0 Okay, I just was reading a bunch of fanfics about Lily and James and I noticed Peter is never in them. I just thought that was really stupid because why would they all be such great friends if all Peter did was sit in the corner and make dumb comments every once and awhile. Dumb. Why would it be such a great betrayal when he turned in Lily and James if he was only an acquaintance? He, obviously, must have been at least a close friend. So ignoring Peter completely annoys me. Okay, sorry that was off the topic but I was just wondering if anyone else had the same view as me and if you review maybe you could let me know what you think.
Selfish
I don't wanna share you with anybody else
Don't want them
Hugging you, touching you, feeling you, kissing you
You can call me selfish
I'm selfish
I don't want to share you with anybody else
I don't want no one around you
Calling you, paging you
You can call me selfish
Snow was falling gently on the rolling hills that led up to Hogwarts Castle. The school was empty though because most of the students were waiting patiently on the train to begin their long journey home. There was excitement in the air as the students eagerly chatted to each other about longtime Christmas traditions and the presents they were expecting. While everyone else was rushing about the train and singing Christmas carols, Lily and Morgan were planning the upcoming events that were to take place at the Potter Manor. Morgan was seated elegantly next to a window, looking very cozy in an oversized gray sweater and a pair of tight denim jeans. She was sipping hot cocoa and braiding Lily's hair, who was lounging on the floor.
"Well, I brought my red evening gown and one of my little black dresses for the Potter's Christmas party. I wasn't sure if it would very formal and I wanted to play it safe," she paused and looked nervously down at Lily, "Do you think I should have brought that mauve dress my mother bought me?"
Lily shook her head, "No. I think it would have been a bit much."
Morgan nodded in agreement and returned to Lily's hair, "You're right. I look washed out in the dress, anyway."
Lily rolled her eyes, "Sure Morgan. As if you could look washed out."
"Darling, never underestimate the importance of finding your true color. How many times must I remind you that the best way to bring out your beauty is to find a color that accentuates your features." Morgan shook her comb at Lily.
Someone coughed at the door and both girls looked up, surprised. Well, Lily was more relieved than surprised because Morgan's tirades on fashion could get a bit preachy. It was Lucius.
"I'm so sorry to interrupt your fashion tips Morgan," he said with a sheepish grin, "but I was just wondering if I could speak to Lily for a moment."
Morgan smiled cheerfully, "Of course, darling. I can amuse myself well enough without you. Cheerio dears."
Lucius held the door for Lily and the pair stepped into the hall. He glanced up, looking somewhat anxious and very out of character for a Malfoy. Lily had to bite her lip to keep from laughing. However, Lucius quickly regained his composure and his face was masked. Lily could no longer see any trace of nervousness on his face.
"I just wanted to say good-bye before the break and to wish you a happy Christmas. I know you're spending the holiday with James and his delightful fan club, but I sincerely hope you have an enjoyable experience with Boy Wonder."
Lily smiled gently, "Lucius, that was very nice. Niceness is a quality that is actually very becoming to you."
He shrugged and winked mischievously, "Don't tell anyone because it might ruin my reputation. I couldn't ever let it out that a Malfoy can actually be a decent human being."
Lily placed her hand over her heart, "I won't tell. Scout's honor."
Lucius cocked his head in confusion; "Scout's what?"
She laughed, "Nevermind. It's a muggle thing."
The blonde-haired boy smiled. He smoothed back a stray wisp of hair towards Lily's face. His hand lingered on her cheek.
"You want to know something?" he asked, his voice a low murmur. His ardent gaze cast a spell over Lily, rendering her temporarily incapable of words.
"Sure." Lily whispered, her emerald eyes staring into Lucius' clear blue ones.
"I've always loved red hair."
"Really? It makes sense that you're talking to me then. I'm practically one hundred percent Irish."
"I can tell," Lucius laughed, breaking the spell. He drew his hand away from her face, reluctantly, "I bet you can't tell what my blood is made up of."
"Let's see. Bright, blonde hair and blue eyes. You're Scandinavian." Lily grinned up at him.
Lucius nodded, "I guess we both wear our ancestry on our sleeves."
The two were just about to say good-bye when Lily saw James step out of the compartment next to hers. Her eyes grew wide and she knew trouble was inevitable. Just as Lily suspected, James was very annoyed when he saw a Malfoy chatting up his girl. In two strides he had Lucius up against the wall.
"What's this all about? You hassling Lily? Calling her a mudblood, are you?"
