They have hated each other since their first year at
Hogwarts. They have avoided each other since then. They were in good terms with
each other's friends…
Potter vs. Evans
Chapter One - Detention
Lily Evans was tall, thin,
with waist-length red hair (it was almost totally straight and had some waves,
but it wasn't completely? wavy) and emerald green eyes. She was the
prettiest girl in Hogwarts. Her best friend was Lucia Rossini, but she was in
good terms with the other Gryffindor sixth year girls, Konstanze Angelkort and
Patricia Wilson. She was also a friend of Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter
Pettigrew, her worst enemy's best friends. She also happened to be very smart
and was very good in many subjects, especially Charms and Potions.
James Potter was tall, thin, but not too skinny, with perpetually messed jet-black short hair and brown eyes. His best friend was Sirius Black, but he was also a friend of the other Gryffindor sixth year boys Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. He had a girlfriend, Konstanze Angelkort, and was in good terms with her best friend, Patricia Wilson and with his worst enemy's best friend, Lucia Rossini. He was the most popular boy in Hogwarts. He also happened to be very smart and was good in many subjects especially Quidditch and Flight (he was the captain of Gryffindor's quidditch team) and Transfiguration.
Lily Evans and James
Potter hated each other since their first year, but nobody knew why, even their
best friends. They always pulled pranks on each other, and liked it.
This story begins in a
Thursday which was supposed to be an usual Thursday, but for one thing…
Lily went downstairs to
breakfast with her best friend, Lucia. They were talking about who they wanted
to ask them to the Yule Ball, that Saturday. Lucia had a crush on Remus, and
was waiting for him to ask her. Lily already had a partner, Sirius Black. Remus
was too shy to ask anybody out, so Lily told Lucia to ask him.
"Lily! And what if he dumps me?"
"I think he won't."
"Why?"
"Because he is polite and
because he's too shy to ask any other girl."
"Oh!" Lucia replied
disappointed
"I knew you wanted me to
say that Remus will accept because he's madly in love with you but…"
"Hey! I didn't mean that!"
"Sure you didn't…"
"Lily!"
"I know my name, thanks."
"Lily, I didn't want you
to say anything. "
"So why did you ask me
why?"
"You're making me
confused…"
"Poor Lucia…"
"Lily!"
"I know my name, darling!"
"You're not in a good mood
today."
"No, I'm perfectly well,
my mood couldn't be better."
"Any dreams about him?"
Lucia asked teasingly
"About who, Lucia?" Lily
asked angrily
"You know, him."
"If you don't tell me,
Lucia, I won't know who he is."
"Lily! Who do you dream
all the nights?"
Lily blushed and wondered
if she talked during her sleeping. She had never told Lucia about her dreams.
"I… I don't dream about anybody… I don't know who are you talking about."
"Okay…" Lucia said looking
pleased at an uncomfortable Lily
"Lucia… do you know what I
dream?"
"Er… no. But I wonder."
Lily looked much more
relieved at those words. She didn't want even Lucia to know about her secret.
It was only hers.
They sat down at
Gryffindor's table.
Almost 5 minutes before
class, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew went
downstairs to the Great Hall.
"Look who is there!" James
said to his friends "My darling Evans!"
"What are you planning to
do, Prongs? Don't forget she have to go to the Yule Ball with me the day after
next and that I want to go with a pretty girl. Please… can't you wait until
Sunday to dye her hair black or to make it bushy?" Sirius argued at him
"Who talked about hair?"
James replied
"Look, Prongs! There's
Severus Snape. Let's pull a prank on him!" Sirius asked, hoping that
James didn't go to pull a prank on Lily
"Snape? I'm going after
Evans!" James insisted
"Jamie-boy… watch
yourself!" Sirius said
"Sirius… you're sounding
like my mum!" James said
"Yuck, Prongs! I won't let
you take my breast! You know… this baby/mother thing." Sirius shouted making a
face.
"Silly!" James whispered
"Moony, Wormtail! Help me
removing this stupid idea from Prong's head! I want my Lily-lily beautiful to
go to the ball with me!"
"I'd better stay quiet.
Last time I tried to interfere in James and Lily's er… "friendship"… I was
changed into a pumpkin." Remus said
"Wormy?" Sirius begged
"No way! L-l-let's let
they solve their own problems alone!" Peter said in an odd tone of voice
When Sirius realized,
James was next to Lily, his wand pointed on her.
"Lily, turn your back!
James is just behind you!" Sirius yelled
Lily turned around and saw
James with his wand pointed at her back.
"Coward… you tried to hit
me when I was oblivious, in my back… Tsc! Tsc! This isn't a gentleman-like
thing. Not at all!" she said sharply
"Don't call me coward,
Evans or I…"
"Or you what? Or you'll
meow at me?" she said with her wand
pointed at a cat she had already transformed. "You know, Potter? You look
better this way. Not talking."
The Great Hall burst into laugher. Their luck was that the teachers had left to their classes.
"Don't be so glad, Evans!"
James said, as he transformed himself back in himself "Forgot that I'm a genius
in Transfiguration?"
"So let's see who's
better. Saltulumn Coellum!" she shouted and he started to jump freakly
"You'll see, Evans! Wingardium
Leviosa!" As he yelled, Lily began to fly to the Great Hall's ceiling.
Everybody there looked
amazed.
In the ceiling, Lily
yelled:
"Wingardium Leviosa"
And James too was flying up to the Great Hall's ceiling.
Snape couldn't be happier.
Two of his worst enemies were there, just waiting to lose points.
He hurried to Professor
Kent, the Potions teacher.
"Hurry, sir! Potter and
Evans are in the top of the Great Hall's ceiling!"
Kent hurried, and so did
McGonagall, and Sprout, and Quintus Moody, and Flitwick and all the teachers
who Snape had bothered calling.
"Evans and Potter! Down
right now!" McGonagall yelled at the top of her lungs
"I can't, Professor!"
James and Lily shouted together
"Accio cushion!" Flitwick summoned a big cushion to the middle of the Great Hall "Finite
Incantatem"
James fell first on the cushion (Lily's robes were tied on the luster), Lily fell some seconds later, and exactly on him.
"Ouch!" James yelled,
trying to pretend the sensation of Lily being on him wasn't even a little bit
pleasant.
Lily stood up. James too,
after her.
