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*~* Next morning (Breakfast) *~*
"Hey Billy!" Sirius said happily. He was sitting with Remus, James, Sammy, and Vi. I looked at Sammy and Vi and said sarcastically, "Thanks for waking me up guys." Sammy looked up at me with a smirk on her face and replied,
"No prob hun." In the same sarcastic voice. I glared at her. Vi looked up and said, "We thought we should let you sleep in a bit since of.the events of last night." "Oh," I started with mock concentration. "Well, I'm starting to understand this concept now. When I actually want to sleep in, I get woken up at five bloody thirty, but when I want to wake up early, you don't wake me up at all." Sammy looked up at me again with a smirk even wider. "That's about the size of it!" she answered followed by her "Evil laugh". Every one at the Gryffindor table looked at her, while Sirius looked at her shocked, then the rest of us and exclaimed,
"Well great lordy, she's like a girl version of me!" ended with his own evil laugh. I just rolled my eyes and sat down between Remus and James. I started to converse with the girls when I heard Sirius making fun of a first year.
"Oh, it must be hard being perfect, Sirius." I said sarcastically. He looked at me and then replied with a cocky grin,
"Yeah, it is.it's just one more burden to add to the list." I just rolled my eyes. James looked at me and said, "Ya know what Lily? You roll your eyes too much." he was smiling that lopsided little grin, the one I love.I mean, hate. But I think it was just to keep himself from laughing at the look on my face. I replied, "No I don't!" with dignity. But then, if you can believe it, I rolled my eyes. Hey, I can't help it! It's like when you blurt out some thing when you really don't mean to. Ya know? That was all it took to make James crack. He started laughing and then asked,
"Then what was that?" "Oh shut up Potter." I replied crankily. Then Sirius burst out laughing. We all looked at him and he said, while, of course, looking at me, "So Lily, it's back to Potter again? What about that discussion we had on the train ride here about names? I thought a kiss on the lips was Jamesie- poo, not back to Potter." at that I threw a roll at him and shot him a death glare. Oh boy, if looks could kill.Everyone was now looking at me with shock and a bit of amusement. Well, Sirius was just looking at me plain out laughing, but everyone else was shock and amusement.
"Hey, you know when you were complaining about those "Nasty Slytherins", did you mean Anna May Carter too? I mean, that was who I caught you snogging last year in the Astronomy Tower, right?" I asked, or rather, stated, as cool as possible. Ha ha. Funny face moment! His cheeks were as red as my hair. Now every one was looking at him the same as they were looking at me. He said loudly,
"I didn't know she was a Slytherin! And what about you! Was that you I saw snogging Amos Diggory?" oh, that was pretty funny. He thought that that was gonna make me embarrassed? Ha! "As a matter of fact, I believe that, for once, you are correct. I'm pretty sure that was Amos.but it could have been a few other guys you're confused with. Maybe it was Shane Adams.or, no.I don't think it was him.hmm.maybe it was Cedric McKnight? Nope, I'm pretty sure it was Amos. Thanks for the concern though." I looked around at them all cheerfully.
I think they forgot about Sirius' first comment.hopefully. I don't know if James still did.he was looking at me funny. Oh well.
"Sorry, but I can't stay and chat, I have a meeting with a very handsome seventh year Ravenclaw someone." And with that I got up and headed out the doors of the Great Hall. I just wanted to get outside by the lake. It seemed to be the only place calming enough. I pushed open the large oak doors and felt a tidal wave of fresh air splash my face. Boy, it was great to be back. Opps, I didn't get my timetable. oh well. Sammy and Vi'll get it for me. And it's not like I get mail, so I shouldn't expect any today. I went to sit out on my favorite spot, that big ol' rock. About, eh, twenty minutes later, not quite sure, I don't have my watch, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Sammy.
"So," she started to ask. "Who's Luke?" with a small smile fighting to break through. "Huh?" I asked. I was too mesmerized in the beauty of the lake to understand what she asked. She held out an envelope so it was in my face. It had green loopy writing that said: to my dearest Tiger Lily. I snatched it from her and turned it over. It was already opened. "Samara! Did you read my mail?" I yelled.
"No!" she said, trying to hide her smile. Then she added, "But Sirius and James did. Then they decided to show the rest of us." I looked at her and asked, "Oh, so you just let them read my mail, is that it?" she smiled sheepishly and shrugged her shoulders. "Sorry. You should have stayed till mail came though." I shot a glare at her and then smiled. She grinned back. "So read it! I wanna know who this Luke guy is." She said eagerly. I shock my head at her in mock disgust and pulled the letter out. It read:
Dear Lils,
How have ya been doing at that school of yours? We all miss you! (But I miss you the most!) It's pretty boring around here without you. I found out about your 'special powers' as your parents put it, much to Petunia's dismay. She considered it.'freakishness' I think were her words? Any ways, you have to come home for Christmas, because I'm having a party and all your old friends are coming (along with my friends too of course!). Sort of a, welcome Lily, happy Christmas party. If you wanna bring a few of your friends along, that'd be fine with me (unless you have a boyfriend. Then He's not allowed to come, you'll be too focused on him 'stead of the rest of us! Meaning me, of course.) I should get going. Hope you're having a blast at. Hogwarts (right?)! see you when you come. (Can't wait!) Write back a.s.a.p.!
Love from the one back home hoping you're still hott as hell,
Luke (the unholy two live on!)
I looked at the letter smiling, forgetting Sammy was still there. She cleared her throat which scared me outta my wits. I glared up at her and she was smiling. "So.how about you come back in and tell us all who this Luke character is. We all want to know badly, but I think James wants to know the most." She said with a wink. I smiled at her and followed back to the Great Hall. They all looked at me expectantly as I sat down. I rolled my eyes (I know, I know. But old habits die hard.) And so was the start of my short explanation of Luke.
"Luke Grimsdale was my best friend before I came here.That's pretty much it." I said. They all just looked at me as if expecting more. Well, that's all they're gonna get, because that's all I have. Remus looked at me and asked, "What is the Unholy Two?" with a look of confusement. "Me and him were known as the Unholy Two by all our teachers and classmates. If you can believe it, we were quite the troublemakers. We got more detentions than all the rest of the students in our grade put together. It was actually quite fun." I said with a sigh. Those were the good old days. I don't know why I went from troublemaker to 'quiet, good, little giddy schoolgirl bookworm' as I believe I put it before. I was brought out of la-la land by a snort of laughter from James and Sirius.
"What's so funny?" I asked. It's not that hard to believe I was a troublemaker! Is it? "You, Lillian Marie Evans, a troublemaker?" James asked through his chuckling. That's not fair. "Yes, as a matter of fact, I was a troublemaker." I said proudly. "Then why'd you come here and turn into a good little school girl?" Sirius asked. "Because," I said through gritted teeth. It's not like it would be impossible for me to be a nuisance.I can cause mayhem when I want to.
"It just didn't seem fun anymore without Luke." I finished, trying to calm. "Oh," Remus said with a small grin. "Did you like Mr. Grimsdale?" "Yes, as a matter of fact, I did. But not like that. I liked.like him as a friend. And he was the best friend in the world, I might add." I glanced over and saw identical looks of hurt on Sammy and Vi's faces. "Best guy friend in the world." I corrected myself. They looked at me with still a bit more hurt on their faces, so I added,
"No one could beat you guys at being my best friends. I meant best guy friend. Oh, those were the good ol' days." and my eyes glazed over.I was back in la-la land. (Yay!) I thought back to the time me and Luke switched Mr. Glesmen's sugar with salt, so after he put some in his coffee thinking it was sugar, he went ballistic. And that was when we were in.Kindergarten I think? Yeah, kindergarten. Then, in second grade, Luke put glue on Sean Jacob's chair after he said I was ugly and made me cry. All the teachers loved us. We were pretty popular; there weren't many that disliked us. We always got outta paying a dollar for having gum with the excuse, 'We have gingivitis, and the dentist said if we don't chew gum at all times possible, all our teeth will fall out and our gums will turn black.' And 'We need the gum. We're trying to quit smoking.' That one always cracked everyone up. A loud "LILY!" from next to me brought me away from the wonder years (haha) and back home.
I looked around. Every one was looking at me like I was crazy. I noticed the whole hall had gone quiet. Curse that James Potter and his big mouth. He must have yelled perdy loudly. "Yes?" I snapped. "What the heck were you thinking?" I looked at Sammy with bewilderment. "Huh?" "What were you thinking about?" she asked again. "Oh.just about some of our pranks." I said with a dreamy smile. Then I laughed, thinking back to when we put fish in May Anna's locker and a bucket of spaghetti sauce over the door so when she opened it, it would all come pouring down on her. That was in fifth grade, our last year together.I sighed and shook my head, trying to get rid of the memory. It made me too sad about what I left behind. It makes me wonder if I really should have come to Hogwarts. I mean, yeah, I know that it's a good thing that I came here, it's just, I wonder how it would have been if I'd never come. If I had stayed as a muggle. I don't think I would have been able to stand knowing magic existed and not even being able to use it. I stood up and said,
"Okay, who's ready to go to class?" with a cheery smile. Every one groaned. "What do we have first? I didn't get a timetable due to, of course, my lack of presence." I said as Vi handed mine to me.
