Chapter 7-It's In Their Nature
Lily packed most of her trunk with a simple wave of her wand. Her parents had finally forgiven her for coming home drunk and had allowed her out to London the day before. She didn't tell them that she had planned to meet James there. In the morning she had been out with her friends. They spent hours in the shops to buy new clothes for the train ride to school and then in the afternoon she left them as she had arranged to meet James. They didn't complain. They thought she was joking.
Carefully she put in her mementos of the summer. She found the picture of her and James in Diagon Alley, a bracelet her friend had brought back from a holiday and given her e day before and her cat mask. The mask had become one of her favourite possessions and there was no way she was going to leave it behind for Petunia to ruin while she was away. And finally she put her brand new Head Girl badge in pride of place on top. She had received it that morning and could not wait to show her friends. Especially James. For once he was not the best in everything. But she was rudely interrupted in her smugly bragging thoughts by a shrieking from downstairs.
"LILY!" Screeched her sister. Lily sighed and went downstairs. No doubt there was an owl or something down there. What she hadn't expected was to see James's head in the fire.
"Hey Lily!"
Lily stared at him. She wasn't surprised seeing, nothing about him surprised her, but she wondered why he was looking so...........smug.
"Hi James. You look happy, what's wrong?"
He chose to ignore her remark.
"You are looking at Hogwart's brand new Head Boy," he said proudly. She gazed at him open mouthed. Then grinned.
"No seriously, what did you want to talk about?" He looked hurt for a moment and then managed to throw something small and metal through the fire. It was exactly the same as her badge but Head Boy instead of Head Girl. Still she found it hard to believe. He hadn't even been made a prefect and he was asking her to believe that he had been made Head Boy.
"You probably borrowed it,"
"Fine. Don't believe me, I just thought you would want to know who you'll be working with this year," he said coolly. "See you tomorrow." And he disappeared from the fire. Perhaps he still could surprise her.
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Twelve hours later and Lily was on board the Hogwarts Express for the final time. She had said goodbye to her father and teary mother and had found a compartment the rest of the seventh year Gryffindor girls had managed to secure. During their time at school they had become close friends and had missed each other during the holidays. They had been chatting when a terrified second year walked in looking for Lily. Immediately all the chatter stopped and all eyes turned to the poor boy, who seemed to quail under so much attention.
"Excuse me, but Professor McGonagall wants to see Lily Evans at the front of the train." He said.
"Oh crap!" Lily slammed a hand to her forehead as she remembered that she was supposed to go to the prefect's carriage immediately after boarding the train. She thanked the boy who scurried away, and made her way up to the front.
"Miss Evans, nice of you to join us," Lily felt herself blush and looked at the floor. When she finally looked up she found herself face to face with James.
"Oh, hi James,"
"Hello," he said icily, before walking off, leaving a stunned and confused Lily behind him.
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He hated doing that. He hated the thought that he had been out of order to her. But, then again, she thought he had lied to her. And that was one of the only things he would never do. He resolved to make it up to her later as he went to find the rest of the Marauders.
"Hey Prongs," Sirius looked up from his game of cards with Remus.
"Why do girls have to be so confusing," James sighed as he sat down.
"Don't know, mate. Don't try to understand them, it makes it easier,"
"She thought........."
"Evans?" asked Sirius.
"Yes, LILY thought that I was lying to her about being Head Boy and then found out that I was telling the truth but didn't bother to apologise. So now I'm stressed at her and she can't understand why!" he said incredulously.
"Leave her alone for awhile. She'll work it out, girls are good at doing that,"
James sat and wondered whether he should try to talk to her or follow Sirius's advice. Neither seemed like a very good idea.
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Perhaps one of the reasons Lily loved her friends so much was because none of them were exactly......normal. There were four other sixth year girls in Gryffindor: Isabelle, Ciara, Ellis and Mia.
