Who would have known?
Chapter 2: Making Lily truly happy
*~*~*
The marauders were sleeping over at James' and Sirius' shared mansion that night.
That's why James and Sirius were best friends. Their parents had been best friends, and always lived next door to each other.
In third year, Sirius' house burned down, and unfortunately, the Potters were over. Sirius' mom, and James' dad died.
Sirius' dad couldn't afford to buy a new house, and James' mom couldn't pay for the house on her own, so the Blacks moved in with the Potters, and the shared the expenses.
"So, who was that earlier?" Sirius asked Remus.
"Lily," he said.
"Lily, you mean, Lily Evans?" James asked.
"She has the greatest eyes on earth." Sirius added.
"How do you know?" Peter asked. "She was wearing sunglasses today."
"Peter, my pal, it's called noticing before today."
Little did Lily know, people really did pay attention to her. They just didn't want to talk to her because she was, well.ugly.
James however, had told his friends a long time ago he wanted to be friends with her. But Sirius wouldn't let him near her because she wasn't popular enough.
"James, you've never been turned down before, go for it!" Sirius said.
"I don't want to ask her out, I just want to be friends."
"What a hard thing for James Potter to say," Remus taunted.
"Shut up," he said, and he threw his pillow at Remus.
*~*~*
"He liked you,"
"He hated me,"
"He wants to go out with you,"
"They all hated me,"
"Ask him out,"
"He's never gonna look at me again,"
"He thought you were pretty,"
"He thought I was ugly,"
"He can't wait to see you again,"
"I could wait a lifetime to see him again,"
"He acted like."
"I acted like."
"A dork."
"A freak."
"Come on Lil, you know he liked you," Caitlin pointed out.
"Maybe he did, but it won't last long."
"What do you mean?"
"You know. James Potter is the biggest player in school. When he asks out a girl, he sticks around long enough to hear her say yes, then he's off snogging with some other girl, and he lets the poor girl he's going out with find out by his new toy."
"Lily, if he really likes you, he'd stay. Remember? Sirius used to be as bad as James, but then he met me, and he hasn't cheated on me once."
"I'm still not going to let my guard down."
"On a happier note, school starts tomorrow,"
Lily groaned and Cait laughed.
*~*~*
"Lily, wake up! Time to go!" Caitlin yelled.
"I'm coming." she lifted her head.
"Time to go see Sirius, Peter, Remus. and James!"
The head went back down.
"Oh, come on."
They dressed, and went by floo powder.
The second they were through the barrier, a bunch of people rushed up to Caitlin.
"I'm sure you all know Lily," she said. "Lily, this is Maggie, and Caroline, but I'm sure you know them, because you've shared a room with them for five years."
Lily liked all the attention. As they got on the train, Maggie, and Caroline were talking to her, and by the end of the train ride, Lily had two new friends.
As they got out of the carriages, and into the castle, Lily realized she hadn't seen any of the marauders the whole time.
In the Great Hall, everyone was crowded around one window, so Lily and her friends walked up too.
Fire crackers were going off. They went on for a couple minutes, then came the grand finale. A pink one with heart shapes, that read;
'Sevvy, I love you!
~Narcissa'
And in response;
'Narcissie,
Will you marry me?
~Sevvy'
There was a cry from behind them, and a "Yes, of course!" and a "But-but-I don't want to-Potter!-Black!-I'll get you for this!" "Who set this all up?" James said. He was right behind her and Caitlin.
"We did!" Sirius replied.
"Awesome job guys!" Lily exclaimed.
"Totally!" Caitlin agreed.
"All right, although I must admit that was amusing, we must get to the eating and sorting," Dumbledore said.
Lily headed for her usual spot, but James said, "Lily, come sit with us!"
So she sat in between him and Caitlin.
After Dumbledore made his announcements, and there was food on the plates, for the first time in her life at Hogwarts, Lily engaged in a real conversation with someone other than Robyn or Caitlin.
"Guess what?" asked Sirius.
"What?" they replied.
"My birthday is in Thirty days!"
"Oh yeah? Well, that means mine is in thirty two days!" Caitlin said.
"That means mine is in seventy seven days." James replied.
"Mine's in ninety eight days," Lily added.
"You're the youngest of us all. Because that means your birthday is on January 7th," said Remus knowingly.
He was the top of his class so he could figure out stuff like that. "We all have birthdays in September through December."
