A/N: This chapter is rather a dud, it has some nice writing but I don't
think it's needed, I have writers block! Aaaahhhh! Please review!
Chapter 2: Nothing Changes
The next day Lily was so sound asleep that her friends had to practically shake her awake. "What?" she grumbled and threw one of her many pillows in the general direction of her disturbers. "I must sleep." and started to softly snore again.
"What will we do with her?" her best friend, Josi, exclaimed. "Breakfast is in ten minutes and it takes at least twenty to comb her tangle of a hair. Come on, prop her up." The other six Gryffindor third-years slowly moved the body of Lily up into a sitting position. "Man, how late did you stay up?" Josi whispered silently. "Wake up!" she said in a louder tone. "We have NO time to spare, you have ten minutes to get dressed and down to breakfast." That gave Lily quite a shock; her eyes popped open and she gave a quick gasp.
"Ten minutes?!?" she exclaimed and quickly jumped out of bed. Scrambling, she hurriedly shoved the Hogwarts uniform and grabbed a large brush out of the waiting hand of Elizabeth. "Why didn't you guys wake me before?!?" she shrieked, her voice unusually high-pitched.
"Man, I'm sorry," Josi said, shocked at her friends' panic. "But I don't think you have to freak out about it this much."
"Freak out!? Freak out?! I'm not freaking out, oh no, I'm just panicking and wishing that I had woken up an hour ago. Great friends you all are."
"Well, excuse me, we tried waking you but you wouldn't budge." There was a moment of silence and everybody stood still.
Lily sighed and slowly lowered her head. In a calmer voice she said, "I know, I'm sorry about that. I don't know, I just want to look nice at breakfast and I guess I got a little freaked out."
"A little?" a voice laughed from behind Miranda.
"More than a little, Lisa," Lily laughed. "Okay, I'm ready. Shall we head out?" All six girls smiled and they filed out of the large room they all stayed in during the school year.
Downstairs in the vast dining room James and his three friends were already seated. James glanced up and saw the 'clan' as his friends and he called them, otherwise known as Lily and the other five Gryffindor third-year girls. Lily glanced in his direction and they met eyes, she smiled and he quickly looked away. What had he been thinking last night? He never intended for them to become more than friends, let alone friends. She had obviously thought of him as too rich for his own good that past few years and he did not want to associate with people who judged at first glance.
"What wad that 'bout" Sirius asked; his mouth full of ham dipped in plum sauce.
James paused, how should he answer? The truth would be the most ideal but would give his friends the wrong idea, and he did NOT want that. "I have no clue, you now how whack Lily can be sometimes." That would have to do for the time being.
After breakfast James was walking to Transfiguration by himself, his other friends had rushed on ahead to place an itching spell on Mrs. McGonagall's seat. He said it wouldn't do any good, because she never sat in it and besides the chair would be itchy, not get her itchy. But they completely ignored him and went ahead anyways. He was contemplating everything that had happened in the past twenty-four hours. Not even twenty-four hours, he corrected himself, more like ten. It's not like he didn't want to be her good friend, she was pretty enough he supposed, but his friends would never give him the end of it and he wanted to keep his friends' over gaining hers. "That doesn't make any sense," he laughed aloud.
"What doesn't?" a voice asked from behind him. Darn it, he said silently to himself, loud mouth. Lily drew alongside him and, trying to fill in the silence, added, "That breakfast today sure was great."
"Yes, I suppose it would be, if it wasn't the same as every other breakfast Hogwarts ever has in the morning," James replied. He was at much a loss for words as Lily apparently was.
Lily laughed, "Yes, I guess so. I didn't know what else to say." Another long silence ensued. "Why." Lily started but then stopped.
"Why what?" James asked.
"Oh, nothing," Lily said silently. Nothing indeed, she chided herself.
"Nothing indeed," James said, as if reading her thoughts. "Well, seeing as we're not friends and all, I really must run ahead to meet my friends in class." I am such a fool! He said to himself silently. Before Lily could say anything; and before he could she her pain-stricken face he rushed off towards his next class. Unfortunately the next class would also be with the girl he had so obviously insulted.