"Transfiguration, then Potions with the Slytherins." James mumbled grumpily while Sirius made a gagging noise. Peter, who hadn't been at breakfast, walked up to me and said, "Lily, I, erm, I need to tell you, um, something." Nervously while trying to avoid looking at any of the other Maurders. I looked at him questioningly, and he nodded. Now I got it. The Maurders were planning a prank on us. So he really was going to warn us. Hmm.interesting.
"Okay Peter. Tell me in class. Is that okay?" I asked him. He just nodded his head. James, Remus, and Sirius all gave us questioning looks, but I just shrugged and grinned. I whispered to Vi, "He's telling me about us being victims to a prank." I said with a wink. She looked at Peter and grinned. She then told Sammy who had an evil glint in her eye. "Are we missing something?" James asked with a confused look. Sirius and Remus looked equally perplexed.
"Nope. This is mine and Peter's little secret. Only we can know. Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough." I said with a wink to Peter. Sirius rounded on him and asked, "So you're not going to tell us?" in an angry voice. Peter looked afraid, but said in an almost (ALMOST!) calm voice,
"I'm sorry, but I really can't. Like Lily said, 'You'll find out soon enough'." And cowered behind us girls after glancing at the glares shot at him from James and Sirius. Remus just looked highly amused. Transfiguration went by uneventful. (a/n: I really didn't want to explain what happened in that class.I think I'm only going to describe Potions and History of Magic. Is that ok? Cuz if it's not.TO BAD! THIS IS MY STORY! lol) We walked into the Potions room and sat down. I sat in between Sammy (on the right) and Vi (on the left), while James sat directly in front of me. On his right was Remus and Peter, and on his left, Sirius. Peter was scrawling something down on a large chunk of parchment. James was trying to read it over Remus, but Remus kept blocking him. He glared at Remus and slid down into his seat, pouting. Just then, Professor Midnight walked in, his icy cold glare directed at the Maurders. He started to talk about the potion we were to make when Sammy passed me a roll of parchment. I looked up at the professor to make sure he wasn't looking, and then started to read it. It read (in the messiest handwriting in the world, I might add):
Lily (and probably Samara and Verity)
The Maurders were planning on pranking you tonight. They were going to bewitch all your robes so they read stuff about which ever of them were to bewitch them. (For example, James would make one say 'I think James is the most handsome guy from Hogwarts') or something like that. Then, tomorrow morning at breakfast, they were going to put a potion in your drinks so you'd follow your crush around and recite love poems to them. The reason, I think is just to see if you, Lily, like James. I'm not quite sure. Sorry. But that's pretty much it. So if you have any questions, well, ask me I guess.
Peter
I looked back up to see if Professor Stick-up-my-ass, whoops! Did I just say that? Oh well. Well, any ways, he wasn't looking, so I passed it to Vi. (Sammy read it before she handed it to me). I really didn't feel like listening to Professor Midnight, I mean, I already knew pretty much everything about all the stupid potions we were going to do this year, why bother listening? So I decided to re-read Luke's letter. And then re-re- read it. And then re-re-re-read it. And then- you get the picture. I saw a shadow over me, and as I was about to look up to see who it was, the letter was snatched from me.
"Hey!" I snapped. I looked up into the cold eyes of Professor Midnight and glared at him. "May I please have that back.sir?" I asked through gritted teeth. He smiled an open-mouthed smile, revealing his rotting teeth and answered, "When I am done reading it to the class, Miss Evans, you may have your letter back." His little black eyes scanned through it and his disgusting smile grew into an unbearable grin. He looked at me and said,
"Why Miss Evans, is this a love letter?" and then started to read it, but of course, he had to as slowly as he could. And he had to stop every sentence to let everyone have a hardy laugh. Only the Slytherins did though. Well guess what? If you can believe it, I didn't blush. I mean, I really didn't have anything to be embarrassed about. I knew I didn't like Luke, so what did it matter if they thought I did? I surely didn't care. As he finished, I stood up and held my hand out while saying,
"Thank you, sir, for going so slowly. I didn't quite understand some of the things Luke was saying. I'm glad you could help me out." As coldly as I could. He folded up the letter, but hadn't handed it back. He glared at me and said, "Twenty points from Gryffindor, and a weeks worth of detentions, Miss Evans." "Well, it seems this year the detentions just seem to keep piling on, don't they?" I asked sarcastically. He looked at me, taken aback, and then replied, "Stay after class Evans." I just looked at him and shrugged my shoulders, smiled, and in a honey covered voice said,
"Oh I'd be delighted, Professor! Thanks for offering!" with some mock
excitement. "Sit down Evans. Twenty more points from Gryffindor." He said coldly. Then, as I was sitting down and the Professor was going back to his desk, Snape said, loud enough for everyone to hear, of course,
"You just don't know when to quite, do you Evans? It must be a mudblood thing." with a sneer on his face. James stood up and then yelled, "You'll pay for that Snivellus! Locomotor Mortis!" and once again, Snape fell to the ground and became rigid as a board. The stupid one who calls himself a Professor muttered the countercurse in an instant, and rounded on James.
"Absolutely no, and I repeat, no magic is allowed in this room. Two weeks of detention Potter! Thirty points from Gryffindor. Thirty points to Slytherin. Potter, Evans, I want you to go to Professor Dumbledore's office immediately." I stuffed my junk in my bag forcefully and walked passed Professor Midnight, snatching my letter from Luke back. I then saluted him and said "thanks!" while holding the letter. He was about to say something so I, in fear of loosing more points, ran to the door and waving over my shoulder saying, "Toodles!" James right behind me.
As I got into the hall (A/n: Or is it Corridor? Sorry if I'm wrong, I'll just use corridor from now on.) I muttered, "Thanks James." He looked at me quickly and asked, "For what?" "For standing up for me back there." I replied nodding my head back towards the area we had just come from. Then I added,
"Snape is a horrible person, I wish he would just disappear." "You and me both." James replied while looking sideways at me in a dreamy daze. I blushed slightly and stopped talking. Then he seemed to snap out of it and ran a hand through his hair. Then, to make matters worse, (for me, of course) he pulled out that stupid snitch and played with it while we walked. I rolled my eyes and looked the other way. As we approached the gargoyle guarding Professor Dumbledore's office (he just put his snitch away when we got there) we said the password, "Sugar quills" at the same time. We started to laugh and walked in. As we approached the doors, they burst open and Professor Binns er.floated out. "Potten, Evalight" with a nod of his head. We started to laugh a little again and walked in to everyone's favorite headmaster's office.
"Ah, Mr. Potter, Miss Evans, I've been expecting you." he said with amusement and a glint in his eye. Okay.I thought. How would he know we were coming? Man, this guy can be creepy sometimes.haha.
"Sir?" James asked. Ah, he was asking what I was thinking.what a cowink-I- dink! (a/n: cowink-I-dink= coincidence) "How did you know we were coming?" with a confused glance towards me. Dumbledore just got a small smile and said, "Professor Midnight came and told me what you did, and I should expect you any time soon.he didn't seem to think you would actually come." with that same twinkling eye thingy. Some times that gets a little annoying. Like now, for instance. Oh well.
"So, why, Miss Evans, did you feel it necessary to challenge your elder?" he asked with a hint of cheer in his voice. I blushed and looked at my shoes. That guy knows how to rub it in, doesn't he? "Um.I kinda.um.lost it. I guess." I mumbled. Gosh, I wanna get outta here! "And Mr. Potter, I was told you cursed Mr. Snape for no apparent reason?" I guess he excepted my response. Phew! James flew up from his seat in anger and said through gritted teeth,
"If you call Snape calling Lily a mudblood no apparent reason, then I guess so." He was mad. Ya know what, that's a big understatement. He was fuming. Furious, mad, pissed, enraged whatever you wanna call it. That was him. He's cute when he's mad.AHHHH! I was pleased to see the twinkle extinguished from his eye. (I know, I know, it's not that nice but it was getting on my nerves!) He looked at me and then back at James.
"He said he took 30 points from Gryffindor.I will give twenty five of them back (not all because there was no need to use magic to pay him back. You could have said something instead) and you will have one night of detention instead of the two weeks worth. And, I will take twenty from Slytherin, for such a foul thing Mr. Snape did." Here it comes again, perfect Potter getting away with everything, while I still get the blame. Oh, I can't believe myself sometimes.James was standing up for me, and he is my friend! I shouldn't be thinking so negative of him.I mean, I know we've been friends for less than 24 hours, but.
