L I L Y [ potter ] (missusprongs) wrote in valesco,
@ 2008-06-10 21:41:00

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[ Liz! ]
Lily Potter hated Alice Longbottom. What she hated even more was being locked up in a house. So when you took a situation in which she was locked up in a house because of Alice Longbottom, you got a rather angry redhead. She had been driving James and the rest of the Order insane, she was pretty sure, which was the only reason now for which she was being let out of said house for ten minutes---which was fine with her, because even though she had been given specific instructions to Apparate directly to her Liverpool home and a whole lecture beforehand on what to do in case of attack (honestly, it was like she wasn't Lily Potter), she was not in the Order house, and that was something. Which, being in the Order house didn't bother her normally, it was just that she knew that she couldn't leave, and they had no leads on where Alice was so she didn't know when she would be able to leave--if ever, oh dear God she'd die there--and because she'd be somewhere else if Alice weren't such an idiot and---

Okay, no, Order house was better than Death Eaters, but. For pity's sake, the woman was still an idiot!

Anyway, Lily had been let out of the Order house for a few minutes, which was all that really mattered right now. After sitting around for a good hour trying to think up excuses to leave, she had come up with the brilliant realization that if she and James were going to be living there for a while, they'd need clothes and other things like that and even though it'd taken another hour of begging to be let go, she was there, pulling out the key to the front door and---

---what the hell was that in her window? Was that a face?

Abandoning the lock for a second and feeling her heart begin to race just a bit--they had realized that Alice wasn't her and they were here oh no oh no--Lily inched towards their front window and---

"WHAT THE HELL, LIZ!"

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ringmybell
2008-06-11 09:51 pm UTC (link)

"What the hell, you're like---secret crime fighters?"

Liz couldn't help herself as she blurted out her first thoughts, and her expression flashed from confusion to shock to worry to something along the lines of enlightenment. It made sense, if she thought back to all of the times she'd grown annoyed about their secrets. With Sirius, everyone had been acting as if they knew something, but how could they have known anything if they weren't out acting like spies and double agents and...and...

That was ridiculous. They weren't aurors or anything--well, the Longbottoms were, but--Dumbledore had started this? Dumbledore had asked all of them to do this with him, so he had to think that they were capable of...of fighting death eaters. Making a change, doing something to stop this war and all that was going wrong with the world and---

---and she hadn't been on the list. Liz's heart dropped and sunk deep into her chest, eyes welling up at the idea, but her free hand went to her eyes as she shook her head in amazement; it was no time for a pity-party. Her friends were out there trying to do something for the greater good, they were trying to make this world a better place for their future, for their children, oy, for Katie---she shouldn't be jealous, she should be proud. Proud and terrified, but proud nonetheless--

"S--see--" Liz stuttered, getting far more choked up than she had intended to, and she forced a smile but that only made some tears leak out onto her cheeks, "Th--that was---easy."

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missusprongs
2008-06-11 10:52 pm UTC (link)

At Liz's first reaction, Lily had to admit that she was worried. But then again, it had always been like Liz to speak her mind right off the bat, and ten seconds later she was---shit, she was crying, and Lily's heart wrenched a little. She wasn't blind to what she was doing, of course. Just because she didn't have anyone outside of the Order before now that was there to care about and be worried for her, she did have an imagination, and she knew if the positions were switched she'd probably be shaking Liz and telling her to quit right away. And she really hoped that Liz wasn't crying because of that, but Lily figured she probably was, at least a little and that killed her. It killed her even when James worried--which was very easily covered up in annoyance--and he was in the same sort of dangers she was, so now that it was someone who hadn't been involved at all, shouldn't have been involved--

"Hey, don't---come on, Liz," she sighed, pulling the other woman into her arms and squeezing her into a tight hug. It was such a weird feeling, because despite how upsetting it was to see her best friend cry over it, Lily felt so good to have finally been able to tell her about this. It was so bloody hard hiding everything from the person that she normally told everything. Now she knew she still couldn't reveal every little detail or else she'd just be putting Liz (and Katie and Ian, Jesus) into more danger than she already was, but she didn't have to hide it from her and that was wonderful to experience again. She could be honest with her best friend for the first time in over a year.

She ran her hand across Liz's back a few times, but didn't let go--she didn't want to--and spoke into her shoulder. "I'll be able to explain it all to you later, but right now I've got to---" Now she pulled back so that they were looking eye-to-eye, but kept her hands on Liz's shoulders. "Liz, they've got Alice. The Death Eaters, and. And we don't know where she is, and we're all at the house--it's like our headquarters--and trying to figure out what happened. But I can't stay here long, because they were after me, and they might still think they've got me, and they know our home---which is a long story and I'll explain later, but it's not safe here, and that's why I've got to leave quickly but that's why we can't help you plan." She took a deep breath paused to let that all sink in before continuing. "I'm so sorry, Liz."

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ringmybell
2008-06-11 11:23 pm UTC (link)

"They have---they---oh, fuck and I yelled at her and---"

Liz nodded furiously at Lily, feeling completely lost and out of place, but knowing that she wasn't going to feel like that again. When her friends were acting secretive and weird, she was going to know that something was up with the death eaters and--maybe that they were going to--do...do whatever, they were going to do whatever it takes to do..whatever! They were going to do it and they were going to win and they were going to be amazing and--and--

She stood up with Lily, gripping at her friend's elbows because quite suddenly Liz felt like she was shipping Lily off to war. She had no idea whatsoever what they were going to do to find Alice, she couldn't fathom what the death eaters were going to do to Alice, but she was not going to just let Lily run off into the ruckus without letting her know what was on her mind.

"Okay, you--you go, but promise me, promise me, Lily, that if you ever think I could help, and---" She closed her eyes tightly trying to be stern, "and don't give me any bullshit about having a family and a baby and all that, all of you are doing the same thing and are just as important---if there is any way I can help, you tell me and I will do it, okay? Promise me that."

Her eyes shot open, and Liz was sure she'd never been so serious about something in her life.

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missusprongs
2008-06-13 02:35 am UTC (link)

As Liz looked at her, being so deathly serious, Lily couldn't help but let a little giggle escape her lips. She was talking to her like someone was dying and---actually, Alice could be dying for all they knew (Merlin Merlin she couldn't think like that)---but for some reason it was still absolutely hilarious to Lily. She twisted her face a little to try and stop the laughter, but it was hopeless and she just hoped that Liz didn't smack her or something.

"I will, Liz, I will," she said, smirking. Which was a total lie, because there was no way in hell she was going to have Liz and Ian and Katie's names connected to an underground anti-Voldemort organization, but she could at least say that she would. There would be no use arguing with Liz on it anyway, she being as stubborn as Lily was herself, so she might as well make her think that she was obliging. "I promise if we need anything, you'll be the first one we call."

Leaning forward, she then wrapped her arms around the other woman, quite snugly and suddenly, and squeezed her once before letting go and stepping back. "I've got to get going," Lily said, her laughter gone now. In its place was only a bittersweet smile.

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