Over the next few days, Courtney and Kimberley seemed to decide that they
wanted to hang around with the Marauders as much as possible.
"Come on Lily," Courtney sighed one dinnertime. "They'll be somewhere around. Let's go look for them."
"But why? I really don't get why you're into them."
"And I really don't get why you're not! I mean, I know you have Danny and everything but . . ." Kim shrugged. "Why do you hate them so much?"
"I don't hate them. I just. . ." Lily hesitated, trying to think of a reason. "Don't know them," she said finally.
She knew she'd said the wrong thing when Courtney's eyes lit up. "Then we'll get you to know them!" she exclaimed, linking her arm through Lily's and walking quickly down the corridor.
"Courtney. . . " Lily laughed a little. "Do you two have no lives?"
"We have lives," Kim confirmed, walking on the other side of Courtney.
"Yeah, you do," Lily said. "Only they seem to revolve around shopping and boys."
"So? We're seventeen-year-old girls. What else do you expect?"
"For you to be something more than a pretty face with money?" Lily suggested.
"You trying to tell us you're more than that Lily?" Kim grinned. Then she suddenly spotted the people she was after. "There they are!" she announced happily. She quickened her pace ever so slightly, raising her head confidently and smiling.
"Oh joy," Lily murmured, but smiling anyway.
"Just get to know them," Courtney whispered. "So they have a bad reputation. We have a bit of a reputation ourselves. If you don't like them after we've talked to them then . . ."
"What?"
Courtney grinned. "You'll have to hang around with them anyway."
"Great. Wait, what's Kim doing?" Lily frowned slightly as Kimberley carried on walking straight past the four boys, who were leaning against a wall, talking and laughing.
"Well she's not just gonna march straight up to them and start talking is she? No, she'll see if they approach her," Courtney explained. "You know all this already Lils."
"Yeah I know. But I thought the way she was walking she was just going to go and start making conversation."
"Well, she's not. Oh, here we go." Lily could see Courtney's eyes on the Marauders, as Sirius noticed Kimberley. And then Courtney and Lily.
For the next fifteen minutes Lily had to make small talk, not knowing what to say. The Marauders, of course, had plenty to say.
"-so the we just filled his juice with this watered down spell thing, and he floated right up to the ceiling once he'd drank it! We were gonna take him outside, but we decided that his parents might care for him," James grinned.
Courtney and Kim laughed along, but Lily stared at him. "Why?"
"Huh?"
"Why would you do that?"
"Because . . ." James glanced at Sirius for help. "He's Snape."
"Yeah. And?"
Peter rolled his eyes. "Don't tell me you like Snape! Can you believe that James?"
"I'm having a little trouble believing it, I must say," James nodded. He looked at Lily with interest. "So you're in with Snape, huh?"
"No. I just think that's horrible of you if he's done nothing to you," Lily retorted, a hand flying to her hip.
Sirius looked amazed. "You do get we're talking about Severus Snape of Slytherin, right? You're not thinking of someone else?"
Lily gave him a dark look in reply.
"Ooh, I get it!" James suddenly exclaimed. "Got a little too friendly with him once, huh? Ugh, there's a thought to give you nightmares. But I thought you were with the great Daniel?" he said, mocking his name.
"Oh, as if. Anyway, this coming from the boy who's slept with half the female population," Courtney snapped back.
"Hey! That was a little harsh," James said, looking at Courtney tragically. Lily stared at him for a second. She'd seen that look somewhere else.
Oh yeah. Danny. It was his way of getting back in someone's good books.
And apparently it was James Potter's as well.
"Yeah well, don't diss us and we won't diss you," Kim replied, tossing her hair. "Come on, let's go. Guess you were right Lils."
Kim turned on her heel, as did Lily and Courtney.
"Right about what?" Sirius asked, but James grabbed Lily's arm and pulled her roughly back towards him.
"Okay, okay. I'm sorry. We're sorry," James insisted, though he didn't really get what he was saying sorry for.
All he knew is he was staring into the beautiful face of one of the only girls who wasn't falling head over heels for him or one of his friends.
"Let's start over, okay?" he said, not breaking eye contact with her.
"Jus-" Lily started to interrupt, but James grinned and cut her off.
"Hi! I'm James Potter." Lily shook her head but James carried on anyway. "These would be my friends Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. Now who would you three gorgeous ladies be?"
