~*GREEN EYES*~
Chapter 30- The Horrible Truth About Sliding Glass Doors
"Um, Sirius, exactly where did you get a monkey?" asked Lily as she stared at the tiny black and white monkey sitting on Sirius's arm.
"The pet store," said Sirius, rolling his eyes with an "isn't it obvious" look on his face.
"Fine fine, but will you get it out of my room? As you can probably tell, I'm not in the best of moods right now, and that monkey is not really helping," said Lily.
"Okay, okay, so maybe the monkey wasn't the best idea, but look how cute he is!" said Sirius with a squeal of delight. Lily looked over at Machiko, who had now opened her jewelry box and was pulling out her favorite diamond necklace.
"MACHIKO PUT THAT DOWN!" screamed Lily. "Sirius, why is the monkey trying to steal my necklace?"
"No idea," said Sirius. Lily had a thought though. She pulled out a sickle and presented it to the monkey. It came over to her, took the sickle, shook her hand and then gave the sickle to Sirius. "Sirius, this is a show monkey! People give it money to shake their hands!" she explained in a less than happy tone.
"Wow! Machiko is so smart! I'm gonna take him out to the common room and see how much money I can get from him!" exclaimed Sirius, and before Lily knew it he was out of her dorm room.
"Well at least that got rid of him for awhile," said Lily, sinking back down on her bed with a sigh of relief.
***
Jeanine rushed towards the Gryffindor common room, trying to figure out exactly how to get there. She was pretty sure she knew where she was going, but then she realized that she should have taken a left instead of a right. She quickly turned around and rushed towards the other hallway.
I need to tell Lily that I'm sorry, I don't want her to hate me more than she already does! Thought Jeanine as she ran through the halls. Finally she found the picture of the fat lady and, panting, stopped in front of it.
"Password?" asked the fat lady. Jeanine suddenly realized that she had no idea how she would get into the common room.
"Um...sasafras? Snikerdoodle? Snuffleufagus?" said Jeanine, thinking of the first few words that popped into her mind.
"Sorry dear, can't let you in," said the fat lady. Jeanine sat down on the floor beneath the picture and started to cry, not believing the rumors that had been going around about her, but Jeanine was not one to just sit down and feel sorry for herself, so she quickly formed a plan. I'll just sit here and wait until someone comes out of the common room, or until someone goes in, and then I can just follow them in, she thought, and it was not long until the portrait hole opened with a slight creak and Jeanine jumped to her feet. Unfortunatly, she ran right into a very solid someone.
"Excuse me, where are you going?" asked that someone. It was dark, and as Jeanine stepped away she could only see an outline of the person. Jeanine knew that the voice was familiar, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
"Into the common room," replied Jeanine, trying to play dumb.
"I'm sorry Jeanine, but you are out of bounds, breaking into a common room. Detention," said the voice. Just then the torch that was out in the hallway went back on, and Jeanine realized that she was looking into the disapointed eyes of Professor McGonagall.
***
Lily walked over to her herbology class the following day in a less than fabulous mood. So far that day she had misplaced her charms homework and had not taken her brilliant notes for the next day's assignment. She was just leaving the castle in a huff when someone bumped into her.
"Oh, sorry Lil. I didn't mean to do that I swear," said a voice. Lily looked behind her to see Remus, a more than welcome face.
"Hey you, haven't seen you around much lately? How are you?" she asked as she shifted her books into her other hand so she could talk to him better.
"I'm pretty good, I guess. I can't believe the whole James thing though," he said. Lily shrugged.
"Big deal. I'm over it. I'm sooooo over it," she said in a less than convincing voice, with an equally fake smile.
"Stop it with that act, you know that you're not even close to over it," replied Remus.
"I guess, but if you and Jamie were to be on a break right now you wouldn't get over it too soon now would you?" asked Lily. Remus sighed.
"I'm not asking you to make excuses Lily. You just don't have to pretend, that's all," said Remus.
"I guess you're right, but I mean James is the one that blew me off and if he wants to do that then I guess I would have to say-" but Remus never found out what Lily would have to say, because just at that second she ran right into the sliding glass door of greenhouse six.
"Great job Lils!" exclaimed Sirius when a very embarassed looking Lily walked into the greenhouse. He started a round of applause and the rest of the gryffindors followed suit. The slytherins, who also had herbology with them, just gave the gryffindors dirty looks.
"Are you okay?" asked James as Lily took her usual seat next to him. Lily glared at him. "Ok fine, don't talk to me then."
