Title: You Are For Me
Author: blackxrose
Genre: Drama/Romance
Rating: PG-13
Classification: L/J, Fifth Year to Seventh Year.
Summary: This is a story of love, loss, hurt, loyalty, friendship and betrayal. Follow a long as Hogwarts one and only Lily and James face all of those emotions, a long with their friends. Will it ever be a happy ending? Will Lily and James ever face the truth and see eye to eye about everything? No one can make anything happen between them, except they themselves.
Disclaimer: I. Own. Nothing. Go ahead and sue if you want, I WILL SET MY BROTHERS ON YOU! XD.
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We would never learn to be brave and patient if there were only joy in the world.
- Hellen Keller
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Chapter One: Adjustment
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The fire in the common room crinkled merrily, sending out a feeling of warmth and safety, a long with homeliness to the Gryffindors seated in the scarlet-and-gold common room. Some were hard at work while the rest were just happily chatting away with their friends. Some chose to engulf themselves in a good book, while most of the rest would have chosen to get an early night in. It was, after all, a time period during the O.W.L's for the Fifth Years and the N.E.W.T's for the Seventh Years. So most would say that nearly all the Fifth Years were busy sweating it right now, since they had a Transfiguration exam tomorrow, while the Seventh Years had DADA.
Or not. A certain group of four was not really interested in studying right now. Or bothering to keep quiet for those who were. Those four, were currently busy modifying something 'more interesting', as they called it. They were seated at a table in a dark corner, heads together, staring down at something. But no one could see, since they had their backs turned to the rest of the people in the common room. But passers by would notice it was something flat, and, rather used up.
"Padfoot," an agitated voice said in a 'God give me strength' tone, "YOUR NOT DOING IT RIGHT!" the deep voice growled again, frustratedly, as the speaker tugged at his hair, nearly pulling it out. "You're supposed to make it lead to the cellar in Honeydukes you dolt!"
Ladies and gentlemen, allow it to be said that Mr. James 'Prongs' Potter was not one to be kept waiting, as he was, well, impatient, and not one that tolerated the slowness of others, whatever the situation might be. Being stubborn, and arrogant, he had a lack of patience for those who were not as bright as he was, and therefore that got him in to a lot of trouble. James Potter let go of his jet-black hair, hazel eyes glinting in concentration from behind his round, wire framed glasses. He was standing up, looking down at the piece of parachment and glaring at his best friend.
"Go change your tampon, Prongs," Sirius Black said, rolling his eyes, but an annoying grin lit his handsome face only a second after that. Oh, joy, did he love to agitate James when James was being overly impatient and wanted to get something done really badly. But that was just Sirius. Sirius Black was a mischievous, intelligent boy who loved to laugh and make the best of everything. He normally got in trouble for things that James did, or things that he did. Either way, it didn't matter to him. Sirius can be sarcastic, and as stubborn as his best friend, and he was wild.
The third member of the group sighed as James whacked Sirius on the head with his wand. He ran a hand through his light brown hair and watched as Sirius retaliated by laughing even louder, as James had steam coming out of his ears. Remus Lupin grabbed the piece of parachment from in front of Sirius and did a complicated little wave with his wand, muttering a spell and watching as the link between the portrait and the cellar worked. "Sirius, James, grow up." He said quietly, glancing at his best friends. Remus Lupin, was the quiet, voice of reason in the group, and the brains behind all of their pranks. He was also the sensible one.
The fourth, and most pitiful watched on, his water blue eyes wide and dumb. His mousy blonde hair hung in his eyes as he watched Sirius annoy James, and Remus trying to compromise with them. He was quietly watching with a hint of amusement as Sirius continued to make comments at James, who got angrier and angrier anyway. Remus finally gave up and continued to work on the map, as Peter sat down. Peter Pettigrew was the fourth and most useless addition to the group, being slightly cowardly, easy to influence, and quiet. He was short and chubby.
