Chapter 12
Lily sighed, sitting on Platform number 10, alone, long after everyone else's parents had picked them up. She looked at her watch, her grandmother was visiting her brother in America, so she couldn't call her, and Lily had no idea where her parents were. She had been pleading with herself not to cry, and draw attention to herself. Soon, sleep overcame her, and she fell asleep on the bench, there. When she awoke, there was a bright pair of hazel eyes staring at her, and jet-black hair falling in front of them. She screamed, then realized who it was.
"James!" she shouted.
"Lily!" he shouted back.
"Don't scare me like that!"
"Lily, dear, how long have you been here by yourself?" asked Mrs. Potter.
"Since the train dropped us off, I suppose."
"That's been nearly four hours!"
"I expect my dad was busy, and Mum doesn't like driving by herself."
"We went to call on your parents. Petunia said they'd gone for the summer, and she didn't care about you, and closed the door."
"I'm so sorry, Petunia doesn't like anyone or anything that has to do with me."
Mrs. Potter smiled kindly.
"How would you like to spend the summer with us?"
Lily smiled.
"You don't mind?"
"Of course not!" Mr. Potter spoke up.
Mrs. Potter put her arm around Lily and Mr. Potter pushed her luggage cart.
"I've always wanted a girl," said Mrs. Potter and Lily smiled.
All summer James pulled pranks on Lily, and she retaliated with a smile and a kind word. Mrs. Potter said that Lily would get him back, but James wouldn't listen. One day, James had gone out with Sirius, and Lily sneaked up into James's room.
"Humph, if this is the smartest guy in the year, God help the rest."
She used all of James's own pranks on him. A web of Dungbombs he couldn't dodge, buckets of ice water, a fake Playboy magazine that exploded, balloons filled with honey, feathers that fell from the ceiling, and a video tape set to play when it was all done. She also set up a video camera and hid it, so he couldn't see it. She went downstairs, and read outside in a tree and waited for James to come home. Just before dinner, he came in.
"Hello, James. How was your day?" asked Mrs. Potter.
"Good. Do I have time to change before dinner?"
"Yes, but you better hurry."
Lily somehow managed to keep from smiling. He walked up the stairs, and into his room. Snap! Crack! Bang! Bang! Bang! Pop! Lily's tape began to play.
"Hello James. I'm glad you like my prank on you, for a change. This is pay back for everything you've ever done to me. And by the way, if you are the smartest boy in our year, to leave all your pranks accessible to your sworn enemy, I'd hate to see how stupid the others are."
James somehow managed to get changed and down to dinner, glaring at Lily. Mrs. Potter laughed.
"She got you back, James, didn't she? I told you she would."
Mr. Potter laughed.
"You two are going to get married one day, I swear."
Lily and James looked at each other then Mr. Potter, both looking utterly revolted.
"Wanna bet?" challenged James.
Mr. Potter grinned the same grin his son had when he'd done something.
"You're on, ten Galleons. If you two get married, you give me the ten, and if you don't I give you the ten, deal?"
Mrs. Potter rolled her eyes, as her son shook her husband's hand.
"James, you'll lose, you always lose," she told him.
"No, this is one bet he WILL win," said Lily.
Mr. and Mrs. Potter laughed, looked at each other and laughed again. On the way back to school, Lily talked with Cat as she noticed Gabby and James were holding hands. Lily wrinkled her nose at Gabby, who just smiled. Lily rolled her eyes, and continued talking. Lily was excited she was a fourth year, and had a new year to start over with, and another year to beat James. She grinned.
"What?" asked Cat.
Lily shook her head.
"Nothing."
"Whatever, its always something when you grin."
Sirius pulled Lily closer to him and put his arm around her.
"So? If she's up to something, that's her business," said Sirius, then he whispered to her, "What is it? I want in on it."
She laughed.
"It's nothing, I swear."
The train slowed to a stop and they went to the feast, ate and went to bed. The next morning, Lily was late for breakfast, she had overslept, but it was okay, as it was Saturday. As she sat down, she noticed two somethings on the table with her name on it.
"What's this?" Lily asked.
Jenni shrugged.
"I dunno. Owl dropped it a few minutes ago," said Gabby.
"Open it!" said Jenni.
Lily grinned and slowly unwrapped the smaller package first. It was an anklet, the kind that jingle when you walk. She smiled and put it on, then looked for a card of something. Nothing.
