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Chapter 7: No closet solutions
*Lily*
It was a long night. Lily had finally comforted Morgan, who was asleep on
the couch, in the tree house. She rubbed her eyelids; she was so tired, but
was in no mood to sleep. She still couldn't believe that she was going to
Hogwarts, for the last time.
'James had admitted that he had a crush on Lily...Remus had also done that
too. Because of her, Lily had probably ruined their friendship. This was
so unbelievable, crazy even. Lily pounded her fists against her scull.
Everything had gone wrong; nobody was supposed to like her! This weekend
was going to be fun, but so far...'
'...The only good thing was that Jeannie and Jeremy are together,' Lily
thought to herself, 'other than that, nothing was good! The whole
relationship with Morgan, Sirius, Jeannie and James were messed up! This
was going to need some fixing!'
Lily decided that she was the one to fix everyone's problems. She had
stubborn friends, if she didn't fix it, nobody would do it!
Lily climbed down the tree house, leaving a sleeping Morgan. She wandered
back to the mansion and though of how she was going to fix everything. She
decided to talk to Sirius first, since she didn't want to talk to James and
she felt Jeannie needed some time alone. She walked through the back door
and went to the kitchen, since Sirius seemed to always be eating.
She walked into the kitchen and found Remus instead, talking with Jeremy.
"What am I going to do?" Lily heard Remus ask.
"I dunno." Replied Jeremy. He was sitting on the counter, thinking. "This
is a pretty bad situation you're in."
"Hey guys." Said Lily as she walked in. She remembered what Morgan had
said this morning and walked over to Remus.
"I'm really sorry about yesterday."
"What did you do?" asked Remus, confused. Lily thought for a bit. What had
she done?
"Um...I'm sorry if I got mad at you?" she replied.
"Uh, okay." Remus said, his eyebrows rose.
"Well, what were you two talking about?" she asked.
"Nothing!" Jeremy and Remus said quickly.
"A movie I saw yesterday!" said Jeremy, "Has anyone seen Jeannie lately?"
"No." replied Lily. Remus just shrugged, "Why?"
"No reason." Jeremy replied, shrugging.
"Sure." Said Remus, grinning. "No reason at all. You just want to-"
"Quiet Remus!" Jeremy snapped.
"Well," said Lily, "I'm going to go find Sirius. Anyone know where he is?"
"Upstairs?" asked Jeremy. Remus shrugged.
"Okay, I'll see you guys later then."
Lily left the kitchen and headed upstairs, towards James and Sirius' room.
Lily was glad that Remus accepted her apology. And that he didn't bring up
the subject of his feelings towards her...thank god! She climbed the
stairs quickly, eager to talk to Sirius. She reached the familiar hallway
and then the front of James and Sirius' door. She didn't bother to knock,
there were voices echoing inside the room.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS JAMES? HOW THICK CAN YOU BE?" Sirius bellowed at
James. The two boys were obviously arguing. They hadn't noticed that Lily
was standing in the doorway.
"It wasn't my idea, it was Jeannie's! I was only trying to help!" James
said.
"Well, it was stupid! Morgan isn't that kind of girl!" Sirius said, lying
back down on his bed.
"Don't get mad at me for something YOU did!" James said, putting the
emphasis on YOU.
"I wouldn't have done anything if it wasn't for you or Jeannie!" Sirius
said.
"Why don't you just Fu--" James was cut off by Lily coughing in the door
way, "--what do you want?"
"I was hoping to talk to Sirius! Not like it's any of your business!" Lily
said, walking closer to them. James didn't answer; he just looked
disgusted and stormed out of the room.
"Good! He's gone, now I can talk to you!" Lily said, sitting down on
Sirius' bed.
"What about," Sirius said grumpily.
"Morgan." She said simply. Sirius held his breath.
"What about her?" He finally asked.
"I think you know what about," Lily replied.
"Maybe, maybe not." Sirius said stubbornly, but listening intently.
"She's really hurt, you know."
"So am I"
"Naturally. She's just confused right now. She doesn't know what she
wants," Lily said. There was no reply on Sirius' half, "I told her to give
you a chance. Other than that, I think you should talk to her."
"What about?"
"Stop acting stupid!" Lily said heatedly.
"What am I supposed to say?" He asked, ignoring her comment.
"Firstly, apologize for going to far and then talk about what your
relationship," Lily said. Sirius was about to reply, when there was a
tapping noise coming from the window.
"What the?" Sirius said instead. Lily got up from the bed, walked to the
window and opened it. Two tawny owls flew inside. They had the Hogwarts
emblem on their chests. Both were carrying think envelopes.
"Hogwarts letters," Sirius mumbled. Lily grabbed the envelopes and the
owls flew off.
"Here," Lily said, thrusting an envelope into Sirius' hands, while opening
her own.
Dear Ms. Evans.
We are pleased to announce that you have been chosen for the position of
Head Girl. Enclosed is your badge. Please report to the Prefect Cabin on
your voyage to Hogwarts, on the Hogwarts Train, leaving September 1st.
