Chapter 10
First match of the year. Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff. James and Sirius had left early, and oddly enough, Remus, too. Cat, Gabby, Lily and Jenni looked at one another and soon walked to the pitch with the rest of the school. Frank had saved them the top seats and they watched the teams fly around the pitch.
"Welcome to the first match of the school year!" came Remus's voice. Lily laughed. This was going to be good. "Jordan Jenkins has the Quaffle! He's right behind you Jordan! GO! The Hufflepuff chaser, Kevin Jacobs stole the Quaffle, that stupid—"
"Lupin!" shouted McGonagall.
Lily laughed again.
"This is going to be great," said Lily, grinning at Cat.
"Yeah it is!"
"Black hit the Hufflepuff chaser with the bludger, nice shot, Sirius! Gryffindor has the Quaffle, SHE SCORES WOOP! WOOP!" The Gryffindors laughed at their usually quiet Housemate. He just grinned at them. "GO JAMES!" Amos Diggory followed James, who pulled up just before he hit the ground, Amos managed to pull up too.
"That was mean of James, he could have hurt Amos," said Gabby. Lily snorted with laughter, looked at Gabby, shook her head, and laughed again. "What?"
"James Potter dives again, and if this is another Wrongski Feint, Amos Diggory'll kill him." James pulled up, his fist clenches, wings coming out of the sides of his hand. "JAMES POTTER CAUGHT THE SNITCH! GRYFFINDOR WINS!!!!! PARTY IN THE COMMON ROOM!!!" shouted Remus excitedly.
The Gryffindors ran out onto the pitch and lifted James onto their shoulders. Lily went over to Sirius and hugged him.
"Congratulations," she shouted over the crowd.
"Shouldn't you be congratulating James?" he asked her.
"No, if it weren't for you and Jacob, we'd have lost even with catching the Snitch."
He blushed a little, and Lily laughed. James looked at the two of them, and Sirius caught his eye, James instantly turned to one of the girls screaming his name.
"He's jealous."
"Who?" asked Lily
"James."
"Sorry, you can go to him now."
Lily grinned and Sirius tickled her.
"It's not you he's jealous of."
"Mercy! Mercy!"
Sirius stopped tickling her.
"He likes you."
Lily rolled her eyes.
"Your not on about that again, are you?"
"What?"
"James and I. We are NEVER getting together. The day we get together will be the day... I kiss Snape."
"Can I get that in writing?"
"Yes."
He grinned.
"Snape better pucker up then, when I'm done with you two, you'll get married just so I leave you two alone."
Lily's face fell a little.
"What if I like someone else?"
"Oh, well, I didn't think of that."
She laughed a little.
"Clearly."
"Well, who do you like?"
She blushed.
"That's none of your business."
"Oh?"
"Don't give me that look, Sirius. I'll never tell you who I like."
"Well why not?"
"Because, I just can't tell you."
"Why? Do I know him?"
"Yes, that's why I can't tell you, you'll tell him."
"I will not."
Lily raised an eyebrow.
"Maybe I'll tell you later."
She walked away from Sirius. He watched her walk away and Cat came up behind him.
"Why's she so secretive, why can't you girls be like us guys and be out with it."
Cat laughed.
"I'll tell you why, because girls aren't supposed to ask guys out, and you guys have to figure it out for yourselves."
"We aren't psychic, we can't read your minds."
Cat let out a fake gasp.
"Did a member of the male gender ADMIT they don't know everything?!"
"Just don't tell anyone."
Sirius grinned and went off to hit on a Ravenclaw. Cat rolled her eyes and went to find Lily.
"You should tell him before he starts sleeping with every other girl in school."
"Cat, we're thirteen," said Lily, sitting on her bed.
"Do you really think that matters to guys?"
Lily laughed.
"No, probably not."
"Yea, well, TELL HIM."
"Later, I will, I promise."
"Okay, Lils."
A few weeks later, Lily was walking around the grounds, alone, thinking.
"You all right?"
Lily spun around to see Sirius grinning at her
"Yes, why?"
"You look kinda out of it."
"I was thinking."
"About anything in particular?"
"Not really."
"Well, can I join you?"
"Go for it."
He laughed.
"So, are you going to tell me who you like or what?"
"You."
"Who's Yu?"
Lily laughed.
"I like this guy, he's in our year, his name's Sirius, and he cannot hide secrets to save his life."
Sirius laughed.
