*A/N* OK, here's chapter 2! The times are getting weird, this chapter is like, through Christmas. Anyway, I'm working to get these up along with the rest of Wishes and Dreams. Enjoy!
*Disclaimer*The Harry Potter characters belong to JK Rowling, the plot is MINE, ALL MINE!!! Wuhhhaaahaha!! :)
OUR LIVES TOGETHER
CHAPTER 2
"WHAT IF...."
Lily was up bright and early the next day, despite the fact that they were going to Hogsmeade late. She had a biological clock, and couldn't help it. She had time to shower and change without being disrupted. Lily went down to the Common Room and wrote in her diary, around seven thirty. These were the times she liked most: the peace and quiet of the morning while the sun streamed through the window. Unfortunately, the peace didn't last long enough.
"OOOOOAOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" came Sirius' horrible Tarzan impression. Lily heard his feet pound on the stairs. When he reached the last landing, he jumped down all eleven stairs, fell into the Common Room, and bounced up. " 'Morning, Lily!" came his chipper greeting.
"Morning Sirius. What the heck was all that!?" Lily asked, bewildered.
"That's what we'd ALL like to know!" James said, coming down the stairs. He was followed by a good deal of groggy guys. Arabella and the other girls came down their staircase.
"Well, it's really Arthur Weasley's fault..." Sirius began. Just then, a bright eyed and bushy tailed Arthur bounded down the stairs. He froze when he saw the angry crowd.
"What?" he asked, indignantly.
"Oh, nothing Arthur. I was just explaining to the entire house why I woke them with a Tarzan impression-" Sirius started
"A really horrible Tarzan impression." Remus added, earning a look from Sirius.
"Anyway, so here's what happened. This git," he said, pointing towards Arthur, "woke up at, like six o'clock. Well, that would be fine, except he woke ME too! Now, you guys KNOW that I sleep late on week days. I love to sleep on the weekends. I am NOT a morning person..."
"I noticed," Arthur muttered under his breath.
"Arthur woke me saying 'Sirius, I ran outta shampoo, do you have any??' So, you guys KNOW how much I love my hair! Of COURSE I have shampoo, for like, every hair type. But I didn't want to wake up, so I just told him where in my trunk it was. 'Sirius, I can't find it!' he complained. So I had to drag myself out of bed and find it for him. I found that I couldn't get back to sleep! I was so stinking mad! I only got, like, 8 hourse of sleep! Usually on weekends I get ten! So I figured I'd take a nice, long bath and get ready for the day, and by then, I figured, everyone else would be up. So I was in the tub, AT LEAST half an hour, I had time to shave, brush my teeth, bandage my shaving wounds(hey I'm not coordinated that early!), wash my face, get changed, and do my hair for the day. And when I was done, NO ONE WAS AWAKE!! So I figured I'd get all my money and stuff ready for the Hogsmeade trip. I figured that if I made noise while I did that, everyone would wake up. But NO! Everyone slept on! It's wasn't fair. Peter can live on four hours of sleep, and he was getting more than me! So I figured that if I had to suffer, everyone had to suffer. I figured Tarzan would wake everyone. But seriously, I did you all a favor. It's eight o'clock people! They'll stop serving breakfast soon!"
Everyone groaned, and some laughed. The figured Sirius was more to blame than Arthur. Besides, Arthur was only a fifth year. They didn't want to hold a grudge against him. Everyone else was stuck with him for at least another year. Plus, no one could stay mad at Sirius, except Bella, but she would eventually forgive him for anything. And breakfats was over at nine, so they only had an hour left. The only one who wasn't mad at all was Lily. She actually thanked Sirius, because now she had "something interesting to write home about!" Slowly, everyone left the Common Room to get changed and head down to breakfast.
"Sirius, I'm not mad," James said, climbing down the marble stairacse with the gang on their way to the Great Hall, "but next time you want me to wake up, just shake me or something. I don't appreciate being woken by ape-like screams." Everyone laughed as they took their seats at the Gryffindor table.
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Thirty minutes later, the gang was on their way to Hogsmeade. It was a beautiful day, and they stayed for hours. They spent, by far, the longest time in Zonko's. Bella and Lily got very suspicious when the guys told them to go ahead, they'd catch up with them later.
"Why? Why do you guys want to get rid of us?" Bella asked, as Remus and Sirius practically pushed them out the door.
"We need to talk to the manager." Sirius said, as if this was something they did everyday.
"Guys, we have a whole year of Hogsmeade trips yet! Be careful what you say! Don't get us banned. Bella and I love this place too!" Lily said.
"Oh, don't worry, if we have our way, we'll be welcomed in with arms wide open!" James said with an insane smile.
The guys caught up with the girls later in Honeydukes. "So, what was that all about?" Bella asked. The guys knew they had no choice but to answer.
