Hold On
Disclaimer: See chapter one
Thanks for the reviews! Jeez I didn't expect any at all! Thank you thank you! For all those who haven't read the fifth book (Harry Potter), this chapter has some stuff that pertains to it ok! There will finally be dialogue!! Yay! Sorry there wasn't any last chapter.......so on to chapter two!
The rest of the week flew past as the weekend grew near. The people across the street were moving away. She babysat for their 5-year-old and it paid pretty well. And now she had lost her job and her Lily was waiting anxiously for Monday awaiting her fate. She was close to 16. Her birthday was drawing nearer by every passing day. In fact it was just one month away. She would be 17; she would be of age. She could finally move away from her father, her past. No it wouldn't be running, it would be preserving her youth. She was a Gryffindor, Gryffindor's don't run away from their problems. But she would move too, if James could she could. Who knows what things he did to his poor neighbors in the past?
The weekend went smoothly and the long awaited Monday finally arrived. Her mind was so cloudy thinking about James, Petty, who had stopped talking to her and her birthday, that she didn't notice the movers. Across the street a large moving van pulled into the driveway. As if by chain reaction another truck appeared then another after it.
A couple hours later, when the vans were gone, Petty came to Lily's door. "We've been invited to dinner tomorrow. And you can't get out of it. I actually WANT to go! There's a cute guy moving in next door." Petty explained.
"That's nice...what's his name?" Lily asked, while lying of her bed, her face in her pillow. Not really paying attention.
"I know his last name its kinda stupid if you know what I mean. C'm on Potter is just too common. But I forgot his first name.."
With this, Lily shot out of bed. It couldn't be.noway.never in HER neighborhood. "Petty, it wouldn't be James" she said nervously. "His first name is not James, Petty is it please tell me no."
"No no it's not it's something I would never think of. OH I got it! His name is Sirius!"
Lily almost fainted. If Sirius was moving next door, and his last name was apparently Potter that meant James was too. Her summer couldn't get worse.
"Oh my God...NOO!" Lily was annoyed now. This wasn't happening. Not now..never. Just then the doorbell rang. At 11 o'clock in the morning, on a Monday, during summer vacation, Lily was still in her pajamas. Muggle pajamas, meaning a tank top and cool pajama pants with little cows on them (tee hee I saw them in aeropostale!! they're cool!!). Lily ran down the steps to the door faster than a nimbus broom, lurched open the door and there stood a very sleepy pair. One grumbled "whoa speedy service, need bed" and the other was right behind it in saying, "sleep, tired, too noisy, help." They sounded like James and Sirius, but looked a lot like two zombies. They had dark bags under their eyes and both of their mops of hair looked like they hadn't been brushed in a while.
Lily opened the door a little more standing there just shocked to see them, staring strangely at their hair. "Why are you doing this to me? Why did you move? And most importantly, WHY are you here?" she asked a little annoyed and tired, she had only woken up two hours ago.
"coffee" they said at the same time, looking with pleading eyes.
"Uhh fine c'm on I'll show you where the kitchen is. This way." Lily really wished that she didn't have to do this, but she couldn't let it go. Not when she could get her sister this good. Today was a good day. Her father was gone and petunia was in guy mode. Of course guy mode is all sweet and innocent, so she had to talk to Lily like she was normal and not a witch. Oh yes today would be good. Not good for her but good for getting Petty.
She smiled with recognition; Petty walked into the kitchen with way too much makeup on. This was getting good.
"Lily who was at the...oh hi there! What was your name again? I am so forgetful in the mornings, but not so much in the afternoon. Say did you hear about the people at the drugstore last week? Oh of course you didn't I'll tell you though..." as Petty rambled on Sirius had fallen asleep in his coffee and James turned to Lily, who was getting very, very tired.
"Hey Lils," he said yawning. "Where's the off button?"
Realizing that she was being talked to and not just listening, she replied, "first if you ever call me Lils again watch out. I turn 17 next month and I won't be forgetting it very soon. Second, she doesn't have one."
"Damn!" he said strongly. This shut Petty up.
"Hey, do you know each other?" she asked slowly, understanding this problem.
