The next day, Lily avoided James. This was hard as he seemed to be trailing
her, but she had to ignore him.
And things weren't exactly comfortable with Danny.
She felt guilty, but couldn't explain, so Danny took it that she was still mad it him. Therefore, he kept saying he was sorry, which only made Lily feel worse.
"Lily?" Courtney whispered during Transfiguration. "What's going on?"
Lily was slouched in her seat, turning her head away the many times James Potter turned round to try and speak to her. She was drumming her fingernails lightly on the desk, and absently doodling on one of her books. With her quill she had been scrawling a circle, and had accidentally scribbled out Danny's name, which had previously been doodled on the book, as she just let her hand go round and round. . .
"Lils? W. . . Why does Potter keep looking at you?"
Lily sighed and lowered her eyes. She shrugged emotionlessly, and let her eyes drift over to James, before she snapped them back on Danny.
Damn boys.
"C'mon Lily, tell me what's happened," Courtney persisted. She knew something wasn't right.
"Excuse me? Miss Addison and Miss Evans, is there something you wish to share?" McGonagall suddenly interrupted, looking annoyed from where she stood at the front of the class.
Courtney sighed as people turned to glance at them. Lily continued to stare at the table.
"No Professor, there's nothing we wish to share," she replied.
"Then will you please keep from discussing your personal lives in my classroom? Five points from Gryffindor."
Courtney rolled her eyes as McGonagall turned back to her desk.
"Okay. . ." she whispered to Lily. "Tell me in the dorm then?"
Lily hesitated, then nodded. "But I'm only telling you," she warned.
"Right," Courtney nodded.
~*~
"So you snogged him?" Courtney breathed, her eyebrows raised.
The two had decided to skip dinner and had headed up to their dorm whilst everyone else was still eating. They were both sitting on Lily's bed, Lily having just explained to Courtney what had happened the night before.
Lily nodded, her eyes focusing on the interesting pattern of the fabric on her duvet.
"And. . . what about Danny?"
Lily let her head drop into her hands and groans. "Danny won't stop asking for forgiveness! It's so. . . so. . . not right."
Courtney looked at her thoughtfully and was quiet for a second. "But. . . What about James?"
"What ABOUT James?"
"You haven't talked to him? You don't. . . feel anything for him?"
Lily looked at her stonily. "I do not feel anything for James Potter."
"Okay, okay. I was just checking," Courtney replied defensively.
Lily sighed. "Okay, maybe I feel something for him. . ." she groaned, making Courtney look at her with wide eyes. "But. . . ugh, I feel so guilty!"
"Well, you don't really need to feel guilty," Courtney replied. "You only kissed him, right? It could have been worse."
"But-"
"You just need to forget about him," she continued. Then she looked down at Lily and answered quietly, "If you want to, that is."
Before Lily could reply, there was a knock at the door.
Frowning, Courtney got up. "Who's that?" she called, as she made her way from the bed to the door.
"Lily?" the person replied.
"Oh crap, that's James," Lily muttered, burying her head into her pillow.
"Alright, I'll get rid of him then-"
"No, you won't get rid of me," James said curtly from behind the door. "Lily, come on, I need to talk to you."
"Pleeeeeease go away," Lily begged, while Courtney stood beside the door, not knowing what to do. "James, just. . . pretend like I don't exist."
James chuckled softly to himself. "Not that easy, I'm afraid."
"Well," Lily began heatedly. "I'm. . . not. . . talking to you," she finished.
"The silent treatment? Ooh, scary." He sighed, kicking the door gently. "Fine. I'm here on Head Boy business."
"Like that's going to make me let you come in."
"No, seriously. Dumbledore told me about it this morning. I don't want to really shout it through the door, but. . ."
"Oh for God's sake Lily, let him in," Courtney sighed, already opening the door.
James grinned triumphantly as the door was flung open, and nodded his thanks to Courtney. He then made his way over to Lily.
"Last night-" he started, but Lily cut him off by shaking her head.
"Nothing happened last night," she said through gritted teeth. Damn it, she could see his bloody eyes from there.
He sighed, getting annoyed. "Lily, I really-"
"You said you were on Head Boy business?" she asked sweetly, tilting her head to one side.
"Fine! Dumbledore's sending us to the Ministry for the weekend."
"WHAT?" Lily cried.
"Do you remember. . ." he glanced uncomfortably at Courtney. "Why you went to the Ministry that time? That time when you met my brother?"
Lily looked thoughtful for a moment then blinked and nodded her head impatiently. "Yeah, uh-huh."
"Well, it's because of that," he answered.
"All week end?" Lily said, her stomach plummeting.
"Yep. We're being put up in a hotel, just you and me," he replied confidently.
~*~
Tee-hee. Well, I hope you enjoyed that! Let me know what you thought. . . And thanks for the reviews on the last chapter! Bread and Cheese - they're all in Gryffindor.
