Right ok, I have a serious apology. I know I haven't updated in ages, I
didn't really know where I was going with this story, I have more of an
idea now, although I'm not completely sure what's going to happen. But when
I saw that people had reviewed and wrote some really nice things I had to
try and write the next chapters. So thank you to everyone who reviewed!
Disclaimer- (I always forget about these) I'm not J.K Rowling. Please don't sue me.
Chapter 8
Lily and Rachael were sitting in the common room playing chess when Beth came through the portrait hole followed by three other members of the Gryffindor quidditch team. They were all soaking.
Beth looked around spotted Lily and Rachael sitting by the fire and went over to them.
"Hello" she said.
"Could you stand back a bit," Lily said grinning, "you're dripping on me."
"That is because it is pouring outside. I thought this was meant to be October."
"It is October Beth." Rachael said.
"Yeah well it sure doesn't feel like it." Beth replied grumpily, "It is a Friday, I want to relax and our first quidditch match is ages away. But Potter feels the need to have us training for three bloody hours per night. I am wet and exhausted."
"Aww poor ickle Beth" Rachael said, "why don't you go and get changed and then you can play me at chess."
Lily stopped trying to make her bishop go forward and said "I thought I was playing chess with you Rachael."
"Yeah you are, but I'm just about to win."
"Remind me why I always loose at chess." Lily said despairingly.
"Because you suck at chess Lily, it's good for you, everyone has to suck at something. Checkmate."
"Thanks for that Rachael, at least I only suck at chess."
"Yeah, it's alright for some." Beth said before disappearing upstairs to get changed.
Two hours later Beth was dry and beating Rachael at chess. Lily was watching them play and trying to help them.
"Why don't you move that wee guy forward three squares then you could get her knight thingy." Lily said to Rachael.
"Because Lily, that 'wee guy' doesn't move forward, only diagonally, and even if it did move it forward, her rook would get it once I'd taken her knight."
Lily looked at Rachael blankly she had obviously not taken in a word that she had just said.
"Never mind," Rachael said, "I've moved something else now anyway."
"Oh right, okay then." Lily said leaning back in her chair to watch what Beth was going to do.
Although Lily was watching her friends play chess she wasn't really that interested and was thinking of other things. She was just thinking that she should really be using this time to finish a charms essay due to be handed in on Monday when she was woken from her thoughts by someone laughing loudly as they came through the portrait hole. It was Sirius Black. James Potter followed him. James was talking animatedly to a tall dark haired girl called Lauren Williams. Lauren was, like Lily, muggle born and had been friends with Lily in first year but they had drifted apart.
Sirius was laughing so hard that tears were welling up in his eyes.
"What the hell is so funny Padfoot?" James asked, looking bewildered.
Sirius couldn't speak, he was laughing too hard.
"Are you still laughing at that chicken thing in detention?" Lauren asked him, grinning.
Sirius nodded. "Professor ... McGonagall ... totally ... believed ... you!" He managed to say in between gasps for breath.
Lauren and James both giggled, "Yeah," James said to Lauren, "that was pure class."
Sirius flopped into the chair next to Lily's. "We had the best time in detention." He said to Lily."
"I can see." She replied with a small smile, "but doesn't that defy the point of detention."
"Yeah I suppose so." Sirius said, this thought had obviously never occurred to him before.
"Why are you back so late? I thought your detention was supposed to finish and hour ago" Lily asked Sirius.
"Because James and Sirius buggered off to play quidditch instead of coming to detention and McGonagall decided that this was a good enough reason to keep us all in for another hour." Lauren said throwing both James and Sirius a dirty look.
"It's not like we didn't go to detention," James said defiantly, "We were just a bit late."
"And" Sirius said, "We had a laugh when we did come didn't we."
Lauren smiled and said "yeah, but I'd rather not spend my whole Friday evening in detention next week."
"Well you'll have to be a good girl and stick to the rules like Lily here." Sirius said to Lauren.
Lauren smiled at Lily and said, "I don't get how you can be so good all the time, I just slip up sometimes."
"I dunno," Lily said. Did people really think that she was always good. How boring can you get? she thought to herself.
"Well I envy you, however you do it." Lauren said.
"No you shouldn't, being good all he time sucks." Lily said suddenly, surprising everyone, especially herself.
"Who are you and what have you don't with Lily?" Sirius said tapping Lily's forehead.
Lily smiled sadly, "I am Lily Sirius, boring, predictable old Lily."