"Well, we were thinking about marketing some stuff. We don't have enough money to start our own store, so we thought we could sell them some ideas. And, they're serious about buying our ideas! I mean, nothing's certain, but hey, we've had good luck so far!" James said, clearly showing his excitement.
"Guys! That's great!" Lily said, as she and Bella kissed their boyfriends. Seeing who awkward Remus and Peter looked, the girls gave them hugs too.
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November passed rather blandly. The highlight of the month was the Gryffindor/Ravenclaw Quidditch game. Gryffindore steam rolled them, thanks to excellent training by James, and a daring mission to get the Snitch by Lily. Remus was able to play his position as Chaser(since it wasn't a full moon: if it was, Molly Pherten would have stepped in: Molly was a distant cousin of Remus' and knew he was a werwolf), along with Arthur Weasley, and a sixth year named Frank Wood. James played Keeper. Sirius and a third year named Jessica Quander played Beaters. Jessica, though the youngest member on the team, kicked butt! She had played cricket, golf, and softball(A/N-do they have softball in England??) in the Muggle world. Peter was an alternate, though they only used him in emergencies. He was an excellent player, but afraid of heights, which made it hard for him to play. After the game, the Maurders went to Hogsmeade for some butterbeer for a celebration party, using the Maurder's Map and the Potter family heirloom, the Invisibility Cloak. "What if we didn't have this cloak? How would be get the stuff. And even worse, how will they have these parties when we're gone??" Remus asked. Everyone pondered the question as they gulped down ButterBeers.
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December came quickly, and with it came snow, ice, hail, and freezing temperatures. Everyone hated to go to Care of Magical Creatures, Herbology, and Astronomy, because they were outside and freezing. Potions was rough too, being in a cold dungeon. On the contrary, Divination was heaven with it's warm, constant fire.
The Hufflepuff/Slytherin Quidditch match had to be postponed. Dumbledore thought it far too dangerous to play in a hail storm.
The week before break, Professor McGonagall came around collection names for who was going to stay for the Holidays. Peter had to go home, as his family was traveling over break. But James, Lily, Bella, Sirius, and Remus all stayed: they had talked their parents into it, as it was their last year. As few other Gryffindor's stayed, but for the most part, they would have the Common Room to themselves.
Dumbledore held a feast the last day of term, that way the students who were going away could still celebrate. As they entered the Great Hall, decorated with trees, mistletoe and other Christmas parephanilia, James thought of something.
"Professor Dumbledore, sir?" James asked from his seat at the Gryffindor table. The entire Great Hall turned to look at him. "Yes, Mr. Potter." Dumbledore replied, half-amused, half-concerned.
"Well, I was just thinking..."
"WOW! That must have been tough James!" Sirius interjected. James elbowed him as everyone laughed.
"Anyway, what if someone didn't celebrate Christmas? Look around, their are Christmas decorations all around, but not one thing to celebrate the great holiday of Hanukkah. It hardly seems politically correct..."
"Mr. Potter, are you Jewish?" Dumbledore asked him, now greatly amused.
"No sir, but I was thinking, what if someone here WAS Jewish? They might be offended."
"Well, I would assume that a Jewish person would have spoken up, but you are right, it isn't politically correct." And with a wave of his wand, Dumbledore conjured and sent a menorah and driedel to the Gryffindor table. Everyone laughed, but Dumbledore wasn't done yet.
"Mr. Potter, I was say mazel toff to you for having the chutzpah to speak up. Happy Hannukah to all!" Dumbledore sat down amid applause.
Even after they were out of Hogwarts, people still teased James about his Hanukkah celebration.
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The next day, the gang had seen Peter off to the train. When they returned to the Gryffindor Common Room, they just hung out, played chess, and finished their holiday homework(Lily and James, the Head Boy and Girl, of course). They did this most of the break too. It was a nice break from school.
Christmas morning was interesting. The guys woke the girls bright and early by bursting into their dorm, carrying presents and singing carols. There was so much wrapping paper flying that the floor was covered.
The Christmas feast were spectacular, as usual. The wizard crackers were great! Sirius smuggled some out with him and sent them of at midnight on New Year's Eve. The rest of the holiday passed all too quickly. Sooner than they would have liked, they were back in classes. The teachers felt that they should start preparing them for their N.E.W.Ts, much to everyone's dismay. Even Lily wa havng a hard time getting through their workload. But the guys had something to take their minds off work: next Saturday was a full moon...
*A/N* How was it?? This is so fun to write!! About the Jewish think: James is a smart-alec and I'm politically correct, so it was natural. Sorry if I offended anyone: I didn't mean too! I don't know if I spelled the Jewish terms right, please forgive me if I didn't!! Sorry if it was too cliche! Please review anyway!! Tell me the good and bad stuff! Thanx!
