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Chapter Nine: The Plan part 2
The day went on as usual. Classes, lunch and more classes and then free time. Lily went to the library as soon as Mcgonagall dismissed the Gryffindors. She chose a table in the far back of the library in a small corner. She took out her arithmancy textbook, a piece of parchment and a quill and began to do her arithmancy homework. But Lily didn't know she had been tailed by two people. Lily had this funny urge that someone was with her. Sure enough she looked up and SK was standing in front of her. Lily stood up and glared at her. "How'd you find me here? What are YOU doing here Sarah-Kate?" she said defiantly. Sk just put on a fake smile. "Trying to find out what are your true intentions with Potter." Lily was taken aback. "I TOLD you. I just want to help him! He wants Darleen as much as Darleen wants him! I'm just trying to help him out." said Lily angrily. "Are you sure Evans? I sense something else..." said SK slyly. "Yes. I'm sure. Now go. I want to get my homework done." said Lily firmly. "Fine. I don't want to be here anyways." remarked SK and left.
Lily sat down again, annoyed. It was the second time that SK had appeared trying to get suspicions from her about other than friendly feelings for James. Luckily Lily didn't have any. Otherwise...SK would've gotten the truth out of her and that would have been catastrophic, the past would repeat itself. That's the last thing Lily wanted to happen, she'd seen enough pain from a boy to last her a lifetime. She'd sworn not to have any crushes or love feelings for any boy anymore in fear from that event happening again.
The other person who had been tailing her had seen everything. He had been peering through the bookshelves and seen everything. He decided to go and talk to Lily about it. He walked to the corner and sat in front of Lily who was deep concentration on her arithmancy charts. "Hey Lily." he said. Lily looked up annoyed, ready to send off SK again when she met James's raven-black hair and chocolate-brown eyes. She slammed the book shut. "Oh. Uhm. Is it 5:30 already? My god time does fly by..." she mumbled. She checked her watch, but before she could James covered it up. "It's now %:30 yet it's 4:17." he said. Lily doubtfully checked her watch, it read 4:18. "Oh. Then...what are you doing here?" she said confused. "Tailing Ralphs." he answered. "Wha--????? You heard what we said???" asked Lily incredously. James nodded. Lily covered her mouth. "Ohmygod. I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it..." "It's okay. I mean I'm glad to know Darleen wants me as much as I want her. But why? And why is SK tailing you?" said James. Lily sighed. " I know but you won't believe me anyway so let's just say I don't know. SK is tailing me because of Darleen wanting you. She thinks I got a crush on you or something. And she knows that if I do, it'll ruin Darleen's chances with you. So I just cleared things up." she said. James was amazed. Lily did so much for him, she even tried to get him to date her enemy and threw away all the suspicions she could. He owed her so much. "Er. Lily, we're at the library so, why don't we just stay here and do our homework while we wait for it to be 5:30?" suggested James. "Yeah. Sure. Why not?" said Lily.
The minutes slipped by slowly. Lily seemed to be perfectly fine and had already finished her arithmancy homework and was working on an essay for potions. James was having problems to concentrate on his charms homework. He was okay at charms but today he didn't seem to concentrate with Lily in front. He kept getting the charm he was supposed to be working on all mixed up. Lily looked up and saw a book slow-walking across the desk, it was supposed to tap-dance. Lily laughed and muttered "Speedio!" and the book was charmed correctly. "Thanks" said James. Then a voice came from the radio.
"Lils? Pick up Lils. It's Sirius. We're there." said Sirius. Lily took out the radio. "Copy that Sirius. What's the time?" said Lily. Then Sirius's reply came back " Er, 5:45 pm. Look, I gotta go. The marauder's map says that Ralphs id heading this way. I'll contact you in 5 or 10 minutes. Stand by." Lily pressed the button again. "Roger that. Standing by." Lily looked up at James. "Ok. This is it. Once we get the signal that SK has been captured we find out where Darleen's lurking. I'll perform the Transform Charm and I'll present you to Darleen. Just don't mess up. Got it?" she said. "Sure." said James.
Meanwhile, up in the astronomy tower...
"Spells on at 3! 1, 2 and INVISIBLO!" said Sirius and was followed by two more "invisblos". They all became invisible. Just then SK walked in through the doorway. They all held their breaths. SK walked towards the railing. She took out a cigarrette and was about to light it when she sensed someone was here. She turned around and saw nobody so went on lighting her cigarrette. Then, Sirius, Remus and Peter crept out of their hiding place and advanced slowly on SK. They surrounded her so she wouldn't escape. Then there was an explosion as the trio cried out " PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" and 3 spells hit a very surprised SK. SK fell back with surprisement. They undid their invisibility charms and Sirius called Lily on the radio. "All clear. Give us the signal when to release her." he said. Then a reply came. "Copy that. Give me Harper's position." Sirius checked the map and replied "Northern Library corner.Over."
In the Library...
