Chapter 7
Lily was walking back to the heads common room. She wasn't thinking about much other than a couple weeks ago. Kia had made her admit that James was changing but didn't go anywhere else. But what got Lily mad were her morals. Her morals said that those who did not trouble anyone and were kind to people were good enough to be friends with. So should she let James be friends with her? It has been a month since the start of school and James had done nothing wrong at all. He was a great guy that even made Lily laugh at times. They were actually quite friendly to each other
She walked toward the picture of Julie who was sitting on the ground reading a familiar book, Hogwarts a history; she looked up and asked for the password which Lily gave her pleasantly. As Lily walked in to the Common room she was about to sit down on the most comfortable love seat when a small bowl caught her eye. It had a strange glow to it but that was not the reason that made it unusual. They mist and light fog around the bowl was calling Lily. It assured her that it was safe and wanted her to come near. Filled will curiosity she moved closer and closer to the bowl until she stood in front of it. She led her gaze down to the contents of the bowl. It was as if there was a small television in there but instead of famous celebrities there was her and another person. But who was this person? She went nearer and nearer to this screen and then suddenly she heard a great flash which made her body shrink to the size of the bowl, then she just dropped in to the contents of the bowl. Her surroundings changed from a comfortable common room to the chilled air outside.
'I am in a pensieve…' Lily though to herself as she remembered the surroundings. This was last year in October, right after the Quittich match. She then saw herself, her 16 year old self walking out of the great entrance but someone else was there too. There was James. He was being congratulated by his fellow Gryffindor's as there was a huge grin on his face but when he saw Lily staring at him he asked his friends to go on without him.
He quickly walked towards Lily. "Hey, Evans!" he said with a shy manner.
Lily who was walking toward the castle hoped that he wouldn't bother her but he had.
"It is kind of cold outside, winter is kicking in, I guess." James said with a voice filled with sincerity.
"What do you want, Potter?"
"Can't a guy be nice??"
"You are the last person I'd expect that from."
"Well Lily I just wanted to know if you would like to give me a chance this weekend, you may just like me!" James said showing absolute no arrogance at all giving a smile that the 17th year old Lily just learned to like.
"Oh, for the love of god! I hate you James! Do you not understand this? I loathe you to the very being of my soul! Get the hell away form my face Potter! Get lost!" Lily screamed.
James's face fell, and he walked off without another word. Instead of letting the guilt come over her, Lily just briskly walked away.
The 17th year old Lily just stood shocked. How could she be so mean! Instead of following the 16th year old Lily, Lily was forced to follow James Potter. James walked back to the castle with a shocked expression on his face. He went to his dormitory and the 17th year old Lily went with him.
James stood by the doorway for a second and then he went in. he sat on his bed and stared at his ceiling. Suddenly Sirius came in with a joyful aura but then stopped and looked at James.
"What happened, you were going to ask Lily out today, right?" Sirius said with a look.
"I was so nice… or I though I was…..she just snapped at me! She would never like me. Never! It was horrible Sirius, she started to curse at me, and she said she loathed me with every being of her soul!" suddenly a tear ran down James' face which was only seen by Lily.
Suddenly, it was as if a black hole was sucking her back into reality. Lily had returned to present time and was still in the common room, but inside her head was swirled with many thoughts and questions. What made her so mean? He was being nice. How come she wasn't? How could she hold a grudge for something stupid that happened in their third year?! But most of all what befuddled Lily was that James actually felt hurt from her rude comment.
Everybody was in the common room and it was filled with more chatter and spirit then usual. Lily looked at the center of the room and found the cause. Of course, Anna and Jasmine. The 2 Prep popular. Realizing Apparently, they had an "important" announcement to the Gryffindor student body.
"Well, as you know," Jasmine said, "we have some very talented people in this room."
"Why are we here?" Salina complained, wanting to go to bed.
She was chorused with a couple more why's and then Jasmine started.
"Because, I and Anna have taken a poll—and we would like to give you the winners.
"What's the poll about?" said a 6th year boy with brown hair.
"Well, we asked everyone from the years 6th and 7th who they thought was the best kisser in the Gryffindor house."
"Well give us the results!" Sirius said eager to hear the top most people. He was sitting on the couch in the middle of Remus and James.
"Oh god!" Lily said rolling her eyes with detest. She was sitting on the love seat with Salina beside her, smashed against the armrests. On the other armrest lay Kia who looked like she could give a flying pickle about who the best kisser was.
Anna with a smile then said, "For third place Mike Davis and Galena Locket, for 2nd place, James Potter and Jasmine Chuck," Anna stopped for a moment there and gave a small smile to Jasmine to raise suspense. "The number one kissers in the 6th and 7th year are Sirius Black and Salina Carson!"
Suddenly everyone irrupted into cheers. After that there was a lot of gossip going around…but then all of a sudden there was a voice saying, "Hey why don't we see the top best kissers kiss?!"
The crowd went wild at that thought… they all cheered at that idea but Salina was against the whole thing.
"Are you kidding me, I will not EVER in my LIFE kiss Black?" Salina said sticking in her finger in her mouth. She started to walk upstairs toward the girl's dormitory but a voice stopped her.
"Are
you scared Carson?" said Sirius. Salina's eyes narrowed. Then she
said, "Who are you calling scared…cause I know that's not
me."
"Well then, prove it Carson," said Sirius.
"Is that a challenge?" Salina said as she walked up to him and stood with confidence.
Sirius eased his face closer to hers. Salina could feel his hot breathe on her face but this did not daunt her at all.
"Yes" he whispered softly, so only she could hear.
She gave him a good stare and then tilted forward with ease as the room around them vanished. While Salina's hands had found Sirius' broad shoulders, Sirius' hands found her waist. They soon started to deepen the kiss and everyone in the room started to cat-call and whistle. Sirius's tongue searched for way to demolish the barriers and Salina welcomed it. Their mouths entwined with each others and worked in unison. For those 7 wonderful seconds, they were the only ones in the world. The troubles, the fights, and the tactless insults were lost somewhere in outer space.
Suddenly they came back to life. People around them just gasped in astonishment. Even Lily, who did not encourage this kind of behavior, was staring with a shocked expression.
"Scared, am I!" said Salina, who smirked at Sirius, and then ran up the staircase.
Suddenly almost everyone in the room started talking all at once. After a few moments, Lily and Kia heard noises in their dormitory. They went upstairs, opened the door, and found Salina. She was throwing things around and she seemed frustrated. Kia and Lily just looked at one another with a confused expression. Upon finding Salina, Lily asked, "What happened?"
Salina stopped ripping out pages in her potions text book (which she would regret later on) and looked at her two best friends straight in the eyes. Her eyes were filled with emotion and the girls could detect some amount of tears.
"I think I'm in love with Sirius Black."
