Lily Potter awoke to the shrill ring of the telephone. It was a beautiful Saturday morning and only two days before she began her third year at Hogwarts. She knew instantly who was calling. The only person up at this hour was her friend Michelle. Michelle was a very hyper energetic person. She also seemed to have no trouble waking up at 9:30 on a Saturday.

Lily rolled over and sleepily picked up the phone.

"Hello," she said in a barely audible voice.

"Wakey- wakey. Rise and shine. We are going to Diagon Alley today." Michelle informed her.

"We already bought our books ,remember?" Lily yawned.

"Of course I know that," Michelle snapped."It's just that Anthony might be hanging out there today and I wouldn't want to miss my chance to run into him." Lily groaned. "Hello, girl are you nuts? Have you seen how many friends that guy has? You'll have your pick of any one of them."

"I don't trust them. I would never go out with anyone like that. They're so creepy." Lily gushed.

"Oh and James isn't creepy?" Michelle said with a note of annoyance in her voice. At the sound of his name, Lily blushed.

"Well he doesn't have those freaky ,um, eyes." Lily stammered.

"You are such a geek. He's coming with us you know. You can sit next to him if you want." Michelle smiled knowing that Lily was coming now.

"Count me in." Lily said.

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Two hours later they were standing in the center of Diagon Alley. Agnes and Ann were gossiping about someone's hair on the far right, then there was Michelle making use of what she called her spectacles [her glasses] by checking out hot guys, Lily was standing on the left next to James. She could feel the heat on her face and she knew that by now her face and hair were probably close to the same color.

"Well, I am not walking through the mall with my sister and friends so I am going to meet up with my friends. Bye." James said, to Lily's dissappointment.

"Wait!" Michelle yelled. She went up to her brother and smacked his ass. She turned to Lily and asked,"Are you jealous?" Lily buried her face into her hands and James shot them weird looks before meeting up with his friends.

"Please, tell me you did not just do that." Lily pleaded.

"She did. But look on the bright side. It could have been another girl who went up and smacked James's ass ,right?" Ann said grinning evilly.

"I swear I am just going to shoot myself." Lily sighed.

"With what?" Agnes asked suddenly. With that, the four of them started laughing. They laughed so hard their stomachs ached and tears were streaming down their cheeks. The only one not in totally hysterics was Agnes. Most of the shoppers in Diagon Alley were staring at the girls with odd expressions on their faces.

"With what?" Ann repeated. Agnes's cheeks grew flushed.

"With a fork!" Michelle yelled cheerfully. And once again the entire group burst forth into giggles and once again got glares and stares from the nearby shoppers.