"It was really the most
ridiculous thing I've ever seen two sixth year students do. Honestly! You two
were always great in all the subjects. This stupid rivalry corrupts you. I'm
really sad with what I've already seen."
James and Lily glanced at McGonagall.
"You'll be in detention
this evening. And before I forget… 50 points each from Gryffindor."
"Have you realized what
you did?" Lily muttered.
"It was you, Evans" he
replied
"Even after all this
rubbish, you don't stop acting like babies? You two disappoint me." McGonagall
"Sorry!" Lily whispered
looking at the floor
"You don't have to
apologize to me. You have to apologize to James and to everybody who watched
this rubbish."
Everybody in the Great Hall was glancing at them.
"To my office, NOW!"
McGonagall ordered
James and Lily stayed
quiet and followed McGonagall.
"Will you explain me why all this rubbish happened?" McGonagall asked angrily
"Well…" Lily said
"She hates me!" James
shouted
"Will you shut up? You
hate me too." Lily replied
"Because you strut!" James
replied
"You strut, Mr. Popular
Potter!" Lily replied
"It's not my fault if
everybody likes me. Unlike you, I'm nice."
"And modest…" Lily said
sarcastically
"WILL YOU BOTH SHUT UP?"
McGonagall yelled.
"But, Professor…" Lily
started
"SHUT UP, MISS EVANS!"
McGonagall yelled
James looked victoriously
to Lily and muttered something that made her slap him.
"OUCH!" he yelled
"Miss Evans, you are affronting
Mr. Potter in front of me. Why do you both act like little kids?"
"Because he's annoying.
Because I hate him. Because he struts." Lily answered
"Stop it! You don't have respect even for me! I was thinking in put you two in detention separately, but I've already decided to put you together."
"WHAT? You can't do that!"
Lily shouted.
"Low your voice, Miss
Evans. I'm your teacher and you owe me respect." McGonagall said "And I CAN do
this. I'm doing it!"
"Sorry." Lily whispered
looking to the floor
"Don't you be embarrassed
fighting like this in front of everybody, from first to seventh year?"
"Sorry, Professor." James
whispered looking at the floor
"Potter started, Professor. I was having breakfast calmly with my friends when he arrived and tried to pull a prank on me while I wasn't looking and… " Lily started but was cut by McGonagall
"Doesn't matter who began.
When one doesn't want to, two don't fight. "
"Sorry." Lily repeated "It won't happen again if Potter agrees not to tease me again."
"You tease me, Evans!"
James said
"Stop it NOW!" McGonagall
yelled "You're making me mad!"
"Sorry" James and Lily
whispered at the same time, and turned their faces to the floor
"Sorry! SORRY! You can only say sorry! What does it matter if you apologize if you keep doing the same mistake again and again?" McGonagall shouted "You'll receive an owl by the lunch saying the hour you have to present to detention."
"Okay. Can I go now?"
James asked
"Yes, Potter." McGonagall
granted
James and Lily walked
towards the door
"You stay here, Miss
Evans! I want to talk to you." McGonagall said sharply
James left the office and
Lily turned her heels and walked towards McGonagall.
"Yes?" Lily asked
"I want to talk to you
about you."
"What?" Lily asked
"You're a prefect, Miss Evans.
You can't do the things like this. You're embarrassing Gryffindor. Dumbledore
wants you to be Head Girl next year, and an hour ago, me too! How can you do
the things like this?"
"Really?" Lily asked I'll
kill Potter if I won't be Head Girl because of him "Is there any
possibility of me still being the Head Girl?"
"I don't know, Miss Evans.
You are embarrassing Hogwarts, not only Gryffindor."
"So…"
"But if you start acting
like a responsible girl in your age, there's still the possibility."
"Oh!"
"You can go now."
"Thank you, Professor."
Lily left the office and closed the
door.
Damn
Potter! Why do he have to do this to me… If I won't be Head Girl because of
him… I hate McGonagall too. She thinks I am going to get along with Potter
because of this damn outpost of Head Girl! Great thing being a Head Girl! Well,
I want to be a Head Girl but Potter sucks. Why he have always to pull pranks on
me? Why? I pull pranks on him too, but I don't make it in front of everybody…
Well, I do, but…
Lily shook her head. Why
I am thinking about this stupid git? I'll think about something happy now:
Detention with James… Wait! Did I call him James?
Yes
Dammit! He's driving me crazy!
You also said that detention with him was a happy
thing
I had
already said that Potter is driving me crazy.
Okay…
Don't
talk to me like that, you stupid subconscious. You're so… so… sarcastic.
You only
see what you want to see…
No I
don't. I just listen the rubbish you tell me.
I am
you, darling.
OOOOHHH!
Shut up!
Lily ran
towards Moaning Myrtle's bathroom. She
washed her face with cold water.
This is
better
You only
see what you want to see…
Oh, No!
You again?
I'm you,
honey!
No,
you're not!
Yes I am
No!
Yes!
No!
Yes, yes
and YES!
"Noooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!"
Lily yelled at the top of her lungs
Suddenly,
Sirius appeared there.
"Who are
you talking too, Lil?"
"Oh!
What are you doing here, Sirius?"
"I asked
first!"
"I asked
second!"
"Okay, I
like going to the girls bathroom…" he said blushing. Being Sirius, it was a
very rare moment
"You
pervert!" Lily said laughing because Sirius blushed
"So… who
were you talking to?"
"Well…
to nobody."
Sirius
laughed
"I'm
going to send you to Saint Mungo's!"
"Sirius!
So I'll send you there. You're a pervert!"
"Well,
when the subject is you…"
Lily
raised her eyebrows.
"So…
what happened to you and my dear Prongs?"
"McGonagall
gave us a detention."
"When is
yours?"
"I
dunno. She's going to send me the owl at the lunch time."
"Oh! Is
it going to be today?"
"Yeah!"
"And
Prongs's?"
"Today
too. Together with me… Dammit!"
Sirius
burst into laugher. He laughed so hard, that Moaning Myrtle left her box and
started to yell:
"Pervert!
Pervert! There's a boy here! Pervert! Pervert!"
"Oh-oh!"
Sirius said "Gotta go, Lil!"
And he
ran through the door.
Moments
later, McGonagall entered the bathroom.
"What
happened this time, Miss Evans?"
"Nothing.
Myrtle's just have a bad dream, I guess."
