The Importance of Being. . Normal?
SUMMARY: Lily and her two best friends, Alex and Ellen are in their fifth year at Hogwarts. What will happen when Lily begins to get to know the Marauders better? Will the Slytherins manage to beat the Griffindors in the House Cup? Will the Marauders be able to win a bet with Alex? Or will they fail miserably?
Chapter 5
Chances, Chances.
"Hey-slow down a bit James!" Lily protested as she was dragged out of the Griffindor common room forcibly.
"Sorry," James apologised as he steered her down the corridor at a slightly slower pace "I just want to get away from the common room before they figure out that we're gone."
"Yeah that'd be bad. . .they'd probably try and sneak up and do something stupid. It's not like we're going to make out or anything."
James' heart sunk. Although he knew all too well that Lily wouldn't consent to that, he hadn't given up hope yet.
"Yeah, that'd be stupid hey." He replied, trying to laugh it off.
"So, where are we going?" Lily said as they turned yet another corner and went down another flight of stairs.
"Somewhere that means people, namely those who we call friends, can't interrupt."
"Ahuh. Alrighty then. . ." Lily replied reluctantly.
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"But you just said"- Ellen protested
"I never said anything!" Alex retorted
"Oh yes you did. You said a lot infact. You told off Chrissie for trying to seduce good-looking guys, and not to try and seduce your friends. I think this means,"
"Don't you dare analyse me." Alex demanded, getting more annoyed by the second.
Sirius glanced from one girl to the other. The taller, willowy black haired girl with the messy braid dwarfed the small brunette with a mischievous grin on her face.
"Ok, I'm out of here." He said, dashing up to his dorm.
"It means you think Sirius is good looking." Ellen said with a smirk.
"I never said that!" Alex said indignantly "Just drop it Elle."
"But it's true, and you like him too."
"I'm warning you," Alex threatened her friend. She started up the boys' staircase.
"Where are you going little Miss?" Elle said with a raised eyebrow
"To get Sirius,"
"Oh really?"
"Not like that you feral!" Alex retorted "I'm going to get him so we can go spy on Lily and James. That'd be more interesting than listening to your analogies."
"But I'm right," Ellen said, realising she was pushing it a little too far.
"I'm sorry about this Elle," Alex said, going back down the stairs again "but- Petrificus Totalus!" Ellen instantly went into a full body bind, lying helplessly on the floor. "Sorry about this but it's the best thing. It's either this or me hurting you." She shrugged and ran up the stairs to knock on the dorm door.
"Sirius?" she called
"What?" Sirius replied
"Is that a girl? She's not supposed to be going into our dorm!" An unfamiliar voice of one of Sirius's roommates said nervously.
"It's only Flannie," Sirius said diffidently. "What is it Alex?" he said, sticking his head out of the door.
"Just wanted to see if you wanted to come spy on Lily and James with us, well me now." Alex said "Ellen's kinda bound up at the moment." She said as an after thought.
"Ah, so you did get fed up." Sirius said, opening the door to admit his friend who hung in the doorway. He rustled through a trunk and came out with a single piece of parchment.
"Alright-are we going now?" Alex asked, tapping her short fingernails on the doorway "They're probably getting away and we won't be able to find them."
Sirius grinned wickedly, making Alex very, Very glad she didn't melt like the other girls did "Not while we've got this," he waved the parchment in the air "lets go."
"What IS that?" Alex asked as they walked down the corridor stealthily
"This my friend," Sirius said grandly "is the Marauders Map. You know that! I can't believe James left it behind for me to find."
Alex chuckled "Neither can I. I have a feeling whatever he's doing he won't want us to find out about it. Or at least not me."
Sirius elbowed her "Yeah that's only because you'd be the first to bash him up."
Alex started to laugh in agreement, but quickly stopped "Are you inferring I just go around belting people up?"
"Noooo, you just have a habit of making your point known. Which ever way it might take to make it know." Sirius said defensively.
Alex shrugged "Whatever."
"Hey look, they're right in the next corridor. . ." Sirius glanced at the map again.
"Shh- be quiet, I think I can hear them," Alex said softly as they rounded the corner, hiding behind a suit of armour.
"I bet you didn't really do that," Lily was laughing
"I did. It was so embarrassing, afterwards Sirius called me Tomato Head for a week." James was saying back.
"I remember that," Sirius whispered "he asked the Head Girl out in the first year, and she completely humiliated him."
"I remember that too," Alex whispered back sarcastically "I've hung out with you guys since I was six."
