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::Chapter 5: Happy Birthday::
"Oh, good morning, Potter!" Lily greeted him the next morning.
"Morning, Evans," he muttered before walking into the bathroom.
James began ignoring her, just as she feared. She wasn't exactly sure why, but her biggest guess was he was slightly embarrassed that he thought her zap was her real opinion. "I might as well see what happens today then," she whispered to herself before heading to the Great Hall.
James splashed water into his face. 'What am I doing?' He thought to himself. 'Ignoring her won't do anything! Besides, she probably forgot all about last night… right?' Drying his face, he opened the door before realizing she already left. Shrugging to himself, he headed towards the Great Hall.
"Get out of my way, you filthy mudblood!" One of the Slytherins rammed into her. "Why do they even allow people like you into these halls without paying a punishment? In fact," he thought to himself for a moment, "bow down to me. You should kneel before those who are better than you!"
Lily looked him straight in the eye before turning away and heading past him. She didn't realize the Slytherin boy's friends were surrounding her.
"Get back here, Magical Hobo!" One of them called. They grabbed Lily tightly by the arm, causing her to drop her books with a loud 'clang!' "Did we say you could leave?"
Lily looked at the person that was clinging to her arm. "Get off of me," she said in a tired sort of voice. After 7 years of taking this kind of crap, she was getting used to it.
"Oh-ho-ho!" One of the Slytherin's called. "Looks like the little girl has some spunk!" This time, the one talking was a female. One of the 2 females in the whole group actually. She had dirty blonde hair and a long crooked nose that was hard to look away from. "But she shouldn't talk to us like that! Maybe we should punish you!"
"You could try," Lily said, pulling herself free. "Or you could let me continue heading for the Great Hall! As for me, I vote for number two! You?"
"Shut up!" The gang leader yelled at Lily. Lily didn't even flinch, causing the gang leader's anger to grow. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you now?"
"Actually," someone from behind him said. They all turned around to see James standing there. "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill you right now!"
All the Slytherins took their attention away from Lily and turned towards James. Lily found this a suitable time to pick up her books.
"No one told you to come to this mudblood's rescue, Potter!"
"Similar to how no one told you to pick on Ms. Evans?"
The Slytherin boy had nothing to say other than, "Blood traitor." He then signaled his friends to follow him away.
James sighed after they left. He looked down and saw Lily trying to place everything that fell back into order. Walking over and kneeling next to her, he began to help gather the papers. "Sorry I didn't get here in time so you wouldn't have to drop all your papers."
"No problem," Lily said thankfully. "They're yours anyways!"Confused, he looked down at the top paper and realized it was the notes he asked her to copy for him. She laughed before handing him the rest. "I believe these are yours!" Getting up she continued to prance towards the Great Hall. "Thanks!" She called over her shoulder.
"Lily!" Beth greeted. "How are you doing, my good friend?"
"I'm fine," Lily said. "Greeting me so happily? What do you want to know?"
"Did you make a Birthday Wish List? Your present is always the hardest to get because we never know what you want!" Beth said loud enough for the people on the Slytherin side to hear.
"Cheers!" Everyone that agreed with her raised their goblets.
"I like whatever you guys get me, okay?" She laughed. "Just surprise me!"
"Whatever," Beth turned away and began to think of what to buy.
"Well," Cindy said loudly. "Since its your birthday, and you're poor and all, I guess anything would seem like a good present. As for me, I want jewelry. I'm sorry, Lily! I guess you don't know what jewelry is!"
"It's okay, Cindy," Lily smiled bitterly. "I'm sure you don't know what it feels like to wear jewelry, much less what it looks like."
A few people that were listening laughed to themselves. Cindy turned red before saying, "Yes, I do know what jewelry looks like! In fact, Amos got me this!" She pulled out a mood necklace that was the shape of a cat. "Isn't he romantic?"
"A cat?" Faye asked as she examined the necklace. "Aren't you allergic to cats?"
"It's not a cat," Cindy said looking affronted. "It's a dove!"
The three girls looked at her necklace, squinting and tilting their heads, as if that would help see the dove.
"Oh, you guys don't know anything!" Cindy said as the necklace turned a violent shade of red. She got up and headed out.
"I forgot that Evan's Birthday was coming up!" James muttered as he sat down. He looked across the table where Faye and Beth were getting up to follow Cindy. "Hey, Moony," James said after the two girls passed by them. "You've been pretty good friends with Evans since the beginning of first year, right?"
"I guess you could say that," Remus said. "After all, out of all of us, I was the only one that didn't make fun of her!"
"That's the spirit," James said, obviously not paying attention. "Could you go over there and ask her what she wants for her birthday?"
Remus got up and headed to the other side of the table. James could see him ask her and laugh after she answered.
"What'd she say?" James asked once he got back. "Did she say what she wanted?"
Remus crossed his heart, "She wants true love!"
Just then, James slapped him across the arm. "Be serious!"
"I am!" Remus laughed. "Hogsmeade weekend is tomorrow. Maybe you could ask her tomorrow?"
"Only if she doesn't answer today," James said. He got his plate and began filling it with scrambled eggs, bacon, and waffles. "Sirius, can you go try?"
Lily watched Remus walk towards James who slapped him across the arm. "I guess he asked for Potter," she muttered silently. "Good thing he isn't as embarrassed as this morning."
She began getting a second helping of hash browns when Sirius strutted up. He sat down in front of her and turned to her. "Hey, Tiger Lily," He said before meowing.
Lily looked at him oddly. "What do you need, exactly?"
"So I hear your birthday is coming up!" Sirius said cheerfully. "Exactly what do you want?"
