Chapter 11: Understanding the other
"Yeah so about this Prefect meeting" James started. "What do we have to do?"
Lily grinned, and burst into a tirade about all the obvious things they had to state, passwords and rules, regulations and patrolling duty. As they talked, they both understood that they had determined the other wrong. Lily was beginning to realise on how much James Potter was a nice person, and James, well James was realising that Lily was more than she seemed, making him want her even more.
They stopped talking about various other things when the Prefects came thundering in, conversation consuming the two.
They silenced the room, and burst into explanations on what they would need to do whilst fulfilling the job of a prefect.
After an hour of talking, and joke-making (James' behalf) they let the Prefects leave, and they themselves split up to meet their own friends.
On entering her compartment, Lily took a look around. Olivia was asleep against the window, Sydney was listening to a muggle CD player, and Cassidy was going through her whole trunk.
"So…what are you doing?" Lily asked.
"Oh…yeah…well Sirius and Remus came in here earlier and apparently Sirius sent me a note over the summer and I must have thrown it in my trunk because my room was bare when I left, and I'm trying to find it because there's meant to be something really important on there" Cassidy babbled. It seemed that the whole content of her trunk was out onto the carriage floor.
"I thought you didn't like him?" Lily said, moving some of Cassidy's clothes along the seat so she could sit down.
"I don't…I'm just curious as to what the message said" Cassidy said, as she accidentally threw a t-shirt on top of Sydney's head, who removed her earphones.
"Oh she likes him alright…I mean look at the girl…she's going mindless over a piece of parchment…he likes you back…well he did all last year…I could ask Remus about it" Sydney offered.
"I do NOT like him, I just want to know what that silly note said" Cassidy said, going through the last contents of her trunk.
"Maybe" Olivia mumbled. "He was just being an idiot and lying to you to see how you would react…that is Sirius-like"
"Well…I can't find it so I think I might just do that…who's coming with me?" Cassidy said.
"I'll come…I want to see Remus anyways" Sydney perked up.
"Have fun" Lily said after them.
"Did you and James talk?" Olivia said, sitting up after the others left.
"Yeah" Lily smiled.
"And what happened?" Olivia said.
"Were friends…and I happy that we are" Lily said.
"You don't know how happy I am to hear you say that…you know when he stopped talking to you…he used to talk to me more…and Lily he changed in front of my very eyes" Olivia said.
"How?" Lily asked.
"You should have seen him…he repented for how he treated you…the way he talked about you…Lily…most people would get bored having to listen to him but Lily I was so enchanted on how my brother could be…just please be his friend" Olivia said, moving to sit next to Lily.
"I wouldn't change that" Lily said.
"Want to catch up with them two" Olivia asked.
"Sure" Lily smiled, as they both got up and left the compartment in search of Sydney and Cassidy.