Chapter XI + Jealousy
the depressing vacations have finally ended, and the new school term seemed to boost the spirit up for most of the kids. Most students came back from their vacation all happy and giddy, while a few others looked gloomy and depressed.
For Lily, she had boosted her own mood a bit, now her eyes weren't as dead and life-less as it was. It was getting its usual joyful spark, and her attitude wasn't as icy and gloomy anymore. But she have been thinking a lot, and made her lost in her own world sometimes.
The one thing that has been on her mind besides her parents and studies were James. She felt bad for slapping him, as she couldn't control her temper. She wanted to talk to him about it, but never found the right time.
It was dinnertime on a cold January night. Lily was sitting with Alison, who was shooting deadly daggers at Remus who was sitting next to Maria, talking in low voices about something.
"I hate them." Alison muttered, poking her food. "And they dare to talk like that in front of me."
"Allie? What are you talking about?" Lily asked in a whisper, after finally snapping out of her trance. Alison's dark brown eyes were burning in rage and jealousy, while her eyebrows were twitching in fury. Alison beckoned to Remus and Maria, who were still engaged in a secret conversation.
"Oh my god." Lily whispered. "Is there something going on with them?"
"I don't know." Alison whispered back. "Remus has been a bit distant lately. I always see him with HER if he's not with ME. They have been having quite a few conversations like this lately." Alison said, her voice dripping with envy. "I barely know anything about her. You know how we've been saying that she's a nice girl and all? Well that's all just b.s, girl."
Lily nodded, but her mind was still spinning in disbelief. Could Remus cheat on Alison like that, even right under her nose? Remus didn't seem like the type, but isn't it always the quiet ones? And Maria… Lily remembered her conversation with Sirius a few months ago. Talking about how mysterious and closed Maria was. Lily decided that Alison was right, there must be something going on between those two.
Lily looked at Alison uneasily. Alison was still glaring at the two, who didn't even NOTICE her. Lily reached out and put an arm around Alison's shoulders.
"Allie, I really don't know what's going on…" Lily sighed. "But it sure doesn't look that good."
Alison nodded in agreement and stabbed her chicken with a knife.
***
The 7 of them were lounging in the common room after a long day of Quidditch Practice, homework, and pranks. Lily once again was sitting next to a furious Alison, while Sirius and James sat with Peter plotting the next prank to play on Snape, and Remus and Maria sat together, hovering over DADA homework.
Things were just getting worse for Alison. She avoided any conversations with Remus, she wouldn't even say "Good Morning" to him. Remus began to notice there was something wrong with her, but for some reason he didn't make any move to make it better. He kept on hanging out with Maria hanging on her every word, it made Alison sick.
The other 3 Marauders were noticing how close their partner in crime was getting to Maria. They have also noticed Alison's actions and began to take sides. Both James and Sirius didn't like how Remus was treating Alison. But for James, there was something else in his mind.
"Prongs, quit staring at Lily already!" Sirius exclaimed in a whisper. "That's the 10th time I caught you looking at her TONIGHT." Sirius continued, giving James a weird look. "Is there something GOING ON with you and Lily?"
"Uh…" James started. He guiltily looked down at his shoes. He couldn't keep this to him forever. They would know sooner or later. "I…I…" James hesitated, and glanced once more at Lily direction before letting out a determined sigh and whispered, "I kissed her."
Sirius's eyes widen and Peter dropped his chocolate frog. They both looked at James in disbelief before Sirius finally spoke up. "No, you didn't. She wouldn't of let you."
"Yes, I did. She did let me, at first. Then she slapped me." James muttered.
"She slapped you? Now that's funny!" Sirius said, roaring with laughter. Alison and Lily both glanced to their way and James swatted Sirius up the head.
"You idiot! Lily might've overheard us!" James whispered sharply. Sirius choked back his laughter and sat up straight.
"Yes, okay, back to the matter of business. When did this happen?" Sirius asked.
"Uhm… Chiwmas…" James mumbled. Sirius looked at him questioningly. "What?"
"I said, Christmas." James said exasperatingly. Sirius shook his head.
"That's the day she received that letter about her parents right? And you just…KISSED her?"
Sirius asked.
"Look… I was comforting her… and, it just…happened." James said. "I told her about the Mage thingie too…"
"You WHAT?" Sirius exclaimed. People turned their heads to look at their direction. Sirius smiled apologetically at the crowd and they all went back to what they were doing. "James, I can't believe you told her about that… how could you tell her? It's really dangerous!"
"Listen, I felt like I could tell her anything, so I told her that. Yes, I told my 'nemesis' my deepest secret. I don't understand why I did, but I trust that she'll never blab that piece of information to anyone else...So chill okay…" James said.
