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Open To Interpretation
"Shhhh! You'll wake her!"
"Is that a bad thing? We need to talk to her!"
"Sirius keep your voice down." Lily felt darkness surround her for the second time.
"What did the letter say?" James asked Arabella, they were all in the Hospital Wing surrounding Lily's bed.
"I don't know I didn't think it was my place to read it."
"Well, I think you should read it out. I for one want to know what would make Lily have that reaction." Sirius argued.
"Okay..." Arabella found the letter. "Dear Miss Lily A. Evans-"
"What does the A stand for?"
"Sirius! Continue Bella." James said in annoyance.
" 'We regret to inform you of the death of your parents, Mr and Mrs Andrew L. Evans. There is much speculation as to the cause of death and an inquiry is underway as I write. Your sister, Petunia M. Evans, is currently staying with her fiancés' family and she is quite distraught with the news. We think it best that you do not contact your sister for the present time. For the Christmas holidays, we will leave you under the capable care of your Headmaster Albus Dumbledore........ Our sincerest condolences,' and it's signed by the head of Magical Law Enforcement. Doesn't that deal with Voldemort and Aurors run it or something like that?"
"They don't know how they died? That's so strange. Poor Lily. First Remus and now Lily." Jessabelle muttered.
"It is so sad." Arabella said tears streaming down her face. "Mr and Mrs Evans were so nice and now they're gone." Sirius walked over to her and hugged her. "It's like losing parents all over again," she whispered into his shoulder.
"Shhh..." Sirius said rubbing her back. "It's okay. It'll be okay."
"Bella," Lily croaked from the bed. She coughed before continuing in a clear voice, "It's true isn't it. I didn't dream it." Lily sat up in the bed.
"Yes Lils. I'm so sorry." Arabella broke away from Sirius and went to comfort Lily.
"Don't be. It's not your fault. Can we get out of here? I hate the Hospital Wing."
"Wait. How are you feeling first Lily?" James asked.
"Like I want to die, James. But if you mean am I going to faint again, the answer is no I won't."
"Alrite, sorry Lils." James said quietly. Lily got up from the bed. She hadn't been there long so she was still in her normal clothes.
"Quick before Madame Pomfrey comes back." The group almost ran out of the Hospital Wing and they were well away before the nurse started yelling.
"Where do you want to go Lils?" asked Arabella.
"Back to our dorm." The group walked back to the Gryffindor Tower in silence and when they got there they went to their own dorms. No one really felt like talking. They were all thinking too much about Voldemort and how safe they really were.
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Time passed unnoticed to Lily. Soon Peter and Jessabelle had left, as had much of the school, but Lily didn't seem to be attentive to any of it. Christmas eve found James, Sirius, Arabella and Lily sitting around the common room fire. There were only a handful of other younger students staying and they had long gone to bed. It was then that James brought up Lily's zombie-like attitude towards everything.
"Lily, we're all extremely worried about you." Lily just looked at him.
"We miss the old Lils who would joke around with us and have fun and who loved going to class and still got a kick of watching the food appear every night in the Great Hall." Sirius chimed in.
"Lily, we're all here for you but you need to stop wallowing and let us help you!" Arabella said as gently as she could.
Lily stood up, "When you're all finished having a go at me, I think I'll go to bed." She said coldly, turning around and walking up to her dorm.
"That didn't go well."
"Sirius the Observant strikes again."
"No need to be sarcastic Bella."
"I think I'll go see if I can talk to her." James cut in before a war started between Sirius and Arabella.
"Good luck Prongs. Don't fancy being you."
"Sirius!" Arabella whacked him, "Lily's our friend. Don't forget." James heard as he walked up to the girls' dorm. He knocked on the door before entering.
"Lils?" James spotted her over by the window. He walked over to her as she turned around to face him.
"What do you want, James?" He could tell that she'd been crying.
"What Sirius said is true. We all miss you like crazy. And what Arabella said is also true, we're always going to be here for you."
