Disclaimer: I own Patrick and the basic plot, however I would trade in Patrick and the plot if I could own Lily, James, Sirius, Remus or even Gwenog because that would make me a millionaire. Alas, no one will trade so I own nothing.
He's attached, she's attached (albeit embarrassingly), but travelling along the path all his road signs are pointing at her and hers are pointing at him. Will they follow the signs or just get lost? After all Evans is too stuborn to admit shes lost.
Annoying boys
Ouch! This sunburn is killing me, maybe if I shift to the side. Aww yeah much better. She raised her left hand to eye level. Its pretty but not what I wanted, emeralds, so predictable. It would be utterly romantic if I'd ever said I wanted an emerald engagement ring but it's the curse of emerald eyes. She let her hand drop to her side. Argh, I wish he'd stop that, what is he trying to do, tune a radio? They're nipples, not a radio dial you twat! She raised her hand again and glanced at her watch. For Merlin's sake, I thought he'd have finished by now, I just want to go to sleep. Did I pack my aloe vera cream in my trunk already I could do with some now. Oh here we go…
"Oh Lily, I love you so much." He whispered as his orgasm swept through him.
"Patrick, yes, yes, yes." Lily replied while stifling a yawn and hoping he hadn't noticed.
"Please don't go back tomorrow, how will I live without you, it's so far away."
"Patrick, I need to go to school, I'll write and I'll be home for Pet's wedding." She sighed turning her back to him, God he's clingy.
"But that's not till Christmas, I'll miss you." He said nuzzling her neck, " Why don't we tell everyone about our engagement at Petunia's wedding? Your parents will be so happy their wild child Lily is settling down."
Do you want to out a bet on it.
It wasn't that Patrick was a horrible guy, he was really quite nice. A good job lined up for next year, he'd be a good provider. Lily couldn't say he was bad looking either, a head of curly blonde hair cut close to his scalp so avoid the cherub look he had has a child and brown eyes, but he didn't really understand. He didn't understand why she was still in school, she'd gotten a man to provider for her after all, or way she still went out with her friends, surely he was the only friend she needed, or way she would wear short skirts or tight jeans, she had a boyfriend why did she need to look good for anyone else. He hated that his letters had to be sent through her parents and that he rarely saw her. But this was all outweighed by Lily's hate, she hated how pompous and short sighted he was, how would he deal with magical children and how will he react when he finds out her secret? Plus, he spoke to her parents like working class dirt.
"I can't believe you, how could I steal Pet's limelight? No, we have to wait until I leave school." She shrugged out of his embrace and headed for the bathroom. "I'm having a shower we have to be at the train station in 2 hours."
I think you call this, the romantic break from hell. Thank Merlin for Hogwarts, back to sanity tomorrow.
Lily smiled at the excepting faces dotted with a few sour Slytherins.
"Potter and I will patrol for the rest of the week and we shall meet on Monday in our common room with the timetable." A few people raised their hands, "I'm fully aware of Quidditch practices, so they will be arranged around such engagements. If any of you have questions in the coming weeks don't hesitate to speak to me or the Big Head Boy over there."
At this James blushed and tilted his head to walk through the door only to bang his forehead again.
"Come on Evans it's not my fault I got hit by a wayward Engorgement Charm, I'm still here trying to do my duties." James pleaded
"And what a good start, I take it you punished the creator of this wayward Charm."
Damn Padfoot, making me seem incapable on my first day. Maybe I should give him a detention but a good one, a romp around the Forbidden forest with Hagrid will be nice, should I give myself one too?
"I was about to discuss it with you. I think, but I wanted to check, an evening in the Forbidden Forest helping the Game keeper is appropriate. Do you agree?"
Hark! Do I sound like Head boy material or what?
Lily shrugged, "You're all dismissed."
James moved to the side as the prefects filed out, his hand supporting his overly large head that was lolling to the side. Once everyone had left Lily headed towards him and he stepped to the side.
"Potter, come here." He stepped in front of her and she placed one hand on the side of his face to support his head, "That must have been embarrassing," She giggled, "Like the giving a speech in the nude dream." She took her wand out and placed it on his nose, making him go cross-eyed and muttered the counter-charm, his head quickly deflated.
"Thanks Evans."
They both began to walk away from the compartment in search of their friends.
"I…uh…I wrote to you during the holiday." Lily said not looking in Potter's direction.
"I know"
"Oh I didn't know if you got it or not, I mean Mercury came back fine but I wasn't sure."
"I'm sorry Lily I was going to write back," He stopped and looked at her, "But everything was a bit hectic, we moved and everything. We used to live next to muggles but my mum and dad thought that if we were targeted we'd be putting then in danger, we moved to Ottery St Catchpole."
The began moving again.
"Well this is my stop", Lily said glancing in the compartment at her friends " See you".
James skipped of down the rest of the corridor.
