YAY!! \(^_^)/ Finally Chapter Five! Not much of a breakthrough in my writing interests but hey it's good for me lol...Now you all know how Lily and James are friends...for now *wink wink*...well I want to keep going just to build up dramatic tension and to focus more on the plot which is explained in the summary. Plus I'm getting rid of Ashley...well only as James's girlfriend but you haven't exactly seen the last of her... o.O --- I LOVE THAT FACE!! *clears throat* anyway, I give you *drumroll* CHAPTER FIVE!
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Lily walked to breakfast, the next morning, in a good mood. She and James were finally friends and nothing could go wrong now. She sat down next to Jennifer, who didn't have the regular bright smile on her face that she usually did.
"Jenny, what's wrong?" Lily said worriedly as she put her hand on Jennifer's back.
"Lily, my parents are divorcing." Jennifer said quietly. A small tear rolled down her cheek.
"Oh wow, I'm sorry. What's going on back home?"
"Well you know how there's that rise of Dark Side with that guy Voldemort..."
Lily nodded slowly. She remembered reading about Voldemort in the Daily Prophet. He was an evil man who had plans to take over the wizarding world. He hated muggles and worst of all, witches and wizards that had parents who were muggles. Lily was a muggle-born witch.
"My dad's gone over to the dark side! My parents had a big fight about it and now they're separating!" Jennifer rested her head on her arms on the table and burst out into tears.
Lily tried her best to comfort Jennifer but it wasn't working. "Oh come on Jennifer, it'll get better, what's the worse this Voldemort guy can do? Nothing's happened so far."
"Easy for you to say, Lily. Your parents have no idea what's going on. You're practically safe and at least your parents are still together." With that, Jennifer got up, grabbed her bag and ran out of the Great Hall.
Lily sighed deeply and poured herself some pumpkin juice. As she took a sip, she felt a tap on her shoulder making her jump. She turned around quickly.
"Who the-" She yelled before realising who it was. "Oh, James, it's you."
"Well at least one of us is happy this morning." James said quietly as he sat down besides her.
"Oh sorry. You just freaked me out. So what's up?"
"I broke up with Ashley a few minutes ago." James replied casually.
"And this is a good thing?" Lily asked curiously.
"No, not really. I really liked her actually. She just liked to mess around too much, who would thought she liked girls too."
"Eww, is she-"
"Yup yup yup. But hey that's her problem, not mine."
"I guess, so which girl are you pursuing now?"
"Someone..." James said slowly as she made quick eye contact with Lily.
Lily looked at James curiously. 'I wonder who it is?' (Boy is she slow. (-_-;))
The bell rang and there were noises of people moving and papers being stuffed into bags. James headed for Defence Against the Dark Arts, while Lily went to History of Magic.
***In Defence Against the Dark Arts***
"Scissors cuts paper, Sirius. I win...again." James said happily as he took out a sheet of parchment and started to doodle.
"Damn it, I've never won against you before." Sirius replied angrily as he turned his attention to the teacher, Professor Fink, who was going on about giants.
"Giants hate magic and they dislike change. Anything different can scare them. Who knows the story of Harriet the Huge and what is her significance in Giant History?" Professor Fink said in a bored tone. "Yes Miss Robinson?"
A slim girl in glasses put her hand down and began to speak. "Harriet the Huge is best known for her battle with her sister Helga the Hellraiser. The battle is significant because while Harriet was in power, Helga felt as though they should move to a new mountain area in Nova Scotia. A place which was very different from their normal home in Scandinavia. Harriet's stubborn attitude towards change is why most giants dislike change."
"Thank you, Miss Robinson. 50 points to Gryffindor." Professor Fink said gently. Her grey eyes wandered over to James, who was focused on his little drawing. Professor Fink walked over to James and bent down in front of him. James raised his head slowly and his hazel eyes met with Professor Fink's grey ones.
"Mr. Potter..." She said slowly as she stood up from her crouching state.
"Yes, Professor Fink?" James asked slowly.
"Would you like to add Miss Robinson's response to my question?"
"Uh...well," James began slowly. "You see, Professor, I was uh so very very into what Brittany Robinson was saying that I forgot your question. Hah would you believe?"
"Hmm I'm sure you were." Professor Fink said sarcastically. "The question was how is the story of Harriet the Huge significant in Giant History."
