Chapter 4
"C'mon Lily! Must wake up! Can't sleep all day! Wake up, wake up, wake up!"
A weight bounced on the end of her four-poster bed in the early morning. Groggily, Lily sat up straight in bed, stretching and letting out a yawn. What time was it? Looking at the hourglass on her side table, it marked eight O'clock. Yikes! Good thing they didn't have glasses the first two days. Otherwise, she would've missed Charms already.
"I'm up. Stop bouncing!" Lily laughed, chucking a pillow at Hestia. Pretending it weighed a ton, Hestia fell off the bed with the pillow over her face. Lily snickered, which eventually turned into a fit of giggles.
"Boy, what're we going to do today, hmm? Breakfast! That's what! C'mon Lily, get dressed!" Hestia stood up and patted her thin stomach. Lily could hear it growl from where she was sitting in her bed. She also noticed that Hestia was already dressed in her Hogwarts skirt, white button down shirt, and robes with the Gryffindor emblem on them. Lily stood, opening her trunk that she hadn't unpacked yet, and threw on the same thing, though hers just a bit more loose fitting than Hestia's.
The Entrance Hall was more crowded in the morning than it was the night before. Students couldn't decide where they wanted to go on their first day: out onto the grounds or exploring Hogwarts' corridors. Shaking their heads, Lily and Hestia made their way through the crowd and into the Great Hall. It was almost full, yet almost no one sat at the Gryffindor table. James and Sirius weren't there, either.
"Where do you reckon they are?" Lily tilted her head to speak to Hestia.
The girl shrugged. "Dunno. Might be out on the grounds. Who cares? Let's eat!"
With a slightly laugh on both sides, the girls made their way to the Gryffindor table, sitting where they had the night before.
"So," Hestia muttered after gulping down half of her pumpkin juice, "What should we do –"
"Lillian Evans."
Hestia was cut off mid-sentence by a high voice. Both girls turned their heads to see whom it was that interrupted. Of course, the voice could only belong to one girl.
"Cessily Hues," Lily blinked, keeping her face expressionless. "What do you want?"
"I want you to stay away from my Jamie-kins!" Cessily had her highly manicured fingernails clenched at her hips in fists. Lily looked at her mildly. "And what if I don't?"
"Well," the brunette spoke dangerously, "I'll just have to take care of that, now won't I?"
Lily let out a cold laugh, which was highly unlike her. "Sure, and what is a thick headed girl like you to do, huh, Hues?" Lily stood up, leaning over the table with a fierce glare now pinching her features. Hestia went to stand, but Lily shoved her back into her seat.
"I'm warning you, Evans, if you touch my James, I'll skin you," Cessily hissed though her teeth.
"I'm shaking in my robes," was Lily's equally deadly reply.
After two more minutes of glaring daggers at each other, Cessily stalked away, flipping her pigtails like no one's business. Lily positively hated the girl.
"Whoa . . ." Hestia gaped from the sidelines. "Cat fight. Reow."
Lily gave her a slightly angered half smile, trying to calm her temper down. Like she would stay away from James. Cessily presented a problem in Lily's plans to snag James for her own. James seemed to like her, in Lily's eyes. If she wouldn't get out of the way, Lily would make her.
"Yoo-hoo, earth to Lily." A hand was being waved in front of her face. Snapping out of her trancelike state, Lily shook her head. "Sorry, Hestia. Got a little angry there for a minutes."
"Yeah, a little. Psh," Hestia finished shoveling her food into her mouth. Lily had hardly touched her food, but insisted that they go find the boys that instant.
Sure enough, the guys were on the ground underneath a tree that hung over the lake. Tentacles were surfacing in the water every now and then, showing that the Giant Squid had woken up, too. Hestia and Lily hurried towards the two.
"Hey there, Black," Hestia grinned, plopping down beside Sirius.
"Hey, Jones, what's cookin'?" Sirius smirked, putting his arm around Hestia's shoulder playfully. The two looked to be getting along well.
"Hey, Evans."
"Hey, James. I had a run-in with your girlfriend this morning," Lily spoke only halfheartedly, although she was the only one who knew it. James looked at her questioningly. "Hues, Potter. Hues."
James groaned and rolled his eyes. "She's not my girlfriend, Lily." Lily shrugged. "Whatever you say." Yawning, she leaned up against the tree next to James. The only one who seemed surprised by this action, though, was James. Sirius seemed to wink at him.
