a/n:
um. I hope you like it.
disclaimer: Everything belongs to J.K. Rowling the great.
Chapter 2: Quidditch, eh?
It was Thursday right after dinner and Lily was getting her book bag from her dorm, before she went to meet James at the library. On her way to the library she slicked on a coat of lip-gloss and pulled a stray piece of hair behind her ear. She placed the lip-gloss back inside her bag and scurried down the hall.
She composed herself at the door of the library then walked in and found that James wasn't there, so she found a table near the isle of books labeled magical creatures and plants. She sat down and waited for James for about fifteen minutes, until finally she was growing impatient and began to pull out her parchment and quill before she went and found a few faithful looking books on dragons. She began scribbling away notes, glancing at her watch every now and then.
She had been working for an hour now, and her eyes were tired. Disappointed and slightly hurt, She began packing up her supplies and, grabbing as many books on dragons as she could carry, before retiring to her dorm.
What had she expected? It was James Potter. Why would he want to spend an evening doing homework, and with her nonetheless. Lily was looking at her feet with her load of books under her arms and her book bag over her shoulder. She was walking at a quick pace toward Gryffindor tower but when she turned the corner, she stopped suddenly and quickly hurried back around the corner, where she was hidden in the shadows.
She had just seen James Potter's face pressed tightly together with that of Vanessa Chang (Cho Chang's father's sister) who had her arms wrapped around James' neck. Lily turned around and began walking the other direction. Too embarrassed to walk passed the two, Lily took the long route to the Gryffindor tower.
Well what else were you expecting? I guess, I thought he just forgot, but this is worse. Oh, don't be such a baby. You are over reacting. I mean it's not like we were on a date or anything. But still, he could have had the decency to tell me that he had other uh. plans.
By the time Lily reached the portrait of the fat lady her eyes had begun to droop. "Biting Faeries" She mumbled. The portrait swung open and Lily walked up the stairs to her dormitory. She dropped her books and bag at the foot of her bed, quickly changed into her pajamas, pulled back the covers of her four-poster and climbed in.
The next morning after a refreshing flight Lily took her usual seat at the end of the table, picked up her wand and mumbled, "Accio Return of The King" Lily then began scooping scrambled eggs onto her plate then held out her hand expecting to feel the familiar hard surface of her book. She waited for a few minutes but the book didn't come. Assuming that she just had not enunciated her words enough, she waved her wand again and muttered, "Accio Return of The King!" five or ten minutes later she tried again- and again, and again. on about her fifth try a very sour looking professor McGonagall marched into the Great Hall and up to the teachers table.
"Excuse me," McGonagall waited patiently for the attention of the students before continuing.
"Whom does this belong to?" She said sternly, holding up a hard covered book. Lily was now inspecting her wand to see if there were any problems with it and was paying little attention to the professor.
"I was the unfortunate recipient of a good whack on the side of the head when a novel came zooming down the hall in this direction," there was scattered laughter, and Lily looked up and realized what was wrong. Humiliated Lily stood up and said, "Uhh.that's mine professor."
She could feel the eyes of every student in the hall boring into her as she made her way toward the teacher's table to retrieve her book.
"Ms. Evans," McGonagall said with a shocked voice. Lily glanced to her right and saw a glint of a smile flash across James' face. Her knees trembled and she hurried toward McGonagall who handed her the book and said,
"Using magic in the corridors- or Great Hall is forbidden Ms. Evans. Five points will be taken from Gryffindor and you have detention with Madam Pince in the Library tomorrow at 7:00."
Face toward the ground Lily began the seemingly long walk to her seat. By then people's attention had begun to drift and conversations had started to spark up. When she reached her seat Lily grabbed her broom and trotted out of the Hall.
How embarrassing. I was hoping that would never happen. Now I'll just have to bring my book with me when I go flying- Lily's thoughts were interrupted by a girl, whom was also leaving the Great Hall,
"Nice one Lily!" Lily recognized the girl as Lindsey, her partner in potions from the day before.
"It was an accident-" Lily started to explain.
"Yeah, but that was pretty funny." The girl smiled and pulled her dark brow hair behind her ears.
"But now I have detention,"
"Ahh, detention with Pince isn't too bad," She said reassuringly. "You and me have Magical Creatures right now. Right?"
"Yeah. Who's your partner for the project we have to do?" The two girls started walking across the damp Hogwarts Grounds.
"Oh, I got stuck with Peter Pettigrew. What about you?"
"James Potter."
"Hey, you got James? Not fair. He's really funny,"
"Yeah, it was hilarious when he didn't show up at the Library to work on our project yesterday." Lily said with a smirk.
"Hah, that sounds like James alright." When they reached the Magical Creatures area the two took a seat next to a couple of other girls who were sitting on a bench near the front.
