Chapter Four: The First Day.
Disclaimer: Do I really have to? Imaginary Harry pokes her Alright, Alright.
Do you really think The Great J.K Rowling would waste her time writing fanfiction based off of her own characters when she could be writing book 6? No,
I don't think so. So, I don't own the characters, and if I did, I would be
writing the HBP!!! sulks and crosses arms over chest There, I did it! Ya happy now?! I dont own Aeropostale, either..... :(
A/N: If I call Herm Lily occasionally, ignore it. I'm starting to try to phase out and call her lily all the time. It's getting confusing for me. Then, in the last couple of chapters, I'll start to call her Hermione again, just to remind you who she really is. Also, in my Hogwarts, each dorm has its own bathroom. it's just easier that way. And, one last thing, I am making it so their clothes style and overall culture is that of America in 2004, because that's the only one I know.
BEEEEEEEPP! The noise rang through out the girl's dorm, accompanied by Stella's
overly-cheerful voice and the moans and groans of the other girls.
"Why we havta get up so early?" Hermione complained, as she rolled over and put her pillow over her head.
"Because, sleepy, it's the first day of school! Time to get up!"
"Unnnn...."
"Hurry up, or I'll get James in here. I'm sure he'd like to wake you up."
Caroline threatened.
Hermione shot out of bed at that, remembering last night, and how mad he was
likely to be. Though why he would be mad is beyond me..... she mused as she
headed toward the bathroom to brush her teeth and hair.
She went into the bathroom, along with the other girls. All of them slowly
awoke as they followed their normal morning routine. Lily took a shower and then
used a Quick-Dry Charm to dry herself. Ah, how good it feels to be able to use
magic again.... She ran a brush through her hair and pulled it up into a
ponytail at the base of her neck. A strand immediately fell out, and she tucked
it behind her ear. She went back into the dorm and pulled on a pair of
tight-fitting, a little too small, faded jeans and a white t-shirt. As she
pulled on her robes, Stella said,
"Surely you're not gonna wear that?"
"Well, I was planning on it, why?"
"You aren't gonna get James looking like that." The other girl replied.
"Who says I want him anymore?" Lily shot back.
"Trust me. You do." Stella explained, a moment of brilliance shining through.
(To the real Stella: Don't kill me!!) "Girls! Come on, Lily needs a makeover!"
Viki rolled her eyes and continued brushing her teeth, and Tina just ignored
her, but Caroline rushed over to help.
"Well, I think we can keep the jeans, they look good on her, don't you think?"
Stella asked Caroline.
"Yes, definitely keep the jeans. But the shirt has to go. I mean, look at all those stains!"
"Ugh. Can we burn it?" Stella agreed.
"You guys! Honestly-" Lily was caught mid-complaint with a Silencing Charm from
Caroline and an Immobilus Curse from Stella.
"Good shot, Stella." Caroline commented.
"Not so bad yourself. Shall we do this?" Stella replied.
"Yes. Let's."
"Lily, I must say, you look really good." Tina said as she walked by, brushing her hair.
Lily mouthed silently in reply.
"Oh, oopsie, forgot to do the countercurse! Silencio Finite." Caroline exclaimed.
"Now, Lily, if you hate it, tough. He'll love it, and besides, you can't take
it off. At least not for the next twelve hours." Stella warned her.
They led her into the bathroom and she looked at herself in the mirror. Wow, I
do look good. Lily thought to herself. I mean, I'd rather not be wearing any
makeup, but they were subtle, at least. She had on her own pair of jeans, but a
top she didn't recognize. It was green, exactly the color of her eyes, and had
"Aeropostale" in swirly white writing on the front. Her hair was up in a half
ponytail, and curled gently to her shoulders. Her eyes had shimmery powder
lightly coating her lids, and she was wearing faintly pink lip gloss.
"Thanks guys!" Lily said, giving Caroline and Stella a big hug.
"Yea, yea" Viki complained. "Lets go down to breakfast, shall we?"
As the girls walked into the Great Hall and to the Gryffindor table, they saw
the there were four empty seats together across from the Marauders. The rest of
the table was filled up.
"Ugh! We have to sit near them!" Lily groaned.
"Yea, and looks like the other girls are making it so you and I have to sit
near Potter and Black, respectively." Caroline replied, equally disgusted.
Lily looked at the table again and saw that the other girls were indeed making
it so that unless they ran, they would be forced to sit next to the two most
obnoxious Maruaders. As she was scanning the tables, James looked up and she
caught his eye. His breathing caught, and he looked down at his plate, ashamed.
She approached the table and sat down, Caroline next to her.
"Ah! Now that you all are settled, we'd like to apologize." Sirius began.
"We shouldn't have spied on you, and in apology, we'd like to offer you this
gift." James finished.
Remus handed Lily a small package wrapped in tissue paper. She unwrapped it
slowly, and looked at it's contents.
"All right, I forgive you, since you're obviously upset enough to give us this.
But you're gonna have to deal with the other girls yourself." Lily said, as she
cut into the waffle that had appeared on her plate.
"What did they give us?" Stella wanted to know.
"One of the mirrors!" Lily informed her and the other girls.
"Ah.Yea, I forgive you." Stella said.