"Miss Evans, you will also have only one day of detention, and all the points will be given back." I looked at him gratefully, and I don't know why I did it, but the stupid person I am, said, "Thank you Professor, but I don't think I should get out of my detentions. I was extremely rude." Why am I so stupid? I just got out of 4 days of detention with Professor Midnight, and I'm asking for them back. I took waaaay to many stupid pills this morning!
"Miss Evans, are you fighting to get your detentions back?" he asked, chuckling. "Um.ya know what? Forget I even said anything. I agree with you completely. I should have only gotten one to begin with." I said with a small smile. He chuckled again, and got that twinkle back. The only difference was this time, I didn't mind it one bit.
"You can go now, if you like. Lunch should be starting in about ten minutes. I suppose it wouldn't hurt if you missed the last few minutes of class." So we rushed out and slowly walked towards the Great Hall. How could I like James at one moment, but also hate him? I mean, he's perfect. He's got the looks, skill, brains, sweetness, everything. He's the guy you pictured when you were a little girl and planned your wedding. The only thing is, he's a show off! If he wasn't so flirtatious (okay, maybe I don't mind that), and arrogant, and self-centered, I would have dated him the first time he asked me out.
Get a grip Evans! I told myself. I guess, I might be developing a bit of a thing for him.argh! We walked into the Great Hall and waited for a few minutes. In silence, of course. Man, I gotta talk to the girls. It was as if they responded to the mere thought of them, since they walked in the door at that precise moment. Sirius and Remus were with them. The one thing that caught my eye, though, was Vi's hand enlaced with Remus'. I grinned, and as they sat down, asked Vi,
"Is there something I'm not currently aware of?" with a wink. She turned slightly pink. She had a look of worry in her eyes, so I said, "Ah, don't worry, I don't care if you date Remus. Just as long as you don't date Sirius, I'll know you haven't completely lost your marbles." She grinned while Sirius looked at me in mock anger.
"Well excuse me!" he said angrily. I laughed. Then I looked at Sammy who had a look of sorrow. Then I realized why. It was Remus and Vi. She needed a boyfriend now that one of her friends did. I looked at her with a grin and said, "Now I've gotta hook you up with some one, or you'll be moping around all the time." She smiled and asked,
"And what about you? Or are you saving yourself for Luke?" with a wink. I glared at her and asked no one in particular, "What is with everyone and hooking my and Luke up? I already told you, he doesn't like me! And I sure as hell haven't fallen for him, so get the idea out of your heads!" "So there's still hope for Potter, is there Evan's?" a cold drawl came from behind me. I felt the speaker playing with my hair, and when I saw who it was, tugged it away. Yep, you guessed. It was Malfoy and his lapdog, Snape.
"What do you want Malfoy?" I asked coldly while glaring at him. "I was just wondering if you heard what happened to your precious Luke yet. Obviously not." I looked at him questioningly when an owl flew in. Mail never came during the day, unless something bad happened.the owl, I recognized as my snowy white Romeo. He landed and held his leg out. Malfoy just smirked and said,
"Oh, you're in for a big surprise Evans, big surprise." He started to laugh as he walked away. Every head in the Great Hall was turned towards me. I didn't like the feeling. I looked at the letter now in my hand. I opened it and found it was from my mom.
Dear Lily,
I am afraid to tell you that Luke has been in a very serious accident last night. Right in front of the house, too. He was attacked. He lost a lot of blood, and is currently in a coma. The doctors cant seem to find the source of the cut, so I'm guessing it was a magical attack. He was on his way over to see if you replied to his letter. He's been unconscious the whole time. The doctors are very worried. However, you shouldn't, you need to concentrate on your schoolwork. His family wanted me to tell you that. And maybe when he gains his consciousness, you can come visit. I think the doctors are calling me in, so I best go now.
Love always,
Mom
P.S. your father sends his love too! Petunia wanted me to tell you she has a very nice boyfriend, and she thinks he might be 'the one'. She misses you and loves you!
I looked down at the letter in shock. Luke? Hurt? And how did Malfoy know? I didn't realize I was crying until a teardrop splattered on the letter. I hate crying. I think I might have already told you that, but I'm still telling you now. I quickly wiped them away and looked around. They were all looking at me with worried faces.
"Lils? Lils, what happened? Is Luke okay?" Sammy asked with more worry than anyone. I looked at her and then, with a weak smile said, "Yeah, he's okay. I'm gonna go outside for a bit, okay? I just need some fresh air." I stood up before anyone could protest and walked out. I started to run. I needed to get to my rock so I could think. I'm pretty upset. As soon as I got there and sat down, I broke. I started to bawl my flippin' eyes out. I mean, it was kinda my fault it happened. I mean, if he wasn't going to see if I wrote back, he still would have been at home or something. I don't know where he would have been, but it wouldn't have been in front of my house! I felt someone put there arms around me and pull me towards them. I heard them say in a soothing voice,
"Shh.it's okay. Everything will be all right. Luke will be fine, I know it." I realized it was James. He must have been reading over my shoulder. "How do you know? Luke could die, and it's all my fault!" I said in a muffled, shrill voice. He started to play with my hair and asked, "How was it your fault? You had nothing to do with it." I answered with a high-pitched voice saying, "Because he was on his way to my house to see if I replied! He would have been somewhere else if he weren't checking!" it sounded like he chuckled a bit before replied,
"But Lily, you didn't tell him to, did you? No. He went on his own free will. You can't blame yourself for something he did on his own free will." I nodded into his chest and said in a small voice, "Thanks James." He kissed the top of my head and said, "No problem Lily, no problem." He rubbed my back for what seemed like hours, and leaned his head on mine. We were silent the whole time, just looking out at the lake, thinking. Then he looked down at me (I think) and asked, "Do you want me to bring you back to the common room, or do you wanna go to class? I think they started ten minutes ago." I looked up at him and smiled. My eyes were red and puffy, and I expected him to cringe. But he didn't. He just smiled and brushed my hair out of my face. I replied,
"I can go to class." It's not like Professor Binns would notice us come in. And even if he did, he wouldn't take points away. We stood up and started to walk towards the castle. I was pleased to note his arm was around my waist. I was surprised at how nice he was being, and I couldn't help but feel completely attracted to him. On the way to the History of Magic room, we were stopped by Malfoy. I was surprised Snape wasn't with him. He looked at me and smirked his arrogant little smirk.
"Ah Evans, it looks like you've been crying. Is it because Luke is dead?" and once again, my eyes started to water. I didn't cry, no, but the tears were forcing to escape. He just laughed wickedly and walked away. James' gripped tightened a bit, as if he were giving me a sideways hug. We walked into the classroom and Professor Binns looked at us.
"Mr. Potten, Miss Evalight, why are you late?" he asked. I looked up at James and he replied smoothly, "We were in a meeting with Professor Dumbledore." Binns seemed to except this and told us to sit down. There were two more seats left. Right in between Sirius and Sammy. Remus, Vi, and Peter were sitting in the row in front of ours. I sat next to Sammy and James next to Sirius. She gave me a questioning look, glanced at James, and then back at me. I shook my head and started to scribble a note. They continued on and on:
(Me)--No, James was comforting me.nothing like that. (S) -- Okay, I was just surprised to see James with his arm around you, no broken bones or anything. (Me) --Ya well.he was just making sure I was okay, nothing happened. (S) --So are you going to tell me what was in that letter or what? (Me) --It was nothing.Luke got attacked last night and is in a coma. He should be okay soon though. (S) --OMG Lily! That's terrible! I'm so sorry! (Me) --ya, James was reading the letter over my shoulder, so he knew what happened. That's why he came out to see if I was okay. (S)--So do you like James? (Me)--Sammy! (S) --Come on Lils! You know he likes you! It's not fair to either of you if you both like each other! (Me)--Sammy, I really don't know, okay? I'm too confused. (S) --Okay, I guess I believe you. :-P
(A/n: next part is of the **Guy's note passing**)
(S)--What was that all about? (J)--Nothing, why? (S)--I can't believe you walked in with your arm around Lily, and she didn't try to kill you! Is there something going on between you two? (J)--No! Of course not! You honestly think Lily would go out with me? Ha! (S)--Well, what happened when you were gone then? (J)--Luke got attacked last night. I read it over Lil's shoulder.I was just comforting her. (S)--So there was no lip locking? (J)--Sirius! Be serious! Her best friend almost died last night! Do you really think I would take advantage of her like that? (S)--Do you really want me to answer that? I know I would! And another thing, I'm always Serious! Have you forgotten my name? It's because you kiss too much. I read that kissing kills brain cells! (J)--that wasn't funny, and since when have you read? (S)-Hmmmm... I guess you're right. Wait.That wasn't very nice! I read a lot thank you very much! I'm not talking to you any more. :-P (A/n: and now back to Lily's point of view!)
