Author's Notes- Disclamer- I own nothing, never owned nothing, so don't think I own anything (I just saw an apple jacks comercial). Summary- Lily goes home for the summer. James is staying at her house. She goes to a sleep over with her friends, and then goes to James' house to stay for a few weeks.
Lily's Lake
Chapter 8
"Hey, Lily! Welcome home!" Violet cried as I walked in the door of my house.
"Hey, Violet! I missed you a whole lot. Did you get my letters?" I asked, hugging my little sister.
"Yes! I read them all by myself!" Violet said proudly, grinning emmensily.
"Really? Good for you!" I cried, and hugged my sister again, this time setting her on the couch.
"Lily, will you help me by bringing Mandy up to your room?" Dad asked, trying to pull my chest into the kitchen.
I nodded, and grabbed Mandy's cage (Mandy had flewn up to my window because of the racket. I ran it upstairs, and went back downstairs. Dad was bringing James' trunk in, and hauling it next to mine.
"James, I have a key to your house in case you would like to get something," Mum told James, who had just walked in the door.
"Thanks, Mrs. Evans," James said, and walked over to Dad.
"I suppose I'll bring this trunk up to your room," Dad said, looking down at the trunk.
"Come on, James, let me show you your room," Mum said, laughing at Dad.
I sat down on the couch next to Violet. Mum, Dad, and James disappeared up the staircase. They were bringing him to the guestroom, the smallest bedroom in the house.
"Where's Petunia?" I asked, suddenly noticing the absence of my older sister.
"She's with her friends, again. She said something about not liking your homecoming," Violet said.
"Really? Well now she is going to have to stand having a witch and a wizard in the house for a few weeks," I said.
"Don't know how she's going to stand it. Did you know she tore up her room when she found out James was coming?" Violet asked.
"No. She did though? What did Mum and Dad do? Did they punish her?" I asked.
"No, they just talked to her, and calmed her down. Then she went to meet her friends, as always," Violet said.
"Oh, shucks! I wanted to see Petunia in trouble. How come I always miss it?" I asked.
"Don't know. But guess what I think. I think Petunia has a boyfriend," Violet told me.
"Who? Tell me! As her younger sister, and very snoopy one, I deserve to know!" I cried.
"His name's Vernon Dursley. He's fat, but a perfect match for Petunia," Violet said.
I grinned.
"Don't tease her, she'll kill me. Ok, Lily?" Violet asked, biting her lip while scrunching her nose.
"I won't, don't worry, Vi," I said, still grinning.
"Good," Violet answered.
"Lily! Mandy needs to be fed!" Mum yelled from the upstairs landing, looking down at me.
"Ok, ok, I'll be right up," I answered, and stood up to go feed my owl.
Dinner that evening was strange. There was an extra setting for James, who was very nice about things. Petunia walked in the door five minutes into the meal, and took her seat (even though she hardly ate since she talked the whole time).
Mostly it was about the gossip that she heard while with her friends. And it was very boring. Finally, Mum and Dad stopped her.
"Lily, James, what did you do in school last year?" Dad asked.
"Nothing really. I hung out with Anya, Andrea, and Netta. I passed all my tests," I said, bored.
"The last half of the year was really boring," James agreed.
I picked at my dinner, looking at the pork. I hated when Mum made pork. It was really hard to make right, and even though my Mum was good at cooking she couldn't cook pork!
The table was silent except for Violet's constant humming, which was getting a little annoying.
"What did you guys do when I was gone?" I asked.
"Your father redid the basement. Would you like to see?" Mum asked, looking up at me.
"Really? Sure, I'd love to," I said.
The meal ended there, when we all started down the basement stairs. The basement had been a huge room, cold and murky. Dad kept saying he would redo it, but he never got to it. But as we walked down the stairs, holding onto the new stair rail, I hardly reconized it.
The walls were painted a peach color, and there was a carpet. Heat vents showed that the room also got heat. I noticed some cots folded up in the corner.
"What are those for?" I asked.
"Didn't I tell you? Oh, that's right, Aunt Lucy and Aunt Bella asked to watch their kids Saturday night, when they go out. I thought you could all sleep down here on the cots," Mum said.
"Mum! What else are you not telling me?" I asked.
"Nothing. I think that's it," Mum said, thinking. "Yes, that's all."
I sighed, and went up to my room. Why did Mum always launch these suprises on me? Why?
The next morning I went downstairs to find that Mum was the only one left if in the room.
"Where is everyone?" I asked.
"Dad's at work, Violet's watching cartoons, and Petunia is in the garden. James is still asleep," Mum answered.
I sat down at the table, and ate a bowl of oatmeal.
"When you're done I have some chores for you to do. I want you to help Petunia weed the garden, and then you get to do the basement," Mum said.
I groaned, but when she turned to yell at me I ran out the back door, waving goodbye.
Petunia sat in the garden, weeding the area around the Lilacs.
"Hey, Petunia. What have you done so far?" I asked, sitting down next to her, and watching her flinch.
"You can start on the roses, Lily," Petunia said, smiling.
I smiled, and walked over to the roses. I weeded the area with great skill (Petunia hated the roses and always gave me the job).
"Done," I smiled, and moved on to the next patch of flowers.
Petunia glared at me. I just kept weeding, and when we were all done went inside for lunch.
After lunch I swept the kitchen while Mum cooked.
"Don't forget to do the basement," Mum said.
"How come James can't help with the chores?" I complained (James was sitting at the table).
"Lily! James is our guest, and shouldn't have to do chores," Mum scolded me.
"I don't mind. Really, I have to do chores at home all the time," James said to Mum.
"See!" I cried.
"Are you sure you want to help out, James?" Mum asked.
"Of course," James said, and was thrown a feather duster to dust the living room.
I couldn't help but smile in satisfaction.
Saturday, after lunch, our chores stopped and we brought some stuff down stairs for the night. Melissa and Daniel arrived first, while Aunt Lucy and Mum sat upstairs. We went downstairs, and dumped the stuff. Mellie was looking at James in a strange way, and we went outside on the swings.
"Lily, push me higher!" Violet cried as I pushed her on the swing.
"I can't, I'm not that strong. Besides, your going as high as you can," I said, pushing her again.
"Daniel is going higher!" Violet complained.
"Kids! The others are here, come and say high!" Mum yelled from the back door.
We got off the swingset (which I feared would collapse) and ran inside. My little cousins stood in the door with Aunt Bella.
"Hi, Lily! Hi, Violet! Hi, Petunia!" Aunt Bella said, and hugged us all.