"I never said I didn't know that, I was just saying that I remember it." Sirius said defensively
"Sure sure, now can we just be quiet and listen in? We can continue this anytime." Alex said, silencing him.
"And then there was that time when Alex was made to wear a dress to my fifth birthday party. That was so funny, you should have seen her-she was totally hilarious looking." James said and Lily responded with another bout of laughter.
Sirius looked at Alex to see her tanned face covered with fury, but in the shadows her hazel eyes seemed misted with hurt and sadness. He'd never seen this before, and simply dismissed it as something to do with the shadows.
Suddenly she looked over into his face and for most likely the first time in her life, displayed a slight girl-ish tendency as her cheeks turned a light red. Alex did a little sigh, flicked her braid over her shoulder and looked away, suddenly very shy to meet his eyes. Sirius had never seen Alex in this light before.
With the light shadows cast over her face, her features seemed very prominent and pretty, not at all like normal, when her head was always carried jauntily and proudly. She looked back at him shyly, hazel eyes cautious and actually, another first, looking scared.
Without a thought about it, Sirius moved to kiss her. Alex, however, pulled back suddenly before their lips could meet, not understanding why her friend who she thought would always just be her friend would try and kiss her, and hit her head on the suit of armour behind her.
"Ow!" she exclaimed, rubbing her head, the moment broken in a split second.
"Shh! They'll hear," Sirius said, motioning to the two figures, very glad that the shadows were most likely covering most of his own blushing. 'God, what's came over me,' he thought angrily to himself 'this is Alex, ALEX, Alex as in my friend. I'm so stupid.'
Alex nodded, sitting down, quiet once more but more determined to act like normal than ever.
"Lily. . ." they could just make out James' voice above the whisper of the wind through the corridor.
"Yes?"
"Do you trust me?"
"Of course I do James," she replied without thinking, as the question had surprised her.
"Then why won't you let me. . ." James lent down so their faces were very very close.
Lily tilted her face up to look into James' eyes properly "I don't know,"
"You know you'll never find out if it'll work out until you try,"
"Yes I know that."
"Then why not? Just one kiss, just one." James said softly
Lily shook her head.
"You can't possibly tell me that you didn't feel anything last time," James said, praying she had "you know we're meant to be together. I know you do."
"I did," Lily blushed
"Then why not try it again,"
Alex whipped out her wand and muttered something, waving her wand at the same time hoping not to draw attention to herself too much.
Suddenly James found his hair was unbelievably itchy, and finally moved a bit away from Lily, scratching at his head.
Alex snorted "That'll teach him for trying to push Lily into something." She stood up "Hey Lily!" she called out "You've got to come back to the dorms-it's getting really late."
Lily looked up, startled "Oh, sure Lex," she reversed Alex's hex "Come on James, you don't need anymore detentions."
"You've got that right," James replied dryly "speaking of detentions, aren't you girls joining us for detention tomorrow night?"
Alex grinned, "Sure are."
"I can't believe it's only your second one Lily," Sirius said, walking beside Alex, elbowing her "you've been friends with this ruffian for awhile now."
"Ruffian hey?" Alex said, elbowing him back "At least I'm not"-
"Don't start Lex," James said, moving to clamp a hand over her mouth "It's just too late."
She ripped his hand away "Alright. But make him promise to shut up too." "Ha. You could never shut me up." Sirius teased, dashing off towards the dorms. Alex stared after him for a split second then took off after him in hot pursuit.
"They're shockers." Lily laughed, as she and James walked quickly to the dorms.
"They sure are. . ." James trailed off as they approached the Fat Lady "Sword Fight." He said, and the painting swung open.
"G'night James," Lily said yawing, pulling her dressing gown more tightly around herself.
"G'night Lily. Are you sure you won't?"-
"Not yet. Be patient." She said softly as she walked up the staircase leaving him very much alone in the common room.
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A/N: Ok, I know that chapter's a little bit shorter than the rest, but I've been away last night, and yeah. I just really wanted to get this one up today. . .I'm dead tired, and yep-that's about it! Read and review * chants * Read and Review! (I love my chant. . .) Thanks for the reviews so far, and I'm glad people actually like my original characters. . . The quicker and more you review, I will honestly write faster. I've got school and all, but I'm sure I can type up a whole chapter each night, or every second night if I'm too busy to do it all in one night. Read and Review! (Or the cliffys come out and I'm good at getting really evil ones. . .-what a bad threat. . .)
