Author's Note: Well I seem to be able to get more of chapter's done quicker
but I never get time to type them. I'm still not sure when I will posted
the next one. I hope you enjoy this one and I'll post the next as soon as I
get it written.
Disclaimer: All things Harry Potter belong to J.K. Rowling not me. I am but a lowly highschool student whose small savings are going to go towards her university education and do not claim any ownership what so ever.
Chapter 10: A Snowball Fight Among Other Things
Lily woke up the morning after the ball to find that it had snowed the night before. She looked out the window t see merry white snow flakes loathing softly onto the hard packed snow, which had fallen previously. It gave the world a fresh new look. Lily smiled she got dressed and grabbed her winter cloak and walked dawn to the entrance hall. In the hall she saw James and the Marauder's who seemed to have the same idea she did.
Many of the students were going home over the Christmas break. Of those remaining in Gryffindor James and Lily were the only sixth years. Remus and Peter were going back to their homes for the vacation and Sirius was going to visit his cosine Andromeda and her family. Very few students were staying at the school this year, comparatively to other years.
James' P.O.V.--------
James woke up early the morning after the ball. He and Lily had gotten to bed much earlier then most people. Seeing the fresh snow he just knew that it would be perfect for a snowball fight. So James woke up Peter (the lightest sleeper of the Marauders) and instructed him to wake up Remus. Going over to Sirius' bed he began the difficult task of waking up his friend. Knowing that preliminary attempts would be useless James summoned a cup of water and dumped it over his friends head.
Sirius sat up shacking his head like the dog he was. "Awww, Jamesie. It's early an' we were up late last night."
"Well your all leaving this morning and I don't want to miss a chance fro an snowball fight. By the way how many times do I have to tell you not to call me Jamesie. ow come on out of bed you lazy dog."
About fifteen minutes later te four boys left Gryffindor Tower bundled up in heavy cloaks and woolen sweaters and other warm clothes. On the way to the Entrance Hall they discussed the ball. James filled Remus, Sirius, and Peter in on what had 9 and Hadn't for Sirius' sake) happened with Lily the previous night. Once they got to the entrance Hall James happened to look back and see Lily dressed in her outdoor gear standing on the stairs hat descended into the Hall. James smiled at her in a friendly way and waved for her to join the them.
Lily's P.O.V.----------
She wasn't sure whether she wanted to be around James at that particular time., She wanted to repress the strange feelings that she had felt surfacing the night before. She didn't want to be hurt. She wanted to help others when they were but she was very bad at dealing with her own feelings when she was hurting. It had taken her years to deal with her parents death and her sister's rejection. when she saw the smile on James' face as he beckoned her to came dawn she smiled to and began to walk down the stairs towards her friend.
"Good morning guys, is everyone ready to go home?" she asked.
"Yup, said Sirius. " 'cept I'm not goin' home I'm going to my best cosine's house to play with Nymphadora." Sirius now that he was awake was way too hyper. "At least I'm happy now that I know I'm no leaving dear old Jamesii (James scowled at Sirius) all by his little own self. You will take care of him Lily-Billy won't you?"
Lily was laughing so hard that she could only nod in response. "No one has called me Lily-Billy in so long Sirius." She said once she got over her hysterics.
"Well Lily do you want to join in our snow fight?" asked James.
"Sure! Come on lets go!" So the five teens barreled out of the Entrance Hall and into the snow.
"Okay!" Yelled Sirius. Me an' Lily-Billy and Pete stick you two."
"Sounds fair," said Remus knowing Peter didn't have a very good throwing arm.
After a brief discussion on rules and boundaries the two teams split off to discuss their tactics.
With James and Remus--------
"Okay lets just dig down in the snow a bit Rem. We can use it as a bit of a defense structure."
"Sounds good," replied Remus as he began to dif with his mittened hands. "Okay I've got the battle plan you get Lily, but go easy till you know how good she is. I'll take Sirius and just pummel him. IF peter gets his in the cross fire oh well."
"Brilliant plan, exactly what I was thinking." James smiled, ~this is going to be fun~ he thought.
With Lily, Sirius and Peter-------
"Okay they don't know all our strengths and weaknesses but we know theirs. Sirius take Remus, I'll take James and peter do you best and help build up a wall so we can duck behind it."
"Geez, Lily-Billy, I couldn't have put it any better myself." said Sirius.
"Sounds good to me too," piped in Peter thinking that he should say something too.
And then the snow began to fly. by the end of the fight, peter was cowering behind his teams snow wall, Lily having run across the boundary when she had seen James and Sirius charge and took James out at the knees, and proceeded to shove snow down the back of his robes. James had his retribution in giving Lily a huge face wash. Remus and Sirius were completely soaked from the snow they had been hit with and everyone was laughing.
They all trudged back into the Castel and up to Gryffindor Tower. After changing into dry robes Lily went down to breakfast. She couldn't stop smiling, now at the age of 16 Lily was beginning to realize what she had missed all of those friendless years. Sirius calling here Lily Billy reminded Lily of her only friend in grade school who had move away several years before Lily had gotten her acceptance to Hogwarts. they had lost touch after Lily's parents had died.
