Charmed Love
September 1
Platform 9 ¾
My last year at Hogwarts has finally rolled around. I can still remember when I first started here about 6 years ago. I had always thought that magic and witches were something out of a terrible Halloween movie. Boy was I wrong! I remember when Snape first came and told me that I was special like him. That I was a witch. That proclamation changed my life forever.
When I first came to Hogwarts I was scared out of my mind. I was a muggle-born, a mudblood, not good enough to be a witch or to use magic. I was determined to prove them all wrong. I studied and prepared and labored over all of my studies. Charms and Potions always came easy for me, I had as you could say a knack for them. I passed with the second highest marks in my year.
I had another huge triumph this year just a few weeks ago when I received my Head girl badge. However, that joy was joined with a feeling of impending embarrassment for my male counterpart was none other than James Potter.
James Potter
The boy who was the preverbal piece of straw that broke the back of my friendship with Snape. (Okay, it really is not his fault but he was sure a part of it)
James Potter
The boy who never misses a chance to trip me in the halls (which isn't saying much for I am terrible clumsy), beat me in school work (he was the one student who scored better than me), or embarrass me in any other way.
James Potter
The boy I used to be madly in love with until I got a swift dose of reality and realized that he could and would never fancy me. Sure he has asked me out, but that was just to humiliate me, right?
James Potter
The boy I despise but can never seem to get completely out of my mind. The boy who has so many faults, but I can't seem to ignore him and hate him all the more for those faults as I should. The boy who is ever so arrogant. That unfortunately only makes me notice him more.
I really don't know how I am going to survive this year. Hopefully Potter will have finally matured to actually be nice enough so that we can be friends. Ha-ha. I know, wishful thinking, right?
I do hope that I can pass through this year without making a complete fool of myself, or at least not ending up in the Hospital Wing every day. I am going to make a plan right now for how I am going to do it…
Pay attention in all of my classes. I already do that but it can't hurt to include it on my list.
Make sure I eat breakfast every day. I am horrible about skipping breakfast because I either slept in or I just plain forgot. Then the rest of the day until Lunch I go around thinking about how hungry I am. That my friend is not fun at all.
Don't stay up all night reading the Twilight Saga. I understand that they are a muggle series and that vampires don't exist, even in the magical world. (Which just between the two of us I found huge disappointment. I mean we have werewolves but not vampires. Come on!) I just can't get enough of the characters. Carlisle and Esme are my favorite. They don't have enough scenes between the two of them.
Wear flat shoes!!! I tried to wear small heels last year and let me be the first to tell you that it was not my smartest decision. I will just have to deal with the comments about my small stature.
Do all my Homework. Once again I already do that, but it looks good when I include that on my list.
Ignore James Potter as much is humanly possible.
It's funny how I will never be able to keep that last one seeing as I have to schedule prefect meetings with him every single week.
I just got on the train and found my two best friends, Alice and Elizabeth (Beth). I love those two so much. They are my best friends, we can talk about anything.
"So sweetie, how was your summer? Thanks for all of those wonderful letters that you had promised to send over the summer." Beth said sarcastically.
Damn, I had forgotten to write them!
"I did mean to write but my mum was monopolizing all my free time. I am lucky to have any time for myself or to get my homework done" I lied as casually as I could.
"Lily, we know you enough to realize that you just plain forgot to write the letters. We can guess that you were probably just reading about you vegetarian vampires again. We both know how you get when you start reading one of your books." Alice explained as she playfully poked me with one of her fingers.
"Thanks you guys for not being upset with me, you're the best. So how emotional were you parents over getting you last letters. Mine were practically besides themselves with happiness over my Head Girl promotion." I said as I carefully pinned my Head Girl badge to the front of my school robes.
"So you did get the title of Head Girl, huh? Can't say that I am terribly surprised, your getting really high marks and all. My little super-nerd." Beth said with mock excitement.
"Wait, Lily isn't James Head Boy?" Alice asked sounding all concerned, but slightly too interested.
"Yes, I think I do remember his name mentioned somewhere in the letter." I said as offhandedly and casual as I possibly could manage considering the circumstances.
Alice let out a low whistle and her golden eyes got really wide. Beth on the other hand must have thought that was the funniest thing in the world for she started laughing.
"That is probably going to make things a little tense between the two of you considering the fact that you are like in love with him." Beth stated.
"I d-do not lo-love James Potter." I stammered because I don't. (I had at one point, but that is a thing of the past.)
"Sweetie, I can tell that you like him a lot. Every time last year when you thought that I was not paying attention you would look over at him. You are really not that sneaky. You say that you do not love him when in fact you do." Alice explained as she looked at me with sympathetic eyes.
"I told you that I do not fancy James Potter." I said getting more agitated by the moment. Why oh why could they not just believe me, I thought.
"Whatever makes you happy. But always know that we will always know the truth." Beth said as she rolled her dark brown eyes.
"You just keep telling yourself that." Alice muttered to herself.
"I Do Not Fancy James Potter!" I screamed standing up staring them down with my emerald green eyes hopping that they would get the point.
I heard something moving outside the compartment, but I payed no attentio0n to it. Well at the moment at least.
"Can we please talk about something else?" I practically begged because at this point my emotions were all in a jumble.
"Okay…….so……How is life?" Beth said in her usual topic changer statement, but she was looking outside the compartment window as she said it.
I was just about to answer her question when the compartment door slid open. I didn't turn around because I knew it was probably the person who was at the door earlier. "Hello Lily." A deep voice said.
I froze instantly because I recognized that voice. I would have been able to recognize that voice anywhere at any time. I bet I could even be able to pick it out of the crowd. My subconscious had stored it into my memory for some weird reason.
It was his voice.
James Potter.
Oh, crap!
Author's Note: This is my first story. I am not sure how good or bad it is but my friends who have all read it think that it is very good. They have all given me ideas small or big on what to add so now I will give them credit in case I forget to later. They are…Hannah, Katie, Jenny, Sara, and Shannon. I have written more in a notebook, but I am not sure how soon I will update for I am really slow at typing. I also do not own Harry Potter or anything that that entails. Duh! I don't because if I was I would be publishing it in a book.
Until Later
Love Allison
