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"Sshh, do you think she's awake?"
Lily stirred as she heard some faint noises, slowly shaking her out of her deep slumber. She turned, burying her head further into her soft pillow.
"I don't know, but it's already 11:30. She can't sleep forever." Light footsteps could be heard leading toward her four-poster.
Now certain that she heard noises in her dorm, Lily cautiously opened an emerald eye to scan her room for the noisy visitors. Expecting to find Remus or Juliet, she saw nothing but her desk and Juliet's empty bed across the room. Mentally shrugging, Lily closed her eyes again, hoping to eradicate the memories of the sounds out of her mind. It was Saturday now, and she deserved to be able to sleep in. After a tiring first week of school, complete with a chaotic Prefect meeting and three tutoring sessions after her classes, all Lily wanted to do was sleep, in order to recover and rejuvenate for the next week.
Just as she was about to fall asleep again, she felt a large weight crawl upon her stomach. The large weight began to lick her face profusely. 'What the hell…?' Lily shifted, trying to get the heaviness off her. She opened her eyes, and her verdant irises met with soft brown ones. On her stomach lay a large black dog, panting and raising its paw to Lily.
"Sirius Black, get off me this instant." Lily sighed as she tried to heave Sirius, in his Animagi form, off her bed. Sirius the dog licked Lily's face one more time before he promptly switched back to his human form, laying on her bed.
"G'day Lily! How's my favourite redhead this morning? Sleep well?" He lounged on the end of her four-poster as Lily crawled out of her bed and headed toward her dresser. He handed her one of her Muggle sweatshirts that was lying on a nearby chair when she trembled lightly in her tank top. After combing her hair, Lily turned and addressed Sirius.
"I'm doing quite well, Sirius. I was sleeping peacefully until a large Black dog decided to grace me with his presence early this morning. But I think it was the licking that was the most UNappreciated." Lily rubbed a hand across her cheek and made a face to Sirius, who was laughing. She smiled and turned around and began backing up slowly to her dresser. "Where's Juliet? I noticed that her bed was empty. Where are James, Remus, and Peter?"
Sirius replied, "Juliet is down in the Great Hall with Remus and Peter eating breakfast. They left around an hour ago. But as for James…" Sirius voice faded.
"James what?" Lily said as she backed up, until some sharp pointy objects poked into her back. She quickly turned around and came face to face with a stoic male stag. His head was bent, so that is why she ran into his antlers.
Lily smirked and put hand hers on her slim waist. "You too? Goodness, I thought having one animal was enough to wake me up this morning. Let me guess, it was your idea to sneak up on me this morning?" She feigned an angry look as James the stag crept closer to her, attempting to soothe her 'angry' gaze with his most angelic expression. His hazel eyes became large and round, and he rubbed his muzzle against her arm.
"Please, James…those Bambi eyes aren't getting you out of this." Lily said as James' expression turned from pleading to that of cute desperation. She laughed as she stated, "But since I'm such a nice person, I'm letting you off the hook." A twinkle appeared on James' eyes as he promptly returned to his human state.
"We did it out of your best interest Lils. I swear, you would have slept through Christmas holiday is we didn't wake you up!" James stated, matter- of-factly. Lily smiled and shook her head.
"Oh, I should be grateful then? That you guys barged into my room? Whatever…Alright, OUT, you two. I have to change. I'll meet you in the Common Room." Sirius and James left, as Lily pulled her robes out of her dresser.
Ten minutes later, after Lily brushed her teeth and changed into her robes, the trio headed towards the moving staircases to the Great Hall. Sirius was talking about how famished he was.
"I'm going to have some bacon, and then I'm going to have some eggs. I really hope they are scrambled, though poached isn't bad. Or lightly boiled. Egg benedict sounds tasty right now. And them probably about 8 slices of toast with some jam…" He was cut off by Lily.
"Geez, Sirius, a bit hungry? My gosh, slow down…you might get indigestion before actually stepping into the Hall!" Lily laughed as Sirius' smile became even wider.
