Sixth Year

Lily popped open a bottle of firewhiskey as she filled the glasses with a laugh. She sat cross legged on the floor with the other girls around her. "Frank and Alice, sittin' in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! First comes love, then comes marriage. Then comes a baby in a baby carriage!"

Alice hid her flushing face. "Oh, sod off, Lily!"

"But it's all true! It's gonna happen!" Marlene shouted.

Mary chuckled at her friends as she downed her drink. "It was so obvious though."

"What about Frank? It was hard to tell that he liked her though," Lily asked.

"Nope. He always stared at her and gave her... 'The look'." Mary replied.

Marlene's face scrunched up in confusion and raised an eyebrow. "'The look'?"

Mary nodded. "'The look'."

"What's 'the look'?" Lily asked impatiently.

"'The look' is the way one person looks at another when they're in love." Mary explained. "Frank was constantly looking at Alice that way."

"Love hardly says it though. We talked more today than we have all year. How would he love me in such a short amount of time?" Alice shrugged.

Mary rolled her eyes. "How am I supposed to know? Go ask him yourself!"

Alice shook her head as her face burned bright red. "No!" She shouted sheepishly.

Lily took a sip of her drink and smiled at Marlene. "What about you and Sirius, eh?"

"When did you turn into a Canadian?" Marlene growled and looked away.

Lily knew exactly what it meant when Marlene got defensive so she laughed and winked at Alice and Mary.

"I think we should all bring up the fact that Mary was flirting with a seventh year earlier," Alice muttered and Lily's eyes widened.

"What?" Marlene exclaimed as she turned to face a smiling Mary.

"Shut up, Alice! We weren't flirting! We were simply talking," Mary answered coolly.

"In a flirtatious manner," Alice whispered before Mary tackled her.

Lily laughed. "I think we all know what this means!"

Mary stopped punching Alice to look up fearfully. "What does it mean?"

Marlene grinned mischievously, looking at Lily. "MARY AND-"

"JOHNNY!" Alice shouted.

"SITTIN' IN A TREE!" Lily joined in. Mary groaned as she rolled onto her back.

"K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" They all sang together and drank the rest of their drinks.

Alice laughed as she gave Mary a thumbs up. "Johnny is a cutie!"

"Merlin, you're all mad!" Mary shouted, face flat on the floor.

Lily shrugged dismissively as if she already knew. "You know us."

"I think it's time..." Marlene mumbled, glancing at Lily quickly.

Alice giggled as she caught on. "Oh, it's more than time."

Mary got up from the floor and laughed. "Let's get it going then."

"What? What!" Lily shouted as she looked at all the faces of her friends.

They all took a deep breath before looking at Lily. "LILY AND JAMES, SITTIN' IN A TREE! K-I-S-S-I-N-G! FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE! THEN COMES A BABY IN A BABY CARRIAGE! THAT'S NOT ALL! THAT'S NOT ALL! DADDY'S IN THE KITCHEN, MOMMY'S IN THE HALL. BABY'S IN THE BATHROOM, DRAWING ON THE WALL!"

Lily glared at them with flared nostrils. "You are all immature. Potter and I will remain friends."

"Oh don't be a buzz kill, Lils," Marlene said.

Alice laughed, nudging Lily. "Come on, Lily. It's going to happen at one time or another."

Lily sneered at all of them before sipping her drink. "Oh hush. I don't even fancy him in the slightest."

Marlene laughed and raised her glass. "I think it's time for a toast!"

Lily filled up their glasses reluctantly as she raised hers. "To Marlene for getting Sirius to think about an actual relationship rather than just shagging in some random broom closet somewhere."

Marlene glared at her before Mary put her glass in the air.

"To Alice for talking to Frank for more than five seconds before passing out!" Mary exclaimed and Alice nodded confidently.

"To Mary for finally talking to a boy at all. Johnny is going to be great for you," Alice said simply as Mary grinned back.

"To Lily for finally giving into James's charm-"

"Um, excuse you. I most certainly did not give into James's dumb charm."

"OI! This is my toast! Not yours! You had your turn! I can make my toast whatever I want."

Lily stuck her tongue out at Marlene childishly.

"Anyway," Marlene growled. "To Lily for finally giving into James's sexiness and hotness and all that jazz."

Lily gave Marlene a look of annoyance before lifting her glass. "And to our not-lonely sixth year!"

"Oh, so you agree that you have given into James's charm?" Marlene interrupted.

"Shut up and toast, Marly." Lily hissed before tapping her glass to the rest of her friend's.

For a split second, the shot glasses Marlene got them during their fourth year floated there, sticking like a muggle photo. The carved names faced outward towards the girls. It was their sixth year and they were going to make the most of it. They were as close as friends could get even though they all had to put up with each other daily. Just wait, their year was only going to get better.

