I put a hand on James's feverish head as soon as Madame Pialin, the
school nurse, let Remus, Sirius, and I visit him. His room was filled with
letters concerned about his health. Mostly from fifth year girls and
younger, I noted.
"He's hot," I said aloud.
"So a lot of girls at Hogwarts proclaim," Sirius said his eyes glinting trying to make light of the situation at hand.
"You know that's not what I meant," I said glaring at Sirius. Remus laughed. "Of course not Lily. You just meant to say he's the most handsome guy you've ever seen in your life."
"I DID NOT!"
"Uh huh, we know how it is. Go ahead, don't give us respect we deserve for being twice as handsome as homeboy," Sirius said his eyes laughing.
"But I-you two are worthless," I said. A deep growling came from James's bed.
"You have no right to call my friends worth-" he began and fell back into slumber.
"That was odd," Remus said studying James. "Must be from his mother's side."
"So you're saying his mother is messed up?" I asked.
"Hell, I believe his mother wants him to be a transvestite for the sake of her lineage," Sirius responded.
"What the-" I stopped myself.
"Remember the make-up kit?" Sirius asked.
"Remember Severus's face?" Remus asked in return. They burst out in laughter and I stood there confused.
"What're you talking about?" I asked.
"You remember when Severus had all that make up junk on his face and it wouldn't come off?" Remus asked me making me have a flash of a memory. Severus was running around, tears streaming from his eyes, his face an unnatural pasty red, with make up in the wrong places. A lot of guys howled with laughter, and one said, "Use a mirror babe." I laughed out loud at the memory. How had I forgotten something that funny? How had Remus returned the memory?
"That was James's work," Sirius said looking at his usually tan but currently pale friend.
"James can do something beyond placing buckets of worms on door ways?" I asked shocked.
"But of course. He was the one responsible for-" Remus cut himself off as James stirred and sat up holding a silly necklace at his throat. He looked at the necklace and it was dark and black. "What happened?" he asked tiredly.
"Your instincts nearly over took you, and that silly necklace you wear almost had you killed," Remus explained calmly. What instinct was he talking about?
"Oh, okay, then get me a nurse I don't feel-" he fell back against the pillows once more.
"Yup, definitely from his mother's side," Sirius said with a smile. "James will be fine, and we'll be back in business." Kylie walked in soon after he said that. She flashed a grin at Remus and looked at James sympathetically.
"What's shaking with him?"
"He's a teenager, that's his only problem," Remus said looking at his friend gently as though if he glanced at James any harder, James would melt or break.
"Hey, I'm a teenager TOO!" Sirius cried out.
"Yeah, an immature one," I pointed out. He scowled at me.
"She's right, my friend. You're pretty immature," Remus said with an amused look in his eyes.
"Birds of a feather flock together," Sirius said as he stuck a tongue out at Remus. Remus rolled his eyes, and Kylie and I watched this brotherly feud silently.
"Thankfully, I'm not a bird," Remus said with a grin.
"Fine, wolves -" Sirius began but Remus slapped a hand over his friend's mouth. "Hush, big mouth," Remus said glaring.
"Sorry.I didn't mean to.I forgot they were here." Sirius said sputtering apologies.
"You definitely need your senses heightened," Remus said rolling his eyes.
"Do you think we should get the nurse?" Sirius asked refocusing his attention.
"No, she'll kick us out, and he just needs time, that's the only thing that will make him get better unless his mother's side takes over his instinct."
"Oh, okay."
"What do you two have against his mother's side?" I asked the boys glaring.
"She's just a little eccentric," Remus said supplying me with an answer. If Sirius hadn't burst out laughing I would have believed him.
"A LITTLE?!? You've got to be kidding! We've teased him for years about-" Remus clapped his hand over Sirius's mouth a second time.
"Shush. You talk a lot."
"What are you to keeping from us?" Kylie asked.
"Something you don't want to know," Remus said softly.
"She wouldn't have asked if she didn't want to know, dumbass," I retorted. A pained look crossed Remus's face, and he fell to his knees. Sirius went to James and shook him awake.
"Wha-what?" James asked dazed.
"Lily got Remus upset he's going to."