"So it's also true that you think I should stop wallowing in self pity? Tell me James, how long did it take you to get over your parents being killed? Yeh, you guys didn't get to read the other letter did you? Voldemort killed my parents but tried to make it look like muggles did it. Didn't do a very good job though did he?" she gave a humourless laugh, "Turns out the bastard was trying to get me to turn away from muggles. He wants me on his side. He wants me to be like him and torture and kill those who I grew up with." She said choking out this last bit.
"Lils, I'm so sorry." James wrapped his arms around her as she cried into his shoulder, "And Voldemort's plan failed, didn't it? You hate him even more now. Bet his spewing about that." Lily chuckled a bit at this. "And the truth is Lils, you never do get over it. I still think about my parent's from time to time. But usually it's all the good things and after a while that makes you happy. And," he said looking down at her, "sometimes I even talk to them as if they're there. But you tell anyone that and I'll deny it straight away." Lily laughed this time, "It's good to hear you laugh again."
"Thank you James, I didn't think it was possible."
"Do you want to go down to the common room and see if Sirius and Arabella have killed each other yet?"
"Okay." Lily said laughing. They walked down the stairs and found Sirius and Arabella curled up in front of the fire. Arabella's head was resting on Sirius' chest and Sirius had his arms wrapped around Arabella protectively.
"Oh this is too good to miss." James said summoning Peter's camera from his dorm. Peter being the forgetful person he is, forgot to take it home for Christmas. As James was snapping pictures, Lily was trying to manipulate Arabella and Sirius into more compromising positions. (A/N:I know compromising isn't the right word but I couldn't think of 'it'. 'It' was at the tip of my fingers and then *poof* 'it' was gone.)
"Should we wake them?" Lily asked when James had used up all the film and Arabella now had one hand up Sirius' shirt.
"Too late." Sirius said sleepily, "Bella dear, what is your hand doing up my shirt?"
"Shuddup, I'm sleeping."
"I'm aware of that. But do you know that you're asleep on top of me?"
"You weren't complaining the other night." Lily and James were near to bursting point at this stage.
"Yes I know Bella, honey. But we didn't have company then." Sirius said in a very strained voice.
"Oh, Shit."
"Shit is right Bella honey, dear. We have evidence." James said waving the camera in front of the two.
"You bastard." Sirius said jumping up and chasing James around the common room, "Some best friend you claim to be."
"Who said I was your best friend?" James was at one side of the table and Sirius at the other.
"You're not?" Sirius asked confused.
"How cute is this?" Lily asked Arabella, sitting next to her on the couch and transfiguring some parchment into popcorn.
"I know! Boys and their emotions. Blargh! This tastes like paper!" Arabella spat out the popcorn.
"LILY! Take this and hide it!!" James ran up to her, Sirius hot on his heels. Lily grabbed the camera and sprinted away from Sirius and up the stairs.
"Shit she's fast."
"Yeh and you ain't never gonna to find it. Lils is too good at hiding stuff." Arabella said popping some popcorn into her mouth. (ehehe popping the popcorn...shuting up now...)
"You aren't at all worried, Belle? Not at all, at all?" Sirius asked her.
"Belle? Since when is it Belle and not BellA?" James cut in.
"Since I like Belle better than Bella." Sirius said grinning at James. Sirius threw himself onto the couch next to Arabella grabbing some popcorn. "Mmmm, Paper." Lily came down the stairs and sat down in an armchair.
"So how long have you two had this 'thing' going on?" Lily asked them.
Arabella shifted so her legs were now over the edge of the couch and her head was resting on top of Sirius' legs. "Not too long." She answered nonchalantly. Sirius was still grinning, enjoying the stunned look on James' face.
James sat down in a chair still shocked. "I can't believe it. Sirius and Arabella, Padfoot and Bella, the Git and-"
"HEY! Don't even think about insulting Belle." Sirius said the grin gone.
"Chill, Padfoot. I wasn't going to. The Git and the Beauty." James answered smoothly, winking at Arabella. Sirius growled at him.
