those precious jems. I think I could looked at those forever and not got bored of it. And his skillful hands either in brewing, in dueling or even just writing. How I longed to held those hands on mind. I bet his perfectly fit with mine, " he prattled saying the last part wistfuly then quickly covered his mouth with his hand his eyes went wide like a saucer when he realized what he just said.
Lily looked at him wide eyed for a while then all of a sudden she burst out laughing.
" I didn't just said all of that," James said weakly shaking his head in denial
"Oh James, Of course you did. I had no idea you're such a romantic person. Thats just so sweet of you,"
"I am not,"
"yes you are,"
"am not,"
"you are,"
"fine," James huffed. "So please stop it already, whatever you're doin to me making me spill all my secrets like that," he pleaded.
" I am doing nothing to you Jamie boy,"
"yeah right," muttered James with a pout.
"Come now, why don't you just tell me when you started to realized what you really felt about Sev,"
All the humor and teasing was gone in James when Lily asked that certain question. Until now he could still feel the fear and horror when he found out what Siri had done. And his body shiver unconsciously at the thought of what might have happened when he didn't made it there on time. Severus would either be bitten and become a werewolf himself or . .or he would be killed. And that thought made his chest constrict painfully.
Lily, sensing the raven haired wizards emotional turmoil stepped closer to him and gathered him in her arms for some comfort. She could feel his body shaking badly as he was trying to stopped himself from crying. She had no idea that her simple question would affect him this much. "Im sorry, I didn't mean to upset you,"
"No, you didn't. . It's just the time I realized what I really felt for him was that night during the incident in the shack. When I found out what Siri had done. I never felt so terrified in my life as I felt that moment. All I could think about was to go there and protect him from any harm. And keep him safe from any danger. Just then I realized that Im inlove with him and would do anything for him even place myself between him and a fully transform werewolf just to save him," he explained fearfully.
"And you did. See, he's there now. Back to his potion obsession. Back to his brooding and sarcastic self," she informed him teasingly trying to lighten up the raven haired wizard's mood. It seems Lily realized that since the incident James had been bottling all this emotions all by himself. And he was just now unloading all of those emotional turmoil he had been feeling.
James choked back a laugh as he finally pulled away from Lily. He then turned to look towards the young slytherin that was now already busy gathering potion ingredience. "He is, isn't he? But I still love him just the same," he muttered staring at Severus longingly.
"You really love him," stated Lily in awe. She was amazed seeing how deep James felt for Severus. She really hope that Sev would one day returned the raven haired gryffindor's affection. And she knew that when that time comes their love would be like a diamond. Everlasting. It may be stolen, but never it would be broken. Unknown to her that her thoughts would someday came true.
" They said that Potter men only fell inlove once and when they did it would be for a lifetime. I guess that was true. I couldn't imagine myself loving any other even if Severus would never returned what I felt for him,"
"If that so, then you must start proving to him now that you're worth for his love. You've already showed him that you can be mature and responsible if you really want to. Just continue that way and make sure you fullfil your promise not to bully him anymore. Then you should start taking your studies seriously. Sev hate those who don't. Then you try and take interest and effort in potion, that's he's weakness and you'll certainly get his attention if you do," the red head listed suggestively.
"Do you really think he will? I mean, he could possibly love me? Despite all those horrible things I've done to him?" the raven haired gryffindor asked hopeful.
"Well, the way he's glaring at us now. Specially to our held hands I could certainly say that there's a big possibility," Lily informed him smugly that made James smile brightly. But then the smile instantly fell when he realized something
"He's just mad because I am holding you, not the other way around. We all knew how he really felt for you. That's why Siri keeps bullying him. He thought Sev was taking you away from me," stated James sadly
Lily on the other hand scrunched her nose at what James had just said.
" ew. . .James that's just gross. Don't get me wrong I dearly love Sev, and I to him. But not in that way. We're just like you and Sirius. We consider each other as siblings since we've known each other since we're eight,"
"Really?" asked James a bit eagerly.
A wide grin was threatening to split his face.
"Yeah, really. Replied Lily rolling her eyes fondly.
Since then the three of them formed an unusual and secret friendship. James would joined them in a study session in one of the empty classroom. Well it was just Lily and James at first. As Severus was still a bit apprehensived with the raven haired gryffindor. But he still stayed with them he just wasn't joining in their conversation. He instead made himself busy with brewing his potions. But everything change when one time Lily wasn't able to joined them. The two of them sat akwardly beside each other. Severus was having problem with his transfiguration essay while James was the same with his potion and Lily was not there as she usually was the one helping them.
Both of them must have noticed that they have the same problem but was hessitant to made the first move. In the end they spoke in unison much to their amusement. They decided to help each other and they we're both surprise in the end that they manage to be civil to each other and the akwardness was all gone as they discussed amiably.
Since then even with Lily around James and Severus opted to tutor each other. At times they even chat anything and everything under the sun. They got to know each other so well to the point that they knew things about each other that no one else knew. James had been excelling in his studies and had become responsible in his duties as student, quiditch captain and prefect. Severus on the other hand learn to open up more to the both of them much more to James. He also often seen laughing much more that made his face lighten up and made James fall for him even more. They become much more closer than Sev to Lily, or James to Sirius. And Lily was just so happy for both of them. She wasn't upset that Sev rather confide to James now instead of her as both of the young wizards considered her as their baby sister. Beside that's what she was hoping for since that day when she found out about James real feelings towards Severus.
But their peacefulness and contentment was suddenly shattered when Sirius started bullying Severus once again. And James could feel every humiliation and pain Severus was suffering. James tried so many times to stopped Sirius. He even tried his best to stir Sirius away from Severus but to no avail as Sirius must had been hell bent to make Severus' life at Hogwarts a living hell. At times he was considering telling Siri about his formed friendship to Severus. But he was afraid that Siri would take it as betrayal and he would finally succombed to his family's dark path.
He was very much thankful that Severus understand all of this. He had been so understanding to everything to the point that he finally free James from the bind as the young slytherin knew James was having a hard time balancing his friendship between the two.
This also resulted to their very first argument since they've become close and confession of their love for each other.
" Now that you're finally free from the bind. We can just go on with our lives now and forget everything that had happened," stated the young slytherin avoiding James gaze.
James stared at Severus in shocked and a hint of anger "You did not just said that, Severus. Who said I wanted to just forgot everything? Who said that I wanted to go on with my life? Do you really think that little to our friendship?" said James frustrated.
"Friendship. Friendship that we should have expected that would never going to last from the very beggining. Sooner or later you're going to need to choose. Im just making it easier for you,"
"You"re just afraid that I would chose Siri over you," countered James not really meaning to said it out loud. But was shocked by Severus' responce
"What if I am?" the young slytherin suddenly yelled in frustration. " you had no idea how I really feel. You don't know how hard it is for me, how terified I am that one day the person I open up my with my hopes and dreams, the person I trusted with every bit of my life, the person I fell inlove with would one day told me that he's chosing the person that made my life misserable over me. So please. If you really care, don't make it even more harder for me. Im sorry that I wasn't able to control myself, my emotions. Maybe one day I might learn to get over you," Severus ended his rant still not looking to James. He took the raven haired gryffindor's silence the wrong way as he quickly strode towards the classroom door. But before he could reached the door knob James finally spoke.
"I Love you,"