Hola guys and girls! I hope this update finds everyone well. I know I am...
Well, I guess I am. Actually I'm... but never mind that lol. Let's just get
on to the thanks and then onto the story!!
Ginny- Thanks for the review!
Julia- Thanks! I thought it was great too! Lol
Druid of the Moon- Good guess on those pairings! One of those pairings hadn't even crossed my mind, but I might try it out! Thanks for the idea! Keep reading and find out what happens!
Queen of Day Dreams- Cute name! Thanks for the review!
Cherryblossom644- Thanks Paige! I hope you continue to read!
Melissafer- Ok- you are not getting on my nerves lol. I didn't even mean it like that! It's cool that you think I'm like Lily... heh, I'm gonna take your man! HA! Just kidding! And as for dancing fairies, I had to. It was just there lol. XoXo!
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"Bloody hell it's early," Remus groaned as he settled himself down at the Gryffindor table for breakfast the following morning. "Anyone else wanna skip today?"
"I'm with you, mate!" Sirius said as he sprung up from the table.
"Sit your ass down, Sirius. It's the first day of term! You have to go! Plus, you can't miss Jeni's class after lunch," Candice said.
"Jeni?" Peter asked with a quirked eyebrow. "And Jeni would be...?"
"Oh, Professor Grant's class, I mean. It is going to be so weird having my sister teach me Defense. I'm used to her telling me about guys and makeup, not boggarts and vampires..."
"It'll be ok, Candice, dear. Just sit by me and everything will be dandy!" Sirius said with a wink.
"Ok, Black. I'm scared now," replied Candice.
At the flirty comment from Sirius, the other girls exchanged "We Told Her" glances. Candice seemed not to notice, but Lily was sure that she must have.
"Well I'm headed off to class," Grace said. "Girls?"
"Girls? Why not 'Guys'? That's sexism, little missy," Remus replied with a smirk.
"I'm sorry, Remykins! Would you like to accompany me to class?" Grace asked, with a pouty face.
"Now how can I resist that?" Remus asked as he left the table and joined Grace.
"Honestly. I could in a heartbeat!" Nicole said jokingly.
"Oh- you're dead, Hilt!" Grace yelled before chasing Nicole up and down the rows between the house tables and out of the Great Hall. Laughing, Remus, Peter, Sirius, and Candice followed.
"Hey Potter. Why are you being so quiet?" Lily asked when the others left.
"No reason," James replied.
"James, I've known you since first year, and I don't think you've ever sat through a whole meal without saying something!" Even though Lily didn't like James, she didn't like to see him upset. It just wasn't in his character; it was kind of unnerving, if the truth be told.
"It's nothing."
"C'mon! Please! I don't like you this way!" Lily pleaded.
"Well honestly, Lily, I didn't think you liked me any way." And before Lily could reply, James was stamping out of the Great Hall.
Lily left the Great Hall by herself about a minute after James did. It was so uncharacteristically like James to be bothered by the way anyone felt about him. His reaction in the Great Hall confused Lily greatly. She knew James didn't care too much for her either. But she couldn't hide those new feelings she felt for James. She wondered if maybe his feelings were changing too.
During Charms, Lily decided to ask the one person who knew James's feelings better than James knew them- Sirius. "Sirius?" Lily asked.
"Yes, my precious flower. What can I help you with today?" Sirius asked in his most debonair voice.
"Well, I just wanted to know if you could meet me in the library during lunch... I kind of wanted to ask you something," Lily replied.
"Sure Lils... you look serious. Is everything, ok?" Sirius questioned with every hint of joking in his voice now gone.
"I hope so," said Lily.
"Mr. Black, Miss Evans, do try to pay attention, will you?" squeaked tiny Professor Flitwick. Sirius and Lily turned around, both in deep thought about what was upsetting Lily.
The rest of the day's first half of classes, Transfiguration and Potions, went without anything exciting happening, except when Professor McGonagall transfigured herself into a cat, and when the Potions Master, Tuttle, took 30 points from Slytherin. Snape accidentally knocked over Malfoy's cauldron, and Malfoy, in retaliation, purposely knocked over Snape's. It was quite a riot for the Gryffindors.