There's only 5 more minutes of this class left. Thank the good Lord who created this earth! Well, I think I've finally fallen for James. The one thing I promised the world would never happen. He would be so perfect, if he weren't so arrogant. I mean, at times, he's not. Most of the time he is though! Wait, but not this year, he's barely said anything of the sort! Oh no, what am I going to do? He's so.I don't know. Like, at the lake during lunch. That was so sweet of him. I couldn't help but wish I could call myself his. But I'm sure he could never be like that for over a twenty- minute period. And as to what Sammy told me to do, I just don't think I'd be able to. I just can't bring myself to do it. I think I'd rather just be his friend and fantasize about him then be his girlfriend. After all, he'd probably go snog some other girl after me. Yeah, he'd probably cheat on me. So I'm not going to tell him!
Dinner was finally here. With a hectic first day back, the one thing I needed most was food. I plopped down in between Vi and James. They talked, and I just listened. I didn't feel like talking. I was too caught up in James. Then a question was asked. "So Lils, what was in that letter at lunch?" James sighed and looked at me. He had an odd look in his eye. It looked like hurt, and want. Odd boy, he is. I looked at Remus, who had asked the question. I then answered in a small voice,
"Luke got hurt last night. He was heading over to my house to see if I'd replied to his letter yet, and something, or someone, attacked him. He's been unconscious ever since." I told the tears to stop. They were threatening to evade again. I refused to cry in front of James again. I must have looked like a fool. Wait, what did I care what James thought of me? There were gasps all around the group. James squeezed my hand, which was on the bench. I looked at him and he smiled. I smiled back and looked back at my food. I took the letter from my mom out from my bag and handed it to Vi.
"I think I'm gonna go back to the common room." And I stood up. This is the third meal outta three that I walked out on. Well, I needed to think. I couldn't with them there throwing their sympathy at me about Luke. And what surprised me was that the thing I needed to think about was not Luke, but James. I have problems. As I was walking, someone came next to me and I groaned.
"Sod off, Malfoy." I said. He grinned and asked, "Oh, what's wrong Lady Lily? Is there a whole in your heart because your dear Luke is going to die?" he asked while Snape, Crabbe, and Goyle sat in the backround laughing. "Leave me alone you asshole." I replied. "I don't like that tone young lady, how would you like it if I told your parents?" "I'd laugh, dumb ass, what would they do, ground me? That's a bit hard, don't ya think?" I asked. I pushed past him and walked up the stairs. Snape, Crabbe, and Goyle, the stupid ones they are, forgot about the trick step, and were stuck. Malfoy, however, didn't seem to care and decided to follow me instead. As we walked farther from that stupid step, he said,
"A mudblood like you should remember their place. You have no right calling me names. No matter how pretty you are, or how valuable you are to the dark lord. You are nothing more than scum." I looked at him and spit in his face. How dare he? I walked away before he could retaliate. He was too quick for me, however, and grabbed my upper arm. I turned around to meet a hand at my face. I clutched it while he asked coldly,
"Do you remember me hitting you, Evans? Back on the train, first year? Do you remember the reason? That is why I hit you then, and that is why I hit you now. You don't deserve to be apart of this school, you filthy mudblood." He can be so harsh! Of course, I wasn't going to get all mushy at what he said. I wasn't going to take it to heart. I was used to this verbal abuse. He was about to hit me again when a fist collided with his nose. He let go of my arm and I looked to the owner of the saving fist. Malfoy was on the floor, both hands at his nose, which was bleeding, of course. It was James. He was looking at Malfoy with disgust, but then looked at me. He rushed over and put his hand to my cheek. "Are you okay?" he asked, all the disgust gone. I just nodded, and Malfoy hissed out,
"Potter, you and your mudblood girlfriend will pay. The dark lord has ways of dealing with stubborn ones like yourselves." Stood and walked down the stairs. I looked up at James. And what a big mistake that was, because he was looking at me too. So I ended up looking straight into his eyes, once again to see hurt and want. Before I knew what I was doing, I had leaned in towards him, and we kissed. I felt as if I was flying. I was invincible. I could do anything I wanted if I were with James. Then, when I realized the mistake I had made by kissing him, I pulled back.
"James," I started. He once again had hurt in his eyes. It was as if he knew what was coming. "James, I can't. I.I just can't!" I said before I ran away. I ran all the way up to Gryffindor common room. I didn't stop running until I fell on my bed. I, of course, started to cry at what I'd just done. Damn crying! I just ran out of what could have been a relationship with James. I just made the biggest mistake of my life. I needed to do something to get my mind off what happened. I racked my brain for something to do. Not forgetting the prank that was to be played on us tonight, I charmed our beds to awaken us with an earsplitting alarm any time a male was in the dorms. It would only last for twenty four hours. I decided to write in the journal I'd gotten in first year for Christmas. I opened it up to see only one page written in it. It read:
Dear diary, I just got you for Christmas! I have no clue who from though. I hate the Maurders! They keep pranking us! I hope I never like any of them, especially James. He was really nice to me on the train ride and boats, but now, he's just an arrogant stupid head! Well, I'm gonna go now! Love, Lily
I smiled at that. I remember that day well, because that was the one that Amos Diggory asked me out the first time. I of course, said no, because I was too young. I mean, who had a boyfriend when they were only eleven? No one I knew. Except Petunia. She started dating when she was eight. That was second grade. Pretty young, if you ask me. But apparently, it wasn't for her. Oh no. Sammy and Vi are coming up! I quickly pulled my hangings shut and pulled my blankets around me tightly. I curled up in a ball, which is how I sleep. They called my name a few times before deciding to give up. As they shut the door, I pulled the journal back out and began to write.
Dear Diary, I am so confused. James and I just kissed. I think I've started to fall for him. And hard. I know he likes me. I know I like him. The thing I don't know, is why I won't admit it. Why can't I tell him? I mean.how is it possible to like someone, yet hate them at the same time? James.he's perfect. He's got the looks, brains, strength, power, popularity, money, the whole enchilada. Every girl's dream man. But, then I see him as the arrogant, stuck up, self-conceited prick I share the school with. Why can't I just make up my mind? Any ways.the kiss. I left dinner early because Luke. My friends were giving all this sympathy, I just couldn't handle it. I got up and left. And who other to show up than Malfoy and Co. He decided to throw a few words at me and I to him. Co. all got stuck in the trick stair, so it was just Malfoy and I. I insulted him, so he slapped me. He reminded me of the first day at Hogwarts. On the train, he struck at me. Just like tonight. He was going to again, but then James showed up and punched him. Malfoy left, leaving me and James alone in the empty corridor. I looked into his eyes, and got lost. All I could see was hurt and want. Before I knew it, we started to kiss and I felt I could do anything and everything. The stupid person I am, pulled away and said, "James, I can't.I just can't!" and ran up here. Can you say, 'Big mistake'? I am so stupid! I could have started something between us, and I run. I run from the thing I need. The thing I want. I want James so bad, but I just can't bring myself to tell him. I promised myself I wouldn't fall for a Maurder, but most of all, James. I promised. And now, I broke it. But like I thought before, he'll probably go snog some other girl after he was with me. He'd be one to be a player. I don't know what to do. I want to go the masquerade with him, but I think I'm going to go with someone else. Someone who won't make me think of James the whole night. I just can't be with him. It's for his own good. And mine. Lily
P.S. I think^.(the Maurders are playing a prank on us tonight. Boy are they going to regret it.)
I looked down at the entry with satisfaction before falling asleep, with the journal still in hand.
(A/n: I need to switch it out of Lily's point of view for this next bit!)
Sirius walked into his dormitory looking for James. He had gone after Lily when she fled from dinner. He looked at James' bed, noticing it empty. But then he saw his trunk glowing, and heard a faint whistling. He opened it up and rummaged through his heap of clothes, looking for the object needed. When he found it, he pulled it out and opened it. It was a journal, identical to the one the Maurders had given to Lily in first year. She hadn't realized it was bewitched so the Maurders could read it whenever they felt like it. He looked down to see an entering more recent. He was quite surprised. Lily had only written in it once in six years. Now all of a sudden she was using it? He started to read it with shock. Then he grinned wickedly.
When he was done, he brought it downstairs and gave it to Remus, who was flirting with Verity. As he finished it, he looked up at Sirius with an identical grin. "What's that?" Vi asked. She was pointing at the journal. Remus handed it to her. As she read on, she would let out small gasps of shock, rage, and happiness. Samara walked over and read it from her position behind one of her best friends, Verity. When they were done reading, they glanced at each other and then at the boys, grinning like mad men.eh hem, women. They started to devise a plan to get Lily and James together.
Sirius was going to ask Lily to the ball, and convince James to ask Sammy (A/n: Like so many other stories out there, I am attempting to get them together by jealousy! I told myself I wouldn't, but I gotta!) and, much to the boys' advantage, they weren't going to prank the girls.
