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James was brushing his teeth when Sirius came into the bathroom.
"Prongs, Professor Dumbledore is calling for you." Sirius said. Then asked. "What did you do?"
James spit out the toothpaste that was in his mouth.
"I don't know. Must be head boy stuff." James and Sirius walked down the stairs to find Professor Dumbledore sitting on a sofa with his hands on his lap.
"Professor?" James asked as he too took a seat.
"Mr. Potter, please sit down. I'd like to talk to you. Mr. Black, if you could be so kind." Professor Dumbledore said as he looked at the door. Sirius took the hint and exited the room, but not before mouthing 'tell me later' to James.
"Professor is there something wrong?" James asked. He was seriously starting to get worried. Dumbledore doesn't usually do house calls. Plus, he had a serious demeanor about him right now.
"I'm afraid so. Lily Evans was attacked last night. She was found this morning unconscious. Madame Pomfrey is still working on her. She was in critical condition when we found her. She is recuperating steadily. Slowly but steadily. We can't properly conclude how long Miss. Evans will be in the hospital wing, but this means that you will have to do all head duties on your own."
James nodded as he digested what was happening.
"Mr. Potter are you alright?" Professor Dumbledore asked.
"Ye- yes Professor. Is there any clue as to who did this?"
"None so far. But we'll make sure you'll be informed about our head girls' recovery."
"Thank you Professor."
"Well, I must be off. Breakfast has started." With a wave of good-bye Professor Dumbledore left.
James grabbed his books and headed for the hospital wing. After a few corners and corridors James finally got to the hospital wing. He softly opened the door to hear some not so quite whispers.
"Who would do this? She is so nice." A voice said to another.
James walked a bit closer to see one bed with the curtains around it and four shadows inside of it.
"This ::sniffles:: is so ::sniffles:: awful. Poor Lily." Said a more squeaky voice.
"How heartless. Madam Pomfrey said four curses were cast on her. Who knows how long it will take for her to recover." Said another more deeper voice.
"Hopefully she'll be back soon enough. Imagine James doing head duties by himself. I'd like to see how he would manage that." Said a female voice that sounded a lot like a Ravenclaw prefect Anne Gates.
'Now that's insulting' James thought to himself. He quietly walked over to the bed and opened the curtain slightly. None of the people saw him. In there were 3 little kids and Anne Gates.
'Probably the kids she tutors.' James thought to himself.
"Who will tutor me now? I have a potions test coming up." The boy asked.
The little girl who was crying gave the boy a glare.
"How can you think about now when she's ::sniffles:: she's like this." The girl blew her nose and kept crying.
"We better go, breakfast might be over soon." Anne sighed.
James ran for it. He didn't even get a chance to look at Lily, since he was too busy looking at the other people. He'll see Lily at another time, alone.
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James entered the Great Hall and searched the room. Once he spotted his friends he walked over and sat next to Remus.
"So what did Professor Dumbledore want to talk to you about?" Sirius asked.
"Evans has been attacked. She's at the hospital wing right now." James replied.
"Is she alright?" Remus asked.
"I don't know. She is still recovering from what I heard."
Remus nodded, then looked down the table to see Audrey and Jessica talking. They would occasionally look over at the giant doors.
"I wonder if Audrey and Jessica know." Remus thought out loud.
"I don't think so. They found her unconscious this morning." James said.
"I just wonder who did it. And to take down Lily Evans. Wow, we couldn't even take her James." Sirius said. He looked at Jessica and shivered. The thought of her liking a Professor still gave him the chills.
"James you should tell them. They have a right to know." Peter told James.
James thought about it for a second.
"I don't know if I should be the one to tell them. Since they don't really enjoy my presence. I think I'll leave Professor. Dumbledore to do it."
Remus gave him a look.
"What?" James asked.
"Would you like to be kept in the dark if Sirius, Peter, or I got hurt?" Remus asked.
James sighed.
"No. Your right as usual. I'll tell them before class.
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James, Peter, Remus and Sirius were walking down the hall when they saw Audrey, and Jessica ahead of them. Remus nudged James and nodded towards them. James nodded to Remus and sped up a bit to catch up with them.
"Audrey! Jessica! Wait up." James yelled as he jogged towards them.
"Potter." Audrey greeted.
"Hey, James what's up?" Jessica asked. She was always nice to everyone.
"I need to talk to you. It's about Lily." James said carefully trying not to scare them. But it didn't work.
"Why?--"
"What's wrong--"
"Is she okay?--"
"I didn't see her this morning--"
"She wasn't at breakfast--"
"Where is she we looked--"
"Hold on , hold on. They found Lily this morning unconscious. (Jessica gasped. Audrey started breathing faster.) Professor Dumbledore said she was attacked --"
"Potter, this bu-better not be one of your sick jokes." Audrey managed to choke out.
"It isn't. Honest. I just thought I'd let you know." James said to her. He always became weak when girls started to cry or showed helplessness. Which Audrey and Jessica were doing right now.
"A-and do they know who attacked her?' Jessica squeaked out.
Jessica was already in tears. Audrey looked like she was hyperventilating, and her eyes were glossy.
"They don't know. Dumbledore said she was in critical condition.--"
"Oh no!" Audrey said. That all they needed to hear. They both dropped their books and ran towards the hospital wing. Bumping into Remus and Sirius on the way. Remus grabbed Audrey by the wrist and pulled her to him.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
"L-Lily." That was all she managed to say because she burst out in tears. You could tell she was holding them in for a long time, because they came pouring like rain. Remus pulled her to him and engulfed her in a comforting hug. Audrey did not pull away. In fact she got closer to him. She looked up at him. Remus looked down at her. She was still crying, and her eyes were getting red. But, her eyes were brightest shade of blue. Remus had a short intake of breath. Audrey buried her head on his shoulder, and put her arms around him. She squeezed him for comfort then let go.
