Lily sat at the table in the common room. She tied to convince herself to
finish her homework but kept catching herself deep in thought, gazing out
the window. She decided that a break might be helpful, "Besides," she told
herself, "I'm kind of hungry anyway."
She pulled herself away from the table and chose to walk to the Great Hall to see if there were any snacks. She slowly walked, her minded filled with many thoughts of getting her work done, of Alexie being upset with Kaitlin, and then she thought that she might see James, she smiled as she made her way through the portrait hole. She walked watching everyone that went by and looking at each stone that made up the walls. She saw the doors to the Great Hall standing tall; their beautiful dark brown color shined a red, which caught Lily's eye. She pulled the door open and found her way into the room.
The room was very empty; it made her a bit uneasy. She made her way to the Gryfindor table seeing that there was food left out. She grabbed a very large cookie. She ripped a piece and set it in her mouth, the smooth melted chocolate delighted her mouth. She pulled another piece apart, watching the gooey chocolate hold on. A hand reached over her shoulder and grabbed a bit of her cookie as she took the second bit. She jumped startled, and slowly turned to the origin of the arm. It belonged to James Potter. She couldn't bring herself to smile, for she was still getting over the shock. "Mind if I have some?" he asked.
She took a deep breath and let out a small smile, "Well, since you've already started eating it, I guess I don't mind."
Hearing the doors open, she turned to see, unfortunately, that Amanda had also been searching for a snack. Her eyes closed for a spilt second just to think of her luck. When she opened them Amanda stood before her, "Can I have a piece?'
"No, sorry, I'm really hungry," as Lily said this James took another bite of the piece he took.
Lily held back her laughter the best she could, "I have to go."
She began to walk away, "Wait!" Amanda called to her.
Lily stopped, straightened and stiffened. Amanda grabbed an apple and chased after her. The door moved slowly as Lily pushed it open, she looked back at James for a second, and then continued on her away. She walked quickly trying to hint to Amanda that she was unwanted, but she was always one step behind Lily. Lily reached the last flight of stairs to the common room. She turned to Amanda, " I'm going back to Gryfindor Tower. You know you can't come."
"Oh," She laughed annoyingly. "Bye."
She faced the steps and climbed them without responding. She was suddenly very grateful she wasn't in Hufflepuff, or Amanda in Gryfindor. She reached the portrait and climbed through.
She gathered her homework from the table and founded her away to the girls' dormitory. She threw her books on her bed angrily. She wasn't sure why she was suddenly upset but she was. She lied on her bed and finished her work.
With her work finished and set aside, Lily continued to lie there, deep in thought, when a knock came to door, and slowly it open. Brooke stuck her head in, "Hey Lily," she said, "Feeling alright?"
Lily sat up as Brooke entered. "I'm fine. I was just thinking."
"OK, well dinner's soon. Oh, and Diana and Melinda where looking for you."
Lily yawned, "Oh yeah, I did want to hang out with them."
"They were down in the common room but I think Melinda went to her dormitory."
"Ok. Do you know were Lizbeth or Kaitlin are?" Lily asked.
"I don't know about Kaitlin, but Lizbeth is working down in the common room."
"Have you finished you work yet?" Lily questioned.
"Not yet, but I see you finished yours."
"Yeah, well I'll let you get to work." She stood up.
She stretched and head to the common room. Seeing neither Diana nor Melinda she decided to go down to dinner. She asked Lizbeth if she wanted to come and then called to Brooke to see if she'd like to come too. The three of them walked to the Great Hall together. They didn't see Kaitlin at dinner, which left Lily wondering where she was.
Lily woke up the next morning seeing her friends still lying in bed. She found way to the comfort of the common room couch, she curled up on it and gazed into the fire, enjoying its warmth and color. Her thoughts were interrupted by the soft footsteps coming down the stairs. Kaitlin sat beside her.
Lily smiled, "Good morning."
"So what's new?" Kaitlin asked putting her hair back.
"Not a lot, we missed you last night, where were you?" Lily asked.
