A/N: HAPPY FRIDAY 13TH xD Here's a lovely new chapter for you :) You may hate me for what I did in this...hope you don't, but you might. This chapter was making me almost tear up at the end. I feel sorry for both Severus and Lizzie. You'll see why when you read. So read it :P Enjoy xx
The full moon came and went. After many hours of persuading, Remus finally gave in to letting the boys be with him when he transformed. All in all it was a rather successful trip. Remus hadn't hurt himself as much as he normally would have done and Madam Pomfrey was pleased that he was 'making progress'. Sirius, James and Peter were extremely happy with themselves for helping their friend and had wanted to have a party to celebrate their success. Unfortunately Remus wouldn't let them, but said they would be allowed to celebrate if they won their first Quidditch match. James and Sirius were determined to win seeing as they had been added to this years team; James getting his place as Seeker and Sirius regaining his old position as Beater. The first Quidditch match was the day before Sirius' birthday in November and so they were training extremely hard.
Lizzie was happy that her brother hadn't gone against the thought of his friends becoming Animagi which she had seriously thought he would do. She had heard he had also gained a nickname of his own; Moony. The four Marauders were causing as much havoc as ever, not that she minded. She wasn't a prefect and so it didn't really bother her that they were doing prank after prank.
Lily was a different story however. She seemed to be run off her feet with trying to catch them in the act of mischief. She hadn't been successful though and was starting to get extremely stressed. It was always bad news when Lily got stressed. It was all because of James. He had been trying to get her to go out with him a lot more lately and was starting to seriously get on her nerves. Everyone had tried to tell him to stop before she practically killed him, but he wouldn't listen.
''Lily just calm down please. It's no good to keep getting worked up about him.'' Lizzie said one Charms lesson. Her best friend was staring daggers at the boy in front of her as though it would burn a hole through his rather big head. Everyone was trying their hardest to calm Lily down, but nothing seemed to be working.
''But he's such an arrogant toe-rag Lele, how do you expect me to stay calm when he pisses me off every five frickin' minutes?'' Lily hissed. She didn't know how Lizzie could possibly be fine with James, yet she seemed to be talking to him more lately. ''Doesn't he drive you crazy?'' She asked whilst scribbling down some notes.
Lizzie thought for a moment. In all truth James didn't drive her crazy. Not any more. None of them did really. It was all because of what they had done for Remus. They had accepted what he was, they had done their best to make him happy and now they had become illegal Animagi just to help him cope through his transformations.
''To be honest no he doesn't drive me crazy. Must be just you Lils. He only drives you crazy because you li-''
''Don't you dare finish that sentence Elizabeth Jane Lupin''. Lily growled glaring at Lizzie. The latter was trying to stifle laughter. Lily went back to her work ignoring her best friends' constant apologies.
''Sorry Lil, I just couldn't help it…Lily talk to me…pleaseeee…Lily Flower I'm sorry. Forgive me…please…no okay then fine, I'll just go and tell James that you li-''
She was silenced when Lily hit her textbook over her head. There was silence between the two girls before they both burst out laughing. Thankfully the best of the class were talking loudly so no one heard or stared at them. ''That hurt Lils. How could you do that to your best friend?'' Lizzie said rubbing the place where Lily had hit her in mock hurt. The two friends grinned at each other just as the bell went for the end of lesson.
As they walked out of the classroom and down the corridor, James hurried up to them and both girls stopped. Lily didn't look too happy, but Lizzie was trying to stifle more laughter which only resulted in getting hit with Lily's bag. ''What's up James?'' Lizzie asked him knowing full well what he was going to say. This time however, instead of being pissed off at him like Lily usually was when he asked the 'famous question', Lizzie was quite looking forward to the shouting that her best friend would explode with any moment now.
''Well Lizzie Bee, I wanted to ask Lily Flower if she would possibly mind going out with me.'' He said smiling at Lily even though she looked like she was going to hit him in a minute. James knew he was in dangerous territory at the moment and knew Lily could snap at any moment but he stood his ground.
Lily was fuming. After all the times she had said no to him, he still had the nerve to ask her out. ''James Potter you are such an arrogant toe-rag. How many times do I have to tell you? You are such an idiot sometimes. I will never ever go out with you. Ever...''
Lizzie stood there awkwardly as Lily shouted at James. She felt sorry for him, something she wouldn't have done at the start of the year but since she had found out what he had done to help Remus, Lizzie had come to like James more. He was still arrogant and big-headed but she was starting to see past that and see the real James Potter.
