I have been busy with some family stuff, and have been settling into year
9, but anyway, I've finally got the next chapter done so enjoy.
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Chapter 4:
Trip to Hogsmead
"Lily Evans!" screamed an angry Katy.
"Wha . . . . What the. ." Lily woke up, anything but gracefully. She looked at her clock. 8:15. Oh god breakfast started at 8:30!
"Oh god! I over slept!" exclaimed Lily, getting up.
"We all did!" said Sally pulling a comb through her hair. "Thanks to you" she added.
"M . . .Me?" said Lily, pulling on her robes.
"Yes!" exclaimed all the girls at once.
"We depend on you," explained Katy, "You always get up early, and get us up in time to get ready for breakfast" "Oh," said Lily, whilst brushing her hair.
*
8:35 Lily and her best friends entered the great hall. She looked at the Gryffindor table, looking for James. It wasn't hard to find him, as the Marauders always sat in the same four seats in the middle of the Gryffindor table. She spotted some spare seats, which were quite far away from the Marauders. Lily and her friends started making their way over. Lily had just sat down, when she heard a voice behind her.
"Morning Lily!" Lily turned round to face a grinning James.
"Hey James!" Lily replied, much calmer than most girls would have been.
"Do you want to come over and sit with me?" he asked.
"No thank you, I'm eating with my frien-"
"Of course she will!" butted in Katy, giving Lily an encouraging smile.
"Excellent!" he said, grabbing Lily's hand and pulling her away.
"Remus. Budge!" ordered James.
"No" said Remus. "Why should I?" he added at the amused look on James's face.
"Because Lily wants to sit next to me," he answered, pulling Lily into plain view. Remus jumped up, and got down onto his hands and knees, in front of Lily.
"Lily, oh, great, wonderful, Lily," he said bowing to her. The people around them all burst out laughing. James and Lily sat down and were shortly followed by Remus. Everyone had stopped laughing apart from Sirius. He was laughing out of control, and as loud as he could.
"Sirius the jokes over mate!" said James, starting to eat. Sirius stopped very suddenly.
"Yeah, ok" he said starting to eat as well. There was another uproar of laughter. Lily, although slightly nervous, laughed too.
"So Lily," said Sirius "who are you going to the Christmas Ball with- OWCH!!!!" he screamed, grabbing his leg. Lily had hared a thump under the table, and suspected that James had kicked him.
"So Lily, have you tried the bacon this lovely morning?" James said over Remus and Peter (a: n I HATE PETER!) giggling. Lily felt herself smile.
"Err, no" she replied, starting to relax. Lily had never met anyone as funny as the Marauders, especially Sirius. When they had all finished eating, Lily bid them all goodbye, and went to join her friends.
"You like Potter!" said Katy, as they walked into the Entrance hall.
"No I . . .. I don't!" said Lily defensively.
"Do too!" chorused Lily's Friends.
"Do not!" said Lily, totally unconvincingly. Lily felt her cheeks burn red. Her friends laughed, and started to tease her.
*
"You like Evans" stated Remus, in the middle of potions class, half way through the day.
"What makes you say that?" said James coolly. They didn't have to keep their voices down, as potions was a nosy lesson.
"Well she's really hot!" replied Sirius.
"And you find it difficult to talk smoothly in front of her" replied Remus.
"And she's really hot!" said Sirius.
"And your very protective of her" said Remus seriously.
"And she's really hot!" said Sirius. James and Remus turned to look at him, raising their eyebrows questionably.
"Sorry guys" said Sirius grinning.
"I . . . . . I don't. She's just a bet!" James said, feeling guilty, saying that about her. The boys didn't look convinced.
"Do too!" said Sirius.
"Do not!" said James.
"Do too!" said Sirius.
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Do not!" said James.
"Do too!" said Sirius.
"Do not!" said James.
"Do not!" repeated Sirius.
"DO TOO!" exclaimed James. Sirius and Remus burst out laughing. James felt his cheeks start to heat up. He looked over to Lily, who smiled at him, and gave him a wave. He waved back, glad that the dungeon was so dark, so she couldn't see him blushing.
