I think this is the longest chapter I've ever written! It's been a LONG
time! I got back late from my trip. We were having so much fun we said,
what the hell, let's stay a few extra days! So, we did! I am a year older
and year wiser!! My piano has just been tuned, so I am in a great mood! (I
just baked a cake spur-of-the-moment!) Now, about this chapter, I do no own
the poem. It's one of those pass-it-on emails that I fell in love with. It
is too cute to leave out! And once again, I don't own these characters!
They're not mine! None of them! So…that's it! Enjoy!
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After the picture was taken, Lily proceeded to turn back to James and make lines on his cheeks like war paint. James, on the other hand, put a nice big "L" on her forehead.
"For Lily." James said, seeing his friends laughing.
"I'm going to go see how my paint looks in the mirror. Wanna come James?" Lily asked
"Hell yea!"
They both ran to the mirror above the sink and immediately started giggling.
"James," Lily said in a whiney voice, "You got paint on my clothes!"
James's response was "You know very well you did the exact same thing to my robes!"
"Oh, yes, you're right." Lily agreed. The two giggled some more.
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And so their first year at Hogworts ended.
Lily and James were naturally top in the class, tied exactly. Lily got top marks in Transfigurations, Potions, and Herbology. James got Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms, and Astronomy.
What made this odd was that each had top marks in the other's best subjects. But there was no mix-up; this can be easily explained. Trying to out-do Lily, James only studied Lily's best subjects. Trying to out-do James, Lily only studied James's best subjects.
"What a great irony." Lily laughed on the ride home from Hogworts. James, on the other hand, was for the first time not joining in on the laugh.
"I don't see what's so funny about it." He said.
"Quit being so serious, leave that for Sirius. Okay…okay, I won't use that play on words again!" Lily said trying to cool Sirius down.
"But, really, James! Grades and rankings…they're just grades and rankings! It's just their way of controlling us. As a level-headed, rule-breaking, rebel kind of Gryffindor guy, I'd think you would do whatever possible to undermine authority! So, let's do what we are fated to do, BREAK THE RULES THEY MAKE! So, James, and everyone else in this damn compartment, are you with me?!"
By that time, everyone in the compartment (James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Suzie, Monica, Cooper, Venus, and Serena) was staring wide-eyed at Lily.
"Uh…" James managed to get out.
"Oh, you don't have to tell me. I got passionate again, didn't I."
"Just a bit." Answered James. "But that was your best one yet, you should write it down."
"Oh, no, it's all up here." Lily tapped her head and winked. They, Lily and James, and a way, aura if you wish, that whenever they started talking, everyone listened.
"Hey," James said, "What are you all looking at, we're just talking here."
"Oh, uh, right." Peter said. He turned to Monica who was sitting on the floor beside him, as there weren't enough seats.
"Nice weather we're having!" He said with mock-seriousness.
"Gorgeous!" Monica agreed, laughing. Sirius, Suzie, and Cooper began a game called 'Bet you can't' Lily and James had made up over the Easter holiday when they were both bored out of their minds. Neither liked to get their homework doe until the night before it was due.
"The adrenaline rush adds and extra zing to my essays." Lily often said. The object of the game was to go in a circle and challenge people.
For instance, when it was Sirius's turn, Suzie said, "Bet you can't stand on your head for three minutes!" Sirius had to do it, or else lick the bottom of his shoe. (Every week the "I can't" task changed; all were thought up by Lily and James.)
Meanwhile, Remus, Venus, and Serena continued a discussion they had been having a couple nights ago in the library. Something about a muggle sport called tennis that both Venus and Serena were both very good at. (a/n no, they aren't the real Venus and Serena. I just added a couple characters with their names for fun!)
So that left Lily and James to continue their conversation, which they did (Quite happily, I might add!) until the train pulled to a stop and they all went home to count the days until they would be together again.
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James was very happy. School was out and everyone was going to Lily's house for her birthday. Remus and Sirius came over, as they were all going together. Peter was walking with Serena and Venus, as they all lived pretty close to Lily. Suzy, Monica, and Cooper all found their separate ways. Oddly, everyone arrived at the same time, so when Lily answered the door expecting to find one person, she was pleasantly surprised to find everyone.
