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Chapter 8
The next morning breakfast at the Potter house was very subdued. James's parents had got the full story out of Kate, Sirius and Sarah. James was in disgrace because of the way he had grabbed Lily. Whilst Kate was suffering from divided loyalties, and even though she sympathised with Lily and missed her, she thought she had paid a little too much attention to Sam at the club.
The tense silence was interrupted by the arrival of an unusually small snowy owl. "It's Orchid" Kate said quietly.
"Lily's?" Sirius threw the question at her, and she nodded slightly.
James jumped up to retrieved the letter, but to his disappointment it wasn't addressed to him, but his mother. Passing the letter over His mother scanned the letter over and proceeded to read it out loud to the others.
"Dear Mr and Mrs Potter,
I would like to apologise for any inconvenience I may have caused, but I will be unable to stay the remainder of the week with you. If it is ok with you I would like to floo over this morning to collect my belongings.
Thank you,
Lily Evans."
The room was in silence, no one wishing to break it. Until, "You hear that boy, your actions have caused this. I've seen the way you two have looked at each other. I know that wasn't some silly crush. It was special. And your pride has hurt that girl. That was all it was pride." Mrs Potter shouted at her son. "When she arrives, you are not to be here, you understand me? If I see one sign of you there will be big trouble, now get out of my sight."
Lily arrived at Platform 9 ¾ on the first of September to be greeted by Sirius and Kate.
"How you been Lily?" Kate asked.
"Glad to be back, Pet's been a nightmare" She laughed. "Do you want to go and grab a carriage, I have to go and speak to Dumbledore.
Lily went to the Head's compartment at the same time as the Headmaster. "Miss Evans, It appears James hasn't arrived yet. If I brief you can you fill him in? I must get to the ministry."
"Of course Professor."
"Good Good." He said. "Right well. Firstly prefects have to patrol the corridors from 8 until 9 every night, you need to provide a rota, you and James are expected to patrol from 9 until 10 then you will hand over to the teacher. Because of the school rules the prefects, and you and James whilst on patrol must be in pairs at all times." Lily groaned inwardly. "Secondly here is a list of common room passwords, and as Head Students you and Mr Potter have your own rooms, they are located behind the tapestry of the unicorn on the 2nd floor. The passwords on the list as well."
This just gets better, and better Lily thought to herself. Now she has to share a room with the idiot as well.
"Next", Dumbledore continued "Hogsmead weekends need to be organised about one every two months, and lastly there will be a ball held at Halloween, but you will be filled in on both of these later. Now if you'll excuse me I must be on my way."
Lily sat in silence for a few moments, and then decided to go and find her friends. Walking down the corridor of the now moving train Lily found the one with her friends in, and to her annoyance Potter was in there as well.
"Alright people." She greeted them hugging Kate, Sarah, Sirius and Remus.
"Hi Lily" James said quietly.
"So you remember me Potter?" She turned to him scowling, "I just thought if you had forgotten about our meeting with Dumbledore, you may have forgotten me as well."
"Shit." James remembered the meeting, he got up to run to the front of the train.
"No point Potter, he's gone."
"Didn't think to come and get me Evans, or did you just think you would look even better if I didn't turn up?" He shouted at her losing his temper.
"No if you must know he was in a hurry so told me to fill you in."
"Well then? Come on Evans surely you can remember what he said, or did you not take notes?"
"He said: Firstly prefects have to patrol the corridors from 8 until 9 every night, you need to provide a rota, you and James are expected to patrol from 9 until 10 then you will hand over to the teacher. Because of the school rules the prefects, and you and James whilst on patrol must be in pairs at all times. Secondly here is a list of common room passwords, and as Head Students you and Mr Potter have your own rooms, they are located behind the tapestry of the unicorn on the 2nd floor. The passwords on the list as well. Next Hogsmead weekends need to be organised about one every two months, and lastly there will be a ball held at Halloween, but you will be filled in on both of these later. Now if you'll excuse me I must be on my way.
"Well Potter that was it word for word ok?" she turned and walked out.
