"So, James, you're back from the wrath of the hospital wing?" I asked as I
noticed the tall boy doing his Potions homework. He ignored me, and
continued with his paper. He was tired as was obvious, and he was neck
deep in homework. I would pity him if I didn't hate him. "What went on
back there?" I asked getting straight to the point of my discussion with
him.
"Nothing," he said as he answered the next one. He crossed out his answer, and rewrote something.
"The correct answer is polyjuice," I answered for him smartly.
"Thank you, Lily, now go run off and play," he said ruefully. I noted that he took my help for granted and rewrote polyjuice as his current answer. So he IS listening to me.
"What do you say, you tell me what happened, and I'll help you with your homework," I said thinking fast.
"I say no." Okay, that's not the answer I had expected.
"James."
"Sinai," he muttered as he completed the next three questions.
"Sinai?" I asked for the first time feeling stupid compared to Potter.
"Nothing, just go."
"Cyanide? Is that what you were trying to say?" I asked now entranced.
"No, now go. Away. Please." He was becoming annoyed. I could tell by his voice, and the hurried way he was writing.
"I'll go away when I want to, it isn't like you're in a private room," I said harshly. "Fine, I'll go to a private room," he said as he got up quickly. He gathered his quills and papers and left.
Okay, that didn't go to well.
"Hey Lils, what's up?" Kylie asked as she entered the Commons.
"Nothing, what's up with you?" I asked in return.
"Something great."
"What?" I asked getting excited.
"Guess!" she squealed.
"Malfoy and Snape are going to be gone forever?"
"Better!"
"What gets better then that?" I asked now really wanting to know.
"I have a date with Remus," she said smiling broadly.
"That's great," I said genuinely happy for my friend. Remus wasn't of a bad sort.
"That's not the best of it.it's a double date.you get to go with James!" Hold up.
"I beg pardon?"
"Remus thinks that James needs to get out more, ever since that freak thing in the hospital James has been hostile towards most everyone. I needed to get a date for James, so I volunteered you.and." she trailed off.
"James would never agree, more importantly I don't agree," I said angrily.
"Please? For me? Just one date. It will be meaningless," she said her eyes saddened. I couldn't stand to see my friend this depressed, and she hasn't even done anything. I've finally done it. I've finally turned into a compassionate sap. Someone save me!
"Fine, but never again."
"Yay! Thank you Lily, thank you so much!" she wrapped her arms around my neck in a hug.
'Get off," I said playfully, but forcefully. She danced to the dorm. 'Love is a disgusting waste of human time,' I thought to myself watching Kylie merrily turn to her room. Then it struck me, I have a date with James Potter. Woah, delayed reaction. There's no bloody way I'm going out with damn James Potter. I'd rather go out with Mal-no, no I wouldn't. Well, maybe I would. Potter or Malfoy, hell, I'd rather just die. I momentarily wondered why I was standing in the Commons interrogating myself about whether I'd rather go out with Potter or Malfoy. With that I left the Commons and went to the library to see his 'highness' working through the last of his papers at a table. Did he know of our arranged date?
"Nothing," he said as he answered the next one. He crossed out his answer, and rewrote something.
"The correct answer is polyjuice," I answered for him smartly.
"Thank you, Lily, now go run off and play," he said ruefully. I noted that he took my help for granted and rewrote polyjuice as his current answer. So he IS listening to me.
"What do you say, you tell me what happened, and I'll help you with your homework," I said thinking fast.
"I say no." Okay, that's not the answer I had expected.
"James."
"Sinai," he muttered as he completed the next three questions.
"Sinai?" I asked for the first time feeling stupid compared to Potter.
"Nothing, just go."
"Cyanide? Is that what you were trying to say?" I asked now entranced.
"No, now go. Away. Please." He was becoming annoyed. I could tell by his voice, and the hurried way he was writing.
"I'll go away when I want to, it isn't like you're in a private room," I said harshly. "Fine, I'll go to a private room," he said as he got up quickly. He gathered his quills and papers and left.
Okay, that didn't go to well.
"Hey Lils, what's up?" Kylie asked as she entered the Commons.
"Nothing, what's up with you?" I asked in return.
"Something great."
"What?" I asked getting excited.
"Guess!" she squealed.
"Malfoy and Snape are going to be gone forever?"
"Better!"
"What gets better then that?" I asked now really wanting to know.
"I have a date with Remus," she said smiling broadly.
"That's great," I said genuinely happy for my friend. Remus wasn't of a bad sort.
"That's not the best of it.it's a double date.you get to go with James!" Hold up.
"I beg pardon?"
"Remus thinks that James needs to get out more, ever since that freak thing in the hospital James has been hostile towards most everyone. I needed to get a date for James, so I volunteered you.and." she trailed off.
"James would never agree, more importantly I don't agree," I said angrily.
"Please? For me? Just one date. It will be meaningless," she said her eyes saddened. I couldn't stand to see my friend this depressed, and she hasn't even done anything. I've finally done it. I've finally turned into a compassionate sap. Someone save me!
"Fine, but never again."
"Yay! Thank you Lily, thank you so much!" she wrapped her arms around my neck in a hug.
'Get off," I said playfully, but forcefully. She danced to the dorm. 'Love is a disgusting waste of human time,' I thought to myself watching Kylie merrily turn to her room. Then it struck me, I have a date with James Potter. Woah, delayed reaction. There's no bloody way I'm going out with damn James Potter. I'd rather go out with Mal-no, no I wouldn't. Well, maybe I would. Potter or Malfoy, hell, I'd rather just die. I momentarily wondered why I was standing in the Commons interrogating myself about whether I'd rather go out with Potter or Malfoy. With that I left the Commons and went to the library to see his 'highness' working through the last of his papers at a table. Did he know of our arranged date?