*Disclaimer*The Harry Potter characters belong to JK Rowling, the plot is MINE, ALL MINE!!! Wuhhhaaahaha!! :)
OUR LIVES TOGETHER
CHAPTER 2
"WHAT IF...."
Lily was up bright and early the next day, despite the fact that they were going to Hogsmeade late. She had a biological clock, and couldn't help it. She had time to shower and change without being disrupted. Lily went down to the Common Room and wrote in her diary, around seven thirty. These were the times she liked most: the peace and quiet of the morning while the sun streamed through the window. Unfortunately, the peace didn't last long enough.
"OOOOOAOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" came Sirius' horrible Tarzan impression. Lily heard his feet pound on the stairs. When he reached the last landing, he jumped down all eleven stairs, fell into the Common Room, and bounced up. " 'Morning, Lily!" came his chipper greeting.
"Morning Sirius. What the heck was all that!?" Lily asked, bewildered.
"That's what we'd ALL like to know!" James said, coming down the stairs. He was followed by a good deal of groggy guys. Arabella and the other girls came down their staircase.
"Well, it's really Arthur Weasley's fault..." Sirius began. Just then, a bright eyed and bushy tailed Arthur bounded down the stairs. He froze when he saw the angry crowd.
"What?" he asked, indignantly.
"Oh, nothing Arthur. I was just explaining to the entire house why I woke them with a Tarzan impression-" Sirius started
"A really horrible Tarzan impression." Remus added, earning a look from Sirius.
"Anyway, so here's what happened. This git," he said, pointing towards Arthur, "woke up at, like six o'clock. Well, that would be fine, except he woke ME too! Now, you guys KNOW that I sleep late on week days. I love to sleep on the weekends. I am NOT a morning person..."
"I noticed," Arthur muttered under his breath.
"Arthur woke me saying 'Sirius, I ran outta shampoo, do you have any??' So, you guys KNOW how much I love my hair! Of COURSE I have shampoo, for like, every hair type. But I didn't want to wake up, so I just told him where in my trunk it was. 'Sirius, I can't find it!' he complained. So I had to drag myself out of bed and find it for him. I found that I couldn't get back to sleep! I was so stinking mad! I only got, like, 8 hourse of sleep! Usually on weekends I get ten! So I figured I'd take a nice, long bath and get ready for the day, and by then, I figured, everyone else would be up. So I was in the tub, AT LEAST half an hour, I had time to shave, brush my teeth, bandage my shaving wounds(hey I'm not coordinated that early!), wash my face, get changed, and do my hair for the day. And when I was done, NO ONE WAS AWAKE!! So I figured I'd get all my money and stuff ready for the Hogsmeade trip. I figured that if I made noise while I did that, everyone would wake up. But NO! Everyone slept on! It's wasn't fair. Peter can live on four hours of sleep, and he was getting more than me! So I figured that if I had to suffer, everyone had to suffer. I figured Tarzan would wake everyone. But seriously, I did you all a favor. It's eight o'clock people! They'll stop serving breakfast soon!"
Everyone groaned, and some laughed. The figured Sirius was more to blame than Arthur. Besides, Arthur was only a fifth year. They didn't want to hold a grudge against him. Everyone else was stuck with him for at least another year. Plus, no one could stay mad at Sirius, except Bella, but she would eventually forgive him for anything. And breakfats was over at nine, so they only had an hour left. The only one who wasn't mad at all was Lily. She actually thanked Sirius, because now she had "something interesting to write home about!" Slowly, everyone left the Common Room to get changed and head down to breakfast.
"Sirius, I'm not mad," James said, climbing down the marble stairacse with the gang on their way to the Great Hall, "but next time you want me to wake up, just shake me or something. I don't appreciate being woken by ape-like screams." Everyone laughed as they took their seats at the Gryffindor table.
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Thirty minutes later, the gang was on their way to Hogsmeade. It was a beautiful day, and they stayed for hours. They spent, by far, the longest time in Zonko's. Bella and Lily got very suspicious when the guys told them to go ahead, they'd catch up with them later.
"Why? Why do you guys want to get rid of us?" Bella asked, as Remus and Sirius practically pushed them out the door.
"We need to talk to the manager." Sirius said, as if this was something they did everyday.
"Guys, we have a whole year of Hogsmeade trips yet! Be careful what you say! Don't get us banned. Bella and I love this place too!" Lily said.
"Oh, don't worry, if we have our way, we'll be welcomed in with arms wide open!" James said with an insane smile.
The guys caught up with the girls later in Honeydukes. "So, what was that all about?" Bella asked. The guys knew they had no choice but to answer.
