Meant 2 Be
Chapter 2: The Pranks Begin
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James sat on his bunk unpacking his clothes. He was thinking about Sirius, Remus, Liz, Peter, and Jess. He wondered what they were doing right now, what he could have been doing if his dad hadn't found out about his prank on Malfoy and sent him to this stupid muggle camp. It was the first night at camp and James was already bored out of his mind. He jumped off of his mattress and walked down to the pool.
There was no one there except for two girls fighting. The one facing him was dreadfully ugly with a large nose and dull, black knots for hair. The others back was facing him but he could hear her voice, loud, and obviously angry, full of frustration. He could also see her hair, bright red, smooth as silk, and straight as a board, that fell to her waist.
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"Petunia, give those back, right now!" Lily boomed at her sister with her loudest, most fed up voice.
"No!" Petunia screeched, "Only losers wear floaties! I don't want it getting out that my sisters a loser!"
"Petunia, you have two choices, your reputation, or your life!!" Lily's temper was fast and horrible.
"I'm sorry Lily, but you're going to have to calm down that temper of yours." Petunia taunted her sister.
"If you don't give those to me right now, I'll…" Lily never finished her sentence. At that moment she was thrown into the pool by someone behind.
Petunia spined around to face hansom, messy haired boy who had just thrown her sister into the cold water.
"Well, I can't swim either so you're just going to have to go and save her yourself," Petunia giggled at towering boy.
"What?"
"Didn't you hear what we were fighting about?" Petunia pulled out the floaties, "I stole these from her."
"Uh oh" and with that, the boy dived into the clear blue water.
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Lily felt her self break the surface of the water and being pulled into the dark depths of the pool. Fright took over her body and she was momentarily paralyzed. Suddenly she felt something wrap around her and she struggled to free herself, but it wouldn't release her. She felt herself being pulled upwards through the water. Before she knew it she was lying on the ground coughing up water. She opened her eyes to see a messy haired boy standing above her. She had no idea why, but she felt shivers surge through her body.
"Bloody hell, are you ok? I didn't realize you couldn't swim!" He asked.
It dawned on Lily that he must have been the one to push her in. She stood up, stared him in the eye, which was difficult since he was so much taller than her, and boxed him square in the nose.
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Later that night James lay in his bed with an ice pack on his nose. Who was that girl? James thought. I saved her from drowning and she boxes me in the nose. What a bitch. All of a sudden his voice of reason spoke (which was very rare) and told him that he was the one to push her into the water. Another thought crossed his mind I pushed her into the water and I didn't even know her. I guessed we are just meant to be enemies. If he knew just how wrong he was.
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The next morning Lily was eating her breakfast in the dining hall. She wondered who that boy was last night who pushed her into the water and then pulled her back up. It had been a very confusing first day of camp.
She saw the boy walk into the hall, with lots of girls surrounding him, giggling. The sight made her stomach leap. What type of idiots would do that? She wondered.
Lily leaned over and asked one of her three other cabin mates, not including Petunia, named Lindsay, "You see that guy there, with the girls surrounding him?" Lindsay nodded. "Do you know his name?"
"Oh god, you don't fancy him do you?"
"No!"
"Well, I heard one of those bimbos over there say his name was James. People say he comes from a rich family that is very mysterious."
"Is that Stephanie?!" Lindsay and Lily watched as one of their cabin mates, who hadn't arrived in the hall yet, walked over and joined the group of people admiring this James character.
"I didn't like her much anyway," said Lindsay, "Well back to this James guy. This is his first year. I haven't met him yet, have you?"
Lily did not answer her. She was staring at the boy who pushed her into the pool yesterday. The light coming from the skylights was making his black hair shine. His brown eyes shimmered. Stop looking at him, Lily commanded herself but she couldn't break the eye contact. Wait, eye contact? She then realized that James was staring right at her. All of a sudden a hand flashed in front of her eyes. The eye contact was lost. She turned and looked back at Lindsay, the owner of the hand.
"Like I said Melanie is here" Lily glanced toward the door and saw the pretty blond walking towards their table.
Lily chanced I look back at James and he quickly moved his eyes back to one of the girls at his table, who thought he was paying attention to what she was saying.
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The rest of the day passed with out incident. Soon Lily found herself walking back to her cabin during dinner. She felt really sick and told Mel that she was going to go back to the cabin. Petunia ate by herself at a table in the corner.
Lily was feeling dizzy and feverish. As she passed the wash-house she was glad that she was only about a minute away from her cabin. Suddenly the ground was rolling around beneath her and she felt her knees give out and knock against the hard dirt. The ground jolted and she felt her body smack into the non-stable floor. The color slowly drained from everything around her until the black took over.
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James was dawdling across the girls' village, thinking about the intense snog he had just received. I've had better. James thought about how the girl wouldn't shut up about how nervous she was. What girl in her right mind would tell me that? James smiled to himself.
"Ow!" he let out as he tripped over something in the grass. He looked back.
"AHH!" he saw Lily lying on the ground. He walked over and poked he shoulder.
"Lily?" She didn't move.
"SHIT, SHE'S DEAD!" he screamed, wide eyed. He couldn't move. It was all quiet except for Lily's shallow breathing. Wait, Lily's shallow breathing?
"SHE'S ALIVE!" he fell backwards with excitement. He picked her up and carried her over to the cabin he just came from.
"Come back for more?" Lily's cabin-mate questioned.
"Nope, found some road-kill. I believe in cleaning up our natural environment." He grinned. "Where's her bunk?"
She pointed to a perfectly made bed. He rested her onto her mattress and waved goodbye to his girlfriend, and left for dinner.
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On Wednesday Lily woke up slowly. Her stomach still hurt. Petunia realized she was not there at some of the activities last night, so she had to go today. Then she remembered her incident yesterday and fell back into bed with a groan.
"Hey, Lily, are you okay to go out today," Lindsay asked, "You're really pale."
"I'll be fine."
"If you puke, don't do it on me," Petunia added.
Melanie rolled her eyes.
Lily looked around and realized that Stephanie had already left for breakfast. Oh, well she hadn't really been around much since Lindsay and Lily saw her in the hall with James.
"When we got here last night you were already out cold," Melanie commented.
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James walked to the dinning hall, this time from the boys' side of the camp. He thought about Lily and wondered if she was okay. Why am I thinking about that bitch? She was the one to box me after I helped her. I'm glad she wasn't awake last night or maybe she would have boxed me again. But if she was awake I wouldn't have needed to help her.
Before James knew it he was sitting down with his tray and his usual admirers.
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"Hey, Lils, you comin'?" asked Melanie.
"Nah," said Lily. I really don't want to see James.
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During breakfast James's girlfriend caught his eye. She motioned to the door.
Once James and the girl were outside, she said, "Lets go to my cabin. No one will be there now."
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Lily was reading a magical book when the door to the cabin opened. She was about to call out when she heard a familiar voice.
"Are you sure nobodies here?" James asked.
"Don't worry. Now come here sweetheart."
A/n: Hmmmmmmm… who is it??????? This chapter is shorter than the last one. Which length did you like more? Thanks again for all the reviews. It took us longer than I would like to post that chapter. School is starting and it's hard to make time. Please review, they encourage us to write more. Can we get 10 more to make 19? Pleasssssssssse?