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*~* Next morning (Breakfast) *~*
"Hey Billy!" Sirius said happily. He was sitting with Remus, James, Sammy, and Vi. I looked at Sammy and Vi and said sarcastically, "Thanks for waking me up guys." Sammy looked up at me with a smirk on her face and replied,
"No prob hun." In the same sarcastic voice. I glared at her. Vi looked up and said, "We thought we should let you sleep in a bit since of.the events of last night." "Oh," I started with mock concentration. "Well, I'm starting to understand this concept now. When I actually want to sleep in, I get woken up at five bloody thirty, but when I want to wake up early, you don't wake me up at all." Sammy looked up at me again with a smirk even wider. "That's about the size of it!" she answered followed by her "Evil laugh". Every one at the Gryffindor table looked at her, while Sirius looked at her shocked, then the rest of us and exclaimed,
"Well great lordy, she's like a girl version of me!" ended with his own evil laugh. I just rolled my eyes and sat down between Remus and James. I started to converse with the girls when I heard Sirius making fun of a first year.
"Oh, it must be hard being perfect, Sirius." I said sarcastically. He looked at me and then replied with a cocky grin,
"Yeah, it is.it's just one more burden to add to the list." I just rolled my eyes. James looked at me and said, "Ya know what Lily? You roll your eyes too much." he was smiling that lopsided little grin, the one I love.I mean, hate. But I think it was just to keep himself from laughing at the look on my face. I replied, "No I don't!" with dignity. But then, if you can believe it, I rolled my eyes. Hey, I can't help it! It's like when you blurt out some thing when you really don't mean to. Ya know? That was all it took to make James crack. He started laughing and then asked,
"Then what was that?" "Oh shut up Potter." I replied crankily. Then Sirius burst out laughing. We all looked at him and he said, while, of course, looking at me, "So Lily, it's back to Potter again? What about that discussion we had on the train ride here about names? I thought a kiss on the lips was Jamesie- poo, not back to Potter." at that I threw a roll at him and shot him a death glare. Oh boy, if looks could kill.Everyone was now looking at me with shock and a bit of amusement. Well, Sirius was just looking at me plain out laughing, but everyone else was shock and amusement.
"Hey, you know when you were complaining about those "Nasty Slytherins", did you mean Anna May Carter too? I mean, that was who I caught you snogging last year in the Astronomy Tower, right?" I asked, or rather, stated, as cool as possible. Ha ha. Funny face moment! His cheeks were as red as my hair. Now every one was looking at him the same as they were looking at me. He said loudly,
"I didn't know she was a Slytherin! And what about you! Was that you I saw snogging Amos Diggory?" oh, that was pretty funny. He thought that that was gonna make me embarrassed? Ha! "As a matter of fact, I believe that, for once, you are correct. I'm pretty sure that was Amos.but it could have been a few other guys you're confused with. Maybe it was Shane Adams.or, no.I don't think it was him.hmm.maybe it was Cedric McKnight? Nope, I'm pretty sure it was Amos. Thanks for the concern though." I looked around at them all cheerfully.
I think they forgot about Sirius' first comment.hopefully. I don't know if James still did.he was looking at me funny. Oh well.
"Sorry, but I can't stay and chat, I have a meeting with a very handsome seventh year Ravenclaw someone." And with that I got up and headed out the doors of the Great Hall. I just wanted to get outside by the lake. It seemed to be the only place calming enough. I pushed open the large oak doors and felt a tidal wave of fresh air splash my face. Boy, it was great to be back. Opps, I didn't get my timetable. oh well. Sammy and Vi'll get it for me. And it's not like I get mail, so I shouldn't expect any today. I went to sit out on my favorite spot, that big ol' rock. About, eh, twenty minutes later, not quite sure, I don't have my watch, I felt a tap on my shoulder. It was Sammy.
"So," she started to ask. "Who's Luke?" with a small smile fighting to break through. "Huh?" I asked. I was too mesmerized in the beauty of the lake to understand what she asked. She held out an envelope so it was in my face. It had green loopy writing that said: to my dearest Tiger Lily. I snatched it from her and turned it over. It was already opened. "Samara! Did you read my mail?" I yelled.
"No!" she said, trying to hide her smile. Then she added, "But Sirius and James did. Then they decided to show the rest of us." I looked at her and asked, "Oh, so you just let them read my mail, is that it?" she smiled sheepishly and shrugged her shoulders. "Sorry. You should have stayed till mail came though." I shot a glare at her and then smiled. She grinned back. "So read it! I wanna know who this Luke guy is." She said eagerly. I shock my head at her in mock disgust and pulled the letter out. It read:
Dear Lils,
How have ya been doing at that school of yours? We all miss you! (But I miss you the most!) It's pretty boring around here without you. I found out about your 'special powers' as your parents put it, much to Petunia's dismay. She considered it.'freakishness' I think were her words? Any ways, you have to come home for Christmas, because I'm having a party and all your old friends are coming (along with my friends too of course!). Sort of a, welcome Lily, happy Christmas party. If you wanna bring a few of your friends along, that'd be fine with me (unless you have a boyfriend. Then He's not allowed to come, you'll be too focused on him 'stead of the rest of us! Meaning me, of course.) I should get going. Hope you're having a blast at. Hogwarts (right?)! see you when you come. (Can't wait!) Write back a.s.a.p.!
Love from the one back home hoping you're still hott as hell,
Luke (the unholy two live on!)
I looked at the letter smiling, forgetting Sammy was still there. She cleared her throat which scared me outta my wits. I glared up at her and she was smiling. "So.how about you come back in and tell us all who this Luke character is. We all want to know badly, but I think James wants to know the most." She said with a wink. I smiled at her and followed back to the Great Hall. They all looked at me expectantly as I sat down. I rolled my eyes (I know, I know. But old habits die hard.) And so was the start of my short explanation of Luke.
"Luke Grimsdale was my best friend before I came here.That's pretty much it." I said. They all just looked at me as if expecting more. Well, that's all they're gonna get, because that's all I have. Remus looked at me and asked, "What is the Unholy Two?" with a look of confusement. "Me and him were known as the Unholy Two by all our teachers and classmates. If you can believe it, we were quite the troublemakers. We got more detentions than all the rest of the students in our grade put together. It was actually quite fun." I said with a sigh. Those were the good old days. I don't know why I went from troublemaker to 'quiet, good, little giddy schoolgirl bookworm' as I believe I put it before. I was brought out of la-la land by a snort of laughter from James and Sirius.
"What's so funny?" I asked. It's not that hard to believe I was a troublemaker! Is it? "You, Lillian Marie Evans, a troublemaker?" James asked through his chuckling. That's not fair. "Yes, as a matter of fact, I was a troublemaker." I said proudly. "Then why'd you come here and turn into a good little school girl?" Sirius asked. "Because," I said through gritted teeth. It's not like it would be impossible for me to be a nuisance.I can cause mayhem when I want to.
"It just didn't seem fun anymore without Luke." I finished, trying to calm. "Oh," Remus said with a small grin. "Did you like Mr. Grimsdale?" "Yes, as a matter of fact, I did. But not like that. I liked.like him as a friend. And he was the best friend in the world, I might add." I glanced over and saw identical looks of hurt on Sammy and Vi's faces. "Best guy friend in the world." I corrected myself. They looked at me with still a bit more hurt on their faces, so I added,
"No one could beat you guys at being my best friends. I meant best guy friend. Oh, those were the good ol' days." and my eyes glazed over.I was back in la-la land. (Yay!) I thought back to the time me and Luke switched Mr. Glesmen's sugar with salt, so after he put some in his coffee thinking it was sugar, he went ballistic. And that was when we were in.Kindergarten I think? Yeah, kindergarten. Then, in second grade, Luke put glue on Sean Jacob's chair after he said I was ugly and made me cry. All the teachers loved us. We were pretty popular; there weren't many that disliked us. We always got outta paying a dollar for having gum with the excuse, 'We have gingivitis, and the dentist said if we don't chew gum at all times possible, all our teeth will fall out and our gums will turn black.' And 'We need the gum. We're trying to quit smoking.' That one always cracked everyone up. A loud "LILY!" from next to me brought me away from the wonder years (haha) and back home.
I looked around. Every one was looking at me like I was crazy. I noticed the whole hall had gone quiet. Curse that James Potter and his big mouth. He must have yelled perdy loudly. "Yes?" I snapped. "What the heck were you thinking?" I looked at Sammy with bewilderment. "Huh?" "What were you thinking about?" she asked again. "Oh.just about some of our pranks." I said with a dreamy smile. Then I laughed, thinking back to when we put fish in May Anna's locker and a bucket of spaghetti sauce over the door so when she opened it, it would all come pouring down on her. That was in fifth grade, our last year together.I sighed and shook my head, trying to get rid of the memory. It made me too sad about what I left behind. It makes me wonder if I really should have come to Hogwarts. I mean, yeah, I know that it's a good thing that I came here, it's just, I wonder how it would have been if I'd never come. If I had stayed as a muggle. I don't think I would have been able to stand knowing magic existed and not even being able to use it. I stood up and said,
"Okay, who's ready to go to class?" with a cheery smile. Every one groaned. "What do we have first? I didn't get a timetable due to, of course, my lack of presence." I said as Vi handed mine to me.