''I'm just going to errmm go, see you later James, Lily. Don't kill him okay.'' She said trying to make herself heard over her best friend's ranting. Lizzie hurried off down the corridor, still being able to hear Lily shouting at Prongs. She didn't know why her friend didn't just admit she had feelings for him, because it was obvious that she had, even if she didn't know it yet herself.
Lizzie thought she'd go and see Severus. The two hadn't spoken much lately and Lizzie thought it would be best to try and make their relationship better. It was worth a try although somewhere deep inside of her knew that nothing would work. The two had drifted and it seemed there was no possible way of getting back like they were. Lizzie wondered if Sirius was right. He had said it would never work. He had said that Severus didn't love her...he couldn't be right, he just couldn't. Severus wouldn't have told her he loved her that many times for him to be lying but then...oh it was so confusing sometimes!
Making her way to where she knew he would be, Lizzie didn't take any notice to her surroundings. She was too busy thinking about the whole situation and truth be told it scared her that she didn't know what to think. Finally she arrived at the Transfiguration Courtyard and saw Severus talking to some of his friends. Lizzie scowled at the group of Slytherins. She really didn't like them and wished he'd stop hanging out with them. Going towards the group she spotted Regulas looking at her and gave him a small smile. He gave her a nervous smile back before turning to Snape and saying something to him. Severus turned around and smiled as he saw Lizzie. Going up to her he gave her a small peck on the lips.
''Hey Lele, you okay?'' He asked softly. He could see by the look on her face that something wasn't quite right.
''Yeah I'm fine, just want to talk to you a...about something'' she said taking his hand and leading him away from the Slytherins to a bench on the other side of the courtyard. She sat down trying to think of what she was going to say to him. ''There has been quite a few times over the past week or so where...I've seen you looking at Lily in a...particular way and I was wondering if you...like her. I mean like like her?'' She asked being careful on how she put what she was saying. Lizzie saw his facial expression become...well she didn't know what it looked like.
''I...I...no I don't. Wh...why would I? It's only you in the picture Liz.'' He said stammering a little and not looking directly in her eyes. How could she know? Severus had in fact been feeling for Lily for a while now. He knew it was stupid seeing as he had Lizzie but...all his attention seemed to be going off her and onto Lily. Not that he would tell her that. There were a lot of things he hadn't told her and which he was not willing to bring up. ''Why do you say that?'' he asked knowing he had to say something quickly.
Lizzie heard him hesitate. She saw him not look at her and she knew he was lying. She could tell when most people were lying and this was scarily obvious. He liked Lily more. Her best friend. Their best friend. She should have known really. Lily and Severus had been friend longer than Lizzie had been friends with either of them. Yet...she didn't seem to mind. There were no bad feelings towards the Slytherin who sat next to her. Not on this subject anyway. ''Oh it was just something Sirius said that's all...''
All of a sudden she found Severus' dark black cold eyes glare into her. She was taken aback by this sudden change in emotion and instantly regretted mentioning Sirius at all.
''And why might I ask would you listen to Black...no don't tell me you like him don't you.'' Severus hissed. ''It's always Black this and Black that. I thought you hated him, that's what you always told me.'' He said taking his hand out of hers. Why did she always have to mention him? It couldn't possibly be that she was starting to become friendly with him, not after what he had done.
''Severus it's not like that. Really it isn't. I just...I've gotten to talk to him a bit more and that's all. It's nothing like what you think. I promise...'' Lizzie was stuck for words. He truly thought she liked Sirius? That was terrible! Just because she was talking to him more didn't mean she liked him. ''It's just he's helped Remus out quite a bit lately and I'm thankful about that...'' She dropped his gaze and looked down at her lap.
''What's he been helping him with? Is it something to do with him disappearing every now and then? Because I have noticed Lizzie, I've noticed how he's not in lessons sometimes-''
''-It's none of your business on what my brother does, just leave him out of this and Sirius too because he has nothing to do with this either. This is about you and me not them okay!'' Lizzie interjected him before he said anything else. She didn't want him knowing about Remus. To be honest she didn't want him anywhere near her brother.
Severus was still glaring at her. She was hiding something and he wanted to know what it was. It was about her brother and he wanted to find out what all the secrecy was about. ''We don't keep secrets from each other, well me and Lily don't anyway...''
