Only Forever (6th year)
Chapter 1
This is the finest thing to have happened to me all summer; I'm finally beating Marley at Exploding Snaps. Through all the years we have been to Hogwarts I hadn't once beat her at it. I was so thrilled that I might actually thrash her at this for once in my life.
"Wow, Lily you're getting epic at this, have you been practising?" Cadence complemented me.
"How could I have been, I live with muggle's who have no idea what the game is, and if they saw the cards explode, I think they would have a hissy fit" I giggled, at the thought of my older sister, Petunia, having a hissy fit.
"She may have got better, but, the game isn't finished yet" Marley whined.
I yanked the last card up and waved it about it her face.
"Oh would you look at that, I win" she didn't look very impressed but I know she is just joking.
"You must have been learning some sort of skills" she winked at me.
"Nope, I just learned from watching the marauders play every single night in the Gryffindor Common Room when they weren't getting drunk or playing some sort of immature game" I rolled my eyes, at the thought of James Potter.
I hate him!
"I haven't heard from Alice all summer, where is she?" I nagged.
"You haven't heard from her? She has been mailing me all summer, saying that she is so heartbroken that Frank isn't going to be with her in our last year" Marley explained to us.
"Now that it's come up, I've had mail from her often as well" Cadence commented.
"To tell you the truth, I haven't had any mail over the summer" I exchanged a look with the girls
"Severus Snape", was the first thing that popped into my head. He was fantastic with magic, especially the dark arts, so what would stop him from casting a little charm on my house, or even my owl, Ellie.
"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Cadence was looking directly at me, instead of shooting looks to me and Marley.
"Severus?" I questioned her.
"I knew you shouldn't off hang around him for so long, he is filth, pure filth, who judged someone because of their blood status?" Marley growled.
"Here she goes again". She has been telling me since first year that he is bad news, but I just blatantly ignored her, thinking he was on my side, but obviously not. Marley hated people when they judged because of their status, she thought it was pathetic and that they are low-life's, as do I, but I never knew and the minute he called me that I drew all ties, that was enough, the words still pop into my head sometimes, even more over the holidays, "Shut it mudblood" he spat at me.
"Please Mar, not now, and you haven't answered my question, where's Alice?"
"She's most likely with Frank" Cadence interrupted.
"I feel for her, she is so deeply in love with him and he has to leave next year, she will only see him on Hogsmeade weekends, and that is if he can meet her, that won't be all the time" I really did feel sorry for Alice, bless her.
Alice walked into the compartment, at first I thought she had Frank in tow, but it was just a boy strolling past our carriage.
"I feel sorry for me to, but he is going to have a fantastic career as an auror and who am I to tell him he has to stay for another year" she complained.
Everyone in Hogwarts has the chance to stay for an extra 2 years if they want to get more O.W.L's or N.E.W.T's, it is sort of like, what is it called again?… Six Form for muggles but this is for Wizards and Witches.
"It is so incredible that you to haven't fallen apart, you have been going out for 2 years, I'm surprised, I didn't think you too were going to last at all, me and Lily made a bet that you would last for two months, but she was right and said that you would last at least a year and I had to give her 5 galleons" I laughed at the memory, Marley had a way of saying things.
"To tell you the truth, I didn't even think it was going to be two months, I thought a week, and that one day he would realise, as would I that it wouldn't go anywhere and it would be over, but now, I know this is going to go somewhere, one day I hope to go somewhere with this, buy our own cottage and have little pitta patta feet running everywhere" she daydreamed.
Alice really loves Frank, but I didn't think she would plan this far ahead, I wonder if frank has thought about all of that yet, then again he would probably get freaked out, then again, he hasn't gone insane since he and Alice have been dating, it's so epic to see them so happy and cheerful, Alice will never know how happy I am for her and Frank, I just wish one day I will have all of that, I mean I have had my fair share of relationships but none that I think is going to go anywhere. I finished my little, conversation with myself and looked at the door, after I heard it click and saw my arch enemy, James Potter.
We were always arguing, mostly because the pranks he pulls with his little posy, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. I didn't mind Remus, we have been Prefects together since last year and we had become friends, not close friends because of his 'gang' as Sirius would call them, but mates, it all works, we don't argue in the halls but we aren't close as in "come on Remus let's go for a walk and meet early for prefect rounds" or "Lily, we should tell each other everything" but we got on long enough to do rounds at night.