When lunch came, Lily quickly stopped by the Great Hall to grab an apple, then retreated to the library to meet Sirius. If anyone knew what was bothering James, Sirius would. When she entered, she knew exactly where he was- right in the middle of a group of giggling girls. Lily marched over to Sirius. "Excuse me girls! Yes, I need to speak to Sirius. Please move!" Lily said as she pushed her way through the crowd. "Sorry girls, I must take precious Mr. Black away. We had a prearranged date!"
At the word "date" all of the girls turned around and sulked off. "Lils... you just removed about 15 girls from my fan club! No who's going to love me like they do?" Sirius asked.
"The other 100 girls in your fan club?" Lily replied.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about them..." he said with a grin.
"But anyway, that's not why we're here..." Lily said as her voice trailed off.
"Yeah, I know. Lily, why are we here?" Sirius asked.
"Well I was wondering about something and I knew that you were the only person that would know about this certain thing and it's been bothering me all day and I want to fix it," Lily ended abruptly. "Well?? What is it!?"
"Lily, hun, you have to tell me what it is your talking about before I can answer you," Sirius said slowly.
"Oh... sorry. Ok. This morning at breakfast, James was being really quiet. And I asked him what was wrong and he just kept saying nothing. And then he said something about me not liking him, and he stomped out of the Great Hall..." At this, Sirius relaxed in his chair. "What... why do you have that smug look on your face?" Lily asked.
"Well, I just wondered how long it was going to take anyone else to notice how sullen he was being. I'm just really glad that you were the first," Sirius said.
"Well, why?" Lily questioned.
"Because, flower, the reason is you."
"What?" Lily said perplexed.
Sirius sighed. "I wish I could tell you more, Lily, but it's not my place. You need to ask Prongs about that one."
"Sirius, you know James better than James knows him! It would be a lot easier for you to tell me," Lily pleaded.
"Just ask him if you really want to know," replied Sirius.
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Lily and Sirius met up with the others in Defense Against the Dark Arts. They chose seats closer to the front; they all wanted to pay attention to the class today. A few catcalls were heard as Professor Grant walked into the classroom. It was true she was very pretty. She had Candice's long, wavy hair, but her eyes were very different. They were a bright green. Obviously, Candice and her sister had a different parent's eyes.
"Thank you all for that... nice greeting. But in the future, please restrain yourselves from it," Professor Grant said. "I am Professor Grant, you're new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. I ask that you show me the same courtesy that you showed your last Defense teacher. Any questions?" she asked. Arabella Figg's hand flew into the air. "What is your name?"
"I'm Arabella Figg."
"And your question?" asked the professor.
"Are you related to Candice?" questioned Ara.
Professor Grant smiled. "Why, yes I am. She is my sister. Now are there any questions about the class?" Everyone's hand remained on top of the tables or in their laps. "Ok, well on to teaching. As some of you may know, Voldemort," some people flinched, "or the Dark Lord, is growing stronger. More murders are being committed in his name, and many people are switching to the Dark side. In this class, I will try to teach you ways to protect yourselves against the Dark Lord and his followers. Now, do you all know the disarming spell?" And the class went on from there.
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That night at dinner, Candice and the others discussed her sister's class. "It was a great class," Grace said. "I think that we're going to learn a lot about defending ourselves this year."
"Yeah... I didn't know Jeni knew so much about the Dark Arts. It must have been all that studying she did in America these past two years," said Candice.
"I enjoyed that class too," said Sirius. "It was mighty fine..."
"Padfoot! Is that all you think about?" Peter asked.
"Um... well, yeah," Sirius replied with a laugh.
"You're awful, Sirius," Nicole said with a hint of humor in her voice. The rest of dinner was silent, except for the scratching of silverware on the fabulous gold plates of Hogwarts. After their meal, the friends headed up to the common room.
"Hey Prongs, fancy a game of wizard chess?" Remus asked after they had crawled through the portrait hole.
"No, not really, Moony. I have to talk to someone. I'll be right back," James replied. But he wasn't 'right back'. James had wandered over to the table of Melissa Ponder, the sixth year that he had shared a carriage with the night before, and her friends. James and Melissa talked for an hour or so before James returned to his friends by the fire. There was a smug look about him.
"James, what's up?" Candice asked as James settled into a chair beside her.
"I, James Potter, has found a new love interest," James said without one look in Lily's direction.
