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Soul Mates… or Playmates? Part 6
Standing there was none other than Pulchra, kissing Severus Snape. Lily gasped. She thought Snape was abusing Pulchra, but when she pulled them apart, Pulchra just glared at her.
"Why did you do that, Lily?" Pulchra asked. "We were in the middle of a good kiss!"
Lily stared at her. "You mean, he's you- your DATE?" she said in amazement.
Pulchra grinned, "Yeah!" then she kissed him on the cheek. Lily just turned away, and looked at James. He looked totally confused.
James and Lily walked over to the table, where Nadia and Remus were talking quietly together, away from everyone else. Suzanne and Sirius were just talking about how boring History of Magic was, even though they thought it couldn't get much worse. Lucy was nowhere to be seen, Lily assumed she was off getting to know that Hufflepuff boy. James and Lily looked at each other. They shrugged, and started looking around, looking for food. They looked up at Dumbledore, who stood up.
"Thank you all for coming to this dance, I'm quite sure that you will enjoy yourselves immensely. You might have come with a friend, with a boyfriend, or with a true love. You may have come solo. I can assure you that you will enjoy this, and again that Hufflepuff band, which are now called 'The Huffies'," he paused while there was laughter throughout the hall. The Hufflepuff band scowled at them, " -will be playing. There will be a sort of surprise at the end. A shower of hearts will fall on the perfect couple. A rose will hang over the heads of the two people who are meant to be. We shall see who are the perfect couple, and who are meant to be." Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling. "Let the dance begin!"
With that, The Huffies went up on stage, and started to play a slow song. The Head boy and Head girl started the dance; only, they were dancing with two different people. Slowly, people started drifting out on the floor, Lily and James among them.
It seemed that James just realized how perfectly her arm fit around her hip. Her hand fit perfectly in his, and her head rested on his shoulder in exactly the right place. He could smell the sweet fragrance of her hair. James hadn't realized he cared so much for Lily.
Lily was thinking how her arm had rested perfectly on his broad shoulder, and how her head was at exactly the right spot on his shoulder, so she could smell his wonderful cologne. Her hand fit perfectly in his not to cold hand. Lily looked up into his chocolate eyes that were covered by wonderful round glasses and he grinned a grin that made Lily melt. Lily hadn't realized that she cared so much for Lily.
Suzanne and Sirius were watching Lily and James stare into each other's eyes, still dancing slowly, even though there was a much faster song playing. They smiled at each other. They decided to dance. They started dancing so exuberantly; people were backing away in fear. Remus and Nadia were talking happily with each other, sipping Butterbeer. Nadia - of course - knew about him being a werewolf, but did not care. {A/N I'm not sure if I mentioned that, and I'm too lazy to look ^_^}
Lily finally realized that the song was no longer a slow song, and pointed this out to James.
"Yeah, I knew that…" he said with a grin. Lily playfully slapped him.
"Do you want a Butterbeer?" Lily asked him, after two fast songs.
"Sure!" James replied enthusiastically. "I'll go get them."
"All right, I'll sit over here with Remus, and Sirius, and everyone." James nodded, and ran off.
Lily walked over to where her friends were sitting.
"Hey guys! It's hot isn't it?" Lily asked while fanning herself with her hand.
"Yeah…" Nadia said fondly while staring at Remus. Lily grinned at Suzanne, who grinned back.
Sirius was laughing at something over Lily's shoulder, Lily turned around and gasped. Forming behind her was a queue of about fifteen boys. The first one looked at her somewhat nervously.
"Umm… er, Lily? Will you dance with me?"
Lily gave him a quizzical look, and looked at Suzanne. She was laughing silently.
"Um.. I'm really sorry, but I'm only going to dance with my boyfriend tonight, I mean I want it to be special…" Then all the boys walked off looking sad. The same thing happened to Suzanne a few minutes later.
"I wonder where James has gone?" Lily said.
"I'm right here…" James said. Lily turned around and grinned. James was standing there clutching two bottles of Butterbeer, "I only just got away…" Pulchra's gang was sitting at a table close by, looking extremely sulky. Lily grinned again, and kissed him on the cheek while taking a bottle of beer.
"I wonder why Pulchra decided to go to this dance with Snape…" Suzanne said thoughtfully.
"So do I," Sirius said while putting his arm around her. Suzanne giggled, and whispered something to him. He grinned at her and nodded.
"We'll be right back," Suzanne said in a rush. "We're going to go outside…" She grinned at Lily, and James gave Sirius a wink.
Remus and Nadia were off somewhere as well, and Lily and James were just getting up to dance, when Malfoy came over. He put both of his hands on Lily's shoulders, and looked her up and down.
"Nice look, Lily." He winked at her, and walked off.
"Since when has he called me 'Lily'? And why did he do that?" She frowned.
"I dunno, but I don't like it Lil'." James said.
"Let's forget about that for now James, let's go dance!"
They danced, and danced, when suddenly the music stopped. Suzanne looked confused. Dumbledore stood up. "It is now time to see who the perfect couple is."
He shot something out of his wand that seemed to be a ball of light; it zoomed around the room for about a minute, before hovering over Sirius and Suzanne. Then, a shower of hearts fell all over them. Sirius and Suzanne grinned at each other, and kissed each other quickly. Everyone clapped.
"Very nice, Mr. Black, Ms. Burke," Dumbledore smiled. "Now we shall find the two people that are meant to be!" He shot what seemed like two balls of light, and it sped straight over to Lily and James. A huge rose, which was five feet long, hovered over them, and petals seemed to be coming out of it. They grinned, and kissed each other. A long kiss. It was about three minutes long.
Dumbledore stepped in. "It is clear that Lily and James are soul mates. They are the most perfect couple for each other. Sirius, Suzanne, and Lily and James. They are the two best couples in this school. Congratulations to them."
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It was May 28th, and at the moment Lily was sleeping peacefully.
"Miss Evans. MISS EVANS!" Lily woke up with a start.
"What?" She asked; Professor Trewlawney scowled at her.
"I was merely trying to make you participate in this class, as it is so wonderful, and interesting. I was just mentioning about how Pluto holds many secrets. If you misjudge Pluto, horrible things could happen to you such as…"
Lily stopped listening. She rolled her eyes at Lucy. Lucy did not see, because she was watching Sirius. He was laughing so hard that he fell off his chair. Professor Trelawney looked up in surprise.
"Ahh… yes, I see that Mr. Black has just fallen off of his chair. I predicted he would because he simply found it so shocking that - yes, - Venus is in the twelfth house." She nodded impressively.
Just then, the bell rang. Yawning, Suzanne came over to them.
"That was such a good nap I had!" She said grinning. They all laughed, and went downstairs, to Transfiguration. James sat down next to Lily. The desks were each far enough apart for Professor McGonagall to walk up and down. Suzanne sat down on Lily's right, Nadia sat in front of her, and Lucy sat behind her. Sirius sat down next to Lucy, behind James. Remus sat down next to Nadia, in front of James, and Peter sat on James' left.
