"Looking out a dirty old window,
Outside the cars in the city go rushing by,
I sit here, alone, and I wonder why.
~
Friday night and everyone's moving
I can feel the heat and it's soothing, heading down
I search for the beat in this dirty town"
~ The Muffs
"I wouldn't go up there," James said. He was trying to talk Sirius out of going up to Lily's room and asking her to come with them, wherever they decided to go.
"And just why not? She doesn't bite!" Sirius argued. James rolled his eyes.
"No, but her sister does. I would be afraid to go up there," James reasoned, exasperatedly.
"How bad could she be?" Sirius said. But he never gave James any time to answer, because he was already headed out the door.
"If we're going, we better do it now," James said, finally.
Sirius agreed. So they made their beds and ate a light breakfast. They each got fully dressed, and James pocketed the room key. They grabbed some money, and shut the door quietly behind them. James and Sirius got into the elevator, and pressed the seven. But when they got to the seventh floor, James had forgotten which room Lily and Petunia were staying in. They waited until a maid appeared, and asked her if she had seen what room they were in. The maid told them to go to the seventh door on the left. They followed her instructions and Petunia opened the door at the third knock.
"Its you. What do you need?" Petunia said snootily. Sirius looked taken aback.
"We're here to see Lily," Sirius said, enunciating each word slowly, as if he was speaking to a small child and not someone four years his senior. She scoffed, but appeared to recognize James.
"LILY! Those delinquent friends of yours are here to see you," she told her sister. Lily jumped up and ran to the door.
"What are you guys doing here? Come in," she said, obviously surprised. James and Sirius stepped into the sunny blue room and sat down on Lily's bed.
"We wanted to see what you were going to do today," James told her. Sirius nodded. Lily told them she didn't know, and didn't have anything planned for that afternoon.
"Well, we were going to do something, but we wanted to ask you if you wanted to go with us first," Sirius said.
Lily nodded and said, "Okay, if my mum and dad say it's okay. What were you thinkin' of?
James and Sirius looked at each other, and Sirius said, "Well, we don't really know yet…"
"Okay…" Lily said slowly, as if she was already thinking of a million possibilities. Petunia walked slowly up to the bed, and proceeded to run her mouth.
"Lily can't go anywhere. Mum and Dad said we have to stick together!" Petunia stated.
"Well, you went off to the pool by yourself," Lily reasoned.
"That was different!" Petunia exclaimed.
"How?" Lily challenged, putting on a fierce face. Petunia didn't say anything for a moment.
Sirius did, though. "Stop buttin' in! This isn't your business!" Petunia looked flabbergasted.
"Be quiet, you annoying little kid," Petunia retorted.
Sirius hadn't had quite enough of her. "Make me!" he said childishly.
Petunia paused for a moment and said, "I will if you don't close your piehole!"
"Go ahead, I dare you! I'm just a little kid, and you can't touch me or I'll tell your mum and dad!" Sirius said, crossing his arms across his chest. Petunia glared at him.
"Oh really? You are just a drooling little kid! What are you gonna do?" Petunia retorted.
"Plenty. And I don't drool on myself, unlike you!"
"I beg to differ!" Petunia replied sharply.
"I'll be back!" Sirius warned. He turned around and walked out with James and Lily in tow.
* * *
"Then we've got it?" James was saying.
"Got what?"
"Sirius! The decision to where to go," Lily explained. Sirius nodded.
"The ice crème parlor!" he said.
James didn't like the decision. "Let's do something inside," he said. Sirius shook his head and pointed to the window. Lily and James turned their heads and looked out the huge window. The rain was coming down in buckets. It covered every inch of the ground and made huge mud and water puddles. Lily looked at it in disgust.
"Okay, then. I guess we'll have to go to the parlor," she said. "But first, I have to go up to my room, and tell my parents." James and Sirius followed her up to her room, where Petunia was still located. It was unusual for her to stick around, especially on vacation, where she was free to go at her will.
"Petunia, we're going to the ice crème shop," Lily said in monotone. She got some money out of her bag.
"But I haven't got anything to do," Petunia whinged. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Then hurry up and tag along with us. We'll make room," James said. Petunia got up lazily and grabbed her jean purse. The quartet headed next door, to Richard and Violet's room. Lily knocked tentatively on the door and entered. She returned into the hall a moment later with a smile on her face.
"Mum says Petunia and I can go. She's also called down to James's room, and his mother will be taking us," Lily explained. They all nodded, and went down the hall, all the way to the lifts. They pressed the shiny silver five and waited impatiently. The lift doors finally separated and let them out.
They walked the long corridor until they reached Mrs. Potter's room. They knocked and she let them in. Mrs. Potter was a beautiful woman, with reddish-blonde hair in an elegant up-do and bright blue eyes. Tall and slender, she welcomed them into her tremendous hotel room.
