Friends Forever (2)
Here it is, part two. Enjoy
For the next few weeks everyone concentrated on their work, but now everyone were
starting to chat about the House Quidditch tournament, but Lily had other things on her
mind. Like, Siobhan and Voldemort and (for some strange reason) James. It was a boring
History of Magic lesson, and Lily found herself writing a note to James.
James, (it read)
I really need to talk to you. Meet me in the library at 1:30
Lily
She folded it and passed it to James. He unfolded it, read it then he turned to Lily and
nodded. 'Well at least that's one thing done!' she thought to herself. At 1:30 Lily sat in
the library waiting for James. At about quarter to two, James finally arrived.
"What took you? I've been waiting for ages!" she barked
"Only fifteen minuets, anyway I'm here now so what did you want?"
"Well it's about that time you asked me to be your girlfriend…"
"Oh that! That was weeks ago!"
"I know that, it's just that…" But the bell interrupted them.
"Soz Lil, gotta go!" said James and he ran off to class. 'Well that was almost one thing
done!' Lily thought grumpily, as she picked up her bag and also went to class. It was easy
for Lily at the moment, Christmas was coming up soon and they had less homework. This
was good because she had a lot of things on her mind, so she decided that after dinner she
would go and visit Hagrid, the games-keeper, she had made friends with him when she had
got a detention. She walked down to his hut and knocked on the door.
"'Lo Lily!" he said cheerfully
"Hi Hagrid," she said gloomily
"Wot's up, eh?" Lily sighed
"Just things"
"Why don' yeh come inside for a cup o' tea, eh?"
"OK" Lily sat down at the table as Hagrid put the kettle on
"So, wot's wrong?"
"Oh - everything! Buying presents, Siobhan, Voldemort!" Hagrid winced. "Oops! Sorry,
Hagrid. And er – James," she blurted out without thinking.
"James?" said Hagrid, a bit puzzled
"Urrmm?" said Lily, biting her lip.
"Wot's wrong with James?"
"Nothing wrong with him, that's the problem!"
"Eh?" said Hagrid, getting confused "Wot d'yeh mean, there's nothin' wrong with him?
'At's good innit?"
"Yes and no!"
"Lily, wot yeh on about?"
"You won't understand!"
"I understand a lot more than yeh think, Lily Chestnut! Now go on! Tell us!"
"Okay then!" Lily sighed, "I like James a lot more than everyone thinks!"
"Err? I don' think I'm the person to help u with that!"
"I told you that you wouldn't understand!"
"No! No! I do! It's jus' that I ain' the person who can help yeh, that's all!"
"Who should I tell then?"
"Yeh told James?"
"Tried to"
"Try again, or tell yer friends!"
"Thanks Hagrid, I will!"
"Good! Now yeh better go! It's gettin' late!"
"OK, Bye Hagrid! And thanks!"
"It's okay! Bye Lily! Visit me any time!"
"Okay, bye!"
"Where've you been? We were sitting in the library for ages!" said Sam sharply, when Lily
walked into the common room "We started studying without you, but then the library got
too crowded and we were forced to come up here!" Lily covered her mouth with her hand,
and gasped.
"Ohh! I'm so sorry! We were supposed to meet in the library to study, weren't we? I
completely forgot! I'm sooo sorry!"
"It doesn't matter," said Siobhan "All we want to know is, where were you?"
"Just at Hagrid's hut"
"Hagrid's hut?" said Sam, a bit puzzled
"Yep"
"Why?" asked Nancy
"I just needed to talk to him, that's all," she said, shrugging
"What about?" asked Kelly
"I just needed to tell him something"
"What?" asked Siobhan
"Just something!"
"C'mon Lil! It's us. You can tell us anything!" said Kelly, Lily thought of the advice Hagrid
had given her. 'Tell yer friends!' She decided to tell them.
"Okay, but can we go into the dormitory?"
"Sure," they all said. They walked into the dorm and sat on their beds.
"What is it then?" asked Sam
"It's about James"
"What about James?" asked Nancy
"I like James a lot more than you all think"
"You mean you fancy him!" laughed Sam
"Umm - I'd say it more like – erm – I feel for him" They all burst out laughing "Well, thanks
for the support!"
"Sorry!" said Siobhan, giggling "But that sounded really funny!"
"Not to mention corny!" shrieked Sam
"You lot I mean it! I really like James!"
"You're not kidding?" asked Sam
"No! I'm not!"
"Do you love him?" asked Kelly
"I don't think I love him, dearie!"
"I should think not!" said a voice, and then two boys materialised holding a silvery invisibility
cloak
"Sirius! James!" Lily gasped "W-Wh-What…"
"We sneaked in after you under the cloak, we wanted to hear what Lily had to say as well,"
explained Sirius, laughing at the same time. Lily froze.
"That was a horrible trick! Look at poor Lily!" shouted Siobhan. Lily was standing there,
with her mouth wide open and she was shaking like a leaf.
"Ah yes! My darling Lily, the apple of my eye!" said James, he and Sirius burst out
laughing.