"All right. Now that we're all seated," Professor McGonagall surveyed how the Gryffindors were on one side of the room, and the Ravenclaws were on the other. "I shall give you the assignment. Now, this is a very complex spell, and I will be shocked if you administer it on your first try. Now, the person who founded this spell was…"
Nobody was listening. At least, Lily wasn't. Just then, James tapped her on the arm, and passed her a note. Unfortunately, McGonagall saw this, and walked over to them, her lips pursed together, and anger in her eyes.
"What's this? Note passing? You know the rule in this class about note passing, Potter. I read the note aloud." Sirius tried hard not to laugh, because James was looking embarrassed. "Okay, 'Lily, you look absolutely stunning, will you please meet me in the Common Room tonight, at 11:30?' Now, what do you have to sat for yourself Miss Evans?" McGonagall asked.
Lily scribbled something on a piece of parchment, and handed it to Professor McGonagall. She looked at it, and seemed to smile for the briefest moment. " 'Defiantly, I'll be there.' " She read. Then she walked away. Lily grinned at Suzanne who was looking at her in amazement, and a group of giggly Ravenclaw girls who had a crush on James looked horrorstruck.
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"I wonder what James wants to see me for?" Lily said in thought at around 11:15 that night.
Nadia grinned at her. "I'm pretty sure I know…" Then she burst into a fit of giggles.
Lily through a pillow at her, and Nadia's giggles got lost in the pillow.
Lily decided to wear her regular school robes, and wore her waist-long hair down. At 11:29 she went downstairs. James was nowhere to be seen. Lily sat down in a chair by the fire, and was constantly checking her watch. At 11:43, she was beginning to think that she was stood up. At 11:50, there was a knock on the window. There was an owl, with the name Lily on the front.
Lily opened it, and this is what it said,
"Turn around."
Standing there was none other than James, holding a single lily, and smiling at her. The fire in the fireplace made everything flicker beautifully.
"This is our six month anniversary, Lily." James said, smiling.
Lily threw her arms around him and hugged him. Then she looked up and kissed him.
"I love you so much, James." She said.
Huddled at the top of the Boy's Dormitory, Sirius took a picture of them, so that they could remember this happy moment. He remembered when they were kids, they hated each other. Then, they became friends, very gradually…
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Lily woke up sweating and shaking. She had another one of those dreams. It was June 26; four days before they were due to go home. The dream was still standing out vividly in her mind. She was at home with… wait, who was she home with? It was a man, defiantly a man, and a baby; she got killed, while trying to save…? She sighed. She had no idea. She decided to go downstairs, and think by the fire. When she went downstairs, a very strange sight played before her eyes. Voldemort was sitting there, talking to Malfoy, and Snape, planning a murder, they were planning to murder, HER! But, why were they in the Gryffindor Common Room? Shouldn't they be in the Slytherin one? Voldemort turned around, and saw her there, "CRUCIO" he screamed. Lily started screaming louder than a banshee.
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Lily blinked and woke up. She looked around. She seemed to be in the Gryffindor Common room, with everyone staring at her, horrified.
"What?" Lily asked them.
"You were ju - just sc-screaming, like, all hell was after you." A nearby 2nd year said.
Just then, Lucy came over, looking very pale.
"Lil, Lily, look, I just got this letter, I think you should read it…" she took the letter, totally forgetting her dream, and all about it.
Dear Potter's friends,
Potter can be found at the Whomping Willow, at 3:00. Be there, and maybe I'll let him go. You don't want to mess with the Dark Lord.
"Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God…" said Lily repeatedly. She just sat there in total shock.
Just then, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Nadia, and Suzanne came through the portrait hole. They seemed very happy, but their grins quickly faded at the sight of Lucy and Lily.
"What's wrong? Lily? Lucy?" Suzanne asked. They didn't answer her. They just sat there, their faces pale, staring into the fire. Nadia noticed the letter shaking in Lily's pale hand. She pointed it out to Remus, and he took it. His face paled as he read it, and he handed the letter to Sirius, and sat down in an armchair across from Lily. He put his head on his hand, and stared into the fire. Sirius read it, with Peter, and Nadia reading it over their shoulder. Sirius sat down, and had his elbows on his knees, with his head in his hands. Peter just looked terrified, and Nadia just stood there staring at the letter.
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Lily was pacing the room, "All right," she said checking her watch, "it's 2:45, let's go!"
Everyone left, and they reached the Whomping Willow at 2:55. There seemed to be a big commotion, with some sort of tape, and teacher shooing students away. Lily ran up to the tape, and ducked under before the teachers stopped her.
"JAMES! JAMES! JAMES! WHERE'S JAMES?!!?!" Lily said, hysterically. Teachers were shouting, but they couldn't pass the tape. Someone had bewitched it. Just then, a masked Death Eater came out from behind a tree, holding his wand to James.
"One wrong move…" he threatened. James seemed to be held up by some invisible force, because he was unconscious, and he was floating about two feet off the ground. Lily stood there, frozen to the spot. Nobody else could cross the line. The Death Eater stepped forward.
Lily took a step back, but seemed to bump into the Whomping Willow. It struck her hard across the arm. She ducked, and rolled out of the way. The Death Eater laughed, evilly. Teachers were screaming, students were screaming, teachers were running around the tape, trying to get inside. Chaos. Total chaos. The Death Eater was facing the teachers, away from Lily.
"Now what I have here," he kicked James, Sirius had his hands balled into fists, and his teeth were clenched, " is one of the finest wizards that I have seen in a good hundred years." Behind him, Lily had picked up a huge branch, and was sneaking up behind him. The teachers tried their best to keep the Death Eater's attention faced to them.
"With a wizard like this," the Death Eater continued, "we could get many people over to our side."
Then Lily swung the branch down on his head, and he was knocked out immediately. Lily pointed her wand at James, and he woke up, feeling very groggy.
"James! Oh, James!" Lily jumped up on James, putting her legs around his waist. Then she put both her hands on the side of his face, and kissed him. James fell over, but Lily didn't care. She just sat on top of James, and hugged him. Professor McGonagall made her way over the tape, smiling slightly, and tried to pull Lily off of James. Lily wouldn't let go, and soon students started to laugh.
Professor Dumbledore came, and with great strength, pulled the two apart.
"Strain yourself Miss Evans, James needs to go to the Hospital Wing." True, James was looking very groggy, and confused.
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Nadia was sitting outside the Hospital Wing. She felt so bad for James, and Lily. Suzanne was sobbing uncontrollably, and so was Lucy. Lily was just staring. Her face was pale, and she was staring, staring at the wall in front of her. Sirius had pure hatred on his face, and his arm around Suzanne. Remus was pacing up and down in front of the door, and Peter looked scared. {A/N: did I get everyone?! L0L} Just then, the door opened, and Dumbledore came out.
