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Chapter 6
Lily sat on her bed thinking. What the hell was the matter with James Potter? He wasn't being a prat he wasn't even talking to her. She sat thinking for a little bit longer then decided that this could only mean he had finally got over her. She sighed with relief, that had to be a good thing, now maybe she would be able to have a decent conversation with him. His best friend was going out with her best friend so it had been kind of annoying that her and James didn't get on. She smiled, glad that she had got that off her mind and headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast.
When she got down she sat in an empty chair next to Rachael, opposite James Potter and his friends.
"What took you so long?" Rachael asked Lily, passing her some toast and the butter.
"Oh, you know," Lily answered vaguely, "Chatting to people, haven't seen loads of people since before the summer.
This answer seemed to satisfy Rachael because she just nodded and carried on eating her cereal.
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"It's our final day of freedom before school starts again" James said to Sirius, Remus and Peter, "We better make the most of it."
""Eh, I won't be very free" Sirius said sheepishly, "I haven't done the essay Professor McGonagall set us to do in the holidays."
"Sirius! She wants two rolls of parchment and we have transfiguration first thing tomorrow." Remus said.
"Yeah, I know, but the essay is on animagi, and I know a bit about animagi. If you know what I mean." Sirius gave a very obvious wink.
"Subtle Padfoot." James said thickly through a mouth full of scrambled eggs.
"Don't be such a worrier Prongs, nobody's listening."
But he was wrong Lily Evans had been listening.
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Lily was sitting eating her breakfast listening to he conversations of the people around her. This was a very bad habit of hers but when she was surrounded by lots of people talking she couldn't help listening into their conversations. She heard a fifth year girl boring everyone around her by telling a very long extremely uninteresting story about her Gran's dog dying of kidney failure. Lily didn't even know a dog could get kidney failure and didn't care that this girl's Gran's dog had. She turned her attention to James Potter and his friends. They were talking about the transfiguration essay they had been given just before the holidays to complete during the summer. Lily had done her essay ages ago but wasn't surprised to hear that Sirius hadn't even started his.
She heard Sirius say, "But the essay is on animagi, and I know a bit about animagi. If you know what I mean." Then wink very obviously.
James gave him a strange look and said "Subtle, Padfoot."
Sirius had grinned and said in a mocking way, ""Don't be such a worrier Prongs, nobody's listening."
Lily wondered what that was all about, why shouldn't Sirius know about animagi? He was very clever and would probably get top marks for his essay even though he had left it to the last minute, but Sirius was talking about something James obviously didn't want people to know about. She wouldn't be surprised if they were trying to become animagi, they loved showing off they're talents and this would be another way to do so. Lily smiled to herself as she thought about the animals they would become. "Something really arrogant," she said to herself.
"Talking to yourself is the first sign of madness you know?" Rachael said to Lily.
"Really?" Lily said still smiling, "In that case I must be completely insane, I'm always talking to myself."
"Well your secret's safe with me," Rachael said pretending to zip her lips shut.
Lily laughed and they left the hall with Beth.
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On Monday morning Lily woke up late, only to discover that her roommates had all gone to have their breakfast without waking her up. She turned to look at her alarm clock, which said one thirty am. "Brilliant" she said to herself, "The bloody thing's stopped working on the first day of term. Bloody brilliant." She picked up her watch which was thankfully still working and realised she only had 40 minutes to find her robes and books (which she still hadn't unpacked), get washed and dressed, go and have breakfast and get to her first class.
She picked her timetable up from he chest of drawers. She had transfiguration first, followed by double Charms, and double Defence against the Dark Arts. She searched through her trunk, "Robes" she said throwing her school robes onto her bed, "Potions books, essay for Charms, Charms books, where the hell is my transfiguration stuff?!?" Lily began throwing all her things onto her bed in a frantic search for her transfiguration books and essay. She sighed with relief as she pulled her, slightly crumpled, essay out of the very bottom of her trunk along with her two transfiguration books. She looked at her watch, "Shit!" She had spent fifteen minutes looking for her robes and books. She rushed into the bathroom, promising herself that she would try to be more organised in future. After a quick shower she went back into her bedroom, dried her hair with a charm and began packing her bag. It was full to bursting and very heavy, so she bewitched it to make it feather light (thank you third HP book), and hurried downstairs.