From Katherine.
SUMMARY: Lily and her two best friends, Alex and Ellen are in their fifth year at Hogwarts. What will happen when Lily begins to get to know the Marauders better? Will the Slytherins manage to beat the Griffindors in the House Cup? Will the Marauders be able to win a bet with Alex? Or will they fail miserably?
Chapter 5
Chances, Chances.
"Hey-slow down a bit James!" Lily protested as she was dragged out of the Griffindor common room forcibly.
"Sorry," James apologised as he steered her down the corridor at a slightly slower pace "I just want to get away from the common room before they figure out that we're gone."
"Yeah that'd be bad. . .they'd probably try and sneak up and do something stupid. It's not like we're going to make out or anything."
James' heart sunk. Although he knew all too well that Lily wouldn't consent to that, he hadn't given up hope yet.
"Yeah, that'd be stupid hey." He replied, trying to laugh it off.
"So, where are we going?" Lily said as they turned yet another corner and went down another flight of stairs.
"Somewhere that means people, namely those who we call friends, can't interrupt."
"Ahuh. Alrighty then. . ." Lily replied reluctantly.
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"But you just said"- Ellen protested
"I never said anything!" Alex retorted
"Oh yes you did. You said a lot infact. You told off Chrissie for trying to seduce good-looking guys, and not to try and seduce your friends. I think this means,"
"Don't you dare analyse me." Alex demanded, getting more annoyed by the second.
Sirius glanced from one girl to the other. The taller, willowy black haired girl with the messy braid dwarfed the small brunette with a mischievous grin on her face.
"Ok, I'm out of here." He said, dashing up to his dorm.
"It means you think Sirius is good looking." Ellen said with a smirk.
"I never said that!" Alex said indignantly "Just drop it Elle."
"But it's true, and you like him too."
"I'm warning you," Alex threatened her friend. She started up the boys' staircase.
"Where are you going little Miss?" Elle said with a raised eyebrow
"To get Sirius,"
"Oh really?"
"Not like that you feral!" Alex retorted "I'm going to get him so we can go spy on Lily and James. That'd be more interesting than listening to your analogies."
"But I'm right," Ellen said, realising she was pushing it a little too far.
"I'm sorry about this Elle," Alex said, going back down the stairs again "but- Petrificus Totalus!" Ellen instantly went into a full body bind, lying helplessly on the floor. "Sorry about this but it's the best thing. It's either this or me hurting you." She shrugged and ran up the stairs to knock on the dorm door.
"Sirius?" she called
"What?" Sirius replied
"Is that a girl? She's not supposed to be going into our dorm!" An unfamiliar voice of one of Sirius's roommates said nervously.
"It's only Flannie," Sirius said diffidently. "What is it Alex?" he said, sticking his head out of the door.
"Just wanted to see if you wanted to come spy on Lily and James with us, well me now." Alex said "Ellen's kinda bound up at the moment." She said as an after thought.
"Ah, so you did get fed up." Sirius said, opening the door to admit his friend who hung in the doorway. He rustled through a trunk and came out with a single piece of parchment.
"Alright-are we going now?" Alex asked, tapping her short fingernails on the doorway "They're probably getting away and we won't be able to find them."
Sirius grinned wickedly, making Alex very, Very glad she didn't melt like the other girls did "Not while we've got this," he waved the parchment in the air "lets go."
"What IS that?" Alex asked as they walked down the corridor stealthily
"This my friend," Sirius said grandly "is the Marauders Map. You know that! I can't believe James left it behind for me to find."
Alex chuckled "Neither can I. I have a feeling whatever he's doing he won't want us to find out about it. Or at least not me."
Sirius elbowed her "Yeah that's only because you'd be the first to bash him up."
Alex started to laugh in agreement, but quickly stopped "Are you inferring I just go around belting people up?"
"Noooo, you just have a habit of making your point known. Which ever way it might take to make it know." Sirius said defensively.
Alex shrugged "Whatever."
"Hey look, they're right in the next corridor. . ." Sirius glanced at the map again.
"Shh- be quiet, I think I can hear them," Alex said softly as they rounded the corner, hiding behind a suit of armour.
"I bet you didn't really do that," Lily was laughing
"I did. It was so embarrassing, afterwards Sirius called me Tomato Head for a week." James was saying back.
"I remember that," Sirius whispered "he asked the Head Girl out in the first year, and she completely humiliated him."
"I remember that too," Alex whispered back sarcastically "I've hung out with you guys since I was six."