"Yeah we go to school together," said James, not knowing that Petty hated people of their kind. Petty suddenly stood up, not knowing what to do. Lily was smiling. James and Sirius, who had woken up from the sound of silence and a chair scraping against the floor, were staring at Petty as she slowly walked out of the room, dazed.
"What's her problem?" asked Sirius; it seemed he had finally woken from the early morning phase he was in.
Lily was laughing from the look on their faces. It was mixed with a look of 'what did I do?' and 'sleep, tired, coffee, cereal, food'
"You didn't do anything. Well except the fact that you go to Hogwarts too. Petty hates people that aren't 'normal' like her.....like muggles." She said still smiling and thinking about the look on Petty's face.
"Ohh yeah........well can we borrow your couch for a couple of hours? We need sleep. now. Really bad. They keep pumping the energy out of us and every time we lay down they give us another box! Dad woke us up at eight o'clock this morning! Eight o'clock! I haven't gotten up that early since Hogwarts!" James whined.
"That was only month and a half ago Potter." Lily said. "Go to sleep...it might help your memory's. Take the couch, split it in half or something, I'll get you both some blankets."
As Lilywalked off, Sirius and James took another sip of coffee, looked at each other, realized that there was only one couch and ran for the living room.
"I get it! I had the idea of coming here!" Sirius said picking James off the couch and throwing him on the ground.
"Yeah and you knew damn well that I like Lily that's the only reason! At least I'm not just using some cover up crap that you do with Bella!" James said sitting on top of Sirius and tickling him until he fell off the couch. Then he pulled out his wand and muttered a shielding spell.
"Hey that's not fair! I'm not 17 yet! I can't do that!" Sirius said shocking himself as he touched the clear blue screen surrounding James. "OUCH!!"
Lily walked down the stairs and heard two people arguing and looked around the corner of the wall separating the living room from the kitchen. Sirius and James were fighting over the couch!
"I get it! I had the idea of coming here!" Sirius said picking James off the couch and throwing him on the ground.
"Yeah and you knew damn well that I like Lily, that's the only reason! At least I'm not just using some cover up crap that you do with Bella!"
Lily laughed seeing James put up a blue charm and shocking Sirius. So, he really liked her, he wasn't just pretending. She had to re-think her friendship morals, and owl Bella and Gabby.
She ran up to her room and grabbed a piece of computer paper and a marker while deciding who to write to first. Bella would want to hear about Sirius, Bella first.
Bella,
Hey! How are you doing? I'm doing better with one flaw. I just met our new neighbors and they weren't all I expected them to be. Actually you might want to come over and meet them.....even though we all hate them. Yeah that's right James and Sirius moved next door! I guess that they aren't all that bad when you aren't around other people. They haven't hexed or pranked anyone yet and they have been here for almost two hours! I swear it's a miracle! But there's something else. They came over here to get out of work and sleep so I offered the couch. I went up to get blankets they were arguing over the couch. Yeah I know, get to the point Lily! They were yelling at each other and James let it spill that he likes me and Sirius likes you..... they didn't know I was listening so there is no way that they are setting us up. What are we supposed to do now?! Owl me back, SOON!! Oh and I was wondering after we get this all settled would you like to sleep over here for a while, like the week before school or something? And if your mom asks why, tell her that we need to get back in the swing of things before school starts. I'm bored out of my mind! HELP ME!!
Lily
P.S. HELP ME!!!
Next for Gabby.
Hey Gabs,
You wouldn't believe who moved in next door.....James and Sirius. They moved in this morning and I think they might be over here for a while. I was listening in on a conversation, no not purposely, and James spilled some beans about them liking Bella and myself. I asked Bella over to my house the last week of summer and I need you here to!! You have to come! Help us! You have to come. We'll go to Diagon Ally and even to the muggle mall to get some clothes and stuff. It will be fun but only with you! You have to come, it's really boring here. Pleeeeeease? Owl me as soon as you get this!
Lily
P.S. You gotta come!
She tied her letters on Peas and let her fly out the window before shutting it. This would be perfect.
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Wow. My fingers hurt! My brain needs to go to sleep and STAY there! Bedtime at 3:40 in the afternoon! Different, I go to sleep at like one in the morning.....so nap time!
