The Extroadinary Things- Chapter 2
To my reviewers: It has been over a year since I last updated, but 'ey my computer crashed and I lost a really great chapter. Anyway, now it's the holidays and I now know what to do with my story. I hope you enjoy!
Disclaimer: See Chap 1.
Chapter 2- So it's just another normal year, right?
So Lily Evans had finally reached Platform 9 ¾ after almost dreading her return. It was only a quarter past ten, but already the platform had started to become brimming with students, either greeting friends or bidding farewell to their families. Lily didn't expect her friends to be at the platform, as it was so early, but as she was approaching the Hogwarts express, she suddenly saw the figures of two familiar and rather flustered girls.
"LILY!" they screamed "Oh my god! We haven't seen you for like ages!"
Lily raised her eyebrows suspiciously at the two figures, who she had now identified as her two best friends, Daphne Jacobs and Holly Miller. They were acting rather out of character, but I suppose it was to be expected since they hadn't seen Lily for most of the summer.
"Aren't you two acting rather out of character?" she giggled, as she finally enveloped them into a warm hug.
"Aren't we allowed to be excited Lily?" piped Holly
"We didn't sound entirely tragic, did we?" chuckled Daphne
"No, I guess you didn't." laughed Lily
The girls pulled apart from their friendly embrace and Lily studied her friends curiously.
Daphne, was the taller of Lily's best friends. She stood at about 175 centimetres tall (AN: You Americans can work that out in feet and inches etc), and had striking looks. By that I mean, long waste length black hair, which that day hung loosely down her back, gorgeous wide deep blue eyes, and almost white skin, which accentuated the colour of her hair and eyes. The girl was also tremendously thin and not as curvaceous as Lily, but she wasn't sickly thin. That day she was wearing, a grey and black chequered mini skirt, a black halter neck, fishnet stockings and a pair of knee high black boots. This was generally Daphne's style, but on the other hand Daphne darker looks were deceiving. If you personally knew Daphne, you would discover a person who was exceptionally bubbly, loud, outrageous and extremely flamboyant. She was generally an amicable person, who loved to know everything, absolutely everything that went on, and devoted her time to having fun. She was also silly at times, but everyone generally just LOVED Daphne. Especially, might I add, the male population of the school, who were often absolutely captivated by this strange creature. Lily thought she was pretty much the same as 5th year, but still she seemed more grown up.
Holly, on the other hand, was almost completely opposite to Daphne. The tanned girl, stood at about 167 centimetres. She was significantly shorter than Daphne, but still slightly taller than the petite Lily, who stood at 163 centimetres. Holly, had delicate, intricate, dark golden blonde wide waves, that sat halfway down her back. She also had a fringe that sat about 1.5cm above her almond shaped, light chestnut coloured eyes. That day she wore a pair of ¾ jeans and a yellow singlet top that hugged her slightly curvaceous figure, just perfectly. Unlike Daphne, she was a more subdued person. She wasn't exactly the most amicable person, but she wasn't at all anti-social. She was in fact rather shy and preferred to keep only a few close friends and mind her own business. Holly, was a combination of really sweet and dark and she didn't like it when people were unnecessary to each other. She was known to generally every one around her as being extremely kind though. Holly was always the sensible one, but she did know the appropriate times to let her hair down. Holly, wasn't exactly, every males' "lust object" but boys were generally captivated by her typically "model" potential looks. Lily loved the way that Holly was still the same person, even though she had now grown into her looks since the last time she saw them.
After Lily's rather long observation of her friends, Holly and Daphne looked at Lily rather puzzled.
"Hello, anyone there? You look like you haven't seen us for a million years for Merlin's sake!" giggled Daphne unbelievingly
Lily looked up from her trance.
"I'm just glad to see you guys, that's all! In fact I'm rather relieved that you two haven't changed that much." she sighed.
Holly and Daphne looked at each other in a confused fashion.