The group waited until Mrs. Potter had turned off all of the appliances and called down for a car, which, to Lily and Petunia, was very unusual. She clapped her hands, called them to order, and got them out the door of the room safely. They all, luckily, fitted into one lift. The lift ride seemed to last two
forevers, but finally it was over. They stepped into the lobby, receiving harsh glares from the employees.
The bellboy opened the door for them and they stepped out into the breezy, warm ocean air. Lily looked around. The only cars she saw were shiny, big, new cars. Mrs. Potter showed them over to a black Rolls Royce and they all squeezed in. They finally got there and stepped through the door, a bell ringing overhead announcing their arrival. Mrs. Potter told them to let the ladies order theirs first, so James and Sirius backed up. Mrs. Potter (or Lavinia, as she said they should call her) stepped up to the counter and smiled politely. She told the employee behind the counter to give her a scoop of vanilla. The man, who looked to be a Spaniard, handed it to her. She gently shoved Petunia forward, and Petunia received her ice crème. Lily stepped forward to the counter without hesitation. She stood on her tippy-toes and looked at the flavors. She chose a scoop of rocky road and the man handed her the cone of the cold cream. James ordered chocolate and Sirius chose mint chocolate chip for his ice crème.
The large group sat down at a huge round table and ate their ice creams silently, sometimes laughing as someone got it on their nose. Eventually, they all finished their cones and used lots and lots of napkins cleaning themselves up. They got into the large car and drove back to the hotel. They went up to the Potters' fifth floor hotel rooms and Mrs. Potter excused herself, telephoning someone.
Petunia went back up to the girls' room. Lily didn't know what to do. She decided to walk around. She went up to the sixth floor and peeked around the corner. She only saw a pale, wrinkled old man with silvery hair and a beard down to his stomach. She thought he was a little strange, but she took no further notice of him. She ran down the hall to the elevator and went up to the seventh floor, her own.
She decided to go all the way back down to the courtyard and swing on the playset. The elevator zipped down and she stepped out and into the courtyard. She spent the rest of the day in the courtyard drifting around, watching children and adults. She got into bed at night with hopes of peaceful sleep.
Sorry it was so short, but I have been really busy and this chapter wasn't very exciting. I guess it was a transitional chapter. The silvery-haired man sound familiar? He should. The next chapter will be out in about two or three weeks, a month at the most. This one was out in about two weeks. Pretty good.
Outside the cars in the city go rushing by,
I sit here, alone, and I wonder why.
~
Friday night and everyone's moving
I can feel the heat and it's soothing, heading down
I search for the beat in this dirty town"
~ The Muffs
"I wouldn't go up there," James said. He was trying to talk Sirius out of going up to Lily's room and asking her to come with them, wherever they decided to go.
"And just why not? She doesn't bite!" Sirius argued. James rolled his eyes.
"No, but her sister does. I would be afraid to go up there," James reasoned, exasperatedly.
"How bad could she be?" Sirius said. But he never gave James any time to answer, because he was already headed out the door.
"If we're going, we better do it now," James said, finally.
Sirius agreed. So they made their beds and ate a light breakfast. They each got fully dressed, and James pocketed the room key. They grabbed some money, and shut the door quietly behind them. James and Sirius got into the elevator, and pressed the seven. But when they got to the seventh floor, James had forgotten which room Lily and Petunia were staying in. They waited until a maid appeared, and asked her if she had seen what room they were in. The maid told them to go to the seventh door on the left. They followed her instructions and Petunia opened the door at the third knock.
"Its you. What do you need?" Petunia said snootily. Sirius looked taken aback.
"We're here to see Lily," Sirius said, enunciating each word slowly, as if he was speaking to a small child and not someone four years his senior. She scoffed, but appeared to recognize James.
"LILY! Those delinquent friends of yours are here to see you," she told her sister. Lily jumped up and ran to the door.
"What are you guys doing here? Come in," she said, obviously surprised. James and Sirius stepped into the sunny blue room and sat down on Lily's bed.
"We wanted to see what you were going to do today," James told her. Sirius nodded. Lily told them she didn't know, and didn't have anything planned for that afternoon.
"Well, we were going to do something, but we wanted to ask you if you wanted to go with us first," Sirius said.
Lily nodded and said, "Okay, if my mum and dad say it's okay. What were you thinkin' of?
James and Sirius looked at each other, and Sirius said, "Well, we don't really know yet…"
"Okay…" Lily said slowly, as if she was already thinking of a million possibilities. Petunia walked slowly up to the bed, and proceeded to run her mouth.
"Lily can't go anywhere. Mum and Dad said we have to stick together!" Petunia stated.
"Well, you went off to the pool by yourself," Lily reasoned.
"That was different!" Petunia exclaimed.
