Chapter 12, Heads Bathroom

"Lily what's that in your hand?" Catherine asked.

"Oh, this, just something James gave me for Christmas. Nothing special," she said walking through the door.

"James gave you something, let me see it," Catherine jumped.

"Er…."

"Please Lily, what did James give you?" Penelope asked curiously.

"Just a locket, nothing special," Lily was blushing.

"Oh my God, a locket, let me see it!" Lauren exclaimed jumping to her feet. Lily was a little scared of them so she just let them see it. "Wow, Lily this is beautiful, white gold with a lily on it. He must really like you, what's this on the back. 'It doesn't matter. What matters is that I meant what I wrote. And I thought you did, too. Of course I meant it. Then why did you freak out like that today at the Carnival? Well, because… because…I thought…I thought you were making fun of me. Never'" Clemintine read out loud.

"Well he took that from a muggle book I was reading the night of the dance," she was still standing there blushing.

"Look what he put on the inside of it, you dancing and kissing under the mistletoe. What's going on between you anyway?" Penelope asked looking at Lily.

"Nothing, I had to dance with him again at a stupid ball our mothers signed us up for, but I strangled him first, made him turn a good shade of purple before I let go. Sirius managed to pull me off, wish he didn't. I ignored that kiss, and the second one, Voldemort attacked-it's only a name! -, killed my best friend, and he sort of consoled me. The holiday was a mess. Oh, and we turned them into human gingerbread men, their screams woke up the entire neighborhood practly. Can I have the locket back?"

"Sorry," Lauren handed her the locket.

"Thanks," she said putting it around her neck, "Night."

After Lily closed her hangings she heard everyone talking, but didn't care for what they were saying, she pulled out the locket and smiled, she was never fond of jewelry, but this was one thing she would never take off, ever.

"Rin, why didn't you wake me up!" Lily stormed through the Great Hall, without her shoes on. Her hair was down and she had a sock on her arm.

"Well, I thought you were already up, besides you have twenty minutes until we go to Hogsmede," she explained.

"Oh, today's not Monday is it?" she slapped herself in the head.

"Oh well, why do I have a sock on my arm?" she asked herself.

"No idea, what do you want to do in Hogsmede?"

"No idea, get some butterbeer, and knowing you, you'd want to shop," she said putting her sock on her foot, and shoving on her shoes.

"Righty-o! Lily magma has a letter for you."

"Hey, who sent this? It's written in a really deep red," She took a bite of toast and opened it.

"I will give you one more chance to accept my offer Evans. Join me, Lord Voldemort, or die," she read aloud. "Ah, so shopping for robes or make-up," Lily asked dully.

"You're not joining him are you?"

"Rin, what would make you think that I'd join him? Robes, or make-up?"

"Robes."

"Okay, let's go before we miss the carriages," Lily and Catherine both stood up.

"Rin, I don't need new robes, mine fit perfectly well. I'm just here to comment," Lily whined.

"Miss, does this girl need new robes or not?" Catherine asked the clerk.

"Yes, those are much to big, not to mention they're the boys uniform."

"No, you can't make me, I'm not getting new robes!" she yelled and sat huffily down in the chair.

"Fine, don't then, but how does this blue on look on me?"

"Nice Rin, but take away the bright orange and make it a pale purple. Much nicer."

"Looking good Rin," Sirius said walking in the store.

"Beautiful," Remus said.

"Wonderful," came from James.

"What are you guys doing here?" Lily asked, "you don't really get a lot of guys in here."

"Ah, well, James needs some robes because he's has to go to some ball that his mum signed him up for, thank the great god she didn't sign me up, I'd hate to dance with someone who constantly stepped on my feet. I'm still wearing the bandages," Sirius said.

"Oh, oh well. Rin try on the silver one again, I just figured out what it was missing," Lily got up and dragged Sirius over to where Catherine was standing in the silver dress. "Perfect," Lily said standing back to admire the scene. "Anyone got a camera? No, oh well, Sirius you can come down now."

"Okay, Lily I want you to go up there and put on this green dress, no I don't want to hear it, the lady behind the counter said it would look stunning on you," Catherine walked toward Lily and put the dress in her hand.

"But Rin, I don't want-" Lily began.

"Ba- ba- ba- ba- ba, I don't want to hear it, get the dress on now young lady."

"Better be careful you're starting to sound like my mother," she walked behind the wall that was set up there.

"You're not changing," Catherine tutted.

"How do you know I'm not changing?"

"Because I'm physhic, and I can see your shadow."

"Damn, Rin why do you make me do the things that I hate most in the world?"

"Because I take great joy in seeing you pout and stomp and scream."

"You know, I've never met a girl in my entire life who didn't like shopping," James said.

"That's because you've never met me," Lily said walking out.

"See, you see the dress. You like the dress. And now I'm going back behind to take it off."

"No you don't," Catherine said pulling her back into the center. The boy's jaws dropped when they saw Lily. She was wearing a dark green dress that really brought out the green in her eyes.

