Chapter Two- Hogwarts Express/ The First Day
Lily stepped onto the Hogwarts Express, searching for her best friend, Chloe. She found her in a compartment with the Marauders, whom she was not too pleased to see. James Potter, his jet black hair unruly and chocolate eyes excited, was talking to Sirius Black, no doubt about his latest girlfriend. James had been her best friend in their first year at Hogwarts. They had done everything together. But at the beginning of their second year, he had met Sirius, Remus, and Peter, and started hanging out with them without a backward glance at Lily. She thought he was a jerk for this alone, but also because he was so full of himself. So what if he was handsome, brilliant, and a great quidditch player. He was conceited. But she seemed to be the only one who noticed this, as all the girls swooned over him and Sirius (and sometimes Remus). In their past five years, those two had broken more hearts than ever before at Hogwarts. Their relationships never lasted long. But each girl seemed to think that they were different when they started going out with one of them; that they were special.
Lily hadn't noticed that James had approached her while she was thinking. He smiled, probably thinking he looked charming.
"So, I guess we are the Heads of Hogwarts this year, Lily. I'm glad it's someone I know and like. We'll have to plan fun things for this year." He greeted her cheerily.
"Yeah. We have our first meeting tomorrow. Where are Remus and Peter?" she replied absently, trying to sound conversational.
"Oh, they just went to say hi to everyone. I think I'll go find them now, along with some other people…Sirius? Would you care to join me?" Sirius grinned evilly. They must be going to find Snape, Lily decided. "Of course, James, let's go right away."
"Well, see you tomorrow Lily." And with that the two boys shuffled out the door.
"Oh, honestly, what a pair of stupid gits. They're so full of themselves." Lily mumbled to Chloe, who was staring after their backs. Chloe had shoulder-length brown hair and hazel eyes. She was skinny, and just short of beautiful.
"They really aren't that bad Lily. You are the only one who thinks so. Give them a chance. James certainly seems to like you."
"Humph. I doubt that. Ever since the beginning of our second year he's shunned me. I don't think he suddenly wants to be friends again. Unless he made a bet with his friends that he could get me to sleep with him or something." Lily said, sounding exasperated. Chloe sighed. There was just no hope for Lily. She really would never give James a second chance.
All of the students took their seats in the Great Hall, feeling hungry after the long train ride. Lily sat next to Chloe and Jennifer, who was another girl in their dorm.
The Sorting went quickly. Lily clapped for the new Gryffindor first years. Dumbledore rose, as usual, to address the hall.
"I am pleased to welcome you all back to Hogwarts for another year. First order of business, I must inform the first years that the Forbidden Forest is closed to all students, and by no means should they enter it." His blue eyes twinkled as he continued. "Oh, and I must announce that our new Head Boy is James Potter of Gryffindor." Loud applause filled the hall. "And our new Head Girl is Lily Evans of Gryffindor." More applause, though no where near as loud as what James got, she took note of that. She caught James's eye for a second, before turning away. "I'm sure that they will plan fun events for everyone this year. Now, I'm sure you are all as hungry as I am. So let the feast begin!" And with that, food appeared on the golden plates all throughout the Great Hall. Lily happily helped herself to a full plate. She ate and chatted with her few friends.
Lily was really very shy. She always had been. But she really didn't have much time to socialize as well as stay at the top of her class.
"So, I wonder what this year has in store for us?" Jennifer asked. She ran a hand through her blond her and turned her aqua-colored eyes toward Sirius. She sighed. It was so obvious that she had a crush on him, but so far hadn't said a word of it. "I hope something exciting." She glanced at Lily. "You will plan something fun, won't you?"
"Don't be silly, of course I will. I just have to get that prat James to agree. Hopefully he will listen to my ideas. He's so conceited he'll probably think he should plan it all." Lily replied.
"Lily! He'll hear you! And besides, James is not so stuck up. He's actually pretty nice, I think. He can't help it if he's handsome and all of the girls want to hook up with him. And Sirius, he is definitely worth it. Just look at how cute they are." Jen was just like Chloe, trying to stick up for James.
