Lily smiled politely while James rolled his eyes.
"Well that's the most stupid reason. . ." he muttered, as they made their way upstairs.
"Yeah," Lily agreed, running her fingers through her hair. "So. . . anyway. . . Do you know what time we have to be at the Ministry?"
"A car's picking us up tomorrow," James replied with a shrug. "Around about twelve-ish I think."
"Okay," Lily said, as they reached her door first. "Well. . . I'll. . . see you in a bit, I guess."
James nodded slightly, but didn't move. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but then his shoulders slumped and he stepped back slightly.
"Right. 'Bye."
~*~
"Uh-oh. . ." Sirius Black smirked to himself as he watched Danny Noonan burst in through the Gryffindor Portrait Hole. "Somebody doesn't look happy."
Remus glanced over to where Danny was standing and studied him. "Where do you think he's been?"
"Probably keeping tags on Lily," Sirius muttered. "Poor kid. It's like he's got her on leash."
"Not according to James. . ." Peter spoke up, with a sly smile.
Sirius rolled his eyes and kicked his feet up on a small table in front of him. "Nothing will happen about that. So they snogged. Big deal! Lily was all 'oh no, what a bad girl I am' afterwards, wasn't she?"
"Well. . . yeah, but-"
"No. Noonan wouldn't be able to cope without Lily, and she knows it."
"I guess. . . But she must be sick of him being so possessive. Anyone would be."
"Of course she is," Remus said simply.
When Peter looked at him questioningly, Remus shrugged. "Come on, she obviously likes James. And. . ."
"You think Noonan's pushing her away?" Peter asked.
"Yeah. Something like that."
~*~
"Lily's shacked up with Potter!" Danny yelled, as he came to a halt in front of his friends.
"Yes, Danny," Courtney said patiently, not looking up from the book she was now reading. "We already knew that. Lily and James are 'shacked up' in a hotel, so they can go to the Ministry-"
"Yes, but did we know that they'd be 'shacked up' in the same ROOM?" Danny snapped, glaring at her.
Mattie raised his eyebrows. "They're staying in the same hotel room?"
"Yeah! See? I KNEW I didn't want her getting mixed up with James Potter and his gang!"
"Hey," Sirius Black snapped, having heard Danny shouting and sauntered over. "I'm part of that gang, mate. And what are you so bothered about James for? Jealous?" he taunted.
Danny glowered at him. "Keep out of this, Black. And tell your little friend to leave MY girlfriend alone, okay?"
"Bit late for that," Sirius smirked, knowing he was annoying Noonan.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Whatever you want it to mean. . ." Again, Sirius smirked. "But then again, shouldn't it be the other way around? You be telling your girlfriend to leave MY friend, alone? If you're so bothered, that is. . ."
Danny glared at him, absolutely hating him at that moment.
And Courtney cursed under her breath. Damn Sirius Black and his big mouth. He just wanted to upset Danny, she knew that. . . Before if he mentioned that Lily and James snogged each other-
"So you knew Potter planned for them to stay in the same room?" Danny demanded.
Sirius looked mildly surprised. "They're staying in the same room? I didn't know that one. . . And James didn't mention it. . . Hmm. Must have been your darling girlfriend's idea. . ."
And with that, he sauntered off.
~*~
Lily groaned as she fell forwards onto the King-sized bed in her hotel room.
She was confused. She was really, really, unbelievably attracted to James. . . And yet she couldn't do anything about it. Even though her feelings towards Danny were starting to weaken.
She sighed as she rolled over onto her stomach.
Everything had been fine with Danny until James Potter turned up. Her school work had been amongst the highest in the year, and McGonagall had mentioned that she wasn't working so well recently. . . Ever since she realised she had feelings for James, coincidently.
Her train of thought was interrupted by a sudden knock at the door.
She frowned briefly, wondering who it was. . . Then she rolled her eyes.
Of course it would be James. Who else would it be?
She quickly crossed the room and threw open the door, and was mildly surprised to see it wasn't James at all, but a witch who was stood next to a food trolley.
"Hello!" the witch beamed. "We understand that you didn't make it in time for dinner, so I'm here to bring you something to eat. . ." She motioned towards the food trolley, and gently pushed it towards Lily. "I was just about to take some to your friend next door as well, but I thought that I may as well send everything in here and then tell the boy to come to your room. . . Is that okay with you?"
"Erm. . ." Lily frowned, looking down at the food. "I-I don't know. . ."
"Oh, if you don't like it honey, just send for one of the staff, they'll get you something you want to eat as soon as possible! Okay, well I'll just go get Mr Potter. . . " She was already walking away. "You're Head Boy and Girl at Hogwarts, aren't you? Oh, that's wonderful. . . I was a prefect myself, I remember how disappointed I was when I didn't get Head Girl. . ."
She walked off down the corridor, lightly tapping on James' door to tell him to go to Lily's room.
~*~
Danny sat hunched up in an armchair, glaring into space.
Everyone except Courtney and Mattie had abandoned him, obviously getting sick of his behaviour.
"I can't believe her. . ." Danny growled, to himself more than anymore else.
"Oh for God's sake, Noonan!" Mattie suddenly yelled. "Give her a break! You don't even know what's happened, just TRUST her, for once!" "I can't!"
"Well LEARN!"
"No!" Danny snapped. "You know what? I shouldn't have to learn! I'm sick of her, thinking she can just do whatever she likes. . . Sod her."
He stood up, running a hand through his hair. Then he began to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Courtney demanded.
"Hogsmeade," he retorted. "By that passage we found last month, Matt. . . And then. . ." his eyes flickered towards a group of girls who were talking and giggling in the centre of the Common Room. ". . . I think I'll have some fun tonight. God knows Evans is, so I may as well."
