Chapter 9- Bathrooms, Battles and Bonding
James, after bidding goodbye to his friends, headed off to the Head Dorms and the long bath he had promised himself. He reached the statue of the unicorn, and realized he didn't know the password. *Shit!* he thought ruefully. *Here we go again.* He turned and slumped down against the statue's leg, about to begin listing off passwords again, when the statue began to move.
He jumped up, hand immediately going to the wand in his pocket. However, the statue merely stared at him, sapphire eyes glowing. "Er…can I get by? I really need a bath," he said sheepishly, feeling awfully stupid to be talking to a statue. The unicorn shifted slightly. "I'm Head Boy, you know! James Potter!" he exclaimed, starting to get irritated. The statue bowed its head and slid aside. "Uh, thanks." he said, and walked in.
Marveling at the common room, he headed straight for the door, assuming it would be the bathroom. *Damn, I can almost hear the bathtub calling my name!* he thought, wincing at sore muscles. Pushing open the door with a sigh, he stopped dead. Lily was soaking lazily in the bathtub. *Oh, crap!* he thought, averting his eyes. He took an involuntary footstep back and she whipped around.
"Potter!" she screeched, hastily grabbing every available bubble to cover herself. "Haven't you ever heard of something civilized called knocking?"
James blushed so hard he thought he felt steam coming out of his ears; he noticed a pink tinge on Lily's cheeks as well. "Uh, sorry," he mumbled, trying his hardest not to stare at her. Trying to regain his composure, he stared hard at the white tile floor. "Can we have our meeting after you're done?" he asked.
"Fine. Now, if you don't mind?" she asked tightly. Looking at her, James realized she was blushing as hard as he was a moment ago. *I haven't gotten this much of a rise out of her in years!* He grinned. *Might as well make good use of it.*
"Yes, actually, I do mind." he stated, sitting down on the tile floor. "Now, about the theme…"
Lily gaped at him. "James Potter! Out! Now!" she spluttered, pointing at the door.
He smirked and swept into an imitation of a courtly bow. "As you wish, milady." he said, and winked before leaving the room. *Well, that went marginally well.* he thought, heading up to his room. *At least she didn't smash me into the wall again.* Chuckling at the memory of the look on her face, he walked into his room and collapsed on the bed.
* * *
Lily stared blankly at the mirror. *I don't think I've ever been so humiliated…and by Potter no less!* she thought, drying her hair. He is pretty funny, though, whispered the voice in her mind. And cute, too. Lily stopped dead when she realized what she had thought. *Oh…my…god. I did NOT think that James Potter is cute! I didn't, I didn't, I DIDN'T!!!* Yes, you did. *NO!* Yes.
"AAGH!" she exclaimed angrily, and slumped down against the cool tile of the floor.
*Now he's going to be all friendly and everything, and wanting to work. Great. Just fucking great. I swore I wouldn't lift a finger to help him. Now what?* She sighed, finding no real answer. *I'll just be distant, I guess, like usual. Pretend this never happened; maybe he'll get the message.* Feeling reassured by that thought, she stood up, schooled her expression to blankness and walked out the door.
"Lily!" James exclaimed with a smile when he saw her. His expression faltered a bit when he noticed her deadpan expression, but he kept smiling. "I thought you might have drowned in there!"
Lily fought the urge to fire off a snappy retort and sat down directly across from him, staring at a point just above his right shoulder.
"So, Dumbledore gave us a list of what we have to talk about." James said. Lily made no move. "According to this," he said, looking down at the scrap of parchment, "we need to discuss the prefect meetings, the theme for the Christmas ball, the points system, and morale-boosters."
Lily didn't reply.
"Okay," James said, his smile fading slightly, "prefect meetings. What's a good day for you?" Lily shrugged. "Anytime." she said in a monotone.
James' jaw tightened. "Okay, we'll get back to that later." He said, his voice a little less jovial. "Themes. Any ideas? I thought maybe the Snowflake ball, and we could have snowmen and everything…" He looked at Lily.
"Whatever."
"Fine," he said tightly. "Rules for the ball. No one under third year?"
*Good, he's starting to get pissed. Maybe I won't have to put up with this crap for too much longer!* she thought, keeping her stony expression. "Whatever you say, Potter." she said, unable to keep the mocking tone from her voice. At that, he finally snapped.
