CHAPTER 2 - Wanted Add
". and Sheila is going out with Bobby Moore - although no one knows why - and see him over there? That's Eric Fisher and he's going out with Amelia Durnhurst. Oh! And Pamela - "
"Mary!" Lily interrupted. "Why are you pointing all of this out to me and why in the world do you care?"
Mary paused for a moment, apparently wondering the same thing.
"I suppose it's because almost every girl in the school has a boyfriend or is at least 'talking' to a guy but us! If I can't get our love lives cookin' then I might as well nose in on everyone else's."
Lily just looked at Mary. "You are disturbed." Lilly said. Mary smiled proudly as if being disturbed, in this case, was a good thing. Lily continued to pick at her food, not really eating any of it. Breakfast always looked so superb but today it looked so simple and blah to Lily this morning. Her emerald green eyes scanned the occupants at the Gryffindor table. Not seeing anything that interested her, Lily turned back to her food.
"Are you okay?" Mary asked timidly. Lily's mind snapped back to the present. "Huh, wha'? Oh, yeah. I'm fine." Mary watched Lily suspiciously for a few moments before digging in on her third helping of sausage and eggs.
There was movement across the table but Lily wasn't paying the slightest bit of attention. She kept staring into her plate of bacon and hash browns, artfully rearranging it all.
"Hi there, Evans." Lily's head slipped off her hand and she almost did a face plant right into her breakfast. She looked up quickly and smoothed her hair as if nothing had happened. Lily's eyes met James's and she narrowed them in disgust. She looked to the person on James's right and saw the pleasant face of Remus Lupin.
"You look absolutely wonderful this morning, Lily. Not that you don't every day but today you look particularly stunning." He said, his eyes sparkling. Lily blushed and smiled back.
"Thank you, Remus. That was the highlight of my morning." Remus beamed and dished himself up a plate of food. James rolled his eyes at Sirius, who had just joined them, and made gagging noises. Sirius dug into the sausage.
"There's a Hogsmead trip this weekend, Evans. Wanna come with?" James grinned toothily at her while Sirius was behind him squirting milk out of his nose and crossing his eyes. So very attractive, Lily thought sarcastically.
"Not if it involves a side trip to the Honeydukes cellar to make out like you did with Amy Hanners last time."
"Oh no, Evans. This time will be totally different. Amy won't be there to disturb us while we're making out."
James and Sirius laughed and Remus had his eyes glued to a book about werewolves, seemingly oblivious to what was happening. Lily was so frustrated that she threw her napkin onto the table, stood up, and stormed out of the Great Hall. She was so blinded by her fury that she didn't even see Remus jump up and follow her out. In her hasty retreat she forgot to jump the trick step and her whole leg was pulled under. Lily wanted so badly to break out in tears but a gentle hand touched her shoulder. There stood Remus Lupin with a smile on his face and his hand offered to help her.
"You seem in need of help, fair damsel." Remus took her hand and tugged her out of the step. Lily came smoothly out of the step and into his arms.
"Thank you, sir knight." She breathed. Lily stared into his eyes; those wonderfully clear steel eyes and for a moment was hypnotized.
"You wouldn't happen to want to go with me to Hogsmead instead would you?" Remus asked.
"Moony!" a voice shouted from the bottom of the stairs. It was James, Sirius and Peter. "What do you think you are doing, holding my girl like that?"
Remus rolled his eyes and ignored him.
"I'd love to go with you, Remus." Lily said loud enough for all for of the boys to hear. She softly kissed Remus on the cheek before climbing the rest of the stairs, leaving them all gawking at her.
*****
"You kissed him!?!" Mary whispered during Charms. "It was only on the cheek, Mary. Calm down."
"Calm down? My best friend kissed one of the three most wanted guys in the school and she tells me to calm down. Why wasn't it me.?" Mary finished sadly.
"If you're so disappointed then go ask Sirius to go with you." Lily suggested. Mary looked horrified at the thought.
"No! Then he'll think I like him! - "
"But you do, Mary. Just ask him. Go for it right now. No one's paying any attention. What's the worst that could happen?"
"The worst? He could tell me no in front of everyone and then laugh at me."
"But he won't. If I know Sirius - and I do - he'd go with anyone."
"Jee," Mary rolled her eyes. "That's real encouraging."
Lily giggled and gently pushed Mary.
