Disclaimer: Don't own anything except for Lily's crappy ass friends so far.
Thanks to all of you who commented, it means so much to me.
Several of you have mentioned that the cell phone doesn't come out for a while, and I see how that can be a problem. But seriously? It's not like magic really exists either (unfortunately)
I just lost my phone, and thought that it would be an interesting way to get things started. The phone will be coming back though, so don't worry!
& if there are grammatical errors, sorry. It's really late, and I really wanted to just hurry and get this up for you!
Lily
I don't quite know what to make of this. Am I like friends with my arch enemy James Potter now? Or is this just some elaborate plot of his to make a fool of me, again. No, he wouldn't do that, would he?
I guess I will find out soon enough.
Making our way into the castle, we managed to stop by and see Professor Mcgonagal before the first years arrived, gaining the access word to the Head Dormitory.
Seeing as our room was literally on the top floor of the school, it took us quite a while to get up there. It was pretty cool actually, a secluded level that was literally for us. Not that I want to be alone with James. I'm just saying that having some sort of privacy unlike the crowded common room will be nice.
Making our way up there, James told me of how he and Sirius had always wondered what the Prefects bathroom looked like, and of their several failed attempts to gain entrance. Leaning against the stairs and briskly putting his hand on my back to support me as I transitioned from one stair to another(which was totally unnecessary considering the fact that I have bee coming here for seven years) the notion was appreciated. His stories made me laugh, he told me of how Sirius had dated the Head Girl for five whole weeks, which he said was absolutely dreadful since the girl looked like a troll, and how they tried on several failed occasions to slip truth serums into the previous heads pumpkin juice only to find out that one had in fact cheated on their last herbology test, and how the other had something for a fourth year.
Listening to James talk was natural and easy. I didn't have to say anything which has always been the demise of me, and I didn't have to politely fake a laugh because he was genuinely funny. So when we got to the top floor, I was actually surprised by how quickly we had gotten there.
Walking down a little corridor till we reached the painting, James simply said "Cherry Marmalade" as the door swung open. Looking at me he said "after you my lady" bending over with his hands motioning towards the entrance. "Why thank you kind sir" I replied as I curtseyed and walked through the entrance, with James close on my heals.
The room in itself was beautiful.
The living room was large and Gryffendor red. There was a huge fire place and three large couches around it with a nice coffee table in the middle. There were other smaller lounge chairs in the corner for reading, and a large oak desk behind the couches facing the window. Next to the window were some stairs which led a small little library with cushions to lounge on, and and a banister that allowed whoever was up there to get a pretty good view of all of downstairs. At the end of the banister was my bedroom with Jame's room literally right under mine. Although the rooms were fairly similar there were little things that noted which room specifically belonged to the boy and which belonged to the girl. The girls for instance, had a white antique makeup desk where I could sit and get myself ready, cream colored satin bedding which contrasted beautifully to the warm light caramel of the walls, with two steps leading up to the bed all around. The boys on the other hand, had a full length mirror, and a simple drawer where clothes could be stored instead of a makeup chest. His bedding was the same as mine, contrasting to the forest green of the walls. Both rooms had large windows, mine starting directly from the floor, and his going up to the tip of his roof to about three feet above the ground. So technically, we had the same window, I got the top part and he got the bottom, which both had the same cream curtains as our beds.
After having made our way through the rooms, James decided that it was about time for us to make our way down to the dining hall for the sorting.
It wasn't until I got there did I realize that I had to give up my sulking and sit with Robyn and Francine did I moan. Evidentially hearing me, James asked "um not happy with the rooms? Yeah I know, way to small." smiling at me from the side of his face.
Me not wanting to tell him the real reason said "Yeah, I mean our own little library? What a waste" and smiled back. James unfortunately, wasn't thwarted and said "no really, what's bothering you?". As of now we have made our way to the entrance of the Great Hall, and I can see Robyn and Francine already sitting down and laughing, having and merry old time without me.
Quickly looking at James, I say "oh nothing, just thinking about how much weight I'm going to gain after gorging out on this meal, that's all", and start to sprint off to meet the two leaving James staring after me for a moment.