Slamming the parchment down on the table, he stood up angrily. "What the hell is wrong with you?" he asked angrily. "Don't you care?"
"As a matter of fact, I don't care, Potter." Lily said, standing up as well. "I didn't want this job, I don't care what happens and I don't care what you want. Do the work yourself."
"Oh, do it myself, should I?" James yelled. "It's not like I wanted this job either! I do it because I care about the people in this school!"
"Well I don't care about the people in this school," Lily hissed. "They haven't exactly been there for me, so why should I give back to them?"
"You'd better work, Evans, or I'll…I'll…" He seemed at a loss for words, but Lily could see where his train of thought was going. Her eyes narrowed, her anger increasing tenfold.
"You'll what, Potter?" she asked, her voice dripping venom. She stalked around the table until they were nose to nose. "Used to all the girls doing exactly what you want? Used to people just falling at your feet? You're just like the rest of them, Potter. You don't really care, you just want the authority of Head Boy so the girls will be impressed, don't you?" she spat, eyes blazing with fury. He swallowed nervously.
"It's not like that, really!" he insisted. Lily looked at him skeptically.
"Prove it," she whispered angrily, and returned to her seat. She stared him straight in the eyes. *Let's see if he can weasel himself out of this one.* she thought. Lily had completely forgotten about the duties of Head Girl. She was far more interested if Potter could prove himself.
"Fine." he said arrogantly. He paused for a moment, then began to speak. "I never wanted Head Boy. It got in the way of having fun with my friends and my dad thought it was the greatest thing on earth. Anything my dad wants for me, I've found out it's usually boring or absolutely useless. But then I realized I could change stuff, you know? Have people listen to me. I mean, always at school, Sirius is the 'hot' one, Remus is the 'cute' one, and I'm stuck in the middle. People only want to get close to me so they can get close to them."
As he spoke, Lily felt her anger draining away. *Does he really feel that way? Nah, he can't. He HAS to be making this up.* But even her thought sounded false.
James continued, "I've never really had a serious girlfriend. The only thing here I've really lived for is Quidditch. But now…" he sighed. "I guess you were right. Once I realized the value of being Head Boy, I thought that people would finally take notice; that I wasn't just Potter, captain of the Quidditch team and friend of Sirius and Remus, but James Potter, Head Boy." He shrugged, a rueful grin making its appearance. "I can't force you to work, Lily, but I would appreciate it." He looked at her hopefully.
*Wow,* Lily thought, stunned. *Guess he's not just a boy toy after all.* "My, you do have a way with words, Potter." She said dryly, and he looked away.
"Now, that I've explained the history of my life, it's your turn." he said, looking back at her.
Lily paused and looked into his eyes. *Should I? Shouldn't I?* she debated with herself for a few moments. James waited patiently. *It's ok…he deserves to know. After all, he confided in me…but I can't, I'll get hurt again.* She remembered all too clearly his caustic words of a few years ago. *I don't know if this is the real Potter. It could be just an act. No,* she thought, wordlessly shaking her head, *I will not be hurt again.*
James drew back, stunned. "Why?" he whispered. "Don't you trust me?"
Lily almost laughed out loud. "I don't trust anyone, Potter." she replied, fiddling with the corners of the parchment. "Now, you were saying about the prefect's meeting? I'm free on any night other than the Dueling Club evenings." She looked at him expectantly. James perked up a bit, a smile coming to his face.
"How about Thursday evening? I don't have Quidditch practice."
Lily almost smiled back. Almost. "Sounds good to me."
The two of them spent most of the evening planning out the details for the rest of the year.
* * *
Later that evening, James had gone off to roam around the castle with his friends. Lily decided to start her Transfiguration essay: Explain the events leading up to and the discovery of Inanimate Object to Creature Switches. She sat in the common room, quill poised above the parchment and for the first time in her life, could not think of what to say. Flipping idly through her textbook, she had finally found something to write about when a commotion in the hall startled her.
"Where are you, you bitch?" A male voice said, close enough to the common room entrance that she could hear him clearly.
She heard the dull thud of flesh hitting flesh, as well as a soft moan. That decided her. Grabbing her wand, she strode out of the room. Adjusting her eyes to the gloom, she took a single footstep. It rang loudly in the silence, and a running form dashed past her. Torn between going after the culprit and going further, the sounds of someone crying floated towards her. Running cautiously towards the source, she nearly tripped over a huddled form, sobbing as if their heart was broken. Crouching down beside the person, she placed a cautious hand on their shoulder.
