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@ 2011-03-11 16:26:00

Entry tags:

lily!marauder, severus!marauder

Who: Lily and Snape
What: Lily, diligently doing homework on a lovely afternoon outside, until...
Where: The grounds of Hogwarts
When: Marauder Era, unsure of which year. Let's just say her sixth.
Warnings: None

Lily was enjoying the uncommonly warm, sunny afternoon outside, reading over her History of Magic homework for mistakes. Some Gryffindor boys were engaging in horseplay around her and being quite loud, but she tried to ignore them. She was tired of them always being obnoxious to get her attention, especially the dark-haired boy with glasses - James Potter.

"Ten Galleons that I can get Evans here to go out on a date with me!" she heard him boast to his friends. Disgusted, she slammed her books shut and stood up.

"Don't bother trying! You might as well just pay up to your friends now!" she shouted back at him. Before they could get in any more jokes, she hastily walked away to find a quieter spot where she could do her homework. In the distance, she saw a thin boy with long, dark hair sitting under a tree, immersed in a book. Severus. He hadn't talked to her in so long; the last encounter she had had with him, he had called her a "Mudblood." She walked closer to him, slowing her pace as she was unsure of whether or not to say hello to him.

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insane_harry
2011-03-17 07:16 pm UTC (link)

"I don't know, Severus. You seem to have a talent for Potions." She noticed the color coming to his normally pale face at her words, but she thought it was just because he didn't get complimented often enough. Frowning slightly, she thought that perhaps he was under appreciated by his Slytherin friends. She felt a twinge of guilt, knowing that most of them probably did not approve of him spending time with her, a Muggle-born and a Gryffindor. She suppressed a sigh, wishing those things weren't so important. Of course, they weren't important to her.

Lily took out her History of Magic homework next and pointed to it, remarking, "The questions aren't too hard. Maybe we can work together just to get it done faster."

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hot_stuff
2011-03-18 09:00 am UTC (link)

Severus blushed at Lily's words again, and again he made a mental note to learn how to hide his feelings better. Feelings were things that would get him hurt, make him vulnerable, he could not afford being vulnerable.

He got out his own History of Magic homework and nodded. "That is a good idea." He agreed, hiding his feelings could wait until tomorrow though. Today he tried to enjoy the time he had with Lily, realizing that with things the way they were this might be the last time they'd study together.

"It isn't hard, professor Binns is just so boring." The moment the words were out his mouth he gasped in shock, he could not believe he had just said that. "I mean..." He trailed off, he could not lie to Lily, he really thought Binns was boring.

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insane_harry
2011-03-18 12:03 pm UTC (link)

She couldn't much blame him for his thoughts on Binns. "It's okay," Lily reassured him, "I find him boring too. I dozed off in his class a few times the other day." She giggled, thinking of their professor's droning voice. Lily was not one to slack off or sleep in classes, but the way she looked at it, it couldn't be helped in Binns's class.

She knew it was not like him to speak badly of professors and appreciated that he was letting his guard down enough to be truthful with her, even if it was about something small. She wanted him to trust her again. And if he ever did, she vowed that she would never let him get hurt again.

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hot_stuff
2011-03-18 06:53 pm UTC (link)

Severus could not believe Lily would ever sleep in class, but Binns classes could put almost anyone asleep, the only reason he never fell asleep was the constant feeling that he needed to keep an eye out for pranks.

He got out his quill, ink and a piece of parchment. He knew that History of Magic could be more interesting with another professor, but doing the homework with Lily was even better then the most interesting professor in the wizardingworld.

"Are you ready to work on the first question?" He looked over at the pretty Griffindor from behind the safety of a curtain of black hair.

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insane_harry
2011-03-18 09:51 pm UTC (link)

"Sure," she said, flipping her textbook to the correct page. She read the first question aloud, "What was Wendelin the Weird known for?"

Lily could not remember whether or not they had discussed it in class, so she flipped back in the chapter, hoping to scan a few pages and find the answer. And it was fairly easy to find. "Oh, the Flame Freezing Charm! Of course. Now I remember." She wrote down a short paragraph to explain the answer and gave Severus time to do the same. She paused for a moment as he was putting down the answer. His handwriting was so unique - she was fascinated by it and loved to watch him in the process of writing.

Lily shook her head and forced herself to get back on task. He's going to think I've gone mad if he looks up and sees me staring like that.

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hot_stuff
2011-03-19 10:31 am UTC (link)

Severus didn't even notice that Lily was watching him write. He didn't even think of his writing as anything special, just readable but also small enough to be able to put as much information on the parchment he had. He knew he tended to be longwinded in his answers and he wanted to make as much use of the allowed inches of parchment.

