Chapter 2
The next day the common room was still a mess. Remus and James were trying to clean it up magically, but in vain. " Must have jinxed it, the old bat." Murmured Sirius.
"You can't jinx a mess, you idiot!" James was slightly upset with Sirius; he thought it was Sirius' fault because his girlfriend's voice had given them away. They settled it with that, and went to the great hall.
They were all in white robes with flowers in the button hales. The Gryffindor lot had roses, the Ravenclaw's cornflowers, Hufflepuff marigolds and Slytherin parsley. The three houses were biting their lips to keep from laughing. Severus Snape glared at James. James replied by giving the finger.
Luckily, Dumbledore chose that moment to start the speech that he said each year. " Friends ("and enemies" added Remus to Lily) you have been here for seven years. In those seven years every thing that you did was shown. Whether you answered correctly," he smiled at Lily, " or were late for class" it was time to look at the Gryffendor boys, " it was shown by house points.
This is the last day of those seven years. Your good and bad things will be shown differently. I hope you will get many 'points' in these and not lose many.
" We will ask the Head boy and Girl to come up, please." Carrie and Frank Longbottom walked up to Dumbledore. As Carrie walked past Lily, she heard Carrie whimper in fright. Dumbledore smiled at her, which seemed to cheer her up a bit. He said, "Franck, come up here, please?" he turned to the whole school. "Frank has been given a scholarship to train at the Auror's department!" The school went wild. Dumbledore held up his hand. " Now for Carrie. She is going to be Mr. Fudge's personal assistant in the School Curriculum Department!" The crowd screamed and shouted again. " I feel sorry for kids here now! Imagine Carrie deciding what you were going to learn! She'll have them learning politics!" Sirius yelled to James over the crowd. Then everyone quietened down.
" Hufflepuffs, please come forward. Thank you. Ms. Sprout, come here please." Susie was trembling with excitement. " Ms. Sprout is going to be training at Hogwarts over the summer and next year because she will become the herbology teacher!" screams and shouts. Everyone went past, but I will only show you, "James, please come here. You will be training to be in the English Quiddich team while working part time with Sirius in the Sports department!" "Remus will be working in the Magical Creatures
Department!" "Peter will be working in the Flourish and Blotts Publishing Department!" "Lily. We wish you well, and hope you get on well in you voice training course to become a singer. As a part time job, you will be working in the Sports Department with James and Sirius." Lily's heart leaped. Working as a singer! Wow! And working with people she knew! And with Sharon Copley, her best friend, in a close department, the foreign ministry Department! This sounded great!!!
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Sharon and Lily bought a nice apartment near the ministry. They were right above Sirius, James and Remus. It was a spacious place, with separate bedrooms for each.
With the boys, spacious wasn't what you would use. The boys shared a bedroom, and the lounge/kitchen wasn't huge. But the boys didn't care. As they said, they only slept, ate and bathed in it. Well, they ate more at the girls, but, hey, that's what they said.
James found it more and more relaxing hanging out with Lily. It was calmer, more peaceful than the never-ending fun that was noisy when you were with the other boys.
Lily found James very easy to talk to. She had always been shy, and since she refused to go out with Sirius so she was almost afraid of him, Sharon to busy to bother to have the nice long chats they had in Hogwarts, it was nice to talk to some one who knew exactly what you meant when you talked about work, and knew what you were feeling when you talked about the strain of having to concentrate on two jobs at once. For both Lily and James felt overloaded with things, and almost felt like dropping one of the things. But James knew he could never abandon Quiddich and the excitement of flying, and leaving the Sports Department meant he would see Lily much less, and Remus and Sirius. And Lily knew how many people were going though the project of her singing, and she didn't have the heart to disappoint them. And she enjoyed it. Both of her works. She couldn't quit one. It was too difficult.
The next day the common room was still a mess. Remus and James were trying to clean it up magically, but in vain. " Must have jinxed it, the old bat." Murmured Sirius.
"You can't jinx a mess, you idiot!" James was slightly upset with Sirius; he thought it was Sirius' fault because his girlfriend's voice had given them away. They settled it with that, and went to the great hall.
They were all in white robes with flowers in the button hales. The Gryffindor lot had roses, the Ravenclaw's cornflowers, Hufflepuff marigolds and Slytherin parsley. The three houses were biting their lips to keep from laughing. Severus Snape glared at James. James replied by giving the finger.
Luckily, Dumbledore chose that moment to start the speech that he said each year. " Friends ("and enemies" added Remus to Lily) you have been here for seven years. In those seven years every thing that you did was shown. Whether you answered correctly," he smiled at Lily, " or were late for class" it was time to look at the Gryffendor boys, " it was shown by house points.
This is the last day of those seven years. Your good and bad things will be shown differently. I hope you will get many 'points' in these and not lose many.
" We will ask the Head boy and Girl to come up, please." Carrie and Frank Longbottom walked up to Dumbledore. As Carrie walked past Lily, she heard Carrie whimper in fright. Dumbledore smiled at her, which seemed to cheer her up a bit. He said, "Franck, come up here, please?" he turned to the whole school. "Frank has been given a scholarship to train at the Auror's department!" The school went wild. Dumbledore held up his hand. " Now for Carrie. She is going to be Mr. Fudge's personal assistant in the School Curriculum Department!" The crowd screamed and shouted again. " I feel sorry for kids here now! Imagine Carrie deciding what you were going to learn! She'll have them learning politics!" Sirius yelled to James over the crowd. Then everyone quietened down.
" Hufflepuffs, please come forward. Thank you. Ms. Sprout, come here please." Susie was trembling with excitement. " Ms. Sprout is going to be training at Hogwarts over the summer and next year because she will become the herbology teacher!" screams and shouts. Everyone went past, but I will only show you, "James, please come here. You will be training to be in the English Quiddich team while working part time with Sirius in the Sports department!" "Remus will be working in the Magical Creatures
Department!" "Peter will be working in the Flourish and Blotts Publishing Department!" "Lily. We wish you well, and hope you get on well in you voice training course to become a singer. As a part time job, you will be working in the Sports Department with James and Sirius." Lily's heart leaped. Working as a singer! Wow! And working with people she knew! And with Sharon Copley, her best friend, in a close department, the foreign ministry Department! This sounded great!!!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Sharon and Lily bought a nice apartment near the ministry. They were right above Sirius, James and Remus. It was a spacious place, with separate bedrooms for each.
With the boys, spacious wasn't what you would use. The boys shared a bedroom, and the lounge/kitchen wasn't huge. But the boys didn't care. As they said, they only slept, ate and bathed in it. Well, they ate more at the girls, but, hey, that's what they said.
James found it more and more relaxing hanging out with Lily. It was calmer, more peaceful than the never-ending fun that was noisy when you were with the other boys.
Lily found James very easy to talk to. She had always been shy, and since she refused to go out with Sirius so she was almost afraid of him, Sharon to busy to bother to have the nice long chats they had in Hogwarts, it was nice to talk to some one who knew exactly what you meant when you talked about work, and knew what you were feeling when you talked about the strain of having to concentrate on two jobs at once. For both Lily and James felt overloaded with things, and almost felt like dropping one of the things. But James knew he could never abandon Quiddich and the excitement of flying, and leaving the Sports Department meant he would see Lily much less, and Remus and Sirius. And Lily knew how many people were going though the project of her singing, and she didn't have the heart to disappoint them. And she enjoyed it. Both of her works. She couldn't quit one. It was too difficult.