The Marauders were four boys who loved nothing more than throwing a good prank, and having fun. Carefree, and still in Fifth Year, they were pulling it together this year, as they were putting the finishing touches on the long-awaited Marauders Map, and had finally accomplished the task of becoming Animagi. And one of them was also having a hard time trying to keep a girl out of his mind.
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Meanwhile, another group of four were seated at the center of the large common room, talking quietly amongst themselves. Two of them were seated on a couch, while the other two were seated in large armchairs facing that couch. The girls were laughing and joking with one another, just like some of the others around them, and therefore did not notice the little commotion between the Marauders about five tables away.
"Lily, you really shouldn't have yelled at James like that today in front of everyone," a blonde girl said softly, nodding her head as she did so. Hannah Goldberg was never one that enjoyed being mean to people. Never. She was so nice; it gave her the label stupid at times. Hannah was a very kind, helpful person, who was the type that who was annoyingly optimistic, and went on vacation to a different country every summer and came back with something new. An object. Maybe a necklace, which she would not take off, a picture she put up next to her bed, or a book about the country. This year, she had brought with her a book about fortune-telling.
Hannah had long, golden-blonde hair that was beautiful, and fell a little below her chest. It was straight, and often done up in a bun, or loose. She had steel gray eyes, set against her naturally tanned skin, and an outgoing look to her anyway. Even though she was a bit shy. She was tall, at 5'8", and a Chaser.
"Really, Hannah?" a pointed tone said, as a girl leaned forward from her armchair, peering at Hannah intently with her oddly dark, mysterious violet eyes that were slightly large, framed by long eyelashes. The eyes did turn to a shade of icy blue sometimes though, and this was because the girls mother was a metamorphmagus. Her pale, pale skin made her eyes stand out even more, a long with her slightly dark red lips. Naturally reddish-blonde hair fell to her chest, straight and curled at the ends. Her hair framed her face, and shone in most lights as a nice shade, always with a shine to it. Out of all her friends, Millie had the most dazzling smile, but unfortunately, she did not smile when there was no reason to. She was brought up to be like that, formal. But she maintained her slightly outgoing quality from her other side of the family.
"Yes, Millie, really." Hannah said and frowned. Mildred McClellan rolled her eyes and looked back at her friend. "Well, I think she did nothing wrong, by yelling at the prat." She said and nodded in agreement, as though supporting what she had stated and leaned back in her chair. Her English accent (like the others, really XD) was light, and graceful, to match her posture. Mildred stood at an average height of 5'6", and was the kind of girl that was straightforward, patient, and intelligent and did not tolerate stupidity or immaturity, yet loved socializing. Socializing that is not a waste of time, that is. She was usually called Millie, or Mil.
Delia Smith glared at her friends. "Stop it, you guys, and personally, I think that she shouldn't have too, Hannah." He said, earning a smile from Hannah and a glare from Millie. "Thank you Delia." Hannah said to Delia pointedly as Millie 'hmphed'. Delia grinned, brushing away her envied coal black hair away from her face. Delia's hair was sometimes completely straight, or sometimes wavy or curly at the ends, making it really convenient, except that Delia did not think so for reasons she chooses not to discuss sometimes. Delia was tall, standing at 5'8", like Hannah, and had a very good figure, from being a Quidditch Player as well. Delia was very, very pretty, and was also one of the social butterflies in the school.
Aside from her looks, Delia was known to be very outgoing, and a partygoer. She was one to always love having a good time, and a good laugh, and she was never somewhere where she didn't know anyone. Delia's family, the Smiths, were very, very well known, which added more to her being known. The Smiths were a pureblood family, who were nice to everyone, much like their daughter. Her family from her dad's side had a whole three generations of Aurors, and her moms side the same but were Healers.
"Drop the subject. His name makes me sick." Lily Evans said threateningly, glaring at Hannah and Delia. Because they said she shouldn't have yelled at him. Well, she happened to think that she did the right thing, all the way! Potter deserved it. How dare he ask her out like she was some kind of deal! UGH! Lily Evans was the fourth person in this group of girls, and the shortest by far, but the most unique looking. Actually, she and Mildred tied in that department.
