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*Lily and James' Troubled Lives*
by: lilypad
"NO!"
Lily Evans shrieked as she stood up in bed! She was drenched to the skin with icy cold water. She jumped out of bed and stomped to the
door. The door was flung open and
slammed shut. Arabella Figg sat up
straight in bed. "Oh no! What's
she gonna do now?" she groaned.
She reluctantly got out of bed and flitted off after her best
friend. Lily was storming down the hall
muttering under her breath but just loud enough for Arabella to hear (she had
just caught up). "I'm gonna kill him! He's going down!" The door of the sixth year boys dormitory
was thrown open and in crashed Lily Evans.
James Potter, Sirius Black and Remus Lupin shot up in bed.
"POTTER, YOU'RE DEAD!" And with that she lunged
at him. She managed to pin him down to the bed and started to jinx him. She hit
him with the tarantellagra curse and turned his hair to silver-literally! James
was angry after that. He rolled her over but jumped off immediately because her
clothes were freezing. He noticed that she was shivering but glaring at him.
Sirius and Remus were cracking up at the sight of James' silver hair. James
started towards them but his legs were all jerky from the tarantellagra curse.
"Shut up!" He yelled in frustration. He turned back to Lily whose lips were turning partially blue. Arabella rushed over to her with a squeal.
"Lily! Are you okay?" She asked concernedly.
"N-n-nooo! Wh-wh-what do you th-think? N-n-not
aft-after P-p-p-pot-potter there tr-tried to fr-freeze m-me t-to
d-d-death!" She stuttered still turning blue.
"Oh, we'd better go and get you changed,"
exclaimed Arabella, giving Sirius, Remus and James the evilest of all evil
eyes. They all sort of shrank back onto their beds and Bella thought she saw a
pang of regret cross James' face. They left and Sirius turned to James.
"So, ice water, eh? Nice one mate!" He exclaimed
before heading to the washrooms to wash up.
*Meanwhile in the girls' dorms*
"He is going to pay!" Lily exclaimed after
changing into a dry pair of baggy jeans and a large white shirt with a faded
guitar on the front. Bella had
magically dried her hair and left it in its natural form, wavy red locks. Lily
jumped off of her bed and headed towards the door, where she stopped and turned
back to Arabella.
"Are you going to help me get revenge on Potter or
not?" She questioned and Bella nodded. "Well then, come on!"
Bella leaped up, but just then a voice broke into their thoughts.
"What's going on?" questioned Cindy Larson,
another of Lily's close friends, groggily.
"Nothing, go back to sleep Cynds," replied Lily soothingly at which Cindy dropped back in bed.
Lily and Bella headed out the door and came face to face with James Potter and Sirius Black. Lily, forgetting the brilliant plan of revenge forming in her head, rushed at James and knocked into him, sending him crashing down the stairs. James had grabbed onto the nearest thing to help steady himself, which in this case turned out to be Lily's robes. He had somehow managed to pull her down with him and she had landed sprawled on top of him. Muttering unrepeatable things under her breath, Lily quickly picked herself up off of James.
"What d'you do that for, dickhead?!" She queried angrily, her eyes flashing.
"Dickhead? Is that my new nickname?" James asked with a stupid grin on his face.
"Sure! If you want it to be!" She added.
"Urgh! What sane person would actually say 'I agree!' to that?!!" James said stressing the last syllable.
"You just did! Okay, see ya Sirius, dickhead!" Lily said, clearly gleeful.
With that, the two girls headed out the portrait hole and down to the Great Hall for breakfast. They were in fits of laughter by the time they reached the Great Hall over James' agreement to them calling him dickhead. The two sat down by Allison Patil, a fellow Gryffindor 6th year with shoulder-length brown hair and hazel eyes.
"What's so funny?" she asked at seeing their red faces.
"Oh nothing-well okay! James just agreed to us calling him dickhead!" Bella choked out before collapsing in laughter. Allison looked dumbstruck for about five seconds before the statement had sunk in, but when it had, she also started laughing hysterically. The three of them calmed down enough to eat a bowl of oatmeal and a buttered scone before the rest of the school decided to come down to breakfast. Among the crowd struggling to enter the Great Hall was Cindy and, as the three friends could see, she was absolutely beaming. She hurried over and dropped into a seat next to Allison, one of her pigtails hitting Allison in the face.
"Watch it," Allison muttered.
"Huh? Oh, sorry Allie. Guess what everyone?" She asked, bouncing up and down in her seat.
"Cats can fly and Severus Snape just asked you out. I don't know, tell me!" exclaimed Lily.
"Well that was uncalled for!" Cindy said sounding reproachful. "If you're gonna be like that, then I won't tell you!"