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"Come on Lily," Courtney sighed one dinnertime. "They'll be somewhere around. Let's go look for them."
"But why? I really don't get why you're into them."
"And I really don't get why you're not! I mean, I know you have Danny and everything but . . ." Kim shrugged. "Why do you hate them so much?"
"I don't hate them. I just. . ." Lily hesitated, trying to think of a reason. "Don't know them," she said finally.
She knew she'd said the wrong thing when Courtney's eyes lit up. "Then we'll get you to know them!" she exclaimed, linking her arm through Lily's and walking quickly down the corridor.
"Courtney. . . " Lily laughed a little. "Do you two have no lives?"
"We have lives," Kim confirmed, walking on the other side of Courtney.
"Yeah, you do," Lily said. "Only they seem to revolve around shopping and boys."
"So? We're seventeen-year-old girls. What else do you expect?"
"For you to be something more than a pretty face with money?" Lily suggested.
"You trying to tell us you're more than that Lily?" Kim grinned. Then she suddenly spotted the people she was after. "There they are!" she announced happily. She quickened her pace ever so slightly, raising her head confidently and smiling.
"Oh joy," Lily murmured, but smiling anyway.
"Just get to know them," Courtney whispered. "So they have a bad reputation. We have a bit of a reputation ourselves. If you don't like them after we've talked to them then . . ."
"What?"
Courtney grinned. "You'll have to hang around with them anyway."
"Great. Wait, what's Kim doing?" Lily frowned slightly as Kimberley carried on walking straight past the four boys, who were leaning against a wall, talking and laughing.
"Well she's not just gonna march straight up to them and start talking is she? No, she'll see if they approach her," Courtney explained. "You know all this already Lils."
"Yeah I know. But I thought the way she was walking she was just going to go and start making conversation."
"Well, she's not. Oh, here we go." Lily could see Courtney's eyes on the Marauders, as Sirius noticed Kimberley. And then Courtney and Lily.
For the next fifteen minutes Lily had to make small talk, not knowing what to say. The Marauders, of course, had plenty to say.
"-so the we just filled his juice with this watered down spell thing, and he floated right up to the ceiling once he'd drank it! We were gonna take him outside, but we decided that his parents might care for him," James grinned.
Courtney and Kim laughed along, but Lily stared at him. "Why?"
"Huh?"
"Why would you do that?"
"Because . . ." James glanced at Sirius for help. "He's Snape."
"Yeah. And?"
Peter rolled his eyes. "Don't tell me you like Snape! Can you believe that James?"
"I'm having a little trouble believing it, I must say," James nodded. He looked at Lily with interest. "So you're in with Snape, huh?"
"No. I just think that's horrible of you if he's done nothing to you," Lily retorted, a hand flying to her hip.
Sirius looked amazed. "You do get we're talking about Severus Snape of Slytherin, right? You're not thinking of someone else?"
Lily gave him a dark look in reply.
"Ooh, I get it!" James suddenly exclaimed. "Got a little too friendly with him once, huh? Ugh, there's a thought to give you nightmares. But I thought you were with the great Daniel?" he said, mocking his name.
"Oh, as if. Anyway, this coming from the boy who's slept with half the female population," Courtney snapped back.
"Hey! That was a little harsh," James said, looking at Courtney tragically. Lily stared at him for a second. She'd seen that look somewhere else.
Oh yeah. Danny. It was his way of getting back in someone's good books.
And apparently it was James Potter's as well.
"Yeah well, don't diss us and we won't diss you," Kim replied, tossing her hair. "Come on, let's go. Guess you were right Lils."
Kim turned on her heel, as did Lily and Courtney.
"Right about what?" Sirius asked, but James grabbed Lily's arm and pulled her roughly back towards him.
"Okay, okay. I'm sorry. We're sorry," James insisted, though he didn't really get what he was saying sorry for.
All he knew is he was staring into the beautiful face of one of the only girls who wasn't falling head over heels for him or one of his friends.
"Let's start over, okay?" he said, not breaking eye contact with her.
"Jus-" Lily started to interrupt, but James grinned and cut her off.
"Hi! I'm James Potter." Lily shook her head but James carried on anyway. "These would be my friends Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Peter Pettigrew. Now who would you three gorgeous ladies be?"
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thanks for the reviews! Wow I'm people's fave list. Thank you! And no, I don't know anyone called Daniel Noonan. I just made up the name, lol.