All four of them strolled in thinking they were bad mans. I smiled at Remus who returned it.
"How was my beautiful girl over the summer?" he asked me.
He better not be an immature prat this year, but then again, its James Potter for crying out loud
This was the boy, who stuck my hair to a chair thinking I would have to cut it off, but luckily I was in potions class and Professor Slughorn sorted it out for me straight away.
He wiggled his eyebrows up and down in a circular motion.
"I'm not your girl and never will be, get your head out of your arse and come back to reality would you?" I snapped
He looked kind of hurt by this but I just ignore him because what could he be hurt about? He's a jerk who doesn't care about anything. Speaking on "Ladies" there is something I have been meaning to tell my girls when we get back to Hogwarts, they would all die to know this, I can't tell them on the train, not with people ear wigging, then it would be all round Hogwarts before you could say rumour. It is very easy to tell them things though because we are all roommates, we also tell each other everything and we know it's not going to get out of that room, especially because boys can't get into the girls dorm because of a charm that was put on when the school was founded. We have another roommate, Samantha Brown but she is never in our dorm, sometimes she doesn't even sleep there, she is usually with her boyfriend, Marcus, a Ravenclaw boy. When they weren't together she was like sex on legs, she was the biggest slag in school, and everyone knew so, but my girls and me didn't judge her, not being mean but Marley has had her fair share of sex and that would be wrong to judge someone because of it, just because their slag's, or sluts and most boys prefer that doesn't mean that is who they are, Marley can be a slag but everyone (except for the Slytherins) love her, she is one of the most popular girls in school, and that is one of the main reasons she goes out with Mr. Sirius Black. They have been going out since towards the end of last year, he finally plucked up the courage and asked her, they have been crushing on each other since third year but because of all the girls Sirius slept with, in his famous broom cupboards they weren't going nowhere, but he did eventually pull himself together and finally pop the question, it was the most weirdest thing ever. I still remember it like it was yesterday.
We were all sitting in the great hall for breakfast, some of the Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff and Gryffindor girls and boys had all gathered around the Gryffindor table glaring at the little argument between Sirius and Marley, the teachers just let them get along with it because they knew they were friends and wouldn't hurt each other and if it came to that they would just hand out the 1 week detention card, their argument was about, well, I don't really know, they were just shouting loads of crap at each other...
"You are so insensitive of other people's feelings, you are too stupid enough to realise that I am crazy about you" she shouted.
I could tell she didn't regret it. Marley never told people how she was felt apart from me, Cadence and Alice, this must have been hard for her but she looks relieved to finally have it out in the open, well more precisely relieved because Sirius finally knows.
"Wh-what?" he stuttered.
Sirius Black doesn't stutter, he's obviously affected by her comment.
"Don't make me say it twice" she sighed.
"You're crazy about me?" he asked, but it was more of a statement that a question.
She glared at him.
"I'm crazy about you too" he added.
Most girls gave Marley a dirty looks, everyone crushed on Sirius, well people who hardly knew him, I didn't and I know for certain that Cadence didn't and even more so for Alice, she was far and still is too crazy for Frank.
Then they shared a full on make out session and Professor McGonagall came over destroying their moment, and from that point on they have been together.
Anyway, Alice has done it with Frank and I have done it with Ethan as well, over the summer but nobody knows but my girls yet, I told them as soon as we got on the train and into a compartment, not our usual one but it was a compartment.
"Oh, an angry Lily, sexy" he growled.
"Piss off Potter" I threatened
Out of the corner of my eye I see Ethan Walker walking past my carriage, why isn't he in his carriage, he probably just went to get a bite to eat.
"Back in a minute" I told everyone, mainly the girls.
I get up out of my seat and walk across to my boyfriend and jump onto his back when I reach him.
"Hey prefect" he whispers to me when he realises it was me.
"Hey, where are you going?" I asked him.
Ethan is my sweet boyfriend and I love him so much, we have been going out for 7 months and we had got so close over the holidays, he stayed round my house and I stayed round his, against my mother's will but she eventually gave in. She has been more uptight since my dad past away 2 years ago.
"I was going to your usual carriage but apparently that carriage is in the past" he laughed.
"We were going to go there but it was taken and how do you know that I used to go in that carriage with my friends?" I asked curiously.
"I used to be in the carriage next to you" he said,
He pulled me into an empty carriage right at the end of the corridor.
