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Black's and Vance's!
I woke up the next morning with 3 of my friends poking me while they laughed at how funny I looked. It was morning and I had barely got any sleep.
"Stop poking me" I said dreamily while I pulled the blanket on top of my head.
"Nuh uh uh Lily dearest. We've got to get up for classes, you know the thing that starts in 45 minutes" explained Em.
"And I need to meet Rob" cut in Isabella.
"You guys broke up last year. I remember you crying for days" I mumbled as I got up.
"We did, but your first love will always have a place in your heart" she said "Right Em" she added with a little wink to Emmeline.
"Shut up Bella" spat out Em.
"No don't shut up. What happened? Tell, tell" inquired a curious looking Bec.
"Oh, nothing. It's just that I saw 2 people having a little kissing session in the BLACK hallway last night. They looked oddly familiar. What do you think Em?" teased Bella. "Well I promised Rob I'd be down. See you guys at breakfast"
She left the room. "I thought Kingsley was her first love?" I asked "Wait a minute. . . . Em. . . Black . . . hallway . . . last night . . . No. . .Yes"
"Ohhhhh" exclaimed Bec excited yet calm.
"It was nothing I swear. Just a little goodbye kiss you know to let go of any feelings we still had for each other. I'm not with him again. Never again. Never ever ever!" she moaned as her little secret was revealed "And by the way I never loved him. I thought I loved him, but I didn't."
"I think we should all go down to the Great Hall. I'm hungry" suggested Bec "I'm just going to say one last thing." She changed her voice to a very mystical one "I predict that James and Lily will get together, FINALLY, don't give me that look Lily; I will find someone who I could spend the rest of my life with, Isabella and Robert will have babies and Em and Sirius will find what they lost or what's hidden. Their LOVE for each other"
We all knew that Em had loved Sirius (Sirius was too secretive about his feelings so no one knew exactly how he felt), but the fates were against them. Both Em and Sirius were of pureblood families. They were 10th cousins twice removed. Last year Em had revealed to Sirius and us that she had been betrothed (had an arranged marriage) to a boy 4 years older than her. Lucius Malfoy. We remembered an evil pale boy with a pointed nose (Sorry forgot what he looked like) who graduated in our 3rd year. Sirius and Em's relationship ended. Everything went back to normal. The Gryffindor boys and girls in our year level continued to be distant. It was weird, every other house in our year level had bonded really well, they were like families, but we sort of stayed to our own genders.
"Just break those stupid arrangements and ask if you can choose someone else" I always used to ask
"It's not that simple. My mother broke the arrangements made for her future and as a result she was disinherited, disowned and was an outcast to the pureblood society. I know you're thinking it's different because my father was muggleborn, but it's not. Even if Em did choose to marry Sirius, who is a pureblood, it's complicated. I don't know how to explain it. It just is" Bec tried to explain.
"I do!" cut in a sad looking Em "Sirius has always been the odd one out in his family. The odd one out of the entire pureblood population. I know, I grew up with him and his family, we saw each other at weddings, funeral, Christmas parties and any other stupid function we were made to go to. All the pureblood families say he's a bad egg. Always getting into trouble and disobeying his families wishes and tradition. He didn't care though, he liked being different and he hated being a Black. No one wanted their daughter to marry him, if they wanted a Black they would ask for Sirius' little brothers' hand in marriage. Not Sirius. Stupid tradition I swear. I'm not marrying anyone my family tells me to just because it's friggen tradition. They didn't ask me if I wanted to marry that stupid Malfoy guy, they don't even care if I'm in love with someone else" she broke down and cried her heart out. The next morning she sent an owl home telling her parents about her refusal to marry that stupid Malfoy guy. Her parents replied a day later telling her that they would sort things out on the holidays and 'that stupid Malfoy guy' had had an arranged marriage with 2 girls so everything would be sorted out when she came home.
She never told Sirius this. But I think Sirius found out because of a certain incident that took place in a BLACK hallway.