"Happy Birthday Lily!" They all yelled together at the top of their lungs, causing a few neighbours to come out to see what the fuss was. Then James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter all broke out singing Happy Birthday with lots of dancing. Remus even started dancing with her—the cha-cha.
The girls joined in as backup.
It went something like this:
Happy—oooh do-wop, do-wop—Birthday
Ooh do-wop, do-wop—to you—do-wop—cha cha cha—do-wop!
By the time the song was coming to a close, Lily, and almost everyone else was in tears from laughing so hard. For the grand finale, everyone fell down on one knee, spread their arms, and made the most spirited spirit fingers ever!
Then snap!
"Whazzdat?" Sirius asked stupidly, momentarily blinded by the flash of light.
"A camera. You must be Sirius! You're acting just like Lily described you!" answered Lily's mother.
"Yes, I'm Sirius—serious!" At this Sirius winked. He knew how to butter up to the grown-ups.
"Let me guess who you all are!" Lily's mother said, excited to be meeting the children she'd heard so much about. (This is the part where I get to describe what everyone looks like!)
"You're Cooper!" She said to Cooper "I love your braids! And your beads are lovely, where did you get them?"
"Made them myself!" Cooper replied sweetly. She loved compliments.
"And Venus! My, you are tall. Lily described your eyes perfectly; they are mahogany! Suzie, there is no mistaking you curls! Remus—yes, camel is definitely your hair colour! Serena, you must have the longest eyelashes I've ever seen! Peter, you do look oddly like an old classmate of Lily's. Monica, gorgeous skin! Olive is definite the colour! Now, at last, James—my, I've heard lots about you! She described you to the last freckle."
"I don't have freckles!" James cut in.
Everyone laughed.
"Yea," Lily said, "And my hair is green!"
"That can be arranged." James said jokingly.
"As I was saying," Lily's mother continued, "She got you just right. Honey coloured eyes, cute—" James's ears perked up when she said 'cute'.
"—puppy-dog like hair—"
His ears went down—
"and elfish ears." At this, everyone smiled. James's ears were always one of Lily's favourite ways of teasing him. But they were quite elfish, no one could deny. After the giggles died down, everyone went inside.
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We rejoin our friends six years later, aboard the Hogwarts Express on its way to Hogwarts.
"It can only be described as one thing—pure happiness." James said.
They were all piled into a compartment looking at a scrapbook Lily had put together of their Hogwarts days.
"I know" Lily said, "Look at the title of the damn album!"
James flipped to the front cover. Sure enough, in gold lettering it said, 'Pure Happiness Vol. 1: Friends at Hogwarts'
Then under it in smaller letters, it read 'James, Lily, Suzie, Venus, Sirius, Cooper, Monica, Peter, Serena, and Remus'
On the first page was the bow famous picture of them all in the girl's dormitory in the first year. There was also an exact replica of it for each following year. In each one, Lily has a moustache, James, a beard. Everyone stood in the same place each year.
Time had passed, but it felt, to Lily at least, that the photo had just been taken yesterday.
On the inside cover pasted in was a handwritten poem James has written for Lily the previous year after an argument. During breakfast one morning, he jumped up on the Gryffindor table and yelled for everybody's attention. (Which he got, as he usually gave excellent speeches!) And said:
"Friends are the most important things in the world. One of mine, Lily, is angry with me for something very stupid I did. I would now like to apologize with a poem I wrote myself!
My Friend:
When you are sad, …I will get you drunk and help you plot revenge against the sorry bastard who made you sad.
When you are blue, …I'll try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
When you smile, …I'll know you finally got laid.
When you are scared, …I will rag you about it every chance I get.
When you are worried, …I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be and tell you to quit whining.
When you are confused, …I will use little words to explain it to your dumb ass.
When you are sick, …stay away from me until you're well again. I don't want whatever you have.
When you fall, …I will point and laugh at your clumsy ass.
This is my oath, …I pledge till the end. Why you may ask—because you are my friend!
