Chapter Thirteen-

"Wake up people!"

No. I refuse. I'm not getting up. I won't I won't I won't!

Of course, I'm not about to go against the perky, yet extremely bossy, short red head that was Lily Evans.

"Unghhrr.." Words of sleep-deprived protests were muffled by the soft feather pillow. 'So..so..soft..sofff…'

See! My thoughts aren't even coherent! I'm in no condition to wake up and go to classes all day! Give 'em an I.O.U. or something.

"Wake up or I'm leaving your arses here to be late! I'm doing a favor to you all, you'll see one day. One day you'll wake up late once again because I'm not-"

"Okay, I'm up, I'm up!" Blankets were left crumbled in a heap on my abandoned bed as I made the excruciating walk to the foot of the bed to my trunk to get my uniform.

"Fine. I'm going to breakfast." Red hair flew out the door in a huff. I grabbed my white oxford shirt and the gray sweater-vest.

"It'll be a cold day in hell when I wear a freakin' sweater-vest.." I threw it back in the trunk and pulled out the skirt.

'Not something I would wear if not forced but I guess its okay..' Grabbing my bag, I let my stomach lead towards the Great Hall.

"T'sup? Wait," Erin and Andy came up behind me, "you smell…pretty.." I grimaced.

"Yeah, I guess I have some of the fumes still on me. Do you know how much perfume they wear! I feel like I've bathed in it." Not to mention I've practically sneezed my head off.

We sat down at the end of the table and grabbed some food. "Wait, what the hell is this?" I pointed at some meat-like substance. Erin looked over from across the table.

"Oh, that's spotted dick. Quite good actually." She stabbed one with her fork and slapped it on her plate.

"Well your spotted dick looks like it has herpes." People around me that had been listening started laughing along with me and Andy.

Lily made her way over to me carrying a stack full of papers along with her. "Alexsis, here is your schedule; and yours to Andrea and Erin." I looked at the paper in front of me.

"M'kay. Thanks Lil-" But she was already on her way down the table. "Bit headstrong isn't she?"

"Nah. She just takes too much pride in her studies and being a prefect. She can be very nice, but do not make her angry." Andy never looked up from her paper while talking so took that time while listening to scan the hall for a certain someone.

'Ahh…there you are..' "Which reminds me. I'll be right back." I jumped out of my seat and walked over to the entrance.

"Oy James!" I waved towards the group of four as they stumbled in to the Great Hall. They all looked my way and waved back.

"Hey Al. Sleep wel- HEY! What did ya do that for!" James clutched his head while the others laughed.

"For lying to me when you said Lily was your girlfriend. I nearly got my head cut off when I asked her!"

"My Lily-flower! No! You must be mistaken. She would never-" He stopped short when he heard his name shouted across the hall. Lily came storming towards him. "Uh oh.."

"JAMES you blundering idiot! Get it through your big fat head that I AM NOT YOUR GIRLFRIEND!" James just looked like he went through this every day. 'I wouldn't doubt that he does..' Lily kept yelling to James about how his ego's to big, and how she'd rather go waltzing around the corridors with a Blast-Ended Skrewt than go out with him. Then she round on me.

"AND YOU! You are no better than these four idiots for hanging out with them! I mean you must have SOME sense in that head of yours! If you make one more comment like you did last night then I swear.." Lily walked off in an angry huff once again.

I turned towards the other four. "Does my head look funny to you guys?" They shook their heads. "Ahh..didn't think so.."

That's when we noticed that the whole hall was staring at us. "Heh heh.." We quickly made our way back to the table; then the hall erupted with chatter, and side glances at us once in a while.

"Well then, good morning Andy and Erin!" Sirius waved brightly to them from their spots next to us. They just raised their hands in a half, unceremonious wave. "Okay, not in the best moods in the morning.." Sirius mumbled running a hand through his black tresses. "What's our first lesson of this wondrous day? I hear we have a new Potions professor. Hopes he's nothing like that old fart Mulligon; always on my arse about anything and everything.." Sirius drifted off, staring into space with a look of bitterness laced on his face.

"Did happen to 'DO' anything to make him hate you?" Usually people have reasons behind hate a person- but not always. Sirius shook his head enthusiastically before Remus cleared his throat and gave Sirius a look like a mother scolding her child for something wrong.

"Okay! So maybe there was this time where I made that potion blow up in his face and cover him in singing boils," Remus coughed again. Sirius sighed but continued with his confession. "and that time where I covered his chair in peanut butter I had nicked from the school kitchens. And there were a few others-minor though; not life threatening at all." Sirius finished with a proud smile. Every one of us rolled their eyes.

"You could talk your way out of a paper bag Sirius. Anyway, the first class is Charms; then Transfiguration, History of Magic, lunch, Potions, Divination, dinner, Astronomy." Remus finished numbering off the activities of the day with his fingers. I stared at him, along with Erin and Andy, in awe.

"How can you remember all of that? I can't remember what I had for breakfast yesterday!" He just smiled wide at me but said nothing. Fortunately James answered my question for him.

"Has to. He's a ruddy Prefect. Always knowing everything before everyone. I think it makes him feel important." James poked him with the unused end of his knife in a teasing manner; Remus just frowned at him. "Aw, Moony, you know we love you!" James and Sirius got up from their spots on my left side and gave him a hug.

Remus blushed and pushed them roughly off him. "C'mon, let's go already." People along with us rose from their seats on the benches and turned to leave. I grabbed my bag covered with many buttons I had collected throughout the years like ones with names of bands on them, others with funny sayings. "You still have the button." I turned toward the voice behind to find Remus staring at the 'Werewolf's Rights' button he was talking about.

"Of course I still have it. It's a cool button, plus, you bought it for me." He just nodded sheepishly and we started to walk hurriedly as to catch up with the others. Finally we made our way into the Charms classroom where a dwarfed wizard was standing on a stack of books made into a make-shift footstool. He stared at his pupils with a warm smile as some of them walked up to greet him. It was obvious that he was well liked among the students. I had met Professor Flitwick over my duration I spent here during the summer, he had been very kind to me in telling me of how the school was and how the students acted over-all.

I smiled at him and gave a small wave as I took my seat in the back, beside Andy and Erin on my other side and waited for class to begin.

A/N

I thought I had put a lot more detail into this chapter, and I am quite proud of it. The reason I put so much effort into describing Professor Flitwick is because he will be a more important character as the story progresses.

I'm sorry for the constant delay on chapters lately. I promise I'll get less lazy, but I have a hard time with writers' block.

I know you guys hate hearing this with every story you read, but constructive criticism would be nice once in a while.

R&R!

Toodles-

Nightwriter