The Extraordinary Things- rainbowfairy
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Chapter 3- For Better of for Worse?
"Lily?" spluttered James in surprise as he jumped off the seat "What on earth are you doing here?"
"Oh nothing," started Lily sarcastically "Maybe we wanted to see the selfish bastards who had occupied this compartment purely for 'entertainment' purposes,"
"Entertainment? What on earth do you mean woman?"
"You know perfectly well what I mean Potter,"
"Oh go ahead! Start something, why don't you!"
So Lily and James had started to argue and the train was now speeding towards Hogwarts. Now, inside this certain compartment where this commotion was going on, stood a very confused blonde, while on the outside the remainder of the gang were rolling their eyes at this commotion.
"I could have just seen this happening. Great!" sighed Daphne, sarcastically
"Why? What's changed since last year?" asked Sirius
"Well," Daphne started "I think something personal happened between those two last year. Something Lily really doesn't want to discuss. Has James said anything to you or Remus?"
"Not as far as I'm concerned," replied Sirius confused
"Well, does anyone else really want to sit down?" began Remus "Or are we supposed to stand up for the whole freaking journey, for Merlin's sake!"
Just as Remus spoke that, a horse faced girl, with narrow eyes and limp long blonde hair, pushed through the bunch of 6th years and barged her way in through the door.
"I don't think you want to be in there…" Holly replied quietly in caution
But it was too late, the girl was already in the compartment. She noticed that Lily and James were in the middle of an argument, but choose not to take any notice. Instead she slid up right in front of his body and began to talk seductively to him.
"So James," she purred while battering her eyelashes "Are we still on for Friday night?"
Suddenly the other girl who had been standing there confused by the commotion spoke.
"But, But James" she choked "You promised me that'd we'd be on for Friday night!"
Lily stood back and watched as yet another new commotion unfolds.
"You bitch! I saw him first!" started the first blonde.
"No you did not skank! He asked me out first!" rebutted the second
And so the blondes became engrossed in a huge fight over James and all he could do was to stand back and watch amusedly. Meanwhile outside the compartment, the others were really starting to get pissed off.
"So how many fucking fights are there going to be over James today, huh?" yelled Sirius "Geeze, blondes can be so dumb!"
"Ah hem!" coughed Holly in an offended fashion.
"Sorry Hols, you know I didn't mean you," Sirius apologized profusely
"That's ok, Sirius. Still you shouldn't be making generalizations like that!" lectured Holly
"But, But…" began Sirus
"Your ex was blonde," Remus added while laughing
Sirius rolled his eyes and the others continued to watch the commotion. James was now bored with the blondes' argument and was now attempting to make peace.
"Hey babes, no need to fight over me as there is plenty of me to go around," chuckled James. He pointed to the first blonde "How about you on Friday," then to the other "And you on Saturday night ok?"
Both blondes' eyes lit up as Lily looked at James in disgust.
"Ok," they chirped at the same time and left the compartment.
James then looked at Lily.
"Woah, glad that's solved," he sighed
"You PIG!" yelled Lily, "How can you be such an ass!"
"What?" replied James defensively "I'm not doing anything wrong."
"Anything wrong, ANYTHING WRONG! You're going out with two girls, that's wrong!"
"Who says? They're not complaining!"
"It's not right to play more than one girl, you know! What'd happen if you wanted to get married one day, huh? You'd have to choose between one of them! Polygamy is illegal you know!"
"Poly what?" shouted James confused, "Why the hell are you thinking that far ahead? I'll dump them after I fuck them anyway!"
Lily's face was now a furious deep scarlet and she looked like she was just about to lunge at James's throat when Remus walked into the compartment.
"Time out, TIME OUT!" he yelled "Now, you two, the rest of us would like to come in and sit down now, if that's alright with you. If you want to continue this argument, please kindly go to the prefects' compartment."
Lily and James glared at each other then looked at Remus. Then they moved to the side and sat down at opposite sides of the compartment.
The rest of the journey was far more pleasant. Lily and James successfully managed to ignore each other, while they caught up with their friends.
"Oi James, how come you didn't come and find us when you got to the station?" asked Sirius suspiciously
"Well you see, uh, her name is not important, approached me and then the other one and they wanted to make out and stuff, so yeah…" replied James chuckling
"Both of them?" asked Remus curiously
"Well, you see there were about another five of them waiting to see me too," continued James proudly
"What? Are you serious, dude?" coughed Sirius excitedly
"Well, yes, who wouldn't be amazed by this?" said James as he stood up and gestured to his looks.
The girls rolled their eyes, but not as emphatically as Lily did.