Lily had beautiful dark red hair that fell above her chest, and was thick, and radiant. Her hair framed her pale face, and illuminated her stunning, almond shaped, emerald green eyes that caught the attention of one lots of times. She was short, and petite, yet her looks were never described as anything other than beautiful. Even though that was the last thing on earth she cared about, what people thought. That was Lily. Stubborn, determined, brave and kind-hearted for the most part.
So, people, that gives you another set of four friends. All different in their own ways…but they managed to get a long. For instance, Delia and Hannah talked about Quidditch, and boys at times, and also fooled around a lot, but Hannah did not like innocent jokes towards people, as Delia did. Millie and Delia like to go to social gatherings and all of that, while Hannah and Lily didn't. Hannah and Lily loved to read, while Delia would rather eat, but Millie was in the same road as Hannah and Lily, etc. They had their ways. But most of all, they were all there for each other.
"Why shouldn't she have yelled at him?" Millie asked, raising an arched eyebrow. "She rightfully did so after he tried, and of course failed to use Lily as a deal. He is the most arrogant boy in this school. He walks around like he thinks he is some kind of God!" she said in Lily's defence, managing a small smile in Lily's dorection.
"Thank you Mildred." Lily said, glaring at her other two friends who rolled their eyes at her. "Lily, James can be nice, if you get to know him." Hannah reasoned and smiled. "Yes," Delia agreed and nodded, raising her eyebrows at her friends. "He's nice at practice!"
"Sure." Lily said and snorted, shaking her head slightly, twisting a strand of red hair around a thin finger. "I don't see how you guys can even think that." She said angrily.
" 'I don't see how you guys can even think that.'" Hannah quoted Lily with a grin. "I will tell you. Its because were both on the Quidditch team with him and we know that he can be a friend as well as a captain." She said and grinned.
"An insane captain…" Delia mumbled, not seeing James.
"I heard that, Smith. You get to stay longer than the rest at practice tomorrow." Came James' voice from behind Lily, making her jump slightly. She turned around and glared at him, before turning back around to face her friends.
"What? Me? What did I do?" Delia asked, and grinned, like she didn't do anything. "You know you're a great captain, Potter, uh James, sir Gryffindor Team Captain Potter, sir." She said and laughed.
Hannah laughed slightly. "Hi James, Remus." She said and nodded her head as the other girls acknowledged the boys. "I am assuming that you have studied?" Delia asked and James snorted. "No!" he said arrogantly. "Why should I? I know it all anyway." He said and shrugged as Remus rolled his eyes.
"Join us, wont you?" Millie said and smiled slightly, generally to Remus, but since she did not like being rude, to James also, looking his way too.
Remus smiled and nodded, seating himself on a chair behind him, while James chose to sit down between Mildred and Lily.
"So," Delia said and smiled, stretching out her long legs (she's wearing sweatpants, not a skirt) and looking over at Lily and holding her laughter. Lily was leaning on James in a way, but she was glaring at him so much that if looks could kill, he would have been dead 10 times now.
"Feeling the love, Evans." James said and grinned; winking at Lily who he felt was burning a hole through his side.
"Keep quiet." She snapped and James did, much to Remus' amusement. Hannah sighed, shaking her head at the sense of negativity in the air. Clapping her hands together, she smiled cheerfully. "Who dares to challenge me for a game of chess?" she asked and grinned.
"I DO!" Peter, surprisingly said, and grinned, sitting down in front of her. "OH NO!" Sirius loud, bass-like voice cried out, "You best be watching your back now Goldberg, Pete is going to steal you title now!" he said and grinned, dropping a chess set on the table between Hannah and Peter, and plopping down in Hannah's now vacated armchair by Delia.
