A/N: I know, I said I wouldn't do the whole tutoring thing, but I needed
someway to establish more than friendly feelings in preparation for my next
chapters :-D
Chapter 7- A Tutor
"Lily," Professor McGonagall said, "Please see me after class." The room erupted with 'uh-ohs' 'what has she done wrong?' and stuff of the sort. Lily lowered her head to her desk, oh no, she thought. "You too, Potter," McGonagall added.
After class Lily walked up to Professor McGonagall's desk and paused. "What did you want, Professor?" she asked. The professor glanced up and held up her index finger, signaling for one second. James was soon standing next to Lily; the two did not exchange scared glances as students would normally do at times like these.
"Lily," the professor said, standing up. "As you probably have been aware, this is Potter's first day back in school and he has no inkling because apparently he didn't open the letters I sent him detailing each lesson for the day," she directed a glare in James' direction. "So, I'm asking you to tutor in whatever he missed while he was gone for the two weeks." Lily groaned and snuck a glance at James, he didn't look too happy about it either. "You will start tomorrow at quarter after two. Good-bye." Professor walked briskly out of her office.
"Potter, we will meet in the library," Lily said coldly and quickly disappeared.
"Great," James muttered to himself and followed Lily, who was walking to the Gryffindor common room.
"What?!" Sonya screeched when Lily was done relating everything that had happened that day. Lily nodded grimly.
"I feel SO sorry for you," Lisa said. "Having to tutor that fool? He'll probably either not show at all or act completely like the stuck up brute he is and pretend he already knows all that stuff."
Lily shook her head and fell back on the bed. She started hitting her forehead with the heel of her hand. Lisa reached over and grabbed her hand, "Now, now, no more of that," she said, imitating Professor McGonagall's stern tone of voice. Lily laughed but didn't sit up; instead she let out a groan resembling a gorilla's. This made all the girls laugh, they didn't notice that Lily had fallen into a deep sleep and was dreaming an odd dream.
She was running fast through the halls of Hogwarts, but they didn't look like any she had seen before. She wasn't looking at the ground and was surprised and she tripped head long into a false wall, and burst into the Slytherin common room. James was there, in Ravenclaw attire, flying around on his new broom. "Get down from there!" Lily called. James apparently didn't hear her and kept flying. She called again, this time he noticed her and slowly drifted to the floor. "Yes, my love?" he asked happily. "No!" Lily exclaimed. "You are not MY love!" She yelled, trying to kick James but not succeeding because soon the world was spinning in dizzying colors of red, yellow, green, blue, and something that reminded Lily faintly of vomit. It stopped and she flew onto a hardwood floor. "There you are, Lily dear," she heard someone say behind her. She turned around and saw James holding a baby with short black hair and green eyes that looked like hers. "No!" Lily screamed, and woke up, panting.
"You alright?" Lisa asked, bending over her. The room was dark and Lily could hear some of Amber's famous snores. Lily didn't answer, just stared at her with a look of shock on her face. "Are you alright?" Lisa asked again, obviously thinking Lily had not heard her the first time. Lily nodded and rolled over, pretending to fall asleep again. Lisa shrugged and went back to her own bed.
Lily evaded all thoughts for awhile, but when she found that sleep was not coming she let everything flood in. What was that all about? First she finds James flying around in a common room, SLYTHERIN none-the-less, and then he apparently holds their child. She might not have been so surprised if she felt like she had any feelings towards James, but since she didn't Lily was extremely shocked and worried. Hours passed and still Lily did not fall back asleep. When the clock chimed twelve times, Lily decided it was useless and started to leave the room to go to the common room.
"Drat!" she cursed as she tripped over one of Erin's inventions. Erin was muggle-born, and quite an oddity at that. She called herself a scientist and said she could invent stuff, like the THING Lily had practically tripped over. Not to mention that Erin's cleanliness is not exactly top notch. She continued on her way downstairs and after many stops, listening to what she thought sounded like footsteps, she got downstairs.
Downstairs she sat in the armchair and stared out the window. It was a full moon. "How beautiful," she whispered. She looked up when she heard a rustling to her left. "Hello?" she asked, scared. "Who's there?" Nobody answered. Lily stood up and started walking in the general direction of the noise when she tripped over something she hadn't noticed. Her foot caught a piece of fabric and pulled it away from the four boys huddled underneath it. "JAMES?! REMUS?! SIRIUS?! And PETER!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" she shrieked.
