Sorry for the delay... you know, ff.net wasn't working for the last couple of days. I just noticed, my chapter's are really short. So, I'm going to make my chapters longer from now on.
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Lily was lying on the couch, reading a book, and James was sitting on the other end, had a coffee table drawn, and was working on his homework. It was already eight in the evening.
"How are you going with your essay James?" Lily asked, looking up from her book.
"Bad. I still have," He said, measuring his essay. "two feet and three inches left. Damn it! This is so long!"
"I told you that you should've started on it sooner. You promised to work on it last night after the game. I don't really think an inch is really working on it." Lily said mildly.
James ignored her and continued to work. Thirty minutes later, Sirius burst in.
"James! You have to come here! This is the perfect moment to play that prank on Snape!" Sirius shouted breathlessly.
"Uh… I have to finish my essay. Sorry, later." James said, reluctantly, almost forcing himself to say it. Even though Lily was pretending not to care, James could see her glancing over her thick novel.
"All right." Sirius said, leaving the Common Room.
"Nice." Lily said simply, not looking over her novel anymore.
James let out a groan in frustration and went back to working on his essay.
An hour passed, two hours, three hours… It was midnight when James got done with his essay.
"Done!" He yelled.
"Great! I guess that wasn't so bad. Why did you say it was going to take you like five hours?" Lily said, yawning.
"Because I have another essay to write." James said, groaning.
"Oh my goodness." Lily said, shaking her head.
"You can go to sleep. You don't have to stay up with me." James said, noticing her fifth yawn.
"Oh well. I think I'll just read my Charms book." Lily said, taking out a thick blue book and laying on the couch.
"Little bit of light reading eh?" James said, chuckling.
"Shut up. I'm not the procrastinator." Lily said.
James worked about an hour more before he finally finished his homework.
"I'm done Lily." He stated proudly. He waited for a response but only heard the crackling of the fire and her soft breathing. He walked over and watched her sleep, her thick book on her chest, rising up and down with her breathing.
"Lily." He whispered, lightly shaking her.
"Are you done?" She said groggily.
"Yup." He said, showing her his two essays.
"Good. Now let me sleep." Lily said, not realizing she was in the Common room. James softly groaned and lifted her up. He walked up the stairs, hoping not to trip.
"There we go." He whispered, laying her down on her bed. He stood by for a few seconds, expecting her to stir and wake up. He sighed and went back to the Common room to clean up. Then he went to sleep, his dreams filled with Lily.
~*~
"Sarah Spock is going to ask James Potter to the Mistletoe Ball."
Lily heard Bertha whisper around the Great Hall. Bertha was a thin, scrawny girl with straight dark brown hair. She had an incredible memory for remembering little details, especially rumors. Sarah was a very pretty Slytherin prefect. She had straight long blonde hair and aqua blue eyes. [remember her? James' ex-girlfriend]
Lily didn't know what to think about this new rumor. 'Maybe Shay's right. Maybe I should ask James.' She knew she shouldn't be worrying so much over a silly rumor, but it didn't seem so lightweight when it came to James.
The rest of the day went by slowly, while Lily was pondering if she should ask James to the ball or not. Finally during Arithmancy, she was determined to ask him. After a late prefect meeting, Lily and James were walking down a corridor. Lily garnered her courage and opened her mouth, just to ask him when a female voice interrupted her.
"I haven't seen you lately James. Ever since we broke up." It was Sarah's falsetto voice.
"Well, we're both really busy." James said good-naturedly.
"Sirius wasn't right for me. I miss you sweetheart."
Lily frowned at what she said. Sarah's voice was sweet and sugary, too sweet. She stepped in front of James. Lily didn't know what to do. 'Should I just go on? Should I wait for him?' Her question was answered by Sarah.
"Um… I need to talk to James privately." She said. She smiled falsely and said, "Bye!"