As we stepped into the common room we found a pair of young men (two 7th years with black hair) chasing a pair of young ladies (two 6th years with long blonde hair). It was Sirius and James chasing the Murdock twins, Christina and Courtney. My heart sank and I could see Em's eyes starting to water. Em ran for the portrait hole followed by Bec and myself.
Once we were out of the common room he ran down the hallway and rested our backs against the wall.
"I don't think your prediction will ever come true" sobbed Em, her eyes were red and puffy. I couldn't say anything, I just nodded in agreement and we all hugged each other. I looked over my best friends shoulders and I saw the two girls who had been chased by James and Sirius. I couldn't help but feel hurt. My eyes began to water and tears were rolling down my face. I didn't understand why. I didn't know what I expected.
5 minutes later we entered the Great Hall. To Em and I it was a great relief that neither James or Sirius were there. We took our seats at Gryffindor table and began to eat our toast slowly and sadly. I couldn't feel anything , I didn't want to feel anything. I was snapped out of my feelinglessness when James and Sirius sat down across from us.
"Mornin' Vance, Reynolds and Lily" greeted a cheerful looking James. Em and I didn't even look up only Bec did. Reynolds was Bec's last name.
"Goodmorning Ladies. Why so blue?" said Sirius.
"They're just a lil' tired, that's all" replied Bec.
"Last time I checked I wasn't BLUE Sirius" said a furious looking Em. She didn't move her eyes from her toast. "And before you interrupted our peaceful breakfast I was about to leave. GOODBYE" she threw her toast at Sirius, got up and stormed out of the Great Hall. Isabella, who was at the Ravenclaw table got up and followed her. Sirius was about to follow her when Bec stopped him "Black, I think you better leave her with Isabella right now"
A few moments of awkward silence was broken when I spoke for the first time since we had entered the Great Hall.
"I think Em has the right idea" I said "I'm leaving. Good-Bye" I got up to leave but I was stopped by Professor Mc Gonagoll.
"Excuse me Ms. Evans can you please help me handout timetables before you leave. You too Mr. Potter" said Mc Gonagoll.
"Alright" I said
"Sure Professor" answered James.
I was given the timetables for 1st to 3rd years and James was given the timetables for 4th to 7th years. He so valiantly offered to take an extra year. I still hadn't looked up at him, I couldn't bare seeing his face. We started giving out timetables up and down the table. I knew he was looking at me the whole time, but I couldn't look up. I guess it hurt. He stopped me and turned me to face him.
"Hi" he said "last night was great. I had a great time"
"Oh" was my only answer.
"What do you mean by 'oh'?" he asked precautiously.
"I'm glad you had a nice evening. But I'm sure you had an even BETTER morning." I replied. I dropped the rest of the timetables in his hands and turned to leave, but he grabbed my hand.
"Lily wait" he pleaded.
"Potter LET GO OF MY HAND" I yelled, I didn't care that everyones eyes were on me and James.
"Just listen. I know you must feel hurt, but it was nothing I swear. What you saw this morning was nothing?" I started to loosen his grip on my hand. "Just listen I'll explain"
My hand was free from his grip and I was free to leave, but I didn't.
"In order to feel hurt, that is what you think I feel, I would have to actually CARE. Goodbye Potter" I said calmly and rationally. His voice seemed to have gone missing, I took this opportunity to turn around and walk out of the hall. Everyone was staring from James to me. I have an idea what they were thinking. "Potter speechless, Potter rejected, Evans screaming then calm". I made my way to my 1st period, Arithmancy, and sat down. Bec had accompanied me all the way to the classroom even though she had Divinations. She really was my best friend. She knew when to comfort me and when to let me think by myself. This was one of those times I just wanted to think by myself.
Authors note- Yes Sirius found out that Malfoy would marry Narcissa, their cousins afterall. Hope you enjoyed. I'll update ASAP. Mwah.