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Lily was happy. Kinda. It was twenty minutes past nine on the second day in the school, the first working day, and she'd managed to scavange a free period, by hiding discreetly behind a suit of armour in the entrance hall. I mean, sure, she could have just gone to her common room, but where was the danger in that? Besides, down here, to someone who wasn't particularity known to Lily (or if she wasn't known to them) she would look like just another Slytherin prefect on guard, to make sure kids were getting to class. That was to do with the green tie hung around her neck, the prefect's badge shiny. She smirked just thinking about it, just thinking about the consequences of her actions.

It had been some night, culminating in Draco Malfoy half naked in the lake with her. Sadly, it hadn't been that sort of thing, though had she felt a spark? Had he just been restraining himself for a good spirit? For a moment he hadn't been like Malfoy, he'd seemed like he actually had a heart- unfortunately the heart to stop doing what Lily had been doing aka. undressing him. He had smelled so good, and he actually had seemed warm amidst the freezing water. Yet the kiss had eluded her, and now just lust and hatred sparked between them.

For, as good as Malfoy had seemed, he'd been on the verge of telling her mother- not a good thing as Lily recollected. Her mother still thought of her as a good student, one who wouldn't dare to do something as foolish as to go swimming in the lake at midnight. She ground her teeth at the memory, sitting on the plinth she shared with the imposing suit of armour as she thought. Yet, she had escaped punishment again, from her mother or anyone else- except Malfoy (and she was pretty sure she'd silenced him)- and it gave her a buzz. Getting into trouble was a game for her, one she often won.

So now she was reaping the benefits of her crime, and several scared looking first year students spotted her (for she was eye level with them- they were so small) in the enclave and bowed their heads, a sign of respect, and perhaps more than a little fear. Lily had that effect on people, her sharp features and piercing eyes, combined with the stupid tie. Her satchel was up in the Gryffindor common room, so it was just herself, no little mistakes to make on the way to getting caught. She swore other people were skiving too, in the general common room, in their dorms, sleeping in as usual, but it didn't feel like normal.

The atmosphere of the castle was different this year- and that didn't mean it was a good thing. It was as i the events at the Ministry had changed everything at the end of last year (yes, Lily had been there, in a minor capacity). It had been scary, she'd admit, but she wasn't in with most of the action. She'd been caught by a death eater, and had quizzed them on the ways of Voldemort's followers. It hadn't seemed terribly interesting, and so Lily had decided that she would now be neutral instead of on any side. It would displease her parents, and her brother, if he stopped acting like an ass long enough for him to pay attention to her choice. That was unlikely, but Lily knew her brother was just as damned mean as she was, and it would be a Gryffindor showdown if the day ever did come.

Late students exited the Great Hall after breakfast with their heads of houses for 'little chats' regarding timetables and such, and Lily smirked. Looked like no one actually exiting the hall could see her little hiding place. Just the Slytherins and Hufflepuffs exiting the dungeons, should they choose to admire the new scenery the school brought them after three months at home. Hopefully they wouldn't, and Lily knew it was probably going against the characteristics of at least one fo the houses- Slytherin's were just too arrogant about everything, so she hoped that none of them (all of whom were a lot worse than stupid Hufflepuffs) would notice.



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"Hmm, how delightfully thoughtful and original," Lily mused, as if to mid air, with heavy lashings of sarcasm. "To use my hair colour as a name. Bravo, may I call you Brown?" She didn't enjoy or particularly invite this intrusion into her daydreams of the day in a semi-exposed public place. Sure, she was hiding, but she knew she wasn't doing it bloody successfully, so why did this arrogant twat think she was?

Oh, right- because he was an arrogant twat- and in Lily's opinion the biggest one in the entire school. He (apparently) didn't know her, but she knew him. Sweet talking bastard of a Slytherin; Kian. He was everything she hated about Slytherins (apart from Draco Malfoy) and every reason she would have been sorted into the house- if it hadn't been for her parents and her brother sitting there with their hopes up for her. Lily swore it would have crushed all of them.

And now her glory was getting swept away. She liked the prefects tie, and so when it was ripped savagely from her throat she gave a grimace that would kill in the direction of the intruder. Sure, she was sitting down, but she could usually scare people with that glare. But maybe Slytherin's were the exception to the rule. She hoped, however, that they weren't.