Lily huffed and looked at James, who was looking too confused to say anything. Lily rolled her eyes and walked away but couldn't resist the urge to stop when she turned around a corner. She leaned around to see what was happening. The two prefects were illuminated by the soft moon light and Lily was covered under the dark shadow of a statue. She could see Sarah now nudging very close to him. She was breathing on his neck and she whispered something, slightly nibbling his ear. Then she wrapped her arms around him and massaged his shoulders. Lily couldn't stand it anymore. She walked quickly without stopping all the way into her comfortable bed. She changed into her cream colored pajamas and crawled under the covers and shut her eyes, hoping to fall into a dreamless sleep. But no, she dreamed of James and Sarah kissing.
~*~
The next morning, Lily sluggishly rolled around in her bed. She took a shower, got changed and walked down the stairs to eat breakfast. She stopped when she saw James and Sirius, facing the fire, away from her. Then she remembered what happened last night.
"I really want to go to the ball with her." She heard James say. Lily could see her knuckles going white as she gripped the handle of the stairs. "I really like her. She's fun, smart, and beautiful. She's the only one I like these days. She's the first thing I think about when I wake up, and the last thing I think of before I go to sleep." Lily bit her bottom lip, and could taste the salty blood, which she ignored. She closed her eyes, hoping that her free falling tears would stop. She shakily walked back to her dorm and flung herself on the bed.
In the common room, James and Sirius were still talking, not noticing Lily shutting herself in her dorm.
"You've never really been serious about a girl, James." Sirius said.
"I know. But she's really different. I truly like Lily Evans."
~*~
After she flung herself on her bed, Lily blinked and felt her tears soak into the cotton pillowcase. 'I knew James always liked Sarah. Now he's going to the ball with her! You're crying too much over James. Let it go Lily. Don't let him control your life. You're going head over heels just for a silly ball. You can always go with someone else.' She rose back up. She washed her face and went down to breakfast.
The day went by slowly. Lily tried to avoid James and he tried to avoid Sarah, who had asked him to the ball, but didn't get an answer yet. There was a Quidditch game after dinner and Lily decided to stay inside, while James went with the Quidditch team. She was walking to her Common room from the Great Hall when she heard Rocco's voice.
"Hey Lily!" He said, jogging over.
"Hi Rocco." She responded.
"Why aren't you at the game?" He asked.
"I'm not really interested in Quidditch." She answered.
"I see." He said. He looked at the ground, shuffling his feet. "Say Lily. Are you going to the ball with anyone?"
"No." She answered, unaware of the question that was going to pop up next.
"Well, I'm not going with anyone either. Do you want to go with me?" He asked hopefully.
"Really?" Lily asked, not believing what she had just heard.
"Yeah." He said.
"Sure." Lily answered.
"Great!" He said enthusiastically. "Well, um, if you're not going to go to the game… I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Bye." Lily said, weakly before walking into the nearly empty Common Room.
~*~
"What? Lily's going to the ball with that Tinhorn kid?" James asked, hoping this was some stupid joke.
"Yeah. She told me this morning. He asked her yesterday." Remus said.
"Why? Did you want to go with her?" Remus asked.
"No. Just a little. Maybe. Kind of. Yes. I was dying to." He said, through gritted teeth. "Damn it! She knew that I liked her! She knew that I wanted to ask her! Why! Why!" James kicked the Quaffle, which lay in front of him. It soared through the sky and landed on the other side of the Quidditch Pitch.
"Well, she thought that Sarah—" Remus tried to explain.
"That's it! I'll just go with Sarah. She wants to go with me." He said, storming off to the school.
"James!" Remus shouted. But he paid no heed to him.
James walked down a several set of stairs and into the hall with cold dark dungeons. He stood in front of the entrance Slytherin Common room. He stood there, realizing he didn't know the password. Luckily, a group of giggling first years walked out. They stopped giggling at the sight of James, a Gryffindor, a Marauder, in summary, Slytherin's great enemy.
"Can you get Sarah Spock?" He said coldly.
"Okay." They returned to their Common room. Soon, the stony door conceiled in the bare damp stone wall opened again and Sarah walked out smugly.
