HI! Sorry for those out there that wanted their reactions, I just thought
it was pretty obvious what it was going to be, so I skipped it.
Also, to MAJESTY, it might have looked like Lily is a Mary-sue in that last chapter, but that was the FIRST one, don't go labeling the character's personality before you actually have all the details. I mean, I thought it might be shown that Lily was a rich, but ignorant girl, hardly thinking of world issues when she had a magazine and a tube of nail polish in front of her. But anyway, on with chapter two!
"So, Lils, want to go back to our dorm and try on the new robes we ordered?" Cori asked a few days later while they were in the bathroom after dinner.
"I'd like to, but I have to go tutor-what was his name again? Oh, yes, James. Today is the first day I'm going to tutor him, so I have to get there early." Lily replied reluctantly
"Have you talked to the Headmaster about this?" asked Cori "I mean, this is totally unfair, you shouldn't have to teach someone in a lower status than you just because you're the best qualified for the job."
"This isn't something Dumbledore FORCED me to do, I agreed to help James." Cori looked taken back
"Well why? I mean, it's not like you get anything out of it, do you?"
"I know Cori, but you haven't thought that tutoring someone would look good on my record, now did you? I might have a better chance at becoming Head Girl next year, sort of like community service in high school." Lily said carelessly as she tied her hair up into a ponytail, looking from sided to side to make sure there weren't any stray hairs.
"Huh?"
"Never mind, Muggle thing, Cori."
"Oh, right. Well anyway, wouldn't you think that Jeremy, or whatever his name was, might have actually been boyfriend material if he wasn't poor?" Cori said thoughtfully as she carefully put on some lipstick "I mean, if you dressed him in some of the latest styles from Wizards' Warp and combed his hair down a little, he actually could have gave our reputation a lift."
"Cori!"
Cori smacked her lips and gave a satisfied smile to the mirror, then turned to face Lily.
"Well I KNOW I shouldn't be thinking about lower classmen such as John, much more actually dating them, but wouldn't you agree? It could do wonders for our popularity." she said as they packed their make-up bags and headed out the door
"I guess. . ." Lily started to say doubtfully as Cori cut her off
"I suppose I'll have to hang with Liz tonight." Cori said with a grimace "I mean I know she's IS one of our best friends, but really, sometimes she just gets on my nerves!" Lily laughed and shook her head.
"You two just can't agree on anything, Cor, you know deep down inside you'd do anything for her, just like the way you feel about SOMEONE else." Lily said teasingly as she ducked a blow for her head, and ran off laughing in the other direction to meet her new student.
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James Potter sighed and put his head in his hands. How could this have happened? It wasn't supposed to turn out like this, the tutor should have been of the same gender, or at least the same status as him! Whose leg was Dumbledore pulling? He couldn't be taught by Lily Evans, Hogwart's richest student, could he? A sound at the library door took James out of his thoughts.
Lily quietly opened the large library doors with the Hogwarts crest imprinted on to it, and stepped inside the book-lined room. She looked around, and saw a hunched figure sitting at one of the tables, and realized that it was James Potter. He looked up and met her eye for a moment, but quickly dropped it, looking back down at his Charms textbook.
Was she really that late? Lily checked her watch, nope, five minutes ahead actually. She walked towards the bent head with messy black hair, noticing how his robes were frayed here and there, and some of the edges were torn. She approached him carefully; as if he was a dangerous animal, but she realized what she was doing, and composed her self.
"Shall we get started then?" she stated rather that asked
Not even moving, James muttered "Alright."
Lily sat down on one of the cold metal chairs and took out her lesson plan. She wanted to see where James was first, then move from there. She assumed that he knew the basic fire charm.
Apparently not.
Lily sighed, this might not have been such a good idea after all, but she wasn't a quitter; so she squared her shoulders and took a deep breath, hoping some kind of brilliance would shine down on James, making her job easier.
"Let's start with that one then," Lily told him, referring to the fire charm "say, 'ignitinious'!" (A/n: I'm not very creative, huh (ignite- ignitinious)? Oh well!)
"Ignitinious." James repeated dully
"Louder, with more feeling, and this time use your wand and point it at something. Not a book, of course."
The mischievous boy in James took over, and before he could stop and think about what he was doing, he put the charm on his tutor. He did it very well, ignoring the er-other mistakes.
Furious, Lily put a water spell to cease the flame, but since she was a little 'over excited', she ended up with what looked like, judging by her state, a whole lake.
"That was my new Paris styled blouse! And my new specially made German pumps!" she moaned, horrified. Then she turned on James, with such a mad expression; he backed up a few steps.
"And YOU! YOU did this! I'm kindly tutoring you in your weak areas to help you get good scores, but my strain goes unappreciated! I-I y-you-- UGH!"
Guiltily James looked down at his feet. "I'm REALLY sorry, it just happened, you know? I'm sorry about your blue shoes and London made shirt, really, I am."
"It's AQUA colored PUMPS and PARIS STYLED BLOUSE!" Lily seethed "I'm going to talk to the Head Master RIGHT NOW!" and with that, dripping and smoking, Lily Evans stomped out the door.
