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Tweak says, "Those meddling kids!"

Lily Potter (goodatcharms) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2011-02-17 21:07:00

Entry tags:

!closed, lily evans, sirius black

WHO: Lily and Sirius
WHAT: Picnic? XD
WHERE: Sirius' work, then the park
WHEN: February 17th at Lunchtime :D
RATING: Urm a little high due to likely swearing
STATUS: In Progress

Lily woke a little later than she probably should have and was willing to blame last night for it. It had been hard, learning so much about her future in the space of time it took to read a page in a book. She had found out more than she would have liked to, but she guessed it would have happened one day. She wasn't too sure just what to do with the rest of her day, however, and after showering and getting dressed she sat and stared at the book she had left on the floor yesterday.

No, she couldn't go back to that. Not alone.

She had wanted to see Sirius. Well now would be a good time. She knew he worked most days, and after realising the time, thought perhaps lunch would be nice. Finding a plastic box, she started to make up various foods and put in packets of whatever she could find that wouldn't result in Donna yelling at her for draining the resources they had. Placing that along with a bottle some fizzy type drink into her bag, she lifted it before heading out.

It didn't take long for her to reach where Sirius worked, but it was a different matter trying to find exactly where he was. After a few minutes of searching she saw him through an open door into a seperate part of the garage. She was about to knock, but decided giving him a fright if she could would be much more fun. So she brought her wand from it's place in her bag and made the tools sitting next to him fly. Grinning after a moment, she let them fall with a clatter.

"I have a delivery for Sirius Black."

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pad_foot
2011-02-25 05:47 pm UTC (link)

Oh, fantastic. Sirius sighed, located a bottle of water and spent a moment pulling his wand out and transfiguring it into a thermus of tea. For a moment he was quiet, unnaturally so for him, pouring a portion of the steaming drink into the mug that doubled as a lid and passing it over to Lily. He took a healthy swig himself from the thermus itself. It was a little watery - James had always been best at transfiguration - but otherwise good.

"You and James started going out in seventh year. We all graduated, and joined the Order of the Pheonix together pretty much straight away. We were fighting the Death Eaters with Dumbledore. Things... they got really bad. People were dying or vanishing every other day. Our friends, people we went to Hogwarts with. Marlene and Dorcas and... everyone. But we fought a lot of battles and everything was just..." He hesitated. "We weren't winning. They were getting rally popwerful, took over the ministry. But you and James got married, and you had Harry and made me Godfather. You were so happy together, even with everything going to shit. It was a bit sickening. But we used to hang out at your house all the time and it... it was pretty great. I mean, it was the closest thing to a normal family I've ever had. Harry was only about five weeks when I was brought here."

"Then there was a prophecy - I didn't know the details, but Voldemort was after Harry. So you go into hiding for a long time. In the end we decide to use the fidelius charm to keep you all safe. And we told everyone I would be secret keeper." Sirius glanced up at Lily for the first time since he started the story. "James is the best friend I've ever had. I love you both and everyone would assume I was going to be the one picked. But at the last minute we switched to Pete. We don't tell anyone. Not Dumbledore or Remus. No' one. Because that way they'd keep thinking it was me and Pete would be able to keep you safe. I fucked up, Lils. It was my idea to use a bluff." Sirius voice was suddenly a little hoarse. He hated telling this story, hated thinking about it. "I fucked up so badly."

"He was a Death Eater. I don't know how long or why or whatever. But he told them where you are, and he finds you and comes to Godrics Hollow and..."

His voice caught a little, and Sirius took a huge gulp of tea to get rid of the lump that had swollen in his throat. "Because you died for Harry, you leave protection on him. In him. When Voldemort tried to kill him, the curse rebounded. It ripped him from his body and he was gone. Harry was left with just a scar. But he had to go to your sister because he needed the protection that came from your blood..."

Sirius looked up from his lap, seeking out Lily's gaze and trying to work out whether he could stop here.

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goodatcharms
2011-02-25 06:36 pm UTC (link)

She took the mug without a word, her eyes firmly on his as she waited. She was feeling nervous, more than nervous if she was honest. He didn't seem so sure about telling her what she wanted to know and she almost told him to forget it. But she was going to find out eventually. And why not hear when she had the support of someone she supposed was a friend.

The moment he mentioned James her eyes flickered to the floor. As much as she hated to admit it, she had found herself feeling a bit more attracted to him recently. Especially after last night when he came to comfort her. There was something so, and she couldn't believe she thought this way, but there was something so right about the way she fit in his arms. As if she was meant to be there.

She never would have thought Peter a death eater. She never spoke much to him, but she just assumed that was because of his quietness. She never pushed anything on him, never spoke to him if he did not seem willing to have a conversation. But to think that he was willing to, in a way, cause her murder. James' and the near death of her baby boy? She wouldn't have believed it.

She felt a little relief even if she hated the thought of her sister looking after her magical son. She knew from the book, if that was extremely accurate, that she didn't treat him well. And she wanted to hurt her so badly for doing so. But she was the only protection her baby had and if it kept him safe then she guessed it was the only thing to do. When Sirius stopped and looked at her, she didn't think before putting her mug down and wrapping her arms around him tightly.

"I know you're blaming yourself. I know you better than I probably should since I came here, and you shouldn't. You weren't to know."

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