A/N: Okay! I am so excited that I got 15 reviews, do not ask.all my other
storied got like five. So anyway, yeah I got one flame that did not really
make any sense but hey, it was still a review! Thank you guys! I am
updating everyday, I am just as eager as you are to find out what happens
next.
OliverWoodsChic- I was debating on that too.but I don't think they will get together anytime soon. She still has a long way to recovery emotionally and as I said.they will not get together anytime soon. Thanks for the idea though, You will see what happens. It is kinda similar to what you reviewed.
Lucky-719- I read and reviewed your story, good stuff, you just have to come out of your shell a little more and write stuff with depth, but I like it!
Jimbiny Lupin-Wood- Thanks! People like YOU make me feel inspired to write do you have a fiction you want me to read? I will do it gladly!
May Saiki- It is OKAY, I have already gotten a few flames, you can just tell me what you didn't like, just please don't be harsh.heh heh
Quack Quack 88- Hmm, I read your storied, seems like your poo doesn't stink, does it? Oh and next time you continue your flaming, make sure YOU know what you are talking about. Because hmmm, yeah lets see I WROTE this story and I DO know what I am talking about, you've probably never gotten drunk in your life! Please do not talk to ME about writing stuff I know nothing about, Oh PLEASE. You could have done better than that.'Grown up business' What are you? A 45-year-old know it all? THANKS FOR THE FLAME.
Qwvixen21- thanks so much! Yeah I hope James gets over it soon too.
EVERYONE- I HATE GINA TOO!
Onwards to chapter 4!
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The next few days were hell for Laura and especially Lily. Cassie could not count all of the times they were thumped on the back in hallways or congratulated on a job well done in the greenhouses. It was Hogwarts, so of course the news spread like wildfire. Lily, Laura, and Cassie were of course, being avoided by Gina Randall and her groupies.
One Friday, Lily walked to dinner alone, since Cassie was off somewhere with Remus, and Laura waited for her at the Gryffindor table. Someone tapped her shoulder lightly and she exploded without even turning around.
"No you may not have my autograph, I will not reenact the scene for you, and it wasn't a job well done-" She screamed, "-because now a friend of mine hates me for it!" She screamed obscenities and stalked off.
The rude individual decided to follower her and called out her name. She slowly turned around, ready to strike, but realized it was just Sirius Black.
"Hi Sirius." She smiled weakly.
"Lil, you've got to calm down." He pat her back as they walked toward the Gryffindor table.
"I can't calm down, Sirius." She whispered. "I feel so bad for insulting James like that."
"He'll get over it." Sirius sat down next to Laura and Lily plopped onto the bench next to him.
"Well, its taken him long enough." She said a little loudly.
"You alright Lily?" Cassie asked.
"Man, what the hell is her problem?" Lily yelled.
"What, whose problem?" Laura asked frantically.
"Gina!" Lily pointed at Gina and her friends, glaring in their direction. "She keeps staring at me!"
"Well, you did give her a right hook in the jaw." Sirius said quietly.
"Does that mean she is going to try and return the favor?" Lily yelled and turned to face Gina. "What? What is your goddamn problem?! Stop looking at me! If you want to hit me, hit me! If you want to yell at me, yell at me. But don't keep staring at me as if I were some kind of freak!"
Everyone at Gryffindor table stared at Lily. She stood up fuming, and stomped towards the Hall doors and bumped into the last person she wanted to see.
"Lily, we need to talk." James looked down at her.
Lily pushed away from him and walked quickly out of the Great Hall. All eyes were on James now.
"H-hi guys." He stuttered. Everyone stared at him and then went back to their food. Cassie ran up to him and stopped.
"Jerk." She pushed him out of the way and ran after Lily.
"Jerk?" James said quietly to himself. He decided to go after Cassie, to see what the HELL was going on.
He followed her down a long corridor, up two flights of stairs, and into Gryffindor tower. She stopped and turned around.
"James!" She yelled. "You scared the hell out of me."
"I wanted to see if Lily was alright." James said slowly.
"I knew someone was following me." She scorned.
"I wanted to talk to her." James said. "Why did she run out of the hall like that? Did Gina do something?"