No piss off Potter or why do you have to be such a bleeding wanker or if you don't get your hand off my bottom right now I swear to Merlin I'll castrate you!
"Lily! Guess what"
"What, Mary"
"In 25 days I will legally be able to drink fruity, muggle, alcoholic beverages" She replied in her sing-song County Wicklow accent.
"Shut up!" Gwenog and Hestia Jones said
"We've got almost a year left till we're 18, stupid July birthdays" Gwen moaned
"Yeah Mary, you, Lils and Chaz don't have to wait as long as us". Hestia agreed
"Oi I still have to wait until April". Charity Burbage said flicking her blonde hair over her shoulder, "Now stop moaning and start gossiping" she giggled
"Miss Mary, Mac, Mac, Mac" came a disembodied voice through the door,
"All dressed in black, black, black with a red and gold tie, tie, tie all down her sexy front, front, front. Sitting next to Evans, Evans, Evans who thinks I'm sexy, sexy, sexy and Gweny, Gweny ,Gweny who wants to get in my pants, pants, pants, but that's for Chaz, Chaz, Chaz who has to share, share, share, with sexy Hesti, Hesti, Hesti!"
"Black!" They all bellowed
Sirius and Remus stuck their heads around the door both with the same cheeky grin
"I'm sorry", Remus said "he's been working on it all summer I tried to stop him. He heard a little muggle singing it"
They looked at him
"Well a version of it and this genius said, 'Mary Mac as in Mary Macdonald? Do you think its about her, did she see an elephant jump a fence' ".
"You're such a twat Black" Mary called at him
"I try, where's Alice I still have her bit to sing?"
"With Frank, you can always sing it at dinner", Lily told him, " Where's Potter?"
Everyone looked at Lily, and Remus and Sirius glanced at each other, "Sending an owl Evans, what's it to you?"
"Shut up Black, you fucking cock."
"You know Evans, I'm sure you once told me that swearing is something people do when they have nothing intelligent to say, I just don't know what to make of you swearing. It has shocked me." He smiled at her, grey eyes flashing with humour.
"Merlin I missed you Black, you great big oaf" Lily said as she reached over to hug him.
"So I was trying to leave but for the life of me I couldn't find my bra, now I wasn't going to walk into my house without my bra on and expect my parents to believe I actually came home the night before so I started looking. I've pulled open his wardrobe and all I saw were all these bras on pegs next to numbers, and there mine was hooked on number two, I mean second best shag he must have been crazy. So I storm down the stairs and had a go at him I said 'What type of child collects bras and I would have been ok if you had actually realised I deserved to be number one' " Chaz raged.
The first years had just been sorted sending nine 11-year-old Gryffindor's way, nine to Hufflepuff and Slytherin and seven to Ravenclaw, the Great Hall was abuzz with chatting students waiting for Dumbledore to address them.
"So I stood there and put my bra on right in front of him so he could remember what he'd classed as number two and stormed out. I really don't care how bloody sexy and great in bed he was no one puts me in second place . He had a great arse though, I think you would have liked Lils." She winked at Lily in a teasing manner and then turned to bat her long eyelashes at the Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain, lips pouted she gave him full advantage of the cleavage she had on view while giving him a once over with her blue eyes. "Speaking of sexy arses doesn't Peterson look good? I think I might have to introduce myself later." She laughed.
"Frank did you do that to me, did you rate me?" Alice Abbot asked her long term boyfriend pushing some hair out of her eyes, her button nose twitched as she struggled not to sneeze .
"Even if I did you'd be number one, you're the only one." Frank replied blowing a kiss Alice's way.
"Aww!" The Seventh year girls chorused.
"Oi Black" Lily called along the table, "Would you ever…"
But Lily was cut off as Dumbledore began to speak,
"Welcome back one and all, I know it is hard for some of you," He eyed Sirius over his glasses, "to concentrate with hunger pounding in your ears but I would just like to introduce the new Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Potter."
"Harriett, Harriett, Harriett, Harriett" Sirius chanted slamming his fists onto the table and stamping his feet.
The rest of the Gryffindor table cheered and clapped as did the Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw tables while the Slytherins looked on sourly. A short women with long , curly, blonde hair and hazel eyes stood and smile cheekily at Sirius who had taken it was his role to be her cheer leader.
Must be Potter's mum, looks nothing like him, but those eyes are his, probably takes after his dad in every other away.
"I have three more things to say if you all calm down," Dumbledore continued, silence feel over the students, "Snap, Crackle and Pop." He clapped and with that food appeared and the four house tables groaned under the strain of the feast.
Lily walked sleepily down the corridor to the steady footfall of student heading to bed and the frequent call of "First years follow me".
"Lily, Lily! Wait, can we talk."
"No Sev we can't I had to obliviate my boyfriend because of you," Lily growled but quickly checked no one had heard her say boyfriend. "How childish can you get? You could have been kicked out of here."
