What you don't know
Lily was beginning to wish that she had not broken down in front of Alice. She was Lily, Lily Evans. There was only one person able to rattle her. Why did he have to go and do it so well?
She flopped back on her bed, then sighed, sat back up, and picked up her hairbrush. She shook her hair free from its braid and ran the brush through it, smoothing out all the tangles. Then her fingers moved deftly in rebraiding her long hair. She then grabbed her wand and murmured the charm to remove the red swollen look from her eyes.
Flipping her braid over her shoulder, she descended the stairs into the common room.
James lounged in front of the fire, his eyes half-closed. In one corner, Alice and Frank were talking together quietly. Alice looked up and her eyes met Lily's. Lily grinned and gave her the thumbs up sing. Alice smile gratefully and turned back to Frank.
Ignoring James, though painfully aware of his seat to her left, Lily fled the common room, with slight hopes of coming across Hestia and her mysterious date. Either that or she could go to the library and find a book.
Pushing the portrait door open, Lily jumped down and closed it with a sigh. She felt alone and lost suddenly, hating herself for fighting with James and hating him for being alive and then hating herself again for liking him.
Lost in her thoughts, when she rounded an abrupt corner, it did not immediately dawn on her what she was seeing.
Then everything clicked and she gasped and whirled back around the corner, hand over her mouth. It was Hestia, and-- Lily shook her head. She must have been deceived. Hestia wasn't that foolish. Was she?
With Hestia occupying the corridor leading to the library, Lily had no choice but to return to the common room. She pushed the portrait open and leaned against it, letting her weight shut it.
Alice hadnt noticed her come in. Lily didn't want to tell her. Alice was happily in her own world, buoyant and cheerfully flirting and talking with Frank. Lily couldn't bear to intrude on that.
James had jumped to his feet and was walking over to her.
'Hey, Evans-' he began, but something in his tone combined with what she had just seen threw Lily into a rage. She forgot the pact she had recently made with herself. It was all she could do to refrain from cursing him into oblivion.
'What?' she asked coldly.
He opened his mouth, then shut it and winced. 'I'm-- I didn't mean.'
'Mean what?'
'What I said.'
'Yeah, well it didn't sound that way,'
'Geez, Evans, I'm trying to apologize!'
'Well, you aren't very good at it! Oh, I forgot. you NEVER need to apologize! You're JAMES POTTER. star Chaser, smartest student, hot-shot! Why would YOU need to apologize!'
'Hah, jealous Evans?'
'No, because at least I have friends!'
'So do I!'
'At least mine want to be around me for reasons that have nothing to do with how popular I am!'
'Evans.' James growled warningly.
'But no, you can't even call me by me real NAME. Lily? Remember! No, I don't suppose you would!'
'What's your problem?'
'You!' Lily shouted, throwing her hands up in despair and flinging herself onto the couch, her green eyes flashing as she stared into the flames. James opened and closed his mouth, something Lily would have found hilarious if she had been watching him. 'Freak,' James muttered finally and stalked into the boys dormitories.
'Lily?' said a voice from the portrait hole. Lily turned around to see Hestia standing at the door, looking confused.
'Hey, Hestia, how was your big date?'
'Can you tell us who it was finally?' Alice added.
Disgusted, Lily shook her head. 'No, its okay. if Hestia doesn't want to tell us, we'll live. though not as happily..'
Hestia and Alice grinned, and Hestia bounced over to join them. 'I wont tell who, but I will tell you that he's amazing!' she announced happily. Lily smiled painfully.
'That's great, Hesita.' Alice said, oblivious to Lily's fake smile.
*
A piece of parchment landed on Lily's desk in potions, startling her from her furious note taking. Glaring about the classroom, she looked to all her friends, trying to see who had given her the note. She glanced at the Marauders, her eyes glazing over James, when something in his eyes made her look again. It had been him, she was sure of it.
'No,' she mouthed. 'Evans,' he mouthed back but she merely shook her head. 'We're going to get in trouble, you conceited little-' she began, then realized that she was talking aloud and winced. 'Miss Evans!' came the sharp voice of their Potions teacher, Madame Zinc. Lily winced and sat up guiltily. 'Are you and Mr Potter having a good conversation?'
'Actually,' Lily short James a sore look, 'we weren't. Sorry to provide a disappointment,'
'It isn't,' Madame Zinc drawled, and Lily giggled in spite of herself. 'Is that funny to you?' she asked, her thin eyebrows knitting together. Lily nodded.
'You don't even pretend to like me!' she exclaimed, then decided that as long as she was going to get a detention, she might as well earn it. She jumped to her feet. 'I mean, is that really fair? It was all Potter-- well, no. I can't say that I blame him. Well, actually. anyway, class, is that fair, I ask you? This is the most horrible class, with a horrible teacher, horrible people in the class. and by that I mean, whose idiotic idea was it to put Slytherins with the Gryffindors? That's just insane!' she shook her head. Madame Zinc eyed her angrily.
'Is that all?'