"James will be fine, there is no permanent damage, and you may see him." Dumbledore said. Everyone jumped up at these words, except Sirius and Lily. Dumbledore looked around at them.
"Are you two all right?" Dumbledore asked. Sirius just raised his head and stared at him. Lily kept staring at the wall. "James will be fine, you have nothing to worry about." Dumbledore assured her.
Lily raised her head, and stared into his bright blue eyes, with her vivid green ones.
"Will this ever stop? Why can't I just have a normal life? Why can't he just leave us alone?" Lily asked, with a pleading tone in her voice. Sirius came over and hugged her.
"Come on, Lil', let's go see how James is."
When they entered, James was sitting up, and looked fine. Well, as fine as you can look at that state. He was torture a few times, and put under the Imperius Curse to write the letter. When James saw his best friend, and girlfriend enter, his face broke out in a grin. Lily looked sadly back at him, and sat at the end of his bed. Sirius sat next to his head.
"Hey mate, I'm fine." He said while patting Sirius on the knee. Sirius grinned at him.
"Hey, I say we go down to the kitchens tonight, and have a party in the Common Room!" Sirius said.
Everyone laughed. Dumbledore listened outside the door, smiling. He had a feeling that nothing like this would happen again for a very long time.
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Lily was all packed up to go home. She really didn't want to go back home, but at least she would see her Grandfather again! She got dressed in shorts, and a tank top.
"Awww… Lily, cheer up!" Remus said when she clomped down the stairs. Suzanne came after her, looking just as depressed.
"I'm okay, I just don't want to go home… with Petunia." She added with a scowl.
"Yeah, and I don't want to go home, because I'll miss this place, and my family never seems too thrilled to see me again…" Suzanne said.
Sirius looked somewhat relieved, and sad. "Hey guys, we'll send LOADS of owls!" he grinned.
Remus came down, looking thoroughly angry.
"What's wrong, buddy?" Sirius asked him.
"Full moon tomorrow." Remus said.
Lily looked away. She didn't have a problem with Remus being a werewolf; it just seemed - odd.
James bounced down the stairs, and sat down next to Lily. He put his arm around her, and looked around.
"Can you believe that next year we'll be seventh years?" James asked.
Nadia shook her head. "No, I mean it seems like yesterday I saw the castle that I'd so much about from my parents. And remember in second year, when we found out about Remus? That seemed to bring all of us much, much closer together." She smiled at Remus.
Suzanne smiled, "Yeah, and remember in third year, when we played wizard truth or dare? When Lily's wand said to kiss James? Lily was mortified!"
James grinned, "Yeah, and I ran out screaming… but look now!" He bent over and kissed Lily. They wouldn't stop, so Sirius carried on the conversation.
"And, in our fourth year, when we got in that huge fight, and we were always sending curses at each other, boys against girls of course, and it wasn't fair because there were five girls…" he trailed off looking uncomfortable. {A/N, remember Kirsten?}
Nadia laughed, "I know! But, our fifth year, when you guys showed us that passage to Honeydukes. And then, we were so impressed with how you found that passage, and then you showed us that map…"
Suzanne giggled, "Are you guys paying ANY attention at all?" She said to Lily and James. They were lying on the couch, with Lily sitting on top of him, and they were kissing.
Peter looked at them with a smirk on his face. "Do you think we should just let them be?"
Sirius grinned, "Nah." He said. He picked up a pillow and threw it at them.
"Guys! I think it's necessary for you to participate in this conversation." Lily giggled.
James grinned. Then he pushed Lily off of him, and she rolled on the floor.
Lily looked up at them, and grinned. "Remember when Suzanne was asking us when the Thanksgiving Feast was? She was horrified when she found out we don't celebrate it!" She started laughing hysterically, rolling around on the floor. Suzanne looked down at her, and smirked.
"Well, how was I supposed to know? I didn't realize how- how ABNORMAL this country is."
Sirius pretended to look highly offended. "We're not abnormal, Suzie. YOU are abnormal."
Suzanne giggled. Then she checked her watch. "Ooh! It's time for the carriages arrive!" She said sadly.
"I wonder who's going to be Head Girl, and Head Boy next year! Wouldn't it be cool if it was one of us?" Nadia said.
James laughed. "Yeah, right." He said. "I'm surprised I was made a Prefect!"
Lily giggled. "Remember when I found out I was a Prefect? I was so shocked! I mean we caused so much trouble!"
Lucy laughed. "Yeah, I'm surprised all of us are Prefects, well, except Peter…" She smiled.
"Sorry, buddy." Sirius laughed, Peter just smiled a sarcastic smile at them.
"Come on, we really ought to go." Suzanne sighed. {A/N I'm listening to 2gether, and I'm like typing to the beat, it's funny. Haha.}
The train ride to Platform 9 ¾ was very enjoyable. They played many games of Exploding Snap. The usual sadness still hung in the air, but it was concealed greatly with all the cheerfulness. Nadia seemed to have come down with some sort of Giggling Disease or something. She was laughing at everything that anybody said. Lucy was writing in what seemed like a journal. Lily and Suzanne were watching James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter play a game of Exploding Snap, when their least favorite person came in.
"Well well well. If it isn't the Mudblood and her little friends." Snape snarled.
James stood up. "What was that Snape?"
Snape laughed in his face. "You heard me. What kind of pure-blood are you? Hanging around with this kind of filth. I thought you could sink no lower, Potter. And to think you kiss that piece of filth's mouth? And you, Black. What is wrong with you - "
Snape never got to finish. For, Suzanne had just got up, and slapped Snape extremely hard across the face.
"Never, ever say that again, Snape. Do you hear me?" Snape just stared at her in disbelief, and turned around and stalked off.
Lily stared at her best friend in amazement. {A/N ticka tap… ticka tap… tickety tap tap!}
Sirius stood up, and pulled her back in her seat.
"Wow…" Nadia said. "Good job, Suzanne!"
Suzanne just grinned. "That ought to shut him up." She replied.
"Hey guys," Lucy said, "I think we should tell each other who we had a crush on in first, second, third, fourth, and fifth years!" She looked pointedly at the boys.
They all blushed, and looked away mumbling how they didn't think that that was such a good idea.
Lily looked at them, "Oh, come on! We still have three hours left on this train, we might as well get some use out them!" She loved it when the boys told them secrets.
"Fine, we will, but you girls have to PROMISE not to laugh. And you have to tell us the truth about who you liked. " Sirius said.
"Yeah, this is a two way street here." Remus said.
Nadia giggled. "We wouldn't lie! Come on, what do you think? That we're just going to rob you of your secrets, and then just have them to taunt you, and spread them around the school if we get mad at you?" she said.
The boys looked at each other self-conciously.
"That's it. We're not telling anything." James said.
"Yeah, really, you have to tell us first!" squeaked Peter. {A/N BLAH!!! BLAP! EWW! ^_^}
Suzanne looked at all her friends. "Excuse us a moment." And they all went outside.