"You've known me for about five years, Lily. Haven't you realized my eating potential by now? You know that I—"
"…am a bottomless pit when it comes to eating?" James inserted smartly, giving a knowing look to Lily, who giggled.
Sirius squinted his eyes. "I think the correct term is 'robust appetite', but bottomless pit comes pretty close though. Whatever. I stay trim though," he said rubbing his flat stomach.
"Yeah, mainly from all that running away from Filch and Professor McGonagall, and any other teacher who threatens you with detention." James said. "But hey, at least you're working out." They reached the Great Hall and walked over to the area where Remus, Peter, and Juliet were eating. Lily slid in the bench next to Remus as James and Sirius sat with Peter on the other side.
Juliet turned to Lily and asked, "Hey? Did you start your Advanced Muggle Language translation yet? I think I might have confused some of my definitions." Lily nodded as she took another piece of toast from the platter.
"Yeah, I somewhat started my first draft. It's in Aramaic, and I really find that time-consuming to look up all those words. But Sirius takes that class too, so you can ask him." Lily responded, pointing to Sirius, who was busy demolishing another plate of bacon, must to the kitchen elf's astonishment as he walked by.
Sirius swallowed and said, "Well, my translation so far is: 'I am the walrus, I am the walrus, Paul is dead, Koo-koo-ka-choo.' But since there isn't an Aramaic word for 'walrus', I directly translated it to 'I am the bearded, cow-like sea beast.'" James and Remus laughed as Lily and Juliet looked at Sirius with confused looks.
"Isn't it a poem about springtime?" Juliet asked timidly. Lily nodded.
"Yeah, that's what I thought too."
Sirius shrugged. "Oh well. It's just my own personal interpretation. You know…walruses are usually attributed to spring…uh, yeah." Lily turned her head and spoke.
"Speaking of bearded, cow-like sea beasts…"
At that moment, Sophie Welles, wearing a very low-cut top underneath her robe walked up to the table, obviously looking for James.
Lily smirked and said, "James, it looks like your faithful tutee is here and she needs someth—James?" She looked across from her, where James was sitting, and there was an empty spot next to Sirius. "Where did James go?"
Noticing that James was missing, Sophie continued her strut down the Great Hall, wiggling her butt profusely as she passed the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, as they were preparing for tryouts later the next week.
Lily shrugged as she felt a slight tugging at her leg. She looked underneath the table and saw James hunching his tall frame beneath the large table.
"James, what on Earth are you doing under the table?" Lily asked as Sirius gave James the 'all clear' signal, and James crawled back up to the bench.
"I wanted a closer look at your lovely shoes, Lily…what did it LOOK like I was doing? I was protecting myself from potential sexual harassment from Sophie." Lily laughed as she watched James glance cautiously around the Hall for Sophie.
"James Potter? Hiding from a girl? A girl that practically throws herself at him? The world has finally come to an end!" Remus and Peter, who has been sitting quietly eating on the sidelines, laughed out loud to Lily's observation.
"Har har. Very witty. But seriously, it's pretty sad. I mean, I tutored her twice this week, and it was basically me sitting in the library, explaining really easy Transfiguration spells as she just sat there and stared at my face. It was really freaking me out. And then, after the Prefect meeting, I was speaking to Lindsay about when she was scheduling the Quidditch Captains meeting, and Sophie nearly had a fit. I mean, dude, leave me alone!" James sighed. Remus spoke up next.
"Gosh, I'm sorry. I mean, hopefully this obsession won't last that long. They usually don't, right? I mean, she WILL get bored of you after a while. You aren't that exciting. No offense James." James smiled a weak smile.
"Yeah, I just hope that will occur sooner than later."
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After eating breakfast, the gang slowly moved back to the Common Room to decide what to do for the rest of the afternoon. Most of them had already finished their homework, so they were deciding between going outside and flying and staying inside and talking. Lily, on the other hand, had to go to Dumbledore's office for a quick meeting.
