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A/N: Well thank you very much for all the reviews!! No one even guess who's point of view this story was from! *Tear* Hope you like this chapter!! Hugz!
A/N 2: Well, here it is, chapter 3, revisited… If you're getting the author alert for the second time for this chapter, you don't really have to read it… It's more or less the same thing, just—er—more… I would, however, really appreciate you letting me know if it's better, worse, or the same as before… You could tell me in a review (I swear, I'm not being a review hog, I'm just wondering) or you could email me a Cajun_Rogue@Hotmail.com... The full story should be re-posted w/in the next week…
The bewitched ceiling in the Great Hall showed that the day outside was that of a perfect autumn day, but inside, things weren't so perfect.
Lily Evans stalked through the Great Hall one day in mid-October. She was looking for one thing: revenge. Lily was headed for James Potter to give him a piece of her mind. He had gone a too far this time and she had had enough.
"Damn you Potter!" Lily screamed when she got to him. She couldn't wait to just lay into him and start screaming. Ava had told her that she was overreacting, but she was not known as a temper-mental red-head for nothing.
James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter looked up from their breakfast in surprise. James eyes got wide; he knew what was coming to him. As a matter of fact, he should have seen it coming before he did it, but in his defense, what he had said was the honest truth.
"Good morning Lily, have a lovely night?" James asked with a shy smile in the hopes that she would somehow start to think he was a 'sweetheart' like the rest of the girls at school. Or that she would possibly take pity on his soul. She looked ready to kill him.
"Oh, it was a great night until I found out what YOU had been saying about me!" Lily shrieked sounding very much like a howler. As a matter of fact, if she had known how to send a howler, she would have sent one. Then again, screaming at someone in person was much more satisfactory.
Sirius covered his ears with his hands as howler memories came rushing back to him. Stupid mum. Sirius had gotten howlers for weeks after he was sorted into Gryffindor. He would still be getting them had Dumbledore not intervened and convinced Mrs. Black that they were disruptive to the learning process or something similar to that.
"Whatever would that happen to be, darling?" James asked in his most charming voice. As he said this, he silently prayed that the Lord would take pity on his soul and that Lily would suddenly not only forgive him, but also fall madly in love with him.
Lily simply glared at him, anger practically reeking from her pores.
As soon as they heard James call Lily 'darling', everyone in the Great Hall having breakfast who had not been watching the star-crossed lovers argued had turned around to watch. What they saw was a very red and angry Lily looking ready to kill and James trying everything he could think of to calm her down.
Star-crossed lovers was what the school called James and Lily behind their back. Some of the teachers had even caught on. James and Lily, of course, had no idea. If Lily found out, she would burst a vein. If James found out, he would be incessantly happy. No one wanted either of those things to happen. Lily was already close enough to having a teenage heart attack. If she died, who would help them with their homework. James was happy enough as it was. Everytime Lily insulted him, he was bouncing for days to the point where people wanted to kill him. No, James and Lily could not know their nickname.
"Don't call me darling, Potter or I'll be forced to call you my gal-pal," Lily threatened. She rarely made insinuations about James to his face, but he had had it coming this time. "But that's not what I came here for! What's this I hear about you telling all the sixth years that we're dating?" Lily asked with her hands on her hips. How could he do something so stupid. Better yet, why would anyone believe him? Stupid gits would believe any gossip you threw at them.
Sirius, Remus, and Peter were watching with their eyes wide open. James looked startled. James had seen this incident coming, but did it really have to be during breakfast. Why, oh why did he let Remus wake him up sooner than ten minutes before their first class. Listening to Remus was always a bad idea. Especially if it entailed getting up before absolutely necessary.
"Your informants are bad. I simply told them that we were going to get married," James said with a smile and a shrug. He was trying to look innocent.
Trying and, in Lily's opinion, failing miserably.
"Damn you, Potter!" Lily shrieked. What was the difference?
James looked about ready to say something, but Lily didn't want to hear it. So, she did what anyone in her situation would have done. Call it her fiery red-headed temper, but she took the orange juice Sirius was about to take a sip of right out of his hand and threw it James' face.
