In A Nutshell

Okay, this is my first fanfiction so please be nice, flames are still welcome though. Anyway, first of all, I do not own anything which you recognize. That done with, I introduce to you IN A NUTSHELL!

"It's not FAIR! NOT FAIR!" Amber cried, as she stomped her foot and banged her first against the table.

"Er I'm sorry?" Sirius Black, player extraordinaire tried his best to look apologetic, failing terribly.

"What do you mean you're SORRY?!" Screech the irate Amber, as she hit a squeak on the "Sorry", sending shivers up Sirius's spine.

"I mean that I'm sorry?" Sirius tried again, glancing at his watch, wondering whether this break-up would eat into his lunch.

"But..but we were so GOOD together!" Whined Amber, clinging onto Sirius like a Christmas ornament, a tacky Christmas ornament to be exact.

"Well you see we have er different personalities, yes different." Sirius hurried, trying to back out the door, as he grabbed his charms books. This scene was taking place in an empty Charms classroom, before lunch.

"We were GOOD! G-O-O-D!" Amber continued, totally not being able to take a hint.

"I can spell you know." Sirius grumbled, and was wondering whether he should resort to doing a memory charm.

"Sirius! You're WANTED!" Yelled Lily, seeing the scene through the open window of the charms classroom.

"Yes, I'm wanted." Sirius said rather importantly as he walked quickly out of the classroom. Amber stood there dumfounded as he walked out on her.

"I owe you one," breathed Sirius in relief as he caught up with Lily. Lily was a stunning redhead, with long dark red hair and bright emerald eyes. She had freckles and her hair was always tied up in a messy ponytail.

"Nonsense." Lily replied amiably, as she ambled along, her books in her arms. She looked Sirius up an down. Once a player, always a player, she thought, and for some strange reason she liked it that way.

"Really? You're the best!" Sirius grinned, showing his pearly white teeth. He had neat black hair, brilliant blue eyes, and a dashing Casanova smile. He was tall and tanned, with a muscular body and an ego as big as texas.

"You owe me at least ten." Lily said calmly, as she dodged Sirius's friendly punch with her Chaser skills.

"Save that skill for the bludgers Sirius," Lily tutted, as the walked past another empty classroom.

"Well, er I don't think I'm free tomorrow," A nervous voice came from the classroom, and Lily recognized it to be her best friend, Kim's, voice.

"Well how about Saturday?" A guy's voice, etched with worry, floated out.

"Er, tomorrow IS Saturday," Kim pointed out tactfully, and Lily could sense the amusement in her voice.

"Right," The boy said, and Sirius recognized it to be Mundungus Fletcher's voice.

"Lily!" Kim exclaimed, as Lily made her appearance at the door.

"Kim!" Lily mimicked, "Well now we have established each other's name, time for me to make a move on." Lily continued wickedly, a slight smirk creeping onto her face.

"We have a PAPER!" Kim made up that lie from thin air, and tried to flog a dead horse as she elaborated.

"The Charms Paper! The one about er summoning charms!" Kim stuttered, waving her arms.

"I don't remember the Charms?" Lily pondered as she walked off.

"As I was saying, how about Sunday?" Mundungus continued, but was interrupted by Sirius.

"JOLLY GOOD DAY KIM! How about going to lunch with us now?" Sirius said all in one breath, and then made a big show of marching Kim off, much to Lily's amusement.

"Live and let live Lily." Sirius explained, and then walked with Kim and Lily to the great hall.

Kim was a bit taller than Lily, who was 5 foot 2 inches, which was rather short for a fourth year. She had long raven hair, which had streaks of red in it, which Kim of course, claimed had been there since birth.

"I could STRANGLE you Lily!" Kim panted, as she made a menacing hand gesture at Lily.

"Of course you could you old tart."

"Where did THAT come from?" Sirius wondered aloud, earning a few curious glances from passer-bys as Sirius was anything but quiet in his speech.

"No need to holler Sirius." Kim reprimanded playfully, as they walked through the Great Hall's doors.

"FINALLY!" A messy haired boy with brown eyes shouted. That was James Potter, obviously. Who else had such messy and fly away hair and such lovely eyes? Lily of course, thought differently. Nothing but a jerk, was what went through her mind whenever James was mentioned.

"I thought you would never come Sirius! Hi Kim, Evans." He acknowledged Lily's presence politely. There was no apparent reason for Lily's and James's hostility to each other, but they both still acted like age old enemies.

"Potter" Lily hissed, as she sat down in between Sirius and Kim.

"Friendly aren't we today?" Remus Lupin, a boy with sandy brown hair commented cheerfully.

"Extremely," Sirius muttered as he searched for some chicken among the many dishes on the table.

"Lily, are you going on that date with that himbo Joshua?" Kim asked, trying to smooth over the awkward moment. Joshua was a fellow Gryffindor, and yes, all of the characters mentioned with the exception of Amber, were in Gryffindor. Lily hung around Kim, another girl called Becky, Sirius, Remus and much to her chagrin, Peter and James.

"Yes, I am." Lily replied, as she cut up her steak neatly.

"Oh a new guy Evans?" James inquired, with his open mouth full of steak.

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear what you said, I was distracted by that piece of meat which started life as a cow swirling around in that huge open hole in your head." Lily commented, and Kim snickered.

"Huh? I don't get it?" Sirius asked, confused.

"I think your IQ went down after mixing with Amber and her crowd," James rolled his eyes, and swallowed his steak after saying that.

"Well lower than it was already." Lily corrected, as she put a steak daintily into her mouth.

"True," Remus smiled as he agreed.