Title: Life's a Bitch
Chapter 8: A new friend
For days later, James took Chrissie back to their new apartment. He would come back tomorrow. Everyone was really depressed while saying good-bye, but it was the hardest on James. He had to wait two weeks see her again, Christmas.
"Well see you guys tomorrow." James said and then he pressed the portkey.
Everyone stood there for a moment like frozen ice and Sirius broke it, "Hey it's about two weeks before Christmas do you guys want to take the Marauders map and go to Hogsmeade?" The girls already knew about the Marauders map.
Everyone agreed, so Sirius went to get the Marauders map and came back. "Alright, we have to be careful because we don't have James's cloak with us. Let's go."
They went to Hogsmeade and did some Christmas shopping.
~Back at Hogwarts~
"So what did you buy Lily?" Sirius asked her.
"Just some Christmas presents for everyone."
"OOOO presents!" Sirius was about to go through the bag but Lily quickly snatched it away.
"No you have to wait until Christmas to open them."
"Damn, come Lily, it's another two weeks until its Christmas. I can't wait that long!" Sirius wined.
"Would you like some crackers to go with that wine, Sirius?"
"OOH actually now that I think about it, I am pretty hungry. I'm going to go the kitchens and get us some food. What do you guys want?"
"Whatever you bring." Everyone said in unison.
Once Sirius left the room, Remus challenged Fettie to a Chess game but she dismissed it. Then he asked Lily. She agreed so they started.
~Sirius~
When Sirius got to the kitchens someone was already there. Shit, it must be one of the professors. He thought.
He quickly jumped behind a wall and waited for the professor to come out. He waited for a while and was about to go back to the common room when the professor came out.
It wasn't a professor at all. It was a student! 'It' was a girl. She had waist long light brown hair with light red streaks.
Sirius stepped out from behind the wall. He startled her a bit but she remained calm. "Uh. hi I'm Sirius Black."
"I know who you are." She replied. She had a very silky voice, it was smooth and she didn't stutter in front of him. Sirius mentally sighed.
"Uh.who are you?" Sirius asked nervously. He didn't even know why. Maybe because he looked up and saw her beautiful grayish silver eyes.
"I'm Lindsey." She introduced.
"What year are you in and how do you know how to get into the kitchens?"
"I'm the new exchange student. I'm in the same year as you, 6th. And I know how to get into the kitchens because at my old school was the same thing. You had to tickle the right fruit at the right spot for it to open."
"Oh."
Yeah, and now I need to go back to my dormitory. See ya."
"Wait, what house are you in?"
"Slytherin."
That just left Sirius speechless. He likes a Slytherin, no he liked a Slytherin. Sirius just shrugged and continued on his way to the kitchens.
Over the next few weeks James and Lily grew closer to each other and Sirius and Lindsey bumped into each other more. Sirius told James about Lindsey, and James started to think that Sirius does like her; he just doesn't know it yet.
"So, are you going to Hogsmeade tomorrow?" James asked. He and Lily are studying in the library.
"No, I some things I have to get finished first."
"Oh."
"Why do you ask?"
"Just wondering."
"Ok." Lily stated.
They sat there quietly doing their work when James asked, "Lily do you like me?"
Lily looked up at him surprised. She gulped and replied, "O-of course I do."
"No, I mean like me like me."
"James I thought we were supposed to forget about this."
"I said that, but I wouldn't for get that you said that you loved me. Unless it's not true and you were just saying that because my parents never said it to me."
"James-"
"Do you or do you not!"
"No I don't."
James looked at her shocked. Lily's eyes started to water, but she turned away so that James didn't see. She took a deep breath and looked at him straight in the eyes.
"I don't love you. It was all a joke. I was acting ok? I felt bad for you so I acted it out. There you go, I told you. Ya happy?"
Lily's eyes started to water more and James saw this. His eyes turned from shocked to worry to anger.
"What did your father do to you, Lily?"
"He did nothing to me." This is when Lily cracked. She packed up her things quickly and ran out of the library.
James followed suit and ran after her, but when he ran out of the doors he saw that she was already gone.
Lily had put her stuff behind a statue will hidden and then she transformed in a cockatoo and flew out of the open window near by.
