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Your hair is Ridiculous - Chapter Two
I woke from an uncomfortable sleep, now all I could think about was all that happened yesterday. Everyone seemed to be coupling up, I didn't want to be left on the shelf, but I wasn't sure if James is the one for me. I mean I used to physically hate him, but in what seemed like a day everything had changed, I knew James liked me, at least I was certain of that, he could be caring and he was handsome, and dependable, but could all his good points cancel out his constant need to hex Slytherins (Sev in particular- that didn't really bother me anymore, it's not like we were friends, he'd picked his path and I'd picked mine, I suppose some people you just grow out of) the fact that he had to mess up his hair at every opportunity, and he couldn't just be normal, he always had to be cheeky, or sarcastic, but no one really wants normal do they.
I suppose they could when he was kissing me
I settled back down to sleep and when I woke at 7am, my dreams had been disrupted by a partially dressed James. I definitely didn't mind these dreams, but they didn't half confuse me.
I wandered down to breakfast with Alice and Hestia; Mary had gone to meet Remus for a little rendezvous,
"Figured out what you are going to do yet?" asked Hestia
"About what?" I asked, if you ignored a situation it goes away right?
"About 'you and James', if there is a 'you and James', whether you want there to me a 'you and James'" Alice said rolling her eyes
"Nope" I said honestly
"Figured out what you are going to do until you figure out what you are going to do?" asked Hestia, her eyebrows creasing as she tried to work out if that made sense,
"Yes" I said, and pulled a book from my bag "Revise" I opened it and began to read as I walked down the stairs
Hestia, Alice and Mary's laughter could be heard from miles away as they watched me try to negotiate moving staircases and trick steps as I tried to revise for my charms exam which was in an hour!
"Hey" James greeted me, I didn't reply, couldn't talk, couldn't think about anything but charms. I ate my cereal one handed as I poured over the book trying to remember every last thing.
"She's in study mood" explained Mary
"Yeah, she won't be lily until the exam is over" added Alice
"She's kind of like a robot" he agreed waving his hand in front of my eyes. I swotted him away,
"No time for your jokes, Potter" I said,
"Why?" he asked feigning ignorance
"You distract me" I said curtly
"You can't blame me for that" he replied
"I can blame your hair" I said, that didn't make any sense, just act like it did until he replies he'll never know you're crazy
"Why does it always come to that?" he asked running his hand through his hair
"Ask your hair" I replied, that made even less sense
"I have, he doesn't know either" said James laughing,
I couldn't help myself I laughed too, then mentally scolded myself, and turned back to my book, James tried to get my attention a couple of times, then gave up
"Fine we'll just talk about you like you're not here" he said, I was guessing be wanted to talk about yesterday and my lapse in sanity, but I had to study and I had no idea what to say. I had to figure that out before I talked to him.
I submerged myself in the textbook, but that didn't stop James running his hand up my leg, I brushed him away but he just clasped my hand under the table, I didn't resist it was quite nice but confusing. Also, if I let him hold my hand he wouldn't distract me by talking at me.
I couldn't help but glance around the table, Alice had disappeared off to the Huffelpuff table to see Frank, and the rest sat around just talking, Hestia smiling a little too much every time Sirius spoke, and Remus and Mary were too close, it was slightly nauseating, but they were all happy, why could Hestia, Mary and Alice cope with guys paying them attention without acting like a Niffler in a bank vault. Why couldn't I be like that? Because you're insane Lily, said a very unhelpful voice in my head.
The charms exam came too soon, I detached myself from James, but as I tried to walk upstairs and read text books, he took my hand and guided me, then Sirius decided to help out and grabbed my other arm and marched me to the classroom.
Check 3 quills, 2 pots of ink. Spare Parchment. Yeah, I was obsessed.
Two hour exam. Then a practical. Then we were free to leave, I immersed myself one hour and fifty minutes. And the last ten minutes I spent gazing at James, what did I want to happen between us? What did he want? Well, I could guess what he wanted. I'd probably have to talk to him. One thing I was certain of though, if James Potter wanted to kiss me again, I wouldn't say no.
"Miss Evans," Flitwick called, I hated this part of the exam, the practical part, I was okay at writing down everything that came into my head on a piece of parchment, often a lot of it wasn't strictly related to Charms, but it was definitely thinking outside the box, that could be appreciated couldn't it?
Everyone was watching you, judging you as much as the teacher was grading you, you can do this Lily just pretend you are in a duel, I was really good once my adrenaline started going.
"Perform a charm to fill the class with pure water" Flitwick instructed me, okay, Lily, you can do this and once you've done it, you should really stop talking to yourself.
"Agumenti" I said twirling my wand to make the water sign, a pure stream of water flowed out of the tip, I gently flick my wand upward to end the flow, but carefully enough not to spill a drop.