"Hmm? Oh I was hanging out with Sirius," She answered.
"Cool," Lily said turning her attention to the steps where she heard yet another person finding there way into the common room, "Well, we're all up early this morning."
Brooke yawned, smiled and shook her head. She stopped before reaching the sitting area and read the bulletin board. Lily and Kaitlin watched her in interest. "Quidditch Try-outs coming up," she said.
They made room for her on the couch and she sat down. "Are you going to try- out this year?" Lily asked Brooke.
"No, there's other things I want to do and they get really serious about winning," she answered, "How about you guys?"
"I might just try it," Kaitlin told them.
"I wouldn't mind playing, and James is seeker," Her voice trailed off and she smiled, both Brooke and Kaitlin laughed.
"Of course you'd want to play with him on the team," Kaitlin shook her head with amusement.
"But seriously, I think I would like it," she paused, "Or maybe not, they'll all hate me when I mess up, and knowing me, I will."
"Oh it'll be fun," Kaitlin said.
"Yeah and then I think I'll be to busy," Lily said, "We'll see."
"We should go down for breakfast soon," Brooke pointed out.
They went back upstairs to change and as they did this, people began to head to the Great Hall for breakfast. Lily searched for her shoes, only to find them right beside her bed where she always left them. They woke up Lizbeth, who quickly got dressed and was ready to go before Lily could tie her shoes.
After breakfast they found their way to the green house for Herbology. Herbology already wasn't one of Lily's favorites, but it became more disliked when she realized she had it with the Hufflepuffs. She was a close friend with Morgan and she thought that both Alexie and Laurin were nice, but why did Amanda have to always be there.
Before class started Laurin began to sing to Lily, the words to the song spoke of Laurin's love for her and of course Lily couldn't help but laugh. The songs seemed never ending, so did Amanda's irritating laugh in-between verses.
They went to take their seats. Lily followed Morgan and behind her Amanda followed. Morgan sat down in one of the seats in the back row, Lily went to take the seat beside her but Amanda already took it, so she sat in front of Morgan, very unhappy. "Can I please switch seats with you," Lily begged as Lizbeth sat beside her, in front of Amanda.
"No, I like the back," She responded rudely.
"This is still the back, just come on, please," Lily continued.
"No."
Lily rolled her eyes and looked to Morgan who was fully agitated by the situation. She also asked her to switch with Lily. Lily looked at Lizbeth and made a face to show her anger. Lizbeth laughed. Lily smiled.
Class started and to Lily's enjoyment, Amanda dropped a piece of paper. "Lily could you pick that up please," she asked from behind.
Lily didn't even move, she pretended that she hadn't heard. She could see the paper sitting by her foot when once again she heard Amanda's voice, "Lily," she whispered, "The paper, by your foot."
Once again, Lily didn't respond. Amanda didn't ask again, and at the end of class Lily stood on the paper, and laughed to herself. Suddenly she felt evil. She could have just handed the paper to her. She could have been nice, but then where would she be, Amanda hanging all over her. Lily shuddered at this thought. "What I did was right and maybe I gave her a hint that she isn't wanted."
She didn't even have to pay attention to find her way to Defense Against Dark Arts. She just followed behind Kaitlin and Lizbeth. Everyone once and a while she'd wonder where Brooke was, and then would yell at her for always walking behind her. Brooke just laughed and caught up and then would slowly find her way behind Lily again.
She sat next to Brooke and Lizbeth but Kaitlin had decided to sit with Sirius, and the rest of the Marauders, which included James. She could hear them talking and laughing at the other end of the room. Lily liked this class a lot, their teacher would have huge class discussions on almost anything and She could see James without turning her head. She kept catching herself looking at him and every once in a while he'd look back at her, she'd smile and turn away as if it was nothing. And when she caught Kaitlin's eye, she would make faces at her. Kaitlin would always stick her tongue out at her.
