A/N Water Closet means Bathroom or Washroom or You get the idea
Chapter 5
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The next few days passed by quickly and with ease for Lily. She just could not wait for her return to school. Petunia still had not learned of Hyacinth's revelation and Lily tried her best not to get in a situation where she might blurt out the newly acquired facts in haste. The young girl began packing her trunk and gathering different things she thought would come in handy throughout the course of the coming months. She grabbed some gardenia-scented lotions from the water closet, a few photos of her muggle (well, mostly muggle relatives she now realized) relatives, and a journal full of different stories she had authored. Other than these items, the trunk was filled with only Hogwarts-related materials.
"Mum!" Lily called downstairs from the top landing after exiting her bedroom.
"What is it, love?"
"When are we going to Diagon Alley? I need to pick up some books and ingredients for Potions."
"Well, let me check with your father. He might need the car."
Lily decided to sit and wait for the response in one of the chairs on the landing. Patiently, she listened to the assorted sounds of the household while thinking of her friends at school. Her thoughts were interrupted by her mother's affirmative reply to her request. Lily hurried to her room, picked out some wizard money that she had not converted as of the end of the previous term and bounded down the stairs to the first floor, eager to arrive in the shopping district and perhaps even run into a few of her mates.
"Now, mum. Do you remember how to do this from last year?"
"Of course I do! . What was it again?"
Lily smiled, "Just follow me."
Lily led her mother through the Leaky Cauldron and to the brick wall where she took out her wand and Diagon Alley appeared before them.
"Where to first, Lily?" "Well, I should probably stop by Gringott's and exchange more money. Then I need new dress robes; my old ones don't fit. I have to get the Standard Book of Spells Grade 6 and then some different herbs and things for Potions.I think that's all though."
Hyacinth was about to reply when a handsome young wizard with an appealing, crooked smile and dark hair stepped in-between mother and daughter.
"Lily! How was your summer?" the boy asked.
"Oh, it was quite all right. And yours, Sirius?" Lily asked rather coolly.
"It was decent, but by no means remarkable. I best be off. See you around later then?"
"That's fine."
"Who was that?" inquired Hyacinth.
"Sirius Black. He's in my year."
"Why were you so distant with him?"
"I'm normally quite friendly around him and his friends.but towards the end of last year I began to realize how awful they can be to this one boy, Severus Snape. I don't like him, but I just felt so sorry for the guy."
"How did you treat Sirius and his friends when you first realized what they were doing?"
"Oh, I had known what they were doing.I just didn't do anything to stop it. I didn't really see the harm in it until poor Snape ended up in the hospital wing. He's an awful creature that Snape, insults me and all.I began to grow more and more distant with the gang," Lily paused and looked down at her hands, "I really do enjoy their company, and I doubt they even noticed any difference in my behavior, but I feel so guilty about them injuring others. I kind of feel like I'm double-crossing them, feeling bad for that bloke Severus and all.
"You can't help your feelings. If you don't want to be friends with this lot, you don't have to. Although that Sirius was quite dashing, wasn't he?"
Lily giggled and nodded her head as a huge grin spread across her face.
The Evans women finished up the school supply shopping and headed back home. Lily couldn't help smiling a bit whenever the image of Sirius or any other of the Marauders entered her thoughts. She also couldn't help smiling at the fact that Hogwarts was only two days away.
~*James POV*~ James got up with only a few days remaining until his return to school and immediately headed downstairs to breakfast. After a quick bite to eat, he and his father traveled by Floo Powder to Diagon Alley, where James saw a few people he recognized and said hello. He quickly bought his supplies, but while buying some rose essence for Potions his eyes found themselves resting on Lily's delicate features. He just could not pull them away and before he got up the courage to tell her.well, anything, she had left the store and was walking down the street with her mother. James sighed, continued on his way, and when he finally reached home, he had an early supper and went to bed early. Hogwarts was quickly-approaching and he didn't know whether to be happy or anxious.
A/N I know that was pretty bad, but I needed a transition chapter because I didn't want them jumping all over the place. This story (in case u haven't noticed) takes place in mostly Lily's POV and when they get to school, it will probably be entirely in her POV, except for some third party parts explaining what's going on with James. Thanks for reading!! I appreciate it so much! Thanks also to everyone who reviewed because that means SO much to me. REVIEW AND HELP ME PLEASE!!