"No…" croaked a feminine voice, and Lily's heart went out to the poor girl.
"It's okay, honey," she said softly, gathering the girl up in her arms. "He's gone." The girl turned towards her, tear-stained face pale in the moonlight. "Now, come with me and we'll talk all about it." The girl nodded, now hiccuping softly. Even though Lily was strong, she was small, and she had difficulty carrying the girl back to her dorm. *I…really…need…to…use…the…weights…more…* she thought, staggering a little. She finally reached the statue, and did not even need to touch it. The unicorn slid aside swiftly and Lily staggered into the common room. Laying the girl down on the couch, she grabbed a blanket folded over a chair and covered her gently.
"I'm Lily Evans, Head Girl." she said, waiting for the girl to calm down. Instead, her eyes widened.
"Y-y-you? The Ice Queen?" the girl said, and Lily laughed.
"I guess that's what they call me. And you?"
"A-a-ariadna Figg, Ravenclaw s-s-s-sixth year prefect."
"Nice to meet you, Ariadna." Lily said, and the girl winced.
"P-please, don't call me that. My least favorite aunt calls me Ariadna. C-call me Aria." Slowly the girl was calming down, and Lily judged it the right time.
"What happened, Aria?" she asked, and the other girl shuddered.
"It was S-snape, he f-followed me after dinner. He a-asked me out, I refused. H-h-he stormed off, and I didn't see him again 'till I went to the l-l-library." Aria was getting more and more upset by the moment.
"It's okay, Aria, it's over. You can tell me what happened." Lily said soothingly, and the girl began to sob again.
"H-h-he chased me, and I r-r-ran. I d-don't know this part of the c-c-castle very well, and I got s-s-stuck in a dead end. He…" she began to cry in earnest again. "He beat me, called me a whore. He was going to," she swallowed, "t-to rape me, I know it!" Aria flung herself at Lily, staggered slightly at the unexpected weight but hugged her back.
*Just like me, almost.* she thought, making soothing noises and patting Aria's hair. *Only she was defenseless. How many times has this been happening in this school?*
"He'll come after me, I know it!" Aria wailed, clutching at Lily desperately. "Help me, Lily, please!" She burst into fresh tears again, as Lily sighed. Just then, an idea popped into her head.
"Aria, are you in the Dueling Club?" she asked.
"Y-yes, why?"
"So you're learning the defensive stuff. However…" she turned to the girl. "Professor Aquila also taught me some different things. Things designed for use against an attacker, things just for girls. I'll teach it to you!" Aria blanched.
"Oh no, Lily, I couldn't do that! I'm horrible at staff fighting!" Lily stood up, and offered a hand. "Trust me, it's easy! I learned it on my first day being taught, and I didn't find it too hard. Come on…" Aria looked up at her and shook her head, stubbornness plain to read in her eyes.
"No way." She crossed her arms and sat back. "No way in hell."
"Well, you wanted me to help you…" Lily said, tapping her foot.
"Not like that!" Aria protested, and Lily lost her patience.
"Up." she said, and hauled her upright.
"Lily! What…?"
"You're going to learn this, Aria, it saved my life. Now, starting from the head down…eyes are vulnerable." she lectured, conjuring up an image of a man. "There are two ways to attack the eyes: one, thumbs in the eyes and jerk out," she demonstrated.
"Eew!" Aria said, backing up.
"Come on, don't be a wuss!" Lily exclaimed, exasperated. Aria bristled.
"Me? A wuss? HA! Bring it on, babe!" she said angrily, and the two girls stared each other down. The corner of Lily's mouth began to twitch. Aria started to smile. The two grinned at each other, before breaking into helpless laughter.
"Oh…my…god…" Lily managed to get out. "All…you…needed…to…do…was…snap…your fingers…at me!"
"You just watch me, girlfriend!" Aria said, doing just that. They started laughing again.
"Okay," Lily said once they had calmed down a little, though she was still smiling broadly. Aria was looking at her oddly. "What?" she asked.
"I haven't seen you smile in forever, you know. It gets kinda intimidating if you're always just sitting there expressionless."
