Chasers & Beaters

•lily & lying•

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j. potter's POV
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Charms class keeps getting harder and harder to pay attention to. Diana is seated across from me but so is Lucius. To watch her lay her head on his shoulder or even as they whisper in each other's ear is just a personal hell at this point.

Every once in a while, Professor Riddle would be teaching in defense against the dark arts or charms or just simply helped slughorn with the bigger potion labs. Those were the days Diana got held back after class, but I can't say that I'm shocked.

She suddenly isn't herself- she's not reserved or respectful at all to Professor Riddle. I can't say it isn't entertaining to watch.

"I'm going out." I said to Remus and Sirius who were studying on Remus' bed. "Be safe." They both said and as I closed the door behind me Padfoot had shouted, "use protection!" And I shut the door.

I walked to hogsmeade under my invisibility cloak- that's what we're calling it for now. Sirius called it my special cloak but that just sounded like I did something sexual to it. When I entered the three broomsticks Diana was performing which was weird but then I saw her and Amos drinking and talking to Ted.

"Evanna's six months pregnant. It's a boy." Amos said to Ted and Diana took a shot of vodka. "What?!" Ted said freaking out. "Yes, my mother managed to ruin an arranged marriage that was approved of by getting her pregnant too early. Yes you know now because she just told her parents and got dissowned." Diana spoke with a raspy voice.

"I need advice, Molly's three months pregnant." Arthur Weasley said running next to Amos and Diana. Diana proceeded to bang her head on the table. "At least it can't get worse." She spoke and offered the three fathers a smile. "With triples." Arthur added and her jaw dropped before saying. "Why couldn't you wait until after you graduated?" She asked squeezing her eyes shut.

"If you think this was planned your a dumbass." Ted said and began to turn his focus to clean empty glasses. "So have you thought of names." She asked them and Amos immediately said, "Cedric." With a smile and diana nodded.

"Molly and I really like Bill for one and then Charlie for the second and then maybe Percy for the third." Arthur said and Diana leaned her head on Amos' shoulder. "What's the plan?" She asked them.

"Arthur and Molly are moving in with us after we graduate. That way we can settle for a while for the babies." Amos said and Arthur added. "Would you and Sirius babysit for us?"

"You want Sirius black and I to babysit 4 babies?" She asked him. "Well not all the time but if possible." Arthur said. "Five." Amos added. "We didn't count Dora in that." Amos followed up.

"Ted, can I have a pint of just flat whiskey?" Diana asked and she recieved. She took it and sat down in a corner near the fire I took off my cloak and sat next to her and she leaned on the shoulder. Drunkenly wrapping her arms around my bicep.

"Bambi! I missed you." She said and she squeezed tighter. "I missed you too Ranger." I said and leaned my head on hers, she won't remember this so I can be honest for once.

"How have you been?" I asked her. "Not good." She spoke and unwrapped one of her hands from my arm to drink more whiskey. "Why is that?" I asked her and she gulped, "...because I had given into my compassion over my ambition, there is one thing in this world that I wanted that I didn't get." She said and then leaned back into me.

This time a wrapped my arms around her and let her just relax into me. "And what was that, love." I asked looking down at her with a smile. "You." She spoke plainly. And almost fell asleep so I decide to walk her back. In the cold she slightly sobered up.

"What do you mean, me?" I asked her. "I love you. You love Lily. Lily is my best friend and deserves happiness. Therefore, I keep my emotions to myself." She said with a proud grin. "You think Lily deserves to be happy more then you?" I asked her. "Oh no it's just that what she has is obtainable. I'm marrying tom fucking Riddle once I graduate by order of my mom because you are in love with her." She said and scoffed after.

"You have to marry him?" I asked and we approached the school. "I can't get out of it unless I marry you or a pureblood, that's the deal I made but I can't tell you that so shhh." She spoke with her words slurred and her alcohol breath coming into my smell as she shushed me when she said that.

"Sirius yelled at me and gave me an Atlantic." She said and twirled clumsily. "A what?" I asked the very drunk girl in front of me. "An ultimate." She said again."duh." She said and it hit me. Ultimatum, Sirius gave her an ultimatum. "Of what?" I asked.

"When I had to tell you I loved you. He said before the quidditch match, I said never. Fucking prat." She said and tripped on the steps to enter the corridor. As we walked in I looked down with my arms around Diana so she didn't fall or get hurt and I attempted to take her to her room before we saw Lily with her arms crossed and tears in her eyes.

"I'm done. I can't- I can't do this anymore." Lily said with some tears slipping out and I tried to reach out to her. "Lily-" and she stepped back. "No." And stuck her hand out. "Lils-" I tried but she'd stared at the ground and spoke harshly, "I cheated on you." And I was the one who stepped back. "W-what?" I asked shocked and Diana still lightly gripping my clothes, on the verge of passing out.

"I cheated on you with Severus the entire time." She said and then finally looked up at me. "And now we're done." She spoke and walked away which left me reeling and standing their with a knocked-out Diana in my arms.