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Lily pulled her cloak tighter against the chill of the wind. "Y'know, they need to invent a sport that can be played inside for wizards," she muttered. Belle sighed, rolling her eyes at the sixth-year girl next to her.
"Oh, Lily, quit whining," Belle said, looking around the stands for people she knew. "You love watching Quidditch and you know it. Especially when James is the one playing," she added teasingly.
Lily blushed. "Yeah, that is a perk," she agreed. "Unfortunately, he seems quite content staying in the 'just friends' category."
"Well, after the way you treated him in first year, how to you expect him to act?" Belle scolded.
Lily's eyes turned sad. "Yeah, well, I wasn't exactly the nicest person then. I'm not now, either."
Belle's eyebrows shot up. "What's this? Lily Evans, candidate for Head Girl next year, admitting that she's not perfect? And for these six years, everyone thought she was! Stop the presses! This news has to get out!" Belle yelled, off in her own little dream world.
It was Lily's turn to roll her eyes. "Oh, look, here comes the team!" she said, pointing. The Gryffindor Quidditch team came out, dressed in their red Quidditch robes. The Ravenclaw team was standing on the field already, wearing blue.
"There's Michelle," Belle said, shading her eyes from the sun and pointing.
"I see her," Lily said, waving at Michelle. Michelle waved back energetically.
"This has got to be strange for James," Belle said, watching the Gryffindor team fly around the stadium in a warm-up lap. "I mean, he's playing against his own sister!"
"They've done it before," Lily reminded her.
"Well, yeah, but they weren't tied for the lead for House Cup at that time," Belle objected.
"True. Good point, too." Lily waved at James and Sirius as they flew by. Sirius winked and grinned, but James blushed and didn't even look Lily in the eye.
Belle glanced at Lily, one eyebrow raised. "What was that?"
"Don't ask me. I have no clue why all of a sudden he won't even look me in the eye," Lily said, somewhat bitterly. "Look, there's Madam Hooch."
Madam Hooch walked to the center of the field, holding the Quaffle under one arm. She kicked open the trunk containing the rest of the balls, and the Snitch and two Bludgers zoomed out of it. The shrill sound of her whistle echoed through the air as she threw the Quaffle up, causing more than one student to wince painfully and cover their ears. The players took no notice whatsoever of the crowd and took off after the balls.
"Go Gryffindor!" Lily and Belle shouted together, watching carefully as James and a Ravenclaw Chaser both dove for the Quaffle. Sirius was scouting around, looking for the Snitch, as was Michelle.
"I wonder which one of them will find it first," Belle commented. "GO JAMES!" she yelled. "Come on, oh, look out, there's a Bludger! Nice swerve! Shot! Shoot the Quaffle, come on!"
"Geeze, Belle," Lily said, laughing. "You get so into these games!"
Belle shrugged. "It's fun. GO GRYFFINDOR!"
"Ouch! That was my ear you just screamed into."
"Sorry. GO GRYFFINDOR, GO!!"
"I'm sure you're sorry," Lily said, scooting away from Belle. "But if you're going to scream like that anymore, please warn me."
"Yeah, yeah." Belle watched anxiously. "Oh, watch out, Jaime! Another Bludger!"
"Since when do you call him Jaime?" Lily demanded. "I thought only Michelle called him Jaime!"
"Nope, Sirius calls him Jaime, and he calls him Jimmy, too," Belle replied, her eyes still on the game.
"Oh."
"I dare you to yell 'go Jimmy' at him when he flies by," Belle said, grinning slyly. "Then we'll see if he likes you or not."
"How will we be able to tell?" Lily asked, not believing that they'd be able to tell just by Lily yelling 'go Jimmy.'
"Because, if he likes you, he won't get mad," Belle replied knowingly. "It's a given."
"Fine," Lily sighed. She waited a few minutes, then saw James approaching, holding the Quaffle, on their side of the field. "Here goes," she said.
"Come on, girl, you can do it," Belle encouraged.
"GO JIMMY!" Lily shouted.
James slowed down, nearly dropping the Quaffle but catching it at the last second. He threw it to one of the other Chasers, then glanced over at the stands, trying to figure out who had called him Jimmy.
Lily saw him searching the stands and gave him a small smile, worried that James was going to yell at her.
James grinned back, waved at the crowd, and went on with the game. "Thanks, Lily!" he yelled right before diving for the Quaffle.
"See? I told you," Belle bragged.
Lily was speechless.