"That's the point, Aria." Lily said, without really thinking about it. "Now, the other eye strike…"
"You WANT to make people stay away from you?" the other girl said, incredulous. "Why?"
"Aria…" Lily started, then stopped. "I don't want to talk about it." She turned away.
"Okay." The other girl said softly. Lily looked at her, shocked.
"That's it? You're not going to bug me about it?" Aria shrugged.
"Hey, I can't force you. You can tell me whenever you want to. I mean, you have a right to your privacy, right?"
"Wow, Aria. Thanks." Lily said. *I don't know what to say,* she thought, her mind reeling. *I never thought anyone could be so…nice.*
"Hey, that's how I feel." Aria shrugged. "Now, eye strikes?" she prompted.
"Oh yeah…right. Now, the other eye strike…"
* * *
It was very late when the two girls were finished. "Y-you'd better head back to your dorms, Aria." Lily said, yawning. Aria looked at her shyly.
"I have a favor to ask…" she said softly.
"What?"
"Can I stay here tonight? I mean, all my roommates won't care where I am and I don't think I'm up to facing them right now. Please?" Trying to make light of the situation, Aria put on a puppy-dog face, pout and all.
Lily giggled. "Sure, Aria. We're gonna have to share the bed, though. It's okay, it's huge!"
Aria surprised Lily once again by hugging her fiercely. "Thanks Lily. I'm glad you understand." Lily hugged back.
"Hey, you're the first person I've been able to talk to in a while. No prob. Now, come on! My room rocks, you'll love it!" The two girls raced up the stairs.
"Oh my GOD!" Aria shrieked, and the two of them collapsed on the bed.
"I have some extra pj's you can borrow." Lily offered. She hopped up and grabbed two pairs.
"Thanks, Lils, you rock!"
Lily looked at Aria strangely. "Lils?"
Aria shrugged. "Hey, if I have a nickname, it's only fair you get one too. Lils is pretty good, I think. Or it could be Lilsy…or just Lil. Or maybe Li-" Before Aria could say any more outrageous suggestions, Lily whacked her with one of her many pillows. "Hey!" Aria shouted, and grabbed a pillow of her own. It escalated into a full-blown pillow war faster than you could say "Dueling".
Later, after they had changed, brushed their teeth and hopped into bed, they lay there in silence for a few moments.
"Lils?" Aria asked cautiously.
"Yeah?"
"What happened?" Lily knew she wasn't referring to that evening.
"It's not exactly a happy bedtime story, you know." she said, and Aria shrugged.
"Hey, you're my friend. I'll start with my life story, if you want."
Lily groaned. "Aria, I'm tired." she whined.
Aria pouted. "Pleeeeeease?" Lily rolled over, stuck her head under a pillow and pretended not to hear. Aria took a deep breath. "PLEEEEEEEEEEEASE?"
"Ack! Fine! You first, though." Lily sat up, all joking forgotten as she listened intently.
"I dunno…my life really hasn't been that exciting. I was born on March 8, the day after my mom's birthday. She always said I was her belated birthday present, even though she wanted a new oven." Lily chuckled. "I live in Surrey with my mom, my dad and my two sisters. I'm the youngest, which kinda sucks, but hey. My oldest sister, Arabella, is a Squib. She works in the Ministry, in the Muggle Liaison Office. My other sister, Ardana, is a fashion designer."
"That's pretty cool." Lily said.
Aria shrugged. "We were really close when we were little. Now that she's a big name, she's never home any more. She acts all snobby and stuck-up, too. Anyways, I got my letter, went here, got sorted into Ravenclaw…never really had any true friends. I mean, I'm smart, but I don't wander around with my nose in a book. A lot of them do. My roommates don't, but sometimes I wish they did." Aria sighed. "They're boy- crazy, obsessed with makeup, you know, the works. I mean, I like to shop and all that, but it's not…like…" Aria struggled to find the right word.
"A need." Lily filled in.
"Yeah. So, I was Prefect last year too, I love to watch Quidditch, I'd play if I was good enough, I had a boyfriend last year, Amos Diggory, but he totally played me. I dumped him before it went too far, though. There's nothing much else to say, really. My life's been pretty normal, at least until Snape…" Aria turned over to look at Lily. "That's it, really. Your turn!" She chirped, looking expectantly at Lily.
