A/N: sorry of the
delay! I went away, and finished this
as quickly as I could. Hope you guys
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P.S. I changed my pen name just because it sounds...well…
less moronic if that is a word. Anywho,
enjoy chapter 5
Chapter 5: Sorrowful Goodbyes
The remainder of the year passed quickly, much to Lily's
distress. Christmas came and passed,
and the next thing she knew her final exams were upon her, and studying filled
up her free time. On the day of her
last exam in Charms, she awoke early in the morning, finally giving in to her
practically incontrollable nerves. She
pulled back the curtains on her bed, only to see all of her friends peacefully
sleeping. She got up, and paced around the
room before stopping to glance out of the window.
The sun was slowly rising over the forbidden forest. Lily sighed and twirled a piece of her long
red hair around her finger. Her mind
wandered, first to her sister Petunia.
If only Petunia knew how much Lily loved her then perhaps she would
forgive her, perhaps she would accept her.
But Lily knew that this would never happen. She wiped a tear from her deep green eyes, and rested her head on
the windowsill, looking back at the sunrise.
The sky slowly swept to a mixture of deep rouge and oranges. Little did she know that at the other end of
the castle, in a room she had never seen, someone else was looking at the same
beautiful sunrise.
James Potter pushed his round glasses up higher on his
nose. He leaned his head on the
windowsill of the Gryffindor first year's room. In a useless attempt to control it, he ran his fingers through
his unruly black hair. When it returned
to its original position, he sighed and continued watching the sun rising magnificently
over the forbidden forest.
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Later that day, Lily had finished her exam a full twenty
minutes before being allowed to leave the classroom. She let out a silent sigh of relief and looked over at Babs who
was sitting next to her. Babs was
writing fervently, ever so often stopping to push her glasses up once
again. After the exam, they all met
outside of the classroom.
"It was B. I'm
sure of it."
"No it had to be C."
"It couldn't have been C," Babs said very definitely. "C was the answer to the one before it. It's just a common rule, you will not get
the same answer twice in a row." The
rest of the group looked at her stupefied.
"That's not true."
Charlie said, breaking the silence.
"You can have two in a row that are the same answer." The entire group stepped back as Babs looked
up at Charlie.
"What did you say, Meadows?" Babs stepped towards him menacingly.
"I said, that's- not- true." Charlie's hand hovered over his pocket.
"STOP!" yelled Dennis unexpectedly. Charlie and Babs looked at him surprised,
their hands still ready to grab their wands at need. "I SAID STOP!!!!!!" They
both put down their hands and backed away slowly. "There. That's
better. Now I'm going to go upstairs to
the common room to look up the correct answer. If you would like, you may join me. But if there is any more of this rubbish, I will be forced to put
you both in the full body bind for the remainder of the evening. Understood?" He looked over to them both,
who were looking at the floor. "I said,
understood?" They both nodded
their heads. "Good. Then let's go."
The group walked up the stairs slowly, Lily slowly walking
behind them. When they reached the
common room, they all fell back into empty chairs. Dennis pulled out his Charms textbook and began flipping through
it. "Let's see, let's see. Aha, here it is," he paused, his eyes
scanning the page. "No! No!
You have got to be kidding me!"
"What is it?" asked Lily.
"The answer was A!"
The group continued discussing the exam late into the evening, Dennis
looking up each answer. After they had
worked it to a pulp, the group sat down exhausted.
"Anybody here have to use the toilet?" asked Lily. Babs looked up at her, excitement looming in
her face.
"That's a great idea!
Let's go!" As they left,
Lindsay, Trinity, Hope, Dennis, and Charlie all looked at them
suspiciously. The two girls walked
down to the nearest bathroom, but walked by.
After visiting several, finally they found the one they were looking
for.
"They are cleaning Myrtle's again?" whined Babs as
they reached the door. "That bathroom
must be spotless by now. How can they
handle her incessant crying, even girls don't like going in there." They pushed back the sign on the door, and
walked inside to find the four boys playing cards on the floor.
"Aren't you supposed to be cleaning the bathrooms, not
using it as a hangout spot?"
"Why if it isn't the magnificent Lily Evans. Shall we deal you in?" said Sirius Black as
they entered, acting as if Babs was invisible.
Lily shook her head and sat down on the cold linoleum floor.