We got everyone downstairs, and dumped his or her things. I went upstairs to go get some drinks.
"Are you sure you don't want to come with us, sis?" Aunt Bella asked Mum.
"I can't leave the kids here, not by themselves," Mum answered.
"Nonesense, they can look after themselves. Mellie and Daniel know how to look after things," Aunt Lucy said.
"Well, I guess so..." Mum said.
I ran back downstairs, just before the Aunts and Mum came downstairs. They told us, and Mum went upstairs with her sisters to get ready.
"Who wants to hear a scary story?" James asked, grinning.
I sighed, and watched everyone raise his or her hands (except Petunia who was on the phone upstairs). As James told the story my eyes widdened. It was Nearly Headless Nick's (the ghost of Gryffindor for dense people) story.
"We are leaving!" the grown-ups yelled from upstairs.
"Bye!" we all chorused, and James returned to his story (which was in gruesome detail).
My littlest cousin, who was a year younger than Vi, crawled over to me, and sat on my lap.
"Lily, I'm scared," she whispered.
"There's nothing to worry about, Rosemary," I said, and hugged my little cousin.
"Tell you what, any little kids come over here, yes, Violet, you too," I said when my sister looked at me questionly.
Violet, Rosemary, and Chris sat with me. I played with them until James had finished his story.
"Ok, who wants some chips? Or some soda. We have lots," I said, counting the hands.
I ran upstairs, and ran by Petunia (who was still on the phone). I playfully hit her on the head, and ran into the kitchen.
"What did you do that for that, Lily?" Petunia demanded.
"I did it for fun, Petunia. By the way, are you coming downstairs or not?" I asked, grabbing the chips and soda.
"I might, but I think I'll sleep in my own room, thank you very much," Petunia said.
"Suit yourself," I said, and shrugged.
I went back downstairs, and handed the stuff out.
At nine o'clock we put all the little kids to bed, and the rest of us sat around the open area. There was Mellie, Daniel, Tia, James, and I. We were playing a board game version of truth or dare, which Mellie had brought over.
"Ok, Tia, truth or dare," Mellie said.
"Truth," Tia answered, grinning while putting up her short blonde hair.
"Ok, when was the last time you changed your underwear?" Mellie asked, grinning contently.
We all giggled, but Mellie glared at us.
"This morning," Tia answered.
"Is that true?" Mellie asked.
"You bet!" Tia answered.
We all fell down laughing, then quieted down when we heard Violet roll over in her sleep.
"Ok, look, it's team truth or dare," Tia said, holding up the game card for us all to see.
Team truth or dare meant that two names were pulled out of a hat, and they were the team. Then they were asked truth or dare, and they answered. Then they did whatever they were dared to do, or tell the truth.
"Let's draw the names," Mellie said.
We all waited as Tia stuck her hand in the hat, pulled out a name, and laughed. She pulled out a second name, and her and Mellie began to laugh uncontrolably.
"Who is it?" James, Daniel, and I asked in chorus.
"Lily and James," Mellie said, after being nudged by Tia who could speak because of laughter.
'No, let me see those names," I protested.
Tia held the names up. Sure enough, my name was on one and James' on the other.
"Truth or dare," Tia asked, finally getting over herself.
"Can we do dare, pretty please?" James begged, putting his hands together in my face.
"I guess so. Besides, if you don't get your way the whole school will think of some wild rumor on why you didn't," I said, groaning.
"Ok, dare it is," Tia said, and sat back obviously thinking of something horrible.
I bit my lip. Mellie and Daniel whispered suggestions to her. Then Daniel seemed to remember something, and whispered it to Tia. Her eyes lit up and she leaned forward.
"Now, you both now that Petunia is asleep, right? So, I want you to toothpaste her, the whole treatment," Tia said.
I gasped. The toothpaste treatment was when you put toothpaste on their face while they were asleep, and wrapped them in toliet paper.
"Ok, we'd better get going," James said.
We walked upstairs. I was only thinking about how much trouble I'd be in when Petunia woke up. We went into the bathroom, got the toothpaste and an extra roll of toliet paper. Then we walked upstairs and stood outside Petunia's room. The sound of her snoring was incredible.
"I'm guessing she's asleep," James said.
"You bet. Come on," I said, and opened the door.
We walked in. I wrapped up her arms and legs while James smeared toothpaste on her face. She began to yawn, and we ducked under her bed. She began to snore again.
"Close call," James whispered.
We grabbed the toothpaste bottle, and ran downstairs. We threw it back in the basement, and ran into the basement.
"Is it done?" Mellie asked.
"Yep," we answered.
Mellie, Daniel, and Tia had to go upstairs and look in order to believe us. But we were given high fives when they returned.
"AHHHHHHHHH! LILLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY! YOU LITTLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEE!" Petunia screamed.
That was the first sound we heard that morning. I rolled over on my cot, and sat up. Everyone else was sitting up on their beds too. Mellie, Daniel, Tia, and James were giggling. I couldn't help it, I began to giggle too.
"Lily, your sister says you put toothpaste all over her and wrapped her in toliet paper while she was asleep. Is that true?" Mum asked, coming down the stairs.
I bit my lip, an opened my mouth to explain.
"It was me, Auntie. Tia and Mellie dared me to last night, I didn't think it would hurt," Daniel said from his bed.
We all looked at him with shocked looks on our faces.
"Well, I would have expected better, Daniel. But I suppose you didn't mean any harm," Mum said.
"Yes, Auntie," Daniel said.
Mum went back upstairs, and we could hear Petunia thrashing around. We all went upstairs for breakfast, and I pulled Daniel aside.
"Why didn't you rat on me?" I asked.
"Because you're my little cousin, and we made you do it. Just don't make me do that again, your taking the blame next time," Daniel said, giving me a nuggie before leaving.
Days went by, turning into weeks. Soon we got a letter from Sirius. It was an offical invitation to a sleep over at his house.
"Can we go, Mum? Anya, Netta, and Andrea will be there! Please?" I begged the morning.
"It wouldn't hurt. But how are you going to get there. He didn't send any adress, just 'The Bee Hive'," Mum said.
"Don't worry. But I would get Petunia out of the house," I said.
I ran upstairs and packed a backpack of stuff (including the truth or dare game Mellie let me borrow). The next day I woke up, ate breakfast, and went downstairs.
"Is Petunia outside?" I asked.
"Yep. Actually, she went with her friends," Vi answered, sitting on the couch.
