A/N: No, I am not dead, and I know I've been neglecting my stories, so sorry, my teachers are evil and a lack of time as well as a cold have kept me away. But I'm back. Thanks again to Crying Pixie, for her hilarious idea, and I'm happy I made your week, because your review made mine. Enjoy this chapter!
This chapter is dedicated to: Crying Pixie, for her reviews and awesome ideas, whom without this story wouldn't be as good. Oh and a late: happy turkey day, lol!
A united friendship
a fic by Josie G. Evans
Ch. 4: A change of heart?
Lily woke up that morning to someone jumping wildly on her bed. She slowly opened her eyes, only to shut them as fast. Someone had pulled her curtain open and sunlight was streaming in through the window.
"Lily! Lily wake up! We're gonna be late."
"Then what are you still doing here, jumping on my bed?" asked Lily, recognizing her friend and roommate Robin's voice.
Robin was a petite girl with dark black hair and blue eyes. She was very pretty. Lily and Robin were as opposite as they came, but as they say, opposites attract.
"I'm trying to wake you up, duh! Your supposed to be the smart one here Lily." she said pulling away Lily's blankets. "Oh and before I forget, James wanted to know if he can borrow your notes from last weeks history of boredom."
"What was the idiot doing this time? Sleeping?"
"No, looking at you."
"Sickening." Lily said as she finally got out of bed and started to change.
"No, it's really cute, and kinda romantic. Besides, you know how many people have been trying to snag James Potter, aka resident cuttie and total romantic, as well as bloody rich and popular."
"Really not interested. Besides the guy's a total dumb ass. He couldn't complete a sentence if his life depended on it."
"Actually he's only like that when he's around you, something about nervous butterflies?"
"Yes well, I'd like a guy who can complete sentences when around me. Why is the room clean? I can't find anything!"
"Oh, Gabrielle found this spell that cleans up the room. Besides weren't you the one who was complaining about the state of it yesterday?"
"Ya, but now I can't find anything. It might have been a mess, but I knew where my things were. I can't find that yellow shirt I was planning on wearing this morning."
"It's in your drawers, where it's supposed to be."
"Right. Great, now I can't find my wand."
"Desk."
"Thanks."
"No problem. Hurry up, I want to get breakfast before we get to class."
"I'm on it."
"Hey Lils. So what's today's rational plan to earn signatures?" asked Remus as she sat down next to him.
"I donno, got any ideas? I'm so not ever taking James ideas, I don't know why I did in the first place. Idiot did something to my cookies, which reminds me, I have to kill him."
"He didn't do anything to your cookies Lily."
"Whatever. So what's this potion called?"
"I don't know, I wasn't listening."
"Hey Remus?"
"Hum?" he said, flipping wildly through his potions book looking for a potion that required their ingredients.
"Why does James supposedly like me?" she asked.
He stopped flipping through his potions book and looked at her. "Well that's a stupid question, if I ever heard one. What is there not to like?"
"But Remus, I've never been more than a friend to guys, when ever I meet one, that's what we become and nothing more comes of it. I can never seem to become more. I'm doomed to walk this earth alone, I'm alone and I'll die alone." she said looking depressed, which was unlike her. Truth was Remus had always liked her more than a friend, but he knew he couldn't tell her. James liked her, and that would just be getting in the way of James's elaborate plans to get her as his own. He didn't want to betray his friend, even though he knew that James had no chance of ever getting a flower like Lily.
"Lily, your more than any guy could ever want, your like...a guy's dream, they feel so comfortable around you and they're afraid to show their true feelings to you, because they think you regard them only as friends."
She softly kissed his check. "Thank you Remus, your so nice."
You couldn't have extinguished the happiness Remus was experiencing, even if you dropped him in the middle of the Atlantic ocean. It was only a kiss on the check, but to him it made all the difference.
"Happy to be there." he said, a slight blush creeping up his cheeks.
"Lily!" screamed Sirius as he slung his arm around her shoulders.
She couldn't help but laugh as she saw what Sirius was wearing. Sure he did wear strange clothes, but this one took the cake and no not edible cake, metaphorical cake.
"Sirius? What are you wearing?" she asked snorting loudly.
"Why Lily, it's national Lumberjack day in Canada, didn't you know?" he asked in all seriousness.
"Um first off, we're in England, second, I don't think that's even a holiday, and third I don't think that actually requires you to wear, well that."
"Lily, Lily, Canada is out son, it's holidays are our holidays."
She looked at him carefully. He was wearing the beaver hat and all, which meant large suspenders, plaid shirt and pants. He also had a large wooden ax over his shoulder and twigs in his hair.
"That thing's blunt, right?"
"You and your big words, it's dull not blunt, and yes it's dull."