*
Everyone at Hogwarts was looking forward to the Christmas holidays, but no- one more than the 5th years. The 5th years were to take their O.W.Ls (Ordinary Wizarding Levels) at the end of the year. The teachers were giving them mounds of homework to prepare them for the exams ahead. Also the school would be having its first Christmas Ball, in honour of Dumbledore's 20 years being headmaster of Hogwarts. This meant that the hallways were full of giggling girls, and couples holding hands. Lily had made plans with her friends to get new dress robes at the weekend, as it was a weekend where they were allowed to visit Hogsmead. But her time would be cut short, as she was meeting James. It took Lily an hour to get ready, the day of the trip. She couldn't decide what to ware.
"Well how do you want him to see you?" asked Katy who was helping.
"Sexy, but totally out of his league!" replied Lily at once.
"Why?" asked Sally, who was helping as well.
"Why what?" Lily answered.
"Why, 'totally out of his league'?" she replied, searching through the pile of clothes on the floor with Katy. 'Because I want to tease him' Lily thought immediately.
"Cause I already am!" said Lily batting her eyes, and making the girls laugh.
"Ok. Sexy-" said Katy.
"-and totally out of his league" Sally finished the sentence.
"You should go for tight-"
"-but not revealing!" ended Sally. Her and Katy always worked together on what Lily should ware, on different occasions.
"Tight denim!" said Katy. Smiling, she handed Lily a pair of dark, tight jeans.
"Matches your eyes!" said Sally, passing Lily a deep green jumper, with turtleneck. After she had slipped them on she examined herself in the mirror. 'Perfect' she thought, 'well as perfect as I'm goanna get'
*
"You should eat, you know," said Katy. Lily hadn't eaten anything for nerves. 'But why am I nervous? Its not like it's a date. Is it?' she questioned herself.
"I have eaten," replied Lily "I'm just not, that hungry" she said very unconvincingly. "Sure," said Sally, a knowing smile on her face. When Lily's friends had finished eating, they all walked out of the great hall, into the entrance hall. There was a large crowd of people, laughing at something they couldn't see. As they drew closer, they saw that the crowd was watching two boys. "Typical" sighed Lily, as they saw who it was. James and Sirius were having a pretend duel. They were using what looked like, water bombs, except they were coming out if the end of their wands. Every few seconds one of them would have to duck, causing the crowd to burst into laughter and applause. Lily grabbed her friend's arms, and started walking towards the doors leading to the grounds. James saw her leaving.
"Hey Lily! Wait!" he shouted. He paid dearly for his moment's distraction, by getting in the face by a well-aimed water bomb from Sirius. James's already messy hair flopped into his eyes, making him look more gorgeous than he already did. As Lily, Katy and Sally had just walked out of the Hogwarts gates, James caught up with them.
"Hey Ladies!" said James, giving them all a wink. 'Typical Potter greeting!' thought Lily. 'But why does he have to be soooo gorgeous?'
"Hey James" said Katy.
"Hi" murmured Sally.
"Hello James" Lily said, praying she wouldn't blush. He turned to face her, and gave her that smile. She felt her head lighten, and the uneasy feeling in her stomach disappear. Warmth spread through her whole body. She smiled back. It was now James's turn, for his head to go light, and for him to feel as though anything was possible. They just walked, staring at each other, smiling. Lily was suddenly brought back to her senses. She tore her eyes away from James's, and focused on the ground. She felt as though, in the last week, she had been under some sort of spell. She didn't normally flirt with boys, but she had with James. She never took ages to get dressed to meet a boy, but she had for James. 'You can't get hurt again' she told herself. 'So even though you like him, your going for a friendly drink, as friends. Nothing will happen but a friendly chat! Great plan!' she thought. She looked at her friends; they were looking at each other. They both nodded.
"See you Lily, we're off" said Katy happily.
"Yeah, we'll see you at 12:30, to shop for dress robes" Sally said cheerfully. Lily pleaded them to stay, using her eyes. They had now stopped, having reached the town of Hogsmead.
"Bye-bye" said James, in a mockingly sweet voice. Katy and Sally left.