"Good. Do you want to go first?" I asked James, who was standing next to me by the fireplace.
"Sure," James said, and grabbed some floo powder from the pot on top of the fireplace.
"Bye, Mum! Bye Dad! Bye, Violet!" I cried.
James went off, and I followed. I hated this way of traveling, but it was the fastest way. A few minutes later I appeared in a strange living room.
"Hey, Lily!" Anya cried, helping me out of the grate.
I wiped all the ashes off, and joined her and the rest of my friends near the door to the room.
"Is everyone here, now?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah, I think so," Remus said, looking around at each of us.
"Good, let's go downstairs. Mum let me set up my man eating plant!" Sirius cried.
"Great. That's just what I wanted to see, a man eating plant," I said, and followed everyone downstairs.
The basement was white washed with 8 lumpy sleeping bags on the floor. Four were on one side of the room, and four on the other.
"Girls over there, boys over there," Sirius said.
We dropped our backpacks, and followed Sirius upstairs and into the yard. He got something out of the shed. James gasped.
"You got a Shooting Star! Wow!" James said, running towards the broom.
I rolled my eyes. The girls watched while the boys tried it out, each flying the broom as high as it went.
"Hey, Lily, why don't you try it?" Sirius asked.
"Because, I don't like hieghts. And, I just had some cereal earlier, I don't need it to go through my mouth quite yet, thank you," I said.
"Ah, come on! I'm sure James would love to take you up," Sirius said.
James hit Sirius in the side. Sirius was laughing really really hard, and Remus was trying not to laugh. Peter was just biting his finger to keep from laughing.
"You know what, I think I will. Just to spite you," I said, grinning fakely, and walking over the broom.
"Great! We got Lily to get on a broom! We got Lily to get on a broom!" Sirius sang, dancing around.
"Sometimes I wonder if your mother dropped you on your head when you were a kid," I said, staring at him.
"Come on, Lilian," James said, and we kicked off the ground.
"MY NAME IS NOT LILIA...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed as we went up higher.
I gripped the broom and closed my eyes. But whenever the thought of me being higher than anyone could ever go made my stomache threaten to make me throw my breakfast up.
"Open your eyes! It's cool up here!" James said.
I opened my eyes, and made an effort not to look down. Flying wasn't all that bad, but I found it hard to believe a little broom was holding the two of us up.
"Look, they're waving," James said, pointing towards the ground.
I looked quickly and saw everyone waving up at us. I waved back, and then put my hands back on the broom.
"Come on, I'm going to show you some Quidditch moves," James said.
"No! AHHHHHHHH!" I screamed as James suddenly pulled swifty to the left so we were sideways.
"Put us up right!" I screamed.
"Whatever," James said, and turned us the other way. "Opps, went too far on that one."
He pulled us back, and shot us towards the ground. I bit my lip and waited until we had landed.
"You did great, Lil'!" Andrea said, helping me off the broom.
"Ow, I think that last tree hit me on the way down," I said, putting a hand over my arm.
I turned to James and knocked him on the head, and cried, "What were you trying to do? Kill me?"
"Nah, but then maybe you would have shut up," James said, pretending to think it over.
"Don't even try to think. I don't think there's a brain in there to do the thinking," I said.
"Very smooth, Lil'," Netta laughed.
We walked inside, and back down into the basement (it sure was a summer for basments). We snacked on chips, and played truth or dare (with and without the board). The outcome was pretty funny. But in the end, we had to stop (Sirius' Mum had to come down and tell us to stop before we killed ourselves of laughter). Sirius showed us this man eating plant, which was pretty funny. It turned out to be a poster of a man eating a plant (hehe). And, at about 1 in the morning we finally went to our sleeping bags and went to sleep.
The next morning Sirius brought down some toast and some weird kind of oatmeal (I think that's what it was), and some pumpkin juice. We sat around and ate.
One by one everyone left through the fireplace. We waved goodbye, and I disappeared behind my friends.
The days went by, and the day the Potters got home came. James, Violet, and I were sitting outside having a popsicle when their car came down the road.
"It's Mum and Dad!" James cried.
We stood up and waved as their car pulled into their driveway. Mum and Dad came out and walked over to them.
"Welcome home!" Mum said.
"Thanks. Why don't you all come in for some tea?" Mrs. Potter asked, smiling at us.
We nodded, and we all went inside (Petunia was with her friends). We sat down in their living room while Mrs. Potter put some tea on and Mr. Potter brought in the bags.
"I hope James was good for you," Mrs. Potter said.
"Yes, he was very well behaved. Here is your key back, by the way," Mum said, handing the key to Mrs. Potter.
"Thanks. So, Lily, Violet, and Petunia are spending the rest of the summer with us, huh?" Mrs. Potter said, sitting next to her son.
"Yes. And I do hope they'll behave themselves," Mum said, smiling at us.
"We will, Mum, don't worry," I said.
Violet nodded in agreement. Mum and Dad were packed, and leaving tomorrow at dawn. Violet and I were also packed.
"Here is the key to our house, Vicky," Mum said, handing Mrs. Potter our key.
Mrs. Potter took it and tied it to a string in the kitchen.
"James, Lily, have you done your homework yet?" Mrs. Potter asked us, coming back into the room.
"Yeah, most of it at least. It's in our trunks," we answered.
"That's good. Why don't we get your stuff over here so we don't have to worry about it tomorrow," Mrs. Potter said.
In an hour Violet's, Petunia's, and my stuff were in the front hall of the Potter's house. Mandy was hooting in her cage, until I took her outside and let her fly off.
"Let's see your rooms," Mrs. Potter said.
She led us upstairs.
"Unfortunatly, we only have one spare room. You three will share the room, is that ok?" Mrs. Potter asked.
Petunia had arrived home to help with the chests, and see the room. Mrs. Potter opened the door and we saw the room had a window looking out to the backyard. There were three single beds lined up next to each other with bedside tables on each side. There was a desk in the corner, and rugs on each side of the beds. The rest was hard wood. The walls were a yellow color, like Dandilions.
"Thank you again for letting the girls stay over here while were away," Mum said as we left.
"It's no problem. I'll see you tomorrow," Mrs. Potter said.
Three days later I woke up in the yellow room, confused where I was. Then I remembered. Violet had woken me up by jumping on me.
"Violet, get off me," I mummbled, and tried to roll over.
"It's time to get up. Mandy brought you a letter today," Violet said, holding a letter out to me.
