Author's note: Here we go, chapter eight!!! The end of this chapter was a
bit unexpected, even for me, and I wrote it. I considered cutting it out,
but then I realized I haven't indicated any tension, I guess that's how to
word it, between them in here, so the end of this is something new, what
I've never done. cuz of that. this story now has PG-13 rating, just in
case.. let me know what you think! So please review!
Disclaimer: What's familiar to you all belongs to JK Rowling. Whatever's unfamiliar belongs to ME!!!!!!!!!
Chapter Eight- Halloween
By the time everyone was awake and about Saturday morning, it was clear that the house elves were busy cooking by the sweet aromas and such floating around the castle. Nobody could help but be in high spirits; not even Jillian, who had been shooting dirty looks at Lily every time she saw her in the past few days. Lily wasn't paying much attention though. The morning was spent by third years and above in Hogsmeade. Honeydukes and the Three Broomsticks in particular were crowded with Howarts students, happily drinking butterbeer or buying all sorts of candies. The weather had been awfully cold and rainy lately, and it was Halloween that the clouds left, revealing a bright sun and bright blue sky.
Evening came, and the Halloween feast began in the Great Hall. Everyone started grabbing at anything they could. The Great Hall looked fantastic with all the Jack O' Lanterns floating around in the air, one of the first year Gryffindors pointed out to Lily, who then beamed with pride. McGonagall had asked Lily to sit with some of the first years that were a bit shier than others during meals until they broke the ice with some other students. As she ate, she took a glance halfway up the table, where her friends were busy eating and talking amongst each other. Her anger, however, rose when she saw James laughing with Camille. She bent down to one of the first years sitting beside her.
"I'm not feeling all too well tonight, so I'm afraid I'll have to step outside. I'll be back soon."
The small girl nodded, and Lily went outside onto the front lawn. It was only slightly chilly, so Lily, even though wearing her uniform, climbed up one of the taller trees and sat on the widest branch she could find. She turned to face the castle. It was a very pretty sight. In celebration of Halloween, all the lights were on in the castle. After thinking for a few minutes,
"Well, that was dumb. They were probably just talking about Quidditch. They're both obsessed with that game."
Looking at the entrance, she saw two figures emerge from the castle. As they moved closer to the tree, Lily noticed that one of them was Ashley. She blinked in surprise to realize the second person to be David, a seventh year from Ravenclaw. Lily looked back towards the castle as Ashley and David kissed.
'You don't need a boyfriend; you're lucky to be loved by friends,' Lily thought to herself.
She needed to focus on her studies more than anything else right now; if she were to get a successful job at the Ministry, grades and such from sixth year and beyond were taken into serious consideration. After she was certain Ashley and David had gone back in the castle, Lily climbed down the tree and went back into the Great Hall. The first years Lily had been sitting with had begun eating dessert and despite the large amount of cakes, doughnuts and ice cream that appeared on the table, one of the girls, Aly, saw Lily enter. She ran up to her excitedly.
"Lily! You missed it!"
Lily smiled.
"What'd I miss, Aly?"
''Four of the older boys turned a boy in Slytherin to wear Gryffindor robes using magic!" Aly exclaimed, her eyes gleaming with delight.
"I'm assuming those four boys are in my year. did Professor McGonagall take them into another room afterwards?"
Aly nodded. 'She didn't look too mad at them though. Most teachers looked amused, even."
Lily laughed, then went to sit back down with the first years. As she reached out for some ice cream, a finger poked her arm sharply. Lily let out a short gasp, then looked around to see who did it. That poke had not been a friendly one. Her eyes narrowed slightly seeing Alex standing behind her with a smirk on his face.
"Well, Lily Evans is a witch," he said coldly.
"And Alex O'Connor is a wizard. I don't want to talk to you, and I don't need to."
Alex scoffed. "We already sit together in Transfiguration. It's not going to be that easy."
Lily shook her head.
"I don't know how somebody like you got into such a revered House. You don't deserve to be in Ravenclaw."
Alex looked taken back, but moments later said, "You don't deserve to be in Gryffindor yourself."
Lily stared at him angrily. She believed herself to be a true Gryffindor. She felt a tug at the sleeves of her robes. As Lily turned to Aly, Alex walked away. Lily's tense face softened at the sight of Aly's saddened expression. She knew why she was that way.
"Aly, I'm sorry." Lily said pleadingly.
"Mum and dad used to say things like that to each other a lot before I came here; your argument just sounded like theirs. It's okay though." Sadly, Aly turned back to her plate and continued eating.
Lily couldn't help but feel horrible as she began to eat her ice cream.
Two hours later, Lily was up alone in the dormitory, changing into her pajamas. She stopped however, when she heard an unfamiliar creak not too far away from where she was standing.
