Ch. 6 - First Day's Always Interesting
Twenty minutes later, the two girls came stumbling into the Gryffindor Common Room. They were laughing so hard that they nearly hit everyone and everything in their path as they made their way over to the nearest couches. All eyes followed the bizarre pair as they stumbled past. A raccoon girl and a laughing friend weren't common even here after all. Lily and Ashlyn had only been in the Common Room for about ten minutes, when Bailey came running in with the Marauders and Bret following closely behind.
"Hey Bails!" Lily said.
Bailey stopped and looked around. "What? Where? Why are there hay bail's in the Common Room?"
"I think she means you, Bailey." Sirius laughed as he swung his arm over her shoulders.
Bailey turned a light shade of pink as she quickly made her way over to Lily and Ashlyn, sitting on Ashlyn's left with Sirius following and sitting down on her left. "So Ashlyn. I take it you're all better then." She said.
Ashlyn nodded just as Remus sat down next to her on her other side. "You sure?" he asked.
"Oh most definitely!" she exclaimed, jumping up and standing on the coffee table placed between the two couches. "Would you like me to model my new features for you?"
Lily started laughing so hard that she didn't notice James sit on her left and Bret on her right. Nor did she notice Peter drag the nearest armchair over. By the time she had calmed down, tears were running down her cheeks, and she was doubled over from laughing so hard. She silently prayed that no one agreed to the suggested idea.
"If it makes you happy." Remus said with smile.
Lily couldn't watch again. She closed her eyes and covered them with her hands. The hysterical laughter coming from her friends told her that Ashlyn had just done what she did in the Hospital Wing. That was all she needed to set her off again. For minutes on end they laughed and by the time Lily and the others finally calmed down, they were the only ones left in the Common Room.
Bailey stood up from her seat and yawned. "Well I don't know about all of you, but it's getting late and I'm in dire need of some sleep."
Yawning as well, Ashlyn nodded in agreement and stood up.
The two began walking up the stairs, only to stop and come back down. "Coming Lil?" They both asked.
Seeing that Bret was getting up as well Lily decided she might as well go. "Yeah, I'm coming."
So the three of them made their way up to their dormitory, leaving the boys behind to hopefully do the same. Lily jumped into her four-poster and snuggled under the covers as soon as she had changed. She was a matter of seconds away from the sleep that she could feel creeping upon her, when someone poked her in the side.
"Wha?" she mumbled.
"Psst. Lily! I have a question." She heard Ashlyn whisper.
"Wha is it, Ash?" Lily asked.
She didn't see Ashlyn wrinkle her nose at the nickname, nor did she hear the hopefulness in her voice as she spoke. "Is there something going on with you and James?"
"HA! He wishes." Lily explained tiredly.
"Oh. oh okay. G' night."
Lily faintly heard the rustle of Ashlyn's covers and sheets as she climbed into bed, before all was silent save for the light snoring coming from Adriana's bed. Lying awake for a bit, Lily listened as Raelene mumbled slightly in her sleep, and Tessa rolled over. She heard the CLINCK of Bailey's ring hitting wood as she flung her arm over the side of her bed like she did almost every other night of her life. A slight breeze blew in through the small space where the window had been cracked open, successfully cooling the room slightly. The last thing Lily heard before she drifted off to sleep was her own breath escaping her lips, and then, to all asleep, the room was silent.
The next day passed as normal as things get at Hogwarts. Ashlyn was pretty much both the center of attention and insults with the Slytherins leading the later of the two. Lily, Bailey, Tessa, Raelene, and Adriana had a fun time showing her around the school. Lily had had more then her fair share of run-ins with James. Enough to last her a week, according to Tessa who was to busy drooling at the thought of that happening to her to care exactly they were going. The consequences being she ran into a wall. After that everything was normal, save for the flashing banner in the Great Hall during dinner that read 'Ashlyn. Disposer of the Slytherin Scum. Welcome Home. May Your Furry Tail and Ears. Continue to Do You Justice!' in gold on top of a scarlet background. Each of the five parts of the phrase flashed one at a time in order over and over again. After nearly an hour of bugging, Bailey confessed it was courtesy of the Marauders. And that it wouldn't go away for six hours.
