House rules
Summary: "This is unbelievable. You just picked out the only three things in here that are my roommate's" (How I Met Your Mother)
Or Lily is supposed to be on a date with Sirius Black, but his roommate is much more interesting.
Fem!Jily, Muggle AU, University AU
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It's only because she is trying to prove to Marlene that she can have fun that Lily offers the man at the counter a drink.
It should not be such a nuisance. Lily has seen him before — they share the class of Criminology — and he is easily one of the best looking guys at the University, with that haughty air, grey eyes and that smile that shows he knows the effect he causes upon people.
And he seems much more at ease than her with his whole picking people in bars.
'I am Sirius Black', he says, winking at her. 'But for you, I could smile'.
It's cheesy and it's so silly that Lily already regrets coming here. But Marlene is still looking at her, challengingly and daring her to give up, so she tries to pretend to be amused with the joke.
‘I know who you are, I’ve seen you in class before. Criminology, with Professor McGonagall’, she adds, when he looks confused. Then he smiles wickedly.
‘And how come I have not seen you before?’, Sirius asks, taking an almost nonchalant step closer to her.
‘Maybe you weren’t looking’, Lily replies easily, resisting the urge to roll her eyes. ‘I am Lily Evans, by the way’.
‘Beautiful as the flower’, he declares, and Lily thinks he must really rely on his looks, because so far she is not impressed by his talking. Still, he seems to be reasonable into her and it’s a New Year’s party. It’s not like she has anything to lose and it’s not like she hopes anything will come out of this.
The idea of meeting the love of her life on a New Year’s party is too silly and Lily is more practical than that.
Of course, not practical enough to ignore Marlene’s challenge that she couldn’t get a one-night stand, but Lily can deal with this.
‘I’ve never seen you at parties before’, Sirius is saying, and she forces herself to pay attention.
‘Like I said, you weren’t looking. I’ve seen you around though, always the soul of parties. How come you are alone tonight?’
‘My best friend is running late’, he replies, shrugging, then he winks at her once more, taking another step closer. ‘Lucky me’.
Lily blinks. Sirius is really close now, and she thinks that if she wants to give up on this, this is the moment. Well, it’s New Year Eve and she has nothing better to do, so she just takes her drink and finishes in a long sip, letting the alcohol work its magic of infusing courage.
‘So -’, she begins, tossing her hair out of her face, but before she can suggest anything — whatever that would be -, there is suddenly a brunette attaching herself to Sirius.
‘There you, Pads’, the woman says, beaming at him, before looking at Lily, too close to Sirius to seem like they were having a normal conversation. Her eyes — beautiful hazel eyes, Lily notes — seem to open as she takes in Lily’s figure and her smile flickers. ‘Oh’.
Lily feels suddenly out of place, especially because the woman is gorgeous, with her model figure, shining hazel eyes behind cat eyeglasses, smooth wheat skin and a dark curly hair that falls delicately over her back. She is wearing white, like everyone at the party, but the colour looks more perfect for her tan skin than for anyone else Lily has seen that night. She is really beautiful, and Lily feels suddenly silly for not thinking that of course such two perfect people would find each other, even if she thinks that Sirius’ classic beauty pales a little in comparison with his girlfriend.
Looking at them together, the woman’s hand embracing Sirius almost amicable, she feels a sudden weight on her stomach, a pinch of jealousy running through her body. Maybe she shouldn’t have drunk anything at all.
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