Lily Evans [ HP ] (ex_spring_fl387) wrote in muddled_magic, @ 2009-01-01 23:56:00 |
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Entry tags: | 09 1976, @hogwarts, lily evans, severus snape |
September 2, 1976 - Potions
Who: Severus, Lily
Where: Potions dungeon
When: Near the end of class (2 PM or thereabouts)
Rating: PG, angst
Status: Closed, completed
Summary: While studying the bit of potion she's about to turn in, Lily is startled by Severus commenting on her potion. After a few cool snarks at one another, Lily mentions the unsigned comments in her journal and asks him to help her find out who was behind it. The conversation circles predictably if obliquely toward Death Eaters and how the comments likely aren't a joke.
As they continue to talk, they're both beset with conflicting feelings as old habits war with new grudges. As they head out of class, Severus offers her another warning about trusting death eaters, and she asks if she shouldn't trust him. When he replies that he doesn't know, she parts company with him, though he comes to find her. He assures her she can trust him before they head - separately - to their next class.
The potion had been a fairly easy one - but one that covered most of the basic elements. Just to get them back into the swing of things, and she appreciated that. Unlike some people, she didn't really have the freedom to practice the finer elements of potions over the holidays. Hers was turning out well, and Professor Slughorn was - as usual - praising her loudly.
Usually she didn't mind, but this year she was trying for the whole low-key thing. It was working about as well as could be expected when one was Lily Evans - which was to say, not well at all.
Still, she'd managed to get through most of the class reasonably comfortably so far, and she was starting to relax, to let her guard down just a bit. Of course, that was when bad things tended to happen ...