Congratulations! Enclosed is a list of your needed school supplies.
Sincerely,
Professor Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
"Oh My!" Lily was in shock. The shiny head girl badge fell on her lap.
"What?" Sirius asked, he picked up the badge.
"I can't believe this," Lily said, still in shock, a hand covering her
mouth.
"This is amazing! Your Head Girl! I knew you would get it!" Sirius said on
a happier note, then he was before.
"What?"
"Well, you're the smartest! You always study ahead of time. Plus, your
prepared for whatever the teachers give us! Oh, and your a teacher's pet!"
Sirius said.
"Shut up! I am not!" Lily said and punched Sirius in the arm. He dropped
his unopened Hogwarts Letter on the ground; he bent down to pick it up.
Lily was thankful, cause she didn't want Sirius to see her turn pink.
Sirius opened his envelope as Lily left.
Lily rushed out of the room so fast, she didn't even notice James who was
opening a Hogwarts letter and bumped into him.
"Ack!" Lily said as she fell to the floor. "I'm so sorry! I didn't even-oh
it's you." She looked up and saw Jamesl, who was starring at her with his
eyebrows raised.
"No need to be nice to me, is there?" he asked, looking down at Lily.
Lily blushed. "Well it's not like you're the most polite person either! I
know what you were going to say to Sirius back there, before I stopped
you."
"Well sorry if I can't be a gentleman all the time!"
Lily snorted. "A gentleman! HA! You think you're a gentleman! What a
laugh!"
"Well, look whose acting rude now!! You're not even acting lady-like!" said
James, forgetting all about his letter, and getting angry.
"I don't care if I'm acting lady-like to you James Potter!" said Lily,
getting up off the floor.
"Well at least someone thinks I'm nice enough.," said James, remembering
his letter.
"What are you talking about? No one thinks you're nice! Well at least not
me."
James glared at her. "Well Dumbledore certainly thinks so! I've been made
Head Boy!" He said triumphantly.
Lily gaped at him. "WHAT!?"
"That's right!" James said, shaking the letter in Lily's face.
"No! That's not possible!" Lily said, outraged. She had been so happy only
moments ago that she had been accepted, as Head Girl but now, it seemed
like a burden. This meant that she will have to do everything with James.
The person she despised. The only reason she hung around with him was
because her best friends happened to be his sister and cousin and they hung
around with him and all his friends. She didn't mind James' friends. They
were all right and everything. It was James though that ticked her off.
She didn't even know why she disliked him, maybe it was his smile or the
way every girl seemed to hang off him. Maybe it was the way his hair was
always messy and stuck up in the back just so. Maybe it was his hazel eyes
or the way he walked. She just didn't know.
"Well Lily, it is possible and it's true. Now, I think I shall leave now if
it's not too much to ask." and with that, James walked away.
Lily was fuming. Just when things were getting good, James had to go and
ruin everything.
*In the Kitchen*
"...So what I'm trying to say is that I'm really sorry! I shouldn't have
attacked you, you did nothing wrong. Sorry Remus!" Jeannie said truthfully
towards Remus.
"Don't worry about it! I'm just glad I didn't lose your friendship
forever! 'Cause so far, the only people not mad at me are Morgan, Lily,
You and Jeremy!"
Three owls came swooping in the open window. They landed in front of three
different people, Jeannie, Remus and Jeremy. The owls dropped a letter in
front of the three people and flew off.
"Hogwarts letters!" Jeremy exclaimed. They each tore open the letter.
"Same old, same old," Jeannie said, casting the letter aside.
"Ya..." Remus said, in a disappointed tone.
"What's wrong?" Jeremy asked.
"Oh, nothing. I was just expecting to get Head Boy, but i didn't. But I
really don't care..." Remus said, throwing the paper away from him.
"What?" Jeannie asked.
"Your not Head Boy? Who else could it be? If it's Snape.... I'll KILL
him!!" Jeremy said seriously.
"I have no idea who else it could be..." Remus discussed.
"But that's not fair!! You have the top marks for the Boys in our year!
They must have made a mistake," Jeannie exclaimed.
"Dumbledore doesn't make mistakes," Remus said glumly. Just then, an angry
Lily stormed through the door. Without speaking, she hastily drew back a
chair and sat on it, joining the group of 3.
"What's up?" Jeannie asked, scared if it had to do with something Morgan
and Sirius.
"James!" She exclaimed shortly.
"What did he do this time?" Remus asked, trying not to show his happiness.
If Lily gets mad at James, He, Remus has a better chance with her.
"I'm Head Girl! Why did this happen to me? Why me? I'M HEAD GIRL!" Lily
yelled.
"Congratulations Lils!! Your head girl!!! But why are you upset?" Jeremy
asked, confused.
"James." Lily said shortly.
"Yes, we know about James, but what about him?" Jeannie asked.
