The type between the, 's is the song that I've put in here. The song is "Just a Little Girl" and it's sung by Amy Studt.
Disclaimer: You know the drill, having seen it in many other fanfics... nothing belongs to me, except for a few characters and the plot; the rest belongs to JKR, one of the people who reviewed, or a singer/band that I decided to 'borrow' the music from. (Though the music factor will be decided on how brain dead I manage to get while writing this chapter.)
Thorns by Faerielights
Chapter 4: Just a Little Girl
Last Chapter:This joke enraged Lily's parents, and after the guests had all left, and Petunia, Dolores and Lil had all decided to go to bed, they began to reconsider whether or not they were going to allow Lily to pursue this path in life.
After Lily's expedition to Diagon Alley with James, and everyone else, Lily was anxiously awaiting the start of Hogwarts. However, her parents had different ideas, after they had seen the behavior of James, Remus, Sirius, and Jay. It was mainly James and Sirius's behavior that had them worried though...
"Lily, can we have a word with you?" Called Liz.
"Okay!" Lily replied, "I'll be down in a minute!" She then clambered down the stairs and into the front room, where her parents had been talking.
"Lily, honey, we've been thinking." started Jon.
"And we've decided that instead of Hogwarts, you will go to Darrel's Academy with Petty." Liz finished for her husband.
Lily just stood there gaping like a goldfish as the weight of what her parents had just told her sunk in. "But... But..." she was incapable of forming a coherent phrase. ' This isn't fair! They can't do this to me! I bet if it was Violet or Petunia they wouldn't be doing this! I won't go to Darrel's Academy, I WON'T!!' Lily then noticed that her parents were continuing to speak to each other and her.
"--And you'll be a lot closer to home, plus there won't be any good for nothing troublemaking boys to ruin your schooling," Liz was saying.
"I am going to Hogwarts! And nothing you say or do can stop me!"
Sometimes I feel you're not listening
Sometimes I feel you don't understand
"I'm sorry, honey, but this is in your best interest. Your mother and I saw what practical jokers your cousin and his friends were. And we can stop you from going to Hogwarts."
"Besides dear, think of all the good this'll do for you." Liz then said.
"No! I refuse to go to Darrel's Academy!"
But I think I've got the answer
Already know what you're gonna say
"I'm sorry Lily, but you have no choice in this matter, this is a decision for your mother and I to make, not you. I'm afraid you'll do what we decide."
'Cause I'm just a little girl you see
But there's a hell of a lot more to me
Don't ever underestimate what I can do
Don't ever tell me how I'm meant to be
"Besides, your not meant to go off and learn magic, least of all with those boys, your just a little girl," Liz reasoned.
You say I'm just a little girl, just a little girl
How can I compare? What do I know?
What have I got to share?
But there's nothing in this world, nothing in this world
That could hold me down, can't you hear me?
Don't you understand
"Why can't I be my own person, you're always telling me what to do! Can't you rely on me to make my own decisions once in a while? Or at least take notice that one day you won't be there to make decisions for me?" Lily cried angrily.
That I wanna be myself, wanna be the girl
Wanna be the one that you can rely on
How I wish that you could see all there is of me
How I long to hear that you take me
For who I am
"Lily Marie Evans! You will do as your mother and I tell you, and there will be no disobeying on your part! Now you will go to Darrel Academy, and become an important figure in the society, or else!"
'Cause I'm just a little girl you see
But there's a hell of a lot more to me
Don't ever underestimate what I can do
Don't ever tell me how I'm meant to be
"Why can't you just listen to what I have to say, or at least try and understand all of this from my point of view!"
Sometimes I feel you're not listening
Sometimes I feel you don't understand
"GO TO YOUR ROOM YOUNG LADY AND DO NOT COME OUT UNTIL WE SAY THAT YOU ARE ALLOWED TO!" Liz Evans had had enough.
"FINE I WILL GO TO MY ROOM! I'LL PACK UP ALL OF MY STUFF AND FLOO OVER TO ONE OF MY NEW FRIENDS HOUSES AND I'LL NEVER RETURN HERE, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEEM TO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S MORE TO ME THAN YOU KNOW ABOUT! CUZ OTHERWISE YOU'D HAVE KNOWN THAT I WAS A WITCH WHEN I WAS YOUNGER!" Lily screamed as she ran to her room crying.
'Cause I'm just a little girl you see
But there's a hell of a lot more to me
Don't ever underestimate what I can do
Don't ever tell me how I'm meant to be
'Cause I'm just a little girl you see
But there's a hell of a lot more to me
Don't ever underestimate what I can do
Don't ever tell me how I'm meant to be
After Lily had stormed out of the front room, Dolores entered and sat down to have a little chat with her son and daughter-in-law.
"Now Jon, Lizzie (A/N: I just realized that I started out this story spelling jon with an 'h', and then for some reason, took out the 'h'. oh well ::shrugs:: ) don't you think that it was a little harsh to say that Lily couldn't go to Hogwarts just because the boy friends that she made are a little rambunctious?" She gently asked.
"No, for all we know she'll be distracted from her studies by their childish antics, and then she won't be an outstanding figure in the society." Jon stubbornly said, sounding like quite the two-year-old.
"Honey, I really think that you should reconsider all of this, I mean, Lily is a very intelligent child, and she knows better than to allow other people to distract her from her schoolwork. And as for the boys acting childishly, they are only eleven, and I seem to recall a certain someone pulling pranks a lot worse than that when they were that age." Dolores said knowingly and smiled as her son turned pink from embarrassment.
"Do you really think we were too rash in telling Lily that she couldn't go to Hogwarts, Dolores?"
"Yes, and as a matter of fact, if you have changed your minds, I would hope that you quickly go and get Lily before she leaves. She did say that she was going to go to Hogwarts with or without your permission, did she not?"
Both Liz and Jon paled at this prospect and hurried up the stairs to their middle daughter's room (A/N: I seem to have left Violet out of this story a lot so far, we'll just say that she went off to a sleep-away camp, and won't be back till it's time for school, or a week before Lily leaves for Hogwarts, whichever one happens)
"Lily- we gasp need to gasp talk!" Jon huffed as he reached Lily's room.
"Yes per gasp haps we were gasp a little too quick gasp in saying that you couldn't go to Hogwarts. We've reconsidered and decided that you can go after all." Liz said.
" Do you really mean it?" Lily asked, trying not to get her hopes up.
"Yes, darling, now unpack your stuff, and let's go have some lunch, and enjoy our time together until you have to leave for Hogwarts, okay?" Jon said.
"Okay!" Lily said and started unpacking her trunk hurriedly. Once she was done her father, mother and she walked down the stairs. Jon and Liz went into the kitchen to go get the food, and Lily found her grandmother.
"Nana?"
"Yes, doll?"
"Thank you"
"What for?"
"For talking mum and daddy out of making me go to Darrel's Academy, and for talking them into letting me go to Hogwarts."
"You're welcome honey, now why don't we go and join your parents for lunch. After all, we have to make the most of the time that we have together right now, because you have school in 3 more weeks, and that's not much time left." Dolores replied softly.
"Okay," Lily replied. Then the tow left the front room and joined Lily's parents in the kitchen for lunch.
A/N: yea, I know, sappy and whatnot, right? What can I say? I didn't really intend for it to come out that way, but hey, it's the least I can do until I can get the ride to Hogwarts up (which'll prolly take a while) Let's see, what else is there to say, ummm thanks to all who reviewed this so far and. To the rest of you PLEEZ REVIEW AND LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!! You can even flame if you really wanna, suggest things and all that! Whatever you feel like saying, say it in a review, I promise I won't get (too) mad!