~*~*~ Chapter 14: Gossip Goes Far ~*~*~
(A/N: Ok, so basically, a few of these chapters are just *fluff* and pointless, or so them seem. There's not much in this chap. Of importance, but just one tiny detail is sort of essential. . .Thanks for all of my reviewers!)
Sirius and Remus walked in the common room to find Sierra and Ali still doing their work. "Don't you guys ever procrastinate?" Sirius asked incredulously.
"NO way!" Sierra said, sounding anxious.
"Are you crazy?" Ali answered. "We've got to be on top of our grades, we've got low marks, hellooo!"
"You say that an A-" (A/N: I'm assuming that they grade with letters) "is bad? We've got D's!"
"Uh, speak for yourself. I've got a C+" Remus said proudly.
Ali and Sierra snorted. "You guys never hand in work!"
"Duh, what's the point? We've got things to see, people to do -"
"What people?" Ali interrupted sharply.
"Sirius," Remus recovered quickly "I think you meant people to see, things to do. . ."
"Did I?" Sirius asked mildly confused.
Everyone slapped their hands to their foreheads. "Why do we even bother?" Sierra muttered, returning to her work.
"Because he's so dang cute?" Ali said.
"I thought we've established that," Remus pointed out.
"And he's not that cute. You should see his baby pictures!" Sierra said, laughing.
"So.where're James and Lily?" Sirius asked, taking the subject off his baby pictures.
"Dunno," Ali said in an off-hand way. "Last I checked she went looking for James - "
"And he was with us, she came and took him somewhere, and they haven't been back since." Everyone smiled slightly, having an idea of what their friends might be doing.
"Astronomy tower," they all said together.
"Wrong," James said behind them, having just entered. "We were outside."
"In the snow, too!" Lily added, her cheeks and nose flushed from the cold.
Sierra slammed her book shut. "I'M DONE!" she proclaimed happily.
"Me too!" Ali exclaimed. She glanced at her watch. "And, crap, just as we're done, we should get to bed." Sierra groaned. "Why so early?" Sirius questioned.
"It's not early!" Ali protested. "It's like, 10 o'clock!"
"Not comprehending."
"If we stay up late, our grades suffer. If we let our grades suffer, we're never going to get a proper job to raise a family and - " Ali was cut short by Sirius, who kissed her.
"Ok, we get it!" he said.
"You never tell a girl to just simply 'shut up' do you?" Ali marveled.
"Nope," Sirius grinned "the ol' Black charm always keeps 'em quiet longer."
Ali punched his arm lightly and said "Good night, everybody."
Sierra stood as well, kissing Remus and bidding the rest good night. "Lil, you comin' up?"
"Uh, not yet. I'm gonna stick around a bit," Lily confessed.
"Ok, night then," Sierra said.
"Night."
"Well, we're going up, too," Sirius said, glancing over at his comrades.
"Night."
"See ya."
"Love ya, Lils," James whispered, as his friends walked up the staircase.
"Ditto," she whispered back. She smiled and kissed him softly and sweetly, and then watched him climb the spiral stairs.
Ali appeared at the stairwell again, and said quietly, "Lil. Thought you might need this," she beamed as she used a levitation charm to transport Lily's guitar to Lily's arms.
"Thanks, Ali."
"See ya."
"Later."
Lily sat on the deep red couch and strummed the guitar lightly. She was humming and writing a new song. Moments later, 4 girls walked into the common room, all giggling quietly and whispering in gossip. Lily pretended not to notice them, until they all crowded around her. She looked up in astonishment.
"Yeah?" she said politely.
What seemed to be the leader of the group looked meaningfully at her friends and then at Lily. "Hi. Um, so what'cha doin' there?" she asked briskly.
"Uh," Lily looked down at her instrument and then back up, answering, "I'm writing a song for. . ." she stopped herself. "I'm writing a song."
"For James?" the girl guessed correctly. Obviously, everyone already knew about Lily and James -they were an item now -since all the Gryffindors heard James and Lily sing together.
"Um, yeah," Lily said sensitively. The girl looked at her friends again.
"Well, we were just talking to some people and we heard that Taylor Carrisa's got a thing for James. . ." she paused for dramatic effects. "And we all know she always gets her way. You know how she is. We just wanted to wish you the best of luck." The girls all smiled and scuttled away, still whispering and giggling.