Sirius shook his head again. "I cant believe today is the day that I, SIRIUS BLACK worry over something and that JAMES POTTER is calm about it." Sirius hesitated. "You must really like her to trust her with that."
"I don't know." James said. "I'm all confused. Now she doesn't want to talk to me anymore." James said, groaning.
"Well… you should stop STARING and start WORKING!" Sirius pointed out. This must be big. If James Potter's willing to TRY to get her, he must be in love.
"Okay2… Sorry, I just can't help it… She's so pretty…" James sighed dreamily.
Sirius grinned wildly. Oh yeah. James Potter is FALLING.
***
"Lily…" Somebody whispered in a raspy voice in Transfiguration. "Lily!"
Lily tilted her head to her right, and saw James Potter across the isle.
"Oh, Now you're calling me LILY." Lily whispered, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "What happened to CARROT or EVANS?"
"I can't call you by your first name?" James whispered back.
"Give me one good reason why you can." Lily said in a low voice.
"Lily, listen, I need to talk to you." James began.
"What is there to talk about?" Lily snapped. James sighed and gave her a determined look.
"YOU KNOW… we need to talk about what happened on Christ-"
"Miss Evans! Mr. Potter! If you two need to argue, please argue AFTER CLASS! We cannot afford to have you two interrupting my class all the time! 5 points from Gryffindor!" McGonagall barked.
James slumped into his seat, while Lily tried to paste a superior look on her face. But deep down inside, she wanted to slap herself.
***
"I hate them, I hate them." Alison said, ripping her parchment while her eyes were fixed on 2 people engaged yet again in a secret conversation. "I hate them, I hate them." Alison chanted again.
Lily sighed heavily. Alison was so jealous. But she was so stubborn too. She didn't want to talk to Remus about it.
"Yes, Keep on telling yourself that Allie." Sirius said. "Maybe some day it will come true."
"Feed them to Hippogriffs." Alison muttered, totally ignoring Sirius. "Or to Hagrid's pets."
"I can't believe he would do this in front of you. Does he have any feelings?" Lily asked.
"Of course not. He's just a cold hearted git." Alison muttered, her eyes flashing darkly. "A very, very, very stupid git."
"But He's Moony…" Sirius started. "This isn't the Moony I know… the voice of reason… maybe someone made a polyjuice potion and-"
"Bloody Hell." Alison said, ignoring Sirius's wild ideas again. "They make me sooooo mad!"
"I do not know what's going on between them." Lily said. "Though I would LIKE to know, so I can kick Remus' hairy ass-" Lily continued, but stopped as she realized she was almost spilling a secret. Sirius gave her a warning look, but fortunately Alison was too caught up in her own world that she didn't notice.
"Did you guys know a bunch of Ravenclaw girls came up to me this week and asked me if I broke up with Remus?" Alison asked, mostly to herself. "And they said, 'Oh Alison, why did you break up with him? Or did he dump you? He's so…mysterious!' then they all broke into giggles. When I glared at them, they began to talk about how they've seen him hanging around that brunette, named Maria White." Alison said.
"Really? Did they?" Sirius said, scratching his nose. Sirius realized how much Alison should have loved Remus, as she was extremely jealous of Maria. Part one of his new plan was to figure out what's going on between Remus and Maria, and part two was to get Remus and Alison back together.
Sirius was wondering if he could have some help, maybe from James or Lily. But seeing that James and Lily were preoccupied, Sirius began to wonder if he should make a plan for them. Then he realized that it James and Lily didn't need his help; they could have gotten together by themselves.
Sirius wished that someone could've helped him with his plans, but he realized it was only Sirius for the job. Peter won't help at all. Now Sirius was beginning to wish Maria could help him, but since she was in the picture, how could she help? And Sirius was beginning to envy Remus who spent a lot of his time with Maria.
***
"Remus, remember how I told you I had that dream about James?" Maria whispered.
"Yeah, is there more to it? What's going to happen?" Remus asked worriedly.
"Well… You know how I said that there was a baby, who was James's son, and he fought the curse?" Remus nodded. "Well, now I know who the mother is."
"Really? Are you going to tell Dumbledore about it?" Remus asked.
"Probably. I didn't tell James about the dream yet, and I think he should know about it. Damn, I just never found the right time to tell him." Maria shook her head, making her brunette locks shake crazily across her face.
"Who, who is the mother?" Remus asked curiously.
Maria leaned forward and said in a very low voice. "Lily Evans"
***
A/N: Yeah! Um, well, I hope you guys liked this chapter… Alison's jealous… hehe… poor her! Oh well. It's a bit obvious who the mother will be right? Duh, It's a James/Lily fic. Anyway, uhh… I'm getting my internet back this next Wednesday… (I wonder if I can survive that long?) But I'll probably update from Ld vLd a.k.a Maria White's comp! Yeah well… please review… thnx… ^^&
g'bYE…
the depressing vacations have finally ended, and the new school term seemed to boost the spirit up for most of the kids. Most students came back from their vacation all happy and giddy, while a few others looked gloomy and depressed.