There, you go Lily you did it, nothing exploded, there is no fire anywhere and you haven't flooded the classroom with water, though that would have been necessary with the giant explosion that was imminent. Now you just have to stop talking to yourself, or you could just name me. Why are the voices in your head the most annoying?
"Perfect" said Flitwick applauding, "You are a true charmist" he added,
Yay!
"Thank-you, Sir" I said blushing, Flitwick was a beautiful, beautiful man.
"I'm a true charmist" said Sirius, winking at Hestia and sitting back arrogantly in his chair, and unknowingly ruining the perfect moment in his own special way, everyone laughed, evil sycophants.
"I'm sure you are, Mr. Black, but it quite a different way" said Flitwick diplomatically,
Ha, Sirius, not that cool are you
"You know what I'm talking about Sir" Sirius said grinning, "I bet you were quite the ladies man in your day" he added, I groaned, oh Sirius, why do words have to come out of your mouth? Does anyone know a charm where if annoying person tries to speak instead of words just chocolate frogs would leap out of their mouths? I'd invent that and become rich, but James would never be able to talk, as long as he could still kiss it would be fine.
"My day is not yet over" said Flitwick slyly, you tell him Prof. "Now Mr. Black if you could perform the same incantation" he asked, Sirius stepped up his normal cocky self, explode, explode, I chanted mentally, but he did it perfectly, and even conjured his own glass and make it fly toward Flitwick to take a sip, annoying show off
"Ever impressive, Mr. Black" said Flitwick slightly proudly.
The charms exam proceeded without too much fault, there were no explosions, or floods or any other natural disasters at least, even Alice, the ever inconsistent witch, especially when it comes to Charms, managed to keep the room intact, though she did produce FireWhiskey instead to water. Which Flitwick just interpreted as cheekiness and proceeded to give her double marks for originality, and unsurprisingly kept it as a souvenir.
We exited the classroom,
"I've no idea how I did that" said Alice amazed, she looked in shock,
"It was awesome, if only you could do that at parties" Sirius said, it was always the next step, that's what he thought about, it's probably why he never got caught in trick steps or time continuums.
"How was the exam?" Sirius teased throwing an arm around me and another around Hestia, why did he have to say something I'd nearly forgotten it, now I was going to have a full on post exam panic attack, I hate it when I know something is going to happen but I can't stop it,
3….
2….
1….
"What if I've failed" I exclaimed, I looked at Sirius desperately, he just laughed and retracted his arm, I'll find someone else more comforting
"What if I've failed?" I repeated turning to James, that wasn't a good idea he looked slightly scared; more of me turning into a crazy person, than of me actually failing.
"You won't have failed" Remus said lazily, he was used to this
"But what if I have, I'll have to resit the whole year, and I'll be that weird kid at the back of the class without any friends" I said, gripping his arm,
"You could just sleep with Flitwick, I'm sure he'd be up for that" said Remus, as though it was a perfectly normal thing to do, I'm sure it was in some places but I would never do that, would I? Why am I evaluating this when I'm hoping he was just joking, it was very un-Remus like
"Remus" I said scandalised, I'd expect something like that from Sirius or possibly James
"Just because I'm not normally crude, doesn't mean I don't know how to be" he said, half smiling at my tone, he was infuriating at times, Mary just laughed and slipped her hand through his,
We reached the bottom of the stairs, and Sirius suddenly bolted (it could have been galloping) to the great doors, to the lawns outside, yelling "FREEDOM", but it was more like "FREEEEEEEEEED'" then "hello" because someone with boobs walked by, where did they get that man? Was he created in a potions lab? An accident like Penicillin?
We paused and just looked after him, then glanced at each other, I honestly didn't know what to say
"I think the most humane thing to do is put him down" Remus said after a moment, shaking his head submissively
"yeah, that or have him neutered, we don't want any pups like him running around" said James shaking his head as well.
They glance at each other burst out laughing, then galloped off after him, I just looked at Hestia
"you fancy that?" I said
"you kissed the guy who wants to neuter him" she replied
"fair point" I said, and we walked toward the doors out onto the grounds, keeping a safe distance
I watched the marauders and my friends laying mixed together, as I walked quickly away, I couldn't sit with them, not whilst James stood there looking amazing, casually tossing a quaffle back and forth with Sirius, on the spot they'd cursed Severus on last year, and he'd humiliated me calling me a 'mudblood' in front of everyone, and James had made the situation worse by retaliating, didn't he know I could stand up for myself.
I ended up in the library with the familiar books I could trust, even if they didn't always answer me when I talked to them, I took advantage of the emptiness of the library to get a head start on my holiday homework.