"So . . .Evans, what bring you out here this fine morning?" James spoke, trying to regain his prankster position in front of her. Lily smiled. "Oh, nothing. Just looking for the Head Boy to tell him the Headmaster wants us to come up with plans for the Halloween decorations before the deadline."
James snorted, but then silenced when Lily slid closer to him. He wasn't looking at her, but he knew she'd gotten closer by the fact that her shoulder was now touching his. "So, err . . .When is this deadline?"
"Two weeks from today."
James nodded. Lily seemed to think he didn't get the hint. Sighing, she moved away, rubbing her other shoulder. Off in the distance, she saw someone approaching. Someone with a yellow and black tie, someone with . . .Pigtails?
"EVANS!"
"Oh crap."
James heard the call, as did Sirius and Hestia, who became disengaged in their little conversation. Cessily at nine O'clock, approaching fast.
"I told you to stay away from him!" A manicured nail fastened its aim towards James. "But do you listen? NO!"
James began to speak, but Lily covered his mouth. Did he think she couldn't handle this herself? Probably so.
"Listen, Hues. You can't keep me away from my friends. And ESPECIALLY James! So keep your fat mouth shut and LEAVE!" Hestia stood behind Sirius, peering over his shoulder at the two girls.
With a glare, Cessily hissed in Lily's ear. "I'll get you. Some other time when my guy isn't around. Promise you that." With that, she stalked off for the second time that day.
"What the heck is up with that girl?" James said, frustrated and confused. "I mean, she stalks me everywhere and now she's bothering you, Lily."
"Dunno. Maybe she's jealous."
"Of what, exactly?" James questioned.
"Me."
After that, a silence followed.
"So! You girls gonna come to the Quidditch match? First game of the season before Halloween. Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff!" Sirius chimed, snickering slightly to lighten the mood.
Hestia nodded, smiling brightly. As the anger cloud that had settled lifted, Lily smiled and nodded.
"Man, I hope we win." James nodded, grinning.
Lily, who hadn't said anything yet, remembered that Cessily was Seeker for the Hufflepuff team. A wicked grin crept onto her face. What she said was totally unexpected.
"Beat their asses."
"C'mon Lily! Must wake up! Can't sleep all day! Wake up, wake up, wake up!"
A weight bounced on the end of her four-poster bed in the early morning. Groggily, Lily sat up straight in bed, stretching and letting out a yawn. What time was it? Looking at the hourglass on her side table, it marked eight O'clock. Yikes! Good thing they didn't have glasses the first two days. Otherwise, she would've missed Charms already.
"I'm up. Stop bouncing!" Lily laughed, chucking a pillow at Hestia. Pretending it weighed a ton, Hestia fell off the bed with the pillow over her face. Lily snickered, which eventually turned into a fit of giggles.
"Boy, what're we going to do today, hmm? Breakfast! That's what! C'mon Lily, get dressed!" Hestia stood up and patted her thin stomach. Lily could hear it growl from where she was sitting in her bed. She also noticed that Hestia was already dressed in her Hogwarts skirt, white button down shirt, and robes with the Gryffindor emblem on them. Lily stood, opening her trunk that she hadn't unpacked yet, and threw on the same thing, though hers just a bit more loose fitting than Hestia's.
The Entrance Hall was more crowded in the morning than it was the night before. Students couldn't decide where they wanted to go on their first day: out onto the grounds or exploring Hogwarts' corridors. Shaking their heads, Lily and Hestia made their way through the crowd and into the Great Hall. It was almost full, yet almost no one sat at the Gryffindor table. James and Sirius weren't there, either.
"Where do you reckon they are?" Lily tilted her head to speak to Hestia.
The girl shrugged. "Dunno. Might be out on the grounds. Who cares? Let's eat!"
With a slightly laugh on both sides, the girls made their way to the Gryffindor table, sitting where they had the night before.
"So," Hestia muttered after gulping down half of her pumpkin juice, "What should we do –"
"Lillian Evans."
Hestia was cut off mid-sentence by a high voice. Both girls turned their heads to see whom it was that interrupted. Of course, the voice could only belong to one girl.
"Cessily Hues," Lily blinked, keeping her face expressionless. "What do you want?"
"I want you to stay away from my Jamie-kins!" Cessily had her highly manicured fingernails clenched at her hips in fists. Lily looked at her mildly. "And what if I don't?"
