Author's Note:
Did you guys just love Sarah's chapter? I did! Yay! Go Sarah-the-author!
Anyway, we don't have much of a direction for this story so just enjoy its
randomness and follow it through! It shall result in goodness! Have fun!
Lovingly yours, jade xxx
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Chapter 3- A jade chapter!
After a delicious feast under the stars, the students skipped merrily back into the castle and to their respective towers.
Lily sighed happily as she approached the huge portrait of the equally huge lady that guarded the Gryffindor Tower. All holidays she had longed to be back here, back where she belonged.
She followed her friends into the tower and inhaled the deep scent of the common room. It smelt of feet, rose oil and chocolate frogs. It mixed together into a sweet and homely aroma that Lily could always feel at home in.
She pulled out the magazine she'd been reading on the train and plonked onto the nearest couch to finish reading it. She wasn't ready to go to bed yet; she needed to bask in the splendour of her home for just a little bit longer.
***
Remus sat down across the room from Lily, watching her with earnest. She had reacted badly to James' advances on the train and of course he knew it must have been because of what happened in their second year. But Lily was a level-headed, intelligent girl; surely she could see that that incident was almost 3 years ago, and that James had changed since then.
Maybe she hadn't gotten over the issue as well as everyone thought. Remus wondered what deep down issues Lily must be experiencing and made a note in his mind to watch his best female friend intently for any signs of what these might be.
***
James sat down on his bed and put his head in his hands, he was sure she'd have dealt with it by now and they could start being friends again. Although maybe he was just a bit too forward. He decided he wouldn't waste this year, and he would slowly work his way back into her trust so that they could finally have the friendship that they both longed for, deep down inside.
He ran his hand through his hair and sighed, he had to show her how much he really had changed and he needed to do it soon, before they drifted too far apart! He couldn't lose her again. She was still everything to him in his mind; even though she hated him. He couldn't stand another year without her friendship.
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Lily finally got too tired to keep her mind on her magazine, so she pulled herself out of the chair, chucking the magazine aside and preparing to climb the staircase to her dormitory.
She walked over to the chair that Remus was sitting in. He looked deep in thought but smiled as she came near him.
"Are you turning in Lily?" he asked, his tone was very tired and he had bags under his eyes.
"Yeah, I can barely keep my eyes open, unless you need to talk because I'm hear to listen. You look as if you have the world on your shoulders and the universe on your mind!" she said, laying her hand on his shoulder affectionately.
"I'm fine thanks Lily, but I shall remember how willing you are to listen for another time. I'll be turning in soon myself so don't worry about me tiring. You just get to sleep and rest that pretty little head of yours." He said in a very fatherly tone as he ruffled her dark red hair.
"Kay, goodnight Rem" she said, kissing the top of his head lightly.
"Goodnight Lils!" he said, and she walked off. Her mind full of worry for her solemn friend.
***
James slept a restless sleep. His dreams were haunted of Lily's look of horror, fear and disgust that she'd worn both that day on the train and the day in their second year. He woke up every hour in a cold sweat and feeling utterly disgusted with himself. He work up for the umpteenth time at 5:05 and was sick of this restless sleep, he pulled the covers off his barely clad body and sat up. He needed an apple!
He walked along the floor in bare feet and went to the bathroom, splashing his face with cold water and trying to wash the bags away from his eyes. The sad, haunted look in those brown eyes of his reminded him of the months following the incident in his second year, he'd felt so terrible for hurting Lily and he hadn't slept. He didn't want a reoccurrence of that this year.
He pulled his invisibility cloak out of the safe place at the bottom of his trunk and wrapped it round himself, it warmed him instantly and he felt rather safe with it around him.
He walked down the stairs and noticed Remus asleep in the chair he had seen him in earlier. He worried about Remus' sleeping patterns. He needed to get good, sound sleep in the weeks before the full moon, but he had everyone else's problems running through his mind that he didn't take care of himself. James sighed and shook his head and he walked out of the tower. He needed to have a word with his werewolf friend.