There was no time for her to have breakfast but her stomach was rumbling loudly. "Shut up" she said to her tummy, a few people looked strangely at her but she ignored them and climbed out of the portrait hole where she bumped into,
"Potter!"
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James went down to breakfast with Remus and Sirius. Peter had gone down earlier. When they got to the Gryffindor table Sirius pushed his plate away and said "Prongs can I * please * see you're essay for McGonagall?"
"You said you finished that last night." Remus said.
"Yeah, well I left the conclusion to do this morning and I just need a push in the right direction. So can I, please?"
"Yeah whatever, it's in my bag." James said distractedly looking around the hall.
"Who are you looking for?" Remus asked him.
"Lily." James replied, "All her friends are over there, but she's missing."
"Ask them where she is on the way out." Sirius suggested.
"Yeah I think I will." James said. He turned to Sirius who was gazing around the hall, "I thought you were meant to be doing that essay?"
"Yup, I am" Sirius said, "Nearly finished. last sentence. there, done!"
"Let's have a look" James said, "Sirius! You've just copied what I wrote."
"No I haven't."
James looked at him "Don't tell porky pies Padfoot you have copied mine."
Sirius pretended to look hurt, " I haven't, honest. I changed some stuff. Here look," and he started to point out some minor changes.
"Yeah, yeah I get you're point," James said butted in, "You made a few changes but you basically copied it."
"And here I put, 'animagi are watched closely by the ministry' and you put, 'the ministry watches animagi closely'" Sirius said ignoring James.
"Will you two stop arguing please." Remus said.
"Sorry Moony" James said, "But next time, you lend him you're homework."
When they had finished their breakfast Remus and Sirius headed towards the door, but James went over to Rachael and Beth who were sitting with a group of other girls.
"Where's Lily?" James asked Beth quietly.
"I'm not sure," Beth replied, "I didn't wake her up this morning, because I heard he tossing around late last night so I thought she might want to sleep in a little bit this morning. Her alarm clock will have woken her up though. She mustn't have felt like having breakfast or she would have come down by now." Then she smiled, "Not like Lily to not feel like breakfast mind you."
"Right, thanks." James said reaching over and taking two pieces of hot buttered toast.
"You must be hungry." Beth said to him looking at the pieces of toast.
"What? Oh yeah." James said, "Well, see you later."
"Yeah, later."
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Sirius and Remus were waiting in the entrance hall for James.
"Well?" Sirius asked expectantly.
"She was still in bed last time Beth saw." James told him.
"Well if she still is she's going to miss class." Remus said looking at his watch.
"Yeah, I'm going to go up and make sure she's ok," James said, "and give her this toast. So I'll see you two in transfiguration."
"Alright, but don't say anything stupid." Remus said.
"It's ok Moony, I'm not four."
"I know, its just sometimes you act like you are." Remus said grinning.
"I'm deeply hurt." James said, also grinning. "See you in transfiguration."
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James made his way to the Gryffindor tower, toast in his hand. He got to the portrait hole and was just about to say the password when some one came out the portrait hole and crashed into him. He saw a red head and heard the person say, "Potter!"
"Evans."
"What are you doing up here?" Lily asked James.
"I noticed you weren't at breakfast so I brought you some toast. I figured you must be hungry." James replied, holding up the toast.
"Oh. Right. Thanks." Lily said uneasily. "You didn't have to."
"I know, I wanted to."
Lily felt bemused. This had to be the nicest thing James had ever done for her, even if it was only bringing her toast.
"We better go, don't want to be late for transfiguration." Lily said blushing.
"Yeah."
They walked in silence for a while then when they turned a corner they saw Snape being told off by the care taker for bringing mud into the castle.
"Ha," James said, to himself more than to Lily. "Snivellus can't help bring filth where ever he goes."
Lily stopped walking and glared at James. "You know what Potter?" she said angrily, "I was just thinking that you had grown up over the holidays and stopped being such a prick. But now I realise that I couldn't have been more wrong, you're still as big a git as ever!" Then she stormed off to class.
"Oops, sorry Moony." James said to himself as he trailed after her.
