GREEN EYES
CHAPTER 17-CHINESE FOOD
Lily looked out the window as the castle moved out of sight. She turned to face the people that were with her in her apartment. James was seated next to her, his arms around her waist, her leaning back into him. Sirius was talking with Lauren, oblivious to anything else. Remus and Jamie were facing each other, discussing why muggles had televisions. Remus didn't really understand how the people got into the box, so Jamie was trying to explain it. Peter evidently didn't like Lauren, because he had left as soon as she came into the compartment. Lily then realized that Jamie was calling her.
"What?" asked Lily. Jamie pretended to be shocked.
"Wow, it moves! I've only been calling you for the past five minutes. You should really get your ears checked." said Jamie, popping a chocolate frog in her mouth.
"Sorry, really, what were you saying again?" asked Lily. Jamie sighed.
"I was just thinking that we should go out to a resturant tonight. It might be fun." said Jamie.
"Oh yeah, that sounds good. You know were we should go?" asked Lily.
"No, where?" said Jamie. She had finished the chocolate frog and was now eating some every flavor beans.
"That chinese food resturant down the street from the high school. I love that place, and we never have chinese food at Hogwarts." said Lily, now excited.
"Chinese food?" said Sirius questioningly. "We're going to China? I thought we were going to your house."
"No, no, it's a chinese resturant. It's in London, they serve food from China." said Jamie.
"Wait, so how does it get there from China? How long do you have to wait?" asked Remus.
"It doesn't get there from China. Only the recipe's from China. They make the food in the resturant." said Lily.
"Oh...that makes sense." said Sirius slowly. Lily sighed. This was going to be a long summer vacation.
***
"LILY!!!!!!" yelled a voice. Lily turned around and spotted her parents waving to her a little bit away. James was with her, and he looked a little nervous. Lily laughed at the thought of James being nervous, and then ran over to hug her parents.
"Hi mom, hi dad, this is my friend James." said Lily. Her parents reached out and shook James' hand.
"Nice to meet you," said Mr. Evans.
"Yes. You know, Lily has told us so much about you. I'm so glad I finally get to...oh my God, it's Jamie! She looks so great!" said Mrs. Evans. Jamie ran over and hugged Lily's parents, who were like second parents to her.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Evans. It's been way too long since I've seen you. I hope you are well." said Jamie. She then turned to her friends. "This is Remus, and over here is Sirius, and this is-" said Jamie, but she was cut off.
"Lauren Chambers-Westmoore. Please to meet you." said Lauren, extending her hand. The Evans took it and then turned back to Lily.
"Well, we better get going. Do you have all of your things?" said Mr. Evans.
"Yes!" chorused five voices.
"Ok, let's go then." said Mrs. Evans. Sirius, looking rather sad, turned to Lauren.
"I'll miss you," he said.
"Me too. Send me and owl, ok?" said Lauren.
"Okay," said Sirius. He then hugged her for a little longer than was necessary, and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before breaking apart.
"Bye," he said.
"Bye!" said Lauren, and she walked off. James stepped behind Sirius.
"Ooh, someone has a crush!" he said as they started walking toward the parking lot.
"Do not!" said Sirius. "We're just friends!"
"Oh really. Now tell me, are you very happy now?" asked James.
"Shut up."
"Do you see fluffy bunnies everywhere?"
"Shut up!"
"Do you have a warm, fuzzy feeling inside?"
"SHUT UP!"
"Ok, fine, you don't have to be violent! I was just asking a question." said James, pretending to be hurt. Remus looked over at them and gave them the Look.
"So, where's the fireplace?" said Remus, trying to shut James and Sirius up.
"Whatever do you mean dear?" asked Mrs. Evans.
"I mean, to get home," said Remus, as if this was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Um, Remus, we don't use floo powder to get home," said Jamie.
"Huh? What do we use then?" he asked.
"We go home in the car," said Jamie.
"And how does that work?"
"Well, you sit in it and it drives you around."