"He's Head Boy!" Lily said finally.
"WHAT?!" Remus yelled, getting up from his seat. Lily's expression changed
from mad to scared.
"Calm down Remus," Jeannie said timidly.
"Oh, right..." Remus said, as he sat back down on his chair.
"Anyways," Jeremy said slowly, "Why would you be mad at him?"
"Well, this means I'm gonna have to do EVERYTHING with him! I HATE him! I
don't want to spend my free time with Potter! I don't understand! He's
not even a prefect! How can he become Head Boy?"
"How am I supposed to know why he got Head Boy?" asked Jeremy.
"Well, obviously Dumbledore saw something in James that I certainly
didn't!" said Jeannie. "I can't be that bad though, James I mean. I know
he can be really annoying, believe me, I know! I've lived with him for like
16 years. But he can be...hmm..." Jeannie stopped to think.
"Well I feel better already!" Lily said sarcastically. "His own sister
can't think of anything nice to say about him!"
"That's not true! James is...nice...sometimes." said Jeannie. " And...He
can be...very gentleman- like. Ya that's it! Gentleman-like."
"Sure! Just like how he was acting towards me in the hall and the way he
was going to say fu- well you know." said Lily, seeing the look on
Jeannie's face.
"He was going to say THAT! I am gonna have to kill him." Jeannie said.
"Ya, but he didn't say it to Sirius!" Lily replied. Jeannie flinched when
Lily said 'Sirius'.
"So now you're sticking up for James?" asked Jeremy with a grin on his
face.
"WHAT?! I--NO!" said Lily, blushing a bit.
"Sounds like it." said Remus a little grumpily.
Lily glared at him. "So, why did you flinch when I said 'Sirius' Jeannie?"
asked Lily, trying to change the subject.
"What?! I didn't flinch when you said...that," said Jeannie defensively but
getting a little nervous.
"Yes you did and what did I say?" asked Lily.
"Hey! Don't take all your anger out on me! Just cause you don't like James,
doesn't mean you can take it out on me! This isn't fair." Jeannie folded
her arms across her chest and turned her back to Lily.
Jeremy looked from Lily to Jeannie back to Lily. He, and Remus, hadn't the
slightest clue about what the two were talking about.
"Don't blame it on me Jeannie! Morgan told me what you did and you have to
fix it!" Lily said.
Jeannie flinched slightly at the mention of Morgan's name too.
"What's going on?" asked Jeremy.
"Nothing!" said Jeannie and she walked out of the kitchen.
Jeremy frowned and looked at Lily. Lily just sighed and sat down so Jeremy
went to follow Jeannie. Remus and Lily were left alone in the kitchen.
"What was that about?" asked Remus curiously.
"Nothing." said Lily shaking her head. "It's between Jeannie and Morgan."
"Okay." replied Remus. A silence followed. Lily could feel Remus' gaze on
her but she didn't look at him. She decided to look out of the window
instead.
"Nice day out." she said after awhile.
"Ya." replied Remus. "Look, Lily-" but Remus was cut off by James walking
into the room.
"What are you guys doing?" asked James suspiciously.
"None of your business!" retorted Lily.
*Jeremy and Jeannie*
Jeannie hurried down the hall to the mini movie theater.
She ran into the pitch-black room and sat down in the first row.
It was so dark that she couldn't see her hand in front of her but she liked
it better that way.
A couple of minutes later (it took Jeremy awhile to figure out where she
had gone) the door opened, creating a bar of light that flooded the room
then it was pitch black again as the door shut.
The door shut behind him and he awkwardly made his way to the front row, in
pitch darkness.
"What's up?" Jeremy said, sitting down beside Jeannie and grasping her
hand.
"I messed up," Jeannie said faintly.
"It couldn't have been that bad, tell me," Jeremy said.
"Well, I was trying to help them, but I just screwed them over," Jeannie
cried, tears were rolling down her pale face.
"Who?" Jeremy asked.
"Morgan...*sniff*...Sirius..."
"What happened?" He asked. Jeannie just let go of his hand to wipe a tear
from her eye. She didn't answer.
"You can tell me, Jeannie. You can tell me anything!" Jeremy said,
wrapping his arm around her and pilling Jeannie into a hug.
"I trapped them in a closet, James helped me. Sirius came on to her, She
got scared...she escaped through a trap door. I messed up their
relationship, how could they ever forgive me?" Jeannie whispered hoarsely
into Jeremy's ear. Tears were streaming down her cheeks.
"It'll all work out in the end. It always does! Sometimes you just have
to give it a little help. That's all you have to do Jeannie, give it a
little help." Jeremy advised her.
"How? How can I help Morgan and Sirius?" She asked.
"Apologize. That cheers everyone up. You saw how much happier Remus was
when he had people apologizing to him. Eventually, Morgan and Sirius will
come to their senses and forgive each other."
"I never knew you were so smart," Jeannie laughed. Jeremy just turned
towards her and kissed her fully on the lips.