Lily pretended to think this over. 'Yeah. wait. Gryffindors rule! Okay, done,' she smiled charmingly. She chanced a glance at the Marauders, and when she saw Remus, Sirius, Peter, and even James laughing, she couldn't help but brighten her grin.
'Then I think your presence is required in the Headmasters office,' Madame Zinc said in her usual drawl though her eyes were glittering with anger. 'Oh, and detention for the following week!'
'That is completely out of order!' Lily yelped, before she could help herself. Detention for a week? She had never been assigned that before! She would miss Quidditch practice! Jenn would kill her! Wincing, Lily sat slowly back down. 'Sorry,' Lily said with gritted teeth. Madame Zinc smirked, until Lily added mockingly, 'Madame,'
'You are dismissed!' Madame Zinc said through squinted eyes. Lily stuffed her book back into her bag, collapsed her cauldron, and threw her quill into the bag. Then she slid from the chair and walked slowly to the door, feeling the eyes of almost every class member on her. Reaching the door, and extended her hand to open it, and then thought better of it.
Whirling around she bowed to the class and then fled. *
Sirius grinned brightly as James. 'Dang, that was priceless! When Lily decides to get a detention. and it was your entire fault, too! Go Prongs! She'll hate you forever thanks to that one,' he chuckled. James glared at him.
'Yeah, I know,' he said. So thanks a lot for reminding me, he added silently. 'And she was right, you know, Jenn IS going to kill her,'
'Eh, Jenn will get over herself,'
'Over herself? This is Quidditch, Sirius! She can't. just. get over Quidditch!'
'Is that all you talk about? Quidditch?'
'You're a fine one to talk,' James muttered, thinking of Lily's comment.
'I was joking, James, joking,' Sirius said with a frown. James sighed, and shook his head.
'I'm sorry, it's just.'
'MR POTTER! Do you have something to share with the entire class?' Madame Zinc yelled, standing over him. James jumped at having her so unexpectedly close. 'Detention!' she screeched, and James winced. Before he had a chance to react, let alone defend himself, Zinc was striding to the front of the room, her brown eyes glittering maliciously.
'Now, please continue to take notes through page 116. You will be tested in a week. Potter, tonight at 7. Please bring Evans with you,'
~~
Sorry that this was so short! I'm so stuck here. anyway. next chapter will be their detention and then some stuff about the ball. WHO WILL THE GO WITH? hahahha. (that being evil laughter...)
yes.. so please review! sorry I'm so slow at getting things posted.. I have so much schoolwork! insane teachers.
arod
Lily was beginning to wish that she had not broken down in front of Alice. She was Lily, Lily Evans. There was only one person able to rattle her. Why did he have to go and do it so well?
She flopped back on her bed, then sighed, sat back up, and picked up her hairbrush. She shook her hair free from its braid and ran the brush through it, smoothing out all the tangles. Then her fingers moved deftly in rebraiding her long hair. She then grabbed her wand and murmured the charm to remove the red swollen look from her eyes.
Flipping her braid over her shoulder, she descended the stairs into the common room.
James lounged in front of the fire, his eyes half-closed. In one corner, Alice and Frank were talking together quietly. Alice looked up and her eyes met Lily's. Lily grinned and gave her the thumbs up sing. Alice smile gratefully and turned back to Frank.
Ignoring James, though painfully aware of his seat to her left, Lily fled the common room, with slight hopes of coming across Hestia and her mysterious date. Either that or she could go to the library and find a book.
Pushing the portrait door open, Lily jumped down and closed it with a sigh. She felt alone and lost suddenly, hating herself for fighting with James and hating him for being alive and then hating herself again for liking him.
Lost in her thoughts, when she rounded an abrupt corner, it did not immediately dawn on her what she was seeing.
Then everything clicked and she gasped and whirled back around the corner, hand over her mouth. It was Hestia, and-- Lily shook her head. She must have been deceived. Hestia wasn't that foolish. Was she?
With Hestia occupying the corridor leading to the library, Lily had no choice but to return to the common room. She pushed the portrait open and leaned against it, letting her weight shut it.
Alice hadnt noticed her come in. Lily didn't want to tell her. Alice was happily in her own world, buoyant and cheerfully flirting and talking with Frank. Lily couldn't bear to intrude on that.
James had jumped to his feet and was walking over to her.
'Hey, Evans-' he began, but something in his tone combined with what she had just seen threw Lily into a rage. She forgot the pact she had recently made with herself. It was all she could do to refrain from cursing him into oblivion.
'What?' she asked coldly.
He opened his mouth, then shut it and winced. 'I'm-- I didn't mean.'
'Mean what?'
'What I said.'
'Yeah, well it didn't sound that way,'
'Geez, Evans, I'm trying to apologize!'
'Well, you aren't very good at it! Oh, I forgot. you NEVER need to apologize! You're JAMES POTTER. star Chaser, smartest student, hot-shot! Why would YOU need to apologize!'
'Hah, jealous Evans?'
'No, because at least I have friends!'
'So do I!'