He read out the next question before flipping to the right part of the book and reading out the answer. He looked up at Lily after, not yet writing down the answer. He wanted to see if she really wanted to be there, he just could not believe that she would. There were so many people at Hogwarts that were better company then him.

Severus gave Lily a small smile before he started to scribble down the answer to the second question. "Studying together is nice." He whispered, not sure why, he was just setting himself up for a world of hurt, he knew he was.

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insane_harry
2011-03-19 05:21 pm UTC (link)

She beamed at him and replied quietly but sincerely, "I'm so very glad you think so."

Lily wrote part of the next answer, and then she could contain herself no longer. Things needed to be said; it was no help bottling everything up. "I know you've got your other friends, but I hope we can do this more often. And I know you're reluctant to spend time with me because... because, certain people have to be so rude and..."

She had been trying not to think of James and his crew, because it made her incredibly angry. "I can't believe they could be so horrible to you," she whispered, tears coming to her eyes. "I'm s-so... sorry. Oh, Severus..."

She threw down her quill and hugged her friend, letting her tears spill freely onto his cloak.

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hot_stuff
2011-03-19 09:46 pm UTC (link)

This was definitely not something Severus had expected to happen. He had expected to study with Lily and then they would go their own way, but he really had not expected to end up being hugged by the redhead.

He wasn't sure what to do now, he was not the comforting kind of person, which boy his age really was? He could not just sit there like a log so he patted Lily's back awkwardly in a comforting gesture.

"It is not your fault..." He knew it was all Potter and Black.

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insane_harry
2011-03-19 10:28 pm UTC (link)

"I feel like it is," she said, sniffling. "I feel like I should have done more to help you."

Blushing at her outburst, she finally pulled away slowly. "I'm sorry for breaking down in front of you like this. It just makes me so angry, thinking about them." Remus wasn't as much to blame as James and Sirius were. He did try to tell them to back off sometimes. But they didn't back off. They kept getting nastier and nastier. And she knew one day they might drive Severus away from her for good. Another tear fell from her eye at the thought, and she hastily wiped it away with her sleeve.

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hot_stuff
2011-03-19 10:48 pm UTC (link)

Severus shook his head as Lily spoke, "There is not much you can do, Lily." He wondered if he was sleeping and dreaming all this. It sounded that he was getting his friend back, she was saying things nobody ever said to him. Nobody ever wanted to help him.

"You better not get involved, I don't want you to get hurt." As he spoke those words he knew that they were the truth. What ever happened, what ever he had called her, even if it had hurt her her, he never intentionally wanted to hurt her. Things were just so confusing at times.

Again he smiled at her, he might have smiled more in one day then he had smiled in all the years at Hogwarts combined.

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insane_harry
2011-03-19 11:36 pm UTC (link)

She forced herself to smile back, hoping he did not think she was being too ridiculous.

"I don't know if I can keep from getting involved if they're nasty to you again. Especially if they do that in front of me..."

[[OOC: I think this is nearing a good end for this thread. If you want, we can bring in a James or get Sirius to come in and make their lives difficult in another thread. *devious grin*]]

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	hot_stuff 2011-03-19 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	Severus looked down feeling oddly happy with her words. He hoped they would never have to find out if Lily had to get involved, he preferred to never have anything to do with her annoying classmates again. [[OOC: I think you are right... it is so much fun to torture the poor characters eh? grins her Ares' grin]] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	insane_harry 2011-03-19 11:43 pm UTC (link)
	[[OOC: Yeah, it really is! Alrighty. I think this is a good ending - for once Severus is feeling happy! smiles Let me know when you want to start the new thread, and then we can fight amongst ourselves over who is starting it. ;)]] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hot_stuff 2011-03-19 11:46 pm UTC (link)
	[[OOC: It is a good ending nodsnods Do you want to add Sirius and Remus to the mix? I play Remus of course... and we can ask Julie to bring him in. All we need to make it a battlefield is a Peter and a James... ;) Fight eh? covers her inner-Ares' ears]] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	insane_harry 2011-03-19 11:50 pm UTC (link)
	[[I think having Sirius in on things would be nice. I'll ask Julie about it. If you are bringing in Remus, I can probably bring in a temp James. It wouldn't be the same without him around to irritate poor Lily and Severus. So, the epic fight shall wait until I have talked to Julie. mwahaha!]] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hot_stuff 2011-03-19 11:55 pm UTC (link)
	[[Sounds good... lol - Just when Sirius had promised to apologize to Severus for the Shrieking Shack thing too... ;) ]] (Reply to this) (Parent)

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