"Ok. CONJURA SARAH-KATE RALPS!" said Lily. Her jade eyes became honey-colored, her hair went from curly auburn to straight,short, frizzy blonde. She became shorter and her robes and outfit colors changed from Gryffindor to Slytherin. "Ok. We're done. Let's head for the northern corner." said Lily. So they walked off. When they got to the northern corner they hid behind a bookshelf. Lily peered between the books to check if she was there. Darleen was there all right, but with no other than Ledger. Lily groaned and sank to the floor. "Shoot! Ledger's there. I can't go in there. I can't face him." she moaned. James sank to his knees. "Oh no. You're not chickening out now are you? Come on it's now even you, you're SK remember?" he said. "Yeah. I guess you're right." said Lily half heartedly. James helped her up and straightened her out. "Lily, chill." he said, seeing she was nervous. Lily nodded. She stretched a bit and turned to him. "Ok. I'm ready." James smiled. "You go girl." he said and pushed her into view.
Lily walked as SK did. She walked like a person who didn't care about anything. Cool. But SK was not cool. Anyway Lily tried to keep the sour expression that SK always had when she came near Darleen. Darleen looked up. She saw SK looking down at her. " Hello SK. Aren't you supposed to be smoking?" she said skeptically. Lily rolled her eyes as SK did when she was annoyed. "Yeah. But I ran into Evans and Co. You know her invisible friends. I didn't want to be with her so I just left. I figured one day less wouldn't kill me." said Lily like as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. She had insulted herself, geez, but she had to, SK hated her. " Oh. And did you ask her?" said Darleen. "Yeah. She said the same thing. That's enough for me." said Lily casually. "Great." said Darleen flatly. "Oh. Right, I want you to meet someone Dar." said Lily. Darleen's eyes flashed with curiosity. "Who?" she asked. Lily did a sly smile. "POTTER! Get youself out here this instant!" she shouted. James appeared into the corner. Paul didn't look happy about it. " This is James Potter. Potter this is Darleen Harper." said Lily flatly. James shook Darleen's hand and looked at Paul. James and Paul glared at each other for quite a while. "Hello Ledger." said James politely and shook Paul's hand, Paul said nothing. Then Lily pretended to be in a hurry. " 'leen, I gotta go. I just came here to leave Potter with you." Said Lily. Then she shot out of the library.
Once out in the hallway, Lily found a spot to send a message. She transformed back into herself and took the radio. " Sirius?" she said. Then Sirius came through with a message. "I'm here. What took you so long?" "Ledger was there and I freaked out a bit." said Lily. "Oh. Ok. We'll release Ralphs and modify her memory. Meet me in the common room to give you back the radio and everything." "Copy that. Over and out." said Lily. Then she headed towards the common room.
Chapter Nine: The Plan part 2
The day went on as usual. Classes, lunch and more classes and then free time. Lily went to the library as soon as Mcgonagall dismissed the Gryffindors. She chose a table in the far back of the library in a small corner. She took out her arithmancy textbook, a piece of parchment and a quill and began to do her arithmancy homework. But Lily didn't know she had been tailed by two people. Lily had this funny urge that someone was with her. Sure enough she looked up and SK was standing in front of her. Lily stood up and glared at her. "How'd you find me here? What are YOU doing here Sarah-Kate?" she said defiantly. Sk just put on a fake smile. "Trying to find out what are your true intentions with Potter." Lily was taken aback. "I TOLD you. I just want to help him! He wants Darleen as much as Darleen wants him! I'm just trying to help him out." said Lily angrily. "Are you sure Evans? I sense something else..." said SK slyly. "Yes. I'm sure. Now go. I want to get my homework done." said Lily firmly. "Fine. I don't want to be here anyways." remarked SK and left.
Lily sat down again, annoyed. It was the second time that SK had appeared trying to get suspicions from her about other than friendly feelings for James. Luckily Lily didn't have any. Otherwise...SK would've gotten the truth out of her and that would have been catastrophic, the past would repeat itself. That's the last thing Lily wanted to happen, she'd seen enough pain from a boy to last her a lifetime. She'd sworn not to have any crushes or love feelings for any boy anymore in fear from that event happening again.
The other person who had been tailing her had seen everything. He had been peering through the bookshelves and seen everything. He decided to go and talk to Lily about it. He walked to the corner and sat in front of Lily who was deep concentration on her arithmancy charts. "Hey Lily." he said. Lily looked up annoyed, ready to send off SK again when she met James's raven-black hair and chocolate-brown eyes. She slammed the book shut. "Oh. Uhm. Is it 5:30 already? My god time does fly by..." she mumbled. She checked her watch, but before she could James covered it up. "It's now %:30 yet it's 4:17." he said. Lily doubtfully checked her watch, it read 4:18. "Oh. Then...what are you doing here?" she said confused. "Tailing Ralphs." he answered. "Wha--????? You heard what we said???" asked Lily incredously. James nodded. Lily covered her mouth. "Ohmygod. I'm so sorry, I didn't mean it..." "It's okay. I mean I'm glad to know Darleen wants me as much as I want her. But why? And why is SK tailing you?" said James. Lily sighed. " I know but you won't believe me anyway so let's just say I don't know. SK is tailing me because of Darleen wanting you. She thinks I got a crush on you or something. And she knows that if I do, it'll ruin Darleen's chances with you. So I just cleared things up." she said. James was amazed. Lily did so much for him, she even tried to get him to date her enemy and threw away all the suspicions she could. He owed her so much. "Er. Lily, we're at the library so, why don't we just stay here and do our homework while we wait for it to be 5:30?" suggested James. "Yeah. Sure. Why not?" said Lily.