"Hello? Lily? Come back from La-La land now," Belle said, waving her hand in front of Lily's face. "Wake up!"
Lily still didn't say anything, just stared after James, wondering if it could be true that he liked her.
Belle had a sudden idea. "Lily! I'm sorry to tell you this, but James is in love with Alyssa," she said regretfully. "I'm sorry."
Lily shrieked. "I hate you! Why'd you get my hopes up??"
"Just kidding. I knew that'd wake you up." Belle grinned.
"Oh, go jump off a cliff," Lily said crossly.
"Why don't you? I'll make sure that James is at the bottom to catch you."
"Oooh, just you wait until I can kill you..."
"You know you'd never hurt me, Lils. Get over it."
Ravenclaw won the game, but just barely - the score was 200 to 60 when Michelle caught the Snitch. Most of the points that Gryffindor had scored were courtesy of James, which Sirius pointed out with pride and James shrugged off modestly.
"It was nothing," he insisted. "The Ravenclaw Chasers aren't very good at defense, that's all."
"Oh, blame it all on them, I see how it is," Lily said jokingly. She reached across the table and tousled his hair.
"Hey, hey, cut it out," James said, ducking away from her hand. "My hair's messed up enough as it is!"
"Yeah, well, then it won't hurt it to get a little messier," Lily told him.
"Hey, Sirius," James said, pointedly ignoring Lily. "Did you get your you- know-what back yet?"
"From my cousin? Yeah, he sent it back yesterday," Sirius said, a devilish glint appearing in his eyes.
"Uh-oh," Belle said to Lily. "Do I dare ask what this he-knows-what is?"
"No, you probably don't," Lily said. "And I have a feeling I don't want to know, either. If it were anyone but them, I'd say we want to know, but it's them, so we don't want to know."
"What? I'm offended," James said, looking shocked. "Why don't you want to know?"
"I want to know," came a sudden voice from the direction of the portrait hole. "What did you get back, Sirius?"
"Michelle! Why are you in here?" James demanded.
"Uh...cause I feel like being in here?" Michelle suggested. "And no, before you ask, Koba's not with me. She's doing her homework that was due last week."
Lily raised an eyebrow. "Her homework that was due last week? Why's she doing it now?"
Michelle sat down at the table, in the only open chair next to Sirius. "Because she's a slacker and she didn't do it before it was due."
"Oh, kind of like you?" Sirius said teasingly.
"Oh, yes, where'd you think she got it from?" Michelle said sarcastically. "Anyway, what'd you get back from your cousin?"
"Oh, nothing," Sirius said, trying not to grin and failing miserably. "Only my motorbike."
"Oh, dear, God," Lily said slowly. "A motorbike."
"A motorbike," Sirius confirmed, watching them gleefully. "You didn't know I had one, did you?"
"No, I don't believe we did," Belle said, just as stunned as Lily.
Michelle rolled her eyes. "You and that stupid motorbike," she said, shaking her head. "You're going to kill yourselves, I swear."
"Yeah, but if we do, it's going to be on a motorbike," James said happily.
"Where's Remus?" Belle asked suddenly. "He hasn't been around for a couple days."
"He's visiting his mother again," James said after a minute. He glanced at Sirius.
"Yeah, his mom's been pretty sick," Sirius said. "So, who wants to go out on my bike?"
"Not me, and why'd you change the subject?" Lily demanded.
"I didn't change the subject," Sirius objected.
"Yes, you did," Belle said. "And we'd like to know why."
"He didn't change the subject," James put in. "Sirius, I'd like to try out your motorbike sometime. And I think Peter will, too."
"Now you just changed the subject!" Lily said in annoyance, looking at James.
"I did not!" James said hotly. "Why do you two keep insisting that we changed the subject??"
"Because, you do keep changing the subject!" Belle retorted.
"We do not!" Sirius shouted.
Everyone in the common room was looking at them now, most with puzzled expressions.
"Mind your own business!" James yelled at them. "Go on, now! Go!"
Everyone looked away quickly. James Potter was not one that everyone wanted to mess with. Neither was Sirius Black, and both boys were glaring at everyone with looks that said 'Anyone who messes with me is going to die.' So of course, they all looked away.
Michelle finally interrupted them all. "Jaime, Sirius, just tell them!" she insisted. "They're bound to find out anyway, so you might as well make it so they find out through you guys and not someone like Snape or that stupid Lucius Malfoy!!"
"Don't call me Jaime," James snapped.
"Does Lucious Lucius know?" Sirius asked, worried.