Also, to MAJESTY, it might have looked like Lily is a Mary-sue in that last chapter, but that was the FIRST one, don't go labeling the character's personality before you actually have all the details. I mean, I thought it might be shown that Lily was a rich, but ignorant girl, hardly thinking of world issues when she had a magazine and a tube of nail polish in front of her. But anyway, on with chapter two!
"So, Lils, want to go back to our dorm and try on the new robes we ordered?" Cori asked a few days later while they were in the bathroom after dinner.
"I'd like to, but I have to go tutor-what was his name again? Oh, yes, James. Today is the first day I'm going to tutor him, so I have to get there early." Lily replied reluctantly
"Have you talked to the Headmaster about this?" asked Cori "I mean, this is totally unfair, you shouldn't have to teach someone in a lower status than you just because you're the best qualified for the job."
"This isn't something Dumbledore FORCED me to do, I agreed to help James." Cori looked taken back
"Well why? I mean, it's not like you get anything out of it, do you?"
"I know Cori, but you haven't thought that tutoring someone would look good on my record, now did you? I might have a better chance at becoming Head Girl next year, sort of like community service in high school." Lily said carelessly as she tied her hair up into a ponytail, looking from sided to side to make sure there weren't any stray hairs.
"Huh?"
"Never mind, Muggle thing, Cori."
"Oh, right. Well anyway, wouldn't you think that Jeremy, or whatever his name was, might have actually been boyfriend material if he wasn't poor?" Cori said thoughtfully as she carefully put on some lipstick "I mean, if you dressed him in some of the latest styles from Wizards' Warp and combed his hair down a little, he actually could have gave our reputation a lift."
"Cori!"
Cori smacked her lips and gave a satisfied smile to the mirror, then turned to face Lily.
"Well I KNOW I shouldn't be thinking about lower classmen such as John, much more actually dating them, but wouldn't you agree? It could do wonders for our popularity." she said as they packed their make-up bags and headed out the door
"I guess. . ." Lily started to say doubtfully as Cori cut her off
"I suppose I'll have to hang with Liz tonight." Cori said with a grimace "I mean I know she's IS one of our best friends, but really, sometimes she just gets on my nerves!" Lily laughed and shook her head.
"You two just can't agree on anything, Cor, you know deep down inside you'd do anything for her, just like the way you feel about SOMEONE else." Lily said teasingly as she ducked a blow for her head, and ran off laughing in the other direction to meet her new student.
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James Potter sighed and put his head in his hands. How could this have happened? It wasn't supposed to turn out like this, the tutor should have been of the same gender, or at least the same status as him! Whose leg was Dumbledore pulling? He couldn't be taught by Lily Evans, Hogwart's richest student, could he? A sound at the library door took James out of his thoughts.
Lily quietly opened the large library doors with the Hogwarts crest imprinted on to it, and stepped inside the book-lined room. She looked around, and saw a hunched figure sitting at one of the tables, and realized that it was James Potter. He looked up and met her eye for a moment, but quickly dropped it, looking back down at his Charms textbook.
Was she really that late? Lily checked her watch, nope, five minutes ahead actually. She walked towards the bent head with messy black hair, noticing how his robes were frayed here and there, and some of the edges were torn. She approached him carefully; as if he was a dangerous animal, but she realized what she was doing, and composed her self.
"Shall we get started then?" she stated rather that asked
Not even moving, James muttered "Alright."
Lily sat down on one of the cold metal chairs and took out her lesson plan. She wanted to see where James was first, then move from there. She assumed that he knew the basic fire charm.
Apparently not.
Lily sighed, this might not have been such a good idea after all, but she wasn't a quitter; so she squared her shoulders and took a deep breath, hoping some kind of brilliance would shine down on James, making her job easier.
"Let's start with that one then," Lily told him, referring to the fire charm "say, 'ignitinious'!" (A/n: I'm not very creative, huh (ignite- ignitinious)? Oh well!)
"Ignitinious." James repeated dully
"Louder, with more feeling, and this time use your wand and point it at something. Not a book, of course."
The mischievous boy in James took over, and before he could stop and think about what he was doing, he put the charm on his tutor. He did it very well, ignoring the er-other mistakes.
Furious, Lily put a water spell to cease the flame, but since she was a little 'over excited', she ended up with what looked like, judging by her state, a whole lake.
"That was my new Paris styled blouse! And my new specially made German pumps!" she moaned, horrified. Then she turned on James, with such a mad expression; he backed up a few steps.
"And YOU! YOU did this! I'm kindly tutoring you in your weak areas to help you get good scores, but my strain goes unappreciated! I-I y-you-- UGH!"
Guiltily James looked down at his feet. "I'm REALLY sorry, it just happened, you know? I'm sorry about your blue shoes and London made shirt, really, I am."
"It's AQUA colored PUMPS and PARIS STYLED BLOUSE!" Lily seethed "I'm going to talk to the Head Master RIGHT NOW!" and with that, dripping and smoking, Lily Evans stomped out the door.