Never Expected ~ Chapter 5
Heehee. I hope you love it. None of the Harry Potter
characters are mine….good…now that we are past that ever
so sad topic. This chapter should be a little confusing.
So I'll try to explain. This starts on the bus ride back to School.
James and Lily still hate each other, but they haven't spoken
since the incident in Feb. Lily, and her friends are 13, the boys are 14.
This year should go quickly. I want to get them older faster…haha..
you'll find out the signifigance of that later. ~ Always aly
This chapter is dedicated to Amazon Princess, for the best review ever, and making me cry with her encouragement! I love you! ( I need your email address )
Lily tied her long hair into a messy bun and slid back into her seat. Staying with Gram had been pure torture and she was anxious to get situated back at Hogwarts. She sat beside Sirius who was playing a rowdy game of 'Exploding Snap!' with James. Lily still got a bitter taste in her mouth when she thought of James. She knew he didn't know, and she felt she might have overacted on punching him, but…at that exact time he said that, she was missing her mom so much. She thought of apologizing, but he refused to budge, and her pride was just too strong.
James looked over at guilty. Why did she have to lean her head so sadly against the window like that? Didn't she know it made him feel worse? Didn't she know how irresistible she looked when she did that? He admired her green eyes and her inner strength about loosing her family. He noticed her eyes start to droop and she fell into a peaceful sleep against the windowpane.
"Prongs?"
"PRONGS!?" Sirius barked.
James jolted straight up and stared at Sirius's sparkling hazel eyes…. gleaming, just gleaming with mischief.
"You are about to destroy me in this game aren't you?" He mused, glancing over at Lily again and wondering if the exploding snap would wake her.
"Yes!" Sirius cried
James quickly ended the game.
"What's your problem !" Sirius cried, "I almost beat you!"
"I know, I know, but…well…" James stumbled, "People are sleeping."
"Its just Evans," Peter snapped, "since when do you care?"
"Hey! Take a pill Wormtail. James was trying to be nice. What's your problem with Lily?" Remus said calmly, yet clearly offended on Lily's behalf at the sour tone in which Peter spat out "Evans."
Sirius huffed, "fine."
"Come on Padfoot, don't pout. I was just being nice to her for once. After I was such a pig to her last year. I can't believe I said that about her mum."
"Hey…James. She found out you didn't know. I think it forgiven." Remus said smiling.
"Really Potter…when did you start feeling bad about treating me horribly?" Lily grinned as she gazed into James eyes.
"Evans, I'm sorry, you never let me say it last year…but I am sorry." James looked down.
"Forgiven." She whispered before curling into a ball on the seat across from him, by Sirius, and drifting asleep.
"Reminds me of a cat sometimes." Sirius said looking down at a sleeping Lily, her head touching his leg when she breathed. He patted her head lovingly. "Like my little sister." He grinned. James looked at him, smiling.
So Sirius doesn't think of Lily like that….good.
James blushed at a comment his conscience made.
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"Who's going home for the holidays?" McGonagall shouted over the rambunctious students in the Gryffindor Common Room, "Sign this sheet immediately." She said leaving the sheet on a large, circular oak table with a quill attached. Tons of students crowded around it.
On the opposite side of the room in their own private corner, all lounging comfortably on two overstuffed sofas sat: Remus and Felicia, tickling and laughing, Sirius and James, working on what they can do for their next set of detentions. On the opposite couch sat Jenny and Lily, leaning back to back, with their legs spread out quizzing each other on Charms and Transfiguration. Peter sat on the floor, back against the couch, every now and then glaring at Lily or suggesting things to James and Sirius. Mystie was off 'walking the grounds' with a much older Ravenclaw.
Lily Evans adjusted her hair atop her head. She had idly tied it in a messy bun with several flisps of bright, wavy red hair sticking out, during lunch, but she had to keep pushing it up on her head. She stole glances at James and Sirius between quesitons and answers to Jenny.
Jenny tapped her fingernails on her teeth. Her curly brown hair, pushed against Lilys was bothering her. She answered distractedly and pushed her hair behind her ears.
"Um, …oh Lils…lets take a break" Jenny whined shutting her book.
"You guys have been studying for over two hours." Remus said between tickles.
"And you two have been tickling for over two hours!" Lily laughed and gently threw a pillow at them.
