Disclaimer: see first chapter
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Lily watched a large door; her sister was on the other side, hopefully awake. Right now, she felt about ready to kill her. Imagine loosing control to that degree. Something had to have effected her extremely to make her loss it like that.
Lily ran a hand thru her red gold curls and glanced around the room. Victoria had been taken to a small room just off the main hospital ward; the room even had its own small waiting room.
The red head had seated herself in a large armchair in front of a fire; Sirius had come along too and was pacing by the door. Although, to Lily's knowledge, Remus and Victoria had never gotten along, the tall young man was seated by the window looking out onto the school grounds.
Severus had entered the room just a few seconds earlier, and he was having a whispered conversation with Narcissa about what had happened. Lily had filled the blonde in on the situation when she had entered.
"Snape." Sirius growled, he had stopped pacing and was glaring at the skinny boy.
"Black." The surprise Severus had felt at seeing Sirius had not leaked into his voice or face, but Lily took note of his body language. Severus was definitely surprised. His eyes darted around the rest of the room to see if there were any more unsuspected guests that he should know about. "Lupin." The surprise had leaked into his voice and he was watching the young man.
"Worried about you girlfriend, Snape?" Remus spat, he wanted nothing more than to jump Snape then and there. Severus raised an eyebrow.
"Girlfriend? What-" but Severus was cut off with the opening of the door. Victoria was standing there, leaning on the frame. Her short brown hair was mussed, green eyes tired, her shirt and skirt wrinkled and her robes over one arm. She appeared to be eating a piece of chocolate.
"Now, Ms. Davis, you will be expected to go to classes every night from eight to nine thirty. Do you understand?" Professor Dumbledore was standing close at hand, explaining something to her. Victoria nodded and continued eating her chocolate.
Lily grabbed her sister and pulled her into a close hug, "don't ever do that again." She muttered to her sister.
"I'll try." Victoria answered to a grimace and a wink. Narcissa grabbed her friend and pulled her into a desperate huge, crying into her shoulder.
"I was so worried!" she sobbed into her friend's shoulder. Lily did her best to hide a smile; Victoria glanced down nervously at the blonde and patted her head. Sirius grinned slightly and pried Narcissa off Victoria. Severus, surprising everyone, pulled Victoria into a hug. Remus' eyes darkened, he turned and stormed out of the room.
"Why was he here?" Victoria asked, looking around. Sirius was still holding Narcissa, who appeared to be blushing a dark red color. Severus looked down at her.
"Try and be more careful, will you? I've got advanced potions to make."
"Its nice to see where I stand on your list of priorities." Victoria growled, she pulled out of the hug and backed away. "If your potions are that important, Severus, go and work on them." She narrowed her eyes and left the room much the same as Remus had before her.
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Lily turned down the hall, trying to do something with her long red hair; not paying attention where she was going; Lily walked head long into someone.
"Ow." Lily muttered, rubbing her backside. A tall boy was sitting on the floor across from her, rubbing his head.
"Hey, Lily. I'm really sorry about that." He grinned over at her. Brian Creed. His dirty blonde hair was slightly obscuring his deep brown eyes.
"S'alright." She smiled shyly at him, 'perfect,' she thought 'boyfriend time'. Brian stood and offered her a hand, Lily grabbed onto his hand and he pulled her up. Purposely slipping, she fell against his chest. "Sorry." Lily looked down, hoping that she would seem embarrassed but didn't bother to step away from Brian.
"Hey, Lily, would you like to go with me to Hogsmeade this weekend?" He seemed slightly flustered. Lily fluttered her eyes at him.
"Of course." Lily winked at him and stepped away. "But right now, I have homework to do." Lily reached up and pulled him down by his tie and kissed him lightly on the lips. She turned and ran off toward Gryffindor tower. Brian stood there, grinning stupidly.
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Brian was still grinning when he entered his dorm, he feel back onto his bed.
"What's with you?" James asked, looking up from his History of Magic homework.
"I've got a date with Lily."
"Lily? As in Evans?" James asked, raising an eyebrow. "Why on Earth would you want to go out with her?"
"James, buddy," Brian answered, "she's hot! You can't tell me she's not hot. I mean she has an ass so sexy I struggle to understand it." [1]
"That's weird, Brian." Remus muttered, looking up for the notes he was making in his astronomy book. "As bewildering as her ass is, I don't really want to hear about it." James grinned over at Remus who had gone back to his book. Sirius was lying across his bed, charming dust bunnies to dance the funky chicken dance. Peter was sleeping, lying across his potions book.
"Evans?" James scrunched up his nose, "ew."
"How mature, James." Sirius told him, looking up from his dust bunnies.
"This coming from a guy who is enchanting dust bunnies." Remus sighed, "Good Sirius, real good."