I grabbed at it. She smiled, handed it to me, and got off. I tore open the seal and looked at the scroll. It was from Amanda Dumbledore (look her up in my first chapter).
Lily Evans, So, you're in school now. It's strange how much you've grown since I last saw you. How are things? My uncle says you are quite popular, and have lots of friends. I hope that's true. I just thought I would write you, see how you are doing. From, Amanda Dumbledore
"Wow, I haven't heard from her since I was a first year," I said, climbing out of bed.
I saw Petunia's bed was empty.
"Where did she go?" I asked.
"Where else? The café in town. That's where she always goes," Violet said, jumping around the room.
"Stop jumping," I said.
After writing a letter to Amanda, and then to my friends, I went downstairs for breakfast. Mrs. Potter gave me some breakfast, and I went back upstairs.
"Lily, will you take me to the park? Please?" Violet begged, jumpin on her bed.
"Will it make you leave me alone?" I said, thinking how far the town park was from here.
"Yes. Please? Please? I really want to go, and my friends will be there!" Violet cried.
"Allright, but we have to get our bikes," I said.
We walked over to our garage and got out of bikes and helmets, then rode to the park. Violet ran off, and I sat down on the park bench.
I hadn't been to the park since I was little. I had been at Hogwarts, and Violet had never really asked me to take her. The park was crowded, because it was summer.
But I saw two fimilar faces that made me want to disappear.
"Lily! How are you? Where have you been all summer?" Jesse asked, walking over.
"Around, why?" I asked.
"No reason. What are you doing here? Looking after your little sister, as usual?" Jesse asked.
I nodded, and looked at Ellie and Jesse. What were they doing here, anyway?
"What are you doing here?" I asked, returning the question.
"Babysitting my neighbor. Jesse offered to help. Things got out of hand, so we took them to the park," Ellie expalined.
"Oh, really. I'm watching Vi, because Petunia went to the café and Vi wanted to go to the park," I answered.
"Nice. So, are you doing well in school? Your mum said it's really hard to get into, nearly impossible. El' and I would have tried, but we are not as smart as you," Jesse said.
"Oh, I'm fine. My teachers think I'm bright, and I get good grades," I answered.
"Nice. Lily, your neighbor, what school does he go to? We haven't seen him in our school," Ellie said.
"Oh, James. He goes to my school," I answered.
"You're kidding us, right? Wow, you really are set up. They guy lives across from you, goes to your private school..." Jesse started.
"And is walking this way!" Ellie finished, pointing to James, who was walking towards us.
"Hey, Lilian, guess what?" James cried, walking over.
"My name is not Lilian. It is Lily, and if you had any brain whatsoever you would know that by now. But of course, our knowing each other for nearly four years doesn't help your brain at all. And, by the way, what do I have to guess?" I asked, standing up.
"Anya came and invited us to come over to her house!" James answered, ignoring the rest.
"Really! Cool. I'll tell Violet we have to go. Potter, will you use what you have left of your brain to go get our bikes?" I asked, walking towards the bike rack.
"Wow, she's good," Ellie whispered to Jesse, who nodded.
I walked over to Violet, and told her we had to go. We went over to get our bikes, and walked them back, walking with James.
The summer came to an end before I could think twice about it. I received my letter from Hogwarts, and wrote my friends. They wrote back, and we had a date and time set to meet each other at Diagon Alley.
Mrs. Potter was taking James and me to Diagon Alley, and then when we got back I would go home. I was really happy to be going back, and Petunia was too (she hated having me around).
Finally, three days before school started, we went to Diagon Alley. I went off to meet my friends while James went to meet his. Mrs. Potter went to run some arrends, and I was alone. I walked down the street towards the ice cream shop. My friends were sitting outside, talking about the homework.
"Lil'!" they cried when I walked up.
"Are you ready to get your stuff? I'm on a time limit," I expalined.
They nodded, and got their stuff together. We went around, got our things, then got some ice cream.
"So, how was your summer?" Netta asked, putting new film in her camera.
"Fine, why?" I asked.
"No reason, really. Hey, I want to see if this film is in right. Smile!" Netta cried, and took a picture.
"Yep, it works," she said.
We giggled, and Netta hung the camera around her neck. Mrs. Potter came over.
"There you are, Lily. It's time to go. James is waiting by the grate. Are you ready?" Mrs. Potter asked.
"Yeah. Bye, you guys. See you on the train!" I cried, and walked off with Mrs. Potter.
"So, get all your stuff, Lilian?" James asked.
"Yes, James. Please stop calling me that," I said, and took some Floo Powder.
Three days later I went to Kings Cross, and went into Platform 9 3/4. I waved goodbye to everyone, and hugged Violet. She waved goodbye, and I promised I would see her soon.
I followed James through the platform towards the train. Netta waved to me from where her parents were. I waved back, and went inside the train.
"Lily! Over here!" Anya called, pointing to the back compartment.
I pulled my trunk back there, and sat down. Anya joined me, and together we waved Andrea and Netta over.
Soon LANA was together in the last compartment, and the train was moving through the countryside, leaving the city.
"Goodbye, London! Hello Hogwarts!" Andrea cried, waving out of the window.
"Get back in here. You're going to fall out, and then you won't be saying 'hi' to Hogwarts," I said, pulling Andrea back in.
"Hey, guess what? I got the pictures from the summer developed. Look," Netta said, taking out a packet of pictures.
There were, of course, copies for each of us. I looked at through the pictures.
"Netta! You got a picture of me on that broom with James! Give me that! I'm distroying it!" I cried, and tried to grab the picture.
But everyone else was quicker, and grabbed it to look at is. I groaned, and slid down in my seat, sure my face was red.
They were whispering and giggling. It was a picture of when James had us sideways, so my hair was completely the wrong way.
"Ok, funs over, give it to me! Come on!" I cried, and tried to grab the picture.
Anya held it above my reach, and I stood up and tried to jump for it. Anya kept pulling it up.
"One day, I'm going to hurt you for this," I said, and sat back down.
"Hurt her for what?" Remus asked, walking in.
James, Sirius, and Peter were following them. While Anya was looking at them, I grabbed the picture, and hid it under Mandy's cage.
"Nothing," I answered.
"Ok. Well, the cart lady told us to tell you that she was up there in case you wanted anything," James said, eyeing us.
We smiled, and walked down to the cart, and came back up with lunch.
Author's Notes- Ok, I haven't mentioned Mandy in a while, or Amanda. But you can look them up, because I'm not really in the mood to write who they are. This was a pretty long chapter. I plan on putting some Quidditch in the next one. So come back and read it! R&R! 'Cause, if you don't, I don't know who reads this glares at everyone.