"Damn it, there I was half conscious and." he began as he jumped out of the bed as if in perfect condition. He couldn't walk straight at all. Half falling, and perfectly pale I could barely believe this was the boy that just jumped out of his bed. "Lily. Kylie.now is a perfect time for you to go," he slurred. He tugged at the necklace on his neck and cried in pain. He too fell to his knees. His hands covering his ears. He silently screamed, and then fell to his side crying out and writhing as though he was dying. He gasped for air, and Kylie and I could do nothing but stare. Remus was still on his knees, but he was panting heavily as though he, too, was in dire need of oxygen. Sirius's eyes flashed golden and jumped back. I wanted to know what was going on. There is no way they could tell me there wasn't anything going on.
"GO!" Sirius said forcefully. Kylie jumped and fled at the sound of his voice. I stayed. Sirius snarled. "Go, unless you want to die a horrible death," he said threateningly.
"You wouldn't kill me," I said defiantly. Cries of pain and horror came from the two boys on the floor, and I noticed they were bigger then they normally were.
"Yeah, I wouldn't. These two will. GO!" I didn't need a third warning. I left. My eyes flashed green. Something was wrong. Something dealing with blood. I wanted blood. Rich, and red. Freshly removed from its unsuspecting donor. I shook my head. Blood was for vampires, my father. I'm a witch. I have a beating heart. I quickly walked through the halls not paying attention to where I was going. I ran into Severus Snape and Lucious Malfoy.
"Hey, look, its Evans," Snape jeered.
"My name is Lily, Severus," I responded.
"Okay, Lily Severus," Malfoy mocked. I sighed. I could kill them both, one swift bite after the Vampire Love stare. They'd be seduced, under my spell, they'd do my bidding.
"Hey, Evans, isn't thinking dangerous for girls like you to do?" Snape asked as he realized I was ignoring them in my own thoughts of their death.
"Only for a couple of sleaze balls like you," I said as I stormed past them.
"Call me sometime!" Malfoy called from behind me. I rolled my eyes and proceeded on my way to the Gryffindor tower. Everyone was whispering about something or another and I couldn't quite catch it. I found my way to the portrait of Esmi. "Figged Popcorn." I said without trying to converse with the Lady.
"Where's James?" the lady asked.
"Why do you care?"
"Because he always stops by and says something nice, even though he never has the right password."
"Tough, let me in." She sighed and swung open. I went straight to the girl's dormitory to sleep.
"He's hot," I said aloud.
"So a lot of girls at Hogwarts proclaim," Sirius said his eyes glinting trying to make light of the situation at hand.
"You know that's not what I meant," I said glaring at Sirius. Remus laughed. "Of course not Lily. You just meant to say he's the most handsome guy you've ever seen in your life."
"I DID NOT!"
"Uh huh, we know how it is. Go ahead, don't give us respect we deserve for being twice as handsome as homeboy," Sirius said his eyes laughing.
"But I-you two are worthless," I said. A deep growling came from James's bed.
"You have no right to call my friends worth-" he began and fell back into slumber.
"That was odd," Remus said studying James. "Must be from his mother's side."
"So you're saying his mother is messed up?" I asked.
"Hell, I believe his mother wants him to be a transvestite for the sake of her lineage," Sirius responded.
"What the-" I stopped myself.
"Remember the make-up kit?" Sirius asked.
"Remember Severus's face?" Remus asked in return. They burst out in laughter and I stood there confused.
"What're you talking about?" I asked.
"You remember when Severus had all that make up junk on his face and it wouldn't come off?" Remus asked me making me have a flash of a memory. Severus was running around, tears streaming from his eyes, his face an unnatural pasty red, with make up in the wrong places. A lot of guys howled with laughter, and one said, "Use a mirror babe." I laughed out loud at the memory. How had I forgotten something that funny? How had Remus returned the memory?
"That was James's work," Sirius said looking at his usually tan but currently pale friend.
"James can do something beyond placing buckets of worms on door ways?" I asked shocked.
"But of course. He was the one responsible for-" Remus cut himself off as James stirred and sat up holding a silly necklace at his throat. He looked at the necklace and it was dark and black. "What happened?" he asked tiredly.
"Your instincts nearly over took you, and that silly necklace you wear almost had you killed," Remus explained calmly. What instinct was he talking about?
"Oh, okay, then get me a nurse I don't feel-" he fell back against the pillows once more.
