(A/N Alright, all of my chapters are pretty much 1000 words long, its just a little basis that I have, and these chapters are posted when I have time to get them up, which isn't all the time. I'm a freshman in High School, I'm taking all sophomore and junior classes, I'm in the production of ANNIE that my school is putting on, so this story is pretty much taking a back seat to all of that. It has to. But it will be continued, just when I have time.)
Kaleb turned her back on the girl on the floor, and returned to her seat with the Marauders. Her blue eyes shone with a rather righteous rage, and she twirled her wand on her fingers, more out of tension than anything else.
"Kaleb, what the hell was that?" Sirius asked, rather startled at the brunette's actions.
"That was me sticking up for the absolute best person I know, who isn't here to do it for herself because three little closed-minded bints beat her to an inch of her life, and tried to kill her. That's what that was." Kaleb's voice was smooth, low, and deadly cold.
"McGonagall is going to flip." James warned, inwardly cheering.
"I don't think Harris would tell her. I mean, she'll obviously try and get back at Kaleb, but she won't want anyone to know that could get her in trouble for trying." Remus reasoned.
"Oh, let her tell. Let her try and get back at me. The day I'm afraid of her is the day I join Voldie." Kaleb said, disgusted.
"Hey, guys. Do you think that Harris could have had anything to do with what happened to Lily? I mean, I didn't think that anyone really knew what had happened to her…and yet there she was talking about it." James asked, furrowing his brow.
"But she's a Gryffindor. I've never heard of a Gryffindor aligning with You Know Who." Sirius said, skeptically.
"And I don't think she has enough magical power to have been able to hurt Lily." Kaleb said, arching her brow and studying the girl, now talking about some girl's robes.
"Maybe it wasn't her that was out there…maybe she just asked someone to do it for her. Probably threw in that Lily was a muggle-born and everything…most potential Death Eaters would jump at the chance to prove themselves." Remus mused.
"They had mentioned James an awful lot, and we all know that she's obsessed with him." Sirius said.
"Wait a minute, are we saying that these girls attacked Lily because some immature ditz was jealous that James was drooling over Lils?" Kaleb asked.
"Hey! There is no drool!" James said, indignant.
"May as well be, mate. We all know that you fancy her to death. And that isn't the point! The point is that Lily was attacked because of some jealous schoolgirl with a crush." Remus put in.
"And that's only if we're right at all. For all we know we're just wasting time with theories that are only leading us further from the truth!" James exclaimed.
"What else are we supposed to do except theorize?" Kaleb snapped.
Just then the Common Room entrance opened, revealing Lily, dressed in black elephant pants and a green tank top with a black tie. The dark colors of her clothing made her pale skin seem ethereal, and made her abrasions and bruises all the more noticeable.
A few heads swiveled around to see who had entered, and then went back to their friends, all except for Kaleb. "Lily!" She cried, a grin lighting up her face.
"The one and only!" Lily said, striking a pose. She walked over to a large armchair next to the one Kaleb was sitting on, and sat down, her steps showed a slight limp, due to a bruise on her right hip.
Lily slung her legs over the side of the chair and leaned back, completely relaxed. "So. What've I missed?"
"Well, a few minutes ago Kaleb punched Harris." Sirius remarked, offhandedly.
A slow, sly grin spread across Lily's face. "Yeah? What'd the ditz do to get you riled up, Love?"
"She was saying shit about you." Kaleb replied, nonchalantly.
"Hmm. Sorry I missed all the action. Oh well. C'est la vie." Lily shrugged.
One of Jennifer Harris' best friends, and probably the second most popular girl in school, Amber Hart, walked up to the Marauders, and completely ignored Lily and Kaleb's presence.
"Hey guys! You're coming to the Lake Party on Saturday, right?" Amber asked, twirling a piece of blonde hair around her index finger.
"Sure. Don't we always?" James responded, flashing a grin.
"Great!" Amber said happily. Another of Amber's friends, Kelly Wright, joined the aforementioned blonde.
"Hey guys, haven't seen too much of you around lately." Kelly said, fluttering her eyelashes.
"Don't you sort of have to be French to pull that off?" Kaleb asked Lily, cocking her head to the side.
"I've always thought so." Lily agreed, nodding.
"We've had a rather…busy week." Remus explained, gesturing to Lily.
Amber tilted her head, obviously confused. "Janet…right?" She ventured, wrinkling her nose.
Lily laughed, a short, harsh laugh. "Not even close."
"Oh well. Not important." Amber shrugged.
"Hey, Amber. Aren't you dating Gavin Smith?" Lily asked, innocently.
"Yeah…I am. So paws off!" Amber said, huffily.