"Sirius." Delia said and nodded. "Delia." Sirius said and grinned. Delia and Sirius were known to have been on and off since fourth year, but even if they weren't together, they were good friends anyway. "Hi Padfoot." James said and grinned. "Sirius, Peter." Lily and Mildred acknowledged. Lily buried her face in her Transfiguration book, pretending not to be interested in the conversation when James pointed out,
"Evans…you're reading the book while its upside down…amazing." He said and smirked at her as she blushed and stood up suddenly from next to him. She glared at him and walked in to their dorm.
Normally, Hannah would have stopped her, but Hannah was deep in concentration in the chess game right now. "James, if you really do like her anyway, and are not just trying to get another name on your list, I suggest you bite your tongue in situations like that." Mildred said, sounding quite like McGonogall, except there was sympathy in her voice for a frustrated looking James.
"I don't get that girl. In fact, girls are weird." He said but quickly corrected himself when a sea of protest attacked him from the three girls. "No, no, they aren't I take that back!" he said and grinned as Delia playfully pointed her wand at him. "Fear my wrath, Jim!" she yelled and laughed.
"Agh! Don't call me JIM!" he said through clenced teeth. But Delia just laughed anyway. Sirius smiled, "Haha Prongs! Someone else finally calls you that!" he cheered and high-fived Delia.
Millie rolled her eyes but disguised a smile, and Remus laughed slightly. "Its not funny!" James said and pouted.
"Remus, will you come with me to check on Lily?" Millie asked and frowned as she noticed Lily slip out of the common room. Impossible. Lily was a Prefect. It was 9 o'clock. That meant that Lily was heading out after-hours.
"Of course." Remus said, and stood up, following Mildred out of the common room. Delia considered going with them, but it was too late, James and Sirius were chasing her around the common room as she screamed and everyone else laughed.
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"I simply do not believe this." Mildred and sighed as she and Remus headed outside to where they thought Lily might be. "Why?" Remus asked. "Because this is not like Lily to go outside after hours, she is a Prefect, as you are." She said and nodded.
"I see." Remus said understandingly as he and Mildred continued to walk, but noticed that Mildred was now running, and began running too.
Mildred caught up with Lily and gently reached out a pale hand and turned Lily, who was walking around gently, and much to her surprise, Lily jerked away, tears rolling down her face.
"GO AWAY!" she screamed, shaking slightly. Remus looked bewildered for a moment as Mildred took a step back, looking shocked. "Lily," she stated, calmly and steadily, taking a step towards Lily, who still had tears rolling down her face and was looking lost. "Why are you crying, Lil?" she asked softly.
"He's gone!" Lily said, her voice trembling slightly, "And a-a-and he isn't coming back!" she said, looking devastated and miserable as she stood there, shaking with tears streaming down her face.
Mildred felt her own eyes water slightly, and felt her heart surge. She knew what Lily was talking about. And it hurt her to see one of her best friends like this. She slowly reached out, biting her lip slightly, and hugged Lily, who dissolved in tears, her arms around Mildred and sobbed, long, chocked, heart-racking sobs. Mildred felt her eyes water up but held her tears back, hugging Lily and trying to comfort her.
Remus stood there, not understanding, but remained quiet as Lily cried her eyes out on Mildred's shoulder.
"Its okay, Lil, you know he isn't gone forever, he's still in your heart, and in your head forever, and he's out there watching you, and he will never be gone forever, you hear me?" Mildered said, pulling away from Lily, her hands on Lily's shoulders and her dark violet eyes staring in to Lily's confused green ones.
Lily nodded, more tears rolling down her face as she did so. Mildred hugged her again, and a while later, around 10 minutes, when Mildred felt the tears stop rolling on her shoulder. (Mildred was wearing a t-shirt at that time) and pulled back, to feel Lily slipping out from under her. "Oh my God…" she said and looked over at Remus, not quite a shocked 'OH MY GOD!' but an understanding, sympathetic one.
