Lily woke the next morning, ready to begin searching for her admirer.
Anyone she caught looking at her more than once was to go on her list.
Samantha and Erin had agreed to help.
Together, they walked down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Each one had a notebook and quill ready. Lily turned to Samantha, who was writing. "Got one already?" Lily asked. Samantha nodded and kept writing. Lily rolled her eyes and kept walking. She sat down at the Gryffindor table and looked around. She could see a few people looking at her, but most of them were girls waving and saying hi. She smiled and waved back, still keeping her eyes peeled for guys staring at her.
She took a bite of her bacon and eggs and was jerked from her thoughts by a raucous peal of laughter coming from a few seats down. It was Sirius Black, James Potter and their group. Lily rolled her eyes. She noticed James was not looking at her. This was getting more and more usual. Before, he would stare at her and try to catch her eye. Now he barely paid any attention to her. Maybe this meant he was finally getting over her! Lily rejoiced.
She turned back to the hall and her breakfast. To her dismay, she noticed Lucius Malfoy looking at her. She was thoroughly grossed out, but wrote his name down. If he, the Slytherin jerk with a liking for calling her "Mudblood" was her secret admirer, she was going to have to hurl herself off a cliff.
Come to think of it, Severus Snape was also staring at her. What was with all the Slytherins suddenly watching her? She resisted temptation to throw something at his face, and wrote his name down. He quickly looked away when he realized she was looking back at him.
She decided to look around her at the other tables. She looked up at James and Sirius, Remus and Peter. She was starting to get confused. James had liked her for ages. Why would he suddenly just get over her? She caught herself. You don't actually miss James liking you, do you? she asked herself. She shook her head and watched the Ravenclaws. By the time breakfast was over, they had at least four people written down each. They compared notes and realized they each had the same four except for Erin, who had missed seeing Severus.
Lily sighed. All the guys they had seen were not at all desirable, and none of the girls thought they were the type to like Lily. She was glad for that.
They spent the rest of the day looking for people, and by the end of the day were totally frustrated.
"I can't find a single person!" Samantha fumed.
"Me neither!" said Erin, looking disgruntled. Erin was considered the queen of fixing people up, and had a knack for knowing when two people secretly liked each other.
Lily found herself being more and more intrigued, especially when another owl came flying through the window at the same time as yesterday's had. It was a different owl though. She took off its envelope and found inside it a letter. When she took the letter from inside the envelope, she found many, many roses had been magically fitted inside. They were all fragrant, and very large. Red, pink, and even white! Samantha and Erin set about counting them and came back shocked.
"Lily, there's sixty seven roses here!" Erin exclaimed.
"Sixty seven?" Lily gasped. "That's my favourite number!"
"Who is watching you so closely they know your favourite number?" Samantha asked. "Oh, Li, I'm so jealous!"
Lily laughed and the trio moved the flowers up to the dormitory where the other girls gasped and oohed and ahhed over them.
Together, they walked down to the Great Hall for breakfast. Each one had a notebook and quill ready. Lily turned to Samantha, who was writing. "Got one already?" Lily asked. Samantha nodded and kept writing. Lily rolled her eyes and kept walking. She sat down at the Gryffindor table and looked around. She could see a few people looking at her, but most of them were girls waving and saying hi. She smiled and waved back, still keeping her eyes peeled for guys staring at her.
She took a bite of her bacon and eggs and was jerked from her thoughts by a raucous peal of laughter coming from a few seats down. It was Sirius Black, James Potter and their group. Lily rolled her eyes. She noticed James was not looking at her. This was getting more and more usual. Before, he would stare at her and try to catch her eye. Now he barely paid any attention to her. Maybe this meant he was finally getting over her! Lily rejoiced.
She turned back to the hall and her breakfast. To her dismay, she noticed Lucius Malfoy looking at her. She was thoroughly grossed out, but wrote his name down. If he, the Slytherin jerk with a liking for calling her "Mudblood" was her secret admirer, she was going to have to hurl herself off a cliff.
Come to think of it, Severus Snape was also staring at her. What was with all the Slytherins suddenly watching her? She resisted temptation to throw something at his face, and wrote his name down. He quickly looked away when he realized she was looking back at him.
She decided to look around her at the other tables. She looked up at James and Sirius, Remus and Peter. She was starting to get confused. James had liked her for ages. Why would he suddenly just get over her? She caught herself. You don't actually miss James liking you, do you? she asked herself. She shook her head and watched the Ravenclaws. By the time breakfast was over, they had at least four people written down each. They compared notes and realized they each had the same four except for Erin, who had missed seeing Severus.
Lily sighed. All the guys they had seen were not at all desirable, and none of the girls thought they were the type to like Lily. She was glad for that.
They spent the rest of the day looking for people, and by the end of the day were totally frustrated.
"I can't find a single person!" Samantha fumed.
"Me neither!" said Erin, looking disgruntled. Erin was considered the queen of fixing people up, and had a knack for knowing when two people secretly liked each other.
Lily found herself being more and more intrigued, especially when another owl came flying through the window at the same time as yesterday's had. It was a different owl though. She took off its envelope and found inside it a letter. When she took the letter from inside the envelope, she found many, many roses had been magically fitted inside. They were all fragrant, and very large. Red, pink, and even white! Samantha and Erin set about counting them and came back shocked.
"Lily, there's sixty seven roses here!" Erin exclaimed.
"Sixty seven?" Lily gasped. "That's my favourite number!"
"Who is watching you so closely they know your favourite number?" Samantha asked. "Oh, Li, I'm so jealous!"
Lily laughed and the trio moved the flowers up to the dormitory where the other girls gasped and oohed and ahhed over them.