For Lily, she had boosted her own mood a bit, now her eyes weren't as dead and life-less as it was. It was getting its usual joyful spark, and her attitude wasn't as icy and gloomy anymore. But she have been thinking a lot, and made her lost in her own world sometimes.
The one thing that has been on her mind besides her parents and studies were James. She felt bad for slapping him, as she couldn't control her temper. She wanted to talk to him about it, but never found the right time.
It was dinnertime on a cold January night. Lily was sitting with Alison, who was shooting deadly daggers at Remus who was sitting next to Maria, talking in low voices about something.
"I hate them." Alison muttered, poking her food. "And they dare to talk like that in front of me."
"Allie? What are you talking about?" Lily asked in a whisper, after finally snapping out of her trance. Alison's dark brown eyes were burning in rage and jealousy, while her eyebrows were twitching in fury. Alison beckoned to Remus and Maria, who were still engaged in a secret conversation.
"Oh my god." Lily whispered. "Is there something going on with them?"
"I don't know." Alison whispered back. "Remus has been a bit distant lately. I always see him with HER if he's not with ME. They have been having quite a few conversations like this lately." Alison said, her voice dripping with envy. "I barely know anything about her. You know how we've been saying that she's a nice girl and all? Well that's all just b.s, girl."
Lily nodded, but her mind was still spinning in disbelief. Could Remus cheat on Alison like that, even right under her nose? Remus didn't seem like the type, but isn't it always the quiet ones? And Maria… Lily remembered her conversation with Sirius a few months ago. Talking about how mysterious and closed Maria was. Lily decided that Alison was right, there must be something going on between those two.
Lily looked at Alison uneasily. Alison was still glaring at the two, who didn't even NOTICE her. Lily reached out and put an arm around Alison's shoulders.
"Allie, I really don't know what's going on…" Lily sighed. "But it sure doesn't look that good."
Alison nodded in agreement and stabbed her chicken with a knife.
***
The 7 of them were lounging in the common room after a long day of Quidditch Practice, homework, and pranks. Lily once again was sitting next to a furious Alison, while Sirius and James sat with Peter plotting the next prank to play on Snape, and Remus and Maria sat together, hovering over DADA homework.
Things were just getting worse for Alison. She avoided any conversations with Remus, she wouldn't even say "Good Morning" to him. Remus began to notice there was something wrong with her, but for some reason he didn't make any move to make it better. He kept on hanging out with Maria hanging on her every word, it made Alison sick.
The other 3 Marauders were noticing how close their partner in crime was getting to Maria. They have also noticed Alison's actions and began to take sides. Both James and Sirius didn't like how Remus was treating Alison. But for James, there was something else in his mind.
"Prongs, quit staring at Lily already!" Sirius exclaimed in a whisper. "That's the 10th time I caught you looking at her TONIGHT." Sirius continued, giving James a weird look. "Is there something GOING ON with you and Lily?"
"Uh…" James started. He guiltily looked down at his shoes. He couldn't keep this to him forever. They would know sooner or later. "I…I…" James hesitated, and glanced once more at Lily direction before letting out a determined sigh and whispered, "I kissed her."
Sirius's eyes widen and Peter dropped his chocolate frog. They both looked at James in disbelief before Sirius finally spoke up. "No, you didn't. She wouldn't of let you."
"Yes, I did. She did let me, at first. Then she slapped me." James muttered.
"She slapped you? Now that's funny!" Sirius said, roaring with laughter. Alison and Lily both glanced to their way and James swatted Sirius up the head.
"You idiot! Lily might've overheard us!" James whispered sharply. Sirius choked back his laughter and sat up straight.
"Yes, okay, back to the matter of business. When did this happen?" Sirius asked.
"Uhm… Chiwmas…" James mumbled. Sirius looked at him questioningly. "What?"
"I said, Christmas." James said exasperatingly. Sirius shook his head.
"That's the day she received that letter about her parents right? And you just…KISSED her?"
Sirius asked.
"Look… I was comforting her… and, it just…happened." James said. "I told her about the Mage thingie too…"
"You WHAT?" Sirius exclaimed. People turned their heads to look at their direction. Sirius smiled apologetically at the crowd and they all went back to what they were doing. "James, I can't believe you told her about that… how could you tell her? It's really dangerous!"
"Listen, I felt like I could tell her anything, so I told her that. Yes, I told my 'nemesis' my deepest secret. I don't understand why I did, but I trust that she'll never blab that piece of information to anyone else...So chill okay…" James said.
Sirius shook his head again. "I cant believe today is the day that I, SIRIUS BLACK worry over something and that JAMES POTTER is calm about it." Sirius hesitated. "You must really like her to trust her with that."