"Yes?" She said, a smile flickering from her lips. James led her into an empty classroom and closed the door behind him.
"Do you still want to go to the ball with me?" He asked.
"Well…" She said, twirling a strand of hair and leaning against the wall. She didn't want to make it too easy. "I was pretty hurt on Sunday when you never gave me an answer. You'll need to make it up somehow, you know."
He knew exactly what she was asking for. He leaned in and kissed her. She was just starting to run her fingers through his hair when he abruptly stopped.
"There. I'm sorry, okay? I just had to think it over. I was worried what the school might think if a Gryffindor prefect went to the Mistletoe ball with a Slytherin prefect." He lied.
Sarah laughed. "You worry too much James. So are you going to ask me or what?"
James gulped and took her hand. "Will you go to the Mistletoe ball with me?"
~*~
The score was 190-230. Tinhorn was in lead. Hogwarts was only shortly behind. Lily didn't know who to cheer for, her date for the ball or her school. So instead of wearing the Gryffindor colors, she wore her regular black robes with a white scarf and a white hat. Sirius was back in the stands, but was kept under a close watch by Professor McGonagall.
"Come on James!" He shouted, supporting his best friend. "Yeah! Go James!"
Rocco was a keeper and he blocked James' hands shot. Lily smiled outside but was sympathetic when James looked so disappointed. However when Rocco was waving at Lily, this distracted him and Quint Trombley, a Gryffindor Chaser had scored on him. Lily couldn't help but laugh at this.
"Oh! Are you laughing at your date?" Sirius teased.
"Shut up. Look, James has the Quaffle." Lily said.
Twenty minutes later, Hogwarts caught up and were in the lead. It was 240-290 and it had started to rain.
"Damn. It's December and it's raining. I hate rain." Sirius said, frowning at the sky. As if the sky seemed to reply, it turned into sleet.
"Thanks a lot Sirius." Lily said, covering her head with a raincoat she brought. She spread it so that it covered her, Remus, Sirius, and Peter's head. They were all huddled together beneath the lavender long raincoat. A few people began to walk back to the building but most of Hogwarts stayed.
The game went for another hour and the Snitch no where to be seen. By this time, only half of the crowds were filled.
"I really really want to go inside. It's freezing!" Peter whined.
"We have to support Prongs. He looks worse than you!" Sirius said.
James' robes were muddy and soaked and he had bright pink tinges in his cheeks and blue lips. Even though everyone else's hair was flattened by the sleet, his were still sticking out at odd angles. It seemed like everyone was getting tired of this game. The seekers seemed to going crazy, crashing into an innocent first year Hufflepuff's gold watch, thinking it was a Snitch. She had to be carried into the Hospital wing. They both seemed to be twitching every time they saw something shiny. The energy of all the players seemed to die out and they were all shivering.
Lily sighed. "I have better things to do right now…" She muttered. Just then, a bludger smashed into James' side, causing him to spiral in air. Everyone stared as he clutched his ribs and landed safely. Lily stood up and looked worriedly at James, who was now lying on the ground, in midst of all his teammates. Sarah rushed out of her stands, running daintily across the wet grass. Lily stiffened. The game was paused and Madame Monzingo rushed out into the field. She did several tests on him. She signaled to Hayley, the commentator.
"It seems like a Bludger hit Potter's side. Madame Mozingo reports that he has two broken ribs and a severe bruise. Will Malfoy substitute for him? I do not know. He is the captain and will make the decision…" Hayley said. Soon, she continued. "He is saying… No! He will continue to play! Malfoy looks quite furious there!"
Malfoy was shouting at James. Some swear words could be heard from the stands. Dumbledore stood up and walked toward the Pitch. He seemed to be trying to calm down James, but was obviously unsuccessful.
"Dumbledore has overruled the decision! Malfoy is substituting Potter!" Hayley said.
The game continued and James was sulking as he watched the game, wincing every three seconds.
"Shouldn't James be in the Hospital wing?" Lily asked, worried.
"Knowing him, he probably put up a fight about Malfoy playing for him. They probably let him at least stay and watch the rest of the game." Sirius said.
