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Chapter 5: 'Mean Red Spider'
"I got a mean red spider, and she been webbin' all over town I got a mean red spider, and she been webbin' all over town I'm gonna get me a mean black spider, so I can tear her cobweb down"
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"You look pissed." Said Sirius when sat down next to him,
"Yeah, why aren't you over there with the tree huggers like you've been all week?" Asked Cade as he pulled a face, as if to show even mentioning them in a politically incorrect way brought him that much annoyance. I rolled my eyes and didn't even answer. I didn't have the patience to deal with these idiots, besides if I told them the reason I'd be laughed out of the great hall.
"Think I should take Park to the Formal?" Sirius asked as he twirled the pasta in his plate. The formal was in one week and I had yet to even think of another person to ask, maybe I just wouldn't go at all.
"She's a Hufflepuff." Alan Gust offered as he took a chicken leg off one of the many lunch plates. Sirius shrugged as if to say 'True.' And stood, pushing his pate towards the middle of the table as the food and plate disappeared.
"Where are you going?" I said.
"To cancel with Park..." He walked off and I couldn't help but feel sick with the way he was acting. Just because this girl was a Hufflepuff and Alan thought Hufflepuffs were pushovers Sirius was going to dump her. What idiots, I didn't want to even be near them anymore. I took my books and left the table without another word, as if they'd even notice I was gone...
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The court yard trees swayed in the fall breeze and golden brown leaves tossed around on the pavement as I sat on one of the concrete benches. I was glad to be out the great hall, for some reason right then my 'friends' just seemed so cheap to me. Like a bunch of fakes, but then again that is what they are... that's what I am.
"James? Mind if I sit?" I lifted my head up to see Lily standing in front of me holding a few of her text books. Her hair was fluffy looking and eyes stood out nicely against all the fall colors around us.
"Sure, go ahead." I scooted over and she sat on the bench, putting her books on her lap. We sat in silence for a minute or two. Lily looked nervous, and I was too preoccupied running over my own thoughts of what a fake I was to even remember that I was sitting next to the girl that I had embarrassed myself in front of.
"James, why did you ask me to the formal?" I closed my eyes as the question drifted it's meaning through my mind. Why did I ask her? The girl had told me she hated me less than and hour after I first met her and I still was stupid enough to ask her to a dance. The only means of explanation is that I was just drawn, for once more mentally than physically. She was pretty, no doubt, but she had something in her that I had sensed, something that makes me want to know and feel more. It was silly though, no one in real life feels this way this fast, it's probably just hormones or just me subconsciously looking to piss off my father. "James?" She asked again.
"I don't know Lily, does it matter? You said no, it's over and it's fine." Her eye brows rose.
"I didn't say no, I said 'Umm' and you cut me off." Whoa, what was that? Was that a 'I didn't say no, James.' ? I believe it was... A smile creeps on to my face as I turn towards her.
"So is it no or yes?" Lily looked me strait in the face and asked
"Do you want it to be yes, or was it just a spur of the moment question?"
"Oh, I very much would like the answer to be yes." I said turning on my charm switch- it couldn't hurt. She sighed and a 'here we go' smile tugged at her lips. It looked like she was fighting some inner battle, 'hate him, or date him?'.
"All right, yes, I'll go to the formal with you James." I grinned; this was not something I was expecting to happen today. Not too often do things that I consider 'good' happen in my days. Lily rolled her eyes and got up, walking back towards the Great Hall and trying not to look happy. I may not have known her for that long, but I did know the last thing Lily Evans was going to do was go back and tell all of her friends. More likely, she would just quietly shop for a dress, show up at the formal, and shock the hell out of everyone. What a girl.
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"Evens? The teacher girl?" Sirius' face looked pale.
"Yes, 'the teacher girl'" I said to him as I watched for the snitch.
"You're crazy." He said as he beat a rather fast bludger away just before it slammed into my head. "She's a hippie James, she's a student teacher, and she's a muggle born. Your father will murder you!"
"You know Sirius, sometimes, I'll be sitting next to you and I'll look at your face and this utter calmness just washes over me as I wonder to myself 'why don't I kill him? Why don't I just murder him?'"
"Ummm, is that a threat?"
"No Sirius," I said as I leaned down ready to scoop up the snitch which I just saw flutter through some near by tree branches. "It's a thought of mine, and I'm giving it to you to show how much I appreciate your friendship." I flew down and Sirius' face screwed up after a minute or two when he understood what I had just told him.
"HEY!" He screamed as a bludger flew past him and spun him around, "Hey! That wasn't nice! That wasn't nice at all!" Grasping my hand around the small golden sphere I turned around to face him and grinned in my evil little way.
"No, it wasn't . But there is a bludger flying at your head right now."
"Where?" He asked, and then the bludger hit him square in the back knocking him straight down to the ground.
"Oh sorry Sirius! I should have just yelled 'behind you!', but you know, I was too busy trying to figure out how to tell you in a nice way that a 25 pound ball was flying towards your head." I shouted, to which the only reply I received was a rather discourteous hand motion from Sirius who was about seven yards below on the muddy grass.