"Well, we were thinking about marketing some stuff. We don't have enough money to start our own store, so we thought we could sell them some ideas. And, they're serious about buying our ideas! I mean, nothing's certain, but hey, we've had good luck so far!" James said, clearly showing his excitement.
"Guys! That's great!" Lily said, as she and Bella kissed their boyfriends. Seeing who awkward Remus and Peter looked, the girls gave them hugs too.
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November passed rather blandly. The highlight of the month was the Gryffindor/Ravenclaw Quidditch game. Gryffindore steam rolled them, thanks to excellent training by James, and a daring mission to get the Snitch by Lily. Remus was able to play his position as Chaser(since it wasn't a full moon: if it was, Molly Pherten would have stepped in: Molly was a distant cousin of Remus' and knew he was a werwolf), along with Arthur Weasley, and a sixth year named Frank Wood. James played Keeper. Sirius and a third year named Jessica Quander played Beaters. Jessica, though the youngest member on the team, kicked butt! She had played cricket, golf, and softball(A/N-do they have softball in England??) in the Muggle world. Peter was an alternate, though they only used him in emergencies. He was an excellent player, but afraid of heights, which made it hard for him to play. After the game, the Maurders went to Hogsmeade for some butterbeer for a celebration party, using the Maurder's Map and the Potter family heirloom, the Invisibility Cloak. "What if we didn't have this cloak? How would be get the stuff. And even worse, how will they have these parties when we're gone??" Remus asked. Everyone pondered the question as they gulped down ButterBeers.
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December came quickly, and with it came snow, ice, hail, and freezing temperatures. Everyone hated to go to Care of Magical Creatures, Herbology, and Astronomy, because they were outside and freezing. Potions was rough too, being in a cold dungeon. On the contrary, Divination was heaven with it's warm, constant fire.
The Hufflepuff/Slytherin Quidditch match had to be postponed. Dumbledore thought it far too dangerous to play in a hail storm.
The week before break, Professor McGonagall came around collection names for who was going to stay for the Holidays. Peter had to go home, as his family was traveling over break. But James, Lily, Bella, Sirius, and Remus all stayed: they had talked their parents into it, as it was their last year. As few other Gryffindor's stayed, but for the most part, they would have the Common Room to themselves.
Dumbledore held a feast the last day of term, that way the students who were going away could still celebrate. As they entered the Great Hall, decorated with trees, mistletoe and other Christmas parephanilia, James thought of something.
"Professor Dumbledore, sir?" James asked from his seat at the Gryffindor table. The entire Great Hall turned to look at him. "Yes, Mr. Potter." Dumbledore replied, half-amused, half-concerned.
"Well, I was just thinking..."
"WOW! That must have been tough James!" Sirius interjected. James elbowed him as everyone laughed.
"Anyway, what if someone didn't celebrate Christmas? Look around, their are Christmas decorations all around, but not one thing to celebrate the great holiday of Hanukkah. It hardly seems politically correct..."
"Mr. Potter, are you Jewish?" Dumbledore asked him, now greatly amused.
"No sir, but I was thinking, what if someone here WAS Jewish? They might be offended."
"Well, I would assume that a Jewish person would have spoken up, but you are right, it isn't politically correct." And with a wave of his wand, Dumbledore conjured and sent a menorah and driedel to the Gryffindor table. Everyone laughed, but Dumbledore wasn't done yet.
"Mr. Potter, I was say mazel toff to you for having the chutzpah to speak up. Happy Hannukah to all!" Dumbledore sat down amid applause.
Even after they were out of Hogwarts, people still teased James about his Hanukkah celebration.
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The next day, the gang had seen Peter off to the train. When they returned to the Gryffindor Common Room, they just hung out, played chess, and finished their holiday homework(Lily and James, the Head Boy and Girl, of course). They did this most of the break too. It was a nice break from school.
Christmas morning was interesting. The guys woke the girls bright and early by bursting into their dorm, carrying presents and singing carols. There was so much wrapping paper flying that the floor was covered.
The Christmas feast were spectacular, as usual. The wizard crackers were great! Sirius smuggled some out with him and sent them of at midnight on New Year's Eve. The rest of the holiday passed all too quickly. Sooner than they would have liked, they were back in classes. The teachers felt that they should start preparing them for their N.E.W.Ts, much to everyone's dismay. Even Lily wa havng a hard time getting through their workload. But the guys had something to take their minds off work: next Saturday was a full moon...
*A/N* How was it?? This is so fun to write!! About the Jewish think: James is a smart-alec and I'm politically correct, so it was natural. Sorry if I offended anyone: I didn't mean too! I don't know if I spelled the Jewish terms right, please forgive me if I didn't!! Sorry if it was too cliche! Please review anyway!! Tell me the good and bad stuff! Thanx!