"Yes and no." Cassie said. "Boggart Boogers."
James walked into the common room and saw Lily sitting in a large armchair staring blankly into the fire.
"Hey Lil." Cassie kneeled next to her chair.
"What are you doing here?" Lily asked James, not obnoxiously, but wearily.
"I wanted to apologize." James walked cautiously over to her.
"Why?" Lily looked at him. "I'm the one who insulted you. I should not have opened my mouth. Stupid Gina she just wanted to get me back because she thought I liked-"
"What?" James asked.
"She was just being Gina." Lily almost had let her secret out. "Now I'm paranoid. In the Halls, at meals, everywhere people are staring at me. So that's why I blew up at dinner."
"I think I know what we could do." James grinned.
"Do for what?" Cassie asked.
"I can get the attention away from you and Laura by creating another distraction." He explained.
"What kind of distraction?" Lily asked eagerly, she'd do anything to have the spotlight taken off her."
"The Marauders could play a prank on Snape or something." James thought hard.
"That reminds me, Lil." Cassie said. "Snape wanted to um 'meet' you tonight by the lake."
Lily scrunched her nose up in disgust. "I think I could do without that."
"No." James said. "If you go, maybe Sirius and I could hide around the bushes and possibly record what he says."
"Maybe, but that wouldn't take the attention off me, it would only make it worse."
"You're right." James said but then jumped up as if he were sitting on a tack."
"Where are you going?" Lily asked.
James grinned down at her and said, "Don't worry Lil, I've got a great plan."
Lily and Cassie watched him disappear through the portrait hole and they were alone.
"You know what?" Lily said quietly.
"What?" Cassie asked.
"I don't like him anymore." Lily said.
"Are you sure? Because it might just be-"
"No." Lily said straight out. "I didn't blush when he was here, I didn't hold on to his every word, and I just-I just don't like him anymore."
"You are forcing yourself not to like him." Cassie said.
"Well maybe I am, but its not like he'll ever return the favor." Lily admitted.
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James's plan worked. The next morning, Lily sat down with the usual six people and started eating.
"What are you so smiley about?" Lily asked James, she was clearly annoyed with James's behavior when she felt like CRAP.
"You'll see."
"Oh no." Lily stopped eating her toast. "What did you do to the Slytherins?"
"I gave them a potion for each goblet on their table. Little speech bubbles will appear and they don't notice their own." James grinned.
"Here they come." Remus hissed.
Lucius Malfoy walked in with Snape at his heels. Snape glanced over at Lily and a bubble popped over his head, 'She is so fine! Good thing Potter does not notice her, so I have an easier chance.'
"Oh my god." Lily sighed.
Cassie, Laura, Sirius, Peter, and Remus however were in giggling fits. James just sat there with his eyebrows raised and his jaw dropped.
"Look at Malfoy!" Lily hissed to James to get his mind off Snape.
Lucius stared at Narcissa and the bubble said, "I wonder who got her pregnant, I hope it wasn't me."
Lily burst out laughing. "Well, I guess her secret's out."
James sat across from Lily. "Lily, look at that guy next to Malfoy."
There was a boy about 17 years old, sitting next to Lucius. His bubble read, "Should I tell Snape that Karen fancies him? Nah, hey! That Laura girl in Gryffindor is hot. Maybe I should as her out."
Sirius stood up abruptly, and the guy stared at him in horror. His bubble now read, "Man that was scary, it was like he could read my thoughts."
Laura pulled him back down and looked around the hall. The Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Gryffindor tables were laughing madly. Some were pointing at the Slytherins, others were yelling at them.
Yet, James could not take his mind off what Snape thought. Good thing Potter does not notice her. What did that have to do with anything?
Lily on the other hand was having a blast, all of this information being given to her on a silver platter. She glanced at James, he was not eating, and he just seemed to be thinking. Something he rarely does.
"Thanks James." Lily whispered across the table. "The attention is definitely off me now."
"No problem." He grinned.
Autumn turned to winter and Cassie discussed the Yule Ball with Laura one day in Hogsmead. They sat down in the Three Broomsticks with Lily.
