Hello again my lovely readers! Due to demand by my amazing friends, this will continue as a story. You are all welcome to applaud. Thank you MellifluousRose for your kind words and for being my first reviewer! You all should follow in MellifluousRose's footsteps and review. This is the only thing that will keep me going (insert dramatic sigh here). Thank you to all other guests who reviewed. You all mean the world to me! I almost forgot, I only own the plot and several characters. If you don't recognize them, they are mine. Okay, I won't keep you waiting any longer, so here is chapter 2 of Dreamer.
~Chapter 2~
Lily bolted out of history of magic, knocking over several Hufflepuffs. She could hear footsteps thundering behind her and she pushed herself faster. Lily ducked behind a tapestry and gave a huge sigh in relief. She was just about to continue on her way to Charms when a hand covered her mouth.
"Lily Marie Evans! You better explain yourself this instant!" An angry voice said. Lily winced and nodded her head. Once the hand was removed, she gave a weak simile.
"Hello Alice." Lily said, sheepishly. Her best friend glared at her and tapped her foot. "Sorry, I was avoiding the Marauders."
"Lily, you do that everyday, what makes today any different?" Alice said, exasperatedly.
"Alice, can we just drop it? You run off all the time when you see Frank." Lily said, hopefully. She nervously twirled a strand of her red hair around her finger. Alice raised her eyebrows and shook her head.
"Fine, Lils," Alice said, "you get your wish for now. You have all of Charms to tell me what is going on." Alice said, smirking. She flicked her medium length, chocolate brown hair over her shoulder and had such a severe expression in her deep blue eyes, that Lily was reminded of McGonagall. Lily couldn't contain herself and fell into a fit of giggles. Alice rolled her eyes and pulled Lily to their class. They sat down, in the front of the room, just as the bell rang.
"Now class, today is just a review day. Please keep in mind that these days will disappear in the near future. As N.E.W.T students, the coursework will become more rigorous. I believe that sense this is still September, you still may need to get into the swing of things. I will partner you each up and you may practice spells from any class. Good luck and have fun!"Professor Flitwick said, joyfully. He began listing names and Lily saw a piece of parchment flutter on her desk. She unrolled it and saw Alice's tidy writing. The girls quickly passed the note back and forth.
What is going on?~A
Not even a hello? Nothing is going on, let it alone.~L
Lily, we never keep anything from each other. Do you not trust me or something? ~A
Oh, Al, guilt tripping me never works. Besides, it's not that big of a deal. Go bother Mary.~L
You know I hate it when you call me that! Besides I already bothered Mary.~A
When did you do that? You did not drag her into this, did you?~ L
Once you admitted you had a problem, I alerted all the girls. Planned a trip to the kitchens! ~A
You are insufferable and will get nothing out of me. Plus, I am Head Girl. I will not gallivant with you all, after hours.~L
You don't have patrol tonight, live a little. This is your last year.~A
Bite me~L
The house-elves have treacle tart~A
Meet me at eleven.~L
Suddenly, Lily felt a yank on her hair.
"Bloody, ow!" Lily yelped. She rubbed her head and turned around. Sirius grinned at her and gave a cheery wave.
"Nice of you to join us Evans." Sirius laughed.
"Is there something you want Black?" Lily growled.
"Well, not exactly me. Prongs, the great pansy, was too polite to get your attention." Sirius said. James cuffed the back of his head. "Moony, James hit me!"
"Well, what did you do?" Remus said, pleasantly. Sirus gave him a hurt expression and clutched his heart.
"Moony, how you wound me with your words!" Sirus pouted. Remus rolled his eyes and stood up.
"Hello! I am still here!" Lily said, waving her hands.
"Sorry, my darling flower. Your beauty distracted me. I almost forgot that Flitwick paired us together." James said, smoothly. He ran his fingers through his hair, successfully messing it up even more. Lily snapped her quill in half.
"He what...but...no!"Lily sputtered. She buried her face in her hands. This could not be happening to her.
"Aw, come on Lils, it's not so bad. Pull your pretty face out of your hands." James pleaded. He kneeled down and put his hands on her desk.
"Sorry, Lily isn't home right now. Please leave a message." Lily groaned. She couldn't stand being this close to him right now. He pulled her hands away from her face. Lily blushed and looked away. His warm hands fit perfectly in hers.
"Hey, Lily, are you okay? Did I already do something to piss you off?" James joked, weakly. He looked down at his hands, which were still joined in Lily's. He quickly pulled away and gulped.