The next day they had Potions with the Slytherins (such was their luck). Professor Blint had not changed one bit. He was horrible to the Gryffindors, being the head of the Slytherin House. After that unpleasant lesson where they and their work were criticized, they headed to Charms. This was Lily's favorite class. She took a seat near the front with Chloe and Jennifer.
"Today will be a review day. We will go over all of the charms we have learned over the previous six years. We'll start with Cheering Charms to get us all in a happy mood." Professor Flitwick announced.
The class was only slightly amusing, as Sirius had accidentally put a cheering charm on Professor Flitwick's pet hamster, which had started making to oddest noises Lily assumed were laughs. Besides that, the normally semi-interesting class was pretty dull. As were the other classes that day.
Lily was quite relieved to drop into a chair in the Gryffindor common room that evening. She sighed, remembering that she had to go meet James in the Head Lounge. So again she rose and passed the portrait of the Fat Lady. She was trying to think of ideas for the year when she stopped abruptly in front of a marble statue of a knight.
"Buttercup" she muttered at it. The statue rumbled and moved aside, revealing a room that was richly furnished. There was a comfortable-looking couch, a window showing the moon, many portraits, a telescope, some books, a piano, and other objects, some of which Lily didn't know the name for. She plopped down on the couch, simply exhausted from her first day back at Hogwarts. She didn't even realize how tired she was before drifting off into a light, dreamless sleep.
James entered the Head Lounge and found that Lily was already there, fast asleep on the couch. I guess I should wake her, he thought, bending over her. But he stopped himself. She was so pretty. The moonlight lit up her bright hair and soft face. No. I have a girlfriend. Besides, I doubt Lily would want to go out with me. He laughed internally at the idea. She didn't seem to be too friendly with him anymore. Then again, everyone wanted to go out with him. Stop kidding yourself, you have a bet to win. He had made a bet with Sirius the previous day on the Hogwarts Express. Sirius said that he couldn't stay with his current girlfriend, Susan, for five more months. James thought he could. Of course, there was the other part of the bet. He couldn't fall for anyone else (or if he did he couldn't act on it or let Sirius know), and couldn't tell anyone else about it. But Susan wouldn't break up with him. She was a smart, pretty girl in Ravenclaw. Smart, but yet he didn't think smart enough to ever want to leave him. He laughed again, this time out loud. Lily woke with a start and saw him looking at her.
"Why didn't you wake me?" she snapped at him. "Were you just going to let me sleep forever?"
"No, of course not, I was just about to wake you up. I just got here." He knew he was lying; he had been there for over five minutes now, just looking at her sleeping. She wasn't angry when she was sleeping. She was so peaceful, so beautiful. Why must I keep coming to that?
"So have you thought of anything we could plan yet?" he asked, breaking the painful silence.
"No, not yet. But I'm sure I can come up with something eventually. Can we make this quick, I'd much rather be in bed than here with you right now." Ouch. That had been kind of rude. No matter.
"Okay. So.." he broke off, not knowing what to say. "Oh, come on Lily, you could at least be civil with me. What did I ever do to you, to make you hate me?"
"You know damn well what you did. Why never pay me any attention when you suddenly have three new friends? Was I not good enough anymore? I didn't amuse you, and you had too many new admirers to care about me anymore. Mr. Popular. Always pulling pranks and going out with girls. Let me ask you. What did I ever do to make you stop liking me?" she fumed at him. Gosh, she must really dislike him. But he supposed she did have a point. He had sort of been a jerk to her.
"Lily, I'm sorry. Please know that I am. But you seem to be doing fine. You have plenty of friends…" that was a stupid thing to say, he knew it as soon as it had come out of his mouth. She glared at him. He looked the ground, his silver, circular glasses slipping down his nose a little.
"I thought maybe these meetings would be semi-pleasant. I guess I must have thought wrong. You're too stuck-up to know anything." She made a move to leave, but he grabbed her arm.
"Please, Lily, be my friend again? We can start over." He looked into her eyes pleadingly.
"You're going to have to work harder than that to renew our friendship, James Potter." And with that she stalked out of the room, not looking back. He stood there for a long time, running his hands through his very untidy black hair.