"Now we'll never lose ya!" said Cat.
Lily laughed.
"Good thing too, you know how I get lost all the time," said Lily sarcastically.
She began to open the second box, and Lily noticed the entire school was watching. She smiled, unsure, and kept unwrapping. The second one was a pair of teardrop emerald green earrings. She put them in her ears.
"Are they from the same person, you think?" Jenni asked.
"Why would someone wrap them in two different boxes?" asked Gabby.
"They're from different guys, different handwriting. Look," said Lily, showing two different printings of her name.
They were both completely different, and completely male.
"Ooo! Lily's got two secret admirers!" said Cat, causing Lily to blush.
"What makes you think they're not girls?" asked Frank.
"The handwriting. No girl has handwriting that atrocious," said Lily.
The girls at the table giggled, and Lily and Cat laughed. Something zoomed over her head, missing her by centimeters, but it hit Jenni. It was mashed potatoes. Lily tried not to laugh, as Jenni threw some back at where it had came from, James.
"That's it, Potter, you're goin' down," said Jenni.
"Sorry Jen, I meant to hit Evans."
"Well... you missed."
She walked over to him, and poured orange juice in his lap. Then he took a biscuit and chucked it at Lily's head.
"Ow! Hey!"
She threw her cereal at him, then some oatmeal, the bowl missing James, but not the food. He glared at her and the two began an all- out food fight. McGonagall stopped the food mid- air. Lily and James looked at her, they knew they we in a lot of trouble.
"My office. Now," was all McGonagall managed to say.
Lily and James both walked to her office, glaring at the other. They sat down in front of her desk, and she stood before them.
"Detention, tonight. I would have though you two would have better sense than this! You two are fourth years. Fourth years! Its time for both of you to—"McGonagall looked over at the door, where a snicker had been emitted, "To grow up!" She opened the door and Snape fell in the door. "Mr. Snape, how lovely of you to join us. Since you are so eager to be so close to Miss Evans and Mr. Potter, you will serve detention with them. Tonight, North Tower, Trelawney's got you tonight, I'm sorry, but I can't change it."
Lily, James and Snape left her office.
"You two got me a detention!" hissed Snape.
"You got it for yourself! You shouldn't have been listening in!" growled James.
Lily rolled her eyes.
"How I'd love to watch this battle of testosterone, but I have to get cleaned up before I do anything else," said Lily, walking away from them.
That night, after detention, Lily, James and Snape walked as fast as they could away from Professor Trelawney predicting the end of the world. Once they made it to the Transfiguration Hall, Sirius, Gabby, Remus, Cat and Frank joined them.
"Now that your friends are here. Evans can continue to give Potter a blowjob," said Snape.
Lily walked up to him and punched him as Sirius grabbed her around the middle. The corridor began to shake and screams could be heard from the Great Hall, portraits disappeared from their frames. Lily was lifted off the ground, Cat was holding onto her shoulders but she had let go of her shoulders, and grabbed Lily's foot, and tried to bring her down. McGonagall came out of her office, and began muttering something until the shaking stopped. As it did, Lily stopped going upward, and she fell, from ten to fifteen feet up, Cat dangling from her foot. Cat hit the floor first, but Lily missed, and fell by the staircase they were standing near. James instinctively jumped off the railing, holding onto it with one hand, and grabbing Lily with the other.
"James! You saved her!" said Jenni, as Sirius and Remus pulled the two up.
James shrugged. Gabby looked as though she were about to faint, Snape on the other hand, had actually fainted. Sirius carried Lily to the Hospital Wing, and McGonagall conjured a stretcher for Snape and also took him to the Hospital Wing. The next day, Lily sneaked out of the Hospital Wing, and ran headlong into her friends heading for breakfast.
"Hey Lils!" said Sirius.
"Hey guys," she replied.
"Madame Pomfrey let you out?" asked Frank.
"LILY WHATEVER YOUR MIDDLE NAME IS EVANS! YOU GET BACK HERE THIS INSTANT!" came a voice ringing throughout the school.
"Madame Pomfrey?" asked Cat.
"Who else?" asked Lily.
"Run," said Sirius.
She nodded and ran toward Gryffindor Tower. Later, Lily appeared at breakfast.
"Hey guys," she said again, sitting between Remus and Cat.