She flew into the Forbidden Forest and sat on her favorite tree where she cried. It looked kind of weird to see a cockatoo in a tree crying, but right now she didn't care.
She had just been reminded of what her father had done to her mother. During her little crying session, she heard hooves not far from where she was. Great, Lily thought here comes James. Oh well he doesn't know that I'm an animagi, so I'll just sit here until he leaves.
Lily stood as still as a plank of wood as a stag came. He looked up at her and smiled. James transformed back into a human and walked up to the tree that Lily was sitting on. "I know that's you Lily." He said. "Fettie told me."
Lily closed her eyes, Damn, Fettie told. I'm so going to fucken kick her ass.
Lily flew to the floor and then changed back. "James-"
"What did your father do to you?" James asked straight out.
"God damn-it he nothing to me, just let it go James."
"No I want to know and I'm not leaving until I get my answer."
"Just fuck off James! Why do you want to know anyways? So you can go and tell the whole school? No that's ok; I'd rather keep it low."
"Because I care about you."
"Well that's too bad because I don't care about you, or anyone else."
James stared at Lily shocked. Lily glared at him and said, "I don't want to talk to you anymore. Stay out of my presence." Lily turned around, transformed and flew deeper into the forest leaving James feeling guilty.
James was really angry at himself that he had chased Lily away from him. He had also forced her to talk about her personal life when she wasn't ready. James sighed and walked back to school. Now Lily was mad at him. Lily was probably never going to forgive him.
~Lily~
Lily flew deeper into the woods until she reached her destination. A cave that she had found in her first year. She didn't tell Fettie about his because she wanted to have a place of her own where she could go to just to be alone.
The cave looked pretty small on the outside but when she walked in it was really big. There was a bed, a coffee table, and a bookcase. Lily slowly walked over to her and fell on to the pillow and cried all the tears that she held inside.
When she was done she felt better, like all of the weight that had been on her chest from the day she had left from her father had been lifted off her chest.
Lily walked to a nearby river and washed her face and dried her face on the sleeve of her shirt and looked at her watch to find that she had missed lunch and dinner was about to start.
She gasped and transformed and left.
~Great Hall~
Lily had made it to the Great Hall just in time. She went in and asked Fettie if she could talk to her outside.
When they were far enough from the Great Hall where no one would able to hear their conversation Lily blew up.
"What the hell? You told James about me being an animagi!"
"So what? It's not like he wouldn't have found out sooner or later. Better sooner!" Fettie shouted back.
"I wanted to keep that a secret! I thought you did too, but I guess not. Next time I shouldn't tell you anything then."
"What does it matter anyway? You don't tell me anything anymore. And if you do, all you do is lie when I ask you or you don't even bother to tell me. All you do is mope around feeling sorry for yourself. 'Oh Fettie, I'm adopted. I want to tell the Marauders but I'm too chicken because they might not want to be my friends anymore.'" Fettie slapped her hand over her mouth and Lily gasped.
Fettie's face softened, "Oh god I'm so sorry Lily. I didn't mean that."
Fettie pulled Lily in a hug while whispering apologies to her as Lily cried.
After a while Lily stopped and looked up at Fettie whit a blank expression. Fettie thought that Lily was going to punch her but instead Lily smiled. "I'm sorry Fettie. I shouldn't have lied to you or not tell you anything at all. I just-"
"No it's my fault. I wasn't thinking."
"I guess it was both our faults."
"Yeah well it was mainly your fault."
Lily's eyes widened. Fettie smirked back.
"It was not!"
"Yeaaaah."
Lily laughed and shook her head. "Let's go eat now."
"Alright."
Lily and Fettie turned around and headed back to the Great Hall but students were leaving now. "Damn." They said in unison.
Lily shrugged and offered her arm to Fettie like they used to do when they were kids. They used to tell people that they were sisters jointed by the elbow.
Fettie took it with out hesitation and they walked to the kitchen.
When they were in the kitchens Lily told Fettie everything from the beginning to end.
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I hope you guys like this chapter. I'm sorry that it took me so long to post this. My internet service broke so I had to wait until the dude to come and fix it. Well I hope you guys like this. It will eventually get to Lily and James going out and stuff.