"You know I didn't mean it offensively." Lily giggled again and prodded Mary in Sirius's direction. Remus glanced over and saw what she was up to. He smiled and gave her a wink. He then nudged Sirius's elbow and nodded in Mary's direction. Sirius turned and saw Mary coming. He leaned casually against the desk and waited for Mary to get to him. Laughing to herself, Lily turned away incase Mary looked back at her.
There was a tap on Lily's shoulder. It was Remus. "I think Mary plans on staying over there for a while. Sirius said they would go together and well, she kinda pushed me off my chair so she could sit with him." He laughed. "I think she fits Sirius, honestly."
Lily giggled and moved over so he could sit down. The two ended up talking and laughing the whole rest of the period and continued their conversation the whole rest of the way down the hall. Lily met up with Mary again down at their table in Herbology.
"Well? Remus told me that Sirius said yes but you never came back. How was it?" Lily gave Mary a knowing smile.
"It was great. He really is a nice guy, you know. Yeah so he helped James pull a few pranks on you. Well, more than a few pranks. but they were funny right? Oh he's so cute too!"
"Well maybe you thought they were funny. You weren't the one trying to get bat boogies out of your hair." Lily said darkly. She'd spent half the night in the bathroom trying to get it all out, way back in her first year. Yeah, real funny, she thought. "So you and Sirius are going, me and Remus are going, Peter never goes with anyone, who's James going to go with. Ooh I'm going to laugh if he can't get a girl to go with him!"
"Hey!" James shouted across the greenhouse. "I can hear you and for your information I plan on sharing you with Remus. Of course you will end up wanting to come with me anyways to make out and poor Remus will have to go steal someone else's girl!"
Remus rolled his eyes again and shoved James almost entirely off of his stool. "Stop being jealous because I have a girl who wants to go with me and you don't."
Several of the girls in the class sat on the edge of their stools and looked eagerly over at James. Some of them were expressing their desires to go with him instead of Lily who "is too stupid to know a good thing" or "wouldn't know a good offer if it slapped her in the face". They would even go so far as to say that she "doesn't deserve such a sweet, intelligent, and handsome guy as James". Lily almost gagged with her disgust and ignored them. James didn't seem to be paying much attention to the other girls he just continued to watch her and a leering smile played across his lips.
"Stop playing hard to get and just go out with me. You know you want me."
"You make me sick, James." And with that, Lily turned back to her work and ignored him the rest of the class period.
". and Sheila is going out with Bobby Moore - although no one knows why - and see him over there? That's Eric Fisher and he's going out with Amelia Durnhurst. Oh! And Pamela - "
"Mary!" Lily interrupted. "Why are you pointing all of this out to me and why in the world do you care?"
Mary paused for a moment, apparently wondering the same thing.
"I suppose it's because almost every girl in the school has a boyfriend or is at least 'talking' to a guy but us! If I can't get our love lives cookin' then I might as well nose in on everyone else's."
Lily just looked at Mary. "You are disturbed." Lilly said. Mary smiled proudly as if being disturbed, in this case, was a good thing. Lily continued to pick at her food, not really eating any of it. Breakfast always looked so superb but today it looked so simple and blah to Lily this morning. Her emerald green eyes scanned the occupants at the Gryffindor table. Not seeing anything that interested her, Lily turned back to her food.
"Are you okay?" Mary asked timidly. Lily's mind snapped back to the present. "Huh, wha'? Oh, yeah. I'm fine." Mary watched Lily suspiciously for a few moments before digging in on her third helping of sausage and eggs.
There was movement across the table but Lily wasn't paying the slightest bit of attention. She kept staring into her plate of bacon and hash browns, artfully rearranging it all.
"Hi there, Evans." Lily's head slipped off her hand and she almost did a face plant right into her breakfast. She looked up quickly and smoothed her hair as if nothing had happened. Lily's eyes met James's and she narrowed them in disgust. She looked to the person on James's right and saw the pleasant face of Remus Lupin.
"You look absolutely wonderful this morning, Lily. Not that you don't every day but today you look particularly stunning." He said, his eyes sparkling. Lily blushed and smiled back.
"Thank you, Remus. That was the highlight of my morning." Remus beamed and dished himself up a plate of food. James rolled his eyes at Sirius, who had just joined them, and made gagging noises. Sirius dug into the sausage.
"There's a Hogsmead trip this weekend, Evans. Wanna come with?" James grinned toothily at her while Sirius was behind him squirting milk out of his nose and crossing his eyes. So very attractive, Lily thought sarcastically.
"Not if it involves a side trip to the Honeydukes cellar to make out like you did with Amy Hanners last time."
