By the way -someone mentioned they were confused about James not
being Headboy in this fic. I know that it says in 'the philosopher's stone'
on page 45, halfway down (well, that's where it is on the version I've
read) that Lily and James where Headboy and girl. I've got a reason for
doing what I've done -all the characters are generally the same in
personality and everything (well, as close as I felt like making them).
Sorry if this was a problem for anyone!
Disclaimer: Seen it? Not mine. Not seen it? Mine.
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Chapter Five
Lily realised, over the next few days, that she seemed to have the attention of many of the boys -none, of which, wanted to confront her after her teary reaction when James had done so. Little did they know that her tears had nothing to do with James -well, they had already been there but James had mystically brought them to the surface. Nobody knew -she had not even told Kate and Alicia about it, which led everyone to believe that James, and only James, had caused her to cry infront of the whole school.
By Wednesday, Lily had composed herself and was ready to ask someone out herself, though she felt her heart was not in the task.
'I don't want to drag along someone who I don't have those kind of feelings for.' She had debated.
'Lily, don't ask anyone,' Kate had told her, 'leave it up to us -'
'I'm ^not^ going on a blind date?' Lily had replied.
'Of course not! We're just -going to. . . surprise you.' Alicia had grinned.
'Uh -' Lily had been about to say.
'We're not doing anything unnatural, don't worry! We're your friends, you trust us, don't you?' Kate had assured her.
At that time, Lily had not been aware of what was install for her, and everytime she came near someone she considered a legible candidate, she lost her nerve. Kate and Alicia noticed this and decided to do their bit.
Lily was walking, alone, to her Arithmancy class, carrying her things in her arms, moving down the packed hallway. Lily could hardly fail to notice that there did not appear to be another girl in sight when, without warning, all of her books, quills, parchment and ink left her arms, creating a mess on the floor. Lily bent down to pick up her things at the same time a tall, dark and handsome Ravenclaw leant over to get them for her.
Lily looked up, and found herself transfixed. She was looking into a set of the darkest shade of brown eyes she had ever seen -and the shape of them; Lily could not get over it. As she looked into those captivating brown eyes, she disregarded all other features of him.
'Thankyou.' Lily said breathlessly, as he handed her the books.
'Don't mention it.' He replied, as they both straightened up.
'I-I'm Lily, Lily Evans.' She said, wanting to pursue a conversation with him.
'I know you're Lily -everyone knows you're Lily.' Lily flushed, 'I'm Justin Pierik, by the way.'
Lily smiled at him, a mad flutter of butterflies in her stomach, and he smiled back -a pearly white, charming smile.
'Are you. . .' she stared into those eyes in wonder, 'are you a seventh year?'
'Yeah, I am -we have Ancient Runes together.' He replied.
'Do we?' She asked, delving too deeply into those eyes to understand what she was saying.
'I'll see you around.' He said to her as he began to walk away.
'I hope so.' She whispered so that only she could hear.
Lily entered her Arithmancy class in a dreamy state.
Kate and Alicia bolted around the corner, grinning at each other.
At lunch, Lily joined Kate and Alicia at the Gryffindor table, not hearing a word they had said as she stared dreamily over at the Ravenclaw table.
'It seems we caught the right fish.' Kate told Alicia.
'Yeah -once we get them hooked up, we just have to get James a private screening.' Alicia added.
'Speaking of James. . .' Kate began, looking down the table to where the marauders were seated.
'I'm telling you -it can still work!' James argued, slamming his fist stubbornly on the table.
'Prongs -you'll kill all the Slytherins!' Remus persisted.
'What's wrong with that?' Sirius asked, looking up from his meatloaf.
Remus shot him a dark look. 'I don't know what I'm worrying about -you'll never get your hands on one anyway!'
There was a devious glint in James's eyes, 'you'd like to think that, wouldn't you, Moony?'
Remus frowned, 'don't patronise me!'
