AN: I do not own Harry Potter, but I'd sure like to! I hope you enjoy my take on this often written storyline, I promise this is not just another Lily/James 7th year fanfiction, its better! (I hope...) Enjoy!
Chapter 4
Three weeks later, I was sitting at the Gryffindor table once again, Head Girl badge pinned to my robes. I looked over at Michael where he sat at the Ravenclaw table with his mates. He winked at me and I smiled.
"You guys are just so cute together," Marlene told me with a smile as she walked behind me.
I smiled over my shoulder at the blonde witch. "Thanks Marly," I told her, "Good summer?"
"Very good, thanks! I'll fill you in up in the dorms though, right?" she asked.
"I have a new dorm," I said, turning slightly in my chair to show my Head Girl pin. I tapped on it with my fingernail, "Head Girl!"
"Oh, congratulations Lily!" Marlene exclaimed, leaning to hug me quickly, "Of course you got that!"
I smiled at her. "I'm sure we'll find time to catch up soon," I told her with a smile.
She nodded with a smile and then hurried down the table to where Dorcas and Mary were seated. She said something to them and they both looked down the table at us and waved. Alice, Elizabeth and I smiled and waved back.
"She looks pretty good hey?" Alice asked, "Marlene?"
"Oh, after that breakup with Sirius?" Elizabeth asked, "Yeah, she seemed to get it together pretty well."
"He's not a very nice bloke either," I said, looking down at the food in front of me.
"Speak of the devil," Alice murmured as I scooped up some mashed potatoes on my fork.
"Merlin's beard," Elizabeth exclaimed, "What the bloody hell did they do?"
I looked up quickly and glanced towards the door. Sirius Black and James Potter were just stepping into the Great Hall, looking worse for wear.
They both looked like they'd just hopped in the shower with their clothes on, their hair plastered to their faces, dripping wet. The Great Hall was silent, watching them as they made their way to where Remus and Peter were sitting together just down the table a few seats. I glanced over at Dumbledore and the rest of the teachers and they were all looking on with undecipherable faces.
"What the hell did you do?" Remus asked in a hushed whisper that carried in the silent Great Hall.
"Well we flew, didn't we?" Sirius laughed loudly, "Missed the bloody train so we flew. Course, it had to start raining on the way."
Peter, for whatever reason found this hilariously funny as he burst out laughing. At this, the rest of the usual noise of the Great Hall started up again as people started to eat and converse with their friends once again. But I continued to listen in to their conversation.
"James, mate, you're Head Boy," Remus hissed at his friend, "You can't just fool around like this all the time. Nobody will take you seriously."
"I missed the train Remus, it's not like I blew up the Astronomy tower," Potter replied, shrugging.
"It's not just about you now," Remus said, "You're one part of a two person team and poor Lily had to run the whole Prefects meeting alone."
"I'm sure she managed just fine," Black replied, reaching for a pork chop, "She's a tad bit of a control freak, isn't she?"
Potter glanced up and over to me and I hurriedly looked down to my plate.
"Didn't she do alright on her own?" Potter asked.
"Snape is the prefect from Slytherin," Remus said sharply, "So what do you think?"
"Oh, hell," Potter said, "Was she alright?"
"He was giving her a lot of trouble and there was only so much I could do as a Prefect," Remus said, "You need to be serious about being Head Boy and if you can't do it, tell Dumbledore that he made a mistake so he has the time to rectify it."
Potter was silent.
Black snorted. "I'm sure that stuck up brat did just fine Remus. She's always had some need to be insulted by Snivellus, just let her have what she wants," he said shortly, "Now, can I eat my dinner in peace?"
Remus cast his friend a dark look and then speared an asparagus with his fork and stuffed it in his mouth.
I looked down at my own plate and swallowed hard.
"What in Merlin's pants is his problem?" Elizabeth asked.
"Black?" Alice asked.
"Yeah. He's such an arse," Elizabeth said.
"Who knows?" Alice asked, "He was like that to Lily after the funeral too."
"Who pissed in his cornflakes?" Elizabeth asked. I glanced up at her and her blue eyes were alight with anger, "What did you ever do to him?"
I shrugged. "Just leave it be, yeah?" I said before scooping another mouthful of mashed potatoes into my mouth.
Elizabeth and Alice exchanged glances before starting to eat again.
When the meal was done, Dumbledore spoke a few words and then we were excused. I got to my feet. "Potter?" I called to his retreating back.
He glanced over his shoulder at me. "Evans?" he asked, surprised.
"Do you reckon we should go find our new rooms?" I asked him.
"Er, you can go right ahead," he said, "I'm going to wait for Remus." He gestured his friend who was leading the first years up to the Gryffindor Common Room.
I nodded once. "Alright. See you later."
He gave a small smile before hurrying after Remus, Peter and Black.
"Want to see my new room?" I offered Alice and Elizabeth.
"Sure!" Alice exclaimed, "Lead the way Head Girl!"
AN: Thanks for reading folks! Chapter 4! I hope you like how this story is going so far! A bit of a slow start but then I will start to cruise through the 7th year! I have alot of this story typed out on my laptop now, so updates should come fast and often (4th update in 1 day?!), at least for a week or so. Please let me know if you like this story and if I should continue updating!
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