"Transfiguration, then Potions with the Slytherins." James mumbled grumpily while Sirius made a gagging noise. Peter, who hadn't been at breakfast, walked up to me and said, "Lily, I, erm, I need to tell you, um, something." Nervously while trying to avoid looking at any of the other Maurders. I looked at him questioningly, and he nodded. Now I got it. The Maurders were planning a prank on us. So he really was going to warn us. Hmm.interesting.
"Okay Peter. Tell me in class. Is that okay?" I asked him. He just nodded his head. James, Remus, and Sirius all gave us questioning looks, but I just shrugged and grinned. I whispered to Vi, "He's telling me about us being victims to a prank." I said with a wink. She looked at Peter and grinned. She then told Sammy who had an evil glint in her eye. "Are we missing something?" James asked with a confused look. Sirius and Remus looked equally perplexed.
"Nope. This is mine and Peter's little secret. Only we can know. Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough." I said with a wink to Peter. Sirius rounded on him and asked, "So you're not going to tell us?" in an angry voice. Peter looked afraid, but said in an almost (ALMOST!) calm voice,
"I'm sorry, but I really can't. Like Lily said, 'You'll find out soon enough'." And cowered behind us girls after glancing at the glares shot at him from James and Sirius. Remus just looked highly amused. Transfiguration went by uneventful. (a/n: I really didn't want to explain what happened in that class.I think I'm only going to describe Potions and History of Magic. Is that ok? Cuz if it's not.TO BAD! THIS IS MY STORY! lol) We walked into the Potions room and sat down. I sat in between Sammy (on the right) and Vi (on the left), while James sat directly in front of me. On his right was Remus and Peter, and on his left, Sirius. Peter was scrawling something down on a large chunk of parchment. James was trying to read it over Remus, but Remus kept blocking him. He glared at Remus and slid down into his seat, pouting. Just then, Professor Midnight walked in, his icy cold glare directed at the Maurders. He started to talk about the potion we were to make when Sammy passed me a roll of parchment. I looked up at the professor to make sure he wasn't looking, and then started to read it. It read (in the messiest handwriting in the world, I might add):
Lily (and probably Samara and Verity)
The Maurders were planning on pranking you tonight. They were going to bewitch all your robes so they read stuff about which ever of them were to bewitch them. (For example, James would make one say 'I think James is the most handsome guy from Hogwarts') or something like that. Then, tomorrow morning at breakfast, they were going to put a potion in your drinks so you'd follow your crush around and recite love poems to them. The reason, I think is just to see if you, Lily, like James. I'm not quite sure. Sorry. But that's pretty much it. So if you have any questions, well, ask me I guess.
Peter
I looked back up to see if Professor Stick-up-my-ass, whoops! Did I just say that? Oh well. Well, any ways, he wasn't looking, so I passed it to Vi. (Sammy read it before she handed it to me). I really didn't feel like listening to Professor Midnight, I mean, I already knew pretty much everything about all the stupid potions we were going to do this year, why bother listening? So I decided to re-read Luke's letter. And then re-re- read it. And then re-re-re-read it. And then- you get the picture. I saw a shadow over me, and as I was about to look up to see who it was, the letter was snatched from me.
"Hey!" I snapped. I looked up into the cold eyes of Professor Midnight and glared at him. "May I please have that back.sir?" I asked through gritted teeth. He smiled an open-mouthed smile, revealing his rotting teeth and answered, "When I am done reading it to the class, Miss Evans, you may have your letter back." His little black eyes scanned through it and his disgusting smile grew into an unbearable grin. He looked at me and said,
"Why Miss Evans, is this a love letter?" and then started to read it, but of course, he had to as slowly as he could. And he had to stop every sentence to let everyone have a hardy laugh. Only the Slytherins did though. Well guess what? If you can believe it, I didn't blush. I mean, I really didn't have anything to be embarrassed about. I knew I didn't like Luke, so what did it matter if they thought I did? I surely didn't care. As he finished, I stood up and held my hand out while saying,
"Thank you, sir, for going so slowly. I didn't quite understand some of the things Luke was saying. I'm glad you could help me out." As coldly as I could. He folded up the letter, but hadn't handed it back. He glared at me and said, "Twenty points from Gryffindor, and a weeks worth of detentions, Miss Evans." "Well, it seems this year the detentions just seem to keep piling on, don't they?" I asked sarcastically. He looked at me, taken aback, and then replied, "Stay after class Evans." I just looked at him and shrugged my shoulders, smiled, and in a honey covered voice said,
"Oh I'd be delighted, Professor! Thanks for offering!" with some mock
excitement. "Sit down Evans. Twenty more points from Gryffindor." He said coldly. Then, as I was sitting down and the Professor was going back to his desk, Snape said, loud enough for everyone to hear, of course,
"You just don't know when to quite, do you Evans? It must be a mudblood thing." with a sneer on his face. James stood up and then yelled, "You'll pay for that Snivellus! Locomotor Mortis!" and once again, Snape fell to the ground and became rigid as a board. The stupid one who calls himself a Professor muttered the countercurse in an instant, and rounded on James.
"Absolutely no, and I repeat, no magic is allowed in this room. Two weeks of detention Potter! Thirty points from Gryffindor. Thirty points to Slytherin. Potter, Evans, I want you to go to Professor Dumbledore's office immediately." I stuffed my junk in my bag forcefully and walked passed Professor Midnight, snatching my letter from Luke back. I then saluted him and said "thanks!" while holding the letter. He was about to say something so I, in fear of loosing more points, ran to the door and waving over my shoulder saying, "Toodles!" James right behind me.
As I got into the hall (A/n: Or is it Corridor? Sorry if I'm wrong, I'll just use corridor from now on.) I muttered, "Thanks James." He looked at me quickly and asked, "For what?" "For standing up for me back there." I replied nodding my head back towards the area we had just come from. Then I added,
"Snape is a horrible person, I wish he would just disappear." "You and me both." James replied while looking sideways at me in a dreamy daze. I blushed slightly and stopped talking. Then he seemed to snap out of it and ran a hand through his hair. Then, to make matters worse, (for me, of course) he pulled out that stupid snitch and played with it while we walked. I rolled my eyes and looked the other way. As we approached the gargoyle guarding Professor Dumbledore's office (he just put his snitch away when we got there) we said the password, "Sugar quills" at the same time. We started to laugh and walked in. As we approached the doors, they burst open and Professor Binns er.floated out. "Potten, Evalight" with a nod of his head. We started to laugh a little again and walked in to everyone's favorite headmaster's office.
"Ah, Mr. Potter, Miss Evans, I've been expecting you." he said with amusement and a glint in his eye. Okay.I thought. How would he know we were coming? Man, this guy can be creepy sometimes.haha.
"Sir?" James asked. Ah, he was asking what I was thinking.what a cowink-I- dink! (a/n: cowink-I-dink= coincidence) "How did you know we were coming?" with a confused glance towards me. Dumbledore just got a small smile and said, "Professor Midnight came and told me what you did, and I should expect you any time soon.he didn't seem to think you would actually come." with that same twinkling eye thingy. Some times that gets a little annoying. Like now, for instance. Oh well.
"So, why, Miss Evans, did you feel it necessary to challenge your elder?" he asked with a hint of cheer in his voice. I blushed and looked at my shoes. That guy knows how to rub it in, doesn't he? "Um.I kinda.um.lost it. I guess." I mumbled. Gosh, I wanna get outta here! "And Mr. Potter, I was told you cursed Mr. Snape for no apparent reason?" I guess he excepted my response. Phew! James flew up from his seat in anger and said through gritted teeth,
"If you call Snape calling Lily a mudblood no apparent reason, then I guess so." He was mad. Ya know what, that's a big understatement. He was fuming. Furious, mad, pissed, enraged whatever you wanna call it. That was him. He's cute when he's mad.AHHHH! I was pleased to see the twinkle extinguished from his eye. (I know, I know, it's not that nice but it was getting on my nerves!) He looked at me and then back at James.
"He said he took 30 points from Gryffindor.I will give twenty five of them back (not all because there was no need to use magic to pay him back. You could have said something instead) and you will have one night of detention instead of the two weeks worth. And, I will take twenty from Slytherin, for such a foul thing Mr. Snape did." Here it comes again, perfect Potter getting away with everything, while I still get the blame. Oh, I can't believe myself sometimes.James was standing up for me, and he is my friend! I shouldn't be thinking so negative of him.I mean, I know we've been friends for less than 24 hours, but.