"Remus, she passed out…" she said, pulling Lily up. Remus immediately stepped forward and gently carried Lily away from Mildred, holding her in his arms as he and Mildred walked to the Gryffindor Common Room in silence. Both had not realized that it had been about two hours since 9 and it was now 11, and the common room was near deserted except for Hannah, James, and Delia. (They aren't at the common room, Mildred and Remus, by the way, they are still in the Entrance Hall.)
"Mildred." Remus finally spoke. "Yes." She replied in a near whisper, still staring ahead of her as they walked up the stairs and down the hallway which lead to another staircase, which lead the hallway. "Who is 'he', if you do not mind me asking." He asked.
"Lily's father passed away last year, through the middle of the year, that's why she left for around a month." Mildred answered quietly, crossing her arms over her chest loosely. "I'm sorry." Remus said quietly, looking down at Lily in sympathy. His parents were around, and he was feeling so bad for Lily right now. He could not believe how strong she had been through all of that, since he knew that she had lost her mother in her second year. The respect he had for her instantly increased.
Mildred said the password as she and Remus stepped in, to hear a gasp from Hannah, and a "What happened?" from James and Delia.
"She fell down the stairs, but she's fine." Mildred said to James, but the girls knew there was something else. Mildred gave them 'I will tell you later' look.
Remus gently set Lily down, and Delia took one of her arms and slung it over her shoulders, and Hannah took the other arm and slung it over her shoulders, while Mildred steadied them from the back. The bid the boys a quick goodnight and went up the stairs, letting Mildred open the door to the girls dorm and stepping inside, where all of the other girls in the dorm rushed to ask if they could help as Delia and Hannah set Lily down on her bed and pulled the covers over her.
"Tell us. Now." Delia said, in her serious mode now. Hannah nodded. There were only three other girls in the dorm. Melanie Blackwood, a girl with dull brown hair, pretty brown eyes and freckles, Pamela Johnson, a tall, blonde haired girl, and Norah Jenkins, an odd girl with naturally orange hair nodded, they wanted to know too since Lily was a friend to them also.
"Her father." Mildred answered simply, looking sad as she sat down on her bed, pulling a leg to her chest. All of the girls in the dorm knew about Lily's loss from the day it happened last year. And they were all very supportive since then. They all invited her to stay over with them, of course, to save her from spending the summer with her grandmother. Her older sister, they knew, was married.
"Oh my God.." came from Hannah, similar to Mildred's earlier, and Delia just looked shocked, turning away as the other girls in the dorm all patted Lily's hand as she slept and shot her sad looks. Norah lifted Lily's head and untied her hair from its ponytail, smoothing out Lily's hair and then setting Lily's head back down. "I knew something like this would happen." She said quietly, patting Lily's hand again.
"Listen you guys," Delia said sincerely, looking from once girl to another. "We all need to be nicer to Lily and hold our tempers even if she does annoy us even a little. Okay?" she said with a small smile.
"Of course." Pamela Johnson said and the other girls nodded.
And then they all went to sleep, without talking as usual.
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Setting: A month later. Transfiguration O.W.L. During that month that passed, Lily improved, a lot.
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"GET.THAT.THING.AWAY.FROM.ME!" a girls voice screamed in the Transfiguration hall as she got on top of a desk, looking terrified of the animal jumping around her. Pamela Johnson stood on her desk, screaming like there was no tomorrow. Her silver blonde hair was on top of her head in a ponytail and she screamed at the person who was being examined next to her, an irritated Delia, to get the…the thing Delia had accidentally transfigured instead of what she was supposed to do. She had accidentally transfigured her rat in to a…half rat half plate, instead of a rat to a plate. So now there was this weird thing scampering around, terrifying everyone but the Marauders and some other girls and boys.
"RELAX!" Delia yelled back at Pamela, her naturally lightly-tanned skin flushing red with anger as she transfigured it back in to a rat while the examiners watched a long in amusement. Pamela stepped down from her desk and glared at Delia, since everyone was laughing at her. 'Oh, is she going to pay for this.' Pamela thought, slumping down in her seat slightly, her eyes narrowed as Delia laughed.
