A/N- Here's Chapter Ten! Enjoy, enjoy! Thanks so much, Potterheads. (:
Chapter Ten-
"Hey, Emileigha- nice job in the game." Sirius said, jogging up to me. His bangs were plastered to his face with sweat, and he had an arrogant smirk on. I smiled at him and tucked a stray piece of copper hair that had come loose from my ponytail behind my ear.
"That's a step ahead of every team for Ravenclaw, you know." I bragged, winking. Sirius nodded, and gave a boyish smile, while I gave an innocent smile.
"That's true…but it's all because of you…" Sirius said, stepping closer. My face reddened, and I shook my head.
"No, it's all about the whole team- not me…" I said, glancing at the rest of my team. Brandon waved at me, and held up the Snitch I caught and gave to him. I smiled. When I looked back to Sirius, we were face to face.
I could feel his warm breath as he started to lean in and I did the same. Our lips got closer and closer and closer until finally…
Clink!
I snapped awake, and looked at my shattered tea-cup on the floor, as Miss Twinkle Trelawney walked over to me, an innocent expression on her face.
"Miss Lupin, dear, did you get some sleep last night?"
"No, none at all."
"Oh my…Well, lunch is only but thirty minutes away…can you wait until my class is over? We're right in the middle of reading the tea leaves and grounds…"
"Yes-" I nodded, yawning.
"Let me get you a new cup of tea, dearie." She left to get me some more tea, and I looked over at Lily who was carefully observing her tea grounds.
"Boy, I hate this class. I don't understand any of it."
"Only those who have the vision of a seer may fully understand the world-"
"No, that's a load of crap, Emi!" Lily shoved the cup to her eye. "I can't figure out what this thing with the tea grounds is supposed to be!"
I looked over at the tea-cup Lily was so focused on.
"It looks like…antlers?" I answered questionably. Lily looked like she had just met Willy Wonka himself. Meanwhile, Miss Trelawney brought me another cup of tea. I immediately started drinking it, trying to get to the tea grounds as fast as possible.
"Oh, thank-you so much, Emileigha! I've been at that since the beginning of class. Your right, it does look like antlers! What about yours?"
I looked down at my tea grounds and the little sip that rested at the corner of the cup. I was shocked to see what looked like…a big wolf. Alright, Remus is a werewolf and all. They're big, and tall- but this one wasn't so tall, just big. And I have my connections.
"What's yours look like?" Lily asked.
"I think it's a wolf…Right?' I said, showing Lily my tea-cup. She looked at it for a minute and looked up at me.
"H- Oh that sucks! Emileigha, that's no wolf- that's a knife!" Lily whispered, looking sorrowful and scared.
"What's the knife mean? I cannot memorize all these…" I asked in a whisper. Lily leaned close to tell me more privately.
"The knife is a sign of broken friendship…" She whispered-screamed. I pulled back and shook my head.
"Lily, it's not that big of a deal. I already know about this broken friendship. Divination is just a bunch of crap- it's all fake, just a tease for the mind. And you don't have to whisper." I explained, shaking the thought off. The knife? Divination sucks- it has predicted the past, not the future. Therefore, I point out that it's all fake and very stupid.
"Hm, your right- Divination is pretty dumb. Must be fake, too, then... I saw a deer or a goat or something in those crystal balls we used last week…What's that supposed to mean, anyways? I haven't seen a deer or a goat or a moose, or...anything, so…" Lily admitted.
"Exactly- point taken." I said, nodding.
"Hey, Lily, what'd you get?"
"What do I see in my tea-cup? Um, antlers. I see antlers- for some odd reason." Lily said, turning to James, who was another person at our table. James' face turned red and he nodded. Okay, I totally see how that makes him blush. Lily just has to mention antlers! Hah, if only things were that easy.
I wish I could mention chocolate and Sirius and I would be best mates or something again. We were still in this fight thing. The worst part? Sirius has no clue what he's done- no clue what so ever. I can't believe him! That bloody little prick…
"Well, uh, Remus got a cat-so that's a deceitful friend or something, Peter got butterflies- that's fickleness, Sirius got a question mark- which means something, and I got a kite, so my wishes will come true!" James said, nodding. He looked at me. "What'd you get, Emi?"