After the feast Lily and James made their way to their common room. They walked in stubborn silence, both refusing to speak to each other. Halfway to the tapestry they met McGonagall and Dumbledore.
"I take it Lily filled you in on our meeting James?" Dumbledore asked.
"Evans did find me." James said.
"Ok then of to bed" Dumbledore finished, eyes twinkling.
"They haven't had another falling out surely Albus?" McGonagall asked.
"I'm afraid so, although I'm willing to bet 100 galleons that it will be forgotten within a fortnight." He laughed.
Entering their new common room they were both shocked. The room was small, but not cramped, and decorated in Gryffindor colours. One wall had a large bookshelf on it, whilst the other had a painting of large lion on.
Lily didn't pause though to take it all in, she headed to the door with her name on it, hurrying to get out of James presence. Entering her room, which was all light blue and silver she saw another door which lead to the most magnificent bathroom Lily had ever seen. Turning back to her room she locked her door so James couldn't get in and collapsed exhausted on the bed.
James went through the next day in a blur, it was killing him not being able to talk to Lily, but there was no way he would break the deadlock.
The marauders noticed the change in James, no longer was he their leader. And the idea of pranking Snape and Malfoy no longer appealed to him. They pranks he did pull that day were not full of humour as they had once been, but now spite.
Lily was not fairing much better, she missed breakfast and lunch, trying to avoid James, but kept running into him whilst going to retrieve her books from their common room, and this was making her more and more agitated. Walking down the corridors she was throwing out punishments for minor rule breaking, that previous head's would have overlooked.
After issuing a first year with 1000 lines for breaking a window with a shrieking yoyo, James had had enough. He walked over to where Lily and the now sobbing first year were now standing. "Repero" he said pointing at the broken glass. "No harm done Evans, let the kid go, its his first day."
"Excuse me Potter I thought I was dealing with this?"
"Now I am"
"You know what Potter I've had enough. Do what you want. Kid go." The first year ran off. "If you ever undermine me again Potter there will be trouble, do you follow?"
"Don't take your bad mood out on the other students and I wont have to. Now I'm going down to the Quidditch pitch, I take it you wont he joining me."
"Piss off Potter." Lily turned and walked to the Library to begin some optional charms research that had been set that morning.
Sitting in the library she began to cry in the corner. She didn't notice Sirius and Kate coming in.
"Lily" Kate said quietly, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing" Lily replied, trying to hide the fact that she had been crying.
Sirius laughed softly, "I know we don't come across as the most observant people, but its James isn't it?"
"I miss him." Lily spoke quietly, "I really thought he had changed."
"Did you want him to change?" Kate asked, "you fancied him before you became Head students, the idea he changed was just your justification to your self. All you saw was a different side to him."
Lily looked up, "I never thought of that, but no, Kate what he did was wrong. Pulling me away from my friends. He embarrassed me, and hurt me."
"He made a mistake Lils. That was all." Sirius told her.
"So he needs to apologise." Lily said her voice back to normal. She got up and walked out.
"Stage one complete." Sirius shouted giving Kate a high five, and getting themselves both kicked out of the 'quiet room'.
"Now we need to get Jim to apologise. Yep that's gonna be a piece of cake." Kate said sarcastically.
"No. Who said anything about getting J to apologise? Getting blood out of a stone would be easier."
"What?" Kate asked.
"All in good time young Kate." Sirius said looking down on her.
"Tell me now Sir" Kate demanded.
"No."
Kate turned and pushed Sirius against the wall, "Tell me now." She threatened.
"Or what?" He asked, leaning down kissing her on the nose.
She pulled back "or else, no."
"You wouldn't?" He looked disgusted. "But you'd suffer as well."
"Tell or you can look, but no touch."
"Ok. James sleep talks, he has been known to shout out certain thing about Lily imparticular. She just needs to hear some of these, and bingo."
"I'm not convinced."
"You don't need to be, only Lily does."
A/N: Well That was chapter 8, I can't wait to post the next few chapters, because in my mind they're the funniest things I've ever written. So please review and then I'll post. If I were to say, 30 reviews and then I'll post the next chapter, would that be asking to much??
Charlatan
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