"Okay, guys what are we going to do for Sirius' his birthday?" James said. "He has been kind of down lately with his family not writing him. So we kind of need to cheer him up somehow." Remus, James and Peter were sitting in the common room. Sirius was in detention for pranking some Slytherins in the hallway. James was in the toilet at that moment and Sirius was waiting for him outside. When James came out of the toilet Sirius was getting yelled at by McGonagall. "Why in Merlin's name did you do that, Black? Those poor students. They had to go to the hospital wing. Pulling someone's underpants up with magic until they are lifted from the ground is NO joke. 10 points from Gryffindor and detention the upcoming three evenings, including tonight." Sirius shrugged and just said: I thought they asked for it. Like literally almost begged me to do this to them." McGonagall's nostrils widened. "Begged for it how exactly, Black?" Sirius shrugged. "Well, today is Halloween. That is kind of a special day. I thought they dressed up as victims of the biggest and maddest wedgie ever!" McGonagall said something about this not being funny and told Sirius not to be late that evening. Sirius turned to James and grinned. James laughed. "Who did you hit?" Sirius grinned. "Some third-years Slytherins. And you understand that I thought that they begged me right?" James laughed even harder. "Yeah, yeah. Somehow I understand why you did it. I would have joined you for sure, if you just would have waited." Sirius shook his head. "They were walking away, I had to act quickly. Next time we'll get them both and we won't be caught." James high-fived his friend.
"If only we were allowed to already go to Hogsmeade. That would be awesome." Peter sighed. "Well, we can, right" James said. "We have the cloak." Remus shook his head. "Bad idea, guys. Really bad. We would literally be the only students there, since it is not an official day for a visit." James shrugged. "If we visit The Three Broomsticks we would be in trouble, but I guess that nobody cares at the Hogs Head." "Well, I won't join then. Then you three go. If we get caught we might get expelled. And that chance is big!" Peter was thinking. "But what if we sneaked at an official day? Four extra students don't get any attention. Plus we would be blending in in the crowd." James slapped his friend on his shoulder. "That, my dear friend, is a great idea! We just take him out next visit. You will join us then, right Remus?" James looked with a pleading look at his friend. Remus rolled his eyes, sighed and said: "Fine! I will join. But as soon as we run into teachers, I have dibs on that cloak to hide myself. Every man for himself." James laughed. He knew that his friend didn't mean that. "Sure thing, mate. You can be the first one underneath cloak."
Sirius returned later that evening while cursing at McGonagall. "That old witch. She made me work with Pringle! And I have to do it for another two nights! He made me clean a hall, the whole hall. Not with magic, no! By manual labor. This is slavery, it should be against the law." Remus snorted. "You know that slavery is against the law, right?" Sirius sat up straight. "That's great! That means that I got a case. They can't make me do this." Remus snorted louder now. "And you do know that this is not slavery, right? This is punishment and they are allowed to give you a task like this." Sirius rolled with his eyes. "You are such a bummer sometimes, Remus. Just let me complain. You know I won't do anything anyway. It just sucks that I have still two nights to go. Thank Merlin that I am done the day before my birthday. Nobody wants to have detention on his birthday." James got comfortable on the couch. "You did work on Halloween, though." Sirius was now the one who snorted. "I don't care about Halloween. Well maybe about the feast a bit. Because they prepare some really fine food then! I am happy that I could attend it." He rubbed his belly thinking back to tonight's feast.
James heard something loud and he looked up. He saw that Remus helped himself to some chocolate. "You okay there mate?" James asked. Remus nodded, his mouth too full with chocolate to talk. He swallowed after a few bites. "Yes, but somehow the transformation was quite rough this time. It was difficult." He ate some more chocolate. "Just a little while longer, friend. And then hopefully we will join you to make it easier." James said soothing. Remus smiled and ate the chocolate silently.