''Well of course you and Lily don't because you and Lily are best friends aren't you. I just fit in at the side don't I? I'm just someone who you want to so you and take your mind of Lily. And why we're on the subject of secrets I want to know what you and your little Slytherin friends talk about, because I do have a right to know seeing as you see them more than you see me.'' Lizzie said her anger boiling up inside of her slightly. Sometimes she hated having a worse temper than her brother. Why couldn't she be like him and work things out calmly, but then this subject had been bugging her for a while now.
Severus sighed and looked over at his group of friends. They seemed to all be watching them. ''You don't need to know yet. They haven't decided if – ''
''-What haven't they decided? What do you mean I don't need to know y...'' Her eyes widened in shock. ''Please tell me you're not trying to do what I think you are.'' She said looking at him, her voice and eyes almost pleading him to say no, because in that instant she had realised why he had been trying to do. His facial expression didn't falter and Lizzie sprang up from the bench as though it was red hot. ''Yo...you were trying to get me to j...join your little group?'' Again Severus' facial features stayed the same and shock turned to anger. ''Do you actually love me or were you just trying to get close enough to me?'' She asked feeling many pairs of eyes on her now.
''Of course I love you Lizzie. How could I not love you? You're amazing and beautiful and brilliant...'' He tried to reach out for her hand but he saw her take a step backwards, he stopped up so he was looking at her straight into her midnight blue eyes. ''Lizzie please I never meant to hurt you, I just-''
''-Do you ever think what these groups are going to become in four, five years time? They're all going to become Death Eaters. I don't know what you see in the Dark Arts. I know you say it's fascinating but this sort of stuff can kill people and is that what you want to become? A heartless killer? A coward who follows whoever is winning? Because if you follow them that's exactly what you are. A coward!'' She could feel angry tears in her eyes and she looked into the dark black ones in front of her. They seemed to become stone cold in a matter of seconds.
''Don't you dare call me a coward. You're more of the coward, to scared to tell your idiotic brother how you feel about him.'' He could see the tears in her eyes and felt a part of him break deep down yet on the surface he knew he was saying the right things. At the last bit he saw her eyes widen in shock. ''Yes that's right I heard everything that night when you and Black had that argument. Sometimes I think he was right you know. You are selfish.''
Lizzie was trying her hardest not to let the tears spill. How had he heard? How was that possible? He had said he hadn't. He had promised her he had only been there for the last bit of the argument and now here he was saying he had heard pretty much all of it. Calming herself down she took a deep breath in. ''I hope you enjoy your road to being evil...Snivillus.'' Then she walked away as quickly as she could, not looking back at the crowd that had formed to watch them. It wasn't until she made a quick detour to the girls bathroom did she slide down the wall and cry her eyes out.
Now Lizzie wasn't one to cry often. She usually kept in all her emotions and let them all crush each other inside her. When she did start to cry however, it took a lot to make her stop. The only person who could make her feel marginally better was Remus, but Lizzie didn't know where her brother was and so she just let the tears come.
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Remus knew there was something wrong. He could feel Moony become restless and wondered what it was to make the wolf inside of him like this. He was happy he had a nickname in a sense as he could call the wolf Moony and the other Marauders plus his sister knew he was talking about the wolf. His suspicion for something being wrong carried into third lesson when he realised Lizzie wasn't in the room. He asked several people but no one seemed to know where she was. Finally however, he heard someone say that she had been crying in the girl's bathroom since break and wouldn't come out.
Moony was seriously worried by the time fourth lesson was in full swing. He had half a mind to say he felt ill and go to look for her but a part of him wouldn't let himself. She would come to him if she needed him. She always did. All through Defence Against the Dark Arts, Remus kept hoping Lizzie was alright and as soon as the bell went he rushed off to try and find her. However, the castle was a rather large place and she could be anywhere. It was luck though when Beth came up to him and told him that she was in the common room. So Remus hurried off to Gryffindor Tower, told the Fat Lady the password and stepped through the portrait hole.
Inside he immediately saw his sister on the sofa staring into space. Her eyes seemed extremely red which indicated that she had been crying a lot. He dumped his bag on an armchair and went to sit next to her. He could tell she was having trouble trying not to cry again and so Remus pulled his sister into a hug. He heard her instantly start crying again and so he comforted her, rubbing circles on her back to calm her down.
''It's okay Lele I'm here. Just let everything out sis. Shhhh it's okay...''
Moony was not happy. Someone had made his sister upset. That someone would pay dearly...
A/N: I LOVE MOONY. Just to say Severus didn't really mean that stuff to her I don't think, it was just a heat of the moment type of thing. Still it was quite mean...