"I'm sorry Cynds, c'mon just tell me!" Lily apologized.
"Well, okay. Frank Longbottom asked me to go to Hogsmeade with him today!" Cindy said all in one breath.
"Wow! That's great! So-wait a minute! There's a Hogsmeade visit today?" Lily asked totally lost.
"Well duh! It's been posted for, like, a month. Didn't you see it?" Cindy asked.
"Apparently not. But it's a good thing you told me because I need to buy a pair of dress robes for the year-end ball!" Lily explained, disgust evident on her face.
"Oh my gosh! I totally forgot about that! I need dress robes too! We'll go shopping together k?" Bella told Lily.
"Okay." She sighed and rolled her eyes. "So do you have a date for the ball yet?" Lily said slowly.
"Yes! Frank Longbottom!" Cindy said dreamily.
"Well, quite a few boys have asked me, but none of them are really 'year-end ball' material." Bella stated.
"Yeah? Don't brag or anything Bella." Lily grumbled to them all. After that, their conversation turned
completely to boys and Lily and Bella slipped away unnoticed and headed to the
Quidditch Pitch. Once there, Lily headed to the broom cupboard to retrieve her
and Ara's Silver Arrows. On her way back, Lily saw her standing in the middle
of the Quidditch Pitch with the crate that contained the balls beside her. She
headed over and Bella mounted her broom. Both girls were on the Gryffindor
team. Lily was a chaser while Bella was a beater.
"I'll fly first and you can
time how long it takes me to get the snitch. Then you can go, k?" Bella
explained.
"Alright. GO!" Lily
shouted.
Arabella rose high into the air
and within a minute had caught the snitch. She clambered off her broom and came
over to Lily.
"53 seconds! Not bad! Now let me try it!" Lily climbed onto her broom and pushed off the ground. Little did she know that the 'Marauders' had also come out onto the Quidditch Pitch. The four boys were now standing on the pitch watching Lily fly. There was no doubt about it, Lily was an excellent flyer. Bella had just released the snitch and before they (the boys and Arabella) could blink, it had vanished. Lily gave it a five-second getaway with her eyes closed but was soon after it. The tiny golden ball was near the goalpost and Lily was down there in the blink of an eye. The snitch tried to escape but Lily had it tight in her fist. She dived and just as she was about to hit the ground, she drew level to the ground and landed. Bella rushed over to congratulate her on her quick capture, 14.27 seconds, but a voice interrupted her.
"Nice one Evans!"
James' voice drawled. "Of course, I could do better-"
"I'd like to see you try,
you dickhead," Lily interrupted, eyes flashing angrily.
"Alright then!" He
mounted his Cleansweep 4 and kicked off. "Release the snitch and start
timing!" He yelled. Bella let go of the snitch and James was after it. It
was within his grasp but Lily had shot up after it too! She was gaining,
gaining, and level with James now. He took a bewildered look at her and then
focused back on the snitch. He leaned forwards on his broom but instead of the
snitch, he saw Sirius floating there, a wide smile on his face. He slowly
raised his hand to reveal a small, fluttering, golden ball.
"Sirius!" James
yelled, "I was just about to catch that!"
Lily was clutching at her broom
to keep from falling off because she was laughing so hard.
"Yeah, but I got here
before you and caught it!" Sirius declared happily.
"Yeah, yeah! What are you
laughing at?!" James snapped at Lily.
"Well, the fact that Sirius
beat you to the snitch and YOU'RE the team seeker," Lily grumbled poking
James in the chest. James stumbled a bit before regaining his balance.
"So? You didn't catch it
either!" He exclaimed, getting ready to chase her.
"So?" she squealed
before taking off with James on her tail. James followed Lily as she dived but
as she was going to rise again, he caught the end of her broom and held her
back so he could get his broom level with hers. He then reached over and pulled
her onto his Cleansweep 4. Lily was so surprised that she threw her arms around
his neck and clutched desperately at his sweater. James' broom was hovering 6
feet from the ground so when James lost his balance and fell backwards off his
broom, there wasn't a lot of distance between him+Lily and the ground. There
was enough distance however to knock the wind out of him as he hit the ground
and cushioned Lily's fall. Lily, for the second time that day, lay sprawled on
top of James. She slowly opened her eyes and realized that she was still
clutching James' neck. She slowly removed her arms after receiving whoops and
catcalls from Sirius, Remus, and Bella (Peter was just staring).
"Nice on dickhead!" Bella
exclaimed and winked at him.
"Yeah, nice one dickhead!" Lily agreed, still quite miffed after falling off a broomstick backwards.