The girls all went to bed fairly early due to the knowledge of having classes the next morning. Once again, Lily stayed up listening to the sounds of her room at night. She heard all the same sounds before she fell asleep. Even the sound of Bailey's ring echoed around the room, right down to the loud CLINCK. Then all was silent.
"Lillian!" someone's shrill voice echoed through the sixth year's girls' dorm room causing Lily to sit up in shock.
Lily looked around to see absolutely no one around and the bathroom door ajar. The sink water must have been running because Lily could faintly hear it as it sloshed around in the sink before slipping down the drain. Suddenly the water turned off and the door flung open.
Tessa walked out all dressed in her school uniform and was half way over to her own bed when she saw Lily. "Oh good! You're awake!" she exclaimed, before jumping on the end of Lily's bed.
"Why?" Lily asked.
"Well first off, Ashlyn and the Marauders have been at each other throats all morning because Ashlyn found out that they were planning revenge on Snape and Malfoy. Then they all patched it up, so they're back on good terms. Everyone all ready headed off to breakfast. Classes start in," she checked her watch, "twenty minutes to be exact. Then, to top it all off, your lover boy is waiting for you in the Common Room."
Lily sighed before hopping out of bed. "And you all wonder why I hate the first day of school." She said while pulling out her uniform and robes for the day, before running into the bathroom.
"But he's amazingly good looking!" she faintly heard Tessa yell after her.
Lily laughed. "And amazingly annoying, arrogant, and conceited!" she yelled back.
Ten minutes later, Lily ran out of the bathroom fully dressed and washed. She grabbed her robes off of her bed and threw them on over her uniform before grabbing her books and racing out the door and down to the Common Room. She was half way out the portrait hole when someone called out to her.
"Evans!"
Lily spun around to find James running after her with one hand running through his now overly messed hair, and the other hold his bag.
"What Potter?" she asked. For a short period of time she thought she might have been able to miss James.
James slowed down to walk along side her. "I. well I-uh here. Let me take that for you." He said while reaching for her bag.
Lily pulled it back. "I've got it. No need for help." She said, before making her way through the halls slightly faster.
"All right." He said. "Oh. Here's your schedule. Bret was going to bring it but I offered for him."
I'll get you for this, Bret! She thought as she grabbed her timetable from him with a forced smile.
"So." He said. "What class have you got? I'll walk you."
Lily side glanced at James, who she figured had noticed because he ran his hand through his already overly untidy hair. "Actually, I think I can walk my self. Good bye James." She said, before turning a corner quickly.
Lily smiled when James didn't follow her. Looking down at her timetable, Lily saw that she had Arithmancy first with the Ravenclaws. She raced off to her classroom on the fourth floor and arrived there just as class was starting. Instantly, she saw Kennedy waving her over, her shoulder length golden blonde hair falling over her shoulders and her violet eyes sparkling with relief. Without a second thought, Lily gratefully took the seat without complaint.
Almost immediately, Kennedy leaned over. "So how's life with Ashlyn back? Willow has nearly had a heart attack with out having seen her yet."
"Great so far. Everything seems to finally be going back to the way it should." Lily whispered back.
"Great. So you'd have no problem bringing Ashlyn and Bailey to meet Will, Jadeie and I on Friday during free period, right?"
Lily opened her mouth just as Professor Vector walked in. "I'll try." She mouthed, before letting Professor Vector's lesson seep in.
Three quarters of an hour later, at the end of Professor Vectors long 'welcome back' speech, Lily found herself walking out of the classroom with Kennedy at her side.
"So as I was saying before class began." She started.
Lily laughed. It was just like Kennedy to start up a conversation from forty-five minutes ago. "Yes. Go on. Continue."
