"LILY!" Hannah's scream nearly deafened Lily, as she managed to shout it when she was standing right behind her best friend. Spinning round, feeling rather flustered, Lily faced her beaming friend.
"Hannah! Hi!" She squealed and flung her arms around the other girl's neck.
"Oh my gosh, it's been, like, ages!" Hannah said, sighing happily, placing an arm around Lily's shoulder and walking her into an empty compartment.
"I know, it's totally sad. Honestly, we need to just start seeing each other over the holidays."
"I agree. I really do wish we lived closer to each other." Lily, who lived just on the outskirts of London, never visited her friend, merely because Hannah lived just about by the border between England and Scotland.
"And because we're not part of the Floo network, that doesn't work." Hannah muttered, slamming the door shut after her. "I've been practically begging mum to fix it, but she just won't. Bloody ridiculous, if you ask me." Lily snickered at this, pulling her jacket off and making herself comfortable on the spongy seat.
"You should just come and stay with me for a holiday." Lily suggested, pulling her ponytail tighter. At these words, Hannah immediately brightened.
"Now, that's an idea! Maybe for spring break or something?" Lily nodded in agreement.
"I'll owl my folks and ask later." She promised. Just then, the door was pushed open, framing Imogen, with Lisa peering over her shoulder.
"Hey, girls, can we join you?" she asked, smiling sweetly. They were immediately invited in, and the door closed behind them.
"Hi, Lisa. How come you're suddenly all friendly?" Lisa, the fourth girl of their dorm, normally hung out with her Ravenclaw friends. She'd always been rather peeved about being sorted into Gryffindor, but seemed to get along alright with Immi. Blushing slightly, her face half disappeared behind her thick, brown fringe.
"Macey and Tia sort of started leaving her out." Immi filled in, smiling helpfully at the crimson girl. "Saying they couldn't keep hanging out with a Gryffindor."
"That's absurd." Lily stated firmly. "The only rivalry among houses has been between Gryffindor and Slytherin." Smiling encouragingly at Lisa, she continued. "Never mind them, then, Lisa. You're totally welcome to be with us." The dark haired girl smiled thankfully, sitting up straighter as she'd obviously been accepted into the group. Hannah, however, didn't look completely convinced. Lily nudged her disapprovingly, annoyed by her friend's frostiness. As her best friend glared, the sweet trolley arrived outside the door, and by a flick of her wand, the door opened. The old lady smiled cheerily at them.
"Anything from the trolley, dears?" she asked them in a pleasant voice.
"Yes, I'll have two packets of Droobles and three chocolate frogs, please." Lily said, being the first to decide what she wanted. After having paid and received her sweets, she sat back down, opening one of the packets, quickly grabbing the squirming frog. Popping it in her mouth, she watched as the rest of the girls bought what they wanted before the trolley set off down the aisle once again.
After taking a big mouthful of pumpkin juice from a glass bottle, Hannah turned to Lisa, who looked a lot more comfortable now.
"So, now it's suits you to hang out with us." She said pointedly, her eyes glued to Lisa's face. Almost growling under her breath, Lily kicked Hannah lightly in the shin, although neither Lisa nor Immi noticed this.
"What?" she hissed at Lily, involuntarily grabbing her leg. Lily just gave her a meaningful look, before smiling apologetically at Lisa.
"So, how was Christmas then?"
HP The Potters HP
The sorting was quite an amusing event as ever, and Lily cheered with all her classmates whenever a nervous looking boy or girl was sorted into Gryffindor. As soon as everyone had taken their seat, the feast began and food appeared on the long tables. It didn't take long before all students were tucking in to the delicious food. Lily was sitting next to Lisa, and opposite Immi and Hannah. They were chatting about random school stuff, though Hannah still seemed quite icy when it came to Lisa. The girl had noticed, but obviously tried not to think of it. This made Lily frustrated, and even a bit angry. Why was it so difficult for Hannah to just welcome Lisa into their little group? They'd shared a dorm for over three years, and even if they'd never really spoken, they'd never been unfriendly with each other either.
As soon as she'd finished, Hannah stood.
"I need to, um, get some things ready for tomorrow. I'll see you guys later." She declared, before hurrying out of the Great Hall, without even glancing back once.
"Seriously, Lisa, I'd just like to apologize on her behalf." Lily sighed, facing her roommate, who was wearing a rather confused expression. "She gets like this sometimes. Merlin knows where she gets it from." Lisa just smiled a small smile.
"That's alright. I can hardly blame her: I've been a bit of a bitch to all of you for the last few years, but I really hope I can make it up to you." This surprised Lily. She'd never thought badly of the girl, and certainly would never have referred to her as being a bitch. Her friendliness, though, taped a smile across her face.
"I hope you like weird things happening and teenage boys teasing you then, because my brothers are crazy." She chuckled.
"Well, this should be nothing but fun." Grinning, Lily swept down the last of her drink, before standing up.
"Listen, I don't mean to be rude, but I really want to go find Hannah and hex her or something. Would you excuse me?" Trying hard not to laugh loudly, Immi nodded and Lisa giggled. Winking, Lily then stalked out of the Great Hall, leaving all the happy talking and joyful laughing behind as she headed up to Gryffindor tower. As Lily reached the portrait she stopped dead in her tracks. How the hell would she get in without knowing the password.
"Oh, bugger." She muttered under her breath.
"Nice, sis." Spinning around, she found herself facing Albus, who was grinning at her.
"Yes, it's you!" she exclaimed.
"I'm glad my appearance doesn't vex you." He said jokingly.
"Oh stuff it. You would know the password, wouldn't you?" He looked thoughtful.
"Well, as prefect, I do have the honour of being the first in school to know the new passwords. However, if you're using that kind of language, then maybe…" he was cut off by Lily clamping her hand down firmly on his mouth.
"Now, unless you're going to give me the damn password, then shut your know-it-all mouth, 'kay?" She felt her brother smile again, and so she removed her hand.
"Do I have to watch the two of you arguing all evening, or will someone just give me correct word?" asked the Portrait, with an edge to her voice that Lily could only describe as impatient.
"I'm sorry, Ma'am." Albus said, Lily scowling at the wall over his politeness. "Mandragora." Nodding curtly, the portrait swung open, letting them both into the red and gold decorated room. Lily shortly spotted her friend, who was sulking in a chair, staring into the flames licking the sides of the fireplace.
"See you later, bro." she sighed, walking over to Hannah. "So what's the deal?" Looking up, Hannah met Lily's eyes.
"What's that?" Sitting down, Lily groaned.
"Don't be like this! Why the hell aren't you being nice to Lisa?" Hannah looked slightly confused.
"I have been nice to her." Lily raised an eyebrow at this.
"Hannah, you've barely spoken to her, and when you have, the words have hardly been warm and welcoming." Lily said, feeling awfully uneasy about lecturing her best friend.
"Oh, Merlin's beard, Lily, calm down! Lisa has never even looked at us, she's always been with those ruddy Ravenclaws!" Hannah exclaimed, gesturing wildly with her arms while speaking, making a few second years stare.
"And now she has no one but us." Lily pointed out.
"That's not my bloody fault."
"For heaven's sake, Hannah, act your age. Are you seriously just going to let Lisa be on her own? In that case, I'm not sure I know you anymore." And with that, she got up from the couch and stormed out of the room.
It was short and uneventful, I know. But I had fun writing it all the same :3
I've decided, though a bit late, that I'm going to include Immi and Lisa a bit more now.
It seems weird to not have them playing a bigger part than they have up until now, so there you go.
Hopefully, no one is awfully disappointed with this one!
Please review, it really does make my day!
Sunshine xx