She would have enjoyed this class more if it hadn't been with Slytherin. She couldn't understand why people call other people names, if they didn't even know them. None of the Slytherins really knew her but she was always called names. She was surprised they didn't stop when she returned their taunts with a smile. She was thankful that she was raised to laugh at their teasing, otherwise they would get more pleasure out of the reaction she gave them.
Lunch came, it seemed, sooner than the day before. They grabbed their lunches and found their way out on the grounds where the sat and ate. Chewing her last bite of sandwich she turned to Brooke, "When you finish do you want to go on our 'rounds'?"
Brooke nodded and then announced, "Done."
She and Lily stood up, grabbed their things and began to walk around the castle, just talking. "So how's life?" Lily asked her.
"Alright," she answered, "And you?"
"It's ok," Lily told her, " It's just that people are kinda getting on my nerves."
"Is it anything like the way Riley's been dressing?' Brooke questioned.
Lily answered with a quizzical expression on her face. "You'll understand when you see her," Brooke explained.
"Ok," Lily answered, "But Amanda won't stop following me! We're lucky she's not behind us right now!"
Brooke smiled, "How did she come end up with us any how?"
"I don't know," Lily answered, "Morgan, I think."
"And then Alexie is mad at Kaitlin because she talked to some guy she liked," Lily added.
"Yeah," Brooke nodded, "And Paige and Madison both like Carter."
"Still?" Lily quizzed, "They still like him, wow." Brooke nodded silently. "And why is Stephanie still hanging out with us? I thought she had new friends from the Quidditch team," Lily added.
"Yeah I thought so too."
"And then Simon pointed out that my right upper lip is slightly higher than my left upper lip, now what's that about."
At that Brooke broke out in to laughter. "Why was he looking?"
"That's what I want to know."
Their 'rounds' ended and they headed back to the Dormitories for the supplies for their next classes. "Muggle Studies next?" Brooke asked.
"Yep, how did you know?" Lily smiled at her, "Lets see, what does Brooke have next?"
She thought for a moment, "Study of Ancient Runes?"
Brooke nodded and walked with Lily to class. Lily stopped at the door to say good bye to Brooke whose class was still a bit away. She entered the room and found a seat by the window.
She pulled herself away from the table and chose to walk to the Great Hall to see if there were any snacks. She slowly walked, her minded filled with many thoughts of getting her work done, of Alexie being upset with Kaitlin, and then she thought that she might see James, she smiled as she made her way through the portrait hole. She walked watching everyone that went by and looking at each stone that made up the walls. She saw the doors to the Great Hall standing tall; their beautiful dark brown color shined a red, which caught Lily's eye. She pulled the door open and found her way into the room.
The room was very empty; it made her a bit uneasy. She made her way to the Gryfindor table seeing that there was food left out. She grabbed a very large cookie. She ripped a piece and set it in her mouth, the smooth melted chocolate delighted her mouth. She pulled another piece apart, watching the gooey chocolate hold on. A hand reached over her shoulder and grabbed a bit of her cookie as she took the second bit. She jumped startled, and slowly turned to the origin of the arm. It belonged to James Potter. She couldn't bring herself to smile, for she was still getting over the shock. "Mind if I have some?" he asked.
She took a deep breath and let out a small smile, "Well, since you've already started eating it, I guess I don't mind."
Hearing the doors open, she turned to see, unfortunately, that Amanda had also been searching for a snack. Her eyes closed for a spilt second just to think of her luck. When she opened them Amanda stood before her, "Can I have a piece?'
"No, sorry, I'm really hungry," as Lily said this James took another bite of the piece he took.
Lily held back her laughter the best she could, "I have to go."
She began to walk away, "Wait!" Amanda called to her.
Lily stopped, straightened and stiffened. Amanda grabbed an apple and chased after her. The door moved slowly as Lily pushed it open, she looked back at James for a second, and then continued on her away. She walked quickly trying to hint to Amanda that she was unwanted, but she was always one step behind Lily. Lily reached the last flight of stairs to the common room. She turned to Amanda, " I'm going back to Gryfindor Tower. You know you can't come."