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Chapter 6
Lily sat on her bed thinking. What the hell was the matter with James Potter? He wasn't being a prat he wasn't even talking to her. She sat thinking for a little bit longer then decided that this could only mean he had finally got over her. She sighed with relief, that had to be a good thing, now maybe she would be able to have a decent conversation with him. His best friend was going out with her best friend so it had been kind of annoying that her and James didn't get on. She smiled, glad that she had got that off her mind and headed down to the Great Hall for breakfast.
When she got down she sat in an empty chair next to Rachael, opposite James Potter and his friends.
"What took you so long?" Rachael asked Lily, passing her some toast and the butter.
"Oh, you know," Lily answered vaguely, "Chatting to people, haven't seen loads of people since before the summer.
This answer seemed to satisfy Rachael because she just nodded and carried on eating her cereal.
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"It's our final day of freedom before school starts again" James said to Sirius, Remus and Peter, "We better make the most of it."
""Eh, I won't be very free" Sirius said sheepishly, "I haven't done the essay Professor McGonagall set us to do in the holidays."
"Sirius! She wants two rolls of parchment and we have transfiguration first thing tomorrow." Remus said.
"Yeah, I know, but the essay is on animagi, and I know a bit about animagi. If you know what I mean." Sirius gave a very obvious wink.
"Subtle Padfoot." James said thickly through a mouth full of scrambled eggs.
"Don't be such a worrier Prongs, nobody's listening."
But he was wrong Lily Evans had been listening.
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Lily was sitting eating her breakfast listening to he conversations of the people around her. This was a very bad habit of hers but when she was surrounded by lots of people talking she couldn't help listening into their conversations. She heard a fifth year girl boring everyone around her by telling a very long extremely uninteresting story about her Gran's dog dying of kidney failure. Lily didn't even know a dog could get kidney failure and didn't care that this girl's Gran's dog had. She turned her attention to James Potter and his friends. They were talking about the transfiguration essay they had been given just before the holidays to complete during the summer. Lily had done her essay ages ago but wasn't surprised to hear that Sirius hadn't even started his.
She heard Sirius say, "But the essay is on animagi, and I know a bit about animagi. If you know what I mean." Then wink very obviously.
James gave him a strange look and said "Subtle, Padfoot."
Sirius had grinned and said in a mocking way, ""Don't be such a worrier Prongs, nobody's listening."
Lily wondered what that was all about, why shouldn't Sirius know about animagi? He was very clever and would probably get top marks for his essay even though he had left it to the last minute, but Sirius was talking about something James obviously didn't want people to know about. She wouldn't be surprised if they were trying to become animagi, they loved showing off they're talents and this would be another way to do so. Lily smiled to herself as she thought about the animals they would become. "Something really arrogant," she said to herself.
"Talking to yourself is the first sign of madness you know?" Rachael said to Lily.
"Really?" Lily said still smiling, "In that case I must be completely insane, I'm always talking to myself."
"Well your secret's safe with me," Rachael said pretending to zip her lips shut.
Lily laughed and they left the hall with Beth.
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On Monday morning Lily woke up late, only to discover that her roommates had all gone to have their breakfast without waking her up. She turned to look at her alarm clock, which said one thirty am. "Brilliant" she said to herself, "The bloody thing's stopped working on the first day of term. Bloody brilliant." She picked up her watch which was thankfully still working and realised she only had 40 minutes to find her robes and books (which she still hadn't unpacked), get washed and dressed, go and have breakfast and get to her first class.
She picked her timetable up from he chest of drawers. She had transfiguration first, followed by double Charms, and double Defence against the Dark Arts. She searched through her trunk, "Robes" she said throwing her school robes onto her bed, "Potions books, essay for Charms, Charms books, where the hell is my transfiguration stuff?!?" Lily began throwing all her things onto her bed in a frantic search for her transfiguration books and essay. She sighed with relief as she pulled her, slightly crumpled, essay out of the very bottom of her trunk along with her two transfiguration books. She looked at her watch, "Shit!" She had spent fifteen minutes looking for her robes and books. She rushed into the bathroom, promising herself that she would try to be more organised in future. After a quick shower she went back into her bedroom, dried her hair with a charm and began packing her bag. It was full to bursting and very heavy, so she bewitched it to make it feather light (thank you third HP book), and hurried downstairs.