"Yes, well while you two prove your masculinity. I'm going to bed. Are you coming Lils?" Arabella said standing up and stretching.
"Yep."
Arabella bent down and kissed Sirius who was reluctant to let go of her. "Goodnight boys."
"Goodnight guys. You have a helluva lot of explaining to do, young lady." Lily said following Arabella out of the common room.
"So do you, Padfoot. How come you didn't tell me? I can't believe I didn't see it." James muttered the last bit to himself.
"Yeah, well, you're not the best person to see any emotions are you Prongsie."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Sirius sighed, "Nothing.....Let's just go to bed." He looked at the time. "Oh, and Merry Christmas."
"Merry Bloody Christmas."
Author's Note: It's getting longer and longer!!! I had planned on writing Christmas in here but then I'd have to think of gifts to give to them and stuff and there's always a sappy little gift from James to Lily so I'm not going to do it. Tough bickies *grins* Anyways almost everyone.actually I think everyone did...guessed why Lily fainted.#really obvious meg duh# Am I really that transparent? I just thought I'd try and make it a bit more interesting. It's turning into a full on killing fest here..I wonder who'll go next *grins madly* #smacks Voldemort's (or Videoart's as Word would like it) head# you're having a bad influence on me.
Anywhos.I GOT REVIEWS!!!YAY!!!!! HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!!!
Thankyou to:
liza: Got it in one!! Not too original of me but you get that. Thanks for reviewing!
Jlee (Jonah): Remus has gone home! Noooo.I love all the Marauder's.even Petey the little rat.can't help but pity him. Anyway I hope you liked this chapter!
Katlynn: Kinda.Petunia IS getting married but yeh the ministry people's wanted her to stay at Hogwart's for Christmas. (times the thanks by 3!!)
Hazelmist: I love the Sirius and Arabella relationship as well.it's why I added it in!! And yep, you were right!
meg
P.s. about the department of Magical Law Enforcement..I don't know if that's right.I think I stole it from someone but I can't remember who. Anyways Thanks!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!
Open To Interpretation
"Shhhh! You'll wake her!"
"Is that a bad thing? We need to talk to her!"
"Sirius keep your voice down." Lily felt darkness surround her for the second time.
"What did the letter say?" James asked Arabella, they were all in the Hospital Wing surrounding Lily's bed.
"I don't know I didn't think it was my place to read it."
"Well, I think you should read it out. I for one want to know what would make Lily have that reaction." Sirius argued.
"Okay..." Arabella found the letter. "Dear Miss Lily A. Evans-"
"What does the A stand for?"
"Sirius! Continue Bella." James said in annoyance.
" 'We regret to inform you of the death of your parents, Mr and Mrs Andrew L. Evans. There is much speculation as to the cause of death and an inquiry is underway as I write. Your sister, Petunia M. Evans, is currently staying with her fiancés' family and she is quite distraught with the news. We think it best that you do not contact your sister for the present time. For the Christmas holidays, we will leave you under the capable care of your Headmaster Albus Dumbledore........ Our sincerest condolences,' and it's signed by the head of Magical Law Enforcement. Doesn't that deal with Voldemort and Aurors run it or something like that?"
"They don't know how they died? That's so strange. Poor Lily. First Remus and now Lily." Jessabelle muttered.
"It is so sad." Arabella said tears streaming down her face. "Mr and Mrs Evans were so nice and now they're gone." Sirius walked over to her and hugged her. "It's like losing parents all over again," she whispered into his shoulder.
"Shhh..." Sirius said rubbing her back. "It's okay. It'll be okay."
"Bella," Lily croaked from the bed. She coughed before continuing in a clear voice, "It's true isn't it. I didn't dream it." Lily sat up in the bed.
"Yes Lils. I'm so sorry." Arabella broke away from Sirius and went to comfort Lily.
"Don't be. It's not your fault. Can we get out of here? I hate the Hospital Wing."
"Wait. How are you feeling first Lily?" James asked.
"Like I want to die, James. But if you mean am I going to faint again, the answer is no I won't."