James thought for a minute. "She's the reason why all giants are hideous."
The whole class snickered quietly, even Professor Fink.
"You know what, Mr. Potter? Just because I feel bad for your stupidity, I'll award Gryffindor five points."
The bell rang and James and Sirius got up. They were shortly joined by Remus and Peter.
"Nice way of getting out of detention." Remus said kindly. Peter nodded slowly.
James was about to reply when someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around to face a slim girl in glasses who was running her hand through her long auburn hair.
James sighed deeply. "Hello Brittany."
"Hi James, excellent way of getting out of detention." Brittany replied flirtatiously. Her deep blue eyes bore deep into James' hazel ones.
"Is there something you want?" James asked, breaking his eye contact with Brittany.
"Yeah actually. I heard you're really good at potions."
"Yeah so?"
"I was wondering if maybe you could help me with this project I have."
"What's the project?"
"A dream potion and it's ever so confusing." Brittany made an innocent face and pulled herself closer to James. "I could really appreciate your help, Jamesie. I could give something special in return."
"Hah whatever. I'll help you Brittany, but uh," James leaned down and whispered into Brittany's ear. "You and I can discuss repayment when your little project is over."
Brittany nodded slowly and let go off James. "Thanks James, I'll see you later.
"James? What the hell was that?" Sirius asked.
"Nothing, she just had a project that's all." James replied as he shrugged his shoulders.
"What about all this whispering and secrecy?" Remus asked calmly.
"I was just playing around. You know me."
"You play around too much, James. You better be careful with Brittany Robinson, She's a lot smarter than you think." Remus assured James.
"Oh come on, what's the worse she can do?"
Remus sighed deeply and rolled his eyes. 'There's no talking to James sometimes.'
***In History of Magic***
"You know Lily, you and James are the strangest people I know."
"Why do you say that Tiffany?" Lily asked one of her many friends.
"Well look at you two, one you hate each other, next thing you know you're the best of the friends. What's up with that?" Tiffany replied.
Tiffany Brown was another friend of Lily's. She was a half-blood witch. Her mother was a witch and her father was a muggle. She had black hair and light chestnut brown eyes. Tiffany was also Lily's neighbour in the muggle world so they were friends in primary school.
"Tiff, you're absolutely right, but if anyone is being strange it's me. I really am a bad judge of character."
"What are you talking about? All I said was that you and James were weird."
"Never mind."
Tiffany and Lily started to play Tic-Tac-Toe out of boredom from listening to Professor Binns drone on and on about important witches.
"Now class write down these notes while I think about my miserable life." Professor Binns said slowly as notes magically appeared on the chalkboard.
Lily and Tiffany wrote them down quickly and began to chat again.
"So are you still going with Daniel?" LIly asked quietly.
"Yeah we're thinking of going all the way." Tiffany replied calmly.
"Really? Are you sure you want to do that?"
"Well yeah. We're gonna have to do it eventually."
"I guess so."
"So anyone you like?"
"Someone..." Lily said slowly. James popped into her head instantly.
"Hmm is it James?"
"What? No! We're only friends."
"Well who?"
"Um..." Lily said the first name that popped into her head. "Um Remus Lupin."
"Aww my gosh he's adorable."
"Yeah..." Lily felt guilty about lying to Tiffany, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt as though she might actually have feelings for Remus.
"Well you know you and him make a cute couple. You have a lot in common."
"You really think so?"
"Yeah. You're both bookworms and you both have a passion for learning. You're both into Charms and Herbology and well you're both top students."
"You know, you're right Tiff."
"Of course I'm right. I know people and I certainly know how to play matchmaker."
"What are you scheming?"
"Nothing I was just saying."
"Do not try to hook us up."
"I won't I promise."
The bell rang and Lily and Tiffany packed up their bags to go. On the way out they saw James and his friends with Brittany Robinson. But what caught their attention more is what James was doing something to Brittany.
"There's your man. Why don't you go and talk to him." Tiffany said as she pointed to Remus.
Lily ignored what Tiffany said. "Look at James."
"What? Oh. Who's he with?"
"I think it's Brittany."
"Brittany? Which one?"
"Brittany Robinson."
"Oh."
Tiffany and Lily continued to stare at James and Brittany.