"Hi guys, this is Lily. Lily this is Katrina and Emily." Lindsey gestured to the other girls.
"Hello," Katrina said.
"Hi."
"Hey! You're the one who hit Professor McGonagall with the book. Nice work." Said Emily as she shook Lily's hand.
"Uhh. yeah, thanks" Lily replied. Emily had blond hair that was pulled into sloppy pigtails, and Katrina had short black hair with blue streaks. Lily recognized Katrina to be one of her roommates. Emily and Lindsey were a year older than her, but they were all in Gryffindor.
Professor Quinn waited patiently for the talking to cease, before giving instructions.
"Today class, I want you to go with your partner to the same places you were yesterday to work on your projects. Remember, you have a little less than two weeks to complete it so I encourage you to use your time wisely. So, now split into your groups."
Lily stood up and walked over to the tree where she and James met the day before. She pulled herself into the branches of the tree to wait for James. She went to reach for her quill and parchment but realized all she had was her broom and Lord of The Rings book.
"Crap," She cursed to herself.
"What's the matter?" James asked as he pulled himself into the tree and sat next to her.
"Oh, I forgot my book bag. It had all of my notes and supplies in it."
"What has gotten into you, hitting teachers with books, forgetting supplies? What's next? Not turning homework in?" James said lightheartedly.
Lily glared at him and pulled out her wand, "Accio, book bag!" She said before quickly returning her wand to her pocket.
"If you're caught again I'm going to laugh," James said with a grin. A split second later Lily's book bag slammed into the side of James' head causing him to lose his balance, and right as he began to fall back wards he grabbed Lily's hair and pulled her down with him.
"Ahhh!" James let out a cry of pain as he hit the ground and as Lily landed on top of him. Lily burst out laughing.
"What is going on over there?" Professor Quinn walked over to their tree looking very displeased.
The rest of the classes' attention turned toward Lily and James. There were scattered chuckles and whistles.
"Sorry Professor." Lily said, quickly hiding her laughter and scrambling off of poor smashed James.
"Yeah, sorry." James said as he began to get up and massage his side throwing Lily an angry glance.
The professor looked at them and waved her finger scoldingly.
"Now, I don't know what you two are doing over here but it most certainly does not look like school work. Ten points from Gryffindor. Now, get to work." Professor Quinn then turned around and went back to her desk.
"Ouch, that hurt!" James wined, turning his attention back to Lily.
"Yeah well there's really no way to aim with that spell."
"Yeah, right." He said sarcastically.
"Did you really have to pull me down with you?" Lily said as she climbed back into the tree.
"If I was going down you were coming with me. But I guess it wasn't the best idea since you ended up caving in my ribcage." James also returned to his place in the tree.
"Hey, that was the third time you've gotten in trouble today. That must be some kind of record for you." James said in a joking manner.
"Everyone acts like I've never broken a rule." Lily said as she pulled out her notes and quill.
Lily looked up and saw that he giving her a "You? Break a Rule? Yeah right!" Kind of look.
"Can we just get to work?" Lily asked with annoyance.
"Yeah, yeah." He answered reluctantly.
"By the way, where were you last night?" Lily knew exactly where he was but wanted to see how honest he was.
"Last night?"
"Yeah, we were supposed to meet at the library to work on the project. Remember?" Lily was enjoying this way too much.
"Oh. Uh. last night. Yeah, sorry about that. I was practicing Quidditch. I get in trouble whenever I miss it."
"Practicing Quidditch? Is that what the young people nowadays are calling it? Because last time I checked it was called making out." Lily grinned at James' shocked face.
"How did you- " James looked confused.
"Yeah, I got a bit of a nasty shock on the way back to my dormitory last night." Lily said as she was laughing on the inside.
"Well. fine you caught me. I forgot about the Library thing. But maybe tomorrow?" James said apologetically, "Oh, wait. Sorry- Quidditch practice"
"Ah, I have detention with Pince anyway. Maybe the day after though." Lily replied.
"Sure. Sunday it is. But it'll have to be in the evening. I have a Quidditch game that afternoon."
"Sure. If you don't forget." Lily said with a smirk.
"I won't." Lily looked skeptical.
"I promise." James said sincerely, looking Lily straight in the eyes. Lily smiled.
a/n: Let me know what you think in a nice pleasant review!
Thank you to the reviewers blackgreenfrogs, faith, Sirius' lover, phoenix353 (I will try to update every week), bubblegum*girl, Eleret (I am glad someone else thinks Lily should ride brooms too!), Feur (Yeah, depending on how old you think Harry's parents were when they died has an affect on whether L.o.T.R was around or not), ChaChaChic (thanks for pointing out the paragraph problem), lilypotter, and anonymous.
disclaimer: Everything belongs to J.K. Rowling the great.