Lily just sat there. 'What the heck? Who cared if Taylor liked James? Obviously, I remember vividly what had occurred in the summer. Oh well, whatever.' *&*&* "Prongs, you're awfully quiet. Something wrong?" Remus asked concernedly.
"No, I'm fine. I was just thinking about what Lily said," James said truthfully.
"What'd she say? Or even better, what'd she do?" Sirius said jauntily.
"She didn't do anything," James said, annoyed. "She. we were talking about before we were together and.the wind."
"The wind?" Sirius shot a side-glance at Remus.
"The wind. It's like love. You can't see it, but you can feel it."
***Silence***
"Uhhh.James? Dude, anything exciting happen?" Sirius asked. "No. I mean, we kissed and all, but nothing out of the ordinary. She talks like.I mean, just by listening to her words you can tell she's a good songwriter. She talks like she's so much older than 16."
Remus's eyebrows shot up. "Ok.James.come back to Marauder land!"
James frowned at them.
"I knew it. The girl changed you in less than an hour, didn't she?"
"No. No one changed me. I'm still the same," James protested.
"Since when has 'Prongs' started talking about 'the wind' and 'love,' huh?" Sirius challenged
"You guys, drop it," James insisted angrily. He shut is hangings and bid them goodnight.
*~*~*
A few hours later, James, feeling restless in his bed, climbed out and wrapped the Invisibility Cloak around himself. He silently slipped out of his dorm and sat on the stairs, watching as his girlfriend pondered, once again, over a sheet of parchment from her journal. She was frowning and muttering to herself, then shaking her head and scratching on the parchment with her quill.
James could hear her muttering, "Is this enough, to love. . .ok, this is cool . . . no, wait, 'Is it enough to love' sounds better." She scribbled some more and then situated herself in a position so she could play.
"Is it enough to love? Is it enough to breathe? Somebody rip my heart out, and leave me here to bleed. Is it enough to die? Somebody save my life. I'd rather be anything but ordinary, please."
She smiled to herself, pleased. "Ok, that's about right. . . moving on now."
James grinned at how content this girl looked when playing her guitar. It was like, her place. As soon as she had parchment, a quill and her guitar, she could do anything. 'Did I just think that?' James thought. 'Whoa. That's like, the deepest I've gotten. Wait, no it isn't. I'm one of the top of my class, remember? Wait, am I arguing with myself? UGH.'
Lily flipped through her journal and stopped at a page and gazed at it for a long time. She was about to flip to another page, but she paused and went back again. She smiled. She played a fast few notes on her guitar and sang very quietly:
"Please tell me what is taking place
Cause I can't seem to find a trace
Guess it must've got erased somehow.
Probably cuz I always forget
Everytime someone tells me their name -
It's always gotta be the same
(In my world).
Never wore cover up
Always beat the boys up
Grew up in a 5000 population town. . .
Made my money cutting grass
Got "fired" by a FRIED chicken ass
All in a small town. . . Napanee."
Lily stopped and grinned. She suddenly glanced upwards, her sharp green eyes penetrating right where James sat. A tiny smile flickered on her lips.
She said, "Remember that song, Potter?"
James was slightly shocked.
"C'mon James, I know you're there. I can see your shoe. The Cloak isn't fully over you, Smart One."
As James pulled the cloak off of him, he grinned sheepishly. "So I couldn't resist hearing your voice again, so what?" he said innocently.
"Don't try to butter me up, Mr. Potter," Lily said pseudo-sternly.
"Yeah, I remember writing that. . .I didn't want to but I did come up with some good lines."
They giggled. "Hey, I heard from. . .some chick that Tay's after you again," Lily filled James in.
James groaned. "Not again. That bit- "
"Don't sink to her level James."
"Yeah, well, don't worry. She won't take me."
"Hope not."
**silence** After a few seconds of Lily staring hard at him, he sighed and said "All right, all right, I'll go and leave you with your precious guitar. . ."
Lily smiled. "Good choice," she muttered.
(A/N: SONG TRIBUTES: "In my World," and "Anything But Ordinary," both by Avril Lavigne. *Can you tell I'm a big Avril fan?* Hehehee.I know that some of my chapters and completely pointless. . .and this is getting so big that I may have to write this sequel in two separate fics. . .but I like what I've written and I don't want to delete anything. Not yet.)