Sarah was stroking James' arm and held onto his hand. She kissed it occasionally. Lily smirked when James just ignored and focused on the game.
Malfoy wasn't bad. Then score was now 410-520, Hogwarts in lead. Suddenly, the two Seekers were crazily racing for the Snitch. Their determination on their face was almost animal-like.
"Please… Please…" Lily pleaded to no one that they would catch the Snitch and the game would be over.
Her wish came true when the Tinhorn Seeker grabbed the Snitch mirthlessly. The whole Tinhorn team cheered loudly and came down.
"The game is finally over! Final score is 560-520. Tinhorn wins! This game was… let's see. Holy Cow! 3 hours and 42 minutes!" Hayley said.
Lily could see James walking awkwardly, clutching his side toward his team in the center of the field where they were congratulating the Tinhorn team. It was hard to see the pain that was previously written in his face under the disappointment.
~*~
"Sorry about the loss James." Lily said stiffly in the warm Common room, which was filled with the smell of hot chocolate as almost the whole Gryffindor were in there, talking sadly about the game.
James jumped at her voice. "Oh. Thanks for the sympathy." Before he could stop himself, he added the last part. "Shouldn't you be with Rocco? Congratulating him?"
Lily narrowed her eyes. "If you haven't noticed, I am in Gryffindor too. At least I'm not being hypocritical and going with a Slytherin when you told me it's your life goal to put them in misery forever." She snapped.
Their friends stopped talking and looked at them nervously.
"Who said I wanted to put the Slytherins in misery forever. I like Sarah. I would do anything for her." He asked, glaring at her.
"When Gringley made me take of Twills." Lily said, her downcast eyes not matching her icy voice.
"Well, you're being a baby Lily. You just can't take care of yourself. Now you're having Rocco take care of you then?" James said.
Lily just stared at him. Her big green eyes were expressionless. She blinked, but no tears came. She just slowly walked up stairs to her own dorm. Then she slowly closed the door and it finally closed with a click.
"Harsh. That was harsh." Sirius said, shaking his head.
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Lily was lying on the couch, reading a book, and James was sitting on the other end, had a coffee table drawn, and was working on his homework. It was already eight in the evening.
"How are you going with your essay James?" Lily asked, looking up from her book.
"Bad. I still have," He said, measuring his essay. "two feet and three inches left. Damn it! This is so long!"
"I told you that you should've started on it sooner. You promised to work on it last night after the game. I don't really think an inch is really working on it." Lily said mildly.
James ignored her and continued to work. Thirty minutes later, Sirius burst in.
"James! You have to come here! This is the perfect moment to play that prank on Snape!" Sirius shouted breathlessly.
"Uh… I have to finish my essay. Sorry, later." James said, reluctantly, almost forcing himself to say it. Even though Lily was pretending not to care, James could see her glancing over her thick novel.
"All right." Sirius said, leaving the Common Room.
"Nice." Lily said simply, not looking over her novel anymore.
James let out a groan in frustration and went back to working on his essay.
An hour passed, two hours, three hours… It was midnight when James got done with his essay.
"Done!" He yelled.
"Great! I guess that wasn't so bad. Why did you say it was going to take you like five hours?" Lily said, yawning.
"Because I have another essay to write." James said, groaning.
"Oh my goodness." Lily said, shaking her head.
"You can go to sleep. You don't have to stay up with me." James said, noticing her fifth yawn.
"Oh well. I think I'll just read my Charms book." Lily said, taking out a thick blue book and laying on the couch.
"Little bit of light reading eh?" James said, chuckling.
"Shut up. I'm not the procrastinator." Lily said.
James worked about an hour more before he finally finished his homework.
"I'm done Lily." He stated proudly. He waited for a response but only heard the crackling of the fire and her soft breathing. He walked over and watched her sleep, her thick book on her chest, rising up and down with her breathing.
"Lily." He whispered, lightly shaking her.
"Are you done?" She said groggily.
"Yup." He said, showing her his two essays.
