A/N: Hi everyone! Well, chapter 2 is up! (It took long enough...)
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Well, here goes...
Disclaimer: If I take some of this Polyjuice Potion, I could be whoever I want, including JKR. But seeing as I'm not...
But don't let him go
Just give him a chance to grow
Lily lay on her four-poster bed, just thinking. She wiped a tear off of her beautiful face and sighed heavily. Why did she care so much about what Potter had said? It's not like he mattered to her in the least. Quite on the contrary, actually. Lily tried to laugh at the thought, but it came out strangled, almost as if it pained her to do so. She frowned, and continued her contemplation. She didn't care about Potter...did she?
Suddenly she heard a soft knocking on her door. But instead of getting up and answering it, Lily willed whoever it was to go away and leave her alone. She just wanted to think, which became more and more impossible as the person continued to steadily pound on the door.
Stop already. She thought angrily. Lily closed her eyes and let her thoughts drown out the noise of flesh on wood. She could ignore it if she had to...
What she couldn't ignore was a voice that shouted, "Lily, if you don't open this bloody door right this instant, I'll knock it down and kick your sorry arse!" Lily turned away from the door, hoping that the people got the message that she wasn't in the mood for visitors.
They didn't.
The next second, the same voice shouted, "Alohomora!" and the door flung itself open. Lily turned around, wide-eyed and stared as Claire rushed into the room and nearly strangled Lily with a hug. "You okay?" She asked, finally breaking away and allowing Lily to breathe.
"I'm fine. Honestly. Claire, I ..." Lily noticed that Claire had not been the only onethat had entered the room. Sarah Elsberry was standing awkwardly in the corner, studying her feet. Lily looked at Claire, surprised. "Um, why's she here?" she asked quietly.
"Hey Sarah, c'mere." Claire said, sitting down on the edge of Lily's bed. Sarah walked forward and stopped a few feet from Lily's bed. Claire turned to Lily. "After you left, I screamed at Potter and Potter screamed back, so I slapped him for you. Then Sarah here," She indicated to Sarah, who blushed slightly, "told him off for being mean to you, and he yelled at her, so I grabbed her and we came up here. I figured you could use some company."
Lily smiled slightly at her friend's actions. "Thanks," she said to Claire, who smiled back and hugged her again. Lily then shifted and studied Sarah for a moment. Sarah was a small, shy girl who's total height was about five feet three inches. She had shoulder-lenght orangey colored hair and bright honey eyes. Her petite frame was accented by a slim waist and soft curves.
Lily snapped out of her reverie and spoke to Sarah. "Thanks for sticking up for me. It was really kind of you."
Sarah blushed. "Oh no, I ... He was being mean to you, and I know how it feels to be - to be picked on like that. I - it's no problem. It was nothing..."
"But it was." Lily said, sitting up. "I bet he dumped you, then, didn't he?"
"Well, no, not really, but - but I don't really wanna be his girlfriend anymore. He - doesn't really deserve one..." Sarah replied, seeming slightly sad yet determined.
Lily grinned. "Well he doesn't deserve you, that's for sure." Sarah blushed crimson and looked at the ground.
"That, in Lily-ish, means, "You're my friend now, whether you,like it or not'." Claire said unnessicarliy. Sarah looked up at Lily with a smile on her face. Lily smiled back. "Yay!" Claire squeeled, grabbing both Sarah and Lily and forcing them into a bone crushing hug. Lily and Sarah laughed as they struggled vainly to escape Claire's clutches. When they finally managed to do so, Claire backed away from the bed, stopping next to the door and crossing her arms. "Fine," she said, "Don't be my friends. I can manage fine by myself."
Lily snorted. "Oh, Claire, what on Earth would tyou do by yourself?"
Claire huffed. "Well, first I'd - " But what Claire would do first, the two girls would never know, because at that moment, the door to their dormitory flew open and hit Claire in the face with a loud thud. Alice Brown, a slim girl with dirty blonde hair and chocolate brown eyes, made a mad dash into the room, stopped, and looked around wildly. When her eyes found Sarah, she shreiked and flung herself at the bewildered girl.
"Oh, Sarah, Anabell Perita just told me the whole story! I'm sooooo sooooorry!" She cried, almost sobbing into Sarah's shoulder. "I should've been there! I could've cursed him or hexed him or jinxed him or something for you! Why'd I pick today of all days to do that horrid Charms essay? I should've been here for you, my best friend, not in some bleeding library! Please, please, PLEASE forgive me!"