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Okay, like I said before, I'm really, really sorry I haven't updated in months, and all my readers have probably left me. But if you have just read this could you please review. Thanks xxx
Disclaimer- (I always forget about these) I'm not J.K Rowling. Please don't sue me.
Chapter 8
Lily and Rachael were sitting in the common room playing chess when Beth came through the portrait hole followed by three other members of the Gryffindor quidditch team. They were all soaking.
Beth looked around spotted Lily and Rachael sitting by the fire and went over to them.
"Hello" she said.
"Could you stand back a bit," Lily said grinning, "you're dripping on me."
"That is because it is pouring outside. I thought this was meant to be October."
"It is October Beth." Rachael said.
"Yeah well it sure doesn't feel like it." Beth replied grumpily, "It is a Friday, I want to relax and our first quidditch match is ages away. But Potter feels the need to have us training for three bloody hours per night. I am wet and exhausted."
"Aww poor ickle Beth" Rachael said, "why don't you go and get changed and then you can play me at chess."
Lily stopped trying to make her bishop go forward and said "I thought I was playing chess with you Rachael."
"Yeah you are, but I'm just about to win."
"Remind me why I always loose at chess." Lily said despairingly.
"Because you suck at chess Lily, it's good for you, everyone has to suck at something. Checkmate."
"Thanks for that Rachael, at least I only suck at chess."
"Yeah, it's alright for some." Beth said before disappearing upstairs to get changed.
Two hours later Beth was dry and beating Rachael at chess. Lily was watching them play and trying to help them.
"Why don't you move that wee guy forward three squares then you could get her knight thingy." Lily said to Rachael.
"Because Lily, that 'wee guy' doesn't move forward, only diagonally, and even if it did move it forward, her rook would get it once I'd taken her knight."
Lily looked at Rachael blankly she had obviously not taken in a word that she had just said.
"Never mind," Rachael said, "I've moved something else now anyway."
"Oh right, okay then." Lily said leaning back in her chair to watch what Beth was going to do.
Although Lily was watching her friends play chess she wasn't really that interested and was thinking of other things. She was just thinking that she should really be using this time to finish a charms essay due to be handed in on Monday when she was woken from her thoughts by someone laughing loudly as they came through the portrait hole. It was Sirius Black. James Potter followed him. James was talking animatedly to a tall dark haired girl called Lauren Williams. Lauren was, like Lily, muggle born and had been friends with Lily in first year but they had drifted apart.
Sirius was laughing so hard that tears were welling up in his eyes.
"What the hell is so funny Padfoot?" James asked, looking bewildered.
Sirius couldn't speak, he was laughing too hard.
"Are you still laughing at that chicken thing in detention?" Lauren asked him, grinning.
Sirius nodded. "Professor ... McGonagall ... totally ... believed ... you!" He managed to say in between gasps for breath.
Lauren and James both giggled, "Yeah," James said to Lauren, "that was pure class."
Sirius flopped into the chair next to Lily's. "We had the best time in detention." He said to Lily."
"I can see." She replied with a small smile, "but doesn't that defy the point of detention."
"Yeah I suppose so." Sirius said, this thought had obviously never occurred to him before.
"Why are you back so late? I thought your detention was supposed to finish and hour ago" Lily asked Sirius.
"Because James and Sirius buggered off to play quidditch instead of coming to detention and McGonagall decided that this was a good enough reason to keep us all in for another hour." Lauren said throwing both James and Sirius a dirty look.
"It's not like we didn't go to detention," James said defiantly, "We were just a bit late."
"And" Sirius said, "We had a laugh when we did come didn't we."
Lauren smiled and said "yeah, but I'd rather not spend my whole Friday evening in detention next week."
"Well you'll have to be a good girl and stick to the rules like Lily here." Sirius said to Lauren.
Lauren smiled at Lily and said, "I don't get how you can be so good all the time, I just slip up sometimes."
"I dunno," Lily said. Did people really think that she was always good. How boring can you get? she thought to herself.
"Well I envy you, however you do it." Lauren said.
"No you shouldn't, being good all he time sucks." Lily said suddenly, surprising everyone, especially herself.
"Who are you and what have you don't with Lily?" Sirius said tapping Lily's forehead.
Lily smiled sadly, "I am Lily Sirius, boring, predictable old Lily."
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Okay, like I said before, I'm really, really sorry I haven't updated in months, and all my readers have probably left me. But if you have just read this could you please review. Thanks xxx