*Back in the kitchen*
Remus noted the awkward silence. Lily, James and himself, just sat around
the table not really knowing what to say. James was still really pissed
off at Remus for kissing Lily. Remus was mad at James for even liking Lily
in the first place and giving him, Remus, a harder time to get Lily. Lily,
on the other hand, even though she apologized to Remus, Lily was upset at
Remusl. Lily hated James, because he was James and she could NEVER befriend
him.
"Look, I really think we ought to talk--" Lily started to say.
"--Save it, Lily," James interrupted.
"Save what James? What am I doing this time?" She asked heatedly.
"Everything Lily! You can't fix everything," James said coolly.
"So sue me if I try! What are you going to do James? What are YOU going to
do?" She laughed.
Remus couldn't handle it. He hated all this arguing. He just got up and
left the kitchen. James and Lily stared at him for a moment then continued
they're fighting. Remus walked speedily up the stairs, head hanging low.
He was so deep in thought that he didn't even notice whom he knocked down.
"Whoa Buddy, what's the rush?" It was Sirius.
"Nothing, it's nothing," Remus said, he continued to walk up the stairs.
"Remus?" Sirius called.
"Ya?"
"Ummm....I just wanted to apologize."
"For what?"
"Well, I turned against you when all you were doing was showing your
feelings towards Lily. Real friends don't do that. And I'm sorry for
giving you that stupid dare to kiss Lily. It was wrong. If it weren't for
me, none of this mess would have happened. So, sorry," Sirius said.
"That's ok! Thanks for the apology, it really means a lot to me!" Remus
said, smiling, "I'm gonna head upstairs now, I have to catch up on my
reading."
"See you around, then," Sirius said.
"Right!" Remus said, and walked up to his bedroom. It had been a better
day. Everyone had apologized to him. Everyone accept James. Remus was
starting to think that James would never apologize to him.
*Morgan*
Morgan woke up from her spot in the tree house. There was a golden light
that was cast upon the grass outside.
'Whoa! What time is it?' Morgan thought. She noticed that Lily was gone,
and she was kind of upset. This was her time of need, though it would be
best for her to talk to someone, but she only wanted to be alone. So she
decided to leave and find a better, warmer spot to think.
She quietly snuck out of the tree house and into the estate. She kept a
look out for anyone in the house; she hid from Jeannie once, who was coming
down the stairs. She made her way up to her room, but decided that if
someone were looking for her, it would be the first place to look. Morgan
turned around and kept walking upstairs to the attic.
The attic was one of her favorite places. It was so cozy. It was decorated
in shades of blues and Yellows. The walls were painted in a pale yellow
and covered in bookshelves that were inhabited in all the classic stories.
Morgan walked across the room to the nearest bookshelf. She picked out her
favorite book that she always read as a child, Beauty and the Beast. There
was just something she loved about the story. She wrapped herself in a
velvet blue blanket and sat down on the leather blue couch that faced the
window. She was just about to open up Beauty and the Beast, when there was
a creak of the door. Morgan jerked her head up.
It was Sirius.
"Oh, sorry. I'll just leave," He mumbled and made his way to leave.
"You don't have to..." Morgan said quickly and turning a slight shade of
pink. She didn't want to sound rude, even if she was in no mood to talk,
especially Sirius, "I mean, just because I'm here, doesn't give me the
right to kick you out."
"That's okay, but thanks for the offer," And he left. Morgan was hurt that
he left. Did he feel the same way that she felt for him? Or was he just
trying to get a good snog, back in the closet? She tried to read the first
sentence, but the words weren't sinking into her brain. Morgan couldn't
concentrate, she felt sick to her stomach. She lied down on the couch and
placed the book on the floor. Morgan tried to keep her mind blank, but it
was hard, because Sirius kept popping in her head.
*Outside the attic door*
Sirius was confused. He tried to make a decision on whether or not to go
back inside and talk to Morgan. He hated not talking to her. He was so
confused...was she worth it? Was she worth waiting for? Almost the whole
female Hogwarts population was after him, Sirius Black. Why did he have to
choose Morgan?
"Uh, Sirius?" Lily called.
"Huh?"
"We're all planning to go to Diagon Ally tomorrow, are you up for it?" Lily
asked.
"Ya, sure..." Sirius said, walking past her.
"We're leaving first thing in the morning, be ready, ok?" Lily called
after him.
"Sure..." He mumbled, still deep in thought.
"Do you have any idea where Morgan is? I have to tell her..." But Sirius
was so far away that Lily gave up and walked into the attic, in search for
Morgan.
She found Morgan, asleep, on the big, blue, leather couch.
"Morgan?" she whispered. Morgan didn't move. Lily shrugged. She quickly
found a pad of paper and a quill and wrote a quick note for Morgan about
tomorrow. She then felt hungry so she left for the kitchen.
