Parts of a whole
by shana
chapter 7.
POV: Lily, James
Christmas was nice. I still don't know what made me give James the sketchbook I had found at the bottom of my trunk, it was three months ago and I don't draw. But I think he liked it, and for a while he trusted me for some reason.
That ended when I made his alarm clock spray him with blue ooze.
Easter is coming up in a couple days. I heard that it is really big here at Hogwarts, and most people go off on Easter vacation for a week. Oh yeah, I forgot that Dumbledore made this new rule that goes in effect in three years--actually, I see no point in making a rule that doesn't matter until three years from now. Anyway, she says that from now on, Christmas holidays will start on the evening of Christmas. In other words, 6 PM Christmas Day. I guess Easter vacation has to start two days before Easter because some people are seriously religious. What I don't get is that Remus is staying at the castle instead of making use of the vacation to visit his mum. Weird.
Zina and James are still going out. I feel sorry for Zina, having to have that idiot for a boyfriend. I mean, any sane person could and would do better than that. She must actually like him. Eeew!
James and I have gotten in soooo much trouble for pulling pranks on each other. Once, and only once, we collaborated and tricked the Slytherins into believing that we were step-brother and sister. Funny, if you ask me. The Slytherins are so gullible, and they still think we're related--whether it's cousins or aunt/uncle by now I have no clue.
Andi came up to my room today a few hours ago. She told me that Sirius was looking for me for some odd reason. I didn't feel like looking for him, so I just took a nap. Which is where I am now.
Someone shook me up and I faked still feeling sleepy. I squinted at the person and saw Andi. Immediately, I 'woke up.'
"Jeez, Lil. I thought you'd never wake up!" she said.
"Well, I just did."
"I knew that."
"Sure, Andi. And your big news is..." She is such a blonde sometimes.
"James and Zina just broke up!"
"Big whoop. Dee-doo." [a/n that's how i say it in real life, a little pause.]
Actually, I was surprised. I thought they were serious, unlike some people I have known--particularly Petunia who disgustingly has a boyfriend each week. Apparently. Pretty stupid for someone four years older than me.
"Oh. Well, if you don't care, I was planning on asking him to sit by me at dinner--"
I stopped her. "No you are not. James and I have an arrangement: I sit on one end, he sits on the other."
"Well, good for the arrangement. I am going to sit by him. You can sit where you usually do, and I'm sure the other Gryffindor first years will be interested in actually meeting you." She left in a huff and I followed her.
We ended up sitting in the common room; Andi watching James play chess with Remus, me just sitting there staring into the fire. That left me a lot of time to think.
Sure, it was true that the other first years barely know me. They know my name, but that's probably about it. I spend so much time with Andi or Alexia or Sarah or Sirius or Remus that I don't even know the names of the others in my year. Maybe today would be a good time to meet them. I'll have to say hi at dinner.
I remembered the conversation Lexi and I had the other day. Lexi has grown to be the sister I always wanted and never had. We talk about everything, except the only time I see her is meals and the common room so we talk in her dorm room when we have free time. I don't think she's told Andi about our talks, but it's okay with me. I just hope Andi's okay with it when she finds out...
"You coming to dinner or what?" I looked up at a pretty brunette that's about 5'3" with hair to the middle of her back and bangs.
"Yeah, Lexi." I stood up and we went out the portrait hole.
"What were you doing, sleeping?"
"Nah, just thinking.
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Over Easter break I went home because dad ended up having vacation at the same time. A few days after I came back, I got sort of an all-day detention for freezing all of Lily's clothes. Damn, was she mad then! But she was so happy this one day in May, because her mother had written to say that she had just delivered her babies--twin boy and girl, it happens to be. Lily's happy she's an older sister, even if by the time they start Hogwarts she'll be able to drink liquor. I told her that the other day and she Silenced me.
But now it's almost the end of the year. June 1st is coming up really quick. I sort of can and can wait. No more pranks to pull, but I don't have to worry about any more pranks on me.
And you want to know the funniest thing of all? You know how Zina dumped me before Easter? Well, she called me over break 'cause she wanted to get back together. I told her 'sorry. you said bye.' And then I laughed and hung up on her. It was kind of mean, I know, but it was her fault she dumped me.
Andi is convinced I'm going to ask her out pretty soon. I should get her hopes up and then ask her out on the last day of school. Then I won't see her again until the first day of school, which I will have a real girlfriend by, and then she'll like go into a depression.
On second thought, that's not the greatest idea. I just remembered the day Lily told me about Andi's parents. So maybe I'll just not do anything.
I could hear Sirius is saying something in the common room, but couldn't hear it. So I went there.