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Lily stepped onto the Hogwarts Express, searching for her best friend, Chloe. She found her in a compartment with the Marauders, whom she was not too pleased to see. James Potter, his jet black hair unruly and chocolate eyes excited, was talking to Sirius Black, no doubt about his latest girlfriend. James had been her best friend in their first year at Hogwarts. They had done everything together. But at the beginning of their second year, he had met Sirius, Remus, and Peter, and started hanging out with them without a backward glance at Lily. She thought he was a jerk for this alone, but also because he was so full of himself. So what if he was handsome, brilliant, and a great quidditch player. He was conceited. But she seemed to be the only one who noticed this, as all the girls swooned over him and Sirius (and sometimes Remus). In their past five years, those two had broken more hearts than ever before at Hogwarts. Their relationships never lasted long. But each girl seemed to think that they were different when they started going out with one of them; that they were special.
Lily hadn't noticed that James had approached her while she was thinking. He smiled, probably thinking he looked charming.
"So, I guess we are the Heads of Hogwarts this year, Lily. I'm glad it's someone I know and like. We'll have to plan fun things for this year." He greeted her cheerily.
"Yeah. We have our first meeting tomorrow. Where are Remus and Peter?" she replied absently, trying to sound conversational.
"Oh, they just went to say hi to everyone. I think I'll go find them now, along with some other people…Sirius? Would you care to join me?" Sirius grinned evilly. They must be going to find Snape, Lily decided. "Of course, James, let's go right away."
"Well, see you tomorrow Lily." And with that the two boys shuffled out the door.
"Oh, honestly, what a pair of stupid gits. They're so full of themselves." Lily mumbled to Chloe, who was staring after their backs. Chloe had shoulder-length brown hair and hazel eyes. She was skinny, and just short of beautiful.
"They really aren't that bad Lily. You are the only one who thinks so. Give them a chance. James certainly seems to like you."
"Humph. I doubt that. Ever since the beginning of our second year he's shunned me. I don't think he suddenly wants to be friends again. Unless he made a bet with his friends that he could get me to sleep with him or something." Lily said, sounding exasperated. Chloe sighed. There was just no hope for Lily. She really would never give James a second chance.
All of the students took their seats in the Great Hall, feeling hungry after the long train ride. Lily sat next to Chloe and Jennifer, who was another girl in their dorm.
The Sorting went quickly. Lily clapped for the new Gryffindor first years. Dumbledore rose, as usual, to address the hall.
"I am pleased to welcome you all back to Hogwarts for another year. First order of business, I must inform the first years that the Forbidden Forest is closed to all students, and by no means should they enter it." His blue eyes twinkled as he continued. "Oh, and I must announce that our new Head Boy is James Potter of Gryffindor." Loud applause filled the hall. "And our new Head Girl is Lily Evans of Gryffindor." More applause, though no where near as loud as what James got, she took note of that. She caught James's eye for a second, before turning away. "I'm sure that they will plan fun events for everyone this year. Now, I'm sure you are all as hungry as I am. So let the feast begin!" And with that, food appeared on the golden plates all throughout the Great Hall. Lily happily helped herself to a full plate. She ate and chatted with her few friends.
Lily was really very shy. She always had been. But she really didn't have much time to socialize as well as stay at the top of her class.
"So, I wonder what this year has in store for us?" Jennifer asked. She ran a hand through her blond her and turned her aqua-colored eyes toward Sirius. She sighed. It was so obvious that she had a crush on him, but so far hadn't said a word of it. "I hope something exciting." She glanced at Lily. "You will plan something fun, won't you?"
"Don't be silly, of course I will. I just have to get that prat James to agree. Hopefully he will listen to my ideas. He's so conceited he'll probably think he should plan it all." Lily replied.
"Lily! He'll hear you! And besides, James is not so stuck up. He's actually pretty nice, I think. He can't help it if he's handsome and all of the girls want to hook up with him. And Sirius, he is definitely worth it. Just look at how cute they are." Jen was just like Chloe, trying to stick up for James.
