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Chapter 15

Lily woke just before the sun, the other girls were still asleep even after she was dressed and showered, she could see the orange glow on the horizon now. She decided to take a walk.

About ten minutes later Lily found herself wandering aimlessly across the grounds. Cool grass crunching beneath her feet, and cool air rushing through her lungs. She sat underneath the beech tree and watched the branches and leaves entangling, knotting themselfs up and struggling to break free, thrashing about and occasionally snapping under the pressure.

She frowned towards the tree and vowed that no matter the entanglements that she would not snap to break free of them.

"Mz Evanz, " Madame LesYeux cooed in her fake accent, as lily entered the small classroom, "I 'ave been keeping my heart and eye over your troubling summer," she ungracefully shifted her bulk between the tiny tables that cluttered the room, towards Lily, who was glad she arrived early for fear that she would be getting this speech no matter who was listening, and to Madam LesYeux, the more the better, "you poor, poor, thing," She pulled lily into a strong embrace in which lily was sure she would be crushed if it were not for, the clearing of a throat.

Remus scratched the back of his neck nervously from a table on the farthest side of the room near a window, and cleared his throat again.

"Je m'excuse, I must be prepared for the class," she patted lily on the back, "Go to 'im," she whispered to her, which she would have assumed as dramatic, but just sounded awfully corny.

Lily sat across from Remus at the small table and sat her books on the seat next to her.

"I thought she was going to crush me," she said leaning in and whispering to Remus, she smiled but he looked the same.

"How are your friends?" he asked concernedly, "I have the feeling you ignored any serious talk."

"Well, that's because when Sirius talks it's rarely ever-"

"That's not what I meant, and stop walking around it." he whispered harshly.

"What gives you the authority to tell me who to talk about it with?" She whispered quieter, as some of the other students began filtering in.

"I'm sorry for being so concerned for you-"

"Well, you should be, It's truly none of your business, and I have told them," Lily could feel her throat swelling with hurt and tears, he was being nice and she couldn't control herself from being a snot.

"Good." he said kindly.

"Did you think I would lie, like you?" She snapped.

"What did you say about you and James?"

She swallowed her hurt, and let the pity shape her face. She knew what he was really after, "That he's a brother now."

He nodded, and she wanted to slap some sense into him; Either pluck up some courage or learn that this isn't the time to talk about it.

Although, she thought, she wasn't grieving anymore, and this should be a time to talk bout it. She just didn't want to.

"'allo" James said in a nasally french accent as he sat beside Remus.

"Good-" Sirius said, but never finished as he was pushed out of the way by Meg who sat in the chair beside Lily disregarding her books as they fell to the floor unceremoniously.

"-What do you mean your planning on letting Golsby and Longbottom back on?" she protested.

James' face fell, "Megan, please!" He motioned choking her in the air. "Give me until at least lunch until you bombard me with this-"

"Seats, sil vous plait!" Madame cried out. Sirius gave up and sat at the table with Alice, Olivia and Peter.

You could tell, if you watched this class alone, that there was only one person who could deal patently with Peter. He was generally agreed upon as a marginal boy. He wasn't quite handsome, or very athletic, he wasn't brave or cunning and he wasn't very good with words, the only thing he did have were his friends, and even then, that was a very grey area.

"G-Good morning Olivia," Peter stammered, as he sat down beside Sirius.

"Good morning, Peter," Olivia said with kind eyes and perfect etiquette. She was really too kind for words, pure as rain, and covered in willowy grace; Long straight yellow hair to her waist, with pale glowing skin, pink cheeks and blue, blue eyes.

"Sirius," Alice grunted.

"Alice," Sirius grunted in return.

"How-w-was you summer?" Peter offered, rarely had he been a conversation starter.

"It was just lovely and how was yours?" Olivia replied, sincerely.

"Well, I-It was fine and . . . nice." He smiled stupidly, she smiled back and nodded. Although this was all they said, she still had eternal patience with him and never an unkind word to utter.

"Alright, 'zen" Madame said to the class, "this year we will be moving on to more difficult things indeed," she said dramatically forgetting her accent, "we will be refining our skills and harnessing the powers of our inner eyes to see beyond; Beyond the ordinary to the-" she took a deep breath for a dramatic pause, "Extraordinary!"

Lily disguised her snort of disgust as a sneeze. Remus offered her a tissue, fighting a smile as well.

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