"Lily, I congratulate you on your escape from the Hospital Wing," shouted Sirius.
"I didn't. Snape caught me, took my wand away, carried me back to the Hospital Wing and then, when he gave me my wand back, I cursed him with zits that couldn't be removed by magic."
She grinned at Sirius.
"Then I congratulate you on your attempt and cursing the slimy prat!"
Snape walked in and his entrance was answered with laughs. He made rude gestures and insulted the Gryffindors, which caused them to laugh harder. Lily looked at her gifts and wondered whom they could possibly be from. Cat grinned, seemingly reading her thoughts.
"I think we'll have to do some detective work won't we?" asked Cat.
Lily grinned.
"Absolutely."
A few weeks later, just before Halloween, Lily received another gift, a ring to match the earrings, and a poem.
'Every time I see your face I cannot move, I just stand in place I love the way you move, I wish I my love could be proved Your gorgeous red hair and beautiful green eyes too I love you, Lily, I swear I do.
'Meet me by the Great Oak doors at midnight on Halloween, come alone.'
"Aw! The poem's so SWEET! It's not that great but it's so nice!"
Lily put the ring on her right ring finger, and pocketed the poem. After the Halloween feast she tiptoed down the girls' staircase and saw Sirius and James sitting by the fire. Both parties jumped in surprise.
"Where are you going?" Sirius asked slyly, grinning.
"I'm meeting someone," replied Lily.
"Who?"
"What are you two doing up?'
"Homework," muttered James.
"At quarter to midnight?"
"Yes, you're meeting someone now, why can't we do homework?"
"Fine. Where's Remus?"
"His gran's sick again," said Sirius.
"Oh that's right. Well, I'm off."
She sneaked out of the portrait hole, and down to the Great Oak doors, took one look and ran back to Gryffindor Tower.
"What are you doing out, dearie?" asked the fat lady.
"Apple pie, please, apple pie," said Lily, frantically.
"All right, keep your knickers on."
The portrait hole swung open and Lily clambered in and Sirius and James stared at her as she ran by.
"Everything all right?" asked Sirius.
"Did 'Mystery Boy' stand you up?" asked James.
"Yes," said Lily running into her room, and into bed.
Lily sighed, sitting on Platform number 10, alone, long after everyone else's parents had picked them up. She looked at her watch, her grandmother was visiting her brother in America, so she couldn't call her, and Lily had no idea where her parents were. She had been pleading with herself not to cry, and draw attention to herself. Soon, sleep overcame her, and she fell asleep on the bench, there. When she awoke, there was a bright pair of hazel eyes staring at her, and jet-black hair falling in front of them. She screamed, then realized who it was.
"James!" she shouted.
"Lily!" he shouted back.
"Don't scare me like that!"
"Lily, dear, how long have you been here by yourself?" asked Mrs. Potter.
"Since the train dropped us off, I suppose."
"That's been nearly four hours!"
"I expect my dad was busy, and Mum doesn't like driving by herself."
"We went to call on your parents. Petunia said they'd gone for the summer, and she didn't care about you, and closed the door."
"I'm so sorry, Petunia doesn't like anyone or anything that has to do with me."
Mrs. Potter smiled kindly.
"How would you like to spend the summer with us?"
Lily smiled.
"You don't mind?"
"Of course not!" Mr. Potter spoke up.
Mrs. Potter put her arm around Lily and Mr. Potter pushed her luggage cart.
"I've always wanted a girl," said Mrs. Potter and Lily smiled.
All summer James pulled pranks on Lily, and she retaliated with a smile and a kind word. Mrs. Potter said that Lily would get him back, but James wouldn't listen. One day, James had gone out with Sirius, and Lily sneaked up into James's room.
"Humph, if this is the smartest guy in the year, God help the rest."
She used all of James's own pranks on him. A web of Dungbombs he couldn't dodge, buckets of ice water, a fake Playboy magazine that exploded, balloons filled with honey, feathers that fell from the ceiling, and a video tape set to play when it was all done. She also set up a video camera and hid it, so he couldn't see it. She went downstairs, and read outside in a tree and waited for James to come home. Just before dinner, he came in.
"Hello, James. How was your day?" asked Mrs. Potter.
"Good. Do I have time to change before dinner?"
"Yes, but you better hurry."