"I never said I didn't know that, I was just saying that I remember it." Sirius said defensively
"Sure sure, now can we just be quiet and listen in? We can continue this anytime." Alex said, silencing him.
"And then there was that time when Alex was made to wear a dress to my fifth birthday party. That was so funny, you should have seen her-she was totally hilarious looking." James said and Lily responded with another bout of laughter.
Sirius looked at Alex to see her tanned face covered with fury, but in the shadows her hazel eyes seemed misted with hurt and sadness. He'd never seen this before, and simply dismissed it as something to do with the shadows.
Suddenly she looked over into his face and for most likely the first time in her life, displayed a slight girl-ish tendency as her cheeks turned a light red. Alex did a little sigh, flicked her braid over her shoulder and looked away, suddenly very shy to meet his eyes. Sirius had never seen Alex in this light before.
With the light shadows cast over her face, her features seemed very prominent and pretty, not at all like normal, when her head was always carried jauntily and proudly. She looked back at him shyly, hazel eyes cautious and actually, another first, looking scared.
Without a thought about it, Sirius moved to kiss her. Alex, however, pulled back suddenly before their lips could meet, not understanding why her friend who she thought would always just be her friend would try and kiss her, and hit her head on the suit of armour behind her.
"Ow!" she exclaimed, rubbing her head, the moment broken in a split second.
"Shh! They'll hear," Sirius said, motioning to the two figures, very glad that the shadows were most likely covering most of his own blushing. 'God, what's came over me,' he thought angrily to himself 'this is Alex, ALEX, Alex as in my friend. I'm so stupid.'
Alex nodded, sitting down, quiet once more but more determined to act like normal than ever.
"Lily. . ." they could just make out James' voice above the whisper of the wind through the corridor.
"Yes?"
"Do you trust me?"
"Of course I do James," she replied without thinking, as the question had surprised her.
"Then why won't you let me. . ." James lent down so their faces were very very close.
Lily tilted her face up to look into James' eyes properly "I don't know,"
"You know you'll never find out if it'll work out until you try,"
"Yes I know that."
"Then why not? Just one kiss, just one." James said softly
Lily shook her head.
"You can't possibly tell me that you didn't feel anything last time," James said, praying she had "you know we're meant to be together. I know you do."
"I did," Lily blushed
"Then why not try it again,"
Alex whipped out her wand and muttered something, waving her wand at the same time hoping not to draw attention to herself too much.
Suddenly James found his hair was unbelievably itchy, and finally moved a bit away from Lily, scratching at his head.
Alex snorted "That'll teach him for trying to push Lily into something." She stood up "Hey Lily!" she called out "You've got to come back to the dorms-it's getting really late."
Lily looked up, startled "Oh, sure Lex," she reversed Alex's hex "Come on James, you don't need anymore detentions."
"You've got that right," James replied dryly "speaking of detentions, aren't you girls joining us for detention tomorrow night?"
Alex grinned, "Sure are."
"I can't believe it's only your second one Lily," Sirius said, walking beside Alex, elbowing her "you've been friends with this ruffian for awhile now."
"Ruffian hey?" Alex said, elbowing him back "At least I'm not"-
"Don't start Lex," James said, moving to clamp a hand over her mouth "It's just too late."
She ripped his hand away "Alright. But make him promise to shut up too." "Ha. You could never shut me up." Sirius teased, dashing off towards the dorms. Alex stared after him for a split second then took off after him in hot pursuit.
"They're shockers." Lily laughed, as she and James walked quickly to the dorms.
"They sure are. . ." James trailed off as they approached the Fat Lady "Sword Fight." He said, and the painting swung open.
"G'night James," Lily said yawing, pulling her dressing gown more tightly around herself.
"G'night Lily. Are you sure you won't?"-
"Not yet. Be patient." She said softly as she walked up the staircase leaving him very much alone in the common room.
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A/N: Ok, I know that chapter's a little bit shorter than the rest, but I've been away last night, and yeah. I just really wanted to get this one up today. . .I'm dead tired, and yep-that's about it! Read and review * chants * Read and Review! (I love my chant. . .) Thanks for the reviews so far, and I'm glad people actually like my original characters. . . The quicker and more you review, I will honestly write faster. I've got school and all, but I'm sure I can type up a whole chapter each night, or every second night if I'm too busy to do it all in one night. Read and Review! (Or the cliffys come out and I'm good at getting really evil ones. . .-what a bad threat. . .)
From Katherine.