Chapter 2: Nothing Changes
The next day Lily was so sound asleep that her friends had to practically shake her awake. "What?" she grumbled and threw one of her many pillows in the general direction of her disturbers. "I must sleep." and started to softly snore again.
"What will we do with her?" her best friend, Josi, exclaimed. "Breakfast is in ten minutes and it takes at least twenty to comb her tangle of a hair. Come on, prop her up." The other six Gryffindor third-years slowly moved the body of Lily up into a sitting position. "Man, how late did you stay up?" Josi whispered silently. "Wake up!" she said in a louder tone. "We have NO time to spare, you have ten minutes to get dressed and down to breakfast." That gave Lily quite a shock; her eyes popped open and she gave a quick gasp.
"Ten minutes?!?" she exclaimed and quickly jumped out of bed. Scrambling, she hurriedly shoved the Hogwarts uniform and grabbed a large brush out of the waiting hand of Elizabeth. "Why didn't you guys wake me before?!?" she shrieked, her voice unusually high-pitched.
"Man, I'm sorry," Josi said, shocked at her friends' panic. "But I don't think you have to freak out about it this much."
"Freak out!? Freak out?! I'm not freaking out, oh no, I'm just panicking and wishing that I had woken up an hour ago. Great friends you all are."
"Well, excuse me, we tried waking you but you wouldn't budge." There was a moment of silence and everybody stood still.
Lily sighed and slowly lowered her head. In a calmer voice she said, "I know, I'm sorry about that. I don't know, I just want to look nice at breakfast and I guess I got a little freaked out."
"A little?" a voice laughed from behind Miranda.
"More than a little, Lisa," Lily laughed. "Okay, I'm ready. Shall we head out?" All six girls smiled and they filed out of the large room they all stayed in during the school year.
Downstairs in the vast dining room James and his three friends were already seated. James glanced up and saw the 'clan' as his friends and he called them, otherwise known as Lily and the other five Gryffindor third-year girls. Lily glanced in his direction and they met eyes, she smiled and he quickly looked away. What had he been thinking last night? He never intended for them to become more than friends, let alone friends. She had obviously thought of him as too rich for his own good that past few years and he did not want to associate with people who judged at first glance.
"What wad that 'bout" Sirius asked; his mouth full of ham dipped in plum sauce.
James paused, how should he answer? The truth would be the most ideal but would give his friends the wrong idea, and he did NOT want that. "I have no clue, you now how whack Lily can be sometimes." That would have to do for the time being.
After breakfast James was walking to Transfiguration by himself, his other friends had rushed on ahead to place an itching spell on Mrs. McGonagall's seat. He said it wouldn't do any good, because she never sat in it and besides the chair would be itchy, not get her itchy. But they completely ignored him and went ahead anyways. He was contemplating everything that had happened in the past twenty-four hours. Not even twenty-four hours, he corrected himself, more like ten. It's not like he didn't want to be her good friend, she was pretty enough he supposed, but his friends would never give him the end of it and he wanted to keep his friends' over gaining hers. "That doesn't make any sense," he laughed aloud.
"What doesn't?" a voice asked from behind him. Darn it, he said silently to himself, loud mouth. Lily drew alongside him and, trying to fill in the silence, added, "That breakfast today sure was great."
"Yes, I suppose it would be, if it wasn't the same as every other breakfast Hogwarts ever has in the morning," James replied. He was at much a loss for words as Lily apparently was.
Lily laughed, "Yes, I guess so. I didn't know what else to say." Another long silence ensued. "Why." Lily started but then stopped.
"Why what?" James asked.
"Oh, nothing," Lily said silently. Nothing indeed, she chided herself.
"Nothing indeed," James said, as if reading her thoughts. "Well, seeing as we're not friends and all, I really must run ahead to meet my friends in class." I am such a fool! He said to himself silently. Before Lily could say anything; and before he could she her pain-stricken face he rushed off towards his next class. Unfortunately the next class would also be with the girl he had so obviously insulted.