Although she was sure there was nobody in the room, she called out, "Hello?"
For a moment, there was silence, so Lily resumed changing. She jumped, however, when a very familiar boy's voice answered sheepishly.
"Erm. hello. Happy Halloween?"
Lily's anger flared again.
"James!!!!" she yelled and grabbed her wand. She pointed it to the center of the room.
"Accio Invisibility Cloak!"
A few seconds later, Lily threw James' invisibility cloak on her bed and pointed her wand at James after she had bolted and doors and windows with a locking charm.
"Why in the world are you in a girls' dormitory?" Lily asked impatiently.
James' right hand went through his hair, his face turning slightly red and laughed nervously. Without him talking, Lily realized what he had been doing, and she went into a rage.
"You've been watching me! James Potter, you are absolutely sick, absolutely perverted! I hate you!" she screamed.
"Lily," James started, taking a step towards her. His emotions were running high as well.
"How long have you been watching me??" Lily continued screaming.
"Does it matter how long I've been watching you? You caught me here, you should be satisfied with that!" James yelled back at her.
"Yes, it matters to me, James! I'M NOT ELEVEN YEARS OLD ANYMORE!" Lily yelled annoyed.
James raised an eyebrow.
"Who could ever mistake you for an 11 year old?" James asked curiously.
Lily breathed deeply, starting to calm down.
"You'd be surprised."
"Maybe not; some people think I'm 18 now," James said, hoping to make her feel better.
Lily shook her head.
"You don't look like you're 18; 16 maybe."
"Then we're equal."
"Yeah." Lily muttered something and the door and windows opened. "You can go now, James."
Thanking he heard wrong, "Pardon?"
"You can go now."
"But we were finally settling into friendly conversation!"
"But before that, I was getting ready for bed."
"I know that, remember? My compliments on your figure, it's quite a lovely sight," James said boldly.
Lily gasped furiously and slapped James hard on the cheek.
"I WILL NOT BE TALKED OF LIKE THAT!" Lily screamed.
James got angry. Again.
"Lily, you say you're not 11 years old, yes, you are 16. I know other girls your age, and you are ridiculously pure-minded. I refuse to believe all your thoughts are pure. It's not humanly possible!"
Lily crossed her arms stubbornly across her chest and didn't answer, simply glaring at him. James smiled in triumphant victory and turned to leave, but before he could step out the door, Lily shut the door again with her locking charm. Now Lily was the one smirking and James was glaring.
"Now you can't leave, not after what you just said," Lily said contemptuously.
"First you say I can leave, now you say I can't!"
Pulling his wand out of his pocket, James advanced to where Lily was standing. Lily, being light and fast, beat him to what he was planning to do.
"Expelliarmus!"
The force of the spell sent James flying to the other side of the room. He let out a loud grunt as he lifted himself back up onto his feet. Ready to strike James again, Lily raised her wand, but James came up with a better idea.
"Accio Invisibility Cloak!"
James grabbed it, slipping it on before Lily's mind registered it. Lily had left the windows open, so James ran to the nearest window.
"Accio Silver Arrow!"
Lily ran to the window. Inwardly scolding herself for forgetting to lock the windows. James, though invisible, mounted his ever-faithful Silver Arrow and hastily tried to escape. Lily quickly put on her school robes and jumped onto the broom, towards the end. Although she had been quiet, James noticed the broom had gotten heavier. Instead of getting mad, an evil grin spread on James' face as he spotted the Quidditch field.
"There it is." and the broom flew at a moderate pace towards the field. Lily, who had not been on a broom since first year was panicking, having forgotten how to ride. And also, there were two people on the broom, making it more difficult for her to calm down. James was really enjoying himself, not attentive to Lily's panicking. There was a breeze, and with the speed of the broom, it was a wonderful feeling. The only thing was that he was wearing his invisibility cloak. then he heard Lily yelp in fear.
Sighing, James landed his broom on the field, and slipping his cloak off, which was a mistake. As soon as he did so, Lily tackled him down on the ground with ease.
"Now what's this for?" James said, quite annoyed.
"For the idea of using a broomstick, that's what!" Lily said, centimeters above James.
All of a sudden, James let a gasp escape from him, as a tightening entered his groin. He groaned and closed his eyes. Seconds later, Lily was surprised to feel something hard pressing into her thigh. With realization, Lily stared at James in surprise.
"Oh my god, James," she whispered as she stood up.
Expecting Lily to hit him, James kept his eyes closed and listened to his quickening heartbeat.
'This has never happened before. Why'd it have to happen now. why couldn't I have just kissed her?' James thought.
After a minute or so, James noticed Lily hadn't done anything and cautiously opened his eyes. She was nowhere to be found. He sat up, scanning the area. Off in the distance, Lily was running back into the castle, not caring she was only wearing her pajamas and school robes. Collecting his things, James also realized she took his invisibility cloak.