'Well Moony,' James said, now quite calm, 'you ^are^ in on it -remember, you said -'
I know what I said!' Remus snapped, 'but ^I^ didn't know how dangerous the Ballox was -and I get the strange feeling you knew all along.'
'Of course I did,' James said smugly, 'and I'm surprised ^you^ didn't!'
Peter looked up at James, wearing a look suggesting he was non-plussed.
'B-but Prongs, if you already knew all that -then why did you go to Hagrid?' Peter asked.
Remus and Sirius looked at James, showing they, too, were interested in the real reason for his actions.
'Because,' James began, 'I was hoping to get some ^other^ information from Hagrid -but once he expressed he wasn't going to tell us anymore than he already had -which I already knew -it seemed pointless to pressure on, even though it's easy to get information out of Hagrid, he would have known it was us who set the thing off.'
'Which is generally impossible to do anyway.' Remus added.
'Not entirely.' Stated James.
'What are you getting at?' Remus asked slowly.
'I'm going to do it, Moony -are you in or not?' James said darkly.
'Do something else, Prongs,' Remus pleaded, 'you have absolutely no idea how insane your plan is -'
'It's not insane -it's brilliant!' James replied with a hungry look in his eyes.
'Then I won't be a part of it.' Remus said stubbornly.
'Fine -you're in, right Padfoot? Wormtail?' James turned to the others.
Peter looked absolutely petrified and Sirius was in deep thought.
'Forget you,' James said as Peter looked about to wet himself and turned solely to Sirius, 'what about you? You're in, right?'
Well.' Sirius began slowly, James glowered, 'I don't know. if the need arises, hey?'
James seemed thoroughly, what one would call, 'pissed off' but did not let loose at his companions.
'Don't do it, Prongs.' Remus urged.
James frowned -both in frustration and thought. They would not need to know.
'Fine,' he lied angrily, 'I won't do it.'
Remus let out a sigh of relief as peter fainted and Sirius skewered himself another slice of meatloaf.
'Knew you weren't that thick.' Sirius said through a mouthful of meat.
On Thursday morning after breakfast, Lily made her way to her Ancient Runes class, where she sat herself in her usual place -the centre of the room. As she was doing a last minute check of her homework, she found her parchment shadowed by something tall and burly -or rather, someone.
'Hey, Lily. Came a voice from somewhere above.
Lily looked up and her stomach did a back flip -Justin Pierik was standing infront of her, smiling his charming smile.
'Yes?' She asked, almost breathless.
'Did you get the second part?' He asked, in reference to their homework.
'Oh!' She began to go through sheets of parchment in search of the second part. 'Ah -here it is.' Lily delved into the most detailed and complicated explanation she could, wanting to give Justin the idea she was a high achiever.
Lily was made to discontinue her conversation with Justin when Professor Hemding walked in, late, as usual. Midway through the class, when Lily was busy taking notes, a scrap of parchment was slid infront of her.
Dear Lily,
Are you going to Hogsmeade this weekend?
Justin
Overly excited, Lily scrawled a quick message on the back of the parchment.
Dear Justin,
I plan to.
Lily
Before the lesson was over, another sheet of parchment was slipped infront of her, this time bearing a slightly longer message.
Dear Lily,
Did you want to go with me?
Meet me in the Great Hall at nine in the morning on Sunday and
we can walk together if you want to go.
Justin
Lily turned to glance at Justin but turned away when she felt herself blush. Then she noticed there was a postscript.
I think you're amazing, by the way -how do you balance all your
studying and homework with your role as Headgirl?
Lily scrawled another message to him.
I'll go with you.
Lily
'That's brilliant!' Alicia exclaimed.
They were sitting in the squashy common room chairs, lily telling them about Justin.
'That was easy -I winder if James is gong to Hogsmeade weekend.' Kate said to Alicia.
'Why do you wonder if. . ?' Lily sounded confused.
'Merlin's beard!' Exclaimed Kate, 'you're going out with Justin because you actually ^like^ him!'
'Of course,' Lily began, 'why else would I -'
'That will ^really^ annoy James, that will!' Said Alicia, getting over excited.