When I get to the table, Robyn looks over at me making probably the fakest frown I have ever seen. "Where were you" she asks.
"Well, I was where I was supposed to be; in the Head compartment seeing as I am head girl Robyn." Then turing her head to the side, exaggerating that frown she looks at me and said "sorry".
Robyn who is about pretty tall, super skinny, with dark blonde hair, grey eyes and an oddly long nose, is to be perfectly honest, not the most pretty thing in the world. Robyn on the other hand, begs to differ. Having told me of her plans to be a model, I supported her and told her to follow her dreams, because who was I to wreck them for her? After having told me every boy that both of us thought were cute preferred her without even batting an eyelash, I have come to accept her overly indulgent self importance. Then turning to Francine who for some odd reason Robyn was undeniably obsessed with, she continued to go on about how someone had stolen her idea of wearing blue skirts, because you know, nobody did that until she started it.
Reaching my hand out to grab the last roll in the basket which I normally don't do since I considered it rude, I figured I would make an exception. I mean come on, I got to dinner late, had nothing to eat on the trolly, and had to give all of the prefects the passwords.
But right when I was about to grab it, Robyn shoves my hand to the side and yells "mine!". Okay, what the hell? "Robyn, you already have a roll on your plate. Don't you think you are being a little ridiculous?"
"I want it!" she said holding the roll away from me.
"Okay, I'm not even going to bother, you are so immature." I add as I roll my eyes at her.
Francine who just sat there aimlessly watching the whole thing, unlike Robyn, was no completely ugly. Dammit! She can actually be quite charming. She is about two to three inches shorter than me, an absolute twig, and is considerably smart, giving off a mousy vibe. Francine could be incredibly sweet when she wanted to be. She listened to me, hung out with me, and laughed with me, but lacked a certain something called loyalty. Both were my friends, we had good and bad times together, but I felt like I had been continually given the short end of the stick with them. In fact, the only reason I was sitting with them now was because I really didn't have the strength to muster up the energy to try and find another group of friends at the moment.
So as I started to tell Robyn about how she was being a tad bit ridiculous about the worlds plan to steal her blue skirt style, and just as she started to comment on how I couldn't understand for my lack of hip style, someone taps me on my shoulder.
Turning around, towering over me is the messy haired James Potter in all of his glory. After staring at him for a moment and trying to figure out what exactly he is doing here, I simply decided to ask him.
"Oh huh, um James, what are you doing here?" I say looking up at him.
Squeezing his way into the seat between me and Robyn, James turns towards Robyn who is clearly pleased to be sitting next to the infamous James Potter, and says "Are you going to eat that?" pointing towards her untouched dinner roll. "Oh no of course not" she says eagerly handing James the bread who then holds it in his hand for a while.
"So, what exactly have you girls been talking about, me I hope." says James with a smirk on his face.
Then Francine in that flirtatious way of hers says "we were discussing about how people "steal" Robyn's fashion ideas"
"because she always has the most originality" I add with a hint of sarcasm in my voice.
"Aw yes, that's what I thought I heard when I was walking up." says James.
"Well, what do you think?" says Robyn in that shrill voice of hers.
"Actually, I think that blue skirts are dreadfully boring considering the fact that it has been done since like, forever. I like it when people mix things up, like Lily for instance." he said poking me in the shoulder.
"Mmmm what?" says Robyn looking at me with a laugh in her voice.
"Well, yeah" continues James, " I rather like how she subtly goes out of the box, while innovating her own character."
"Like when we were in the train earlier today, she had on this magenta red skirt with a simple black top. Quite nice if you ask me" he said giving me shove with his elbow.
James clearly aware of the affect that he has on girls at our school, then looks towards Robyn, and asks "what do you think?" with a sideways grin which I have heard is a death trap for girls. "Don't you just love Lily's style?"
Robyn obviously flabbergasted by the situation can only mutter "wait, you spent the whole ride here with Lily? If we had known that she was all alone we would have gone to get her so that you weren't stuck watching her."