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A/N: Ok!! Here u go! CHAPTER SEVEN!!! *clap, clap*
Chapter 7: No closet solutions
*Lily*
It was a long night. Lily had finally comforted Morgan, who was asleep on
the couch, in the tree house. She rubbed her eyelids; she was so tired, but
was in no mood to sleep. She still couldn't believe that she was going to
Hogwarts, for the last time.
'James had admitted that he had a crush on Lily...Remus had also done that
too. Because of her, Lily had probably ruined their friendship. This was
so unbelievable, crazy even. Lily pounded her fists against her scull.
Everything had gone wrong; nobody was supposed to like her! This weekend
was going to be fun, but so far...'
'...The only good thing was that Jeannie and Jeremy are together,' Lily
thought to herself, 'other than that, nothing was good! The whole
relationship with Morgan, Sirius, Jeannie and James were messed up! This
was going to need some fixing!'
Lily decided that she was the one to fix everyone's problems. She had
stubborn friends, if she didn't fix it, nobody would do it!
Lily climbed down the tree house, leaving a sleeping Morgan. She wandered
back to the mansion and though of how she was going to fix everything. She
decided to talk to Sirius first, since she didn't want to talk to James and
she felt Jeannie needed some time alone. She walked through the back door
and went to the kitchen, since Sirius seemed to always be eating.
She walked into the kitchen and found Remus instead, talking with Jeremy.
"What am I going to do?" Lily heard Remus ask.
"I dunno." Replied Jeremy. He was sitting on the counter, thinking. "This
is a pretty bad situation you're in."
"Hey guys." Said Lily as she walked in. She remembered what Morgan had
said this morning and walked over to Remus.
"I'm really sorry about yesterday."
"What did you do?" asked Remus, confused. Lily thought for a bit. What had
she done?
"Um...I'm sorry if I got mad at you?" she replied.
"Uh, okay." Remus said, his eyebrows rose.
"Well, what were you two talking about?" she asked.
"Nothing!" Jeremy and Remus said quickly.
"A movie I saw yesterday!" said Jeremy, "Has anyone seen Jeannie lately?"
"No." replied Lily. Remus just shrugged, "Why?"
"No reason." Jeremy replied, shrugging.
"Sure." Said Remus, grinning. "No reason at all. You just want to-"
"Quiet Remus!" Jeremy snapped.
"Well," said Lily, "I'm going to go find Sirius. Anyone know where he is?"
"Upstairs?" asked Jeremy. Remus shrugged.
"Okay, I'll see you guys later then."
Lily left the kitchen and headed upstairs, towards James and Sirius' room.
Lily was glad that Remus accepted her apology. And that he didn't bring up
the subject of his feelings towards her...thank god! She climbed the
stairs quickly, eager to talk to Sirius. She reached the familiar hallway
and then the front of James and Sirius' door. She didn't bother to knock,
there were voices echoing inside the room.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS JAMES? HOW THICK CAN YOU BE?" Sirius bellowed at
James. The two boys were obviously arguing. They hadn't noticed that Lily
was standing in the doorway.
"It wasn't my idea, it was Jeannie's! I was only trying to help!" James
said.
"Well, it was stupid! Morgan isn't that kind of girl!" Sirius said, lying
back down on his bed.
"Don't get mad at me for something YOU did!" James said, putting the
emphasis on YOU.
"I wouldn't have done anything if it wasn't for you or Jeannie!" Sirius
said.
"Why don't you just Fu--" James was cut off by Lily coughing in the door
way, "--what do you want?"
"I was hoping to talk to Sirius! Not like it's any of your business!" Lily
said, walking closer to them. James didn't answer; he just looked
disgusted and stormed out of the room.
"Good! He's gone, now I can talk to you!" Lily said, sitting down on
Sirius' bed.
"What about," Sirius said grumpily.
"Morgan." She said simply. Sirius held his breath.
"What about her?" He finally asked.
"I think you know what about," Lily replied.
"Maybe, maybe not." Sirius said stubbornly, but listening intently.
"She's really hurt, you know."
"So am I"
"Naturally. She's just confused right now. She doesn't know what she
wants," Lily said. There was no reply on Sirius' half, "I told her to give
you a chance. Other than that, I think you should talk to her."
"What about?"
"Stop acting stupid!" Lily said heatedly.
"What am I supposed to say?" He asked, ignoring her comment.
"Firstly, apologize for going to far and then talk about what your
relationship," Lily said. Sirius was about to reply, when there was a
tapping noise coming from the window.
"What the?" Sirius said instead. Lily got up from the bed, walked to the
window and opened it. Two tawny owls flew inside. They had the Hogwarts
emblem on their chests. Both were carrying think envelopes.
"Hogwarts letters," Sirius mumbled. Lily grabbed the envelopes and the
owls flew off.
"Here," Lily said, thrusting an envelope into Sirius' hands, while opening
her own.
Dear Ms. Evans.
We are pleased to announce that you have been chosen for the position of
Head Girl. Enclosed is your badge. Please report to the Prefect Cabin on
your voyage to Hogwarts, on the Hogwarts Train, leaving September 1st.
