5/7/02
I am really sorry for the delay. So many things had to happen right now. But anyways, here is the third chapter after a bit of writer's block. I promise that I will keep writing, but please have patience with me! I know that it is a shorter chapter, but there were some key elements to be put in the story. Keep reading and review. Let me know if anything doesn't make sense. Thanks for all the reviews. :c)
3 Mustangkels
p.s. All characters, places, themes, etc belong to J.K. Rowling. I am just playing with the characters…making no money of course. Just having fun.
It had been two days since Lily had found the rose on her bed. She still didn't know what to think about it. Even when her parents wrote back to say that they hadn't sent anything, it still puzzled her. She didn't know who had put them there. Lily thought that maybe one of the boys had overheard her talking to her parents, but she couldn't remember anything specific. Besides, she had other things to think about. James' birthday was coming up and she was still trying to put that all together. Dumbledore had given them the ok to have his party on the Qudditch pitch an hour after the game. That way it would give the fans time to leave and a bit of clean up too. She was excited about the party. So far, they had planned to stall James in the locker room until all the decorations could be set up. Early that week, Remus had gone into the kitchen and persuaded the elves to bring down some dinner (all of James' favorites) and a cake. Sirius had got some muggle fireworks that they could light off as he came out of the locker room. Lily had gotten some streamers that would hang in the air with the Wingardum Leviosa charm and Peter had gotten some candy to stuff the piñata, which surprised everyone. Peter had never really gotten involved in their plans for each other. Their biggest surprise was going to be the best though. Lily had gotten a projector from the Muggle Studies professor. They were going to talk about how each of them met James and their first impressions. Plus, anything personal they wanted to add. At the same time, they would use pictures that they had taken from over the years to explain it. Some of the pictures would be magically made since they didn't always take pictures, but that was part of the fun.
"It only two days away!" Sirius said excitedly. Lily had been sitting in the common room going over her 'James party notes.'
"Where are James and Remus?" Peter said entering the room. He seemed very annoyed and put his hands on hips.
"They are with Professor Dumbledore. Doing some extra research for a project." Lily told Peter. It was like a secret password between them and Peter should have caught on. They all knew it was a full moon tonight. Poor Remus was already feeling the pains.
"Well, they said that they were going to help me with my transfiguration project!" Peter whined. "Why didn't they come and get me?"
"Well, I think that Dumbledore asked for them personally." Sirius said getting a bit annoyed. "Besides, you know that there is a full moon tonight…" Sirius said with a sigh.
James had taken Remus to the Shrieking Shack for the full moon. Sirius and James took turns being with Remus when he turned into a werewolf. It was always better for him to have some company. Especially since Sirius and James could become animals. Peter had gone a couple of times, but because he could only change into a rat, he felt intimated by the large werewolf that Remus turned into. Even though, Remus had never hurt any of them while they were animals. If anyone was in human form though, he could hurt them. That is why their group was so close. They shared so many secrets together.
Lily turned to Sirius and Peter, "So, are you guys ready for Saturday? It is only two more days away." Lily said excitedly. "Have you got your parts done for the slide show?" She said looking at Sirius and then more slowly at Peter.
"Yeah, mine is almost finished." Sirius said. "I just have to get a couple of more really funny stories and I will be done."
"Well, mine is going to be short," Peter said softly. "But I am done. I got about 5 pictures made up and some funny stories." Peter said with some sincerity.
Lily looked at both of them and smiled. At least they were trying to make this a good party. She still couldn't wait. She returned to making her note about James and her stories about him. She was still working on the first impression one. "Everyone should get a kick out of this story." Lily thought to herself smiling.
"What about you Miss Lily," Sirius said playfully. "Are you all done? You should be. I think that you have about 8 pages of notes there!" Sirius said point to the pile of papers in her lap.
"Yeah, well, I have a lot to say!" Lily said in protest. She smiled and picked up all of her papers. She needed to come to a conclusion in her part of the slide show. If not, they may be all bored to tears! Besides, she still had James' gift to give and that would be exciting too. She couldn't wait.
When dinner came around, the all decided to leave the comforts of the common room and head down to the Great Hall. The smell of the food was great as it was directing through the hall. It was late November and with all the snow on the ground, dinners had been made with foods to keep you warm. Hot soups, hot chocolate, steaming potatoes and many others that just made you warm and sleepy after dinner.