"Oh, so it's like floo powder only not through fireplaces and for more people?"
"Yes, kinda."
"So you sit down and say where you want to go and it drives you there?"
"No, you have to drive it yourself."
"That sounds hard. I just don't get how every muggle thing has to be so hard." said Remus. Lily looked over at him and sighed. This might be interesting.
***
"Lily, what's orange chicken?" asked Sirius. They were at the Red Dragon Chinese Resturant, and this was about the tenth thing that Sirius had asked about. Sirius, Lily, James, Remus and Jamie had chosen to sit at their own table and let Lily's parents enjoy a private dinner.
"It's spicy chicken. It's really good." said Lily.
"Ok, then I want that," said Sirius. He looked at his menu and said, "Orange chicken." nothing happened. He gave the menu a funny look and thought.
"Orange chicken. Orange chicken. ORANGE CHICKEN!!!!!" he yelled. Everyone in the resturant turned to look at him, but he didn't seem to notice. He just motioned to a waiter. "Excuse me, you need to yell at one of your house elfs. This menu's broken." said Sirius calmly, handing it back to him.
"I no understand what you saying? You want order now?" asked the waiter, looking rather confused.
"Yes, my friend here would like the orange chicken, I want the shrimp in lobster sauce." said Lily. The waiter wrote down the order.
"And you?" he asked Jamie.
"Beef and broccoli." she said.
"I want chicken chow mein." said Remus, catching on to what they were doing.
"And I would like the squid." said James, passing in his menu. Everyone at the table gave him a weird look.
"And a large order of egg flower soup and steamed rice for all of us." said Lily. The waiter took down the order and then left. Lily turned to Sirius and gave him the Look.
"What were you thinking, talking about house elves in front of the waiter. It's lucky that he can't speak much english or we'd have a lot of explaining to do." said Lily.
"Oh, sorry." said Sirius. "So James, I was thinking of what we could do to Snape..." he started, and the conversation went that way until the soup came.
"Where's the flower?" asked Remus.
"What flower?" asked the very confused waiter.
"Isn't this egg flower soup?" asked Remus.
"Yes, it very very good."
"But there's no flower." said Remus.
"No, there's not supposed to be a flower in the soup." said Jamie.
"Oh, sorry." said Remus. They ate their soup in silence, and then the food came. The waiter set it down and then left quickly. James looked over at Lily.
"Um, where's the fork?" he asked.
"You don't have a fork, you use chopsticks." said Lily.
"Chopsticks??" he asked.
"Yeah." said Lily, explaining all about chopsticks. James seemed to get it.
"Ok, so I just pick up the food with the sticks?" he asked.
"Yeah," said Lily. James tried to pick up a piece of squid, but he used too much force and the squid was flung backwards into an old lady's hair.
"AAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed. "Get it away from me, get it away from me! Ewww, it's discusting. Get it away!"
James got up to help the old lady, and Sirius and Remus laughed. Lily got up to go get forks. Everyone had a little bit of the food, and they even tasted the squid, which was suprisingly good. Everything went smoothly, and Lily figured that everything was great when the fortune cookies came.
"Mmmmm, cookies!" said Sirius. He grabbed one and put it in his mouth. Then he abrubtly opened his mouth and pulled out something thin and white. "Look, it's a message!" he said, excited now. "You will have new oppurtunity in the next months." he read. "How does it know that?"
"They're fortune cookies. The 'message' inside tells your fortune." said Jamie.
"Oh, I get it!" said Sirius. Just then Lily's parents, who had been in a different room, came over to them.
"Are you guys ready to leave? How was dinner?" asked Mrs. Evans.
"It was...interesting." said Jamie. Lily snorted. That was the understatement of the year.
A/N-Sorry this took so long. I will be good with it now, I promise. Please review, that would mean soooooo much to me. Toodles!
Disclaimer-Harry Potter and Co. belongs to J.K. Rowling. I am not J.K. Rowling. Therefore Harry Potter does not belong to me.