"Why, is that a bad thing if we have changed Lils?" chimed Holly
Lily looked into her almond eyes, then into Daphne's wide orbs.
"Well, you see… I just can't handle change at the moment…" Lily stuttered.
Daphne and Holly now had rather concerned facial expressions and the both gazed caringly into Lily's stunning emerald eyes.
"Is it because of what happened with James." asked Holly softly.
"OH! You never told us what happened with that! Come on woman spill!" Daphne suddenly piped.
Holly glared at Daphne and gave her a "Now is not the time" look. Daphne sighed and looked slightly guilty.
"Sorry Lils. I didn't know that it effected you that much." sighed Daphne.
"It's alright, Daph," smiled Lily. Her eyes than fell to the ground and she spoke in almost a whisper "Trust me, nothing happened with James."
"Are you sure, Lils? You know we're here to help you get through stuff like this," sighed Holly
Lily maintained a neutral face. She was upset about this whole matter earlier that morning and there was need for her to get upset over something like this again. It wasn't her fault that she had told James how she felt at the time. He eyes eventually formed a slight glare. If he didn't like it, it was his problem. Come on, it's not necessary to get upset over a boy. Sure in fifth year he mightn't have been as imbecilic as he first was when he came to Hogwarts, but there was still a part of him that hadn't grown up.
Lily and James hadn't always been the best of friends, in fact James had always been pretty much a jerk to her, but after their friends became closer and Lily and James being the Gryffindor prefects, they discovered the good sides of each other and became closer on a new level. Only at the very end of the last school year did things become awkward. Lily knew that James and herself had this chemistry, but she didn't know if she was actually able to pursue a relationship with him. She knew she wouldn't mind if she did, but still after years of ignoring and arguing, the reasonably mature Lily didn't know if she'd be able to sustain a relationship with the extremely immature James Potter.
The thing is, that there was a part of Lily that knew that this relationship could work. Sure they practically came from different worlds, as she was muggle born and James was full blood and sure their maturity level and level of closeness had varied over the years, but Lily never actually gave James a chance after she discovered him on a personal level.
While Lily regretted the way she treated him on that night, the way he reacted wasn't exactly mature either. He was acting incredibly immature and it wasn't necessary of him to act in the way he did. She didn't deserve the way he reacted so he didn't deserve her.
She smiled at that thought, just as her friends snapped her out of that trance.
"Ok, Lils, you are starting to scare us now." coughed Daphne
"Wha… What?" sighed Lily
"Well, you were abnormally quiet for a minute, that's all." laughed Holly
"Abnormally quiet?" asked Lily with a puzzled tone "Hey, I'm not the noisy one around here!"
"Oh really?" sniggered Daphne
"Ah hem, Daphne!" replied Holly and Lily while rolling their eyes.
"What?" asked Daphne confused.
"You're the noisy one, Holly's the quiet one and I'm… I'm the…euh…" began Lily
"You're the normal one!" finished Holly
Lily raised her eyebrows at Holly and shrugged.
"Whatever you say, anyway, how was you two's holidays?"
"Holy Merlin, Lily, you won't believe what happened to me!" screamed Daphne
Lily and Holly, jumped back in surprise from Daphne's shrieks, yet the both stared at their friend inventively when she started to rant. Daphne had began her supposedly enthrallingly story, when two familiar figures approached Daphne from behind. Lily and Holly looked at each other amused, as Daphne had no idea what was going on behind her. Lily and Holly smirked as the preoccupied girl, now had a pair of extremely muscular, softly tanned arms wrap around her middle.
"Eeeek!" Daphne shrieked in surprise as the boy lifted her in the air. She cocked her head back gently against the back of the boy, to attempt to see who had grabbed her.
The boy looked into Daphne's deep marvellous orbs, with his own deep chocolate cheekily.
"Glad to see you too," he chuckled.
