[HP] His little devil

Before the summer vacation, Helena ran into Potter by chance in the castle corridor.

Since entering the fourth and fifth grades, she and Potter have lost a lot of interaction... Well, their initial intersection was also inexplicable. The two of them are people from two worlds. The classmate couldn't even speak a word for several years.At this moment, meeting each other on a narrow road, with their eyes facing each other, a sense of embarrassment arose in each other's hearts.

Helena thought, since it's embarrassing, then don't say hello, let's go, so she turned her eyes away and left with the book in her arms.But she was stopped by Potter's calm voice as she passed.

"Miss Bird."

Polite, very restrained and polite, this tone came from James Potter, which surprised Helena.

She looked back slowly, looking at him with a slightly speculative look.

"It seems that my change is incredible to you." Potter turned around. The color of the Gryffindor school robes suited him quite well, as did his caramel eyes and thick short hair.To be honest, he is actually good looking, even if he always likes to play pranks on others, he is the core figure of the notorious robber four, and he will be nicknamed Prince Gryffindor by those girls.

"Don't worry." Potter spoke calmly all the time. "I don't have any plots or tricks, and I don't want to play any tricks on you. I just want to chat with you casually."

Helena smiled and said, "I don't know what we have to talk about."

Potter looked at her for a while and said, "You seem to have drifted away from Sirius' brother recently."

That's right, most of the communication has gone underground. Although there will be communication on the surface, it is much more low-key than in the past. Although there are some rumors about whether they broke up, this kind of talk is far less enthusiastic than in previous years.

"What?" Helena asked. "Does Mr. Potter care about that?"

James Potter put his hands in his pockets and said with a smile: "A little bit, to be honest, I still care a little bit, after all..." He thought of Lupine, he probably didn't like to appear in such a humiliating conversation situation, so he wisely closed his eyes. Mouth.

Helena was even more surprised that he had shut up and not pulled Lupine out.

"I must say that Mr. Potter has become different from before." Helena hesitated, but said frankly, "You can speak a lot now than before."

Potter curled his lips and said, "Really? Even people who hate me like Miss Bird are not stingy with compliments - I take it as a compliment. I'm very happy, thank you."

The corner of Helena's mouth twitched: "You don't have to thank me, I'm just telling the truth, it's up to you whether you take it as a compliment or not."

Potter looked up and looked behind her, Helena glanced along and saw Snape walking from a distance.Lily Evans was walking with him, and the two were talking about something, not noticing Helena and Potter here.

Potter didn't know why he was going crazy, but instead of running over to "break up" them, he pulled Helena into a corner and hid behind the huge stone statue.The low voice of Evans and Snape's conversation slowly passed behind the stone statue, and gradually became smaller until it was inaudible. It was only at this time that Helena managed to tear off Potter's hand covering her mouth.

"What are you doing!" Helena wiped her mouth vigorously, "I just feel like you've changed for the better and you're like this again, you really are..."

Potter looked at his palms, put his hands behind his back and slowly clenched his fists, cleared his throat and said, "Sorry, I'm just a little anxious and don't want to be seen by them."

Helena said disgustedly: "I thought rushing over to scold Severus and snatching Evans away is what you want to do."

Potter looked at her and said, "That was before."

Helena slowly stopped wiping her mouth, rolled her eyes and said, "What about now?"

Potter looked through the gap in the direction they left, and their backs could no longer be seen there.

"Now I know that doing that will only make people more annoying." Potter's voice suddenly became very deep. I thought about it a lot in the past few months, from the quarrel on the train to the moment when I fell off the broom and entered the hospital wing, I realized that some aspects of me were indeed naive and taken for granted. I had to learn to change and grow, although It's been a little bit hard for me, I'm struggling to control it, but I think it's going to be a good thing and the future me will thank me now."

He was able to say such a thing, and Helena was a little more willing to look him in the eye.

"You really think so?" Helena doubted, "Aren't you trying to deliberately cheat my approval, and then use me to carry out some ulterior and terrible plan?"

Potter simply raised his hand: "I can swear to Merlin, I really really think so, if you don't believe me, then let me..." He was rudely interrupted by Helena before he finished speaking, a little Sometimes she was very Slytherin, elegant and noble, and sometimes she was very rude, and she would use all means to spit out fragrance, which made Potter stunned for a while.

"Okay, okay, I believe you are, and I hope you sincerely repent this time, so although as a friend of Severus, I hope he can get his wish, but I have to say that you are not completely without chance. said Helena reluctantly.

Potter forced a smile: "Thank you, thank you very much for saying such a thing, which comforts me a little. I thought you would wish Lily could be with Snape completely."

"I'm so glad you finally won't pronounce the syllable of the nickname 'Snotling'." Helena looked outside the statue, "I should go, I'm really not used to staying in such a small space with unfamiliar people. "And she was sure that if Regulus saw her, she would be jealous and cranky, and Potter would be even worse than when she was fighting with Snape.

Seeing that Helena was about to leave, Potter didn't think too much about it. He stretched out his hand and pulled her, which just happened to grab her school robe hood. Helena was pulled back by him with frizzy hair like a kitten, and said fiercely with wide-eyed eyes. : "What else do you want? Let go! Don't pull my hat!" The poor green velvet Leo was almost shaken out by Potter.

Potter immediately withdrew his hands, put his hands behind his back and said dryly: "I just have one more thing to ask you, I hope you don't leave so quickly."

Helena said viciously: "You come to ask me to do something about our relationship? You are overthinking, Mr. Potter."

Potter said indifferently: "Even if it's not for me, it should be considered for your friend Snape."

Helena was more or less interested: "What do you want to do?"