Lily just looked away, holding her laughter. Mildred sat perfectly normal, not finding it funny at all. Hannah was laughing, her hand in front of her mouth, hiding her face from McGonogall who was yelling for order in the hall again. Soon after, everyone settled and the examination continued.
Delia grinned, turning away from Pamela, who was looking evil, and scribbled something on a note and tossed it to Hannah on their way out of the hall, since you were supposed to walk out in silence.
Hah! Pamela looks like she wants to put me in a grave alive! She looks funny that way. She actually thinks that way she scrunches up her nose is a glare or something. Haha.
-Dede
That's not funny, D! She looks really mad. I don't think she expected you to laugh at her anyway!
Oh well. That's life isn't it! :P. Its her problem if she wants to be a bitch about it. I didn't mean to piss her off but did you see the way she was screaming and everything?! Unbelievable. It as just a silly rat…pale…thingie whatever.
Delia. You know what I mean. She is not going to be very nice to you after this, and you know it!
Oh no. Break my heart but don't die, Hanny!
Shut up Delia! You are so mean to her!
But as Hannah tossed it back to Delia, Sirius reached his hand up and grabbed it, opening it up and reading it with James, who grinned.
I agree with Delia, Hanny. It was funny! I nearly wet my pants. Pamela is a chicken anyway! She smells.
-Siri-poo
Alright. Settle down, children.It was funny, but I think you best watch your back, Smith, she looks like she's out to get ya!
-J.P
James grinned and tossed the note to Delia.
HEY! Get out of our note, Siri-poo and J.P. Loozers!
Hi J.P and Siri-poo…what are you doing in our note?
We feel like being annoying!
Yeah!
Just as the bell rang, James dropped the note, and walked out with Sirius, Remus and Peter, talking about the way that rat looked. A stream of students walked out ahead of them. Pamela picked up the note, and her eyes grew angrier as she scanned over it, glaring at the backs of James, Delia, and Sirius, shaking her head evilly. Delia was talking to Mildred as she walked out of the room with Lily and Hannah behind them, when Pamela tripped in front of her.
Delia reached out to help her up and was surprised when Pamela pushed her away. "Don't touch me, I don't need your germs." She said and glared at her, stalking away. Delia laughed, shaking her head as Pamela turned away down the corner in to the Great Hall.
The girls entered the Great Hall and seated themselves near the middle of the table. Lily was cracking jokes with the Prewett twins, Gideon and Fabian.
"Why did the chicken cross the road?" Lily asked the twins and smiled, knowing they wouldn't be able to tell the answer since they were not muggle-borns like her. Delia was sitting next to her, also looking blank. "Well, guess." Lily said and held back her laughter.
"Because she wanted to die?" Gideon said and blinked, running a hand through his dirty blonde hair, identical to his brother. They both had teal eyes too, and were tall. Gideon was the keeper for the Gryffindor team, while Fabian did not play Quidditch.
"Because she left her eggs there?" Fabian tried. "Because she wants to be funny?" Delia tried after him.
"To get to the other side!" Lily cried and they all burst out in laughter, rolling around in their seats on the long bench. Mildred was sitting at the Ravenclaw table, discussing a book with two girls and a guy. Remus, James, Sirius and Peter were sitting at the end of the table, discussing something, and Hannah was sitting at the Hufflepuff table next to a boy, blushing slightly. Lily, Delia and Mildred did not know who the boy was, but they decided to ask Hannah later on.
"Muggles have the most nutty jokes!" Fabian said, cracking up slightly. Delia had stopped laughing moments ago and was having an arm wrestling match with Gideon, who was making squeaky girl noises and pretending to break a nail. He beat Delia every time except for one where she used both of her hands and ran away. Very Delia-like thing to do.