"Just ignore Lily, she's just lonely because it's the holidays and no boys love her!" James said batting his eyes.
"Speaking of which Potter, Where's your usual girl latched to your arm?" Lily asked leaning forward and peeking at Sirius' and James' list.
"I'm flying solo for the holidays."
"Heh…lonely aren't you?" she giggled
"Why don't you come over here and I won't be."
"Potter? I'd rather swallow my tongue."
The Lily/James fights had soothed out into this. They no longer despised each other and they no longer attempted to kill the other, but they still shamelessly bickered back and forth over everything. They already had served ten detentions on their fighting or hexing the other.
Lily stretched her arms high over her head and closed her Transfiguration book.
"Its late, and this exam is going to be hard knowing McGonagall. Night all." Lily bent over and kissed Sirius lightly on the head.
"Night Brother." She grinned as he half hugged her. She pointed to Felicia and Remus who were leaning on each other, fast asleep.
"Aw." Jenny said, standing up and following Lily. She winked at Sirius provocatively. Continuing their inside joke of 'pretending' to like each other.
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Lily stared at her test, she took a deep breath and answered the first question.
- What is your name?
{Yes, even your ancient Transfiguration Teacher has a sense of humor}
Now here's your actual exam: Fill at least two pages of parchment, by telling me how the history of Transfiguration came about, and why its important to us all now.
Lily practically screamed. She knew this! She knew all about this! She looked at Jenny and watched a smile crack across her face. Lily started writing and when she looked up, finally satisfied with her work she had a half hour to go. So as usual….her thoughts led to James. What could she do to him?
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"Shut up Evans!" It was lunchtime and James was trying to get lily to voem to his Quiddticvh match that night.
"Oh, Bite me Potter!" she laughed as she launched a pea at James.
"You know you will just be Mr. Golden boy again; why should I have to come and witness that?" Lily asked still laughing at James, who was desperately trying to have a conversation with her while dodging peas at the same time.
"Come on Evans! It's the last one before break! And we're playing Slytherin!" James pleaded.
"Lily either go or let up on the peas!" Remus cried after getting hit with a pea, again.
"Fine." Lily grinned as she shot a pea at Remus, then quickly dove under the table just missing a large amount of Butterbeer, which drenched Jenny.
Jenny burst into fits of laughter as she threw her butterbeer back at Remus, who ducked, which forced it to hit Felicia.
Regardless, later that day when all six of them sat in detention polishing the trophy case for the third time that week, with Filch tsk, tsking above them, they were all still in high spirits and giggling.
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"Go James! Use your pathetic arms and reach!" Lily screamed above the crowd. She was bundled up in sweaters and continuously rubbing her numb nose. She was squished in a large blanket with Jenny, both of them screaming as James dove towards the snitch.
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James distinctly heard Lily's voice above the crowd, despite the snow falling like rain, Slytherins cheating all game, and some horrid calls by the refs, he lunged towards the snitch. Severus Snape came flying at him like an evil dream. He wasn't even looking at the snitch. He was merely trying to Throw James from his broom. He rammed him hard. James went flying and the en tire crowd hushed. Snape must've caught the snitch because there was a sudden outrage of cheering and booing. James didn't remember,….he hit the ground with a thud and a sickening crack.
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"OH MY! JENNY! JENNY! HES FALLING! JENNY!" Lily cried clutching Jenny's hand desperately.
Jenny covered her eyes. Lily ran towards the field. She knew Sirius would be in the announcer box. So she ran to him. She opened the door but Sirius was already on his way down. He aske dno questions but grabbed her hand and ran towards the field.
"Back away please!" yelled a very flustered McGonangal, she was obviously trying to remain, calm, but James just looked a little too pale, a little too weak, a little too innocent to be so badly hurt.
"Is he okay Professor? Will he be okay?" Sirius yelled, but received no answer.
AH! Don't you hate it when I do that? *grin*
The next chapter will be up shortly. I hope you enjoyed.
By the way, *cough* the Harry Potter characters are
all J.K. Rowlings. Ugh…even though she's taking
FOREVER on the fifth book. *sigh* We won't get
into that now though…. Please, read and review!
Oh and a cookie to whoever can pick up the pun earlier
on in this chapter! Now, since its 2: 54 am…Aly needs
sleep…this book is turning me into an insomniac!