"I wonder what they're talking about?" James said.
"All right." Lily said business like as they walked back in. "But, you have to PROMISE not to laugh. And if you do, I know some very good curses that would suit you perfectly. We decided that we shall go in a specific order…"
They arranged themselves so that they were comfortable, and Lucy blushing slightly, cleared her throat.
"Okay, I had a small, teensy, tiny, crush I mean small, really small, about this big," she held her fingers so close, that they were almost touching. Lily rolled her eyes at the boys to show that she was lying. "All right, it was… ::mumble::"
"What? Sorry, we didn't quite catch that there Lucy!" James said cheerfully.
"All right, Gilderoy Lockhart. BUT THAT WAS IN THIRD YEAR!" She added quickly at the looks on the boys' faces.
The boys looked at each other, and tried very hard to keep straight faces, but were unsuccessful. They burst out laughing, and quickly stifled their laughs at the looks on the girls faces.
Smiling slightly, they returned to their seats, and did not trust themselves to look at each other.
Nadia cleared her throat. "All right, in fourth year, I had the hugest crush on that Hufflepuff, Stevie Davidson."
Remus stared at her. Sirius stared at her. James just checked his watch. Peter's eyes got huge, and almost popped out of his head. Stevie Davidson had a reputation of breaking every girls hearts.
"Okay, continue!" James said. He seemed eager to get to Lily.
Suzanne was next. She was blushing so hard, she looked like a tomato.
"All right, I had a huge obsession over - over - all right, I had the hugest crush on Will Chang."
"I KNEW IT! I KNEW YOU DID! IN FIFTH YEAR! AM I RIGHT?" Remus said.
Suzanne just nodded. "HA! I told you!" he said to James, Sirius, and Peter triumphantly.
Lily tried to sneak out of the car, but unfortunately James caught her.
"I don't think so Lily." Lily really didn't want to tell, because she knew she would never hear the end of it.
Lily moaned in her hands. "All right, I guess it's only fair. In first and second year, I had the hugest crush on somebody that you all are very good friends with. I had this major obsession with," she moaned into her knees. "If I tell you guys, I'll never hear the end of it!"
Remus clucked. "tsk, tsk Lily. You know the rules. You must!"
"Okay, okay." She took a deep breath. "I had the hugest crush on Sirius in first and second years."
Sirius stared at her, dumbfounded. Slowly his expression turned into a grin. He raised his eyebrows at her.
"OH SHUT UP!" Lily screamed, laughing. "It's the boys' turns now."
"Peter can go first." James, Sirius, and Remus said at once.
Peter groaned. "All right, well, I had a crush on… Kirsten." He said her name very quietly.
There was a very uncomfortable silence. Sirius and James looked at each other. Nadia started crying, but quickly stopped. She only shed one tear.
"Okay, there's no use crying over spilt milk guys!" Lucy said, trying to sound cheerful. Her smile didn't reach her sad eyes.
Remus cleared his throat. "Well, I guess I've always had a crush on Nadia. But there was one phase, where I like Lily a lot."
Lily stared at him. "Really?!"
Remus nodded shyly. "Half of fifth year."
Lily continued to stare. She never even gave it a thought…
Suzanne giggled. "Okay! Who next?"
It was James' turn. "IhadahugecrushonPulchra." He said very fast.
All the girls stared at James. "PULCHRA?!" they said together.
James nodded. "All right, it's Sirius' TURN!"
Sirius blushed. That was the first time the girls have ever seen him do so. Lucy and Nadia raised their eyebrows at each other. This must be big.
Sirius stared at the floor. "Well, I've always had the biggest crush on Lily. Always. I think I still do, but I like Suzanne more. A lot more. Lily is kind of my sister now."
'Why do all the boys like me?' she wondered to herself. Personally, she didn't find herself all that attractive. Her hair was much to red, not really orangey. And her nose was slightly too big, and it was sprinkled with one to many freckles. Her hair was too curly at the bottom. It was straight at the top, but soft curly on the bottom. She really liked her eyes though. Unlike most redheads, she had black eyelashes, and they made her eyes look even greener. She always thought that Suzanne was much more attractive.
Suzanne looked extremely jealous. She was glaring at Lily. "What?" Lily asked when she noticed this.
"Oh nothing," she replied icily.
Lily looked questionly at her. "Are you sure?"
After about ten minutes, Suzanne asked Lily something.
"Lily, can I talk to you alone for a minute?"
"Sure." Lily got up, and followed Suzanne.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
Suzanne just glared at her. "Maybe the fact that my own BOYFRIEND likes you! I CAN'T BELIVE YOU! YOU JUST THROW YOURSELF AT HIM, AND YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO DREADFULLY UGLY! JUST STAY AWAY FROM ME LILY! I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU!" Suzanne stormed back into the compartment.
Lily just stood there. She was shocked. Slowly she walked back into the compartment. Everyone had heard the argument. Suzanne was sitting at the very end of the compartment, glaring at Lily as she walked in.
"Suzanne, I don't know why Sirius likes me. All I know is that you are much prettier than me, and Sirius likes you. Sirius doesn't like me anymore."
"I DON'T CARE! EVERY SINGLE BOY IN THIS SCHOOL LIKES YOU! I'M JUST SIRIUS' SECOND CHOICE BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY TAKEN!" Suzanne screamed.
Lily stared at her. "That's not it at all Suzanne. I can't believe you would say something like that."
Suzanne looked at her. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. "Lily, you have everything you could possibly want. You have so many friends, and all the boys like you."
"I have not. You don't know how horrible my life is at home. If I didn't have my Grampy, then I don't know what I would do." Lily said. "And, he's starting to get very old…" she added.
Suzanne stared at her. Then she hugged her. "I'm sorry, Lil'. I don't know what came over me. I don't want to leave like this."
"It's all right Suzanne, everyone cries once in a while." Lily said soothingly.
The rest of the train trip passed with everyone talking about how many owls they would send each other, and things like that. Then the train stopped. Everyone lugged their luggage off the train, and waited for their turn to pass through the barrier.
Lily spotted her grandfather, grandmother, and Petunia immediately. James walked her over to them, after Lily hugged all her friends good bye.
"Hi Grampy!" Lily said cheerfully. "This is my boyfriend, James Potter."
They shook hands, while Petunia and her grandmother stood back.
"Nice to meet you, James." He said. "We must go now Lily,"
"All right, just let me say good bye!" Then she put her arms around James, and kissed him. They kissed for quite a while, when Lily pulled away.
"It's takes a while to get back home, and we want to be home before supper. Bye James! I love you!" Lily said.
"See you Lily!" James replied.
Lily sat in the back seat, next to Petunia who turned her head and looked out the window with her nose in the air. Lily blew a kiss to James and sighed.
This was going to be a long summer.
