Disclaimer: I am not Rowling nor do I own the rights to the Beatles or any other obscure cultural references that I may have made.

Octopus's Garden

Alice

I turned red as my mother cried "we'll miss you, sugar cube." I fingered my blonde hair wondering if dying it had been the right idea. But, at least now I don't look like Frank's little sister. Not that he would ever notice me anyways.

I looked around, finally spotting the red hair that meant Lily had arrived. When I started to run forward yelling Lily's name, I saw Frank chatting with the Marauders. Seeing him, I stopped in my tracks turning red and staring until Lily tapped me on the shoulder.

Her green eyes seemed to see through me, and I laughed a bit about the fact she was wearing a Beatles shirt. It seems that 70%ofher muggle wardrobe consisted of Beatles paraphernalia.

"Maybe, if you talked to him you wouldn't get like this," Lily said.

"It's because I get like this that I can't talk to him," I replied. "I'm shy, Lily, you're the only one I can really talk to. Besides, he's so gorgeous I don't know if I would be able to talk to him if I was outgoing."

"I just wish you would show everybody who you really are." Lily stated. "I'm sure if Frank got to know you he'd start to like you"

"Yeah," I huffed, "he'd like me as a friend. He likes everyone, I. Well, except those stupid Pure-Blood prats, but who likes them anyways." Lily just doesn't understand. She could get any guy that she wants and she's even had the James Potter chasing after her for years.

"Well Alice, as the Grand Master himself, John Lennon once said, when I was about twelve, I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius...I am one, and if there isn't, I don't care." Lily quoted.

"Wh-What does that have to do with anything?" I questioned.

"Well to be quite honest, absolutely nothing. I just read that the other day and felt an overwhelming need to share."

I laughed. It was all that I could do. Lily could not stop talking about the Beatles for an entire day. In fact, at that very moment she was humming Octopus's Garden.

"You're no help." I replied. "Can't you be serious for once in your life? Maybe you should quote someone who's not high every second of their life."

"Don't confuse being stimulating with being blunt." Lily declared.

"What? I ask for serious and the best you can do is a random Barbara Walters quote?" Lily is so infuriating sometimes. It feels like she can only be serious when talking about school.

"How do you know who Barbara Walters is? She said confused.

"Do you not remember when you sat me down and said you were going to brainwash me by making me watch her talk for 5 hours?" I said disbelievingly. How could she not remember that? I have a scar where she bit me for trying to escape.

"No…" Lily stared at me.

"Merlin! I can't believe this. You seriously have no recollection of that?" I shouted.

"Hehe, did somebody say my name?" Sirius appeared out of nowhere.

No matter how annoying I say that Sirius is, even I can't deny that he is hot. His gorgeous hair, his soul searching eyes, and his shag-worthy body were the star of many a girl's dreams. Mine however were filled with Frank, and at this point I'm pretty sure Lily's dreams consisted mostly of James. Not that she'd admit to that…

"Lily, the cow, forced me to watch Barbara Walters for 5 hours and doesn't even remember!" I growled.

"Who is-never mind. Alice, you can talk! I'm so proud of you getting over your fears. Now, I know talking is scary, but as a fellow blood-traitor I know you have faced many scary things. I think we should have a celebration. We can call it Alice talk-a-lot party, or the Chatty Alice except Alice doesn't start with a C. Hmmm, I know! We can call it the-"

"Sirius shut up! You do not want to get in my way of I right now. I will pulverise you." I groaned.

"But Aliicceee," Sirius whined.

"Sirius, no one cares. I don't want to hear any more about your stupid party." I argued. How can he be distracting me from Lily? He should be mad at her too. For some reason… Actually, no I have no idea why he would be mad at Lily. Damn her and her seeming so innocent when she was actually an evil whale clown.

"If you had listened, you would have heard me saying that I was leaving. And, that party would have been amazing! All the parties I hold are amazing." Sirius groaned. But at that, I sprinted away. I had to catch Lily before she went around biting first years because they were running on the platform or something. Sometimes taking care of Lily is like watching a four year old. Oh wait… It always is like watching a four year old.

A/N Once again, I have submitted an extremely short chapter. I could enter a competition for that. Anyways to clarify, I view Alice as a sort of young Neville while Frank is the much hotter Neville. If you ever doubt the Ugly Duckling story, take a look at that man's life. I don't mean that Alice is ugly; she's just clumsy and socially awkward. But other than that, I hope you enjoyed it, and I'll post again tomorrow.