Lily hurried down the corridor until she reached his office. After whispering the password, the door opened and Dumbledore looked up and ushered her inside.
"Good afternoon, Ms. Evans. Thank you for arriving so promptly for this meeting." Lily smiled shyly.
"Good afternoon, Professor Dumbledore. What is it that you need from me?" She inquired, crossing her ankles as she sat on the chair across from Dumbledore.
"Yes, well, it has come to my attention that you have taken your placement tests earlier this week, correct?" Lily nodded, remembering the quizzes that she took in the beginning of the week that validated her position in many of her advanced classes. Dumbledore continued.
"I'm proud to say that your results from those tests are incredibly superb—you have quite a lot of talent, Ms. Evans." Lily blushed and thanked Dumbledore for his compliment. "So much in fact, I don't want to see such talent and potential wasted. I would like to offer you some options here at Hogwarts which can hone your skills as a witch; to help you become as powerful as you obviously can be." Dumbledore ushered Lily to come closer to him.
"Ms. Evans, I know you have a very challenging course load this year, but there are some small, private tutorial sessions you can take on the side here that can help hone your skills. More advanced charms, apparation, and even some wandless magic skills." Lily was shocked to hear about all those classes. 'Wow, wandless magic? I have the potential to do wandless magic?'
Dumbledore sensed Lily's shock and smiled. "Now, you don't have to take this option. But there are some other students who are, and I think it might be a great opportunity for you to learn." Dumbledore started naming some names of students in the school who had already agreed to be a part of that plan. Lily recognized a few of the names, but they were mainly seventh years. "And I believe your good friend Mr. Potter has decided in participating in this program." Lily smiled. She figured James was surely capable in mastering the advanced magic. She responded to Dumbledore's request of her presence.
"That sounds like a very wonderful opportunity. I would love to be a part of that. I might have to change some of my tutoring sessions to accommodate the extra work load, but I would be honored to be a part of that group." Dumbledore smiled and agreed to help Lily fix her schedule to a more manageable workload. Lily thanked Dumbledore again, and left his room with high spirits.
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Lily felt as if she was on Cloud Nine. As she waltzed through the hallway back to the Gryffindor wing, she felt as if nothing in the world could shatter her happiness. But, of course, she spoke too soon.
At that moment, Snape and some of his Slytherin gang were in view and they slowly approached Lily as they crossed in the hallway.
"Well, well, if it isn't the little mudblood skipping back to go to her friends." Snape said with a sneer, crossing his arms across his chest.
Not wanting to cause a scene, Lily mumbled a "Yeah" as she started to lean toward the direction of the Gryffindor tower. She could not possible take on 5 Slytherins in the hallway alone. She figured the faster she got of the situation, the better.
Snape sensed her apprehension. "Oh, is the little mudblood scared? Scared that some Slytherin will beat her up? Realizing that she is truly much weaker than a pureblood?" The sharp, painful words hurt Lily, but she tried to brush them off.
"Go away, stupid mudblood. I don't even want you in my presence." Snape concluded as he was about to push Lily. He was just about to shove her when a deep voice boomed from the other end of the hallway.
"Don't you dare touch her, Snape. Go pick on someone at your own stupidity level." Lily sighed a long breath of relief as she saw James walk up from the shadows with Sirius right beside him. The two looked very angry.
"Well, isn't it the charming Potter, here to save his mudblood girlfriend's butt again. She can't do it on her own." Snape sneered, turning away from Lily. Lily resisted the urge to deck Snape, right there in the hallway.
Sirius turned and spoke up. "Leave Lily alone. She didn't do anything to you. Do us all a favor and use your energy for something that's actually useful. Like bathing." One of the Slytherins giggled as Snape through him a nasty glare. Snape grunted, and continued down the hallway, his Slytherin friends in tow. Lily smiled a grateful smile to Sirius and James.