Joenly had been a witch as well though neither Lily Joenly had known it at the time. Lily had gotten her Hogwarts letter and immediately written to Joenly who was now living in France. Joenly was the only person outside of her immediate family that Lily had told about being a witch. Joenly had written back that she had also just received her letter of acceptance to Beaubaton. They grew apart and lost touch, however Lily never forgot that Joenly had called her Lily-Billy.
Lily was so caught up in her own thoughts, that she didn't notice when James came and sot down be side her. She just continued to absent mindedly eat her breakfast.
James' P.O.V.--------
James walked out of the bathroom after hi shower in clean dry and thankfully warm robes. He walked into the sixth year boys dorm and was greeted by three teenage boys who were all frantically trying to change and get packed AND have enough time for breakfast which ended in twenty minutes.. James laughed and told them he was going down for breakfast.
"Nice of you," Sirius yelled after him. "Not going to help your best mates?"
"I told you, you should have packed yesterday." James yelled over hi shoulder as he ran out of the door.
James got down to the great hall which was uncharacteristically empty. James smiled, it would seem that Sirius, Remus and Peter weren't the only ones who had left packing to the last minute. James spotted Lily sitting quietly (this not being unusual for Lily) at the end of the table. She seemed caught up in her thoughts. He walked over to her and sat down next to her.
"Morning again, Lily."
"G'Morning, she mumbled. She stared at her plate but didn't seem to notice what she was eating.
"Are you alright?" he asked worriedly.
"Yes," she replied in almost a whisper. James helped himself to some cereal watching Lily out of the corner of his eye. Something about her quiet disturbed him.
"So, do you have any plans fro the holidays?" he asked trying to strike up a conversation.
"In a way. I have to report to Professors, Flitwick, McGonagal, Sinistra, Oblonius (DADA), Vector, Farsight (Divination) and our favorite Potions Master to demonstrate the practical skills that the rest of the class has learnt over the last couple of weeks. Also I have to study basic magical healing so that I can pass the test and begin treating patients in the new year." replied Lily in a monotone voice while pushing her food around on he plate.
"Geez, they don't like to give you a break do they?" James was shocked that anyone could be forced to work so hard over the Christmas break. "You've been working like a house elf for the last few weeks and now they won't even give you a break. At least you're back in the Tower. I've missed you," James said those last three words quietly and sincerely. He was beginning to feel for Lily as he had never felt for a girl before he was scared, he didn't want to lose her friendship, he didn't want to hurt this girl, so he took his feelings and buried them as deep as they could go. They would be his secret to tell no other ever.
Disclaimer: All things Harry Potter belong to J.K. Rowling not me. I am but a lowly highschool student whose small savings are going to go towards her university education and do not claim any ownership what so ever.
Chapter 10: A Snowball Fight Among Other Things
Lily woke up the morning after the ball to find that it had snowed the night before. She looked out the window t see merry white snow flakes loathing softly onto the hard packed snow, which had fallen previously. It gave the world a fresh new look. Lily smiled she got dressed and grabbed her winter cloak and walked dawn to the entrance hall. In the hall she saw James and the Marauder's who seemed to have the same idea she did.
Many of the students were going home over the Christmas break. Of those remaining in Gryffindor James and Lily were the only sixth years. Remus and Peter were going back to their homes for the vacation and Sirius was going to visit his cosine Andromeda and her family. Very few students were staying at the school this year, comparatively to other years.
James' P.O.V.--------
James woke up early the morning after the ball. He and Lily had gotten to bed much earlier then most people. Seeing the fresh snow he just knew that it would be perfect for a snowball fight. So James woke up Peter (the lightest sleeper of the Marauders) and instructed him to wake up Remus. Going over to Sirius' bed he began the difficult task of waking up his friend. Knowing that preliminary attempts would be useless James summoned a cup of water and dumped it over his friends head.
Sirius sat up shacking his head like the dog he was. "Awww, Jamesie. It's early an' we were up late last night."
"Well your all leaving this morning and I don't want to miss a chance fro an snowball fight. By the way how many times do I have to tell you not to call me Jamesie. ow come on out of bed you lazy dog."
About fifteen minutes later te four boys left Gryffindor Tower bundled up in heavy cloaks and woolen sweaters and other warm clothes. On the way to the Entrance Hall they discussed the ball. James filled Remus, Sirius, and Peter in on what had 9 and Hadn't for Sirius' sake) happened with Lily the previous night. Once they got to the entrance Hall James happened to look back and see Lily dressed in her outdoor gear standing on the stairs hat descended into the Hall. James smiled at her in a friendly way and waved for her to join the them.
Lily's P.O.V.----------
She wasn't sure whether she wanted to be around James at that particular time., She wanted to repress the strange feelings that she had felt surfacing the night before. She didn't want to be hurt. She wanted to help others when they were but she was very bad at dealing with her own feelings when she was hurting. It had taken her years to deal with her parents death and her sister's rejection. when she saw the smile on James' face as he beckoned her to came dawn she smiled to and began to walk down the stairs towards her friend.