"What? Oh no, it was quite the opposite way around. She wanted me to leave her alone, but I insisted on hanging out with her. I wouldn't leave her alone until she was willing to grace me with her presence. So you see, that is why I originally came here." said James with a mocking look in his eye as he spoke to Robyn.
"And why was that?" she asked sneering
"Because I had such a good time with her on the train, I was wondering if she wanted to eat dinner with me." he continued, fully turning his back towards Robyn and placing his full attention onto me.
Clearly understanding that he was trying to help me out, I couldn't help but smile. Arrogant, rude, loud, and obnoxious James Potter was actually giving me a hand instead of torturing me for the fist time in my life!
"Sure, you can. Sit with us!" added Francine a little too eagerly.
Then suddenly with a look of disgust on his face James looks at them and says "sorry, I rather not" and turns back towards me to say, "so, do you want to come?".
Me, who couldn't stop smiling to see the other two actually begging for me to be around for once literally shoots up, and says "sure".
James then, proceeding to stand up, tosses the roll that he took from Robyn back on the table, and guided the way as we made out way to the rest of the marauders.
Okay, I have to admit that James can be a jerk. But when that jerkiness is on your side, no nectar can taste sweeter.
Making our way to the rest of the marauders, I could see Remus placing his food carefully on his plate as Sirius threw everything into one large pile while somehow managing to eat at the same time. When we got a little closer, I could see Peter on the other side of Remus simply trying to get a hand in on the food since Sirius had literally blockaded the area with his arms as he ate.
Finally arriving at the table, Remus looked up at me and smiled as he pointed to an empty space across from him.
"Would you like to sit with us Lily? You could sit across from me if you like.
Sirius suddenly pausing and looking up acts offended and takes his hand(which just happened to be covered in food) and grabs my wrist saying "aw Lily, it's so nice to see you. Trust me though, if you want to sit by anybody, it's me. Remus will literally pester you every other minute about wiping your hands off to be 'considerate to others'" as he made quotation marks with his fingers, literally pulling me into the seat next to him.
"You know Black, maybe wiping your hands every once and a while wouldn't be such a bad idea; considering the fact that you literally just got my hand covered in rubbish" I said as I proceeded to wipe my hand off on his robe.
"Finally, someone who understands me!" cried Remus as he leaned over give me a high five. "But trust me Lily, wiping your fingers all over his clothes won't do you any good. I tried that fourth year, he really doesn't seem to mind."
"No, I only didn't care because I traded my robes with you whenever you weren't looking" laughed Sirius as he helped himself to some more mashed potatoes.
Instantly reaching my hand out to look for James who was still standing behind me, I grabbed him and dragged him in between Sirius and me.
"Goodness Lily we have only just become friends, a little possessive are we?" he said chuckling as he started to fill his plate up with food.
"Not to march on your parade James, but I'm using you as a human shield. I rather not get covered in food as I eat, and well, any area around Sirius is bad news."
"Well in that case!" yelled Sirius who had gotten off of his seat and made his way to my other side.
"There's going to be no escaping this, is there?" I said looking at Sirius with a mock sad expression.
"Nowwww you are catching up Lily Dear"
"Hey, only I can call her dear" said James reaching over and slapping Sirius on the back of the head.
Taking his arm and putting it back down next to him, I said "Actually, none of you can call me dear, Lily is good. I am none of your dears unless I say otherwise. Now, I would like to eat"
Grabbing a piece of ham, turkey, meat pie, roast beef, sausage, and ribs, I started to be quite frank, pig out. Now let me just say this: when I eat, I go into a food coma, no joke. I am literally unaware of what is going on around me until I finally finish eating; which is why I didn't notice all four boys staring at me the whole time. So when I was finishing my last piece of sausage and saw James staring at me with his mouth open, all I could say was "what?"
"You really like your meat Lily." said James motioning towards my almost empty plate.
"Yeah, and I was under the notion that you were a vegetarian or something. What happened, a vampire bite you?" asked Sirius
"Oh, um no. That would be my sister. Last year she decided to go vegetarian, literally forcing the whole family to give up meat. I have been depraved, can't you see?!?! So no Sirius, I was not bitten by a vampire, or a werewolf in case you were wondering."
