calmly. It was convincing and not even rehearsed.She brought everything over with a naturalness that you could hardly be angry with her.
"It's all still in time, Ms. Evans. Be calm," said the headmaster to her and offered both of them the seats. A tea had been freshly brewed for both of them and biscuits were also available for the young people, even at this hour. And James hardly had to be told twice and was about to grab it when Lily stepped on his foot and gave him a meaningful look.[i]I'm warning you we're here for other things than to eat! And there was another thought in the back of my mind, because she had another meeting with Severus that evening that she would be reluctant to miss.
And so the conversation went relatively well, which was probably largely due to the fact that it was Lily who spoke non-stop and had all ideas spread, explained and even designed small models. It was eerie what this woman could do.You seldom saw her, and when you did, only in the library, but there were certainly other things she liked to do than study for school. Or did she have to learn to keep the grades? Almost everything fell into James' lap, he hardly had to prepare anything for class. He was a talented student and often took advantage of this to make himself popular with the teachers so that not too many house points were lost because of his foolishness.
It seemed as if Lily wasn't breathing again until she left the headmaster's office with him. She seemed to have spoken without ceasing, periods or commas.
"That was really good, Lily ... really. How did you come up with all these things? You should explain that to me!"
But instead of answering him, she just kept walking. She went down the stairs without a word, then stopped and gave him a look. "What was the action with Sirius?" She suddenly burst out. She didn't know what to do.Should she cry, laugh or just get upset and blown out of her skin? She couldn't do one thing or the other, she was much too calm a person.
"Sirius? What about mine?" He looked at her in disbelief and took a step closer, which she dodged back. What had he done now that she was so mad at him? He hadn't done anything this time. Or had he given subliminal instructions again, which Sirius understood when he hadn't wanted them?
"I know that you don't like Severus, that is known to everyone here. But do you always have to make a fool of everyone in front of the assembled crew?", She yelled at him now. James even thought he saw tears glisten in her eyes when she just started walking. She had simply dropped the book, the folder and various other things and was up and away.
James slapped his face with his hand. It didn't matter at the moment what he would do, it didn't work.She wasn't going to listen to him, and he had to finish the story of sorcery essay by the next morning. Could it get any worse?