"What if I am a Slytherin though Kian? You don't seem to realise that there are people who lurk in the shadows in the common room, people who get to watch all the... indiscretions... of others." Lily smirked, her murmur sweet and sinister, much like she perceived herself to be most of the time. But she also sighed, massaging her neck where he'd ripped the tie off and hoping he hadn't torn the silken blouse. "But you're right, I guess I should concede that I'm not a Prefect, I just lifted the tie up from my dorm this morning, one o my friends must have thrown it on my bed by accident. The fact it was a pleasant accident was just something I realised when I ran down for an early breakfast." Lily smiled slightly, allowing a fairly neutral expression to become her face. No need to aggravate the angry Slytherin, and plus, if she didn't look like she was being wound up it gave her the upper hand- either that or he'd just leave her alone (which she had to admit was her preferred option). Even though he was hot in the hottest sense of the word, he was just as much of an ass as Malfoy was, or even Lily herself since she was a self-proclaimed bitch.

"Hmm. But I'm not hiding. This is a convenient place to sit, you get to see a lot of things, arguments, fights and hear teachers conversations...on a free class like this," Lily mused. It was true, it was where she usually sat during the day when not in classes or still in bed, and it was a very good point for gossip- everyone in her little group said so. Well, everyone may have just said so because of Lily- but that wasn't the point. She assumed that most of her little followers didn't have the brains to make up ridiculous rumours like the ones you found here - and she was most probably right. No one there was like her, they didn't have the aptitude in manipulation that she had.

"So what about you? I'm sure that even as Head Boy you have N.E.W.T classes to attend, like the rest of the seventh years?"




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Lily could swear that when that idiot smiled like that her heart skipped a beat. She knew it shouldn't happened, she'd heard far too much about Mr Kian, and she knew he prided himself on his reputation and apparent promiscuity. Just a shame he was talking to her, where his smooth talking antics wouldn't go down quite as well as with every other idiotic girl in the school, but that was only because she kept it inside, and because she was the bitch she believed she was. Sure, she could be as enchanted with guys as every other girl was, but she chose to see through the smarmy exteriors of people such as Kian, the snake that lived up to the house symbol.

She didn't really have a comeback for his comment about his name. For once; Lily Potter was actually speechless. Not that she'd show it. She smirked, looking down and avoiding his piercing gaze which had just stared that second too long into her green eyes. Hmm. Interesting, but as she forced herself to think; not too interesting. That would be downright stupid, as she'd thought.

But he had a point. The area was pretty boring, and even Lily would admit that she was on the verge of falling asleep just sitting there for fifteen minutes or so, so she would welcome it. But the tone betrayed something else too- less of a courtesy and more of a demand upon her. "Hmm, I'll pretend that was a polite invitation and not a practical shove in the direction of the door," she said, a smirk playing on her lips along with a look of hardened emerald in her eyes. She was thinking about adding something about his obvious lack of ambition, but that didn't really seem appropriate- it would wait until she knew just that little bit more, or when it was more appropriate.

Instead, she eased herself up from her sitting position at the bottom of the gargoyle and stretched, raising her arms above her head and standing on her tip toes. It wasn't as good as the stupid muggle yoga her mother had her doing (for even Lily had to admit as idiotic as it was, it worked), but it was something. She hopped over Kian's feet, looking up into his eyes as he gestured, arms wide open- a sign of weakness in any other situation- to signify the emptiness of the atrium. Lily smirked, twirling around. "Now who's hiding?" she smirked, leaning forward and tugging at the shirt cuff he'd been so interested in seconds before. "Coming? That cigarette seems like it would make up for the breakfast I didn't have," she continued, walking across the empty foyer and opening the door a fraction.







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Lily waited for Kian to fall into step, a slow, steady gait before she continued walking. It was a charming day, the birds tweeting softly in the trees surrounding the castle, making Lily grind down her back molars slightly. Always so bloody happy, just because their brains were the size of the bugs they ate. They had no status symbols, they just sat and tried to eat away at the bark of the bloody Christmas trees. Not, that Lily had any aversion to nature.

No, other than that it was a perfectly nice day. The sky was blue grey, enough cloud to keep the scorching sun at bay but just little enough to indicate they wouldn't be drenched by water upon every second step. The air was clear as it always was in the Scottish highlands, clear and different from the city smoke Lily had been breathing in all holidays- when not with her goddamned family in their stupid house facing the cemetery of Godric's Hollow. She smirked at the notion. Sometime soon statistics would show that at least one of them would be lying there, yet every morning her parents went out and spoke quietly, looking mournfully, yet optimistic, upon the dead lying six feet under.

