AN: Hello again everyone! It works! We got our first chapter posted and we
are very excited! Yay! We should throw a 9 hour anniversary party for our
story! Haha. anyways, we tried to double space the last chapter, but it
didn't work! Oh no! Ya, so we're gonna see if it works this time and if it
doesn't just bear with us. Reviews make the world go round!
Chapter 2
What's Up with That?
Lily gaped at James' retreating back as he entered the Hogwarts Express. Did that just happen? she found herself thinking. She pinched herself lightly to make sure she wasn't dreaming. "Ow!" Lily exclaimed. Apparently she had pinched herself harder than she thought.
"Lily, are you ok?" Kattie shouted out the compartment window.
"Did you see that?" Lily asked, ignoring Kattie's question.
"See what?" Apparently Kattie hadn't been paying attention to the scene that had taken place on the platform.
"I'll fill you in when I get inside." Lily fought her way through the crowd to get on the train.
As James walked through the Hogwarts Express corridor, he received many questioning stares from his peers. It was what he was expecting, after all, in all his years at Hogwarts, he had never passed up the chance to confront Snape, especially in front of a crowd. Suddenly two hands reached out from a compartment and pulled him inside. Unfortunately he lost his balance and fell crashing to the floor, right on top of his best friend, Sirius Black.
"I know you're excited to see me James but maybe we should find a more private place"
" Sirius?"
"Ya, James?"
"Shut up"
"Okee dokee artichokee!" ( sorry I just had to put that in -Jo )
James got up off of the floor just as his other best friend and partner in crime, Remus Lupin appeared in the compartment.
"There you are James, we've been looking all over for you! What was up with that scene outside on the platform? Have you finally decided to change your ways?" Remus said jokingly. He knew James would grow up eventually, but he didn't expect that it would happen for a while yet. What had happened outside probably was in preparation for a prank or something, Remus resolved in his mind ( haha -Jo )
James spent the next hour explaining the revelations that he had over the summer to his 3 friends ( yes we are including Peter in this story, he is a stupid-head but unfortunately he was one of their friends..urgh..Sirius is alive!!! I don't have a book down my trousers!!!( haha go watch Notting Hill )-Jo ). At the end of the story there was a long silence. All of his friends were staring at him with open mouths, as if waiting for the punchline to a very bad joke. "You're kidding me right?" Sirius exclaimed after a few minutes.
"He didn't sound like he was joking to me, Sirius. I told you he'd grow up someday!
Now we're just waiting for you." He muttered under his breath.
"I heard that!" Sirius exclaimed while hitting Remus repeatedly in the head with a dead swordfish ( sorry that came to me in a burst of inspiration-Jo) (WHAT??????!!-Kathy)
"Sirius, what's with the dead swordfish?" Remus exclaimed while trying to escape from his best friend who was now throwing blocks of swiss cheese at his retreating back
"Come on you guys, grow up!" James called out. He was still a bit grumpy from being woken up so early by Sirius' antics.
"Oh look who's talking" Peter joked " You're the one who got a walnut stuck up my nose last Christmas!"
Just then, Lily and Kattie walked into the compartment. She was trying to fulfill her head girl duties by patrolling the train for troublemakers AKA the Marauders. She was also very anxious to find out the reason for the little display that James had put on on the platform. She had hoped that she wouldn't actually have to confront him about it, but Kattie wanted details.
"What are you four doing in here? And why is there a dead fish on the floor?" She banished the fish with a flick of her wand, along with all of the swiss cheese.
"Hi, Kattie." Sirius said breathily, looking nervous.
"Hey, Sirius! How was your summer?" She exclaimed, using her eyes to urge Lily to go talk to James. Lily look mortified at the thought, but James saved her the trouble by coming over and sitting down next to her. He gave her a bright smile, and tried to start a conversation.
"Hey Lils. How was your summer?"
"Cut the act Potter" Lily snarled "I don't know what you're up to but I want to know the reason behind what happened on the platform."
"Lils, you have so little faith in me. You don't think that I'm capable of being a decent person?" James joked, trying to mask the fact that he was really hurt.
"No, I don't" Lily replied scathingly. Lily was waging a mental battle with herself. Could it be possible that Potter was—no, he must've been planning for a prank. He would never change.
AN: We decided to end the chapter there. We'll post again ASAP, but I'm not sure when that will be. Did you like my little thing with the swordfish and Swiss cheese?