"Oh, it's not my paws you have to worry about. On the way up here I saw little Gavin getting rather…friendly…with Narcissa DuBois, in the little Charms classroom down the hall from the Library." Lily said sweetly.
"What?! I'll get that two-bit tramp! And Narcissa too!" Amber shrieked.
Amber and Kelly rushed out of the Common Room, towards the classroom they wouldn't find for a long time…like they had any idea where the Library was.
"I'm such a good person." Lily said, smiling to herself.
"Oh yes, a real saint, Lily." Remus said, rolling his eyes.
"What? Wouldn't you want to know if your boyfriend were cheating on you?" Lily insisted.
"ANYWAY! You girls are coming to the party on Saturday, right?" Sirius asked.
"No, why ever would we?" Kaleb said, looking at Sirius as if he had grown a second head.
"That's a party reserved for 'Popular People' only." Lily said, disinterestedly.
"Well, you guys are friends with us now, you can be popular." Peter said, as if he were bestowing a gift.
"Ugh, I think I might hurl." Kaleb said, making a face.
"You guys don't seem to get it. We aren't sad, dejected little girls that are all depressed because they've been shunned by popular people. Frankly, all of you preps tend to bore the hell out of us. You simply do not know how to party." Lily shrugged, being frank.
"I bet that all you guys do is play water polo and swim around, or maybe steal people's clothes or whatever. That sounds incredibly, incredibly boring. And rather stupid." Kaleb added.
"So you guys don't want to go?" James asked.
"No, we don't. We don't want to go to your little party. We don't want to be popular. We don't want to conform to your preppy little world, thanks much." Kaleb drawled.
"Alright, alright. We get it. What do you plan to do instead?" Sirius asked.
Lily just stared at him. "Doesn't Saturday mean anything to you?"
"Yeah, it means the Lake Party."
"No you idiot. Think of the moon." Lily said, frustrated.
Remus, who had been sitting there, silent, waiting for them to remember, smiled.
"Oh! Oh God! Moony, I am so sorry. I completely forgot!" James exclaimed.
"Don't worry about it. I almost forgot myself." Remus said, shrugging.
"And we," Lily began proudly. "Will be accompanying you. So you won't be alone."
"But he isn't--" Peter began, and was cut off by a quick jab to his ribs.
"How are you two going to go with him?" James asked, curiously.
(A/N -dramatic music- How are Lily and Kaleb going to join Remus on the full moon? Are they insane? ARE THEY RACCOONS IN DISGUISE?! Heh, guess we'll find out next time on…buh buh buuuuuuuum…DaLI!)
Kaleb turned her back on the girl on the floor, and returned to her seat with the Marauders. Her blue eyes shone with a rather righteous rage, and she twirled her wand on her fingers, more out of tension than anything else.
"Kaleb, what the hell was that?" Sirius asked, rather startled at the brunette's actions.
"That was me sticking up for the absolute best person I know, who isn't here to do it for herself because three little closed-minded bints beat her to an inch of her life, and tried to kill her. That's what that was." Kaleb's voice was smooth, low, and deadly cold.
"McGonagall is going to flip." James warned, inwardly cheering.
"I don't think Harris would tell her. I mean, she'll obviously try and get back at Kaleb, but she won't want anyone to know that could get her in trouble for trying." Remus reasoned.
"Oh, let her tell. Let her try and get back at me. The day I'm afraid of her is the day I join Voldie." Kaleb said, disgusted.
"Hey, guys. Do you think that Harris could have had anything to do with what happened to Lily? I mean, I didn't think that anyone really knew what had happened to her…and yet there she was talking about it." James asked, furrowing his brow.
"But she's a Gryffindor. I've never heard of a Gryffindor aligning with You Know Who." Sirius said, skeptically.
"And I don't think she has enough magical power to have been able to hurt Lily." Kaleb said, arching her brow and studying the girl, now talking about some girl's robes.
"Maybe it wasn't her that was out there…maybe she just asked someone to do it for her. Probably threw in that Lily was a muggle-born and everything…most potential Death Eaters would jump at the chance to prove themselves." Remus mused.
"They had mentioned James an awful lot, and we all know that she's obsessed with him." Sirius said.
"Wait a minute, are we saying that these girls attacked Lily because some immature ditz was jealous that James was drooling over Lils?" Kaleb asked.
"Hey! There is no drool!" James said, indignant.
"May as well be, mate. We all know that you fancy her to death. And that isn't the point! The point is that Lily was attacked because of some jealous schoolgirl with a crush." Remus put in.
"And that's only if we're right at all. For all we know we're just wasting time with theories that are only leading us further from the truth!" James exclaimed.
"What else are we supposed to do except theorize?" Kaleb snapped.
