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Three hours we had to endure of the Marauders. THREE HOURS. Don't get me wrong, I do still fancy Sirius. I just can't stand it when James has to act like he is the best man in the world for Lily and when Sirius acts along with him. Remus, he's alright. Lily and I get along with him just fine; it's the other two we are annoyed with.
They were constantly following us around, asking us random questions, and informing us how amazing they are at Quidditch or at pranking Slytherins. We couldn't get away until they got distracted, and as soon as they saw Zonko's they were gone. We slipped away from them effortlessly and made our way back to the Leaky Cauldron.
"Oh god. I do NOT think I could've stood there listening to that for another minute! I do not care how good he is at Quidditch and how many times he turned Snape's hair pink. Can't he see that?" Lily sighed and sat down at a table in the Leaky Cauldron. I sat next to her and waved the barkeeper over.
"He just needs to deflate that big head of his a bit. Maybe then you'll go out with him?" Lily shrugged and ordered her lunch from the barkeeper.
"I guess. I mean, behind his fat head and horrible pranks, he's not that bad. He's actually kind of nice." I nodded and put my chin in my hands. Lily studied me a moment.
"Do you fancy Sirius, Sophie?" I choked and my cheeks flushed.
"Uh- I.. Uhm, No?" Damn me and my big mouth. Lily raised her eyebrows.
"No, huh? So you wouldn't mind at all that he just walked in with some bimbo?" I gasped and spun around to look for him.
"I knew it! You DO like him! Sophie! How could you?" Lily exclaimed. There was no bimbo, I blew it.
"I dunno… He's funny and sweet." I said quietly and looked at my hands in my lap.
"I don't want you to be another one of the girls he just sleeps with and dumps, Sophie. I don't want you to get hurt." She said. Concern laced through her voice.
"Don't you think I know that already Lily? Why do you think I haven't gone out with him yet?" My voice rose with each word and I could see people looking over at me.
"Just don't go and do something stupid, okay? I worry about you!" Lily said loudly. Our food came then, two veggie burgers and two butter beers. We had stopped eating beef and pork when we were in first year, when the Marauders had hamburger and bacon eating contests every day.
When we were finished eating we left some money on the table and went to the fireplace to floo back to Lily's house. We got to her house and ran up the stairs to her room, before her evil sister Petunia could talk to us. We set our bags down on her bed and sat on the floor.
"I wish school would just start." I said as I lay on her rug. She opened a drawer in her desk and pulled out a sketch book.
"Stay there." I sigh as she starts to draw me. Lily is an amazing artist and I am used to her randomly asking me to stay where I am so she can draw me. Usually it's because of 'perfect lighting' or something artsy like that. I don't mind much.
For another twenty minutes all I could hear was the steady scratch of Lily's pencil against her sketch book, it was almost soothing and I had to force myself not to fall asleep. Then finally she turned the book around so I could see her work.
It was beautiful. It looked like a photo, it was so well drawn. I gasped at the detail and reached out to examine it more closely. It didn't even take her very long!
"Lily Evans! This is amazing! How do you do this in such a short amount of time?" She blushed at the compliment and shrugged.
"I've drawn you so many times I've almost memorized your facial structure. With anything else it would've taken longer." She smiled and took the book out of my hands.
"Well, what should we do?" I said as I stretched my feet above me in the air. She lay down next to me; her auburn hair framed her face in a prefect halo. I grumbled.
"How do you do that?"
"Do what?" Her eyebrows furrowed.
"That! You know, be all beautiful and perfect without even trying! I'm no where near as beautiful as you are!" I sighed and tugged on my dull blonde hair. "I am too tall for my age, my eyes don't aren't even the same color, and my hips are too wide. Too put it lightly, I'm plain."
"Sophie Bellum! You have amazing eyes! Your curves are drool worthy and I am jealous of your height!" She was just trying to make me feel better. I'm awkward and plain and she knows it.
"Yeah, okay, whatever." I said as I rolled my eyes. She just pinched my side and stood up. I squealed and rolled onto my stomach.
"Let's cut my hair!" I said randomly. Lily laughed and shrugged. I was in a make-over mood and the only person here who needed it was me. I pulled her scissors out of her desk drawer and walked into the bathroom that she shared with Petunia. Lily followed me closely with a magazine for hair samples.
"How do you want it then?" She asked me as she flipped through the pages of Witch Weekly.
"Hmmm…" I hopped onto the counter in the bathroom and swung my legs. Lily came in front of me and started to pick up pieces of my long, blonde hair and examine them.
"How about we go crazy?" She smiled mischievously and grabbed the scissors. I gulped. Lily and scissors was sometimes not so good. I squeezed my eyes closed and wrinkled my nose, afraid of what my hair looks like, as she started to cut. After about 10 minutes she stood back and clapped her hands together.
"Can I look now?" I asked her, not opening my eyes. I could just hear her eyes rolling, how, I don't know.
"Yes, silly. You look amazing. I must say, I am quite proud of my hair cutting skills." She gloated. I opened my eyes and gasped as my eyes met with my reflection. My hair was a bit shorter and there were lots of layers to make it have more body. My bangs flowed to the side of cheeks, framing my round face.
"Lils, I look- I mean you really- Wow." I was at a loss for words as I inspected my hair bit by bit. When I was completely satisfied with my new look I hopped off the counter and took the scissors in my hand.
"Your turn!" I said smiling widely at her. She shook her head and back away from me.
"Oh no, you are not cutting my hair. I like it this length, It makes my hair wavy, not curly." I sighed and grabbed her arm.
"Lils, your hair is amazing when it is curly. I won't cut too much off. You just had some split ends. Plus, I think you need some side bangs too." She sighed, admitting her defeat as she hopped up on the counter where I had been earlier.
I combed her hair and got it wet before starting to cut. Her hair was down to her lower back where it thinned out and put a lot of strain on her auburn curls, forcing them to become waves. I cut her hair to her shoulder blades and then started on her bangs. When I was finished I put the scissors down and put my hands on my hips.
"Well, I'm all done. What do you think?" I asked her. She turned around and smiled, signaling she liked it. I nodded and got a broom out of the linen closet and started to sweep up the piles of blonde and red hair on the floor of her bathroom.
"Want to stay over tonight then?" Lily asked as we walked out of her now clean bathroom into her bedroom.
"Sure. Let's go get my stuff and show off my new hair cut to the twins." We pulled on or shoes and walked down the stairs, after carefully examining the hall for any sign of Lily's devil sister, Petunia. We slipped out the door quietly and made our way to my house, talking about our excitement for school and scheming ways to get the Marauders in trouble with our new Prefect abilities.
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Hannah
