Hey there [Open?/Unfinished]

[cockofthewok]

Who: Sirius Black cockofthewok and Lily Evans gifted_witch
Where Lily's room
When: September 22, Afternoon
Rating: PG, maybe PG-13
Summary: Sirius has dinner with Lily and they chill like villains.
the Story:

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[cockofthewok]

He said nothing to the Snivilous comment. Really, he only called the boy names when he deserved it anymore ... which was often. As she spoke of the past he couldn't help but smile. She was so innocent. Nothing like him who was dirtied by pureblood lies and hatred. Idly he wondered what it would be like to be like that. To be that innocent.

"No," he admitted about his own childhood. "But it reminds me a bit of Mr. and Mrs. Potter. They're ancient, but they're amazing. When things got bad James and them would always be there for me." At her question a pained expression passed over his eyes, but it was gone quickly, as if it had never been there before.

This wasn't the same Lily. It wasn't right to show her if he was hurting. "Tick as thieves." He let out a dry laugh. "If you can believe that." There was a long pause as he chose his words carefully. "I know you're not the same Lily I knew for the past two years, not even the same one I knew four years ago, but we're going to get you out of here. We'll get everyone back home where they belong." And they'd change that future where Harry is forced to live alone.

[gifted_witch]

She caught it, they might not be close but Lily was an excellent study of people. It was one of the reasons she was so popular, she always knew the right things to say and do. Well around most people she did, around Potter specifically she tended to be tongue tied and lean toward short curt quips.

Apparently they had been close, so close that as things were now he grieved that loss. Yet another indication that she and Black ...Sirius, she reminded herself, had grown close enough to cause this reaction. She spent a moment to look at him critically. Alright, he was attractive.

Attractive? Lilly he was bloody gorgeous. He was also well off, a more than decent wizard, and as he'd shown recently he could be exceedingly kind. He knew her well enough to know that this little meal would be something that would make her feel a bit more at him. Hadn't he embraced her when she'd first arrived? She needed to face it. She had been involved with Sirius Black, no wonder he and Sev didn't exactly get along.

"Well, it's true I am not the Lily that you knew, strictly speaking. But I am still Lily, and I can't believe that me at any age is so terribly different. Mum used to tell me I was unfailingly consistent."

[cockofthewok]

Oh no, they didn't get along for a completely different reason. Because Severus was everything Sirius saw that was wrong with the world.

At her comment on herself he couldn't help but offer a wry smile. "Constant is one way of putting it." Infallible, often correct, and a bloody pain in the ass sometimes was another way of putting it. Still, Sirius liked her that way. He could see why James had fallen so hard for her. She was a very dynamic young woman.

[gifted_witch]

Lily nibbled along the edge of the sandwhich, and sipped a bit at her juice. Watching him, listening to his tone with what little hid did speak. Black was not the same idle prat she'd known, he had grown andshe had to admit this was a more pleasent version of him than she had expected to ever meet, and it made her smile.

"I am sure you have had many terms for me, Bl..Sirius." She caught herself, corrected it with a sheepish shrug. She was trying at least.

[cockofthewok]

He tried very hard to ignore the slip up. She was trying, and that was more then he could have hoped for. "James was the one making up the terms. Goddess was his favorite." He scratched the back of his head. "We're only mean to the deserving." Another wry smirk. Really, they were. It was true that they had house rivalries, but they were only terribly cruel to those that took Voldamort's doctrine to heart. Those that had proven unworthy by calling muggle-borns mudbloods, or something else unacceptable.

[gifted_witch]

"Yes, I am sure Potter was the one behind it all. He is a natural born leader, if only he'd apply himself to something." He had such potential, well both of them did. But Potter was obviously so intelligent, even when he spent his time joking and pranking he still managed top marks in his classes. He never outdid Lily, few ever did, but he was still exceptional.

"Well, I trust no one here is deserving." She finished her sandwich and tipped back the drink once more. All in all this was possibly the most pleasent time she'd ever spent with Sirius.

[cockofthewok]

He made a point not to mention that Snape was indeed worthy of being whipped and flogged and mocked to death. "He does actually." He needed to defend his best friend to the one day mother of his godson. "If something needs to be done he's always right there doing it. Crossed over to the other side more times then I can count just to help someone."

[gifted_witch]

"You admire him, don't you?" A curious head tilt as she pondered this. It took quite a lot to impress Sirius about anything except himself. Even if it was his best friend, that note of defense of him made her pause. Every moment seeming to illuminate more about Sirius that she never would have expected.

[cockofthewok]

Sirius nodded. "He's one of the reasons I didn't end up a drone like every other pureblood out there. A true Gryffindor if ever I met one." He was smiling brightly as he talked about his best friend. Like a small boy with a bit of idol warship. He really couldn't help it. He knew James had his faults, and they made things more fun, but the boy was truly a good person. Not like most purebloods he'd known. "Not saying he's not a complete prat. We all are, but if things need to be serious he's one of the first to do anything to help."

[gifted_witch]

Lily laughed hard, having to cover her mouth to avoid potentially spewing some of her last mouthful of drink. So he admitted, with glee no less, that they were prats. She managed to swallow and continued to laugh, finding herself warming to Sirius despite her previous cold shoulder. Perhaps the idea that they had been close before was not so far fetched really.

"I don't know, I think you have a fair bit of spirit yourself. I doubt anyone could make you do something you didn't want to."

[cockofthewok]

He glanced down, looking almost embarrassed, almost. "True enough, but if you don't have that person to tell you what's what then you don't learn. For me, that was Prongs and his parents." He was sounding rather soppy he decided. Pretty soon he'd be singing songs about how in love with Prongs he was. Blegh!

[gifted_witch]

"I guess I'm lucky then. Mum and dad were always teaching Tuni an me how to treat others. I wish she had taken the lessons more to heart." Sad crumple to her then, shoulders slumping a bit at the memory of her sister. "She an I were best friends, I don't suppose you knew that. My sister Petunia and I were inseparable until I started showing my powers. She never forgave me for being a witch and going off to Hogwarts."

Lily suddenly found herself interested in picking invisible fluff off her comforter. "That's when I met Severus, he is the one who told me about witch and wizards and magic. The first magical friend I ever had, and he was brilliant. If it hadn't been for him...I don't think I would have made it to Hogwarts. I would have given it all up to keep Tuni as my friend."

[cockofthewok]

Sirius nodded with understanding. "You've got a good life now though Lil, a good future." Except for that bit he and James were trying to change. "You're a brilliant witch and an amazing woman." He let a hand rest on her shoulder, "that counts for more then anything in the world." If she were to look up she'd see a soft, comforting smile edged with sadness. Her words reminded him of Regulous, the brother he couldn't save from the pestiferous words of his family and those like them.

[gifted_witch]

"I'm not sure I want to know about this future everyone else has in store for me. I want to live my life, my way." All this all of her future was frankly a bit much, she much preferred to take things as they came and not feel beholden to someone's greater plan.

The touch startled her, soft, gentle and warm, it was enough to bring a slight gasp to her lips. Lily felt a hint of sadness when she looked at Sirius. Her own hand moved, to hesitantly, softly brush along his cheek. "You're quite something too, Sirius Black. I think maybe more than I'd ever given you credit for."

[cockofthewok]

He returned her words with a slightly cocked smirk. "James keeps me in check. Keeps me from doing the things the world expects from a Black like me." He held up a drink, tapping the lip against her nose.

"As for your life, Lily Evans, we'd never presume to know what you have in store for it. I'd just be very happy to call you sister-in-law." The smile behind the dark of the glass was completely genuine and mirthful. It showed in those grey eyes.