The foursome hurriedly stood up, grabbed the cloak from her and draped back over their bodies. They promptly disappeared. "Talk to you tomorrow!" James yelled back, "No time to explain now!" and they quickly escaped through the Gryffindor portal to the hall outside.
What was that all about? Lily wondered, silently dreading when she would have to tutor James tomorrow and him telling her an exaggerated story of him saving somebody's life. Lily just wanted to know about the cloak and what the heck they were doing out so early (or late, depending how you look at it.)
Morning finally came and Lily was not looking forward to the day for some odd reason. Maybe because the only class of the day the Gryffindors shared with the Slytherins, who she utterly despised, and then she had to tutor James in the afternoon.
Luckily the only class of the day was Charms, Lily's best and favorite subject. She was awarded ten points for Gryffindor because of a Disappearing Charm Lily performed perfectly. James glared at her constantly, loathing how much she showed off to the class.
Two o' clock slowly drew closer and Lily was upstairs trying to get her hair less frizzy. "Erg!" she screamed in frustrating, pulling at the ends of her fiery red hair with frustration.
Lisa was sitting quietly on her bed, watching Lily practically pull her hair out. "Whoa, girl," she said. "If you keep doing that you won't have any hair left to be frizzy."
"Why does it have to be SO DARN FRIZZY?!" Lily screamed.
Just at that moment Sonya walked in and looked at Lily like she was crazy. "Are you trying to impress a boy or what?" she asked.
Lily glared at Sonya with a look that could have killed a whole flock of owls. "No," she said coldly. "But I'm going to be in a public place and prefer to look presentable." Sonya gave an apologetic look and reached for a can of something that was resting on Erin's nightstand.
"This is Muggle hair stuff, Erin showed it to me the other day," Sonya explained while spraying foam onto her hand and rubbing it together. "Can I try it on your hair?" Resignedly Lily nodded and plopped down into a chair that she had pulled into the middle of the room. Twenty minutes later and after many cries of frustration from both Lily and Sonya (not to mention half the bottle of the Muggle hair product) Lily was ready. She received a 'good luck' from both girls and slowly headed down to the library, dreading the tutoring more and more every minute.
"So," James said as Lily plopped her load of books onto the table. "Your late." He glanced at his expensive wizard watch which resembled very much resembled a Rolex as if to back up his previous statement.
"Yeah, and I'm tutoring you," Lily responded in a cold tone. "Let's get started with Charms."
"Wait," James cut in. "Before we start, could I explain about last night?" Lily was shocked by his willingness to explain.
"Why? Do you want to brag about a fearless effort life-saving event that happened last night?" Lily said.
"No, well, it was a full moon last night."
"Yeah, I noticed."
"Well, Remus needed to be outside bec.just cause." James prevented himself from going any further into detail quickly.
"Because, what? And why didn't I see you guys crawling on the ground before I tripped?" Lily pushed. Why do I have to be so cold? She asked herself silently.
"Because. And, well, I have a.." Should I tell her? James wondered. If I do then I'll have confided something to my enemy and she'll have potential blackmail.If I don't it will be totally awkward.
"Well, it doesn't look like you're willing to tell me, so let's get on with our work. Perform a shrinking charm on this book for me, please," said Lily, and after demonstrating with her Defense Against the Dark Arts book and then counter-charming it she looked at James expectantly.
James took out his wand, pointed it at the book and said, "SHRINKENERO!" Nothing happened and James' forehead wrinkled from his puzzlement.
"No, no, no," Lily reprimanded and took her wand out. "You're holding it all wrong and you have to be stern. Like this, SHRINKENERO!" The book shuddered and shrunk to half its size. James glanced jealously at Lily. "Okay, now you try. ENLARGO!" the book returned to its' original size and Lily handed James his wand.
"SHRINKENERO!" the book shuddered and appeared to be almost shrinking but not quite. It stopped and James glared at it. "SHRINKENERO!" After about twenty tries James finally succeeded.
"We spent two days on that and then moved onto." Lily went on, having James try an assortment of newly learned spells, and after two hours she decided that that was enough. She smiled happily on her way out, glad to be finally out of his company.
James wasn't so happy however, he felt like an idiot because he had wanted to explain for the encounter last night but all he had gotten out was that Remus needed to be outside on full moons. Great, just great, James told himself as he left the library. But he didn't know what else to say and still not break his best friends' trust.
A/N: This is the longest any of my stories has been! Four pages! Woohoo! And thanks to everybody who has reviewed. Lavon has been my most faithful reader. Thanks Lavon! I hope you guys all love what my next two chapters will bring! I have a rather eventful something to bring the two together.