"Thanks a lot you guys. I can usually handle him, but not when there are four other Slytherins around. Thanks for standing up for me." James smiled and brushed her comment off.
"Naah, it was nothing. That's what good friends are for. How dare his pick on you and all the other Muggle-born people at Hogwarts. What an jerk." Sirius nodded his agreement.
"Yeah, it's his insecurity that does it. And his damn attitude. It's like he has something permanently stuck up his ass or something." The friends laughed as they continued on their way back to the Gryffindor Common Room to meet Remus, Juliet, and Peter.
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A/N: That concludes chapter 3. A little shorter than the rest (only 2 scenes), but still quite decent for a novice writer like me! Sorry there was so much about Lily in this one. I really like her. If you have any suggestions on how this story may turn, please feel free and tell me! Input is greatly appreciated!
Hey…to all readers who caught my X-Files reference…yeah, just finished watching Hollywood A.D. rerun and I thought that would be cute to add in. ^- ^ Thanks David for that great line! Great episode too!
Hope to post next chapter soon…gotta think of some new plot twists…L/J coming, but not just yet!
~ Stellar
Thanks to those who reviewed, also! I appreciate them very much! ….
Thistlemeg: Glad you liked my chocolate frogs episode…yeah, my guy friends do stuff like that all the time…boys will be boys, I guess…hehe. Must be some testosterone thing. Whatever. Sophie is so weird. Thanks for the review!
Wildbeastlover: Thank you for reviewing! Glad you liked the condom comment. ^-^ Sirius is an awesome character—I hope to portray him as witty and loyal friend. Great in the books and in the fics! Glad my characters are effective in evoking real emotions towards them! Sophie is such a wierdo! Hope to keep posting my new chapters at this fast rate!
Quinn: Thanks for reading my fic and reviewing! I really appreciate it! Yeah, I am trying to stray away from the usual "James is so great, and Lily is so pretty" fics. I mean, they are great and pretty, but that is not all of their character. Thanks so much! I am writing as fast as I can!
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"Sshh, do you think she's awake?"
Lily stirred as she heard some faint noises, slowly shaking her out of her deep slumber. She turned, burying her head further into her soft pillow.
"I don't know, but it's already 11:30. She can't sleep forever." Light footsteps could be heard leading toward her four-poster.
Now certain that she heard noises in her dorm, Lily cautiously opened an emerald eye to scan her room for the noisy visitors. Expecting to find Remus or Juliet, she saw nothing but her desk and Juliet's empty bed across the room. Mentally shrugging, Lily closed her eyes again, hoping to eradicate the memories of the sounds out of her mind. It was Saturday now, and she deserved to be able to sleep in. After a tiring first week of school, complete with a chaotic Prefect meeting and three tutoring sessions after her classes, all Lily wanted to do was sleep, in order to recover and rejuvenate for the next week.
Just as she was about to fall asleep again, she felt a large weight crawl upon her stomach. The large weight began to lick her face profusely. 'What the hell…?' Lily shifted, trying to get the heaviness off her. She opened her eyes, and her verdant irises met with soft brown ones. On her stomach lay a large black dog, panting and raising its paw to Lily.
"Sirius Black, get off me this instant." Lily sighed as she tried to heave Sirius, in his Animagi form, off her bed. Sirius the dog licked Lily's face one more time before he promptly switched back to his human form, laying on her bed.
"G'day Lily! How's my favourite redhead this morning? Sleep well?" He lounged on the end of her four-poster as Lily crawled out of her bed and headed toward her dresser. He handed her one of her Muggle sweatshirts that was lying on a nearby chair when she trembled lightly in her tank top. After combing her hair, Lily turned and addressed Sirius.
"I'm doing quite well, Sirius. I was sleeping peacefully until a large Black dog decided to grace me with his presence early this morning. But I think it was the licking that was the most UNappreciated." Lily rubbed a hand across her cheek and made a face to Sirius, who was laughing. She smiled and turned around and began backing up slowly to her dresser. "Where's Juliet? I noticed that her bed was empty. Where are James, Remus, and Peter?"