"But, it isn't for a month now." Lily sighed. Her head was on her folded arms. "I'm sure both of you will get dates."
"Aww, Lily." Laura cooed. "You'll get a date."
"Not since the greenhouse incident." Lily glared into her arms. "Guy are afraid I'm going to knock them out if they ask me."
"I'm not." A tenor voice said from her right.
"Well dur, Sirius-" Lily said.
"I'm not Sirius." Lily looked up into Roger McEnroe's face. He was the captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.
"Oh, hi Roger." Lily smiled meekly. "Long time no see."
"Lily, I wanted to know, do you have a-"
"Lily, DARLING!" Lily heard Sirius's booming voice.
"I'll catch up with you later." Roger said, and walked out of the pub.
"That was SO not cool." Lily rested her head on her arms again.
"Sorry, was he going to ask you out?" Sirius bit his lip.
"I don't know." Lily said.
"Sorry." Sirius muttered, putting his arm around Laura.
"Get OFF Sirius." Laura shrugged him off like many times before.
"Ah come on, you know you want me." Sirius said. Cassie snorted.
"Go away." Laura said.
Sirius pecked her on the cheek. "You love me."
Laura blushed a little. "What can I do to get you to leave me alone?"
"Say you'll come to the ball with me, love." Sirius smiled.
Laura searched his face, as if she wanted something out of it. Lily as well as everyone else knew she had wanted him to ask her for weeks. "Fine."
"I knew you'd come through." Sirius put his arm around her again.
Laura sighed into her hand.
"Hey Lil, hey Cassie, hey lovebirds." James sat down next to Lily. Laura glared at him.
"Gotten a date yet Lil?" James bugged her again. It was all he asked her or talked to her about.
"No." Lily looked at him. "For the thousandth time. Why do you care?"
"Just wondering." He said and fidgeted with his cloak.
"I still am debating whether to go or not." Lily said.
"Three butterbeers!" Madam Rosmerta (A/n: Senior, if that makes any sense) said.
"Could we order three more, please?" James asked.
"Sure honey." Rosmerta winked and strutted away.
"Where is Remus?" Cassie asked absent-mindedly.
"He is getting some things from Honeydukes for us." Sirius said.
"No!" Lily, Cassie, and Laura yelled at the same time.
James blinked. "What?"
"We can't have chocolate now!" Laura said frantically. "The Yule Ball is in like-"
"A month!" James said.
"Yeah, we'll gain like ten pounds!" Lily stood up.
"Wait, where are you going?" James asked.
"We have to go get our dress robes." Cassie said.
"Sit down." Sirius rolled his eyes. "You girls like absolutely perfect, you won't gain any weight."
"Just what a guy WOULD say." Laura said.
"I am going on a diet here and now." Cassie said.
"Me too." Lily nodded.
"Me three." Laura said.
"Wait, wait!" James pulled on Cassie and Lily's wrists. "Didn't you just hear us say that you look perfectly normal?"
"That's what guys always say!" Lily squealed.
"Because its true!" James said. "Now sit down!"
"No!" Lily and Cassie wrenched their arms from his grasp. "From now on, no carbohydrates."
"Come on, let's go get our dress robes." Laura said and they walked out of the pub.
Sirius stared in astonishment at the door. "What-was that?"
"Girls." James muttered. "They always think they're fat."
"Whatever." Sirius saw Remus walk through the door with an exasperated look on his face.
"Just bumped into the girls." Remus said, and imitated a girly voice. "This is Cassie, 'Remus, do you think I'm fat?'"
"What did you say?" James asked.
"Yes, very fat." Remus said blankly. "She pushed me out of the way and ran into the clothing shop. I was kidding of course."
James and Sirius laughed.
"You have more experience than we do." James said. "Either way, they think we are calling them fat."
"Girls." The three boys muttered.
Meanwhile.
"What do you think of this one?" Laura said. She held a silky silver dress robe with a black velvet border.
"You have to try it on to be sure." Lily said. "It is gorgeous, though." "Cassie, you look great!" Laura turned and saw Cassie coming out of the dressing room. She had on an ivory dress robe with sleeves that fell past her fingertips. It matched beautifully with her wavy brown hair and dark brown eyes.