Haha. -jo ( Kathy would like to make it clear that she takes no responsibility for the "swordfish incident")
Review review review!
Chapter 2
What's Up with That?
Lily gaped at James' retreating back as he entered the Hogwarts Express. Did that just happen? she found herself thinking. She pinched herself lightly to make sure she wasn't dreaming. "Ow!" Lily exclaimed. Apparently she had pinched herself harder than she thought.
"Lily, are you ok?" Kattie shouted out the compartment window.
"Did you see that?" Lily asked, ignoring Kattie's question.
"See what?" Apparently Kattie hadn't been paying attention to the scene that had taken place on the platform.
"I'll fill you in when I get inside." Lily fought her way through the crowd to get on the train.
As James walked through the Hogwarts Express corridor, he received many questioning stares from his peers. It was what he was expecting, after all, in all his years at Hogwarts, he had never passed up the chance to confront Snape, especially in front of a crowd. Suddenly two hands reached out from a compartment and pulled him inside. Unfortunately he lost his balance and fell crashing to the floor, right on top of his best friend, Sirius Black.
"I know you're excited to see me James but maybe we should find a more private place"
" Sirius?"
"Ya, James?"
"Shut up"
"Okee dokee artichokee!" ( sorry I just had to put that in -Jo )
James got up off of the floor just as his other best friend and partner in crime, Remus Lupin appeared in the compartment.
"There you are James, we've been looking all over for you! What was up with that scene outside on the platform? Have you finally decided to change your ways?" Remus said jokingly. He knew James would grow up eventually, but he didn't expect that it would happen for a while yet. What had happened outside probably was in preparation for a prank or something, Remus resolved in his mind ( haha -Jo )
James spent the next hour explaining the revelations that he had over the summer to his 3 friends ( yes we are including Peter in this story, he is a stupid-head but unfortunately he was one of their friends..urgh..Sirius is alive!!! I don't have a book down my trousers!!!( haha go watch Notting Hill )-Jo ). At the end of the story there was a long silence. All of his friends were staring at him with open mouths, as if waiting for the punchline to a very bad joke. "You're kidding me right?" Sirius exclaimed after a few minutes.
"He didn't sound like he was joking to me, Sirius. I told you he'd grow up someday!
Now we're just waiting for you." He muttered under his breath.
"I heard that!" Sirius exclaimed while hitting Remus repeatedly in the head with a dead swordfish ( sorry that came to me in a burst of inspiration-Jo) (WHAT??????!!-Kathy)
"Sirius, what's with the dead swordfish?" Remus exclaimed while trying to escape from his best friend who was now throwing blocks of swiss cheese at his retreating back
"Come on you guys, grow up!" James called out. He was still a bit grumpy from being woken up so early by Sirius' antics.
"Oh look who's talking" Peter joked " You're the one who got a walnut stuck up my nose last Christmas!"
Just then, Lily and Kattie walked into the compartment. She was trying to fulfill her head girl duties by patrolling the train for troublemakers AKA the Marauders. She was also very anxious to find out the reason for the little display that James had put on on the platform. She had hoped that she wouldn't actually have to confront him about it, but Kattie wanted details.
"What are you four doing in here? And why is there a dead fish on the floor?" She banished the fish with a flick of her wand, along with all of the swiss cheese.
"Hi, Kattie." Sirius said breathily, looking nervous.
"Hey, Sirius! How was your summer?" She exclaimed, using her eyes to urge Lily to go talk to James. Lily look mortified at the thought, but James saved her the trouble by coming over and sitting down next to her. He gave her a bright smile, and tried to start a conversation.
"Hey Lils. How was your summer?"
"Cut the act Potter" Lily snarled "I don't know what you're up to but I want to know the reason behind what happened on the platform."
"Lils, you have so little faith in me. You don't think that I'm capable of being a decent person?" James joked, trying to mask the fact that he was really hurt.
"No, I don't" Lily replied scathingly. Lily was waging a mental battle with herself. Could it be possible that Potter was—no, he must've been planning for a prank. He would never change.
AN: We decided to end the chapter there. We'll post again ASAP, but I'm not sure when that will be. Did you like my little thing with the swordfish and Swiss cheese?
Haha. -jo ( Kathy would like to make it clear that she takes no responsibility for the "swordfish incident")
Review review review!