I looked down at my tea-cup, only to see that it had changed. I jumped at first and Lily peeked over questionably. It had changed into a raven, or a crow. Don't ask me how, because I have no idea.
"I got…a raven." I replied, looking at James. I glanced over to see Sirius staring at me. He looked at the floor then back at me apologetically. I just looked back to Lily and James.
"That's weird…"
"Yeah, I had a knife at first. Why do I get all the scary stuff? It's like Edgar Allen Poe has come to haunt me- hoooooo…" I said, waving my fingers at Lily, who laughed at my very-cheesy joke. James chuckled.
"That is weird. Maybe you just have two at the same time and Divination can't think straight?" James suggested, shrugging. Lily shook her head.
"Divination is not a person, James. It's a stupid activity, only idiots should take." Lily said obviously.
"Hey, I think it's kind of cool." James protested, throwing his hands up. I shook my head.
Call me obsessed or nuts if you want, but every time I thought about something, it would backtrack to Sirius, and then I'd feel like a jerk. The more I dwelled on this stuff, the worse my mood got. Finally, I was just one unhappy raven. I leaned back in my seat and worked in my dream journal, writing down my most recent dream. Not the very, very most recent dream with Sirius though. Praise Rowena Ravenclaw that that was just a dream! It felt so real though; it was kind of scary. I won't lie, I sort of liked it. So, I say this again out of the other umpteenth I've said it: Love is crazy, and it sucks!
I didn't say a word to anyone, and just kept writing. In that dream, I had gotten married at Hogwarts, but I didn't even know the guy I was marrying. And instead of doves being released or some sort of thign with birds at the wedding, there were 5 cent hippogriff ridings. Strange, right? I sighed and put my stuff in my bag.
"Hi, Emi-Demi!" Lockhart exclaimed from the other side of the room, standing up and waving. I looked at him and rolled my eyes as he sat down and chattered with his guy-friends (future boyfriends). The bell rung and Miss Trelawney waved goodbye to the entire class, looking at me. I was the first out of the class room, since I was right beside the door.
Just as I thought I was safe from the trauma-drama-rama, I felt an arm slide around my waist and scoot close to me. Lockhart.
"Emi-Demi, Emi-Demi: you look gorgeous today!"
"Oh, lord- what could you possibly want?"
"A kiss would be nice, right? A treat for us both."
I jumped out of his grasp and slapped him across the face as hard as I could. He bent over to the side I had slapped him towards and then came back up. People were watching, now- and Lily and James were in the small crowd of maybe ten.
"Ow! What the bloody hell was that for?" He screamed. I narrowed my eyes at him and huffed.
I shook my head and people stared for a moment, and then walked away. I guess it wasn't enough drama for them, then! I'm so not surprised, though… Lily and The Marauders slid over to us.
"Oh my gobsmackers! Emi, that was…epic! Holy crap! I can't believe you did that! Yay for seldf defense!" Lily exclaimed, high fiving me, after everyone walked over. If I had known that all I had to do was slap Gilderoy Lockhart, I would have done it a long time ago- and I would be epic, not awesome, because I would have done it too many times to just be 'awesome'. I gave a slight nod. Boy did I feel better, though. Of course, I did still feel like a jerk... just not-
"That was awesome! You have some nice defense going on there!" James said, looking surprised. Remus raised his eyebrows, but he was smiling, looking proud. Peter was laughing with Sirius, who had one of those unbearable smiles on: the ones you couldn't shake off or hold back.
"Stress relief." I grinned, nodding proudly. I wasn't proud that I hurt someone, just that I could actually hurt someone if I really needed to.
"Um… Emileigha?" a familiar voice asked. I turned around to see Brandon Creevey.
"Oh, hi Brandon. How are you?" I asked happily. Okay, maybe my mood had improved.
"Good…t-thanks. I-I was just wondering how-um- I mean, if I could get another schedule? I sort of, err- maybe lost it…" he looked down, as if he thought he was in trouble. I smiled.