"Well could you do a little more then try for us? Us as in Willow, Jade, and I. Please?" she asked, with a pouting expression.
Lily could help but. "Alright, but I don't know for how long."
"Well with Ashlyn back, who would?"
"I have no idea."
Laughing, the two girls went their separate ways: Kennedy to potions and Lily to spend the Ancient Runes (a class she didn't take) period in the library. It was the first day back after all. Lily quickly found herself a seat at one of the tables near the back and pulled out a quill and some parchment. As time passed, Lily took notes on nearly a sixth of her Arithmancy book. She hadn't even noticed that lunch had started five minutes ago. Sitting in her seat, she didn't hear two someone's creep up behind her either until they poked her in the sides. Lily, who was nearly scared to death, screamed loud and high as she jumped out of her seat and spun around to face her attackers.
Two very familiar girls, lying on the ground laughing their hearts out, were her attackers.
"Lily! You should have seen your face!" Bailey nearly screamed.
"Oh yeah! It was priceless, Lily!" another girl yelled.
Lily quickly recognized her as Angela Warner. They didn't speak to often, seeing as how she got along with the only group of non-Slytherins that hated Lily. Of course, Angela was the only one who actually got along with Lily and didn't participate in the humor, and was the one who hung back to apologize all the time. Angela had long blondish-brown hair that flipped out as it passed her shoulders. She had big bright blue eyes, and a great smile. Like most other days, she was wearing silver hoop earrings that were about an inch in diameter. She was amazingly skinny and somewhat on the shorter side, but not too much so that she was less than five feet. She often wore shoes that made her at least an inch taller which made Lily laugh.
Lily narrowed her eyes. "Why I autta-"
"Autta what?" a sly daring voice asked from some where behind her.
Bailey and Angela immediately silenced themselves and looked up and beyond Lily at the top of the bookshelf where two glowing eyes shown in the slight darkness. Both girls looked at each other and swallowed, before getting up and taking a step back.
Lily turned around slowly, not quite sure of what she might see. She let out a large sigh at the sight of Ashlyn lazing on the top of the bookcase, looking very much like the raccoon she had recently become.
"Glowing eyes, eh? Very you." Lily approved as she gathered up her books, parchment, quills and ink.
"Do they now? Something else those two dunderheads must have done to me." She said before jumping off the bookshelf and landing at Lily's feet on all fours. She stood up and dusted herself off before looking at Bailey and Angela. She immediately walked right up to Angela. They were so close that the tips of their noses nearly touched.
Lily watched with curiosity. Ashlyn was acting awfully odd, but she figured it was just an act to go along with her new costume. Swinging her bag over her shoulder. Lily walked over to Bailey and stood right next to her. From there the two girls continued to watch as Angela leaned back in slight shock, or was that fear? The two really couldn't tell but she leaned back all the same. They then watched as Ashlyn sniffed once, wrinkled her nose, and took a few steps backwards.
"Well well what have we got here?" she asked with mild curiosity.
Lily rolled her eyes as Angela shot her a look that clearly meant she wanted help. Stepping forward, Lily turned to face Ashlyn. "This is Angela Warner. You've met her before Ashlyn. Once or twice in first year."
Ashlyn laughed. "Oh your one of Courtney's little friends. I remember now."
Angela nodded with a small smile, hoping this was good.
Ashlyn sat on the table Lily had been using and began swinging her legs back and forth. She made a face in mock thought. "Now. were you the one who laughed -wait, no, cackled- like a hag at everything she said; The one who worshiped her and everything she did; The one who tried to be her look- alike; The one who repeated everything she said and tried to come up with better but only ended up sounding like the complete idiot she was; or the one who actually had a brain and cared a bit about the people that Courtney treated like trash?"
Angela looked shocked. Being a friend of Courtney clearly wasn't as good as she hoped.
Bailey jump forward to answer for her. "She was the later of the five choices. She's the one who cared."
