A/N: For those of you who are wondering about the sudden name change, let me explain. I only used the italianchick371 one because I couldn't think of another one. In teh book, "Goodbye, Amanda the Good" there is a character named Citronella, and I've always admired the name. So there.

Ch. 5 "Upcoming Events"

Recap: Sara laughed again and said in an Austin Powers-like accent, "It's makeover time, baby."

"No," Lily said as she backed up against the opposite wall. "No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, n -"

"Lily," Sara interrupted. "I don't understand. Why not?"

"Because," Lily said proudly. "I'm not ashamed of who I am or how I look."

"I never said you had to be ashamed of yourself to get a makeover," Sara said. "Don't you want to look pretty?"

"Oh, so now I'm not pretty?"

Sara sighed loudly. "You know that's not what I meant, Lily," she said and smiled. "Please?" she whined.

"No."

"But Lily!" she wailed. "I really, really, really want to! I was looking forward to it, too! Puh - leeeze, Lily? Puh – leeeeeze?"

Lily inhaled sharply. "You really want to?" Sara nodded her head vigorously. Lily rolled here eyes. "Fine," she said finally.

"Yahoo -" Sara began to exclaim. "But," Lily interrupted.

Sara stopped jumping up and down. "No, Lily, no, please no but."

Lily smiled. "But there has to be a but. I will agree to this only if it happens over the summer. I have too much studying to do this year. There are the OWLs and then we have to prepare for the NEWTs . . ."

"And you think that next year we won't have to do any work at all?" Sara asked and placed one hand on her hip. Lily smiled, "Please?"

Sara sighed. "I guess, if that's my only option."

Lily grinned and hugged her. "Thank you. And it is." Sara laughed. "This was actually easier then I thought," she admitted.

"What was?" asked Lily as she pulled away.

"Getting you to agree. I thought I would have to gag you or something."

Lily giggled. "Well, at least I'm not as transparent as you say I am."

"Oh, you are," reassured Sara. Lily shrugged. "Whatever. Oh! And this way it can be like a surprise for everybody! Like, me leaving school like this -" she gestured to her outfit. "And me coming back looking something like you!"

"Oh, I like that idea," Sara agreed. "What are you going to do to me, anyway?" Lily asked.

"Psshhh, you really think I'll say? No way, Evans, you'll just have to find out for yourself."

"Poop," Lily said. Sara smiled. "Oh, did you know? There's this special on TV where these people go into Dracula's real life castle!" Sara squealed excitedly. "It's suppose to be really haunted and really scary, and I am so jealous of them!"

Lily shivered. "Oh, how creepy. I don't envy them at all."

"Well I do, and I really want to see it, so if you don't mind . . ." Sara broke off looking confused.

Lily waved Sara off. "Go on, Sara, you know you want to. I'll come down later, I want to wait for my stuff."

Sara nodded. "Okay, I'll be in the den," and she ran out the door.

One of the reasons Lily could relate to Sara so well was because they both grew up in a Muggle community. Sara, however, only had one Muggle parent, her father, so she still lived in the Muggle side of town.

Lily began to wander freely around Sara's room. First she went over to her dresser and opened the top drawer. Instead of the tiny, colorful shirts that usually occupied this space, there were much more baggy shirts, similar to the ones Lily wore, and they were all splashed with paint stains. Lily smiled to herself. She opened the drawer below it and found the shirts that were missing, and the quantity seemed to double. Shirts were hanging out of the drawer and the ones that absolutely could not fit were lying on the floor.

"Of course," Lily muttered. She went over to Sara's desk and saw a pile of folded parchment lying in the corner. Lily picked one up and opened it cautiously. "A letter from Sirius," Lily muttered.

"Oh Lily, I forgot -" Lily heard Sara call from behind her. "Hey, Sara," Lily called. "Come here a minute."

Lily heard Sara's footsteps come up behind her and stop. "it's a commercial right now so I'm okay . . ." Sara broke off as she saw what was in Lily's hand. "You little sneak!" she exclaimed as she snatched the letter away from Lily. "You didn't read it or anything, did you?" Lily shook her head and Sara breathed a sigh of relief. "Good. Why were you snooping around my things?"

Lily shrugged. "It was either do that or watch your special with you."

Oh, Lily, you really should see it," Sara said happily. "There's suppose to be, like this curse on it. Did you know that that castle was where the man who killed his father and brother trained him to become a knight?" Lily shook her head again. "Oh, it is so cool. And then there's this room where these two twins were killed and then there are the dungeons that have blood on the walls and -" Lily placed a hand over Sara's mouth. "I am much too squeamish to be hearing any of this," she said.

Sara removed Lily's hand. "Alright, I'll stop. You know, if I never got my letter I think I would want to be a historian and study haunted castles and stuff. What would you have done?"

Lily sat down on the bed and thought. "Well, I wanted to be either a librarian or a book keeper," she said thoughtfully. Sara snorted. "Anyway," Lily went on, ignoring Sara's comment. "I think I would want to be a teacher."

"What kind of teacher?" Sara asked as she sat down next to Lily.

Lily thought again. "A history teacher," she decided. "World history, not English. American history does interest me, though."