"That's the best advice you've given me all day," said Lily.
"Look Lily, I may have made a mistake, but do you have to make me feel even more like an asshole?" asked James.
"Yeah, I do. I'm not the one who is a liar...oh wait, except for the time when I said you were a better kisser than Sirius," exclaimed Lily. Sirius grinned and muttered 'I knew it!' under his breath.
"And I'm not the one that runs into sliding glass doors!" exclaimed James. Lily's face turned red.
"And obviously you're both not the one who pays attention in herbology!" yelled the professor. Lily looked down at her notes and was silent for most of the rest of the class until.
"I can't believe you ran into the door!" murmured James under his breath.
"At least I'm not a liar!" replied Lily.
"At least I can walk!" responded James. They had this fight until the bell rang. James was just about to remind Lily to open the door when he heard a voice from behind him.
"Hey James, can I talk to you real quick?" asked Nancy, looking a bit nervous.
"Sure, fine, but don't make it too long I have to get to transfiguration," said James. Nancy pulled him over to a corner, away from the exiting students.
"Listen James, I'm sorry," she said. James gave her a puzzled look.
"Sorry about what?" he asked.
"Sorry about this," she said, and before James knew it she had pulled him into a deep and passionate kiss. James quickly broke away from her, so distressed and confused that he didn't know what to say.
"See you later James!" exclaimed Nancy as she walked out of the back door. James hurried off to the front exit but was stopped when he slammed into the closed sliding glass door. Feeling embarassed, he opened the door and was about to rush off to transfiguration when he realized he was face to face with Lily.
"You know what, if you're going to spend your time making out with other girls, maybe I shouldn't try to make up with you like I was going to. You're just not worth it," said Lily, fighting to hold back tears. She then walked off towards the castle.
A/N-Horrible, I know (especially the part about the monkey, I could have made it a lot better), but I need a transition to the next chapter, which will be much better. I also feel horrible about not getting this up so soon, I just have writer's block. Anyway, chapter 31 is halfway done and WILL be up this week.
Disclaimer-I don't own J.K. Rowling's characters. I just own mine, and the plot. Don't sue me, I only have a nickel, a penny and three centavos in my wallet. It's not worth it.
Chapter 30- The Horrible Truth About Sliding Glass Doors
"Um, Sirius, exactly where did you get a monkey?" asked Lily as she stared at the tiny black and white monkey sitting on Sirius's arm.
"The pet store," said Sirius, rolling his eyes with an "isn't it obvious" look on his face.
"Fine fine, but will you get it out of my room? As you can probably tell, I'm not in the best of moods right now, and that monkey is not really helping," said Lily.
"Okay, okay, so maybe the monkey wasn't the best idea, but look how cute he is!" said Sirius with a squeal of delight. Lily looked over at Machiko, who had now opened her jewelry box and was pulling out her favorite diamond necklace.
"MACHIKO PUT THAT DOWN!" screamed Lily. "Sirius, why is the monkey trying to steal my necklace?"
"No idea," said Sirius. Lily had a thought though. She pulled out a sickle and presented it to the monkey. It came over to her, took the sickle, shook her hand and then gave the sickle to Sirius. "Sirius, this is a show monkey! People give it money to shake their hands!" she explained in a less than happy tone.
"Wow! Machiko is so smart! I'm gonna take him out to the common room and see how much money I can get from him!" exclaimed Sirius, and before Lily knew it he was out of her dorm room.
"Well at least that got rid of him for awhile," said Lily, sinking back down on her bed with a sigh of relief.
***
Jeanine rushed towards the Gryffindor common room, trying to figure out exactly how to get there. She was pretty sure she knew where she was going, but then she realized that she should have taken a left instead of a right. She quickly turned around and rushed towards the other hallway.
I need to tell Lily that I'm sorry, I don't want her to hate me more than she already does! Thought Jeanine as she ran through the halls. Finally she found the picture of the fat lady and, panting, stopped in front of it.
"Password?" asked the fat lady. Jeanine suddenly realized that she had no idea how she would get into the common room.
"Um...sasafras? Snikerdoodle? Snuffleufagus?" said Jeanine, thinking of the first few words that popped into her mind.