"You know what?" Tiffany said as she took her eyes off James and Brittany to put lip gloss on. "I can't tell if James is whispering in Brittany's ear or giving her a hickey."
"Let's hope he's just whispering." Lily replied bitterly as she turned to face Tiffany. "Come on, we'll be late for Care of Magical Creatures."
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Lily walked to breakfast, the next morning, in a good mood. She and James were finally friends and nothing could go wrong now. She sat down next to Jennifer, who didn't have the regular bright smile on her face that she usually did.
"Jenny, what's wrong?" Lily said worriedly as she put her hand on Jennifer's back.
"Lily, my parents are divorcing." Jennifer said quietly. A small tear rolled down her cheek.
"Oh wow, I'm sorry. What's going on back home?"
"Well you know how there's that rise of Dark Side with that guy Voldemort..."
Lily nodded slowly. She remembered reading about Voldemort in the Daily Prophet. He was an evil man who had plans to take over the wizarding world. He hated muggles and worst of all, witches and wizards that had parents who were muggles. Lily was a muggle-born witch.
"My dad's gone over to the dark side! My parents had a big fight about it and now they're separating!" Jennifer rested her head on her arms on the table and burst out into tears.
Lily tried her best to comfort Jennifer but it wasn't working. "Oh come on Jennifer, it'll get better, what's the worse this Voldemort guy can do? Nothing's happened so far."
"Easy for you to say, Lily. Your parents have no idea what's going on. You're practically safe and at least your parents are still together." With that, Jennifer got up, grabbed her bag and ran out of the Great Hall.
Lily sighed deeply and poured herself some pumpkin juice. As she took a sip, she felt a tap on her shoulder making her jump. She turned around quickly.
"Who the-" She yelled before realising who it was. "Oh, James, it's you."
"Well at least one of us is happy this morning." James said quietly as he sat down besides her.
"Oh sorry. You just freaked me out. So what's up?"
"I broke up with Ashley a few minutes ago." James replied casually.
"And this is a good thing?" Lily asked curiously.
"No, not really. I really liked her actually. She just liked to mess around too much, who would thought she liked girls too."
"Eww, is she-"
"Yup yup yup. But hey that's her problem, not mine."
"I guess, so which girl are you pursuing now?"
"Someone..." James said slowly as she made quick eye contact with Lily.
Lily looked at James curiously. 'I wonder who it is?' (Boy is she slow. (-_-;))
The bell rang and there were noises of people moving and papers being stuffed into bags. James headed for Defence Against the Dark Arts, while Lily went to History of Magic.
***In Defence Against the Dark Arts***
"Scissors cuts paper, Sirius. I win...again." James said happily as he took out a sheet of parchment and started to doodle.
"Damn it, I've never won against you before." Sirius replied angrily as he turned his attention to the teacher, Professor Fink, who was going on about giants.
"Giants hate magic and they dislike change. Anything different can scare them. Who knows the story of Harriet the Huge and what is her significance in Giant History?" Professor Fink said in a bored tone. "Yes Miss Robinson?"
A slim girl in glasses put her hand down and began to speak. "Harriet the Huge is best known for her battle with her sister Helga the Hellraiser. The battle is significant because while Harriet was in power, Helga felt as though they should move to a new mountain area in Nova Scotia. A place which was very different from their normal home in Scandinavia. Harriet's stubborn attitude towards change is why most giants dislike change."
"Thank you, Miss Robinson. 50 points to Gryffindor." Professor Fink said gently. Her grey eyes wandered over to James, who was focused on his little drawing. Professor Fink walked over to James and bent down in front of him. James raised his head slowly and his hazel eyes met with Professor Fink's grey ones.
"Mr. Potter..." She said slowly as she stood up from her crouching state.
"Yes, Professor Fink?" James asked slowly.
"Would you like to add Miss Robinson's response to my question?"
"Uh...well," James began slowly. "You see, Professor, I was uh so very very into what Brittany Robinson was saying that I forgot your question. Hah would you believe?"
"Hmm I'm sure you were." Professor Fink said sarcastically. "The question was how is the story of Harriet the Huge significant in Giant History."
James thought for a minute. "She's the reason why all giants are hideous."
The whole class snickered quietly, even Professor Fink.
"You know what, Mr. Potter? Just because I feel bad for your stupidity, I'll award Gryffindor five points."
The bell rang and James and Sirius got up. They were shortly joined by Remus and Peter.