Disclaimer: See chapter one
Thanks for the reviews! Jeez I didn't expect any at all! Thank you thank you! For all those who haven't read the fifth book (Harry Potter), this chapter has some stuff that pertains to it ok! There will finally be dialogue!! Yay! Sorry there wasn't any last chapter.......so on to chapter two!
The rest of the week flew past as the weekend grew near. The people across the street were moving away. She babysat for their 5-year-old and it paid pretty well. And now she had lost her job and her Lily was waiting anxiously for Monday awaiting her fate. She was close to 16. Her birthday was drawing nearer by every passing day. In fact it was just one month away. She would be 17; she would be of age. She could finally move away from her father, her past. No it wouldn't be running, it would be preserving her youth. She was a Gryffindor, Gryffindor's don't run away from their problems. But she would move too, if James could she could. Who knows what things he did to his poor neighbors in the past?
The weekend went smoothly and the long awaited Monday finally arrived. Her mind was so cloudy thinking about James, Petty, who had stopped talking to her and her birthday, that she didn't notice the movers. Across the street a large moving van pulled into the driveway. As if by chain reaction another truck appeared then another after it.
A couple hours later, when the vans were gone, Petty came to Lily's door. "We've been invited to dinner tomorrow. And you can't get out of it. I actually WANT to go! There's a cute guy moving in next door." Petty explained.
"That's nice...what's his name?" Lily asked, while lying of her bed, her face in her pillow. Not really paying attention.
"I know his last name its kinda stupid if you know what I mean. C'm on Potter is just too common. But I forgot his first name.."
With this, Lily shot out of bed. It couldn't be.noway.never in HER neighborhood. "Petty, it wouldn't be James" she said nervously. "His first name is not James, Petty is it please tell me no."
"No no it's not it's something I would never think of. OH I got it! His name is Sirius!"
Lily almost fainted. If Sirius was moving next door, and his last name was apparently Potter that meant James was too. Her summer couldn't get worse.
"Oh my God...NOO!" Lily was annoyed now. This wasn't happening. Not now..never. Just then the doorbell rang. At 11 o'clock in the morning, on a Monday, during summer vacation, Lily was still in her pajamas. Muggle pajamas, meaning a tank top and cool pajama pants with little cows on them (tee hee I saw them in aeropostale!! they're cool!!). Lily ran down the steps to the door faster than a nimbus broom, lurched open the door and there stood a very sleepy pair. One grumbled "whoa speedy service, need bed" and the other was right behind it in saying, "sleep, tired, too noisy, help." They sounded like James and Sirius, but looked a lot like two zombies. They had dark bags under their eyes and both of their mops of hair looked like they hadn't been brushed in a while.
Lily opened the door a little more standing there just shocked to see them, staring strangely at their hair. "Why are you doing this to me? Why did you move? And most importantly, WHY are you here?" she asked a little annoyed and tired, she had only woken up two hours ago.
"coffee" they said at the same time, looking with pleading eyes.
"Uhh fine c'm on I'll show you where the kitchen is. This way." Lily really wished that she didn't have to do this, but she couldn't let it go. Not when she could get her sister this good. Today was a good day. Her father was gone and petunia was in guy mode. Of course guy mode is all sweet and innocent, so she had to talk to Lily like she was normal and not a witch. Oh yes today would be good. Not good for her but good for getting Petty.
She smiled with recognition; Petty walked into the kitchen with way too much makeup on. This was getting good.
"Lily who was at the...oh hi there! What was your name again? I am so forgetful in the mornings, but not so much in the afternoon. Say did you hear about the people at the drugstore last week? Oh of course you didn't I'll tell you though..." as Petty rambled on Sirius had fallen asleep in his coffee and James turned to Lily, who was getting very, very tired.
"Hey Lils," he said yawning. "Where's the off button?"
Realizing that she was being talked to and not just listening, she replied, "first if you ever call me Lils again watch out. I turn 17 next month and I won't be forgetting it very soon. Second, she doesn't have one."
"Damn!" he said strongly. This shut Petty up.
"Hey, do you know each other?" she asked slowly, understanding this problem.