Congratulations! Enclosed is a list of your needed school supplies.
Sincerely,
Professor Minerva McGonagall
Deputy Headmistress
"Oh My!" Lily was in shock. The shiny head girl badge fell on her lap.
"What?" Sirius asked, he picked up the badge.
"I can't believe this," Lily said, still in shock, a hand covering her
mouth.
"This is amazing! Your Head Girl! I knew you would get it!" Sirius said on
a happier note, then he was before.
"What?"
"Well, you're the smartest! You always study ahead of time. Plus, your
prepared for whatever the teachers give us! Oh, and your a teacher's pet!"
Sirius said.
"Shut up! I am not!" Lily said and punched Sirius in the arm. He dropped
his unopened Hogwarts Letter on the ground; he bent down to pick it up.
Lily was thankful, cause she didn't want Sirius to see her turn pink.
Sirius opened his envelope as Lily left.
Lily rushed out of the room so fast, she didn't even notice James who was
opening a Hogwarts letter and bumped into him.
"Ack!" Lily said as she fell to the floor. "I'm so sorry! I didn't even-oh
it's you." She looked up and saw Jamesl, who was starring at her with his
eyebrows raised.
"No need to be nice to me, is there?" he asked, looking down at Lily.
Lily blushed. "Well it's not like you're the most polite person either! I
know what you were going to say to Sirius back there, before I stopped
you."
"Well sorry if I can't be a gentleman all the time!"
Lily snorted. "A gentleman! HA! You think you're a gentleman! What a
laugh!"
"Well, look whose acting rude now!! You're not even acting lady-like!" said
James, forgetting all about his letter, and getting angry.
"I don't care if I'm acting lady-like to you James Potter!" said Lily,
getting up off the floor.
"Well at least someone thinks I'm nice enough.," said James, remembering
his letter.
"What are you talking about? No one thinks you're nice! Well at least not
me."
James glared at her. "Well Dumbledore certainly thinks so! I've been made
Head Boy!" He said triumphantly.
Lily gaped at him. "WHAT!?"
"That's right!" James said, shaking the letter in Lily's face.
"No! That's not possible!" Lily said, outraged. She had been so happy only
moments ago that she had been accepted, as Head Girl but now, it seemed
like a burden. This meant that she will have to do everything with James.
The person she despised. The only reason she hung around with him was
because her best friends happened to be his sister and cousin and they hung
around with him and all his friends. She didn't mind James' friends. They
were all right and everything. It was James though that ticked her off.
She didn't even know why she disliked him, maybe it was his smile or the
way every girl seemed to hang off him. Maybe it was the way his hair was
always messy and stuck up in the back just so. Maybe it was his hazel eyes
or the way he walked. She just didn't know.
"Well Lily, it is possible and it's true. Now, I think I shall leave now if
it's not too much to ask." and with that, James walked away.
Lily was fuming. Just when things were getting good, James had to go and
ruin everything.
*In the Kitchen*
"...So what I'm trying to say is that I'm really sorry! I shouldn't have
attacked you, you did nothing wrong. Sorry Remus!" Jeannie said truthfully
towards Remus.
"Don't worry about it! I'm just glad I didn't lose your friendship
forever! 'Cause so far, the only people not mad at me are Morgan, Lily,
You and Jeremy!"
Three owls came swooping in the open window. They landed in front of three
different people, Jeannie, Remus and Jeremy. The owls dropped a letter in
front of the three people and flew off.
"Hogwarts letters!" Jeremy exclaimed. They each tore open the letter.
"Same old, same old," Jeannie said, casting the letter aside.
"Ya..." Remus said, in a disappointed tone.
"What's wrong?" Jeremy asked.
"Oh, nothing. I was just expecting to get Head Boy, but i didn't. But I
really don't care..." Remus said, throwing the paper away from him.
"What?" Jeannie asked.
"Your not Head Boy? Who else could it be? If it's Snape.... I'll KILL
him!!" Jeremy said seriously.
"I have no idea who else it could be..." Remus discussed.
"But that's not fair!! You have the top marks for the Boys in our year!
They must have made a mistake," Jeannie exclaimed.
"Dumbledore doesn't make mistakes," Remus said glumly. Just then, an angry
Lily stormed through the door. Without speaking, she hastily drew back a
chair and sat on it, joining the group of 3.
"What's up?" Jeannie asked, scared if it had to do with something Morgan
and Sirius.
"James!" She exclaimed shortly.
"What did he do this time?" Remus asked, trying not to show his happiness.
If Lily gets mad at James, He, Remus has a better chance with her.
"I'm Head Girl! Why did this happen to me? Why me? I'M HEAD GIRL!" Lily
yelled.
"Congratulations Lils!! Your head girl!!! But why are you upset?" Jeremy
asked, confused.
"James." Lily said shortly.
"Yes, we know about James, but what about him?" Jeannie asked.