"Thought they'd never leave," said James. Lily glared at him, he grinned back.
"Lets get this over with," muttered Lily.
"Butterbeer?" said James, he obviously hadn't heard her. They walked down the cold street. It looked beautiful, covered in a thin layer of snow. They reached the pub and James held the door open for Lily.
"Lady's first," he said with a small bow.
"Oh, in that case, go ahead," said Lily smiling.
"Don't tempt me," replied James. Lily walked in, and James followed, both of them laughing.
"You find a table, I'll get the drinks," said James.
"Yes sir," said Lily giving a small curtsey.
"Jolly good!" said James playing along. Lily sat down at a table for four, in the far corner of the pub.
"Two Firewhiskeys." Said James to the young barmaid.
"Ahhhhhhh. James Potter. The love God." She said placing down two beakers of drink.
"That's Butterbeer!" said James grinning.
"So it is. Just like your too young for alcohol." Said the barmaid, still smiling. "Just like the last time you asked for alcohol, and the time before, and even the many times before that."
"Ah you caught me!" said James still grinning.
"So who is it this time? What's her name?" she asked as James handed over some money.
"Lily Evans," replied James, almost dreamily.
"How long have you been going out?" she asked, keenly.
"We're not," said James sounding disappointed.
"Oh. My. God!" exclaimed the barmaid, "James Potter- bringing a girl out- he hasn't yet kissed! That can only mean." She stopped, as though what she had thought was totally outrageous.
"What?" asked James curiously.
"Well, ok, say the first thing that comes into your head." he said excitedly.
"Why-" James began.
"Without thinking, the first thing that comes into your head," she interrupted.
"Errrr . . . .ok," said James, thinking that she had gone slightly mad.
"Joke," she said.
"Sirius," said James automatically.
"Good, very good. Try this one- Magic,"
"Hogwarts"
"Sweets"
"Bertie Botts" replied James, not sure where this was going.
"Hate,"
"Snape."
"Dog,"
"Sirius."
"Christmas,"
"Happy."
"Love,"
"Lily." Replied James without thinking. His mouth dropped, as he realised, what he had just said.
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Chapter 4:
Trip to Hogsmead
"Lily Evans!" screamed an angry Katy.
"Wha . . . . What the. ." Lily woke up, anything but gracefully. She looked at her clock. 8:15. Oh god breakfast started at 8:30!
"Oh god! I over slept!" exclaimed Lily, getting up.
"We all did!" said Sally pulling a comb through her hair. "Thanks to you" she added.
"M . . .Me?" said Lily, pulling on her robes.
"Yes!" exclaimed all the girls at once.
"We depend on you," explained Katy, "You always get up early, and get us up in time to get ready for breakfast" "Oh," said Lily, whilst brushing her hair.
*
8:35 Lily and her best friends entered the great hall. She looked at the Gryffindor table, looking for James. It wasn't hard to find him, as the Marauders always sat in the same four seats in the middle of the Gryffindor table. She spotted some spare seats, which were quite far away from the Marauders. Lily and her friends started making their way over. Lily had just sat down, when she heard a voice behind her.
"Morning Lily!" Lily turned round to face a grinning James.
"Hey James!" Lily replied, much calmer than most girls would have been.
"Do you want to come over and sit with me?" he asked.
"No thank you, I'm eating with my frien-"
"Of course she will!" butted in Katy, giving Lily an encouraging smile.
"Excellent!" he said, grabbing Lily's hand and pulling her away.
"Remus. Budge!" ordered James.
"No" said Remus. "Why should I?" he added at the amused look on James's face.
"Because Lily wants to sit next to me," he answered, pulling Lily into plain view. Remus jumped up, and got down onto his hands and knees, in front of Lily.
"Lily, oh, great, wonderful, Lily," he said bowing to her. The people around them all burst out laughing. James and Lily sat down and were shortly followed by Remus. Everyone had stopped laughing apart from Sirius. He was laughing out of control, and as loud as he could.
"Sirius the jokes over mate!" said James, starting to eat. Sirius stopped very suddenly.
"Yeah, ok" he said starting to eat as well. There was another uproar of laughter. Lily, although slightly nervous, laughed too.