Then out of nowhere, Remus starts to choke on his food, as James instantly begins to pour him a glass of pumpkin juice telling him to drink it.
"You alright mate?" he asked looking all concerned at his friend.
He only choked a little bit. A little over dramatic James? But it's actually sort of sweet.
"Are you okay Remus? Put your arms up." I added
"No I'm fine now, thank you though." he said sipping his pumpkin juice.
"Are you sure? You look a little pale Moony." said Sirius
"Yes I am fine, let me just eat some ham or sausage, I think it will make me feel better." he said with a smirk. And just like that, the other three marauders started laughing as if there were some sort of inside joke.
"I'm sorry, but did I miss something?" I asked feeling all left out of the loop.
Wait, why should I feel bad for being left out? It's not like I am friends with them or anything. Or like them enough for that matter.
"Sorry Lily, but the marauders never expose their secrets." said Sirius still laughing.
Suddenly feeling very out of place, and realizing what exactly was going on; as in I was eating with the marauders, a group of people I have never particularly liked (except for Remus that is), and was feeling like I need their approval. I refuse to cross over into pathetic...
Getting up, I looked towards them and said "well, in that case I think I will be going upstairs now, I'm sort of tired. Okay, bye." and started to walk away.
How did I let this happen? How did I manage to get myself at a table with the marauders, wanting to hang out with them. I despise them, I mean I have literally despised them for almost half of my life! No! This is ridiculous. I cannot have them going around pitying me. How did I let this happen?
"Hey Lily, wait up!"
Crappers, is he following me? That is some real commitment. Ignore him, just keep walking.
"Lily, would you please stop!"
No, no I will not. You don't own me.
As I was about to make my way onto the stairs, I could feel someone grab my shoulder and turn me around.
"Hey Lily, what's the deal? I thought we were getting along. Is it what Sirius said? He didn't mean anything by it. I'm thrilled to have you sitting with us."
Of course you are. You think I'm hopeless, seeing me alone on the train made you realize how perfectly pathetic I truly am!
"And why would that be James? We have hated each other for seven years."
"No, you have hated me for seven years. I have liked you for seven years."
"What are you talking about? You never fail to humiliate me, bother me, pester me, or anger me. You know, sort of like you are doing right now. And to be quite frank, I don't want or need your pity. Okay I have crappy ass friends, but that doesn't mean that you have to suddenly feel bad for me, it makes me feel really pathetic."
Now on the stairs making our way to the top, I could see James staring at me in disbelief. Why are these stairs so long dammit?!
"Lily, I told you I never meant to make you feel that way. I am really trying to make amends this year, there are no hidden agendas here. There is no master plan." he said looking at me pleadingly. "I'm trying to change for the better, and in order to do that I need you to forgive me; and to be perfectly honest, I am not trying to make you feel better. I mean, that's a plus for sure, but Lily, I have liked you since the moment I saw you, I have always wanted to get to know you, so this is really all just selfish on my part, taking advantage of the situation here to actually get you to talk to me."
"Forgive you for what?" Okay, now I am confused. Is he sorry about the bothering me for seven years part?
James
"Okay, and damn these stairs for taking so long."
"Really? Are we good?" YES!!!! Don't mess this up James, don't mess it up.
"Just don't call me darling okay?" she said with a smile.
"Okay Lilykins, and about dinner.... we enjoy having you there. I enjoy having you there. They all like you, so don't feel excluded. My friends are your friends."
Taking a step up to break eye level with me, she looked towards the top of the stairs and said "I know that. I enjoyed hanging out with you guys, I just felt like I was intruding is all."
WHAT?!?!?!
"Never! Lily, you are head girl and I am head boy, We are going to be practically living together, we might as well eat together."
"Take showers together, sleep together, read together" she said smiling
"Well I don't know about the reading..." I said with a huge smile on my face.
"I guess you're right" she said shoving me and laughing as we reached the top of the stairs.
I can't mess this up, I can't!
Okay, so tell me what you think.
Originally the last scene was longer, but they hit a subject that I feel should be saved for a more intimate conversation.
I just figured that as of now, they are just two teenagers trying to find their footing for the beginning of the year, you know?