"Alrite, sorry Lils." James said quietly. Lily got up from the bed. She hadn't been there long so she was still in her normal clothes.
"Quick before Madame Pomfrey comes back." The group almost ran out of the Hospital Wing and they were well away before the nurse started yelling.
"Where do you want to go Lils?" asked Arabella.
"Back to our dorm." The group walked back to the Gryffindor Tower in silence and when they got there they went to their own dorms. No one really felt like talking. They were all thinking too much about Voldemort and how safe they really were.
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Time passed unnoticed to Lily. Soon Peter and Jessabelle had left, as had much of the school, but Lily didn't seem to be attentive to any of it. Christmas eve found James, Sirius, Arabella and Lily sitting around the common room fire. There were only a handful of other younger students staying and they had long gone to bed. It was then that James brought up Lily's zombie-like attitude towards everything.
"Lily, we're all extremely worried about you." Lily just looked at him.
"We miss the old Lils who would joke around with us and have fun and who loved going to class and still got a kick of watching the food appear every night in the Great Hall." Sirius chimed in.
"Lily, we're all here for you but you need to stop wallowing and let us help you!" Arabella said as gently as she could.
Lily stood up, "When you're all finished having a go at me, I think I'll go to bed." She said coldly, turning around and walking up to her dorm.
"That didn't go well."
"Sirius the Observant strikes again."
"No need to be sarcastic Bella."
"I think I'll go see if I can talk to her." James cut in before a war started between Sirius and Arabella.
"Good luck Prongs. Don't fancy being you."
"Sirius!" Arabella whacked him, "Lily's our friend. Don't forget." James heard as he walked up to the girls' dorm. He knocked on the door before entering.
"Lils?" James spotted her over by the window. He walked over to her as she turned around to face him.
"What do you want, James?" He could tell that she'd been crying.
"What Sirius said is true. We all miss you like crazy. And what Arabella said is also true, we're always going to be here for you."
"So it's also true that you think I should stop wallowing in self pity? Tell me James, how long did it take you to get over your parents being killed? Yeh, you guys didn't get to read the other letter did you? Voldemort killed my parents but tried to make it look like muggles did it. Didn't do a very good job though did he?" she gave a humourless laugh, "Turns out the bastard was trying to get me to turn away from muggles. He wants me on his side. He wants me to be like him and torture and kill those who I grew up with." She said choking out this last bit.
"Lils, I'm so sorry." James wrapped his arms around her as she cried into his shoulder, "And Voldemort's plan failed, didn't it? You hate him even more now. Bet his spewing about that." Lily chuckled a bit at this. "And the truth is Lils, you never do get over it. I still think about my parent's from time to time. But usually it's all the good things and after a while that makes you happy. And," he said looking down at her, "sometimes I even talk to them as if they're there. But you tell anyone that and I'll deny it straight away." Lily laughed this time, "It's good to hear you laugh again."
"Thank you James, I didn't think it was possible."
"Do you want to go down to the common room and see if Sirius and Arabella have killed each other yet?"
"Okay." Lily said laughing. They walked down the stairs and found Sirius and Arabella curled up in front of the fire. Arabella's head was resting on Sirius' chest and Sirius had his arms wrapped around Arabella protectively.
"Oh this is too good to miss." James said summoning Peter's camera from his dorm. Peter being the forgetful person he is, forgot to take it home for Christmas. As James was snapping pictures, Lily was trying to manipulate Arabella and Sirius into more compromising positions. (A/N:I know compromising isn't the right word but I couldn't think of 'it'. 'It' was at the tip of my fingers and then *poof* 'it' was gone.)
"Should we wake them?" Lily asked when James had used up all the film and Arabella now had one hand up Sirius' shirt.
"Too late." Sirius said sleepily, "Bella dear, what is your hand doing up my shirt?"
"Shuddup, I'm sleeping."
"I'm aware of that. But do you know that you're asleep on top of me?"
"You weren't complaining the other night." Lily and James were near to bursting point at this stage.