Sara nodded. "I've always wanted to go to America."

"Well I'm going o move there," Lily said proudly. "No way!" exclaimed Sara. "When?"

"Once I finish school," replied Lily. "I', going to move to Hawaii."

"Ooh, how exotic," teased Sara. Lily smiled. "I know, isn't it. But I would have to make sure my husband agrees with it. But if he doesn't, too bad."

Sara punched the air. "Power to the people," she laughed. "Remember when we would sit in out dorm room and talk about who we would someday marry?"

Lily nodded. "I do."

Sara grabbed a pillow and squeezed it next to her stomach. "Let's do it again, then. Okay, this time only out of the people in our year. Just Gryffindor, for starters. Let's go with . . . Simon Good. You go first."

"Simon Good," Lily pondered. "Well, he's pretty cute, and he has decent grades, and he's not a bully or anything . . . so I would have to go with a yes. Okay, you next. Uh, Remus Lupin! Go."

"Remus, Remus, Remus. Okay, he's hot, a true gentleman, has a great personality, and knows how to treat a woman. So I'll give him a yes. Now you. Um, Peter Pettigrew!"

Lily made a face. "Gross, not Peter!"

Sara grinned. "You have to," she told her.

Lily scratched her ear. "Well," she said slowly. "Uh, he's short, he looks like a mouse, he never stops complaining, and he does that weirs twitchy thing. So he is a definite no."

Sara laughed like crazy. "Oh, Lily, that was just plain cruel."

Lily nodded. Do what I can. You're turn. Let's go with, Sirius Black."

Sara paused. "Sirius Black: one of the sexiest men alive, yes, but you won't catch me telling him that anytime soon. If his ego is fed even more, it will explode. Um, he's really funny, I don't know much about his personality, only that sex lingers on that boy's mind every second of his life." Lily released a small smile and couldn't help but agree. "He's cure," Sara continued, "but I honestly don't see him as any more than a snog partner. Okay, you're turn. The only one left is James Potter."

Lily paused, too. "Well, I really don't know much about him, since we barely ever talk. He's the Quidditch team captain, so he knows how to apply himself, he's okay looking -"

"Just okay looking? What is wrong with you?" Sara interrupted. "He is so hot! Maybe even hotter than Black!"

Lily just shrugged. "Well, okay, he's cute, but I don't really pay attention to that sort of thing."

"Well what do you pay attention to?"

Lily adjusted her glasses. "Personality, I suppose. I just can't judge a guy based on just his looks. I just can't."

"Weird," Sara commented. "I'm hungry. Are you hungry? I want food."

Lily laughed. "Let's go then." she followed Sara out of her room and into the kitchen.

Lily heard a thump behind her coming from the living room. "What was that?" Sara asked not looking up from her sandwich. "I'll go and look," Lily offered. She walked into the living room. "What a sight to see," Lily commented. Ted turned around. "Oh, hey Lils," he greeted.

Lily looked at her bag that was stuck in the fireplace. "Um, what are you doing?"

Ted wiped off his forehead. "Well, I tried to floo over but, as you can see, your baggage kind of got stuck up the chimney and I forgot my wand." He grinned sheepishly.

Lily rolled her eyes and pulled out her wand. "Accio trunk," she said and her trunk flew out from the chimney and landed gracefully at her side. Ted panted a, "Thanks," and continued to catch his breath.

"Say," he said. "Is uh, Sara here?"

"Well it is her house," Lily answered while trying not to smile. "I'll go get her," she offered. Ted grinned. "Thanks."

Lily walked into the kitchen. "Sara," she hissed. Sara looked up with a mouthful of potatoe salad. "Wha'?"

Lily raised an eyebrow. "Got tired of the sandwich, did you?"

Sara swallowed. "Naw, I just finished it. What?"

Lily smirked. "Teddy's here," she said innocently.

Sara choked. "What?" she hissed loudly. "When did he get here?"

"Just now."

Sara stood up and instantly started to brush herself off. "How do I look?" she asked. "Like Sara," responded Lily.

Sara snorted. "Thanks, I never knew that," she said sarcastically. "okay," she said as she held her chin up. "I'm going in."

Lily patted her on the arm. "Good luck."

Sara grinned softly. "Okay then," and she walked into the living room. Lily sat down at the table and waited. She heard Ted laugh, then a couple minutes later Sara came back in and sat down. "What happened?" Lily asked as she watched Sara resume eating.

"What makes you think something happened?" Sara asked casually.

Lily rolled her eyes. "Come on, Williams. Spill it."

Sara leaned back into her chair. "I just don't really know if I like him like that any more. I mean, I can tell that he REALLY likes me, and I'm not sure if I'm over him or not."

Lily looked at her sympathetically. "There are plenty other fish in the sea," she quoted. Sara looked up and smiled sadly. "I guess."

"Good," Lily said happily. "So," she began, "Have you selected yet another eligible bachelor?"

Sara smiled widely and nodded. "Well who is it?" Lily pressed.

"Sirius Black," Sara said proudly. Lily's jaw dropped.

So what if this chapter isn't long? From my loving reviewers, I have learned that I shouldn't care, and I don't. I just want to give my thanks to:

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