"So Lily," said Sirius "who are you going to the Christmas Ball with- OWCH!!!!" he screamed, grabbing his leg. Lily had hared a thump under the table, and suspected that James had kicked him.
"So Lily, have you tried the bacon this lovely morning?" James said over Remus and Peter (a: n I HATE PETER!) giggling. Lily felt herself smile.
"Err, no" she replied, starting to relax. Lily had never met anyone as funny as the Marauders, especially Sirius. When they had all finished eating, Lily bid them all goodbye, and went to join her friends.
"You like Potter!" said Katy, as they walked into the Entrance hall.
"No I . . .. I don't!" said Lily defensively.
"Do too!" chorused Lily's Friends.
"Do not!" said Lily, totally unconvincingly. Lily felt her cheeks burn red. Her friends laughed, and started to tease her.
*
"You like Evans" stated Remus, in the middle of potions class, half way through the day.
"What makes you say that?" said James coolly. They didn't have to keep their voices down, as potions was a nosy lesson.
"Well she's really hot!" replied Sirius.
"And you find it difficult to talk smoothly in front of her" replied Remus.
"And she's really hot!" said Sirius.
"And your very protective of her" said Remus seriously.
"And she's really hot!" said Sirius. James and Remus turned to look at him, raising their eyebrows questionably.
"Sorry guys" said Sirius grinning.
"I . . . . . I don't. She's just a bet!" James said, feeling guilty, saying that about her. The boys didn't look convinced.
"Do too!" said Sirius.
"Do not!" said James.
"Do too!" said Sirius.
"Do not!"
"Do too!"
"Do not!" said James.
"Do too!" said Sirius.
"Do not!" said James.
"Do not!" repeated Sirius.
"DO TOO!" exclaimed James. Sirius and Remus burst out laughing. James felt his cheeks start to heat up. He looked over to Lily, who smiled at him, and gave him a wave. He waved back, glad that the dungeon was so dark, so she couldn't see him blushing.
*
Everyone at Hogwarts was looking forward to the Christmas holidays, but no- one more than the 5th years. The 5th years were to take their O.W.Ls (Ordinary Wizarding Levels) at the end of the year. The teachers were giving them mounds of homework to prepare them for the exams ahead. Also the school would be having its first Christmas Ball, in honour of Dumbledore's 20 years being headmaster of Hogwarts. This meant that the hallways were full of giggling girls, and couples holding hands. Lily had made plans with her friends to get new dress robes at the weekend, as it was a weekend where they were allowed to visit Hogsmead. But her time would be cut short, as she was meeting James. It took Lily an hour to get ready, the day of the trip. She couldn't decide what to ware.
"Well how do you want him to see you?" asked Katy who was helping.
"Sexy, but totally out of his league!" replied Lily at once.
"Why?" asked Sally, who was helping as well.
"Why what?" Lily answered.
"Why, 'totally out of his league'?" she replied, searching through the pile of clothes on the floor with Katy. 'Because I want to tease him' Lily thought immediately.
"Cause I already am!" said Lily batting her eyes, and making the girls laugh.
"Ok. Sexy-" said Katy.
"-and totally out of his league" Sally finished the sentence.
"You should go for tight-"
"-but not revealing!" ended Sally. Her and Katy always worked together on what Lily should ware, on different occasions.
"Tight denim!" said Katy. Smiling, she handed Lily a pair of dark, tight jeans.
"Matches your eyes!" said Sally, passing Lily a deep green jumper, with turtleneck. After she had slipped them on she examined herself in the mirror. 'Perfect' she thought, 'well as perfect as I'm goanna get'
*
"You should eat, you know," said Katy. Lily hadn't eaten anything for nerves. 'But why am I nervous? Its not like it's a date. Is it?' she questioned herself.