"Lily why don't you wear that necklace like this instead of swung around your back. There," she put James locket in the front where people could see it. "Rin, can I please go back and change the boys are starring at me and a lot more people passing by are too," Lily pleaded.

"Wait, James come here for a second," James obeyed and came over to her. "Here, I want you to put these on and come back outside, okay," Catherine handed a pair of black robes. He came back a minute later. "Okay, what do you want me to do now?" he asked.

"Stand next to Lily like you're her escort somewhere."

"Okay," James did as he was told.

"Look at you two, picture perfect."

"Yes, yes, we look good together, now can I change," Lily asked impatiently, "I feel like a piece of meat."

"Fine, but we're buying the dress."

"Does that mean I can change?"

"Yes."

"Yippie!"

"So do you need a date to the ball thing?" Catherine asked James. "No, My grandmother is going to get me out of it. I asked her, but I still need robes because mine are all torn and stained."

"I'm not surprised with how you eat your food, you know that," Lily yelled from behind the wall.

"Hey!"

"It's the truth, you didn't even smell the vomit bean I gave you," she defended herself walking to them. "Can we go pay and get some butterbeer, and lunch, I'm starved."

"Yes, yes, what are you going to name this dress?"

"Walter."

"How about Wayne?"

"What are you trying to do torture it, does it look like a Wayne? No, it looks like a Walter," Lily joked.

"Okay, Walter it is."

"Yes, I'm out! I don't have to go. Oh yeah, Woo-hoo! I love you grandma!" James chanted dancing around the room. Holing a piece of paper in his hand.

"That's great James, but can we get back to the matter at hand, tonight," Sirius said pulling him off the table. "What time are we going?"

"Five minutes to midnight under the invisibility clock dolt, like always."

"Yes, where are we going?"

"Into the forest, it'll be loads of fun, think of all the stuff we haven't seen yet," James was grinning devilishly.

"Well I better get to Madam Pomfrey now, I want some dinner before I have to go," Remus stood up and walked out through the portrait hole.

"See ya' Moony," they chorused together.

Lily woke up at five and couldn't get back to sleep, so she went down to the common room to read. When she got comfy on the couch she open the book and started to read the first sentence, but she was interrupted by the portrait whole opening and hearing voices.

"Sirius that was my foot you just stood on!"

"Sorry, but I can't see where I'm going," he hissed back.

"Guys," a tiny voice squeaked.

"Peter!" the two voices hissed.

"Sirius watch- Ouch!" A pair of feet came out of nowhere, and arm was lying on the ground, and James's unmistakable messy hair was showing.

Lily walked over to them and pulled off the cloak. "Tonight's a full moon, you didn't, you wouldn't… you did. You idiots, you could get thrown in Azkaban!"

"Lily shh, you'll wake the entire house," James whispered, trying to stand. His robes were ripped all over.

"You fools, do you know how much trouble you are in," Lily whispered. "And now I get those nicknames you have for each other."

"Padfoot, your dog feet must be huge, Wormtail, I'm guessing you're a rat. James must be a stag, so proud all the time, Prongs, and look your hurt he didn't bite you did he?"

"No, just scratched him, Lily can you not tell anyone about this?" Sirius asked pleadingly.

"Of course, but only because I don't want to see you all in Azkaban. James come, we're going to fix you. Grab your cloak."

"Where are we going?"

"To the Heads bathroom, and be quiet or they'll hear us."

They walked in silence for a while then they reached Dumbledore's office entrance. "Lily-"

"Shh, Berttie Botts."

The stone gargoyle sprang to life, and the spiral stairs revolved upward. Usually they would go up to talk to Dumbledore, but this time they wanted to go to the Heads bathroom, which was in the opposite direction.

"Wow, Lily how did you find this place?" The bathroom was pearly white, and had what looked like ten individual pools for bathing.

"Well, I got curious is all, now go and sit over there while I fill this up, and take off your shirt. Don't think I'm going to do anymore than clean you up," Lily ordered, and James obeyed.

"Man, I wish I still had the map, then I could put this on it."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"This will sting," Lily told him dipping the white washcloth into the substance that looked like water and pressing it to his back where he had four long and deep gashes. He winced with pain as the towel touched his skin.

Lily placed the towel down and put her hand over the four cuts and muttered a spell. James could feel the wounds healing.

"You can do wandless magic! How?"

"Because the people who can control the Green Flame Torch have natural healing powers, but none good or strong enough to bring back the dead," Lily explained. "That's only one, you have two more here," she said pointing to his arm, "and one more across your chest. Remus really did a number on you, didn't he?"

"Lily are the cuts supposed to be foaming?"

"Yes it's a muggle antibacterial it means it's working," she said calmly dabbing his arm with the cloth. She put her hand to his arm, and said the spell again.

They just sat there in silence as Lily did what she had done before again. "You know you're lucky it's the weekend, because you should try not to use this arm for at least a day, to make sure it's healed," she said dabbing his chest, then performing the spell for the last time. "If you get cut again come to me, any of you, okay, and not for little things, I mean the big things. C'mon the teachers are going to come down soon to get ready," she told him hopping under the cloak, James following, headed toward the Gryffindor common room.