"Alice," Sarah said calmly. "Alice. Alice. Stop!" She somehow managed to pull her friend off her and sat her down on Lily's bed. "First of all, it's okay! I'm fine! You have nothing to be sorry about!"
"But Sarah, you can't mean that! I mean, I'd be in denial too if The James Potter dumped me!" Upon hearing the words 'The James Potter', Lily scowled.
"Alice! Would you listen to me! James Potter didn't dump me! I - I dumped him!" Sarah said, handing Alice a hankerchief. "And besides, he isn't The anything. He's just a guy."
"Um, I hate to break up this whole rant-fest, but would somebody please help me here?" Claire asked, somewhat thickly. Lily, Sarah, and Alice turned to see Claire covering her nose, which was bleeding perfusly. Lily stood, urged Claire to sit, and grabbed her a tissue.
Sarah turned back to Alice. "Look, Alice, when you were gone, Lily and James got into an arguement 'cuz Lily took points away from us because we were, um..."
"Try, snogging each other senseless." Claire supplied through her bleeding nose. Alice glared at her momentarily, then focused her attention back on Sarah, who was again blushing.
"Well, yes, we were, um, 'snogging each other senseless', I guess. Right, so Lily took off points, and James, er, I mean Potter, got really mad. He told Lily, 'Just because you can't get someone to snog you doesn't mean you have to take your problems out on others!', or something like that, and Lily got really upset and said,' Well, you wouldn't know if I snogged anyone recently, now would you?'. Then she ran up here."
Alice turned to Lily with huge eyes. "Oh my God, Lily, are you okay?"
Lily nodded and smiled. "I'm fine," she said. She turned to Sarah as an invitation to continue. Seeing that Lily wasn't going to say any more, Alice followed suit.
"Then Claire got really mad an screamed at Potter, who called Lily an ice queen who had no feelings." Lily's expression saddened, and she looked away. The other three girls noticed this and their expressions became softer. Sarah continued in a softer vioce. "So Claire slapped him right across the face, and I told him that what he'd done was really cruel. He got mad at me then, and told me off. So Claire and I came up here to comfort Lily."
"You're sure you're okay?" Alice asked. It was difficult to tell whether her question was directed at Sarah or at Lily.
Sarah sighed. "Yeah," she said. "Sure, I was dating the most popular guy in school, but who really wants to be popular anyways?" She asked, her eyes lingering on Lily, who nodded slightly.
"Lily, James Potter's a huge jerk. Don't get worked up over him, he's not worth it." Claire said, leaning over to squeeze Lily's shoulder.
"Claire's right, he's not." Alice said softly, as if scared of how Lily might react.
Lily smiled softly. "No, you're right." Her reply seemed to answer all questions asked.
Claire grinned. "Yay!" she said, pulling Alice, Sarah, and Lily into one large group hug. "This is gonna be the start of a beautiful friendship!"(A/N: Ok, I know it's cliched. Work with me here.) The other girls laughed lightly and struggled in Claire's grasp. Claire let go and, looking at all of them, said, "Who needs that git, James Potter? We should all just move on." A chorus of 'Yeahs' and an 'I told you so' from Lily followed Claire's statement.
Lily stood up. "Well, if you guys don't mind, I'm gonna go and finish my Charms homework. I can't believe I put it off so long. See you soon!" And with that, she left the room.
Once the door closed and Lily's footsteps died away, Claire said, "Ok, raise your hand if you think Potter's got more feelings for Lily than he lets on."
Three hands shot into the air.
Take it easy, take it slow
And don't let him go, don't let him go
Lily was sitting in the library, pouring over her Charms book. The essay that she was currently working on wasn't due for another week, but what could she say? Lily didn't become the top student in her year by procrastinating. So far she had written all of the three foot essay requirement, ("Three feet? That's all?" she had said when they recieved their assignment.) but Lily wanted to make it really stand out, to really be her best work. So she got up and went to the Charms section of the library with every intention of finding some more detailed material.
As she strod through the rows of books, she heard whisps of a conversation in the next aisle over.
" - You can't be so mean to her, Prongs." A voice said. I know that voice, Lily thought. She abandoned her quest for Charms material and instead positioned herself in the aisle so that she wouldn't be seen.
"Mean? I'm not the one being mean, Moony." This voice had to belong to Prongs, whoever that was. Lily leaned in closer.
"You know what I think?" Moony replied. "I think there's something more to this that you're not admitting." Lily suddenlyrecognized the voice of Moony. It was Remus Lupin. But who on Earth was he talking to?