CHAPTER 17-CHINESE FOOD
Lily looked out the window as the castle moved out of sight. She turned to face the people that were with her in her apartment. James was seated next to her, his arms around her waist, her leaning back into him. Sirius was talking with Lauren, oblivious to anything else. Remus and Jamie were facing each other, discussing why muggles had televisions. Remus didn't really understand how the people got into the box, so Jamie was trying to explain it. Peter evidently didn't like Lauren, because he had left as soon as she came into the compartment. Lily then realized that Jamie was calling her.
"What?" asked Lily. Jamie pretended to be shocked.
"Wow, it moves! I've only been calling you for the past five minutes. You should really get your ears checked." said Jamie, popping a chocolate frog in her mouth.
"Sorry, really, what were you saying again?" asked Lily. Jamie sighed.
"I was just thinking that we should go out to a resturant tonight. It might be fun." said Jamie.
"Oh yeah, that sounds good. You know were we should go?" asked Lily.
"No, where?" said Jamie. She had finished the chocolate frog and was now eating some every flavor beans.
"That chinese food resturant down the street from the high school. I love that place, and we never have chinese food at Hogwarts." said Lily, now excited.
"Chinese food?" said Sirius questioningly. "We're going to China? I thought we were going to your house."
"No, no, it's a chinese resturant. It's in London, they serve food from China." said Jamie.
"Wait, so how does it get there from China? How long do you have to wait?" asked Remus.
"It doesn't get there from China. Only the recipe's from China. They make the food in the resturant." said Lily.
"Oh...that makes sense." said Sirius slowly. Lily sighed. This was going to be a long summer vacation.
***
"LILY!!!!!!" yelled a voice. Lily turned around and spotted her parents waving to her a little bit away. James was with her, and he looked a little nervous. Lily laughed at the thought of James being nervous, and then ran over to hug her parents.
"Hi mom, hi dad, this is my friend James." said Lily. Her parents reached out and shook James' hand.
"Nice to meet you," said Mr. Evans.
"Yes. You know, Lily has told us so much about you. I'm so glad I finally get to...oh my God, it's Jamie! She looks so great!" said Mrs. Evans. Jamie ran over and hugged Lily's parents, who were like second parents to her.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Evans. It's been way too long since I've seen you. I hope you are well." said Jamie. She then turned to her friends. "This is Remus, and over here is Sirius, and this is-" said Jamie, but she was cut off.
"Lauren Chambers-Westmoore. Please to meet you." said Lauren, extending her hand. The Evans took it and then turned back to Lily.
"Well, we better get going. Do you have all of your things?" said Mr. Evans.
"Yes!" chorused five voices.
"Ok, let's go then." said Mrs. Evans. Sirius, looking rather sad, turned to Lauren.
"I'll miss you," he said.
"Me too. Send me and owl, ok?" said Lauren.
"Okay," said Sirius. He then hugged her for a little longer than was necessary, and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek before breaking apart.
"Bye," he said.
"Bye!" said Lauren, and she walked off. James stepped behind Sirius.
"Ooh, someone has a crush!" he said as they started walking toward the parking lot.
"Do not!" said Sirius. "We're just friends!"
"Oh really. Now tell me, are you very happy now?" asked James.
"Shut up."
"Do you see fluffy bunnies everywhere?"
"Shut up!"
"Do you have a warm, fuzzy feeling inside?"
"SHUT UP!"
"Ok, fine, you don't have to be violent! I was just asking a question." said James, pretending to be hurt. Remus looked over at them and gave them the Look.
"So, where's the fireplace?" said Remus, trying to shut James and Sirius up.
"Whatever do you mean dear?" asked Mrs. Evans.
"I mean, to get home," said Remus, as if this was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Um, Remus, we don't use floo powder to get home," said Jamie.
"Huh? What do we use then?" he asked.
"We go home in the car," said Jamie.
"And how does that work?"
"Well, you sit in it and it drives you around."