"Aria…can I trust you?" Lily asked. She had never felt so vulnerable in her life.
"Of course you can!" Aria looked almost insulted. "I would never, ever, EVER do anything to betray your trust, Lils. I really want to know, because it will help me understand the real Lily Evans. That's all. You're my friend, Lils. Friends trust each other."
"I thought I had friends." Lily said softly.
"Just start from the beginning." Aria said soothingly.
Lily took a deep, shuddering breath, then began. "I never knew who my father was. My mother, my sister Petunia and I all lived in…" she paused. "In a whorehouse." Aria said nothing, just waited.
"I never actually slept with anyone. I just danced. My sister, who is older, and my mother did that. Eventually, Petunia ran away and Mom was pissed. She was a drunkard, you know. So, I had to replace Petunia. It was my first time, me all dressed up in practically nothing, my Mom practically foaming at the mouth with greed. I had attracted a wealthy customer and he paid big money for the privilege of having me. It was just about to happen, I panicked, I was helpless. I don't really remember this part very well; the next thing I knew, a kind of barrier in my mind had burst and I had exploded the whole building."
Aria was nodding with a kind of fierce joy. "Good. That's exactly what those bastards deserved." Lily kept going.
"I ended up here at the beginning of the summer, barely 13 and naïve as hell. Dumbledore explained everything to me; I went to Diagon Alley and spent the rest of the summer studying to catch up with everyone my age. I was sorted into Gryffindor at the beginning of the school year."
"I remember that," Aria said. "All the guys at the Ravenclaw table were practically drooling." Lily smiled sadly.
"So, I met the Marauders, they seemed nice. I was so glad to be out of that hellhole of a place, that I thought everyone here was a saint. Big mistake. That night, Malfoy asked me out, I met my roommates who seemed really nice, if a little vain, and the Marauders declared war on my because I was going out with a Slytherin. A few months passed happily…Oh! Professor Aquila had been assigned to teach me self-defense. She went further than that; she declared that I would learn every fighting style that she knew."
"But why, though?" Aria asked. "I mean, why just you?"
"Aria, I'm an enchantress. Like Morgan Le Fay in King Arthur's time." Aria gasped.
"I thought that was just a legend!"
Lily smiled wryly. "That's me, Lily E., ensnarer of men's hearts and destroyer of true love."
Aria shook her head vehemently. "No, Lils. Just 'cause you have this power doesn't mean you're evil. I mean, that's what Muggles think; that all witches and wizards are evil. You are whatever you choose to be and don't you forget it!"
Lily smiled, a true smile this time. "Thanks. Now, where was I? Oh yeah…" Her expression hardened. "I went up with Malfoy one night to the Astronomy tower. Things started to get a little out of hand, I told him to stop and he basically said he was going to rape me."
"What an asshole!" Aria exclaimed.
"What he didn't know, was that I trained in martial arts. He had my wand; he thought I was helpless, he was wrong. I managed to run, but he found me. A necklace he had given me had a tracking spell in it, so I couldn't hide. Anyways, he just pissed me off so much that I snapped my heels off and beat the shit out of him."
"Yes!" Aria exclaimed with fierce pride.
Lily merely continued. "I beat him to a pulp, and then I was horrified. I mean, I kept hitting him even after he was knocked out. I ran back to my dorm, told my roommates…what a mistake. They shunned me, told me I should have 'given him some' because I was such a slut and told me never to come back again. So, I packed my stuff and went down to the common room. Of course, the Marauders were there." Lily sighed. "They told me as well that it was all my fault, without even asking for my side of the story. So, I swore never to get close to anyone again." She smiled wryly at Aria. "Now I've broken my own rule."
"Oh, honey…" Aria said, and sat up. She pulled Lily into a hug, and then, finally, Lily let the tears fall that she had kept inside for five long years.
"I t-t-tried to be strong." Lily said through her racking sobs. "I t-t-tried not to c-care. But it h-h-hurt, seeing everyone s-s-shun me. No one even a-asked for what r-r-really happened!"
"It's okay…ssshhh…" Aria said soothingly.
Lily's sobs quieted after a while. "Thanks Aria. Now we've both let it all out, I guess." she said, sniffling.
"Friends forever?" the other girl said with a smile.
"Forever." Lily said, and they hugged once more before dropping off into a deep sleep.
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