"Right. Oh, maybe I can put you in a cage and you could be my circus act, and the only way they can see it, is by signing my petition."
"No. I'm not some freak with an ax. I'm not going in some cage acting like your little monkey."
"Speaking of monkeys, you seen Potter? I have to kill him, he's way over due."
"Nope. Common let's go have lunch. In honour of today's lumberjack day, I'm gonna put on a little show." he said looking at her with a mischievous smile.
"Oh god, please spare us!"
"As you all know, today is Canada's national lumberjack day."
"Mister Black, please get off the table and get back to your meal."
"Will do. After this. Well here's a brief history of the national lumberjack day. See, these lumberjacks right, they work all day shooting ducks..."
"Actually they cut down trees." interrupted Lily.
"Who's telling the story? Right, so like I was saying. They'd shoot these ducks right and then these blokes would bring them home to their families to feed them. So they're heros, heros I tell you! Saving poor little Timmy from dying of starvation and a broken leg and what not, now he walks with a crutch, poor little guy, his dad had an evil cruel boss named Mercutio."
"Actually, little Tim, is from Scrooge and the evil boss's name was hence Scrooge. Mercutio, is in William Shakespear's Romeo and Juliet and he's Romeo's...."
"Who cares," Sirius said, cutting off Lily's explanation. "The point is, they were brave and they have a national holiday. And in order to celebrate. I will firstly sing the Canadien national anthem.
O Canada,
Our home and native land..."
"Ok so the national anthem isn't important. I know! In honour and celebration of the festivities I'll sing the lumberjack song!
I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK
I sleep all night and I work all day
I cut down trees, I eat my lunch
I go to the lavatory.
On Wednesdays I go shopping
And have buttered scones for tea.
I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK
I sleep all night and I work all day.
I cut down trees, I skip and jump
I like to press wild flowers
I put on women's clothing
And hang around in bars.
I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK
I sleep all night and I work all day
I cut down trees, I wear high heels
Suspenders and a bra
I wish I'd been a girlie
Just like my dear Mama.
I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK
I sleep all night and I work all day." he sang, with most of the notes finding themselves off key.
Everyone in the hall, looked at Sirius. The fan girls, realising he was done loudly clapped and cheered and soon the whole hall joined in, as most of them laughed. Sirius, loving the attention was bowing and beaming as he came off the table.
Lily turned and looked at Robin with an incredulous look pasted to her face. Robin shrugged and went back to her meal.
"Sirius, your demented." Remus informed Sirius.
Lily decided to put off her idea for an other plan of action till she found James. She wasn't about to take the chance of having James sabotage an other of her mastermind plans.
She found him lurking in the corner of a library.
"James? What are you doing?" she asked.
"Ah! Jesh woman! Trying to give me a heart attack?"
"As a matter of fact, yes!"
"This isn't about your cookies again, is it?"
"Yes."
"Listen Lily, I swear for as long as we've been friends..."
"We've never been friends." she said cutting him off.
"Fine, if you want to ignore that fact. I swear for as long as me and Sirius have been friends, now you know that one count's because that old bloke is like a brother to me. I swear for as long as me and Sirius have been friends, that I didn't and never would do anything to your cookies. I don't want to sabotage you, I want to help you." he said looking her square in the eye. Lily then noticed how close he was to her, to close for her comfort. He put his hands through her hair and for some strange reason it felt right, and she didn't move away or threaten to kill him or slug him. He seemed so sincere and like a little lost puppy who needed her help. Maybe it was just that talk she had with Remus that morning. Wanting something she couldn't have, she'd gotten desperate and would probably take anyone, even James. She would probably marry the first guy that asked for her hand in marriage, afraid to spend the rest of her days alone. Besides, he wasn't a bad guy, and he was awfully cute, all he wanted was a date. The candles and lights around her seemed to dim, and her heart beat increased as his mouth neared hers.
"Hey! What the hell do you think your doing Potter?"
The end of Chapter Four
A/N: sorry for the little gushy mushy moment. If you liked it, good, there might be more coming up. Once more thanks to Crying Pixie for her idea. Merry Christmas to you all! This long chapter is an early Christmas present to you all. Hope you all liked it. Ideas, suggestions, constructive criticism, your favourite part, so far, all welcome. Also thanks to my reviewers: Hogwarts-fanatic91 (happy you liked it, keep on reading.) and of course Crying Pixie (you rock!)
So, question of the day: who says the last lign in this chapter: "Hey! What the hell do you think your doing Potter?" Vote now, in your review.
Merry Christmas! And to everyone who doesn't celebrate Christmas, have a happy Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, or whatever other holiday you celebrate. And a happy new year!
I will try to update soon, once again sorry for my delay.
Cheerio,
Santa Josie, bringing pranks and trouble to kids everywhere.
