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Chapter 5: a discussion

"Okay so I think this will work, we can assign the Hufflepuffs on Monday, Ravenclaw on Tuesday, Slytherin on Wednesday, Gryffindor on Fri, then we can take the weekends as well as Friday nights at eleven. Cuz I figure, since Ravenclaw's qudditch practice is on Monday, Slytherin's is on Tuesday, Hufflepuff is on Wednesday, and Gryffindor's is on Friday evenings, so it'll work out." James said looking down at the schedule he and Lily had created.
"Yeah looks good." Lily said. James stood up and stretched, they had been sitting for a while, working on the schedule.

"Well I have to go, tutoring, I'll see you later." Lily said getting up. She had changed out of her uniform into muggle clothes, a pair of blue jeans, a t-shirt and a brown, zip-up hooded sweater with brown tennis shoes. Lily wasn't on her way to tutoring but to the library to meet Severus. She was a bit nervous, for the only reason of not having talked with him in a while.

Lily entered the library and started to look around for Severus. She walked past bookcases, looking into the small aisles between them. Finally reaching the back of the library, she found him seated on one of the study desks. He looked different for one he was wearing muggle apparel. A pair of jeans, and blue long sleeved, fitted, shirt with a white t-shirt over it. An abstract design was on the shirt, he looked put together.

"Hey," Lily said walking towards Severus. He looked up and smiled lightly.

"Hey, you look nice," he commented, Lily nodded "So do you, I'm liking the shirt."

"Lily sat in the chair in front of him, "So how was your summer?" he asked. Lily shrugged.

"I worked mostly, at the pub. Did some work for school, homework I mean, I tried finding a flat but I had no luck as to the fact that everything in London is very expensive." She said.

"How's about a flat in the wizarding world, it's a bit less expensive, not by much, but perhaps one will fit in you price range." He suggested. Lily smiled and nodded, raising her eyebrows.

"Yeah I could do that, only the problem lies with the fact that I don't have an money, I'm still in debt to Hogwarts and the muggle world,"

Severus thought for a moment. He looked to her.

"Lily why don't you let me give you mon-" he began. Lily stood up,

"No, Severus, no I'm not taking your money, that's final,"

Severus sighed,

"You know you can be so stubborn at times, you're in debt up to your neck and you won't take any help that is offered." He said.

"Severus I didn't come here to argue, I came to talk to you, because I . . . "

Severus looked to her. "You what?"

"Look I don't want you to get the idea, of this meeting to form anything. . ." Lily said not understand where she was going with this.

"You're not making sense lily," Severus said.

"Never mind, forget it." Lily sat back down in the chair.

"I moved out, this past summer" Severus said, Lily looked to him.

"I'm sorry-"

"No don't be, it's not your fault, I was glad to get the hell out of there, if you know what I mean." Lily nodded.

"So, Prongs, what are you up to?" Sirius said as he jumped onto the couch in the head's dorm. James looked to him setting his quill on his textbook.

"Nothing really, Lily left to go do tutoring.

"Really?" Remus asked. James looked to him "Yeah she left about a half hour ago. "

"Interesting." Remus responded curiously. James and Sirius looked to him.

"What's interesting Mooney?" James asked.

"It's interesting because I know for a fact that Lily is not on the Student tutor's list which is posted in each of the house commons, because I'm on it and she's not, so she must be off somewhere, but not with Helena or Laura, because they have locked themselves in the Gryffindor girls dorm since four o'clock studying and they haven't come out, because I went up to go ask for Laura, and she said she and Helena were studying like crazy, most likely for the rest of the evening," Remus said.

"Wow, mate no offense but that explanation was balls long." Sirius said.

"So wait where's Lily then?" James asked.

"The MARAUDERS MAP!" they exclaimed together, James ran up the stairs followed by Sirius and Remus.

James kicked open his trunk and pulled it out.

"I solomely Swear that I'm up to no Good!" he exclaimed, pointing his wand to the paper. The map opened magically

The boys looked down at the map each taking a section of it, looking closely to find Lily.

"There she is, the Library, with . . ." Remus said. James and Sirius looked to her.

"Snivelus!!??" James shouted.

"Why the hell would she talk to that git?" Sirius asked.

"well they were close friends, but she told me they had a falling out after fifth year, so who know why," Remus said.

"Well boys, I say we investigate this little occasion." James said.

"Mate I don't- oh what the hell like you're going to listen to me," Remus said hopelessly. Together they made their way to the library with James's invisibility cloak in hand.