McGonagall
glanced at Lily.
"Ghosts
don't have dreams, Miss Evans."
This
time Myrtle burst into sobs
"Only
because I'm a ghost you treat me like that. It wasn't a dream, but why do you
have to remember me that I can't dream? Why? Why?"
Lily
held back laughter
McGonagall
only turned on her heels. Myrtle was really boring and discussing with her was
an even more boring experience. Listening to her cry too.
Lily
went to her History of Magic class. Everybody was there.
"Why are
you late, Miss Evans?" Professor Binns asked coldly
"I was
in McGonagall's office." She answered
"Potter
was with you and he's already here." Binns said
James
smirked victoriously to Lily, she pretended not to see it.
"McGonagall
held me more time there." Lily argued
"15
points from Gryffindor." He said
"But…"
she started
"More
five points from Gryffindor. Sit down."
Lily sat
down next to James. It was the only remaining desk. James was laughing at her.
"Are you
happy because Gryffindor had just lost 20 points?"
"No" he
answered "I'm laughing because YOU lost 20 points for Gryffindor."
"You're
crazy!"
"And the
last goblin rebellion happened on the last century, before they owned Gringotts.
Miss Angelkort, could you tell me who was the first owner of Gringotts?"
"Er…"
Konstanze answered "House-elves?"
Everybody
burst into laugher.
"No,
Miss Angelkort. Who can answer this?" Binns asked
Only
James and Lily's hands were up.
"Mr.
Potter?" Binns said
"The
Ministry of Magic owned all the Gringotts banks."
"Good,
Mr. Potter."
After
History of Magic, they had Divination together.
In the
Divination class, Lucia asked Lily: "So… what about your detention?"
"Why
everybody is happy? Because I'll have to spend my time with James?"
"You
will? Oh! JAMES?! This is an upgrade!"
"Shut
up. It slipped."
"That's
because you think about James, not about Potter, like you're used to say."
"I don't
think about him." She snapped
"Okay…"
Lucia said sarcastically
"Can you
stop being so sarcastic?"
"Me????"
"Stop
being cynical, Lucia!"
"Do you
have PMS?"
"Shut
up!"
"Calm
down!"
Sirius,
who was walking towards Professor Trelawney, listened to part of the
conversation
"Wow!
Lily! Do you fancy Prongs? That's nice to hear!" Sirius said before laughing
hard.
"What
about me?" James walked towards them with interest
"Nothing"
Lily snapped
"Lily
fancies you, Prongs!" Sirius said
"Yuck!"
James shouted and made a face
"I
don't!" Lily shouted
"You do!" Lucia shouted
"Lucia!" Lily said
"I know
my name! Lucia teased copying Lily's way of speaking.
"I
didn't say that I fancy Potter. You're all crazy!"
"Really?
And your dreams?" Lucia asked teasingly
"Yeah!
And your dreams?" Sirius repeated, even without knowing about the dreams.
Lily
blushed.
"Dreams?
I dunno what are you talking about."
"Okay,
then!" Lucia said sarcastically
"Stop
trying to convince me that I'm madly in love with James!"
"See?
You called him James again!"
"Because
you're driving me crazy!"
James
looked pleased with Lily
"Don't
look at me like that. I'd rather date Snape than fancy or like you."
"Wow!"
James said startled.
"I hate
you more than I hate him. At least he doesn't tease me like you do." She
snapped.
"And you
don't tease me?" James asked.
"I do."
She agreed.
"So…"
"So
nothing. I'm not asking you to stop teasing me because I hate you so much that
I couldn't stop teasing and pulling pranks on you."
"It
looks like love! It's romantic!" Lucia said.
"SHUT
UP!" James and Lily yelled together.
This
time, Professor Trelawney (who since then was helping Konstanze to read her tea
leaves, walked towards them.
"My
inner eyes told me you were fighting." Trelawney said calmly.
"It's
rather your ears, Professor" Lucia said (she loved to tease Trelawney because
she doesn't like her faking Divination skills) "They are fighting out loud… as
ever."
Trelawney
ignored her.
"What
happened, dears?" she said with a mystic voice.
"Didn't
your inner eyes tell you?" Lily asked teasingly.
"I'm
having a little block." Trelawney replied.
"They
are just saying how much they love each other!" Sirius teased.
Looking
at the looks on James and Lily's face, Trelawney said:
"My
inner eyes told me it's not this."
"Thank
god there's somebody intelligent on the world! They are trying to drive me
crazy, Professor! They are trying to make me think I'm madly in love with
Potter!"
"You
called him James just two minutes ago." Sirius teased.
"Shut
up!" Lily muttered.
"My
inner eyes told me they hate each other." Trelawney said with the same mystic
voice.
"See?"
Lily said victoriously.
"Half an
hour ago, you agreed with me that she didn't know anything." Lucia muttered.
"Well,
now I find her very clever." Lily said.
"Me
too." James agreed.
"You're
not supposed to agree with me, Potter! We're enemies!" Lily said.
"Why
not? Do you think I'm supposed to think we love each other? Because if I don't
agree with you that I hate you and you hate me… so I'm thinking the opposite."
"Good
point!" Lily agreed.
The bell
rang. They left the class, but stood in the corridor.
Lucia
and Sirius were whispering to each other and laughing hard.
"Will
the couple of monkeys tell me what's the subject of the laugh?" Lily asked.
"The
love birds." Sirius replied.
"How
many times do I have to say that I'm not madly in love with Potter?" Lily
shouted angrily.
"Who
said we were talking about you?" Lucia said teasingly "We were talking about
James and Konstanze. And you said you don't fancy him…"
Lily
turned around and saw a kissing couple. It was James and his girlfriend.
"I only
said this because I'm used to hear your horrible comments." Lily said angrily
"I'm hungry. I'll go to the Great Hall"
Lily
went downstairs. Sirius and Lucia glanced each other and laughed hardly. James
pulled off from Konstanze breathlessly.
Sirius
and Lucia looked at the kissing couple and laughed as hard as before.
"What?"
James asked with a visible red lipstick mark around his mouth.
"Nothing,
Prongs, nothing!" Sirius said between laughter.
"Crazy!"
James said moving his index finger- rolling it near his right year.
They all
went downstairs to lunch.
Lily was
there, at Gryffindor's table with the most bored look in her face.