"No, but I have a feeling that Snape's going to tell him," Michelle said, crossing her arms. "So just tell them!"
"I wish you wouldn't call him that," Lily said. "His name is Lucius, not Lucious."
"Yeah, but the two words look alike, so we might as well call him that," James said, shrugging. "Besides, why's it matter what we call him? He's just a stupid Slytherin."
"Quit changing the subject!" Lily yelled.
"I didn't!" James said, an offended look on his face. "You did."
Lily opened her mouth, about to yell that she hadn't and that he had, but realized he was right. "Oh. Right. Well, then, what's wrong with Remus?"
Sirius and James looked at each other.
"I'm not going to be the one to tell them," James said finally.
"No way! I'm not telling them," Sirius objected. "You do it."
"I'll tell them!" Michelle said, exasperated. "Lily, Belle, Remus is a werewolf."
"What?" Lily and Belle gasped.
"Exactly what Michelle just said," Sirius said irritatedly.
"It all makes sense now," Lily said softly, so that the other students wouldn't hear her.
"Yeah, it does," Belle said.
"You owe me," Michelle said, turning and hitting her brother on the head.
"Ow! Why'd you do that?" he demanded, rubbing his head.
"Because I felt like it and I'm your sister. I'm supposed to do stuff like that."
"Whatever."
A/N: Sorry it's been so long since I updated. I've been busy working on other fics and trying to keep my stinking grades up. So please, people, be patient with me. I really appreciate it. And keep reviewing!
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Lily pulled her cloak tighter against the chill of the wind. "Y'know, they need to invent a sport that can be played inside for wizards," she muttered. Belle sighed, rolling her eyes at the sixth-year girl next to her.
"Oh, Lily, quit whining," Belle said, looking around the stands for people she knew. "You love watching Quidditch and you know it. Especially when James is the one playing," she added teasingly.
Lily blushed. "Yeah, that is a perk," she agreed. "Unfortunately, he seems quite content staying in the 'just friends' category."
"Well, after the way you treated him in first year, how to you expect him to act?" Belle scolded.
Lily's eyes turned sad. "Yeah, well, I wasn't exactly the nicest person then. I'm not now, either."
Belle's eyebrows shot up. "What's this? Lily Evans, candidate for Head Girl next year, admitting that she's not perfect? And for these six years, everyone thought she was! Stop the presses! This news has to get out!" Belle yelled, off in her own little dream world.
It was Lily's turn to roll her eyes. "Oh, look, here comes the team!" she said, pointing. The Gryffindor Quidditch team came out, dressed in their red Quidditch robes. The Ravenclaw team was standing on the field already, wearing blue.
"There's Michelle," Belle said, shading her eyes from the sun and pointing.
"I see her," Lily said, waving at Michelle. Michelle waved back energetically.
"This has got to be strange for James," Belle said, watching the Gryffindor team fly around the stadium in a warm-up lap. "I mean, he's playing against his own sister!"
"They've done it before," Lily reminded her.
"Well, yeah, but they weren't tied for the lead for House Cup at that time," Belle objected.
"True. Good point, too." Lily waved at James and Sirius as they flew by. Sirius winked and grinned, but James blushed and didn't even look Lily in the eye.
Belle glanced at Lily, one eyebrow raised. "What was that?"
"Don't ask me. I have no clue why all of a sudden he won't even look me in the eye," Lily said, somewhat bitterly. "Look, there's Madam Hooch."
Madam Hooch walked to the center of the field, holding the Quaffle under one arm. She kicked open the trunk containing the rest of the balls, and the Snitch and two Bludgers zoomed out of it. The shrill sound of her whistle echoed through the air as she threw the Quaffle up, causing more than one student to wince painfully and cover their ears. The players took no notice whatsoever of the crowd and took off after the balls.
"Go Gryffindor!" Lily and Belle shouted together, watching carefully as James and a Ravenclaw Chaser both dove for the Quaffle. Sirius was scouting around, looking for the Snitch, as was Michelle.
"I wonder which one of them will find it first," Belle commented. "GO JAMES!" she yelled. "Come on, oh, look out, there's a Bludger! Nice swerve! Shot! Shoot the Quaffle, come on!"
"Geeze, Belle," Lily said, laughing. "You get so into these games!"
Belle shrugged. "It's fun. GO GRYFFINDOR!"
"Ouch! That was my ear you just screamed into."
"Sorry. GO GRYFFINDOR, GO!!"
"I'm sure you're sorry," Lily said, scooting away from Belle. "But if you're going to scream like that anymore, please warn me."