"Oh," She laughed annoyingly. "Bye."
She faced the steps and climbed them without responding. She was suddenly very grateful she wasn't in Hufflepuff, or Amanda in Gryfindor. She reached the portrait and climbed through.
She gathered her homework from the table and founded her away to the girls' dormitory. She threw her books on her bed angrily. She wasn't sure why she was suddenly upset but she was. She lied on her bed and finished her work.
With her work finished and set aside, Lily continued to lie there, deep in thought, when a knock came to door, and slowly it open. Brooke stuck her head in, "Hey Lily," she said, "Feeling alright?"
Lily sat up as Brooke entered. "I'm fine. I was just thinking."
"OK, well dinner's soon. Oh, and Diana and Melinda where looking for you."
Lily yawned, "Oh yeah, I did want to hang out with them."
"They were down in the common room but I think Melinda went to her dormitory."
"Ok. Do you know were Lizbeth or Kaitlin are?" Lily asked.
"I don't know about Kaitlin, but Lizbeth is working down in the common room."
"Have you finished you work yet?" Lily questioned.
"Not yet, but I see you finished yours."
"Yeah, well I'll let you get to work." She stood up.
She stretched and head to the common room. Seeing neither Diana nor Melinda she decided to go down to dinner. She asked Lizbeth if she wanted to come and then called to Brooke to see if she'd like to come too. The three of them walked to the Great Hall together. They didn't see Kaitlin at dinner, which left Lily wondering where she was.
Lily woke up the next morning seeing her friends still lying in bed. She found way to the comfort of the common room couch, she curled up on it and gazed into the fire, enjoying its warmth and color. Her thoughts were interrupted by the soft footsteps coming down the stairs. Kaitlin sat beside her.
Lily smiled, "Good morning."
"So what's new?" Kaitlin asked putting her hair back.
"Not a lot, we missed you last night, where were you?" Lily asked.
"Hmm? Oh I was hanging out with Sirius," She answered.
"Cool," Lily said turning her attention to the steps where she heard yet another person finding there way into the common room, "Well, we're all up early this morning."
Brooke yawned, smiled and shook her head. She stopped before reaching the sitting area and read the bulletin board. Lily and Kaitlin watched her in interest. "Quidditch Try-outs coming up," she said.
They made room for her on the couch and she sat down. "Are you going to try- out this year?" Lily asked Brooke.
"No, there's other things I want to do and they get really serious about winning," she answered, "How about you guys?"
"I might just try it," Kaitlin told them.
"I wouldn't mind playing, and James is seeker," Her voice trailed off and she smiled, both Brooke and Kaitlin laughed.
"Of course you'd want to play with him on the team," Kaitlin shook her head with amusement.
"But seriously, I think I would like it," she paused, "Or maybe not, they'll all hate me when I mess up, and knowing me, I will."
"Oh it'll be fun," Kaitlin said.
"Yeah and then I think I'll be to busy," Lily said, "We'll see."
"We should go down for breakfast soon," Brooke pointed out.
They went back upstairs to change and as they did this, people began to head to the Great Hall for breakfast. Lily searched for her shoes, only to find them right beside her bed where she always left them. They woke up Lizbeth, who quickly got dressed and was ready to go before Lily could tie her shoes.
After breakfast they found their way to the green house for Herbology. Herbology already wasn't one of Lily's favorites, but it became more disliked when she realized she had it with the Hufflepuffs. She was a close friend with Morgan and she thought that both Alexie and Laurin were nice, but why did Amanda have to always be there.
Before class started Laurin began to sing to Lily, the words to the song spoke of Laurin's love for her and of course Lily couldn't help but laugh. The songs seemed never ending, so did Amanda's irritating laugh in-between verses.
They went to take their seats. Lily followed Morgan and behind her Amanda followed. Morgan sat down in one of the seats in the back row, Lily went to take the seat beside her but Amanda already took it, so she sat in front of Morgan, very unhappy. "Can I please switch seats with you," Lily begged as Lizbeth sat beside her, in front of Amanda.