(A/N: Ok, so basically, a few of these chapters are just *fluff* and pointless, or so them seem. There's not much in this chap. Of importance, but just one tiny detail is sort of essential. . .Thanks for all of my reviewers!)
Sirius and Remus walked in the common room to find Sierra and Ali still doing their work. "Don't you guys ever procrastinate?" Sirius asked incredulously.
"NO way!" Sierra said, sounding anxious.
"Are you crazy?" Ali answered. "We've got to be on top of our grades, we've got low marks, hellooo!"
"You say that an A-" (A/N: I'm assuming that they grade with letters) "is bad? We've got D's!"
"Uh, speak for yourself. I've got a C+" Remus said proudly.
Ali and Sierra snorted. "You guys never hand in work!"
"Duh, what's the point? We've got things to see, people to do -"
"What people?" Ali interrupted sharply.
"Sirius," Remus recovered quickly "I think you meant people to see, things to do. . ."
"Did I?" Sirius asked mildly confused.
Everyone slapped their hands to their foreheads. "Why do we even bother?" Sierra muttered, returning to her work.
"Because he's so dang cute?" Ali said.
"I thought we've established that," Remus pointed out.
"And he's not that cute. You should see his baby pictures!" Sierra said, laughing.
"So.where're James and Lily?" Sirius asked, taking the subject off his baby pictures.
"Dunno," Ali said in an off-hand way. "Last I checked she went looking for James - "
"And he was with us, she came and took him somewhere, and they haven't been back since." Everyone smiled slightly, having an idea of what their friends might be doing.
"Astronomy tower," they all said together.
"Wrong," James said behind them, having just entered. "We were outside."
"In the snow, too!" Lily added, her cheeks and nose flushed from the cold.
Sierra slammed her book shut. "I'M DONE!" she proclaimed happily.
"Me too!" Ali exclaimed. She glanced at her watch. "And, crap, just as we're done, we should get to bed." Sierra groaned. "Why so early?" Sirius questioned.
"It's not early!" Ali protested. "It's like, 10 o'clock!"
"Not comprehending."
"If we stay up late, our grades suffer. If we let our grades suffer, we're never going to get a proper job to raise a family and - " Ali was cut short by Sirius, who kissed her.
"Ok, we get it!" he said.
"You never tell a girl to just simply 'shut up' do you?" Ali marveled.
"Nope," Sirius grinned "the ol' Black charm always keeps 'em quiet longer."
Ali punched his arm lightly and said "Good night, everybody."
Sierra stood as well, kissing Remus and bidding the rest good night. "Lil, you comin' up?"
"Uh, not yet. I'm gonna stick around a bit," Lily confessed.
"Ok, night then," Sierra said.
"Night."
"Well, we're going up, too," Sirius said, glancing over at his comrades.
"Night."
"See ya."
"Love ya, Lils," James whispered, as his friends walked up the staircase.
"Ditto," she whispered back. She smiled and kissed him softly and sweetly, and then watched him climb the spiral stairs.
Ali appeared at the stairwell again, and said quietly, "Lil. Thought you might need this," she beamed as she used a levitation charm to transport Lily's guitar to Lily's arms.
"Thanks, Ali."
"See ya."
"Later."
Lily sat on the deep red couch and strummed the guitar lightly. She was humming and writing a new song. Moments later, 4 girls walked into the common room, all giggling quietly and whispering in gossip. Lily pretended not to notice them, until they all crowded around her. She looked up in astonishment.
"Yeah?" she said politely.
What seemed to be the leader of the group looked meaningfully at her friends and then at Lily. "Hi. Um, so what'cha doin' there?" she asked briskly.
"Uh," Lily looked down at her instrument and then back up, answering, "I'm writing a song for. . ." she stopped herself. "I'm writing a song."
"For James?" the girl guessed correctly. Obviously, everyone already knew about Lily and James -they were an item now -since all the Gryffindors heard James and Lily sing together.
"Um, yeah," Lily said sensitively. The girl looked at her friends again.
"Well, we were just talking to some people and we heard that Taylor Carrisa's got a thing for James. . ." she paused for dramatic effects. "And we all know she always gets her way. You know how she is. We just wanted to wish you the best of luck." The girls all smiled and scuttled away, still whispering and giggling.