"Well," the brunette spoke dangerously, "I'll just have to take care of that, now won't I?"
Lily let out a cold laugh, which was highly unlike her. "Sure, and what is a thick headed girl like you to do, huh, Hues?" Lily stood up, leaning over the table with a fierce glare now pinching her features. Hestia went to stand, but Lily shoved her back into her seat.
"I'm warning you, Evans, if you touch my James, I'll skin you," Cessily hissed though her teeth.
"I'm shaking in my robes," was Lily's equally deadly reply.
After two more minutes of glaring daggers at each other, Cessily stalked away, flipping her pigtails like no one's business. Lily positively hated the girl.
"Whoa . . ." Hestia gaped from the sidelines. "Cat fight. Reow."
Lily gave her a slightly angered half smile, trying to calm her temper down. Like she would stay away from James. Cessily presented a problem in Lily's plans to snag James for her own. James seemed to like her, in Lily's eyes. If she wouldn't get out of the way, Lily would make her.
"Yoo-hoo, earth to Lily." A hand was being waved in front of her face. Snapping out of her trancelike state, Lily shook her head. "Sorry, Hestia. Got a little angry there for a minutes."
"Yeah, a little. Psh," Hestia finished shoveling her food into her mouth. Lily had hardly touched her food, but insisted that they go find the boys that instant.
Sure enough, the guys were on the ground underneath a tree that hung over the lake. Tentacles were surfacing in the water every now and then, showing that the Giant Squid had woken up, too. Hestia and Lily hurried towards the two.
"Hey there, Black," Hestia grinned, plopping down beside Sirius.
"Hey, Jones, what's cookin'?" Sirius smirked, putting his arm around Hestia's shoulder playfully. The two looked to be getting along well.
"Hey, Evans."
"Hey, James. I had a run-in with your girlfriend this morning," Lily spoke only halfheartedly, although she was the only one who knew it. James looked at her questioningly. "Hues, Potter. Hues."
James groaned and rolled his eyes. "She's not my girlfriend, Lily." Lily shrugged. "Whatever you say." Yawning, she leaned up against the tree next to James. The only one who seemed surprised by this action, though, was James. Sirius seemed to wink at him.
"So . . .Evans, what bring you out here this fine morning?" James spoke, trying to regain his prankster position in front of her. Lily smiled. "Oh, nothing. Just looking for the Head Boy to tell him the Headmaster wants us to come up with plans for the Halloween decorations before the deadline."
James snorted, but then silenced when Lily slid closer to him. He wasn't looking at her, but he knew she'd gotten closer by the fact that her shoulder was now touching his. "So, err . . .When is this deadline?"
"Two weeks from today."
James nodded. Lily seemed to think he didn't get the hint. Sighing, she moved away, rubbing her other shoulder. Off in the distance, she saw someone approaching. Someone with a yellow and black tie, someone with . . .Pigtails?
"EVANS!"
"Oh crap."
James heard the call, as did Sirius and Hestia, who became disengaged in their little conversation. Cessily at nine O'clock, approaching fast.
"I told you to stay away from him!" A manicured nail fastened its aim towards James. "But do you listen? NO!"
James began to speak, but Lily covered his mouth. Did he think she couldn't handle this herself? Probably so.
"Listen, Hues. You can't keep me away from my friends. And ESPECIALLY James! So keep your fat mouth shut and LEAVE!" Hestia stood behind Sirius, peering over his shoulder at the two girls.
With a glare, Cessily hissed in Lily's ear. "I'll get you. Some other time when my guy isn't around. Promise you that." With that, she stalked off for the second time that day.
"What the heck is up with that girl?" James said, frustrated and confused. "I mean, she stalks me everywhere and now she's bothering you, Lily."
"Dunno. Maybe she's jealous."
"Of what, exactly?" James questioned.
"Me."
After that, a silence followed.
"So! You girls gonna come to the Quidditch match? First game of the season before Halloween. Gryffindor vs. Hufflepuff!" Sirius chimed, snickering slightly to lighten the mood.
Hestia nodded, smiling brightly. As the anger cloud that had settled lifted, Lily smiled and nodded.
"Man, I hope we win." James nodded, grinning.
Lily, who hadn't said anything yet, remembered that Cessily was Seeker for the Hufflepuff team. A wicked grin crept onto her face. What she said was totally unexpected.
"Beat their asses."