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"If I don't go crazy, I will surely lose my mind Well you know if I don't go crazy, I will surely lose my mind That's jus' a mean red spider, and she jus' bother me all the time"
Chapter 5: 'Mean Red Spider'
"I got a mean red spider, and she been webbin' all over town I got a mean red spider, and she been webbin' all over town I'm gonna get me a mean black spider, so I can tear her cobweb down"
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"You look pissed." Said Sirius when sat down next to him,
"Yeah, why aren't you over there with the tree huggers like you've been all week?" Asked Cade as he pulled a face, as if to show even mentioning them in a politically incorrect way brought him that much annoyance. I rolled my eyes and didn't even answer. I didn't have the patience to deal with these idiots, besides if I told them the reason I'd be laughed out of the great hall.
"Think I should take Park to the Formal?" Sirius asked as he twirled the pasta in his plate. The formal was in one week and I had yet to even think of another person to ask, maybe I just wouldn't go at all.
"She's a Hufflepuff." Alan Gust offered as he took a chicken leg off one of the many lunch plates. Sirius shrugged as if to say 'True.' And stood, pushing his pate towards the middle of the table as the food and plate disappeared.
"Where are you going?" I said.
"To cancel with Park..." He walked off and I couldn't help but feel sick with the way he was acting. Just because this girl was a Hufflepuff and Alan thought Hufflepuffs were pushovers Sirius was going to dump her. What idiots, I didn't want to even be near them anymore. I took my books and left the table without another word, as if they'd even notice I was gone...
* * *
The court yard trees swayed in the fall breeze and golden brown leaves tossed around on the pavement as I sat on one of the concrete benches. I was glad to be out the great hall, for some reason right then my 'friends' just seemed so cheap to me. Like a bunch of fakes, but then again that is what they are... that's what I am.
"James? Mind if I sit?" I lifted my head up to see Lily standing in front of me holding a few of her text books. Her hair was fluffy looking and eyes stood out nicely against all the fall colors around us.
"Sure, go ahead." I scooted over and she sat on the bench, putting her books on her lap. We sat in silence for a minute or two. Lily looked nervous, and I was too preoccupied running over my own thoughts of what a fake I was to even remember that I was sitting next to the girl that I had embarrassed myself in front of.
"James, why did you ask me to the formal?" I closed my eyes as the question drifted it's meaning through my mind. Why did I ask her? The girl had told me she hated me less than and hour after I first met her and I still was stupid enough to ask her to a dance. The only means of explanation is that I was just drawn, for once more mentally than physically. She was pretty, no doubt, but she had something in her that I had sensed, something that makes me want to know and feel more. It was silly though, no one in real life feels this way this fast, it's probably just hormones or just me subconsciously looking to piss off my father. "James?" She asked again.
"I don't know Lily, does it matter? You said no, it's over and it's fine." Her eye brows rose.
"I didn't say no, I said 'Umm' and you cut me off." Whoa, what was that? Was that a 'I didn't say no, James.' ? I believe it was... A smile creeps on to my face as I turn towards her.
"So is it no or yes?" Lily looked me strait in the face and asked
"Do you want it to be yes, or was it just a spur of the moment question?"
"Oh, I very much would like the answer to be yes." I said turning on my charm switch- it couldn't hurt. She sighed and a 'here we go' smile tugged at her lips. It looked like she was fighting some inner battle, 'hate him, or date him?'.
"All right, yes, I'll go to the formal with you James." I grinned; this was not something I was expecting to happen today. Not too often do things that I consider 'good' happen in my days. Lily rolled her eyes and got up, walking back towards the Great Hall and trying not to look happy. I may not have known her for that long, but I did know the last thing Lily Evans was going to do was go back and tell all of her friends. More likely, she would just quietly shop for a dress, show up at the formal, and shock the hell out of everyone. What a girl.
* * *
"Evens? The teacher girl?" Sirius' face looked pale.
"Yes, 'the teacher girl'" I said to him as I watched for the snitch.
"You're crazy." He said as he beat a rather fast bludger away just before it slammed into my head. "She's a hippie James, she's a student teacher, and she's a muggle born. Your father will murder you!"
"You know Sirius, sometimes, I'll be sitting next to you and I'll look at your face and this utter calmness just washes over me as I wonder to myself 'why don't I kill him? Why don't I just murder him?'"
"Ummm, is that a threat?"
"No Sirius," I said as I leaned down ready to scoop up the snitch which I just saw flutter through some near by tree branches. "It's a thought of mine, and I'm giving it to you to show how much I appreciate your friendship." I flew down and Sirius' face screwed up after a minute or two when he understood what I had just told him.
"HEY!" He screamed as a bludger flew past him and spun him around, "Hey! That wasn't nice! That wasn't nice at all!" Grasping my hand around the small golden sphere I turned around to face him and grinned in my evil little way.
"No, it wasn't . But there is a bludger flying at your head right now."
"Where?" He asked, and then the bludger hit him square in the back knocking him straight down to the ground.
"Oh sorry Sirius! I should have just yelled 'behind you!', but you know, I was too busy trying to figure out how to tell you in a nice way that a 25 pound ball was flying towards your head." I shouted, to which the only reply I received was a rather discourteous hand motion from Sirius who was about seven yards below on the muddy grass.
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"If I don't go crazy, I will surely lose my mind Well you know if I don't go crazy, I will surely lose my mind That's jus' a mean red spider, and she jus' bother me all the time"
