Absolute Shocker!
By JamesRoxMySox
Disclaimer: I own nothing recognisable from the Harry Potter books or movies that belongs to J.K.Rowling and Warner Brothers studios
Thursday 14th October – Library
I never did get my cookie
Sigh
But you know what after about five days of relentless taunting from the Slytherins I am ready to explode and I have no mercy for anyone who is stupid enough to get on my nerves.
Today I have given death glares to any person who comes near me, even teachers. People are quite wisely avoiding me. Finally they seem to get the message that I do not find this little rumor at all humorous.
I swear on the wand of Merlin when I find out the person who ruffled Black's feathers, by the time I'm finished with them they will not be able to reproduce.
Ever
Charlie just sat down next to me
Oh happiness is me - Tutoring
Just what I need to be doing on a day like today, Charlie seems unaffected by my morbid mood as he is grinning like an idiot.
"What're you scowling at the quill for? What did it ever do to you?" he said jokingly as he got out his books.
I just glared at him
"Sorry, didn't mean to offend you"
I went back to scowling at the quill as though it was the very bane of my existence. Well I'm imaging it to be Black's head, that's close enough.
"Er... What's up?"
I was tempted to say the sky but instead I deepened my scowl
"I have a boyfriend"
He blinked for a couple of seconds
"And that's a bad thing?"
I glared at him and he quickly added
"I mean, er, you do? Who?"
I sighed
"That's just the thing, I don't know who"
He got this sweet, confused look on his boyish face
"Er... How can you not know who?"
That's when I exploded
"I DON'T KNOW! FOR SOME REASON EVERYONE THINKS I HAVE A BOYFRIEND, THANKS TO REGULUS BLACK THE SCUM OF THE EARTH! I MEAN WHEN YOU GET A BOYFRIEND YOU'RE THE FIRST TO KNOW, NOT YOUR WORST ENEMY!"
Damn, that felt good, I should do that more often
"What's that about Regulus Black?" Charlie inquired
I told him about my meeting with Reggie
"Well it sounds to me as though some guy has a crush on you and Black must have said something offensive that got him all worked up" Charlie said sagely
I just blinked.
Is this boy completely unhinged? Guys don't get a crush on me! I am one of those girls that guys most certainly never even think about because I am too absorbed in other interests to pay them any attention and vice versa. And the fact that I'm no beauty queen doesn't help
"Boys don't get a crush on the likes of me!" I cried indignantly
Charlie just stared at me
"Why not?"
Talk about opening Pandora's Box
"Just look at me! I get completely wrapped up in my studies, I don't wear anything that would be classified as trendy and I don't exactly have supermodel good looks! Guys just don't go for girls like me"
Charlie looks at me as though I am deranged and should seek immediate psychological help
"So?"
'So?' 'So?!' What does he mean 'So?'
"So! I'm boring! I'm not what any guy looks for in a girlfriend!"
He doesn't look convinced
"Oh shut up and get your charms book out"
Little smart arse. But really who would want me as their girlfriend? Everyone looks at me as though I'm crazy. Pft! The bloke who claims he likes me is the one who needs the psychiatrist
Sod it, I need another cookie
Saturday 16th October – By the Lake
I finally got around to asking Rhi, Nessa and the twins about my Potter problem. All of them just looked at me as though I was mentally retarded. I don't know why they should be concerned about my mental health, they're thinking over what I just told them.
Tri and Cam have kidnapped Daniel and they said they're off for the day to do manly things; which to me means drink some butter beer, look at some porn and have belching competitions.
Let's hope I'm wrong shall we
Well I took this opportunity to have a girly chat and told the girls about how Potter had taken it upon himself to be a prick and annoy the hell out of me. I really do hate that smirk and I told them so
Dana and Bridget have this stunned look on their faces. Rhi looks thoughtful. Nessa looks as though she has just had an epiphany and a massive grin has just spread itself across her face. She looks like she knows something.
I was hoping they could help me out here and give a bit of advice on how the hell I am to get rid of the menace that is Potter. I already have Black fouling up my life I don't need Potter mucking it up as well.
Dana's the first to speak
"Are you serious?"
No, I'm making it all up
This' precisely why I keep a diary, I can be as sarcastic and scathing as I like and nobody tells me off
"Er... yeah"
She stares at me again
"What?!"
What? I only have one head...well I'm pretty sure I only have one, so why's she looking at me like that?Nessa has decided to enter the conversation maybe, being the excellent friend she is, she'll clear up this mess for me
"Hey when was it you said that Black got ruffed up? Saturday?"
Or she could just let me flounderI nod
"You saw him at what, about eight thirty, nine-ish?"
I nod again
What is she getting at?
Her grin just got wider if that's possible
"If you'll excuse me ladies I have to go check what time quidditch practice starts tonight"
Rhi, Dana and Bridget snapped their heads in Nessa's direction, all with wide eyes, watching as she walked away. I could swear I saw her wink in their direction.
I am definitely missing something hereI just don't know what
"Well, do you have any ideas of how I can solve my problem?"