"How about my sister's death?" She asked casually. "That sounds cheap!"
"Aye-aye!" Sirius walked towards James. He seemed to tell him what Lily wanted by making stabbing movements. James punched him in the shoulder and apparently asked Peter to go ask her.
"Hi, Lily," Peter squeaked in a small voice. "What do you want for your birthday?"
"Hiya, Peter!" Lily said cheerfully. "How about something I can ride around school?"
Peter shrugged and headed back to James. As soon as he told James what Lily said, the whole group looked at Lily startled. She laughed at the expression on their faces.
"Hello, Potter," Lily said once she saw James coming her way. "Are you going to ask me the same questions they asked?"
"Of course," James said casually as he sat down. "So, whaddya want?"
"Anything," Lily said simply.
"Anything?" he asked. "Even if I get you a naked Sirius in a box?"
"Just as long as he's wrapped in the box!" She laughed.
"Then that'll be my backup present," he said while walking away.
"Maybe she'll want one of these," James said picking up a necklace. 'But she probably has a lot of these…'
"Going shopping for your girlfriend?" A young witch, about the age of 30, came up to the counter. "How cute!"
He looked at the witch and replied, "She's not my girlfriend." He then threw the necklace back on the counter before running out. He then ran into a pile of stuffed animals.
"Hey, Prongs," Peter squeaked. "Are you going to get Lily a stuffed animal?"
He picked up a stuffed mongoose and squeezed it. It then shouted, "I SEE YOU WHEN YOU SLEEP!"
James tossed the stuffed animal to Peter, "No thanks."
Running out the door he accidentally tripped over a rock and fell into a photo place next to Remus. "Hey, James. You going to get Lily a picture of something nice?"
He looked up at a picture crescent moon. The picture seemed to back up to show 2 people making out under it. "Oh, hells no!"
He walked out and saw Sirius in a different shop. Hoping his best friend would help him, he walked into the shop, "Hey, Padfoot!"
"Hey, Prongs! Are you going to get Lily a spork?"
It was then that James realized they were in a utensils store. "No thanks."
Lily woke up the morning of her birthday. On the foot of her bed was a stack of presents. She fell over and began opening them one by one. Faye gave her a dress, Beth gave her a book, and the presents went on. At the very bottom were the four marauders' presents.
She unwrapped Peters. It was a stuffed stag. A note next to it read 'I can't get you anything you can ride, so how about this?'
Lily laughed as she began to open Sirius's present. It was a dagger. His present, as well, had a note. 'I thought about killing your sister, but I decided if you killed her, then you can see her pain as well! MEOW!'
Lily looked over to the next present. One from James. Curious, she opened the package and pulled out-
A stack of his homework.
Sighing she muttered, "I guess it's my fault for telling him anything."
She began looking over his homework.
Tossing the homework aside, she opened Remus's package. This time, the note lay on top of the present. It read, 'I thought about what you wanted… true love… and I got you this.'
She flipped the note over to find a picture of James. She looked at it before putting it away and picking up his homework again. She tried to make a secret message out of his eight mistakes:
n /ln7 !
(a/n: eight mistakes include spaces)
She squinted at it and tried taking the first letter of each of the different pieces… but she didn't know why there were so many 'n's. Shrugging she tossed it aside and headed downstairs.
Little did she know that James wanted her to write his mistakes on a piece of parchment and flip it over. For if she did, his mistakes would have spelled:
i LuV u
::End Chapter::
Reviews for chapter 5
Lillianna-Rose: Glad you enjoyed that last chapter! I LOVED WRITING IT!
jade eyes1: Ahaha! I've never heard of the zap you explained to me. I showed zap the way i've known since 1st grade! OH WELL! PS: thanks for the birthday greeting!
DezTiny: Thanks for the birthday greeting? You've never heard of zap before? I've been talking to a few of my other friends (from different schools) and they haven't either. Hmm... Well... Have fun zapping people! (My favorite is: You make me feel brand new)
Optical Illusions: I just can't get him to blackmail her! I thought of a perfect story, but whenever i get him to start blackmailing, i throw that chapter away and work on somthing more humorous!
brinky1126: As of right now, Lily doesn't get along with James, but James wants to get along with Lily.
Some12: Zaps weren't in during the beginning of this year (at my school)... but then my Social Studies teacher pulled out his red pen and started zapping. His favorite was, "We need a pop quiz"
Emrisah: If you really want it to work at your school, you zap a REALLY weird teacher first,and (if you're lucky) he/she'll spread it along. Thats what someone did. My teacher was zapped with, "CLEAR YOUR DESKS FOR ANOTHER POP QUIZ!"
James-Padfoot: Glad you enjoyed the last chapter! It was so much fun to write about 1 of my days at school!!!
PolarPotterBear: Have fun with the zapping game. (For an interesting day, zap the weirder teachers at your school)
MPPSexxySiriusJamesRemus: Ahahaha! Thanks so much for the review! Makes me so happy that you actually like my story! :)
SANDLE: Mwahahaha! I DIDn'T KNOW I SPELLED LUSCIOUS'S NAME WRONG! oops!
Windowseat Wonderer: Oh yeah, that last chapter was DEFINITLY based on what happened at my school. My teachers are on the weirder side. Thanks for the review!
brinky: Thanks for the review! :) It was short but sweet!
pInKpIlLo6: Mwahaha! I hope starting zapping goes well at your school, too! For some reason, it seems more fun than it was when i was younger...
Crimsonmyst: Yeah, zap is awsome. I wonder who started it all... MAYBE LAURENCE ;D