"Yeah, yeah." Belle watched anxiously. "Oh, watch out, Jaime! Another Bludger!"
"Since when do you call him Jaime?" Lily demanded. "I thought only Michelle called him Jaime!"
"Nope, Sirius calls him Jaime, and he calls him Jimmy, too," Belle replied, her eyes still on the game.
"Oh."
"I dare you to yell 'go Jimmy' at him when he flies by," Belle said, grinning slyly. "Then we'll see if he likes you or not."
"How will we be able to tell?" Lily asked, not believing that they'd be able to tell just by Lily yelling 'go Jimmy.'
"Because, if he likes you, he won't get mad," Belle replied knowingly. "It's a given."
"Fine," Lily sighed. She waited a few minutes, then saw James approaching, holding the Quaffle, on their side of the field. "Here goes," she said.
"Come on, girl, you can do it," Belle encouraged.
"GO JIMMY!" Lily shouted.
James slowed down, nearly dropping the Quaffle but catching it at the last second. He threw it to one of the other Chasers, then glanced over at the stands, trying to figure out who had called him Jimmy.
Lily saw him searching the stands and gave him a small smile, worried that James was going to yell at her.
James grinned back, waved at the crowd, and went on with the game. "Thanks, Lily!" he yelled right before diving for the Quaffle.
"See? I told you," Belle bragged.
Lily was speechless.
"Hello? Lily? Come back from La-La land now," Belle said, waving her hand in front of Lily's face. "Wake up!"
Lily still didn't say anything, just stared after James, wondering if it could be true that he liked her.
Belle had a sudden idea. "Lily! I'm sorry to tell you this, but James is in love with Alyssa," she said regretfully. "I'm sorry."
Lily shrieked. "I hate you! Why'd you get my hopes up??"
"Just kidding. I knew that'd wake you up." Belle grinned.
"Oh, go jump off a cliff," Lily said crossly.
"Why don't you? I'll make sure that James is at the bottom to catch you."
"Oooh, just you wait until I can kill you..."
"You know you'd never hurt me, Lils. Get over it."
Ravenclaw won the game, but just barely - the score was 200 to 60 when Michelle caught the Snitch. Most of the points that Gryffindor had scored were courtesy of James, which Sirius pointed out with pride and James shrugged off modestly.
"It was nothing," he insisted. "The Ravenclaw Chasers aren't very good at defense, that's all."
"Oh, blame it all on them, I see how it is," Lily said jokingly. She reached across the table and tousled his hair.
"Hey, hey, cut it out," James said, ducking away from her hand. "My hair's messed up enough as it is!"
"Yeah, well, then it won't hurt it to get a little messier," Lily told him.
"Hey, Sirius," James said, pointedly ignoring Lily. "Did you get your you- know-what back yet?"
"From my cousin? Yeah, he sent it back yesterday," Sirius said, a devilish glint appearing in his eyes.
"Uh-oh," Belle said to Lily. "Do I dare ask what this he-knows-what is?"
"No, you probably don't," Lily said. "And I have a feeling I don't want to know, either. If it were anyone but them, I'd say we want to know, but it's them, so we don't want to know."
"What? I'm offended," James said, looking shocked. "Why don't you want to know?"
"I want to know," came a sudden voice from the direction of the portrait hole. "What did you get back, Sirius?"
"Michelle! Why are you in here?" James demanded.
"Uh...cause I feel like being in here?" Michelle suggested. "And no, before you ask, Koba's not with me. She's doing her homework that was due last week."
Lily raised an eyebrow. "Her homework that was due last week? Why's she doing it now?"
Michelle sat down at the table, in the only open chair next to Sirius. "Because she's a slacker and she didn't do it before it was due."
"Oh, kind of like you?" Sirius said teasingly.
"Oh, yes, where'd you think she got it from?" Michelle said sarcastically. "Anyway, what'd you get back from your cousin?"
"Oh, nothing," Sirius said, trying not to grin and failing miserably. "Only my motorbike."
"Oh, dear, God," Lily said slowly. "A motorbike."
"A motorbike," Sirius confirmed, watching them gleefully. "You didn't know I had one, did you?"
"No, I don't believe we did," Belle said, just as stunned as Lily.
Michelle rolled her eyes. "You and that stupid motorbike," she said, shaking her head. "You're going to kill yourselves, I swear."
"Yeah, but if we do, it's going to be on a motorbike," James said happily.