They all sat down at the Gryffindor table and waited for the food to appear. Snape and Malfoy at the Slytherian table were staring at them with dagger eyes. Early that day, Sirius and Lily had put the repelling charm on them. It was hilarious. They couldn't get out of the potions room without someone opening the door for them. It was even funnier when they tired to pick up the quills to take notes and having the fly across the room. It was all that Lily and Sirius could do to not fall off their seats laughing. The potions professor hadn't found this funny at all either and that was half the fun. He yelled at Snape and Malfoy for throwing quills and other objects around his classroom. When he figured it out that they had no control of it, he sent them out of the room. (Of course, some had to open the door for them. They couldn't even so much as knock on a door without it leaning away from them.). Luckily, they didn't get into too much trouble. It had just been a lot of fun. Lily smiled to herself as she remembered it. "Too bad James and Remus couldn't be there today. They would have loved it!" Lily smiled to herself.
Just then, the food came and they all started to eat. As the meal was coming to an end, Dumbledore stood up to give an announcement. "Hello students, teachers and all others of both living and non-living kind," He said with a twinkle in his eye. "This Saturday there is a Qudditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherian. All houses are encouraged to attend as this game will be a good one. There are also going to be scouts from professional Qudditch teams from all over the world watching our players." Dumbledore allowed for a few loud whispers of excitement go through the students before continuing. Lily and Sirius gawked at each other elatedly. He smiled and continued to talk, "They will be checking out all four of our teams to see if they can recruit someone to the professional level after school those students get out of school. Now, off to bed with you. Tomorrow is Thursday and I am sure that you all have homework or need sleep." Dumbledore smiled once again and sat back down until all the students left.
"Wow!" Sirius said in awe, "James is going to have a kick ass party! Those scouts will most definitely be looking at him. He is great!" Sirius beamed about his best friend.
"I know, what else could we ask for to make James' birthday great!" Lily said enthusiastically.
Sirius and Lily talked about it all the way upstairs until they got into the common room. "Mysterious Lady" Lily told the fat lady in the portrait the password and she swung open to let them in. Peter had gone to bed early, leaving Lily and Sirius talking for hours in the common room alone.
The conversation had remained neutral for an hour or so, but Sirius was dying to ask Lily one simple question. He wanted to ask her what she felt about James. Just like Remus, he knew that something was there, but neither of them (James or Lily) seemed to want to talk about it, especially to each other.
There was a silence between them as it was getting late. The previous story had been hilarious and they had laughed themselves hoarse. "Well, it's now or never!" Sirius said to himself noticing Lily yawning and making a move to get up.
"So, Lily, what kind of feelings do you have for James?"
I am really sorry for the delay. So many things had to happen right now. But anyways, here is the third chapter after a bit of writer's block. I promise that I will keep writing, but please have patience with me! I know that it is a shorter chapter, but there were some key elements to be put in the story. Keep reading and review. Let me know if anything doesn't make sense. Thanks for all the reviews. :c)
3 Mustangkels
p.s. All characters, places, themes, etc belong to J.K. Rowling. I am just playing with the characters…making no money of course. Just having fun.
It had been two days since Lily had found the rose on her bed. She still didn't know what to think about it. Even when her parents wrote back to say that they hadn't sent anything, it still puzzled her. She didn't know who had put them there. Lily thought that maybe one of the boys had overheard her talking to her parents, but she couldn't remember anything specific. Besides, she had other things to think about. James' birthday was coming up and she was still trying to put that all together. Dumbledore had given them the ok to have his party on the Qudditch pitch an hour after the game. That way it would give the fans time to leave and a bit of clean up too. She was excited about the party. So far, they had planned to stall James in the locker room until all the decorations could be set up. Early that week, Remus had gone into the kitchen and persuaded the elves to bring down some dinner (all of James' favorites) and a cake. Sirius had got some muggle fireworks that they could light off as he came out of the locker room. Lily had gotten some streamers that would hang in the air with the Wingardum Leviosa charm and Peter had gotten some candy to stuff the piñata, which surprised everyone. Peter had never really gotten involved in their plans for each other. Their biggest surprise was going to be the best though. Lily had gotten a projector from the Muggle Studies professor. They were going to talk about how each of them met James and their first impressions. Plus, anything personal they wanted to add. At the same time, they would use pictures that they had taken from over the years to explain it. Some of the pictures would be magically made since they didn't always take pictures, but that was part of the fun.
"It only two days away!" Sirius said excitedly. Lily had been sitting in the common room going over her 'James party notes.'
"Where are James and Remus?" Peter said entering the room. He seemed very annoyed and put his hands on hips.
"They are with Professor Dumbledore. Doing some extra research for a project." Lily told Peter. It was like a secret password between them and Peter should have caught on. They all knew it was a full moon tonight. Poor Remus was already feeling the pains.
"Well, they said that they were going to help me with my transfiguration project!" Peter whined. "Why didn't they come and get me?"