"Well then. join us for lunch?" Ashlyn asked as she jumped off the desk. "Oh and sorry if I shocked you a bit before. I'm just getting back into the ring of things. Some things are just all muddled up in my mind and I can't get them straight."
Lily nodded with a smile when Angela looked over for the right answer. "Um. that would be great. Angela Warner by the way." She said while extending a hand that Ashlyn waved her hand at say if to say 'no need' or something of the sort.
Ashlyn smiled. "Oh I knew who you were from the start, my friend. Just couldn't put my finger on which one of those personalities belonged to you."
Bailey began laughing once again. "You knew all along who she was? That's great!" she howled, before walking off ahead of them out into the hall where they could still here her laughing.
Ashlyn looked over to Lily. "Did something -oh I don't know- happen to her while I was away?"
"Not that we know of but you're not the first to wonder." Lily explained.
Ashlyn breathed in as she lifted her head right before dropping it once again and looking at Lily with an almost confused expression. After a few moments though, she simply shrugged her shoulders and nodded with a smile.
"Off to lunch then!" Lily exclaimed. She linked arms with Angela and the two of them left right behind Ashlyn, whose tail became quite the interest for the petite Ravenclaw.
The four of them proceeded to the Great Hall, where they each grabbed a stack of food, before walking out of the school and out onto the grounds. There, Ashlyn and Angela were once again reacquainted and soon all of them were laughing together like they had done once or twice in first year.
The rest of the day passed quickly for Lily. After spending time with her friends for a small while, Lily, Ashlyn and Bailey all had to part for N.E.W.T.S. Herbology while Angela met up with some friends for N.E.W.T.S. Defense Against the Dark Arts. After that, Lily and the rest of the Gryffindor's that took N.E.W.T.S. Charms left for the classroom where they found the Ravenclaw's that took the class as well. Ashlyn asked about Angela, but she, not being very good at charms, simply dropped the class at the first chance she got. Lily's last class was N.E.W.T.S. Defense Against the Dark Arts, which passed to slow to Lily's liking. At last, the day had ended and Lily found herself going to sleep in her cozy dorm room once again.
Twenty minutes later, the two girls came stumbling into the Gryffindor Common Room. They were laughing so hard that they nearly hit everyone and everything in their path as they made their way over to the nearest couches. All eyes followed the bizarre pair as they stumbled past. A raccoon girl and a laughing friend weren't common even here after all. Lily and Ashlyn had only been in the Common Room for about ten minutes, when Bailey came running in with the Marauders and Bret following closely behind.
"Hey Bails!" Lily said.
Bailey stopped and looked around. "What? Where? Why are there hay bail's in the Common Room?"
"I think she means you, Bailey." Sirius laughed as he swung his arm over her shoulders.
Bailey turned a light shade of pink as she quickly made her way over to Lily and Ashlyn, sitting on Ashlyn's left with Sirius following and sitting down on her left. "So Ashlyn. I take it you're all better then." She said.
Ashlyn nodded just as Remus sat down next to her on her other side. "You sure?" he asked.
"Oh most definitely!" she exclaimed, jumping up and standing on the coffee table placed between the two couches. "Would you like me to model my new features for you?"
Lily started laughing so hard that she didn't notice James sit on her left and Bret on her right. Nor did she notice Peter drag the nearest armchair over. By the time she had calmed down, tears were running down her cheeks, and she was doubled over from laughing so hard. She silently prayed that no one agreed to the suggested idea.
"If it makes you happy." Remus said with smile.
Lily couldn't watch again. She closed her eyes and covered them with her hands. The hysterical laughter coming from her friends told her that Ashlyn had just done what she did in the Hospital Wing. That was all she needed to set her off again. For minutes on end they laughed and by the time Lily and the others finally calmed down, they were the only ones left in the Common Room.
Bailey stood up from her seat and yawned. "Well I don't know about all of you, but it's getting late and I'm in dire need of some sleep."
Yawning as well, Ashlyn nodded in agreement and stood up.
The two began walking up the stairs, only to stop and come back down. "Coming Lil?" They both asked.
