Interesting life
Sev and Lily were having lunch.
"What's up my love?" he asked her.
"Hi, Sev, you're still happy."
"Yes, because three good things have happened to me this morning."
"Oh really? I don't understand how you do it, your life is much more interesting than mine," she said. "Tell me."
"I have reconciled with Jack and made everyone do it."
"What a miracle! How?"
"He greeted me, I gave him a hug and I told him about Lauren," he replied. "He needed to vent, he has cried a lot."
"Wow, Sev, always fixing other people's lives."
"My vocation. Then I fixed it up for Anthony."
"Oh! How?" Lily asked.
"Making him tell me about his relationship with Deborah since she met me, and advising him to leave her and ask Heather out."
"Wow, Sev… playing matchmaker."
"My other vocation. It's been very funny, because she's been trying for months to get him to leave her so he doesn't feel offended, and he's also wanted to leave her for a long time and he didn't do it so as not to hurt her pride."
"What a mess..." laughing.
"Sly Messes registered trademark," he said. "Lack of honesty."
"Yeah."
"I have convinced him to leave her today."
"Well done, Sev."
"Then I had a chat about boys' secrets with him, I told him things and tricks."
"Wow, Sev, wonderful, because you know a lot."
"I was very embarrassed, it was the first time that I talked about these issues about myself with another boy."
"Sure, Sev, normal, but it was about time, really."
"Well yes, because I'm realizing more and more that boys are stubborn for that, I am ashamed of being a man."
"That's what Lauren always tells me. That I will never understand how lucky I am in that sense, having you and you being the only one who has touched me."
(Lauren, the one with the long experience,) he thought. "Well, it's not about that either, Lily, don't be brainwashed, surely there are guys out there who are worth it."
"No one like you. And the third thing?
"I have chatted with Lauren for a whole hour, after not doing it since Sunday."
"And how about?" she asked.
"Wonderful, Lily. I love her more than ever and she me. We are going to miss each other a lot on holidays."
"Ugh, Sev... you've already become sad."
"Yeah, Lily… I just don't know how I do it, it's never enough for me what I have. Do you know what she told me?"
"What?"
"That my love is unlimited and my time is very limited," he replied.
"She has summed it up perfectly. So are you okay with her again? Aren't you hurt anymore?"
"Not at all, Lily. She was very satisfied with what happened this morning, that I was with Valerie, she has been very concerned about my health and she doesn't want to be with Sirius anymore, now she even says that if she doesn't see Jack in Erised, she'll settle for me. She has told me, 'you are the light of my life, without you my life would have no meaning'."
"Wow, Sev, what you used to say to me."
"Of course, because she loves me since she was little, like I love you."
"When will you meet again?"
"I don't know yet, this weekend or the next, but for a short while, if possible without Time Turner," he answered.
"Ugh, Sev... Don't make her wait so long, spend more time with her."
"Lily, just as I can't take care of you, I can't take care of her either. Even less, I have to go out at night with her, now she is in much more danger than you."
"Ugh, poor girl... But you won't see each other all summer."
"Well, maybe we can write to each other."
"Oh really? Isn't it dangerous anymore?" she asked.
"Yes, yes it is, but we must be in touch in case there is news from Lucius. She is going to elaborate a code, she writes that way to her parents."
"Sure…"
"In addition, we will also be together one night after the exams, on the beach of the Room of Requirement," he said.
"Great, Sev, but if you have another free one, also meet with her, we'll already be together in summer. Trust me, my love, now you're fine with all your girls, may it last until the end of the year. Do not abandon her, otherwise you will feel bad again, as you do with me."
"And you're going to be okay?"
"Yes, Sev, I will be, with absolute certainty."
"Thanks my love. Then I'll think about Lauren. I'm going leave you for a while for you to read and discuss the results with Cecile and Remus, I have to plan with Deborah and Valerie. We'll also talk later about what Remus and Sirius talked about yesterday and his plans with James for this afternoon."
"Okay, Sev, until later."
Sev projected to Deborah, "Deborah, is Valerie already able to project without looking?"
"Of course, Prince. She is a wonder, communicative to the fullest."
"Then let's talk among the three of us about the talk you had, unless you have something urgent to communicate to me in private."
"The consultation on the two currents of thought at the same time, it is a moment. Nothing appears in the Occlumency book."
"Oh…"
"Was it the most complete in the R.S.?" she asked.
"Yes it was."
"I suspect that you have discovered something that no one had done so far. A prodigious power, don't divulge it, a lot of danger with the old man."
