About 5 minuets later, while Lily was staring at James, who was staring at her, Lily's name was called. Since Lily was only focused on James, she didn't hear her name. The person next to her elbowed her in the ribs and she responded with a loud "OW!" When she looked up, she noticed that everyone, including the professor, was staring at her. The professor again called Lily's name, but this time, she responded by going up on the stool, sitting on it, and having the hat placed on her head.
All Lily could think was, "Please put me with James, just so I can be with him." A tiny, unfamiliar voice came inside her head saying, "I see where your true love lies," as the voice said this, she instantly thought of James. Again, the voice was in her head, saying, "You are brave, and have the desire to be noticed," Lily smiled when the voice said this, it continued, "but you have potential, and might do well in Slytherine(sp?), My mind is made up, she will be put in….."Lily held her breath as the hat shouted out loud,
"RAVENCLAW!" Lily was disappointed because she couldn't be with James, she hopped that they could be together.
Lily looked at the table James was at, but, unfortunately, he was surrounded by a group of giggling girls and could not see her, though she hopped he had tried. She looked over at the end of her table where she saw a boy with messy corn silk blond hair reading a book. Lily walked up and said, "Is this seat taken," making a gesture toward the seat across from him. He shook his head in silence. She sat down as food on the platters appeared. "Hi," Lily said cheerfully, "My name is, Lily, but my friends call me Kiwi."
"Ok," the boy replied curtly. Lily decided that she would just ask him his name. "so, I told you my name, the polite thing to do is to tell me yours. "Ok," the boy said as he closed his book. He looked at her and just then, Lily saw the most beautiful eyes that she could ever remember. His eyes were a deep, shimmering, sapphire blue. He put on a fake, salesman-like smile and said, "Hi! My name is Thomas, please bore me with she life story." "Well," Lily started sarcastically, "since you asked." She stopped to make sure he knew she was just kidding, and then she began again, "What ya reading?" Thomas picked up the book and showed her the front cover. "Oliver Twist, huh? Is it good, I've never really gotten into Charles Dickens," Lily responded with interest.
"Ya, I know what you mean, he kind of goes on and on about every tiny little detail." This was the first time Lily actually heard him talk, and by that she could tell that he was a bit of Irish and Scottish mixed together. "Oh," she started, "and John Steinbeck, he is just so sad, why can't he ever write anything that could make people remember the good things is their life. When I read Of Mice and Men I couldn't stop crying. I mean, it wasn't even that good, just really sad."
"So," he said, sounding interested, "Tell me about yourself, well, besides the fact that you find Charles Dickens boring and think John Steinbeck is depressing." "Oh, and you don't," Lily asked, sounding surprised.
Oh, no I agree, totally." There was an awkward silence where they just looked at each other, than they started laughing. When Lily and Thomas finally calmed down, someone tapped on Lily's shoulder. She turned around to see
Sorry it's short, I ment to make it longer but my sprits aren't very high, 5 people I knew died this week. I am beginning to wonder if it's me. Please REVIEW!
Keily-