"Sorry dear, can't let you in," said the fat lady. Jeanine sat down on the floor beneath the picture and started to cry, not believing the rumors that had been going around about her, but Jeanine was not one to just sit down and feel sorry for herself, so she quickly formed a plan. I'll just sit here and wait until someone comes out of the common room, or until someone goes in, and then I can just follow them in, she thought, and it was not long until the portrait hole opened with a slight creak and Jeanine jumped to her feet. Unfortunatly, she ran right into a very solid someone.
"Excuse me, where are you going?" asked that someone. It was dark, and as Jeanine stepped away she could only see an outline of the person. Jeanine knew that the voice was familiar, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
"Into the common room," replied Jeanine, trying to play dumb.
"I'm sorry Jeanine, but you are out of bounds, breaking into a common room. Detention," said the voice. Just then the torch that was out in the hallway went back on, and Jeanine realized that she was looking into the disapointed eyes of Professor McGonagall.
***
Lily walked over to her herbology class the following day in a less than fabulous mood. So far that day she had misplaced her charms homework and had not taken her brilliant notes for the next day's assignment. She was just leaving the castle in a huff when someone bumped into her.
"Oh, sorry Lil. I didn't mean to do that I swear," said a voice. Lily looked behind her to see Remus, a more than welcome face.
"Hey you, haven't seen you around much lately? How are you?" she asked as she shifted her books into her other hand so she could talk to him better.
"I'm pretty good, I guess. I can't believe the whole James thing though," he said. Lily shrugged.
"Big deal. I'm over it. I'm sooooo over it," she said in a less than convincing voice, with an equally fake smile.
"Stop it with that act, you know that you're not even close to over it," replied Remus.
"I guess, but if you and Jamie were to be on a break right now you wouldn't get over it too soon now would you?" asked Lily. Remus sighed.
"I'm not asking you to make excuses Lily. You just don't have to pretend, that's all," said Remus.
"I guess you're right, but I mean James is the one that blew me off and if he wants to do that then I guess I would have to say-" but Remus never found out what Lily would have to say, because just at that second she ran right into the sliding glass door of greenhouse six.
"Great job Lils!" exclaimed Sirius when a very embarassed looking Lily walked into the greenhouse. He started a round of applause and the rest of the gryffindors followed suit. The slytherins, who also had herbology with them, just gave the gryffindors dirty looks.
"Are you okay?" asked James as Lily took her usual seat next to him. Lily glared at him. "Ok fine, don't talk to me then."
"That's the best advice you've given me all day," said Lily.
"Look Lily, I may have made a mistake, but do you have to make me feel even more like an asshole?" asked James.
"Yeah, I do. I'm not the one who is a liar...oh wait, except for the time when I said you were a better kisser than Sirius," exclaimed Lily. Sirius grinned and muttered 'I knew it!' under his breath.
"And I'm not the one that runs into sliding glass doors!" exclaimed James. Lily's face turned red.
"And obviously you're both not the one who pays attention in herbology!" yelled the professor. Lily looked down at her notes and was silent for most of the rest of the class until.
"I can't believe you ran into the door!" murmured James under his breath.
"At least I'm not a liar!" replied Lily.
"At least I can walk!" responded James. They had this fight until the bell rang. James was just about to remind Lily to open the door when he heard a voice from behind him.
"Hey James, can I talk to you real quick?" asked Nancy, looking a bit nervous.
"Sure, fine, but don't make it too long I have to get to transfiguration," said James. Nancy pulled him over to a corner, away from the exiting students.
"Listen James, I'm sorry," she said. James gave her a puzzled look.
"Sorry about what?" he asked.
"Sorry about this," she said, and before James knew it she had pulled him into a deep and passionate kiss. James quickly broke away from her, so distressed and confused that he didn't know what to say.
"See you later James!" exclaimed Nancy as she walked out of the back door. James hurried off to the front exit but was stopped when he slammed into the closed sliding glass door. Feeling embarassed, he opened the door and was about to rush off to transfiguration when he realized he was face to face with Lily.
"You know what, if you're going to spend your time making out with other girls, maybe I shouldn't try to make up with you like I was going to. You're just not worth it," said Lily, fighting to hold back tears. She then walked off towards the castle.
A/N-Horrible, I know (especially the part about the monkey, I could have made it a lot better), but I need a transition to the next chapter, which will be much better. I also feel horrible about not getting this up so soon, I just have writer's block. Anyway, chapter 31 is halfway done and WILL be up this week.
Disclaimer-I don't own J.K. Rowling's characters. I just own mine, and the plot. Don't sue me, I only have a nickel, a penny and three centavos in my wallet. It's not worth it.