It wasn't that Lily hated her parents. She just disliked them. She disliked everything they stood for, especially her mother. Mother. Mudblood. She wasn't the most blood-fanatical person, but Lily did lean towards the Slytherin perception. Those with the greatest magical power were the purebloods, and she wasn't happy she couldn't be catagorized with them.

Speaking of purebloods, Kian appeared to be speaking, apparently offering her a cigarette- having taken one for himself first. Bastard, especially with the etiquette excuse. Biggest piece of crap she'd heard all day. "Hmm, how thoughtful of you, to put yourself through the trouble of lighting up before everyone else. That's real class Brown," she said sarcastically, closing his box of cigarettes before sliding the lit one from his gentle grasp and taking a drag, before picking her own and holding hers lightly in her fingers, tempting fate to make it drop as she waited for him to take it. "Just checking they're both of 'satisfactory quality'" she mocked, chuckling slightly at it. She had never really completed a cigarette of her own, always sharing it with someone welcome to share with her and her idiotic friends. It was odd, here was someone willing to give up one of his exquisite cigarettes for her, without even knowing her name. And a Slytherin nonetheless- a house not really known for their generosity or sharing, unless for their dear Dark Lord.

Lily continued to walk, glad she was wearing flats today, as compared to her heels which would have made it all but impossible to navigate the rough terrain. She had not the grace of proper purebloods- or the mythical grace they were supposed to inherit - supposedly had.



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Lily shivered with the chill that caught them in an envelope for a moment, seemingly moving from the lake. Ah, the lake. She looked over a moment, a sweeping glance that would mean nothing to anyone watching, which she had a feeling Kian was. She remembered last night so well, the tension and the revealing of the real Draco- if he could be called that. Someone had once said to her that the real person was the person you were percieved to be- but Lily wasn't so sure. Sure, she had a soft side, but she would consider herself a pretty hard nut at this stage, fiesty, perhaps a little too promiscuous? But Draco, no, he was the person that appeared for but two minutes at the lake, the guy that stopped what was happening for his sake of some goddamned humanity. Up until then, Lily would have sworn that Malfoy hadn't ever heard the word, but now, now she wasn't so sure.

She took a drag from the cigarette, attempting to blow a smoke ring with her inexperienced lips. Needless to say she failed miserably, but she laughed nonetheless, a small, soft, low laugh; at both the thought of humanity being found in a snake such as Malfoy, herself or Kian, and at her stupidity.

Of course, she adjusted her grip on the cigaretteslightly, something Kian probably noticed, hands trailing by her sides as she walked, moving with her small strides, whilst she shrugged her shoulders. "What's life without danger? Even if it is only from a bloody cigarette," she smirked, taking another drag, and looking up at the tall Slytherin. The path had changed, a winding gravel road up to god knows where. Lily didn't know anything about the Hogwarts grounds so she had no idea where she was headed with Kian, but she trusted it not to be totally sinister.

The new path meant the pair kept bumping into each other, and soon Lily began to wonder if it was a deliberate occurance on Kian's part- it wouldn't be the first time guys had tried something like that on her- so she nudged him back, a quick nudge from her hip as she smirked, jokingly. They seemed to walk for a short while, in silence, dragging their cigarettes and lost in their own thoughts when Kian suddenly stopped.

Lily didn't notice for several moments, and she was several paces forward before she turned around slowly and eyed him with curiosity. Of course, 'It's curious.. would be the words he'd start his sentence with, people always did when they had nothing else to say. And this was the sort of thing Lily disliked. Hmm. Her blood. There was a shocker. The thing Slytherins seemed to hold pride of above all, but that she didn't have. From her fathers side she was as pureblood as the rest of them, but she was forever shunned as a half blood because of her muggleborn mother. And Lily wouldn't hesitate to use the phrase 'mudblood'- whilst not in the company of her mother, father or brother. That was what she was, and why she would have made such a damned good Slytherin, were it not for their wishes.

Slowly, she took small steps towards Kian, eventually moving directly in front of him, just as her cigarette turned to ash and it fell from her hand. Her face was a mix of her normal nonchalant expression and of slight boredom at the question. "That might be because I despise it almost as much as you, though I have to stop there because she is my mother and she gave me the fabulous hair. But believe me, I'd rather my father had married some other pureblood cow." Her voice was quiet, almost a whisper, almost conspiratorial. She didn't often tell people she thought that, in fact, she'd only ever told two other people, but it was the truth- and most people who knew Lily knew it was what she felt, even in less words.



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