"That was my orange juice, Evans!" Sirius complained. Why couldn't she have taken Remus or Peter's orange juice? Why did these bad things always have to happen to him? Lily KNEW that Sirius didn't function quite right if he didn't have his standard 3.14 glasses of orange juice a day.
If anyone had not been watching the two argue before, they definitely were now. Seeing their quidditch captain covered in orange juice, blinking like an idiot, and stuttering like a mad-man was a once in a life-time opportunity.
"Don't you think you've eaten enough?" Lily snapped, gesturing towards the three empty plates and six glasses in front of Sirius (2 orange juice and four coffee). Did Sirius do anything other than eat and hit on girls? Oh, yes, he did occasionally play quidditch. He was the teams beater. Hell of a lot of skill it took, swinging that bat around. Lily thought the entire game was pretty dang stupid.
James was currently sputtering incoherent words from his seat across from Sirius. James Potter was rarely at a loss for words. If the rare occasion arose, Sirius usually covered for him. Sirius, however, was too busy being mad about not getting his 3.14 glasses of orange juice.
Some might call Sirius a bit of a superstitious young man.
Some might tell him to just get another 1.14 glass of orange juice, but that wouldn't work. It had to be done right the first time. His entire day would be jinxed now and he was not nearly happy enough to cover for James. James and Lily would pay.
"I think I have pulp in my eye!" James finally managed to spit out. Brilliant, James thought to himself. Stating the obvious was always such a good way to go when one was covered in a breakfast beverage. It really made a person regain that dignity they had lost when said breakfast beverage was thrown at them. Right.
"Well, that's what you get," Lily said before turning around and stalking out of the Great Hall.
"Go get me orange juice, James!" Sirius commanded. He could atleast try to halfway un-jinx the day.
James looked at him, well, turned his head in the direction of Sirius seeing as how James really couldn't see anything. He did, afterall, have orange juice pulp in his eyes. Stupid Sirius liked the extra pulp-y orange juice. James had never seen it as a problem before, but now that it was in his eyes…
"Question. Why?" James asked. James already knew why, but it would be interesting to hear Sirius rant on and on about jinxes and 3.14 glasses of orange juice.
"Because if not for you I would still have my orange juice. Because if I leave this hall without my 3.14 glasses of orange juice, today will not be a good day and you might just pay dearly," Sirius said as though it were the most obvious answer ever with a slightly threatening tone is his voice.
James wondered fleetingly how he could pay anymore than have Lily screaming at him in front of the entire school and then proceeding to throw a breakfast beverage at him.
"Sirius, maybe you've had enough to eat." Remus said in an attempt to smooth over the situation. What kind of idiot was that superstitious?
"For today's potion, you'll need to get into pairs. I'll be assigning them," Professor Pucey said later that day when the group was in potions.
James silently hoped that he was with Remus. Normally, he hoped to be with Lily, but she might just throw the potion at him too. After Lily, he normally hoped he was partnered with Sirius, but Sirius might just throw the potion at him too. Actually, at this point, even Snape would be more bearable than Sirius and Lily.
Professor Pucey was a cruel, cruel man with a twitchy eye who hated all Gryffindors, loved Slytherins, and was out to make the lives of James and all stupid friends a living hell. James was too perfect. Sirius was too haughty. Lily was way too much of a know-it-all. The rest of their friends should go down with them simply because they chose to hang around with the prats.
James moved towards Remus in suggestion. James tightly crossed his fingers and squeezed his eyes, hoping the professor would get the telepathic message.
"The pairs are as follows: Sirius Black and Bellatrix Black," Sirius made a gagging noise, "Potter and Evans." James sighed. Lily tossed her hair with a disgusted look on her face. Professor Pucey droned on and on.
James decided to move himself to Lily's table, making a special effort to not get within throwing range.
"Potter, if I ever find out that you charmed that list, I promise you, I'll make sure you regret it," Lily said threateningly as James walked towards her. She didn't want to work with James. He would probably find a way to screw this up too.
