Both James and Remus excused themselves and headed up to their dorm room, leaving the three girls alone with Joseph and Peter. Lily felt like the odd one out, sitting there with them; her stomach was twisting and she wanted to throw up.
She couldn't really understand what was happening; things had been normal that morning they had headed down to breakfast but had been stopped by the two Black sisters. They had beckoned to Branwen and Ginny that they wanted a word in private.
Lily had of course stayed on the stairs but when the two girls returned they weren't exactly themselves. There was something about them and the insults they were throwing didn't help at all. They were being right little bitches themselves.
Instantly they had turned on Amanda and Alice and then at the breakfast table they had tormented Lily herself telling her that if she didn't do as they did they'd make sure nobody would speak to her again.
Branwen was of course her best friend, so she had to go along with them. Something told her that it was wrong though, but she couldn't help herself. She half understood why they were attacking Amanda; she did have this vibe coming off that said 'the world revolves around me' at times.
Alice however hadn't done anything; she was sitting with Amanda at breakfast, but that wasn't a crime they were friends. It was at this point that Lily realised that Alice wasn't in the common room.
Turning to look at Branwen and Ginny they were both all over the two boys and this in itself was odd behaviour for the pair. Shaking her head, Lily yawned wide. Joseph caught sight of this and gave her a small smile.
"You tired?"
"Yeah, I think I'll head up to the dorm room."
She waved to the four and disappeared up the girls' stairs to bed. On entering the room she heard small sniffing noises from across the room, moving closer she opened the curtains and found Alice sitting there with a pillow to her chest just crying.
The girl looked up at her and anger filled her blue eyes.
"What you want?"
The hurt in her voice caused a lump in Lily's throat this was her fault she'd gone along with Ginny and Branwen when she had known it was wrong.
"Alice I'm sorry, I didn't mean it. Its just Bran and Gin said if I didn't go along with it nobody would like me anymore."
"Oh great, so you make me feel like a complete loser as if I don't have any friends because you don't want to be one."
She knew it was wrong and carefully sat on the edge of Alice's bed.
"If you don't want to speak to me ever again I'll understand I've been a complete bitch."
"You have."
Alice laughed lightly and Lily smiled at her friend. Before either knew it they were hugging each other both with tears in their eyes.
"Al, I'm worried about Bran and Gin; they're not acting like themselves."
"You mean they've turned into bitches over night."
"No they were fine this morning until we spoke to Narcissa and Bellatrix Black, they asked to speak to them on their own and then they got all bitchy when they met back with me."
"Maybe they told them something about Amanda that they didn't like."
"Amanda! God I have to apologise to her but oh, I'll wait until tomorrow when she's calmed down."
Alice looked at her closely and Lily tried not to squirm.
"What did you do?"
"Well I didn't do much, just gave her some horrible looks but Branwen got into a fight with her scratched her straight across the cheek and then Ginny said something about how she's asked for something. She sounded really hurt by Ginny's comment."
Alice just nodded and yawned a little all the crying had worn her out. Lily too yawned.
"I think its time for bed. Night Al."
"Night Lil."
The pair climbed into their beds and pulled the curtains around going to sleep trying to forget the horrible day they had just experienced.
Okay so this isn't really long but it's the start of the making up part of the story since I'm not ready to split the girls friendship group just yet although that will be coming. Again I'll be posting next on Monday so it's not too long to wait for the next chapter.
Firewalker thanks for the review yeah it is mean they ganged up on Amanda but you'll find out the truth in two chapters time. Have fun this weekend and I'll have another chapter up ready for you on Monday and I think you might like it.
Anyway that's all for now.
Kris