Sirius his birthday was a good one. James and Sirius roamed the castle after hours, just like old times. They got some butter beer from the kitchen and went up to the Astronomy Tower. They sat down, overlooking the lake and the forest and enjoyed their butter beer. "Did you know that we still have to use that Bat-Bogey Hex that I found in one of those books, James?" James nodded. "Yeah, I forgot about it. We wanted to do it the day we found out Remus was a werewolf. Kind of distracting finding out something like that." James said airy. Sirius laughed. "Kind of, yeah. But Remus was also the mood killer for that hex. He tried to convince us not to do it and I really want to try it out. The description is crazy. Buggers that become bats and crawl out of your nose? That sounds amazing!" James tried to vision huge bats climbing out of people's nostrils. It wasn't something he did want to experience. "Well, it seems really uncomfortable. It could even be painful. So we need to make sure we try it on someone who we don't like." James was thinking. "Wait, tomorrow during Defense Against the Dark Arts. We can use it on the Slytherins. That would be perfect. We are sitting in the back of the class, the whole room is dark and I think we might get away with it." James saw his friends eyes light up. "James, you genius. Yes! But we cannot tell Remus nor Peter. Peter will act all guilty and Remus will know that something is up and try to stop us again." James shook Sirius his hand. "Deal! Should we go back to the dorms? Nothing spoils a birthday like being busted by Pringle."
The next day Sirius and James acted all innocent during breakfast, but normal. "Did anyone finish their Transfiguration paper already?" Peter asked. James nodded. "I found it easy, to be honest." Peter rolled his eyes. "That is because you think Transfiguration is easy. You already changed your animals into object. I barely succeed in changing a feather in a needle. McGonagall must think I am hopeless." He sighed. "Mr. Pettigrew. For the record, I don't think you are hopeless. You just need more guidance. How about some extra classes for your during the week?" McGonagall had appeared behind him and apparently heard him complaining about her class. Peter did not expect McGonagall to hear it and out of shock he started choking on his sausage. "Mr. Pettigrew, for goodness sake." Professor McGonagall said. Peter was now slowly turning red and was not able to get the piece of sausage out of his throat by coughing. "Anapneo!" McGonagall said while flicking her wand. The sausage shot out of Peter's mouth and hit Remus on the side of his head. James and Sirius roared with laughter while Remus his ears went red. "Sorry, Mr. Lupin. Apparently Mr. Pettigrew still knows how to aim while choking. But once again, Peter, I am more than willing to give you extra classes if you need any. If you are interested, you know where to find me." And as soon as she came, she left. Her cloak whipping behind her. "Oh Merlin, why did she had to hear that? I am already scared of her." Remus was sighing. "Oh yeah, Remus I am so sorry! It was never my intention to hit you with my breakfast." Remus shrugged. "It is fine. I know you didn't do it on purpose. Next time aim for someone else please." Peter laughed nervously. "Will do! But I think it's time to go class." The four of them left the Great Hall and headed down to the dungeons for their Potions class.
The morning was quite boring during their classes. They had to continue with a potion they already started two weeks ago. James and Remus were working on theirs and Peter and Sirius were working on theirs. "Good job, you two!" Slughorn said when he came to look at everyone's potion. James grinned and high-fived Remus. "Together with Mrs. Evans and Mrs. Pescus and Mr. Snape and Mr. Avery you are now the furthest along." Slughorn returned to the front of the class. "May I have your attention please? I just had an idea. How about we make this a bit more interesting? There are several couples here who are neck to neck and everything is possible. There are two classes left before the potion is supposed to be finished. So the couple who has the best potion once it is over will win something. Something worth your while I dare to say." James saw Slughorn grinning. "What do you think the prize will be?" James asked Remus. "Maybe we will get a vial with something of our potion. But I have no idea what I would do with a Memory Potion. I guess it could maybe be used before an exam, but that would be cheating." James was thinking. "I hope it is something else. Sounds a bit boring if we could have this. But we will see. I love a good competition." Remus smiled. "We will win, we just have to beat Lily though. She is really, really good." James shrugged. "So are we!" James focused on his book and the recipe again. He was happy that Remus was his partner with this. Remus was smart, calm and precise. If they just kept it up like this they could win. But what if they had extra time? Slughorn would never let them work on their potion after classes, but who said he had to be there? James and Remus could go under the cloak at night and just keep working on it.