"Nope, we just came to check on our little bathroom
buddies. Having a jolly good time?"
said Lily coolly.
"Don't you know it," came a voice from the other side of
the bathroom. Remus Lupin had his back
against the other wall and was counting his cards. "Go ahead, your turn
Potter." James Potter played his turn,
and looked back up at the group. Peter
Pettigrew was dozing on his shoulder, his cards displayed for the entire group
to see. James glanced back at his own
set, and then switched one of his cards for one of Peters.
"Whose turn is it?" asked James once he had finished his
little scam.
"Peter's."
James nudged him a few times. "Peeeter. Oh Peeeeter. Oh well, the little git wasn't about to win anyways."
"Why is he so tired?" asked Lily as she watched a bit of
spit drip down his chin and onto James' shirt.
She decided not to tell him this, and instead looked back up at him.
"He just finished cleaning the bathroom. Can't you tell? Look at those windows shine, never mind the sinks. He did a lovely job if I do say so myself."
Sirius said laughing. Lily giggled, and
Babs just sighed.
"I don't know why you pick on him," Babs stated
suddenly. "If it weren't for you guys
he wouldn't be in this mess."
"It was his own choice to follow us around," said
Lupin. "He could have picked anybody in
the school, and instead he chose us as his 'real friends' as he says."
"It's all a bunch of bull if you ask me," said
Sirius. Babs flinched at his choice of
words but decided just to let it pass.
"He's a good guy, Sirius."
"Oh come on, James, he would have nothing to do with us
last year. Not to say that is a bad
thing," he rolled his eyes, "but it wasn't until you became chaser that he
actually bothered with us. Oh well,
he's a good pawn for our little," he paused looking over at Lily and Babs, "er,
card games." He looked over at James
and began to laugh.
"What?" Sirius
continued laughing. "What?!"
"You got a little something on your shirt." James looked over and saw the wet mess
coming from Peter's mouth. At this he
jumped up, and Peter jerked awake.
"Gross, man, you drooled all over me!"
Peter rubbed his eyes for a moment and muttered,
"sorry." He looked up and for the first
time saw Lily and Babs. He stood up
rather suddenly. "What're they doing in
here?"
Babs sashayed over to where he was sitting, and towered as
well as she could with what little height she had over him. "They just stopped in to see how your
last cleaning job went." Peter looked
around at his friends shocked.
"This is our last job?
You said I didn't have to do the last one!"
Sirius put an obviously fake expression of shock on his
face and stood up, his eyebrows high on his forehead and his hand covering his
open mouth. "My dear Babs, you must be
joking! This cannot be our last
bathroom, can it? No! You must be mistaken!" Babs put her hands on our hips and walked
over to where Lily was sitting. She
helped her up and led her to the door.
"Looks as if we're going," Lily said as Babs pushed her
through the door. "See you later."
"What jerks!" Babs
yelled as soon as they were out of earshot.
"Geez, Babs, calm down.
I thought that they were very nice.
At least they didn't pour soapy water down your back again." Babs glared at her, but Lily took this rare
opportunity to put in an obnoxious comment.
"And they didn't lock you in a bathroom stall, and they didn't steal
your wand, and they didn't put a charm on you to float through the air, and
they didn't-"
"Alright already!
I got the point!" Lily laughed a
little as Babs turned a bright red.
"And they didn't…"
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As soon as could be expected, school was finished and the
students were forced to return to their individual homes for the summer. Days before, Lily had begun packing her
trunk contemplating her return to the hellish atmosphere that she called home. She had always loved Petunia, and why didn't
she just understand?
As she was boarding the Hogwarts express on their last day
of school, this common thought returned to her head once again.
"Lily?" Lily
turned to look at Lindsay, who had a grave expression on her face. "It'll be alright, I promise." Lily gave her a small smile and continued
heaving her trunk onto the train. Once
inside, she found a compartment with her friends and sat down next to the
window to enjoy the scenery on the long ride back.
After several moments, Lily needed something to distract
her from her feverish mind. Thus she
turned to the one thing that could truly calm her nerves. "Anyone up for a game of chess?"
A/N: All right, I
know. That chapter was a kind of let
down. But I didn't know how else to end
their first year at Hogwarts!! It's a
little thing I like to call "writers block" and it is really pissing me
off. Oh well, everyone wish me luck on
starting year 2!!