"SIRIUS! It's YOU! You're early!" squeaked Daphne excitedly
"Well, of course it's me baby. So aren't I allowed to be early?" he replied all "macho"
Daphne continued to grin widely.
"Well, you're just usually late and this is abnormal. Anyway, did you miss me baby?" she asked seductively.
"You know I did, babe!"
Daphne and Sirius's conversation went on and on like this for ages. They weren't even dating, but already they were all mushy. Both Holly and Lily weren't surprised as Sirius had this type of effect on you average teenage girl. Lily and Holly also admired the way Sirius looked at that present moment.
Sirius Black, like most members of the famous Marauders, was every girl at Hogwarts "lust object", but who'd honestly blame them? Come on, the boy was extremely tall at 180 centimetres and had heart throb looks, but which I mean deep chocolate waves which lay long and messily upon his head and matching dark chocolate eyes, that lit up every time he flashed his accentuating cheeky grin. Girls stood drooling at the sight of his charming looks and incredible muscular body, defined from hours working out and on the Quidditch pitch. Many mindless girls would do anything, ANYTHING, to rub Sirius's abs, yet most of the time the girls he preferred to hang out with were Lily, Daphne and Holly. That day, he was clothed in a pair of "tight" black jeans that hugged his divine legs, a tight black t-shirt that clung to the his chest and a black leather jacket to add to his sexiness and cheeky charm. Lily loved the fact that he was generally so much fun to be around. Sure he was immature, slightly arrogant and mildly vain, but this boy was so sweet and he made every girl weak at the knees.
After finally putting Daphne back on her feet, Sirius approached the remaining girls.
"So how are my two other favourite ladies," smirked Sirius, as he gathered them into a killer squeeze.
"Can't…C'…Can't breathe!" wheezed Holly
"Oh…Oh, sorry guys," he chucked as he put the remaining girls down.
Lily smiled at Sirius, as surely Sirius would remain this sweet all of that year. Her gaze then left that of Sirius and moved to the figure that stood patiently behind Sirius. Her eyes lit up as she met his gaze that was predominantly on Holly.
"Don't worry, Remus. We didn't forget you were there," mused Lily, as she hugged him warmly.
"Hey Lily, glad to see you," Remus replied warmly "I missed you!"
"I missed you too. How was your holidays?"
"Same old, same old,"
"That's good, I think?"
Remus smiled and went to greet the other two girls who had now approached him.
Remus Lupin, the more subdued of the Marauders, sweet, sensible, shy and charming as well as mysterious and secretive. He was extremely cute from a girls standard, with grey eyes, which were warm and inviting, sandy blonde hair that fell on his head, neither neatly nor a complete mess. He was tall, but not strikingly tall at only a 176 centimetres, but he had a firm figure and was also fairly muscular from working out, as Sirius was. He wasn't much of a Quidditch player and always sat with the girls in the stands. His skin was golden and almost angelic, with slightly rosy cheeks that accentuated his other features. Compared to Sirius and James, Remus was the mature one. He knew how to have fun, yet he knew when they'd gone to far. He was the level headed one, who tried to stir the rest of his friends away from trouble. He also wasn't very outgoing, so most of the time he stood behind the others. Girls also absolutely loved Remus. Sure he was absolutely gorgeous, but unlike his friends, girls actually when for Remus's sweet, shy and charming personality, rather than his physical looks. Lily knew that Remus had secrets. She wasn't quite sure what they were, or was desperate to find out. She liked Remus the way he was and hoped he'd remain the same, always.
The five friends continued to catch up, with various other students and friends coming to greet them. The clock was continuously ticking and the time of departure was coming closer and closer. Soon Lily looked up at the huge clock that looked over the platform. It read 10:45. Lily shrugged and questioned her friends.
"Guys, don't you think it's time to find a compartment?"