"Yeah right!" she muttered under her breath
As she said that she looked up at James. Maybe he wasn't entirely making it up. James has always been gorgeous, but there was now something about him that made him past the gorgeous stage. His jet black hair lay on his head in an unruly mess, but instead of looking awful like most people would, James's hair was an attractive mess. His eyes were a vibrant hazel, oak brown and deep green speckles, which were warm and playful. If a girl looked into those eyes they'd be instantly drawn to the boy. Upon his nose he wore a pair of rounded black spectacles. James surprisingly unlike many, many people actually had sex appeal added to him when he wore his spectacles. This made girls believe he was "intelligent" and a god. Speaking of gods, his body was literally like a god, tanned and toned. His medium tanned muscles were defined from being one of Gryffindor's greatest seekers of all time and the girls really loved him because of it. He also worked out as he took so much pride in his physical appearance. Personality wise, James was the most arrogant and mischievous of all the Marauders. He was the one who was constantly in trouble with the teachers and the Headmaster. Constantly playing pranks, constantly mucking around in class, constantly being a clown, to some his behaviour was hilarious, but to others it was horrendously annoying. James had the potential to be a charming and sweet guy, but after he'd recently discovered how girls absolutely digged his looks, he now usually acted like a completely, arrogant and idiotic player. This didn't stop the girls going after him though. They were too mindless and ditzy to notice.
Lily noticed though and wasn't happy to discover this changed James. He didn't play girls or get noticed by girls that much in this way last year and for some reason, it was really annoying Lily.
At that moment, she was staring at James absentmindedly. James hadn't exactly noticed as he was engrossed in a conversation he was having with Sirius. This was perhaps a good thing, as if she was noticed by him; god knows what a calamitous mess that could be.
Lily awoke from her trance heavily annoyed with herself. How could she be staring at such an arrogant egotistical bastard? The boy now evidently possessed God like looks but his personality was quite the opposite and Lily found herself to be absolutely appalled in being drawn to this. Drawn? DRAWN? What the hell was going on?
Lily turned her body away from the boys' direction and started to dig in her trunk for a book she had started when she felt Holly tap her gently on her shoulder.
"Uh Lils, don't you have a prefect meeting now?" Holly asked quietly
Lily stared into Holly's chestnut eyes inquisitively.
"Um…what's the time?" Lily asked unenthusiastically
"One o'clock" was the reply she received courtesy of Remus
"WHAT THE FUCK? ARE YOU SERIOUS? THE MEETING WOULD HAVE STARTED HALF AN HOUR AGO!" Lily shrieked "And look at me! I'm not even dressed AND…"
By now everyone in the compartment was staring at Lily, but the person with the most notable expression however was James whom wore a smug grin.
"AND YOU!" Lily shouted accusingly while pointing her index finger at James "You're supposed to be there too, why weren't you looking at your watch?"
"Excuse me?" James coughed smirking "Well I believe I shouldn't have been the only one watching my clock!"
"Stop being such a pompous arse! Why do you have to make things worse than they already are?" Lily shrieked in utter disdain
"Me? Making things more difficult you say? I'm not the one shouting the whole compartment deaf!"
"I'M NOT SHOUTING THE COMPARTMENT DEAF YOU SHIT! If you weren't being so…bastardy then I wouldn't have to be screaming like this!"
"You started this you daft bitch! Get over yourself!"
"What did you call me?"
Lily's face was burning scarlet.
"A daft bitch, you cow!"
Lily felt herself lunging towards James' throat. Sirius jumped off his seat and caught her. Remus put his hand on James' shoulder indicating that enough was enough.
"You've got to calm down Lils" Sirius spoke smoothly in Lily's ear
"How can I?" she replied through gritted teeth, her face still burning "He called me a DAFT BITCH!"
Suddenly Daphne got up.
"Right, I've had enough!" she spat firmly "James you're a complete dickhead! How could you call Lily a daft bitch? She's supposed to be your friend you know!"
James was just about to open his mouth but was silenced by Daphne.
"Lily, you started this! Don't get angry with me because it's true! He may have called you a daft bitch, but you were calling him just as bad! Now, in case you both haven't noticed you've successfully made yourselves even later for this meeting you're supposed to be at. That bitch? What's her name? Bianca Dubois isn't going to be too happy with you two! Now before you make things worse can you both please pretend you like each other for the next hour or so?"
James and Lily, surprised by Daphne's seriousness nodded reluctantly. Then they both grabbed their uniforms and disappeared out of the compartment.
As Lily and James entered the hallway, Lily began to walk stiffly and fast paced in front of James. James slightly amused by this ran along side her to try and keep up with her.
"Oi Lils why are you walking so damn fast?" James yelled between big breaths
"Why do you think?" Lily shot icily "We're late after all."
"Don't bullshit me Lils, you're avoiding me."
"No shit genius and don't you Lils me!"
"Why not? I can call you what I like!"
"Oh? So does that include daft bitch any time you fancy as well?"
"Yes I guess that does and why the hell are you so upset about it?"
"Geeze I don't know!" Lily shrieked sarcastically while rolling her eyes.
James looked at her just as sarcastically. He really didn't know that calling her a daft bitch would upset her that much. She seemed to have a vast list of names for him that were just as bad. Why was that? He wasn't exactly too sure himself.
"Arrogant man whore!" Lily suddenly spat "Now if you don't mind I'd like to get changed!"