Chapter 2: Quidditch, eh?
It was Thursday right after dinner and Lily was getting her book bag from her dorm, before she went to meet James at the library. On her way to the library she slicked on a coat of lip-gloss and pulled a stray piece of hair behind her ear. She placed the lip-gloss back inside her bag and scurried down the hall.
She composed herself at the door of the library then walked in and found that James wasn't there, so she found a table near the isle of books labeled magical creatures and plants. She sat down and waited for James for about fifteen minutes, until finally she was growing impatient and began to pull out her parchment and quill before she went and found a few faithful looking books on dragons. She began scribbling away notes, glancing at her watch every now and then.
She had been working for an hour now, and her eyes were tired. Disappointed and slightly hurt, She began packing up her supplies and, grabbing as many books on dragons as she could carry, before retiring to her dorm.
What had she expected? It was James Potter. Why would he want to spend an evening doing homework, and with her nonetheless. Lily was looking at her feet with her load of books under her arms and her book bag over her shoulder. She was walking at a quick pace toward Gryffindor tower but when she turned the corner, she stopped suddenly and quickly hurried back around the corner, where she was hidden in the shadows.
She had just seen James Potter's face pressed tightly together with that of Vanessa Chang (Cho Chang's father's sister) who had her arms wrapped around James' neck. Lily turned around and began walking the other direction. Too embarrassed to walk passed the two, Lily took the long route to the Gryffindor tower.
Well what else were you expecting? I guess, I thought he just forgot, but this is worse. Oh, don't be such a baby. You are over reacting. I mean it's not like we were on a date or anything. But still, he could have had the decency to tell me that he had other uh. plans.
By the time Lily reached the portrait of the fat lady her eyes had begun to droop. "Biting Faeries" She mumbled. The portrait swung open and Lily walked up the stairs to her dormitory. She dropped her books and bag at the foot of her bed, quickly changed into her pajamas, pulled back the covers of her four-poster and climbed in.
The next morning after a refreshing flight Lily took her usual seat at the end of the table, picked up her wand and mumbled, "Accio Return of The King" Lily then began scooping scrambled eggs onto her plate then held out her hand expecting to feel the familiar hard surface of her book. She waited for a few minutes but the book didn't come. Assuming that she just had not enunciated her words enough, she waved her wand again and muttered, "Accio Return of The King!" five or ten minutes later she tried again- and again, and again. on about her fifth try a very sour looking professor McGonagall marched into the Great Hall and up to the teachers table.
"Excuse me," McGonagall waited patiently for the attention of the students before continuing.
"Whom does this belong to?" She said sternly, holding up a hard covered book. Lily was now inspecting her wand to see if there were any problems with it and was paying little attention to the professor.
"I was the unfortunate recipient of a good whack on the side of the head when a novel came zooming down the hall in this direction," there was scattered laughter, and Lily looked up and realized what was wrong. Humiliated Lily stood up and said, "Uhh.that's mine professor."
She could feel the eyes of every student in the hall boring into her as she made her way toward the teacher's table to retrieve her book.
"Ms. Evans," McGonagall said with a shocked voice. Lily glanced to her right and saw a glint of a smile flash across James' face. Her knees trembled and she hurried toward McGonagall who handed her the book and said,
"Using magic in the corridors- or Great Hall is forbidden Ms. Evans. Five points will be taken from Gryffindor and you have detention with Madam Pince in the Library tomorrow at 7:00."
Face toward the ground Lily began the seemingly long walk to her seat. By then people's attention had begun to drift and conversations had started to spark up. When she reached her seat Lily grabbed her broom and trotted out of the Hall.
How embarrassing. I was hoping that would never happen. Now I'll just have to bring my book with me when I go flying- Lily's thoughts were interrupted by a girl, whom was also leaving the Great Hall,
"Nice one Lily!" Lily recognized the girl as Lindsey, her partner in potions from the day before.
"It was an accident-" Lily started to explain.
"Yeah, but that was pretty funny." The girl smiled and pulled her dark brow hair behind her ears.
"But now I have detention,"
"Ahh, detention with Pince isn't too bad," She said reassuringly. "You and me have Magical Creatures right now. Right?"
"Yeah. Who's your partner for the project we have to do?" The two girls started walking across the damp Hogwarts Grounds.
"Oh, I got stuck with Peter Pettigrew. What about you?"
"James Potter."
"Hey, you got James? Not fair. He's really funny,"
"Yeah, it was hilarious when he didn't show up at the Library to work on our project yesterday." Lily said with a smirk.
"Hah, that sounds like James alright." When they reached the Magical Creatures area the two took a seat next to a couple of other girls who were sitting on a bench near the front.