Lucius struggled to breathe and break free from James' grip. He shook his head furiously in denial and his eyes pleaded with Lily. Lily, in a rash and uncontrolled way, threw herself against James and started pounding her tiny fists against his broad back.
"What are you doing, you prat? Lucius and I were just talking."
James gently brushed Lily aside and tightened his hold on Lucius, "Just talking? Doubtful if a Malfoy is capable of small talk. He's probably just trying to get a piece of action."
Lucius still managed to look disdainful despite his undignified position and said evenly, "No. I'll leave that to you Potter. I value Lily's mind."
"Why you little beast. Are you implying that I would use Lily for something as menial as sex?"
"You said it, not me." Lucius smirked and before leaving, swiftly kissed Lily on the cheek. With one hand on her cheek, Lily watched his retreating figure. James glanced sharply at her. He did not like the look that was forming on her delicate face. It was a look of devotion and trust and apparently it was not for James, but for that detestable Malfoy.
Lucius snickered softly to himself while walking down the corridor of the train. Lily and James were so naïve. It was really too easy to take advantage of Lily's trusting nature and James' blatant stupidity.
"What's so funny?" Aidan asked, startling Lucius. She had been leaning out the window, smoking a cigarette.
"Oh, it's you. Well, I was just having a bit of a chat with Lily."
Aidan's eyes flashed and she twirled around to face Lucius, "Don't tell me that you are in love with that Evans prude. What is everyone's obsession with her? I mean, seriously, she doesn't even put out."
Lucius scoffed, "Please Aidan. I would not be interested in a mudblood. This is just a little revenge on Potter. I know him and I know that he's interested in Lily for a reason other than her titillating personality. I want to find out what he's up to."
Aidan nodded in understanding, "Thank God. I was beginning to worry that she was starting to ensnare everyone with her pretty green eyes. Well, in that case happy hunting and Happy Christmas."
"Good luck at the Potter Manor," he said in return, "Maybe I'll send a package for Christmas."
She gave him a brief hug continued on her way down the corridor. She respected Lucius and knew better than to get in his way. He was a brilliant wizard with incredible prospects for the future. The two had always been close friends, but nothing developed more than a close bond. They both grew up in a exceedingly rich family with exceedingly poor morals. It was in their stars to be dark wizards and both of them were grimly looking forward to the future.
James returned to the sanctuary of his friends after Lily was done tearing him a new asshole. He realized that rushing out at Lucius might not have been one of his greatest ideas. Still, Lucius was a pretentious snob and he did not deserve the company of any Gryffindor.
Sirius, Remus, and Peter were playing a muggle game called charades. At the moment, Sirius was up and Remus and Peter were just beginning to guess. Sirius made the motions of turning pages.
"It's a book!" Peter yelled.
Sirius nodded eagerly and held up three fingers.
"Three words." Remus said.
Sirius pointed and clapped excitedly. Now, he began prancing around the compartment and twirling his hair.
"Oh! You're James!" Peter said, "He loves to play with his hair."
Everyone, except for James, burst into laughter.
"Very funny but I believe Sirius was imitating a girl." James said dryly.
Sirius shook his head at James, but he moved his hands in a rolling motion, as if to show that he was on the right track.
"A woman?" Remus asked.
Sirius started to strut around the room with his nose in the air. He sat down on the seat and crossed his legs.
"You're a lady." Remus suggested, "So the first word is Lady.
Sirius nodded furiously at Remus. He held up three fingers.
"Third word." Peter said.
To show what the third word was Sirius started thrusting the air with his hips and pretended to spank an imaginary girl.
"Fuckingumm banging. Doggy style?" Peter threw out suggestions.
Sirius was getting frustrated and he changed his tactics. He began to stroke his imaginary girl and tenderly laid her down on the seat.
"Oh, you're making love. How out of character." Remus said, "No wonder I didn't guess."
Sirius shot Remus a glare but nodded in agreement. He pointed at himself and then repeated the motion.
"Wait, so are you implying you're the fucker? Is the third word fucker? Lady, blank, Fucker?" Peter frantically tried to grasp for clues, "Bloody hell, Sirius, you suck at this game."
Suddenly, James threw up his hands and started to "Will you blokes knock it off? I just saw Lucius trying to mack it with Lily. I need a little help."
His friends became silent and Remus coughed awkwardly.
"Well, what do you propose we do? Fuck her for you?" Peter asked.
