Disclaimer: Forgot to do this in a while… whoops!!! *grins sheepishly* (please don't sue me JK Rowling!) (Besides I have no money for you to get anyway….) Plus if I was JK… do you think I'd be writing this story or working on the 6th book???? Well if you recognize it it's not mine, if you don't then it is…
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"Hey, Lily, what did Elijah want you for?" Mariko asked.
"Just wanted to thank me for singing at the dance and gave my a present from him and Adriana." Lily said quietly as class had started.
When lunch came, Lily hurried up to her dorm to open her present. When she did, she was ecstatic. "Oh My Gosh! I can't believe they got me a Wingardium 500. They are one of the most expensive broom out there." She said to herself. (After spending time with James and Sirius, she got to know more about Quidditch than she ever wished to know.)
Lily went down to the Great Hall with a huge smile on her face. She went straight to Elijah and Adriana and gave them both great bear hugs before sitting down to eat a turkey sandwich.
"You look happy." Sarah said.
"Yup, I just got a Wingardium 500." Lily replied biting into her sandwich.
"WHAT?" James yelled spitting out his pumpkin juice.
"Elijah and Adriana gave me a Wingardium 500 as a thank you gift for singing at the Ball." Lily said slowly as if talking to a 3 year old.
"Lily, you do know that that is one of the newest brooms on the market?" Sirius filled in for James who was at a loose for words.
"My dear Sirius, of course I do. How could I hang around you two and not know?"
"Lily, you do also know that first years aren't allowed to have broomsticks?" Mariko said.
"Oh shoot!" Lily said, "You had to rain on my jukebox."
"Jukebox? Isn't it supposed to be parade?" Remus asked.
"Yeah but jukebox is more original."
"Whatever you say! But what are you going to do about your broom?" he asked.
"Hmmm, I know. One of you can keep it until next year, and I can use it for practices and games and things of that sort. So it'll be like I'm borrowing a broom from someone." Lily said.
"I'll take it for you, Lily." Remus said kindly.
"Thanks, Remus." Lily said giving him a hug.
"What's with all the hugs today?" Peter asked timidly.
"Oh, just happy, joyful me. Although, I'm feeling a bit perturbed. Peter, would you like to be the object I vent myself upon?" Lily asked.
"N-N-No, Th-Thanks." He said shrinking away from her.
"Nah! I'm just kidding" Lily laughed, before pulling him into a hug, too.
The next day at Quidditch practice, all went well. The chasers were performing excellently, or as well as they could against Lily. Lily managed to block almost every Quaffle sent her way. James was an excellent seeker; he managed to catch the snitch rather quickly, while trying to avoid the Bludgers that Justin and Kasandra were hitting around.
"Ok, Team! We're done." Elijah said, the team heading for the showers.
"Ugh! Thank god this place has hot water!" Lily said.
"What do you mean?" Mariko asked.
"Oh, where I went to school before, they made you take a shower after gym, well the water was colder than liquid ice." Lily remembered. She remembered her friends laughing about the freezing water after a long day of Cross Country, or gym. She remembered going outside in the winter only to have her hair freeze before they got to their buses. 'I've go to stop it with the memory junk.' She thought to herself.
"Lily, you do know that liquid ice is water right?" Kasandra Phillips said. Kasandra was a tall black girl with long black hair and chocolate brown eyes with golden flecks. She was a sixth year prefect, but how she had managed that was a mystery to everyone, because she had a reputation of beating up anyone who bullied the younger students, especially the muggle-borns, unless they were from Slytherin, but muggle-borns were never in Slytherin. Although she had a heart of gold, her temper was almost as bad as Lily's.
"Yeah, but that's like my trademark phrase." Lily shrugged.
Lily exited the locker room singing part of one of her favorite American Muggle songs, Any Given Day:
I window shop for you in my mind
A flannel shirt at the five and dime
A leather coat cut big city style
Boots from plastic crocodile
A pinecone dipped in glitter glue
A penny 1942
A necklace with a cheap green stone
Barefeet, cold sand. Chill to the bone
"You're in a…singing mood I see." Remus said.
"Waiting on the brainless socks?" Lily said, "I mean jocks!"
"No, socks sound more like it." Remus said laughing.
"Too right you are, Remus." Lily said smiling. "Geez, they take longer than me."
"Vain they are. Too vain for me." He chuckled.
"You really are the only sensible one out of the whole lot." Lily said truthfully.
"Aww, you didn't have to." Remus said mock blushing.
Lily had a feeling why he was so reserved and sensible but she didn't feel it right to say anything about his lycanthropy.
"How nice of you guys to wait on us! And may I say that you, Lady Lillian, are looking wonderful today!" Sirius said mock gallantly, trying to kiss her hand.
"Oh, shove off, Sirius. Go jump in the Lake." Lily said, pushing him away.
Sirius pouted, trying to look hurt. "Who insulted you this time?" James asked, coming up behind the trio.
"Lily told me t-t-to go jump in the Lake." Sirius whimpered, trying to cry on James.
"Well, I'll have to take a leaf out of Lily's book and say, 'Shove off!'" James said laughing.
"See how they love me, Remus!" Sirius said, moving over the honey brown haired boy.
"I just had to wait for the brainless socks, didn't I, Lily?" Remus said, exchanging a hidden smile with Lily.
"Sock? I am insulted, at least I could have been a lonely shoe!" Sirius cried.
The three other students burst into fits of laughter. Sinking to the ground, tears started streaming down her face. "Help!" she managed through peals of her bell like laughter. Sticking out her hand, someone grabbed it and hauled her off the ground.
"Thanks!" she said, wiping tears off her face.
"No problem." Sirius said, wrapping his arm around her waist, which she didn't bother to brush off.
They went to the Great Hall to eat. While they were there, Professor Peele passed around a list for those who wished to stay at Hogwarts for the holidays. (It was coming to the end of November.) Lily realized that she hadn't received a letter from Tom since about Halloween. She was beginning to worry that something had happened to him, but her fears were resolved as a jet black owl swooped into the hall. The room went silent. Black owls only meant on thing…death. The students watched fearfully as the owl swooped down and dropped a letter on Lily's empty plate.
L.E.
I received your last letter but was unable to respond to do the relocating of my house. I am happy that you have found more information on the book. As far as the other, let's say, mission, I will meet you same time, same place. Bring the books.
T.R.
Lily was relieved to know that Tom was safe. She had started to worry when she hadn't heard from him. 'He's a full-grown wizard, Lily. He can take care of himself.' Lily scolded herself, quickly slipping the letter into her pocket.
Everyone was surprised when Lily hadn't run out of that hall crying. The others looked at her strangely before Sirius asked, "Are you ok?"
"Yeah, of course I'm ok. Why would I not be?" lily wondered confused.
"Cause black owls only mean that someone has died." James pointed out.
Lily let out a laugh, "This note is not about someone dying. It just happens to come from someone who has a black owl."
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Actually, the title has absolutely nothing to do with the story as you can tell, I just put that there since it was the 13th chapter….
A/N: I want to thank you all for reviewing! I love ya for it! Any who! I'm sorry if posts haven't been very…consistent. I'll try to post more often. Promise!!! But, PLEASE don't forget to review. I'll do anything!!! Well, ta ta and enjoy!
P.S. I'm thinking of starting another story, or two, and was wondering if I should…. Anyways… gotta bounce.
