Misconceptions
A/N—OMG I got soo many nice reviews!! (in fact I havn't gotton one mean one yet :)) Thnk you sooo much everyone! I feel so luved, lol.
GryffindorGoddess28: correcto mundo..no outright hints:) oh don't get your hopes up too much, I still have plenty plans before I reveal my big secret…lol, luv the name u dubbed it with btw. Hmm..interestin theories, again not sayin anything tho *evil grin. O don't think long reviews are bad!!! I LOVE long reviews..the longer the better! O and after I put that coment bout the color at the end of the A/N ive gotton like at least two other reviews about it, lol.
AgiVega: Yeah I know its kinda short, they should be getting longer though.
Aliya Black: thnks for reviewing… lol glad ur so curious and 'can't wait':)… doin my best to update as often as possible.
Mika-Mitch: lol mine too, but apparently on some comp's it's other colors as one of my reviewers pointed out to me. Thnx 4 r&r-ing.
Gummybear: weird Claire..cuz I like made the same connection recently, I think JKR mite do something with that, lik when Sirius says almost all wizarding families are related. hmm… sry the attatchment thingy was fucked up, so now u can read it with the formatting rite and stuff...lol.
Jaizar Black: thnx! Glad ya like it:). O don't you worry…I don't think ill be moving this story too fast. That relationship won't get rushed. Yea I didn't really want to model her after the kinda cliché mind pic everyone uses. Since I hav rather diff ideas. Hope u enjoy the other chaps
LaurenlinElentari: lol..well that's the third color I've heard so far. Im so glad u liked it! Lol..lose sleep? Really? ill take that as a compliment. Thnks and I wont… I was just kinda not so confident with this being my first fic and all, but with all these positive reviews and now on the 4th chap… im won't b so 'beaty up of myself' lol. Thnx for the review.
Katie: omg you have no idea how flattered I am!! Thnk you sooo much! :D I am of course going to update as much as possible. Thnx so much for reviewing, especially such a complimentry one!!!
Silver Kisses: thnx so much for reading, glad you like it! I will definetly keep tryin :)
Claire: glad u like it… I am clearly continuing it (this chap rather being proof of it) and will continue to.
Egg-n-head: thnks!! Lol yeah that was rather the point, im purposefully keeping it hanging, yes well ur not alone, evry1's askin….but my lips r zipped until that chapie comes, tho lik ive said b4, I will be dropping little hints and pieces of the story before I reveal it completely, so you will know a few things about it. I know..my poor baby!
next chap im gonna prob move the review responses to the bottom. Oh and just so you know, this chapter's quote has absolutely nothing to do with the chapter, just random thing. I know this chapter is kinda shortish, but ive already written most of five, and I think it's already longer then this one. See I decided not to add the extra section to it, your consolation is that it shouldn't take as long as usual to update.
I would like to thank all my friends who beta'd this chapter and some of them for doing previous ones as well: Claire- sry the email was so fucked up, lol, Molly- thnks 2 u no one asked if james was doing cartwheels. Ur an awesome beta…as long as u refrain frum killing off my characters. Vanessa- always having fun with the pink highlighter.
Now go read it and don't 4get to review!
**Disclaimer: JKR owns all…well mostly :)**
Sleeping In
The uses for duck tape are only limited
by the imagination of the person using it.
The morning sunlight streamed in through the windows of the girl's dormitory. A beam pierced through a crack in the curtains drawn around Lily's bed, making a bright circle of light on her face. She moaned slightly as she shifted in her sleep, but she soon realized it was futile and sat up in bed. She pulled the curtains apart and walked over to the offending window, staring out onto the grounds. As her eyes scanned the green foliage she vowed to spend at least a few hours outside today, to savor what she knew was one of the last warm days before the cold of fall and then winter set in. She shuffled through her dresser, searching for an outfit. She selected and pulled on some fitted jeans and a green tank top and brushed out her auburn hair; just then she heard a stirring in one of the beds and a sleepy Kelly emerged. She rubbed her blue eyes and shook her head, trying to reach some sort of conscious state. Lily laughed quietly at her friend, then walked over to Kelly's dresser and threw some clothes at her… knowing Kelly she would probably forget or just decide she was too tired to bother (definitely not a morning person). Kelly smiled appreciatively, and then headed for the showers. Lily, alone once again, headed down to the common room to see if she could find some company.
As she reached the bottom of the spiral staircase she surveyed the scene before her. Some first year girls were studying franticly, looking quite terrified. A few boys were gathered around a table watching a heated chess match. A small third year with white blond hair that she recognized as Sofia, a girl she had rather adopted, was curled up in an armchair reading a magazine. Then her eye's landed on Sirius, who was stretched out on a couch writing furiously in a black book, he looked up and she followed his gaze a few feet down: James was sitting across from Sirius on the floor listening to him talk excitedly about something. Lily grinned; for she had a rather good idea what they were oh so excitedly discussing. A few days prior, Snape and Sirius had had a little run in that had resulted in Gryffindor loosing twenty points; and Lily would bet a whole lot that they were scheming revenge.