Sirius replied, "Juliet is down in the Great Hall with Remus and Peter eating breakfast. They left around an hour ago. But as for James…" Sirius voice faded.
"James what?" Lily said as she backed up, until some sharp pointy objects poked into her back. She quickly turned around and came face to face with a stoic male stag. His head was bent, so that is why she ran into his antlers.
Lily smirked and put hand hers on her slim waist. "You too? Goodness, I thought having one animal was enough to wake me up this morning. Let me guess, it was your idea to sneak up on me this morning?" She feigned an angry look as James the stag crept closer to her, attempting to soothe her 'angry' gaze with his most angelic expression. His hazel eyes became large and round, and he rubbed his muzzle against her arm.
"Please, James…those Bambi eyes aren't getting you out of this." Lily said as James' expression turned from pleading to that of cute desperation. She laughed as she stated, "But since I'm such a nice person, I'm letting you off the hook." A twinkle appeared on James' eyes as he promptly returned to his human state.
"We did it out of your best interest Lils. I swear, you would have slept through Christmas holiday is we didn't wake you up!" James stated, matter- of-factly. Lily smiled and shook her head.
"Oh, I should be grateful then? That you guys barged into my room? Whatever…Alright, OUT, you two. I have to change. I'll meet you in the Common Room." Sirius and James left, as Lily pulled her robes out of her dresser.
Ten minutes later, after Lily brushed her teeth and changed into her robes, the trio headed towards the moving staircases to the Great Hall. Sirius was talking about how famished he was.
"I'm going to have some bacon, and then I'm going to have some eggs. I really hope they are scrambled, though poached isn't bad. Or lightly boiled. Egg benedict sounds tasty right now. And them probably about 8 slices of toast with some jam…" He was cut off by Lily.
"Geez, Sirius, a bit hungry? My gosh, slow down…you might get indigestion before actually stepping into the Hall!" Lily laughed as Sirius' smile became even wider.
"You've known me for about five years, Lily. Haven't you realized my eating potential by now? You know that I—"
"…am a bottomless pit when it comes to eating?" James inserted smartly, giving a knowing look to Lily, who giggled.
Sirius squinted his eyes. "I think the correct term is 'robust appetite', but bottomless pit comes pretty close though. Whatever. I stay trim though," he said rubbing his flat stomach.
"Yeah, mainly from all that running away from Filch and Professor McGonagall, and any other teacher who threatens you with detention." James said. "But hey, at least you're working out." They reached the Great Hall and walked over to the area where Remus, Peter, and Juliet were eating. Lily slid in the bench next to Remus as James and Sirius sat with Peter on the other side.
Juliet turned to Lily and asked, "Hey? Did you start your Advanced Muggle Language translation yet? I think I might have confused some of my definitions." Lily nodded as she took another piece of toast from the platter.
"Yeah, I somewhat started my first draft. It's in Aramaic, and I really find that time-consuming to look up all those words. But Sirius takes that class too, so you can ask him." Lily responded, pointing to Sirius, who was busy demolishing another plate of bacon, must to the kitchen elf's astonishment as he walked by.
Sirius swallowed and said, "Well, my translation so far is: 'I am the walrus, I am the walrus, Paul is dead, Koo-koo-ka-choo.' But since there isn't an Aramaic word for 'walrus', I directly translated it to 'I am the bearded, cow-like sea beast.'" James and Remus laughed as Lily and Juliet looked at Sirius with confused looks.
"Isn't it a poem about springtime?" Juliet asked timidly. Lily nodded.
"Yeah, that's what I thought too."
Sirius shrugged. "Oh well. It's just my own personal interpretation. You know…walruses are usually attributed to spring…uh, yeah." Lily turned her head and spoke.
"Speaking of bearded, cow-like sea beasts…"
At that moment, Sophie Welles, wearing a very low-cut top underneath her robe walked up to the table, obviously looking for James.
