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 8
Let Go
Lily stood up, giving up her hiding place and moving to sit down on a couch "I came to do my homework, but listening to you guys is way more interesting."
"Just how much did you hear?" Remus said cautiously
"Enough. Don't worry, I'm not going to dash upstairs, wake up Elle and tell her." Lily brushed off his concerns.
"Sooo," James said expectantly
"Sooo," Lily mimicked "how are we going to get Sirius out of his denial?"
"Denial?" Remus exclaimed
"Yeah well, it's pretty much that way. I mean, come on, he's so freaked out to ask Alex out that he's going out with one of the biggest whores in Hogwarts," Lily reasoned "I mean, come on, it's ALEX, it's not as if she's like a stranger to him you know."
"Maybe that's the problem," James murmured
"What is?" Peter asked suddenly getting interested in the conversation
"Maybe because they've known each other for so long. Maybe that's what's wrong," James said thinking a mile a minute "us three grew up together practically. They learnt to fly their brooms on the same day; their birthdays are exactly one month apart. Sirius used to think of Alex as his sister that he never had."
"Until now of course," Lily mused, "because that'd just be feral."
The boys nodded in agreement furiously.
"Sure would be," Remus said, "so what can we do about it? It's not really up to us to change anything."
"And that, my dear Remus, is where you are wrong," Lily said gesturing with a quill "that's exactly who it's up to. I mean, Alex doesn't even tell us girls if she likes someone. She just won't. . .but I'm sure she likes Sirius. Positive."
"As long as you're sure about it," Remus said dubiously
"I am. So I say we get them out somewhere alone together. Where no stupid ditz's can interrupt."
James rubbed his forehead, thinking "We've got to set it up as soon as possible before Yasmine digs her nails in too much. Tomorrow night probably."
"That's the night before our quidditch game. . ." Lily thought aloud "are you sure they'll be alright to play the day after? I mean you know how psyched up Alex gets before a game."
"Hmm," Peter said thinking "maybe it'll work out alright?" he shrugged "I'm going to bed-you guys sort it out. It's too late."
Remus looked at his pocket watch "It's too early actually Peter. Good morning."
Peter just groaned and walked off to bed.
"So, where's the location going to be?" James asked, after Peter left.
"Well a nice after dark walk around the lake might be romantic," Lily suggested, "that's my best bet."
"The lake it is then, after dinner," James said to Lily "I'll say I want to talk to Sirius about something, and you can tell Alex you want to talk about something."
"Perfect," Lily grinned mischievously
"You're spending too much time with us Lily," Remus pointed out "you're even starting to act like us."
Lily stuck her tongue out, quickly said goodnight and dashed upstairs to bed, her homework left forgotten on the table.
* * * * * * * * * * *
"Come on Alex!" Lily exclaimed after dinner "You've got to come outside-I need to talk to you."
"No you don't. This is all part of some devious plan," Alex accused "but I'll come anyway. This could be amusing." Happy that she's shocked Lily by hitting so close to home with what they were doing, she led the way out of the castle.
"Well as long as she's eager," Lily muttered, following her outside. As they got closer to the lake, Lily noticed James throwing stones into the glassy lake. Her heart leapt for a second, and then she remembered what she was doing. Helping Alex. She assumed Sirius was sitting somewhere, hidden in the shadows.
"James," Lily called "just the guy I was looking for, Alex, wait here and I'll be back in a minute." 'Or an hour' she thought to herself. James quickly turned and dashed off after her, leaving Alex and Sirius berwilded at their disappearance.
"So," Alex said expectantly "what are we doing now. I'm assuming James told you to come out so he could talk to you."
Sirius nodded, embarrassed "Yeah, I should've figured something was wrong with it all."
Alex shrugged, her black hair making her look like part of the shadows herself "Lets' walk. Nothing better to do."
So they set off walking slowly, talking about quidditch as normal.
Alex sighed happily. 'Can't I just tell him?' she thought to herself 'I'm the one with the guts to do anything. Surely I can.' She shook her head and stopped walking.
"And then we'll just have to score"- Sirius said to himself, not realising Alex had stopped, he turned around "what're you doing Flannie?"
"Probably the stupidest thing in my life," she replied as he walked back to her "why did you ask Yasmine out?" A pang of hurt hit her as she said the words.
"Because I like her?" Sirius said shrugging, wishing his words sounded more convincing
"Tell me the truth,"
"Because. . .because. . .oh forget it, you wouldn't care anyway."
"Why not?" Alex replied sarcastically
"Because you're Alex O' Flannery, you just don't care about stuff like this. And they say guys don't express their feelings, I reckon you're worse," Sirius looked at his feet.