"Oh no, Evans. This time will be totally different. Amy won't be there to disturb us while we're making out."
James and Sirius laughed and Remus had his eyes glued to a book about werewolves, seemingly oblivious to what was happening. Lily was so frustrated that she threw her napkin onto the table, stood up, and stormed out of the Great Hall. She was so blinded by her fury that she didn't even see Remus jump up and follow her out. In her hasty retreat she forgot to jump the trick step and her whole leg was pulled under. Lily wanted so badly to break out in tears but a gentle hand touched her shoulder. There stood Remus Lupin with a smile on his face and his hand offered to help her.
"You seem in need of help, fair damsel." Remus took her hand and tugged her out of the step. Lily came smoothly out of the step and into his arms.
"Thank you, sir knight." She breathed. Lily stared into his eyes; those wonderfully clear steel eyes and for a moment was hypnotized.
"You wouldn't happen to want to go with me to Hogsmead instead would you?" Remus asked.
"Moony!" a voice shouted from the bottom of the stairs. It was James, Sirius and Peter. "What do you think you are doing, holding my girl like that?"
Remus rolled his eyes and ignored him.
"I'd love to go with you, Remus." Lily said loud enough for all for of the boys to hear. She softly kissed Remus on the cheek before climbing the rest of the stairs, leaving them all gawking at her.
*****
"You kissed him!?!" Mary whispered during Charms. "It was only on the cheek, Mary. Calm down."
"Calm down? My best friend kissed one of the three most wanted guys in the school and she tells me to calm down. Why wasn't it me.?" Mary finished sadly.
"If you're so disappointed then go ask Sirius to go with you." Lily suggested. Mary looked horrified at the thought.
"No! Then he'll think I like him! - "
"But you do, Mary. Just ask him. Go for it right now. No one's paying any attention. What's the worst that could happen?"
"The worst? He could tell me no in front of everyone and then laugh at me."
"But he won't. If I know Sirius - and I do - he'd go with anyone."
"Jee," Mary rolled her eyes. "That's real encouraging."
Lily giggled and gently pushed Mary.
"You know I didn't mean it offensively." Lily giggled again and prodded Mary in Sirius's direction. Remus glanced over and saw what she was up to. He smiled and gave her a wink. He then nudged Sirius's elbow and nodded in Mary's direction. Sirius turned and saw Mary coming. He leaned casually against the desk and waited for Mary to get to him. Laughing to herself, Lily turned away incase Mary looked back at her.
There was a tap on Lily's shoulder. It was Remus. "I think Mary plans on staying over there for a while. Sirius said they would go together and well, she kinda pushed me off my chair so she could sit with him." He laughed. "I think she fits Sirius, honestly."
Lily giggled and moved over so he could sit down. The two ended up talking and laughing the whole rest of the period and continued their conversation the whole rest of the way down the hall. Lily met up with Mary again down at their table in Herbology.
"Well? Remus told me that Sirius said yes but you never came back. How was it?" Lily gave Mary a knowing smile.
"It was great. He really is a nice guy, you know. Yeah so he helped James pull a few pranks on you. Well, more than a few pranks. but they were funny right? Oh he's so cute too!"
"Well maybe you thought they were funny. You weren't the one trying to get bat boogies out of your hair." Lily said darkly. She'd spent half the night in the bathroom trying to get it all out, way back in her first year. Yeah, real funny, she thought. "So you and Sirius are going, me and Remus are going, Peter never goes with anyone, who's James going to go with. Ooh I'm going to laugh if he can't get a girl to go with him!"
"Hey!" James shouted across the greenhouse. "I can hear you and for your information I plan on sharing you with Remus. Of course you will end up wanting to come with me anyways to make out and poor Remus will have to go steal someone else's girl!"
Remus rolled his eyes again and shoved James almost entirely off of his stool. "Stop being jealous because I have a girl who wants to go with me and you don't."
Several of the girls in the class sat on the edge of their stools and looked eagerly over at James. Some of them were expressing their desires to go with him instead of Lily who "is too stupid to know a good thing" or "wouldn't know a good offer if it slapped her in the face". They would even go so far as to say that she "doesn't deserve such a sweet, intelligent, and handsome guy as James". Lily almost gagged with her disgust and ignored them. James didn't seem to be paying much attention to the other girls he just continued to watch her and a leering smile played across his lips.
"Stop playing hard to get and just go out with me. You know you want me."
"You make me sick, James." And with that, Lily turned back to her work and ignored him the rest of the class period.