End of chapter eight. just let me know what you think. I was awfully hesitant in typing the last part. please review and let me know!
Disclaimer: What's familiar to you all belongs to JK Rowling. Whatever's unfamiliar belongs to ME!!!!!!!!!
Chapter Eight- Halloween
By the time everyone was awake and about Saturday morning, it was clear that the house elves were busy cooking by the sweet aromas and such floating around the castle. Nobody could help but be in high spirits; not even Jillian, who had been shooting dirty looks at Lily every time she saw her in the past few days. Lily wasn't paying much attention though. The morning was spent by third years and above in Hogsmeade. Honeydukes and the Three Broomsticks in particular were crowded with Howarts students, happily drinking butterbeer or buying all sorts of candies. The weather had been awfully cold and rainy lately, and it was Halloween that the clouds left, revealing a bright sun and bright blue sky.
Evening came, and the Halloween feast began in the Great Hall. Everyone started grabbing at anything they could. The Great Hall looked fantastic with all the Jack O' Lanterns floating around in the air, one of the first year Gryffindors pointed out to Lily, who then beamed with pride. McGonagall had asked Lily to sit with some of the first years that were a bit shier than others during meals until they broke the ice with some other students. As she ate, she took a glance halfway up the table, where her friends were busy eating and talking amongst each other. Her anger, however, rose when she saw James laughing with Camille. She bent down to one of the first years sitting beside her.
"I'm not feeling all too well tonight, so I'm afraid I'll have to step outside. I'll be back soon."
The small girl nodded, and Lily went outside onto the front lawn. It was only slightly chilly, so Lily, even though wearing her uniform, climbed up one of the taller trees and sat on the widest branch she could find. She turned to face the castle. It was a very pretty sight. In celebration of Halloween, all the lights were on in the castle. After thinking for a few minutes,
"Well, that was dumb. They were probably just talking about Quidditch. They're both obsessed with that game."
Looking at the entrance, she saw two figures emerge from the castle. As they moved closer to the tree, Lily noticed that one of them was Ashley. She blinked in surprise to realize the second person to be David, a seventh year from Ravenclaw. Lily looked back towards the castle as Ashley and David kissed.
'You don't need a boyfriend; you're lucky to be loved by friends,' Lily thought to herself.
She needed to focus on her studies more than anything else right now; if she were to get a successful job at the Ministry, grades and such from sixth year and beyond were taken into serious consideration. After she was certain Ashley and David had gone back in the castle, Lily climbed down the tree and went back into the Great Hall. The first years Lily had been sitting with had begun eating dessert and despite the large amount of cakes, doughnuts and ice cream that appeared on the table, one of the girls, Aly, saw Lily enter. She ran up to her excitedly.
"Lily! You missed it!"
Lily smiled.
"What'd I miss, Aly?"
''Four of the older boys turned a boy in Slytherin to wear Gryffindor robes using magic!" Aly exclaimed, her eyes gleaming with delight.
"I'm assuming those four boys are in my year. did Professor McGonagall take them into another room afterwards?"
Aly nodded. 'She didn't look too mad at them though. Most teachers looked amused, even."
Lily laughed, then went to sit back down with the first years. As she reached out for some ice cream, a finger poked her arm sharply. Lily let out a short gasp, then looked around to see who did it. That poke had not been a friendly one. Her eyes narrowed slightly seeing Alex standing behind her with a smirk on his face.
"Well, Lily Evans is a witch," he said coldly.
"And Alex O'Connor is a wizard. I don't want to talk to you, and I don't need to."
Alex scoffed. "We already sit together in Transfiguration. It's not going to be that easy."
Lily shook her head.
"I don't know how somebody like you got into such a revered House. You don't deserve to be in Ravenclaw."
Alex looked taken back, but moments later said, "You don't deserve to be in Gryffindor yourself."
Lily stared at him angrily. She believed herself to be a true Gryffindor. She felt a tug at the sleeves of her robes. As Lily turned to Aly, Alex walked away. Lily's tense face softened at the sight of Aly's saddened expression. She knew why she was that way.
"Aly, I'm sorry." Lily said pleadingly.
"Mum and dad used to say things like that to each other a lot before I came here; your argument just sounded like theirs. It's okay though." Sadly, Aly turned back to her plate and continued eating.
Lily couldn't help but feel horrible as she began to eat her ice cream.
Two hours later, Lily was up alone in the dormitory, changing into her pajamas. She stopped however, when she heard an unfamiliar creak not too far away from where she was standing.
Although she was sure there was nobody in the room, she called out, "Hello?"
For a moment, there was silence, so Lily resumed changing. She jumped, however, when a very familiar boy's voice answered sheepishly.