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"Well that's the most stupid reason. . ." he muttered, as they made their way upstairs.
"Yeah," Lily agreed, running her fingers through her hair. "So. . . anyway. . . Do you know what time we have to be at the Ministry?"
"A car's picking us up tomorrow," James replied with a shrug. "Around about twelve-ish I think."
"Okay," Lily said, as they reached her door first. "Well. . . I'll. . . see you in a bit, I guess."
James nodded slightly, but didn't move. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but then his shoulders slumped and he stepped back slightly.
"Right. 'Bye."
~*~
"Uh-oh. . ." Sirius Black smirked to himself as he watched Danny Noonan burst in through the Gryffindor Portrait Hole. "Somebody doesn't look happy."
Remus glanced over to where Danny was standing and studied him. "Where do you think he's been?"
"Probably keeping tags on Lily," Sirius muttered. "Poor kid. It's like he's got her on leash."
"Not according to James. . ." Peter spoke up, with a sly smile.
Sirius rolled his eyes and kicked his feet up on a small table in front of him. "Nothing will happen about that. So they snogged. Big deal! Lily was all 'oh no, what a bad girl I am' afterwards, wasn't she?"
"Well. . . yeah, but-"
"No. Noonan wouldn't be able to cope without Lily, and she knows it."
"I guess. . . But she must be sick of him being so possessive. Anyone would be."
"Of course she is," Remus said simply.
When Peter looked at him questioningly, Remus shrugged. "Come on, she obviously likes James. And. . ."
"You think Noonan's pushing her away?" Peter asked.
"Yeah. Something like that."
~*~
"Lily's shacked up with Potter!" Danny yelled, as he came to a halt in front of his friends.
"Yes, Danny," Courtney said patiently, not looking up from the book she was now reading. "We already knew that. Lily and James are 'shacked up' in a hotel, so they can go to the Ministry-"
"Yes, but did we know that they'd be 'shacked up' in the same ROOM?" Danny snapped, glaring at her.
Mattie raised his eyebrows. "They're staying in the same hotel room?"
"Yeah! See? I KNEW I didn't want her getting mixed up with James Potter and his gang!"
"Hey," Sirius Black snapped, having heard Danny shouting and sauntered over. "I'm part of that gang, mate. And what are you so bothered about James for? Jealous?" he taunted.
Danny glowered at him. "Keep out of this, Black. And tell your little friend to leave MY girlfriend alone, okay?"
"Bit late for that," Sirius smirked, knowing he was annoying Noonan.
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"Whatever you want it to mean. . ." Again, Sirius smirked. "But then again, shouldn't it be the other way around? You be telling your girlfriend to leave MY friend, alone? If you're so bothered, that is. . ."
Danny glared at him, absolutely hating him at that moment.
And Courtney cursed under her breath. Damn Sirius Black and his big mouth. He just wanted to upset Danny, she knew that. . . Before if he mentioned that Lily and James snogged each other-
"So you knew Potter planned for them to stay in the same room?" Danny demanded.
Sirius looked mildly surprised. "They're staying in the same room? I didn't know that one. . . And James didn't mention it. . . Hmm. Must have been your darling girlfriend's idea. . ."
And with that, he sauntered off.
~*~
Lily groaned as she fell forwards onto the King-sized bed in her hotel room.
She was confused. She was really, really, unbelievably attracted to James. . . And yet she couldn't do anything about it. Even though her feelings towards Danny were starting to weaken.
She sighed as she rolled over onto her stomach.
Everything had been fine with Danny until James Potter turned up. Her school work had been amongst the highest in the year, and McGonagall had mentioned that she wasn't working so well recently. . . Ever since she realised she had feelings for James, coincidently.
Her train of thought was interrupted by a sudden knock at the door.
She frowned briefly, wondering who it was. . . Then she rolled her eyes.
Of course it would be James. Who else would it be?
She quickly crossed the room and threw open the door, and was mildly surprised to see it wasn't James at all, but a witch who was stood next to a food trolley.
"Hello!" the witch beamed. "We understand that you didn't make it in time for dinner, so I'm here to bring you something to eat. . ." She motioned towards the food trolley, and gently pushed it towards Lily. "I was just about to take some to your friend next door as well, but I thought that I may as well send everything in here and then tell the boy to come to your room. . . Is that okay with you?"
"Erm. . ." Lily frowned, looking down at the food. "I-I don't know. . ."
"Oh, if you don't like it honey, just send for one of the staff, they'll get you something you want to eat as soon as possible! Okay, well I'll just go get Mr Potter. . . " She was already walking away. "You're Head Boy and Girl at Hogwarts, aren't you? Oh, that's wonderful. . . I was a prefect myself, I remember how disappointed I was when I didn't get Head Girl. . ."
She walked off down the corridor, lightly tapping on James' door to tell him to go to Lily's room.
~*~
Danny sat hunched up in an armchair, glaring into space.
Everyone except Courtney and Mattie had abandoned him, obviously getting sick of his behaviour.
"I can't believe her. . ." Danny growled, to himself more than anymore else.
"Oh for God's sake, Noonan!" Mattie suddenly yelled. "Give her a break! You don't even know what's happened, just TRUST her, for once!" "I can't!"
"Well LEARN!"
"No!" Danny snapped. "You know what? I shouldn't have to learn! I'm sick of her, thinking she can just do whatever she likes. . . Sod her."
He stood up, running a hand through his hair. Then he began to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Courtney demanded.
"Hogsmeade," he retorted. "By that passage we found last month, Matt. . . And then. . ." his eyes flickered towards a group of girls who were talking and giggling in the centre of the Common Room. ". . . I think I'll have some fun tonight. God knows Evans is, so I may as well."
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