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Soul Mates… or Playmates? Part 6
Standing there was none other than Pulchra, kissing Severus Snape. Lily gasped. She thought Snape was abusing Pulchra, but when she pulled them apart, Pulchra just glared at her.
"Why did you do that, Lily?" Pulchra asked. "We were in the middle of a good kiss!"
Lily stared at her. "You mean, he's you- your DATE?" she said in amazement.
Pulchra grinned, "Yeah!" then she kissed him on the cheek. Lily just turned away, and looked at James. He looked totally confused.
James and Lily walked over to the table, where Nadia and Remus were talking quietly together, away from everyone else. Suzanne and Sirius were just talking about how boring History of Magic was, even though they thought it couldn't get much worse. Lucy was nowhere to be seen, Lily assumed she was off getting to know that Hufflepuff boy. James and Lily looked at each other. They shrugged, and started looking around, looking for food. They looked up at Dumbledore, who stood up.
"Thank you all for coming to this dance, I'm quite sure that you will enjoy yourselves immensely. You might have come with a friend, with a boyfriend, or with a true love. You may have come solo. I can assure you that you will enjoy this, and again that Hufflepuff band, which are now called 'The Huffies'," he paused while there was laughter throughout the hall. The Hufflepuff band scowled at them, " -will be playing. There will be a sort of surprise at the end. A shower of hearts will fall on the perfect couple. A rose will hang over the heads of the two people who are meant to be. We shall see who are the perfect couple, and who are meant to be." Dumbledore said, his eyes twinkling. "Let the dance begin!"
With that, The Huffies went up on stage, and started to play a slow song. The Head boy and Head girl started the dance; only, they were dancing with two different people. Slowly, people started drifting out on the floor, Lily and James among them.
It seemed that James just realized how perfectly her arm fit around her hip. Her hand fit perfectly in his, and her head rested on his shoulder in exactly the right place. He could smell the sweet fragrance of her hair. James hadn't realized he cared so much for Lily.
Lily was thinking how her arm had rested perfectly on his broad shoulder, and how her head was at exactly the right spot on his shoulder, so she could smell his wonderful cologne. Her hand fit perfectly in his not to cold hand. Lily looked up into his chocolate eyes that were covered by wonderful round glasses and he grinned a grin that made Lily melt. Lily hadn't realized that she cared so much for Lily.
Suzanne and Sirius were watching Lily and James stare into each other's eyes, still dancing slowly, even though there was a much faster song playing. They smiled at each other. They decided to dance. They started dancing so exuberantly; people were backing away in fear. Remus and Nadia were talking happily with each other, sipping Butterbeer. Nadia - of course - knew about him being a werewolf, but did not care. {A/N I'm not sure if I mentioned that, and I'm too lazy to look ^_^}
Lily finally realized that the song was no longer a slow song, and pointed this out to James.
"Yeah, I knew that…" he said with a grin. Lily playfully slapped him.
"Do you want a Butterbeer?" Lily asked him, after two fast songs.
"Sure!" James replied enthusiastically. "I'll go get them."
"All right, I'll sit over here with Remus, and Sirius, and everyone." James nodded, and ran off.
Lily walked over to where her friends were sitting.
"Hey guys! It's hot isn't it?" Lily asked while fanning herself with her hand.
"Yeah…" Nadia said fondly while staring at Remus. Lily grinned at Suzanne, who grinned back.
Sirius was laughing at something over Lily's shoulder, Lily turned around and gasped. Forming behind her was a queue of about fifteen boys. The first one looked at her somewhat nervously.
"Umm… er, Lily? Will you dance with me?"
Lily gave him a quizzical look, and looked at Suzanne. She was laughing silently.
"Um.. I'm really sorry, but I'm only going to dance with my boyfriend tonight, I mean I want it to be special…" Then all the boys walked off looking sad. The same thing happened to Suzanne a few minutes later.
"I wonder where James has gone?" Lily said.
"I'm right here…" James said. Lily turned around and grinned. James was standing there clutching two bottles of Butterbeer, "I only just got away…" Pulchra's gang was sitting at a table close by, looking extremely sulky. Lily grinned again, and kissed him on the cheek while taking a bottle of beer.
"I wonder why Pulchra decided to go to this dance with Snape…" Suzanne said thoughtfully.
"So do I," Sirius said while putting his arm around her. Suzanne giggled, and whispered something to him. He grinned at her and nodded.
"We'll be right back," Suzanne said in a rush. "We're going to go outside…" She grinned at Lily, and James gave Sirius a wink.
Remus and Nadia were off somewhere as well, and Lily and James were just getting up to dance, when Malfoy came over. He put both of his hands on Lily's shoulders, and looked her up and down.
"Nice look, Lily." He winked at her, and walked off.
"Since when has he called me 'Lily'? And why did he do that?" She frowned.
"I dunno, but I don't like it Lil'." James said.
"Let's forget about that for now James, let's go dance!"
They danced, and danced, when suddenly the music stopped. Suzanne looked confused. Dumbledore stood up. "It is now time to see who the perfect couple is."
He shot something out of his wand that seemed to be a ball of light; it zoomed around the room for about a minute, before hovering over Sirius and Suzanne. Then, a shower of hearts fell all over them. Sirius and Suzanne grinned at each other, and kissed each other quickly. Everyone clapped.
"Very nice, Mr. Black, Ms. Burke," Dumbledore smiled. "Now we shall find the two people that are meant to be!" He shot what seemed like two balls of light, and it sped straight over to Lily and James. A huge rose, which was five feet long, hovered over them, and petals seemed to be coming out of it. They grinned, and kissed each other. A long kiss. It was about three minutes long.
Dumbledore stepped in. "It is clear that Lily and James are soul mates. They are the most perfect couple for each other. Sirius, Suzanne, and Lily and James. They are the two best couples in this school. Congratulations to them."
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It was May 28th, and at the moment Lily was sleeping peacefully.
"Miss Evans. MISS EVANS!" Lily woke up with a start.
"What?" She asked; Professor Trewlawney scowled at her.
"I was merely trying to make you participate in this class, as it is so wonderful, and interesting. I was just mentioning about how Pluto holds many secrets. If you misjudge Pluto, horrible things could happen to you such as…"
Lily stopped listening. She rolled her eyes at Lucy. Lucy did not see, because she was watching Sirius. He was laughing so hard that he fell off his chair. Professor Trelawney looked up in surprise.
"Ahh… yes, I see that Mr. Black has just fallen off of his chair. I predicted he would because he simply found it so shocking that - yes, - Venus is in the twelfth house." She nodded impressively.
Just then, the bell rang. Yawning, Suzanne came over to them.
"That was such a good nap I had!" She said grinning. They all laughed, and went downstairs, to Transfiguration. James sat down next to Lily. The desks were each far enough apart for Professor McGonagall to walk up and down. Suzanne sat down on Lily's right, Nadia sat in front of her, and Lucy sat behind her. Sirius sat down next to Lucy, behind James. Remus sat down next to Nadia, in front of James, and Peter sat on James' left.