"Of course, Deborah."
"We will continue talking about it in a safer environment, I just wanted to warn you not to tell anyone else for now. Have you done it to someone?"
"Yes, Lauren."
"Prince, how did you think of it?" very alarmed.
Deborah is starting to lose her cool where my safety is concerned. I must also talk to her about this. "Calm down, Deborah, Lauren occludes perfectly, I already taught her."
"What a scare you have given me, Prince. You could have told me before, we have set up the schedule counting on her," totally calm.
She has recovered it instantly, it is true that it was alarming, if Lauren is read in the summer it was one more ballot for my persecution, and if the old man did, he would discover my secret. "I'm sorry, honey, it's true that I should have told you."
"Do you think she is one hundred percent reliable?"
"Of course, Deborah, she more than anyone, she has loved me since she was eleven years old, she would not know how to live without me. I have told her that you know it and she also trusts you."
"Okay, let's not go around the subject any more. Should I take her to the tree?"
"Yes, to the tree, yes, before the Transfiguration exam."
"Okay, I'll rearrange the schedule while you and Valerie go to the Infirmary," she proposed.
"You don't know how much I appreciate it, Deborah, I'm making you work too hard."
"Don't worry, Prince, it's a pleasure, I love organizing, I enjoy it. In addition, you have also given me many joys today. The breakfast thing, the reconciliation with Jack, and the talk you've had with Anthony, he just broke up with me."
"Wow... you got it."
"Yes, you don't know how calm I'm feeling, thanks to you, again."
"Don't thank me, I've also done it for him. Anything else to talk in private?" Sev asked.
"Nothing urgent, let's talk to Valerie."
"You start."
Deborah projected to both of them, "Valerie, let's talk to Prince about what we talked about a while ago, about the most urgent."
"You do it, Deborah, sweetheart, you know how to summarize and prioritize better than me, talk to him freely about whatever you want," Valerie said.
"Bond issue after the Infirmary, we thought that instead of the four of us, the three of us with Paul, we should also do it with Andrew and Anthony, and if you like, with Jack, even if he doesn't reach us from so far at the table, let him don't feel left out. How about?"
Sev also projected them both, "I agreewith Anthony and Jack. What about Andrew, who has decided?"
Valerie responded, to both, "I, my love, advised by Deborah, so that he is not excluded either and strengthens ties with you as soon as possible, so that the family does not break up."
"I think it's great. Very good idea," replied Sev.
"Too bad Angie and George don't know how to occlude yet," Valerie added.
Valerie always beats around the bush, Deborah gives her space to talk and that doesn't suit us, we have little time, I have to talk to her about this, he thought. "Yeah, honey, if we didn't have so much work we would teach them now," Sev answered. "Continue, Deborah."
"Shall we do it in your bedroom?" she asked.
"Of course, we'll see you there when we return from the Infirmary. Paul and Andrew have taken Runes?"
"Yes, both."
"Perfect, then only Anthony is missing, and he already learned the spell when we did it with the old man, maybe he still remembers it," he said.
"Valerie remembered it and we have already written it down, I'll pass it on to Jack and let him go over it with him while I reorganize the schedule."
Deborah is impressive, what a machine, she has already thought of everything. "If you need the book, it is in my trunk. You can go up and get it."
"It won't be necessary, Prince, I will never forget such a spell. It is wonderful."
"Yes, it is," Valerie said.
Sev projected only to Deborah, "We are in private. The Bond as a Couple is even better, I want to do it with you tonight."
She projected only to him, "I also remember it from when I read it, of course it is."
"Let's keep talking to Valerie."
Sev projected to both of them, "What else is urgent, Deborah?"
"I think the next in order of priority is how to behave with Andrew this afternoon as we go to and from the Quidditch field. Do you think so?"
"Of course," he answered.
"Tell him about it, Valerie."
She had good judgment in giving her the word for this, Valerie knows him much better than she does, Sev thought.
"Talk alone with him, about anything, listen to him, he admires you a lot," said Valerie. "You gave him great joy on his birthday when you took us to play the piano, to the Mirror and then we shared in the Common Room the Celtic Horoscope. He also had a great time flying with us and Jack on a broomstick that first afternoon. Get along with him, so that he doesn't see you as a rival, become friends, so maybe he'll confide in you and you can talk man to man about what concerns both of you, which is me. May it become something that unites you, not separates you."