Note from me:

Let me all tell you a tragic story of how a sad, little writer lost everything.

Once upon a time, a short, little blonde named Lily Makissik visited her sister at college on her birthday. Lily's sister, Jane, introduced this really nice computer to Lily for her birthday, but it wasn't love at first sight. His name was Toshiba and he was an ugly jerk. Lily thought Toshiba would be useful for school and work so she reluctantly took Toshiba home with her. Used for years and years, Toshiba and Lily fell in love. They became very close and soon got serious. One day, Toshiba decided it would be smart to hang precariously on the ledge of Lily's desk. Toshiba constantly told Lily it was safe so Lily went to school, thinking Toshiba could handle himself. Now, Toshiba and Lily's cat did NOT get along in the slightest. Lily's cat's name was Pearl, but she was NOT a Pearl. She was more like a demon from the firery pits of hell. Pearl jumped up onto the desk and eyed Toshiba malevolently. Toshiba told Pearl to get down because Lily didn't like it when Pearl got up on her desk, but Pearl dismissed Toshiba's warnings. Pearl began shaking the desk and Toshiba wavered fearfully as he hung on as tight as possible. Toshiba howled and screamed for Pearl to stop, but Pearl didn't care at all. Lily strode into her room, happier than ever. She had a great day at school, a better day at rehearsal, an even better day at practice, and the best day at work. Nothing could get her down. That is, until she glanced over at a shrieking Toshiba and a cackling Pearl. Pearl spotted Lily and finished the job before Lily could save Toshiba. Pearl knocked Toshiba off the deck and scurried out of the room while Toshiba fell to his death. Lily screeched in surprise as she dove for Toshiba, but Toshiba was a goner. Lily picked up the pieces of her beloved Toshiba as she wept silently. Toshiba was dead. Lily took months to try and save Toshiba, going to every computer store existent. Lily even got so desperate that she visited Jane's ex boyfriend, Derek. He was a computer science major and built computers for a living. She was sure he could save something of Toshiba. Derek took a look at Toshiba for a week, working diligently to try to salvage something. Derek made a call to Lily and solemnly sighed. Lily knew what that sigh meant and thanked Derek for his hard work as she took the remains of Toshiba home. Lily's birthday came around again and Lily's mother got Lily a new computer. Lily refused to have anyone but Toshiba, but Lily's mother told her she needed to move on and see other computers. Lily reluctantly used a new computer named Hunter Princeton (HP). He was so conceited and egotistical, thinking Windows 8 was the greatest program created on earth. Lily shook her head, knowing it didn't come close to all the programs Toshiba had. Hunter even thought his looks were sleek, new and modern, but Lily always loved the bumpy, old feel of Toshiba. Lily's mother told Lily if she kept comparing Toshiba to every computer she'd meet then she'd be lonely for the rest of her life. So Lily worked with Hunter, trying to see if they could have anything. She got everything she had on Toshiba onto Hunter and attempted to get along with him. Lily finally told Hunter she just wanted to be friends and Hunter beamed brighter. He realized he didn't have to show off anymore and that he could reveal his defaults. Lily and Hunter became great friends, best friends even, and they did everything together. Hunter could show his scars comfortably while Lily didn't have to wear makeup all the time. They were completely content with each other. And even though Lily and Hunter pissed each other off, Lily punched, Hunter shut down on Lily, they realized it wasn't all that bad. Lily did move on from Toshiba, yes, but she never did forget him as the days passed on. Of course, Lily never forgot what Pearl did, but Pearl did apologize and Lily smiled a little bigger. Every time she listened to Imagine Dragons, she remembered listening to them on Toshiba, dancing in her room happily. She wasn't sad Toshiba was gone. She was, instead, glad her time with Toshiba happened. Lily never forgot her first love and first computer, Toshiba. Their love was forever.

And now I'm crying:') But I'm not joking, Toshiba was MY computer and I could never think of the day where I would be without him. In all honesty though, Hunter is a pretty great computer. Not perfect, but pretty close! I'm typing on him now and he's being very cooperative. Hunter is just a cutie though! He drew me a picture the other day and I couldn't help but hug him. I don't know what I'd do without him. Getting to the point, I haven't been able to write at all because of the incident. My mother refers to it as 'the incident' because when Toshiba first broke, my mother would bring it up and I would burst into tears. I lost EVERYTHING. I was so lost at first, but Hunter showed me the way. I hope you all can forgive me for being the weirdest person on the earth, but hey, that's me for ya. Well, I'm going to be updating chapters way more often. Expect one or two a week since I have Hunter to help me out. Love you all for bearing with me!

Cheerio!