Chapter 7- A Tutor
"Lily," Professor McGonagall said, "Please see me after class." The room erupted with 'uh-ohs' 'what has she done wrong?' and stuff of the sort. Lily lowered her head to her desk, oh no, she thought. "You too, Potter," McGonagall added.
After class Lily walked up to Professor McGonagall's desk and paused. "What did you want, Professor?" she asked. The professor glanced up and held up her index finger, signaling for one second. James was soon standing next to Lily; the two did not exchange scared glances as students would normally do at times like these.
"Lily," the professor said, standing up. "As you probably have been aware, this is Potter's first day back in school and he has no inkling because apparently he didn't open the letters I sent him detailing each lesson for the day," she directed a glare in James' direction. "So, I'm asking you to tutor in whatever he missed while he was gone for the two weeks." Lily groaned and snuck a glance at James, he didn't look too happy about it either. "You will start tomorrow at quarter after two. Good-bye." Professor walked briskly out of her office.
"Potter, we will meet in the library," Lily said coldly and quickly disappeared.
"Great," James muttered to himself and followed Lily, who was walking to the Gryffindor common room.
"What?!" Sonya screeched when Lily was done relating everything that had happened that day. Lily nodded grimly.
"I feel SO sorry for you," Lisa said. "Having to tutor that fool? He'll probably either not show at all or act completely like the stuck up brute he is and pretend he already knows all that stuff."
Lily shook her head and fell back on the bed. She started hitting her forehead with the heel of her hand. Lisa reached over and grabbed her hand, "Now, now, no more of that," she said, imitating Professor McGonagall's stern tone of voice. Lily laughed but didn't sit up; instead she let out a groan resembling a gorilla's. This made all the girls laugh, they didn't notice that Lily had fallen into a deep sleep and was dreaming an odd dream.
She was running fast through the halls of Hogwarts, but they didn't look like any she had seen before. She wasn't looking at the ground and was surprised and she tripped head long into a false wall, and burst into the Slytherin common room. James was there, in Ravenclaw attire, flying around on his new broom. "Get down from there!" Lily called. James apparently didn't hear her and kept flying. She called again, this time he noticed her and slowly drifted to the floor. "Yes, my love?" he asked happily. "No!" Lily exclaimed. "You are not MY love!" She yelled, trying to kick James but not succeeding because soon the world was spinning in dizzying colors of red, yellow, green, blue, and something that reminded Lily faintly of vomit. It stopped and she flew onto a hardwood floor. "There you are, Lily dear," she heard someone say behind her. She turned around and saw James holding a baby with short black hair and green eyes that looked like hers. "No!" Lily screamed, and woke up, panting.
"You alright?" Lisa asked, bending over her. The room was dark and Lily could hear some of Amber's famous snores. Lily didn't answer, just stared at her with a look of shock on her face. "Are you alright?" Lisa asked again, obviously thinking Lily had not heard her the first time. Lily nodded and rolled over, pretending to fall asleep again. Lisa shrugged and went back to her own bed.
Lily evaded all thoughts for awhile, but when she found that sleep was not coming she let everything flood in. What was that all about? First she finds James flying around in a common room, SLYTHERIN none-the-less, and then he apparently holds their child. She might not have been so surprised if she felt like she had any feelings towards James, but since she didn't Lily was extremely shocked and worried. Hours passed and still Lily did not fall back asleep. When the clock chimed twelve times, Lily decided it was useless and started to leave the room to go to the common room.
"Drat!" she cursed as she tripped over one of Erin's inventions. Erin was muggle-born, and quite an oddity at that. She called herself a scientist and said she could invent stuff, like the THING Lily had practically tripped over. Not to mention that Erin's cleanliness is not exactly top notch. She continued on her way downstairs and after many stops, listening to what she thought sounded like footsteps, she got downstairs.
Downstairs she sat in the armchair and stared out the window. It was a full moon. "How beautiful," she whispered. She looked up when she heard a rustling to her left. "Hello?" she asked, scared. "Who's there?" Nobody answered. Lily stood up and started walking in the general direction of the noise when she tripped over something she hadn't noticed. Her foot caught a piece of fabric and pulled it away from the four boys huddled underneath it. "JAMES?! REMUS?! SIRIUS?! And PETER!? WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?" she shrieked.
The foursome hurriedly stood up, grabbed the cloak from her and draped back over their bodies. They promptly disappeared. "Talk to you tomorrow!" James yelled back, "No time to explain now!" and they quickly escaped through the Gryffindor portal to the hall outside.
