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I think we're cursed.

it's beginning to feel that way.

Though, Frank seems to understand... Even if he is digusted that it's Lucius.

Harry can't comprehend and Sev left. I'm so...alone right now. I don't know where James is and it'd be wrong to turn to him, anyways.

Oh, Lily, I'm so sorry. *sighs* It seems both of us are having a shite few days. *hugs her close*

*hugs Alice, tightly, settling her face in her neck* Friends who suffer together, stay together, isn't that the saying? We'll be all right...We just need to decide what path we take from here.

...God, I love him so much. Alice, he called me a Mudblood.

If it isn't the saying, it bloody well should be, Lily. *strokes her hair softly* How do you give up something that you've lived for for most of your life, though? *sighs*

Oh god, he didn't... *sets her jaw* That's horrible. Vile. I hope you hexed him.

*strokes hers as well, holding tight and finding some sort of comfort in understanding* Forcibly, if I had to wager a guess. I don't want to give him up...

There must be something going on... for both of them to push us away this way... They'd never... I mean, I know how that sounds, but there's something deeper there. They've a reason for doing it, and they both think they're protecting us, I'd wager.

I don't want to give Lucius up, either. Ever.

Severus is protecting himself. He's had a moment of selflessness and he wants badly to hide it from the world, he wants badly for me to hate him so that he can say our love is dead and hope I'll return, happily, to James.

It isn't that simple. It never is.

It's just so odd that they'd both do this within a few days of each other... *growls*

Nothing ever is so simple...

*hands in his pockets, walking over* I tried telling him it was just an one night, that who really could resist my raw sex appeal but I don't think he believed it. *smile fades when he sees he's not helping* ...Sorry, Mrs. Longbottom.

*looks up at him with a small almost grimace/almost smile* It's okay, Severus. He seems to understand it... he just really wishes that it wasn't Lucius... you know, that whole "we've battled against his kind our whole lives" etc.

...and it's Lucius Malfoy. Defender of all things...wait, no he doesn't defend. *smiles* Cowards the lot of us.

Offender of all things.

*softly* I'm beginning to believe that, Severus.

*smiles* Knew you'd catch on. Good girl.

Oh Severus... you're being a complete twat, but you're still my friend. You just told me yesterday that we're friends, and you're not taking it back today.

*watching her, and then looks away* ...it's your own business to make friends with vipers.

I've never had issue with your loyalties, Severus. Just as I've never had issue with Luci's. You ARE my friend. And you'll stop hurting my other friends, especially intentionally.

*shuts eyes, shaking head* ...Alice, please.

*growls softly* Severus... You better start being honest, and quickly. I, at the very least, can see right through this thin veil of snark and idiocy you've put on. In fact, I can see through Lucius'... I'm just so hurt by him I can't separate myself from it.

...I don't think I could honest even if I wanted to. Never tell a lie when the truth will do just as well. Never wound when you can kill...and never, never show weakness.

We eat our wounded.

*shrugs* It was worth a shot. I thought, as a friend, you might be honest with me. But I guess if you can hurt Lily the way you did, you certainly wouldn't do me any favours in the realm of truth and honesty.

I had such hopes for you and Lucius. Knowing you both better than most do... I thought perhaps you'd... I don't know, live up to what I saw in you both.

*almost a whisper* I really am just a silly girl.

*reaches over and strokes her hair* Yes you are. *after a beat* You know what scares me...well, what should scare me, if I was a man to admit to frights...if Lucius was...

How easily we can hurt you.

Don't. *pushes his hand away* Don't act the way you're acting with everyone and then touch my hair as if you like me. You don't like anyone, Severus, least of all yourself.

It should scare you. It should make you ache. It should hurt you that we're hurt, moreso that you are the ones doing it. But it really doesn't, does it? Not as it should. You've let what you've become steal your humanity. And we're just the stupid women going behind and picking up the pieces...

*swallows, but obeys* Yes ma'am. *looks at his left shirt sleeve, as she speaks* ...we did. We do. *looks at her* ...we never asked you to. We certainty know we don't deserve it.

But, that's thing about us, isn't it? We see something beautiful and have to destroy it. You see something ugly...and try to save it.

You don't have to destroy it, Severus. You simply choose to. You could easily make other choices. You just find it easier to continue to display your character flaws as if they are the be all, end all of who you are. And there's nothing ugly about you OR Lucius, upset as I am with both of you.

*after a beat* Veritaserum it is. *laughs*

*nods* I'm going to do it to both of you... I want you both sat down somewhere so I can ask you both questions. Find a way to capture him and get him somewhere I can be... I really would like to know what the truth is.

*blinks and shifts away* Oh no no no...it was a joke. I'm not...no!

No, no joking... I'll find my own way to do it... nevermind. I don't need your help on this. On other things, yes, but not on getting the truth from you. *smirks*

*opens his mouth to object but swallows down his retort*

Oh, don't hold back... it's a shameful thing when the snarky arse won't be snarky with one of his friends... *raises eyebrows*