There was no time for her to have breakfast but her stomach was rumbling loudly. "Shut up" she said to her tummy, a few people looked strangely at her but she ignored them and climbed out of the portrait hole where she bumped into,
"Potter!"
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James went down to breakfast with Remus and Sirius. Peter had gone down earlier. When they got to the Gryffindor table Sirius pushed his plate away and said "Prongs can I * please * see you're essay for McGonagall?"
"You said you finished that last night." Remus said.
"Yeah, well I left the conclusion to do this morning and I just need a push in the right direction. So can I, please?"
"Yeah whatever, it's in my bag." James said distractedly looking around the hall.
"Who are you looking for?" Remus asked him.
"Lily." James replied, "All her friends are over there, but she's missing."
"Ask them where she is on the way out." Sirius suggested.
"Yeah I think I will." James said. He turned to Sirius who was gazing around the hall, "I thought you were meant to be doing that essay?"
"Yup, I am" Sirius said, "Nearly finished. last sentence. there, done!"
"Let's have a look" James said, "Sirius! You've just copied what I wrote."
"No I haven't."
James looked at him "Don't tell porky pies Padfoot you have copied mine."
Sirius pretended to look hurt, " I haven't, honest. I changed some stuff. Here look," and he started to point out some minor changes.
"Yeah, yeah I get you're point," James said butted in, "You made a few changes but you basically copied it."
"And here I put, 'animagi are watched closely by the ministry' and you put, 'the ministry watches animagi closely'" Sirius said ignoring James.
"Will you two stop arguing please." Remus said.
"Sorry Moony" James said, "But next time, you lend him you're homework."
When they had finished their breakfast Remus and Sirius headed towards the door, but James went over to Rachael and Beth who were sitting with a group of other girls.
"Where's Lily?" James asked Beth quietly.
"I'm not sure," Beth replied, "I didn't wake her up this morning, because I heard he tossing around late last night so I thought she might want to sleep in a little bit this morning. Her alarm clock will have woken her up though. She mustn't have felt like having breakfast or she would have come down by now." Then she smiled, "Not like Lily to not feel like breakfast mind you."
"Right, thanks." James said reaching over and taking two pieces of hot buttered toast.
"You must be hungry." Beth said to him looking at the pieces of toast.
"What? Oh yeah." James said, "Well, see you later."
"Yeah, later."
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Sirius and Remus were waiting in the entrance hall for James.
"Well?" Sirius asked expectantly.
"She was still in bed last time Beth saw." James told him.
"Well if she still is she's going to miss class." Remus said looking at his watch.
"Yeah, I'm going to go up and make sure she's ok," James said, "and give her this toast. So I'll see you two in transfiguration."
"Alright, but don't say anything stupid." Remus said.
"It's ok Moony, I'm not four."
"I know, its just sometimes you act like you are." Remus said grinning.
"I'm deeply hurt." James said, also grinning. "See you in transfiguration."
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James made his way to the Gryffindor tower, toast in his hand. He got to the portrait hole and was just about to say the password when some one came out the portrait hole and crashed into him. He saw a red head and heard the person say, "Potter!"
"Evans."
"What are you doing up here?" Lily asked James.
"I noticed you weren't at breakfast so I brought you some toast. I figured you must be hungry." James replied, holding up the toast.
"Oh. Right. Thanks." Lily said uneasily. "You didn't have to."
"I know, I wanted to."
Lily felt bemused. This had to be the nicest thing James had ever done for her, even if it was only bringing her toast.
"We better go, don't want to be late for transfiguration." Lily said blushing.
"Yeah."
They walked in silence for a while then when they turned a corner they saw Snape being told off by the care taker for bringing mud into the castle.
"Ha," James said, to himself more than to Lily. "Snivellus can't help bring filth where ever he goes."
Lily stopped walking and glared at James. "You know what Potter?" she said angrily, "I was just thinking that you had grown up over the holidays and stopped being such a prick. But now I realise that I couldn't have been more wrong, you're still as big a git as ever!" Then she stormed off to class.
"Oops, sorry Moony." James said to himself as he trailed after her.
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