Lily's Lake
Chapter 8
"Hey, Lily! Welcome home!" Violet cried as I walked in the door of my house.
"Hey, Violet! I missed you a whole lot. Did you get my letters?" I asked, hugging my little sister.
"Yes! I read them all by myself!" Violet said proudly, grinning emmensily.
"Really? Good for you!" I cried, and hugged my sister again, this time setting her on the couch.
"Lily, will you help me by bringing Mandy up to your room?" Dad asked, trying to pull my chest into the kitchen.
I nodded, and grabbed Mandy's cage (Mandy had flewn up to my window because of the racket. I ran it upstairs, and went back downstairs. Dad was bringing James' trunk in, and hauling it next to mine.
"James, I have a key to your house in case you would like to get something," Mum told James, who had just walked in the door.
"Thanks, Mrs. Evans," James said, and walked over to Dad.
"I suppose I'll bring this trunk up to your room," Dad said, looking down at the trunk.
"Come on, James, let me show you your room," Mum said, laughing at Dad.
I sat down on the couch next to Violet. Mum, Dad, and James disappeared up the staircase. They were bringing him to the guestroom, the smallest bedroom in the house.
"Where's Petunia?" I asked, suddenly noticing the absence of my older sister.
"She's with her friends, again. She said something about not liking your homecoming," Violet said.
"Really? Well now she is going to have to stand having a witch and a wizard in the house for a few weeks," I said.
"Don't know how she's going to stand it. Did you know she tore up her room when she found out James was coming?" Violet asked.
"No. She did though? What did Mum and Dad do? Did they punish her?" I asked.
"No, they just talked to her, and calmed her down. Then she went to meet her friends, as always," Violet said.
"Oh, shucks! I wanted to see Petunia in trouble. How come I always miss it?" I asked.
"Don't know. But guess what I think. I think Petunia has a boyfriend," Violet told me.
"Who? Tell me! As her younger sister, and very snoopy one, I deserve to know!" I cried.
"His name's Vernon Dursley. He's fat, but a perfect match for Petunia," Violet said.
I grinned.
"Don't tease her, she'll kill me. Ok, Lily?" Violet asked, biting her lip while scrunching her nose.
"I won't, don't worry, Vi," I said, still grinning.
"Good," Violet answered.
"Lily! Mandy needs to be fed!" Mum yelled from the upstairs landing, looking down at me.
"Ok, ok, I'll be right up," I answered, and stood up to go feed my owl.
Dinner that evening was strange. There was an extra setting for James, who was very nice about things. Petunia walked in the door five minutes into the meal, and took her seat (even though she hardly ate since she talked the whole time).
Mostly it was about the gossip that she heard while with her friends. And it was very boring. Finally, Mum and Dad stopped her.
"Lily, James, what did you do in school last year?" Dad asked.
"Nothing really. I hung out with Anya, Andrea, and Netta. I passed all my tests," I said, bored.
"The last half of the year was really boring," James agreed.
I picked at my dinner, looking at the pork. I hated when Mum made pork. It was really hard to make right, and even though my Mum was good at cooking she couldn't cook pork!
The table was silent except for Violet's constant humming, which was getting a little annoying.
"What did you guys do when I was gone?" I asked.
"Your father redid the basement. Would you like to see?" Mum asked, looking up at me.
"Really? Sure, I'd love to," I said.
The meal ended there, when we all started down the basement stairs. The basement had been a huge room, cold and murky. Dad kept saying he would redo it, but he never got to it. But as we walked down the stairs, holding onto the new stair rail, I hardly reconized it.
The walls were painted a peach color, and there was a carpet. Heat vents showed that the room also got heat. I noticed some cots folded up in the corner.
"What are those for?" I asked.
"Didn't I tell you? Oh, that's right, Aunt Lucy and Aunt Bella asked to watch their kids Saturday night, when they go out. I thought you could all sleep down here on the cots," Mum said.
"Mum! What else are you not telling me?" I asked.
"Nothing. I think that's it," Mum said, thinking. "Yes, that's all."
I sighed, and went up to my room. Why did Mum always launch these suprises on me? Why?
The next morning I went downstairs to find that Mum was the only one left if in the room.
"Where is everyone?" I asked.
"Dad's at work, Violet's watching cartoons, and Petunia is in the garden. James is still asleep," Mum answered.
I sat down at the table, and ate a bowl of oatmeal.
"When you're done I have some chores for you to do. I want you to help Petunia weed the garden, and then you get to do the basement," Mum said.
I groaned, but when she turned to yell at me I ran out the back door, waving goodbye.
Petunia sat in the garden, weeding the area around the Lilacs.
"Hey, Petunia. What have you done so far?" I asked, sitting down next to her, and watching her flinch.
"You can start on the roses, Lily," Petunia said, smiling.
I smiled, and walked over to the roses. I weeded the area with great skill (Petunia hated the roses and always gave me the job).
"Done," I smiled, and moved on to the next patch of flowers.
Petunia glared at me. I just kept weeding, and when we were all done went inside for lunch.
After lunch I swept the kitchen while Mum cooked.
"Don't forget to do the basement," Mum said.
"How come James can't help with the chores?" I complained (James was sitting at the table).
"Lily! James is our guest, and shouldn't have to do chores," Mum scolded me.
"I don't mind. Really, I have to do chores at home all the time," James said to Mum.
"See!" I cried.
"Are you sure you want to help out, James?" Mum asked.
"Of course," James said, and was thrown a feather duster to dust the living room.
I couldn't help but smile in satisfaction.
Saturday, after lunch, our chores stopped and we brought some stuff down stairs for the night. Melissa and Daniel arrived first, while Aunt Lucy and Mum sat upstairs. We went downstairs, and dumped the stuff. Mellie was looking at James in a strange way, and we went outside on the swings.
"Lily, push me higher!" Violet cried as I pushed her on the swing.
"I can't, I'm not that strong. Besides, your going as high as you can," I said, pushing her again.
"Daniel is going higher!" Violet complained.
"Kids! The others are here, come and say high!" Mum yelled from the back door.
We got off the swingset (which I feared would collapse) and ran inside. My little cousins stood in the door with Aunt Bella.
"Hi, Lily! Hi, Violet! Hi, Petunia!" Aunt Bella said, and hugged us all.
We got everyone downstairs, and dumped his or her things. I went upstairs to go get some drinks.