"Lily, I found one for you." Laura said. She held a dress robe high above her head. It was champagne-mauve colored and the cuffs of the bell sleeves had 2-inch slits in each.
"I'm sure I couldn't afford one as nice as that." Lily said sadly.
"Woah!" Laura looked at the price tag.
"We could pitch in!" Cassie suggested.
"I don't want you guys to help me pay for it if I don't even have a date." Lily folded her arms and stared at the dress robe. It-was-gorgeous.
"None sense." Laura waved it off. "Were best friends!"
"Yeah." Cassie said. "You have to be the bell of the ball and guys would be falling at your feet if you wore that!"
Lily took the dress robe and ran her hand down the silky material. "It wouldn't hurt to try it on." She said.
"I'll try this on too." Laura ran into the dressing room.
Cassie stared at herself in the mirror, twirling around in her ivory dress robe. She waited and then Laura and Lily came out at the same time.
"Lily, that is to die for." She stated sincerely.
Laura stared at Lily. "Why do you always get to be the prettiest?"
Lily looked at her as if she had grown an extra head. "You are crazy."
"So, let's pay for these." Cassie said.
"Are you sure?" Lily asked.
"James is going to smack himself for not noticing you before." Laura stated.
Lily grinned and went back into the dressing room.
When the girls had changed back into their jeans and sweaters, they paid for the dress robes and walked out of the store with tissue paper on top of each robe.
"Hey guys." Laura greeted them in Zonko's Joke Shop.
"Did you get your dress robes?" Remus asked.
"Yep." Cassie said.
"Can we see them?" James asked.
"No." All three girls said.
"It's a surprise." Laura said, twirling a lock of her dark hair.
"Were going back to the castle." Lily yawned. "Or, I am. I am really tired and I want to take a nap."
"No, were coming too." Cassie said.
"Good, I haven't gotten any sleep for weeks." Lily said.
"Maybe if you didn't stay up to do essays that are due in the next two weeks." Laura said.
"But-"
"No. You know you do it." Cassie said.
Lily frowned and folded her arms across her chest.
"Don't pout." Laura said.
"Come on." Lily pulled her friends out of the store with last good byes and waves.
OliverWoodsChic- I was debating on that too.but I don't think they will get together anytime soon. She still has a long way to recovery emotionally and as I said.they will not get together anytime soon. Thanks for the idea though, You will see what happens. It is kinda similar to what you reviewed.
Lucky-719- I read and reviewed your story, good stuff, you just have to come out of your shell a little more and write stuff with depth, but I like it!
Jimbiny Lupin-Wood- Thanks! People like YOU make me feel inspired to write do you have a fiction you want me to read? I will do it gladly!
May Saiki- It is OKAY, I have already gotten a few flames, you can just tell me what you didn't like, just please don't be harsh.heh heh
Quack Quack 88- Hmm, I read your storied, seems like your poo doesn't stink, does it? Oh and next time you continue your flaming, make sure YOU know what you are talking about. Because hmmm, yeah lets see I WROTE this story and I DO know what I am talking about, you've probably never gotten drunk in your life! Please do not talk to ME about writing stuff I know nothing about, Oh PLEASE. You could have done better than that.'Grown up business' What are you? A 45-year-old know it all? THANKS FOR THE FLAME.
Qwvixen21- thanks so much! Yeah I hope James gets over it soon too.
EVERYONE- I HATE GINA TOO!
Onwards to chapter 4!
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The next few days were hell for Laura and especially Lily. Cassie could not count all of the times they were thumped on the back in hallways or congratulated on a job well done in the greenhouses. It was Hogwarts, so of course the news spread like wildfire. Lily, Laura, and Cassie were of course, being avoided by Gina Randall and her groupies.
One Friday, Lily walked to dinner alone, since Cassie was off somewhere with Remus, and Laura waited for her at the Gryffindor table. Someone tapped her shoulder lightly and she exploded without even turning around.
"No you may not have my autograph, I will not reenact the scene for you, and it wasn't a job well done-" She screamed, "-because now a friend of mine hates me for it!" She screamed obscenities and stalked off.