"Look Lils I'm sorry I had no idea he was your…um your…you know…"
"And that makes it better, do you just randomly go around hexing muggles, innocent muggles? And don't call me Lils alright Snape? Only my friends call me Lils, my friends that respect muggles." She sighed, "For fuck sake I forgave when you called me a Mudblood and then you do this." She hissed.
"Please just listen for a second, he wasn't innocent he told me not to go near you ever again. But I couldn't do that you're my best friend"
"Then tell me he said that don't try to live my life and let me break up with him in my own timen on my own terms. Goodnight Snape".
She turned on her heel and left.
Lily climbed up the stairs to the Seventh year girls dormitory confident that her roommate would be asleep, she was right, she opened her trunk and pulled out a sheet of parchment, quill and a pink box.
Dear Mum,
First act of the newly appointed Head girl, shrink someone's huge head to normal size, and we said this was going to be glamorous. Not much has happened, our new Defence Against the Dark Arts professor is a famous Auror (you know wizarding police) and Potter's mum, she might be able to keep him in line. She's quite dainty so I can't wait to see how she control him and Black. Nothing else interesting to say.
Got dad some Chocolate Frogs and Liquorice Wands, I'll send them when I get you some Butterbeer and Pumpkin Pasties, so maybe tomorrow. Will you do me a favour and give this letter to Patrick? I'll tell you all about it when I get home, lets just say annoying boys.
Don't miss me too much love you all lots
Lily xXx
Lily put the letter to the side to allow the ink to dry and put her quill away. She then open the pink box and pulled out writing paper and a biro.
Patrick,
How dare you try and run my life? Trying to dictate who I speak to, hang around with and what type of people are in my life. Its up to me, and how exactly do you know that I wouldn't pick someone I've been friends with for years longer than I have known about your existence? Is that the type of person you think I am, someone who will ditch a friend whom I share important memories with? If that's who you think I am then maybe your with the wrong person. I am not the women who will stay at home pregnant and barefooted because you want me to or lunch with wives of men you work with because it will help you, I want my own career and life so you better deal with it.
If I see you ever speaking to Severus in a slightly less than friendly manner you will regret it.
Lily
Lily let the breath she was holding in go and got up to head to the Owlery and hoped Mercury hadn't gone hunting yet.
I wonder what my timetable will be like tomorrow, hope its not Potion can't be bothered to speak to Snape. Or Potter for that matter, I could do without Black for a day too, even if he is completely amazing I don't want to be teased.
"Knowing me, knowing you, ah-haa
There is nothing we can do
Knowing me, knowing you, ah-haa
We just have to face it, this time we're through
Breaking up is never easy, I know but I have to go
Knowing me, knowing you
It's the best I can do"
Lily felt two arms wrap around her shoulders and looked to her side to find two identical, pale, freckled arms attached to a pair of red headed twins. Her face split into a smile,
"Where were you two on the train and at dinner? Avoiding me is that it?" She reprimanded
"That was the idea my darling Lily but then I heard that noise that you call 'singing' and I looked at Gid, we knew we had to stop you if we wanted our eardrums to remain in tact. Merlin, I'd rather listen to Mer-people sing on land than listen to you." He smirked at her and ducked away from her as she swung her hand back to thump him.
"Like your any better Fabian, what are you both doing out?"
"Owlery, mum wrote to say Molly is pregnant again, going into one about Arthur being a randy bastard, not her words though." Gideon laughed
"Duelling Molly? I heard about her, offered a place on the English Duelling Team but didn't take it cause she was pregnant. Gosh what's this her fourth? Fifth?"
"Nah third, they're getting there though. I'd say Weasley always has her on her back"
"Where you going Evans?" Fabian asked
"Same as you." She responded
"Great, Gid and I have a bone to pick with you. We heard, from a rather large bird, that you wrote to James over the holiday. Now we were ridiculously worried about your mental health when we heard, but we'll allow you to have your say before we section you."
"Can't a girl have a secret? If you must know it was after I found out he was Head Boy trying to make my life easier, you know trying to get him to be responsible, you told you anyway?"
"You told Alice, Alice told Frank, Frank told us and then Potter was asking us if we thought you were mad at him because he didn't reply, we said yes."
They walked in silence until they reached the steps of the owlery,
"Well are you?"
"Am I what?"
"Annoyed he didn't reply?"
Lily looked into Fabian's blue eyes then into Gideon's, both sets were searching her green ones,
"A bit, Potter would have always replied to me, even if he was moving, I thought something was wrong and then he came swanning onto the train with he's over sided head perfectly fine, guess it just proves everyone's changing."
"Not everyone Fabe and I are still the same annoying toe rags we always were." Gideon said nudging her as both the Prewett twins ran up the owlery steps two at a time with Lily hot on their heels.
Hiya, I'm new here but I've had this story bouncing around my head for a few months now. So heres the first chapter leaving some room in my packed head for vital studying, hopefully I'll up date every Wednesday or Friday at the latest. Thanks
Stace