"All right. Now that we're all seated," Professor McGonagall surveyed how the Gryffindors were on one side of the room, and the Ravenclaws were on the other. "I shall give you the assignment. Now, this is a very complex spell, and I will be shocked if you administer it on your first try. Now, the person who founded this spell was…"
Nobody was listening. At least, Lily wasn't. Just then, James tapped her on the arm, and passed her a note. Unfortunately, McGonagall saw this, and walked over to them, her lips pursed together, and anger in her eyes.
"What's this? Note passing? You know the rule in this class about note passing, Potter. I read the note aloud." Sirius tried hard not to laugh, because James was looking embarrassed. "Okay, 'Lily, you look absolutely stunning, will you please meet me in the Common Room tonight, at 11:30?' Now, what do you have to sat for yourself Miss Evans?" McGonagall asked.
Lily scribbled something on a piece of parchment, and handed it to Professor McGonagall. She looked at it, and seemed to smile for the briefest moment. " 'Defiantly, I'll be there.' " She read. Then she walked away. Lily grinned at Suzanne who was looking at her in amazement, and a group of giggly Ravenclaw girls who had a crush on James looked horrorstruck.
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"I wonder what James wants to see me for?" Lily said in thought at around 11:15 that night.
Nadia grinned at her. "I'm pretty sure I know…" Then she burst into a fit of giggles.
Lily through a pillow at her, and Nadia's giggles got lost in the pillow.
Lily decided to wear her regular school robes, and wore her waist-long hair down. At 11:29 she went downstairs. James was nowhere to be seen. Lily sat down in a chair by the fire, and was constantly checking her watch. At 11:43, she was beginning to think that she was stood up. At 11:50, there was a knock on the window. There was an owl, with the name Lily on the front.
Lily opened it, and this is what it said,
"Turn around."
Standing there was none other than James, holding a single lily, and smiling at her. The fire in the fireplace made everything flicker beautifully.
"This is our six month anniversary, Lily." James said, smiling.
Lily threw her arms around him and hugged him. Then she looked up and kissed him.
"I love you so much, James." She said.
Huddled at the top of the Boy's Dormitory, Sirius took a picture of them, so that they could remember this happy moment. He remembered when they were kids, they hated each other. Then, they became friends, very gradually…
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Lily woke up sweating and shaking. She had another one of those dreams. It was June 26; four days before they were due to go home. The dream was still standing out vividly in her mind. She was at home with… wait, who was she home with? It was a man, defiantly a man, and a baby; she got killed, while trying to save…? She sighed. She had no idea. She decided to go downstairs, and think by the fire. When she went downstairs, a very strange sight played before her eyes. Voldemort was sitting there, talking to Malfoy, and Snape, planning a murder, they were planning to murder, HER! But, why were they in the Gryffindor Common Room? Shouldn't they be in the Slytherin one? Voldemort turned around, and saw her there, "CRUCIO" he screamed. Lily started screaming louder than a banshee.
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Lily blinked and woke up. She looked around. She seemed to be in the Gryffindor Common room, with everyone staring at her, horrified.
"What?" Lily asked them.
"You were ju - just sc-screaming, like, all hell was after you." A nearby 2nd year said.
Just then, Lucy came over, looking very pale.
"Lil, Lily, look, I just got this letter, I think you should read it…" she took the letter, totally forgetting her dream, and all about it.
Dear Potter's friends,
Potter can be found at the Whomping Willow, at 3:00. Be there, and maybe I'll let him go. You don't want to mess with the Dark Lord.
"Oh my God, Oh my God, Oh my God…" said Lily repeatedly. She just sat there in total shock.
Just then, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Nadia, and Suzanne came through the portrait hole. They seemed very happy, but their grins quickly faded at the sight of Lucy and Lily.
"What's wrong? Lily? Lucy?" Suzanne asked. They didn't answer her. They just sat there, their faces pale, staring into the fire. Nadia noticed the letter shaking in Lily's pale hand. She pointed it out to Remus, and he took it. His face paled as he read it, and he handed the letter to Sirius, and sat down in an armchair across from Lily. He put his head on his hand, and stared into the fire. Sirius read it, with Peter, and Nadia reading it over their shoulder. Sirius sat down, and had his elbows on his knees, with his head in his hands. Peter just looked terrified, and Nadia just stood there staring at the letter.
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Lily was pacing the room, "All right," she said checking her watch, "it's 2:45, let's go!"
Everyone left, and they reached the Whomping Willow at 2:55. There seemed to be a big commotion, with some sort of tape, and teacher shooing students away. Lily ran up to the tape, and ducked under before the teachers stopped her.
"JAMES! JAMES! JAMES! WHERE'S JAMES?!!?!" Lily said, hysterically. Teachers were shouting, but they couldn't pass the tape. Someone had bewitched it. Just then, a masked Death Eater came out from behind a tree, holding his wand to James.
"One wrong move…" he threatened. James seemed to be held up by some invisible force, because he was unconscious, and he was floating about two feet off the ground. Lily stood there, frozen to the spot. Nobody else could cross the line. The Death Eater stepped forward.
Lily took a step back, but seemed to bump into the Whomping Willow. It struck her hard across the arm. She ducked, and rolled out of the way. The Death Eater laughed, evilly. Teachers were screaming, students were screaming, teachers were running around the tape, trying to get inside. Chaos. Total chaos. The Death Eater was facing the teachers, away from Lily.
"Now what I have here," he kicked James, Sirius had his hands balled into fists, and his teeth were clenched, " is one of the finest wizards that I have seen in a good hundred years." Behind him, Lily had picked up a huge branch, and was sneaking up behind him. The teachers tried their best to keep the Death Eater's attention faced to them.
"With a wizard like this," the Death Eater continued, "we could get many people over to our side."
Then Lily swung the branch down on his head, and he was knocked out immediately. Lily pointed her wand at James, and he woke up, feeling very groggy.
"James! Oh, James!" Lily jumped up on James, putting her legs around his waist. Then she put both her hands on the side of his face, and kissed him. James fell over, but Lily didn't care. She just sat on top of James, and hugged him. Professor McGonagall made her way over the tape, smiling slightly, and tried to pull Lily off of James. Lily wouldn't let go, and soon students started to laugh.
Professor Dumbledore came, and with great strength, pulled the two apart.
"Strain yourself Miss Evans, James needs to go to the Hospital Wing." True, James was looking very groggy, and confused.
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Nadia was sitting outside the Hospital Wing. She felt so bad for James, and Lily. Suzanne was sobbing uncontrollably, and so was Lucy. Lily was just staring. Her face was pale, and she was staring, staring at the wall in front of her. Sirius had pure hatred on his face, and his arm around Suzanne. Remus was pacing up and down in front of the door, and Peter looked scared. {A/N: did I get everyone?! L0L} Just then, the door opened, and Dumbledore came out.