"Well, I think that Dumbledore asked for them personally." Sirius said getting a bit annoyed. "Besides, you know that there is a full moon tonight…" Sirius said with a sigh.
James had taken Remus to the Shrieking Shack for the full moon. Sirius and James took turns being with Remus when he turned into a werewolf. It was always better for him to have some company. Especially since Sirius and James could become animals. Peter had gone a couple of times, but because he could only change into a rat, he felt intimated by the large werewolf that Remus turned into. Even though, Remus had never hurt any of them while they were animals. If anyone was in human form though, he could hurt them. That is why their group was so close. They shared so many secrets together.
Lily turned to Sirius and Peter, "So, are you guys ready for Saturday? It is only two more days away." Lily said excitedly. "Have you got your parts done for the slide show?" She said looking at Sirius and then more slowly at Peter.
"Yeah, mine is almost finished." Sirius said. "I just have to get a couple of more really funny stories and I will be done."
"Well, mine is going to be short," Peter said softly. "But I am done. I got about 5 pictures made up and some funny stories." Peter said with some sincerity.
Lily looked at both of them and smiled. At least they were trying to make this a good party. She still couldn't wait. She returned to making her note about James and her stories about him. She was still working on the first impression one. "Everyone should get a kick out of this story." Lily thought to herself smiling.
"What about you Miss Lily," Sirius said playfully. "Are you all done? You should be. I think that you have about 8 pages of notes there!" Sirius said point to the pile of papers in her lap.
"Yeah, well, I have a lot to say!" Lily said in protest. She smiled and picked up all of her papers. She needed to come to a conclusion in her part of the slide show. If not, they may be all bored to tears! Besides, she still had James' gift to give and that would be exciting too. She couldn't wait.
When dinner came around, the all decided to leave the comforts of the common room and head down to the Great Hall. The smell of the food was great as it was directing through the hall. It was late November and with all the snow on the ground, dinners had been made with foods to keep you warm. Hot soups, hot chocolate, steaming potatoes and many others that just made you warm and sleepy after dinner.
They all sat down at the Gryffindor table and waited for the food to appear. Snape and Malfoy at the Slytherian table were staring at them with dagger eyes. Early that day, Sirius and Lily had put the repelling charm on them. It was hilarious. They couldn't get out of the potions room without someone opening the door for them. It was even funnier when they tired to pick up the quills to take notes and having the fly across the room. It was all that Lily and Sirius could do to not fall off their seats laughing. The potions professor hadn't found this funny at all either and that was half the fun. He yelled at Snape and Malfoy for throwing quills and other objects around his classroom. When he figured it out that they had no control of it, he sent them out of the room. (Of course, some had to open the door for them. They couldn't even so much as knock on a door without it leaning away from them.). Luckily, they didn't get into too much trouble. It had just been a lot of fun. Lily smiled to herself as she remembered it. "Too bad James and Remus couldn't be there today. They would have loved it!" Lily smiled to herself.
Just then, the food came and they all started to eat. As the meal was coming to an end, Dumbledore stood up to give an announcement. "Hello students, teachers and all others of both living and non-living kind," He said with a twinkle in his eye. "This Saturday there is a Qudditch match between Gryffindor and Slytherian. All houses are encouraged to attend as this game will be a good one. There are also going to be scouts from professional Qudditch teams from all over the world watching our players." Dumbledore allowed for a few loud whispers of excitement go through the students before continuing. Lily and Sirius gawked at each other elatedly. He smiled and continued to talk, "They will be checking out all four of our teams to see if they can recruit someone to the professional level after school those students get out of school. Now, off to bed with you. Tomorrow is Thursday and I am sure that you all have homework or need sleep." Dumbledore smiled once again and sat back down until all the students left.
"Wow!" Sirius said in awe, "James is going to have a kick ass party! Those scouts will most definitely be looking at him. He is great!" Sirius beamed about his best friend.
"I know, what else could we ask for to make James' birthday great!" Lily said enthusiastically.
Sirius and Lily talked about it all the way upstairs until they got into the common room. "Mysterious Lady" Lily told the fat lady in the portrait the password and she swung open to let them in. Peter had gone to bed early, leaving Lily and Sirius talking for hours in the common room alone.
The conversation had remained neutral for an hour or so, but Sirius was dying to ask Lily one simple question. He wanted to ask her what she felt about James. Just like Remus, he knew that something was there, but neither of them (James or Lily) seemed to want to talk about it, especially to each other.
There was a silence between them as it was getting late. The previous story had been hilarious and they had laughed themselves hoarse. "Well, it's now or never!" Sirius said to himself noticing Lily yawning and making a move to get up.
"So, Lily, what kind of feelings do you have for James?"