"Nice way of getting out of detention." Remus said kindly. Peter nodded slowly.
James was about to reply when someone tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around to face a slim girl in glasses who was running her hand through her long auburn hair.
James sighed deeply. "Hello Brittany."
"Hi James, excellent way of getting out of detention." Brittany replied flirtatiously. Her deep blue eyes bore deep into James' hazel ones.
"Is there something you want?" James asked, breaking his eye contact with Brittany.
"Yeah actually. I heard you're really good at potions."
"Yeah so?"
"I was wondering if maybe you could help me with this project I have."
"What's the project?"
"A dream potion and it's ever so confusing." Brittany made an innocent face and pulled herself closer to James. "I could really appreciate your help, Jamesie. I could give something special in return."
"Hah whatever. I'll help you Brittany, but uh," James leaned down and whispered into Brittany's ear. "You and I can discuss repayment when your little project is over."
Brittany nodded slowly and let go off James. "Thanks James, I'll see you later.
"James? What the hell was that?" Sirius asked.
"Nothing, she just had a project that's all." James replied as he shrugged his shoulders.
"What about all this whispering and secrecy?" Remus asked calmly.
"I was just playing around. You know me."
"You play around too much, James. You better be careful with Brittany Robinson, She's a lot smarter than you think." Remus assured James.
"Oh come on, what's the worse she can do?"
Remus sighed deeply and rolled his eyes. 'There's no talking to James sometimes.'
***In History of Magic***
"You know Lily, you and James are the strangest people I know."
"Why do you say that Tiffany?" Lily asked one of her many friends.
"Well look at you two, one you hate each other, next thing you know you're the best of the friends. What's up with that?" Tiffany replied.
Tiffany Brown was another friend of Lily's. She was a half-blood witch. Her mother was a witch and her father was a muggle. She had black hair and light chestnut brown eyes. Tiffany was also Lily's neighbour in the muggle world so they were friends in primary school.
"Tiff, you're absolutely right, but if anyone is being strange it's me. I really am a bad judge of character."
"What are you talking about? All I said was that you and James were weird."
"Never mind."
Tiffany and Lily started to play Tic-Tac-Toe out of boredom from listening to Professor Binns drone on and on about important witches.
"Now class write down these notes while I think about my miserable life." Professor Binns said slowly as notes magically appeared on the chalkboard.
Lily and Tiffany wrote them down quickly and began to chat again.
"So are you still going with Daniel?" LIly asked quietly.
"Yeah we're thinking of going all the way." Tiffany replied calmly.
"Really? Are you sure you want to do that?"
"Well yeah. We're gonna have to do it eventually."
"I guess so."
"So anyone you like?"
"Someone..." Lily said slowly. James popped into her head instantly.
"Hmm is it James?"
"What? No! We're only friends."
"Well who?"
"Um..." Lily said the first name that popped into her head. "Um Remus Lupin."
"Aww my gosh he's adorable."
"Yeah..." Lily felt guilty about lying to Tiffany, but the more she thought about it, the more she felt as though she might actually have feelings for Remus.
"Well you know you and him make a cute couple. You have a lot in common."
"You really think so?"
"Yeah. You're both bookworms and you both have a passion for learning. You're both into Charms and Herbology and well you're both top students."
"You know, you're right Tiff."
"Of course I'm right. I know people and I certainly know how to play matchmaker."
"What are you scheming?"
"Nothing I was just saying."
"Do not try to hook us up."
"I won't I promise."
The bell rang and Lily and Tiffany packed up their bags to go. On the way out they saw James and his friends with Brittany Robinson. But what caught their attention more is what James was doing something to Brittany.
"There's your man. Why don't you go and talk to him." Tiffany said as she pointed to Remus.
Lily ignored what Tiffany said. "Look at James."
"What? Oh. Who's he with?"
"I think it's Brittany."
"Brittany? Which one?"
"Brittany Robinson."
"Oh."
Tiffany and Lily continued to stare at James and Brittany.
"You know what?" Tiffany said as she took her eyes off James and Brittany to put lip gloss on. "I can't tell if James is whispering in Brittany's ear or giving her a hickey."
"Let's hope he's just whispering." Lily replied bitterly as she turned to face Tiffany. "Come on, we'll be late for Care of Magical Creatures."