Remus was watching Lily from the other end of the table, smiling slightly. 'This is the first time I've seen her having such a good time since last month' he thought and smiled, happy to see the improvement in his friend. Delia finally returned after 10 minutes and sat down again, sticking her tongue out at Gideon and they began arguing about it jokingly.
Lily turned back to Fabian and smiled. "What are you considering for a career?" she asked as she took a bite of her mashed potatoes.
"Auror." He answered automatically, looking serious now. Lily nodded and smiled. "I see. Me too!"
"That's great." He said and grinned. "They sure do need more Aurors!".
"I agree." Lily said quickly as she swallowed. "So how did you do in the examination?" he asked her.
"Fairly well." She said and smiled. "I had been studying for this test for so long, and I think I did well." Lily finished.
"Same here!" Fabian said and smiled at her. He hadn't been doing so well in his Transfiguration class either, and he was glad that he had done well this time, and not blown something up as he and Gideon usually did anyway. He smiled proudly as Lily laughed.
Soon, everyone began walking out and James caught up with Lily as they walked and looked at her suspiciously.
"Are you dating Fabian?" he asked, narrowing his eyes suspiciously at her.
"No!" she said, shocked, "We're just friends, Potter! And even if I was, whats it to you?" she snapped.
"I like you, remember?" he said and winked at her, grinning slightly before jogging away to catch up with Sirius and Remus, leaving Lily standing there glaring after him. "Ugh." She said and stomped away, walking in a different direction that led to the GCR. As she turned a corner, she felt a strong hand push her back against the wall.
"Hey mudblood," a voice mocked, dark blue eyes shining maliciously. "Having a good time at Hogwarts, aren't you? Crapping the halls with your flith!" a second voice screeched, and a pair of dark eyes glared at her, pushing her against the wall again and she winced. A pale hand reached out and a long nail scratched down her cheek, making it bleed. Lily cried out in pain, a hand flying to her face. "WATCH YOUR BACK, YOU AND YOUR KIND, BITCH!"
Cold, mirthless laughter rang out in the halls, sending shivers up Lily's spine as one of them kicked her and they both ran away. She didn't know who they were, since they both had their faces covered. She knew they were both girls, though, deffinatly.
She began running to the GCR, the normal route that everyone took and stumbled in to Delia, who stood up and helped her up.
"Lily!" she gasped. "Your face!" she said and quickly did a healing charm on Lily's cheek. "What happened to you?"
"These two girls put me in the corner and started intimidating me!" she spat, angry at herself for not doing anything about it. She was a prefect. She walked in to the common room, shaking her head as Delia followed her.
"What did they do?" she asked her, narrowing her gray-blue eyes. "They called me Mudblood and they told me to watch my back." Lily said and frowned.
"Just ignore that, then." Hannah said and frowned, appearing next to them near their usual seats at the common room. "You do not need shit like that right now."
Lily felt like changing the subject, so she looked over at Hannah and grinned. "SO, Hanny, who was that cute boy you were sitting with at the table today?" Lily asked and smiled and Delia's eyes lit up. "Yeah, Han, who was that?"
"No one!" Hannah said and blushed. "Who is no one?" Mildred asked as she sat on the couch by Delia.
"The boy Han was sitting with today!" Delia answered and smiled at Hannah innocently.
"Oh, a crush!" Millie said and laughed. "SmuelNyzon" Hannah mumbled way too fast.
"Who?!" the three girls drilled in unison.
"Samuel Dyson!" she said and blushed, sitting down and hiding her face behind a book. "Oh my Good!" Delia said and laughed, "Hah, that boy is so stupid! My girls in Hufflepuff told me that he's too nice for his own good!"
"Really?" Hannah asked and smiled. This seemed to make her happy, not upset. She liked nice boys. Nice boys liked her. It worked fine.
Delia rolled her eyes and plopped down on to an armchair, her long legs dangling over the edge.
"What really?" Sirius asked and grinned, sitting down on the couch.