James rolled over and closed his curtains. He didn't really want to think about Lily. Sure, she might be slightly pretty, but she wasn't really worth all the attention guys gave her, was she?
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Saturday rolled around and at 9 o'clock Lily was standing in front of the mirror in her room, holding up different shirts to see how they looked. Victoria was lying out on her bed, already dressed, reading a book and petting her cat.
"How hard is it to pick a shirt?"
"I need to look good. I want to show off. Plus, I have a date." Victoria's head snapped up from her book.
"With who? Why wasn't I told about this?"
"Brian Creed. It just slipped my mind." Victoria narrowed her eyes; Lily was looking innocently into the mirror.
"Nothing slips you mind when it comes to boys." Lily pulled on a white shirt; the shirt had a flower pattern across the front. The shirt didn't cover her whole stomach; it left an amount of skin visible to the top of her short jean skirt. Victoria was wearing her own style of clothing, her black long sleeved shirt sported a picture of a red Chinese dragon across the front, her jeans were low-rise were decorated with splatters of red, black and silver paint.
Lily seated herself down and began apply make up.
"Ugh! Do you really have to wear that stuff?" Lily grinned over at her.
"Let me do your make up, Vics. It could be fun."
"Over my dead body." But Lily already had her wand out.
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James stood at the bottom of the main staircase; "Does Peter really need to eat so much in the morning?"
"Apparently." Remus answered, glancing down at his watch. Brian was standing hear by, waiting for Lily. He appeared to be checking his watch every few seconds. Remus grinned widely and winked at Sirius. "Worried is he?"
"I guess so." Sirius was grinning too; he was glancing around and caught site of Narcissa who also appeared to be waiting for someone. But she didn't appear nearly as worried as Brian, in fact she didn't seem worried at all. He gave her a grin and an exaggerated wink. Sirius looked back up the stairs and then glanced at Remus.
The werewolf was standing slack jawed. Apparently he had caught site of the girl standing at the top of the stair. She appeared reluctant to go any farther.
James suddenly got a very good idea as to why guys liked Lily Evans so much. Lily was standing at the top of the stairs, her short jean skirt showing off legs that kept going. Her white shirt hugged gently to her bust and offered a view of her flat stomach. A jean jacket and a pair of comfortable sandals completed the outfit. While pale cheeks had been dusted with light pink powder, green eyes accented to match her shirt with baby blue, lips glossed to shine and eyelashes lengthened, hiding her eyes slightly. Her red gold hair had been left loose, the many spiral curls hung down just past her shoulders.
Remus was enjoying the view more so than James was.
"Close your mouth, Remus." Sirius whispered to his friend. "You're drooling." Lily pulled Victoria down the stairs behind her. After stunning her sister, Lily had applied gold eye shadow, mascara and lip-gloss.
Sirius nudged Remus, "Ask her to spend the day with you."
"No way."
"Why the hell not?"
"She's dating Snape."
"Dating - Snape?" Sirius asked, raising an eyebrow. "What have you been smoking?" Remus glared at him.
"Come on, haven't you noticed the way they act around each other?" Remus growled in answer, taking his eyes off Victoria for the first time, and glaring at Sirius.
Sirius's eyes suddenly got very large in surprise and understanding. "You're jealous!"
"I'm not!" Remus turned away, concentrating his gaze on a spot high on the doorframe. His cheekbones sported a light pink color.
"Yeah, sure." Sirius answered with a smile. Sirius reached over and closed James' mouth with a finger.
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Lily batted her eyes at Brian, smiling coyly. "What are we doing today, Brian?"
"Uh," Brian looked down nervously at her. "I thought we could just walk around for a while, then go and have a butterbeer?"
"Its sounds great to me." Lily took Brian's hand and let him lead her outside. Victoria and Narcissa watched from their spot at the bottom of the stairs. "I can't believe she's doing this to get back at James." Narcissa sighed. Victoria shook her head, sighed and glanced around the hall. She noticed Remus and gave him a small wave; he glared back at her. Victoria started, what was wrong with him? Remus turned away and started a conversation with Sirius.
Victoria suddenly had the feeling it was going to be a very long day.
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Right, well, more reviews would be nice. I'd like to say that I'm not going to post another chapter till I have 10 reviews. I like to know what people think; I like input and ideas. Also, keep in mind, non of these chapters have be edited by my beta reader - so I'm about ready to get a new one, but not yet - I'll let ya know. Anywho, thanks to Emma and Professional Scatterbrain for the reviews and a special thanks to mystikalolo for the all of the reviews - they are very much appreciated.
Till next time
Lady Starlight
[1] - This is from Three To Tango, it's a rather amusing movie that my friend (also my beta reader) and I watched like three times when we had that really big snow.
