Prongs {Book One}

Chapter Nineteen - Coincidences and Fate

Dedicated to milsterino because this chapter was her idea and I love it so much she is also the best friend you could ask for so yeah huge shout out to her <333

SEV.

"Alright," I told myself, "fuck it. No going back."

I held my wand up to my hair.

"Capillus Condiscence," I said.

And my wand started to cut my hair.

When it was done, I conjured up a mirror.

My hair was much shorter, gone from past my chin to just longer than my ears. It also looked glossier and more well kempt than before. I took a deep breath in.

"Reese?" I called as I entered the common room. A couple of people looked around and then ignored me.

"Sev? What's up? Hey, you... cut your hair?"

"I need a huge favour."

"Uh..."

"Please. Tell Lily to go behind the greenhouses in an hour."

"Sev, it's 9 o' clock. And she's in the Gryffindor common room." Reese looked apologetically at me, one hand in his pocket.

"She's in the library. Please, Reese."

"Uh, sure. Yeah. Okay."

"And don't tell her it's me."

"What am I supposed to-"

"Find a way. I need you to."

"Okay. Okay. Sure."

It felt like an age, waiting in the darkness. I'd set up a bench and table behind the greenhouses, with bouquets of orchids. Lily loved orchids. She hated Lilies. She said that's what everyone always expected her to like, and they were plain and boring anyway. I had conjured small balls of light to sit in the petals of some of the orchids, which gave the area a soft glow. Finally, I had placed spells all around the bench so that no one could see or hear us.

"Hello? This isn't funny, Reese. If this is a prank..."

I jumped at Lily's voice so close to me, and then mentally punched myself. Of course, she couldn't see the area either. Stupid stupid stupid.

I walked towards her voice, and saw her standing in her robes, red hair swaying in the breeze.

"Lily," I croaked. 

She flinched, and then sighed with relief when she saw my face. But the relief quickly turned to anger.

"Sev, I should have known- ugh, it's always you, isn't it? I told you- hey, you cut your hair," she paused in the middle of her ranting to look confusedly at my face.

"Yeah. Um, please, uh, follow me?"

"Sev, I really-"

I reached forwards and held her arm, gently tugging her towards where I knew the bench was.

As we walked inside the circle of protective spells, the table and flowers materialised. Lily's breath caught beside me.

"But, what-"

I pulled her towards the bench and sat down. She sat next to me.

"Orchids," she whispered, "I love orchids."

"I know." I pulled one from the bunch and put it behind her ear. The purple contrasted brilliantly with her hair, like a planet around the sun.

Because Lily Evans was the sun. She was the planets. She was the moons, the comets, the meteorites. The universe. More than that. She was everything.