So now I ask you, Lily, will you also pledge until the end? That's when Lily too hopped up on the table, gave James a giant bear hug and announced to the Great Hall, "Everyone, there is no need to fear my wrath anymore; I am happy again! I PLEDGE UNTIL THE END!"
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After the picture was taken, Lily proceeded to turn back to James and make lines on his cheeks like war paint. James, on the other hand, put a nice big "L" on her forehead.
"For Lily." James said, seeing his friends laughing.
"I'm going to go see how my paint looks in the mirror. Wanna come James?" Lily asked
"Hell yea!"
They both ran to the mirror above the sink and immediately started giggling.
"James," Lily said in a whiney voice, "You got paint on my clothes!"
James's response was "You know very well you did the exact same thing to my robes!"
"Oh, yes, you're right." Lily agreed. The two giggled some more.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And so their first year at Hogworts ended.
Lily and James were naturally top in the class, tied exactly. Lily got top marks in Transfigurations, Potions, and Herbology. James got Defense Against the Dark Arts, Charms, and Astronomy.
What made this odd was that each had top marks in the other's best subjects. But there was no mix-up; this can be easily explained. Trying to out-do Lily, James only studied Lily's best subjects. Trying to out-do James, Lily only studied James's best subjects.
"What a great irony." Lily laughed on the ride home from Hogworts. James, on the other hand, was for the first time not joining in on the laugh.
"I don't see what's so funny about it." He said.
"Quit being so serious, leave that for Sirius. Okay…okay, I won't use that play on words again!" Lily said trying to cool Sirius down.
"But, really, James! Grades and rankings…they're just grades and rankings! It's just their way of controlling us. As a level-headed, rule-breaking, rebel kind of Gryffindor guy, I'd think you would do whatever possible to undermine authority! So, let's do what we are fated to do, BREAK THE RULES THEY MAKE! So, James, and everyone else in this damn compartment, are you with me?!"
By that time, everyone in the compartment (James, Sirius, Remus, Peter, Suzie, Monica, Cooper, Venus, and Serena) was staring wide-eyed at Lily.
"Uh…" James managed to get out.
"Oh, you don't have to tell me. I got passionate again, didn't I."
"Just a bit." Answered James. "But that was your best one yet, you should write it down."
"Oh, no, it's all up here." Lily tapped her head and winked. They, Lily and James, and a way, aura if you wish, that whenever they started talking, everyone listened.
"Hey," James said, "What are you all looking at, we're just talking here."
"Oh, uh, right." Peter said. He turned to Monica who was sitting on the floor beside him, as there weren't enough seats.
"Nice weather we're having!" He said with mock-seriousness.
"Gorgeous!" Monica agreed, laughing. Sirius, Suzie, and Cooper began a game called 'Bet you can't' Lily and James had made up over the Easter holiday when they were both bored out of their minds. Neither liked to get their homework doe until the night before it was due.
"The adrenaline rush adds and extra zing to my essays." Lily often said. The object of the game was to go in a circle and challenge people.
For instance, when it was Sirius's turn, Suzie said, "Bet you can't stand on your head for three minutes!" Sirius had to do it, or else lick the bottom of his shoe. (Every week the "I can't" task changed; all were thought up by Lily and James.)
Meanwhile, Remus, Venus, and Serena continued a discussion they had been having a couple nights ago in the library. Something about a muggle sport called tennis that both Venus and Serena were both very good at. (a/n no, they aren't the real Venus and Serena. I just added a couple characters with their names for fun!)
So that left Lily and James to continue their conversation, which they did (Quite happily, I might add!) until the train pulled to a stop and they all went home to count the days until they would be together again.
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James was very happy. School was out and everyone was going to Lily's house for her birthday. Remus and Sirius came over, as they were all going together. Peter was walking with Serena and Venus, as they all lived pretty close to Lily. Suzy, Monica, and Cooper all found their separate ways. Oddly, everyone arrived at the same time, so when Lily answered the door expecting to find one person, she was pleasantly surprised to find everyone.
"Happy Birthday Lily!" They all yelled together at the top of their lungs, causing a few neighbours to come out to see what the fuss was. Then James, Remus, Sirius, and Peter all broke out singing Happy Birthday with lots of dancing. Remus even started dancing with her—the cha-cha.