"No Pete." James said sarcastically, "I mean, I don't want anybody else touching her. It drove me nuts seeing him making her laugh."
"Sounds to me like somebody has some jealousy issues." Sirius said innocently.
"I'm not jealous." James retorted, "I did all that work for her and I've been trying to bed her for months, weeks. I've lost track and then Malfoy just steps in like he owns her."
"Sure," Remus said, "Sure. You keep telling yourself that."
The train jolted into action and temporarily ended all conversation. While Remus and Peter pulled out a game of wizarding chess, Sirius pulled out a book called So You've Decided to Date Numerous Girls At Once and he turned the worn pages to the middle of the book. James leaned his head against the cushion. He wasn't jealous. He just didn't like the way Lucius kissed Lily on the cheek, the way Lucius stood protectively over her, and especially the way Lily looked after he had kissed her. No, James decided. He wasn't jealous at all.
At exactly three o' clock in the afternoon the train arrived at Platform 9 3/4. Parents were lined up, waiting for their children. Most parents seemed happy, but a few looked put out at the prospect of receiving their children back from boarding school, but I suppose that's why parents send their children to boarding school, because their children are horrid, little beasts. James' parents were not there. They did not pick up James at the platform. They thought mingling with less important people might lower their status, so they sent a driver. James had told his parents to expect seven guests, but he hadn't said anything about Lily or Morgan. He was hoping the whole muggle issue would just be swept under the rug.
Chivalrously, the boys offered to carry the girl's trunks to the car. James took Lily's, Peter took Aidan's, and Remus took Morgan's. Sirius strolled along with his own luggage that was floating magically and invisibly behind him. He didn't give a fig about helping girls that he knew he would never score with.
So far, Aidan hadn't exchanged words with Lily or Morgan. She just swept by them with her billowing, expensive robes. Morgan rolled her eyes at Lily and pretended to flounce around like Aidan. Lily giggled, but both girls were solemn faced when Aidan swirled around to glare at them with icy contempt.
Farther up ahead of the girls, Peter squealed in delight at the sight of James' car and hurried over to inspect it, "James? Is that a Rolls Royce limousine?"
James shrugged, "Peter, it's just a car. I have no idea what kind it is."
"Yeah Pete." Sirius ducked his head into the car, "Stop acting like a girl that just saw her first vibrator."
Remus shrugged helplessly at the look of disgust on Morgan's face, "I have no idea where Sirius gets his manners. The only person I ever met in his family was his cousin and she was such a lovely person."
James laughed, "You haven't met Sirius' mother then."
They all piled into the Rolls, which expanded comfortably to fit their needs, and the driver drove away from the curb. The car wove in and out of traffic, dodging buses and shrinking to fit in between tightly jammed cars. Lily loved the experience. She was sandwiched in between James and Peter. It was good for James that she was so caught up in the ride she didn't notice it when he snaked his arm around her shoulders. Lily was still a bit angry about the whole Lucius ordeal, but she was beginning to forgive James, especially when he helped her into the car. Aidan, however, noticed it when James placed his arm around Lily. She was not happy about it and she promised herself that the next two weeks would not turn into a James and Lily festival.
After a good fifty minutes, the car came to a stop outside a long driveway. The gates opened and as far as Lily could tell there was no speaker for the driver to call up to the house for permission to enter . The gates just appeared to know the car. Black pavement led the car through a densely wooded area and into an open, neatly trimmed lawn. A gargantuan house loomed at the top of the hill and Lily gulped. She knew James was wealthy, but this was really ridiculous. Remus caught her glance from across the car and chuckled at her awe-struck gaze.
"You should see Sirius' vacation house. It looks like a bloody castle." he said.
"I'd rather have a shack with a decent family, then live in that oversized dollhouse and the nutty people in it ." Sirius said darkly.
The car pulled around to the front door and lights flooded the lawn instantly. The seven teenagers slowly got out of the car. Lily blinked from the sudden brightness and jumped when a tiny figure threw open the door.
"Jamesy," she shrieked, "Welcome home!"
James shrank against the sudden arrival of his mother and Lily could swear that he turned white.
"Hello mother." he bent awkwardly to give her a dry peck on the cheek.
From inside, Lily could see someone running down the steps of what looked like to be a large staircase. She could also hear faint shouts coming from the house. Cordelia lurched towards the other students and glanced at each of them in turn.
"Hello Aidan! Lovely to see you again." she said.