Alex blushed in the shadowy light. "Is that honestly what you think?" she said sadly, and Sirius looked up to look into her face.
"Yes,"
"Then you've forced me to prove you wrong," Alex took a step forward so she was just one more step closer to him "I like you Sirius Black. Heaven help me I don't know how I fell in love with my best friend, but there you have it. Still think I don't express myself properly?"
Sirius's eyes widened considerably as she spoke the words he never thought he'd hear. At least not from Alex's mouth anyway. He looked into her eyes, hoping she wasn't lying. Suddenly, almost without a thought about it he stepped forward, breaking that one step distance between them and cupped Alex's face in his hands.
"One last test," he said, leaning across (Alex isn't short. . .) to kiss her. She froze up for a second, but then relaxed, enjoying the moment.
After a minute or two Sirius broke away, his face lightly pink on the cheeks.
"You'll pass," he said smiling as if he'd never get that smile wiped off in a million years.
"But what if I want extra credit?" Alex said slyly, reminding Sirius in an instant that she wasn't just a stupid good-looking girl. She leant in again, running her fingers through Sirius' hair and kissed him more firmly than any other girls had kissed him before. Suddenly it was he who was going all light headed and not Alex, but that all changed when Sirius decided to take what he could get and kissed her senseless.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Well I hope it worked out alright," Lily said as she and James sat together in the otherwise deserted common room at the same time as Alex and Sirius were snogging down at the lake
"Well Alex hasn't came up threatening to kill either of us yet," James said biting a head off a chocolate frog "so I'm assuming it's going alright."
Lily grinned, "Suppose you're right,"
"Of course I am," James said jokingly "I'm always right."
"Ahuh, sure you are," Lily teased helping herself to another frog from the pile in front of them "but you know something's."
"Like what,"
"Like me trusting you," Lily replied quietly "cause I do."
James smiled "I hope so." He slid over closer to Lily and put a hand carefully on her ivory cheek "Then can I?"
Lily grinned and leant forward a bit until. . .
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A/N: Alright, apologises for the fact that this is a fairly short chapter, but I kinda thought it was made up of enough guts for a chapter so yep. Chapter 9 out soon, I promise!
Read and Review * chants*
And yeah, I know it's evil to end with a cliffy, but I could have put two of em in there so yeah. . .
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 8
Let Go
Lily stood up, giving up her hiding place and moving to sit down on a couch "I came to do my homework, but listening to you guys is way more interesting."
"Just how much did you hear?" Remus said cautiously
"Enough. Don't worry, I'm not going to dash upstairs, wake up Elle and tell her." Lily brushed off his concerns.
"Sooo," James said expectantly
"Sooo," Lily mimicked "how are we going to get Sirius out of his denial?"
"Denial?" Remus exclaimed
"Yeah well, it's pretty much that way. I mean, come on, he's so freaked out to ask Alex out that he's going out with one of the biggest whores in Hogwarts," Lily reasoned "I mean, come on, it's ALEX, it's not as if she's like a stranger to him you know."
"Maybe that's the problem," James murmured
"What is?" Peter asked suddenly getting interested in the conversation
"Maybe because they've known each other for so long. Maybe that's what's wrong," James said thinking a mile a minute "us three grew up together practically. They learnt to fly their brooms on the same day; their birthdays are exactly one month apart. Sirius used to think of Alex as his sister that he never had."
"Until now of course," Lily mused, "because that'd just be feral."
The boys nodded in agreement furiously.
"Sure would be," Remus said, "so what can we do about it? It's not really up to us to change anything."
"And that, my dear Remus, is where you are wrong," Lily said gesturing with a quill "that's exactly who it's up to. I mean, Alex doesn't even tell us girls if she likes someone. She just won't. . .but I'm sure she likes Sirius. Positive."
"As long as you're sure about it," Remus said dubiously
"I am. So I say we get them out somewhere alone together. Where no stupid ditz's can interrupt."
James rubbed his forehead, thinking "We've got to set it up as soon as possible before Yasmine digs her nails in too much. Tomorrow night probably."
"That's the night before our quidditch game. . ." Lily thought aloud "are you sure they'll be alright to play the day after? I mean you know how psyched up Alex gets before a game."
"Hmm," Peter said thinking "maybe it'll work out alright?" he shrugged "I'm going to bed-you guys sort it out. It's too late."
Remus looked at his pocket watch "It's too early actually Peter. Good morning."
Peter just groaned and walked off to bed.
"So, where's the location going to be?" James asked, after Peter left.
"Well a nice after dark walk around the lake might be romantic," Lily suggested, "that's my best bet."