"Cheers,
Lil!" Sirius said "One day Jamie will look at you with other eyes".
Lily
slapped Sirius.
"I don't
want Potter even to look at me!"
"Calm
down! He looks at you. His problem is this Angelkort-girl." Sirius teased
Lily
slapped him again.
"Hey,
Lil! I hope it didn't come to be a habit!" Sirius said between laugher "It
really hurts!"
"So
you're shameless!"
"Yeah, I
am!" he said.
Lucia
sit in Lily's right. In her left was Josephine Ryan, a fifth year. Josephine
wasn't exactly her friend, but she loved to flatter Lily.
"What
happened, Lil?" Josephine asked.
"This
shameless git keeps saying I am madly in love with Potter."
"Sirius!
Stop saying this! She hates Potter!" Josephine shouted.
Josephine
did everything Lily asked her to do. She was a flatterer and if Lily hated
James, she would hate him too.
"Shut
up, Jo-jo! I'm talking to my Lily-lily!" he teased.
"I'm not
your Lily-lily!" Lily snapped.
"You're
right! You're James's Lily-lily!" Sirius teased.
Lily
slapped him again.
"Ouch,
Lil!" Sirius said "It's really becoming a habit!"
"Well
done, Lily!" Josephine shouted.
"Why you
are so annoying, Sirius?" Lily asked.
"Because
I love you!" he said teasingly, but unexpectedly kissed Lily on the lips.
James,
who was in the other side of the table looked at them and his jaw dropped.
Lily
pulled Sirius off her and asked breathlessly:
"Why did
you do that?"
"To make
Prongs jealous. Look at him!" Sirius whispered in her left ear.
"I don't
want to make him jealous. I don't even like him! And he doesn't like me"
"Whatever.
Aren't you going to slap me, then?" Sirius whispered.
"No."
said Lily and pulled Sirius into another kiss.
James
looked at them in disbelief, and become suddenly very interested in the food in
his plate, though he started looking at this.
Suddenly,
two tan owls entered the Great Hall. One of them dropped a letter on Lily's
lap, the other, in James plate.
Lily
pulled off Sirius and started reading the letter. James stopped looking to his
plate and started reading the letter.
Lily
read exactly this:
Dear Miss L. Evans,
We
expect you to accomplish your detention at this Thursday at 23 o'clock at my
office. Then you and Mr. Potter will go to Hagrid's cabin and he'll give you
the orders.
Yours
sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
James
read almost the same thing:
Dear
Mister J. Potter,
We
expect you to accomplish your detention at this Thursday at 23 o'clock at my
office. Then you and Miss Evans will go to Hagrid's cabin and he'll give you
the others.
Yours
sincerely,
Minerva McGonagall
Deputy
Headmistress
"Dammit!"
James and Lily complained at the same time.
After
lunch, they had Muggle Studies. The Teacher, Professor Buntton, was a
muggle-lover, and loved to talk about their inventions and stuff.
"Today
we are going to talk about the planes. As you must know, planes are picturesque
ways of transportation, as the Muggles don't know how to Apparate, or to ride a
broom, or to use the Floo Powder. Planes, which are strange machines, can fly.
There's many controversies about its inventor. Some people says it was invented
by the Wright brothers, others say it was invented by Santos Dumont. The fact
is that the Wright brothers put the machine in the air before Santos Dumont,
but they used a catapult. They had just a few witnesses. Three years later, in
Paris, Santos Dumont flew around the Eiffel Tower, in front of the eyes of
hundreds of citizens. And he didn't use a catapult. I want you to discuss with
your partners who was the inventor of the plane. Then you'll write down your
conclusions. Two rolls of parchment, please."
Lily,
who was a muggle-born witch, thought that Santos Dumont was the real inventor
for the plane, as he flew in front of more witnesses and he was the first not
to use the catapult. Lucia disagreed with her, because, in her witch creation
she thought that even using a catapult, Wright brothers' plane flew. Sirius
agreed with Lucia.
At the
end, almost everybody had agreed that the Wright brothers were the real
inventor for that flying machine.
"I
don't!" James said.
"Why?"
Sirius asked.
"With a
catapult, they could make even a whale fly." James replied
"Good
point." Sirius said "But the plane flew, didn't it?"
"Yes,
but Santos Dumont's was more elaborated."
"So he
invented the elaborated plane. The first one was Wrights' invention."
"I think
not!" James insisted
"Why do
you have always to agree with my Lily-lily?" Sirius teased.
"I don't
always agree with her." James snapped.
"No, of
course not. It's only strange you have always liked the same things as she. You
and her choose the same subjects, even not talking about this." Sirius said.
"Coincidence."
James replied
"I
know…" Sirius said
"Sirius…"
"Yes?"
"Why did
you kiss her?"
"Why are
you asking me this?"
"I asked
first."
"Okay,
Jealous Prongs. I'll answer you. She's cute, smart and nice. Would there be any
other whys?"
"I don't
agree with you. She's ugly and boring. Okay, she's a little bit brainy, but
that's all. And I'm not jealous."
"Yes,
you are. And Lily, ugly? I think you really need to fix your glasses, Prongs!"
"No,
thanks. They're perfectly fine."
"Okay,
then… But why did you ask it?"
"I asked
what?"
"You
know… why did I kiss her."
"Well… I
was wondering why somebody would kiss Lily Evans."
"Look at
her, Prongs. Don't you see a reason?"
James
looked at her. She was incredibly beautiful writing her essay. She wasn't
looking angry, as she always did when she was near him. She was looking busy.
Not smiling, but she wasn't knitting her brows, so she looked very pretty.
"Earth
to Moon. Prongs! Are you hearing me?" Sirius teased
"Uh?"
James said absently minded
"Never
mind. You were looking to Lily as a dog looks for a bone."
"Padfoot!"
"You
were. But forget about it. She's not for you. And after all, she is MY
girlfriend now." Sirius said incredibly serious He likes difficult women.
Sirius thought He prefer what he can't have. I'm sure he's going to be more
interested in Lily after hearing what I've already said.
"I'm
just disgusted in how did you chose her with all this really pretty girls
around."
"Halt!
She's the prettiest girl in our school."
"Your opinion."
"Our
opinion."
"Don't
put me in the middle of your stupid feelings!"
"Okay,
Prongs…" Sirius said sarcastically "Let's pretend she isn't even a bit
interesting."