Lily smirked and said, "James, it looks like your faithful tutee is here and she needs someth—James?" She looked across from her, where James was sitting, and there was an empty spot next to Sirius. "Where did James go?"
Noticing that James was missing, Sophie continued her strut down the Great Hall, wiggling her butt profusely as she passed the Hufflepuff Quidditch team, as they were preparing for tryouts later the next week.
Lily shrugged as she felt a slight tugging at her leg. She looked underneath the table and saw James hunching his tall frame beneath the large table.
"James, what on Earth are you doing under the table?" Lily asked as Sirius gave James the 'all clear' signal, and James crawled back up to the bench.
"I wanted a closer look at your lovely shoes, Lily…what did it LOOK like I was doing? I was protecting myself from potential sexual harassment from Sophie." Lily laughed as she watched James glance cautiously around the Hall for Sophie.
"James Potter? Hiding from a girl? A girl that practically throws herself at him? The world has finally come to an end!" Remus and Peter, who has been sitting quietly eating on the sidelines, laughed out loud to Lily's observation.
"Har har. Very witty. But seriously, it's pretty sad. I mean, I tutored her twice this week, and it was basically me sitting in the library, explaining really easy Transfiguration spells as she just sat there and stared at my face. It was really freaking me out. And then, after the Prefect meeting, I was speaking to Lindsay about when she was scheduling the Quidditch Captains meeting, and Sophie nearly had a fit. I mean, dude, leave me alone!" James sighed. Remus spoke up next.
"Gosh, I'm sorry. I mean, hopefully this obsession won't last that long. They usually don't, right? I mean, she WILL get bored of you after a while. You aren't that exciting. No offense James." James smiled a weak smile.
"Yeah, I just hope that will occur sooner than later."
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After eating breakfast, the gang slowly moved back to the Common Room to decide what to do for the rest of the afternoon. Most of them had already finished their homework, so they were deciding between going outside and flying and staying inside and talking. Lily, on the other hand, had to go to Dumbledore's office for a quick meeting.
Lily hurried down the corridor until she reached his office. After whispering the password, the door opened and Dumbledore looked up and ushered her inside.
"Good afternoon, Ms. Evans. Thank you for arriving so promptly for this meeting." Lily smiled shyly.
"Good afternoon, Professor Dumbledore. What is it that you need from me?" She inquired, crossing her ankles as she sat on the chair across from Dumbledore.
"Yes, well, it has come to my attention that you have taken your placement tests earlier this week, correct?" Lily nodded, remembering the quizzes that she took in the beginning of the week that validated her position in many of her advanced classes. Dumbledore continued.
"I'm proud to say that your results from those tests are incredibly superb—you have quite a lot of talent, Ms. Evans." Lily blushed and thanked Dumbledore for his compliment. "So much in fact, I don't want to see such talent and potential wasted. I would like to offer you some options here at Hogwarts which can hone your skills as a witch; to help you become as powerful as you obviously can be." Dumbledore ushered Lily to come closer to him.
"Ms. Evans, I know you have a very challenging course load this year, but there are some small, private tutorial sessions you can take on the side here that can help hone your skills. More advanced charms, apparation, and even some wandless magic skills." Lily was shocked to hear about all those classes. 'Wow, wandless magic? I have the potential to do wandless magic?'
Dumbledore sensed Lily's shock and smiled. "Now, you don't have to take this option. But there are some other students who are, and I think it might be a great opportunity for you to learn." Dumbledore started naming some names of students in the school who had already agreed to be a part of that plan. Lily recognized a few of the names, but they were mainly seventh years. "And I believe your good friend Mr. Potter has decided in participating in this program." Lily smiled. She figured James was surely capable in mastering the advanced magic. She responded to Dumbledore's request of her presence.