"What are you going to do?" James asked with a sweet smile as he sat down at Lily's table on the side of her. He instantly regretted having said this. Provoking a mad person was never a good idea. Provoking a mad Lily Evans who already wanted to kill you was like suicide.
"I'll hit you where it hurts," Lily said with an evil smile. She knew how to get under his skin, make him worry. Two could play this game.
"You don't mean—" James gasped, looking mortified. She couldn't possibly mean what he thought she meant.
"Your man-friend and the broomstick, they both get it," Lily said with an evil glint in her eye. Sirius was his best friend. James would be lost without him. Coincidentally, Sirius would also be lost without James. Even more of a coincidence, they were both lost WITH each other.
James gasped. Not Sirius and the broomstick! What would he do over the summer? He would be lost without Sirius. Granted, no more lost than he is with Sirius.
"Are you sure you're not supposed to be in Slytherin?" James asked Lily. He immediately regretted saying this as well because it was not normally a good idea to give the person ticked off at you any ideas.
Lily rolled her eyes and began on the potion recipe that had just been put on the board.
Sirius watched from across the room as his cousin, Bellatrix yelled at him for everything from her hair being limp to the time when Sirius accidentally killed her cat. According to Sirius, things with James and Lily were going WAY too well. He couldn't have this happen, now, could he? No, not when they had ruined his day by not allowing him to consume his standard 3.14 glasses of orange juice this morning. He needed revenge. He heard Bellatrix stop her rant for a breath of air and decided that by egging her on, she would rant long, and he would have more time to plot.
"That damn cat had it coming. He clawed me!" Sirius said absentmindedly. Bellatrix started another one of her rants, but Sirius had other things on his mind. He was trying to think of a way to make James suffer for taking his orange juice. Or was that Lily? He wondered. "Eureka!" Sirius called out. It didn't matter who took his orange juice. They would both pay. Bellatrix looked at him with a confused look on her face.
"What?" She asked, looking confused.
"Nothing, please keep telling me how it was all my fault that mum had to go to St. Mungo's, it was getting interesting," Sirius said. Bellatrix started her rant again. It didn't matter though, he had an idea now. Sweet revenge.
He just hoped that his supply was still in his pocket. Sirius turned out his pockets as he watched Lily glaring at James who looked flustered. Yo-yo… no… Candy… no… Last years notes from transfiguration… no… Library book from last May… no… Dungbombs! Yes! Sirius picked up the dungbomb and carefully aimed. Confident that his aim was correct, he launched the dungbomb into Lily and James' cauldron. Score!
"Damnit James! I told you to use boomslang skin!" Lily shrieked when their potion exploded. Leave it to Potter to screw up a simply potion. Now Lily wouldn't have perfect marks.
"I did!" James argued with a semi-worried look on his face. He did use boomslang skin, right? Of course he did, it was all Lily's fault.
"Ten points from Gryffindor for arguing Mr. Potter and Mrs. Evans," Professor Pucey said as he walked by. "Another ten for your inability to concoct a simple potion."
"Look what you did now, James!" Lily shrieked. Even if it really wasn't his fault, he deserved to be blamed.
"Do you really think this is all my fault?" James asked, the tone of his voice rising. Why did he get blamed for everything? That Lily was really starting to get under his skin. Could she not do anything wrong?
Sirius was making no attempt to conceal his laughter. Upon figuring out what had happened, Remus and Peter began to laugh as well. Well, actually, Remus figured out what Sirius did and informed a very confused Peter.
"Well, if you would be paying attention to the board instead of staring at me, maybe we would have a potion!" Lily screamed at him with a know-it-all look on her face. All James ever did was mess things up for her. He couldn't even be her Potions partner without messing that up. How could he ever be her boyfriend?
James usually thought the know-it-all look was cute for her, but now that it was directed at him he wasn't so sure. As a matter of fact, had he not pledged his love and devotion to her long ago, the look may have annoyed him so much that he may have changed his mind. Then again, who was he kidding? Not even himself.
"I wasn't staring at you!" James argued with her. He was very annoyed by this point. Was it really that impossible in Lily world that Lily ever screw up and not do anything perfectly.