"You always do something to piss me off Potter." Lily said. She stood up and waved her wand. Her desk disappeared and James whacked his head on the floor. He gave Lily a dirty look and she gave him a crooked grin.
"Think you're so clever Evans?" James laughed. He waved his wand, whispered a spell, and Lily didn't feel any different.
"Ha, Potter, you missed me. Better luck next time." Lily said, smugly. She would never admit this out loud, but she lived for these moments. James was a worthy adversary and she loved battling wits with him.
"Oh did I, dear Evans?" James smirked. He conjured up a mirror and held it up to Lily. Her once vibrant red hair, was now a deep purple.
"Well lets see how you like this!" Lily chortled. She shot out a spell that turned James's messy locks, into a greasy mess. She flipped around the mirror and giggled into her other hand.
"Ah, I look like Snivellus! How dare you." James said, shaking his head. Lily raised her eyebrows and pointed her wand threateningly. "What I meant to say was that my hair looks like Snape's and I adore it."
"That's what I thought you said. Though, I still think you need to be punished." Lily said. Lily and James sent spell after spell until there was only 10 minutes of class left. Once each had removed all spells placed on them, they both slid against the back wall. Both were doubled over in laughter.
"And you as a badger, that was priceless!" Lily laughed, tears of mirth ran down her face.
"You could have turned me into something cooler!" James chuckled.
"Badgers are cool! Besides, you're lucky I turned you back. You were such a cute badger." Lily snickered. James got such a cute, hopeful smile on his face, that Lily desperately tried to ignore. After both of them had calmed down, James looked at her nervously. He pushed his hair out of his face and adjusted his glasses.
"Hey Lils." James said.
"Yeah, James?" Lily said, contently.
"I was wondering, did I uh, do something wrong earlier? I mean, I have really tried this year." James said. He looked so worried and Lily thought back. It was still too soon to tell, but James had been acting a lot better. They had formed a friendship in the middle of 6th year and he hadn't pranked her sense. Actually, all the marauders seemed to have grown up. They had already had several big pranks this year, but not one was hostile. Also, James had taken his Head Boy responsibilities very seriously. Sure, he was still arrogant, but less so now.
"No, you didn't do anything wrong and I suppose you have changed this year. Sorry, I have just been a little out of it today. Can you forgive me?" Lily asked. She looked up at him with her emerald, green eyes and James had to bite back a grin.
"I'll have to think about it Lily. A bloke can only handle so much heartbreak." James said, sadly. Lily looked so hurt, that he almost gave up on his plan. "I guess I'll forgive you, if you eat breakfast with me tomorrow." He didn't want to push his luck.
"I guess I could, but just for one morning." Lily said, after a while.
"Great, I'll see you in Defense later. Remember, meet me at 8, by my dorm." James said, giving her a huge smile. The bell rang and James ran off to meet up with the rest of his friends. Lily shook her head. What on earth did she get herself into?
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At, 11 p.m sharp, Lily crept out of the portrait hole, with Alice at her side. They reached the picture of fruit and Lily tickled the pear. It giggled and turned into a brass doorknob. Lily pulled it open. At once she was bombarded by little house-elves. Each wore a tea towel, stamped with the house crest. Once the door was safely shut, one house-elf began to speak.
"Hello again, Miss Lily and Miss Alice. Would Miss Lily like some of her favorite treacle tart and would Miss Alice like the mint ice cream?" The tiny house-elf squeaked. It bobbed it's head and looked at the girls adoringly with its large, tennis ball sized eyes. Both girls nodded their heads.
"Hey, would you have happened to see three other girls in here?" Alice asked another house-elf.
"Oh, yes miss. I will show you where." The house-elf said. It lead the girls to the table in the corner of the room. Mary was in a heated discussion with Karissa about the babbling solution. Mary pulled her curly, brown hair out of her face and rolled her light brown eyes. Karissa flicked her long, blond hair over her shoulder. She patiently tried to explain that you did indeed stir in thrice, but Mary just wasn't listening. Lily's otherwise friend Angela, was reading quietly.
"Hey Ang, what are you reading?" Lily asked, sitting down. Alice joined her and a few house-elves carried their treats on silver platters. When each girl had their dessert, Angela set aside her book.
"It's one of those adventure books. You have to solve all these riddles and stuff, to unlock another page. Once all the pages are unlocked, you have to battle a Spinx and you can rescue Merlin!" Angela gushed. She expertly pulled her light brown hair out of her face and secured it with 2 chopsticks.
"Angela, what did I tell you about those books! They will rot your brain!" Alice laughed, spooning a glob of ice cream into her mouth.
