'Cause I have a million other stories I should be writing but when an idea strike you, it won't go away. It is only a drabble after all... right? ;) Well, maybe a collection.
You can tell so much by looking at someone's desk. From mine you could easily tell that: I love raccoons, writing, and if you look even closer, pretty much anything about my past. Pictures, decorations, what's on random papers... these are the things that define you. First up, Lily Evans.
Maybe I'll go through the Marauders, Golden Trio, and Next Gen but we'll have to see
It was just a plain wooden desk, sitting in her totally normal room. A muggle room, but hers just the same and she's changed it. Her room would be a story in itself but her desk, that's where the defining points of her are. She has a few pictures around the brim: a picture of her, Alice, Dorcas, Marlene, and Emmiline laughing and lying on a hill by the lake. A moving picture, of course, a magical one. On the other side is a photo of her and James, Lily's red hair billowing about and James's Gryffindor tie blowing in the wind. Remus caught this one after they started dating and her friends and boyfriend are the people she wants with her at all times. Although most wouldn't guess it, hidden away in a drawer at the bottom, she has a picture (standing still) of her and her family and underneath it along with their many letters, one of her and Severus.
Her desk is as neat as it can be when crammed with papers and many letters from her friends. She also has her textbooks and a few muggle novels lying amiss the parchment. She has a small doe sculpture by the photo of her and James and a few quills in a straight line. She's got a lamp in a corner, a purple one and a souvenir from Hogsmeade, a keychain with a picture of the Hogwarts crest on it.
Above all this, there is a bulletin board with a picture of a lily in the left corner pinned up. She has a few more pictures of her friends up here; separate pictures of the other girls, Remus, and James. She has some study notes tacked up as well as a note from James with some sections highlighted in pink marker.
Her chair is a black swivel chair and worn down from constant use although her desk is cleared more during the school year than summer for when she's away at Hogwarts. During breaks, she'd piled it high with whatever new project that currently has her attention. She's- yes- a little lazy when it comes to cleaning her desk and her room is surprisingly clear. But her desk is ablaze with new ideas and constantly in use when ever she's at home.
It can tell a lot about her, the way she wants everything to be perfect but doesn't have the patience for it, her continuos stream of projects, and her friends, smiling at her from pictures. Lily Evans is proud and so she carefully tacks the letters G- R - Y - F - F - I - N - D- O - R to the top of her bulletin board. Lily's always wanted to be a reporter when she grows up, informing the world of what's going on. A writer. She is who she is and she won't change for anyone, not her friends, her boyfriend, or her family. She's independent and confident. That, is Lily.
Wah-lah! If you like it, review. If not, review (But tell me what you don't like). Please! If people enjoy it, I'll write chapter two, probably James Potter. Thanks.
~ Yellow