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Just so you know this story will probably be only one chapter more. I'm not quite sure. After this I will be updating the second part of this story... All I Want.
Okay,so for those that haven't read this story before and are worried about wanting to read All I Want before I start updating that I'll tell you the truth. Nothing has changed really. I moved it to the third person and I made it longer. The plot is still the same so if you want to read All I Want and have it make sense go for it.
"James," Remus said pushing me into a compartment, "You need to calm down."
James jaw clenched angrily as he paced the small space muttering to himself. He couldn't believe that he had let this go on for as long as he did. He had truly believed that this was going to end a lot sooner.
They had been friends for four years. Four years of Spencer claiming to be best friends with Snape. Four years of her eating lunch and dinner with him whenever she could. Four years of them sending letters to each other over the summer.
He never thought that they would continue to get along after all this time. How anyone could get along with Snape was beyond him, but he had held back if only to see his little sister smile.
That was it. If they wanted to be friends at Hogwarts that was fine. Spencer would sooner or later realize that being friends with the older boy would not end well. She just needed to learn.
Anyway, Snape was good for one thing. He kept a lot of people away from his sister. No one wanted to spend a lot of time with Snape and since Spencer was either with Snape or with James for the most part everything worked out well that way.
Things changed though. Most things were small and really not all that important in the grand scheme of things. No one was hurt and everything was still working out for the most part for everyone.
It was Spencer that changed. She grew up into a beautiful young woman and James was more than proud of her. That girl was amazingly smart and kind. It was no surprise that she had people looking at her during her third year.
Not that she truly noticed any of this. She had thought people were just being nice to her. Seeing the world through rose colored glasses was a good thing sometimes. At least to her older brother.
He didn't want her to notice that those people only wanted her for her body. She was only thirteen years old for Merlin's sake! So what if she was developing earlier than the other girls were?
She was still that tiny little baby that his parents had brought home. This little thing that held onto his finger with so much strength but a smile that melted his heart. He had promised that he'd keep her safe that instant.
So far he thought he was doing a fairly good just at that. She still smiled happily at the smallest things that people took for granted. She still had that strength in her that made it seem like she was an unmovable force.
Everything was right in the world. Until he saw those black eyes of her 'best friend' watching her. The first time Snape looked away quickly and shook his head. He wasn't going to mention his growing attraction to Spencer.
None the less seeing that look had James on high alert. He watched Snape all the closer, but he hadn't seen him look at her like that again. At least not in her third year. Then her forth year came.
Snape had been waiting for her outside of the train as he had been doing since her second year. Spencer had gave James and his parents one last hug before she had run over to the Slytherin and hugged him tightly.
Over her shoulder Severus's face went pale before a dark blush came to his cheeks as his arms slowly came to wrap around the Hufflepuff. His face moved to rest on top of her head breathing in deeply his eyes shutting.
It took all of James control not to go over to the pair and rip Snape into little pieces. Okay, so it was Remus pulling James past them and into their normal compartment that had saved the other boy.
"Did you see the way he was looking at her?" James growled through gritted teeth, "He wants her!"
"I doubt that..." Remus tried to calm his friend.
"You had to have seen that! He practically buried his head on her hair. What was up with him smelling her? This has gone on..."
Remus grabbed his friends arm before he could leave the space to confront the Slytherin. His normal he looked so calm, but James could see something hiding behind those serene that he just couldn't place.
"Remus," James glared.
"I know you want to do something stupid," Remus started.
"Stupid? I want..."
"But you need to think. Severus is Spencer's friend. If you go in there half cocked with no plan or explanation other than what you think you saw you're more likely than not going to cause her to lose her friend."
Remus's words had the desired affect on the other boy. James practically slumped into one of the couches and sighed with a nod. He knew that what the man was saying was right no matter how much he hated it.
Sirius and Peter walked into the compartment a second later talking about something or another but quickly stopped when they noticed the tone of the space. Instantly Sirius was by James side questioning if they needed to kill anyone.
