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A/N: hey, all. Well, I wasn't even gonna post this new chapter because I didn't get many reviews, but since I'm bored here it is. Now, could you guys please review this time because it's really important to know what you all think of the story. Ok, I'll shut up now... have fun reading.
Chapter 2
On the following morning, I woke up a bit too early so I just stayed in bed thinking. I was still shocked with what Amanda had told us the night before. I mean, c'mon, wouldn't you be totally and completely shocked if one of your best friends fell in love with a guy that you knew it was trouble? Bella, Bren and I didn't know what to do. That wasn't the Mandy we used to know. She had turned into a totally different person over the summer. What were we supposed to do to help her realize what she was getting herself into?
Anyways, after a long time thinking, I looked over to the clock. It was almost 8am. I got up and went to the bathroom to take a shower. Fifteen minutes later, I got out of the bathroom already dressed in my Hogwarts uniform. I dried my hair and put it up in a ponytail. I put on a pair of earrings and applied some make up. After that, I did my annual "Welcome Back to School" call. I muttered the spell and water splashed over my best friends' beds. Boy, they were so mad at me! Bella jumped from her bed soaking wet yelling for the whole Gryffindor Tower to hear: "LILY ELIZABETH EVANS!!! YOU ARE SO DEAD!!!" Brenda was calling me all the bad names she knew and all I knew was laugh my ass off. C'mon, after six years they should be used to it shouldn't they? Then I realized something. There was someone missing. Amanda had already left the dorm. She didn't even wait for us or left a note.
"Guys, Mandy is not here." I said after Bella and Bren had calmed down a bit.
"What?" asked Bella.
"Amanda. She's not here and she didn't leave a note either." I explained.
"Weird." Said Brenda. "Well, maybe she was really hungry and decided to go to breakfast earlier." She said shrugging.
"Yeah, maybe that's it." I said.
Bella and Bren got ready in the next twenty minutes. Bella was wearing Hogwarts robes, had light make up on and her black hair was falling down to the middle of her back. Brenda was wearing Hogwarts robes as well, had light make up on and had her brown hair divided into two braids.
Ten minutes later we arrived in the Great Hall. We went to our usual spot in the Gryffindor table and sat down. I looked over to the Slytherin table which was right in front of ours and saw something that I thought I would never have the displeasure to see. There was Amanda sitting on Malfoy's lap and Lucius Malfoy himself smiling evilly at us.
"Hey, what's your friend doing in the Slytherin table? And on Malfoy's lap?" someone asked sitting next to me. It was Potter.
"Good morning to you too." I said sarcastically. He frowned at me.
"Good morning, Ms. Evans. Now Could you please tell me what is your friend Amanda Carlton, a Gryffindor, doing in the Slytherin table?" he said looking into my eyes. I felt really weird at that moment. James had never looked into my eyes like this. Unless we were fighting . But this look was different. It was like he was trying to look through my soul or something.
"She's dating Malfoy." I said with disgust. Potter's eyes went wide.
"SHE WHAT???" he yelled. I shushed him.
"You don't have to shout like that."
"Sorry." He whispered. WHOA! Freeze time right now! Had James Potter just apologized to me? I looked at him surprised. "What?" he asked confused.
"I've never thought I would live to see this moment." I said grinning. James looked even more confused. "You apologizing to me." I explained.
"C'mon, Evans! This is serious! A Gryffindor is dating a potential Death Eater. Aren't you worried about her?" James said. That was a surprise for me. I had always thought that James Potter didn't care about anyone but himself.
"Of course I'm worried about her!" I exclaimed angrily. "We've tried to reason with her, tried to talk her out of it but all she said was that she loved him and that he was a good man." I said frustrated. "We don't know what to do! We don't want to lose her to that filthy bastard!" I was so worried about my friend that I didn't even care if I was letting out my frustrations on James.
"Hey, calm down, Evans. It's gonna be alright. Everything will turn out just fine. You'll see." He said and surprisingly took my hand in his. The moment our hands touched, it was like an electric wave passed through our bodies. I was sure he had felt it too because he looked surprised at me for a second. "Do you want us to help you and your friends to get Amanda back?"
"What?" I asked confused.
"Do you want us to help you? Me, Sirius, Remus and Peter."
"Potter, why are you doing this?"
"Because I don't want anything to happen t your friend, or to you for that matter."
"Since when do you care?" I snapped. C'mon, I had every right to be suspicious after everything he had done to me in the past. This could be just one of his stupid pranks.
"C'mon, Evans! We've grown up. I care because I'm not a heartless git like Malfoy who doesn't care about anyone but himself. I care because you're a fellow Gryffindor and we're supposed to help each other out." He said and I knew he was telling the truth. Don't ask me, I just knew it.
"Ok, sorry I snapped at you." I said sincerely.
"It's ok. Don't worry." He said grabbing a toast. I smiled at him. My first true smile to James Potter in six years.
"How are we gonna do this?" I asked.
