[HP] His little devil

There is nothing more embarrassing than being caught eavesdropping. Parkinson is such a face-saving person. Now this situation makes her admit that she is really eavesdropping.

Obviously, Helena and Lestrange knew her personality well, so they looked at each other and decided not to waste words with her.

Helena was planning to leave, but Lestrange had other plans for the final outcome of this matter.

"Then, since you don't admit it, let me check it out." She drew out her wand and pointed at Parkinson, smiling like a flower.

Parkinson began to tremble. Not only was she not as good as Lestrange in terms of academic performance and beauty, but she was also far behind in terms of strength. If the other party really wanted to do something to her, she would definitely not be able to resist.

"Don't mess around! This is at school! I'll tell the dean!" Parkinson said with a pale face.

Rita clicked her tongue and said, "Why don't you just tell the principal? But no matter who you want to tell, you have no chance." She pointed her wand at Parkinson, "Everyone is forgotten, don't worry , I won’t hurt you, I did this because your mouth is too big, if I just let you go back like this, tomorrow the whole academy will know that I am talking to Miss Bird without confidence, so I will wrong you.”

After speaking, Lestrange recited a spell while Parkinson was in a daze, a ray of light flashed, and Parkinson stood there in a daze, looking at the opposite side with absent-minded eyes.

Rita walked up to her and said softly, "You just thought the room was a bit stuffy, so you came out to get some air, and you happened to meet me, chatted for a few words, and then went back cursing."

Parkinson didn't seem to be familiar with the phrase "swearing" and frowned vigorously. Lestrange looked at her amusedly, and waved to Helena to leave quickly.

She is gone now, which means that only Parkinson and Miss Lestrange have been out tonight.

Helena took one last look at the beautiful black-haired girl, then turned and left decisively.

Rita slowly put away her wand in the back, watching Parkinson regain his sanity, and said disgustedly under the sober gaze of the other party: "Can you let me go? Why do you want to occupy the entire corridor by yourself? Parkinson's family has always Is this the style?"

Parkinson subconsciously felt that he was blocking the way, so he quickly got out of the way, Rita walked away, Parkinson was stunned for a moment, looked at her back and murmured: "Well... the air outside is better than in the dormitory, Those three guys are really annoying."

Time passes quickly after Valentine's Day, and the final exams come after two Quidditch matches.

Helena was sitting on a chair in the library, the sun was shining in through the thick and tall windows, she bathed in the sun comfortably, and even the mood of reviewing potions was relaxed a lot.

"With your help, I can at least get an E in the potions test this year." Helena said with a smile while holding the book, "Thank you very much, Snape."

Snape was sitting opposite her, and the two of them were close to the corner, so it was hard to find them unless they looked for them deliberately.

Snape didn't make a bad face in the rare quiet and peaceful environment: "You sent me a Christmas present." He said flatly, "I didn't return it, so helping you with tutoring is my gift to you in return."

Helena flattened her mouth and said, "You paid for a lot of things with tutoring..." For example, that help, such as Christmas gifts.

Snape said indifferently but confidently: "Because it is of high value."

To put it bluntly, having a potion genius recognized by even the headmaster help with tutoring, this kind of treatment is indeed the first at Hogwarts.

Helena smiled when she thought about it, and then continued to read the book seriously after laughing, this relaxed look made Snape hesitate a bit.

It took him a long time to break the silence and said, "You should know about Black's engagement."

Helena was startled, and after realizing that he was talking about Regulus and not Sirius, she looked up at him and said, "Of course, how could I not know? It's all about Christmas, you wouldn't Did you know that?"

Snape frowned and stared at her, his black eyes fixedly looked at her, trying to see some distress on her face, but there was nothing, nothing, she was still indifferent.

He didn't understand.

"You don't seem to be planning to do anything? The school year is coming to an end soon, and the summer vacation will last for a few months, so you plan to let everything go like this?" Snape rarely spoke long words except when he was sarcastic. It was the first time he asked consecutive questions, "Blake seems to treat you well." He glanced at her hairband, "But he doesn't seem to want to give you any identity."

Helena smiled: "Yeah, you are right, we are just friends at the moment, just like the relationship between me and you."

Seeing Snape's frozen face, Helena continued: "You also mentioned that he didn't give me any other identity, so I can't interfere with his affairs as a friend, let alone make any plans. gone."

Snape took a breath: "Are you willing?"

Helena tidied up her books calmly: "It's not a matter of unwillingness, Snape, it's a matter of reality. It's really hard for two people who are too different to be together. I admit that I like Regulus, and I never deny that This, and I don’t intend to lie to myself, but I knew from the very beginning that this relationship was likely to be fruitless, so even if I am not reconciled, I will not do anything.”

Snape didn't know whether he was asking her or himself, so he gritted his teeth and said, "You just watched him with someone else? Don't want to go further? Since you've confessed your feelings, I don't hesitate to express them." My take - I don't think you're unrequited, there's a good chance Blake likes you too."

Helena smiled and said: "Love is not just about liking each other, even if I really want to try, but you just said that he is already engaged, and I will not do anything until he dissolves the engagement, this is the principle Question. Put another way, if he's willing to...well, I hate to use that word, but well...if he's willing to 'fight' and actually call off the engagement, then I'll be with him no matter what." Loughton, She suppressed her smile and said with a serious expression, "On the contrary, if he doesn't, then no matter who he is with, as long as he is satisfied, as long as it can bring him benefits, even if it is someone I hate or my enemy—you I know that I have a bad relationship with Miss Lestrange, but this does not prevent me from wishing them well."