"Oh, so it's like floo powder only not through fireplaces and for more people?"
"Yes, kinda."
"So you sit down and say where you want to go and it drives you there?"
"No, you have to drive it yourself."
"That sounds hard. I just don't get how every muggle thing has to be so hard." said Remus. Lily looked over at him and sighed. This might be interesting.
***
"Lily, what's orange chicken?" asked Sirius. They were at the Red Dragon Chinese Resturant, and this was about the tenth thing that Sirius had asked about. Sirius, Lily, James, Remus and Jamie had chosen to sit at their own table and let Lily's parents enjoy a private dinner.
"It's spicy chicken. It's really good." said Lily.
"Ok, then I want that," said Sirius. He looked at his menu and said, "Orange chicken." nothing happened. He gave the menu a funny look and thought.
"Orange chicken. Orange chicken. ORANGE CHICKEN!!!!!" he yelled. Everyone in the resturant turned to look at him, but he didn't seem to notice. He just motioned to a waiter. "Excuse me, you need to yell at one of your house elfs. This menu's broken." said Sirius calmly, handing it back to him.
"I no understand what you saying? You want order now?" asked the waiter, looking rather confused.
"Yes, my friend here would like the orange chicken, I want the shrimp in lobster sauce." said Lily. The waiter wrote down the order.
"And you?" he asked Jamie.
"Beef and broccoli." she said.
"I want chicken chow mein." said Remus, catching on to what they were doing.
"And I would like the squid." said James, passing in his menu. Everyone at the table gave him a weird look.
"And a large order of egg flower soup and steamed rice for all of us." said Lily. The waiter took down the order and then left. Lily turned to Sirius and gave him the Look.
"What were you thinking, talking about house elves in front of the waiter. It's lucky that he can't speak much english or we'd have a lot of explaining to do." said Lily.
"Oh, sorry." said Sirius. "So James, I was thinking of what we could do to Snape..." he started, and the conversation went that way until the soup came.
"Where's the flower?" asked Remus.
"What flower?" asked the very confused waiter.
"Isn't this egg flower soup?" asked Remus.
"Yes, it very very good."
"But there's no flower." said Remus.
"No, there's not supposed to be a flower in the soup." said Jamie.
"Oh, sorry." said Remus. They ate their soup in silence, and then the food came. The waiter set it down and then left quickly. James looked over at Lily.
"Um, where's the fork?" he asked.
"You don't have a fork, you use chopsticks." said Lily.
"Chopsticks??" he asked.
"Yeah." said Lily, explaining all about chopsticks. James seemed to get it.
"Ok, so I just pick up the food with the sticks?" he asked.
"Yeah," said Lily. James tried to pick up a piece of squid, but he used too much force and the squid was flung backwards into an old lady's hair.
"AAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed. "Get it away from me, get it away from me! Ewww, it's discusting. Get it away!"
James got up to help the old lady, and Sirius and Remus laughed. Lily got up to go get forks. Everyone had a little bit of the food, and they even tasted the squid, which was suprisingly good. Everything went smoothly, and Lily figured that everything was great when the fortune cookies came.
"Mmmmm, cookies!" said Sirius. He grabbed one and put it in his mouth. Then he abrubtly opened his mouth and pulled out something thin and white. "Look, it's a message!" he said, excited now. "You will have new oppurtunity in the next months." he read. "How does it know that?"
"They're fortune cookies. The 'message' inside tells your fortune." said Jamie.
"Oh, I get it!" said Sirius. Just then Lily's parents, who had been in a different room, came over to them.
"Are you guys ready to leave? How was dinner?" asked Mrs. Evans.
"It was...interesting." said Jamie. Lily snorted. That was the understatement of the year.
A/N-Sorry this took so long. I will be good with it now, I promise. Please review, that would mean soooooo much to me. Toodles!
Disclaimer-Harry Potter and Co. belongs to J.K. Rowling. I am not J.K. Rowling. Therefore Harry Potter does not belong to me.