"What problem?" was the twins' response
Ugh! Can't they keep on topic?"Potter! And the fact that his favorite pastime is to tick me off whenever possible"
Rhi put a hand on my shoulder
"Have you ever tried looking at this from a different angle?"
I looked at here blankly
There's a different angle? What other possible angle is there? For some reason Potter has come to dislike me immensely and finds it funny to get me as ticked off as possible
There is no other angle!
I look at her blankly
"Lily, seriously, take a different perspective, maybe then things will be clearer" Bridget offers
I look from Bridget to Rhi to Dana and back at Bridget
Am I the only one here who has no idea what they're talking about?"I can't see it from any other angle/perspective than the one I have. Now if you know something why don't you just tell me?"
Dana smiled at me like I was a five year old asking why apples grow on trees
"Think about it Banana, Potter doesn't do this to everyone"
Ugh! This must be bad if she's using my nickname, given to me by my ten year old brother. Dana only uses it when she's patronising me or in a super hyper mood. I think it's the former this time round.
And of course Potter doesn't do it to everyone otherwise he wouldn't be as well liked as he is, now would he?
"Exactly! What does he have against me?"
Dana rolled her eyes
"You really are blind"
Now that I am taking personally! I am not blind, oblivious every now and then... but not blind!
Okay so that was awful lie, I'm oblivious most of the time but I can pick up on things when I want too! Honestly I can! But calling me blind is going just a little bit too far
We have decided to go tickle the giant squid. It's basking in the shallow water, soaking up the autumn sun.
I bet the squid never has Potter problems
Lucky thing
Sunday 24th October – Girl's Dorm Bathroom
Have I really been that much of horrid, vile, wicked, despicable, loathsome person?
I didn't think I was but then again the universe would never be this cruel unless it had a reason, now would it? Can't I just turn into a cockroach now and get all this bad karma out of the way?
What do you know, the one boy I set my heart on, happens to think of me as a little sister! Yes, I am sad to say Daniel Diggory sees me solely as a little sister who is 'fun to be with' and 'good for a laugh'! 'Nothing more'!
Little sister! Since when do I give off those vibes? I want to snog him senseless not have him tuck me up in bed and read me a bedtime story! Over the last week I have been trying to spend as much time as possible with him. I have been flirting my little heart out and this is what I get, a slap in the face!
All week we have been having these flirty conversations, which made me absolutely ecstatic, and we have been spending a great deal of time together. Hence why I haven't had time to write in here, I've been having way too much fun with Daniel! I thought we were going somewhere! But no, he didn't mean any of it! He was just fooling around!
Well you know what?
Sod 'im!
Sod the whole sodding lot of them!
Men!
Bunch of wankerish prats!
Sod 'em all!
That's the last time I entrust my feelings of intense love to a guy! Here I am, ready to profess my undying love for him and what does he think of me?
As a sodding little sodding SISTER!
Is there a greater insult known to mankind?
I feel nothing but lust, love and longing when I'm around him and what does he feel?
Zip, zilch, nada
ZERO!!!!!
Doesn't feel a bloody thing! Is he dead to emotion or is it just me?
Oh my giddy aunt!
It's me!
I have no affect on his raging teenage male hormones! Am I really that repulsive? Do I really have such a diminutive affect on the opposite sex? That I don't even register on the potential girlfriend radar of any guy?
Tristan and Cam think of me as a sister as well that I can live since I have been good friends with them since the first day of first year. Daniel I've only really known since last year when we were partnered as the prefects.
I hate being Miss Wall-Flower-Who-No-One-Will-Ever-See-In-A-Romantic-Light.
It sucks. Big time
And how, you may ask, did I become privy to such information?
I'll tell you how, I heard him!
(At least now I have calmed down enough to explain things properly, looking over my previous writing I will be lucky if I can understand a word of it in the morning)
I was in the library, how very unusual for me, and I was sitting in the transfiguration study area, completely shielded from view by all the sodding books I needed for my essays. Sodding transfiguration, takes to bleeding long to write a sodding essay for that sodding subject.
I was thoroughly annoyed at having to write the bleeding essay so you can imagine my delight when I heard the sweet melodic tones of my favorite Gryffindor prefect. I was about to pop my head out from behind my fortress of books when I heard who he was talking to.
Sirius Black
My immediate thought was 'What the hell is Daniel doing talking to him of all people?' Then I heard a snatchet of their conversation, which just got me even more confused.
They were talking about me!
What on earth is Sirius Black doing talking about me with Daniel? Why in this world would he be asking about me? How does he even know who I am? Shouldn't he be off snogging some poor defenseless fifth year Hufflepuff in a broom closet somewhere?
What really got me interested was Black's next question, so interested in fact I peeked out from behind my stronghold to witness the reply
"So what's going on between you and Evans?"