"I have eaten," replied Lily "I'm just not, that hungry" she said very unconvincingly. "Sure," said Sally, a knowing smile on her face. When Lily's friends had finished eating, they all walked out of the great hall, into the entrance hall. There was a large crowd of people, laughing at something they couldn't see. As they drew closer, they saw that the crowd was watching two boys. "Typical" sighed Lily, as they saw who it was. James and Sirius were having a pretend duel. They were using what looked like, water bombs, except they were coming out if the end of their wands. Every few seconds one of them would have to duck, causing the crowd to burst into laughter and applause. Lily grabbed her friend's arms, and started walking towards the doors leading to the grounds. James saw her leaving.
"Hey Lily! Wait!" he shouted. He paid dearly for his moment's distraction, by getting in the face by a well-aimed water bomb from Sirius. James's already messy hair flopped into his eyes, making him look more gorgeous than he already did. As Lily, Katy and Sally had just walked out of the Hogwarts gates, James caught up with them.
"Hey Ladies!" said James, giving them all a wink. 'Typical Potter greeting!' thought Lily. 'But why does he have to be soooo gorgeous?'
"Hey James" said Katy.
"Hi" murmured Sally.
"Hello James" Lily said, praying she wouldn't blush. He turned to face her, and gave her that smile. She felt her head lighten, and the uneasy feeling in her stomach disappear. Warmth spread through her whole body. She smiled back. It was now James's turn, for his head to go light, and for him to feel as though anything was possible. They just walked, staring at each other, smiling. Lily was suddenly brought back to her senses. She tore her eyes away from James's, and focused on the ground. She felt as though, in the last week, she had been under some sort of spell. She didn't normally flirt with boys, but she had with James. She never took ages to get dressed to meet a boy, but she had for James. 'You can't get hurt again' she told herself. 'So even though you like him, your going for a friendly drink, as friends. Nothing will happen but a friendly chat! Great plan!' she thought. She looked at her friends; they were looking at each other. They both nodded.
"See you Lily, we're off" said Katy happily.
"Yeah, we'll see you at 12:30, to shop for dress robes" Sally said cheerfully. Lily pleaded them to stay, using her eyes. They had now stopped, having reached the town of Hogsmead.
"Bye-bye" said James, in a mockingly sweet voice. Katy and Sally left.
"Thought they'd never leave," said James. Lily glared at him, he grinned back.
"Lets get this over with," muttered Lily.
"Butterbeer?" said James, he obviously hadn't heard her. They walked down the cold street. It looked beautiful, covered in a thin layer of snow. They reached the pub and James held the door open for Lily.
"Lady's first," he said with a small bow.
"Oh, in that case, go ahead," said Lily smiling.
"Don't tempt me," replied James. Lily walked in, and James followed, both of them laughing.
"You find a table, I'll get the drinks," said James.
"Yes sir," said Lily giving a small curtsey.
"Jolly good!" said James playing along. Lily sat down at a table for four, in the far corner of the pub.
"Two Firewhiskeys." Said James to the young barmaid.
"Ahhhhhhh. James Potter. The love God." She said placing down two beakers of drink.
"That's Butterbeer!" said James grinning.
"So it is. Just like your too young for alcohol." Said the barmaid, still smiling. "Just like the last time you asked for alcohol, and the time before, and even the many times before that."
"Ah you caught me!" said James still grinning.
"So who is it this time? What's her name?" she asked as James handed over some money.
"Lily Evans," replied James, almost dreamily.
"How long have you been going out?" she asked, keenly.
"We're not," said James sounding disappointed.
"Oh. My. God!" exclaimed the barmaid, "James Potter- bringing a girl out- he hasn't yet kissed! That can only mean." She stopped, as though what she had thought was totally outrageous.
"What?" asked James curiously.
"Well, ok, say the first thing that comes into your head." he said excitedly.
"Why-" James began.
"Without thinking, the first thing that comes into your head," she interrupted.
"Errrr . . . .ok," said James, thinking that she had gone slightly mad.
"Joke," she said.
"Sirius," said James automatically.
"Good, very good. Try this one- Magic,"
"Hogwarts"
"Sweets"
"Bertie Botts" replied James, not sure where this was going.
"Hate,"
"Snape."
"Dog,"
"Sirius."
"Christmas,"
"Happy."
"Love,"
"Lily." Replied James without thinking. His mouth dropped, as he realised, what he had just said.
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