Life At Hogwarts

Lily POV

We entered the Great Hall. As always, it was magnificent. We all went and sat there. All the teachers were there. We went and sat in Gryffindor Table. The sorting ceremony was about to begin. We were all very pleased with them. Now Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat. Everyone fell silent at once. We all were all eager to know who the Head Boy and Head girl were. Last year Remus was Prefect. I expected him to be Head Boy. I was pretty sure that Alice would be Head Girl.

Dumbledore started to speak 'Welcome. Welcome. Welcome to another year at Hogwarts. Hope you enjoy Hogwarts. Yes. Yes. The time has come. Now is the time to announce the Head Boy and Head Girl. The Head Girl is Lily Evans'

I just couldn't believe what I heard. I felt my cheeks burn and I was sure they were in a bright shade of red. I stood up and everyone cheered.

'And Head Boy is James Potter.'

And another loud cheer from everyone, of course, except from Slytherin. He stood up still gazing at me.

'And our care, has asked me to remind the first years that magic is strictly forbidden in corridors. And the forbidden forest is out of bounds for all children' he then he winked at US. We all tried were hard not to smile. 'The Head Boy and Head Girl will meet the Deputy Headmistress Prof. McGonagall, time and venue will be informed later by her. Let the feast BEGIN.' He clapped his hand and the table was filled with all kinds of food.

We had a very good time at the feast. We left the Great Hall to leave to the common room. We all were excited.

'Congrats' Remus exclaimed again

'So you are not sad that we…' I started. I didn't want Remus to feel angry at me. After all he was my first marauder friend.

'Lily!' Alice, Prongs, Padfoot, Doe shouted at me which made me jump.

'Remus will never ever think like that.' James said. Everyone nodded in agreement. I felt guilty for asking the question.

I looked at the ground and mumbled a 'sorry'. I was too much a coward to look at Remus. But Remus chuckled and said 'I guess its okay.'

I looked up at him and he was smiling. I couldn't help but smile. We then reached the common room. I went in and then sank into the sofa.

'I missed this place.' I said as I remembered all my times in this place.

'We all do' said Remus and sat beside me.

Alice sat near him. Even tough Alice never said anything, it is so obvious that she loved Remus and he loves her back. I sighed noting the obvious.

We chatted there in common room for hours. Finally, we all headed to our dormitories. Doe was still there with Sirius.

I, Alice and Doe shared a room. Once they were in I pulled Alice to her bed and made her look into my eyes.

'I am gonna ask you something and you are gonna answer me honestly.' I said.

Alice nodded slightly nervous.

'Do you like Remus?'

She looked like she had seen a Hungarian Horntail. 'No…I mean… yes… no, no…Urg, I honestly don't know.'

I waited patiently. Alice drew a breath and nodded her head.

'How did you know?' Alice asked.

'Even Malfoy can figure it out.' It was too obvious.

'It is that obvious?'

'Yes.' She sighed and continued 'You should tell him.'

'What? No, No…He won't'

'He likes you'

'How do you know?'

'The way he looks at you.'

'Oh! I honestly…' Alice started.

Lily cut her. 'Think about it.'

That was the end of the conversation. We both went to our bed when suddenly Doe came in and joined us. She too went to bed straight away. Our next day was bright and pleasant.

We all got ready and went to the Great Hall for breakfast. The boys were already there. We had our breakfast soon. Then Prof. McGonagall came and gave them their schedule.

I checked my timetable.

10.00 am

Charms: Professor Flitwick.

11.00 am

Defense against the Dark Arts: Professor Garrett.

12.00 pm

Divination: Professor Trelawney.

02.00 0m

Transfiguration: Professor McGonagall.

3.00 pm

Potions: Professor Slughorn.

04.00 pm

History of Magic: Professor Binns.

I was accompanied to Charms by James. I had Defense against the Dark Arts with Alice, Remus, Sirius and Doe. Divination was the only class all of us were together and it was rather funny. Prof. Trelawney was, as usual, predicting James death. That was her 24/7 favorite pastime. We all had very good time at lunch. Transfiguration was very easy with James my partner and Portions was pretty enjoyable for all of us.

History of magic was as usual boring. Alice looked extremely bored. I passed her a note.

(L: Lily and A: Alice)

L: What have you decided?

A: What are you talking about?

L: You know exactly what I am talking about.

A: (sigh)I am not sure.

L: Oh come on.

A: Alright, I will ask him after this class. Happy, huh?

L: Exceptionally. And good luck.

As soon as we were out of the classroom Alice sprinted off. Then I was walking to common room alone. James and Sirius were sitting there. I went there and settled next to them. They were happily sitting there.

'Where is Moony?'

Thy both just shrugged. I didn't want them suspicious.

'Where is wormy?'

'Don't know. He was weird all day. Kind of scared.' He turned to Remus. 'Did you know why he was acting so strange?'

'Don't know' said Padfoot. 'Anyways, I gotta meet Doe. See you guys at dinner.'

'Bye' we both said and Padfoot was gone. I was just getting settled for writing the essay in Portions about The Draught Of Living Dead. James helped me with Transfiguration essay. We both then left for dinner.

In Great Hall, everything was normal except th e fact that Alice was missing. At first I thought she was with Remus. But Remus was sitting there. He looked deeply disturbed. I didn't know why. I thought this was not the best time to ask anything. I wondered what was so strange with him. Is this something that got to deal with Alice?

I watched him carefully. He didn't eat anything. He looked like he had lost his soul. He was too depressed to talk to us. He didn't answer any of our questions. He just suddenly simply walked away. I went of ran to girls dormitories immediately. Alice was lying in her bed. She was crying. I have never seen her cry this hard. She was not the person who normally cried. This is got something to do with Remus. I went to her and placed my hands over her shoulder. I left her and went straight to Remus. My eyes were full of fury. But they all were gone as I stood before him.