"Good. Now let me sleep." Lily said, not realizing she was in the Common room. James softly groaned and lifted her up. He walked up the stairs, hoping not to trip.
"There we go." He whispered, laying her down on her bed. He stood by for a few seconds, expecting her to stir and wake up. He sighed and went back to the Common room to clean up. Then he went to sleep, his dreams filled with Lily.
~*~
"Sarah Spock is going to ask James Potter to the Mistletoe Ball."
Lily heard Bertha whisper around the Great Hall. Bertha was a thin, scrawny girl with straight dark brown hair. She had an incredible memory for remembering little details, especially rumors. Sarah was a very pretty Slytherin prefect. She had straight long blonde hair and aqua blue eyes. [remember her? James' ex-girlfriend]
Lily didn't know what to think about this new rumor. 'Maybe Shay's right. Maybe I should ask James.' She knew she shouldn't be worrying so much over a silly rumor, but it didn't seem so lightweight when it came to James.
The rest of the day went by slowly, while Lily was pondering if she should ask James to the ball or not. Finally during Arithmancy, she was determined to ask him. After a late prefect meeting, Lily and James were walking down a corridor. Lily garnered her courage and opened her mouth, just to ask him when a female voice interrupted her.
"I haven't seen you lately James. Ever since we broke up." It was Sarah's falsetto voice.
"Well, we're both really busy." James said good-naturedly.
"Sirius wasn't right for me. I miss you sweetheart."
Lily frowned at what she said. Sarah's voice was sweet and sugary, too sweet. She stepped in front of James. Lily didn't know what to do. 'Should I just go on? Should I wait for him?' Her question was answered by Sarah.
"Um… I need to talk to James privately." She said. She smiled falsely and said, "Bye!"
Lily huffed and looked at James, who was looking too confused to say anything. Lily rolled her eyes and walked away but couldn't resist the urge to stop when she turned around a corner. She leaned around to see what was happening. The two prefects were illuminated by the soft moon light and Lily was covered under the dark shadow of a statue. She could see Sarah now nudging very close to him. She was breathing on his neck and she whispered something, slightly nibbling his ear. Then she wrapped her arms around him and massaged his shoulders. Lily couldn't stand it anymore. She walked quickly without stopping all the way into her comfortable bed. She changed into her cream colored pajamas and crawled under the covers and shut her eyes, hoping to fall into a dreamless sleep. But no, she dreamed of James and Sarah kissing.
~*~
The next morning, Lily sluggishly rolled around in her bed. She took a shower, got changed and walked down the stairs to eat breakfast. She stopped when she saw James and Sirius, facing the fire, away from her. Then she remembered what happened last night.
"I really want to go to the ball with her." She heard James say. Lily could see her knuckles going white as she gripped the handle of the stairs. "I really like her. She's fun, smart, and beautiful. She's the only one I like these days. She's the first thing I think about when I wake up, and the last thing I think of before I go to sleep." Lily bit her bottom lip, and could taste the salty blood, which she ignored. She closed her eyes, hoping that her free falling tears would stop. She shakily walked back to her dorm and flung herself on the bed.
In the common room, James and Sirius were still talking, not noticing Lily shutting herself in her dorm.
"You've never really been serious about a girl, James." Sirius said.
"I know. But she's really different. I truly like Lily Evans."
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After she flung herself on her bed, Lily blinked and felt her tears soak into the cotton pillowcase. 'I knew James always liked Sarah. Now he's going to the ball with her! You're crying too much over James. Let it go Lily. Don't let him control your life. You're going head over heels just for a silly ball. You can always go with someone else.' She rose back up. She washed her face and went down to breakfast.
The day went by slowly. Lily tried to avoid James and he tried to avoid Sarah, who had asked him to the ball, but didn't get an answer yet. There was a Quidditch game after dinner and Lily decided to stay inside, while James went with the Quidditch team. She was walking to her Common room from the Great Hall when she heard Rocco's voice.
"Hey Lily!" He said, jogging over.
"Hi Rocco." She responded.
