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A/N: Lily's POV now…
Chapter 3:
"Evan..." Lily called, turning to her boyfriend.
"Yeah, Lils?" Evan answered, a grin on his face. He wore jeans, and a white shirt with a red backwards cap that covered his forehead, right to the top of his eyebrows.
"I was just wondering..." Lily started hesitantly.
"Wondering what?" Evan asked, slightly concerned.
"Wondering...if you could help me with my bags," Lily replied shamefully.
"No problem," Evan grinned, easily lifting the bags along with his own, and walking towards the scarlet train.
The truth was, Lily hadn't been wondering if he would carry her bags. She could hold her own as well as anyone. She had wanted to ask Evan if he was serious about her, or if they were just wasting their time. Lily was very insecure about relationships, in truth, but she had been cowardly when attempting to discuss the topic with Evan.
Sighing, Lily told herself she'd do it soon, and, twisting her fingers and biting her lip, Lily followed Evan to the train.
"Lils, you gotta try this parfait," Evan stated, lifting a forkful of the dessert to his
girlfriend's mouth.
Lily chewed the food, smiling, then gave Evan a peck on the lips, just for the heck of it.
Almost immediately, a voice yelled from behind them, "PDA! PDA! Augh! Stop the madness!!" Lily turned to face the speaker, and for some reason, was not at all surprised to see none other than Sirius Black with a look of disgust on his face. When one first saw Sirius' dark brown hair, and brown eyes, they might think he was cute. Sophisticated, even. But then he'd open his mouth and any previous image was diminished and replaced by an immature, loud-mouthed jerk.
"My eyes can't take it! I'm scarred for life! God help us all!" Sirius shouted on.
Shooting him a withering glance, Lily stood up, glaring. She took a step closer to Sirius.
Before Sirius could even receive a good punch in the gut, Professor Dumbledore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts, stood and announced the end of the feast.
Evan took Lily's hand, and as Gryffindor prefects, they led the house to the common room.
Lily awoke the next morning with a yawn. Or, she tried to yawn. But she
couldn't! Her mouth wouldn't budge!
Lily sat up, frantic. She looked into a nearby mirror and saw her face grinning broadly back at her. If she didn't know any better, Lily might think it was a regular day. Maybe a national holiday or her birthday, judging by the size of the grin. But when she looked at her eyes, Lily saw fear.
Panic mounting, Lily attempted to scream, but all that came out was a shrill squeak. Lily threw a pillow at Andrea, who awoke slowly.
Squinting at her best friend, Andrea greeted, "Someone's happy this morning."
Lily searched for an idea in her head to inform Andrea of her situation, because obviously, Andrea saw nothing wrong.
Grabbing a piece of parchment and a quill, Lily scrawled her epidemic. After Lily passed the note to her best friend, Andrea read the words. Slowly, her face went from concern to laughter.
"What's so funny?!?!?" Lily wanted to shout. Instead, all that came out was a loud frustrated cry of help.
Andrea stopped laughing enough to inform her friend of her suspicions, "Sirius."
Lily tried to express her anger, but as she couldn't speak, and couldn't use facial expressions, she balled up her fists and pounded her right fist into the palm of her left.
At this Andrea keeled over laughing. After a few minutes, she was able to wheeze out, "Look...in...mirror!"
Lily did this and saw, in fact, that the sight was quite amusing. She wasn't sure if she looked very happy or very, very angry.
Lily almost felt like laughing, but then her rage came back. Without informing Andrea, Lily bolted out of the dorm and into the common room where she saw Sirius playing chess. He looked rather cheerful until her saw Lily running towards him, and despite the smile on her face, Sirius could tell she was angry.
Sirius scrambled out of his seat and grabbed his wand from inside his robes, a look of fear displayed blatantly on his face, "Lily!" Sirius forced a weak smile on his face, backing away from Lily.
Lily cocked her head to the side, and stepped closer to Sirius, the smile still plastered on her face. James interrupted just as Sirius backed right into the wall, "What did he do to you Lily? And why do you look so happy?"
Lily turned to face the speaker. As she couldn't explain herself, she waved to Andrea, who had followed Lily to the common room after her sudden departure
"Your friend here," Andrea started, jerking her head towards Sirius at the word 'friend', "Played a joke on Lily. She can't talk or use any other facial expressions except the one that Sirius so graciously gave to her." Andrea finished sarcastically.