James
ignored him.
After
more double Potions (which was really boring), their school day was over and
they went to Gryffindor's common room.
"I'll
enjoy this little time before torture." Lily told Lucia
"Torture?"
Lucia asked
"Being
with Potter."
"Yeah…
it must be torture being with the guy you love and have to pretend that you
hate him" Lucia teased
"I don't
love him. It's torture to see the guy you hate most in the world and pretend
you don't want to kill him. Because if I show what I feel, Dumbledore and
McGonagall will certainly not consider my name to Head Girl next year."
"It's
not only this, Lil. Who else would they choose for Head Girl? Narcissa
Karabastos? She's clever, but not like you. After all, she has strange
connections to the Dark Lord, and Dumbledore must know it. There is also Mary
Ann Simpson, from Ravenclaw, she's clever, but she's too shy to become
Headgirl. Alison Ford, Hufflepuff's prefect is very popular and nice. But she's
not much intelligent…"
"I know.
But I think they can choose someone who's not prefect. Konstanze for an
example…"
"Are you
kidding, Lily? She doesn't have a brain! You're just thinking that she's better
than you because she's James's girlfriend. She's only pretty, that's
all."
"I'm not
saying this because she's Potter's girlfriend. I'm saying that she has a brain,
and a huge one. She has intelligence, but she doesn't like to study. She used
to get better grades before she started dating Potter, but now… I think she
loses her study time."
"You say
it!"
"I say
it, that's right."
"Because
you're jealous."
"Why
would I be jealous of… of Potter?"
"Because
you love him. It's obvious!"
"I do
not!"
"You do!"
"Lucia! You're looking like
my stupid subc… never mind."
"I look
like what?"
"Somebody."
"Who?"
"Never
mind!"
"Tell
me!"
"No!"
"Never
mind you, Lil! Soon or later you'll tell me."
"Okay,
then!"
"Okay!"
"Lucy…"
"What,
Lil?"
"Why are
you saying that I love Potter?"
"Because
it's written on your face."
"It's
not!"
"Lily…
I'm not a kid. I'll not keep discussing with you what is obvious and what you
know is obvious…"
"It's
not obvious. I don't love him. But why you and Sirius started saying this
today?"
"Because
we finally realize this."
"Impossible.
Because it's not true. I'm in love with Sirius."
"Sure
you are." Lucia said sarcastically
"I am. I
kissed him."
"Because
James was near. You wanted to see him jealous."
"I don't
care about him."
"You do.
Soon or later you'll realize. Haven't you said that you want to talk about
another thing but James?"
"Yes."
"So…
let's talk about Sirius."
"What
about him?" Lily asked bored
"You
see? If you really loved him, you should be interested in talking about him."
"Who
said I am not?"
"Your
eyes."
"What
about my eyes?"
"I can
read them."
"Lucia,
you look like Trelawney when you talk this way."
"Haven't
you already said that you realized she is REALLY intelligent?"
"Well…
but…"
"Don't
care about finding explanations about what can't be explained."
"You're
mystic today."
"I've
always been…"
"Good
point."
"Lily… I
suppose it's dinner time. Look at the clock! It's half past seven in the
evening!"
"Let's
go there! I'm hungry"
Somebody
groaned some ugly words behind the sofa they were seated. But wasn't overheard.
*****
After
double potions, when every Gryffindor's seventh year arrived at the common
room, James and Sirius went to their dormitory. Remus went there to. And so did
Peter.
"What's
up?" Peter asked
"Prongs'
in love!" Sirius teased
"With
Konstanze? I thought you were with her just for fun. I mean… you haven't ever
said this to me… and I think not even to Padfoot or Wormtail… but… everybody
could see it." Remus said calmly
"They
could?" James asked
"Yeah!"
Sirius replied
"Well…
I'm not in love with Konstanze… as I'm not going to be with anyone. Love
doesn't exist. At least in this way. I mean… I love my parents and you, my friends… but I think there isn't this
man/woman love. Physical attraction exists. That's why I'm with Konstanze."
James said
"A-a-are
y-you I-in l-love w-with Padfoot's g-g-girl-girlfriend?" Peter asked
"Not at
all. I hate Evans!"
"Let's
see…" Sirius teased
"I'm
going to take a bath!" James said angrily "See you at the dinner."
He left
the room.
"Padfoot…
do you really think Prongs's in love with Lily?"
"Nah!
But I made a deal treaty with Lucia. We're going to disturb them." Sirius
replied laughing
"Padfoot…"
Remus said seriously "Why?"
"Just to
disturb them. We know they're not in love but it's funny to see Prongs's face
when he's contradicted."
"B-b-but
she's you-your g-g-girl-f-f-friend, Pad-dfoot!" Peter said
"No! She's not my girlfriend!" Sirius shouted
"But you
kissed her in front of everybody at lunch!" Remus argued
"It was
just a kiss!" Sirius said "And I don't think she wants to be my girlfriend.
"She
kissed you too" Remus argued
"To show
everybody she wasn't in love with Prongs. We all know it, but she had to SHOW
it."
"Well…
so she had a why to kiss you. And why did YOU kiss her?" Remus asked
"Well…"
Sirius blushed "She's pretty and I wanted to see Prongs's reaction. To have
sure."
"What
was his reaction?" Remus asked.
"He was
shocked. But I think it was not because of jealous, but because of shock.
He thinks nobody is able to like Lily."
"Do you
want to know my opinion?" Remus asked.
"No!"
Sirius replied teasingly.
"So I
won't say it!" Remus replied.
"Okay…
say it!" Sirius said.
"Say you
want to hear it!" Remus asked.
"Okay, I
want to hear it!" Sirius said.
"He
likes her." Remus said calmly.
"Are you
crazy, Moony?" Sirius shouted
"No. But
why would they tease each other so much, huh?" Remus asked.
"B-b-because
t-they ha-hate e-e-each o-o-other!" Peter said.
"No!
Because they love each other. When you hate someone, you'd rather ignore this
person. But they care for each other." Remus said.
"Good
point!" Sirius said thoughtfully "But do you really think Prongs and Lily?"
"I dunno
if they are going to be together, but I think they are in love with each other,
but they don't want to admit it. Even to themselves!"
"Let's
wait and see." Sirius said.
"Let's
just wait…" Remus whispered.