What was that all about? Lily wondered, silently dreading when she would have to tutor James tomorrow and him telling her an exaggerated story of him saving somebody's life. Lily just wanted to know about the cloak and what the heck they were doing out so early (or late, depending how you look at it.)
Morning finally came and Lily was not looking forward to the day for some odd reason. Maybe because the only class of the day the Gryffindors shared with the Slytherins, who she utterly despised, and then she had to tutor James in the afternoon.
Luckily the only class of the day was Charms, Lily's best and favorite subject. She was awarded ten points for Gryffindor because of a Disappearing Charm Lily performed perfectly. James glared at her constantly, loathing how much she showed off to the class.
Two o' clock slowly drew closer and Lily was upstairs trying to get her hair less frizzy. "Erg!" she screamed in frustrating, pulling at the ends of her fiery red hair with frustration.
Lisa was sitting quietly on her bed, watching Lily practically pull her hair out. "Whoa, girl," she said. "If you keep doing that you won't have any hair left to be frizzy."
"Why does it have to be SO DARN FRIZZY?!" Lily screamed.
Just at that moment Sonya walked in and looked at Lily like she was crazy. "Are you trying to impress a boy or what?" she asked.
Lily glared at Sonya with a look that could have killed a whole flock of owls. "No," she said coldly. "But I'm going to be in a public place and prefer to look presentable." Sonya gave an apologetic look and reached for a can of something that was resting on Erin's nightstand.
"This is Muggle hair stuff, Erin showed it to me the other day," Sonya explained while spraying foam onto her hand and rubbing it together. "Can I try it on your hair?" Resignedly Lily nodded and plopped down into a chair that she had pulled into the middle of the room. Twenty minutes later and after many cries of frustration from both Lily and Sonya (not to mention half the bottle of the Muggle hair product) Lily was ready. She received a 'good luck' from both girls and slowly headed down to the library, dreading the tutoring more and more every minute.
"So," James said as Lily plopped her load of books onto the table. "Your late." He glanced at his expensive wizard watch which resembled very much resembled a Rolex as if to back up his previous statement.
"Yeah, and I'm tutoring you," Lily responded in a cold tone. "Let's get started with Charms."
"Wait," James cut in. "Before we start, could I explain about last night?" Lily was shocked by his willingness to explain.
"Why? Do you want to brag about a fearless effort life-saving event that happened last night?" Lily said.
"No, well, it was a full moon last night."
"Yeah, I noticed."
"Well, Remus needed to be outside bec.just cause." James prevented himself from going any further into detail quickly.
"Because, what? And why didn't I see you guys crawling on the ground before I tripped?" Lily pushed. Why do I have to be so cold? She asked herself silently.
"Because. And, well, I have a.." Should I tell her? James wondered. If I do then I'll have confided something to my enemy and she'll have potential blackmail.If I don't it will be totally awkward.
"Well, it doesn't look like you're willing to tell me, so let's get on with our work. Perform a shrinking charm on this book for me, please," said Lily, and after demonstrating with her Defense Against the Dark Arts book and then counter-charming it she looked at James expectantly.
James took out his wand, pointed it at the book and said, "SHRINKENERO!" Nothing happened and James' forehead wrinkled from his puzzlement.
"No, no, no," Lily reprimanded and took her wand out. "You're holding it all wrong and you have to be stern. Like this, SHRINKENERO!" The book shuddered and shrunk to half its size. James glanced jealously at Lily. "Okay, now you try. ENLARGO!" the book returned to its' original size and Lily handed James his wand.
"SHRINKENERO!" the book shuddered and appeared to be almost shrinking but not quite. It stopped and James glared at it. "SHRINKENERO!" After about twenty tries James finally succeeded.
"We spent two days on that and then moved onto." Lily went on, having James try an assortment of newly learned spells, and after two hours she decided that that was enough. She smiled happily on her way out, glad to be finally out of his company.
James wasn't so happy however, he felt like an idiot because he had wanted to explain for the encounter last night but all he had gotten out was that Remus needed to be outside on full moons. Great, just great, James told himself as he left the library. But he didn't know what else to say and still not break his best friends' trust.
A/N: This is the longest any of my stories has been! Four pages! Woohoo! And thanks to everybody who has reviewed. Lavon has been my most faithful reader. Thanks Lavon! I hope you guys all love what my next two chapters will bring! I have a rather eventful something to bring the two together.