A STRING QUARTET

LILY: I'M SITTING AT the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall with James' arm around me. Its breakfast and I have a plate of food in front of me. I take a cautious look across the hall and notice that he's not there. I give out a sigh of relief and begin to eat. But my hopes are up when he arrives a few moments later his arms around Narcissa. I feel my heart give a lurch of jealousy when she gives him a kiss before turning to her food.

I'm not supposed to be feeling this way for him. I'm supposed to be in love with James. So I turn my head and immerse myself into him trying to make myself fall in love with the man sitting next to me and out of love with the man sitting across the hall. He is talking about a new play to Sirius for the upcoming Quidditch game against Slytherin. His hair falls down in front of his eyes giving him a boyish appeal. I know this is supposed to make me think he is the most gorgeous man in the room, but I can't. Instead, I find my eyes traveling over to the Slytherin table to someone whose hair is slicked back, clear out of his face.

James asks me if he can have the rest of my toast. I nod to him, suddenly not feeling hungry. Jealous has encompassed my stomach. She is feeding him eggs now. When some spills onto his lips she moves into him and kisses them away. My heart is beating faster now and I can feel my face turning red. He glances over at me, with a look in his eyes. It's a look that tells me he's enjoying it. I take a deep breath in and look away from him around my table.

I slap my hand on James' upper thigh, which makes him jump about five feet in the air. He looks over at me, like he didn't know it was me who did that. I give him a mischievous grin and I watch his eyes fill with lust. I creep my hand over to the inner part of his leg as James puts his arm around me and pulls me closer to him. I run my hand up and down his leg, every time I move it higher and higher. He squirms a little, trying to keep his conversation with Sirius.

I hope he can see this, I think and I glance across the hall. He's watching. I give him a smirk that says, "I can do it too." He glares at me and turns away. I feel accomplished as I take my hand away from James' leg, but he clearly doesn't. I roll my eyes and put my hand back on his cock.

LUCIUS: SHE'S WATCHING ME as I enter the hall. I don't have to see her when I enter, because I can feel it bearing into me. My arm is around Narcissa, and James' is around her. It's a mutual thing. As we sit down, I whisper sweet nothings into Narcissa's ear. She giggles loudly, kisses me and begins to feed me. I admit it is a bit awkward but that's Narcissa. She's always doing things like that.

Across the hall I see her bight green eyes and when we meet they turn away. I know I shouldn't feel the things I do for, but I can't help it. She captivates me, body and soul, and its impossible to escape. To my delight, Narcissa tells me we have double potions first thing with the Gryffindors. I smile as she puts a fork of eggs in my mouth. Some spills onto my lips and she licks it seductively kissing me in between. She gives a squeal of delight when I pinch her bum. Lily is staring from across the hall.

I give her a look as if to say, "You're not the only girl in the room." She narrows her eyes at me and focuses her attention to Potter. I watch as she puts her hand on his leg. She's not trying to hide what she's doing. She moves her hand around down there, making him squirm with anticipation. I watch them with daggers in my eyes. Who does she think she is? She smirks at me and I give her a glare once more before focusing back on Narcissa who is now feeding herself.

Two can play this game, I think as my hand dives to Narcissa's crotch. Her eyes widen and her fork clatters to the table, causing several people to glance at us. I give them a nasty look and they turn back to their food. But it's no use. She wouldn't be able to see from this angle anyways.

NARCISSA: HE'S MY PARTNER in Potions. My heart leapt when Slughorn paired us up. I'm standing next to him right now. I can smell his cologne; something I know will be duplicated when we have finished making the Amorentia. I glance over at Lucius who is partnered with Evans before I focus back on him standing before me. I find myself imagining what he must look like with his shirt off. Tan, probably. Built, definitely. Firm, very. He notices me staring at him and I quickly turn the page in the book.

He gives me a sly smirk as he stirs the liquid in the cauldron. My heart fluttered and my face turned red. He sits down next to me telling me we'll have to wait a bit. He is so smart. I'm a ditz at all this potions. He's always been so good at it. My hand rests on the table and suddenly I am very conscious that his is close to mine. His pinky twitches and brushes mine. I watch as his hand slowly moves closer to mine until it's under his. I look over at him and give him a smile. He returns with a grin. Merlin, how much I want to kiss his lips is immeasurable. Hopefully Slughorn will give us an assignment that requires extensive research in the library.

His scent is powerful on me now that the Amorentia is almost complete. A lock of his hair falls across his face. It practically makes me melt. I watch as he writes his name on a label. His hand moves gracefully across the label. He hands it to me and I write mine down. After writing my first name and the line and a loop of my last name I find myself wanting to fill in the rest of his name. I look over at him, as he's watching me. He raises his eyebrows at me, and I reluctantly add another loop to make a B and I fill in the rest of my name.

Our relationship is a sensual one, one of feeling and passion. Not like the raunchy sex kind I have with Lucius. Though if Lucius, or my parents for that matter, ever found out the way I feel for this messy haired Quidditch player, I could kiss tomorrow goodbye. My parents would hate him. A Gryffindor and a blood traitor, those were fateful strikes in our books. Sirius was already kicked out the family for that.

The potion is complete now, and I can feel the scent over powering me. My thoughts begin to cloud over as the sight of his lips begins to grow more and more tasty. I lick my lips as he stands up and pours the liquid skillfully into a flask. He caps it then hands it to me for a final inspection. He asks me if everything was all right. I have no idea what I am looking for as I raise the glass up to my face. I hand it back to him and our fingers touch, sending shivers down my spine.

JAMES: TODAY HAS BEEN a lucky day for me. Someone must have slipped Felix Felicis in my pumpkin juice this morning, because everything's going right. First I get a hand job from Lily at breakfast, well like fifty percent of one, because my trousers were on. And then Slughorn read my mind and pairs me up with the person I wanted to be paired with. She's standing next to me now. We're making Amorentia well I am at least. The potion is starting to turn out. I know I'm doing it right because I can smell her perfume which makes her seem more close to me than she actually is.

She sits down and pretends to look at the book, but I know she's staring at me. Probably imagining what I look like naked, which I've done to her many times before. I smirk at her and she blushes and flips a page of the book. I stir the potion one last time and sit down next to her. I look at my textbook but I don't read the words. Our hands are close, almost touching. I slowly creep my hand towards her until mine has completely hid hers. She smiles at me and I grin back at her. Her skin is soft and delicate, compared to mine.

The potion's smell crashes down all around me, or is that just her I smell? I take out a label and a quill and begin to scrawl my name across it. She watches every stroke of my hand. Once finished, I hand the quill to her and she begins to write her name. Her hand flows smoothly across the paper. She has the writing of an angel. She pauses when she gets to her last name. I watch as she writes a P, and looks up at me. It is a thought that could never be, I know and she knows. Her parents would kill me if they knew I had laid a hand on her. I see the thought pass through her mind as she fills in the letter as a B.

I take the label and attach it to the flask. Then I pour a bit of the potion in the flask and cap it with a topper. I hand it to her and ask her if its ok to turn it. She holds it up and looks at it. She doesn't know what she's looking for, I know, but she pretends to anyway. It's kind of cute actually. She hands it back to me and our fingers brush. I take the flask up to the Slughorn's desk for him to grade it.

Standing next to me, at the same time handing in his potion, is Malfoy. I loathe him. He has the girl I want.

A/N: I hope you enjoyed reading this fic as much as I enjoyed writing it! I thought it was kind of a neat idea. I got it from the movie Closer. I'm thinking it'll be a oneshot, but if feedback is good and I get some more ideas then I might add on. Please review!