Seeing that Bret was getting up as well Lily decided she might as well go. "Yeah, I'm coming."
So the three of them made their way up to their dormitory, leaving the boys behind to hopefully do the same. Lily jumped into her four-poster and snuggled under the covers as soon as she had changed. She was a matter of seconds away from the sleep that she could feel creeping upon her, when someone poked her in the side.
"Wha?" she mumbled.
"Psst. Lily! I have a question." She heard Ashlyn whisper.
"Wha is it, Ash?" Lily asked.
She didn't see Ashlyn wrinkle her nose at the nickname, nor did she hear the hopefulness in her voice as she spoke. "Is there something going on with you and James?"
"HA! He wishes." Lily explained tiredly.
"Oh. oh okay. G' night."
Lily faintly heard the rustle of Ashlyn's covers and sheets as she climbed into bed, before all was silent save for the light snoring coming from Adriana's bed. Lying awake for a bit, Lily listened as Raelene mumbled slightly in her sleep, and Tessa rolled over. She heard the CLINCK of Bailey's ring hitting wood as she flung her arm over the side of her bed like she did almost every other night of her life. A slight breeze blew in through the small space where the window had been cracked open, successfully cooling the room slightly. The last thing Lily heard before she drifted off to sleep was her own breath escaping her lips, and then, to all asleep, the room was silent.
The next day passed as normal as things get at Hogwarts. Ashlyn was pretty much both the center of attention and insults with the Slytherins leading the later of the two. Lily, Bailey, Tessa, Raelene, and Adriana had a fun time showing her around the school. Lily had had more then her fair share of run-ins with James. Enough to last her a week, according to Tessa who was to busy drooling at the thought of that happening to her to care exactly they were going. The consequences being she ran into a wall. After that everything was normal, save for the flashing banner in the Great Hall during dinner that read 'Ashlyn. Disposer of the Slytherin Scum. Welcome Home. May Your Furry Tail and Ears. Continue to Do You Justice!' in gold on top of a scarlet background. Each of the five parts of the phrase flashed one at a time in order over and over again. After nearly an hour of bugging, Bailey confessed it was courtesy of the Marauders. And that it wouldn't go away for six hours.
The girls all went to bed fairly early due to the knowledge of having classes the next morning. Once again, Lily stayed up listening to the sounds of her room at night. She heard all the same sounds before she fell asleep. Even the sound of Bailey's ring echoed around the room, right down to the loud CLINCK. Then all was silent.
"Lillian!" someone's shrill voice echoed through the sixth year's girls' dorm room causing Lily to sit up in shock.
Lily looked around to see absolutely no one around and the bathroom door ajar. The sink water must have been running because Lily could faintly hear it as it sloshed around in the sink before slipping down the drain. Suddenly the water turned off and the door flung open.
Tessa walked out all dressed in her school uniform and was half way over to her own bed when she saw Lily. "Oh good! You're awake!" she exclaimed, before jumping on the end of Lily's bed.
"Why?" Lily asked.
"Well first off, Ashlyn and the Marauders have been at each other throats all morning because Ashlyn found out that they were planning revenge on Snape and Malfoy. Then they all patched it up, so they're back on good terms. Everyone all ready headed off to breakfast. Classes start in," she checked her watch, "twenty minutes to be exact. Then, to top it all off, your lover boy is waiting for you in the Common Room."
Lily sighed before hopping out of bed. "And you all wonder why I hate the first day of school." She said while pulling out her uniform and robes for the day, before running into the bathroom.
"But he's amazingly good looking!" she faintly heard Tessa yell after her.
Lily laughed. "And amazingly annoying, arrogant, and conceited!" she yelled back.
Ten minutes later, Lily ran out of the bathroom fully dressed and washed. She grabbed her robes off of her bed and threw them on over her uniform before grabbing her books and racing out the door and down to the Common Room. She was half way out the portrait hole when someone called out to her.
"Evans!"