Ellis, Lily had always suspected was more than a bit Veela. Her hair was a silvery-blonde and she had blue eyes that could change from twinkling to icy in a second. Her confidence made her the 'leader' of the group and she had one hell of a temper that Lily had learned quickly not to get on the wrong side of.
Isabelle had hair that was so dark it was almost black, and it fell in ringlets across her shoulders. Her eyes, unlike anyone Lily had ever met, were violet. They were so unusual that anyone talking to her found it very hard to look away from her. They had a similar quality to Ellis's and could change in an instant. But her personality contrasted to Ellis's. While Ellis was the confident one of the group, Isabelle was the quiet one. Not shy, but she only talked when she felt that something needed to be said. Her parents also worked for the Ministry and so when Lily had to go to boring dinners or parties with her family, it was always a relief to see her friend there. Looking just as bored as she did.
Ciara was born in Ireland and so she had a soft accent. Her voice sounded so gentle that you could go to sleep listening to her talk. Her hair was long and brown and usually pinned back into a bun with what ever she could lay her hands on.
Mia was just like her name, small and sweet. Her dark brown hair was cut short making her look younger than she was. Although any illusion of her being a sweet little girl was shattered when she got stressed. She could be very sarcastic and anyone who knew her well knew not to provoke her.
"Why do boys have to be so confusing?" Lily asked as she walked back into her compartment. "They just do," Ellis replied. "It's in their nature."
"I was out of order to him and I was just about to apologise and he walks off. He just walked off," Lily raged, "And now he's going to be pissed off with me because I haven't apologised!"
Ciara threw her a cushion to scream into. None of them had any idea who she was talking about, they would ask later, when it was safer.
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Hours later, and the five of them were looking wistfully at the Hogwarts Express. That would be their last ever journey to Hogwarts, unless they went home for Christmas. None of them planned to leave, they had explained to their parents how important it was to them that they spend their last ever Christmas at Hogwarts-at Hogwarts.
The Marauders walked past them, James pointedly not looking at Lily. The horseless carriages sat six, but they were too late to get one to themselves. Three Ravenclaws invited three of them and Mia, Ellis and Ciara climbed in, leaving Lily and Isabelle to find another. Except the only one left already had four boys sitting in it. Four Gryffindor seventh year boys. Lily sighed exasperated, it would be her luck to have to share a coach with the one person she was trying to avoid. Nevertheless she climbed in and sat opposite James and next to the other one. Isabelle climbed in after her and sat opposite Sirius, who seemed very pleased with the seating arrangements. James was still determined to ignore Lily and stared at the floor. Lily suddenly found that she did not know what to do. She could not look or talk to Sirius or Isabelle because they were to busy flirting. James was ignoring her and she had nothing to say to Remus or the other one. She smiled at Remus who grinned back, earning them both a dirty look from James. The journey to Hogwarts seemed to take hours in the painful silence though they knew it could have been more than a few minutes. Lily was reminded of Sirius's party where she had sat in silence with James on his sofa. They had kept glancing at each other but pretending not to notice. Except this time James wasn't looking at her at all. Even when they got out of the carriage and he helped her out, he did not look at her. They sat together in a large group in the Great Hall, making conversation but he did not talk to her.
As Head Boy and Girl they got their own separate rooms, though they still had a bed in the dormitory if they wished to use it. The entrance was behind a large painting of a young woman on a horse but they had to be there together to open it for the first time. Professor McGonagall showed them where to go and told them the password. Outside with her they were both very polite but once they got inside, Lily rounded on James.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?" She yelled at him.
"What?" he tried his best to look confused. She glared at him. "You thought I lied to you!"
"Can you blame me?"
"I wouldn't lie to you," He looked so hurt at the thought, she immediately felt so stupid.
"Oh James, I'm so sorry," she rushed over to him.
"No, it was me being stupid. Sorry I ignored you," He pulled her into a bear hug.
'This year was going to get every interesting,' thought James.