"You like me?" She nodded. "Why didn't you say anything before?"
"Because you're always flirting with some girl, and you're always trying to get James and I together."
"Oh."
"How eloquent."
He laughed.
"Well, I'm not entirely sure what to say."
Lily gasped.
"Sirius Black? Speechless? I must tell the world! HEY EVERYONE! SIRIUS BLACK IS SP—"
Sirius covered her mouth and she grinned.
"Bad Lily! Bad Lily!"
He removed his hand and Lily started laughing, when she stopped, they walked in silence for a while.
"Can you teach me to fly?" Lily asked.
"You took flying lessons with the rest of us, first year."
"I know, but I haven't flown since then, and I want to fly more often."
He grinned and they raced to the Quidditch Pitch. Sirius let Lily win, and she knew it. He got his broom out of the closet and he taught her how to fly. He rode James's broom and Lily rode Sirius's so he could teach her by experience. After an hour or so, Lily was flying just as well as he was.
"And the student becomes the master," he said as they landed.
She grinned and hugged him.
"Thank you, Sirius."
"No problem, Lil."
They locked up the brooms and walked back up to the school, Sirius only half aware of them being watched, but Lily knew they were being watched and she knew who it was. James. That night, after Sirius had gone up to his dorm, James stepped through the portrait hole.
"You know spying on your best friend is wrong."
James jumped and spun around to see Lily sitting on the staircase to the girls' dorms.
"I wasn't."
"Potter, I saw you following us from the second Sirius came up to me. You suck at sneaking."
"Your point?"
"It's none of your business what we do. If Sirius tells you, that's different. Don't follow us around."
"Did you tell him?"
"That I saw you? No."
"Thanks."
"Next time, I won't be so nice. Sirius doesn't follow you around, why do it to him?"
"I'm not with you, therefore do not need to be followed."
"I'm not going to cook him and eat him." James rolled his eyes, and continued on his way to his dorm. "Y'know, you would have a lot more girls fall at your feet if you were nicer," said Lily, disappearing into her dorm.
James stopped, halfway up the staircase to the boys' dorms, and turned toward Lily's voice, then continued up to his dorm, this time, James and Lily were being watched. By Sirius.
First match of the year. Gryffindor versus Hufflepuff. James and Sirius had left early, and oddly enough, Remus, too. Cat, Gabby, Lily and Jenni looked at one another and soon walked to the pitch with the rest of the school. Frank had saved them the top seats and they watched the teams fly around the pitch.
"Welcome to the first match of the school year!" came Remus's voice. Lily laughed. This was going to be good. "Jordan Jenkins has the Quaffle! He's right behind you Jordan! GO! The Hufflepuff chaser, Kevin Jacobs stole the Quaffle, that stupid—"
"Lupin!" shouted McGonagall.
Lily laughed again.
"This is going to be great," said Lily, grinning at Cat.
"Yeah it is!"
"Black hit the Hufflepuff chaser with the bludger, nice shot, Sirius! Gryffindor has the Quaffle, SHE SCORES WOOP! WOOP!" The Gryffindors laughed at their usually quiet Housemate. He just grinned at them. "GO JAMES!" Amos Diggory followed James, who pulled up just before he hit the ground, Amos managed to pull up too.
"That was mean of James, he could have hurt Amos," said Gabby. Lily snorted with laughter, looked at Gabby, shook her head, and laughed again. "What?"
"James Potter dives again, and if this is another Wrongski Feint, Amos Diggory'll kill him." James pulled up, his fist clenches, wings coming out of the sides of his hand. "JAMES POTTER CAUGHT THE SNITCH! GRYFFINDOR WINS!!!!! PARTY IN THE COMMON ROOM!!!" shouted Remus excitedly.
The Gryffindors ran out onto the pitch and lifted James onto their shoulders. Lily went over to Sirius and hugged him.
"Congratulations," she shouted over the crowd.
"Shouldn't you be congratulating James?" he asked her.
"No, if it weren't for you and Jacob, we'd have lost even with catching the Snitch."
He blushed a little, and Lily laughed. James looked at the two of them, and Sirius caught his eye, James instantly turned to one of the girls screaming his name.
"He's jealous."
"Who?" asked Lily
"James."
"Sorry, you can go to him now."
Lily grinned and Sirius tickled her.
"It's not you he's jealous of."
"Mercy! Mercy!"
Sirius stopped tickling her.
