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Chapter five
"I'm surprised that Tereesa's words comforted you. To me, she sounded, well, cruel!" Clare said.
Tereesa, Lily, and she were in their dorm and all were sitting on their beds.
Tereesa shrugged, "Hey, it had to be said. I mean, she was crying because she was thinking of the past. It's understandable if you remember your mother dying or something, but she was just thinking of James!" Tereesa pointed out.
"Hey! How would you know if I was thinking of James?" Lily asked.
Tereesa just stared at Lily.
"Anyway, I think you should go out with James." Tereesa said.
"Tereesa! I'm not even sure I like him that much...but Kyle on the other hand, he's pretty cute..." Lily thought out loud, thinking of a Ravenclaw Chaser.
Clare rolled her eyes, "No, James is the one for you!"
Lily was starting to get aggravated, "Look, you guys can't just choose who I'm going to spend the rest of my life with! I'll go on a date with him to see if I like him, but I highly doubt that I will." Lily walked to the dormitory door and slammed it shut after she walked down the stairs.
Clare felt guilty. "She's right, we were trying to set her up without even knowing if she felt that way about him." Clare said and Tereesa nodded, "I'm going to bed."
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Lily walked down the stairs and plopped down on a chair. "Ow! Lily, that hurt!" James' muffled voice came from under Lily.
"Oh! James, I'm so sorry! I didn't see you there!" Lily said while blushing. "It's ok." He said and smiled.
"Did somebody get you mad?" he asked.
"Yeah, Clare and Tereesa. Long story, I don't feel like talking about it." James nodded and Lily sat on the couch across from him.
"So, why did you guys leave so early?" he asked, referring to the Hogsmeade trip.
"Oh, er...well, you see...we, um..." James laughed, "You don't have to tell me, I was just asking."
Lily's expression relaxed, "Ok, cool." She said and smiled.
"May I ask you a question?" Lily asked.
"Of course!"
"Where were you, Sirius, and Remus last week? I was going to glue your dormitory door shut so you couldn't get out, but you three weren't in your beds OR the common rooms. Were you wandering around the school after hours?" Lily said while shaking her finger at him.
"Sorry, classified information. I can't tell you." James said.
Lily pouted. "Fine, I'll just ask Remus. He's the reasonable one, he'll tell me." James laughed.
"That's as likely as you going out with me, which isn't very likely, now is it?" James asked.
"Funny you should mention that. I was just thinking about that topic, and was wondering if you would accompany me to Hogsmeade tomorrow." Lily asked casually.
James' jaw dropped.
"Are you serious?"
"No, I'm Lily." Lily replied, shaking her head.
"I would love to accompany you!" James said, almost jumping up in joy.
"Ok, cool. Meet me here at noon." Lily said.
"Ok, I'm going to go read now. I'll see you tomorrow." Lily said and left.
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"You're kidding!" Sirius said.
"No, she actually asked me out! I am still in complete shock."
Sirius narrowed his eyes.
"You're lying."
"What!? I am not!"
"Yes, you are! Why would Lily ask you out?" James couldn't think of anything.
"Aha! I knew-"
"It's possible, Sirius." Remus said.
"Yeah, but-"
"Are you jealous?"
"NO! I just-"
"Then shut up!"
Sirius stopped.
"So, you're going to Hogsmeade?" Remus asked James.
"Yeah..."
"I'm bored." Sirius looked around the room, "There's nothing to do."
James, however, was perfectly content with just thinking about how the date would go.
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Lily woke up and looked at her watch. It was 11:20.
"Shit!"
She jumped out of bed and ran into the bathroom.
Tereesa peeked out of her bed hangings.
"Huh? What happened? What's the rush?"
"I have my date, you dolt."
Lily said while brushing her teeth.
Tereesa smiled sheepishly, "Oh yeah."
Clare rolled her eyes and went into the bathroom as well.
"It's a good thing Beth and Kate aren't here. Then the bathroom would be WAY too crowded." Clare said referring to their other roommates, Katherine Mitchell and Bethany Shafter.
Beth was a bossy, know-it-all, while Kate was a shy individual. They didn't mix well with Lily and Tereesa, who were outgoing and hyper.
Clare was a mix between Kate and Lily, which made her friends with both.
Beth didn't like any of them that much except for maybe Clare.
Clare was the kind of person who liked to be friends with everybody, while Tereesa and Lily liked to stay away from a selective group.
Beth's best friend was Courtney Peters, who was loud and selfish. They were inseparable.
Ally Anderson was Kate's best friend, which was ironic because Ally was much like Tereesa and Lily.
