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 6-Part 2.
Dramatizing. . . . . . . . .Detention!
"I bet, that none of you guys can get your dream girls." Ellen said with satisfaction. She'd put a fair bit of thought into this "If you's win, I'll ask Snape out. If you's don't, even one of you, well you all have to do a dare of my choice. I'll give you one week." She grinned mischievously.
"You're on." James said, shaking hands with the small girl "But on one condition,"
"What?"
"You have to promise to keep your mouth shut about it. No accidentally blurting out to Lily that it's all a bet. She'd never trust me in a million years then."
Ellen nodded "I promise."
Lily and Alex came over to where the others where sitting. Lily moved to sit next to Alex and then thought better of it. Sure she was one of her best friends, but when Alex was in a bad mood, it would be better for her and everyone else if they gave Alex a bit of distance. It wasn't a normal occasion for Alex to get into a really bad mood, just a "once in a blue moon" type of thing.
Even Sirius knew not to push it when she was like this. He handed her a huge plate of ham and cheese sandwiches. "Want some?" he offered
Alex simply nodded and took three of the sandwiches "Thanks."
Sirius grinned at her before turning back to talk to Peter. Alex groaned inwardly, why was it that she had to get a crush on her best friend? She ate her food slowly, picking at the crusts. It'd be so much easier if he didn't think of her as his little sister.
So, instead of getting all depressed about her current "situation", she just got really angry because this was something she couldn't tell anyone about, and it wasn't exactly like they could help her anyway.
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The rest of the day passed much without a problem, unless you count Sirius getting a detention from Professor McGonagal, but that was nothing out of the ordinary.
"Detention time," Ellen said grabbing her scarf and putting on her cloak
"No way," Alex groaned "can't I just not go and stay here and sleep?"
Ellen looked over at her friend, who was sprawled over her bed, looking dead and dejected.
"No." she said firmly "You've got to come. Move it, Lily's waiting in the common room."
"Alright, alright, don't get your wand in a bend," Alex said, getting up slowly and walking towards the door even slower.
"Come on Lex!" Ellen said impatiently "We've put up with your stupid mood all day, the least you could do is stop being so dumb."
"Oh," Alex said, and stopped walking "I have been pretty stupid hey. Sorry." She attempted a smile "I'll try and be normal."
"Good," Ellen said, closing the door behind them.
"Finally!" Lily said as she watched her friends come down the staircase "I thought you guys were never going to come." She turned and went to the boys' staircase "Come on guys! Detention time!" she yelled to them.
Like a herd of elephants they thundered down the stairs.
"We're going to have to run," Remus said, looking at his pocket watch "we're almost late."
And so, the Griffindor quidditch team ran madly down to the Great Hall, where they were supposed to meet.
"You're lucky, you lot are," Filch sort of growled, "a second later and you'd all be coming back again."
"Yeah, yeah," Alex said, used to Filch's threats "lets just get this over with."
Filch narrowed his eyes at her, but didn't take the conversation further.
"Alright," he said diffidently "you" he pointed a grubby finger at Alex "and those two boys" he gestured at James and Sirius "are going to polish trophies. The rest of you will help file papers in the library."
"Well this is an easy detention," Sirius said aside to Alex and James as they walked to the Trophy Room "it's just polishing."
"Yeah," James shrugged "your arms sort of get used to feeling dead after you're used to it."
Two hours later, a much more tired group of 5th years made their ways into the Griffindor Common room.
"Yeeearch," Ellen exclaimed "you guys stink like polish-god, have a shower!"
"Nah way mate," Alex drawled sleepily "it's my new perfume."
Lily snorted, very glad the old Alex was back. "G'night guys." She said, and went off to bed.
~~~!!~~~!!~~~!!~~~!!~~~ A/N: * yawns* well there's the second part. . .sorry I had to cut it up like that again. School's a drag. I'm supposed to be there right now (shh- don't tell anyone!) but I'm kinda bludging for a bit so yeah. I hope I've cleared up why Alex was in a bad mood. . .if not: it's cause she like's Sirius, but has no idea what to do about it, cause she thinks that he thinks of her as a best friend or a little sister and she's frustrated about it and doesn't know what to do. So she gets angry. * Shrugs* She also won't tell anyone about it because she's Alex and she'd never hinder people with that sort of stuff.
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I'll have a complete chapter up for next time-I promise! **I'm also really sorry that this chapter is garbage. . .I sorta just "lost it" but the next one'll be more normal. This one's so wacked out it scares me. . .** From Katherine.
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This chapter is dedicated to anyone who's had a bad day, a VERY bad day and also anyone who has a habit of blurting out stuff that shouldn't be said.
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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 6-Part 2.