******
At
dinner, Lily was seated at Gryffindor's table, and in her right was Lucia, in
her left was her flatterer Josephine. In Lucia's right was Paola, her sister,
who didn't looked very much like Lucia, who was short, thin with light brown
straight hair that reached her shoulders and deep blue eyes. Paola was short
and thin, but she had long wavy dark brown hair (it was almost reaching her
legs (hips?) and olive green eyes. She
was in her fourth year at Hogwarts. Paola had a secret, that only her diary
knew: she was in love with James Potter.
Paola
wasn't used to sit near her sister, and neither to sit near that Evans-girl,
but now she was very interested in what she would say. Paola wasn't used to
hear her sister saying someone was in love, or almost saying it, specially to
her best friend. There was two options: A – Lucia was kidding, and was just
trying to drive that stupid Evans-girl crazy, B – That Evans-girl was really in love with James and Lucia was
opening her eyes.
Well,
I'd like if it was option A, but Lucia wouldn't be kidding with that subject to
that idiot, who she calls her best friend. Option B seems to be more like
Lucia. Paola thought This Evans-girl is cynic. First she said she hated my
Jamie, then she loves him? She's a mental, but… well, Jamie likes girls who he
can compete with, he likes girls who aren't his fans. He definitely doesn't
like easy girls, because he has a lot of this kind of girls, so I don't bother
with them. Like his girlfriend, that stupid Angelkort-girl, she isn't good
enough for Jamie, she's just fun for him, he doesn't love her, he just thinks
she's attractive, nothing more than this. I want more. I want to marry him, and
I know I will ,I'm patient. He gives Angelkort a couple of insignificant
kisses, and then, bye-b! ye . Okay, I'd like to receive those insignificant
kisses, but I want more than this. Is that why I don't run after him, because
he doesn't like this kind of girls. I know him better than I know myself. I
know him better than he himself knows him. Evans-girl's danger for Jamie,
because she seems to be a difficult girl. I have hated her all this time, of
course she thinks I don't hate her, I'm just the stupid baby sister of her best
friend, because she hated my Jamie, but I didn't hated her like I do now. She's
after MY Jamie. She's a danger for me. I need to know the enemy. I'll be her
friend now.
"Lily!
Are you going to detention with Potter?" Paola asked trying to seem nice.
Lucia
glanced her sister suspiciously. It was the first time she heard Paola calling
James of Potter, but she didn't say anything, just stayed there, looking at the
scene.
"Unfortunately…"
Lily said grimly
"Look at
the good side of the coin, Lil." Lucia said "He is cute."
"I think
you really need glasses, Lucia! He's four-eyed and has messy hair!" Lily
shouted
"Calm
down, Lil! The glasses and the messy hair are his charm!" Lucia said calmly
"I agree
with Lily, James is such a four-eyed idiot, and he's ugly." Paola said
"Oh!"
Lucia shouted amazed "It's incredible how you change your opinion so quickly,
my sister!"
"I have
never liked him." Paola insisted
"What's
the matter if Paola doesn't like jerks, Lucia?" Lily asked
"Any.
Any at all." Lucia answered quickly "But she was used to call him James."
"What's
the matter? Sometimes I call him James, others Potter. Depends of my mood. What
he did to Lily this morning… honestly! He must be more polite with women!"
Paola said trying to seem annoyed
"Oh!"
Lucia shouted sarcastically
"I'm
with you, Paola!" Lily said
"Thanks!
Maybe we should found an Anti-Potter fan club!" Paola said
"No! It
would make him strut even more!" Lily disagreed.
"You're
right. I was just kidding!"
"I
know…" Lucia said suspiciously
"What
about your O.W.L.S, Lil? Top marks?"
"Almost.
But Potter beat me at Transfiguration…"
"It
happens. He must have cheated." Paola said
"Well,
being honest, I think he didn't cheat. I have to admit Potter's really good at
Transfiguration."
"A-Ha!"
Sirius shouted "You finally admitted James is better than you!"
"I did
not!" Lily disagreed.
"Yeah!
You did! And I can prove it. Show her, Wormtail!" Sirius shouted
Peter
walked towards them holding a seashell. He said, with his wand pointed at the
shell:
"Repetateum"
From the
shell, Lily's voice came saying: "I have to admit Potter's really good at
Transfiguration"
"Dammit!"
Lily shouted
"See,
Lil?" Sirius teased
"What
hell is this shell?" Lily asked pointing her hand at the shell
"Well,
it is a Voice-repeater shell. You have just to touch its bottom and it starts
to record. Even muggles can record something here. But only witches and wizards
can make it repeated what it recorded by the touch of a wand and by the
pronounce of the magic word you have already heard Peter say. It's another
Marauders' invention." Sirius answered
"Amazing!"
said Lily really amazed.
"We
know." Sirius said proudly.
"Can you
erase what you recorded? Because I don't want my voice recorded, let alone
saying this beside of myself thing. I really didn't mean that."
"We know
dear Lily!" Sirius said holding in laughter.
"Sirius!
So…"
"Well,
there's a way to erase this. But it's top secret!"
"Tell
me!"
"Never!"
"It's
because you don't know"
"I know,
Lily, my lily. But… well, but you can't erase this."
"Why?"
"Because
only the owner of the shell can. Anybody can record things here, but only the
owner of the shell can erase the things."
"So
erase this, Sirius!" Lily shouted.
"Why
would I do that?"
Lily
glanced him and smiled sweetly.
"I would
give you my life for this smile Lily, my lily, but I really can't do this. The
shell isn't mine."
"So,
it's Peter's?"
"Nah!"
"Remus's?"
"Not at
all.
"So who
is the owner of the shell?" Lily said horrified, knowing the answer.
"It's
James's." Sirius said calmly.
"Oh,
no!" Lily shouted horrified.
"Who
said my name?" James asked while he was walking towards the crowd.
"I
said." Sirius said "My Lily-lily was asking who was the owner of this
spectacular seashell."
"Hey! I
didn't say that it's spectacular!" Lily argued.
James
ignored her.
"It's
me… so?"
"It was
exactly what I said to my Lily-lily." Sirius answered.
"Why did
Evans want to know who was the owner?" James asked.
"Because
she had already declared her love for you and she doesn't want us to show you"
Sirius said innocently
"What?!"
James asked confusedly.
"Liar!"