~AtwistedAngel13~
Chapter 8: A new friend
For days later, James took Chrissie back to their new apartment. He would come back tomorrow. Everyone was really depressed while saying good-bye, but it was the hardest on James. He had to wait two weeks see her again, Christmas.
"Well see you guys tomorrow." James said and then he pressed the portkey.
Everyone stood there for a moment like frozen ice and Sirius broke it, "Hey it's about two weeks before Christmas do you guys want to take the Marauders map and go to Hogsmeade?" The girls already knew about the Marauders map.
Everyone agreed, so Sirius went to get the Marauders map and came back. "Alright, we have to be careful because we don't have James's cloak with us. Let's go."
They went to Hogsmeade and did some Christmas shopping.
~Back at Hogwarts~
"So what did you buy Lily?" Sirius asked her.
"Just some Christmas presents for everyone."
"OOOO presents!" Sirius was about to go through the bag but Lily quickly snatched it away.
"No you have to wait until Christmas to open them."
"Damn, come Lily, it's another two weeks until its Christmas. I can't wait that long!" Sirius wined.
"Would you like some crackers to go with that wine, Sirius?"
"OOH actually now that I think about it, I am pretty hungry. I'm going to go the kitchens and get us some food. What do you guys want?"
"Whatever you bring." Everyone said in unison.
Once Sirius left the room, Remus challenged Fettie to a Chess game but she dismissed it. Then he asked Lily. She agreed so they started.
~Sirius~
When Sirius got to the kitchens someone was already there. Shit, it must be one of the professors. He thought.
He quickly jumped behind a wall and waited for the professor to come out. He waited for a while and was about to go back to the common room when the professor came out.
It wasn't a professor at all. It was a student! 'It' was a girl. She had waist long light brown hair with light red streaks.
Sirius stepped out from behind the wall. He startled her a bit but she remained calm. "Uh. hi I'm Sirius Black."
"I know who you are." She replied. She had a very silky voice, it was smooth and she didn't stutter in front of him. Sirius mentally sighed.
"Uh.who are you?" Sirius asked nervously. He didn't even know why. Maybe because he looked up and saw her beautiful grayish silver eyes.
"I'm Lindsey." She introduced.
"What year are you in and how do you know how to get into the kitchens?"
"I'm the new exchange student. I'm in the same year as you, 6th. And I know how to get into the kitchens because at my old school was the same thing. You had to tickle the right fruit at the right spot for it to open."
"Oh."
Yeah, and now I need to go back to my dormitory. See ya."
"Wait, what house are you in?"
"Slytherin."
That just left Sirius speechless. He likes a Slytherin, no he liked a Slytherin. Sirius just shrugged and continued on his way to the kitchens.
Over the next few weeks James and Lily grew closer to each other and Sirius and Lindsey bumped into each other more. Sirius told James about Lindsey, and James started to think that Sirius does like her; he just doesn't know it yet.
"So, are you going to Hogsmeade tomorrow?" James asked. He and Lily are studying in the library.
"No, I some things I have to get finished first."
"Oh."
"Why do you ask?"
"Just wondering."
"Ok." Lily stated.
They sat there quietly doing their work when James asked, "Lily do you like me?"
Lily looked up at him surprised. She gulped and replied, "O-of course I do."
"No, I mean like me like me."
"James I thought we were supposed to forget about this."
"I said that, but I wouldn't for get that you said that you loved me. Unless it's not true and you were just saying that because my parents never said it to me."
"James-"
"Do you or do you not!"
"No I don't."
James looked at her shocked. Lily's eyes started to water, but she turned away so that James didn't see. She took a deep breath and looked at him straight in the eyes.
"I don't love you. It was all a joke. I was acting ok? I felt bad for you so I acted it out. There you go, I told you. Ya happy?"
Lily's eyes started to water more and James saw this. His eyes turned from shocked to worry to anger.
"What did your father do to you, Lily?"
"He did nothing to me." This is when Lily cracked. She packed up her things quickly and ran out of the library.
James followed suit and ran after her, but when he ran out of the doors he saw that she was already gone.
Lily had put her stuff behind a statue will hidden and then she transformed in a cockatoo and flew out of the open window near by.