'At least mine want to be around me for reasons that have nothing to do with how popular I am!'
'Evans.' James growled warningly.
'But no, you can't even call me by me real NAME. Lily? Remember! No, I don't suppose you would!'
'What's your problem?'
'You!' Lily shouted, throwing her hands up in despair and flinging herself onto the couch, her green eyes flashing as she stared into the flames. James opened and closed his mouth, something Lily would have found hilarious if she had been watching him. 'Freak,' James muttered finally and stalked into the boys dormitories.
'Lily?' said a voice from the portrait hole. Lily turned around to see Hestia standing at the door, looking confused.
'Hey, Hestia, how was your big date?'
'Can you tell us who it was finally?' Alice added.
Disgusted, Lily shook her head. 'No, its okay. if Hestia doesn't want to tell us, we'll live. though not as happily..'
Hestia and Alice grinned, and Hestia bounced over to join them. 'I wont tell who, but I will tell you that he's amazing!' she announced happily. Lily smiled painfully.
'That's great, Hesita.' Alice said, oblivious to Lily's fake smile.
*
A piece of parchment landed on Lily's desk in potions, startling her from her furious note taking. Glaring about the classroom, she looked to all her friends, trying to see who had given her the note. She glanced at the Marauders, her eyes glazing over James, when something in his eyes made her look again. It had been him, she was sure of it.
'No,' she mouthed. 'Evans,' he mouthed back but she merely shook her head. 'We're going to get in trouble, you conceited little-' she began, then realized that she was talking aloud and winced. 'Miss Evans!' came the sharp voice of their Potions teacher, Madame Zinc. Lily winced and sat up guiltily. 'Are you and Mr Potter having a good conversation?'
'Actually,' Lily short James a sore look, 'we weren't. Sorry to provide a disappointment,'
'It isn't,' Madame Zinc drawled, and Lily giggled in spite of herself. 'Is that funny to you?' she asked, her thin eyebrows knitting together. Lily nodded.
'You don't even pretend to like me!' she exclaimed, then decided that as long as she was going to get a detention, she might as well earn it. She jumped to her feet. 'I mean, is that really fair? It was all Potter-- well, no. I can't say that I blame him. Well, actually. anyway, class, is that fair, I ask you? This is the most horrible class, with a horrible teacher, horrible people in the class. and by that I mean, whose idiotic idea was it to put Slytherins with the Gryffindors? That's just insane!' she shook her head. Madame Zinc eyed her angrily.
'Is that all?'
Lily pretended to think this over. 'Yeah. wait. Gryffindors rule! Okay, done,' she smiled charmingly. She chanced a glance at the Marauders, and when she saw Remus, Sirius, Peter, and even James laughing, she couldn't help but brighten her grin.
'Then I think your presence is required in the Headmasters office,' Madame Zinc said in her usual drawl though her eyes were glittering with anger. 'Oh, and detention for the following week!'
'That is completely out of order!' Lily yelped, before she could help herself. Detention for a week? She had never been assigned that before! She would miss Quidditch practice! Jenn would kill her! Wincing, Lily sat slowly back down. 'Sorry,' Lily said with gritted teeth. Madame Zinc smirked, until Lily added mockingly, 'Madame,'
'You are dismissed!' Madame Zinc said through squinted eyes. Lily stuffed her book back into her bag, collapsed her cauldron, and threw her quill into the bag. Then she slid from the chair and walked slowly to the door, feeling the eyes of almost every class member on her. Reaching the door, and extended her hand to open it, and then thought better of it.
Whirling around she bowed to the class and then fled. *
Sirius grinned brightly as James. 'Dang, that was priceless! When Lily decides to get a detention. and it was your entire fault, too! Go Prongs! She'll hate you forever thanks to that one,' he chuckled. James glared at him.
'Yeah, I know,' he said. So thanks a lot for reminding me, he added silently. 'And she was right, you know, Jenn IS going to kill her,'
'Eh, Jenn will get over herself,'
'Over herself? This is Quidditch, Sirius! She can't. just. get over Quidditch!'
'Is that all you talk about? Quidditch?'
'You're a fine one to talk,' James muttered, thinking of Lily's comment.
'I was joking, James, joking,' Sirius said with a frown. James sighed, and shook his head.
'I'm sorry, it's just.'
'MR POTTER! Do you have something to share with the entire class?' Madame Zinc yelled, standing over him. James jumped at having her so unexpectedly close. 'Detention!' she screeched, and James winced. Before he had a chance to react, let alone defend himself, Zinc was striding to the front of the room, her brown eyes glittering maliciously.
'Now, please continue to take notes through page 116. You will be tested in a week. Potter, tonight at 7. Please bring Evans with you,'
~~
Sorry that this was so short! I'm so stuck here. anyway. next chapter will be their detention and then some stuff about the ball. WHO WILL THE GO WITH? hahahha. (that being evil laughter...)
yes.. so please review! sorry I'm so slow at getting things posted.. I have so much schoolwork! insane teachers.
arod