"James will be fine, there is no permanent damage, and you may see him." Dumbledore said. Everyone jumped up at these words, except Sirius and Lily. Dumbledore looked around at them.
"Are you two all right?" Dumbledore asked. Sirius just raised his head and stared at him. Lily kept staring at the wall. "James will be fine, you have nothing to worry about." Dumbledore assured her.
Lily raised her head, and stared into his bright blue eyes, with her vivid green ones.
"Will this ever stop? Why can't I just have a normal life? Why can't he just leave us alone?" Lily asked, with a pleading tone in her voice. Sirius came over and hugged her.
"Come on, Lil', let's go see how James is."
When they entered, James was sitting up, and looked fine. Well, as fine as you can look at that state. He was torture a few times, and put under the Imperius Curse to write the letter. When James saw his best friend, and girlfriend enter, his face broke out in a grin. Lily looked sadly back at him, and sat at the end of his bed. Sirius sat next to his head.
"Hey mate, I'm fine." He said while patting Sirius on the knee. Sirius grinned at him.
"Hey, I say we go down to the kitchens tonight, and have a party in the Common Room!" Sirius said.
Everyone laughed. Dumbledore listened outside the door, smiling. He had a feeling that nothing like this would happen again for a very long time.
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Lily was all packed up to go home. She really didn't want to go back home, but at least she would see her Grandfather again! She got dressed in shorts, and a tank top.
"Awww… Lily, cheer up!" Remus said when she clomped down the stairs. Suzanne came after her, looking just as depressed.
"I'm okay, I just don't want to go home… with Petunia." She added with a scowl.
"Yeah, and I don't want to go home, because I'll miss this place, and my family never seems too thrilled to see me again…" Suzanne said.
Sirius looked somewhat relieved, and sad. "Hey guys, we'll send LOADS of owls!" he grinned.
Remus came down, looking thoroughly angry.
"What's wrong, buddy?" Sirius asked him.
"Full moon tomorrow." Remus said.
Lily looked away. She didn't have a problem with Remus being a werewolf; it just seemed - odd.
James bounced down the stairs, and sat down next to Lily. He put his arm around her, and looked around.
"Can you believe that next year we'll be seventh years?" James asked.
Nadia shook her head. "No, I mean it seems like yesterday I saw the castle that I'd so much about from my parents. And remember in second year, when we found out about Remus? That seemed to bring all of us much, much closer together." She smiled at Remus.
Suzanne smiled, "Yeah, and remember in third year, when we played wizard truth or dare? When Lily's wand said to kiss James? Lily was mortified!"
James grinned, "Yeah, and I ran out screaming… but look now!" He bent over and kissed Lily. They wouldn't stop, so Sirius carried on the conversation.
"And, in our fourth year, when we got in that huge fight, and we were always sending curses at each other, boys against girls of course, and it wasn't fair because there were five girls…" he trailed off looking uncomfortable. {A/N, remember Kirsten?}
Nadia laughed, "I know! But, our fifth year, when you guys showed us that passage to Honeydukes. And then, we were so impressed with how you found that passage, and then you showed us that map…"
Suzanne giggled, "Are you guys paying ANY attention at all?" She said to Lily and James. They were lying on the couch, with Lily sitting on top of him, and they were kissing.
Peter looked at them with a smirk on his face. "Do you think we should just let them be?"
Sirius grinned, "Nah." He said. He picked up a pillow and threw it at them.
"Guys! I think it's necessary for you to participate in this conversation." Lily giggled.
James grinned. Then he pushed Lily off of him, and she rolled on the floor.
Lily looked up at them, and grinned. "Remember when Suzanne was asking us when the Thanksgiving Feast was? She was horrified when she found out we don't celebrate it!" She started laughing hysterically, rolling around on the floor. Suzanne looked down at her, and smirked.
"Well, how was I supposed to know? I didn't realize how- how ABNORMAL this country is."
Sirius pretended to look highly offended. "We're not abnormal, Suzie. YOU are abnormal."
Suzanne giggled. Then she checked her watch. "Ooh! It's time for the carriages arrive!" She said sadly.
"I wonder who's going to be Head Girl, and Head Boy next year! Wouldn't it be cool if it was one of us?" Nadia said.
James laughed. "Yeah, right." He said. "I'm surprised I was made a Prefect!"
Lily giggled. "Remember when I found out I was a Prefect? I was so shocked! I mean we caused so much trouble!"
Lucy laughed. "Yeah, I'm surprised all of us are Prefects, well, except Peter…" She smiled.
"Sorry, buddy." Sirius laughed, Peter just smiled a sarcastic smile at them.
"Come on, we really ought to go." Suzanne sighed. {A/N I'm listening to 2gether, and I'm like typing to the beat, it's funny. Haha.}
The train ride to Platform 9 ¾ was very enjoyable. They played many games of Exploding Snap. The usual sadness still hung in the air, but it was concealed greatly with all the cheerfulness. Nadia seemed to have come down with some sort of Giggling Disease or something. She was laughing at everything that anybody said. Lucy was writing in what seemed like a journal. Lily and Suzanne were watching James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter play a game of Exploding Snap, when their least favorite person came in.
"Well well well. If it isn't the Mudblood and her little friends." Snape snarled.
James stood up. "What was that Snape?"
Snape laughed in his face. "You heard me. What kind of pure-blood are you? Hanging around with this kind of filth. I thought you could sink no lower, Potter. And to think you kiss that piece of filth's mouth? And you, Black. What is wrong with you - "
Snape never got to finish. For, Suzanne had just got up, and slapped Snape extremely hard across the face.
"Never, ever say that again, Snape. Do you hear me?" Snape just stared at her in disbelief, and turned around and stalked off.
Lily stared at her best friend in amazement. {A/N ticka tap… ticka tap… tickety tap tap!}
Sirius stood up, and pulled her back in her seat.
"Wow…" Nadia said. "Good job, Suzanne!"
Suzanne just grinned. "That ought to shut him up." She replied.
"Hey guys," Lucy said, "I think we should tell each other who we had a crush on in first, second, third, fourth, and fifth years!" She looked pointedly at the boys.
They all blushed, and looked away mumbling how they didn't think that that was such a good idea.
Lily looked at them, "Oh, come on! We still have three hours left on this train, we might as well get some use out them!" She loved it when the boys told them secrets.
"Fine, we will, but you girls have to PROMISE not to laugh. And you have to tell us the truth about who you liked. " Sirius said.
"Yeah, this is a two way street here." Remus said.
Nadia giggled. "We wouldn't lie! Come on, what do you think? That we're just going to rob you of your secrets, and then just have them to taunt you, and spread them around the school if we get mad at you?" she said.
The boys looked at each other self-conciously.
"That's it. We're not telling anything." James said.
"Yeah, really, you have to tell us first!" squeaked Peter. {A/N BLAH!!! BLAP! EWW! ^_^}
Suzanne looked at all her friends. "Excuse us a moment." And they all went outside.