"Hi guys, this is Lily. Lily this is Katrina and Emily." Lindsey gestured to the other girls.
"Hello," Katrina said.
"Hi."
"Hey! You're the one who hit Professor McGonagall with the book. Nice work." Said Emily as she shook Lily's hand.
"Uhh. yeah, thanks" Lily replied. Emily had blond hair that was pulled into sloppy pigtails, and Katrina had short black hair with blue streaks. Lily recognized Katrina to be one of her roommates. Emily and Lindsey were a year older than her, but they were all in Gryffindor.
Professor Quinn waited patiently for the talking to cease, before giving instructions.
"Today class, I want you to go with your partner to the same places you were yesterday to work on your projects. Remember, you have a little less than two weeks to complete it so I encourage you to use your time wisely. So, now split into your groups."
Lily stood up and walked over to the tree where she and James met the day before. She pulled herself into the branches of the tree to wait for James. She went to reach for her quill and parchment but realized all she had was her broom and Lord of The Rings book.
"Crap," She cursed to herself.
"What's the matter?" James asked as he pulled himself into the tree and sat next to her.
"Oh, I forgot my book bag. It had all of my notes and supplies in it."
"What has gotten into you, hitting teachers with books, forgetting supplies? What's next? Not turning homework in?" James said lightheartedly.
Lily glared at him and pulled out her wand, "Accio, book bag!" She said before quickly returning her wand to her pocket.
"If you're caught again I'm going to laugh," James said with a grin. A split second later Lily's book bag slammed into the side of James' head causing him to lose his balance, and right as he began to fall back wards he grabbed Lily's hair and pulled her down with him.
"Ahhh!" James let out a cry of pain as he hit the ground and as Lily landed on top of him. Lily burst out laughing.
"What is going on over there?" Professor Quinn walked over to their tree looking very displeased.
The rest of the classes' attention turned toward Lily and James. There were scattered chuckles and whistles.
"Sorry Professor." Lily said, quickly hiding her laughter and scrambling off of poor smashed James.
"Yeah, sorry." James said as he began to get up and massage his side throwing Lily an angry glance.
The professor looked at them and waved her finger scoldingly.
"Now, I don't know what you two are doing over here but it most certainly does not look like school work. Ten points from Gryffindor. Now, get to work." Professor Quinn then turned around and went back to her desk.
"Ouch, that hurt!" James wined, turning his attention back to Lily.
"Yeah well there's really no way to aim with that spell."
"Yeah, right." He said sarcastically.
"Did you really have to pull me down with you?" Lily said as she climbed back into the tree.
"If I was going down you were coming with me. But I guess it wasn't the best idea since you ended up caving in my ribcage." James also returned to his place in the tree.
"Hey, that was the third time you've gotten in trouble today. That must be some kind of record for you." James said in a joking manner.
"Everyone acts like I've never broken a rule." Lily said as she pulled out her notes and quill.
Lily looked up and saw that he giving her a "You? Break a Rule? Yeah right!" Kind of look.
"Can we just get to work?" Lily asked with annoyance.
"Yeah, yeah." He answered reluctantly.
"By the way, where were you last night?" Lily knew exactly where he was but wanted to see how honest he was.
"Last night?"
"Yeah, we were supposed to meet at the library to work on the project. Remember?" Lily was enjoying this way too much.
"Oh. Uh. last night. Yeah, sorry about that. I was practicing Quidditch. I get in trouble whenever I miss it."
"Practicing Quidditch? Is that what the young people nowadays are calling it? Because last time I checked it was called making out." Lily grinned at James' shocked face.
"How did you- " James looked confused.
"Yeah, I got a bit of a nasty shock on the way back to my dormitory last night." Lily said as she was laughing on the inside.
"Well. fine you caught me. I forgot about the Library thing. But maybe tomorrow?" James said apologetically, "Oh, wait. Sorry- Quidditch practice"
"Ah, I have detention with Pince anyway. Maybe the day after though." Lily replied.
"Sure. Sunday it is. But it'll have to be in the evening. I have a Quidditch game that afternoon."
"Sure. If you don't forget." Lily said with a smirk.
"I won't." Lily looked skeptical.
"I promise." James said sincerely, looking Lily straight in the eyes. Lily smiled.
a/n: Let me know what you think in a nice pleasant review!
Thank you to the reviewers blackgreenfrogs, faith, Sirius' lover, phoenix353 (I will try to update every week), bubblegum*girl, Eleret (I am glad someone else thinks Lily should ride brooms too!), Feur (Yeah, depending on how old you think Harry's parents were when they died has an affect on whether L.o.T.R was around or not), ChaChaChic (thanks for pointing out the paragraph problem), lilypotter, and anonymous.