"Yup, definitely from his mother's side," Sirius said with a smile. "James will be fine, and we'll be back in business." Kylie walked in soon after he said that. She flashed a grin at Remus and looked at James sympathetically.
"What's shaking with him?"
"He's a teenager, that's his only problem," Remus said looking at his friend gently as though if he glanced at James any harder, James would melt or break.
"Hey, I'm a teenager TOO!" Sirius cried out.
"Yeah, an immature one," I pointed out. He scowled at me.
"She's right, my friend. You're pretty immature," Remus said with an amused look in his eyes.
"Birds of a feather flock together," Sirius said as he stuck a tongue out at Remus. Remus rolled his eyes, and Kylie and I watched this brotherly feud silently.
"Thankfully, I'm not a bird," Remus said with a grin.
"Fine, wolves -" Sirius began but Remus slapped a hand over his friend's mouth. "Hush, big mouth," Remus said glaring.
"Sorry.I didn't mean to.I forgot they were here." Sirius said sputtering apologies.
"You definitely need your senses heightened," Remus said rolling his eyes.
"Do you think we should get the nurse?" Sirius asked refocusing his attention.
"No, she'll kick us out, and he just needs time, that's the only thing that will make him get better unless his mother's side takes over his instinct."
"Oh, okay."
"What do you two have against his mother's side?" I asked the boys glaring.
"She's just a little eccentric," Remus said supplying me with an answer. If Sirius hadn't burst out laughing I would have believed him.
"A LITTLE?!? You've got to be kidding! We've teased him for years about-" Remus clapped his hand over Sirius's mouth a second time.
"Shush. You talk a lot."
"What are you to keeping from us?" Kylie asked.
"Something you don't want to know," Remus said softly.
"She wouldn't have asked if she didn't want to know, dumbass," I retorted. A pained look crossed Remus's face, and he fell to his knees. Sirius went to James and shook him awake.
"Wha-what?" James asked dazed.
"Lily got Remus upset he's going to."
"Damn it, there I was half conscious and." he began as he jumped out of the bed as if in perfect condition. He couldn't walk straight at all. Half falling, and perfectly pale I could barely believe this was the boy that just jumped out of his bed. "Lily. Kylie.now is a perfect time for you to go," he slurred. He tugged at the necklace on his neck and cried in pain. He too fell to his knees. His hands covering his ears. He silently screamed, and then fell to his side crying out and writhing as though he was dying. He gasped for air, and Kylie and I could do nothing but stare. Remus was still on his knees, but he was panting heavily as though he, too, was in dire need of oxygen. Sirius's eyes flashed golden and jumped back. I wanted to know what was going on. There is no way they could tell me there wasn't anything going on.
"GO!" Sirius said forcefully. Kylie jumped and fled at the sound of his voice. I stayed. Sirius snarled. "Go, unless you want to die a horrible death," he said threateningly.
"You wouldn't kill me," I said defiantly. Cries of pain and horror came from the two boys on the floor, and I noticed they were bigger then they normally were.
"Yeah, I wouldn't. These two will. GO!" I didn't need a third warning. I left. My eyes flashed green. Something was wrong. Something dealing with blood. I wanted blood. Rich, and red. Freshly removed from its unsuspecting donor. I shook my head. Blood was for vampires, my father. I'm a witch. I have a beating heart. I quickly walked through the halls not paying attention to where I was going. I ran into Severus Snape and Lucious Malfoy.
"Hey, look, its Evans," Snape jeered.
"My name is Lily, Severus," I responded.
"Okay, Lily Severus," Malfoy mocked. I sighed. I could kill them both, one swift bite after the Vampire Love stare. They'd be seduced, under my spell, they'd do my bidding.
"Hey, Evans, isn't thinking dangerous for girls like you to do?" Snape asked as he realized I was ignoring them in my own thoughts of their death.
"Only for a couple of sleaze balls like you," I said as I stormed past them.
"Call me sometime!" Malfoy called from behind me. I rolled my eyes and proceeded on my way to the Gryffindor tower. Everyone was whispering about something or another and I couldn't quite catch it. I found my way to the portrait of Esmi. "Figged Popcorn." I said without trying to converse with the Lady.
"Where's James?" the lady asked.
"Why do you care?"
"Because he always stops by and says something nice, even though he never has the right password."
"Tough, let me in." She sighed and swung open. I went straight to the girl's dormitory to sleep.