"No, I like the back," She responded rudely.
"This is still the back, just come on, please," Lily continued.
"No."
Lily rolled her eyes and looked to Morgan who was fully agitated by the situation. She also asked her to switch with Lily. Lily looked at Lizbeth and made a face to show her anger. Lizbeth laughed. Lily smiled.
Class started and to Lily's enjoyment, Amanda dropped a piece of paper. "Lily could you pick that up please," she asked from behind.
Lily didn't even move, she pretended that she hadn't heard. She could see the paper sitting by her foot when once again she heard Amanda's voice, "Lily," she whispered, "The paper, by your foot."
Once again, Lily didn't respond. Amanda didn't ask again, and at the end of class Lily stood on the paper, and laughed to herself. Suddenly she felt evil. She could have just handed the paper to her. She could have been nice, but then where would she be, Amanda hanging all over her. Lily shuddered at this thought. "What I did was right and maybe I gave her a hint that she isn't wanted."
She didn't even have to pay attention to find her way to Defense Against Dark Arts. She just followed behind Kaitlin and Lizbeth. Everyone once and a while she'd wonder where Brooke was, and then would yell at her for always walking behind her. Brooke just laughed and caught up and then would slowly find her way behind Lily again.
She sat next to Brooke and Lizbeth but Kaitlin had decided to sit with Sirius, and the rest of the Marauders, which included James. She could hear them talking and laughing at the other end of the room. Lily liked this class a lot, their teacher would have huge class discussions on almost anything and She could see James without turning her head. She kept catching herself looking at him and every once in a while he'd look back at her, she'd smile and turn away as if it was nothing. And when she caught Kaitlin's eye, she would make faces at her. Kaitlin would always stick her tongue out at her.
She would have enjoyed this class more if it hadn't been with Slytherin. She couldn't understand why people call other people names, if they didn't even know them. None of the Slytherins really knew her but she was always called names. She was surprised they didn't stop when she returned their taunts with a smile. She was thankful that she was raised to laugh at their teasing, otherwise they would get more pleasure out of the reaction she gave them.
Lunch came, it seemed, sooner than the day before. They grabbed their lunches and found their way out on the grounds where the sat and ate. Chewing her last bite of sandwich she turned to Brooke, "When you finish do you want to go on our 'rounds'?"
Brooke nodded and then announced, "Done."
She and Lily stood up, grabbed their things and began to walk around the castle, just talking. "So how's life?" Lily asked her.
"Alright," she answered, "And you?"
"It's ok," Lily told her, " It's just that people are kinda getting on my nerves."
"Is it anything like the way Riley's been dressing?' Brooke questioned.
Lily answered with a quizzical expression on her face. "You'll understand when you see her," Brooke explained.
"Ok," Lily answered, "But Amanda won't stop following me! We're lucky she's not behind us right now!"
Brooke smiled, "How did she come end up with us any how?"
"I don't know," Lily answered, "Morgan, I think."
"And then Alexie is mad at Kaitlin because she talked to some guy she liked," Lily added.
"Yeah," Brooke nodded, "And Paige and Madison both like Carter."
"Still?" Lily quizzed, "They still like him, wow." Brooke nodded silently. "And why is Stephanie still hanging out with us? I thought she had new friends from the Quidditch team," Lily added.
"Yeah I thought so too."
"And then Simon pointed out that my right upper lip is slightly higher than my left upper lip, now what's that about."
At that Brooke broke out in to laughter. "Why was he looking?"
"That's what I want to know."
Their 'rounds' ended and they headed back to the Dormitories for the supplies for their next classes. "Muggle Studies next?" Brooke asked.
"Yep, how did you know?" Lily smiled at her, "Lets see, what does Brooke have next?"
She thought for a moment, "Study of Ancient Runes?"
Brooke nodded and walked with Lily to class. Lily stopped at the door to say good bye to Brooke whose class was still a bit away. She entered the room and found a seat by the window.