The rude individual decided to follower her and called out her name. She slowly turned around, ready to strike, but realized it was just Sirius Black.
"Hi Sirius." She smiled weakly.
"Lil, you've got to calm down." He pat her back as they walked toward the Gryffindor table.
"I can't calm down, Sirius." She whispered. "I feel so bad for insulting James like that."
"He'll get over it." Sirius sat down next to Laura and Lily plopped onto the bench next to him.
"Well, its taken him long enough." She said a little loudly.
"You alright Lily?" Cassie asked.
"Man, what the hell is her problem?" Lily yelled.
"What, whose problem?" Laura asked frantically.
"Gina!" Lily pointed at Gina and her friends, glaring in their direction. "She keeps staring at me!"
"Well, you did give her a right hook in the jaw." Sirius said quietly.
"Does that mean she is going to try and return the favor?" Lily yelled and turned to face Gina. "What? What is your goddamn problem?! Stop looking at me! If you want to hit me, hit me! If you want to yell at me, yell at me. But don't keep staring at me as if I were some kind of freak!"
Everyone at Gryffindor table stared at Lily. She stood up fuming, and stomped towards the Hall doors and bumped into the last person she wanted to see.
"Lily, we need to talk." James looked down at her.
Lily pushed away from him and walked quickly out of the Great Hall. All eyes were on James now.
"H-hi guys." He stuttered. Everyone stared at him and then went back to their food. Cassie ran up to him and stopped.
"Jerk." She pushed him out of the way and ran after Lily.
"Jerk?" James said quietly to himself. He decided to go after Cassie, to see what the HELL was going on.
He followed her down a long corridor, up two flights of stairs, and into Gryffindor tower. She stopped and turned around.
"James!" She yelled. "You scared the hell out of me."
"I wanted to see if Lily was alright." James said slowly.
"I knew someone was following me." She scorned.
"I wanted to talk to her." James said. "Why did she run out of the hall like that? Did Gina do something?"
"Yes and no." Cassie said. "Boggart Boogers."
James walked into the common room and saw Lily sitting in a large armchair staring blankly into the fire.
"Hey Lil." Cassie kneeled next to her chair.
"What are you doing here?" Lily asked James, not obnoxiously, but wearily.
"I wanted to apologize." James walked cautiously over to her.
"Why?" Lily looked at him. "I'm the one who insulted you. I should not have opened my mouth. Stupid Gina she just wanted to get me back because she thought I liked-"
"What?" James asked.
"She was just being Gina." Lily almost had let her secret out. "Now I'm paranoid. In the Halls, at meals, everywhere people are staring at me. So that's why I blew up at dinner."
"I think I know what we could do." James grinned.
"Do for what?" Cassie asked.
"I can get the attention away from you and Laura by creating another distraction." He explained.
"What kind of distraction?" Lily asked eagerly, she'd do anything to have the spotlight taken off her."
"The Marauders could play a prank on Snape or something." James thought hard.
"That reminds me, Lil." Cassie said. "Snape wanted to um 'meet' you tonight by the lake."
Lily scrunched her nose up in disgust. "I think I could do without that."
"No." James said. "If you go, maybe Sirius and I could hide around the bushes and possibly record what he says."
"Maybe, but that wouldn't take the attention off me, it would only make it worse."
"You're right." James said but then jumped up as if he were sitting on a tack."
"Where are you going?" Lily asked.
James grinned down at her and said, "Don't worry Lil, I've got a great plan."
Lily and Cassie watched him disappear through the portrait hole and they were alone.
"You know what?" Lily said quietly.
"What?" Cassie asked.
"I don't like him anymore." Lily said.
"Are you sure? Because it might just be-"
"No." Lily said straight out. "I didn't blush when he was here, I didn't hold on to his every word, and I just-I just don't like him anymore."
"You are forcing yourself not to like him." Cassie said.
"Well maybe I am, but its not like he'll ever return the favor." Lily admitted.
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James's plan worked. The next morning, Lily sat down with the usual six people and started eating.
"What are you so smiley about?" Lily asked James, she was clearly annoyed with James's behavior when she felt like CRAP.
"You'll see."