'Right.' Lily said slowly.
'Making you cry like that!' Kate made a tutting sound.
Lily kept quiet.
~
A/N: Thanks to all my reviewers!
Disclaimer: Seen it? Not mine. Not seen it? Mine.
~
Chapter Five
Lily realised, over the next few days, that she seemed to have the attention of many of the boys -none, of which, wanted to confront her after her teary reaction when James had done so. Little did they know that her tears had nothing to do with James -well, they had already been there but James had mystically brought them to the surface. Nobody knew -she had not even told Kate and Alicia about it, which led everyone to believe that James, and only James, had caused her to cry infront of the whole school.
By Wednesday, Lily had composed herself and was ready to ask someone out herself, though she felt her heart was not in the task.
'I don't want to drag along someone who I don't have those kind of feelings for.' She had debated.
'Lily, don't ask anyone,' Kate had told her, 'leave it up to us -'
'I'm ^not^ going on a blind date?' Lily had replied.
'Of course not! We're just -going to. . . surprise you.' Alicia had grinned.
'Uh -' Lily had been about to say.
'We're not doing anything unnatural, don't worry! We're your friends, you trust us, don't you?' Kate had assured her.
At that time, Lily had not been aware of what was install for her, and everytime she came near someone she considered a legible candidate, she lost her nerve. Kate and Alicia noticed this and decided to do their bit.
Lily was walking, alone, to her Arithmancy class, carrying her things in her arms, moving down the packed hallway. Lily could hardly fail to notice that there did not appear to be another girl in sight when, without warning, all of her books, quills, parchment and ink left her arms, creating a mess on the floor. Lily bent down to pick up her things at the same time a tall, dark and handsome Ravenclaw leant over to get them for her.
Lily looked up, and found herself transfixed. She was looking into a set of the darkest shade of brown eyes she had ever seen -and the shape of them; Lily could not get over it. As she looked into those captivating brown eyes, she disregarded all other features of him.
'Thankyou.' Lily said breathlessly, as he handed her the books.
'Don't mention it.' He replied, as they both straightened up.
'I-I'm Lily, Lily Evans.' She said, wanting to pursue a conversation with him.
'I know you're Lily -everyone knows you're Lily.' Lily flushed, 'I'm Justin Pierik, by the way.'
Lily smiled at him, a mad flutter of butterflies in her stomach, and he smiled back -a pearly white, charming smile.
'Are you. . .' she stared into those eyes in wonder, 'are you a seventh year?'
'Yeah, I am -we have Ancient Runes together.' He replied.
'Do we?' She asked, delving too deeply into those eyes to understand what she was saying.
'I'll see you around.' He said to her as he began to walk away.
'I hope so.' She whispered so that only she could hear.
Lily entered her Arithmancy class in a dreamy state.
Kate and Alicia bolted around the corner, grinning at each other.
At lunch, Lily joined Kate and Alicia at the Gryffindor table, not hearing a word they had said as she stared dreamily over at the Ravenclaw table.
'It seems we caught the right fish.' Kate told Alicia.
'Yeah -once we get them hooked up, we just have to get James a private screening.' Alicia added.
'Speaking of James. . .' Kate began, looking down the table to where the marauders were seated.
'I'm telling you -it can still work!' James argued, slamming his fist stubbornly on the table.
'Prongs -you'll kill all the Slytherins!' Remus persisted.
'What's wrong with that?' Sirius asked, looking up from his meatloaf.
Remus shot him a dark look. 'I don't know what I'm worrying about -you'll never get your hands on one anyway!'
There was a devious glint in James's eyes, 'you'd like to think that, wouldn't you, Moony?'
Remus frowned, 'don't patronise me!'
'Well Moony,' James said, now quite calm, 'you ^are^ in on it -remember, you said -'
I know what I said!' Remus snapped, 'but ^I^ didn't know how dangerous the Ballox was -and I get the strange feeling you knew all along.'
'Of course I did,' James said smugly, 'and I'm surprised ^you^ didn't!'
