"Lils, sometimes I think you got the long end of the stick," Marlene complains. "I mean, the power of mind-reading?"
"It's not that good," Lily replies modestly.
"Oh come on." Marlene snorts disbelievingly. "Beats blinding white smile."
Lily didn't want to undermine her friend's superpower, but she has to admit it's pretty useless. It is a pretty good distraction, but it's not really not necessary.
"You have the power to read minds, Dorcas has super-speed, Alice can fly, and what can I do? Smile," Marlene spits out, looking disgusted.
Lily knows she can't reassure her friend, so she rolls her eyes. "C'mon, Marls, lighten up. How about we go get some ice cream?"
This perks Marlene up considerably. "I knew there was a reason you're my best friend!" she exclaimed. "Last one there is a rotten egg!"
Lily smiles and leisurely follows her friend.
Marlene's ogling the scooper at the ice cream store when Lily arrives.
"Isn't he sexy?" Marlene whispers, practically drooling, and Lily has to admit that she's right. With his sharp jawline, piercing silver eyes, and bright smile, he's quite the looker, but not really Lily's type.
(Lily does not want to delve into Marlene's mind. Who knows what fantasies she's envisioning right now?)
When it's their turn, Marlene boldly steps forward and the man's eyes lock on her, interest sparkling in them. Lily slyly chooses this moment to dive into his mind.
She's really hot, he's thinking. Maybe I should ask for her number…?
"What would you like today, mademoiselle?" he asks smoothly.
Marlene giggles. "Ch-chocolate," she stammers, a crimson blush spreading across her cheeks.
"I'll get that for you," he says, flashing her a charming smile, and while keeping his eyes fixed on Marlene, neatly scoops the ice cream into a cone.
"Here you go." He passes her the cone and Marlene grins, still blushing. "Thank you."
"Oi," a new voice enters and they both jump. "Stop chatting her up and do your job, mate."
The scooper—his name is Sirius, from the nametag—frowns as another man walks in, and Lily's breath hitches. Now he's Lily's type. Dark, tousled hair, gorgeous hazel eyes, tall, tan, lean—oh bloody hell.
"Hey, lay off, will you?" Sirius snaps. He throws another flirtatious smile at Marlene. "You may be the boss, but you don't control my love life."
James—again, from the nametag—notices Lily standing behind her friend and smiles genially. Lily swallows back her excitement and smiles back.
Her first instinct is to slide into his mind, see what his first impression of her is, but as she tries to, she runs into a wall. As hard as she tries, she can't break through his barriers.
Uh oh...
Oh bullocks, I can't read her…
His eyes scan her over, trying to gain all information about her, read her, but he can't. It's like she has a wall in front of her, blocking his outreach.
It's a shame. She's awfully pretty, with scarlet hair and brilliant green eyes. She can't be more or less than his age.
For a moment, their eyes meet, and he can see concentration in her eyes, trying to break through his walls, but it's a stalemate.
"Hi, I'm James," he says, his eyes darting to the blonde first before transfixing themselves on the redhead's. "And this is my best mate-slash-tosser Sirius."
"Oi!" Sirius lightly shoves him and he rams into the counter. The girls giggle, or in Lily's case, laugh loudly.
"Guess that backfired on you then," she quips, her eyes shimmering with mirth.
"Oh shut up, Miss Wisecrack," he replies cheekily. "Or should I say Miss…"
"Evans," she fills in. "Lily Evans."
"Hullo, Lily, I recko our fates are intertwined," he says bluntly and he watches with amusement as she blanches. "Kidding."
She rolls her eyes. "I'm starting to wonder who's really the tosser between you two," she says.
"Obviously—" Sirius starts heatedly, but the customer behind them starts groaning and he stops.
"All right, fine," his best mate huffs. "How about we swap numbers and flirt over text, hm? Unless you would like to skip to the date, of course." He winks at Marlene.
"But it's vital that I discover this lady's taste in ice cream." James gestures to Lily and she catches the hint.
"Vanilla, please," she requests, digging into her purse.
As James scoops the ice cream, Sirius prints the receipt and flips it over. Grabbing a pen, he scrawls his number down and half-flings, half-passes it to James.
James gives Lily both her ice cream and the receipt.
"Come back soon!" he says, grinning from ear-to-ear.
Lily grins warmly. "We might see each other sooner than that."
And she and her friend leave the shop, leaving two flustered boys in her wake.
Romance Awareness- Everyone has super powers, but when soulmates are together their powers are nullified by each other.
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