And things weren't exactly comfortable with Danny.
She felt guilty, but couldn't explain, so Danny took it that she was still mad it him. Therefore, he kept saying he was sorry, which only made Lily feel worse.
"Lily?" Courtney whispered during Transfiguration. "What's going on?"
Lily was slouched in her seat, turning her head away the many times James Potter turned round to try and speak to her. She was drumming her fingernails lightly on the desk, and absently doodling on one of her books. With her quill she had been scrawling a circle, and had accidentally scribbled out Danny's name, which had previously been doodled on the book, as she just let her hand go round and round. . .
"Lils? W. . . Why does Potter keep looking at you?"
Lily sighed and lowered her eyes. She shrugged emotionlessly, and let her eyes drift over to James, before she snapped them back on Danny.
Damn boys.
"C'mon Lily, tell me what's happened," Courtney persisted. She knew something wasn't right.
"Excuse me? Miss Addison and Miss Evans, is there something you wish to share?" McGonagall suddenly interrupted, looking annoyed from where she stood at the front of the class.
Courtney sighed as people turned to glance at them. Lily continued to stare at the table.
"No Professor, there's nothing we wish to share," she replied.
"Then will you please keep from discussing your personal lives in my classroom? Five points from Gryffindor."
Courtney rolled her eyes as McGonagall turned back to her desk.
"Okay. . ." she whispered to Lily. "Tell me in the dorm then?"
Lily hesitated, then nodded. "But I'm only telling you," she warned.
"Right," Courtney nodded.
~*~
"So you snogged him?" Courtney breathed, her eyebrows raised.
The two had decided to skip dinner and had headed up to their dorm whilst everyone else was still eating. They were both sitting on Lily's bed, Lily having just explained to Courtney what had happened the night before.
Lily nodded, her eyes focusing on the interesting pattern of the fabric on her duvet.
"And. . . what about Danny?"
Lily let her head drop into her hands and groans. "Danny won't stop asking for forgiveness! It's so. . . so. . . not right."
Courtney looked at her thoughtfully and was quiet for a second. "But. . . What about James?"
"What ABOUT James?"
"You haven't talked to him? You don't. . . feel anything for him?"
Lily looked at her stonily. "I do not feel anything for James Potter."
"Okay, okay. I was just checking," Courtney replied defensively.
Lily sighed. "Okay, maybe I feel something for him. . ." she groaned, making Courtney look at her with wide eyes. "But. . . ugh, I feel so guilty!"
"Well, you don't really need to feel guilty," Courtney replied. "You only kissed him, right? It could have been worse."
"But-"
"You just need to forget about him," she continued. Then she looked down at Lily and answered quietly, "If you want to, that is."
Before Lily could reply, there was a knock at the door.
Frowning, Courtney got up. "Who's that?" she called, as she made her way from the bed to the door.
"Lily?" the person replied.
"Oh crap, that's James," Lily muttered, burying her head into her pillow.
"Alright, I'll get rid of him then-"
"No, you won't get rid of me," James said curtly from behind the door. "Lily, come on, I need to talk to you."
"Pleeeeeease go away," Lily begged, while Courtney stood beside the door, not knowing what to do. "James, just. . . pretend like I don't exist."
James chuckled softly to himself. "Not that easy, I'm afraid."
"Well," Lily began heatedly. "I'm. . . not. . . talking to you," she finished.
"The silent treatment? Ooh, scary." He sighed, kicking the door gently. "Fine. I'm here on Head Boy business."
"Like that's going to make me let you come in."
"No, seriously. Dumbledore told me about it this morning. I don't want to really shout it through the door, but. . ."
"Oh for God's sake Lily, let him in," Courtney sighed, already opening the door.
James grinned triumphantly as the door was flung open, and nodded his thanks to Courtney. He then made his way over to Lily.
"Last night-" he started, but Lily cut him off by shaking her head.
"Nothing happened last night," she said through gritted teeth. Damn it, she could see his bloody eyes from there.
He sighed, getting annoyed. "Lily, I really-"
"You said you were on Head Boy business?" she asked sweetly, tilting her head to one side.
"Fine! Dumbledore's sending us to the Ministry for the weekend."
"WHAT?" Lily cried.
"Do you remember. . ." he glanced uncomfortably at Courtney. "Why you went to the Ministry that time? That time when you met my brother?"
Lily looked thoughtful for a moment then blinked and nodded her head impatiently. "Yeah, uh-huh."
"Well, it's because of that," he answered.
"All week end?" Lily said, her stomach plummeting.
"Yep. We're being put up in a hotel, just you and me," he replied confidently.
~*~
Tee-hee. Well, I hope you enjoyed that! Let me know what you thought. . . And thanks for the reviews on the last chapter! Bread and Cheese - they're all in Gryffindor.