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Lily watched a large door; her sister was on the other side, hopefully awake. Right now, she felt about ready to kill her. Imagine loosing control to that degree. Something had to have effected her extremely to make her loss it like that.
Lily ran a hand thru her red gold curls and glanced around the room. Victoria had been taken to a small room just off the main hospital ward; the room even had its own small waiting room.
The red head had seated herself in a large armchair in front of a fire; Sirius had come along too and was pacing by the door. Although, to Lily's knowledge, Remus and Victoria had never gotten along, the tall young man was seated by the window looking out onto the school grounds.
Severus had entered the room just a few seconds earlier, and he was having a whispered conversation with Narcissa about what had happened. Lily had filled the blonde in on the situation when she had entered.
"Snape." Sirius growled, he had stopped pacing and was glaring at the skinny boy.
"Black." The surprise Severus had felt at seeing Sirius had not leaked into his voice or face, but Lily took note of his body language. Severus was definitely surprised. His eyes darted around the rest of the room to see if there were any more unsuspected guests that he should know about. "Lupin." The surprise had leaked into his voice and he was watching the young man.
"Worried about you girlfriend, Snape?" Remus spat, he wanted nothing more than to jump Snape then and there. Severus raised an eyebrow.
"Girlfriend? What-" but Severus was cut off with the opening of the door. Victoria was standing there, leaning on the frame. Her short brown hair was mussed, green eyes tired, her shirt and skirt wrinkled and her robes over one arm. She appeared to be eating a piece of chocolate.
"Now, Ms. Davis, you will be expected to go to classes every night from eight to nine thirty. Do you understand?" Professor Dumbledore was standing close at hand, explaining something to her. Victoria nodded and continued eating her chocolate.
Lily grabbed her sister and pulled her into a close hug, "don't ever do that again." She muttered to her sister.
"I'll try." Victoria answered to a grimace and a wink. Narcissa grabbed her friend and pulled her into a desperate huge, crying into her shoulder.
"I was so worried!" she sobbed into her friend's shoulder. Lily did her best to hide a smile; Victoria glanced down nervously at the blonde and patted her head. Sirius grinned slightly and pried Narcissa off Victoria. Severus, surprising everyone, pulled Victoria into a hug. Remus' eyes darkened, he turned and stormed out of the room.
"Why was he here?" Victoria asked, looking around. Sirius was still holding Narcissa, who appeared to be blushing a dark red color. Severus looked down at her.
"Try and be more careful, will you? I've got advanced potions to make."
"Its nice to see where I stand on your list of priorities." Victoria growled, she pulled out of the hug and backed away. "If your potions are that important, Severus, go and work on them." She narrowed her eyes and left the room much the same as Remus had before her.
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Lily turned down the hall, trying to do something with her long red hair; not paying attention where she was going; Lily walked head long into someone.
"Ow." Lily muttered, rubbing her backside. A tall boy was sitting on the floor across from her, rubbing his head.
"Hey, Lily. I'm really sorry about that." He grinned over at her. Brian Creed. His dirty blonde hair was slightly obscuring his deep brown eyes.
"S'alright." She smiled shyly at him, 'perfect,' she thought 'boyfriend time'. Brian stood and offered her a hand, Lily grabbed onto his hand and he pulled her up. Purposely slipping, she fell against his chest. "Sorry." Lily looked down, hoping that she would seem embarrassed but didn't bother to step away from Brian.
"Hey, Lily, would you like to go with me to Hogsmeade this weekend?" He seemed slightly flustered. Lily fluttered her eyes at him.
"Of course." Lily winked at him and stepped away. "But right now, I have homework to do." Lily reached up and pulled him down by his tie and kissed him lightly on the lips. She turned and ran off toward Gryffindor tower. Brian stood there, grinning stupidly.
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Brian was still grinning when he entered his dorm, he feel back onto his bed.
"What's with you?" James asked, looking up from his History of Magic homework.
"I've got a date with Lily."
"Lily? As in Evans?" James asked, raising an eyebrow. "Why on Earth would you want to go out with her?"
"James, buddy," Brian answered, "she's hot! You can't tell me she's not hot. I mean she has an ass so sexy I struggle to understand it." [1]
"That's weird, Brian." Remus muttered, looking up for the notes he was making in his astronomy book. "As bewildering as her ass is, I don't really want to hear about it." James grinned over at Remus who had gone back to his book. Sirius was lying across his bed, charming dust bunnies to dance the funky chicken dance. Peter was sleeping, lying across his potions book.
"Evans?" James scrunched up his nose, "ew."
"How mature, James." Sirius told him, looking up from his dust bunnies.
"This coming from a guy who is enchanting dust bunnies." Remus sighed, "Good Sirius, real good."