James looked bewildered for a moment, but then his face broke into a smile, "Nice one Sirius!" James gave a very unsure Sirius a high five.
"I am the master," Sirius stated cockily. But then he saw Lily nearly an inch away from him, and the smile was wiped away from his face.
Lily, not being able to say anything, grabbed parchment and a quill out of an innocent second-year's hands and scrawled something.
She handed the parchment to Sirius who read the words aloud, "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kick your ass." Sirius looked a little frightened, but James was actually laughing.
Andrea stepped up to him, getting in his face. "And WHAT, may I ask, is so funny?" She demanded.
James stopped laughing quickly at Andrea's hard glare, "Er...nothing."
"Good," Andrea replied. Then she turned to Sirius, "Sirius, change her back."
Sirius grinned broadly, "Can't. 24-hour spell. No reversal."
Lily's eyes flashed and before anyone knew what was happened, Sirius was on his back on the ground, with Lily on top of him.
"AUGH!!!! Sweet mother of chocolate! Get this snickelfritz off me!" Sirius cried as Lily grabbed the neck of his robes and shook him madly.
Lily stopped at Sirius' odd choice of words. Sirius took this as an opportunity to fling Lily to the side and scramble towards the boys' dormitory. It didn't take Lily long to chase after him, taking the steps upstairs three at a time.
No one in the common room dared to follow, not even James. Andrea wore a satisfied smile as they heard Sirius' cries for help and some banging. After a few minutes, the noises subsided, and Lily entered the common room once again, but this time, her grin looked real. Sirius followed not to far behind, his robes tattered in some places, blood dripping from his forehead, with obvious signs of budding bruises by his eyes and jawline.
Some of the guys whistled sympathetically and some muttered, "Ouch..." while shaking their heads. James went to his friend's aid, helping him with his cut, and magicking his robes as good as new.
Lily sat down in a nearby red couch, seeming to thoroughly enjoy Sirius' moans of, "Never again will I play a prank on that snickelfritz..." and, as James touched the slowly swelling spot by his eye, he shouted, "OWW!!!!!!!!!!!"
Candy McFierson: Jim Bob-Bob? Well, let's just say me and my friends have fun sometimes…
Hilcap: I got that from Drama class…Ah, improv…
AngelsChains124: Thanks!
Phoenix6545: Thanks to you too!
Eveline: I'm writing! I'm writing!!
Again, thanks!
A/N: Lily's POV now…
Chapter 3:
"Evan..." Lily called, turning to her boyfriend.
"Yeah, Lils?" Evan answered, a grin on his face. He wore jeans, and a white shirt with a red backwards cap that covered his forehead, right to the top of his eyebrows.
"I was just wondering..." Lily started hesitantly.
"Wondering what?" Evan asked, slightly concerned.
"Wondering...if you could help me with my bags," Lily replied shamefully.
"No problem," Evan grinned, easily lifting the bags along with his own, and walking towards the scarlet train.
The truth was, Lily hadn't been wondering if he would carry her bags. She could hold her own as well as anyone. She had wanted to ask Evan if he was serious about her, or if they were just wasting their time. Lily was very insecure about relationships, in truth, but she had been cowardly when attempting to discuss the topic with Evan.
Sighing, Lily told herself she'd do it soon, and, twisting her fingers and biting her lip, Lily followed Evan to the train.
"Lils, you gotta try this parfait," Evan stated, lifting a forkful of the dessert to his
girlfriend's mouth.
Lily chewed the food, smiling, then gave Evan a peck on the lips, just for the heck of it.
Almost immediately, a voice yelled from behind them, "PDA! PDA! Augh! Stop the madness!!" Lily turned to face the speaker, and for some reason, was not at all surprised to see none other than Sirius Black with a look of disgust on his face. When one first saw Sirius' dark brown hair, and brown eyes, they might think he was cute. Sophisticated, even. But then he'd open his mouth and any previous image was diminished and replaced by an immature, loud-mouthed jerk.
"My eyes can't take it! I'm scarred for life! God help us all!" Sirius shouted on.
Shooting him a withering glance, Lily stood up, glaring. She took a step closer to Sirius.
Before Sirius could even receive a good punch in the gut, Professor Dumbledore, the Headmaster of Hogwarts, stood and announced the end of the feast.
Evan took Lily's hand, and as Gryffindor prefects, they led the house to the common room.
Lily awoke the next morning with a yawn. Or, she tried to yawn. But she
couldn't! Her mouth wouldn't budge!
