Disclaimer: Ech, I hate these things. I don't own anything Harry Potter,
except the characters created in my own crazy mind.
A/N: I'm not sure what year I said these kids were in, but they are in sixth year. Just to get that clear. Also, I have no clue what happened with the quotation marks and apostrophes. If you are reading this now and it is all fixed, than ignore this comment. I really don't know what happened. But wherever there is a quotation mark or apostrophe, these weird symbols are showing up. And I'm pretty sure it is not my computer. If you are having similar problems, please state such in the review section (ha! You have to review now!) so this way I don't feel alone. Thanks! Story time!
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"Okay, Lily. Spill," Cat demanded once they were back in the dormitory they shared with three other girls.
" 'Spill' what?" Lily answered nonchalantly as she got out a pair of pajamas.
"You know exactly what I am talking about, Lily dear. But since you seem determined to pretend that you don't, I'll tell you what. How did you manage to have the three most popular men in this school, three because we don't count that creep Peter, drooling all over you?" Cat replied, plopping down on her bed without bothering to change her clothes. Most likely, she would end up scrambling around for something to wear ten minutes before classes started the next day.
"They weren't drooling over me," she replied, tiptoeing carefully around the question and she changed her shirt with her back to Cat.
"They were too, and you are just avoiding the question, Miss Lily Evans. Answer it already before I have to get up and actually put some truth in the threats I am about to make."
With a sigh, Lily changed into her pajama pants and turned to Cat who now had her eyes closed, entirely relaxed with the knowledge that Lily would now reveal what she wanted Lily to reveal. "I had been talking to Amos and then I went to a compartment. I was sitting in there when The Marauders knocked on the door. I let them in and they stayed because there was a lot of room in the compartment. Then we just started talking. And then James and I got in a fight over something and I stomped out when the train stopped. When I got to the Great Hall, I sat down and then The Marauders came over.
"And that's it," Lily finished sitting down on her bed, pretending that it was no big deal. Only Cat would be able to see that the façade was just a farce.
"Yeah," Cat snorted, "and I'm Mary, Queen of Scots."
"Didn't she have red hair?"
"Oh, hush." She promptly threw a pillow at Lily and was content with her entirely feminine screech. "You know what I meant." For a second she just lay there trying to process the information. Then something Lily had said didn't sound quite right . . . "Wait a second . . . what did you talk to Diggory about?"
Lily winced at the tone of her friend's voice. Cat hadn't liked Amos from the beginning, and she was bound to gloat at the fact that she was correct in judging his character. "We broke up." For a few moments, Cat just lay on her bed, staring unblinkingly at Lily.
"What did you say again?"
"We broke up." Lily closed her eyes and waited for the gloating to begin.
"Oh, honey," Cat said, her voice dripping with sympathy. "What happened?"
Lily kept her eyes closed so she wouldn't cry again. She should have known that Cat would be sympathetic, but she tended to think the worst of people. "He met someone over the summer."
With a gasp, Cat got up to sit next to Lily. "He cheated on you?" Lily's nod and the tear that slipped out of her eye only encouraged Cat's rage. "That dickhead. He should die for hurting you." She put her arm around her best friend, who immediately turned her head into Cat's shoulder to cry her eyes out. "Oh, honey. He really hurt you bad, didn't he?"
"He shouldn't have mattered that much!" Lily said between sobs. "I shouldn't have let him get so close!"
"How did you know he would be such a backstabbing asswod?" Cat said, not failing to make her friend laugh. She rubbed her back soothingly. "Don't worry, tomorrow we can hex him to hell. Okay?"
Lily laughed as she drew back and wiped her now red eyes. "Sounds like a plan to me." She shook her head, as if to shake away the memories. "Man, I must look like a complete and total mess."
"No - well," Cat said, looking at Lily, "can't say it's been your best day. But not your worst, either."
"Thanks, Cat," Lily said dryly.
"Hey, you know how I am. I can't tell a lie."
"Bullshit, and you know it."
Cat's eyes narrowed in false anger, but the laughter dancing in them gave her away. "Oh? Then go ahead and tell me a time when I have lied. And to teachers doesn't count."
"Well," Lily began, pleased to have this opportunity, "how about you constantly denying your six year long crush on one Sirius Black?" Cat immediately turned bright red.
"I don't have a crush on Sirius and I never have," Cat denied, though the lie was clearly stated all over her face.