Just then the Common Room entrance opened, revealing Lily, dressed in black elephant pants and a green tank top with a black tie. The dark colors of her clothing made her pale skin seem ethereal, and made her abrasions and bruises all the more noticeable.
A few heads swiveled around to see who had entered, and then went back to their friends, all except for Kaleb. "Lily!" She cried, a grin lighting up her face.
"The one and only!" Lily said, striking a pose. She walked over to a large armchair next to the one Kaleb was sitting on, and sat down, her steps showed a slight limp, due to a bruise on her right hip.
Lily slung her legs over the side of the chair and leaned back, completely relaxed. "So. What've I missed?"
"Well, a few minutes ago Kaleb punched Harris." Sirius remarked, offhandedly.
A slow, sly grin spread across Lily's face. "Yeah? What'd the ditz do to get you riled up, Love?"
"She was saying shit about you." Kaleb replied, nonchalantly.
"Hmm. Sorry I missed all the action. Oh well. C'est la vie." Lily shrugged.
One of Jennifer Harris' best friends, and probably the second most popular girl in school, Amber Hart, walked up to the Marauders, and completely ignored Lily and Kaleb's presence.
"Hey guys! You're coming to the Lake Party on Saturday, right?" Amber asked, twirling a piece of blonde hair around her index finger.
"Sure. Don't we always?" James responded, flashing a grin.
"Great!" Amber said happily. Another of Amber's friends, Kelly Wright, joined the aforementioned blonde.
"Hey guys, haven't seen too much of you around lately." Kelly said, fluttering her eyelashes.
"Don't you sort of have to be French to pull that off?" Kaleb asked Lily, cocking her head to the side.
"I've always thought so." Lily agreed, nodding.
"We've had a rather…busy week." Remus explained, gesturing to Lily.
Amber tilted her head, obviously confused. "Janet…right?" She ventured, wrinkling her nose.
Lily laughed, a short, harsh laugh. "Not even close."
"Oh well. Not important." Amber shrugged.
"Hey, Amber. Aren't you dating Gavin Smith?" Lily asked, innocently.
"Yeah…I am. So paws off!" Amber said, huffily.
"Oh, it's not my paws you have to worry about. On the way up here I saw little Gavin getting rather…friendly…with Narcissa DuBois, in the little Charms classroom down the hall from the Library." Lily said sweetly.
"What?! I'll get that two-bit tramp! And Narcissa too!" Amber shrieked.
Amber and Kelly rushed out of the Common Room, towards the classroom they wouldn't find for a long time…like they had any idea where the Library was.
"I'm such a good person." Lily said, smiling to herself.
"Oh yes, a real saint, Lily." Remus said, rolling his eyes.
"What? Wouldn't you want to know if your boyfriend were cheating on you?" Lily insisted.
"ANYWAY! You girls are coming to the party on Saturday, right?" Sirius asked.
"No, why ever would we?" Kaleb said, looking at Sirius as if he had grown a second head.
"That's a party reserved for 'Popular People' only." Lily said, disinterestedly.
"Well, you guys are friends with us now, you can be popular." Peter said, as if he were bestowing a gift.
"Ugh, I think I might hurl." Kaleb said, making a face.
"You guys don't seem to get it. We aren't sad, dejected little girls that are all depressed because they've been shunned by popular people. Frankly, all of you preps tend to bore the hell out of us. You simply do not know how to party." Lily shrugged, being frank.
"I bet that all you guys do is play water polo and swim around, or maybe steal people's clothes or whatever. That sounds incredibly, incredibly boring. And rather stupid." Kaleb added.
"So you guys don't want to go?" James asked.
"No, we don't. We don't want to go to your little party. We don't want to be popular. We don't want to conform to your preppy little world, thanks much." Kaleb drawled.
"Alright, alright. We get it. What do you plan to do instead?" Sirius asked.
Lily just stared at him. "Doesn't Saturday mean anything to you?"
"Yeah, it means the Lake Party."
"No you idiot. Think of the moon." Lily said, frustrated.
Remus, who had been sitting there, silent, waiting for them to remember, smiled.
"Oh! Oh God! Moony, I am so sorry. I completely forgot!" James exclaimed.
"Don't worry about it. I almost forgot myself." Remus said, shrugging.
"And we," Lily began proudly. "Will be accompanying you. So you won't be alone."
"But he isn't--" Peter began, and was cut off by a quick jab to his ribs.
"How are you two going to go with him?" James asked, curiously.
(A/N -dramatic music- How are Lily and Kaleb going to join Remus on the full moon? Are they insane? ARE THEY RACCOONS IN DISGUISE?! Heh, guess we'll find out next time on…buh buh buuuuuuuum…DaLI!)