A couple seconds later I arrived in the common room to see Sirius trying to trick Lily into hexing herself. How dumb can he get? I heard that she's one of the brainy first years, though you could never tell just from looking. Not that I have had experience or anything. And she did somehow know to give me that sketchbook... (which I have been using)
I rolled my eyes and took Sirius back up to our dorm room. And told him all the stuff I'd heard about Lily. He was now enlightened, and pretty surprised may I add.
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The last day of school approached quickly. James, Sirius, Sarah, Remus, Lily, and Andrea took up one of the larger compartments towards the end of the train.
Throughout the journey to Platform 9 and 3/4, James sketched scenes in the sketchbook he had recieved from Lily; rolling pastures, endless forests, Andrea reading, Lily staring out the window. He seemed to concentrate a bit more on the drawing of Lily for some reason, though no one noticed unless they looked at it for more than a fleeting second. He also drew Sarah, who was sitting next to him and practically sleeping on his lap. It took a lot of twisting and turning to try to get most of her profile, but he was prouder of these final products and sort of fond of them.
Sirius and Remus messed with some Exploding Snap cards, charming them to build card-houses by themselves. Their eyebrows were quite singed by the time the trip was over.
No one thought much about Zina, who had been shunned by James and was sitting with some Ravenclaws.
Andrea read for most of the trip, but she was really thinking about where she was supposed to go. She would have liked to go to Lily's house, but she knew that Lily's father and sister were a Muggle and probably wouldn't feel comfortable with another witch in the house. She realized that she should have asked Dumbledore before she had left the school.
An announcement came on saying that they had reached King's Cross. The train slowed to a stop and the noise from the engine disappeared. The six took their trunks and hauled them out. Each of them ran to their parent except for Andrea. She sort of stood around for a few seconds, when the woman James had gone to came up to her.
"Are you Andrea Mizewski?"
"Misheski," she said on impulse. "Yeah."
"Right. Well, you're coming home with me."
Both Andrea and James looked outraged.
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A/N end of this chapter. i'm losing ideas to talk about here in the author's note area, where fellow readers and authors are bored out of their mind trying to figure out what i am trying to say. i think andi doesnt like james anymore. you guys got any ideas? what is this, the shortest a/n yet? well, review and email q's to me. i'm thinking, should i change my email to SPisQkee? u know, sp is kooky. no, no, this: CyaL8R35. it's got my 2 fave #s in it. ok, ok. i wont drive you away.
[a|n addition] hi again, sarah! remember her? i brought her backâshe's riding the train. if you've read the 9th chap already u know what happens, and this *could* be an intro to that...
by shana
chapter 7.
POV: Lily, James
Christmas was nice. I still don't know what made me give James the sketchbook I had found at the bottom of my trunk, it was three months ago and I don't draw. But I think he liked it, and for a while he trusted me for some reason.
That ended when I made his alarm clock spray him with blue ooze.
Easter is coming up in a couple days. I heard that it is really big here at Hogwarts, and most people go off on Easter vacation for a week. Oh yeah, I forgot that Dumbledore made this new rule that goes in effect in three years--actually, I see no point in making a rule that doesn't matter until three years from now. Anyway, she says that from now on, Christmas holidays will start on the evening of Christmas. In other words, 6 PM Christmas Day. I guess Easter vacation has to start two days before Easter because some people are seriously religious. What I don't get is that Remus is staying at the castle instead of making use of the vacation to visit his mum. Weird.
Zina and James are still going out. I feel sorry for Zina, having to have that idiot for a boyfriend. I mean, any sane person could and would do better than that. She must actually like him. Eeew!
James and I have gotten in soooo much trouble for pulling pranks on each other. Once, and only once, we collaborated and tricked the Slytherins into believing that we were step-brother and sister. Funny, if you ask me. The Slytherins are so gullible, and they still think we're related--whether it's cousins or aunt/uncle by now I have no clue.
Andi came up to my room today a few hours ago. She told me that Sirius was looking for me for some odd reason. I didn't feel like looking for him, so I just took a nap. Which is where I am now.
Someone shook me up and I faked still feeling sleepy. I squinted at the person and saw Andi. Immediately, I 'woke up.'
"Jeez, Lil. I thought you'd never wake up!" she said.
"Well, I just did."
"I knew that."
"Sure, Andi. And your big news is..." She is such a blonde sometimes.
"James and Zina just broke up!"
"Big whoop. Dee-doo." [a/n that's how i say it in real life, a little pause.]
Actually, I was surprised. I thought they were serious, unlike some people I have known--particularly Petunia who disgustingly has a boyfriend each week. Apparently. Pretty stupid for someone four years older than me.
"Oh. Well, if you don't care, I was planning on asking him to sit by me at dinner--"
I stopped her. "No you are not. James and I have an arrangement: I sit on one end, he sits on the other."
"Well, good for the arrangement. I am going to sit by him. You can sit where you usually do, and I'm sure the other Gryffindor first years will be interested in actually meeting you." She left in a huff and I followed her.
