Party
"Excuse me…" I said, closing my eyes and entering the room carrying the tray. I can run away with the circus after that, sure.
I must have whispered this, because Derek and Emmeline wouldn't stop kissing only for my presence. They're both so cute! Blond hair, blue eyes… A baby of them would be so beautiful. Ok, stop.
I cleaned my throat, hoping they would stop exchanging love.
"Lily!'
Derek went red when he saw me, but smiled when he picked up a paper, wrote a number on it and gave to Emme. He kissed her.
"My phone me."
"And Lily, thank you for introducing her." He kissed my cheek and went away.
"WHAT'S A PHONE? LILY?"
I laughed.
"He wants you to keep in touch with him. Come here, I'll teach you how to make phone calls."
While Emme viewed the phone, it rang, and she threw it on the floor.
"IT'S ALIVE! OH MY GOD! IT'S ALIVE!"
I rolled my eyes.
"Calm down, Emmeline! Wait a second." And picked it up. "Hello?"
"Who's screaming?"
"James?"
"Hey."
"You know what a telephone is?"
"Remus toughed me."
"Oh."
"Who's the guy?"
"What?"
"I just came back from your house."
"HUN? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"
"I wanted to do you a romantic surprise, but as Ii saw a short blond guy already made one."
"Derek?"
"Oh, that's his name. Sorry."
"Yeah, but what you mean…"
Then I realized.
"James! This is not what you're thinking."
"No"
"OF COURSE NOT!"
"Oh, sorry then."
And he hung up. ON MY FACE. Stupid.
"What happened?" Emme asked, staring at the phone as it would blow at any moment.
"I think I'll end everything with James."
"Relax, it's just a phase. I understood how it works. It rings, you pick up and say 'hello'"
"No. That's how you answer the phone, Emme."
"THERE'S TWO WAYS OF USING IT? OH NO!"
Here we go again.
I think she finally got the way of using the phone, because the letters she sent me the rest of the week were all romantic and happy, evolving Derek.
In the middle time, I didn't talk with James. Maybe I had the stupid hope that Emmeline might ''accidentally'' say she is dating Derek, not me.
I wasn't fond for parties when the day came (three days to New Year!) but as Sirius were my friend and Mrs. Potter would be really disappointed if I didn't come; I got dresses and went there.
Outside, the mansion – house looked the same as always, but inside it seemed that Mrs. Potter decoration work did very well. The balloons I filled were on the roof, shinning in many colors.
Food was deepest in the house, as I noticed later. I saw Emmeline and Derek (HOW CAN SHE BRING A MUGGLE TO THIS PARTY?), Dorcas was, as always, trying to make Remus dance (really, this guy hates dancing!). I walked forward, I said hello to Fabian Prewett and his brother, Gideon, who were talking about quidditch league with Amus Diggory (as if they knew about anything else). And later I found Sirius and Marlene, laughing hysterically (frankly, they're both stupid. In the sixth year, they became best friends, now that Sirius realized that women aren't only worth for the other side of bed.)
"Hi!"
"Hey! Lily, I'm trying to convince Sirius here that birthday parties are only symbolic!"
He rolled his eyes.
"And I should celebrate that I'm getting old and ancient?"
And then they started laughing again. I think someone here is exceeding the dose of firewhisky.
"Where's James?"
Marlene seemed confused.
"I dunno. I saw him in the back yard, playing with his cousin…"
Cousin?
I went there, where apparently the Potters were. Mrs. Potter chatted happily with a pretty woman, with black hair and blue eyes. Marlene's mother, by the way.
"Hello, Mrs. Potter."
"Hi, dear! I believe you already know Lorraine, don't you?"
I smiled to Mrs. Mckinnon, as a couple walked in our direction. He was really tall and had light green eyes, as me, and his wife, as tall as him, had a happy expression.
"So she's the one James' been talking about?"
Mrs. Potter smiled, and explained:
"They're James' uncle and aunt, Lily. Richard and Michel Potter" And whispered in my ear: "Richard and Allan are brothers."
"Oh, hi!"
"She's really beautiful! James really got this one right, Marta! I hope one day Justin can date a woman as beautiful as she is."
I forced a smile and went to greet Mr. Potter and Mr. Mckinnon, and I saw James. He was playing with a little boy, who wouldn't stop throwing a plastic quaffle in his head.
"Hello…"
James turned suddenly to my, and the quaffle hit his face again.
"Hi, Lily."
The boy stopped playing and stared at me.
"Who is she, cousin?"
"She's my girlfriend, Justin. And stop calling me 'cousin', damn."
The boy ignored the last phrase and went to me.
"I'm Justin Potter. Nice to meet you."
I gave the boy my best smile.
"Hello, Justin! My name is Lily. Nice to meet you too."
"Like the flower?"
Oh, gosh. I hated when people reminded the meaning of my name. It sounded a little too much pink for me.
"Yeah… Just like the flower."
"Cool! Wait a minute. I need to go to the bathroom, and my mum is keeping my glasses."
I smiled again, as he picked up the quaffle and walked to him mother.
"Idiot." James said
"You are. Derek is with Emme."
But before he could say anything, a stupid voice called:
"JIIIMY!"
I looked back, and Joan came in our direction. Before I vomited on them, I walked inside the house again. I was so frustrated and pissed off that I hit someone (just for a change.)
"Ah. Remus! Sorry!"
He laughed.
"Thank god she didn't bring the poodle."
I expected to see him bored, but I saw a strange light in his eyes.
"What's that face?"
"None. I just think Marlene wouldn't like competition."
"What you're talking about?"
"Come here."
We climbed the stairs, and Remus told me to stay quiet. When we reached the corridor, I saw a scene that will never come out of my head. Sirius and Marlene, apparently drunk, kissing.
"Hilarious, don't you think?"
"Hilarious? You think they'll remember this tomorrow?"
Rem laughed.
"I dunno, but I will never let Sirius forget this."
I laughed loudly. Remus makes me happier than my boyfriend.
The party itself was cool. I mean, spend time with friends is always cool. Fabian and Gideon tell jokes very well, and even Dorcas alien stories seemed amusing. When the party was almost over, Justin came to talk with me, the square glassed in his face and the plastic quaffle in his hands.
"Flower?"
Flower? Oh, it's me.
"Hello, Justin!"
"You are James girlfriend?"
"Yes."
"I think he's got another girlfriend…" he said, confused.
"What do you mean?"
"Come here, flower."
He guided me to the Potters back yard. It's really strange how short he is, when you see his father height, and mine. And was sad thinking he would get taller than me later. Oh gosh.
When I actually got there, I saw what Justin meant.
James and Joan, snogging like two animals. Of course I was pissed off. Not just because he was cheating on me, or because he was cheating on me with that… Neighbor of his. Not because he was cheating on me while I was in his house. Because of all of this, and for the fact the Justin saw. And he, a nine year – old, was the only one who had the heart to tell me that "Cousin James had another girlfriend"
I don't need to say that I cried. And I threw the ring on them. And he didn't notice. Or, if he did, he said nothing.