The next day they had Potions with the Slytherins (such was their luck). Professor Blint had not changed one bit. He was horrible to the Gryffindors, being the head of the Slytherin House. After that unpleasant lesson where they and their work were criticized, they headed to Charms. This was Lily's favorite class. She took a seat near the front with Chloe and Jennifer.
"Today will be a review day. We will go over all of the charms we have learned over the previous six years. We'll start with Cheering Charms to get us all in a happy mood." Professor Flitwick announced.
The class was only slightly amusing, as Sirius had accidentally put a cheering charm on Professor Flitwick's pet hamster, which had started making to oddest noises Lily assumed were laughs. Besides that, the normally semi-interesting class was pretty dull. As were the other classes that day.
Lily was quite relieved to drop into a chair in the Gryffindor common room that evening. She sighed, remembering that she had to go meet James in the Head Lounge. So again she rose and passed the portrait of the Fat Lady. She was trying to think of ideas for the year when she stopped abruptly in front of a marble statue of a knight.
"Buttercup" she muttered at it. The statue rumbled and moved aside, revealing a room that was richly furnished. There was a comfortable-looking couch, a window showing the moon, many portraits, a telescope, some books, a piano, and other objects, some of which Lily didn't know the name for. She plopped down on the couch, simply exhausted from her first day back at Hogwarts. She didn't even realize how tired she was before drifting off into a light, dreamless sleep.
James entered the Head Lounge and found that Lily was already there, fast asleep on the couch. I guess I should wake her, he thought, bending over her. But he stopped himself. She was so pretty. The moonlight lit up her bright hair and soft face. No. I have a girlfriend. Besides, I doubt Lily would want to go out with me. He laughed internally at the idea. She didn't seem to be too friendly with him anymore. Then again, everyone wanted to go out with him. Stop kidding yourself, you have a bet to win. He had made a bet with Sirius the previous day on the Hogwarts Express. Sirius said that he couldn't stay with his current girlfriend, Susan, for five more months. James thought he could. Of course, there was the other part of the bet. He couldn't fall for anyone else (or if he did he couldn't act on it or let Sirius know), and couldn't tell anyone else about it. But Susan wouldn't break up with him. She was a smart, pretty girl in Ravenclaw. Smart, but yet he didn't think smart enough to ever want to leave him. He laughed again, this time out loud. Lily woke with a start and saw him looking at her.
"Why didn't you wake me?" she snapped at him. "Were you just going to let me sleep forever?"
"No, of course not, I was just about to wake you up. I just got here." He knew he was lying; he had been there for over five minutes now, just looking at her sleeping. She wasn't angry when she was sleeping. She was so peaceful, so beautiful. Why must I keep coming to that?
"So have you thought of anything we could plan yet?" he asked, breaking the painful silence.
"No, not yet. But I'm sure I can come up with something eventually. Can we make this quick, I'd much rather be in bed than here with you right now." Ouch. That had been kind of rude. No matter.
"Okay. So.." he broke off, not knowing what to say. "Oh, come on Lily, you could at least be civil with me. What did I ever do to you, to make you hate me?"
"You know damn well what you did. Why never pay me any attention when you suddenly have three new friends? Was I not good enough anymore? I didn't amuse you, and you had too many new admirers to care about me anymore. Mr. Popular. Always pulling pranks and going out with girls. Let me ask you. What did I ever do to make you stop liking me?" she fumed at him. Gosh, she must really dislike him. But he supposed she did have a point. He had sort of been a jerk to her.
"Lily, I'm sorry. Please know that I am. But you seem to be doing fine. You have plenty of friends…" that was a stupid thing to say, he knew it as soon as it had come out of his mouth. She glared at him. He looked the ground, his silver, circular glasses slipping down his nose a little.
"I thought maybe these meetings would be semi-pleasant. I guess I must have thought wrong. You're too stuck-up to know anything." She made a move to leave, but he grabbed her arm.
"Please, Lily, be my friend again? We can start over." He looked into her eyes pleadingly.
"You're going to have to work harder than that to renew our friendship, James Potter." And with that she stalked out of the room, not looking back. He stood there for a long time, running his hands through his very untidy black hair.
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