Chapter 3 - Teenage Drama Commences
Lily took a seat at the Gryffindor table across from her best friends, Jessica White. The brown-eyed brunette smiled at Lily as Dumbledore began his welcome speech.
"So, Lily," she spoke, "where were you on the train? I went to you usual compartment but all I found was a studly James Potter, a hyper Sirius Black and a weasely-looking Peter… what's his name… Pettigrew."
"I'm so sorry, Jess! I had to meet the Head Boy and run the Prefects' meeting. I would have come to find you, but I was busy." Lily apologized.
Everybody at the Gryffindor table burst out cheering: the Sorting Hat had called out "Gryffindor!" for the first First Year and the next three afterwards.
Jess grinned at Lily. "So, um, Lily? What exactly were the Marauders doing in your compartment?"
She partially grimaced. "They harassed me and then accused me of thinking of them as nuisances to the wizarding community because I was defending the Head Boy."
"Weasley, Charles!" The last First Year practically hopped to the Sorting Hat and pulled it down on his head.
"Gryffindor!" the Hat called out, causing the Gryffindor table to celebrate.
Jess attempted to grab Lily's attention and practically yelled, "Who's the Head Boy?"
Opening her mouth to reply, Lily quickly shut it as Dumbledore began his quick speech before the feast.
"First, I would like to introduce you to our Head Girl and Boy. Lily Evans and Lucius Malfoy, would you please stand up so that we may all know who you are."
Cheers emitted from the Gryffindor table (with some interwoven 'boos' for Lucius) as they stood up to be recognized and sat back down.
Jess kicked her under the table. "He's a hottie! And you guys share a Common Room, right?"
Smiling, and partially blushing, Lily replied, "Yeah, he is kind of cute, isn't he?"
"And his gray eyes, ooh! To die for! You two would look so cute together, Lily!" she exclaimed.
Dumbledore interrupted their conversation by saying a few key words making the food appear on the table in front of them. All the delicacies and more magically appeared in bowls and on plates all around the different tables.
Lily piled some food on her plate while she thought of a reply. "He is really nice, but I don't know," she sighed. "I'm in so many classes and I really have to worry about my N.E.W.T.'s this year. I don't think I'd have time to have a boyfriend."
Jess' mouth dropped open. "How could you not have time for a boyfriend? Especially him? You're practically living together! And besides, Lils, he obviously really likes you. He hasn't taken his eyes off of you."
Lily blushed slightly and smiled only to hear the slight noise of a door opening and closing behind her.
"Uh oh," said Jess, "It looks like your boyfriend just left and he's a bit pissed off. You might need to go and comfort him… alone… in your Common Room." She smirked at Lily and winked.
He noticed that she had come in after everybody and sat across from her friend, Jessica, just a few seats away from Sirius.
James turned his head away from her and tried to focus on his friends, who were currently watching him. "Sorry guys," he threw a fake grin on his face, "I've got to try to clear this up in my head before I can do anything else."
"Prongs, you're going to have to watch what you say and try to stop jumping to conclusions. Either that or just wait until she's finished," Remus advised. "I know how much you want her to know that you're not such a bad guy. We can't, but more so, you can't jump down her throat like that. Normal girls most certainly don't appreciate that, and I'm pretty sure that Lily's not a normal girl."
Yeah… she's extraordinary, James thought.
"Heh, yeah Prongsie, mate. She looked almost ready to blow when she came in after the meeting and you pushed her over the edge. Not the smartest thing to do, in my book." Sirius said matter-of-factly. "Ow!" he yelped as Remus kicked him in the shin and James glared at him.
He tried to turn his attention away from Lily, so James cheered half-heartedly as the last student was sorted into Gryffindor.
"First, I would like to introduce you to our Head Girl and Boy. Lily Evans and Lucius Malfoy, would you please stand up so that we may all know who you are."
His hazel eyes watched her stand up and sit back down quickly. Her eyes twinkled merrily as she blushed because of something Jess said. She's beautiful when she blushes.
"… he is kind of cute, isn't he?" he heard over all the ruckus. James tried to figure out who Lily was talking about by following her line of vision, but she was looking down at her plate.
He strained to hear what Jess said, but missed the first part. "You two would look so cute together, Lily!" The food appeared on the tables and Sirius quickly grabbed as much as he could and piled it all on his plate, eliciting laughs from Remus and Peter, but not affecting James. Jealousy ripped through James as he listened to the rest of the conversation. "… he obviously really likes you. He hasn't taken his eyes off of you."
As something inside James snapped, Sirius knocked Remus in the knee and made a movement with his head towards James, who continued to look around wildly.
"Yo, Prongs! What are you looking for?" Sirius said catching James' attention.
He looked shocked that someone had noticed his almost-frantic state. "Nothing, Sirius. Don't worry, I'm just a little distracted."
Sirius and Remus looked at each other. James rarely called any one of his friends by their real name.
As if hearing something, James looked behind him to see the billowing cloak of Lucius Malfoy exiting the hall.
"It looks like your boyfriend just left…" he heard Jess start.
James closed his eyes and blocked out the rest of the room. How could she do that to me? To the Gryffindors? How could she be dating an asshole like that? James punched the table hard and stormed out of the Hall.
Lucius admired Lily from across the Hall. Her auburn hair curled and twisted its way half-way down her back. He almost sighed as he thought about how lucky he was to share a room with her. Of course, it would really piss off Potter if I got her to date me. Not to mention, I'd be the envy of every man.
He stood up automatically after Dumbledore requested it. Sitting back down, he never too k his eyes off of her. He smiled inwardly as she engulfed herself totally in the conversation with her friend.
"Lucius!" someone called out next to him. "You haven't been paying any attention to what I've been saying!"
Cold gray eyes turned to look at the nobly-chiseled face of Narcissa Black. "Does it look like anything that you say means anything to me?"
"Well actually…"
"Shut up! I don't care about what you did, where you went, or who you fucked. You might be best off leaving me alone!" He stood up quickly and left, being that the feast was almost over, it was only the first day back and he was already annoyed with Narcissa Black.
There was no need for him to stay there: the Slytherin Prefects had been instructed to guide the First Years to the Common Room.
Narcissa smiled at the rest of the Slytherins. "It's just the beginning of the year. He'll come around."