They had now approached the prefects' compartment. The meeting was in the heads compartment so Lily decided to get changed in the prefects'. Lily opened the door and was about to slam it in James' face when he caught the door with his foot.
"Excuse me LILY what do you think gives you the right to get changed first?" James spoke casually.
"Excuse me yourself!" Lily spat back in disgust "I believe I was here first and that you were the one that made us late!"
"Oh yeah! Go ahead! Start something why don't you, you daft bitch!"
"You're the one that provokes me you dumb fuck!"
"Oh please! I'm not the only one to blame here!"
"Maybe not, but you started this one!"
"Lily, I really don't give a fuck right now!"
Lily was going to rebut again but thought better of it.
"Well if you don't mind, I don't have time for this shit!" she spoke coolly
"Neither do I, but it's unfair that you get to change first so I'm coming in with you." James replied in a 'matter of fact' way.
"You're what?" Lily groaned in disbelief
"You heard me, now let me in woman!"
Before Lily could speak James barged through the door.
"Whatever. You look, you die? Get it retard?" Lily shot accusingly
"Like I'd want to Evans." James spat sarcastically
James did want to. No matter how much of a bitch Lily Evans had turned into to it didn't mean that she still wasn't as hot as hell!
"Wait…" James thought to himself "I think that bitch's hot? WHAT THE HELL? I can't think LILY EVANS IS HOT! EWW! NO!"
After that thought James refrained from the temptation at looking at Lily changing. Little did he know that Lily had changed much faster than he had and was already heading for the door. James on the other hand was still in his boxers.
"Are you done yet?" spoke Lily strained and frustrated
James was just about to put his pants on but instead stood up and turned to face Lily.
"Like what you see Evans?" James replied pompously while posing like a body builder.
"NO! CAN YOU KINDLY HURRY THE FUCK UP?" screeched Lily with burning cheeks
"What? You were perving!"
"I WAS NOT YOU POMPOUS ARSE!"
"Why are you turning into such a psychopathic bitch woman?"
"OH GEEZE I DON'T KNOW! MAYBE BECAUSE SOMEBODY IS PROVOKING ME! NOW GET YOUR FUCKING CLOTHES ON!"
"No need to scream!"
"There's plenty of reason to scream!"
Lily turned away from James and let him get dressed. When he was done he grabbed Lily's arm and led her towards the door.
"Let go of me Potter!" Lily muttered through gritted teeth.
"Why did you wait for me then?" coughed James
"I didn't wait for you."
"You obviously did!"
"Fine I did then, but only so when we arrive I can blame this lateness on you!"
"Whatever you say woman!"
The two continued to the heads compartment in silence. When they arrived Lily was the one who slid open the door.
"Nice of you to join us," spat Bianca Dubois the new head girl sarcastically as Lily and James took their seats.
Lily rolled her eyes and said nothing when she took a seat next to Matilda Cobain her friend who was one of the 6th year Ravenclaw prefects.
Matilda or Tilly as her friends called her was a tall willowy girl with a snow white complexion, large light sky blue eyes and light brown large voluptuous ringlets for hair. She was a kind-hearted girl with a vibrant personality who was also extremely intelligent. Lily respected her greatly and loved being her friend.
"Why are you so late?" she mouthed to Lily
Lily didn't speak but merely pointed in James' direction. Tilly grinned slightly and went back to paying attention to the highly monotonous meeting.
The meeting seemed to drag on for hours and both Lily and James didn't pay much attention to it.
At about three o'clock the meeting ended and the Hogwarts prefects began making their way back to the prefects compartment.
"How come you're not sitting with us Lils? I've missed you so much and we have to catch up!" Tilly whined slightly
"Sorry sweetie!" Lily laughed while hugging Tilly "I've already dumped all of my stuff with my friends! We can have a big talk tomorrow if you'd like?"
"That'd be great Lils!" Tilly replied brightly
James arrived back at the compartment but didn't go in quite yet as he saw Lily approaching. For some bizarre reason in his mind, he decided to stop and talk to her.
"Have fun at the meeting Evans?" he spoke coolly
"What do you think? You were there too." Lily commented
"Why are you starting something?"
"I just replied to you, you fuck."
"Don't get all feisty with me!"
Suddenly Lily looked into the compartment. It was pitch black and there was muffled random giggles coming from it.
"What the hell is going on in there? I mean they aren't…" Lily spoke inquisitively to James
"God knows! And there's only one way to find out!" James replied.
He slid open the door.
"Ok what the hell?" Lily and James shouted together in a stunned tone.
AN: Well that was weird, but chapter three is done after about 5 million years. Yeah, I really do suck at updating but since it's bludge term and I actually have plot ideas now I'll start updating more often.
I'll get my friends to start harassing me too. Losers. I'm going to pull my rating down because I haven't gotten to the icky parts yet.
Ok, sorry for my lack of commitment. I'll try and improve. spankity spank
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Sorry for the lack of grammatical structure! I'm currently failing English! Woo. Stupid midnightalitis. The ending of this chapter is a bit gay too, isn't it?
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p.s. Tell me if you reckon this story is getting too Shakespearish.