"Remus!" James whispered. "I have an idea!" Remus lowered his head a bit. "How badly do you want to win?" Remus shrugged. "It would be fun, but it wouldn't be the end of the world if I didn't. I would be happy for Lily as well." James looked at Lily who was sitting three rows in front of him. "But what if Snivellus would win?" James asked. "I would like that a little bit less, but if he has the best potion, it is only fair." Remus said. James sighed. Why was his friend so honest and good all the time? "Listen, how about we sneak in here at night, under the cloak, for one or two evenings and keep working on our potion? In that way we would be win for sure." James saw some wrinkles in his friend's forehead while he was thinking about it. He was sure Remus would say no, but his friend surprised him this time. "Okay, let's do it. But only once this week and once next week." James was surprised. He didn't expect that Remus would say yes, let alone go twice. "Okay, sweet! We'll do that. Now we will win for sure."
The rest of the class they worked on their potion. There was one big interruption when Wilkes and Aubrey made their potion explode. Slughorn ran to their table to put out the fire. "To the hospital wing with the two you." And he send them off. "The rest of you, please continue quietly. And make sure that you add the right ingredients!" after their Potions it was time for lunch. "I know we need a double hour for our potions, but it is so long and boring!" Sirius complained. "I know, right." Peter agreed. The four of them were following the scent of food towards the Great Hall. "I am starving!" James said. "I need to bulk up. Practice is about to start again this week." When they sat down James made sure that he sat next to Sirius. "Ready for Defense Against the Dark Arts?" He whispered. Sirius nodded. "You still know the hex?" James nodded. Both of them smiled.
"Finally a break from the Slytherins." Sirius said. "Before we have to spend another class with them." He loaded a lot of food on his plate. He started to eat. Remus was carefully loading up his plate, separating the potatoes and the meat and the vegetables. Peter was eating his meat first and then loaded up on vegetables and potatoes. James was looking at his friends thinking about different each one of them was. He put some food on his plate and started eating. He was excited to start training again. The next game was against Hufflepuff and if they won they would be one step closer in winning the House Cup. Ravenclaw already won against Hufflepuff. So the next game against Ravenclaw was very important. They needed to win that one for sure. After thirty minutes it was time to go to DATDA. James was walking next to Sirius and a few meters in front of them were Remus and Peter. "Ready?" Sirius asked, making sure Remus didn't hear them. James nodded and grinned. "Let's prank those Slytherins."
They took their seats in the class. Their plan was to wait 15 minutes to get the class started and everyone's attention focused. "So the hex is vespertilio. Just point at someone and whisper it." Sirius said. James nodded in and grabbed his wand. He was looking for a target and looked and Snivellus, who was sitting 4 rows in front of them on their right. He looked at Sirius and nodded in Snape his direction to let Sirius know that that was his target. Sirius nodded and gave him a thumbs up. Good, thought James. Sirius looked at James expectantly. James grinned. Both of them raised their wand and whispered: "Vespertilio." And that is when things took a wrong turn.
Both of the spells were heading in the direction of Snape. When they almost reached him they collided. There was a lot of noise and an explosion. People started screaming and ducking under tables. When both hexes had hit each other they send of a ray through the whole class. The professor turned around when he heard the noise but had to close his eyes to protect himself from the recoil. "What in Merlin's beard is happening?" He yelled. "Who did this?" Then all of the sudden the yelling became even louder. Everyone's bogeys just turned into bats and they were making their way out of their noses. James felt something itching in his own nose as well. He looked in shock to Sirius and that sight was hilarious and a bit frightening.