Lily sat up, frantic. She looked into a nearby mirror and saw her face grinning broadly back at her. If she didn't know any better, Lily might think it was a regular day. Maybe a national holiday or her birthday, judging by the size of the grin. But when she looked at her eyes, Lily saw fear.
Panic mounting, Lily attempted to scream, but all that came out was a shrill squeak. Lily threw a pillow at Andrea, who awoke slowly.
Squinting at her best friend, Andrea greeted, "Someone's happy this morning."
Lily searched for an idea in her head to inform Andrea of her situation, because obviously, Andrea saw nothing wrong.
Grabbing a piece of parchment and a quill, Lily scrawled her epidemic. After Lily passed the note to her best friend, Andrea read the words. Slowly, her face went from concern to laughter.
"What's so funny?!?!?" Lily wanted to shout. Instead, all that came out was a loud frustrated cry of help.
Andrea stopped laughing enough to inform her friend of her suspicions, "Sirius."
Lily tried to express her anger, but as she couldn't speak, and couldn't use facial expressions, she balled up her fists and pounded her right fist into the palm of her left.
At this Andrea keeled over laughing. After a few minutes, she was able to wheeze out, "Look...in...mirror!"
Lily did this and saw, in fact, that the sight was quite amusing. She wasn't sure if she looked very happy or very, very angry.
Lily almost felt like laughing, but then her rage came back. Without informing Andrea, Lily bolted out of the dorm and into the common room where she saw Sirius playing chess. He looked rather cheerful until her saw Lily running towards him, and despite the smile on her face, Sirius could tell she was angry.
Sirius scrambled out of his seat and grabbed his wand from inside his robes, a look of fear displayed blatantly on his face, "Lily!" Sirius forced a weak smile on his face, backing away from Lily.
Lily cocked her head to the side, and stepped closer to Sirius, the smile still plastered on her face. James interrupted just as Sirius backed right into the wall, "What did he do to you Lily? And why do you look so happy?"
Lily turned to face the speaker. As she couldn't explain herself, she waved to Andrea, who had followed Lily to the common room after her sudden departure
"Your friend here," Andrea started, jerking her head towards Sirius at the word 'friend', "Played a joke on Lily. She can't talk or use any other facial expressions except the one that Sirius so graciously gave to her." Andrea finished sarcastically.
James looked bewildered for a moment, but then his face broke into a smile, "Nice one Sirius!" James gave a very unsure Sirius a high five.
"I am the master," Sirius stated cockily. But then he saw Lily nearly an inch away from him, and the smile was wiped away from his face.
Lily, not being able to say anything, grabbed parchment and a quill out of an innocent second-year's hands and scrawled something.
She handed the parchment to Sirius who read the words aloud, "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kick your ass." Sirius looked a little frightened, but James was actually laughing.
Andrea stepped up to him, getting in his face. "And WHAT, may I ask, is so funny?" She demanded.
James stopped laughing quickly at Andrea's hard glare, "Er...nothing."
"Good," Andrea replied. Then she turned to Sirius, "Sirius, change her back."
Sirius grinned broadly, "Can't. 24-hour spell. No reversal."
Lily's eyes flashed and before anyone knew what was happened, Sirius was on his back on the ground, with Lily on top of him.
"AUGH!!!! Sweet mother of chocolate! Get this snickelfritz off me!" Sirius cried as Lily grabbed the neck of his robes and shook him madly.
Lily stopped at Sirius' odd choice of words. Sirius took this as an opportunity to fling Lily to the side and scramble towards the boys' dormitory. It didn't take Lily long to chase after him, taking the steps upstairs three at a time.
No one in the common room dared to follow, not even James. Andrea wore a satisfied smile as they heard Sirius' cries for help and some banging. After a few minutes, the noises subsided, and Lily entered the common room once again, but this time, her grin looked real. Sirius followed not to far behind, his robes tattered in some places, blood dripping from his forehead, with obvious signs of budding bruises by his eyes and jawline.
Some of the guys whistled sympathetically and some muttered, "Ouch..." while shaking their heads. James went to his friend's aid, helping him with his cut, and magicking his robes as good as new.
Lily sat down in a nearby red couch, seeming to thoroughly enjoy Sirius' moans of, "Never again will I play a prank on that snickelfritz..." and, as James touched the slowly swelling spot by his eye, he shouted, "OWW!!!!!!!!!!!"