She is absolutely right, and I already know what to talk about, about music, about the desire that we saw yesterday in the Mirror, he thought. Ugh… we should have looked at ourselves together and alone, I've already been there twice with him and I haven't done it, and just yesterday I ran away with Valerie in a hurry to do ir, it must have hurt him.
The truth is that he's making it very easy for me, he wasn't hurt at all with me when I went down to the Common Room for dinner, he taunted me for the hints I sent him, on top of that in front of the others, I did it terribly. And I already know something else we can do this afternoon, fly the three of us together. I'm going to propose it to Valerie.
Another thing we can talk about is anarchism, that way I subtly bring up the subject of free love, that's how Valerie convinced him, and also about what happened this morning, about free women. He must have been enthusiastic too, he lived it from outside on May 15th.
"Valerie, do you still want to fly with me this afternoon?" Sev asked.
"Of course, Prince, I can't wait to finish classes."
"What do you think if we do it with Andrew too?"
"Very good idea. I'll command you and we'll fly in formation. I will stay at your level, that way it can also serve as training for us."
"We can also let him command for a while, I'm sure he'll love it," he suggested. We have to be subtle, Andrew is proud and lives deceived. If Valerie is now going to make him starve, and with every reason, besides, little by little he will smell what's going on. That he has me there to confide in when the setback hits him, I'll be able to do as with Anthony this morning, have a chat about boys' secrets and teach him little things so he can treat Valerie better. I'll talk it over with her while we go to the Infirmary. It has to be before the summer, maybe Paul can help me too.
Deborah chimed in, "Very good idea, Prince, give him prominence."
"Sure, make him feel important," answered Valerie. "He is very ambitious."
"Is there anything else we urgently need to discuss before dinner, Deborah?" Sev asked.
"No, Prince. We leave the schedule for after dinner, you and I will talk first and I'll call an occlumants meeting for later."
"Perfect. Valerie, we'll kept talking about Andrew on the way to the Infirmary."
"Okay my love. May I give you a kiss?" she asked.
"As many as you want, honey, you know that I love that you give me kisses."
She gave him many kisses on his cheek, caressing his face, while he did not stop eating. How cuddly she is, tomorrow I'll be with her after return from the cave, tonight it's Deborah's turn.
He projected to Lily, "Results, my love?"
"All in order at the Gryff table, Sev," she answered.
"You look like Lauren, my love. Sailing wind. Tell me about Remus and Sirius yesterday."
"Sailing wind. Sirius very relieved and looking forward to seeing you again. They already agreed that on Saturday they will both go to training, without Potter."
"Great, maximum efficiency," Sev said. "Sirius asked him commited questions?"
"None."
"Great, learning to keep secrets, to reserve for the right moment and not compromise us."
"Sure, Sev. Sirius really wants to reconcile with everyone and he's afraid to screw up with anything. He's going to let us take the reins of the relationship, he hasn't mentioned the subject to Remus all morning. He considers us far above himself."
"It is a pity that there is so little time left for summer. I would like him to learn Occlumency as well."
"In that regard is no danger, Sev. Potter isn't going to read him."
"But now the poor boy is going to be thinking all the time we read him."
"Explain your principles when you talk to him about it. He will be impressed."
"Sure."
"Directions for him to talk to Potter?" Lily asked.
"Whatever he thinks is convenient, I trust his judgment. I'm not going to think about the subject more, I have too many things to think about."
"I agree with you, Sev. If he's been able to hide his regret from him for almost a year and he hasn't spilled the beans on the secrets or Remus, who knows he knows them, let alone Potter. It will be enough for him letting off steam, and surely he will put himself more in your favor on his own initiative."
"I think the same thing. He's already part of the team too."
Sev continued chatting with Lily until the end of the second course, more relaxed, she told him that she had received a letter from her parents that morning, but she still hadn't had time to read it.
That's why they haven't responded to mine yet, Lily also wrote to them on Sunday, he thought. I will receive it tomorrow morning, I should write to them as soon as possible the letter warning them that we will not take the Express. I'll ask Deborah to give me a hand on that as well, she's had a very good upbringing, she'll know how to treat adults properly on these issues. Her parents are not disconnected from the Wizarding World and they know that she is going to be a warrior. If we finish the evening meeting early, we'll write it up today, another worry that's taken away from me.
I will dedicate a large part of dinner to talking with the old man, several issues have already accumulated and one of them is that he confirms that we are going to have to move through Floo, let's not scare Lily's parents ahead of time without need.
While he continued to chat with Lily, Valerie continued to kiss him all the time, between bite and bite.