"Where's Remus?" Belle asked suddenly. "He hasn't been around for a couple days."
"He's visiting his mother again," James said after a minute. He glanced at Sirius.
"Yeah, his mom's been pretty sick," Sirius said. "So, who wants to go out on my bike?"
"Not me, and why'd you change the subject?" Lily demanded.
"I didn't change the subject," Sirius objected.
"Yes, you did," Belle said. "And we'd like to know why."
"He didn't change the subject," James put in. "Sirius, I'd like to try out your motorbike sometime. And I think Peter will, too."
"Now you just changed the subject!" Lily said in annoyance, looking at James.
"I did not!" James said hotly. "Why do you two keep insisting that we changed the subject??"
"Because, you do keep changing the subject!" Belle retorted.
"We do not!" Sirius shouted.
Everyone in the common room was looking at them now, most with puzzled expressions.
"Mind your own business!" James yelled at them. "Go on, now! Go!"
Everyone looked away quickly. James Potter was not one that everyone wanted to mess with. Neither was Sirius Black, and both boys were glaring at everyone with looks that said 'Anyone who messes with me is going to die.' So of course, they all looked away.
Michelle finally interrupted them all. "Jaime, Sirius, just tell them!" she insisted. "They're bound to find out anyway, so you might as well make it so they find out through you guys and not someone like Snape or that stupid Lucius Malfoy!!"
"Don't call me Jaime," James snapped.
"Does Lucious Lucius know?" Sirius asked, worried.
"No, but I have a feeling that Snape's going to tell him," Michelle said, crossing her arms. "So just tell them!"
"I wish you wouldn't call him that," Lily said. "His name is Lucius, not Lucious."
"Yeah, but the two words look alike, so we might as well call him that," James said, shrugging. "Besides, why's it matter what we call him? He's just a stupid Slytherin."
"Quit changing the subject!" Lily yelled.
"I didn't!" James said, an offended look on his face. "You did."
Lily opened her mouth, about to yell that she hadn't and that he had, but realized he was right. "Oh. Right. Well, then, what's wrong with Remus?"
Sirius and James looked at each other.
"I'm not going to be the one to tell them," James said finally.
"No way! I'm not telling them," Sirius objected. "You do it."
"I'll tell them!" Michelle said, exasperated. "Lily, Belle, Remus is a werewolf."
"What?" Lily and Belle gasped.
"Exactly what Michelle just said," Sirius said irritatedly.
"It all makes sense now," Lily said softly, so that the other students wouldn't hear her.
"Yeah, it does," Belle said.
"You owe me," Michelle said, turning and hitting her brother on the head.
"Ow! Why'd you do that?" he demanded, rubbing his head.
"Because I felt like it and I'm your sister. I'm supposed to do stuff like that."
"Whatever."
A/N: Sorry it's been so long since I updated. I've been busy working on other fics and trying to keep my stinking grades up. So please, people, be patient with me. I really appreciate it. And keep reviewing!
Thank you's:
Ajanberunetsdernumster: I'm not quite sure how I'm going to have Lily and James get together, but thanks for the suggestion. They'll be getting together soon, though.
Pink-Crane: Reviews are awesome! Don't worry, I'm crazy too. I thought everyone knew that by now. ATTENTION: FLAMES WILL BE USED TO RELIGHT THE ONE RING AND MICHELLE IS GOING TO USE THEM TO BURN LEGOLAS'S BOTTLE OF HERBAL ESSENCES!
TigerLily: Gracias! James and Lily will be getting together sometime soon. Unless the chapters don't work out the way I plan. (Don't ask why I said 'thank you' in Spanish, either...I'm really not sure)
TheOneAndOnlyPeanut (MICHELLE): Yes, I am the great Crazy Peanut!!! All hail the Crazy Peanut!!! YOU BETTER KEEP WRITING ON YOUR FIC!!! OTHERWISE I'LL PLACE THE IMPERIOUS CURSE ON YOU AND MAKE YOU FINISH IT, THEN I'LL KILL YOU. WAIT, I'LL MAKE YOU POST IT FIRST. OKAY, TIME FOR THE CAPS LOCK TO end. AND YOU ARE NOT THE ONE AND ONLY PEANUT!!! AND QUIT CHANGING YOUR NAME!!!!
Clavel: Thanks!
peggysue33: Thank you!
princess pixie ice: Yeah, James's mother has it pretty rough. But she's doing okay. I mean, she's got James looking after her - how could she not be doing okay? That's enough to make anyone okay!
Aie Dust: Thank you!
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