Potter was silent for a while and said, "Lily doesn't want to get close to me now, nor does she want me to get close to her. I know that Sirius and the others have bothered her a lot for my affairs during this time. Although I will try my best to stop it, it is not always I can stop it every time. I hope you can comfort her for me and let her know that I am not what they think. I just hope that she can be relaxed and happy, and this time I really realized my mistake. If I hadn't, why didn't I bother Mulciber and the others for so long?"

It was so, and Helena believed him a little.

She looked at Potter with complicated eyes for a while, and then said after a long time: "I can only say what I can say, such as comforting Evans and telling her not to feel sad because of your friends' harassment. I can't say anything else. As a friend of Severus, I will not speak for you in front of Evans."

"That's fine." Potter said generously, "I hope you get along well, you are a nice girl, and I am relieved that Lily is friends with you. In fact, you have changed my view of most Slytherins. , maybe my previous thinking was indeed too narrow.”

Helena's goosebumps started to come out again, she was silent for a moment and said: "I don't hate all the Gryffindors, your courage is what I lack, whether it is the courage to make mistakes or the courage to admit mistakes, that's all. Admirable."

Potter didn't expect Helena to say such a thing at all, and stared at her for a while in surprise, before he said in a low voice, "I understand more and more why Remus likes you." He said calmly, "Thank you, Miss Bird, I wish you a happy summer vacation, I'll go first, so I won't waste your precious time."

After saying goodbye, Potter left without hesitation. Helena looked at his back and sighed with complicated emotions.

On the return train, Lily and Snape were sitting in a box, which included Helena and Regulus besides them.

Regulus and Snape seemed to have something personal to say, and they sat together writing and drawing on the parchment, all things Helena couldn't understand.Sitting next to Helena was Lily, and Lily was explaining to her the things in the Muggle world, electric lights, radios, televisions, and various electrical appliances. These things made Helena, who was born in a pure-blood family, feel novelty.

"Electric light?" Helena wondered. "Don't you need candles?"

"Yes." Lily said with a smile, "it uses electricity, you just need to press a button to turn it on, which is much more convenient than candles, and the light is brighter." She introduced enthusiastically, "There is also a TV, We can watch some programs on TV, programs that people all over the world can watch, regardless of distance.”

Helena opened her eyes wide and said, "This is amazing, I've never seen these, I wonder what it looks like."

Lily said sincerely: "If you want to see, I mean, if you don't mind, you can come to my house as a guest during the summer vacation." She hesitated a little, but still didn't take back the invitation, "No offense, Helena, I know a lot Slytherin is unwilling to touch these things, I just see that you are more interested, so I..."

"Of course no offense." Helena said with a smile, "I'm very glad that you can invite me. If possible, I would like to come to your house to experience these things during the summer vacation."

Lily relaxed after hearing this, and chatted with Helena about more things in the Muggle world. Helena listened so carefully that she didn't even realize that Regulus was looking at her.

"She seems to be very interested in Muggle things." Snape was sarcastic. "Maybe she will be the first pro-Muggle mistress in the Black family."

Regulus glanced at him, and slightly curled his mouth and said, "That's not bad, is it? My family's long-standing dark image in the public mind may be improved and changed because of Helena."

Snape's mouth curled up indiscriminately, and he gave a short smile.

"Compared to this, I'm more curious about the situation between you and Potter." Regulus said indifferently, "You seem to have reconciled, or he unilaterally gave up trying to trouble you."

Mentioning this, the relaxed expression on Snape's face was gone, but he didn't immediately express sarcasm like in the past.

Seeing this, Regulus tapped his hand on the table twice rhythmically. While the two girls were discussing in a low voice, he moved closer to Snape and said in a low voice, "You wouldn't Is it because of Potter's change that you are willing to let Miss Evans out?"

Of course Snape didn't want to give up Lily.

In his whole life, he didn't want Lily to leave him and really be with other boys.

but……

Looking at Lily's smiling face, he felt a little empty in his heart.

He knew very well that the environment he was in now would bring danger to her, who was born in a Muggle family.

Not even talking about the Dark Lord, but Lucius, who knew about his entanglement with Lily, might not be completely safe.

He has never done anything in his life that he regrets most, but what he regrets the most is that he went to the Dark Lord's party last summer.Because of Lucius' recommendation and his potion talent, the Dark Lord didn't care much about his half-blood status, and gave him enough dignity. When he graduated, if he didn't succeed in defeating the Dark Lord as he thought before, Then there is no doubt that you must become a member of the Death Eaters.

Such a he could not bring Lily the relaxed smile at the moment.Compared with him, it seemed much safer to be with Potter, a Gryffindor from a pure-blood family.

Of course, if they are not together, it would be even better if everything can be done in time.

It's just that this situation is too difficult no matter how you look at it.

How many years did it take to defeat Grindelwald?How many years will it take to defeat Voldemort?Even if Lily waited so long without getting married, his identity couldn't wait.Once she finds out what he has done, she will be extremely disappointed.

Snape fell silent, neither contradicting Regulus' words nor acknowledging them.

But whether he said it or not, Regulus could understand his feelings.

"Helena." He called his girl suddenly.

Helena immediately looked at him: "What's wrong?"

Regulus pointed to the place beside him: "Can you change places with Severus? I have something to say to you alone."

Helena froze for a moment, the tacit understanding between her and Regulus made her know what he wanted to do just by looking into his eyes.

She smiled at Lily, got up and changed places with Snape, who sat there stiffly, looking up at Regulus, who smiled at him as if to say - since there was probably no In the future, cherish the present.

Snape's pale face froze for a moment, then gradually relaxed.

He is right.He thought silently, got up and sat next to Lily, and barely evoked a faint, distorted smile under Lily's enthusiastic words.