Making his way down to the entry to the kitchens, his stomach rumbled happily at the thought of the soon to come apple. Apples were James' all time favorite food and they always made him feel better when he was agitated.
Upon entering the kitchens, he saw the bustle of the house elves preparing breakfast; he stopped a familiar one as she ran past with a tray of sausages.
"Lutie!" he whispered, throwing off his invisibility cloak, "Can you get me an apple? I'm starving!"
The little elf looked mortified at his last comment about being starving and dropped the plate of sausages into the nearest elf's hands.
"Yes Mr. Potter Sir, right away!" and she bowed and then scurried off.
A few minutes later Lutie and two other elves came rushing towards James with three trays between them.
They opened the lids of each of the trays revealed a shiny red apple, a shiny green apple, a shiny pink apple, a bowl of applesauce, an apple Danish, a bowl of apple crumble and a plate of apple pie.
"Is this enough apple for young Sir?" asked the smallest elf.
"Yes, that's great! Is there anywhere here I can sit and eat this?" James asked, smiling at the plates of apple dishes. He loved apple ANYHTHING!
Soon four elves came behind him and set him down on a chair and placed a table right in front of him, placing all the dishes before him.
He thanked the elves profusely and then began to eat away his troubles. As he finished the last drop of his applesauce, he picked up the last 2 apples and stood up. "Thank-you Lutie!" he said, as his elf friend came running over when she saw him stand up.
"It is of no problem sir, Lutie enjoys serving Mr. James Potter sir!" she squeaked. James smiled and walked out of the kitchen with his invisibility cloak firmly around him.
When he got back to his dormitory he placed the two apples by his bed for future hungers and climbed under the covers.
And after his apple feast he fell into a calm, deep sleep where he dreamt about him and Lily as children, and when his alarm went off at 7:30, he was in no way ready to wake up.
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A/n: well, that's my second chapter done! Sarah's will soon follow, and we should all clap Sarah because as well as co-writing this story, she is also beta-ing all my chapters as well as her own! That girl is a one-woman amazement factory and we should all praise her!
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Chapter 3- A jade chapter!
After a delicious feast under the stars, the students skipped merrily back into the castle and to their respective towers.
Lily sighed happily as she approached the huge portrait of the equally huge lady that guarded the Gryffindor Tower. All holidays she had longed to be back here, back where she belonged.
She followed her friends into the tower and inhaled the deep scent of the common room. It smelt of feet, rose oil and chocolate frogs. It mixed together into a sweet and homely aroma that Lily could always feel at home in.
She pulled out the magazine she'd been reading on the train and plonked onto the nearest couch to finish reading it. She wasn't ready to go to bed yet; she needed to bask in the splendour of her home for just a little bit longer.
***
Remus sat down across the room from Lily, watching her with earnest. She had reacted badly to James' advances on the train and of course he knew it must have been because of what happened in their second year. But Lily was a level-headed, intelligent girl; surely she could see that that incident was almost 3 years ago, and that James had changed since then.
Maybe she hadn't gotten over the issue as well as everyone thought. Remus wondered what deep down issues Lily must be experiencing and made a note in his mind to watch his best female friend intently for any signs of what these might be.
***
James sat down on his bed and put his head in his hands, he was sure she'd have dealt with it by now and they could start being friends again. Although maybe he was just a bit too forward. He decided he wouldn't waste this year, and he would slowly work his way back into her trust so that they could finally have the friendship that they both longed for, deep down inside.
He ran his hand through his hair and sighed, he had to show her how much he really had changed and he needed to do it soon, before they drifted too far apart! He couldn't lose her again. She was still everything to him in his mind; even though she hated him. He couldn't stand another year without her friendship.
***
Lily finally got too tired to keep her mind on her magazine, so she pulled herself out of the chair, chucking the magazine aside and preparing to climb the staircase to her dormitory.
She walked over to the chair that Remus was sitting in. He looked deep in thought but smiled as she came near him.