"Why aren't you at the game?" He asked.
"I'm not really interested in Quidditch." She answered.
"I see." He said. He looked at the ground, shuffling his feet. "Say Lily. Are you going to the ball with anyone?"
"No." She answered, unaware of the question that was going to pop up next.
"Well, I'm not going with anyone either. Do you want to go with me?" He asked hopefully.
"Really?" Lily asked, not believing what she had just heard.
"Yeah." He said.
"Sure." Lily answered.
"Great!" He said enthusiastically. "Well, um, if you're not going to go to the game… I'll see you tomorrow then."
"Bye." Lily said, weakly before walking into the nearly empty Common Room.
~*~
"What? Lily's going to the ball with that Tinhorn kid?" James asked, hoping this was some stupid joke.
"Yeah. She told me this morning. He asked her yesterday." Remus said.
"Why? Did you want to go with her?" Remus asked.
"No. Just a little. Maybe. Kind of. Yes. I was dying to." He said, through gritted teeth. "Damn it! She knew that I liked her! She knew that I wanted to ask her! Why! Why!" James kicked the Quaffle, which lay in front of him. It soared through the sky and landed on the other side of the Quidditch Pitch.
"Well, she thought that Sarah—" Remus tried to explain.
"That's it! I'll just go with Sarah. She wants to go with me." He said, storming off to the school.
"James!" Remus shouted. But he paid no heed to him.
James walked down a several set of stairs and into the hall with cold dark dungeons. He stood in front of the entrance Slytherin Common room. He stood there, realizing he didn't know the password. Luckily, a group of giggling first years walked out. They stopped giggling at the sight of James, a Gryffindor, a Marauder, in summary, Slytherin's great enemy.
"Can you get Sarah Spock?" He said coldly.
"Okay." They returned to their Common room. Soon, the stony door conceiled in the bare damp stone wall opened again and Sarah walked out smugly.
"Yes?" She said, a smile flickering from her lips. James led her into an empty classroom and closed the door behind him.
"Do you still want to go to the ball with me?" He asked.
"Well…" She said, twirling a strand of hair and leaning against the wall. She didn't want to make it too easy. "I was pretty hurt on Sunday when you never gave me an answer. You'll need to make it up somehow, you know."
He knew exactly what she was asking for. He leaned in and kissed her. She was just starting to run her fingers through his hair when he abruptly stopped.
"There. I'm sorry, okay? I just had to think it over. I was worried what the school might think if a Gryffindor prefect went to the Mistletoe ball with a Slytherin prefect." He lied.
Sarah laughed. "You worry too much James. So are you going to ask me or what?"
James gulped and took her hand. "Will you go to the Mistletoe ball with me?"
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The score was 190-230. Tinhorn was in lead. Hogwarts was only shortly behind. Lily didn't know who to cheer for, her date for the ball or her school. So instead of wearing the Gryffindor colors, she wore her regular black robes with a white scarf and a white hat. Sirius was back in the stands, but was kept under a close watch by Professor McGonagall.
"Come on James!" He shouted, supporting his best friend. "Yeah! Go James!"
Rocco was a keeper and he blocked James' hands shot. Lily smiled outside but was sympathetic when James looked so disappointed. However when Rocco was waving at Lily, this distracted him and Quint Trombley, a Gryffindor Chaser had scored on him. Lily couldn't help but laugh at this.
"Oh! Are you laughing at your date?" Sirius teased.
"Shut up. Look, James has the Quaffle." Lily said.
Twenty minutes later, Hogwarts caught up and were in the lead. It was 240-290 and it had started to rain.
"Damn. It's December and it's raining. I hate rain." Sirius said, frowning at the sky. As if the sky seemed to reply, it turned into sleet.
"Thanks a lot Sirius." Lily said, covering her head with a raincoat she brought. She spread it so that it covered her, Remus, Sirius, and Peter's head. They were all huddled together beneath the lavender long raincoat. A few people began to walk back to the building but most of Hogwarts stayed.