"Are you sure you don't want to come with us, sis?" Aunt Bella asked Mum.
"I can't leave the kids here, not by themselves," Mum answered.
"Nonesense, they can look after themselves. Mellie and Daniel know how to look after things," Aunt Lucy said.
"Well, I guess so..." Mum said.
I ran back downstairs, just before the Aunts and Mum came downstairs. They told us, and Mum went upstairs with her sisters to get ready.
"Who wants to hear a scary story?" James asked, grinning.
I sighed, and watched everyone raise his or her hands (except Petunia who was on the phone upstairs). As James told the story my eyes widdened. It was Nearly Headless Nick's (the ghost of Gryffindor for dense people) story.
"We are leaving!" the grown-ups yelled from upstairs.
"Bye!" we all chorused, and James returned to his story (which was in gruesome detail).
My littlest cousin, who was a year younger than Vi, crawled over to me, and sat on my lap.
"Lily, I'm scared," she whispered.
"There's nothing to worry about, Rosemary," I said, and hugged my little cousin.
"Tell you what, any little kids come over here, yes, Violet, you too," I said when my sister looked at me questionly.
Violet, Rosemary, and Chris sat with me. I played with them until James had finished his story.
"Ok, who wants some chips? Or some soda. We have lots," I said, counting the hands.
I ran upstairs, and ran by Petunia (who was still on the phone). I playfully hit her on the head, and ran into the kitchen.
"What did you do that for that, Lily?" Petunia demanded.
"I did it for fun, Petunia. By the way, are you coming downstairs or not?" I asked, grabbing the chips and soda.
"I might, but I think I'll sleep in my own room, thank you very much," Petunia said.
"Suit yourself," I said, and shrugged.
I went back downstairs, and handed the stuff out.
At nine o'clock we put all the little kids to bed, and the rest of us sat around the open area. There was Mellie, Daniel, Tia, James, and I. We were playing a board game version of truth or dare, which Mellie had brought over.
"Ok, Tia, truth or dare," Mellie said.
"Truth," Tia answered, grinning while putting up her short blonde hair.
"Ok, when was the last time you changed your underwear?" Mellie asked, grinning contently.
We all giggled, but Mellie glared at us.
"This morning," Tia answered.
"Is that true?" Mellie asked.
"You bet!" Tia answered.
We all fell down laughing, then quieted down when we heard Violet roll over in her sleep.
"Ok, look, it's team truth or dare," Tia said, holding up the game card for us all to see.
Team truth or dare meant that two names were pulled out of a hat, and they were the team. Then they were asked truth or dare, and they answered. Then they did whatever they were dared to do, or tell the truth.
"Let's draw the names," Mellie said.
We all waited as Tia stuck her hand in the hat, pulled out a name, and laughed. She pulled out a second name, and her and Mellie began to laugh uncontrolably.
"Who is it?" James, Daniel, and I asked in chorus.
"Lily and James," Mellie said, after being nudged by Tia who could speak because of laughter.
'No, let me see those names," I protested.
Tia held the names up. Sure enough, my name was on one and James' on the other.
"Truth or dare," Tia asked, finally getting over herself.
"Can we do dare, pretty please?" James begged, putting his hands together in my face.
"I guess so. Besides, if you don't get your way the whole school will think of some wild rumor on why you didn't," I said, groaning.
"Ok, dare it is," Tia said, and sat back obviously thinking of something horrible.
I bit my lip. Mellie and Daniel whispered suggestions to her. Then Daniel seemed to remember something, and whispered it to Tia. Her eyes lit up and she leaned forward.
"Now, you both now that Petunia is asleep, right? So, I want you to toothpaste her, the whole treatment," Tia said.
I gasped. The toothpaste treatment was when you put toothpaste on their face while they were asleep, and wrapped them in toliet paper.
"Ok, we'd better get going," James said.
We walked upstairs. I was only thinking about how much trouble I'd be in when Petunia woke up. We went into the bathroom, got the toothpaste and an extra roll of toliet paper. Then we walked upstairs and stood outside Petunia's room. The sound of her snoring was incredible.
"I'm guessing she's asleep," James said.
"You bet. Come on," I said, and opened the door.
We walked in. I wrapped up her arms and legs while James smeared toothpaste on her face. She began to yawn, and we ducked under her bed. She began to snore again.
"Close call," James whispered.
We grabbed the toothpaste bottle, and ran downstairs. We threw it back in the basement, and ran into the basement.
"Is it done?" Mellie asked.
"Yep," we answered.
Mellie, Daniel, and Tia had to go upstairs and look in order to believe us. But we were given high fives when they returned.
"AHHHHHHHHH! LILLLLLLLLLYYYYYYYY! YOU LITTLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEE!" Petunia screamed.
That was the first sound we heard that morning. I rolled over on my cot, and sat up. Everyone else was sitting up on their beds too. Mellie, Daniel, Tia, and James were giggling. I couldn't help it, I began to giggle too.
"Lily, your sister says you put toothpaste all over her and wrapped her in toliet paper while she was asleep. Is that true?" Mum asked, coming down the stairs.
I bit my lip, an opened my mouth to explain.
"It was me, Auntie. Tia and Mellie dared me to last night, I didn't think it would hurt," Daniel said from his bed.
We all looked at him with shocked looks on our faces.
"Well, I would have expected better, Daniel. But I suppose you didn't mean any harm," Mum said.
"Yes, Auntie," Daniel said.
Mum went back upstairs, and we could hear Petunia thrashing around. We all went upstairs for breakfast, and I pulled Daniel aside.
"Why didn't you rat on me?" I asked.
"Because you're my little cousin, and we made you do it. Just don't make me do that again, your taking the blame next time," Daniel said, giving me a nuggie before leaving.
Days went by, turning into weeks. Soon we got a letter from Sirius. It was an offical invitation to a sleep over at his house.
"Can we go, Mum? Anya, Netta, and Andrea will be there! Please?" I begged the morning.
"It wouldn't hurt. But how are you going to get there. He didn't send any adress, just 'The Bee Hive'," Mum said.
"Don't worry. But I would get Petunia out of the house," I said.
I ran upstairs and packed a backpack of stuff (including the truth or dare game Mellie let me borrow). The next day I woke up, ate breakfast, and went downstairs.
"Is Petunia outside?" I asked.
"Yep. Actually, she went with her friends," Vi answered, sitting on the couch.
"Good. Do you want to go first?" I asked James, who was standing next to me by the fireplace.
"Sure," James said, and grabbed some floo powder from the pot on top of the fireplace.
