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I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter of A Funny Kind of Romance. This is the very first fanfic that I've put up so I hope its good. XD ok well here it goes…Chapter 2!!!! ENJOY!
Chapter 2.
Dangerous Muggle Games and Secret Plans
Lily wasn't too frustrated anymore when she reached the door to her compartment. She was so relieved that James hadn't followed her; he was really getting on her nerves. Really.
'God, please help me get through this year without killing James Potter,' she thought silently. This year was going to be harder than she thought.
Taking a deep breath, Lily slid open the compartment door to find the room packed with people.
Inside was Gwen playing Exploding Snap on the floor with Sirius, and Elizabeth talking intensely with a boy known as Remus Lupin.
Remus was just as good looking as James and Sirius but was very polite and well mannered... most of the time. Lily had taken a liking to Remus because he was different from his two best friends. For the record, he was a good person to talk to when he wasn't hanging out with the rest of the Marauders.
As Lily entered the compartment she noticed another boy in the corner of the room, eating a large bar of chocolate. She knew him as Peter Pettigrew. Lily didn't know much about Peter; only that he was rarely seen away from the three boys.
"Oh, look! It's Lily!" announced Gwen.
"Hey, Lily, where's James?" asked Sirius anxiously.
"Um…I dunno. I lost him on the way over here… By the way, why are you three here?" she asked, speaking to the boys.
"Well, we decided it would be fun to all gather in one compartment," said Gwen.
"But, this was suppose to be our compartment. Now it's too crowded," whined Lily.
"Hello, Lily. Sorry to interrupt, but if you'd like, we can find an other compartment," said Remus politely.
"Oh, hello, Remus. I didn't mean to sound rude but it's just th- AH!"
"What was that dear?" questioned Elizabeth, not noticing that James had snuck up behind Lily and grabbed her by the waist.
"Damn you, POTTER!" she screamed before turning to chase after James in the train's hallway.
The compartment went quiet for a while.
"Oh, I guess they won't be back for a while," said Remus, breaking the akward silence.
"Hey! How about a game?!" asked Sirius, grinning. The girls all agreed, not noticing the mischievous look Sirius had on his face.
It took Lily a good 5 seconds to catch James. She had cornered him and began to whack him on the head with a newspaper she found lying on the floor. Once she was satisfied, she turned around to go back to the compartment.
"Hey, Evans! You're going to pay for that!" James threatened. At that moment, she heard running and knew that James was coming after her. Lily ran with all her might, almost bumping into a crowd of confused first years.
Lily was pretty fast, but James was right on her tail. Finally she reached her compartment, opened the door and slammed it shut. When she turned around she saw the most peculiar sight.
In the middle of the room, on the floor were Sirius, Elizabeth, and Gwen, playing Twister. Elizabeth had her body in a back bend with Sirius' body over her legs and Gwen with her arms over Sirius' chest. Lily thought that with one more move, Gwen would come crashing down on everyone.
"Ok, Sirius, its your turn. Right hand on red," laughed Remus.
"Damn! I can't move with Liz in the way," complained Sirius.
"Hell, it wasn't my fault that I have to do a cheerleading stunt! Besides, you were the one who suggested it!" retorted Elizabeth, straining her neck over to get a good look at Sirius.
"Ok! I think I got-" Before they knew it with a loud ouch, Sirius fell over, bringing both girls down with him.
"Hey, Evans! Open the door!!" interrupted James as he pulled it open with difficulty.
"Ah, Lily's back!" said Gwen, trying to untangle herself from the twisted bodies.
"Oh! Hey, Lils. Back so soon? And where's POTT- oh, there he is," said Elizabeth, pushing Sirius off of her.
"Hey, Prongs, too bad you missed the game. Maybe you two can joining us in the next round!"
"NO!" said Gwen and Elizabeth in unison. They didn't think it would be safe to play that muggle game again.
"I mean, let's relax for a while," said Elizabeth, rubbing her back. She then looked around to find an empty seat but to no avail. "Hm, well, uh, I guess I'll sit on the floor," she said as an after thought.
"Or you can sit on me, Liz," Sirius suggested, patting his lap and winking at her.