Peter looked up at James, wearing a look suggesting he was non-plussed.
'B-but Prongs, if you already knew all that -then why did you go to Hagrid?' Peter asked.
Remus and Sirius looked at James, showing they, too, were interested in the real reason for his actions.
'Because,' James began, 'I was hoping to get some ^other^ information from Hagrid -but once he expressed he wasn't going to tell us anymore than he already had -which I already knew -it seemed pointless to pressure on, even though it's easy to get information out of Hagrid, he would have known it was us who set the thing off.'
'Which is generally impossible to do anyway.' Remus added.
'Not entirely.' Stated James.
'What are you getting at?' Remus asked slowly.
'I'm going to do it, Moony -are you in or not?' James said darkly.
'Do something else, Prongs,' Remus pleaded, 'you have absolutely no idea how insane your plan is -'
'It's not insane -it's brilliant!' James replied with a hungry look in his eyes.
'Then I won't be a part of it.' Remus said stubbornly.
'Fine -you're in, right Padfoot? Wormtail?' James turned to the others.
Peter looked absolutely petrified and Sirius was in deep thought.
'Forget you,' James said as Peter looked about to wet himself and turned solely to Sirius, 'what about you? You're in, right?'
Well.' Sirius began slowly, James glowered, 'I don't know. if the need arises, hey?'
James seemed thoroughly, what one would call, 'pissed off' but did not let loose at his companions.
'Don't do it, Prongs.' Remus urged.
James frowned -both in frustration and thought. They would not need to know.
'Fine,' he lied angrily, 'I won't do it.'
Remus let out a sigh of relief as peter fainted and Sirius skewered himself another slice of meatloaf.
'Knew you weren't that thick.' Sirius said through a mouthful of meat.
On Thursday morning after breakfast, Lily made her way to her Ancient Runes class, where she sat herself in her usual place -the centre of the room. As she was doing a last minute check of her homework, she found her parchment shadowed by something tall and burly -or rather, someone.
'Hey, Lily. Came a voice from somewhere above.
Lily looked up and her stomach did a back flip -Justin Pierik was standing infront of her, smiling his charming smile.
'Yes?' She asked, almost breathless.
'Did you get the second part?' He asked, in reference to their homework.
'Oh!' She began to go through sheets of parchment in search of the second part. 'Ah -here it is.' Lily delved into the most detailed and complicated explanation she could, wanting to give Justin the idea she was a high achiever.
Lily was made to discontinue her conversation with Justin when Professor Hemding walked in, late, as usual. Midway through the class, when Lily was busy taking notes, a scrap of parchment was slid infront of her.
Dear Lily,
Are you going to Hogsmeade this weekend?
Justin
Overly excited, Lily scrawled a quick message on the back of the parchment.
Dear Justin,
I plan to.
Lily
Before the lesson was over, another sheet of parchment was slipped infront of her, this time bearing a slightly longer message.
Dear Lily,
Did you want to go with me?
Meet me in the Great Hall at nine in the morning on Sunday and
we can walk together if you want to go.
Justin
Lily turned to glance at Justin but turned away when she felt herself blush. Then she noticed there was a postscript.
I think you're amazing, by the way -how do you balance all your
studying and homework with your role as Headgirl?
Lily scrawled another message to him.
I'll go with you.
Lily
'That's brilliant!' Alicia exclaimed.
They were sitting in the squashy common room chairs, lily telling them about Justin.
'That was easy -I winder if James is gong to Hogsmeade weekend.' Kate said to Alicia.
'Why do you wonder if. . ?' Lily sounded confused.
'Merlin's beard!' Exclaimed Kate, 'you're going out with Justin because you actually ^like^ him!'
'Of course,' Lily began, 'why else would I -'
'That will ^really^ annoy James, that will!' Said Alicia, getting over excited.
'Right.' Lily said slowly.
'Making you cry like that!' Kate made a tutting sound.
Lily kept quiet.
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A/N: Thanks to all my reviewers!