Lily spun around to find James running after her with one hand running through his now overly messed hair, and the other hold his bag.
"What Potter?" she asked. For a short period of time she thought she might have been able to miss James.
James slowed down to walk along side her. "I. well I-uh here. Let me take that for you." He said while reaching for her bag.
Lily pulled it back. "I've got it. No need for help." She said, before making her way through the halls slightly faster.
"All right." He said. "Oh. Here's your schedule. Bret was going to bring it but I offered for him."
I'll get you for this, Bret! She thought as she grabbed her timetable from him with a forced smile.
"So." He said. "What class have you got? I'll walk you."
Lily side glanced at James, who she figured had noticed because he ran his hand through his already overly untidy hair. "Actually, I think I can walk my self. Good bye James." She said, before turning a corner quickly.
Lily smiled when James didn't follow her. Looking down at her timetable, Lily saw that she had Arithmancy first with the Ravenclaws. She raced off to her classroom on the fourth floor and arrived there just as class was starting. Instantly, she saw Kennedy waving her over, her shoulder length golden blonde hair falling over her shoulders and her violet eyes sparkling with relief. Without a second thought, Lily gratefully took the seat without complaint.
Almost immediately, Kennedy leaned over. "So how's life with Ashlyn back? Willow has nearly had a heart attack with out having seen her yet."
"Great so far. Everything seems to finally be going back to the way it should." Lily whispered back.
"Great. So you'd have no problem bringing Ashlyn and Bailey to meet Will, Jadeie and I on Friday during free period, right?"
Lily opened her mouth just as Professor Vector walked in. "I'll try." She mouthed, before letting Professor Vector's lesson seep in.
Three quarters of an hour later, at the end of Professor Vectors long 'welcome back' speech, Lily found herself walking out of the classroom with Kennedy at her side.
"So as I was saying before class began." She started.
Lily laughed. It was just like Kennedy to start up a conversation from forty-five minutes ago. "Yes. Go on. Continue."
"Well could you do a little more then try for us? Us as in Willow, Jade, and I. Please?" she asked, with a pouting expression.
Lily could help but. "Alright, but I don't know for how long."
"Well with Ashlyn back, who would?"
"I have no idea."
Laughing, the two girls went their separate ways: Kennedy to potions and Lily to spend the Ancient Runes (a class she didn't take) period in the library. It was the first day back after all. Lily quickly found herself a seat at one of the tables near the back and pulled out a quill and some parchment. As time passed, Lily took notes on nearly a sixth of her Arithmancy book. She hadn't even noticed that lunch had started five minutes ago. Sitting in her seat, she didn't hear two someone's creep up behind her either until they poked her in the sides. Lily, who was nearly scared to death, screamed loud and high as she jumped out of her seat and spun around to face her attackers.
Two very familiar girls, lying on the ground laughing their hearts out, were her attackers.
"Lily! You should have seen your face!" Bailey nearly screamed.
"Oh yeah! It was priceless, Lily!" another girl yelled.
Lily quickly recognized her as Angela Warner. They didn't speak to often, seeing as how she got along with the only group of non-Slytherins that hated Lily. Of course, Angela was the only one who actually got along with Lily and didn't participate in the humor, and was the one who hung back to apologize all the time. Angela had long blondish-brown hair that flipped out as it passed her shoulders. She had big bright blue eyes, and a great smile. Like most other days, she was wearing silver hoop earrings that were about an inch in diameter. She was amazingly skinny and somewhat on the shorter side, but not too much so that she was less than five feet. She often wore shoes that made her at least an inch taller which made Lily laugh.
Lily narrowed her eyes. "Why I autta-"
"Autta what?" a sly daring voice asked from some where behind her.
Bailey and Angela immediately silenced themselves and looked up and beyond Lily at the top of the bookshelf where two glowing eyes shown in the slight darkness. Both girls looked at each other and swallowed, before getting up and taking a step back.
Lily turned around slowly, not quite sure of what she might see. She let out a large sigh at the sight of Ashlyn lazing on the top of the bookcase, looking very much like the raccoon she had recently become.