Daniel hesitated for a moment; he gave Black a weary look before answering
"We're just friends, I think of her as a little sister really, she's fun to be with and is always good for a laugh"
"Nothing more?" Inquired Black
"Nothing more" He replied with a sigh
"Good, good" was all Black said before striding off out of the library
Daniel sighed again before grabbing a transfiguration book needed for that damned essay, which was lying forgotten on the table in front of me by this time, before he too left the library
Immediately my eyes filled with tears and I raced up here, locked my self in the bathroom, where I am presently and cried my eyes out.
I sobbed till I could no longer breath. Pointedly ignoring my friends, who were relentlessly knocking on the door, pleading with me to tell them what was wrong.
And now I'm writing in here
I mean I always knew that there was little chance Daniel would ever see me in that way, but to have it spelled out so clearly... it was just too much and I couldn't stand it any longer.
Unrequited love sucks.
You can be absolutely besotted with someone, completely head over heals in love with them, prepared to lay down your life for them and they... well they can be totally unaware that you even exist.
As I said love sucks
You know what I reckon those Blacks have it in for me! Reggie taunts me to no end, making sure every shred of dignity I could possibly possessed in wrenched from me. Mean while his brother, Star boy, sees to it that I know exactly how unappealing I am to the male population, ensuring that I have every ounce of self respect shattered into a thousand pieces
Sodding Blacks!
Sodding Daniel!
Sodding Blokes!
They can all go jump for all I care
Damn, I need that cookie
Thank you very much to all those who reviewed and to my lovely betas Cait and Ann!
Now I have to ask all reviewers this one question: What would YOU like to happen between Lily and James?
I have a fairly good idea what I want to happen but I would appreciate your feed back so that I can determine where the story seems to be going. But I am open to all suggestions about my story, so go a head, tell me inn a review what you think or email me at cherry cola 88 at hotmail dot com
Ann: I definitely have the whole klutz thing down pat as well. Glad you enjoyed the chapter. Thanks for the review!
Anonymouse: I'm ecstatic I made your day! I get a bit annoyed or upset or just plain pissed off, just reading a story cheers me up. Glad you're enjoying it. Well hopefully you have your suspicions confirmed... not hard to guess. But then again it's not supposed to be just so you can witness Lily's ultimate confusion. Thanks for the review hands over vanilla cup cake with vanilla icy gum drops and jelly tots on top By the way, do you know what jelly tots are? Or are the just an Australian thing?
Billy: Very much so, if not more fun to write! I'm glad you like how things are turning out but remember to tell me, by review or email, how you would like things to go. Do fruit flies really die of that or did you just make it up? Well I have a weird little fact for you as well: Did you know that you are 100 times more likely to die of a coconut falling on your head then being attacked by a shark? Thanks for the review!
CPegasus: Thanks for the candy bar! Massive grin on face I realise Hagrid wouldn't have Fluffy yet but I just slipped that in, I don't really go by the books, I have way to many ideas of my own. Since you're on a diet you can have a penguin. No, they're not waddling little birds that would like to live in your refrigerator and plot the demise of the world. It's a type of chocolate biscuit, chocolate cream in between chocolate biscuit and dipped in milk chocolate. They are the bomb. They are also from the UK so they're hard to get hold off. Thanks for the review!
Rena Blue: Thankyou for the offer to beta but I now have two betas! That's okay about the slang don't worry, I did that intentionally because I don't like to use the real thing. That is just a much nicer way of saying it and you'll notice I don't use much hard core profanity, it doesn't sound nice and I don't think it's necessary. Thanks for the review!
Cait: You poor, poor petal! I feel your pain I missed the grace gene as well, all my family is good at sports and dance and then there's little old me, with two left feet and can't kick a footy to save her life! I'm glad you like the story so far! Thanks for the review!
Nimu88: Excellent! Nothing like a fellow procrastinator reviewing to get me excited! I do that all the time, I should be doing homework but instead I'm off reading or writing fan fiction. I got thoroughly annoyed in the way Lily was stereotypically presented so I thought sod it! I'll just write her how I would like to see her portrayed. Thanks for the review!
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Lightening Rain: Thanks for the cookies! Yes, Lily will have her blow out soon, I promise! Mei Gorang is an Indonesian dish, fried noodles with fried vegetables and crispy chicken bits. But I can I please use "sounds like some kind of Mongolian delicacy involving fried scorpions and fermented yak's milk" for my story? Pretty, pretty please? That made me crack up, my parents were giving me weird looks for laughing at the computer. Thanks for the review! Hands over a chocolate cupcake with whipped cream and a cherry (Are you by any chance a chocolate fiend?)
JackSparrowYouRMine: Thanyou very much for the last names, I will change that as soon as possible. I'm glad you like the story. Sorry if Lily's friends are a bit confusing, here's a list: Rhiannon (Rhi), Vanessa (Nessa), Dana and Bridget (twins), Tristan (Tri), Cameron (Cam) and Daniel. Also the twins have thier celtic names Blodeuedd (Dana) and Cliodahna (Bridget). I put up a description of each at the end of chapter one if that helps, but i thin i may have said that Cameron was a quidditch player on accident. I hope that clears things up! Thanks for the review!
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