"HANNAH HAS A BOYFRIEND! HANNAH HAS A BOYFRIEND!" Delia yelled and laughed loudly, attracting the attention of many. Everyone but Hannah laughed, but smiled at her anyway. "Who?" Sirius asked and smiled. "Samuel Dyson!"
James came over and sat down by Sirius, "What about Samuel Dyson?" he asked and grinned. "Hanny is dating him." Millie said and went back to her book, shaking her head with a small smile. Hannah blushed and thwarted all of them with a pillow. "Stop it now!" she said and glared at them. "There is nothing wrong with that." She said defiantly, sticking her head up in the air.
Lily laughed, shaking her head slightly. "No one said there was!"
Hannah finally gave up the stubborn act, which was not like her, and blushed, grinning slightly. "We are going to Hogsmeade this weekend." She declared happily. Delia patted her shoulder. "Hey, good for you." She said and smiled. She really was happy for Hannah. Lily high fived Hannah. "Ah, next thing you know I will be forced to beat him up!" Lily said and all of them laughed except Hannah:
"Really, now!" and they all laughed even more. "STOP IT!" you can imagine who is saying that of course.
They all stopped at once and looked at Hannah, who grinned triumphantly.
"Wouldn't it be cute if Lily and James went on a date?" Delia said and grinned. "Yeah!" Sirius said.
"NO!" Lily yelled immediately, blushing and glaring at James, who smiled. "YEAH!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"NO POTTER!"
"YES!"
"NO WAY, I WOULD NEVER ANYWAY!"
"YES YOU WOULD! YES YOU WOULD!"
"NO NO NO!"
"YES YES YES!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"NO!"
"YES!"
"I WILL NEEVR EVER GO OUT WITH YOU POTTER, NOTHING WILL EVER BRING ME TO THAT NOW, AND NOTHING WILL EVER BRING ME TO DO THAT FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE! I PROMISE MYSELF I WILL NEEVR GO OUT WITH YOU!"
"YOU WILL GO OUT WITH ME EVANS, AND NOTHING WILL EVER BRING YOU NOT TO GO OUT WITH ME, MAYBE NOW BUT NOT FOREVER, AND I WILL GET YOU TO GO OUT WITH ME ON A DATE, AND I WILL ALWAYS TRY FOR AS LONG AS I LIVE! I PROMISE MYSELF I WILL ALWAYS TRY!"
Lily and James were both staring at each other, glaring, except that James began to laugh, loudly, to Lily's annoyment. (Is that even a word?). Delia and Sirius were laughing already, Hanah and Mildred were staring and Remus was disguising a smile.
"What is so funny, Potter?"
"Nothing." He said and grinned. "Absolutely nothing. Just get this Evans, for as long as I live, I will never stop trying. You hear me? Get adjusted to that, really, I hope you will." He said and smiled at her.
Lily shoved James off the couch and walked away, fuming. There were lots of things that needed adjustment to this year alright, lots and lots of things.
"Oh she's got the hots for me!"
A/N: Hello everyone and thank you for reading the first chapter of my second L/J fic! I hope its nice, and I also hope you did not get bored. At all. Anyway, I just got done watching Titanic…and…well…I cried. Same thing when read some people's stories here on FF.net about Lily and James. XD. Such a loser. Oh well. That's life. Anyway, about the fic. Love it? Hate it? Think it needs improvement? Think I shouldn't write it anymore? Makes you think? You like it? TELL ME ABOUT IT!!! I really really want to hear what you all have got to say, I really do. No lie there, mate. :p. Anyway, I have a question for all of you! I want you all to answer it, please:
Your favourite of Lily's friends is:
A) Mildred
B) Delia
C) Hanny
And once again, please review and thank you for reading this! Oh, and on a side note, I won't update till I get 10 reviews :D. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN YOU SHOULDN'T REVIEW EVEN IF BY LUCK THERE IS MORE! Hehe.
Yours truly,
BlAcK x RoSe