Lily shouted.
"Okay…
she just said you were good at Transfiguration, but coming from my darling
Lily-lily, I would say it's a declaration of love..." Sirius said
James
glanced Lily confusedly. She looked at Sirius angrily.
"…if she
wasn't in love with me, of course!" Sirius said quickly, before Lily could kill
him.
"What
did Evans say?" James asked hoarsely.
"Hear
for yourself!" Sirius said.
James pointed
his wand at the shell and said
"Repetateum!"
Lily's
voice came from the shell: "I have to admit Potter's really good at
Transfiguration."
Lily
blushed. James looked at her amazed and victoriously.
"So
finally you admitted it, Evans!"
"I
didn't admit nothing. I only said you were good at Transfiguration, and I can't
deny it, your grades prove it. But I didn't say you were better than me. I'll
never say it." Lily said
"Let's
live and see…" Lucia said
Sirius
grabbed a goblet full of pumpkin juice and lifted it.
"Long
life to Lily and James" he shouted
"Long
life to James and Lily!" everybody at Gryffindor's table, except Lily and James
themselves, shouted toasting their goblets.
"Sirius,
why do you have to be so annoying?" Lily and James asked together.
Then,
quickly, Lily and James glanced each other and blushed.
"Well, I
just want to show you that you were
made for each other. You're just meant to be!" Sirius said sarcastically
"Padfoot,
is my impression or you want to be a cuckhold? That sentence does not make any sense. Revise it a little. Because what
I know is that you and Evans are… boyfriend and girlfriend!"
"Prongs…
don't you know me? Everything is mine is yours!" Sirius said holding in
laughter.
"Sirius!
I'm not yours to be distributed between your friends!" Lily said trying to
sound offended.
"Just
kidding, my dear! You're only mine! Nobody else's." Sirius said sweetly.
"Okay…"
Lily said and then smiled sweetly to Sirius "But don't say nothing more about I
and this stupid git, because I don't like it."
It was
the first time James saw her smile. Wow It was the only thing that
occurred to his head, but when he realize what he was thinking about, he shook
his head and tried to think about another thing. But he couldn't think about
anything but that adorable smile. How could I never see this? Oh, yes! She's
always angry when she's near me.
"How can
I say no to you, my Lily-lily?" Sirius whispered in her ear and then kissed
her.
James
looked horrified, and decided suddenly that he wasn't hungry anymore and went
upstairs to the common room.
Lily
just smiled when she saw James going upstairs.
Why are
you happy?
You?
Well, finally you admitted that you aren't me, just my subconscious.
Just
because I'm you, I have to call you the way you want.
Whatever
Answer
my question!
Isn't it
obvious? Because Potter left the table and I have a few moments without him.
How can
you be so stupid? You don't even know yourself! You're happy because he's
jealous of you.
If he's
jealous of someone, it's of Sirius. You know, that friends' jealousy thing.
You're
cheating yourself. You know he's not jealous of Sirius! If he was, why it would
be when Sirius is with YOU? Huh? Sirius dated many girls before you, and since
what I know, he had a very serious relationship with Hillary Weathers, not just
a few kisses relationship like he has with you, and James wasn't jealous!
But I'm
his enemy, and when Sirius was with Hillary, there wasn't the possibility of
Sirius turning his side, just because Hillary was friends with Potter.
You want
to cheat yourself.
Why
would I?
Because
you don't want to admit it!
Admit
what?
That
you're in love with him and you are very pleased of him being jealous of you.
I'm not
pleased with this!
You are!
I'm not!
You are,
you are and you are!
I AM
NOT!
You are!
I am not
and end of the paragr…
Lily was
almost finishing her reply to her subconscious when Sirius, realizing she was
absently minded and just grinning like a idiot, yelled in her ear: "Earth to
moon. Calling Miss Evans! There's a flower in the outer space!"
"Oh!"
Lily shouted as if she was waking from a trance
"What
was you thinking about?"
"Er…
nothing!" Lily replied.
"When
people are absent-minded, they are thinking about something else." Said Sirius
"… or about somebody else"
"But I
wasn't." Lily snapped.
"Calm
down! I forgot you were a lily, not just a person..." Sirius said sweetly "But
come on… what were you thinking about?"
"You and
Hillary." Lily half-lied.
Sirius
giggled and then asked: "Are you jealous?"
"Of
course not!" Lily said "I was just wondering why did you break up. You were
made for each other! I mean… she has this debauch tone in her voice, she's
always kidding… just like you!"
Sirius
stopped grinning, and then said:
"Well…
she doesn't like dogs…"
"Then…"
Lily asked.
"Then
nothing. She just doesn't like dogs!"
Lily
started to laugh compulsively like a madwoman. Everybody started looking at
her.
"Sirius,
you can't be serious!" Lily said between laughter.
"Of
course I am Sirus, madam! I am not somebody under the polyjuice potion trying to
be me. Do you think that somebody, even had drinking this potion could be as
beautiful as I am? There's just one Sirius in the world and you're having the
pleasure to be looking at him!" Sirius said sarcastically
Lily
laughed.
"I know…
if there was one more Sirius Black, I'm sure there won't be any Lily Evans in
the world, because I would have committed suicide! But I'm asking about if you
aren't kidding about breaking up with Hillary just because she doesn't like
dogs! I was asking you if you weren't serious, the contrary of being joking,
because… well, nobody breaks up because their girlfriend or boyfriend doesn't
like dogs!"
"I do!"
Sirius said sadly and laughing at the same time.
"Why?"
Lily asked curiously.
"Because
I love dogs!"
"Come
on…" Lily insisted.
"It's
true!" Sirius affirmed.
"It
can't be true, Sirius!" Lily said seriously.
"It is!
I swear for Severus Snape's life it's true!" Sirius said showing his fingers to
show they weren't crossed.
Lily
laughed.
"Now I'm
totally sure you weren't serious. Swearing for our darling Severus…"
"Okay,
it was a joke swearing for Snape" Sirius said, spitting the very moment he said
Snape's name "but I truly broke up with Hillary because of the dogs stuff!"
"Oh my
God!" Lily shouted.
Then
they had finished eating and walked towards the common room. During the way…
"Why are
you looking sad, Lily?" Lucia asked.
"Because
I'll have to spend my supposed-to-be-sleeping-time accomplishing detention with
Potter. There's another thing to bother me but that?"