"That's it! Potter and Evans! Report to Professor McGonagall immediately!" Professor Pucey screamed at them.
James and Lily stood up and collected their bags. On the way out, James managed to hit Sirius in the head. Problem was, James was so busy trying to hit Sirius, he didn't even notice the spilt potion on the floor. He instead slipped on it and fell flat on his rear. The class erupted in laughter.
James felt his face turn red. Maybe Sirius was right with his superstitions. Having a breakfast beverage poured on one did not seem to be the beginning of a good day.
"Graceful," Lily muttered under her breath when the two of them were in the hall. She had seen the potion and had walked around it. Of course, James was too busy paying attention to Sirius and ended up tripping on the stupid stuff.
James glared at her. Could she be anymore mean today? Sure, he had had it coming, but seriously… She would be nice to anyone else who did this to her.
The two of them walked the rest of the way to McGonagall's office in complete silence. Lily in her brisk pace and James lagging behind in his pensive pace.
Normally, he would be happy to spend this time with Lily, but today the two of them weren't getting along particularly well.
"Godric Gryffindor," Lily muttered when the two of them arrived at the entrance to McGonagall's office. As a prefect, she had the password to the office.
The portrait swung open and the two of them walked in.
"Mr. Potter, Mrs. Evans," McGonagall greeted them in her stern voice when they entered.
Lily handed her the note Professor Pucey had sent about their behavior. McGonagall took it and opened it as Lily and James sat down in the chairs in front of her desk. As she read, her lips got thinner and thinner and she looked more and more displeased.
"Professor, if I could just—" Lily began as she leaned forward in her seat. She could not get detention. Lily Evans did not get detention. Especially because Sirius was mad at she and James for ruining his stupid little tradition.
"I see you two have been causing a bit of an interruption in potions?" McGonagall asked with an angry face.
"Professor it's all—" James began. He had been planning on blaming it on Sirius. It was, after all, Sirius' fault. That guy was way to obsessed with his superstitions.
"Amazing, two of the smartest people I've ever known and they can't seem to agree on anything. The two of you argue everywhere you go. Is that really necessary?" McGonagall asked impatiently.
"Well, James told all the—" Lily began. She didn't know how she was going to talk her way out of detention. It looked pretty hopeless at this point.
"No, I don't think it is necessary. Do you know what your punishment is for disrupting class with your petty argument?" Professor McGonagall asked.
"Detention?" James asked excitedly. James and Sirius were having a seven year competition to see who got the most detentions. He needed to catch up with Sirius who had managed to get some during all those times when James had been in the hospital wing suffering from quidditch injuries. He got injured playing quidditch quite a bit, but that never stopped him. It was probably just because he had slightly clumsy tendencies. Especially when Lily was in the audience.
"Precisely, Mr. Potter," McGonagall told them with her lips pursed. "Although, it's a bit of an unorthodox detention. The two of you will sit in this office together until you can work through your differences."
Lily shuddered. That could take months. She was not about to put aside her differences with James just because some teacher told them to. No, James had some serious begging for forgiveness to do before she would forgive him.
James gasped. Why couldn't it have been a series of short detentions!?! He would never catch up with Sirius at this rate!
"But, Professor, I have to run quidditch practice soon," James argued, hoping to get her to break them down into a weeks worth of short detentions.
"I'm sure the team can manage without their beloved captain for one practice," McGonagall said with her lips thin.
James gasped at the idea. James Potter? Replaceable!?
"Well, I'll be off now—I have to teach a class—don't worry I'll be charming the door on my way out." And with that, she was gone, leaving Lily and James alone in her office. Not a very good idea.
~~Well, there it is! I hope you like it!! In the next chapter, Lily and James are locked in the office together… Very funny! By the way, after I posted the first chapter, Metallic Verb pointed out a mistake of mine, I had put Sirius as seeker… Let's have a moment of silence trying to visualize Sirius as a seeker… Lol! Now, if you want another chapter within the next week, go REVIEW!! Btw, can't you guys atleast try to figure out who the narrator is? Please, please, please? REVIEW!~~
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