"Really, that's why it used to be so hot when I walked past" I joked.
He is very sexy though that bit wasn't a joke, everywhere we go all eyes are on him, not so much in school now but he does still get some and the girls all give me the dirtiest look ever, one thing that doesn't help is that he is the Captain and Seeker of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team, sometimes I wonder why he's going out with me as he is one of the most popular guys in school. I hate to admit this but the Marauders are the most popular boys in school and it costs me pain to admit that but it is certainly true. Not many people know their secret that I forced out of James last year; our conversation went something like this...
"I know your hiding something from me, don't you think I've noticed Remus always going away once a month and you going with him, I know he's a werewolf but that doesn't make sense as to why you would go and Sirius and Peter" I whispered.
I didn't want anybody over hearing us, if anyone found out Remus would be in big trouble.
"So you know, but why should I tell you anymore?" Potter asked me.
"My best friend is going out with your best friend" I explained.
"That doesn't affect me".
"I will go to Hogsmeade with you if you tell me" I sighed.
"Fine..." he hesitated but carried on "Remus is a werewolf, this is going to be a long story, we found out in our second year and not long ago, at the start of last year, from the help of Professor McGonagall's Transfiguration lessons myself, Sirius and Peter became illegal animagis to help control Remus when he turned because he doesn't have no control in his werewolf form near humans but he does around animals, so that has helped him a lot. We left the castle and roamed in Hogsmeade which Remus felt bad about but we made him feel better by planning next month's trip. We discovered a lot last year and that's when we created the map, which you know about and that's it" he explained.
"So you became an illegal animagi and put everyone in danger by going into Hogsmeade every full moon, you honestly don't have a brain do you?" I asked.
"Don't nag Evans, nobody's hurt and nobody has even been close to getting hurt so don't moan" he replied.
I never did go on that date with him, well not technically any way, Sirius, Marley, Cadence, Remus, Peter, Alice, Frank, James and myself all went to Hogsmeade in a group and after a while we were alone but only for like 2 hours when we were in Honeydukes. It was 1 months after that when I got with Ethan.
Although they are the most popular boys in school I, unlike most girls, will never fall for any of the marauders, not like all my friends, obviously Marley fell for Sirius and Cadence is crushing on Remus and has been since the start of the holidays, she even knows about his secret, myself, Cadence, Marley and Alice know but not Frank, I told Alice she couldn't tell him and she complied and he still doesn't know to this day.
"I've missed you" I told him truthfully.
"It's been 4 days... I've missed you too" Ethan laughed.
He kissed me ever so tenderly with so much love and compassion.
"I love you" I said.
"I love you too" he replied.
"Ethan, come on".
His 'buddies' as he calls them walked into the carriage.
"Wait, is it illegal to talk to my girlfriend?" he asked.
"Yes when you promised you would only be a minute, and it's been 2" Ryan teased.
"You must be talking about something important so I'll leave you to it" I told them all.
I went to walk out but I felt Ethan tug on my arm and he pulled me in for a kiss.
"Dudes" Ryan, Brandon and Tim all picked me up and put me down outside of the carriage in just enough time for the Marauders to see.
"OI" Potter shouted at me.
"What?" I said.
"Not you Evans them" he pointed to the boys behind me.
"What?" Tim repeated.
"What did you just do to her?" he asked them.
Now everyone was peeping out of their carriages and the rest of the Marauders were behind Potter.
"They weren't doing anything" I shouted at him.
"That's not what it looked like" Sirius said.
"Here he goes why don't you just run to Dumbledore?" Ryan shouted.
"I don't run to Dumbledore I beat the living shit out of people instead".
Sirius nudged past me and punched Ryan square in the jaw and then walked straight off back into the carriage we were in. That isn't like Sirius Black, he never usually walks off from a fight someone usually has to drag him of the boy, it might have been because the trolley lady was coming shouting 'anything from the trolley?' I have been on this train several times and I have never been told her name, in fact I don't think anyone knows her name.
"Are you okay?" I asked Ryan.
"Yeah, fine" he replied.
"Why are you sticking up for him?" Potter asked.
"I'm not sticking up for anyone, I'm seeing if he is okay" I shouted at him.
He rolled his eyes and walked away, with Peter tagging along after him, why must he be so infuriating?
"See you for patrolling later Lily?" Remus asked.
"Definitely, I'll meet you in the common room at 8" I replied.