Sirius and James were also hit by the recoil of the hex and now their bogeys were also turning into bats. Sirius nostril opened up a bit and something black came climbing out. "Mate, you've got something right here." And James pointed at his right nostril while roaring with laughter. Sirius rolled his eyes and laughed. "So funny. Not! Well this kind of backfired!" At that moment Remus and Peter turned around. "What did you do?" Hissed Remus at his two best friends. "Nothing!" James and Sirius tried to look innocent. "That is crap and you know it. You did this! Will you look at me! I've got bat coming out of my nose!" Remus slapped another one away that was coming out of his left-nostrils. "Look around! This is a mess. A disaster!" Remus hissed getting more worked up by the second.
James looked around. He saw boy trying the fight the bats, because some of them were really big. Girls were crying and holding each other. James tried to feel bad, but this looked hilarious. The teacher was fighting the bats that were leaving his nose. He was shooting spells at the, but they were too fast. About 60 bats were flying through the classroom and nearly hitting people with their wings. Girls were screaming louder and ducking under tables, except for a few who were trying to petrify them. Lily Evans was one of them. Look at her, James thought. Her face was determined and she was aiming her wand precisely hitting one bat after another. People tried to copy her, but were less successful. "For Merlin's sake, James and Sirius. This is bad, really bad. What if you get caught? I told you shouldn't do it! You can't just say a random spell without knowing what it will do!" Remus said. "We won't get caught! Who will know we did it? We are also victims here. Look at our noses!" James noticed something. "Peter, why aren't there any bats coming out of your nose?" Peter flushed. Sirius snorted. "You know why. Because he is picking his nose when he thinks we are not watching. He is doing it in his bed, he is doing it when he thinks he is alone and he is even visiting the toilet for it." Peter flushed even harder. "N-n-no, that is not true." But his face looked guilty. James was grimacing. "Okay, well at least you are safe of the bats."
The class was interrupted. The professor couldn't get a grip anymore. He send a group of hysterical girls to the hospital wing to take something for their nerves. "Potter, Black, Evans, Snape and Pescus. You all will stay here and help me clean this up. The rest of you leave, right now! I will see you in our next class." Everybody stood up hastily and sprinted out of the door. "Good luck. I think you will need it! He is on to the two of you for sure" Remus said to James and Sirius before he and Peter left. "Do you think he knows it was us?" Sirius asked. "I don't know. I don't think so. But we can't change it now. Let's see what he wants." They walked to the front of the class. "You guys are one of the best of your class and I want you to take care of this with me. We will petrify them, grab their bodies and let them loose outside. Black, Potter and Pescus petrify them and Snape and Evans and I will guide them into a bag."
The remaining of the hour James was busy with petrifying bats. Lily was hitting them with wingardium leviosa to get them into her bag. Snape was working with the professor and Sirius with Alice. After approximately 30 minutes they were finally done. James went with his hand through his hair and walked to Lily. "Hey, Evans. How are you doing? Did any of those bats get you?" Lily looked at him. "I am fine. They did, but I figured if I would blow my nose they would maybe stop coming out/" James was impressed. "Did it work" Lily nodded. "Yes, I was quite surprised. And how are you?" "I am fine too, thanks. You are quite impressive, you know. Especially after you got rid of your bats." Lily's eyes narrowed a bit. "Impressive why, if I may ask?" James went again with his hand through his hair, while smiling at her. "Well, most girls were screaming and hiding underneath the tables. But I guess that you are …" He couldn't finish his sentence because Lily was interrupting him. "I am not the same as the other girls?" She said scornfully. Her tone took James by surprise. "Yeah, eh… no? I don't know. I was going to say that and it was meant as a compliment, but …" James was a bit taken by surprise. "Oh, it was a compliment? Well, thank you so much James. Now that I know that it all makes sense. Thank you James, for noticing that I, a girl, isn't scared of bats. Thank you that it makes me different and stand out from the others. That is all I ever wanted." James was flabbergasted. How did this happen? He paid her a compliment, saying how well she did and this was her response? James was about to tell her he didn't understand her, but the two of them were interrupting. "Is he bothering you?" James saw that Snape approached. "No, it's fine Sev." Lily said. "He tried to be nice, but it was kind of insulting." Snape looked with a disgusted look at James and James answered it with more disgust if it was even possible. "Why don't you just leave her alone?" Severus is looking James straight in the eye. "Trust me mate, there is nothing more I want to do right now. I tried to be nice, but apparently that is a crime nowadays."