"He's Head Boy!" Lily said finally.
"WHAT?!" Remus yelled, getting up from his seat. Lily's expression changed
from mad to scared.
"Calm down Remus," Jeannie said timidly.
"Oh, right..." Remus said, as he sat back down on his chair.
"Anyways," Jeremy said slowly, "Why would you be mad at him?"
"Well, this means I'm gonna have to do EVERYTHING with him! I HATE him! I
don't want to spend my free time with Potter! I don't understand! He's
not even a prefect! How can he become Head Boy?"
"How am I supposed to know why he got Head Boy?" asked Jeremy.
"Well, obviously Dumbledore saw something in James that I certainly
didn't!" said Jeannie. "I can't be that bad though, James I mean. I know
he can be really annoying, believe me, I know! I've lived with him for like
16 years. But he can be...hmm..." Jeannie stopped to think.
"Well I feel better already!" Lily said sarcastically. "His own sister
can't think of anything nice to say about him!"
"That's not true! James is...nice...sometimes." said Jeannie. " And...He
can be...very gentleman- like. Ya that's it! Gentleman-like."
"Sure! Just like how he was acting towards me in the hall and the way he
was going to say fu- well you know." said Lily, seeing the look on
Jeannie's face.
"He was going to say THAT! I am gonna have to kill him." Jeannie said.
"Ya, but he didn't say it to Sirius!" Lily replied. Jeannie flinched when
Lily said 'Sirius'.
"So now you're sticking up for James?" asked Jeremy with a grin on his
face.
"WHAT?! I--NO!" said Lily, blushing a bit.
"Sounds like it." said Remus a little grumpily.
Lily glared at him. "So, why did you flinch when I said 'Sirius' Jeannie?"
asked Lily, trying to change the subject.
"What?! I didn't flinch when you said...that," said Jeannie defensively but
getting a little nervous.
"Yes you did and what did I say?" asked Lily.
"Hey! Don't take all your anger out on me! Just cause you don't like James,
doesn't mean you can take it out on me! This isn't fair." Jeannie folded
her arms across her chest and turned her back to Lily.
Jeremy looked from Lily to Jeannie back to Lily. He, and Remus, hadn't the
slightest clue about what the two were talking about.
"Don't blame it on me Jeannie! Morgan told me what you did and you have to
fix it!" Lily said.
Jeannie flinched slightly at the mention of Morgan's name too.
"What's going on?" asked Jeremy.
"Nothing!" said Jeannie and she walked out of the kitchen.
Jeremy frowned and looked at Lily. Lily just sighed and sat down so Jeremy
went to follow Jeannie. Remus and Lily were left alone in the kitchen.
"What was that about?" asked Remus curiously.
"Nothing." said Lily shaking her head. "It's between Jeannie and Morgan."
"Okay." replied Remus. A silence followed. Lily could feel Remus' gaze on
her but she didn't look at him. She decided to look out of the window
instead.
"Nice day out." she said after awhile.
"Ya." replied Remus. "Look, Lily-" but Remus was cut off by James walking
into the room.
"What are you guys doing?" asked James suspiciously.
"None of your business!" retorted Lily.
*Jeremy and Jeannie*
Jeannie hurried down the hall to the mini movie theater.
She ran into the pitch-black room and sat down in the first row.
It was so dark that she couldn't see her hand in front of her but she liked
it better that way.
A couple of minutes later (it took Jeremy awhile to figure out where she
had gone) the door opened, creating a bar of light that flooded the room
then it was pitch black again as the door shut.
The door shut behind him and he awkwardly made his way to the front row, in
pitch darkness.
"What's up?" Jeremy said, sitting down beside Jeannie and grasping her
hand.
"I messed up," Jeannie said faintly.
"It couldn't have been that bad, tell me," Jeremy said.
"Well, I was trying to help them, but I just screwed them over," Jeannie
cried, tears were rolling down her pale face.
"Who?" Jeremy asked.
"Morgan...*sniff*...Sirius..."
"What happened?" He asked. Jeannie just let go of his hand to wipe a tear
from her eye. She didn't answer.
"You can tell me, Jeannie. You can tell me anything!" Jeremy said,
wrapping his arm around her and pilling Jeannie into a hug.
"I trapped them in a closet, James helped me. Sirius came on to her, She
got scared...she escaped through a trap door. I messed up their
relationship, how could they ever forgive me?" Jeannie whispered hoarsely
into Jeremy's ear. Tears were streaming down her cheeks.
"It'll all work out in the end. It always does! Sometimes you just have
to give it a little help. That's all you have to do Jeannie, give it a
little help." Jeremy advised her.
"How? How can I help Morgan and Sirius?" She asked.
"Apologize. That cheers everyone up. You saw how much happier Remus was
when he had people apologizing to him. Eventually, Morgan and Sirius will
come to their senses and forgive each other."
"I never knew you were so smart," Jeannie laughed. Jeremy just turned
towards her and kissed her fully on the lips.