"Bye, Mum! Bye Dad! Bye, Violet!" I cried.
James went off, and I followed. I hated this way of traveling, but it was the fastest way. A few minutes later I appeared in a strange living room.
"Hey, Lily!" Anya cried, helping me out of the grate.
I wiped all the ashes off, and joined her and the rest of my friends near the door to the room.
"Is everyone here, now?" Sirius asked.
"Yeah, I think so," Remus said, looking around at each of us.
"Good, let's go downstairs. Mum let me set up my man eating plant!" Sirius cried.
"Great. That's just what I wanted to see, a man eating plant," I said, and followed everyone downstairs.
The basement was white washed with 8 lumpy sleeping bags on the floor. Four were on one side of the room, and four on the other.
"Girls over there, boys over there," Sirius said.
We dropped our backpacks, and followed Sirius upstairs and into the yard. He got something out of the shed. James gasped.
"You got a Shooting Star! Wow!" James said, running towards the broom.
I rolled my eyes. The girls watched while the boys tried it out, each flying the broom as high as it went.
"Hey, Lily, why don't you try it?" Sirius asked.
"Because, I don't like hieghts. And, I just had some cereal earlier, I don't need it to go through my mouth quite yet, thank you," I said.
"Ah, come on! I'm sure James would love to take you up," Sirius said.
James hit Sirius in the side. Sirius was laughing really really hard, and Remus was trying not to laugh. Peter was just biting his finger to keep from laughing.
"You know what, I think I will. Just to spite you," I said, grinning fakely, and walking over the broom.
"Great! We got Lily to get on a broom! We got Lily to get on a broom!" Sirius sang, dancing around.
"Sometimes I wonder if your mother dropped you on your head when you were a kid," I said, staring at him.
"Come on, Lilian," James said, and we kicked off the ground.
"MY NAME IS NOT LILIA...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" I screamed as we went up higher.
I gripped the broom and closed my eyes. But whenever the thought of me being higher than anyone could ever go made my stomache threaten to make me throw my breakfast up.
"Open your eyes! It's cool up here!" James said.
I opened my eyes, and made an effort not to look down. Flying wasn't all that bad, but I found it hard to believe a little broom was holding the two of us up.
"Look, they're waving," James said, pointing towards the ground.
I looked quickly and saw everyone waving up at us. I waved back, and then put my hands back on the broom.
"Come on, I'm going to show you some Quidditch moves," James said.
"No! AHHHHHHHH!" I screamed as James suddenly pulled swifty to the left so we were sideways.
"Put us up right!" I screamed.
"Whatever," James said, and turned us the other way. "Opps, went too far on that one."
He pulled us back, and shot us towards the ground. I bit my lip and waited until we had landed.
"You did great, Lil'!" Andrea said, helping me off the broom.
"Ow, I think that last tree hit me on the way down," I said, putting a hand over my arm.
I turned to James and knocked him on the head, and cried, "What were you trying to do? Kill me?"
"Nah, but then maybe you would have shut up," James said, pretending to think it over.
"Don't even try to think. I don't think there's a brain in there to do the thinking," I said.
"Very smooth, Lil'," Netta laughed.
We walked inside, and back down into the basement (it sure was a summer for basments). We snacked on chips, and played truth or dare (with and without the board). The outcome was pretty funny. But in the end, we had to stop (Sirius' Mum had to come down and tell us to stop before we killed ourselves of laughter). Sirius showed us this man eating plant, which was pretty funny. It turned out to be a poster of a man eating a plant (hehe). And, at about 1 in the morning we finally went to our sleeping bags and went to sleep.
The next morning Sirius brought down some toast and some weird kind of oatmeal (I think that's what it was), and some pumpkin juice. We sat around and ate.
One by one everyone left through the fireplace. We waved goodbye, and I disappeared behind my friends.
The days went by, and the day the Potters got home came. James, Violet, and I were sitting outside having a popsicle when their car came down the road.
"It's Mum and Dad!" James cried.
We stood up and waved as their car pulled into their driveway. Mum and Dad came out and walked over to them.
"Welcome home!" Mum said.
"Thanks. Why don't you all come in for some tea?" Mrs. Potter asked, smiling at us.
We nodded, and we all went inside (Petunia was with her friends). We sat down in their living room while Mrs. Potter put some tea on and Mr. Potter brought in the bags.
"I hope James was good for you," Mrs. Potter said.
"Yes, he was very well behaved. Here is your key back, by the way," Mum said, handing the key to Mrs. Potter.
"Thanks. So, Lily, Violet, and Petunia are spending the rest of the summer with us, huh?" Mrs. Potter said, sitting next to her son.
"Yes. And I do hope they'll behave themselves," Mum said, smiling at us.
"We will, Mum, don't worry," I said.
Violet nodded in agreement. Mum and Dad were packed, and leaving tomorrow at dawn. Violet and I were also packed.
"Here is the key to our house, Vicky," Mum said, handing Mrs. Potter our key.
Mrs. Potter took it and tied it to a string in the kitchen.
"James, Lily, have you done your homework yet?" Mrs. Potter asked us, coming back into the room.
"Yeah, most of it at least. It's in our trunks," we answered.
"That's good. Why don't we get your stuff over here so we don't have to worry about it tomorrow," Mrs. Potter said.
In an hour Violet's, Petunia's, and my stuff were in the front hall of the Potter's house. Mandy was hooting in her cage, until I took her outside and let her fly off.
"Let's see your rooms," Mrs. Potter said.
She led us upstairs.
"Unfortunatly, we only have one spare room. You three will share the room, is that ok?" Mrs. Potter asked.
Petunia had arrived home to help with the chests, and see the room. Mrs. Potter opened the door and we saw the room had a window looking out to the backyard. There were three single beds lined up next to each other with bedside tables on each side. There was a desk in the corner, and rugs on each side of the beds. The rest was hard wood. The walls were a yellow color, like Dandilions.
"Thank you again for letting the girls stay over here while were away," Mum said as we left.
"It's no problem. I'll see you tomorrow," Mrs. Potter said.
Three days later I woke up in the yellow room, confused where I was. Then I remembered. Violet had woken me up by jumping on me.
"Violet, get off me," I mummbled, and tried to roll over.
"It's time to get up. Mandy brought you a letter today," Violet said, holding a letter out to me.
I grabbed at it. She smiled, handed it to me, and got off. I tore open the seal and looked at the scroll. It was from Amanda Dumbledore (look her up in my first chapter).