"Come on you two lovebirds," Sirius coaxed. He was met with two pairs of angry, glaring eyes. "Well, I'm off!" And with that, he ran all the way back to the castle, oblivious to the fact that he now had a furry, violet tail. Bella and Lily were only standing upright with the help of Remus. They were leaning on him for support because they were laughing so hard. Remus looked quite surprised and just stood there, waiting for the two girls to calm down. Once they could stand on their own, Lily and decided to walk around by the lake while the three boys went to see where Sirius had gotten to.
"So Lil, why d you hate James so much?" Bella curiously asked.
"What!? What gave you the idea that I hate him, Ara?" Lily asked.
"Well, you two always fight and play pranks on each other and stuff like that…" Ara trailed off.
"You could say that James and I have a competition going. It's been like this ever since third year. Don't you remember when James suddenly decided to play as many pranks as possible on me? Well, I decided to humiliate him as much as possible after that." Lily finished.
"Well, it seems like you two hate each other cuz you guys are always yelling at each other …"Bella let the sentence trail off suggestively.
"Yeah, I know, but I don't HATE him. He annoys me beyond belief sometimes, but no, I don't hate him!"
"Oh, okay!" Bella said happily. "So, wanna go and get ready to go to Hogsmeade?"
"Yeah, I guess," Lily sighed, she really hated shopping…
They walked back to the castle, only to meet the "Marauders" in the Front Hall.
"Were you guys waiting for us?" Bella asked uncertainly.
"Yeah, hey Lil, wanna meet me in the Three Broomsticks so we can talk and stuff?" James asked.
"Well, I dunno…" Lily replied.
"I'll buy the drinks," James suggested.
"I'll be there!" Lily agreed. James took off but Remus, Sirius and Peter stayed behind.
"Oooohhh! You're going on a date with James!" Sirius started happily.
"No I'm not! He wanted to talk to me-"
"And STUFF!" Remus interrupted.
"He just asked you out and you accepted!" Peter confirmed.
"Oh no! That's never gonna happen! I'll go see James now and call it off!" Lily decided. She stormed off and saw James kissing a Ravenclaw girl, looking as if he didn't have a care in the world. Lily approached them and cleared her throat. James looked up and saw Lily standing there, arms crossed.
"I can't believe you! You just asked me out and now you're already making out with her!" Lily exclaimed, gesturing to the Ravenclaw girl.
"I never asked you out! I asked you to meet me in the Three Broomsticks to talk!" James replied.
"What about the 'and stuff'?" She queried.
"Well, I thought you could help me pick out a present for my mom too!" James retorted.
"Oh, okay! See ya later!" She said before turning to leave.
"Where are you going?" James asked.
"To see Sirius, Remus and Peter," She answered coolly.
"What are you gonna do?'
"Hurt them, and STUFF!" She growled with a mischievous glint in her eyes.
"Oh, well, have fun!" James said before turning back to his Ravenclaw girlfriend.
Lily went off to find the three boys. She found them in the Common Room playing Exploding Snap with Arabella and Cindy. She strode over to them and stood over them like a queen surveying her subjects. A small smirk appeared on her face as all five friends looked up at her.
"Oooohhh! You're going on a date with James!" Lily mimicked Sirius.
"I resent that!" Sirius said shortly.
"So? You're the one that made me make a fool out of myself. I went to find James and found him making out with Serena Something-Or-Other!" She yelled. "Oh, I'm definitely going on a date with him!" She concluded, sarcasm dripping from her voice.
"I take it James didn't mean it as a date?" Remus reasoned.
"No, genius! He wanted me to help him pick out a present for his mom!"
"Well, Lils, we're truly sorry!" Bella, who hadn't spoken yet, apologized.
"It's okay! I should have known better than to listen to you four-" She stopped abruptly as four cushions flew in at her. She was a bit dazed at first, but regained her composure and launched the cushions back and the senders. A full-fledged cushion fight broke out in the Common Room, which ended in Lily surrendering after being buried under about 30 cushions. She then hurried upstairs to get herself together for the Hogsmeade visit at noon. Her red/auburn hair was, to put it lightly, a tangled mess. Bella and Cindy, who had followed her upstairs, worked for half and hour just to get Lily's hair detangled and n flowing waves. Cindy was about to add make-up when Lily stopped her.
"Erm, what are you doing? You know I don't wear make-up!" she stated.
Cindy shrugged and went off to the bathrooms.
The two girls (Bella and Lily) went down to the Front Hall where Peeves was checking names off a list.
"Evans, Figg. Okay, you can go," he said in a rather nasty tone.
The Marauders, minus James, had caught up with them just as they were going down the steps. The five of them walked down to Hogsmeade together but Lily detached herself from the group to go and meet James at the Three Broomsticks. She promised to meet Bella outside the post office and two thirty to go shopping for dress robes. With that, she walked into the pub only to see James waiting for her.