"Yes I know Bella, honey. But we didn't have company then." Sirius said in a very strained voice.
"Oh, Shit."
"Shit is right Bella honey, dear. We have evidence." James said waving the camera in front of the two.
"You bastard." Sirius said jumping up and chasing James around the common room, "Some best friend you claim to be."
"Who said I was your best friend?" James was at one side of the table and Sirius at the other.
"You're not?" Sirius asked confused.
"How cute is this?" Lily asked Arabella, sitting next to her on the couch and transfiguring some parchment into popcorn.
"I know! Boys and their emotions. Blargh! This tastes like paper!" Arabella spat out the popcorn.
"LILY! Take this and hide it!!" James ran up to her, Sirius hot on his heels. Lily grabbed the camera and sprinted away from Sirius and up the stairs.
"Shit she's fast."
"Yeh and you ain't never gonna to find it. Lils is too good at hiding stuff." Arabella said popping some popcorn into her mouth. (ehehe popping the popcorn...shuting up now...)
"You aren't at all worried, Belle? Not at all, at all?" Sirius asked her.
"Belle? Since when is it Belle and not BellA?" James cut in.
"Since I like Belle better than Bella." Sirius said grinning at James. Sirius threw himself onto the couch next to Arabella grabbing some popcorn. "Mmmm, Paper." Lily came down the stairs and sat down in an armchair.
"So how long have you two had this 'thing' going on?" Lily asked them.
Arabella shifted so her legs were now over the edge of the couch and her head was resting on top of Sirius' legs. "Not too long." She answered nonchalantly. Sirius was still grinning, enjoying the stunned look on James' face.
James sat down in a chair still shocked. "I can't believe it. Sirius and Arabella, Padfoot and Bella, the Git and-"
"HEY! Don't even think about insulting Belle." Sirius said the grin gone.
"Chill, Padfoot. I wasn't going to. The Git and the Beauty." James answered smoothly, winking at Arabella. Sirius growled at him.
"Yes, well while you two prove your masculinity. I'm going to bed. Are you coming Lils?" Arabella said standing up and stretching.
"Yep."
Arabella bent down and kissed Sirius who was reluctant to let go of her. "Goodnight boys."
"Goodnight guys. You have a helluva lot of explaining to do, young lady." Lily said following Arabella out of the common room.
"So do you, Padfoot. How come you didn't tell me? I can't believe I didn't see it." James muttered the last bit to himself.
"Yeah, well, you're not the best person to see any emotions are you Prongsie."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
Sirius sighed, "Nothing.....Let's just go to bed." He looked at the time. "Oh, and Merry Christmas."
"Merry Bloody Christmas."
Author's Note: It's getting longer and longer!!! I had planned on writing Christmas in here but then I'd have to think of gifts to give to them and stuff and there's always a sappy little gift from James to Lily so I'm not going to do it. Tough bickies *grins* Anyways almost everyone.actually I think everyone did...guessed why Lily fainted.#really obvious meg duh# Am I really that transparent? I just thought I'd try and make it a bit more interesting. It's turning into a full on killing fest here..I wonder who'll go next *grins madly* #smacks Voldemort's (or Videoart's as Word would like it) head# you're having a bad influence on me.
Anywhos.I GOT REVIEWS!!!YAY!!!!! HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!!!
Thankyou to:
liza: Got it in one!! Not too original of me but you get that. Thanks for reviewing!
Jlee (Jonah): Remus has gone home! Noooo.I love all the Marauder's.even Petey the little rat.can't help but pity him. Anyway I hope you liked this chapter!
Katlynn: Kinda.Petunia IS getting married but yeh the ministry people's wanted her to stay at Hogwart's for Christmas. (times the thanks by 3!!)
Hazelmist: I love the Sirius and Arabella relationship as well.it's why I added it in!! And yep, you were right!
meg
P.s. about the department of Magical Law Enforcement..I don't know if that's right.I think I stole it from someone but I can't remember who. Anyways Thanks!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!!!