Lily Evans, So, you're in school now. It's strange how much you've grown since I last saw you. How are things? My uncle says you are quite popular, and have lots of friends. I hope that's true. I just thought I would write you, see how you are doing. From, Amanda Dumbledore
"Wow, I haven't heard from her since I was a first year," I said, climbing out of bed.
I saw Petunia's bed was empty.
"Where did she go?" I asked.
"Where else? The café in town. That's where she always goes," Violet said, jumping around the room.
"Stop jumping," I said.
After writing a letter to Amanda, and then to my friends, I went downstairs for breakfast. Mrs. Potter gave me some breakfast, and I went back upstairs.
"Lily, will you take me to the park? Please?" Violet begged, jumpin on her bed.
"Will it make you leave me alone?" I said, thinking how far the town park was from here.
"Yes. Please? Please? I really want to go, and my friends will be there!" Violet cried.
"Allright, but we have to get our bikes," I said.
We walked over to our garage and got out of bikes and helmets, then rode to the park. Violet ran off, and I sat down on the park bench.
I hadn't been to the park since I was little. I had been at Hogwarts, and Violet had never really asked me to take her. The park was crowded, because it was summer.
But I saw two fimilar faces that made me want to disappear.
"Lily! How are you? Where have you been all summer?" Jesse asked, walking over.
"Around, why?" I asked.
"No reason. What are you doing here? Looking after your little sister, as usual?" Jesse asked.
I nodded, and looked at Ellie and Jesse. What were they doing here, anyway?
"What are you doing here?" I asked, returning the question.
"Babysitting my neighbor. Jesse offered to help. Things got out of hand, so we took them to the park," Ellie expalined.
"Oh, really. I'm watching Vi, because Petunia went to the café and Vi wanted to go to the park," I answered.
"Nice. So, are you doing well in school? Your mum said it's really hard to get into, nearly impossible. El' and I would have tried, but we are not as smart as you," Jesse said.
"Oh, I'm fine. My teachers think I'm bright, and I get good grades," I answered.
"Nice. Lily, your neighbor, what school does he go to? We haven't seen him in our school," Ellie said.
"Oh, James. He goes to my school," I answered.
"You're kidding us, right? Wow, you really are set up. They guy lives across from you, goes to your private school..." Jesse started.
"And is walking this way!" Ellie finished, pointing to James, who was walking towards us.
"Hey, Lilian, guess what?" James cried, walking over.
"My name is not Lilian. It is Lily, and if you had any brain whatsoever you would know that by now. But of course, our knowing each other for nearly four years doesn't help your brain at all. And, by the way, what do I have to guess?" I asked, standing up.
"Anya came and invited us to come over to her house!" James answered, ignoring the rest.
"Really! Cool. I'll tell Violet we have to go. Potter, will you use what you have left of your brain to go get our bikes?" I asked, walking towards the bike rack.
"Wow, she's good," Ellie whispered to Jesse, who nodded.
I walked over to Violet, and told her we had to go. We went over to get our bikes, and walked them back, walking with James.
The summer came to an end before I could think twice about it. I received my letter from Hogwarts, and wrote my friends. They wrote back, and we had a date and time set to meet each other at Diagon Alley.
Mrs. Potter was taking James and me to Diagon Alley, and then when we got back I would go home. I was really happy to be going back, and Petunia was too (she hated having me around).
Finally, three days before school started, we went to Diagon Alley. I went off to meet my friends while James went to meet his. Mrs. Potter went to run some arrends, and I was alone. I walked down the street towards the ice cream shop. My friends were sitting outside, talking about the homework.
"Lil'!" they cried when I walked up.
"Are you ready to get your stuff? I'm on a time limit," I expalined.
They nodded, and got their stuff together. We went around, got our things, then got some ice cream.
"So, how was your summer?" Netta asked, putting new film in her camera.
"Fine, why?" I asked.
"No reason, really. Hey, I want to see if this film is in right. Smile!" Netta cried, and took a picture.
"Yep, it works," she said.
We giggled, and Netta hung the camera around her neck. Mrs. Potter came over.
"There you are, Lily. It's time to go. James is waiting by the grate. Are you ready?" Mrs. Potter asked.
"Yeah. Bye, you guys. See you on the train!" I cried, and walked off with Mrs. Potter.
"So, get all your stuff, Lilian?" James asked.
"Yes, James. Please stop calling me that," I said, and took some Floo Powder.
Three days later I went to Kings Cross, and went into Platform 9 3/4. I waved goodbye to everyone, and hugged Violet. She waved goodbye, and I promised I would see her soon.
I followed James through the platform towards the train. Netta waved to me from where her parents were. I waved back, and went inside the train.
"Lily! Over here!" Anya called, pointing to the back compartment.
I pulled my trunk back there, and sat down. Anya joined me, and together we waved Andrea and Netta over.
Soon LANA was together in the last compartment, and the train was moving through the countryside, leaving the city.
"Goodbye, London! Hello Hogwarts!" Andrea cried, waving out of the window.
"Get back in here. You're going to fall out, and then you won't be saying 'hi' to Hogwarts," I said, pulling Andrea back in.
"Hey, guess what? I got the pictures from the summer developed. Look," Netta said, taking out a packet of pictures.
There were, of course, copies for each of us. I looked at through the pictures.
"Netta! You got a picture of me on that broom with James! Give me that! I'm distroying it!" I cried, and tried to grab the picture.
But everyone else was quicker, and grabbed it to look at is. I groaned, and slid down in my seat, sure my face was red.
They were whispering and giggling. It was a picture of when James had us sideways, so my hair was completely the wrong way.
"Ok, funs over, give it to me! Come on!" I cried, and tried to grab the picture.
Anya held it above my reach, and I stood up and tried to jump for it. Anya kept pulling it up.
"One day, I'm going to hurt you for this," I said, and sat back down.
"Hurt her for what?" Remus asked, walking in.
James, Sirius, and Peter were following them. While Anya was looking at them, I grabbed the picture, and hid it under Mandy's cage.
"Nothing," I answered.
"Ok. Well, the cart lady told us to tell you that she was up there in case you wanted anything," James said, eyeing us.
We smiled, and walked down to the cart, and came back up with lunch.
Author's Notes- Ok, I haven't mentioned Mandy in a while, or Amanda. But you can look them up, because I'm not really in the mood to write who they are. This was a pretty long chapter. I plan on putting some Quidditch in the next one. So come back and read it! R&R! 'Cause, if you don't, I don't know who reads this glares at everyone.