"So Lily, got a boyfriend?" Sirius asked.
"Sirius Black! You better not be hitting on Lily. If you don't remember, I'm your girlfriend." Caitlin said jokingly.
"Aww, come on Cait, can't a guy have a little fun?"
"Under one circumstance."
"Wassat?"
"Say you love me."
"I love you Caitie."
"Love you too Siri, now go mess around with Lily."
"Ewwwwwwwww!"
"Oh, you sicko! I didn't mean it like that!"
Lily inched away from her, and they all laughed.
By scooting away from Caitlin, she scooched closer to James.
"Hey Lil, I know I'm a chick magnet and all, but I didn't think I was that attractive."
He grinned, and Lily began to blush, but then realized, (the color so totally didn't match her hair.no!) that if she wanted people to like her, she couldn't get
embarrassed so easily.
So instead, she said tonelessly, "Oh. Yeah. I am in hopeless love. With you. I need you. So bad. Baby."
They broke into hysterics for a second time.
"Ouch! She burnt you!" Sirius said.
Finally, it was time to go up to bed.
As Lily got into bed, she heard a sniff from the bed next to her.
She pulled the curtains back, and saw Robyn.
Robyn! She had totally forgotten.
"Oh my gosh Robyn! I am sooooooo sorry!"
"Wow Lil, you look awesome."
"Robyn, I-"
"No shh, it's okay. I completely understand. You're changing, and getting new friends. I accept the new you if you promise me one thing."
"That'd be."
"That you won't forget about me, and I can still be your friend. Maybe not your best friend, but your friend."
Lily's eyes filled with tears.
"You mean I can sit with them, hang out with them, be friends with them, and you'll still be my friend? After all I did?"
"Yeah."
They hugged, and cried, and hugged again.
*~*~*
The next morning, classes started.
As they were walking to potions, they were talking about their teachers.
"I hear we have a new divination teacher," Lily said.
Oh man, I hope she's not as big of a fraud as Professor Clarke," Sirius said.
"You guys should have dropped it like me and Remus," Caitlin pointed out.
"It's too bad professor Jensen (potions) stayed." James said.
"Oh, I know, he is so rude! He never puts me by any of you."
*In potions*
"Don't sit down! I'll tell you where to sit!" barked Professor Jensen. "I need Lupin and Goyle here, Pettigrew and Crabbe, Potter and Malfoy here, Reinhart and Snape here, Evans and Black here."
Lily sat down next to Sirius and in front of James.
As Caitlin passed her to sit down behind James, she whispered, "Lucky," to Lily.
"Today we'll be having a pop quiz. You will be making a potion from memory. You can either work with your table partner, or the table in front or back of you."
Caitlin turned around to work with Remus so she wouldn't have to work alone with Snape.
Professor Jensen said, "You are going to have to make a laughing potion, so get to work!"
"Sirius, so you remember how to make it?" Lily asked her partner.
"No, do you?"
"Only part."
"Jamsie! Do you want to help us?" Sirius called.
"Sorry, but I only remember part of it."
"Me too," Lily said.
"Maybe the three of us can work together and try to figure it out."
"I'm not doing anything," said Malfoy.
"Well them me and Lil will work together."
"Hey, what about me?" Sirius asked, acting hurt.
"Siri, if we let you help us when we don't even know what we're doing, we'd be in serious trouble."
Lily couldn't but laugh.
By the end of the class, Lily, James, Remus, Sirius, Lucius, Severus, Caitlin, and Goyle were the only ones who had the potion right.
By the end of the day, Lily was in a good mood. In divination, she had a blast with Sirius, and James, making fun of their new teacher, who was practically deaf, so she couldn't hear them.
That night in the common room, after dinner, Peter was writing a note, and Cait and Sirius were snogging.
"How do you spell hottie?" Peter asked.
"L-I-L-Y," James said.
"L-I-L-Y," Sirius answered.
"Hey! That's not my name!" Caitlin cried in mock-anger.
"Sorry, C-A-I-T-L-Y-N," Sirius tried again.
"That's not it either!"
Lily started to laugh, and pretty soon, everyone else there was too.
"I didn't think it was that funny," Sirius said.
Caitlin laughed again, and kissed him, then got up.
"Time for bed."