"Yes you do. You fell head over heels the first time you saw him in first year," Lily insisted.
"No I don't. And how would you know? We weren't even friends in first year."
Lily grinned mischievously and spoke primly and businesslike. "I seem to recall a certain conversation you had with one Laura Lichen, one of our roommates, about one Sirius Black. In the said conversation, both of you agreed that you would love Mr. Black until the day you died. The next week, Miss Lichen went out with Mr. Black and you, in a terrible fit of jealously, insisted that you would never talk to Miss Lichen again, which you haven't, because she betrayed you. Then, when Mr. Black dumped Miss Lichen a week later, you said to Melissa Maticourt, another roommate, that you would never go out with a man as fickle as Mr. Black."
"I seem to remember all those conversations," Cat interrupted impatiently. "How you came to hear them is a mystery."
"I heard them because I was always around, but never noticed."
"You should stick out more. With those big, bright, gorgeous green eyes, which I am terribly jealous of, and that red hair you should stick like a sore thumb," Cat said casually, pleased to see that she had steered Lily away from the former topic.
"I'm not thrown off the track that easy, darling," Lily said and laughed as Cat cursed. "But I'll let the conversation lie because I can here people coming up the steps which means we can't be along anymore."
"Thank goodness," Cat mumbled and crawled wearily under her covers. She closed her eyes as soon as her eyes hit the pillow, but opened them as she felt a pair of eyes on her. Lily had crawled into bed as well, but was staring a Cat with an amused look on her face. "What?"
"You also dream."
"What?!"
"Your dreams are further evidence to the case. In your sleep, you constantly mumble said Mr. Black's name," Lily announced in her businesslike voice. She simply laughed at Cat's half-hearted attempts at speaking. "Pleasant dreams, Calico."
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That is probably the shortest chapter I will ever have. I know that it was all Cat/Lily action, but I wanted to kind of establish them a little more, you know? Besides, I wanted to show that Lily isn't as shy as she is made out to be. She will become more outspoken. A little note for those of you who have read the fifth book (and for those who haven't, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?) - I will have to story go in the direction the chapter entitled Snape's Worst Memory indicated. I'm just not there yet.
Review!! Please!! I love all of you!! Even if you give me a really sucky review. At least that means you had enough feeling for the chapter to say something about it. See you next chapter!
A/N: I'm not sure what year I said these kids were in, but they are in sixth year. Just to get that clear. Also, I have no clue what happened with the quotation marks and apostrophes. If you are reading this now and it is all fixed, than ignore this comment. I really don't know what happened. But wherever there is a quotation mark or apostrophe, these weird symbols are showing up. And I'm pretty sure it is not my computer. If you are having similar problems, please state such in the review section (ha! You have to review now!) so this way I don't feel alone. Thanks! Story time!
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"Okay, Lily. Spill," Cat demanded once they were back in the dormitory they shared with three other girls.
" 'Spill' what?" Lily answered nonchalantly as she got out a pair of pajamas.
"You know exactly what I am talking about, Lily dear. But since you seem determined to pretend that you don't, I'll tell you what. How did you manage to have the three most popular men in this school, three because we don't count that creep Peter, drooling all over you?" Cat replied, plopping down on her bed without bothering to change her clothes. Most likely, she would end up scrambling around for something to wear ten minutes before classes started the next day.
"They weren't drooling over me," she replied, tiptoeing carefully around the question and she changed her shirt with her back to Cat.
"They were too, and you are just avoiding the question, Miss Lily Evans. Answer it already before I have to get up and actually put some truth in the threats I am about to make."
With a sigh, Lily changed into her pajama pants and turned to Cat who now had her eyes closed, entirely relaxed with the knowledge that Lily would now reveal what she wanted Lily to reveal. "I had been talking to Amos and then I went to a compartment. I was sitting in there when The Marauders knocked on the door. I let them in and they stayed because there was a lot of room in the compartment. Then we just started talking. And then James and I got in a fight over something and I stomped out when the train stopped. When I got to the Great Hall, I sat down and then The Marauders came over.
"And that's it," Lily finished sitting down on her bed, pretending that it was no big deal. Only Cat would be able to see that the façade was just a farce.
"Yeah," Cat snorted, "and I'm Mary, Queen of Scots."
"Didn't she have red hair?"
"Oh, hush." She promptly threw a pillow at Lily and was content with her entirely feminine screech. "You know what I meant." For a second she just lay there trying to process the information. Then something Lily had said didn't sound quite right . . . "Wait a second . . . what did you talk to Diggory about?"