"The lake it is then, after dinner," James said to Lily "I'll say I want to talk to Sirius about something, and you can tell Alex you want to talk about something."
"Perfect," Lily grinned mischievously
"You're spending too much time with us Lily," Remus pointed out "you're even starting to act like us."
Lily stuck her tongue out, quickly said goodnight and dashed upstairs to bed, her homework left forgotten on the table.
* * * * * * * * * * *
"Come on Alex!" Lily exclaimed after dinner "You've got to come outside-I need to talk to you."
"No you don't. This is all part of some devious plan," Alex accused "but I'll come anyway. This could be amusing." Happy that she's shocked Lily by hitting so close to home with what they were doing, she led the way out of the castle.
"Well as long as she's eager," Lily muttered, following her outside. As they got closer to the lake, Lily noticed James throwing stones into the glassy lake. Her heart leapt for a second, and then she remembered what she was doing. Helping Alex. She assumed Sirius was sitting somewhere, hidden in the shadows.
"James," Lily called "just the guy I was looking for, Alex, wait here and I'll be back in a minute." 'Or an hour' she thought to herself. James quickly turned and dashed off after her, leaving Alex and Sirius berwilded at their disappearance.
"So," Alex said expectantly "what are we doing now. I'm assuming James told you to come out so he could talk to you."
Sirius nodded, embarrassed "Yeah, I should've figured something was wrong with it all."
Alex shrugged, her black hair making her look like part of the shadows herself "Lets' walk. Nothing better to do."
So they set off walking slowly, talking about quidditch as normal.
Alex sighed happily. 'Can't I just tell him?' she thought to herself 'I'm the one with the guts to do anything. Surely I can.' She shook her head and stopped walking.
"And then we'll just have to score"- Sirius said to himself, not realising Alex had stopped, he turned around "what're you doing Flannie?"
"Probably the stupidest thing in my life," she replied as he walked back to her "why did you ask Yasmine out?" A pang of hurt hit her as she said the words.
"Because I like her?" Sirius said shrugging, wishing his words sounded more convincing
"Tell me the truth,"
"Because. . .because. . .oh forget it, you wouldn't care anyway."
"Why not?" Alex replied sarcastically
"Because you're Alex O' Flannery, you just don't care about stuff like this. And they say guys don't express their feelings, I reckon you're worse," Sirius looked at his feet.
Alex blushed in the shadowy light. "Is that honestly what you think?" she said sadly, and Sirius looked up to look into her face.
"Yes,"
"Then you've forced me to prove you wrong," Alex took a step forward so she was just one more step closer to him "I like you Sirius Black. Heaven help me I don't know how I fell in love with my best friend, but there you have it. Still think I don't express myself properly?"
Sirius's eyes widened considerably as she spoke the words he never thought he'd hear. At least not from Alex's mouth anyway. He looked into her eyes, hoping she wasn't lying. Suddenly, almost without a thought about it he stepped forward, breaking that one step distance between them and cupped Alex's face in his hands.
"One last test," he said, leaning across (Alex isn't short. . .) to kiss her. She froze up for a second, but then relaxed, enjoying the moment.
After a minute or two Sirius broke away, his face lightly pink on the cheeks.
"You'll pass," he said smiling as if he'd never get that smile wiped off in a million years.
"But what if I want extra credit?" Alex said slyly, reminding Sirius in an instant that she wasn't just a stupid good-looking girl. She leant in again, running her fingers through Sirius' hair and kissed him more firmly than any other girls had kissed him before. Suddenly it was he who was going all light headed and not Alex, but that all changed when Sirius decided to take what he could get and kissed her senseless.
* * * * * * * * * * * *
"Well I hope it worked out alright," Lily said as she and James sat together in the otherwise deserted common room at the same time as Alex and Sirius were snogging down at the lake
"Well Alex hasn't came up threatening to kill either of us yet," James said biting a head off a chocolate frog "so I'm assuming it's going alright."
Lily grinned, "Suppose you're right,"
"Of course I am," James said jokingly "I'm always right."
"Ahuh, sure you are," Lily teased helping herself to another frog from the pile in front of them "but you know something's."
"Like what,"
"Like me trusting you," Lily replied quietly "cause I do."
James smiled "I hope so." He slid over closer to Lily and put a hand carefully on her ivory cheek "Then can I?"
Lily grinned and leant forward a bit until. . .
~~!!~~~!!~~~!!~~~!!~~
A/N: Alright, apologises for the fact that this is a fairly short chapter, but I kinda thought it was made up of enough guts for a chapter so yep. Chapter 9 out soon, I promise!
Read and Review * chants*
And yeah, I know it's evil to end with a cliffy, but I could have put two of em in there so yeah. . .
From Katherine.