"Hey, at least I read. Can you say the same?" Angela teased. Alice flicked some ice cream onto Angela's black, school robes. Angela took out her yew wand.
"Scourgify." Angela muttered, pointing her wand at the mess. It instantly cleaned and she gave Alice a smug look. Karissa shook her head at the pair.
"Do you both always have to do this?" She said.
"Yes." Angela and Alice said, in union.
"So Lily, isn't there something you wanted to tell us?" Mary asked. All the girls turned to Lily, eagerly awaiting the tale.
"No, there is nothing I want to tell you. However, there is something Alice is making me say so here it is." Lily sighed. She went on to explain her dream and James's invitation to breakfast.
"So, I don't see the big deal. You like the bloke, it's not earth shattering." Karissa said, nonchalantly, checking her nails. When she looked back up, the four other girls were staring at her."What?" Lily's mouth was hanging open, unattractively.
"What Karissa means to say is, there is a fine line between love and hate. You both are already friends and you may be crossing that line." Mary said, quickly.
"They're right Lils. You have go stop being so blind. If you like him girl, go for it!" Angela said. She twirled her wand between her fingers, in case Lily needed to be subdued. Lily shook her head and began to mutter under her breath.
"Come on, Lily. Let's get you to your warm, bed." Alice said, soothingly. She squeezed Lily's shoulders and lead her to the heads special entrance.
"I'll leave you here." The others girls waved and headed the other direction, to the Gryffindor tower.
"Basorexia." Lily moaned. The tapestry of the dancing lions, fluttered aside. She was greeted to the sight of red and gold. As both heads were from the same house, it was decorated the same as the Gryffindor common room. Lily glanced at the couch, as saw James lying there. His mouth was open and his glasses were still on his face. She aloud herself a closer look. James was out of his school robes, but was still in his white uniform shirt, grey vest, and black pants. Lily thought for a second. James did look rather uncomfortable. It would be horrible if he woke up with neck pain. She would feel really guilty and then she would have a terrible day. So, it was only logical that she made him sleep a little easier, right? Lily conjured a pillow and blanket. She gently tucked the blanket around James, making sure he was warm. He made a noise in his sleep and cuddled the blanket. Lily couldn't suppress a smile. Next, she quickly picked up his head and put the pillow under it. Lastly, Lily removed his glasses. James's brow was furrowed and Lily ran her fingers across it. It smoothed instantly and James grabbed her hand. He pulled it to his chest and sighed. Lily pulled at her hand weakly, before giving it a big yank. She toppled over and crashed onto the floor. James stirred and blinked. His hazel eyes were filled with sleep and he looked around for the source of the noise. His eyes settled on Lily, who was frozen on the floor.
"Lily?" He asked slowly, letting out a huge yawn.
"Night James!" Lily yelped, running into her own dorm. James looked confused for a second, before he fell back asleep. Lily pulled her door closed and willed her racing heart to calm down. Once she could breath normally, Lily pulled off her clothes. She threw on grey shorts and a black tank top and crawled into bed. She felt herself drifting, but then heard a loud rapping at her door. Lily pulled it open and saw James standing there, wearing only red sweat pants.
"Can I come in?" He asked. Lily nodded dumbly and stood aside. "I have a question for you. Did you try to make me comfortable on the couch?" James gazed at her, his eyes betraying nothing. He sat down on the edge of her bed and patted the spot next to him. Lily sat down quickly and took a deep breath.
"Yes, but only because I didn't want to feel guilty about leaving you there." Lily muttered.
"Is that all? Why didn't you wake me up than?" James said, huskily. His breath tickled her ear and she shuttered. He nipped her ear and Lily whimpered. James turned her head and kissed her on the mouth. Tongues danced and lips bruised. Lily tangled her hands in James's hair. It was even softer than she pictured. Unfortunately, it still wasn't enough. Lily pulled at James' s pants and he got the picture. He grasped her shirt and yanked it off, doing the same with her shorts. Lily trailed her thumb down James's chest. He mounted her and kissed her flat stomach. Each touch from him was like fire. He pulled at her panties, until they were off too. He trailed kisses all the way down, until Lily sat up. She looked at him slyly and jumped on him.
"As if I would let you be on top." She snorted.
Lily gasped and sat up in her bed. The sky was dark and she was alone. She threw off the covers and saw her body still fully clad. Lily crept out of her room and peaked into the shared common room. James was sleeping soundly, exactly how she left him. Lily decided that she wasn't going to risk sleeping anymore.
So, what did you all think of chapter 2? I'd love to hear you guys! Happy Independence Day!