"Let's go, Sev. I don't want to be late for my next class." Lily ignored James. Severus turned around with Lily and they grabbed their backs. "Let me walk you." He said. Lily smiled at him. James was looking at them while they were leaving the door. "You okay, mate?" Sirius asked. James nodded. "I just can't stand him. I am nice to hear and she totally berates me. But why is the nice to him? He is literally trash. He is mean, shady and… and… a Slytherin for Merlin's sake." James heard someone laugh behind him. He turned around and saw Alice looking at the ground, trying to hide the fact that she was the one who laughed.
"Spill it, Pescus." Sirius said laughing. "What do you know that we don't know?" Alice shook her head. "I can't tell, Lily is my best friend!" James rolled his eyes. He hated the giggling girls and this was why. Why laugh at all when you won't say anything at all. "Ah, come on. You can tell us, right? You probably agreed with us and that is why you laughed. Plus we just did this amazing job together on getting rid of those bats." Sirius looked intense at Alice who was looking back at him, without breathing. Sirius smiled at her and reminded her to breath. She took a deep breath and while blushing she started talking. "I-I-I eh… well the thing is, we ask ourselves the exact same thing. What is it that Lily's sees in him? He is mean, hangs with the wrong people and it is obvious that he is so in love with her." James felt something move in his stomach. "He is? Is she in love with him too?" He asked quickly. Alice shrugged. "I don't think so. Mary says she is, but what does she know about love? I think she cares for him and loves him but on another level, more like a brother." James nodded and felt somehow more at ease now. He ignored Sirius who was eying him suspiciously.
"And she won't listen to the three of you at all? He askes. "Well, Mary, Marlene and I try to let the subject rest for now. We don't want to fight because of him. If we tell her time and time again how much we dislike him, she will stop talking about him and her. And that might result into not knowing what they are up to at all. But hopefully she will see him for what a really is. Rather sooner than later." And on that note she grabbed her back, said her goodbyes to Sirius and James and left the room.
"Mate, what was that? Why did you ask if she was in love with him?" Sirius asked James. James shrugged his shoulders. "Just curious." He refused to look Sirius in the eye. "Why do you care? Are you in love with her?" James heart started racing. Was he? But immediately he thought back to their conversation earlier. "No, not at all. I just tried to figure out her deal. One second she is all nice and friendly and the next she is giving me attitude and being nasty. I was just curious what her deal was. Can we let this rest please?" James grabbed his bag. Sirius sighed. "Sure. So next subject. When does practice start?" James smiled. "Tomorrow evening! Finally, I missed it."
Lily was walking through the corridors with Severus. "Are you okay?" He asked. Lily nodded, but the knot in her stomach said something different. She sighed. "I think I was too harsh to James. He only said nice things." Severus rolled his eyes. "Of course he did." He murmured. "Sorry?" Lily asked, while stopping in her tracks. "Nothing." Severus said quickly. "I have no idea what you just said, but I know what you think of them. He is my classmate and has never been anything but nice to me. And I was mean to him today, for no reason at all. I hate it when I am on my …" But she stopped her sentence right there, looking embarrassed to the ground, avoiding Severus his eyes. "You are on your what?" Severus asked. Lily shook her head. "No, I can't tell. It is stupid and nothing. Forget I said anything." Severus put his hand on her shoulder. "I won't. Tell me please, what is it? Are you sick?" Lily flushed red. "No, Sev! It is just embarrassing. I am okay, honestly." Severus looked at her. "Okay, you know you can tell me anything. You know that right?" She nodded. "I know. This is just … Just girl stuff you know." Severus looked puzzled but after a few seconds he put two and two together. He stuttered something unrecognizable and he flushed. Lily could not help herself to laugh. "Sorry! It is indeed that time of the month again. And somehow I am way more emotion than usual. But let's change the subject. It is quite uncomfortable to talk about it with you." Severus smiled, looking relieved.