"Glowing eyes, eh? Very you." Lily approved as she gathered up her books, parchment, quills and ink.
"Do they now? Something else those two dunderheads must have done to me." She said before jumping off the bookshelf and landing at Lily's feet on all fours. She stood up and dusted herself off before looking at Bailey and Angela. She immediately walked right up to Angela. They were so close that the tips of their noses nearly touched.
Lily watched with curiosity. Ashlyn was acting awfully odd, but she figured it was just an act to go along with her new costume. Swinging her bag over her shoulder. Lily walked over to Bailey and stood right next to her. From there the two girls continued to watch as Angela leaned back in slight shock, or was that fear? The two really couldn't tell but she leaned back all the same. They then watched as Ashlyn sniffed once, wrinkled her nose, and took a few steps backwards.
"Well well what have we got here?" she asked with mild curiosity.
Lily rolled her eyes as Angela shot her a look that clearly meant she wanted help. Stepping forward, Lily turned to face Ashlyn. "This is Angela Warner. You've met her before Ashlyn. Once or twice in first year."
Ashlyn laughed. "Oh your one of Courtney's little friends. I remember now."
Angela nodded with a small smile, hoping this was good.
Ashlyn sat on the table Lily had been using and began swinging her legs back and forth. She made a face in mock thought. "Now. were you the one who laughed -wait, no, cackled- like a hag at everything she said; The one who worshiped her and everything she did; The one who tried to be her look- alike; The one who repeated everything she said and tried to come up with better but only ended up sounding like the complete idiot she was; or the one who actually had a brain and cared a bit about the people that Courtney treated like trash?"
Angela looked shocked. Being a friend of Courtney clearly wasn't as good as she hoped.
Bailey jump forward to answer for her. "She was the later of the five choices. She's the one who cared."
"Well then. join us for lunch?" Ashlyn asked as she jumped off the desk. "Oh and sorry if I shocked you a bit before. I'm just getting back into the ring of things. Some things are just all muddled up in my mind and I can't get them straight."
Lily nodded with a smile when Angela looked over for the right answer. "Um. that would be great. Angela Warner by the way." She said while extending a hand that Ashlyn waved her hand at say if to say 'no need' or something of the sort.
Ashlyn smiled. "Oh I knew who you were from the start, my friend. Just couldn't put my finger on which one of those personalities belonged to you."
Bailey began laughing once again. "You knew all along who she was? That's great!" she howled, before walking off ahead of them out into the hall where they could still here her laughing.
Ashlyn looked over to Lily. "Did something -oh I don't know- happen to her while I was away?"
"Not that we know of but you're not the first to wonder." Lily explained.
Ashlyn breathed in as she lifted her head right before dropping it once again and looking at Lily with an almost confused expression. After a few moments though, she simply shrugged her shoulders and nodded with a smile.
"Off to lunch then!" Lily exclaimed. She linked arms with Angela and the two of them left right behind Ashlyn, whose tail became quite the interest for the petite Ravenclaw.
The four of them proceeded to the Great Hall, where they each grabbed a stack of food, before walking out of the school and out onto the grounds. There, Ashlyn and Angela were once again reacquainted and soon all of them were laughing together like they had done once or twice in first year.
The rest of the day passed quickly for Lily. After spending time with her friends for a small while, Lily, Ashlyn and Bailey all had to part for N.E.W.T.S. Herbology while Angela met up with some friends for N.E.W.T.S. Defense Against the Dark Arts. After that, Lily and the rest of the Gryffindor's that took N.E.W.T.S. Charms left for the classroom where they found the Ravenclaw's that took the class as well. Ashlyn asked about Angela, but she, not being very good at charms, simply dropped the class at the first chance she got. Lily's last class was N.E.W.T.S. Defense Against the Dark Arts, which passed to slow to Lily's liking. At last, the day had ended and Lily found herself going to sleep in her cozy dorm room once again.