"IT'S NOT FUNNY!" Lily screamed "GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT!" and she
pushed them out then slammed the door.
"But Lily!" said James from behind the door in a soppy-movie-like voice, "I love you,
darling!" then he and Sirius burst out laughing again and ran off.
"Lil, are you okay?" asked Sam. Lily was standing there, frozen on the spot, not saying
anything. Just then a small tear trickled down her cheek.
"Oh Lil, don't cry!" said Siobhan, and then she rushed to put her arm around her. Lily
sniffed.
"Yeah Lil, ignore them; they're just idiots!" said Kelly
"I've got a better idea," said Sam, with a twinkle in her eye.
"What?" asked Nancy, eyeing her suspiciously. She knew it would be bad, she knew Sam
all too well.
"Why don't we get our piece of cake?" said Sam
"Y'wot?! What on earth does that mean?" cried Nancy
"Oh, that's an old family saying; it means getting revenge," she explained
"Right," said Nancy, nodding with her eyebrows raised "I think Sam's finally flipped, you
guys" they all giggled.
"Well, ta!" she said sarcastically. "I'm gonna look up the meaning of 'friends' in the
dictionary later!"
"I think I'll join you Sam," said Lily
"Well, I'm glad to see that you're talking again," said Siobhan
"I cheered up when I heard the word 'revenge'!"
"I thought you 'liked' James," said Kelly, giggling
"I did, but I seriously hate his guts now! And no I'm not joking!"
"Who ever said that love at first sight was real, eh?" said Sam
"Not Lil, that's for sure!" exclaimed Nancy
"Yeah!" laughed Siobhan.
***
The next day they were all in sitting in Transfiguration trying to turn a brick into a pillow,
none of them were having much luck…
"Oh, I give up!" barked Frank "All the stupid thing can do is do a somersault on the desk!"
"Well, mine still looks like a brick, but at least it's soft like a pillow," said Sirius, poking his
brick/pillow with his wand.
"Yeah, if someone closed their eyes and felt yours they would think it was a pillow, but if
they just looked at it they would think it was a brick," said Peter.
"Look!" cried Remus "Look at James's! It's a perfect pillow!"
"You jammy git!" said Sirius
"It isn't luck my dear Sirius, it is pure skill!" James corrected him
"I wonder how the girls are doing?" asked Peter
"Lil isn't having much luck, is she," Remus pointed out. James and Sirius both snorted.
"Have we missed something?" asked Frank. James told them about their little encounter.
"Seriously! Lily said that!" cried Remus. The five boys were quietly laughing at the back of
the room. Not quietly enough.
"Would the five boys at the back of the classroom kindly stand up and tell us what is so
hilarious," barked Professor McGonagall. They all stayed silent. "Well, we're all waiting"
they all stayed silent. "Okay then, if you refuse to let us participate in this joke of yours, then
instead you will all see me after class, now get on with your work and stop disrupting my
lesson!" everyone carried on with their work.
"He's told them!" cried Lily "That pig has told them!"
"I'm sure they weren't Lil, they were probably laughing at a joke," reassured Siobhan
"Actually, I heard Remus say 'Lily said that!'" Sam corrected them
"Sam!" Nancy mouthed at her
"What? What did I do?" They all sighed
"It doesn't matter, lets just get on with our work, eh?" said Kelly she glared at Sam then at
James and Sirius. So they all carried on with their work. The next few weeks went by quite
quickly, all the boys soon forgot about the Lily/James incident. (Oh and the girls did get their
revenge by the way-he, he!)
It was the Christmas holidays, the only disadvantage was that they all had piles of
homework but no one was bothered about homework. It was Christmas day and James
was woken up by having a soft, fluffy brick thrown at him.
"Eh?" said James sleepily, picking up the brick and examining it
"Well, I never did quite get the hang of that in Transfiguration," explained Sirius
"Oh, right"
"Hey! Merry Christmas you lot!" said Remus cheerfully, grabbing at his presents
"Oi! Slow down! Wait for us!" said James
"You sound just like my Mum, James!" laughed Remus "And I thought I would get away
from her this Christmas!"
"Okay, okay no need to carry on!"
"There! You did it again!" shrieked Remus, by then the others had woken up and they were
all in a fit of giggles, but as soon as they had all calmed down they made a start on their
presents.
"Ta Sirius!" said James, as he opened his present to find a big box of Bertie Bott's Every-
Flavour Beans, his all time favourite sweets. They all opened there presents and got all kinds
of useful or yummy things they like, when they had all finished James spotted another present
that he hadn't noticed before.
"Hey, look! I've got another present!"
"Haven't you had enough yet?" groaned Peter
"Obviously not!" laughed James, he opened the present
"Oh my God!" he gasped, when he had opened it
"What is it?" asked Sirius
"It's the back-breaker 3000!"
What is the mysterious back-breaker 3000? Not that hard to work out is it?
Review? Please do not tell me that Lily's surname is Evans. I KNOW!!!