"Finally! Where were you?" James asked in exasperation.
"I just arrived. We decided to walk! I can go back if you'd rather-"
"No it's okay. Here, have a seat," he interrupted, trying to change the subject.
Lily let herself be steered into a seat near the back of the pub. James left to go and get
the drinks and returned a minute later with a foolish smile on his face.
"Do you have a few Sickles? 'Cause I only have Galleons and it seems kind of foolish to change one of those," he asked.
"You need to borrow money?" Lily asked, bewildered.
"Well, yeah."
"Alright, but you're buying me something nice when we go shopping." And with that, she dug out a few sickles from her bag.
"Deal, I guess," James replied rather skeptically.
The two of them were heading out the door a half an hour later. Lily had just finished explaining how she didn't hate James and he had seemed satisfied that she didn't. The first store they went to was Beckyll's Fine China and Statues. James asked Lily to pick something out that his mother would appreciate and Lily had chosen a model of Hogwarts in a crystal ball.
"Are you sure she'll like it?" James asked skeptically.
"For the thirty-sixth time, yes! Now go and pay!" Lily pushed him towards the shopkeeper. James paid 17 Galleons 14 Sickles for the crystal creation and left the shop without a word.
"17 GALLEONS 14 SICKLES!" James bellowed, sounding hysterical.
"Well, it IS a CRYSTAL model James. Did you expect it to be cheap?" Lily's eyes flashed.
"I think you picked the most expensive thing in the store just to spite me!"
"Right! So anyways, I need a need a new pair of shoes, and since you promised you'd buy me something…"
"Alright, alright! I get the picture! I think I'll be broke before this day is over," he prompted.
"Maybe. Depends on what type of shoes I feel like buying, so it looks like your financial future rests in my hands. Suppose I corrupt you, just for fun!" She added as an afterthought.
"You wouldn't!"
"Oh? Wouldn't I?" Lily smiled sweetly and walked to Noal's Muggle Accessories, a rather large shop in Hogsmeade. James was just tagging along after her when she entered the shop. The shopkeeper, Noal, immediately came over and asked what they were looking for.
"Shoes. Muggle shoes, please." Lily replied. Noal pointed them towards the back of the shop where they found three towering shelves with every sort of muggle show imaginable. Lily took out a pair of white running shoes and admired them. She tried them on but they were a little bit too big.
"Can you go get Noal and tell her I need a smaller size of these?" Lily asked.
"Sure. What kind of shoes are they?"
"Adidas Four Star, got that?"
"Yeah," and with that, he walked off. He returned 10 minutes later with an identical pair of shoes but they seemed a bit smaller.
"Thanks," and the redhead grabbed the shoes from a most puzzled James. The shoes fit, albeit they were still a little big. She confirmed to James that he was indeed buying those for her. He looked at the price.
"7 Galleons, 7 Sickles. Is that reasonable?" He asked Lily, who was already looking for a pair of sandals.
"Hm? Oh yeah! That's the latest style in the muggle world," she turned back to her sandals. "Which do you think?" She held up a clear pair of high heel sandals and a pair of athletic flip-flops.
"Get them both. I'm only paying for your runners though." He quickly added.
"Okay. I need sandals for the ball, but also for lounging around. You know what I mean?"
James nodded and Lily took the running shoes out of his hands.
"Ok. The running shows are the most expensive so you can pay for those," and before James could say anything, Lily had run off to the front of the store. James paid 7 Galleons, 7 Sickles for the shoes and Lily paid 10 Galleons, 13 Sickles for her flip-flops and a flat pair of white sandals.
They walked out of the store and Lily asked James for the time
"2:25." He answered.
"Crap! I have to meet Arabella in front of the post office in 5 minutes!" Lily exclaimed.
"Oh, I see…"James trailed off. Lily grabbed his arm and dragged him to the post office. They arrived at 2:31.
"You're late!" Bella stated.
"I know. I'm sorry-wait! By one minute!" Lily realized.
"Fine…point taken. Let's go. By the way, what's James doing here?" Bella inquired as Cindy caught up with them.
"Oh, hey. I thought that he could help us carry our purchases. Isn't that right James?" She asked in a sickly sweet voice.
"No! No one told me about this arrangement!" James exclaimed, but seeing the expectant looks on their faces, and the fact that no one would be around to hear him scream for help, he gave in and the girl's dragged him to Gladrags.
Hey…a new fic….i know! I couldn't help myself….besides, this one's really old, and I already have like half the story all laid out! So if you're good and you review, I'll update soon….cause I have like another 30 pages in word, and this is only like 5….so REVIEW and tell me if you want me to continue or not….TAH for now…