"I don't know." James said. "I'm all confused. Now she doesn't want to talk to me anymore." James said, groaning.
"Well… you should stop STARING and start WORKING!" Sirius pointed out. This must be big. If James Potter's willing to TRY to get her, he must be in love.
"Okay2… Sorry, I just can't help it… She's so pretty…" James sighed dreamily.
Sirius grinned wildly. Oh yeah. James Potter is FALLING.
***
"Lily…" Somebody whispered in a raspy voice in Transfiguration. "Lily!"
Lily tilted her head to her right, and saw James Potter across the isle.
"Oh, Now you're calling me LILY." Lily whispered, her voice dripping with sarcasm. "What happened to CARROT or EVANS?"
"I can't call you by your first name?" James whispered back.
"Give me one good reason why you can." Lily said in a low voice.
"Lily, listen, I need to talk to you." James began.
"What is there to talk about?" Lily snapped. James sighed and gave her a determined look.
"YOU KNOW… we need to talk about what happened on Christ-"
"Miss Evans! Mr. Potter! If you two need to argue, please argue AFTER CLASS! We cannot afford to have you two interrupting my class all the time! 5 points from Gryffindor!" McGonagall barked.
James slumped into his seat, while Lily tried to paste a superior look on her face. But deep down inside, she wanted to slap herself.
***
"I hate them, I hate them." Alison said, ripping her parchment while her eyes were fixed on 2 people engaged yet again in a secret conversation. "I hate them, I hate them." Alison chanted again.
Lily sighed heavily. Alison was so jealous. But she was so stubborn too. She didn't want to talk to Remus about it.
"Yes, Keep on telling yourself that Allie." Sirius said. "Maybe some day it will come true."
"Feed them to Hippogriffs." Alison muttered, totally ignoring Sirius. "Or to Hagrid's pets."
"I can't believe he would do this in front of you. Does he have any feelings?" Lily asked.
"Of course not. He's just a cold hearted git." Alison muttered, her eyes flashing darkly. "A very, very, very stupid git."
"But He's Moony…" Sirius started. "This isn't the Moony I know… the voice of reason… maybe someone made a polyjuice potion and-"
"Bloody Hell." Alison said, ignoring Sirius's wild ideas again. "They make me sooooo mad!"
"I do not know what's going on between them." Lily said. "Though I would LIKE to know, so I can kick Remus' hairy ass-" Lily continued, but stopped as she realized she was almost spilling a secret. Sirius gave her a warning look, but fortunately Alison was too caught up in her own world that she didn't notice.
"Did you guys know a bunch of Ravenclaw girls came up to me this week and asked me if I broke up with Remus?" Alison asked, mostly to herself. "And they said, 'Oh Alison, why did you break up with him? Or did he dump you? He's so…mysterious!' then they all broke into giggles. When I glared at them, they began to talk about how they've seen him hanging around that brunette, named Maria White." Alison said.
"Really? Did they?" Sirius said, scratching his nose. Sirius realized how much Alison should have loved Remus, as she was extremely jealous of Maria. Part one of his new plan was to figure out what's going on between Remus and Maria, and part two was to get Remus and Alison back together.
Sirius was wondering if he could have some help, maybe from James or Lily. But seeing that James and Lily were preoccupied, Sirius began to wonder if he should make a plan for them. Then he realized that it James and Lily didn't need his help; they could have gotten together by themselves.
Sirius wished that someone could've helped him with his plans, but he realized it was only Sirius for the job. Peter won't help at all. Now Sirius was beginning to wish Maria could help him, but since she was in the picture, how could she help? And Sirius was beginning to envy Remus who spent a lot of his time with Maria.
***
"Remus, remember how I told you I had that dream about James?" Maria whispered.
"Yeah, is there more to it? What's going to happen?" Remus asked worriedly.
"Well… You know how I said that there was a baby, who was James's son, and he fought the curse?" Remus nodded. "Well, now I know who the mother is."
"Really? Are you going to tell Dumbledore about it?" Remus asked.
"Probably. I didn't tell James about the dream yet, and I think he should know about it. Damn, I just never found the right time to tell him." Maria shook her head, making her brunette locks shake crazily across her face.
"Who, who is the mother?" Remus asked curiously.
Maria leaned forward and said in a very low voice. "Lily Evans"
***
A/N: Yeah! Um, well, I hope you guys liked this chapter… Alison's jealous… hehe… poor her! Oh well. It's a bit obvious who the mother will be right? Duh, It's a James/Lily fic. Anyway, uhh… I'm getting my internet back this next Wednesday… (I wonder if I can survive that long?) But I'll probably update from Ld vLd a.k.a Maria White's comp! Yeah well… please review… thnx… ^^&
g'bYE…