"Blessing?!" Snape looked at her in disbelief with a pale face.

Helena nodded: "Yes, blessings, people have to face the reality, if you can't get it, you can't get it, if you force it, you will lose both sides, and you can't even make friends. Why don't you let go and bless them completely, and put yourself in the position of just friends—— —I need to do it, and you need to, Snape."

Snape seemed shocked, and stood there for a long time without saying a word. Looking at his pale face and clenched fists, Helena clearly knew that he was thinking of himself.

How similar the triangle he was in was to her.

She sighed in her heart, picked up her schoolbag, got up and went around to the opposite side, patted him on the shoulder lightly and said: "Some decisions are difficult to make, but we have to make them. You definitely don't want each other to be unable to be friends in the end." , and may even become an enemy, right?"

She has a little advantage over Snape in this point, and that advantage is that she and Regulus are from the same academy, and their brain circuits will not be too different.But Snape was different. Thinking about the characters of Evans and Potter, and then thinking about the tempers of the Gryffindors, one knew how much challenge he would face.

Snape kept a pale face for a long time before he said, "Would you?"

His questioning voice was so soft, as if he was afraid that Helena would really hear and answer him.

Helena looked at him for a while before answering him softly: "Yes. It will only be more serious than what I said, and it can't be easier." After a while, she murmured, "At least we can do it ourselves. This decision can still retain a bit of dignity, can't it?"

dignity……

Snape's dignity had been trampled on too many times because of Lily and the Marauders' quartet.

I have been trampled on more times, and it seems that it is not so difficult to accept being insulted again.

Snape twitched his lips sarcastically, not at anyone else this time, but at himself.

Helena left here alone, Snape sat there thinking for a long, long time, still not reconciled.

This reluctance made him stop Lily after a class.

"What's the matter, Sev?" Lily Evans asked him, smiling.

Seeing the girl's bright smile, Snape clenched his hand hanging by his side into a fist. Fortunately, the school robe was wide enough to cover his gaffe for a moment.

He looked down at the girl and said after a long time, "Lily...I want to ask you a question."

"What's the question?" Lily looked curious, "You are rarely so hesitant. What is it that makes you so hesitant?"

Snape pursed his lips and hesitated for a while, and just about to speak, he heard the most disgusting voice.

"Lily!" James Potter ran over from a distance, leading his three brothers.

Snape stared at him coldly, and Potter also gave him a disgusted look, and was about to sarcasm him when he remembered Sirius' instructions, so he shut his mouth and pretended that Snape didn't exist.

"You promised to help me with tutoring. The exam is about to take place. You can't go back on your word."

Potter begged. To be honest, Snape couldn't do what he did. Perhaps this was the only thing he couldn't compare to the other party?

Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, especially in the eyes of a group of Gryffindors, Snape is much inferior to Potter, but in his own opinion, he really doesn't think that this reckless guy is better than Potter. He is good.

But the reality is that Lily's eyes are completely attracted by the other party.

She wrinkled her nose, and said after a while: "I have warned you, Mr. Potter, that you should not devote all your energy to Quidditch training. Now the success rate of cramming is not high."

James Potter listened to Lily with a smile, begging her all the time, Lily looked embarrassed, but finally nodded.

This nod made Snape, who had been left alone, feel cold.

"Oh, by the way, Sev." As if she finally remembered Snape who was left out by her, Lily turned her head and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, what did you want to ask me just now?"

It was rare for Snape to stop confronting Potter, and he didn't bother to pay attention to the embarrassing expressions his friends gave him.

He just looked at his girl, his Lily, and after a long time, he held his breath and said: "I want to ask you, will we be good friends forever?"

This is a question with two layers of meaning.

If Lily hesitated for even a second on the question, Snape could convince himself that he had hope—her hesitation meant that their future relationship might be something other than just friends.

However, no.

Lily Evans said without hesitation, "Of course!" She said with a smile, "Why did you ask me, Sev? It's obvious, isn't it? We'll be best friends forever, and our friendship will never changing."

friendship.A friendship that never changes.

This friendship fell on Snape like a shackle, he staggered a few steps, turned around and left without saying a word.

Seeing that he reacted strangely, Lily tried to follow up worriedly, but Potter grabbed his wrist and diverted her attention with a few words.

Snape was wandering the corridors of Hogwarts, and on his way back to the cellar, he met Helena.

Helena knew what was wrong with him when she saw him. She was going to the auditorium to find Evelyn and Maggie. She was detained by the dean just now. The exam is about to take place. Professor Slughorn is very concerned about her. academic performance.

She planned to go back to the dormitory to tidy up before going to the auditorium to meet them for dinner, but seeing Snape like this, she knew that she might be going hungry.

She walked forward quickly and stood in front of Snape. Snape was very sensitive in the past, but today he only noticed her approach at this moment.

He stopped in a daze, pursed his lips tightly and said nothing, Helena looked at him for a while, couldn't help but let out a long sigh, took a step forward, and gave him a hug from some distance away.

"Short pain is at least better than long pain, don't you think?"

Helena patted him lightly on the back as a comforting gesture. When she turned her head, she saw Snape frowning looking behind her. Gulles.

His faint eyes fell on her hands and Snape's shoulders, and this back and forth told Helena clearly and intuitively what he had seen.

"..." Would she like to explain?