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I am done... BUHAHAHA! Please review and tell me what you think!!
-JeSs-
Ginny- Thanks for the review!
Julia- Thanks! I thought it was great too! Lol
Druid of the Moon- Good guess on those pairings! One of those pairings hadn't even crossed my mind, but I might try it out! Thanks for the idea! Keep reading and find out what happens!
Queen of Day Dreams- Cute name! Thanks for the review!
Cherryblossom644- Thanks Paige! I hope you continue to read!
Melissafer- Ok- you are not getting on my nerves lol. I didn't even mean it like that! It's cool that you think I'm like Lily... heh, I'm gonna take your man! HA! Just kidding! And as for dancing fairies, I had to. It was just there lol. XoXo!
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"Bloody hell it's early," Remus groaned as he settled himself down at the Gryffindor table for breakfast the following morning. "Anyone else wanna skip today?"
"I'm with you, mate!" Sirius said as he sprung up from the table.
"Sit your ass down, Sirius. It's the first day of term! You have to go! Plus, you can't miss Jeni's class after lunch," Candice said.
"Jeni?" Peter asked with a quirked eyebrow. "And Jeni would be...?"
"Oh, Professor Grant's class, I mean. It is going to be so weird having my sister teach me Defense. I'm used to her telling me about guys and makeup, not boggarts and vampires..."
"It'll be ok, Candice, dear. Just sit by me and everything will be dandy!" Sirius said with a wink.
"Ok, Black. I'm scared now," replied Candice.
At the flirty comment from Sirius, the other girls exchanged "We Told Her" glances. Candice seemed not to notice, but Lily was sure that she must have.
"Well I'm headed off to class," Grace said. "Girls?"
"Girls? Why not 'Guys'? That's sexism, little missy," Remus replied with a smirk.
"I'm sorry, Remykins! Would you like to accompany me to class?" Grace asked, with a pouty face.
"Now how can I resist that?" Remus asked as he left the table and joined Grace.
"Honestly. I could in a heartbeat!" Nicole said jokingly.
"Oh- you're dead, Hilt!" Grace yelled before chasing Nicole up and down the rows between the house tables and out of the Great Hall. Laughing, Remus, Peter, Sirius, and Candice followed.
"Hey Potter. Why are you being so quiet?" Lily asked when the others left.
"No reason," James replied.
"James, I've known you since first year, and I don't think you've ever sat through a whole meal without saying something!" Even though Lily didn't like James, she didn't like to see him upset. It just wasn't in his character; it was kind of unnerving, if the truth be told.
"It's nothing."
"C'mon! Please! I don't like you this way!" Lily pleaded.
"Well honestly, Lily, I didn't think you liked me any way." And before Lily could reply, James was stamping out of the Great Hall.
Lily left the Great Hall by herself about a minute after James did. It was so uncharacteristically like James to be bothered by the way anyone felt about him. His reaction in the Great Hall confused Lily greatly. She knew James didn't care too much for her either. But she couldn't hide those new feelings she felt for James. She wondered if maybe his feelings were changing too.
During Charms, Lily decided to ask the one person who knew James's feelings better than James knew them- Sirius. "Sirius?" Lily asked.
"Yes, my precious flower. What can I help you with today?" Sirius asked in his most debonair voice.
"Well, I just wanted to know if you could meet me in the library during lunch... I kind of wanted to ask you something," Lily replied.
"Sure Lils... you look serious. Is everything, ok?" Sirius questioned with every hint of joking in his voice now gone.
"I hope so," said Lily.
"Mr. Black, Miss Evans, do try to pay attention, will you?" squeaked tiny Professor Flitwick. Sirius and Lily turned around, both in deep thought about what was upsetting Lily.
The rest of the day's first half of classes, Transfiguration and Potions, went without anything exciting happening, except when Professor McGonagall transfigured herself into a cat, and when the Potions Master, Tuttle, took 30 points from Slytherin. Snape accidentally knocked over Malfoy's cauldron, and Malfoy, in retaliation, purposely knocked over Snape's. It was quite a riot for the Gryffindors.