James rolled over and closed his curtains. He didn't really want to think about Lily. Sure, she might be slightly pretty, but she wasn't really worth all the attention guys gave her, was she?
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Saturday rolled around and at 9 o'clock Lily was standing in front of the mirror in her room, holding up different shirts to see how they looked. Victoria was lying out on her bed, already dressed, reading a book and petting her cat.
"How hard is it to pick a shirt?"
"I need to look good. I want to show off. Plus, I have a date." Victoria's head snapped up from her book.
"With who? Why wasn't I told about this?"
"Brian Creed. It just slipped my mind." Victoria narrowed her eyes; Lily was looking innocently into the mirror.
"Nothing slips you mind when it comes to boys." Lily pulled on a white shirt; the shirt had a flower pattern across the front. The shirt didn't cover her whole stomach; it left an amount of skin visible to the top of her short jean skirt. Victoria was wearing her own style of clothing, her black long sleeved shirt sported a picture of a red Chinese dragon across the front, her jeans were low-rise were decorated with splatters of red, black and silver paint.
Lily seated herself down and began apply make up.
"Ugh! Do you really have to wear that stuff?" Lily grinned over at her.
"Let me do your make up, Vics. It could be fun."
"Over my dead body." But Lily already had her wand out.
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James stood at the bottom of the main staircase; "Does Peter really need to eat so much in the morning?"
"Apparently." Remus answered, glancing down at his watch. Brian was standing hear by, waiting for Lily. He appeared to be checking his watch every few seconds. Remus grinned widely and winked at Sirius. "Worried is he?"
"I guess so." Sirius was grinning too; he was glancing around and caught site of Narcissa who also appeared to be waiting for someone. But she didn't appear nearly as worried as Brian, in fact she didn't seem worried at all. He gave her a grin and an exaggerated wink. Sirius looked back up the stairs and then glanced at Remus.
The werewolf was standing slack jawed. Apparently he had caught site of the girl standing at the top of the stair. She appeared reluctant to go any farther.
James suddenly got a very good idea as to why guys liked Lily Evans so much. Lily was standing at the top of the stairs, her short jean skirt showing off legs that kept going. Her white shirt hugged gently to her bust and offered a view of her flat stomach. A jean jacket and a pair of comfortable sandals completed the outfit. While pale cheeks had been dusted with light pink powder, green eyes accented to match her shirt with baby blue, lips glossed to shine and eyelashes lengthened, hiding her eyes slightly. Her red gold hair had been left loose, the many spiral curls hung down just past her shoulders.
Remus was enjoying the view more so than James was.
"Close your mouth, Remus." Sirius whispered to his friend. "You're drooling." Lily pulled Victoria down the stairs behind her. After stunning her sister, Lily had applied gold eye shadow, mascara and lip-gloss.
Sirius nudged Remus, "Ask her to spend the day with you."
"No way."
"Why the hell not?"
"She's dating Snape."
"Dating - Snape?" Sirius asked, raising an eyebrow. "What have you been smoking?" Remus glared at him.
"Come on, haven't you noticed the way they act around each other?" Remus growled in answer, taking his eyes off Victoria for the first time, and glaring at Sirius.
Sirius's eyes suddenly got very large in surprise and understanding. "You're jealous!"
"I'm not!" Remus turned away, concentrating his gaze on a spot high on the doorframe. His cheekbones sported a light pink color.
"Yeah, sure." Sirius answered with a smile. Sirius reached over and closed James' mouth with a finger.
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Lily batted her eyes at Brian, smiling coyly. "What are we doing today, Brian?"
"Uh," Brian looked down nervously at her. "I thought we could just walk around for a while, then go and have a butterbeer?"
"Its sounds great to me." Lily took Brian's hand and let him lead her outside. Victoria and Narcissa watched from their spot at the bottom of the stairs. "I can't believe she's doing this to get back at James." Narcissa sighed. Victoria shook her head, sighed and glanced around the hall. She noticed Remus and gave him a small wave; he glared back at her. Victoria started, what was wrong with him? Remus turned away and started a conversation with Sirius.
Victoria suddenly had the feeling it was going to be a very long day.
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Right, well, more reviews would be nice. I'd like to say that I'm not going to post another chapter till I have 10 reviews. I like to know what people think; I like input and ideas. Also, keep in mind, non of these chapters have be edited by my beta reader - so I'm about ready to get a new one, but not yet - I'll let ya know. Anywho, thanks to Emma and Professional Scatterbrain for the reviews and a special thanks to mystikalolo for the all of the reviews - they are very much appreciated.
Till next time
Lady Starlight
[1] - This is from Three To Tango, it's a rather amusing movie that my friend (also my beta reader) and I watched like three times when we had that really big snow.