Ally had short, silky black hair and dark green eye.
Kate had light brown hair and dark brown eyes, with a kind-looking face, and Beth had dark blonde hair and light brown eyes with a pointed face.
"I miss Kate..." Clare said.
"Hey, you have us to hang out with!" Lily said.
"Yeah, that's why I miss her." Clare said, putting on a straight face.
"Hey, look, who am I?" Tereesa cleared her throat and put on a high-pitched voice.
"You guys, if you don't start picking up your clothes from the floor, I'm telling Professor McGonagall and you're all going to get detention!"
Lily laughed at Tereesa's accurate impression of Beth.
"Lily, you only have twenty minutes until your date, you should probably start getting changed." Clare said, glancing at her watch.
Lily's eyes widened.
She spit our the toothpaste in her mouth and ran out of the bathroom.
Clare laughed and shook her head.
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Finally, Lily was ready to go.
"Good luck!"
"Tell us all about it when you get back!"
Lily heard as she flew out the door and tumbled down the stairs.
She reached the bottom of the stairs and swayed a little bit before seeing the blurry figure of James coming towards her.
"Graceful." He remarked.
Lily laughed and lead him out of the portrait hole, knocking over a chair in the process.
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They reached Hogsmeade and headed for the Three Broomsticks.
"Have you been here before?" James asked when they sat down at the bar.
"Yeah, with Chris Matthews." Lily answered after ordering a butterbeer.
James looked around and saw a guy drinking a firewhiskey.
"Hey, do you think I could get away with ordering a Firewhiskey?" Lily laughed.
"I wouldn't risk it. Do you know what McGonagall would do to you?" James ignored her.
"I'm going to do it." He said and called for the bartender.
Rosmerta Hadly walked over to him from behind the bar.
James' jaw dropped.
"Rose? What are you doing here?" James asked.
"I work here. I'm the bartender." She answered while surveying Lily.
"Who is she?" Lily asked James.
"Oh, she lives near me. She used to come over to my house asking if she could have a pet gnome." Lily giggled.
"That was uncalled for." Rosmerta muttered.
She was very pretty. She had wavy blonde hair like Tereesa and bright blue eyes like Clare.
Lily stopped giggling and sipped her butterbeer.
"Have you gone to Hogwarts?" Lily asked Rosmerta.
"Yeah, I finished my seventh year last year. I was a Hufflepuff." Rosmerta answered.
"Cool..."
Rosmerta looked down the bar at a person who was asking for a drink.
"I have to go, nice talking to you, er..."
"Lily."
"Right, nice talking to you, Lily. It was nice seeing you again." Rosmerta said looking at James and left.
"So..." James started.
Lily swirled her straw around in her drink.
She didn't have butterflies in her stomach. She didn't feel anything special. She was actually rather bored.
"James?" she asked finally.
"Yeah?"
"You're nice and everything, which is why I think we should be friends. You know, just friends."
Lily said slowly. James nodded,
"Alright, I wasn't actually expecting anything more then that." He showed no signs of disappointment, but inside, he was burning up.
Lily's expression brightened. "Ok, cool! Hey, want to just walk around town? It's boring in here." She said.
"Yeah, let's do that." James said.
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"How did it go?"
"Did you guys kiss?"
"What did he say?"
"Where did you go?"
Questions were being thrown at Lily the second she walked through her dormitory door.
"We went to the Three Broomsticks, decided to be friends, walked around Hogsmeade, and came back here." Lily said, taking her jacket off.
Tereesa frowned and opened her mouth, but Clare covered it with her hand before Tereesa could say anything.
"Don't push her." Clare muttered in Tereesa's ear.
Lily didn't notice.
Tereesa glared at Clare.
"So..., you guys are just friends?" she asked.
"Yep!" Lily said cheerfully.
Tereesa didn't want to spoil Lily's good mood, so she didn't say anything.
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"So, how'd it go?" Sirius asked when James walked through the dormitory door.
"It was great! We decided to be friends, which is really awesome." James said.
"Don't you want to be...er...more then friends?" Sirius asked.
"Actually, believe it or not, I don't think I ever really liked Lily in a...er...girlfriend kind of way, I was just so tired of her being rude to me, I was willing to tell her anything." James said truthfully.
Remus raised his eyebrows, "You know, I wouldn't be surprised if that was true."
"You see, Sirius?" Sirius shook his head, "I think that you two were meant to be together, whether you like it or not."
A/N: Yep, that's it. I know, this chapter sucks, but the story will get better, mark my words (Muahahaha!) Well, please review, I need to know that I didn't write this for nothing ;) Look forward to seeing more chapters posted!