"You're
disturbed by having to pretend to hate him during too much time. Alone with
him."
"I won't
be alone with him. We'll be with Hagrid!"
"Oh!
Hagrid!" Lucia said hoarsely.
"What
about him?" Lily asked.
"Nothing.
Nothing at all."
"And
honestly, I'm not pretending to hate him. You're my best friend since our first
year and I'm startled you don't know me. How can't you realize I truly hate
Potter."
"It's
because I know you so much that I'm saying you're in love with James."
"Come
on, Lucy! If you really know me, you know I hate him and that I…" Lily started
to talk, but was cut by Lucia.
"Why?"
"Why
why?"
"Huh?"
"Why did
you ask me why?"
"Why do
you hate him?"
"Well…
can't we talk about this later?"
"No."
Lucia answered
"I'm not
in the mood to talk about Potter."
"Okay, it's
your choice. I'll talk to you tomorrow. I'm too tired and I need rest!" Lucia
said and climbed through the portrait hole
"Lucy! I
need to talk to somebody!"
"I'll
talk to you… TOMORROW! See ya!" Lucia shouted
"Dammit"
Lily whispered
Lily
napped on a loveseat, far away from the fireplace, and it was in a position,
almost hidden. She was almost falling asleep, when…
Something
heavy felled on Lily.
"Ouch!"
she yelped with pain
When she
looked up, she realized:
It was
James and his girfriend, kissing.
The
kissing couple glared at her.
"Potter!
Konstanze! Could you please do it in another place but on me?" she said trying
to show sarcasm instead of jealousy.
Then,
Konstanze and James stood up, straighten up, visibly embarrassed.
"Oh!
Lily! What you're doing here?" Konstanze whispered with contempt "Could you
please sleep in the dormitory instead of this loveseat? Please! It's our place"
she said looking at James
"That's
just a problem, Konstanze! Thanks to your boyfriend I have to accomplish
detention, and if I go to my bed, I'll really fall asleep and you know I sleep
like a rock. So, knock off you two, I really need to rest!" Lily said trying to
act normal.
"Do-do
you have detention with James?" Konstanze asked, startled.
"Unfortunately"
Lily said.
"Why didn't
you tell me?" Konstanze asked looking at James
"I-I
thought it wasn't important. After all, you're used to see me on detention!"
James argued.
"Not
with… not with her!" Konstanze whispered to him.
She
looked at Lily, who seemed to have fallen asleep..
"It had
to happen one day. I fight too much with Evans!" he argued.
"I mean
you had never been on detention with a girl!" Konstanze complained.
"What's
the matter?" he asked.
"The
matter? Isn't it obvious? She's a girl and you're a boy!"
"Come
on… she's Evans!"
"You're
lucky because I know Lily would never leave Sirius for you!"
Now
James seemed to be indignant.
"Hey!
Sirius isn't any better looking than I am!"
"I know,
darling" Konstanze said "But Lily hates you so much that she would never even
kiss you on the cheek. So I won't be jealous!"
"Hey! I
hate her too. I would never even shake her hand, unless I had a shock ring
around one of my fingers!" he argued "And… well, I wouldn't cheat on you!" this
time he said lowly, this last sentence wasn't exactly true.
"I know,
darling. That's why I love you." Konstanze said, and kissed him on the lips.
*****
Lily
woke up just after she noticed that Konstanze/James snogging session was over.
She had some time to take a shower and wear clean robes.
After
leaving the prefects' bathroom, she went to McGonagall's office. James was
already there.
"Is it
time, miss Evans?" said McGonagall sharply
"Sorry,
Professor. But I'm only five minutes late." Said Lily
Only
now, Lily noticed that besides she herself, McGonagall and James, there were
two kids there. Two very young kids. One of them was tall and thin, with neat
blond hair and olive green eyes. The other one was a short and thin
black-haired pale girl with blue eyes.
"Oh, I'd
like to introduce you Dorothy Baker and Clark Patterson, from Slytherin the two
of them. They're first years, and
they're going to accomplish their detentions with you and James Potter." Said
McGonagall.
"Nice to
meet you, I'm Lily Potter." Said Lily, and when she suddenly realized what she
had already said (James and McGonagall stared at her, the two kids don't find
it odd, because they didn't know her name, so… it could be Potter), and
mentally slapped herself, she tried to fix it "What? I'm Lily and he's Potter,
this is what I meant to say."
"It
doesn't seem it." Said James "But, anyway, it's better to."
Lily
just blushed.
******
After
leaving McGonagall's office, the four students walked towards Hagrid's cabin.
Hagrid
was there, waiting for them.
"'Lo,
peoples. See yah've been in trouble." He said
"You're
right, Hagrid. Pretty much trouble. You won't believe it. McGonagall decided to
put Ja… Potter and I in the same detention. Madwoman…" said Lily
"Be
careful with your words, Lily, she can hear it" said Hagrid, laughing
Lily
just smiled. It was the second time in his whole life that James could see this
phenomenon. For him, it was prettier than sunset, prettier than life, but
looking at her hurt like death…
"Well,
yah'll going to search for Kent's potions' ingredients, Lily and James, and yah
can go with Fang. Miss Baker and Mister Patterson, yah'll come with me. Yah've
got to help me to plant a few muggle apple trees. The muggle studies teacher
needs it for some reason, and after he'll magic it for it to grow faster, but
now, we have to do it in the old-fashioned way. In the middle of the forest." Said
Hagrid
Lily and
James stared at him blankly. After a few moments, Lily said, between nervous
laugher "Hagrid, ha ha! That's really a good joke. You almost caught me. Ha ha!
But, seriously, we really need to accomplish
"I'm
sorry, Lily" said Hagrid, holding a laugher "Dumbledore's orders. He said Miss
Baker and Mister Patterson are too young to go alone with Fang. After all,
Jamie here is used to the Forbidden Forest… It's already decided. Anything can
change that. You and James will go together and search for Kent's ingredients."
*****
To be continued…
*****
Well, I
hope you like this story. Just to tell you a little, they'll be lost in the
Forbidden Forest in the next chapter and play truth or dare… if you want to
know what will happen, please, write a review…
I'd like
to thank Shanleigh (my beta-reader) for the time she spent correcting all my
grammar and spelling mistakes.
That's
all.
Love,
The Girl Who Lives