Dramatizing. . . . . . . . .Detention!
"I bet, that none of you guys can get your dream girls." Ellen said with satisfaction. She'd put a fair bit of thought into this "If you's win, I'll ask Snape out. If you's don't, even one of you, well you all have to do a dare of my choice. I'll give you one week." She grinned mischievously.
"You're on." James said, shaking hands with the small girl "But on one condition,"
"What?"
"You have to promise to keep your mouth shut about it. No accidentally blurting out to Lily that it's all a bet. She'd never trust me in a million years then."
Ellen nodded "I promise."
Lily and Alex came over to where the others where sitting. Lily moved to sit next to Alex and then thought better of it. Sure she was one of her best friends, but when Alex was in a bad mood, it would be better for her and everyone else if they gave Alex a bit of distance. It wasn't a normal occasion for Alex to get into a really bad mood, just a "once in a blue moon" type of thing.
Even Sirius knew not to push it when she was like this. He handed her a huge plate of ham and cheese sandwiches. "Want some?" he offered
Alex simply nodded and took three of the sandwiches "Thanks."
Sirius grinned at her before turning back to talk to Peter. Alex groaned inwardly, why was it that she had to get a crush on her best friend? She ate her food slowly, picking at the crusts. It'd be so much easier if he didn't think of her as his little sister.
So, instead of getting all depressed about her current "situation", she just got really angry because this was something she couldn't tell anyone about, and it wasn't exactly like they could help her anyway.
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The rest of the day passed much without a problem, unless you count Sirius getting a detention from Professor McGonagal, but that was nothing out of the ordinary.
"Detention time," Ellen said grabbing her scarf and putting on her cloak
"No way," Alex groaned "can't I just not go and stay here and sleep?"
Ellen looked over at her friend, who was sprawled over her bed, looking dead and dejected.
"No." she said firmly "You've got to come. Move it, Lily's waiting in the common room."
"Alright, alright, don't get your wand in a bend," Alex said, getting up slowly and walking towards the door even slower.
"Come on Lex!" Ellen said impatiently "We've put up with your stupid mood all day, the least you could do is stop being so dumb."
"Oh," Alex said, and stopped walking "I have been pretty stupid hey. Sorry." She attempted a smile "I'll try and be normal."
"Good," Ellen said, closing the door behind them.
"Finally!" Lily said as she watched her friends come down the staircase "I thought you guys were never going to come." She turned and went to the boys' staircase "Come on guys! Detention time!" she yelled to them.
Like a herd of elephants they thundered down the stairs.
"We're going to have to run," Remus said, looking at his pocket watch "we're almost late."
And so, the Griffindor quidditch team ran madly down to the Great Hall, where they were supposed to meet.
"You're lucky, you lot are," Filch sort of growled, "a second later and you'd all be coming back again."
"Yeah, yeah," Alex said, used to Filch's threats "lets just get this over with."
Filch narrowed his eyes at her, but didn't take the conversation further.
"Alright," he said diffidently "you" he pointed a grubby finger at Alex "and those two boys" he gestured at James and Sirius "are going to polish trophies. The rest of you will help file papers in the library."
"Well this is an easy detention," Sirius said aside to Alex and James as they walked to the Trophy Room "it's just polishing."
"Yeah," James shrugged "your arms sort of get used to feeling dead after you're used to it."
Two hours later, a much more tired group of 5th years made their ways into the Griffindor Common room.
"Yeeearch," Ellen exclaimed "you guys stink like polish-god, have a shower!"
"Nah way mate," Alex drawled sleepily "it's my new perfume."
Lily snorted, very glad the old Alex was back. "G'night guys." She said, and went off to bed.
~~~!!~~~!!~~~!!~~~!!~~~ A/N: * yawns* well there's the second part. . .sorry I had to cut it up like that again. School's a drag. I'm supposed to be there right now (shh- don't tell anyone!) but I'm kinda bludging for a bit so yeah. I hope I've cleared up why Alex was in a bad mood. . .if not: it's cause she like's Sirius, but has no idea what to do about it, cause she thinks that he thinks of her as a best friend or a little sister and she's frustrated about it and doesn't know what to do. So she gets angry. * Shrugs* She also won't tell anyone about it because she's Alex and she'd never hinder people with that sort of stuff.
Read and Review * chants * Read and Review!
I'll have a complete chapter up for next time-I promise! **I'm also really sorry that this chapter is garbage. . .I sorta just "lost it" but the next one'll be more normal. This one's so wacked out it scares me. . .** From Katherine.
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This chapter is dedicated to anyone who's had a bad day, a VERY bad day and also anyone who has a habit of blurting out stuff that shouldn't be said.
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