One Week
By: VoldemortsIllegitimateChild
Chapter Seven: Cramps
A/N: Wooh! I had a lot of fun writing this chapter.
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The girls made their purchases, smiling. Lily, of course, was the one who cackled, ignoring the strange looks the other customers gave her. Carrie looked at her watch. She was the only one who wore one, as Lily couldn't stand the look of digital ones, and hated reading the face ones, and Riana felt the real party wouldn't start until she arrived. And so, Carrie was the only one who could tell the girls if they were late-like now.
"Come on, we were supposed to be there fifteen minutes ago," she hissed, dragging Lily by the wrist.
"Ow! Loosen your grip!" Lily said, trying unsuccessfully to yank her hand away.
"No. Now, hurry up, or they'll be suspicious!" Carrie said.
"You're the one who said they wouldn't care because Riana's always late," Lily complained.
"Hey!" Riana called, from behind Lily.
"Yes, but I'm always early. They'll want it to balance out," Carrie replied. "Besides, I only told you that because I didn't want you to harp."
"Excuse me? I don't harp!" And this time, Lily did manage to pull her hand away.
"You do too harp," Riana said, hopping to Carrie's aid. "You still blather on about me and Sirius."
Lily glared at her friends. "Whatever."
"Don't be mad," Riana begged.
"I'm not," Lily said. She seemed distracted, and she was chewing on the inside of her cheeks, a habit she didn't know she had. "You guys, how are we going to hide the prank stuff?"
"What do you mean?" Carrie said. "We take it to our rooms. It's done."
"No, I mean right now," Lily replied. She gestured to her robes, on a hanger with a plastic bag over them, like a nicer dress from Macy*s would be.
Riana saw her point. "Nowhere to hide a bag full of pranking supplies."
Carrie smiled. "I have a plan. Follow my lead." As they turned the corner to the small café, Carrie grabbed her stomach and dropped her packages, the dress robes and the prank supplies, making sure to drop the dress robes on top of the back with the large ZONKOS logo emblazed over the front.
"Ooh!" she moaned, as if in great pain.
The boys heard her and looked up. The glanced at each other, then reacted, jumping over the fence and running towards Lily, Riana, and the keeled-over Carrie.
James reached her first. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"She's having the worst stomachaches. Cramps actually," Riana said. She leaned close to the boys, stage-whispering, "I think it's, you know, that time of the month.
The boys reeled back from Carrie, stepping on each other to get away. Carrie herself bit her lip to keep from laughing. Fortunately, the gesture looked like one of extreme pain.
"We're going to take her back," Lily said. "We'll see you later?"
"Yeah, fine," Remus said. "Bye!" And with that, the three boys ran back to their table in the café, even faster than when they had come.
The girls managed to keep a straight face until they rounded the corner; then they burst into laughter.
"Oh, god," Lily said, covering her mouth with her hands and holding onto Riana for support. "That was fantastic!"
"Riana, you are a genius," Carrie said, holding her stomach again, this time from laughter pains.
"Tell me something I don't know," Riana replied, giggling as well, her eyes watering from laughter.
When they got back to school, they put their dress robes away and settled in the common room with their prank supplies, a quill, and a roll of parchment. "Okay," Lily said, "let's organize them. The Babbling Beverage and the Roxbury Roses are for tonight, and the…"
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Lily woke up around ten o'clock. When she finished eating, showering, and brushing her teeth, half an hour had passed. Riana, Carrie, Sirius and James were all asleep, as far as she could tell, but the common room had recently been occupied by Remus, judging by the parchment and Potions books found on the ground. She sat on the couch, feeling very bored, before sneaking quietly upstairs to get her diary. She chose not to write straight away, but instead chose to doodle on the inside of the back cover.
She was still doing this when James and Sirius came down together about fifteen minutes later. They looked a bit surprised to see her, as she was normally a very late sleeper, but sat at the opposite end of the common room and went about their business. They were acting quite strange, Lily noted. She opened her diary to the first empty page.
Dear Diary,
Sirius and Potter are acting strange. They keep whispering, and every now and then, they'll look back at me, and whisper some more, which can only mean one of two things: One, they're planning some prank to be played solely on me, or two, Sirius is coaching Potter on how to be a "ladies' man".
I will never date Potter. Ever. He doesn't understand, doesn't get it. I don't like his arrogance, his cockiness, his stupid swagger. He wouldn't be a bad person if he was more humble. I remember, in sixth year, when he was so modest. At least, I thought he was, until I saw him in the corridor, his back to me, acting as he always did. Like a bloody cock, strutting around, Mr. King-of-the-Universe.
I don't want him to be humble when I'm around. I want him to be like that all the time. I want that to be his nature. I can't stand arrogance. Vernon Dursley reeks of it. Who cares if he's in the supervisor of his division at Grunnings? It's nothing if your personality is that of a boiled potato. It matches Petunia's boiled carrot personality. Ha, ha./
Remus burst into the common room then, causing the stray diagonal line on Lily's paper. "Remus? What's the good news?" she asked, for her brother looked as if he had just been named Head Boy.
"We did it. We cracked the wards in the Slytherin common room." James and Sirius jumped up at their friend. "You checked it? It works? Oh, sweet Merlin!"
"What?" Lily asked, looking from her brother to his friends.
"The end of sixth year, Olsen, that old bat, warded the Slytherin common room to stop any of our pranks. Remus here just cracked it," Sirius explained, referring to the head of the Slytherin House, Potions Professor Olsen.
"So, what'd ya do their common room?" Lily asked.
"Come on, we'll show you. James, get the map," Remus instructed.
James disappeared upstairs, and Lily tossed down her diary. When James returned, Lily, Remus and Sirius where gone, but Lily's diary remained innocently on the couch.
"Hmm…" James realized he could read it. He knew he didn't have enough time to read it all, but he could read the last entry.
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I'd like to thank:
Day-Dreaming Rhiannon- Don't worry about it! I'm glad you liked it, I'm scared of the wrath!
Jmesfowler-That's brilliant; thanks!
Shell25-Not as soon as I would have liked, but its here nonetheless.
Blackdragonofdeath13-Thanks! Too many compliments.
Rowen Arkenson- I know I can hardly wait myself. This will be FUN!
Kermit's Friend Roseanne- In the beginning, I was like, "Orlando is gorgeous!" Then I got used to it, and around the end I was like, "wow, I forgot how hot he is." Back to the point of this reply: Thanks!
Elvencherry07-LOL, you slacker! Just kidding, thanks!
Trashcan-LOL on the name, BTW, but thanks, and this was short, too. My apologies.
Alcapacien/Quiggles-As always, thank you so much!
Freakyfroggurl22-Easy to think of? Well, maybe when I get inspired to be evil. I'm glad there's someone else in the world as twisted as me.
CrystalBallerina-Thanks!
Hefelump-Got bit by the Block…again! Sorry!
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Wow, I had the best time ever tonight! It was like a mixer for all incoming freshmen, and, well, I won't bore you with all of the details. If you would like to hear them, you're even more deranged then I thought (reading this fic? You freak), drop me a line! I'll blather on about some hot guys and being evil. Danburg gave me some great mean inspiration. Go him! And Andy and Bobby and Sara and (of course, for being so YUMMY) Gregg. Well, that's enough of nonsensical blathering, since, I'm sad to report, Gregg is an asshole, albeit a hot one.