Lily just sat there. 'What the heck? Who cared if Taylor liked James? Obviously, I remember vividly what had occurred in the summer. Oh well, whatever.' *&*&* "Prongs, you're awfully quiet. Something wrong?" Remus asked concernedly.
"No, I'm fine. I was just thinking about what Lily said," James said truthfully.
"What'd she say? Or even better, what'd she do?" Sirius said jauntily.
"She didn't do anything," James said, annoyed. "She. we were talking about before we were together and.the wind."
"The wind?" Sirius shot a side-glance at Remus.
"The wind. It's like love. You can't see it, but you can feel it."
***Silence***
"Uhhh.James? Dude, anything exciting happen?" Sirius asked. "No. I mean, we kissed and all, but nothing out of the ordinary. She talks like.I mean, just by listening to her words you can tell she's a good songwriter. She talks like she's so much older than 16."
Remus's eyebrows shot up. "Ok.James.come back to Marauder land!"
James frowned at them.
"I knew it. The girl changed you in less than an hour, didn't she?"
"No. No one changed me. I'm still the same," James protested.
"Since when has 'Prongs' started talking about 'the wind' and 'love,' huh?" Sirius challenged
"You guys, drop it," James insisted angrily. He shut is hangings and bid them goodnight.
*~*~*
A few hours later, James, feeling restless in his bed, climbed out and wrapped the Invisibility Cloak around himself. He silently slipped out of his dorm and sat on the stairs, watching as his girlfriend pondered, once again, over a sheet of parchment from her journal. She was frowning and muttering to herself, then shaking her head and scratching on the parchment with her quill.
James could hear her muttering, "Is this enough, to love. . .ok, this is cool . . . no, wait, 'Is it enough to love' sounds better." She scribbled some more and then situated herself in a position so she could play.
"Is it enough to love? Is it enough to breathe? Somebody rip my heart out, and leave me here to bleed. Is it enough to die? Somebody save my life. I'd rather be anything but ordinary, please."
She smiled to herself, pleased. "Ok, that's about right. . . moving on now."
James grinned at how content this girl looked when playing her guitar. It was like, her place. As soon as she had parchment, a quill and her guitar, she could do anything. 'Did I just think that?' James thought. 'Whoa. That's like, the deepest I've gotten. Wait, no it isn't. I'm one of the top of my class, remember? Wait, am I arguing with myself? UGH.'
Lily flipped through her journal and stopped at a page and gazed at it for a long time. She was about to flip to another page, but she paused and went back again. She smiled. She played a fast few notes on her guitar and sang very quietly:
"Please tell me what is taking place
Cause I can't seem to find a trace
Guess it must've got erased somehow.
Probably cuz I always forget
Everytime someone tells me their name -
It's always gotta be the same
(In my world).
Never wore cover up
Always beat the boys up
Grew up in a 5000 population town. . .
Made my money cutting grass
Got "fired" by a FRIED chicken ass
All in a small town. . . Napanee."
Lily stopped and grinned. She suddenly glanced upwards, her sharp green eyes penetrating right where James sat. A tiny smile flickered on her lips.
She said, "Remember that song, Potter?"
James was slightly shocked.
"C'mon James, I know you're there. I can see your shoe. The Cloak isn't fully over you, Smart One."
As James pulled the cloak off of him, he grinned sheepishly. "So I couldn't resist hearing your voice again, so what?" he said innocently.
"Don't try to butter me up, Mr. Potter," Lily said pseudo-sternly.
"Yeah, I remember writing that. . .I didn't want to but I did come up with some good lines."
They giggled. "Hey, I heard from. . .some chick that Tay's after you again," Lily filled James in.
James groaned. "Not again. That bit- "
"Don't sink to her level James."
"Yeah, well, don't worry. She won't take me."
"Hope not."
**silence** After a few seconds of Lily staring hard at him, he sighed and said "All right, all right, I'll go and leave you with your precious guitar. . ."
Lily smiled. "Good choice," she muttered.
(A/N: SONG TRIBUTES: "In my World," and "Anything But Ordinary," both by Avril Lavigne. *Can you tell I'm a big Avril fan?* Hehehee.I know that some of my chapters and completely pointless. . .and this is getting so big that I may have to write this sequel in two separate fics. . .but I like what I've written and I don't want to delete anything. Not yet.)
