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Chapter 7—The Real Meaning of Remembering
"Hey Lils." Matt came up behind her.
"Hey Matt!" Lily gave him a hug. "I haven't talked to you in a long time!"
"I know, Dumbledore keeps me busy!" Matt laughed. "Hey," He said touching her cheek brotherly. "Your smile is back." That only made Lily smile more.
"Yeah, my friends helped me." Lily explained.
"James?" Matt asked, raising his eyebrows. Lily lightly shoved him.
"He's my friend!" She laughed.
"Not for long..." Matt mumbled and Lily shoved him again. He started tickling her and she giggled and fell back onto the bed. She hadn't laughed like this in so long.
"Sorry if I'm interrupting something." James's amused voice came from the doorway. Matt stopped tickling Lily and they sat up.
"You're not." Lily said.
"Okay, anyway, Sirius is literally kicking the couch in frustration because he can't do a charm. Care to help? I mean, Charms is your best subject." Lily nodded and followed James outside. She laughed when she seriously saw Sirius kicking the couch.
"Hey! Sirius!" Lily called He looked up. His hair was in his eyes and he looked frustrated. She drew out her wand and leaned against the couch.
"What charm to you need help with?" Lily asked him.
"Prongs!" Sirius whimpered. Lily crossed her arms and waited.
"What?" James asked.
"It was supposed to be a prank!" Sirius whined again. His voice made Lily laugh, a pretty laugh.
"What is it? Just tell me, I'll help you." Lily told him and he looked at her in disbelief.
"Really?" He asked and Lily smiled and nodded.
"The food attacking one. Here." He handed Lily an incredibly heavy book called 202 Pranks for People You Hate. Lily laughed once again at the title. It magically flipped open to a page.
Food Attacking Charm
Make someone's food attack them!
Just as they are about to eat, say the charm and the food will attack.
How to do it: point your wand at the person you want to attack.
Say Finite Fodela with a swish and flick of your wand.
Countercharm: Finite Fodelo
Lily giggled and transfigured a pillow into a bowl of mashed potatoes.
"Okay, do you get how to do it?" She asked Sirius.
"Yeah."
"Okay, uhh...Finite Fodela!" She said, pointing her wand at him. The potatoes flew up and hit his face.
"Ow! Okay! Lily!" He yelled. Lily said the countercharm and the food went away.
"Let me try." Sirius snapped and Lily smirked until he pointed at her.
"Finite Fodela!" He yelled and it worked.
"Ow! Ow! James! Matt! Someone!" Lily whimpered. Sirius was laughing to hard to say the countercharm. James quickly said it and it disappeared.
"Well, that's good you got." Lily said. Matt came up behind her and hugged her around the neck, resting his chin on her head. She smiled.
"I got to go, Lils." He gave her a kiss on the top of the head and let go of her.
"See you, Matt. Please try to visit again!" She stood on her toes and kissed his cheek.
"See ya, sis." Lily smiled. Sis, I like that, she thought. It reminded her of her brother but it didn't make her cry.
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"Happy birthday Lily!" Lily woke up with a start. Shelley was standing next to year, yelling loudly. She heard a 'thunk' and sat up. James was on the floor with blankets wrapped all around him. Lily and Shelley laughed. James unwrapped himself and stood up, only wearing boxers. Lily couldn't help but notice his muscles from Quidditch.
"Shelley! Did you have to yell so loud." He asked, rubbing his head. Shelley nodded energetically. James groaned but said, "Happy birthday, Lily."
"Thanks." Once Shelley left, Lily showered and dressed. She left her hair down and perfectly straight and wore black, tight jeans and a cute blue sweater. She was putting on her make up once James really woke up. He crawled out of bed and showered in the time Lily had only done half of her makeup.
"Still doing make up?" He asked her.
"Yep. It's my birthday...I've got to look nice!" She giggled happily. "My party's in the room of requirement. I think Shelley said from 6 to 9."
"Awesome." James said and walked to the common room with Lily.
"Birthday girl!" Sirius said loudly. All of her friends cheered as she sat down. An owl flew in the window and dropped two brightly colored wrapped presents and letter on her lap. It was from her parents.
Lily, my dear,
Happy Seventeenth birthday! I can't believe you are seventeen already! Where did the years go? I hope you like your present. You mean so much to us Lily and we love you so much. Never forget that. The smaller present is from Jacob, he bought it the summer after left Hogwarts and told us that since he hoped he would be at Auror training during your seventeenth birthday, to give it to you. He knew it would be special and wanted to save it. We promised him we'd give it to you, so we fulfilled our promise. Happy Birthday, Lily.
Love,
Mum and Daddy.
Before Lily opened it she though how weird it was that since Jacob died, things from him seemed to keep coming up. Maybe it was always there, but she never valued it until now. Her parents sent her an expensive diary, along with a photo album where they wrote 'to fill with your seventh year memories.' She opened Jacob's present. Inside was a sparkly silver bracelet and a small note.
When I saw this bracelet, it screamed 'Lily' so I got it. I thought it was too special for your fifteenth so I thought I'd save it for your seventeenth. I'm giving it to Mum and Dad since I will me at Auror training on your birthday. Look really closely at the bracelet and you'll find something I did myself! Love you Lily.
Your favorite (and only) brother,
Jacob
Lily smiled and looked at the bracelet. It was engraved. To Lily, Love Jacob. Remember...I'm Already There.
Lily wiped a tear away. It took her a while to realize it was a tear of joy. Her friends also realized and breathed with relief. James helped her get the bracelet on and hugged her.
"It's the real meaning of remembering, Lily. To be happy about it, not sad." He smiled at her and Lily felt an odd feeling in her stomach.
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Lily wore her favorite outfit. It was a tight black miniskirt and tight pink turtleneck. It looked awesome on her. She had cute pink butterfly clips in her hair and light make up on. Shelley came in wearing a denim skirt and light blue sweater.
"Ready for your party?" Shelley asked excitedly.
"You bet." Lily grinned. She wore her cross necklace and new bracelet from Jacob. She walked with Shelley through the halls. They got a lot of stares from guys that didn't know where they were going. When they opened the door of the Room of Requirement, they grinned again. It was decorated with balloons and everything. Cool music was playing and people were dancing. There were presents in the corner for her. James playfully bowed in front of her.
"Care to dance, birthday girl?' He said, extending her hand. Lily laughed and took it. James led her to the middle of the room where people were dancing. "Having a good day?" James asked her.
"Of course. Thanks to you guys." She sent him a pretty smile and he returned it.
"You look great tonight." He complimented her.
"Thanks." She laughed.
"Hey, do you want to go to Hogsmeade on Valentine's Day?" James asked hopefully.
"Sure." Lily grinned at his happy face.
Authors Note—hope you liked it! please, please review! Special shout outs:
Lyny Angell—lol yeah no more Danny! Hopefully you liked this chapter and I'll try to update as soon as possible. James will come up more in the next chapters. (yay!) haha thanks for reviewing...I love it!
stephxd—yay! I'm so glad! Thank you so much for reviewing. I also hope this one was good enough too!