"Yeah, don't you mean, we have to find a compartment? You have to sit in the prefects' compartment," spoke Daphne
"Well, we should sit in the prefect compartment, but we don't have to, plus I don't feel like spending a whole journey without you guys, since I haven't seen you for so long," replied Lily in an annoyed fashion, while rolling her eyes.
"Well sorry!" coughed Daphne sarcastically
"Uh, where's James?" Holly spoke up
Lily gave her a "Why the hell did you have to ask that look", but Holly just ignored her.
"Well you know how it is," started Sirius "He's never on time,"
"I can't believe he's a prefect," muttered Lily
"Lily, you told me yourself that you thought he actually did deserve it last year," replied Daphne accusingly.
"Who said I wasn't allowed to change my mind Daphne?"
"I never said you weren't allowed to change your mind."
"Are you arguing about James?" asked Sirius amused
"I'm certainly not," yelled Daphne
"Well excuse me Daphne," continued Lily "You continued the conversation,"
"You started it!"
"Well you didn't have to listen to me, did you?"
"Well you didn't have to say that out loud!"
Lily and Daphne's argument continued, as the others stood around just staring at them strangely. Suddenly Remus took the sense to stop the argument.
"Euh, aren't we supposed to be looking for a compartment?" spoke Remus calmly.
The girls looked at Remus, glared at each other and shrugged.
"Well, it is getting late," said Lily
"Yeah, look how fast the compartments are filling up," sighed Holly
"I guess we should get cracking, shouldn't we?" replied Daphne
The girls moved to their respected trolleys and began moving towards the train, but Sirius stopped them.
"Shouldn't we wait for James?"
The girls looked at him surprised.
"He's late enough as it is," started Lily "It wouldn't kill him, if he searched for us on the train."
Sirius raised his eyebrows at Lily.
"I guess it wouldn't."
The five teenagers finally boarded the practically full train. They began to make their way up and down the corridors and everywhere they looked, all the compartments seemed to have people in them. Soon everyone was frustrated.
"I knew we should've boarded earlier!" grumbled Daphne.
"Well, we would've got on earlier if you didn't have your little fight with Lily!" retaliated Sirius.
"I'd watch it if I were you, baby!" she yelled back at him
"Guys!" spoke Remus firmly and in frustration, trying to keep the peace.
"Hey look!" said Holly suddenly "I think there are some empty compartments up here. Hurry up!"
The rest of the gang made it up the corridor hurriedly, trying not to knock too many chattering students out of the way. They were almost at the back of the train and still practically all the compartments were full, all except one.
"Geeze! Some people!" yelled Daphne "Come on, you can't have one compartment reserved for making out! That's totally unfair to the rest of us!"
"Really?" spoke Sirius in interest, "Give us a look,"
Soon the rest of the gang were peering into the one compartment, with a sweaty couple making out. The girl, who had long golden blonde straight hair, was sitting on top of a guy, which all you could see were his muscular tanned arms. The couple had no idea that five people were in fact watching them as they were so intent in sucking each other's faces off.
"Well, I can't stand for this," Lily suddenly started, "This is completely unnecessary and selfish!"
Lily made her way towards the compartment door's handle, opened it and walked in, in a huff. The sweaty couple suddenly looked up and Lily jumped back in surprise.
"JAMES!"
AN: Well that is the end of another chapter and it's also a cliff hanger. I hope you all like it and hopefully it is better than my last chapter. Anyway, sorry it took me so long to update. You see I've been having a lot of computer troubles over the past year and I lost all my work on this story, including chapter one. Since I lost this story, I lost all inspiration to continue it, until now. I'm very sorry to everyone who read it and liked it over a year ago. I hope you are still with and will come back and read this chapter.
Anyway, excuse all the badness, yada yada yada.
I'll definitely try and update more often from no on, hopefully every week or once every two weeks.
Reviews are loved and I'll only update if I've gotten at least 5.
Please no flames about my appalling grammatical concept. :gonk:
Anyway, until next time…
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