"I don't know yet. I'll talk to the guys. I'll get back to you later. And don't worry, I won't tell anyone else." James said getting up. I couldn't believe it. James Potter was actually being nice for a change.
"Hey, Potter!" I called when he was walking away. He stopped and turned around. "Thanks." He smiled at me.
"Any time, Evans." He said smiling. "Any time."
~*~
Our last class that day was History of Magic with Professor Binns. I was almost falling asleep through Binns's lecture about goblins wars when I heard Bella call me.
"What?" I asked sleepily.
"Oh, I've been meaning to ask you something since breakfast." Whispered Bella. I looked at her quizzically and she continued. "What was that with you and Potter?" she asked curiously. Brenda stopped taking notes and was waiting for my answer.
"Oh, that. Erm... he found out about that thing with Mandy and asked if I wanted him and his friends to help us get her away from Malfoy. "I explained calmly.
"Potter wants to help us?" asked Brenda surprised. I nodded.
"Wow, that's something we don't see every day." Said Bella astonished. "How's he gonna do that?"
"I don't know. He said he was going to talk to the guys and then get back to me." I said. I was still finding it really weird this sudden change of behavior on Potter. I wondered if he was really going to help us.
Just as I thought about him, a piece of parchment fell softly on my table. We were almost in the end of the class and most of the students were fast asleep and the professor didn't seem to notice and even if he did, he didn't care. I got the note that had landed on my desk:
Lily,
I told the guys about that problem with your friend and we're still thinking about what we're gonna do. Don't worry, we'll come up with a solution. By the way, Dumbledore asked me to tell you that we have a meeting with him after the last class.
James.
I got a piece of parchment of my own and wrote an answer.:
James,
Thanks for helping me out on this problem. Are your friends ok with helping us? And don't worry, I won't forget about the meeting. By the way, since when are we on first name basis?
Lily.
Lily,
Yeah, the guys are ok with helping you out. About the first name basis thing, we're partners now on that problem and we're Head Boy and Girl together, so why keep calling each other by our last names? It's too formal. About the meeting with Dumbledore, do you mind if I keep you company on the way there?
James. James,
Not at all. I'll wait for you outside.
Lily.
When James read that last note, he looked up and smiled at me and nodded. I smiled back. I had absolutely no idea about what was happening. Between me and James, I mean. It just felt strange and at the same time it didn't. It was almost as if it was something normal between us. I hadn't got the slightest clue of why we were doing this.
~*~
A/N: Here it is chapter 2. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Now, PLEASE, review!!!
Until next chapter
Luciana
A/N: hey, all. Well, I wasn't even gonna post this new chapter because I didn't get many reviews, but since I'm bored here it is. Now, could you guys please review this time because it's really important to know what you all think of the story. Ok, I'll shut up now... have fun reading.
Chapter 2
On the following morning, I woke up a bit too early so I just stayed in bed thinking. I was still shocked with what Amanda had told us the night before. I mean, c'mon, wouldn't you be totally and completely shocked if one of your best friends fell in love with a guy that you knew it was trouble? Bella, Bren and I didn't know what to do. That wasn't the Mandy we used to know. She had turned into a totally different person over the summer. What were we supposed to do to help her realize what she was getting herself into?
Anyways, after a long time thinking, I looked over to the clock. It was almost 8am. I got up and went to the bathroom to take a shower. Fifteen minutes later, I got out of the bathroom already dressed in my Hogwarts uniform. I dried my hair and put it up in a ponytail. I put on a pair of earrings and applied some make up. After that, I did my annual "Welcome Back to School" call. I muttered the spell and water splashed over my best friends' beds. Boy, they were so mad at me! Bella jumped from her bed soaking wet yelling for the whole Gryffindor Tower to hear: "LILY ELIZABETH EVANS!!! YOU ARE SO DEAD!!!" Brenda was calling me all the bad names she knew and all I knew was laugh my ass off. C'mon, after six years they should be used to it shouldn't they? Then I realized something. There was someone missing. Amanda had already left the dorm. She didn't even wait for us or left a note.
"Guys, Mandy is not here." I said after Bella and Bren had calmed down a bit.
"What?" asked Bella.
"Amanda. She's not here and she didn't leave a note either." I explained.
"Weird." Said Brenda. "Well, maybe she was really hungry and decided to go to breakfast earlier." She said shrugging.
"Yeah, maybe that's it." I said.
Bella and Bren got ready in the next twenty minutes. Bella was wearing Hogwarts robes, had light make up on and her black hair was falling down to the middle of her back. Brenda was wearing Hogwarts robes as well, had light make up on and had her brown hair divided into two braids.
Ten minutes later we arrived in the Great Hall. We went to our usual spot in the Gryffindor table and sat down. I looked over to the Slytherin table which was right in front of ours and saw something that I thought I would never have the displeasure to see. There was Amanda sitting on Malfoy's lap and Lucius Malfoy himself smiling evilly at us.
"Hey, what's your friend doing in the Slytherin table? And on Malfoy's lap?" someone asked sitting next to me. It was Potter.