That night Lily was laying on the couch in the common room. Alice was sitting on the ground with her back against the couch, reading a book. "I sure hope Marlene is done soon. I need to take a shower. I still feel like there are bats coming out of my nose." She shivered a bit thinking back about this afternoon. "Do we know who cast that spell?" Alice asked. Lily shrugged. "I have no idea who did it. But I have my suspicions. Who would think that some kind of hex like this if funny?" Alice put her head back to look at Lily. "Well, I have four boys in mind right now to be honest." Lily nodded. "Great minds think alike I see." Alice laughed. "That is true." At that moment Mary appeared from the dorms and was walking their way. "Here, catch!" She threw something towards Lily. Lily sat up and looked at what Mary threw at her. "Mar, thank you! Chocolate!" Lily sat up straight and opened the wrapper. She took a bite and her mouth filled up with the sweet taste. "Hmm. Amazing, thank you!" Mary laughed. "No problem, Lils. I know chocolate always helps me when I am on my period." Lily nodded with her mouth full with chocolate. "It's delicious!" She said while spraying little bit of chocolate in front of her.
Marlene joined them with damp hair. "Ah, you're done!" Alice put her book down and stood up. "Did you leave any hot water for me?" She joked. Marlene joked by putting her tongue out. "Just a few drops. So I would hurry up if I was you!" Alice left the common room and Marlene sat down where Alice just sat. "How is your stomach, Lily?" She asked. Lily swallowed the chocolate. "Still hurting, but it's is manageable." Marlene nodded. "We women can handle everything of course." Lily nodded. "Yes, we can!" At that moment someone in the corner of her eye caught her attention. Lily looked up and it was Remus. "Hey Remus, everything okay?" She asked. "Hi girls. Yes, are you three doing okay?" He asked. The three of them nodded. "I am sorry for asking this, Lily. But I noticed you have chocolate." He looked at his shoes while saying this. "I am kind of running low on my supply. And I … eh…" He started stammering while shifting on his feet. "Come sit next to me." Lily said while petting the spot next to her. "Of course I will share with you." He was so shy sometimes, Lily thought. But I guess that he is a true chocolate addict if you are going around asking other people for some chocolate. Remus sat down and Lily broke off a piece of the bar she got from Mary. He quickly took a bite and closed his eyes with satisfaction. "So, how do you feel after this afternoon? Can you shake the feeling of bats coming out of your nose?" Remus swallowed and nodded. "I had to take a shower, blow my nose several times but somehow I do feel clean now. But what was that a weird feeling!"
"You got someone crazy enough to give you some chocolate, Remus?" Lily looked up and saw Sirius standing next to the couch. Remus nodded while biting off another piece. "Could I have a piece as well, Evans?" Sirius asked. "Nope, sorry Sirius. I only share with people who really need it." Lily answered. Sirius lifted his eyebrows and scuffs. "Okay then! How do you know that Remus needs is so badly?" Lily narrowed her eyes a bit while maintaining eye-contact with him. "Somehow when you ask for chocolate so politely, almost ashamed of it, you kind of know that that someone's really needs it." Remus cheeks flushed red. "But I am more than happy to share with you, Remus. But this is just for us!" Remus nodded. "You hear the lady, Sirius." Sirius rolled his eyes. "Fine. I still cannot believe you went through your own stash so quickly." Remus shrugged. "I try to contain myself. If I hadn't I wouldn't have had any chocolate left three weeks ago. Just six more weeks and I can stock up at home."