"I-I got to get to Lily." Audrey sputtered. Remus watched her go. He picked up their books and went inside the class room.
Audrey ran to catch up with Jessica who was probably on the other side of the school. But Audrey quickly caught up to her, good thing Jessica was a slow runner. Once they got to the hospital wing the quietly opened the door.
The walked in and walked to Madam Pomfrey.
"Madam Pomfrey, which bed is Lily Evans in?" Jessica asked.
Usually she would shoo away any visitors until the afternoon, but since they looked so distressed Madam Pomfrey guided them to a bed with the curtains around it.
"Please be very quiet as we do have other patients in the room." Madam Pomfrey whispered to the other girls.
They nodded.
Madam Pomfrey opened the curtains and waved the girls in.
"She is very delicate. But I am positive she'll make a full recovery." She gave a Jessica and Audrey a warm smile and left to her office.
Lily looked very pale. Her lips weren't the normal color of rosy pink, rather than pale blue. She was breathing regularly, but she had 6 tubes of pills on her night stand. She also had a scar on her arm, apparently she broke it but, Madame Pomfrey fixed it up with a flick of her wand.
"Oh Lily. How could this have happened?" Jessica asked Audrey.
Audrey shook her head, then ran a hand through her hair.
"Who could have done this? Stupid mother-fuckers!" Audrey said throatily. Losing her usual cool demeanor.
They stayed with Lily for about an hour, until they figured that their homework would get piled up so high they won't have enough time to visit again.
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Audrey and Jessica slowly walked to history of magic class. It already started but Professor. Binns wouldn't even know if a bomb went off in his room. Once they slipped into the room all eyes were on them, including the marauders. They got a seat in the middle and rested their heads in the arms. Audrey started to silently cry, while Jessica just stared out the window.
Remus watched Audrey and couldn't help but feel for her. James looked at the two girls then at his two friends.
Sure Remus might have a thing for Audrey, that one was obvious. But, Sirius..... While that's a different story.
The bell rang and everyone got up to leave. Remus walked over to Audrey.
"How is she?" Remus asked, and put a hand on her shoulder. She shrugged.
"Madam Pomfrey said she'll get better. But..... Oh Remus she looked horrible! I have never seen her look so sickly and weak. It's unbearable."
Remus nodded ,understanding how she felt.
"I better get going. I have class. I'll see you around." Audrey waved good bye and walked off with no intention of going to class at all. She turned the corner and walked down that empty hall way which lead to her 'place'. Once she got there, she sat down and took out her wand.
"Accio volcano-vodka!" A large bottle with an orange substance flew to her and stopped right at her face. Audrey grabbed it and opened the bottle. Volcano vodka was probably if not the strongest liquor of the wizarding world. Not many people can stand it, but some can manage to drink at least half a shot of it. There was even talk on banning it. Audrey took a big gulp. She closed her eyes in pain, the burning sensation in her throat was excruciating. But then she felt her shoulders lose the tension. She sighed in relaxation. She took another drink starting the cycle all over again.
'BURPPPP' Audrey belched and smoke came out of her mouth.
After having a few more drinks Audrey was officially drunk.
Her eyelids kept drooping and she started to have a giggle fit. She tried to stand up but fell over, even though her lounge chair wasn't even a foot from the ground.
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Remus sat in class taking notes when he looked around the room and didn't see Audrey there. They both had DADA together. Remus frowned a bit.
'Probably visiting Lily' Remus concluded and went back to his work.
When class was over Remus walked to the hospital wing to see Lily and to make sure Audrey was better.
He walked in and saw Lily in her bed but Audrey wasn't there.
"Hmm." Remus muttered in concentration. He proceeded to the common room to check there.
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Audrey finally managed to get up, with help from the wall of course. She was now examining a brick.
"Wow, so pretty." Audrey breath with the brick held up to her eyes. Then she carried on to sniffing it.
"Smells good to." Audrey grinned and swayed a bit. She turned around and started having a conversation with a chair. But, didn't exactly know it was a chair.
"Hey, good looking. Come he-here often?" She asked and slurred her words. Then she started stroking it.
"Hee hee, you like that don't you? What's your name?" She listen intently.
"Clam? Hi clam, nice to meet you I'm....well I'm ...sorry I forgot my name. Hee hee. Don't tell anyone. " She whispered the last part.
Audrey was totally wasted.
She heard something and looked up. She saw some black things flying.
"Ummm.....that's a...a ..a bird!" Audrey yelled out. She watched them fly in awe, drool was even coming out of her mouth.
"I want to fly too!." Audrey said. She walked on the ledge and lifted her arms up.
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Well, I updated quicker than last time, and I am proud of myself for that.
LCH8292:: What, you actually thought I was going to pair Remus up with someone normal? No way hon. She is the yin to his yang, this click but yet they are so different. Thanks for reviewing.
Cherry Chalk:: I thought it was about time for Lily to do some more ass kicking. (If ya' remember she gave Jade a good slappin in the first chapter.) Thanks for reviewing.
Nikki101:: Thanks for reviewing, and I updated sooner than last time, aren't ya happy for me!
Jessica: Thanks for reviewing, sorry that the confrontation wasn't in this chapter. I intended it to be but the hole Remus and Audrey story line kept going on and I had no real way to fit it in. But don't worry I certainly intend to have that confrontation!
Zeldagrl436 : Oy is right!