She flew into the Forbidden Forest and sat on her favorite tree where she cried. It looked kind of weird to see a cockatoo in a tree crying, but right now she didn't care.
She had just been reminded of what her father had done to her mother. During her little crying session, she heard hooves not far from where she was. Great, Lily thought here comes James. Oh well he doesn't know that I'm an animagi, so I'll just sit here until he leaves.
Lily stood as still as a plank of wood as a stag came. He looked up at her and smiled. James transformed back into a human and walked up to the tree that Lily was sitting on. "I know that's you Lily." He said. "Fettie told me."
Lily closed her eyes, Damn, Fettie told. I'm so going to fucken kick her ass.
Lily flew to the floor and then changed back. "James-"
"What did your father do to you?" James asked straight out.
"God damn-it he nothing to me, just let it go James."
"No I want to know and I'm not leaving until I get my answer."
"Just fuck off James! Why do you want to know anyways? So you can go and tell the whole school? No that's ok; I'd rather keep it low."
"Because I care about you."
"Well that's too bad because I don't care about you, or anyone else."
James stared at Lily shocked. Lily glared at him and said, "I don't want to talk to you anymore. Stay out of my presence." Lily turned around, transformed and flew deeper into the forest leaving James feeling guilty.
James was really angry at himself that he had chased Lily away from him. He had also forced her to talk about her personal life when she wasn't ready. James sighed and walked back to school. Now Lily was mad at him. Lily was probably never going to forgive him.
~Lily~
Lily flew deeper into the woods until she reached her destination. A cave that she had found in her first year. She didn't tell Fettie about his because she wanted to have a place of her own where she could go to just to be alone.
The cave looked pretty small on the outside but when she walked in it was really big. There was a bed, a coffee table, and a bookcase. Lily slowly walked over to her and fell on to the pillow and cried all the tears that she held inside.
When she was done she felt better, like all of the weight that had been on her chest from the day she had left from her father had been lifted off her chest.
Lily walked to a nearby river and washed her face and dried her face on the sleeve of her shirt and looked at her watch to find that she had missed lunch and dinner was about to start.
She gasped and transformed and left.
~Great Hall~
Lily had made it to the Great Hall just in time. She went in and asked Fettie if she could talk to her outside.
When they were far enough from the Great Hall where no one would able to hear their conversation Lily blew up.
"What the hell? You told James about me being an animagi!"
"So what? It's not like he wouldn't have found out sooner or later. Better sooner!" Fettie shouted back.
"I wanted to keep that a secret! I thought you did too, but I guess not. Next time I shouldn't tell you anything then."
"What does it matter anyway? You don't tell me anything anymore. And if you do, all you do is lie when I ask you or you don't even bother to tell me. All you do is mope around feeling sorry for yourself. 'Oh Fettie, I'm adopted. I want to tell the Marauders but I'm too chicken because they might not want to be my friends anymore.'" Fettie slapped her hand over her mouth and Lily gasped.
Fettie's face softened, "Oh god I'm so sorry Lily. I didn't mean that."
Fettie pulled Lily in a hug while whispering apologies to her as Lily cried.
After a while Lily stopped and looked up at Fettie whit a blank expression. Fettie thought that Lily was going to punch her but instead Lily smiled. "I'm sorry Fettie. I shouldn't have lied to you or not tell you anything at all. I just-"
"No it's my fault. I wasn't thinking."
"I guess it was both our faults."
"Yeah well it was mainly your fault."
Lily's eyes widened. Fettie smirked back.
"It was not!"
"Yeaaaah."
Lily laughed and shook her head. "Let's go eat now."
"Alright."
Lily and Fettie turned around and headed back to the Great Hall but students were leaving now. "Damn." They said in unison.
Lily shrugged and offered her arm to Fettie like they used to do when they were kids. They used to tell people that they were sisters jointed by the elbow.
Fettie took it with out hesitation and they walked to the kitchen.
When they were in the kitchens Lily told Fettie everything from the beginning to end.
~!~!~!~
I hope you guys like this chapter. I'm sorry that it took me so long to post this. My internet service broke so I had to wait until the dude to come and fix it. Well I hope you guys like this. It will eventually get to Lily and James going out and stuff.
~AtwistedAngel13~