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[bespell]

Phone. [Locked to Neville, early in the morning]

Longbottom? I think I need to talk to you. There is something I have to know.


Action. [Outside 1449 Mitchell Rd, Lily is casting lumos against the second floor bedroom window over and over again, until it's too obnoxious for the person inside to ignore it]



Action. [At 1485 Kramden Rd, Lily had successfully removed the drone parents for the afternoon, keeping them firmly outside the house with a shield charm as she rummages noisily in their bedroom and the livingroom.]


Action. [Outside Mayfield Elementary, Lily passes the time by kicking random pebbles into the wall, waiting for the eventual stream of school children to exit.]

Comments

[sothis_rising]

You're lucky I haven't been able to sleep with that prick pounding on the inside of the closet. Shoulda' padded the fuckig thing.

[As she moves closer he notices her eyes and his brow raises, voice softening a touch as he helps her inside and sends a silencing charm at the closet.]

Something new explode in our bloody faces?

[bespell]

Oh, him. [It's taken Lily a short while to accept that whatever copy they were left with of Potter was just that, a copy, and the real person was blissfully back. It made dealing with the drone's presence more bearable.]

You've talked to that boy who comes around every once in a while? Harry? [She asks tentatively, settling on the lower bunk of the bed] James's son?

[sothis_rising]

[He nodded, taking a seat beside her, face a line of a frown.]

Good kid.

[He'd kept quiet that he'd known of Harry's parentage. It wasn't funny to male one's best friend uncomfortable around a kid who'd never known how amazing his parents were.]

[bespell]

Did Harry tell you he was orphaned? [The words come barreling out before Lily can take them back. It's hardly a kind way to let someone know his best friend's going to be dead in a few years, but Lily's worried this stabbing bit of info until she couldn't bear it on her own anymore.]

[sothis_rising]

[Sirius looked away, nodding.]

Before I knew who they were, yeah.

[bespell]

He thinks we died-- we're going to die in a car crash. That's what my horrid sister's told him, at least. [Lily bows her head, lacing her hands around a knee. Talking about this doesn't get easier with time.]

I asked someone else who's older, at least. We're going to be murdered.

[sothis_rising]

[Sirius frowns heavily.]

Who?

[When they get home if he remembers he'll kill the bastard before they have the chance to kill them.]

[bespell]

Take on the whole world, won't you? [Lily tries to smile, but she bites her lip eventually.] A dark wizard, and from the sound of it, someone's behind the unrest we had before we were spirited away to this place. We die, he does too, the war ends, and everyone else is happy.

Who would have thought it would turn out this way, Black?

[sothis_rising]

You mean Voldamort?

[Sirius was never raised with the fear that others were. His family revered and supported him,]

And he kills all three of you?

[bespell]

Harry survives. The killing curse, of all things.

[It hits her how terribly sad all of this is, and how worse it is for the poor boy than themselves. The anger she's arrived with begins to fade.]

[sothis_rising]

[Sirius looks down at his hands.]

How? How would he have found you? If we knew .... We would have stopped it, somehow.

[Somehow he would have protected them, kept them safe from being killed. Clearly he'd failed.]

[bespell]

Maybe we were careless. Maybe we made a mistake. Perhaps all of this is a mistake. If I had stayed away from James then maybe he would be safe, and none of this would have to happen!

[sothis_rising]

It's not your fault Lils.

[It was his. He should have kept his friends safe.]

[bespell]

He's a pure blood. [She sinks forward, her head in her hands.] Who'd want to hurt him

[sothis_rising]

[He smirked]

On a good day at least ten people.

[He rubbed his hands together.]

Actually though, we had plans for after school. He and I were going to become Aourers. We were going to fight in the war.

[bespell]

For some reason I don't expect any less of you. [Lily wants to laugh it off, but it comes out in a strangled sound that could be a sob. Aurors. And then the inevitable happens. It's almost too predictable.] I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me. This is not right.

[sothis_rising]

Lils, it's not because of you.

[he looks at her, jaw set and eyes honest.]

I promise. Even if we'd never met you we would have fought. James has never believed in what that bastard was spouting and he taught me that it was wrong. We're Gryffindors, the cannon fodder of Hogwarts. It's what we do.

[bespell]

[Eyes stinging, Lily misses the honest, determined look in Sirius's eyes. She chokes back a breath before looking up. she's not going to cry here, of all places.] I just... I didn't want it to be like that.

[sothis_rising]

Then we'll make sure it's not. We know things now we didn't then.

[bespell]

[With a shaky hand, Lily squeezes Sirius's knee, nodding her understanding as she clams back the last of her sobs into quiet breaths. A long moment passes before she speaks again.] Heavens, can you imagine James and married?

[sothis_rising]

[Sirius couldn't help laughing.]

Yeah, he doesn't talk about much else but what he'll do once he's finally convinced you to marry him. It mostly involves kissing. And burnt toast.

[bespell]

[The fact that Potter actually daydreams about it more than the average girls makes her cheeks pink and her shoulders shake with chuckles.] Doesn't make much to make him happy, yeah?

[sothis_rising]

Only when it comes to you. Otherwise he's a pretty problematic bloke.

[Actually James was the easiest of all of them. It was just fun to tease him.]

[bespell]

[Lily's calmed down somewhat. She's not used to breaking down, let alone infront of a bloke. It's easier to talk about someone else, even if it's someone else talking about her.]

Good for him, I guess. I don't think I would mind it much.

[sothis_rising]

[Sirius wrapped an arm around Lily, pulling her close.]

We'll get him back.