"I'll pass, thanks," she replied, rolling her eyes and settling herself on the floor next to Remus. Remus was occupied with a book and wasn't paying attention anymore.
"Oy! Let's all go to the Head Compartment," James suggested.
"You two have your own compartment?" asked Gwen.
"Yeah, and it's big enough to fit all of us. Come one, let's move your crap over there," said James, grabbing Lily's bags as he headed out the corridor.
"Hey! Where do you think your going with my bags?" Lily hastily pulled her luggage from James' grip and waited for Gwen and Elizabeth to get their belongings.
"Hey, hurry up, Padfoot!" said Sirius as he followed the girls to the new compartment.
"Hold up! I'm waiting for Mooney and Wormtail." James sighed dramatically and waited for his friends, tapping his foot impatiently.
"Hey, Lils, I dunno about you, but does this compartment look smaller from the outside?" Gwen asked, setting her bags down under a seat. She was commenting on the new compartment that they were in.
"No, it's not you. I thought that too," Lily replied.
"Blimey, Liz! What the hell are you carrying in that thing? Bricks?!" Sirius asked, shoving Elizabeth's large trunk next to Gwen's.
"No…more like books," replied Elizabeth, half-heartedly.
"Ha! Then you'd be perfect for Remus," James added.
Elizabeth and Remus both blushed at the comment.
"Anyways, how was your summer, Gwen?" Lily asked as she shoved her bags in the storage above her seat.
"Hmm…well Lils, it was a hell of a time! My parents took me to Paris with them and I got to meet the band Jade. You know, that new group that plays "Love Spell." Anyways, it was really fun!"
"You got to meet them?" asked Sirius.
"Hey, I heard that the lead singer is from America," said Elizabeth.
"My aunt lives in America," squealed Peter out of no where.
"Wormtail! I thought you got lost on your way over here," teased James.
"N-no," was Peter's reply.
"Hey, lighten up, Peter. Here, have a cookie," said Sirius, throwing Peter a cookie that was on a tray at the side of his seat. Peter made a grab for it, but it ended up falling to the floor.
"Really, Wormtail. You need to practice on your reflexes," laughed James. Lily eyed him evilly. It annoyed her when James made fun of people.
"What about you, Liz? How was your summer?" Gwen asked excitedtly.
"All I did was go to my auntie's house and watch moving pictures on a thing called a Bellyvision…or something like that," she said, absent mindedly.
"Bellyvision? Liz, don't you mean television?" asked Lily curiously.
"Oh…so that's what my aunt meant. Heh, poor dear, probably thought I was going crazy. She's muggle you know," giggled Elizabeth.
Everyone stared at her oddly.
"Is she ok?" Sirius asked James in a whisper as they both looked at Elizabeth in confusion.
"I dunno," James shrugged.
"O-K. So, um…what next? I'm getting bored," said Sirius.
"We're almost at the station so why not stare at each other like lunatics and wait for the train to stop," Elizabeth suggested.
"Ok, now she's starting to talk like a mad woman," said James loudly.
"Soooorrrie, I was only trying to make things interesting. Plus, I'm getting hyper with all those chocolate frogs I had a few minutes ago."
"No, Liz…I don't think it was the chocolate," Lily giggled.
The minutes flew by as the Marauders and the Intellegents talked about things they expected for the upcoming school year and of events from their summer. They were all interested in the conversation that they barely noticed the train come to a slow stop in Hogsmead Station.
"Ok, then I guess we have to go and make sure no one does anything stupid," Lily said, glancing quickly at James, who looked back at her with an innocent smirk on his gorgeous face. He ran his hand through his hair, making Lily irritated.
Turning away from James, Lily said her good byes and walked out of the room. James stayed behind for a while to talk to the Marauders. They all gathered around in the compartment after the two girls left.
"Are we still up for it?" asked an anxious Sirius.
"Of course we are…this is our big chance and now would be the only time we can do it," James explained intensely.
"Yes, I agree with James. Today is our only chance," said Remus as he nodded in agreement.
"Ok, then. Let's go for it!" said Sirius; his brown eyes lighting up as if Christmas was coming early. James gave a smirk of his own and Remus nodded. As for Peter, he was totally lost as to what his friends were up to.
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