*~*~*
Okay, it's starting to get interesting, and maybe even funny? I don't know- you tell me. Please review. Luf to all-Jami
Chapter 2: Making Lily truly happy
*~*~*
The marauders were sleeping over at James' and Sirius' shared mansion that night.
That's why James and Sirius were best friends. Their parents had been best friends, and always lived next door to each other.
In third year, Sirius' house burned down, and unfortunately, the Potters were over. Sirius' mom, and James' dad died.
Sirius' dad couldn't afford to buy a new house, and James' mom couldn't pay for the house on her own, so the Blacks moved in with the Potters, and the shared the expenses.
"So, who was that earlier?" Sirius asked Remus.
"Lily," he said.
"Lily, you mean, Lily Evans?" James asked.
"She has the greatest eyes on earth." Sirius added.
"How do you know?" Peter asked. "She was wearing sunglasses today."
"Peter, my pal, it's called noticing before today."
Little did Lily know, people really did pay attention to her. They just didn't want to talk to her because she was, well.ugly.
James however, had told his friends a long time ago he wanted to be friends with her. But Sirius wouldn't let him near her because she wasn't popular enough.
"James, you've never been turned down before, go for it!" Sirius said.
"I don't want to ask her out, I just want to be friends."
"What a hard thing for James Potter to say," Remus taunted.
"Shut up," he said, and he threw his pillow at Remus.
*~*~*
"He liked you,"
"He hated me,"
"He wants to go out with you,"
"They all hated me,"
"Ask him out,"
"He's never gonna look at me again,"
"He thought you were pretty,"
"He thought I was ugly,"
"He can't wait to see you again,"
"I could wait a lifetime to see him again,"
"He acted like."
"I acted like."
"A dork."
"A freak."
"Come on Lil, you know he liked you," Caitlin pointed out.
"Maybe he did, but it won't last long."
"What do you mean?"
"You know. James Potter is the biggest player in school. When he asks out a girl, he sticks around long enough to hear her say yes, then he's off snogging with some other girl, and he lets the poor girl he's going out with find out by his new toy."
"Lily, if he really likes you, he'd stay. Remember? Sirius used to be as bad as James, but then he met me, and he hasn't cheated on me once."
"I'm still not going to let my guard down."
"On a happier note, school starts tomorrow,"
Lily groaned and Cait laughed.
*~*~*
"Lily, wake up! Time to go!" Caitlin yelled.
"I'm coming." she lifted her head.
"Time to go see Sirius, Peter, Remus. and James!"
The head went back down.
"Oh, come on."
They dressed, and went by floo powder.
The second they were through the barrier, a bunch of people rushed up to Caitlin.
"I'm sure you all know Lily," she said. "Lily, this is Maggie, and Caroline, but I'm sure you know them, because you've shared a room with them for five years."
Lily liked all the attention. As they got on the train, Maggie, and Caroline were talking to her, and by the end of the train ride, Lily had two new friends.
As they got out of the carriages, and into the castle, Lily realized she hadn't seen any of the marauders the whole time.
In the Great Hall, everyone was crowded around one window, so Lily and her friends walked up too.
Fire crackers were going off. They went on for a couple minutes, then came the grand finale. A pink one with heart shapes, that read;
'Sevvy, I love you!
~Narcissa'
And in response;
'Narcissie,
Will you marry me?
~Sevvy'
There was a cry from behind them, and a "Yes, of course!" and a "But-but-I don't want to-Potter!-Black!-I'll get you for this!" "Who set this all up?" James said. He was right behind her and Caitlin.
"We did!" Sirius replied.
"Awesome job guys!" Lily exclaimed.
"Totally!" Caitlin agreed.
"All right, although I must admit that was amusing, we must get to the eating and sorting," Dumbledore said.
Lily headed for her usual spot, but James said, "Lily, come sit with us!"
So she sat in between him and Caitlin.
After Dumbledore made his announcements, and there was food on the plates, for the first time in her life at Hogwarts, Lily engaged in a real conversation with someone other than Robyn or Caitlin.
"Guess what?" asked Sirius.
"What?" they replied.
"My birthday is in Thirty days!"
"Oh yeah? Well, that means mine is in thirty two days!" Caitlin said.
"That means mine is in seventy seven days." James replied.
"Mine's in ninety eight days," Lily added.
"You're the youngest of us all. Because that means your birthday is on January 7th," said Remus knowingly.
He was the top of his class so he could figure out stuff like that. "We all have birthdays in September through December."