Lily winced at the tone of her friend's voice. Cat hadn't liked Amos from the beginning, and she was bound to gloat at the fact that she was correct in judging his character. "We broke up." For a few moments, Cat just lay on her bed, staring unblinkingly at Lily.
"What did you say again?"
"We broke up." Lily closed her eyes and waited for the gloating to begin.
"Oh, honey," Cat said, her voice dripping with sympathy. "What happened?"
Lily kept her eyes closed so she wouldn't cry again. She should have known that Cat would be sympathetic, but she tended to think the worst of people. "He met someone over the summer."
With a gasp, Cat got up to sit next to Lily. "He cheated on you?" Lily's nod and the tear that slipped out of her eye only encouraged Cat's rage. "That dickhead. He should die for hurting you." She put her arm around her best friend, who immediately turned her head into Cat's shoulder to cry her eyes out. "Oh, honey. He really hurt you bad, didn't he?"
"He shouldn't have mattered that much!" Lily said between sobs. "I shouldn't have let him get so close!"
"How did you know he would be such a backstabbing asswod?" Cat said, not failing to make her friend laugh. She rubbed her back soothingly. "Don't worry, tomorrow we can hex him to hell. Okay?"
Lily laughed as she drew back and wiped her now red eyes. "Sounds like a plan to me." She shook her head, as if to shake away the memories. "Man, I must look like a complete and total mess."
"No - well," Cat said, looking at Lily, "can't say it's been your best day. But not your worst, either."
"Thanks, Cat," Lily said dryly.
"Hey, you know how I am. I can't tell a lie."
"Bullshit, and you know it."
Cat's eyes narrowed in false anger, but the laughter dancing in them gave her away. "Oh? Then go ahead and tell me a time when I have lied. And to teachers doesn't count."
"Well," Lily began, pleased to have this opportunity, "how about you constantly denying your six year long crush on one Sirius Black?" Cat immediately turned bright red.
"I don't have a crush on Sirius and I never have," Cat denied, though the lie was clearly stated all over her face.
"Yes you do. You fell head over heels the first time you saw him in first year," Lily insisted.
"No I don't. And how would you know? We weren't even friends in first year."
Lily grinned mischievously and spoke primly and businesslike. "I seem to recall a certain conversation you had with one Laura Lichen, one of our roommates, about one Sirius Black. In the said conversation, both of you agreed that you would love Mr. Black until the day you died. The next week, Miss Lichen went out with Mr. Black and you, in a terrible fit of jealously, insisted that you would never talk to Miss Lichen again, which you haven't, because she betrayed you. Then, when Mr. Black dumped Miss Lichen a week later, you said to Melissa Maticourt, another roommate, that you would never go out with a man as fickle as Mr. Black."
"I seem to remember all those conversations," Cat interrupted impatiently. "How you came to hear them is a mystery."
"I heard them because I was always around, but never noticed."
"You should stick out more. With those big, bright, gorgeous green eyes, which I am terribly jealous of, and that red hair you should stick like a sore thumb," Cat said casually, pleased to see that she had steered Lily away from the former topic.
"I'm not thrown off the track that easy, darling," Lily said and laughed as Cat cursed. "But I'll let the conversation lie because I can here people coming up the steps which means we can't be along anymore."
"Thank goodness," Cat mumbled and crawled wearily under her covers. She closed her eyes as soon as her eyes hit the pillow, but opened them as she felt a pair of eyes on her. Lily had crawled into bed as well, but was staring a Cat with an amused look on her face. "What?"
"You also dream."
"What?!"
"Your dreams are further evidence to the case. In your sleep, you constantly mumble said Mr. Black's name," Lily announced in her businesslike voice. She simply laughed at Cat's half-hearted attempts at speaking. "Pleasant dreams, Calico."
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That is probably the shortest chapter I will ever have. I know that it was all Cat/Lily action, but I wanted to kind of establish them a little more, you know? Besides, I wanted to show that Lily isn't as shy as she is made out to be. She will become more outspoken. A little note for those of you who have read the fifth book (and for those who haven't, WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?) - I will have to story go in the direction the chapter entitled Snape's Worst Memory indicated. I'm just not there yet.
Review!! Please!! I love all of you!! Even if you give me a really sucky review. At least that means you had enough feeling for the chapter to say something about it. See you next chapter!