"Wonderful to be here," Aidan said graciously.
"So polite. So polite." Cordelia swung around and saw Lily. Her eyes widened and James hurried over to try to shush his mother before she said something regretful. At the exact same moment, a man came clattering down the steps of the front door.
"James!" he yelled, "Get her inside."
But the train, that was Cordelia Potter, could not be shushed. She glared at Lily and turned to James.
"I thought I told you not to bring the mudblood that's trying to pollute the Potter line."
Lily turned white as a ghost and visibly stiffened. Aidan tried to hide a smirk, while Morgan hurried over to crush Lily into a protecting hug. Peter and Remus were standing side by side and unbeknownst to each other, both were silently telling James to call out his mother. He turned to Lily, with an apology in his eyes. James tore his gaze away from Lily and looked evenly at his mother.
"Just shut it mum. Don't ever call her a mudblood in front of me again."
His mother jerked back, as if James slapped her and took a few steps away from her son. Vladimir, who had finally reached his irrational wife, put his arms around her and guided her into the house.
Lily was shocked and pleased at the same time at James' retort and she took a long look at him. He grinned at her and gave her a thumb's up.
James' father came back outside, "I tried to keep her inside but she was too persistent. She got into the liquor cabinet again. I wanted to warn you before you took your guests inside."
A window flew open from the second floor and Cordelia's head popped out.
"You are no son of mine! You filthy little traitor!" she raged and shook her fist at James, "Defend a mudblood over me. What audacity!'
Vladimir rubbed his temples and proceeded to dash up the steps, "Take them to their rooms and don't worry about her. I'll give her a memory charm so she won't remember a thing."
Curses continued to rain down on James until Vladimir appeared at the window and physically carried his wife into another room.
Sirius, who had been nonchalantly smoking a cigarette the whole time, grabbed his bags and clapped James on the back, before running up the steps.
"Well, welcome to the Potter household, mates. Our little slice of hell." he called over his shoulder.
First off I just have to say I read through all my reviews right before I updated this and I have to think everyone for their great support. People who review are seriously underrated because they really can make my day and any author's day. So, I've resolved to write more reviews. hahaif you review and you want me to review your storyjust let me know and I swear to Jeebas I will. BTW- Can anyone guess what book Sirius was acting out? Whoever answers first will get a mention in the story. I hope it was obvious or else I'll feel dumb if no one gets it. hahaI'll give you a hintit's an old school book.
Read and review!
Carrie
Luvhp224 and Aldariel- I hope you two don't remind me putting you together but you were both just so funny with your word diction. You two both remind me of Morgan with the way you say darling and it's positively excellent! Thanks for reviewing, dah-lings!
bOO2- As you can see, Lily will probably not end up with Lucius. He's evil and obviously using Lily. I don't really like Lucius and Lily romances so I can understand your concern. haha.
Powerful M- Thanks for the awesomeness! Lily and Lucius won't be together unless he does a roundabout change and I doubt that'll happen.
Galadriel Hermione Potter- I did not think you were mean at all. I'm sorry if I made it seem like I thought you were mean. I appreciated you pointing out my errors. It was intelligent and everyone loves Hermione.
nO-comment Carissa- hau guess it! Malfoy is trying to get even. Yes the Potter family are a bunch of jerks and yes if James does what I want him to he will make a change.
Emerald Eyed-Cutie- Thanks so much for the compliments. You're makin me blush!
itsraeninmen- I'm glad it was creepy, I think. haha
dido- I would like to backhand James too but I have a particular weakness for bad boys and the badder they are the more I like 'em. BTW- I really liked your description of Remus.
thuyanh91- Glad you like it and want me to update! I'll try to update as often as possible but I get severe writer's block.
justcrazyobsessed- I'm getting kind of sick of Aidan. She's mean. She won't be involved for long with James. Not to give nething away! hehe. I promise James and Lily are coming up!
RnBDivaGurl- Yeah, Aidan's a hoe and so is James' mum. James is a two-timer but hopefully he will reform his ways.
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if-666- Yeah, I figured the Slytherin was a bad egg but I should have made James' mum in Slytherin. James is going to stop seeing Aidan eventually.
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Venus- Yeah James is a prat and Lily calls him that in chapter eleven!
Mereschino- Yeah I like Lucius too but I can't have him be good or else Lily will fall in love with him and there would be a Harry Malfoy and not a Harry Potter. I'll try to make James' parents work.
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