Lily somehow managed to keep from smiling. He walked up the stairs, and into his room. Snap! Crack! Bang! Bang! Bang! Pop! Lily's tape began to play.
"Hello James. I'm glad you like my prank on you, for a change. This is pay back for everything you've ever done to me. And by the way, if you are the smartest boy in our year, to leave all your pranks accessible to your sworn enemy, I'd hate to see how stupid the others are."
James somehow managed to get changed and down to dinner, glaring at Lily. Mrs. Potter laughed.
"She got you back, James, didn't she? I told you she would."
Mr. Potter laughed.
"You two are going to get married one day, I swear."
Lily and James looked at each other then Mr. Potter, both looking utterly revolted.
"Wanna bet?" challenged James.
Mr. Potter grinned the same grin his son had when he'd done something.
"You're on, ten Galleons. If you two get married, you give me the ten, and if you don't I give you the ten, deal?"
Mrs. Potter rolled her eyes, as her son shook her husband's hand.
"James, you'll lose, you always lose," she told him.
"No, this is one bet he WILL win," said Lily.
Mr. and Mrs. Potter laughed, looked at each other and laughed again. On the way back to school, Lily talked with Cat as she noticed Gabby and James were holding hands. Lily wrinkled her nose at Gabby, who just smiled. Lily rolled her eyes, and continued talking. Lily was excited she was a fourth year, and had a new year to start over with, and another year to beat James. She grinned.
"What?" asked Cat.
Lily shook her head.
"Nothing."
"Whatever, its always something when you grin."
Sirius pulled Lily closer to him and put his arm around her.
"So? If she's up to something, that's her business," said Sirius, then he whispered to her, "What is it? I want in on it."
She laughed.
"It's nothing, I swear."
The train slowed to a stop and they went to the feast, ate and went to bed. The next morning, Lily was late for breakfast, she had overslept, but it was okay, as it was Saturday. As she sat down, she noticed two somethings on the table with her name on it.
"What's this?" Lily asked.
Jenni shrugged.
"I dunno. Owl dropped it a few minutes ago," said Gabby.
"Open it!" said Jenni.
Lily grinned and slowly unwrapped the smaller package first. It was an anklet, the kind that jingle when you walk. She smiled and put it on, then looked for a card of something. Nothing.
"Now we'll never lose ya!" said Cat.
Lily laughed.
"Good thing too, you know how I get lost all the time," said Lily sarcastically.
She began to open the second box, and Lily noticed the entire school was watching. She smiled, unsure, and kept unwrapping. The second one was a pair of teardrop emerald green earrings. She put them in her ears.
"Are they from the same person, you think?" Jenni asked.
"Why would someone wrap them in two different boxes?" asked Gabby.
"They're from different guys, different handwriting. Look," said Lily, showing two different printings of her name.
They were both completely different, and completely male.
"Ooo! Lily's got two secret admirers!" said Cat, causing Lily to blush.
"What makes you think they're not girls?" asked Frank.
"The handwriting. No girl has handwriting that atrocious," said Lily.
The girls at the table giggled, and Lily and Cat laughed. Something zoomed over her head, missing her by centimeters, but it hit Jenni. It was mashed potatoes. Lily tried not to laugh, as Jenni threw some back at where it had came from, James.
"That's it, Potter, you're goin' down," said Jenni.
"Sorry Jen, I meant to hit Evans."
"Well... you missed."
She walked over to him, and poured orange juice in his lap. Then he took a biscuit and chucked it at Lily's head.
"Ow! Hey!"
She threw her cereal at him, then some oatmeal, the bowl missing James, but not the food. He glared at her and the two began an all- out food fight. McGonagall stopped the food mid- air. Lily and James looked at her, they knew they we in a lot of trouble.
"My office. Now," was all McGonagall managed to say.
Lily and James both walked to her office, glaring at the other. They sat down in front of her desk, and she stood before them.
"Detention, tonight. I would have though you two would have better sense than this! You two are fourth years. Fourth years! Its time for both of you to—"McGonagall looked over at the door, where a snicker had been emitted, "To grow up!" She opened the door and Snape fell in the door. "Mr. Snape, how lovely of you to join us. Since you are so eager to be so close to Miss Evans and Mr. Potter, you will serve detention with them. Tonight, North Tower, Trelawney's got you tonight, I'm sorry, but I can't change it."
Lily, James and Snape left her office.