"Good morning guys, is everyone ready to go home?" she asked.
"Yup, said Sirius. " 'cept I'm not goin' home I'm going to my best cosine's house to play with Nymphadora." Sirius now that he was awake was way too hyper. "At least I'm happy now that I know I'm no leaving dear old Jamesii (James scowled at Sirius) all by his little own self. You will take care of him Lily-Billy won't you?"
Lily was laughing so hard that she could only nod in response. "No one has called me Lily-Billy in so long Sirius." She said once she got over her hysterics.
"Well Lily do you want to join in our snow fight?" asked James.
"Sure! Come on lets go!" So the five teens barreled out of the Entrance Hall and into the snow.
"Okay!" Yelled Sirius. Me an' Lily-Billy and Pete stick you two."
"Sounds fair," said Remus knowing Peter didn't have a very good throwing arm.
After a brief discussion on rules and boundaries the two teams split off to discuss their tactics.
With James and Remus--------
"Okay lets just dig down in the snow a bit Rem. We can use it as a bit of a defense structure."
"Sounds good," replied Remus as he began to dif with his mittened hands. "Okay I've got the battle plan you get Lily, but go easy till you know how good she is. I'll take Sirius and just pummel him. IF peter gets his in the cross fire oh well."
"Brilliant plan, exactly what I was thinking." James smiled, ~this is going to be fun~ he thought.
With Lily, Sirius and Peter-------
"Okay they don't know all our strengths and weaknesses but we know theirs. Sirius take Remus, I'll take James and peter do you best and help build up a wall so we can duck behind it."
"Geez, Lily-Billy, I couldn't have put it any better myself." said Sirius.
"Sounds good to me too," piped in Peter thinking that he should say something too.
And then the snow began to fly. by the end of the fight, peter was cowering behind his teams snow wall, Lily having run across the boundary when she had seen James and Sirius charge and took James out at the knees, and proceeded to shove snow down the back of his robes. James had his retribution in giving Lily a huge face wash. Remus and Sirius were completely soaked from the snow they had been hit with and everyone was laughing.
They all trudged back into the Castel and up to Gryffindor Tower. After changing into dry robes Lily went down to breakfast. She couldn't stop smiling, now at the age of 16 Lily was beginning to realize what she had missed all of those friendless years. Sirius calling here Lily Billy reminded Lily of her only friend in grade school who had move away several years before Lily had gotten her acceptance to Hogwarts. they had lost touch after Lily's parents had died.
Joenly had been a witch as well though neither Lily Joenly had known it at the time. Lily had gotten her Hogwarts letter and immediately written to Joenly who was now living in France. Joenly was the only person outside of her immediate family that Lily had told about being a witch. Joenly had written back that she had also just received her letter of acceptance to Beaubaton. They grew apart and lost touch, however Lily never forgot that Joenly had called her Lily-Billy.
Lily was so caught up in her own thoughts, that she didn't notice when James came and sot down be side her. She just continued to absent mindedly eat her breakfast.
James' P.O.V.--------
James walked out of the bathroom after hi shower in clean dry and thankfully warm robes. He walked into the sixth year boys dorm and was greeted by three teenage boys who were all frantically trying to change and get packed AND have enough time for breakfast which ended in twenty minutes.. James laughed and told them he was going down for breakfast.
"Nice of you," Sirius yelled after him. "Not going to help your best mates?"
"I told you, you should have packed yesterday." James yelled over hi shoulder as he ran out of the door.
James got down to the great hall which was uncharacteristically empty. James smiled, it would seem that Sirius, Remus and Peter weren't the only ones who had left packing to the last minute. James spotted Lily sitting quietly (this not being unusual for Lily) at the end of the table. She seemed caught up in her thoughts. He walked over to her and sat down next to her.
"Morning again, Lily."
"G'Morning, she mumbled. She stared at her plate but didn't seem to notice what she was eating.
"Are you alright?" he asked worriedly.
"Yes," she replied in almost a whisper. James helped himself to some cereal watching Lily out of the corner of his eye. Something about her quiet disturbed him.
"So, do you have any plans fro the holidays?" he asked trying to strike up a conversation.
"In a way. I have to report to Professors, Flitwick, McGonagal, Sinistra, Oblonius (DADA), Vector, Farsight (Divination) and our favorite Potions Master to demonstrate the practical skills that the rest of the class has learnt over the last couple of weeks. Also I have to study basic magical healing so that I can pass the test and begin treating patients in the new year." replied Lily in a monotone voice while pushing her food around on he plate.
"Geez, they don't like to give you a break do they?" James was shocked that anyone could be forced to work so hard over the Christmas break. "You've been working like a house elf for the last few weeks and now they won't even give you a break. At least you're back in the Tower. I've missed you," James said those last three words quietly and sincerely. He was beginning to feel for Lily as he had never felt for a girl before he was scared, he didn't want to lose her friendship, he didn't want to hurt this girl, so he took his feelings and buried them as deep as they could go. They would be his secret to tell no other ever.