*Back in the kitchen*
Remus noted the awkward silence. Lily, James and himself, just sat around
the table not really knowing what to say. James was still really pissed
off at Remus for kissing Lily. Remus was mad at James for even liking Lily
in the first place and giving him, Remus, a harder time to get Lily. Lily,
on the other hand, even though she apologized to Remus, Lily was upset at
Remusl. Lily hated James, because he was James and she could NEVER befriend
him.
"Look, I really think we ought to talk--" Lily started to say.
"--Save it, Lily," James interrupted.
"Save what James? What am I doing this time?" She asked heatedly.
"Everything Lily! You can't fix everything," James said coolly.
"So sue me if I try! What are you going to do James? What are YOU going to
do?" She laughed.
Remus couldn't handle it. He hated all this arguing. He just got up and
left the kitchen. James and Lily stared at him for a moment then continued
they're fighting. Remus walked speedily up the stairs, head hanging low.
He was so deep in thought that he didn't even notice whom he knocked down.
"Whoa Buddy, what's the rush?" It was Sirius.
"Nothing, it's nothing," Remus said, he continued to walk up the stairs.
"Remus?" Sirius called.
"Ya?"
"Ummm....I just wanted to apologize."
"For what?"
"Well, I turned against you when all you were doing was showing your
feelings towards Lily. Real friends don't do that. And I'm sorry for
giving you that stupid dare to kiss Lily. It was wrong. If it weren't for
me, none of this mess would have happened. So, sorry," Sirius said.
"That's ok! Thanks for the apology, it really means a lot to me!" Remus
said, smiling, "I'm gonna head upstairs now, I have to catch up on my
reading."
"See you around, then," Sirius said.
"Right!" Remus said, and walked up to his bedroom. It had been a better
day. Everyone had apologized to him. Everyone accept James. Remus was
starting to think that James would never apologize to him.
*Morgan*
Morgan woke up from her spot in the tree house. There was a golden light
that was cast upon the grass outside.
'Whoa! What time is it?' Morgan thought. She noticed that Lily was gone,
and she was kind of upset. This was her time of need, though it would be
best for her to talk to someone, but she only wanted to be alone. So she
decided to leave and find a better, warmer spot to think.
She quietly snuck out of the tree house and into the estate. She kept a
look out for anyone in the house; she hid from Jeannie once, who was coming
down the stairs. She made her way up to her room, but decided that if
someone were looking for her, it would be the first place to look. Morgan
turned around and kept walking upstairs to the attic.
The attic was one of her favorite places. It was so cozy. It was decorated
in shades of blues and Yellows. The walls were painted in a pale yellow
and covered in bookshelves that were inhabited in all the classic stories.
Morgan walked across the room to the nearest bookshelf. She picked out her
favorite book that she always read as a child, Beauty and the Beast. There
was just something she loved about the story. She wrapped herself in a
velvet blue blanket and sat down on the leather blue couch that faced the
window. She was just about to open up Beauty and the Beast, when there was
a creak of the door. Morgan jerked her head up.
It was Sirius.
"Oh, sorry. I'll just leave," He mumbled and made his way to leave.
"You don't have to..." Morgan said quickly and turning a slight shade of
pink. She didn't want to sound rude, even if she was in no mood to talk,
especially Sirius, "I mean, just because I'm here, doesn't give me the
right to kick you out."
"That's okay, but thanks for the offer," And he left. Morgan was hurt that
he left. Did he feel the same way that she felt for him? Or was he just
trying to get a good snog, back in the closet? She tried to read the first
sentence, but the words weren't sinking into her brain. Morgan couldn't
concentrate, she felt sick to her stomach. She lied down on the couch and
placed the book on the floor. Morgan tried to keep her mind blank, but it
was hard, because Sirius kept popping in her head.
*Outside the attic door*
Sirius was confused. He tried to make a decision on whether or not to go
back inside and talk to Morgan. He hated not talking to her. He was so
confused...was she worth it? Was she worth waiting for? Almost the whole
female Hogwarts population was after him, Sirius Black. Why did he have to
choose Morgan?
"Uh, Sirius?" Lily called.
"Huh?"
"We're all planning to go to Diagon Ally tomorrow, are you up for it?" Lily
asked.
"Ya, sure..." Sirius said, walking past her.
"We're leaving first thing in the morning, be ready, ok?" Lily called
after him.
"Sure..." He mumbled, still deep in thought.
"Do you have any idea where Morgan is? I have to tell her..." But Sirius
was so far away that Lily gave up and walked into the attic, in search for
Morgan.
She found Morgan, asleep, on the big, blue, leather couch.
"Morgan?" she whispered. Morgan didn't move. Lily shrugged. She quickly
found a pad of paper and a quill and wrote a quick note for Morgan about
tomorrow. She then felt hungry so she left for the kitchen.
A/N: Kneener Kneener...Knuck Knuck....
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