"How?" Lily challenged, putting on a fierce face. Petunia didn't say anything for a moment.
Sirius did, though. "Stop buttin' in! This isn't your business!" Petunia looked flabbergasted.
"Be quiet, you annoying little kid," Petunia retorted.
Sirius hadn't had quite enough of her. "Make me!" he said childishly.
Petunia paused for a moment and said, "I will if you don't close your piehole!"
"Go ahead, I dare you! I'm just a little kid, and you can't touch me or I'll tell your mum and dad!" Sirius said, crossing his arms across his chest. Petunia glared at him.
"Oh really? You are just a drooling little kid! What are you gonna do?" Petunia retorted.
"Plenty. And I don't drool on myself, unlike you!"
"I beg to differ!" Petunia replied sharply.
"I'll be back!" Sirius warned. He turned around and walked out with James and Lily in tow.
* * *
"Then we've got it?" James was saying.
"Got what?"
"Sirius! The decision to where to go," Lily explained. Sirius nodded.
"The ice crème parlor!" he said.
James didn't like the decision. "Let's do something inside," he said. Sirius shook his head and pointed to the window. Lily and James turned their heads and looked out the huge window. The rain was coming down in buckets. It covered every inch of the ground and made huge mud and water puddles. Lily looked at it in disgust.
"Okay, then. I guess we'll have to go to the parlor," she said. "But first, I have to go up to my room, and tell my parents." James and Sirius followed her up to her room, where Petunia was still located. It was unusual for her to stick around, especially on vacation, where she was free to go at her will.
"Petunia, we're going to the ice crème shop," Lily said in monotone. She got some money out of her bag.
"But I haven't got anything to do," Petunia whinged. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"Then hurry up and tag along with us. We'll make room," James said. Petunia got up lazily and grabbed her jean purse. The quartet headed next door, to Richard and Violet's room. Lily knocked tentatively on the door and entered. She returned into the hall a moment later with a smile on her face.
"Mum says Petunia and I can go. She's also called down to James's room, and his mother will be taking us," Lily explained. They all nodded, and went down the hall, all the way to the lifts. They pressed the shiny silver five and waited impatiently. The lift doors finally separated and let them out.
They walked the long corridor until they reached Mrs. Potter's room. They knocked and she let them in. Mrs. Potter was a beautiful woman, with reddish-blonde hair in an elegant up-do and bright blue eyes. Tall and slender, she welcomed them into her tremendous hotel room.
The group waited until Mrs. Potter had turned off all of the appliances and called down for a car, which, to Lily and Petunia, was very unusual. She clapped her hands, called them to order, and got them out the door of the room safely. They all, luckily, fitted into one lift. The lift ride seemed to last two
forevers, but finally it was over. They stepped into the lobby, receiving harsh glares from the employees.
The bellboy opened the door for them and they stepped out into the breezy, warm ocean air. Lily looked around. The only cars she saw were shiny, big, new cars. Mrs. Potter showed them over to a black Rolls Royce and they all squeezed in. They finally got there and stepped through the door, a bell ringing overhead announcing their arrival. Mrs. Potter told them to let the ladies order theirs first, so James and Sirius backed up. Mrs. Potter (or Lavinia, as she said they should call her) stepped up to the counter and smiled politely. She told the employee behind the counter to give her a scoop of vanilla. The man, who looked to be a Spaniard, handed it to her. She gently shoved Petunia forward, and Petunia received her ice crème. Lily stepped forward to the counter without hesitation. She stood on her tippy-toes and looked at the flavors. She chose a scoop of rocky road and the man handed her the cone of the cold cream. James ordered chocolate and Sirius chose mint chocolate chip for his ice crème.
The large group sat down at a huge round table and ate their ice creams silently, sometimes laughing as someone got it on their nose. Eventually, they all finished their cones and used lots and lots of napkins cleaning themselves up. They got into the large car and drove back to the hotel. They went up to the Potters' fifth floor hotel rooms and Mrs. Potter excused herself, telephoning someone.
Petunia went back up to the girls' room. Lily didn't know what to do. She decided to walk around. She went up to the sixth floor and peeked around the corner. She only saw a pale, wrinkled old man with silvery hair and a beard down to his stomach. She thought he was a little strange, but she took no further notice of him. She ran down the hall to the elevator and went up to the seventh floor, her own.
She decided to go all the way back down to the courtyard and swing on the playset. The elevator zipped down and she stepped out and into the courtyard. She spent the rest of the day in the courtyard drifting around, watching children and adults. She got into bed at night with hopes of peaceful sleep.
Sorry it was so short, but I have been really busy and this chapter wasn't very exciting. I guess it was a transitional chapter. The silvery-haired man sound familiar? He should. The next chapter will be out in about two or three weeks, a month at the most. This one was out in about two weeks. Pretty good.