[𝖉𝖎𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖚𝖊𝖉] 𝕹𝖔𝖙 𝖄𝖔𝖚! - 𝕬 𝖏𝖎𝖑𝖞 𝖋𝖆𝖓𝖎𝖋𝖈

chapter 5 - a true player

september 30, 1975 

defense against the dark arts 

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Lily POV 

As I'm taking notes in Defense Against the Dark Arts, and I hear a whisper.

"Evans!" Potter says through gritted teeth. I look up in annoyance. 

"What?!" I whisper back. 

"Incoming!" Potter whispers. 

A small white enchanted paper bird lands on my desk and it reads: 

𝐸𝓋𝒶𝓃𝓈-

𝒜 𝓁𝒾𝓉𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝒷𝒾𝓇𝒹 𝓉𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝓂𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎𝑒𝓇𝓈. 𝒮𝑜 𝓁𝑒𝓉'𝓈 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎 𝒶 𝑔𝒶𝓂𝑒. 𝐿𝑒𝓉'𝓈 𝓈𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓉 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝓀. 𝐿𝑒𝓉'𝓈 𝓅𝓁𝒶𝓎 𝒻𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉. 𝐿𝑒𝓉'𝓈 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝓀 𝟤𝟦/𝟩. 𝐿𝑒𝓉'𝓈 𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹 𝓃𝒾𝑔𝒽𝓉. 𝐿𝑒𝓉'𝓈 𝓉𝒶𝓀𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓁𝓀𝓈 𝓉𝑜𝑔𝑒𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝐿𝑒𝓉'𝓈 𝑔𝒾𝓋𝑒 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓃𝒾𝒸𝓀𝓃𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓈. 𝐿𝑒𝓉'𝓈 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝑔𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇'𝓈 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈. 𝐿𝑒𝓉'𝓈 𝑔𝑜 𝑜𝓃 𝒹𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓈. 𝐿𝑒𝓉'𝓈 𝓈𝑒𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓌𝓁𝓈 𝓉𝑜 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝓊𝓂𝓂𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓎𝓈. 𝐿𝑒𝓉'𝓈 𝒽𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝑒𝒶𝒸𝒽 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇. 𝐿𝑒𝓉'𝓈 𝓀𝒾𝓈𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝓊𝑔 𝒶𝒻𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓂𝓎 𝓆𝓊𝒾𝒹𝒹𝒾𝒸𝒽 𝑔𝒶𝓂𝑒𝓈. 𝒜𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝑜𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓇 𝒻𝒶𝓁𝓁𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉? 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝓁𝑜𝓈𝑒, 𝑜𝒻 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈𝑒!

𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒,

𝒫𝑜𝓉𝓉𝑒𝓇

I've never hated him like I do right now. I swear to Merlin. I quickly write back: 

"𝖞𝖔𝖚'𝖗𝖊 𝖈𝖔𝖒𝖕𝖑𝖊𝖙𝖊𝖑𝖞 𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖑, 𝕻𝖔𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗" and enchant the bird back to him. He reads it in fake sadness and tucks the bird in his pocket. 

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- time skip to dinner -

I walked into dinner with Alice and a large book so the boys wouldn't talk to me. After eating a plateful of chicken and salad and mentally considering going vegetarian. 

"Excited about new week's quiddich game?" Sirius said casually to Potter. 

"Only excited to kiss Evans." Potter said slyly, looking at me. 

"Gyffindor eyeshadow to match with that, Potter." I said bitterly, picking at the food on my plate. 

"And my quiddich jumper." 

I look up at him with hatred in my eyes.

"Where'd you even find all that stupid jumper? Or should I said jumpers?" 

"That my good friend, is the reason why I love James' fan club." Sirius said jokingly. 

"How many of those girls have you dated in that club anyways, Potter?" I asked. 

"Why are you so obsessed with and my charm, Evans?" Potter said, taking a sip of his pumpkin juice. 

"I-I ugh. You're a player. Rather settle down with someone who's more relaxed." I said, getting my stuff and leaving the table. "I'll be in the common room." 

"Yeah, snogging James." Alice said quietly. 

Shooting her a look of hatred, I walk off. 

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I feel like it's been hours. This book is getting dumber and dumber by the page. 

Then I hear Potter coming in, talking to Sirius. I decide to mess with both of them by pretending to be asleep in the chair. 

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James POV

As I walk into the common room, I see Lily asleep in a chair near the fire.

"Blimey mate looks like you wore her out." Sirius says. "I'll wake her up with one word-"

I cut Sirius off. 

"No, I think I'll carry her to her dorm. She won't mind." 

"Sure mate, I'll see you later." 

I walk over and gently close the book Lily was reading and picked her up. As I walked up the stairs to her dorm, she stirred a little bit. 

"Shhh, Lily. It's ok, you're safe. You can go back to sleep." I say quietly. 

"I don't not love you, James." Lily says quietly.

I almost drop her from shock. 

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