The minutes slipped by slowly. Lily seemed to be perfectly fine and had already finished her arithmancy homework and was working on an essay for potions. James was having problems to concentrate on his charms homework. He was okay at charms but today he didn't seem to concentrate with Lily in front. He kept getting the charm he was supposed to be working on all mixed up. Lily looked up and saw a book slow-walking across the desk, it was supposed to tap-dance. Lily laughed and muttered "Speedio!" and the book was charmed correctly. "Thanks" said James. Then a voice came from the radio.
"Lils? Pick up Lils. It's Sirius. We're there." said Sirius. Lily took out the radio. "Copy that Sirius. What's the time?" said Lily. Then Sirius's reply came back " Er, 5:45 pm. Look, I gotta go. The marauder's map says that Ralphs id heading this way. I'll contact you in 5 or 10 minutes. Stand by." Lily pressed the button again. "Roger that. Standing by." Lily looked up at James. "Ok. This is it. Once we get the signal that SK has been captured we find out where Darleen's lurking. I'll perform the Transform Charm and I'll present you to Darleen. Just don't mess up. Got it?" she said. "Sure." said James.
Meanwhile, up in the astronomy tower...
"Spells on at 3! 1, 2 and INVISIBLO!" said Sirius and was followed by two more "invisblos". They all became invisible. Just then SK walked in through the doorway. They all held their breaths. SK walked towards the railing. She took out a cigarrette and was about to light it when she sensed someone was here. She turned around and saw nobody so went on lighting her cigarrette. Then, Sirius, Remus and Peter crept out of their hiding place and advanced slowly on SK. They surrounded her so she wouldn't escape. Then there was an explosion as the trio cried out " PETRIFICUS TOTALUS!" and 3 spells hit a very surprised SK. SK fell back with surprisement. They undid their invisibility charms and Sirius called Lily on the radio. "All clear. Give us the signal when to release her." he said. Then a reply came. "Copy that. Give me Harper's position." Sirius checked the map and replied "Northern Library corner.Over."
In the Library...
"Ok. CONJURA SARAH-KATE RALPS!" said Lily. Her jade eyes became honey-colored, her hair went from curly auburn to straight,short, frizzy blonde. She became shorter and her robes and outfit colors changed from Gryffindor to Slytherin. "Ok. We're done. Let's head for the northern corner." said Lily. So they walked off. When they got to the northern corner they hid behind a bookshelf. Lily peered between the books to check if she was there. Darleen was there all right, but with no other than Ledger. Lily groaned and sank to the floor. "Shoot! Ledger's there. I can't go in there. I can't face him." she moaned. James sank to his knees. "Oh no. You're not chickening out now are you? Come on it's now even you, you're SK remember?" he said. "Yeah. I guess you're right." said Lily half heartedly. James helped her up and straightened her out. "Lily, chill." he said, seeing she was nervous. Lily nodded. She stretched a bit and turned to him. "Ok. I'm ready." James smiled. "You go girl." he said and pushed her into view.
Lily walked as SK did. She walked like a person who didn't care about anything. Cool. But SK was not cool. Anyway Lily tried to keep the sour expression that SK always had when she came near Darleen. Darleen looked up. She saw SK looking down at her. " Hello SK. Aren't you supposed to be smoking?" she said skeptically. Lily rolled her eyes as SK did when she was annoyed. "Yeah. But I ran into Evans and Co. You know her invisible friends. I didn't want to be with her so I just left. I figured one day less wouldn't kill me." said Lily like as if it were the most obvious thing in the world. She had insulted herself, geez, but she had to, SK hated her. " Oh. And did you ask her?" said Darleen. "Yeah. She said the same thing. That's enough for me." said Lily casually. "Great." said Darleen flatly. "Oh. Right, I want you to meet someone Dar." said Lily. Darleen's eyes flashed with curiosity. "Who?" she asked. Lily did a sly smile. "POTTER! Get youself out here this instant!" she shouted. James appeared into the corner. Paul didn't look happy about it. " This is James Potter. Potter this is Darleen Harper." said Lily flatly. James shook Darleen's hand and looked at Paul. James and Paul glared at each other for quite a while. "Hello Ledger." said James politely and shook Paul's hand, Paul said nothing. Then Lily pretended to be in a hurry. " 'leen, I gotta go. I just came here to leave Potter with you." Said Lily. Then she shot out of the library.
Once out in the hallway, Lily found a spot to send a message. She transformed back into herself and took the radio. " Sirius?" she said. Then Sirius came through with a message. "I'm here. What took you so long?" "Ledger was there and I freaked out a bit." said Lily. "Oh. Ok. We'll release Ralphs and modify her memory. Meet me in the common room to give you back the radio and everything." "Copy that. Over and out." said Lily. Then she headed towards the common room.