"Hey Sirius, where are James and Peter?" Marlene asked. "James needed to meet with his team about tomorrows training and Peter is in the library catching up on some homework for Herbology." Mary shot up. "Shit! I totally forgot! We have homework for tomorrow. I thought I was free tonight. Oh shit, I totally forgot. Did you guys do it already?" Everyone around them nodded, even Sirius. Mary looked at him with a sly smile. "You did your homework, Black?" "Fine, I copied it from Frank. He owed me one for helping out the other day with some Slytherins." He said defensive. "No need to feel attacked, Black. I was merely just asking. Well, I know none of you will give it to me for copying. So I think I will join Peter in the library for the las 45 minutes and hopefully he will help me." Sirius laughed scornfully. "Sure thing, McDonald, ask Peter for help. Are you sure you want to fail?" Remus hit Sirius in his ribs. "Be nice! Peter is actually quite good in Herbology." Sirius rolled his eyes. "Sorry, that is true. I do wish you all the best, McDonald. Say hi to Peter from me." Mary made some witty remark, grabbed her back and walked away.
Her seat wasn't empty for long, because James Potter just returned from his meeting. His hair was wet, his glasses fogged and he was shivering a bit. "Merlin's beard, what is it cold outside. I truly dislike this part of the year. I would choose sun over snow anytime." Marlene nodded. "Same! I love a good tan!" Lily shrugged. "Well, seeing everything covered in snow has something magical about it." James laughed. "Well Evans, if you just look around you on a daily basis you can see magical things all the time. That is one the benefits of being in a magical castle, full with witches and wizards." Lily started laughing and somehow James seemed confused. "Wow, I honestly did not expect that reaction from you. Sometimes you are so unpredictable. I honestly expected a snarky remark or something like that." Lily felt a small knot in her stomach. She knew he was talking about their conversation this afternoon. "Yeah, to be honest I also surprise myself nowadays. I am sorry for my reaction this afternoon. It was unnecessary and mean." James' mouth opened up. Marlene looked from Lily to James. Remus and Sirius were looking at James in silence. "Well thanks, Evans. I appreciate it. I wasn't trying to insult you or anything of course, but sorry from me as well if I did." Lily smiled. Somehow she had no idea why Severus was so negative about him all the time. He sure had his charming qualities. He could have been mean to her right now. He didn't even had to apologize for his behavior, but he still did. Everybody had their better and worse sides. James was not the worst person in this school for sure. "So, friends?" She said. James looked at her for a bit longer than needed. "Of course. Always, Evans." The rest of the night they spend talking about the upcoming Quidditch match. When Peter and Mary returned all of them helped them with their Herbology paper and it was close to midnight before they called it a night. Lily lay in bed with a content feeling. Somehow quite a bad day (with the Hex and everything) had a good ending. Warm, with all of her friends in the common room, laughing about stuff made her love her life at Hogwarts even more.
Authors note: A little bit less from Lily this time. I found it quite hard to write from her perspective this time. And she is 12 years old now, could be a bit early for having your period. But I was twelve and my sister was even younger. So somehow I already wrote this part with her being mean to James before my writers block and I was re-reading it and didn't understand why she was so mean to him. I didn't want to delete it, so I kept it and blamed it on the period. I know I sure am moody when I have mine, so yeah...
I think I will write a bit more from James perspective the upcoming chapters, maybe go a bit deeper into Remus and his transitions. The match against Hufflepuff is coming up soon, so he starts training again.
I am sure this is not my best writing so far. I was a bit off, but I deprived all of you so long already from new chapters I didn't want to wait until I could finally write more. I am already working on chapter eighteen right now, so hopefully I can post that one in the upcoming week. Enjoy your weekend, guys!