"Are you turning in Lily?" he asked, his tone was very tired and he had bags under his eyes.
"Yeah, I can barely keep my eyes open, unless you need to talk because I'm hear to listen. You look as if you have the world on your shoulders and the universe on your mind!" she said, laying her hand on his shoulder affectionately.
"I'm fine thanks Lily, but I shall remember how willing you are to listen for another time. I'll be turning in soon myself so don't worry about me tiring. You just get to sleep and rest that pretty little head of yours." He said in a very fatherly tone as he ruffled her dark red hair.
"Kay, goodnight Rem" she said, kissing the top of his head lightly.
"Goodnight Lils!" he said, and she walked off. Her mind full of worry for her solemn friend.
***
James slept a restless sleep. His dreams were haunted of Lily's look of horror, fear and disgust that she'd worn both that day on the train and the day in their second year. He woke up every hour in a cold sweat and feeling utterly disgusted with himself. He work up for the umpteenth time at 5:05 and was sick of this restless sleep, he pulled the covers off his barely clad body and sat up. He needed an apple!
He walked along the floor in bare feet and went to the bathroom, splashing his face with cold water and trying to wash the bags away from his eyes. The sad, haunted look in those brown eyes of his reminded him of the months following the incident in his second year, he'd felt so terrible for hurting Lily and he hadn't slept. He didn't want a reoccurrence of that this year.
He pulled his invisibility cloak out of the safe place at the bottom of his trunk and wrapped it round himself, it warmed him instantly and he felt rather safe with it around him.
He walked down the stairs and noticed Remus asleep in the chair he had seen him in earlier. He worried about Remus' sleeping patterns. He needed to get good, sound sleep in the weeks before the full moon, but he had everyone else's problems running through his mind that he didn't take care of himself. James sighed and shook his head and he walked out of the tower. He needed to have a word with his werewolf friend.
Making his way down to the entry to the kitchens, his stomach rumbled happily at the thought of the soon to come apple. Apples were James' all time favorite food and they always made him feel better when he was agitated.
Upon entering the kitchens, he saw the bustle of the house elves preparing breakfast; he stopped a familiar one as she ran past with a tray of sausages.
"Lutie!" he whispered, throwing off his invisibility cloak, "Can you get me an apple? I'm starving!"
The little elf looked mortified at his last comment about being starving and dropped the plate of sausages into the nearest elf's hands.
"Yes Mr. Potter Sir, right away!" and she bowed and then scurried off.
A few minutes later Lutie and two other elves came rushing towards James with three trays between them.
They opened the lids of each of the trays revealed a shiny red apple, a shiny green apple, a shiny pink apple, a bowl of applesauce, an apple Danish, a bowl of apple crumble and a plate of apple pie.
"Is this enough apple for young Sir?" asked the smallest elf.
"Yes, that's great! Is there anywhere here I can sit and eat this?" James asked, smiling at the plates of apple dishes. He loved apple ANYHTHING!
Soon four elves came behind him and set him down on a chair and placed a table right in front of him, placing all the dishes before him.
He thanked the elves profusely and then began to eat away his troubles. As he finished the last drop of his applesauce, he picked up the last 2 apples and stood up. "Thank-you Lutie!" he said, as his elf friend came running over when she saw him stand up.
"It is of no problem sir, Lutie enjoys serving Mr. James Potter sir!" she squeaked. James smiled and walked out of the kitchen with his invisibility cloak firmly around him.
When he got back to his dormitory he placed the two apples by his bed for future hungers and climbed under the covers.
And after his apple feast he fell into a calm, deep sleep where he dreamt about him and Lily as children, and when his alarm went off at 7:30, he was in no way ready to wake up.
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A/n: well, that's my second chapter done! Sarah's will soon follow, and we should all clap Sarah because as well as co-writing this story, she is also beta-ing all my chapters as well as her own! That girl is a one-woman amazement factory and we should all praise her!