"He likes you."
Lily rolled her eyes.
"Your not on about that again, are you?"
"What?"
"James and I. We are NEVER getting together. The day we get together will be the day... I kiss Snape."
"Can I get that in writing?"
"Yes."
He grinned.
"Snape better pucker up then, when I'm done with you two, you'll get married just so I leave you two alone."
Lily's face fell a little.
"What if I like someone else?"
"Oh, well, I didn't think of that."
She laughed a little.
"Clearly."
"Well, who do you like?"
She blushed.
"That's none of your business."
"Oh?"
"Don't give me that look, Sirius. I'll never tell you who I like."
"Well why not?"
"Because, I just can't tell you."
"Why? Do I know him?"
"Yes, that's why I can't tell you, you'll tell him."
"I will not."
Lily raised an eyebrow.
"Maybe I'll tell you later."
She walked away from Sirius. He watched her walk away and Cat came up behind him.
"Why's she so secretive, why can't you girls be like us guys and be out with it."
Cat laughed.
"I'll tell you why, because girls aren't supposed to ask guys out, and you guys have to figure it out for yourselves."
"We aren't psychic, we can't read your minds."
Cat let out a fake gasp.
"Did a member of the male gender ADMIT they don't know everything?!"
"Just don't tell anyone."
Sirius grinned and went off to hit on a Ravenclaw. Cat rolled her eyes and went to find Lily.
"You should tell him before he starts sleeping with every other girl in school."
"Cat, we're thirteen," said Lily, sitting on her bed.
"Do you really think that matters to guys?"
Lily laughed.
"No, probably not."
"Yea, well, TELL HIM."
"Later, I will, I promise."
"Okay, Lils."
A few weeks later, Lily was walking around the grounds, alone, thinking.
"You all right?"
Lily spun around to see Sirius grinning at her
"Yes, why?"
"You look kinda out of it."
"I was thinking."
"About anything in particular?"
"Not really."
"Well, can I join you?"
"Go for it."
He laughed.
"So, are you going to tell me who you like or what?"
"You."
"Who's Yu?"
Lily laughed.
"I like this guy, he's in our year, his name's Sirius, and he cannot hide secrets to save his life."
Sirius laughed.
"You like me?" She nodded. "Why didn't you say anything before?"
"Because you're always flirting with some girl, and you're always trying to get James and I together."
"Oh."
"How eloquent."
He laughed.
"Well, I'm not entirely sure what to say."
Lily gasped.
"Sirius Black? Speechless? I must tell the world! HEY EVERYONE! SIRIUS BLACK IS SP—"
Sirius covered her mouth and she grinned.
"Bad Lily! Bad Lily!"
He removed his hand and Lily started laughing, when she stopped, they walked in silence for a while.
"Can you teach me to fly?" Lily asked.
"You took flying lessons with the rest of us, first year."
"I know, but I haven't flown since then, and I want to fly more often."
He grinned and they raced to the Quidditch Pitch. Sirius let Lily win, and she knew it. He got his broom out of the closet and he taught her how to fly. He rode James's broom and Lily rode Sirius's so he could teach her by experience. After an hour or so, Lily was flying just as well as he was.
"And the student becomes the master," he said as they landed.
She grinned and hugged him.
"Thank you, Sirius."
"No problem, Lil."
They locked up the brooms and walked back up to the school, Sirius only half aware of them being watched, but Lily knew they were being watched and she knew who it was. James. That night, after Sirius had gone up to his dorm, James stepped through the portrait hole.
"You know spying on your best friend is wrong."
James jumped and spun around to see Lily sitting on the staircase to the girls' dorms.
"I wasn't."
"Potter, I saw you following us from the second Sirius came up to me. You suck at sneaking."
"Your point?"
"It's none of your business what we do. If Sirius tells you, that's different. Don't follow us around."
"Did you tell him?"
"That I saw you? No."
"Thanks."
"Next time, I won't be so nice. Sirius doesn't follow you around, why do it to him?"
"I'm not with you, therefore do not need to be followed."
"I'm not going to cook him and eat him." James rolled his eyes, and continued on his way to his dorm. "Y'know, you would have a lot more girls fall at your feet if you were nicer," said Lily, disappearing into her dorm.
James stopped, halfway up the staircase to the boys' dorms, and turned toward Lily's voice, then continued up to his dorm, this time, James and Lily were being watched. By Sirius.