"Good morning to you too." I said sarcastically. He frowned at me.
"Good morning, Ms. Evans. Now Could you please tell me what is your friend Amanda Carlton, a Gryffindor, doing in the Slytherin table?" he said looking into my eyes. I felt really weird at that moment. James had never looked into my eyes like this. Unless we were fighting . But this look was different. It was like he was trying to look through my soul or something.
"She's dating Malfoy." I said with disgust. Potter's eyes went wide.
"SHE WHAT???" he yelled. I shushed him.
"You don't have to shout like that."
"Sorry." He whispered. WHOA! Freeze time right now! Had James Potter just apologized to me? I looked at him surprised. "What?" he asked confused.
"I've never thought I would live to see this moment." I said grinning. James looked even more confused. "You apologizing to me." I explained.
"C'mon, Evans! This is serious! A Gryffindor is dating a potential Death Eater. Aren't you worried about her?" James said. That was a surprise for me. I had always thought that James Potter didn't care about anyone but himself.
"Of course I'm worried about her!" I exclaimed angrily. "We've tried to reason with her, tried to talk her out of it but all she said was that she loved him and that he was a good man." I said frustrated. "We don't know what to do! We don't want to lose her to that filthy bastard!" I was so worried about my friend that I didn't even care if I was letting out my frustrations on James.
"Hey, calm down, Evans. It's gonna be alright. Everything will turn out just fine. You'll see." He said and surprisingly took my hand in his. The moment our hands touched, it was like an electric wave passed through our bodies. I was sure he had felt it too because he looked surprised at me for a second. "Do you want us to help you and your friends to get Amanda back?"
"What?" I asked confused.
"Do you want us to help you? Me, Sirius, Remus and Peter."
"Potter, why are you doing this?"
"Because I don't want anything to happen t your friend, or to you for that matter."
"Since when do you care?" I snapped. C'mon, I had every right to be suspicious after everything he had done to me in the past. This could be just one of his stupid pranks.
"C'mon, Evans! We've grown up. I care because I'm not a heartless git like Malfoy who doesn't care about anyone but himself. I care because you're a fellow Gryffindor and we're supposed to help each other out." He said and I knew he was telling the truth. Don't ask me, I just knew it.
"Ok, sorry I snapped at you." I said sincerely.
"It's ok. Don't worry." He said grabbing a toast. I smiled at him. My first true smile to James Potter in six years.
"How are we gonna do this?" I asked.
"I don't know yet. I'll talk to the guys. I'll get back to you later. And don't worry, I won't tell anyone else." James said getting up. I couldn't believe it. James Potter was actually being nice for a change.
"Hey, Potter!" I called when he was walking away. He stopped and turned around. "Thanks." He smiled at me.
"Any time, Evans." He said smiling. "Any time."
~*~
Our last class that day was History of Magic with Professor Binns. I was almost falling asleep through Binns's lecture about goblins wars when I heard Bella call me.
"What?" I asked sleepily.
"Oh, I've been meaning to ask you something since breakfast." Whispered Bella. I looked at her quizzically and she continued. "What was that with you and Potter?" she asked curiously. Brenda stopped taking notes and was waiting for my answer.
"Oh, that. Erm... he found out about that thing with Mandy and asked if I wanted him and his friends to help us get her away from Malfoy. "I explained calmly.
"Potter wants to help us?" asked Brenda surprised. I nodded.
"Wow, that's something we don't see every day." Said Bella astonished. "How's he gonna do that?"
"I don't know. He said he was going to talk to the guys and then get back to me." I said. I was still finding it really weird this sudden change of behavior on Potter. I wondered if he was really going to help us.
Just as I thought about him, a piece of parchment fell softly on my table. We were almost in the end of the class and most of the students were fast asleep and the professor didn't seem to notice and even if he did, he didn't care. I got the note that had landed on my desk:
Lily,
I told the guys about that problem with your friend and we're still thinking about what we're gonna do. Don't worry, we'll come up with a solution. By the way, Dumbledore asked me to tell you that we have a meeting with him after the last class.
James.
I got a piece of parchment of my own and wrote an answer.:
James,
Thanks for helping me out on this problem. Are your friends ok with helping us? And don't worry, I won't forget about the meeting. By the way, since when are we on first name basis?
Lily.
Lily,
Yeah, the guys are ok with helping you out. About the first name basis thing, we're partners now on that problem and we're Head Boy and Girl together, so why keep calling each other by our last names? It's too formal. About the meeting with Dumbledore, do you mind if I keep you company on the way there?
James. James,
Not at all. I'll wait for you outside.
Lily.
When James read that last note, he looked up and smiled at me and nodded. I smiled back. I had absolutely no idea about what was happening. Between me and James, I mean. It just felt strange and at the same time it didn't. It was almost as if it was something normal between us. I hadn't got the slightest clue of why we were doing this.
~*~
A/N: Here it is chapter 2. Hope you guys enjoyed it. Now, PLEASE, review!!!
Until next chapter
Luciana