"Oh, no problem. Meet me in the Common Room after classes and I'll give you an extra one…after I steal it from Daniel, of course." I winked, tapping his chin. He looked back up with a red face and nodded.
"Oh-oh…okay! I'll see you then…ha-ha…" Brandon said shyly, rubbing his chin. Sirius tapped his chin and pretended to be a girl, actually imitating Brandon. I shook my head at him.
"He thinks you're hot, I know it." Lily said as we started to walk to the Great Hall for lunch, in an all-knowing tone.
"Well, I don't know why."
"Are you saying you're not pretty? I'll bite you, Emileigha Jayne."
"No- I'm fourteen, he's twelve or…Aw man, what if he's thirteen?"
"Then that's your new boyfriend."
"No thanks, I'm good. Single and ready to mingle... speaks to me."
"You'll be a lonely cat lady if you don't get somebody sometime!"
"Oh no…Hey, James- you look good today! Has anyone ever told you that you have really...cute eyes?"
"What?" James asked, shocked. I laughed, while The Marauders sighed in relief- especially Sirius, who had lost most of the colour in his face.
"Just kidding, just kidding!" I exclaimed. Lily looked like her head was about to fly off, and I patted her shoulder, smirking. She rolled her eyes and let a small grin loose. I nodded in approval and she started laughing, along with the rest of us. "Does it seem like I would date James here?"
"Well, it's an open factor." Remus said thoughtfully, shrugging. Lily shook her head and continued walking, so I had to speed up a little to catch up with her. "But don't do it. There's no telling what would happen if a clumsy girl and an arrogant boy got togetehr- especially idf their names are Emileigha and James."
"Oh, shut it Remus!" I laughed. "Hey Lily, I'm thinking about skipping Astronomy tonight…"
"Why? It's always fun."
"It is, but I am so tired that I could fall asleep right now, while walking."
"Oh, I see. What are you going to do when we get out of classes?"
"Sleep, of course. Look at Cassiopeia for me; she should be out by now."
"Yeah, it's getting closer and closer to November. November is probably my favorite month of the year."
"I like December- not because of my birthday, though. I like the snow and I like the cold."
"Why do you like the cold? I get the snow, but the cold?"
"Isn't it so perfect to get inside from the cold snow, to a lit fireplace or a warm bed? And then you drink Heavens water: Hot Chocolate. December is like, the month for cuddling."
"Which sucks, obviously."
"What- Why? It's warmth, Lily, warmth."
"Because you have no one to cuddle with."
"I have books to cuddle with. Lots and lots of books."
"Those won't give off heat."
"So? They're still something to cuddle with."
"A book is non-living."
"But full of living people."
"Once living, with the kind you read."
"Whatever! You know, maybe I need to cuddle up with all my cats." I laughed. Those were the gold conversations I always wanted to have with my best-friends and other friends.
"Well, that was a decent argument. When you argue, though, you have to have more force." James said like a teacher, nodding. We looked back at him and laughed.
Finally, after hiking through seven corridors almost, we all made it to the Great Hall and we took our usual seats at the Gryffindor Table like it was nothing. I immediately grabbed seven cookies.
"Whoa, someone's hungry." Remus said, taking a spoon-full of mashed potatoes and sprinkling salt on them. Peter took some macaroni, two rolls and a corn-cob and started chowing down.
"So hungry. I missed breakfast, because I feel asleep after my shower. Go figure! Now I think need some cake." I said smartly, cutting a piece of chocolate cake- whic was actually half of the cake. I ate it slowly, my heart fluttering with every bite. Dramatization- it's a miracle.
"Hey, I have a confession. If I don't say it now, it's going to kill me."
"Go on…"
"Peter, I stuffed your socks with peanut-butter. I'm sorry, mate- couldn't resist. James, I hid an extra-large carton of butter-beer from you for two weeks. Remus, I glued the pages of your least favorite book together…"
"Yeah, I figured." Remus said, rolling his eyes and laughing. Sirius ran a nervous hand through his black hair, shifting his bangs upward and showing those stormy grey eyes. I was sure I was going to melt at first. Lily snorted and watched closely. Sirius was admitting his crimes, which was very, very, very unexpected of him.