Shaking his head James brushed away his concern with a wave of his hand. Right now he needed to be distracted before he ignored what his friend said and dragged Spencer away from Snape.
The long trip to the castle consisted of his friends trying to get him to talk about anything and everything though nothing worked. His mind was coming up with different plans to get Spencer to not want to be friends with Snape.
It was the only way to get around Spencer being made at him for ruining their friendship. It wasn't as if it would take very much. Just the right push and he could get Snape to do something stupid and pushing her away.
That was when he noticed Remus looking out the window. The moon was just rising over the horizon and that always brought a fear to the werewolf even when the moon wasn't even close to being full.
James eyes widened as a thought came to his mind. It was cruel, but he knew just how much Remus meant to Spencer. They became fast friends. Almost as close as Spencer and Snape was.
The Gryffindor thought of Spencer as a little sister and she thought of him as another brother. She loved him with all her heart and had spent more than a few nights with the boy talking about anything and everything.
Sirius had joked that Remus was the girls diary with all the time that they had spent talking of nothing. Remus had just smiled back and told him that her secrets were more than safe with him.
Clenching his jaw James knew that there this was his only chance. It was for the best for everyone if he got the two to end their friendship now. It would only end in heartbreak if he let them continue.
It wasn't for another six months before he could put his plan into place though. He had to plant the idea in Snape's head and wait for the Slytherin's curiosity to get the best of him before everything went his way.
Then it finally happened. Snape followed Remus to the Whomping Willow one night. It was the third time he had done this, but he had always left before he tried to get into the secret passageway.
When he finally tired to enter James let himself smile for a second. It was just the beginning of his plan, but a plan like this needed to move slowly if it was going to actually go anywhere.
The smile wiped from his face a second later when he saw the werewolf attack Snape. He never thought that the man would attack him. He just wanted the Slytherin to be scared. To say something in anger to Remus in front of Spencer.
James was sure that his sister would pick Remus over Snape when she heard the angry words. It was a simple, but slow, plan that should have worked over perfectly. If he had actually thought it through.
The boy stayed in his hiding spot watching as Snape was able to get away from the werewolf before he was hurt. Once he was sure he was safe James left and went back to his bed and laid there.
He didn't sleep that night and when he finally went down for breakfast in the morning he was confronted with the sight of his sister pushing Snape away from her with tears in her eyes as she turned and ran from him.
That should have made him feel better. He should have been happy for finally getting the one thing he had wanted since she started school. And he was. Until he looked over and saw Remus walking up to him.
"You did that," Remus spoke a dark edge to his voice that came out around the full moon.
"It had to be done," James answered though his voice wavered.
"Really? And if I had killed him? Or had bitten him? Would that have been with it?"
"I hadn't...I needed to get that bastard away from Spencer before he hurt her. It was for her own good."
"No it wasn't, James. It wasn't for her. Severus did nothing to hurt her. He cared about her, but you didn't want to see that. You don't like him so you believed that over the evidence you had."
"You know Snape! He would have..."
"Let me tell you a secret, James. You just broke your sisters heart."
"What? What do you mean?"
"You might have seen how Severus looked at her, but you never saw how she looked at him."
"What?"
"Let me put this simply. Spencer loves Severus."
James eyes widened almost comically at that news. No. She couldn't have... Though it did make sense now that he thought about it. She had loved him. Oh Merlin. What had he done?
Turning around he ran out of the Great Hall looking for Spencer. His eyes locked on her form by the Lake. Slowing down he came to a stop behind her and stared down at her watched as she shook with sobs.
Kneeling down beside her James found himself holding his sister as her tears soaked into his shirt. His eyes closed trying not to feel his heart break with every sob that raked her body.
"He said...He was so horrible," Spencer sobbed, "I don't...He was fine. He knew about Remus...Why...Why would he...?"
"I don't know," James lied holding her all the tighter, "I don't know."