"Oh no." Lily stopped eating her toast. "What did you do to the Slytherins?"
"I gave them a potion for each goblet on their table. Little speech bubbles will appear and they don't notice their own." James grinned.
"Here they come." Remus hissed.
Lucius Malfoy walked in with Snape at his heels. Snape glanced over at Lily and a bubble popped over his head, 'She is so fine! Good thing Potter does not notice her, so I have an easier chance.'
"Oh my god." Lily sighed.
Cassie, Laura, Sirius, Peter, and Remus however were in giggling fits. James just sat there with his eyebrows raised and his jaw dropped.
"Look at Malfoy!" Lily hissed to James to get his mind off Snape.
Lucius stared at Narcissa and the bubble said, "I wonder who got her pregnant, I hope it wasn't me."
Lily burst out laughing. "Well, I guess her secret's out."
James sat across from Lily. "Lily, look at that guy next to Malfoy."
There was a boy about 17 years old, sitting next to Lucius. His bubble read, "Should I tell Snape that Karen fancies him? Nah, hey! That Laura girl in Gryffindor is hot. Maybe I should as her out."
Sirius stood up abruptly, and the guy stared at him in horror. His bubble now read, "Man that was scary, it was like he could read my thoughts."
Laura pulled him back down and looked around the hall. The Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff, and Gryffindor tables were laughing madly. Some were pointing at the Slytherins, others were yelling at them.
Yet, James could not take his mind off what Snape thought. Good thing Potter does not notice her. What did that have to do with anything?
Lily on the other hand was having a blast, all of this information being given to her on a silver platter. She glanced at James, he was not eating, and he just seemed to be thinking. Something he rarely does.
"Thanks James." Lily whispered across the table. "The attention is definitely off me now."
"No problem." He grinned.
Autumn turned to winter and Cassie discussed the Yule Ball with Laura one day in Hogsmead. They sat down in the Three Broomsticks with Lily.
"But, it isn't for a month now." Lily sighed. Her head was on her folded arms. "I'm sure both of you will get dates."
"Aww, Lily." Laura cooed. "You'll get a date."
"Not since the greenhouse incident." Lily glared into her arms. "Guy are afraid I'm going to knock them out if they ask me."
"I'm not." A tenor voice said from her right.
"Well dur, Sirius-" Lily said.
"I'm not Sirius." Lily looked up into Roger McEnroe's face. He was the captain of the Ravenclaw Quidditch team.
"Oh, hi Roger." Lily smiled meekly. "Long time no see."
"Lily, I wanted to know, do you have a-"
"Lily, DARLING!" Lily heard Sirius's booming voice.
"I'll catch up with you later." Roger said, and walked out of the pub.
"That was SO not cool." Lily rested her head on her arms again.
"Sorry, was he going to ask you out?" Sirius bit his lip.
"I don't know." Lily said.
"Sorry." Sirius muttered, putting his arm around Laura.
"Get OFF Sirius." Laura shrugged him off like many times before.
"Ah come on, you know you want me." Sirius said. Cassie snorted.
"Go away." Laura said.
Sirius pecked her on the cheek. "You love me."
Laura blushed a little. "What can I do to get you to leave me alone?"
"Say you'll come to the ball with me, love." Sirius smiled.
Laura searched his face, as if she wanted something out of it. Lily as well as everyone else knew she had wanted him to ask her for weeks. "Fine."
"I knew you'd come through." Sirius put his arm around her again.
Laura sighed into her hand.
"Hey Lil, hey Cassie, hey lovebirds." James sat down next to Lily. Laura glared at him.
"Gotten a date yet Lil?" James bugged her again. It was all he asked her or talked to her about.
"No." Lily looked at him. "For the thousandth time. Why do you care?"
"Just wondering." He said and fidgeted with his cloak.
"I still am debating whether to go or not." Lily said.
"Three butterbeers!" Madam Rosmerta (A/n: Senior, if that makes any sense) said.
"Could we order three more, please?" James asked.
"Sure honey." Rosmerta winked and strutted away.
"Where is Remus?" Cassie asked absent-mindedly.
"He is getting some things from Honeydukes for us." Sirius said.