"So Lily, got a boyfriend?" Sirius asked.
"Sirius Black! You better not be hitting on Lily. If you don't remember, I'm your girlfriend." Caitlin said jokingly.
"Aww, come on Cait, can't a guy have a little fun?"
"Under one circumstance."
"Wassat?"
"Say you love me."
"I love you Caitie."
"Love you too Siri, now go mess around with Lily."
"Ewwwwwwwww!"
"Oh, you sicko! I didn't mean it like that!"
Lily inched away from her, and they all laughed.
By scooting away from Caitlin, she scooched closer to James.
"Hey Lil, I know I'm a chick magnet and all, but I didn't think I was that attractive."
He grinned, and Lily began to blush, but then realized, (the color so totally didn't match her hair.no!) that if she wanted people to like her, she couldn't get
embarrassed so easily.
So instead, she said tonelessly, "Oh. Yeah. I am in hopeless love. With you. I need you. So bad. Baby."
They broke into hysterics for a second time.
"Ouch! She burnt you!" Sirius said.
Finally, it was time to go up to bed.
As Lily got into bed, she heard a sniff from the bed next to her.
She pulled the curtains back, and saw Robyn.
Robyn! She had totally forgotten.
"Oh my gosh Robyn! I am sooooooo sorry!"
"Wow Lil, you look awesome."
"Robyn, I-"
"No shh, it's okay. I completely understand. You're changing, and getting new friends. I accept the new you if you promise me one thing."
"That'd be."
"That you won't forget about me, and I can still be your friend. Maybe not your best friend, but your friend."
Lily's eyes filled with tears.
"You mean I can sit with them, hang out with them, be friends with them, and you'll still be my friend? After all I did?"
"Yeah."
They hugged, and cried, and hugged again.
*~*~*
The next morning, classes started.
As they were walking to potions, they were talking about their teachers.
"I hear we have a new divination teacher," Lily said.
Oh man, I hope she's not as big of a fraud as Professor Clarke," Sirius said.
"You guys should have dropped it like me and Remus," Caitlin pointed out.
"It's too bad professor Jensen (potions) stayed." James said.
"Oh, I know, he is so rude! He never puts me by any of you."
*In potions*
"Don't sit down! I'll tell you where to sit!" barked Professor Jensen. "I need Lupin and Goyle here, Pettigrew and Crabbe, Potter and Malfoy here, Reinhart and Snape here, Evans and Black here."
Lily sat down next to Sirius and in front of James.
As Caitlin passed her to sit down behind James, she whispered, "Lucky," to Lily.
"Today we'll be having a pop quiz. You will be making a potion from memory. You can either work with your table partner, or the table in front or back of you."
Caitlin turned around to work with Remus so she wouldn't have to work alone with Snape.
Professor Jensen said, "You are going to have to make a laughing potion, so get to work!"
"Sirius, so you remember how to make it?" Lily asked her partner.
"No, do you?"
"Only part."
"Jamsie! Do you want to help us?" Sirius called.
"Sorry, but I only remember part of it."
"Me too," Lily said.
"Maybe the three of us can work together and try to figure it out."
"I'm not doing anything," said Malfoy.
"Well them me and Lil will work together."
"Hey, what about me?" Sirius asked, acting hurt.
"Siri, if we let you help us when we don't even know what we're doing, we'd be in serious trouble."
Lily couldn't but laugh.
By the end of the class, Lily, James, Remus, Sirius, Lucius, Severus, Caitlin, and Goyle were the only ones who had the potion right.
By the end of the day, Lily was in a good mood. In divination, she had a blast with Sirius, and James, making fun of their new teacher, who was practically deaf, so she couldn't hear them.
That night in the common room, after dinner, Peter was writing a note, and Cait and Sirius were snogging.
"How do you spell hottie?" Peter asked.
"L-I-L-Y," James said.
"L-I-L-Y," Sirius answered.
"Hey! That's not my name!" Caitlin cried in mock-anger.
"Sorry, C-A-I-T-L-Y-N," Sirius tried again.
"That's not it either!"
Lily started to laugh, and pretty soon, everyone else there was too.
"I didn't think it was that funny," Sirius said.
Caitlin laughed again, and kissed him, then got up.
"Time for bed."
*~*~*
Okay, it's starting to get interesting, and maybe even funny? I don't know- you tell me. Please review. Luf to all-Jami