"Yeah we go to school together," said James, not knowing that Petty hated people of their kind. Petty suddenly stood up, not knowing what to do. Lily was smiling. James and Sirius, who had woken up from the sound of silence and a chair scraping against the floor, were staring at Petty as she slowly walked out of the room, dazed.
"What's her problem?" asked Sirius; it seemed he had finally woken from the early morning phase he was in.
Lily was laughing from the look on their faces. It was mixed with a look of 'what did I do?' and 'sleep, tired, coffee, cereal, food'
"You didn't do anything. Well except the fact that you go to Hogwarts too. Petty hates people that aren't 'normal' like her.....like muggles." She said still smiling and thinking about the look on Petty's face.
"Ohh yeah........well can we borrow your couch for a couple of hours? We need sleep. now. Really bad. They keep pumping the energy out of us and every time we lay down they give us another box! Dad woke us up at eight o'clock this morning! Eight o'clock! I haven't gotten up that early since Hogwarts!" James whined.
"That was only month and a half ago Potter." Lily said. "Go to sleep...it might help your memory's. Take the couch, split it in half or something, I'll get you both some blankets."
As Lilywalked off, Sirius and James took another sip of coffee, looked at each other, realized that there was only one couch and ran for the living room.
"I get it! I had the idea of coming here!" Sirius said picking James off the couch and throwing him on the ground.
"Yeah and you knew damn well that I like Lily that's the only reason! At least I'm not just using some cover up crap that you do with Bella!" James said sitting on top of Sirius and tickling him until he fell off the couch. Then he pulled out his wand and muttered a shielding spell.
"Hey that's not fair! I'm not 17 yet! I can't do that!" Sirius said shocking himself as he touched the clear blue screen surrounding James. "OUCH!!"
Lily walked down the stairs and heard two people arguing and looked around the corner of the wall separating the living room from the kitchen. Sirius and James were fighting over the couch!
"I get it! I had the idea of coming here!" Sirius said picking James off the couch and throwing him on the ground.
"Yeah and you knew damn well that I like Lily, that's the only reason! At least I'm not just using some cover up crap that you do with Bella!"
Lily laughed seeing James put up a blue charm and shocking Sirius. So, he really liked her, he wasn't just pretending. She had to re-think her friendship morals, and owl Bella and Gabby.
She ran up to her room and grabbed a piece of computer paper and a marker while deciding who to write to first. Bella would want to hear about Sirius, Bella first.
Bella,
Hey! How are you doing? I'm doing better with one flaw. I just met our new neighbors and they weren't all I expected them to be. Actually you might want to come over and meet them.....even though we all hate them. Yeah that's right James and Sirius moved next door! I guess that they aren't all that bad when you aren't around other people. They haven't hexed or pranked anyone yet and they have been here for almost two hours! I swear it's a miracle! But there's something else. They came over here to get out of work and sleep so I offered the couch. I went up to get blankets they were arguing over the couch. Yeah I know, get to the point Lily! They were yelling at each other and James let it spill that he likes me and Sirius likes you..... they didn't know I was listening so there is no way that they are setting us up. What are we supposed to do now?! Owl me back, SOON!! Oh and I was wondering after we get this all settled would you like to sleep over here for a while, like the week before school or something? And if your mom asks why, tell her that we need to get back in the swing of things before school starts. I'm bored out of my mind! HELP ME!!
Lily
P.S. HELP ME!!!
Next for Gabby.
Hey Gabs,
You wouldn't believe who moved in next door.....James and Sirius. They moved in this morning and I think they might be over here for a while. I was listening in on a conversation, no not purposely, and James spilled some beans about them liking Bella and myself. I asked Bella over to my house the last week of summer and I need you here to!! You have to come! Help us! You have to come. We'll go to Diagon Ally and even to the muggle mall to get some clothes and stuff. It will be fun but only with you! You have to come, it's really boring here. Pleeeeeease? Owl me as soon as you get this!
Lily
P.S. You gotta come!
She tied her letters on Peas and let her fly out the window before shutting it. This would be perfect.
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Wow. My fingers hurt! My brain needs to go to sleep and STAY there! Bedtime at 3:40 in the afternoon! Different, I go to sleep at like one in the morning.....so nap time!