"Erm. hello. Happy Halloween?"
Lily's anger flared again.
"James!!!!" she yelled and grabbed her wand. She pointed it to the center of the room.
"Accio Invisibility Cloak!"
A few seconds later, Lily threw James' invisibility cloak on her bed and pointed her wand at James after she had bolted and doors and windows with a locking charm.
"Why in the world are you in a girls' dormitory?" Lily asked impatiently.
James' right hand went through his hair, his face turning slightly red and laughed nervously. Without him talking, Lily realized what he had been doing, and she went into a rage.
"You've been watching me! James Potter, you are absolutely sick, absolutely perverted! I hate you!" she screamed.
"Lily," James started, taking a step towards her. His emotions were running high as well.
"How long have you been watching me??" Lily continued screaming.
"Does it matter how long I've been watching you? You caught me here, you should be satisfied with that!" James yelled back at her.
"Yes, it matters to me, James! I'M NOT ELEVEN YEARS OLD ANYMORE!" Lily yelled annoyed.
James raised an eyebrow.
"Who could ever mistake you for an 11 year old?" James asked curiously.
Lily breathed deeply, starting to calm down.
"You'd be surprised."
"Maybe not; some people think I'm 18 now," James said, hoping to make her feel better.
Lily shook her head.
"You don't look like you're 18; 16 maybe."
"Then we're equal."
"Yeah." Lily muttered something and the door and windows opened. "You can go now, James."
Thanking he heard wrong, "Pardon?"
"You can go now."
"But we were finally settling into friendly conversation!"
"But before that, I was getting ready for bed."
"I know that, remember? My compliments on your figure, it's quite a lovely sight," James said boldly.
Lily gasped furiously and slapped James hard on the cheek.
"I WILL NOT BE TALKED OF LIKE THAT!" Lily screamed.
James got angry. Again.
"Lily, you say you're not 11 years old, yes, you are 16. I know other girls your age, and you are ridiculously pure-minded. I refuse to believe all your thoughts are pure. It's not humanly possible!"
Lily crossed her arms stubbornly across her chest and didn't answer, simply glaring at him. James smiled in triumphant victory and turned to leave, but before he could step out the door, Lily shut the door again with her locking charm. Now Lily was the one smirking and James was glaring.
"Now you can't leave, not after what you just said," Lily said contemptuously.
"First you say I can leave, now you say I can't!"
Pulling his wand out of his pocket, James advanced to where Lily was standing. Lily, being light and fast, beat him to what he was planning to do.
"Expelliarmus!"
The force of the spell sent James flying to the other side of the room. He let out a loud grunt as he lifted himself back up onto his feet. Ready to strike James again, Lily raised her wand, but James came up with a better idea.
"Accio Invisibility Cloak!"
James grabbed it, slipping it on before Lily's mind registered it. Lily had left the windows open, so James ran to the nearest window.
"Accio Silver Arrow!"
Lily ran to the window. Inwardly scolding herself for forgetting to lock the windows. James, though invisible, mounted his ever-faithful Silver Arrow and hastily tried to escape. Lily quickly put on her school robes and jumped onto the broom, towards the end. Although she had been quiet, James noticed the broom had gotten heavier. Instead of getting mad, an evil grin spread on James' face as he spotted the Quidditch field.
"There it is." and the broom flew at a moderate pace towards the field. Lily, who had not been on a broom since first year was panicking, having forgotten how to ride. And also, there were two people on the broom, making it more difficult for her to calm down. James was really enjoying himself, not attentive to Lily's panicking. There was a breeze, and with the speed of the broom, it was a wonderful feeling. The only thing was that he was wearing his invisibility cloak. then he heard Lily yelp in fear.
Sighing, James landed his broom on the field, and slipping his cloak off, which was a mistake. As soon as he did so, Lily tackled him down on the ground with ease.
"Now what's this for?" James said, quite annoyed.
"For the idea of using a broomstick, that's what!" Lily said, centimeters above James.
All of a sudden, James let a gasp escape from him, as a tightening entered his groin. He groaned and closed his eyes. Seconds later, Lily was surprised to feel something hard pressing into her thigh. With realization, Lily stared at James in surprise.
"Oh my god, James," she whispered as she stood up.
Expecting Lily to hit him, James kept his eyes closed and listened to his quickening heartbeat.
'This has never happened before. Why'd it have to happen now. why couldn't I have just kissed her?' James thought.
After a minute or so, James noticed Lily hadn't done anything and cautiously opened his eyes. She was nowhere to be found. He sat up, scanning the area. Off in the distance, Lily was running back into the castle, not caring she was only wearing her pajamas and school robes. Collecting his things, James also realized she took his invisibility cloak.
End of chapter eight. just let me know what you think. I was awfully hesitant in typing the last part. please review and let me know!