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Lily packed most of her trunk with a simple wave of her wand. Her parents had finally forgiven her for coming home drunk and had allowed her out to London the day before. She didn't tell them that she had planned to meet James there. In the morning she had been out with her friends. They spent hours in the shops to buy new clothes for the train ride to school and then in the afternoon she left them as she had arranged to meet James. They didn't complain. They thought she was joking.
Carefully she put in her mementos of the summer. She found the picture of her and James in Diagon Alley, a bracelet her friend had brought back from a holiday and given her e day before and her cat mask. The mask had become one of her favourite possessions and there was no way she was going to leave it behind for Petunia to ruin while she was away. And finally she put her brand new Head Girl badge in pride of place on top. She had received it that morning and could not wait to show her friends. Especially James. For once he was not the best in everything. But she was rudely interrupted in her smugly bragging thoughts by a shrieking from downstairs.
"LILY!" Screeched her sister. Lily sighed and went downstairs. No doubt there was an owl or something down there. What she hadn't expected was to see James's head in the fire.
"Hey Lily!"
Lily stared at him. She wasn't surprised seeing, nothing about him surprised her, but she wondered why he was looking so...........smug.
"Hi James. You look happy, what's wrong?"
He chose to ignore her remark.
"You are looking at Hogwart's brand new Head Boy," he said proudly. She gazed at him open mouthed. Then grinned.
"No seriously, what did you want to talk about?" He looked hurt for a moment and then managed to throw something small and metal through the fire. It was exactly the same as her badge but Head Boy instead of Head Girl. Still she found it hard to believe. He hadn't even been made a prefect and he was asking her to believe that he had been made Head Boy.
"You probably borrowed it,"
"Fine. Don't believe me, I just thought you would want to know who you'll be working with this year," he said coolly. "See you tomorrow." And he disappeared from the fire. Perhaps he still could surprise her.
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Twelve hours later and Lily was on board the Hogwarts Express for the final time. She had said goodbye to her father and teary mother and had found a compartment the rest of the seventh year Gryffindor girls had managed to secure. During their time at school they had become close friends and had missed each other during the holidays. They had been chatting when a terrified second year walked in looking for Lily. Immediately all the chatter stopped and all eyes turned to the poor boy, who seemed to quail under so much attention.
"Excuse me, but Professor McGonagall wants to see Lily Evans at the front of the train." He said.
"Oh crap!" Lily slammed a hand to her forehead as she remembered that she was supposed to go to the prefect's carriage immediately after boarding the train. She thanked the boy who scurried away, and made her way up to the front.
"Miss Evans, nice of you to join us," Lily felt herself blush and looked at the floor. When she finally looked up she found herself face to face with James.
"Oh, hi James,"
"Hello," he said icily, before walking off, leaving a stunned and confused Lily behind him.
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He hated doing that. He hated the thought that he had been out of order to her. But, then again, she thought he had lied to her. And that was one of the only things he would never do. He resolved to make it up to her later as he went to find the rest of the Marauders.
"Hey Prongs," Sirius looked up from his game of cards with Remus.
"Why do girls have to be so confusing," James sighed as he sat down.
"Don't know, mate. Don't try to understand them, it makes it easier,"
"She thought........."
"Evans?" asked Sirius.
"Yes, LILY thought that I was lying to her about being Head Boy and then found out that I was telling the truth but didn't bother to apologise. So now I'm stressed at her and she can't understand why!" he said incredulously.
"Leave her alone for awhile. She'll work it out, girls are good at doing that,"
James sat and wondered whether he should try to talk to her or follow Sirius's advice. Neither seemed like a very good idea.
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Perhaps one of the reasons Lily loved her friends so much was because none of them were exactly......normal. There were four other sixth year girls in Gryffindor: Isabelle, Ciara, Ellis and Mia.