I had just finished my potions essay, when a shadow cast over my desk, I looked up to see who the intruder of my study session was, of course, James Potter,
"Go out with me, Evans" he greeted me as usual,
"Get a new line, Potter" I replied looking away, I hadn't said a flat out no this time, I wondered what he interpreted it as, he slid into the seat next to me.
"Well I'm not all that good with chat up lines, girls normally just throw themselves at me" he said winking
"Well, I don't like to throw things" I said, what was I supposed to reply? Thankfully he just laughed,
"How about 'Ride Me I'm a Quidditch Player' he said in a Sirius like fashion, I cringed.
"Don't be so crude" I told him, and hit his arm playfully.
"Don't be so rough Evans, you'll wear me out and I've got a big day tomorrow" he said, and moved closer to me,
"Oh yeah" I squeaked breathlessly, it was the Gryffindor vs. Slytherin match tomorrow, I couldn't help but stare at his lips, I swallowed "Good luck for that" I said, not all together sure if my voice could be interpreted into audible sounds.
"Thanks" he said, he was gradually getting closer, I didn't know if he was going to -
He kissed me and I kissed him back, and it was the same as before passionate, intense, and adoring, making my stomach literally do back flips, and cartwheels and other gymnastical stunts, all rational thought flew from my mind and into story books where it should belong, but there was a tiny nagging feeling in the back of my head which wouldn't shut up, I hadn't decided what I was going to do I was still confused by the whole situation, and now I was kissing him , leading him on, what would happen if we broke up, we weren't even together to break up, would I get hurt, would he get hurt?
My body pressed against him, damn teenage hormones, as my mind pulled away. After a moment I regained control and pushed away.
"No, sorry, I can't" I said, my voice thick with emotions, I grabbed my things and ran from the library, I daren't look back or I'd be one of those girls throwing myself at him.
I half ran half walked back to my dormitory, panicking about what had just happened, what had happened? What would he think of me? Well he already knows I'm crazy. In my dormitory there would be people who understood my psychotic ways, and wouldn't look at me like I was a fizzing whisbee for running out on a make out session with James Potter.
I pushed open the door, and caught a glimpse of Alice and Frank on her bed, i turned around squeezing my eyes shut, I really did not want to see what they were up to.
"Sorry" I squeaked,
"Lily, it's okay, we weren't having sex" said Frank, thank God now I didn't have to try and find a new place to hide from Potter and his friends,
"Oh, thank God" I said turning around dumping my stuff on my bed and then pushing it off onto the floor so I could sit on the bed,
"We don't have sex all the time" Alice said defensively
"Though most of the time" added Frank, kissing her on the nose
"Guys" I interjected, before they started a full on kissing marathon,
"Sorry" said Frank, he was always polite about their nymphomaniac activities, Alice was just over informative
"What's wrong lily?" Alice asked
"Potter" I said a little too aggressively, Alice and Frank just looked at each other and rolled their eyes simultaneously, and very creepily
"What's happened now?" asked Alice, not quite altogether keeping the sarcsm out of her tone
"He kissed me" I said, as if one times one equalled two, she didn't seem at all bothered by this
"You kissed him, he kissed you, you like him -" Alice chanted,
"I do not like him" I interjected, she was so annoying why were we even friends?
"Yeah, you do" said Frank, I take that back, I don't like either of them, they were a formidable pair, they could bully a dragon into breathing candyfloss, though when they agreed it meant something was true…
"I haven't decided yet" I compromised
"Yeah, you'll give it a go, you'll date, you'll both be happy, you'll annoy each other to insanity, you'll move on" she said shrugging a if it was no big deal, it was to me
"Mean" I said, there was no need to be so blunt about it
"Sorry, Lily, its just you are a little over dramatic about things" said Frank, putting a hand over Alice's mouth
"You just have to remember you aren't marrying him, it's just a kiss, or a crush, look at Mary and Remus do you think they'll end up married? Don't worry that you are going to turn into Alice and I" he said calmly and hopefully kindly, though I did have the feeling I'd been told off, and I wasn't sure how, he took his hand off Alice's mouth as she looked like she was going to explode with words
"There is nothing wrong with us" she said protectively
"I know there is nothing wrong with us" Frank replied, then looking at me tapped his temple and gave Alice a worried glance,
"Lily's more insane than I am, I'm insane by association" she explained
"That's true" I said, it was a foolproof explanation
So really, there was nothing to worry about, a couple of dates, a bit of fun. I could do that, I had dated before, so saying yes to James' greeting didn't mean I was going to start producing kids with ridiculous hair, no, it was just a fling, I could be flung, that was very fine with me, hopefully it would be enough for him.
A/N: Hope you enjoyed it, please read and review, and don't get trampled by any hippogrifs.