"You two got me a detention!" hissed Snape.
"You got it for yourself! You shouldn't have been listening in!" growled James.
Lily rolled her eyes.
"How I'd love to watch this battle of testosterone, but I have to get cleaned up before I do anything else," said Lily, walking away from them.
That night, after detention, Lily, James and Snape walked as fast as they could away from Professor Trelawney predicting the end of the world. Once they made it to the Transfiguration Hall, Sirius, Gabby, Remus, Cat and Frank joined them.
"Now that your friends are here. Evans can continue to give Potter a blowjob," said Snape.
Lily walked up to him and punched him as Sirius grabbed her around the middle. The corridor began to shake and screams could be heard from the Great Hall, portraits disappeared from their frames. Lily was lifted off the ground, Cat was holding onto her shoulders but she had let go of her shoulders, and grabbed Lily's foot, and tried to bring her down. McGonagall came out of her office, and began muttering something until the shaking stopped. As it did, Lily stopped going upward, and she fell, from ten to fifteen feet up, Cat dangling from her foot. Cat hit the floor first, but Lily missed, and fell by the staircase they were standing near. James instinctively jumped off the railing, holding onto it with one hand, and grabbing Lily with the other.
"James! You saved her!" said Jenni, as Sirius and Remus pulled the two up.
James shrugged. Gabby looked as though she were about to faint, Snape on the other hand, had actually fainted. Sirius carried Lily to the Hospital Wing, and McGonagall conjured a stretcher for Snape and also took him to the Hospital Wing. The next day, Lily sneaked out of the Hospital Wing, and ran headlong into her friends heading for breakfast.
"Hey Lils!" said Sirius.
"Hey guys," she replied.
"Madame Pomfrey let you out?" asked Frank.
"LILY WHATEVER YOUR MIDDLE NAME IS EVANS! YOU GET BACK HERE THIS INSTANT!" came a voice ringing throughout the school.
"Madame Pomfrey?" asked Cat.
"Who else?" asked Lily.
"Run," said Sirius.
She nodded and ran toward Gryffindor Tower. Later, Lily appeared at breakfast.
"Hey guys," she said again, sitting between Remus and Cat.
"Lily, I congratulate you on your escape from the Hospital Wing," shouted Sirius.
"I didn't. Snape caught me, took my wand away, carried me back to the Hospital Wing and then, when he gave me my wand back, I cursed him with zits that couldn't be removed by magic."
She grinned at Sirius.
"Then I congratulate you on your attempt and cursing the slimy prat!"
Snape walked in and his entrance was answered with laughs. He made rude gestures and insulted the Gryffindors, which caused them to laugh harder. Lily looked at her gifts and wondered whom they could possibly be from. Cat grinned, seemingly reading her thoughts.
"I think we'll have to do some detective work won't we?" asked Cat.
Lily grinned.
"Absolutely."
A few weeks later, just before Halloween, Lily received another gift, a ring to match the earrings, and a poem.
'Every time I see your face I cannot move, I just stand in place I love the way you move, I wish I my love could be proved Your gorgeous red hair and beautiful green eyes too I love you, Lily, I swear I do.
'Meet me by the Great Oak doors at midnight on Halloween, come alone.'
"Aw! The poem's so SWEET! It's not that great but it's so nice!"
Lily put the ring on her right ring finger, and pocketed the poem. After the Halloween feast she tiptoed down the girls' staircase and saw Sirius and James sitting by the fire. Both parties jumped in surprise.
"Where are you going?" Sirius asked slyly, grinning.
"I'm meeting someone," replied Lily.
"Who?"
"What are you two doing up?'
"Homework," muttered James.
"At quarter to midnight?"
"Yes, you're meeting someone now, why can't we do homework?"
"Fine. Where's Remus?"
"His gran's sick again," said Sirius.
"Oh that's right. Well, I'm off."
She sneaked out of the portrait hole, and down to the Great Oak doors, took one look and ran back to Gryffindor Tower.
"What are you doing out, dearie?" asked the fat lady.
"Apple pie, please, apple pie," said Lily, frantically.
"All right, keep your knickers on."
The portrait hole swung open and Lily clambered in and Sirius and James stared at her as she ran by.
"Everything all right?" asked Sirius.
"Did 'Mystery Boy' stand you up?" asked James.
"Yes," said Lily running into her room, and into bed.