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Chapter 1
We entered the Great Hall and sat at our respective tables. The four of us (Sirius, Remus, Peter, and me) occupied our usual seats at the Gryffindor table. Sirius, Remus, and I conversed while Peter just nodded at everything we said. The topic of our conversation was, of course…
"What should we do to Snivellus this year, Prongs?" Sirius inquired. Of course I knew that he would ask this, but there was a more important issue at hand. I looked for that familiar wave of red hair and noticed Lily Evans sitting with a group of girls who were right next to us at the table. I wondered if she had always sat there…
"James?" Remus nudged me, and I awoke from my daydream. Sirius and Remus exchanged glances as they noted that I was once again caught staring at Lily.
"If something or someone is distracting you, Prongs, then I say you should go take care of her. Moony and I are perfectly capable of pranking Snape ourselves." Sirius winked at me and gestured toward Lily. Remus smiled and nodded. Peter looked confused.
I licked my lips and smiled. "Well then, if you gentlemen will excuse me, I have to go take care of my little distraction." I got up from the table, only to see Angel behind me.
"Can I sit with you guys?" She beamed at me, gesturing to the empty spot next to me. I reluctantly sat back down and nodded. Sirius gave me a look of mock pity and mouthed, "Ouch! Too little, too late!" Remus chuckled and shook his head. Peter…still looked confused.
After dinner, Angel and I went out for a walk by the lake. Angel kept talking on and on about how she was going to study for her O.W.L.'s and her study schedule. I merely nodded, since she never gives me room for input or comment.
As night began to fall, Angel suddenly grabbed my arm and pointed at the moon that was just starting to appear. "Look, James! Isn't it beautiful? It's so bright and round!"
But as I glanced up at the full moon as it began to climb high into the sky, I remembered. "Remus…" I muttered. I knew that I couldn't stay with Angel too much longer, so I quickly skipped to the good-night kiss and walked her quickly back to the common room. She noticed my urgency but I dismissed it saying that I had an extremely urgent call of nature (which it technically was). Then I quickly retrieved my invisibility cloak and took off to the Shrieking Shack.
Once I got there, I realized that Remus had already transformed. I could hear his snarls from inside the Shrieking Shack. I transformed into my stag form and raced into the shack where I met up with Sirius and Peter. We accompanied Remus for the rest of the night.
For the next several days, I noticed that Lily Evans and two of her friends, Amy and Jennifer, liked to help the prefects A LOT. It was quite obvious that they wanted to suck up to Dumbledore in hopes of getting prefect positions in the following year. I found myself frequently "paired" with Lily Evans on my patrols. Although she was not yet able to take points from students yet, Lily liked to watch me take points from other students, especially when those students were from other houses. She, like all Gryffindors, wanted Gryffindor to have the most house points of course.
One evening, Lily and I enjoyed a jovial conversation while I patrolled the corridors. We had become fast friends, and I was surprised even at myself for not attempting to flirt with her yet since my relationship with Angel was already beginning to deteriorate. My ever-so-humorous self provided enough entertainment for both of us as we walked all over the school.
We passed the kitchens where Lily got a cup of hot cocoa, and then we continued back to the common room. Lily took a sip and then made a face as she swallowed.
"Bleh! It's too sweet." She commented.
"Well it's only made from chocolate and milk. You can't possibly expect it to be sour, right?" I replied. She giggled.
"I know, but I can't handle sugar as well as you can. I'm not used to things that are too sweet since I try to avoid them. The high sugar content makes me hyper." She grinned at me with that last comment. I faked a look of horror and backed away slowly, and she laughed.
"Well, miss…" I said, taking the mug from her, "I think that's enough cocoa for you today." She squealed and tried to grab it back, but being more than half a foot taller than her, I was easily able to keep the mug from her.
She gave up after a few seconds. Then, with a defiant expression on her face, she stomped in the direction of the common room.
"Fine, be that way. You're mean." She called over her shoulder.
"Me? Mean?" I echoed in my head. "Oh well, better than her tearing Hogwarts down. Who knows how hyper she can get." And I followed her.
There was going to be a ball in a couple weeks. I heard about it from the Head Boy. My anniversary with Angel would be somewhere around there. That means I would have to ask her to the dance and find an extra-nice gift for her.
"Girlfriends are so EVIL!" I groaned out-loud. Sirius, joining me in the common room where I was lying on a couch, merely shrugged at me.
"Should've stayed single…like me." Sirius grinned, then ducked as I threw a pillow at him.
"You're not helping any, Sirius." He pouted. "Come on, Prongs, I'm only trying to lighten up the mood here. If you don't want me around, then I'll go find some willing girl to entertain me." With that, he walked over to a pretty Gryffindor 4th year and immediately started a lively conversation, which quickly turned into a quick snogging session.
I shook my head, smiling. At that moment, Angel came through the portrait hole, stone-faced.
"James, parents were killed by Voldemort."
This was nothing new to me. I often saw students in the halls in tears because family members had died against Voldemort, including mine. I often learned to make light of the situation, so I pulled her into my arms.
"I'm so sorry. Is there anything you want me to do for you?" Angel vigorously shook her head.
"My mom, she shouldn't have to die. She didn't do anything to deserve it. My dad used to punish me a lot, but he had his reasons. The biggest regret I have is not apologizing to him for all those times when I made him mad." She sniffled before continuing, "I know there's nothing I can do now, but it still hurts". She wept silently, and I just held her for a few minutes.
"Well, at least you won't have to get yelled at by anyone anymore," I joked. Then I quickly shut my mouth and slapped myself inwardly for that comment.
I wasn't quick enough. Angel looked up at me in disbelief. Then she pulled away from my arms, and when I tried to bring her back, she slapped me hard, and muttered something about me being an insensitive jerk before she headed up to her dorm.
Sirius looked up from his snog and gave a sigh of mock hopelessness before chuckling.
"Shut up, Sirius." Angel and me. Our first argument. "This is not good," I thought to myself.