Suddenly Sirius' eyes met hers and he broke into a grin and rushed over. "Lily my darling it really has been too long!" He put on a grown up air that made Lily grin and started giggling. That was one of the reasons she loved having Sirius as a friend, he was always making her laugh and entertaining them all in one way or another. "So, how are the kids?" He asked matter-of-factly. She laughed again.
"I'm splendid thank you, and yourself?" Lily said in a prim tone, playing along for a second before they both dropped the airs and walked (reluctantly on Lily's part) back to where James was sitting.
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James hadn't moved from his spot on the floor and simply watched as the two walked back over to him. He noticed Lily's carefree expression tense up slightly as her eye's slid over him. He considered offering her a greeting, but finally decided against it, knowing that her response would probably be emotionless or even nonexistent. Ever since Lily had told the others that she wanted them all to be able to be friends (excluding him and her of course), she had taken to ignoring his presence. She obviously didn't want to dampen the mood with mean remarks, so she simply didn't respond to anything James said unless it was a direct question… and even then he wasn't always so lucky.
He looked up and noticed Kelly entering the room with a yellow towel wrapped around her head. Lily noted with satisfaction that she also looked completely awake.
"Hey guys, what's up?" She plopped onto the couch next to Sirius, pulled the towel off and started drying her hair vigorously. Sirius gave her an odd look. "What? Never seen a girl dry her hair?" Sirius was spared answering by Remus distracting the others with his presence.
"Hey Lils." He gave her a light hug. "Kelly." She nodded in greeting. He motioned towards the black book Sirius had been writing in. "Any luck?"
Sirius gave a very mischievous smile.
"Oh I don't feel its ideas we're lacking in Moony old pal… I think it's rather a more lenient Ministry." Remus and Kelly both laughed probping Sirius to hop up and take a rather dramatic bow.
Lily gave him a friendly shove,
"Well aren't we modest."
He grinned, "Don't you know it."
James glanced at his watch, "Hey guys, we should head down to breakfast." He motioned the others towards the portrait exit. Kelly started to follow him, but suddenly realized someone was missing.
"Wait wait wait… where's Sydney?" asked Kelly with an expression of bewilderment. Lily knew why, for Sydney was an early riser, usually the first up of the group, and a general morning person. Lily was thinking along the same lines, and jogged towards the stairs throwing an 'I'll go check' over her shoulder. She walked over to Sydney's bed and drew the curtains apart. She was shocked to find her friend still sleeping peacefully.
"But she never sleeps this late." Lily muttered to herself. "Syd? Syd, time to wake up." When she got no response she shook her shoulders a bit. "Syd come on you gotta get up." The lump under the covers shuddered slightly as it omitted a long groan and then remained motionless. Lily, getting slightly impatient by this time, ripped the blue comforter back down to her knees. Sydney sprang up, immediately regretting it.
She put a hand to her forehead trying to stop the world from spinning wildly before her with a pained expression on her face.
"Ohh, my head."
She moaned again, now clutching her stomach. "I feel awful."
Lily examined at her friend more closely.
"You look it too." Lily said with concern, "Come on, we better get you to the hospital wing." She tugged at Sydney's hand, who obediently stood up but was immediately overcome by another dizzy spell. Lily immediately sat her down on the bed again. "Shit. How are we supposed to get you there when you can barely walk?" She chewed her lip thoughtfully. "Wait here Syd." Lily jogged back down the stairs back into the common room.
"Sydney's sick," she announced, and began explaining the situation. As soon as she was done Kelly piped up.
"Um hello, why don't we just go tell Madam Pomfrey she's to sick to move and let her handle it?"
Sirius flashed her a grin. "Brilliant." Lily nodded in agreement, and then suddenly, realizing they were just sitting there doing nothing, hopped up and hurried towards the door. Remus tore after her with Kelly and Sirius on his heels. James hesitated for a second (wondering if Lily wanted him to come too, but then again, Sydney was his friend too) before tearing after the others.
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As soon as Madam Pomfrey settled Sydney down she chased the others out into the waiting room. As a last minute thought she waved her wand and five late slips appeared.
"Now OUT! All of you. Shoo…get to class." They exchanged fearful glances and dashed out the door.
A/N2: okay peoples I already have a big chunk of chapter 5 written, so hopefully that won't take too long. No go press the small square button that might be purple, might be blue, or might be 'a grayish color' that says go on it and tell me what you think!! peoples I absolutely luved all the reviews I got for last chapter…besides *hint *hint reviews motivate me to write more!!