"I wonder what they're talking about?" James said.
"All right." Lily said business like as they walked back in. "But, you have to PROMISE not to laugh. And if you do, I know some very good curses that would suit you perfectly. We decided that we shall go in a specific order…"
They arranged themselves so that they were comfortable, and Lucy blushing slightly, cleared her throat.
"Okay, I had a small, teensy, tiny, crush I mean small, really small, about this big," she held her fingers so close, that they were almost touching. Lily rolled her eyes at the boys to show that she was lying. "All right, it was… ::mumble::"
"What? Sorry, we didn't quite catch that there Lucy!" James said cheerfully.
"All right, Gilderoy Lockhart. BUT THAT WAS IN THIRD YEAR!" She added quickly at the looks on the boys' faces.
The boys looked at each other, and tried very hard to keep straight faces, but were unsuccessful. They burst out laughing, and quickly stifled their laughs at the looks on the girls faces.
Smiling slightly, they returned to their seats, and did not trust themselves to look at each other.
Nadia cleared her throat. "All right, in fourth year, I had the hugest crush on that Hufflepuff, Stevie Davidson."
Remus stared at her. Sirius stared at her. James just checked his watch. Peter's eyes got huge, and almost popped out of his head. Stevie Davidson had a reputation of breaking every girls hearts.
"Okay, continue!" James said. He seemed eager to get to Lily.
Suzanne was next. She was blushing so hard, she looked like a tomato.
"All right, I had a huge obsession over - over - all right, I had the hugest crush on Will Chang."
"I KNEW IT! I KNEW YOU DID! IN FIFTH YEAR! AM I RIGHT?" Remus said.
Suzanne just nodded. "HA! I told you!" he said to James, Sirius, and Peter triumphantly.
Lily tried to sneak out of the car, but unfortunately James caught her.
"I don't think so Lily." Lily really didn't want to tell, because she knew she would never hear the end of it.
Lily moaned in her hands. "All right, I guess it's only fair. In first and second year, I had the hugest crush on somebody that you all are very good friends with. I had this major obsession with," she moaned into her knees. "If I tell you guys, I'll never hear the end of it!"
Remus clucked. "tsk, tsk Lily. You know the rules. You must!"
"Okay, okay." She took a deep breath. "I had the hugest crush on Sirius in first and second years."
Sirius stared at her, dumbfounded. Slowly his expression turned into a grin. He raised his eyebrows at her.
"OH SHUT UP!" Lily screamed, laughing. "It's the boys' turns now."
"Peter can go first." James, Sirius, and Remus said at once.
Peter groaned. "All right, well, I had a crush on… Kirsten." He said her name very quietly.
There was a very uncomfortable silence. Sirius and James looked at each other. Nadia started crying, but quickly stopped. She only shed one tear.
"Okay, there's no use crying over spilt milk guys!" Lucy said, trying to sound cheerful. Her smile didn't reach her sad eyes.
Remus cleared his throat. "Well, I guess I've always had a crush on Nadia. But there was one phase, where I like Lily a lot."
Lily stared at him. "Really?!"
Remus nodded shyly. "Half of fifth year."
Lily continued to stare. She never even gave it a thought…
Suzanne giggled. "Okay! Who next?"
It was James' turn. "IhadahugecrushonPulchra." He said very fast.
All the girls stared at James. "PULCHRA?!" they said together.
James nodded. "All right, it's Sirius' TURN!"
Sirius blushed. That was the first time the girls have ever seen him do so. Lucy and Nadia raised their eyebrows at each other. This must be big.
Sirius stared at the floor. "Well, I've always had the biggest crush on Lily. Always. I think I still do, but I like Suzanne more. A lot more. Lily is kind of my sister now."
'Why do all the boys like me?' she wondered to herself. Personally, she didn't find herself all that attractive. Her hair was much to red, not really orangey. And her nose was slightly too big, and it was sprinkled with one to many freckles. Her hair was too curly at the bottom. It was straight at the top, but soft curly on the bottom. She really liked her eyes though. Unlike most redheads, she had black eyelashes, and they made her eyes look even greener. She always thought that Suzanne was much more attractive.
Suzanne looked extremely jealous. She was glaring at Lily. "What?" Lily asked when she noticed this.
"Oh nothing," she replied icily.
Lily looked questionly at her. "Are you sure?"
After about ten minutes, Suzanne asked Lily something.
"Lily, can I talk to you alone for a minute?"
"Sure." Lily got up, and followed Suzanne.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
Suzanne just glared at her. "Maybe the fact that my own BOYFRIEND likes you! I CAN'T BELIVE YOU! YOU JUST THROW YOURSELF AT HIM, AND YOU MAKE ME FEEL SO DREADFULLY UGLY! JUST STAY AWAY FROM ME LILY! I DON'T WANT ANYTHING TO DO WITH YOU!" Suzanne stormed back into the compartment.
Lily just stood there. She was shocked. Slowly she walked back into the compartment. Everyone had heard the argument. Suzanne was sitting at the very end of the compartment, glaring at Lily as she walked in.
"Suzanne, I don't know why Sirius likes me. All I know is that you are much prettier than me, and Sirius likes you. Sirius doesn't like me anymore."
"I DON'T CARE! EVERY SINGLE BOY IN THIS SCHOOL LIKES YOU! I'M JUST SIRIUS' SECOND CHOICE BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY TAKEN!" Suzanne screamed.
Lily stared at her. "That's not it at all Suzanne. I can't believe you would say something like that."
Suzanne looked at her. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. "Lily, you have everything you could possibly want. You have so many friends, and all the boys like you."
"I have not. You don't know how horrible my life is at home. If I didn't have my Grampy, then I don't know what I would do." Lily said. "And, he's starting to get very old…" she added.
Suzanne stared at her. Then she hugged her. "I'm sorry, Lil'. I don't know what came over me. I don't want to leave like this."
"It's all right Suzanne, everyone cries once in a while." Lily said soothingly.
The rest of the train trip passed with everyone talking about how many owls they would send each other, and things like that. Then the train stopped. Everyone lugged their luggage off the train, and waited for their turn to pass through the barrier.
Lily spotted her grandfather, grandmother, and Petunia immediately. James walked her over to them, after Lily hugged all her friends good bye.
"Hi Grampy!" Lily said cheerfully. "This is my boyfriend, James Potter."
They shook hands, while Petunia and her grandmother stood back.
"Nice to meet you, James." He said. "We must go now Lily,"
"All right, just let me say good bye!" Then she put her arms around James, and kissed him. They kissed for quite a while, when Lily pulled away.
"It's takes a while to get back home, and we want to be home before supper. Bye James! I love you!" Lily said.
"See you Lily!" James replied.
Lily sat in the back seat, next to Petunia who turned her head and looked out the window with her nose in the air. Lily blew a kiss to James and sighed.
This was going to be a long summer.
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