When lunch came, Lily quickly stopped by the Great Hall to grab an apple, then retreated to the library to meet Sirius. If anyone knew what was bothering James, Sirius would. When she entered, she knew exactly where he was- right in the middle of a group of giggling girls. Lily marched over to Sirius. "Excuse me girls! Yes, I need to speak to Sirius. Please move!" Lily said as she pushed her way through the crowd. "Sorry girls, I must take precious Mr. Black away. We had a prearranged date!"
At the word "date" all of the girls turned around and sulked off. "Lils... you just removed about 15 girls from my fan club! No who's going to love me like they do?" Sirius asked.
"The other 100 girls in your fan club?" Lily replied.
"Oh yeah, I forgot about them..." he said with a grin.
"But anyway, that's not why we're here..." Lily said as her voice trailed off.
"Yeah, I know. Lily, why are we here?" Sirius asked.
"Well I was wondering about something and I knew that you were the only person that would know about this certain thing and it's been bothering me all day and I want to fix it," Lily ended abruptly. "Well?? What is it!?"
"Lily, hun, you have to tell me what it is your talking about before I can answer you," Sirius said slowly.
"Oh... sorry. Ok. This morning at breakfast, James was being really quiet. And I asked him what was wrong and he just kept saying nothing. And then he said something about me not liking him, and he stomped out of the Great Hall..." At this, Sirius relaxed in his chair. "What... why do you have that smug look on your face?" Lily asked.
"Well, I just wondered how long it was going to take anyone else to notice how sullen he was being. I'm just really glad that you were the first," Sirius said.
"Well, why?" Lily questioned.
"Because, flower, the reason is you."
"What?" Lily said perplexed.
Sirius sighed. "I wish I could tell you more, Lily, but it's not my place. You need to ask Prongs about that one."
"Sirius, you know James better than James knows him! It would be a lot easier for you to tell me," Lily pleaded.
"Just ask him if you really want to know," replied Sirius.
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Lily and Sirius met up with the others in Defense Against the Dark Arts. They chose seats closer to the front; they all wanted to pay attention to the class today. A few catcalls were heard as Professor Grant walked into the classroom. It was true she was very pretty. She had Candice's long, wavy hair, but her eyes were very different. They were a bright green. Obviously, Candice and her sister had a different parent's eyes.
"Thank you all for that... nice greeting. But in the future, please restrain yourselves from it," Professor Grant said. "I am Professor Grant, you're new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher. I ask that you show me the same courtesy that you showed your last Defense teacher. Any questions?" she asked. Arabella Figg's hand flew into the air. "What is your name?"
"I'm Arabella Figg."
"And your question?" asked the professor.
"Are you related to Candice?" questioned Ara.
Professor Grant smiled. "Why, yes I am. She is my sister. Now are there any questions about the class?" Everyone's hand remained on top of the tables or in their laps. "Ok, well on to teaching. As some of you may know, Voldemort," some people flinched, "or the Dark Lord, is growing stronger. More murders are being committed in his name, and many people are switching to the Dark side. In this class, I will try to teach you ways to protect yourselves against the Dark Lord and his followers. Now, do you all know the disarming spell?" And the class went on from there.
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That night at dinner, Candice and the others discussed her sister's class. "It was a great class," Grace said. "I think that we're going to learn a lot about defending ourselves this year."
"Yeah... I didn't know Jeni knew so much about the Dark Arts. It must have been all that studying she did in America these past two years," said Candice.
"I enjoyed that class too," said Sirius. "It was mighty fine..."
"Padfoot! Is that all you think about?" Peter asked.
"Um... well, yeah," Sirius replied with a laugh.
"You're awful, Sirius," Nicole said with a hint of humor in her voice. The rest of dinner was silent, except for the scratching of silverware on the fabulous gold plates of Hogwarts. After their meal, the friends headed up to the common room.
"Hey Prongs, fancy a game of wizard chess?" Remus asked after they had crawled through the portrait hole.
"No, not really, Moony. I have to talk to someone. I'll be right back," James replied. But he wasn't 'right back'. James had wandered over to the table of Melissa Ponder, the sixth year that he had shared a carriage with the night before, and her friends. James and Melissa talked for an hour or so before James returned to his friends by the fire. There was a smug look about him.
"James, what's up?" Candice asked as James settled into a chair beside her.
"I, James Potter, has found a new love interest," James said without one look in Lily's direction.
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I am done... BUHAHAHA! Please review and tell me what you think!!
-JeSs-