The girls joined in as backup.
It went something like this:
Happy—oooh do-wop, do-wop—Birthday
Ooh do-wop, do-wop—to you—do-wop—cha cha cha—do-wop!
By the time the song was coming to a close, Lily, and almost everyone else was in tears from laughing so hard. For the grand finale, everyone fell down on one knee, spread their arms, and made the most spirited spirit fingers ever!
Then snap!
"Whazzdat?" Sirius asked stupidly, momentarily blinded by the flash of light.
"A camera. You must be Sirius! You're acting just like Lily described you!" answered Lily's mother.
"Yes, I'm Sirius—serious!" At this Sirius winked. He knew how to butter up to the grown-ups.
"Let me guess who you all are!" Lily's mother said, excited to be meeting the children she'd heard so much about. (This is the part where I get to describe what everyone looks like!)
"You're Cooper!" She said to Cooper "I love your braids! And your beads are lovely, where did you get them?"
"Made them myself!" Cooper replied sweetly. She loved compliments.
"And Venus! My, you are tall. Lily described your eyes perfectly; they are mahogany! Suzie, there is no mistaking you curls! Remus—yes, camel is definitely your hair colour! Serena, you must have the longest eyelashes I've ever seen! Peter, you do look oddly like an old classmate of Lily's. Monica, gorgeous skin! Olive is definite the colour! Now, at last, James—my, I've heard lots about you! She described you to the last freckle."
"I don't have freckles!" James cut in.
Everyone laughed.
"Yea," Lily said, "And my hair is green!"
"That can be arranged." James said jokingly.
"As I was saying," Lily's mother continued, "She got you just right. Honey coloured eyes, cute—" James's ears perked up when she said 'cute'.
"—puppy-dog like hair—"
His ears went down—
"and elfish ears." At this, everyone smiled. James's ears were always one of Lily's favourite ways of teasing him. But they were quite elfish, no one could deny. After the giggles died down, everyone went inside.
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We rejoin our friends six years later, aboard the Hogwarts Express on its way to Hogwarts.
"It can only be described as one thing—pure happiness." James said.
They were all piled into a compartment looking at a scrapbook Lily had put together of their Hogwarts days.
"I know" Lily said, "Look at the title of the damn album!"
James flipped to the front cover. Sure enough, in gold lettering it said, 'Pure Happiness Vol. 1: Friends at Hogwarts'
Then under it in smaller letters, it read 'James, Lily, Suzie, Venus, Sirius, Cooper, Monica, Peter, Serena, and Remus'
On the first page was the bow famous picture of them all in the girl's dormitory in the first year. There was also an exact replica of it for each following year. In each one, Lily has a moustache, James, a beard. Everyone stood in the same place each year.
Time had passed, but it felt, to Lily at least, that the photo had just been taken yesterday.
On the inside cover pasted in was a handwritten poem James has written for Lily the previous year after an argument. During breakfast one morning, he jumped up on the Gryffindor table and yelled for everybody's attention. (Which he got, as he usually gave excellent speeches!) And said:
"Friends are the most important things in the world. One of mine, Lily, is angry with me for something very stupid I did. I would now like to apologize with a poem I wrote myself!
My Friend:
When you are sad, …I will get you drunk and help you plot revenge against the sorry bastard who made you sad.
When you are blue, …I'll try to dislodge whatever is choking you.
When you smile, …I'll know you finally got laid.
When you are scared, …I will rag you about it every chance I get.
When you are worried, …I will tell you horrible stories about how much worse it could be and tell you to quit whining.
When you are confused, …I will use little words to explain it to your dumb ass.
When you are sick, …stay away from me until you're well again. I don't want whatever you have.
When you fall, …I will point and laugh at your clumsy ass.
This is my oath, …I pledge till the end. Why you may ask—because you are my friend!
So now I ask you, Lily, will you also pledge until the end? That's when Lily too hopped up on the table, gave James a giant bear hug and announced to the Great Hall, "Everyone, there is no need to fear my wrath anymore; I am happy again! I PLEDGE UNTIL THE END!"
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