Roses Have Thorns And So Do You.
By Bookworm2003
Chapter 2
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"COME ON LILY! CONCENTRATE!!"
HA, Lily thought, as she faced her opponent, Concentrate, easier said than done. Lily could not concentrate at all. She was going back to Hogwarts soon and she couldn't wait until she get back. Whack! Lily cursed herself for thinking so much and letting her opponent hit her with no defense. Lily walked off the mat at the end of Round 1, losing.
"Come on, Lily. What's wrong?" Selma, her coach asked.
"I'm going back to school in a couple of days and all; I'm just a little off today." Lily said, lamely.
"You've been great all summer, Lily, do what you always did before."
Lily took Selma's words to heart. When the bell dinged for Round 2, she was ready. When she faced her opponent, her face transformed to the face of James Potter and she instantly felt the rage filling her and she easily defeated her opponent, giving her a bloody nose in the process. Lily got off the mat with cheers ringing in her ears and the rage leaving her body.
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"Guess what, Prongsie!" Sirius Black shouted as he trampled into James's room.
"What, Padfoot?" James asked, looking at a letter he received.
"What are you reading?" Sirius asked, looking over James's shoulder.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Roses have thorns,
And so do you.
"So, James," Sirius said, taking the letter out of his hand, "is Lily still showering you with poems?"
"No, this is the only thing I received from her."
"Prongsie, did you know that our dear friend Moony has been made Prefect?"
"Really?"
"Yes, I don't know what Dumbledore was thinking, or if he was sucking one too many lemon drops, but we can cause havoc this year without consequences." Sirius said, looking like Christmas came early this year.
"Yeah, you're right. What do you think we should do to Snivelly this year?"
"Dunno, but we have all year." Sirius said, throwing stuff into his trunk.
"Okay, if you're done Sirius, we need to get going." James said, checking his watch.
As usual, James's father got them a Ministry car and they zoomed off to King's Cross. They arrived with plenty of time to spare. As Sirius went in search of trolleys for their trunks, James spotted an unfamiliar girl hugging her parents good-bye. She was slim and pretty with thick, wavy auburn hair. She was wearing a revealing halter-top and a pleated skirt that ended just below her thighs. James looked at her intently, not noticing that Sirius has arrived with their trolley.
"She's pretty, isn't she?" Sirius asked, making James jump.
"Yeah," James said, dreamily, "who is she?"
"Go ask her." Sirius said, pushing James forward.
"I will," James said, resolutely, and then quietly, "will you take my stuff on the train and find us a compartment?"
"Sure, now work that Potter charm." Sirius said, grinning.
James walked towards the girl as her parents left and slipped his arm around her waist. "Hi beautiful," he said, in a voice oddly not his own, "can I help you get across the barrier."
"Sod off, Potter." She spat and tried to move out of his grasp.
"So, you know my name," James said, grinning, "But your attitude is very hostile."
"Potter," She said, sarcastically sweet, as they walked through the barrier, "kindly remove your hand from my waist, or I'll make sure that you will never see little Potters running around in your living room."
"I will, just as soon as you'll tell me your name." And with that, he held on tighter.
"Lily!!" a voice rang out of nowhere as the girl struggled to get out of James's grasp. She suddenly stopped and looked around.
"Emmie!!!" Lily shouted.
"What?!?!" James said, looking from Lily to Emily.
James went on the train to find Sirius sitting in a compartment, looking out the window.
"So James," Sirius said, cockily, "the old Potter charm didn't work, huh."
"She's feisty."
"James," Remus said coming in, "Why were you trying to hit on Lily?"
"How did you know it was her?" James said, grimacing as he sat down.
"I pay attention." Remus said, sitting down next to him.
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Lily and Emily walked into their compartment and sat down. As soon as Lily sat down, Alice asked, "Was that Potter you kicked in the you-know-where on the platform?"
"Yes."
"I thought that you like him." Mandy said, as she entered the compartment.
"Liked, Mandy, liked him before I found out that he was such a bastard."
"That's what we tried to tell you before." All of her friends said, together.
"Ok, enough about me," Lily said, changing the subject, "Alice, what are you going to do about Peter."
"The perfect solution," Alice said, tossing her hair back, "I already have a boyfriend."
"Who?" Mandy asked immediately.
"Frank Longbottom." Alice said, her cheeks turning red, "He's a sixth year."
"Really?" Lily said, surprised, "I didn't know that you dated older guys."
"Well, I didn't, but my mother and I were in Diagon Alley and we saw him with his mother and our mothers are friends, so they talked while we went to get ice-cream."
"How romantic." Emily said flatly.
They felt the train lurch and Lily suddenly got up. "Oh, yeah," She said, pulling on her robes and getting a badge out of her bag, "Did I mention that I'm a prefect?"
"No, but we assumed that you were." Emily said, opening the compartment door, "Go to your meeting Lily, we'll miss you."
As Lily walked down the train, she bumped into Remus Lupin. "Hi Lily." He said sheepishly.
"Hi Remus."
"You look great."
"Yeah, I picked up on a bit of karate this summer." Lily said, quietly.
"I could tell by the fact that you practically damaged James permanently." Remus said laughing.
"Practically?" Lily said, trying to sound mad, but not succeeding as she burst out laughing, "I was going for just permanently damaging."
They laughed with each other until they reached the door of the Prefect compartment, before Lily opened the door, Remus put his hand on her wrist and asked, "Lily, would you......"
A/N: Sorry that this is so short (it's short in my opinion) I feel like ending it incompletely today, most of you will know what he's asking her, all right, thanks to all that reviewed and more updates soon.
Bookworm2003
P.S I'm typing in the dark, it's kind of hard.