Ellis, Lily had always suspected was more than a bit Veela. Her hair was a silvery-blonde and she had blue eyes that could change from twinkling to icy in a second. Her confidence made her the 'leader' of the group and she had one hell of a temper that Lily had learned quickly not to get on the wrong side of.
Isabelle had hair that was so dark it was almost black, and it fell in ringlets across her shoulders. Her eyes, unlike anyone Lily had ever met, were violet. They were so unusual that anyone talking to her found it very hard to look away from her. They had a similar quality to Ellis's and could change in an instant. But her personality contrasted to Ellis's. While Ellis was the confident one of the group, Isabelle was the quiet one. Not shy, but she only talked when she felt that something needed to be said. Her parents also worked for the Ministry and so when Lily had to go to boring dinners or parties with her family, it was always a relief to see her friend there. Looking just as bored as she did.
Ciara was born in Ireland and so she had a soft accent. Her voice sounded so gentle that you could go to sleep listening to her talk. Her hair was long and brown and usually pinned back into a bun with what ever she could lay her hands on.
Mia was just like her name, small and sweet. Her dark brown hair was cut short making her look younger than she was. Although any illusion of her being a sweet little girl was shattered when she got stressed. She could be very sarcastic and anyone who knew her well knew not to provoke her.
"Why do boys have to be so confusing?" Lily asked as she walked back into her compartment. "They just do," Ellis replied. "It's in their nature."
"I was out of order to him and I was just about to apologise and he walks off. He just walked off," Lily raged, "And now he's going to be pissed off with me because I haven't apologised!"
Ciara threw her a cushion to scream into. None of them had any idea who she was talking about, they would ask later, when it was safer.
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Hours later, and the five of them were looking wistfully at the Hogwarts Express. That would be their last ever journey to Hogwarts, unless they went home for Christmas. None of them planned to leave, they had explained to their parents how important it was to them that they spend their last ever Christmas at Hogwarts-at Hogwarts.
The Marauders walked past them, James pointedly not looking at Lily. The horseless carriages sat six, but they were too late to get one to themselves. Three Ravenclaws invited three of them and Mia, Ellis and Ciara climbed in, leaving Lily and Isabelle to find another. Except the only one left already had four boys sitting in it. Four Gryffindor seventh year boys. Lily sighed exasperated, it would be her luck to have to share a coach with the one person she was trying to avoid. Nevertheless she climbed in and sat opposite James and next to the other one. Isabelle climbed in after her and sat opposite Sirius, who seemed very pleased with the seating arrangements. James was still determined to ignore Lily and stared at the floor. Lily suddenly found that she did not know what to do. She could not look or talk to Sirius or Isabelle because they were to busy flirting. James was ignoring her and she had nothing to say to Remus or the other one. She smiled at Remus who grinned back, earning them both a dirty look from James. The journey to Hogwarts seemed to take hours in the painful silence though they knew it could have been more than a few minutes. Lily was reminded of Sirius's party where she had sat in silence with James on his sofa. They had kept glancing at each other but pretending not to notice. Except this time James wasn't looking at her at all. Even when they got out of the carriage and he helped her out, he did not look at her. They sat together in a large group in the Great Hall, making conversation but he did not talk to her.
As Head Boy and Girl they got their own separate rooms, though they still had a bed in the dormitory if they wished to use it. The entrance was behind a large painting of a young woman on a horse but they had to be there together to open it for the first time. Professor McGonagall showed them where to go and told them the password. Outside with her they were both very polite but once they got inside, Lily rounded on James.
"WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?" She yelled at him.
"What?" he tried his best to look confused. She glared at him. "You thought I lied to you!"
"Can you blame me?"
"I wouldn't lie to you," He looked so hurt at the thought, she immediately felt so stupid.
"Oh James, I'm so sorry," she rushed over to him.
"No, it was me being stupid. Sorry I ignored you," He pulled her into a bear hug.
'This year was going to get every interesting,' thought James.
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