The
crazy Metamorphmagus girl wandered the Hogwarts Express, still in her
Muggle clothing. She was obviously searching for someone. She poked
her head into every compartment, until she got to the last one. Since
it was obvious he'd be in that one, she quickly changed her
appearance: black shoulder-length hair with green highlights, and
eyes the same color. Then she took a deep breath and entered the
compartment.
James Potter, Peter Pettigrew, Remus Lupin, and
(her heart leapt) Sirius Black were all sitting there, with Adara
Black, Angelique Alli, and (her heart wanted to kill) Revenna Jones
standing around. Everyone turned to face her as she walked in.
"Hey, NoL," Sirius said, smiling. To NoL's
satisfaction, she saw Revenna loose a bit of her smirk at Sirius's
greeting. Serves her right.
"Hey, Sirius," NoL
said, smiling back. She also saw that Adara looked like she wanted to
barf...but then again, that usually happened when somebody was
flirting with her twin brother.
But then again, Adara liked
Remus, so she really shouldn't have been one to judge.
"Okay,
IGNORE the rest of us," James said after a pause. "See if
we care."
"Hey Sirius," Angelique started,
smirking, "isn't that the girl you--"
Sirius
clamped a hand over her mouth. "Isn't Angelique sweet?" he
said, forcing a laugh.
"Um...right. Look, I've gotta
go...place. Bye."
And
with that, NoL left. She wasn't sure why. Maybe it was cuz she
thought she was about to have a heart attack, what with her heart
pounding so hard and all, or maybe it was because she simply couldn't
stand looking at Revenna a moment longer.
NoL slid down to
the floor and pressed her ear against the compartment door.
"I
dunno, mate," James was saying. "She seems kinda edgy to
me."
"That's only cuz you were here," Sirius
retorted.
"I personally don't see what the big deal is,
Sirius," Revenna spoke up. "I don't think she likes you
that much...I would just give up."
NoL clenched her
fists. She could feel her eyes trying to turn red. Her face screwed
up and she heard the all-too-familiar popping noise. She still
didn't have total control over her powers when she got really
angry. But then it got worse.
"Seriously, Sirius, I
would just move on, find someone else." And then there was that
awkward silence that can only be followed by somebody trying to kiss
someone.
NoL couldn't take it anymore. She stood up, and
burst into the compartment, stunning them all, and causing Revenna to
look up from where she was leaning over Sirius. Without even pausing
to ponder why Adara hadn't slapped her yet, NoL said to Revenna,
"You're right. I don't LIKE Sirius that much. I love him."
And with that she stormed out, and ran all the way to the other side
of the train.
"Can
I sit here? It's full everywhere else," NoL found herself
saying to the girl sitting by herself in the front compartment of the
train.
"Sure," said the girl, looking up.
"Lily?"
"NoL?"
"Woah, I was WONDERING where
you were! Why aren't you with all your friends?"
"I
dunno...I hadta think...what about you?"
"I
um...ran away."
Lily studied her face. "Sirius?"
"Yeah...what are you thinking about, anyways?"
"You don't wanna know."
"Yes, I do."
"Fine...James."
"James POTTER?" NoL
smirked. She knew that despite her constant complaints, Lily had
liked James for quite some time.
"I...I think I LIKE
him!"
"No kidding."
"No, it gets
worse...I think I REALLY like him! I think I might even LOVE him!"
NoL rolled her eyes. "As opposed to last year, when
you..."
"Last year, I only kind of liked him. This is totally different."
"Whatever.
The point is, I knew it."
"Yeah...so, what happened
with Sirius?"
"Do you REALLY wanna know?"
"Yeah..."
NoL sighed. "Fine."
So
NoL told her. And Lily listened, even though it only took like, half
a minute to explain...but that was probably a good thing, because
right after NoL was done, the door burst open. James, Sirius, and
Lupin were all standing there...they had left Peter and the rest of
their fan club behind.
"NoL!" Sirius said. "We've
been searching every compartment for you..."
Meanwhile,
behind him, James was playing with his hair. "Hey, Lily,"
he said softly to her. To everybody's surprise, Lily blushed a bit
and said, "Hey James."
But, Sirius and NoL weren't
really paying attention...so I guess they don't count. They were
staring at each other.
"Why?" NoL asked finally.
"Why what?"
"Why have you been looking
for me?"
"Because I wanna talk to you!"
"Oh...about what?"
Sirius glanced behind
him at Remus, who nodded encouragingly, before saying "About
this."
And with that, Sirius pulled NoL up to him and
kissed her on the lips.