"No!" Lily, Cassie, and Laura yelled at the same time.
James blinked. "What?"
"We can't have chocolate now!" Laura said frantically. "The Yule Ball is in like-"
"A month!" James said.
"Yeah, we'll gain like ten pounds!" Lily stood up.
"Wait, where are you going?" James asked.
"We have to go get our dress robes." Cassie said.
"Sit down." Sirius rolled his eyes. "You girls like absolutely perfect, you won't gain any weight."
"Just what a guy WOULD say." Laura said.
"I am going on a diet here and now." Cassie said.
"Me too." Lily nodded.
"Me three." Laura said.
"Wait, wait!" James pulled on Cassie and Lily's wrists. "Didn't you just hear us say that you look perfectly normal?"
"That's what guys always say!" Lily squealed.
"Because its true!" James said. "Now sit down!"
"No!" Lily and Cassie wrenched their arms from his grasp. "From now on, no carbohydrates."
"Come on, let's go get our dress robes." Laura said and they walked out of the pub.
Sirius stared in astonishment at the door. "What-was that?"
"Girls." James muttered. "They always think they're fat."
"Whatever." Sirius saw Remus walk through the door with an exasperated look on his face.
"Just bumped into the girls." Remus said, and imitated a girly voice. "This is Cassie, 'Remus, do you think I'm fat?'"
"What did you say?" James asked.
"Yes, very fat." Remus said blankly. "She pushed me out of the way and ran into the clothing shop. I was kidding of course."
James and Sirius laughed.
"You have more experience than we do." James said. "Either way, they think we are calling them fat."
"Girls." The three boys muttered.
Meanwhile.
"What do you think of this one?" Laura said. She held a silky silver dress robe with a black velvet border.
"You have to try it on to be sure." Lily said. "It is gorgeous, though." "Cassie, you look great!" Laura turned and saw Cassie coming out of the dressing room. She had on an ivory dress robe with sleeves that fell past her fingertips. It matched beautifully with her wavy brown hair and dark brown eyes.
"Lily, I found one for you." Laura said. She held a dress robe high above her head. It was champagne-mauve colored and the cuffs of the bell sleeves had 2-inch slits in each.
"I'm sure I couldn't afford one as nice as that." Lily said sadly.
"Woah!" Laura looked at the price tag.
"We could pitch in!" Cassie suggested.
"I don't want you guys to help me pay for it if I don't even have a date." Lily folded her arms and stared at the dress robe. It-was-gorgeous.
"None sense." Laura waved it off. "Were best friends!"
"Yeah." Cassie said. "You have to be the bell of the ball and guys would be falling at your feet if you wore that!"
Lily took the dress robe and ran her hand down the silky material. "It wouldn't hurt to try it on." She said.
"I'll try this on too." Laura ran into the dressing room.
Cassie stared at herself in the mirror, twirling around in her ivory dress robe. She waited and then Laura and Lily came out at the same time.
"Lily, that is to die for." She stated sincerely.
Laura stared at Lily. "Why do you always get to be the prettiest?"
Lily looked at her as if she had grown an extra head. "You are crazy."
"So, let's pay for these." Cassie said.
"Are you sure?" Lily asked.
"James is going to smack himself for not noticing you before." Laura stated.
Lily grinned and went back into the dressing room.
When the girls had changed back into their jeans and sweaters, they paid for the dress robes and walked out of the store with tissue paper on top of each robe.
"Hey guys." Laura greeted them in Zonko's Joke Shop.
"Did you get your dress robes?" Remus asked.
"Yep." Cassie said.
"Can we see them?" James asked.
"No." All three girls said.
"It's a surprise." Laura said, twirling a lock of her dark hair.
"Were going back to the castle." Lily yawned. "Or, I am. I am really tired and I want to take a nap."
"No, were coming too." Cassie said.
"Good, I haven't gotten any sleep for weeks." Lily said.
"Maybe if you didn't stay up to do essays that are due in the next two weeks." Laura said.
"But-"
"No. You know you do it." Cassie said.
Lily frowned and folded her arms across her chest.
"Don't pout." Laura said.
"Come on." Lily pulled her friends out of the store with last good byes and waves.