"It's alright mate…I did the same to you." James said thoughtfully, smiling.
"Yeah, I caught you, remember?" Peter said, nodding. One of those 'oh yeah' expressions showed up on Sirius' face.
"Alright, Lily- I have done nothing to you." Sirius nodded.
"And we'll keep it that way, Black." Lily replied.
"Right. Emileigha, I've been a bloody jerk to you, as usual. I'm sorry- really, I am." Sirius said seriously, looking at his hands, which were folded on the table-top. I gave a half-smile, as James, Remus, Peter, and Lily gave their close attention to our talk. Eavesdroppers!
"I forgive you." I said flatly, nodding at him. He sighed in relief.
"I thought you were going to hate me forever after a few days…"
"I didn't hate you, Sirius- just upset with you."
"Wish I knew that before…" he breathed nervously.
"But do you know what you did?"
"Well, I spoiled a nice moment-that's for sure."
"By…?"
"Flirting…uncontrollably." He stated calmly. I laughed.
"Good boy." I said.
"You wanna pet me, don't you?" Sirius urged, changing the subject with a smirk. It was suddenly like nothing had ever happened, which saved us from a quiet, awkward lunch. Thank Godric Gryffindor! That was just enough to lift up my mood for the rest of the day, I think.
"No, I'm good. My dog at home would get jealous." I nodded, grinning.
"He doesn't have to know!" Sirius protested, looking spastic.
"Okay, you guys are making it sound like you're having thoughts of an affair." Lily said, nudging me and kicking Sirius' foot under the table.
"Well, I'm not married- therefore, that's impossible." I said fancily, shaking my head.
"You hear wrong, Lily Evans." Sirius said, mimicking my tone.
"Okay, whatever you say." Lily said, looking off to Alice and Marlene. Marlene looked straight at me and mouthed something, but I didn't understand anything out of it. She gave me a sorrowful look and then narrowed her eyes at Lily, so it had to be something mean about Lily or our friendship or something. Just as I was about to mouth 'what?', a boy came and sat beside Marlene. He was apparently Marlene's boyfriend for this week, since they shared a quick kiss on the lips. Lily huffed and shook her head.
"She is such a drama queen."
"Yeah, me too." I said, nodding apologetically. Lily's eyes widened at my joke.
"What? You are not a drama queen, like Marlene! See, it rhymes- Miss Drama Queen Marlene. Suits her wondrously!"
"We are so freaking mean, sitting here gossiping. Queens of Mean. See, I can also rhyme." I said as Lily nodded sorrowfully. I looked over to see that The Marauders were wrapped in their own conversation. Lily and I decided to eavesdrop, since we both went silent.
" So, that Samuel Mclaggen guy- he was flirting with Darcy Chang. Think they'll date?"
"Yeah, she only has nine other boys wrapped around her finger."
"Let's see what that bloody Niall has to say about that whole deal!"
"Oh Godric, he'll be happy with her."
"But you know, they'll be together three days later-"
"With an exception of Samuel."
"Hah!"
"You know, the lot of them are all pricks."
"They all like those rumors, don't they?"
"You bet, mate! One time James and me were out on the quidditch pitch and we had two girls ask us if we were really a couple. Guess who told them we were."
"Samuel?"
"Samuel- yes- but Darcy and Niall and a few others all spread the entire thing!"
"Bloody hell, what is it with them and the rumors of hot best friends dating? They did that with Gideon and Fabian, even…"
"Oh, and they're even brothers!"
"Pitiful!"
They all paused and looked at us like they had just told their biggest secrets on accident. Lily and I raised our eyebrows at them.
"Well, go on- continue your gossip, girls." Lily said, motioning to them. I laughed and nodded like it was the right thing to do. They stared at us for a minute with pink faces before quietly talking about quidditch.
After lunch, we all headed to D.A.D.A, or Defense Against the Dark Arts. That class was always entertaining in some way.
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