"That sounds like a very wonderful opportunity. I would love to be a part of that. I might have to change some of my tutoring sessions to accommodate the extra work load, but I would be honored to be a part of that group." Dumbledore smiled and agreed to help Lily fix her schedule to a more manageable workload. Lily thanked Dumbledore again, and left his room with high spirits.
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Lily felt as if she was on Cloud Nine. As she waltzed through the hallway back to the Gryffindor wing, she felt as if nothing in the world could shatter her happiness. But, of course, she spoke too soon.
At that moment, Snape and some of his Slytherin gang were in view and they slowly approached Lily as they crossed in the hallway.
"Well, well, if it isn't the little mudblood skipping back to go to her friends." Snape said with a sneer, crossing his arms across his chest.
Not wanting to cause a scene, Lily mumbled a "Yeah" as she started to lean toward the direction of the Gryffindor tower. She could not possible take on 5 Slytherins in the hallway alone. She figured the faster she got of the situation, the better.
Snape sensed her apprehension. "Oh, is the little mudblood scared? Scared that some Slytherin will beat her up? Realizing that she is truly much weaker than a pureblood?" The sharp, painful words hurt Lily, but she tried to brush them off.
"Go away, stupid mudblood. I don't even want you in my presence." Snape concluded as he was about to push Lily. He was just about to shove her when a deep voice boomed from the other end of the hallway.
"Don't you dare touch her, Snape. Go pick on someone at your own stupidity level." Lily sighed a long breath of relief as she saw James walk up from the shadows with Sirius right beside him. The two looked very angry.
"Well, isn't it the charming Potter, here to save his mudblood girlfriend's butt again. She can't do it on her own." Snape sneered, turning away from Lily. Lily resisted the urge to deck Snape, right there in the hallway.
Sirius turned and spoke up. "Leave Lily alone. She didn't do anything to you. Do us all a favor and use your energy for something that's actually useful. Like bathing." One of the Slytherins giggled as Snape through him a nasty glare. Snape grunted, and continued down the hallway, his Slytherin friends in tow. Lily smiled a grateful smile to Sirius and James.
"Thanks a lot you guys. I can usually handle him, but not when there are four other Slytherins around. Thanks for standing up for me." James smiled and brushed her comment off.
"Naah, it was nothing. That's what good friends are for. How dare his pick on you and all the other Muggle-born people at Hogwarts. What an jerk." Sirius nodded his agreement.
"Yeah, it's his insecurity that does it. And his damn attitude. It's like he has something permanently stuck up his ass or something." The friends laughed as they continued on their way back to the Gryffindor Common Room to meet Remus, Juliet, and Peter.
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A/N: That concludes chapter 3. A little shorter than the rest (only 2 scenes), but still quite decent for a novice writer like me! Sorry there was so much about Lily in this one. I really like her. If you have any suggestions on how this story may turn, please feel free and tell me! Input is greatly appreciated!
Hey…to all readers who caught my X-Files reference…yeah, just finished watching Hollywood A.D. rerun and I thought that would be cute to add in. ^- ^ Thanks David for that great line! Great episode too!
Hope to post next chapter soon…gotta think of some new plot twists…L/J coming, but not just yet!
~ Stellar
Thanks to those who reviewed, also! I appreciate them very much! ….
Thistlemeg: Glad you liked my chocolate frogs episode…yeah, my guy friends do stuff like that all the time…boys will be boys, I guess…hehe. Must be some testosterone thing. Whatever. Sophie is so weird. Thanks for the review!
Wildbeastlover: Thank you for reviewing! Glad you liked the condom comment. ^-^ Sirius is an awesome character—I hope to portray him as witty and loyal friend. Great in the books and in the fics! Glad my characters are effective in evoking real emotions towards them! Sophie is such a wierdo! Hope to keep posting my new chapters at this fast rate!
Quinn: Thanks for reading my fic and reviewing! I really appreciate it! Yeah, I am trying to stray away from the usual "James is so great, and Lily is so pretty" fics. I mean, they are great and pretty, but that is not all of their character. Thanks so much! I am writing as fast as I can!