The game went for another hour and the Snitch no where to be seen. By this time, only half of the crowds were filled.
"I really really want to go inside. It's freezing!" Peter whined.
"We have to support Prongs. He looks worse than you!" Sirius said.
James' robes were muddy and soaked and he had bright pink tinges in his cheeks and blue lips. Even though everyone else's hair was flattened by the sleet, his were still sticking out at odd angles. It seemed like everyone was getting tired of this game. The seekers seemed to going crazy, crashing into an innocent first year Hufflepuff's gold watch, thinking it was a Snitch. She had to be carried into the Hospital wing. They both seemed to be twitching every time they saw something shiny. The energy of all the players seemed to die out and they were all shivering.
Lily sighed. "I have better things to do right now…" She muttered. Just then, a bludger smashed into James' side, causing him to spiral in air. Everyone stared as he clutched his ribs and landed safely. Lily stood up and looked worriedly at James, who was now lying on the ground, in midst of all his teammates. Sarah rushed out of her stands, running daintily across the wet grass. Lily stiffened. The game was paused and Madame Monzingo rushed out into the field. She did several tests on him. She signaled to Hayley, the commentator.
"It seems like a Bludger hit Potter's side. Madame Mozingo reports that he has two broken ribs and a severe bruise. Will Malfoy substitute for him? I do not know. He is the captain and will make the decision…" Hayley said. Soon, she continued. "He is saying… No! He will continue to play! Malfoy looks quite furious there!"
Malfoy was shouting at James. Some swear words could be heard from the stands. Dumbledore stood up and walked toward the Pitch. He seemed to be trying to calm down James, but was obviously unsuccessful.
"Dumbledore has overruled the decision! Malfoy is substituting Potter!" Hayley said.
The game continued and James was sulking as he watched the game, wincing every three seconds.
"Shouldn't James be in the Hospital wing?" Lily asked, worried.
"Knowing him, he probably put up a fight about Malfoy playing for him. They probably let him at least stay and watch the rest of the game." Sirius said.
Sarah was stroking James' arm and held onto his hand. She kissed it occasionally. Lily smirked when James just ignored and focused on the game.
Malfoy wasn't bad. Then score was now 410-520, Hogwarts in lead. Suddenly, the two Seekers were crazily racing for the Snitch. Their determination on their face was almost animal-like.
"Please… Please…" Lily pleaded to no one that they would catch the Snitch and the game would be over.
Her wish came true when the Tinhorn Seeker grabbed the Snitch mirthlessly. The whole Tinhorn team cheered loudly and came down.
"The game is finally over! Final score is 560-520. Tinhorn wins! This game was… let's see. Holy Cow! 3 hours and 42 minutes!" Hayley said.
Lily could see James walking awkwardly, clutching his side toward his team in the center of the field where they were congratulating the Tinhorn team. It was hard to see the pain that was previously written in his face under the disappointment.
~*~
"Sorry about the loss James." Lily said stiffly in the warm Common room, which was filled with the smell of hot chocolate as almost the whole Gryffindor were in there, talking sadly about the game.
James jumped at her voice. "Oh. Thanks for the sympathy." Before he could stop himself, he added the last part. "Shouldn't you be with Rocco? Congratulating him?"
Lily narrowed her eyes. "If you haven't noticed, I am in Gryffindor too. At least I'm not being hypocritical and going with a Slytherin when you told me it's your life goal to put them in misery forever." She snapped.
Their friends stopped talking and looked at them nervously.
"Who said I wanted to put the Slytherins in misery forever. I like Sarah. I would do anything for her." He asked, glaring at her.
"When Gringley made me take of Twills." Lily said, her downcast eyes not matching her icy voice.
"Well, you're being a baby Lily. You just can't take care of yourself. Now you're having Rocco take care of you then?" James said.
Lily just stared at him. Her big green eyes were expressionless. She blinked, but no tears came. She just slowly walked up stairs to her own dorm. Then she slowly closed the door and it finally closed with a click.
"Harsh. That was harsh." Sirius said, shaking his head.
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