"Miss Evans, you will also have only one day of detention, and all the points will be given back." I looked at him gratefully, and I don't know why I did it, but the stupid person I am, said, "Thank you Professor, but I don't think I should get out of my detentions. I was extremely rude." Why am I so stupid? I just got out of 4 days of detention with Professor Midnight, and I'm asking for them back. I took waaaay to many stupid pills this morning!
"Miss Evans, are you fighting to get your detentions back?" he asked, chuckling. "Um.ya know what? Forget I even said anything. I agree with you completely. I should have only gotten one to begin with." I said with a small smile. He chuckled again, and got that twinkle back. The only difference was this time, I didn't mind it one bit.
"You can go now, if you like. Lunch should be starting in about ten minutes. I suppose it wouldn't hurt if you missed the last few minutes of class." So we rushed out and slowly walked towards the Great Hall. How could I like James at one moment, but also hate him? I mean, he's perfect. He's got the looks, skill, brains, sweetness, everything. He's the guy you pictured when you were a little girl and planned your wedding. The only thing is, he's a show off! If he wasn't so flirtatious (okay, maybe I don't mind that), and arrogant, and self-centered, I would have dated him the first time he asked me out.
Get a grip Evans! I told myself. I guess, I might be developing a bit of a thing for him.argh! We walked into the Great Hall and waited for a few minutes. In silence, of course. Man, I gotta talk to the girls. It was as if they responded to the mere thought of them, since they walked in the door at that precise moment. Sirius and Remus were with them. The one thing that caught my eye, though, was Vi's hand enlaced with Remus'. I grinned, and as they sat down, asked Vi,
"Is there something I'm not currently aware of?" with a wink. She turned slightly pink. She had a look of worry in her eyes, so I said, "Ah, don't worry, I don't care if you date Remus. Just as long as you don't date Sirius, I'll know you haven't completely lost your marbles." She grinned while Sirius looked at me in mock anger.
"Well excuse me!" he said angrily. I laughed. Then I looked at Sammy who had a look of sorrow. Then I realized why. It was Remus and Vi. She needed a boyfriend now that one of her friends did. I looked at her with a grin and said, "Now I've gotta hook you up with some one, or you'll be moping around all the time." She smiled and asked,
"And what about you? Or are you saving yourself for Luke?" with a wink. I glared at her and asked no one in particular, "What is with everyone and hooking my and Luke up? I already told you, he doesn't like me! And I sure as hell haven't fallen for him, so get the idea out of your heads!" "So there's still hope for Potter, is there Evan's?" a cold drawl came from behind me. I felt the speaker playing with my hair, and when I saw who it was, tugged it away. Yep, you guessed. It was Malfoy and his lapdog, Snape.
"What do you want Malfoy?" I asked coldly while glaring at him. "I was just wondering if you heard what happened to your precious Luke yet. Obviously not." I looked at him questioningly when an owl flew in. Mail never came during the day, unless something bad happened.the owl, I recognized as my snowy white Romeo. He landed and held his leg out. Malfoy just smirked and said,
"Oh, you're in for a big surprise Evans, big surprise." He started to laugh as he walked away. Every head in the Great Hall was turned towards me. I didn't like the feeling. I looked at the letter now in my hand. I opened it and found it was from my mom.
Dear Lily,
I am afraid to tell you that Luke has been in a very serious accident last night. Right in front of the house, too. He was attacked. He lost a lot of blood, and is currently in a coma. The doctors cant seem to find the source of the cut, so I'm guessing it was a magical attack. He was on his way over to see if you replied to his letter. He's been unconscious the whole time. The doctors are very worried. However, you shouldn't, you need to concentrate on your schoolwork. His family wanted me to tell you that. And maybe when he gains his consciousness, you can come visit. I think the doctors are calling me in, so I best go now.
Love always,
Mom
P.S. your father sends his love too! Petunia wanted me to tell you she has a very nice boyfriend, and she thinks he might be 'the one'. She misses you and loves you!
I looked down at the letter in shock. Luke? Hurt? And how did Malfoy know? I didn't realize I was crying until a teardrop splattered on the letter. I hate crying. I think I might have already told you that, but I'm still telling you now. I quickly wiped them away and looked around. They were all looking at me with worried faces.
"Lils? Lils, what happened? Is Luke okay?" Sammy asked with more worry than anyone. I looked at her and then, with a weak smile said, "Yeah, he's okay. I'm gonna go outside for a bit, okay? I just need some fresh air." I stood up before anyone could protest and walked out. I started to run. I needed to get to my rock so I could think. I'm pretty upset. As soon as I got there and sat down, I broke. I started to bawl my flippin' eyes out. I mean, it was kinda my fault it happened. I mean, if he wasn't going to see if I wrote back, he still would have been at home or something. I don't know where he would have been, but it wouldn't have been in front of my house! I felt someone put there arms around me and pull me towards them. I heard them say in a soothing voice,
"Shh.it's okay. Everything will be all right. Luke will be fine, I know it." I realized it was James. He must have been reading over my shoulder. "How do you know? Luke could die, and it's all my fault!" I said in a muffled, shrill voice. He started to play with my hair and asked, "How was it your fault? You had nothing to do with it." I answered with a high-pitched voice saying, "Because he was on his way to my house to see if I replied! He would have been somewhere else if he weren't checking!" it sounded like he chuckled a bit before replied,
"But Lily, you didn't tell him to, did you? No. He went on his own free will. You can't blame yourself for something he did on his own free will." I nodded into his chest and said in a small voice, "Thanks James." He kissed the top of my head and said, "No problem Lily, no problem." He rubbed my back for what seemed like hours, and leaned his head on mine. We were silent the whole time, just looking out at the lake, thinking. Then he looked down at me (I think) and asked, "Do you want me to bring you back to the common room, or do you wanna go to class? I think they started ten minutes ago." I looked up at him and smiled. My eyes were red and puffy, and I expected him to cringe. But he didn't. He just smiled and brushed my hair out of my face. I replied,
"I can go to class." It's not like Professor Binns would notice us come in. And even if he did, he wouldn't take points away. We stood up and started to walk towards the castle. I was pleased to note his arm was around my waist. I was surprised at how nice he was being, and I couldn't help but feel completely attracted to him. On the way to the History of Magic room, we were stopped by Malfoy. I was surprised Snape wasn't with him. He looked at me and smirked his arrogant little smirk.
"Ah Evans, it looks like you've been crying. Is it because Luke is dead?" and once again, my eyes started to water. I didn't cry, no, but the tears were forcing to escape. He just laughed wickedly and walked away. James' gripped tightened a bit, as if he were giving me a sideways hug. We walked into the classroom and Professor Binns looked at us.
"Mr. Potten, Miss Evalight, why are you late?" he asked. I looked up at James and he replied smoothly, "We were in a meeting with Professor Dumbledore." Binns seemed to except this and told us to sit down. There were two more seats left. Right in between Sirius and Sammy. Remus, Vi, and Peter were sitting in the row in front of ours. I sat next to Sammy and James next to Sirius. She gave me a questioning look, glanced at James, and then back at me. I shook my head and started to scribble a note. They continued on and on:
(Me)--No, James was comforting me.nothing like that. (S) -- Okay, I was just surprised to see James with his arm around you, no broken bones or anything. (Me) --Ya well.he was just making sure I was okay, nothing happened. (S) --So are you going to tell me what was in that letter or what? (Me) --It was nothing.Luke got attacked last night and is in a coma. He should be okay soon though. (S) --OMG Lily! That's terrible! I'm so sorry! (Me) --ya, James was reading the letter over my shoulder, so he knew what happened. That's why he came out to see if I was okay. (S)--So do you like James? (Me)--Sammy! (S) --Come on Lils! You know he likes you! It's not fair to either of you if you both like each other! (Me)--Sammy, I really don't know, okay? I'm too confused. (S) --Okay, I guess I believe you. :-P
(A/n: next part is of the **Guy's note passing**)
(S)--What was that all about? (J)--Nothing, why? (S)--I can't believe you walked in with your arm around Lily, and she didn't try to kill you! Is there something going on between you two? (J)--No! Of course not! You honestly think Lily would go out with me? Ha! (S)--Well, what happened when you were gone then? (J)--Luke got attacked last night. I read it over Lil's shoulder.I was just comforting her. (S)--So there was no lip locking? (J)--Sirius! Be serious! Her best friend almost died last night! Do you really think I would take advantage of her like that? (S)--Do you really want me to answer that? I know I would! And another thing, I'm always Serious! Have you forgotten my name? It's because you kiss too much. I read that kissing kills brain cells! (J)--that wasn't funny, and since when have you read? (S)-Hmmmm... I guess you're right. Wait.That wasn't very nice! I read a lot thank you very much! I'm not talking to you any more. :-P (A/n: and now back to Lily's point of view!)
