"Lily, I can't take this anymore!" the 18 year old boy shouted in the hallway. His nose was grown way out proportion and was sprouting nasty boils, thanks to the hex someone had just thrown at him. No, not someone, Lily thought to herself. Although she couldn't spot him she had a pretty damn good idea as to who was behind this curse.
"It's not my fault, Luke," she whispered.
"I know that!" he yelled again, trying to cover his still growing nose but not wanting to touch the painful, nasty boils. "But this is the sixth time some sort of 'accident' has happened to me since we started school this year. And truthfully, you are not worth this much trouble!" He ran off towards the hospital wing just as the bell rang, ending class. People came out with curious looks on their faces as they caught the end of what had happened.
Lily was standing there on the edge of tears. She was determined not to let it show however because she knew a certain raven haired boy, whom she was going to kill by the way, was watching from a corner somewhere. Probably thinking he was very clever too.
Luckily she wasn't alone for long. Suddenly two girls were standing next to her, turning her around, leading her away from the curious stares of the students around them.
"Come on Lily," the tall one said softly. Her name was Amber Matthews. She had long luscious brown curls that fell softly half way down her back and an angelic face. She was one of Lily's best friends. They had actually started out hating each other but after they had both been cheated on by the same guy they had teamed up their third year and had become fast friends. The other girl, Dawnelle Andrews, had straight, dirty blonde hair that fell just past her shoulders. She had a very mature face and nature. She had become friends with Lily and Amber at the beginning of fourth year when she had dumped the same boy Lily and Amber had caught cheating on them the year before. The boy was none other then Sirius Black, one of the Marauders, and best friends of James Potter, the male behind the hexing of Lily's now ex-boyfriend.
The three girls walked to the head's dormitory, all the while Amber and Dawnelle were comforting and sympathizing with Lily. She was more upset about this break up then with all the others. Mostly because this boy, Luke Reynolds, a seventh year Ravenclaw, had lasted the entire summer with her, when before the record was a week. Most boys however, did not make it past the first date. It wasn't her fault. It really wasn't. She was a nice girl.
"That damn James Potter!" Lily said in outrage when they reached the common room she was allowed to use as head girl. "I've never done anything to him but tell him no! I don't go around hexing his girlfriends! If that's really what you can call most of those sluts!" Both of her friends looked away for a minute. She felt a slight tinge coming to her cheeks in embarrassment as she remembered both of them had dated him for a short period of time. "Sorry," she muttered.
"No, no," Dawnelle said, "you're entirely right! And you did say 'like most of those sluts'" she looked as though this fixed Lily's mistake.
"Yeah," Amber added, "he is a complete jerk! The worst out there! You know, besides Sirius Black."
"They fit, ya know?" Lily said. "The two of them, it's good they are best friends. One of these days they will realize they are perfect for each other and decide to go gay. At least then they will stop bothering us."
"Although if they did that, Dawnelle might find him not so open to make out sessions in broom closets around the school!" Amber said. Dawnelle hit her playfully.
"Hey! I have not yet done it this year!" she said defensively.
"Yes dear, but we're only in the first week of term," Lily said grinning.
"Yeah, and he has had a girl the whole time," Dawnelle added. She had gone steady with him in fourth year but the minute she sensed that he was doing something behind her back she had dumped him. Yes, she had dumped him. It was the first time and probably still remained the only time that ever happened to him. Anyways, she was not going to deny he was the best kisser in the school, next to James of course, and since he still liked her and since she still had a small thing for him, it was common knowledge in the school that she would give in every once in a while and make out with him. However, she only did this if he was completely single. She would never put a girl through the pain he would.
"And, in James defense," Amber held up her hands as Lily glowered at her, "No, I just mean that he, at least, never ever cheats on his girls." Lily sighed, that much was true.
"Why is it that every good looking guy has to be an ass?" she asked. Amber and Dawnelle shook their heads.
"Your guess is as good as ours," Amber replied.
"Though you must admit that Remus isn't that bad, and he isn't an ass," Dawnelle added. "Though he doesn't really compare to James or Sirius in kissing."
"Shit, Dawnelle," Lily said, "how many boys have you not dated?"
"I'm insulted!" Dawnelle said in a mock serious tone. "Who says I date every boy I kiss?"
"Not information we needed," Amber said.
"Cuz you're so much better then me!" Dawnelle said grinning. Amber pretended to look shocked.
"I have never slept with Black! Thank you very much!"
"Hey! That was an accident!" Dawnelle said, trying to look innocent but after getting a look from her friends she added resentfully, "Sorta…"
"Either way, you are both worse then me!" Lily said laughing.
"Well we wouldn't be if James wasn't scaring off all his competition!" Amber said.
"Which brings us back to the original reason we are up here ranting," Dawnelle said pointedly.
It was the first weekend of school and they didn't have all that much homework, something they knew would not last all that much longer considering this was the year of their NEWTs. Also, it should be said that these girls are not the normal overly made up girls wearing the extremely short skirts and low cut shorts that you might see. These girls, all of them, are extremely beautiful, self confident and attractive to guys. Therefore, they could be compared to the two boys they often complained about. If James and Sirius were the boys of the school to date, Dawnelle and Amber were the girls. Lily, as Amber had said, would have been one of these girls as well but for the fact that any boy who asked Lily out generally ended up in the hospital wing with some affliction or another. James had been doing this to Lily since the middle of first year. Why? She would never know. She would have seen no real reason not to date him had it not been for the fact that he was continually pulling pranks on her, he was continually hexing boys who liked her, and he acted so arrogant and big headed around her that both she and her friends decided he would be the last boy Lily ever dated.
"So it does. I hate that kid," Lily said exasperatedly. She threw up her arms in defeat. "I don't even know what to do with him anymore! And now I have to spend more time with him then ever!" Oh yeah, he was the head boy. That meant he shared the head dorm with her. Meaning she shared a common room with him. Meaning she shared a small kitchen with him. Meaning, she though disgustedly, she shared a bathroom with him.
"You should do something this year! You need to do something to get him back!" Amber said mischievously.
"What could I possibly do to him without sinking to his level?"
"Well, I don't know! That's why we need a girl's night tonight! To come up with ideas!" she exclaimed as thought this was the most logical thing ever. Dawnelle agreed.
"The two of you just don't wanna sleep in the dorms!"
"Course we don't! We don't have our own kitchen and a king size bed and our own bathrooms!"
"I don't have those either, do I?"
"Well, you have the bed!" She grinned and nodded in agreement. They all started laughing and made their way out to the great hall for dinner. However, at the entrance to the dorm they ran into three people they weren't expecting but shouldn't have been surprised to see.
"Why hullo Evans!" James cried joyfully. "Looking for me to walk you down to dinner?"
Lily waved the notion away and said dismissively, "Of course not. I don't know where you get your delusions."
"Yo, Dawnelle," Sirius said.
"Don't address me with 'yo' and what do you want?" she replied.
"I just thought you'd like to know I broke up with what's-her-face."
"Sirius, why would I want to know that?" she said tiredly, he grinned and winked. She rolled her eyes at her friends. "Are you expecting me to be happy you broke up with some poor girl and you can't even remember her name?"
"Sure, why not!"
"Pig."
"You turn me on."
"I know I do," she said flirtatiously. "Let's go girls," she added before pushing past him. The other two followed her quickly and they left the three boys standing in the common room.