Slowly, all the rest of the girls forgave the boys too, ending with Viki.
"Couldn't resist my puppy-dog eyes, could you, Lily?" James asked, giving her
the look in question.
She started to swat him over the head with her napkin, but was interrupted by
the arrival of the owls, bearing the 6th and 7th year students' schedules.
"Ooh! I have Transfiguration: Animagus first today!" Lily squealed.
"How many N.E.W.T's are you taking?" James asked.
"Well, History of Magic: Werewolves; the Beginning, Transfiguration, Charms,
Care of Magical Creatures, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Herbology, Potions,
Transfiguration: Animals, Arithmancy, Muggle Studies, History of Magic: Our
Founders, and of course Transfiguration: Animagus. So, a round dozen." She
finished.
"Wow. That's more than Remus." James said, amazed. She just gets more and more
perfect....He thought. "We have Transfiguration, Charms, Defense Against the
Dark Arts, Potions, Care of Magical Creatures, and Arithmancy together, and you
have History of Magic: Werewolves; the Beginning with all of the Marauders."
James informed her.
"Cool!" Lily enthused.
Then the bell rang, signaling the end of breakfast.
"Bye guys! See you later!" Lily called, as she and Tina headed to the
Transfiguration room.
Later
"I guess we're the only ones in our little group who are in Arithmancy, huh?"
James said as Professor Vector began class.
"Yea, I guess so." Lily replied. She was kind of nervous about being in a class
with James and no one else to help her out if she makes an idiot of herself, but
she refused to let it show. Since he already knows that I like him, it can't
get much worse, can it?
Oh Sweet Merlin, I have a class, all alone, with Lily. This is bad...very very
bad. She knows that I know that she likes me.....She probably hates me now...I
can't believe I let Sirius talk me into using the mirrors that way....
"Er....James? Will you partner me? Professor Vector just assigned a
project......." She trailed off as he looked at her blankly.
"Oh. I guess not, then." She said dejectedly, looking down. I guess he does
hate me, now that he knows I like him.....
"Huh? No, Lily, I'd love to partner you. I was just...thinking, that's all."
James said. Maybe she doesn't hate me.....Or maybe she'd just rather partner me
because she knows me, even if she hates me.
"Oh. Ok, then let's start translating this passage..."
"Oh Sweet Merlin! That was possibly the hardest day of my life!" Lily
complained, dropping into a seat at the Gryffindor table. She put her bookbag
down on the floor beneath her, as Caroline, Viki, Stella, and Tina sat around
her.
"Oh, poor ickle girls taking too many N.E.W.T's?" Sirius said, in babytalk.
"Sirius, honestly, I'm not in a good mood. Shut your mouth or I'll shut it for
you." Lily shot back acidly.
"Ooh! She bites!" He said, but refrained from making any more comments.
"Padfoot! You're late!" Sirius exclaimed toward the end of the meal.
"Yeah. Sinistra held me over." James said, before plunking down in a seat and
putting his head in his hands.
"Tough day, too?" Sirius asked. "Moony went straight to the library, said he'd
go to the kitchens if he needed anything."
"Bloody. Fucking. Hell. How come you're so chipper?" James asked, jealousy
infusing his voice.
"Simple. Didn't take that many N.E.W.T's, mate." Sirius responded, chewing on
his steak.
"Uhhhhnnnn." James responded.
"Uuuugggh." Lily groaned as she dropped herself on a chair in the Common Room.
She had left Remus and half of the other seventh years in the library, and went
to the Common Room for some peace. James, lucky him, had gone to bed n hour before.She put her book bag on the table, and pulled out the first book her tired, half-numb fingers grabbed. Arithmancy. Great. Well, I suppose I could work on that project Vector assigned us. She thought to herself, as she opened the book, looking for the papers. Shit. James must have them. Well, should I wake him up? she asked herself. No, it's gotta be past midnight. She started to put her book back in her bag, but her fingers wouldn't cooperate. She continued to attempt to shove it in, when she heard a voice at
the top of the stairs.
"Hey. Why are you still up?"
Lily looked up and let up a startled "meep!" of suprise. At the top of the
stairs stood James, in nothing but a pair of boxers, his hair even more
disheveled from sleep. (A/N: My Jamesy's cute!)
"James!" Lily exclaimed. "Why are you still up?" she asked, looking trying to
avoid looking at his Quidditch trained abs. Wow, he is really good looking. I
mean, I knew that before, but....Wow. Too late.
"I asked first." James said, with a lopsided grin on his face. A/N: Think
cutest smile you can!; )
"Well, if you must know, I couldn't sleep. The Arithmancy homework was
bothering me. What about you?"
"I thought so. That's why I brought these down." He said, and produced the
Arithmancy papers. "And in answer to your question, I couldn't sleep either. So,
shall we get to work?" He asked, pulling out the chair next to her, sitting
down, and handing her half of the papers. As she took them from him, their
knuckles brushed, and a tingling sensation ran up her arm.
"Thanks." she said after a moment, more to break the awkward silence that built
up since they both knew that the other felt the same shock than to be polite.
"No problem." He said, smiling at her.
She nearly melted at that smile, but she regained control over herself, and
returned his smile. Little did she know, her smile had the same effect on him as
his did on her.
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