We ended up sitting in the common room; Andi watching James play chess with Remus, me just sitting there staring into the fire. That left me a lot of time to think.
Sure, it was true that the other first years barely know me. They know my name, but that's probably about it. I spend so much time with Andi or Alexia or Sarah or Sirius or Remus that I don't even know the names of the others in my year. Maybe today would be a good time to meet them. I'll have to say hi at dinner.
I remembered the conversation Lexi and I had the other day. Lexi has grown to be the sister I always wanted and never had. We talk about everything, except the only time I see her is meals and the common room so we talk in her dorm room when we have free time. I don't think she's told Andi about our talks, but it's okay with me. I just hope Andi's okay with it when she finds out...
"You coming to dinner or what?" I looked up at a pretty brunette that's about 5'3" with hair to the middle of her back and bangs.
"Yeah, Lexi." I stood up and we went out the portrait hole.
"What were you doing, sleeping?"
"Nah, just thinking.
**********
Over Easter break I went home because dad ended up having vacation at the same time. A few days after I came back, I got sort of an all-day detention for freezing all of Lily's clothes. Damn, was she mad then! But she was so happy this one day in May, because her mother had written to say that she had just delivered her babies--twin boy and girl, it happens to be. Lily's happy she's an older sister, even if by the time they start Hogwarts she'll be able to drink liquor. I told her that the other day and she Silenced me.
But now it's almost the end of the year. June 1st is coming up really quick. I sort of can and can wait. No more pranks to pull, but I don't have to worry about any more pranks on me.
And you want to know the funniest thing of all? You know how Zina dumped me before Easter? Well, she called me over break 'cause she wanted to get back together. I told her 'sorry. you said bye.' And then I laughed and hung up on her. It was kind of mean, I know, but it was her fault she dumped me.
Andi is convinced I'm going to ask her out pretty soon. I should get her hopes up and then ask her out on the last day of school. Then I won't see her again until the first day of school, which I will have a real girlfriend by, and then she'll like go into a depression.
On second thought, that's not the greatest idea. I just remembered the day Lily told me about Andi's parents. So maybe I'll just not do anything.
I could hear Sirius is saying something in the common room, but couldn't hear it. So I went there.
A couple seconds later I arrived in the common room to see Sirius trying to trick Lily into hexing herself. How dumb can he get? I heard that she's one of the brainy first years, though you could never tell just from looking. Not that I have had experience or anything. And she did somehow know to give me that sketchbook... (which I have been using)
I rolled my eyes and took Sirius back up to our dorm room. And told him all the stuff I'd heard about Lily. He was now enlightened, and pretty surprised may I add.
**********
The last day of school approached quickly. James, Sirius, Sarah, Remus, Lily, and Andrea took up one of the larger compartments towards the end of the train.
Throughout the journey to Platform 9 and 3/4, James sketched scenes in the sketchbook he had recieved from Lily; rolling pastures, endless forests, Andrea reading, Lily staring out the window. He seemed to concentrate a bit more on the drawing of Lily for some reason, though no one noticed unless they looked at it for more than a fleeting second. He also drew Sarah, who was sitting next to him and practically sleeping on his lap. It took a lot of twisting and turning to try to get most of her profile, but he was prouder of these final products and sort of fond of them.
Sirius and Remus messed with some Exploding Snap cards, charming them to build card-houses by themselves. Their eyebrows were quite singed by the time the trip was over.
No one thought much about Zina, who had been shunned by James and was sitting with some Ravenclaws.
Andrea read for most of the trip, but she was really thinking about where she was supposed to go. She would have liked to go to Lily's house, but she knew that Lily's father and sister were a Muggle and probably wouldn't feel comfortable with another witch in the house. She realized that she should have asked Dumbledore before she had left the school.
An announcement came on saying that they had reached King's Cross. The train slowed to a stop and the noise from the engine disappeared. The six took their trunks and hauled them out. Each of them ran to their parent except for Andrea. She sort of stood around for a few seconds, when the woman James had gone to came up to her.
"Are you Andrea Mizewski?"
"Misheski," she said on impulse. "Yeah."
"Right. Well, you're coming home with me."
Both Andrea and James looked outraged.
**********
A/N end of this chapter. i'm losing ideas to talk about here in the author's note area, where fellow readers and authors are bored out of their mind trying to figure out what i am trying to say. i think andi doesnt like james anymore. you guys got any ideas? what is this, the shortest a/n yet? well, review and email q's to me. i'm thinking, should i change my email to SPisQkee? u know, sp is kooky. no, no, this: CyaL8R35. it's got my 2 fave #s in it. ok, ok. i wont drive you away.
[a|n addition] hi again, sarah! remember her? i brought her backâshe's riding the train. if you've read the 9th chap already u know what happens, and this *could* be an intro to that...