There's only 5 more minutes of this class left. Thank the good Lord who created this earth! Well, I think I've finally fallen for James. The one thing I promised the world would never happen. He would be so perfect, if he weren't so arrogant. I mean, at times, he's not. Most of the time he is though! Wait, but not this year, he's barely said anything of the sort! Oh no, what am I going to do? He's so.I don't know. Like, at the lake during lunch. That was so sweet of him. I couldn't help but wish I could call myself his. But I'm sure he could never be like that for over a twenty- minute period. And as to what Sammy told me to do, I just don't think I'd be able to. I just can't bring myself to do it. I think I'd rather just be his friend and fantasize about him then be his girlfriend. After all, he'd probably go snog some other girl after me. Yeah, he'd probably cheat on me. So I'm not going to tell him!
Dinner was finally here. With a hectic first day back, the one thing I needed most was food. I plopped down in between Vi and James. They talked, and I just listened. I didn't feel like talking. I was too caught up in James. Then a question was asked. "So Lils, what was in that letter at lunch?" James sighed and looked at me. He had an odd look in his eye. It looked like hurt, and want. Odd boy, he is. I looked at Remus, who had asked the question. I then answered in a small voice,
"Luke got hurt last night. He was heading over to my house to see if I'd replied to his letter yet, and something, or someone, attacked him. He's been unconscious ever since." I told the tears to stop. They were threatening to evade again. I refused to cry in front of James again. I must have looked like a fool. Wait, what did I care what James thought of me? There were gasps all around the group. James squeezed my hand, which was on the bench. I looked at him and he smiled. I smiled back and looked back at my food. I took the letter from my mom out from my bag and handed it to Vi.
"I think I'm gonna go back to the common room." And I stood up. This is the third meal outta three that I walked out on. Well, I needed to think. I couldn't with them there throwing their sympathy at me about Luke. And what surprised me was that the thing I needed to think about was not Luke, but James. I have problems. As I was walking, someone came next to me and I groaned.
"Sod off, Malfoy." I said. He grinned and asked, "Oh, what's wrong Lady Lily? Is there a whole in your heart because your dear Luke is going to die?" he asked while Snape, Crabbe, and Goyle sat in the backround laughing. "Leave me alone you asshole." I replied. "I don't like that tone young lady, how would you like it if I told your parents?" "I'd laugh, dumb ass, what would they do, ground me? That's a bit hard, don't ya think?" I asked. I pushed past him and walked up the stairs. Snape, Crabbe, and Goyle, the stupid ones they are, forgot about the trick step, and were stuck. Malfoy, however, didn't seem to care and decided to follow me instead. As we walked farther from that stupid step, he said,
"A mudblood like you should remember their place. You have no right calling me names. No matter how pretty you are, or how valuable you are to the dark lord. You are nothing more than scum." I looked at him and spit in his face. How dare he? I walked away before he could retaliate. He was too quick for me, however, and grabbed my upper arm. I turned around to meet a hand at my face. I clutched it while he asked coldly,
"Do you remember me hitting you, Evans? Back on the train, first year? Do you remember the reason? That is why I hit you then, and that is why I hit you now. You don't deserve to be apart of this school, you filthy mudblood." He can be so harsh! Of course, I wasn't going to get all mushy at what he said. I wasn't going to take it to heart. I was used to this verbal abuse. He was about to hit me again when a fist collided with his nose. He let go of my arm and I looked to the owner of the saving fist. Malfoy was on the floor, both hands at his nose, which was bleeding, of course. It was James. He was looking at Malfoy with disgust, but then looked at me. He rushed over and put his hand to my cheek. "Are you okay?" he asked, all the disgust gone. I just nodded, and Malfoy hissed out,
"Potter, you and your mudblood girlfriend will pay. The dark lord has ways of dealing with stubborn ones like yourselves." Stood and walked down the stairs. I looked up at James. And what a big mistake that was, because he was looking at me too. So I ended up looking straight into his eyes, once again to see hurt and want. Before I knew what I was doing, I had leaned in towards him, and we kissed. I felt as if I was flying. I was invincible. I could do anything I wanted if I were with James. Then, when I realized the mistake I had made by kissing him, I pulled back.
"James," I started. He once again had hurt in his eyes. It was as if he knew what was coming. "James, I can't. I.I just can't!" I said before I ran away. I ran all the way up to Gryffindor common room. I didn't stop running until I fell on my bed. I, of course, started to cry at what I'd just done. Damn crying! I just ran out of what could have been a relationship with James. I just made the biggest mistake of my life. I needed to do something to get my mind off what happened. I racked my brain for something to do. Not forgetting the prank that was to be played on us tonight, I charmed our beds to awaken us with an earsplitting alarm any time a male was in the dorms. It would only last for twenty four hours. I decided to write in the journal I'd gotten in first year for Christmas. I opened it up to see only one page written in it. It read:
Dear diary, I just got you for Christmas! I have no clue who from though. I hate the Maurders! They keep pranking us! I hope I never like any of them, especially James. He was really nice to me on the train ride and boats, but now, he's just an arrogant stupid head! Well, I'm gonna go now! Love, Lily
I smiled at that. I remember that day well, because that was the one that Amos Diggory asked me out the first time. I of course, said no, because I was too young. I mean, who had a boyfriend when they were only eleven? No one I knew. Except Petunia. She started dating when she was eight. That was second grade. Pretty young, if you ask me. But apparently, it wasn't for her. Oh no. Sammy and Vi are coming up! I quickly pulled my hangings shut and pulled my blankets around me tightly. I curled up in a ball, which is how I sleep. They called my name a few times before deciding to give up. As they shut the door, I pulled the journal back out and began to write.
Dear Diary, I am so confused. James and I just kissed. I think I've started to fall for him. And hard. I know he likes me. I know I like him. The thing I don't know, is why I won't admit it. Why can't I tell him? I mean.how is it possible to like someone, yet hate them at the same time? James.he's perfect. He's got the looks, brains, strength, power, popularity, money, the whole enchilada. Every girl's dream man. But, then I see him as the arrogant, stuck up, self-conceited prick I share the school with. Why can't I just make up my mind? Any ways.the kiss. I left dinner early because Luke. My friends were giving all this sympathy, I just couldn't handle it. I got up and left. And who other to show up than Malfoy and Co. He decided to throw a few words at me and I to him. Co. all got stuck in the trick stair, so it was just Malfoy and I. I insulted him, so he slapped me. He reminded me of the first day at Hogwarts. On the train, he struck at me. Just like tonight. He was going to again, but then James showed up and punched him. Malfoy left, leaving me and James alone in the empty corridor. I looked into his eyes, and got lost. All I could see was hurt and want. Before I knew it, we started to kiss and I felt I could do anything and everything. The stupid person I am, pulled away and said, "James, I can't.I just can't!" and ran up here. Can you say, 'Big mistake'? I am so stupid! I could have started something between us, and I run. I run from the thing I need. The thing I want. I want James so bad, but I just can't bring myself to tell him. I promised myself I wouldn't fall for a Maurder, but most of all, James. I promised. And now, I broke it. But like I thought before, he'll probably go snog some other girl after he was with me. He'd be one to be a player. I don't know what to do. I want to go the masquerade with him, but I think I'm going to go with someone else. Someone who won't make me think of James the whole night. I just can't be with him. It's for his own good. And mine. Lily
P.S. I think^.(the Maurders are playing a prank on us tonight. Boy are they going to regret it.)
I looked down at the entry with satisfaction before falling asleep, with the journal still in hand.
(A/n: I need to switch it out of Lily's point of view for this next bit!)
Sirius walked into his dormitory looking for James. He had gone after Lily when she fled from dinner. He looked at James' bed, noticing it empty. But then he saw his trunk glowing, and heard a faint whistling. He opened it up and rummaged through his heap of clothes, looking for the object needed. When he found it, he pulled it out and opened it. It was a journal, identical to the one the Maurders had given to Lily in first year. She hadn't realized it was bewitched so the Maurders could read it whenever they felt like it. He looked down to see an entering more recent. He was quite surprised. Lily had only written in it once in six years. Now all of a sudden she was using it? He started to read it with shock. Then he grinned wickedly.
When he was done, he brought it downstairs and gave it to Remus, who was flirting with Verity. As he finished it, he looked up at Sirius with an identical grin. "What's that?" Vi asked. She was pointing at the journal. Remus handed it to her. As she read on, she would let out small gasps of shock, rage, and happiness. Samara walked over and read it from her position behind one of her best friends, Verity. When they were done reading, they glanced at each other and then at the boys, grinning like mad men.eh hem, women. They started to devise a plan to get Lily and James together.
Sirius was going to ask Lily to the ball, and convince James to ask Sammy (A/n: Like so many other stories out there, I am attempting to get them together by jealousy! I told myself I wouldn't, but I gotta!) and, much to the boys' advantage, they weren't going to prank the girls.
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