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The next few days passed by quickly and with ease for Lily. She just could not wait for her return to school. Petunia still had not learned of Hyacinth's revelation and Lily tried her best not to get in a situation where she might blurt out the newly acquired facts in haste. The young girl began packing her trunk and gathering different things she thought would come in handy throughout the course of the coming months. She grabbed some gardenia-scented lotions from the water closet, a few photos of her muggle (well, mostly muggle relatives she now realized) relatives, and a journal full of different stories she had authored. Other than these items, the trunk was filled with only Hogwarts-related materials.
"Mum!" Lily called downstairs from the top landing after exiting her bedroom.
"What is it, love?"
"When are we going to Diagon Alley? I need to pick up some books and ingredients for Potions."
"Well, let me check with your father. He might need the car."
Lily decided to sit and wait for the response in one of the chairs on the landing. Patiently, she listened to the assorted sounds of the household while thinking of her friends at school. Her thoughts were interrupted by her mother's affirmative reply to her request. Lily hurried to her room, picked out some wizard money that she had not converted as of the end of the previous term and bounded down the stairs to the first floor, eager to arrive in the shopping district and perhaps even run into a few of her mates.
"Now, mum. Do you remember how to do this from last year?"
"Of course I do! . What was it again?"
Lily smiled, "Just follow me."
Lily led her mother through the Leaky Cauldron and to the brick wall where she took out her wand and Diagon Alley appeared before them.
"Where to first, Lily?" "Well, I should probably stop by Gringott's and exchange more money. Then I need new dress robes; my old ones don't fit. I have to get the Standard Book of Spells Grade 6 and then some different herbs and things for Potions.I think that's all though."
Hyacinth was about to reply when a handsome young wizard with an appealing, crooked smile and dark hair stepped in-between mother and daughter.
"Lily! How was your summer?" the boy asked.
"Oh, it was quite all right. And yours, Sirius?" Lily asked rather coolly.
"It was decent, but by no means remarkable. I best be off. See you around later then?"
"That's fine."
"Who was that?" inquired Hyacinth.
"Sirius Black. He's in my year."
"Why were you so distant with him?"
"I'm normally quite friendly around him and his friends.but towards the end of last year I began to realize how awful they can be to this one boy, Severus Snape. I don't like him, but I just felt so sorry for the guy."
"How did you treat Sirius and his friends when you first realized what they were doing?"
"Oh, I had known what they were doing.I just didn't do anything to stop it. I didn't really see the harm in it until poor Snape ended up in the hospital wing. He's an awful creature that Snape, insults me and all.I began to grow more and more distant with the gang," Lily paused and looked down at her hands, "I really do enjoy their company, and I doubt they even noticed any difference in my behavior, but I feel so guilty about them injuring others. I kind of feel like I'm double-crossing them, feeling bad for that bloke Severus and all.
"You can't help your feelings. If you don't want to be friends with this lot, you don't have to. Although that Sirius was quite dashing, wasn't he?"
Lily giggled and nodded her head as a huge grin spread across her face.
The Evans women finished up the school supply shopping and headed back home. Lily couldn't help smiling a bit whenever the image of Sirius or any other of the Marauders entered her thoughts. She also couldn't help smiling at the fact that Hogwarts was only two days away.
~*James POV*~ James got up with only a few days remaining until his return to school and immediately headed downstairs to breakfast. After a quick bite to eat, he and his father traveled by Floo Powder to Diagon Alley, where James saw a few people he recognized and said hello. He quickly bought his supplies, but while buying some rose essence for Potions his eyes found themselves resting on Lily's delicate features. He just could not pull them away and before he got up the courage to tell her.well, anything, she had left the store and was walking down the street with her mother. James sighed, continued on his way, and when he finally reached home, he had an early supper and went to bed early. Hogwarts was quickly-approaching and he didn't know whether to be happy or anxious.
A/N I know that was pretty bad, but I needed a transition chapter because I didn't want them jumping all over the place. This story (in case u haven't noticed) takes place in mostly Lily's POV and when they get to school, it will probably be entirely in her POV, except for some third party parts explaining what's going on with James. Thanks for reading!! I appreciate it so much! Thanks also to everyone who reviewed because that means SO much to me. REVIEW AND HELP ME PLEASE!!