"What? What do you mean, something more -"
"I think you know perfectly well what I mean, Prongs. And if you're trying to win Lily's heart, that's not the way to do it." Wait a second, Lily thought, her eyes widdening, I think they're talking about me! Lily squinted through the shelved books, trying to find out exactly who was trying to win her heart. It looked to her like James Potter was wrong. Someone apparently did want to snog her. But who?
"Eavesdropping, are we?" a cold voice said from behind her. Lily turned, her eyes widdened in surprise. Standing before her was Severus Snape, a greasy boy with dirty hair and a hooked nose. He leered at Lily for a moment, as if trying to find a suitable insult.
"Go away, Snape." Lily spat. She did not care much for Sanpe, not after an incedent in their fifth year.
Snape ignored her. "And who exactly is the Mudblood bitch spying on?" He asked loudly, his words making her wince. If she had not been so preoccupied, Lily would have realized that the voices behind her had stopped, as if they too were listening to Snape's harsh words.
"I'm not 'spying' on anyone. And besides, it's none of your business what I choose to do with my time." Lily said, crossing her arms over her chest. Snape pushed pasther and shifted the books on the shelf aside so that he could see properly. The people speaking seemed to have left, however, and he turned back with his face etched with disappointment. "It seems that you are less capable of keeping an audience than I thought." He moved closer to Lily, who back into another shelf of books. "Well then, I'll just have to - "
"Get away from her, Snivellus." a voice said. Lily and Snape both turned quickly to see who was speaking.
It was James. He was pointing his wand directly at Snape's face. Behind him a ways was Remus, whom was also holding his wand, only his wasn't raised. Lily looked between James and Snape, whose faces were both ectched with hatred. James grabbed Sanpe by the neck of his robes and pulled him forcefully away from Lily. "I said, get away from her."
Snape jerked out of his grasp, took out his wand, and pointed it straight at James.
Under normal circumstances, Lily would have let the two boys fight. After all, she did rather dislike both of them. Actually, she was having a hard time deciding whom she hated more at the moment. But these were not normal circumstances. First of all, Lily was Head Girl. If someone caught them fightingand saw Lily just standing there, she'd be in danger of losing her badge. And second, she didn't really like the idea of two boys fighting over her. It was too messy.
So, deciding what to do, Lily bravely placed a hand on both boys' chest and pushed them apart, moving to stand in between them.This proved difficult, seeing as both of these boys weighted a lot more than she did. She glared between the two of them and snarled, "You are a prefect and the Head Boy! Could you please set a better example for the other students?"
James looked outraged at her words. "You didn't seem ti care about setting a good example when I was pulling tis git off you!"He hissed indignantly.
Lily sighed angrily. "Just stop! You shouldn't be fighting in the first place!"
"Why?" James asked, his eyes narrowed. "Because Snape doesn't deserve it?"
"No," Lily replied, getting more and more impatient at the moment. "because fighting is wrong! It doesn't solve anything!"
Snape, whom was currently forgotten, slid past the enraged Lily and James and quickly left the library. Remus took off after him, leaving Lily and James to have a heated argument, their voiced rising with every word they said.
"Why doesn't fighting solve anything?" James asked stubbornly.
"Because fighting only hurts people, and right now, I don't really want you or Snape getting hurt!"
"Yeah right. You don't give a damn about me at all. So why don't you stop trying to make yourself into some kind of tragic hero?"
"I'm not! How dare you come in here and accuse me of things I've never done? You don't even know anything about me!"
"Well, maybe that's 'cuz you won't let me!" James yelled back. "Maybe the reason I don't know you is because you won't let me get to know you.You wouldn't let me know anything about you if I tried!"
Lily stood there, stock still. Did James Potter actually want get to know her? Why?
James seemed to realize that he said to much, becuase he face flushed. He and Lily stood there staring at each other, both taking deep breaths, both trying to figure out exactly what had just happened.
"POTTER! EVANS!"a loud screach rang out behind them, making them jump. The two turned and found themselves face to face with a very angry Madam Prince. "What on Earth do you thin kyou're doing? Shouting, in a library! And you two, being Head Girl and Head Boy! I demand that you leave right this instant!"
Lily grabbed her Charms things and she and James fled the Lilbrary. When they finally reahed the portrait hole, Lily turned to James and asked, "You wanna know why I don't want you to get to know me?" James just looked at her in an almost shocked expression. "It's because everything I would tell you would go right over your head, and you'd continue to be exactly the same. So if you do want to get to know me, as you claim, then I suggest that you grow up." And with that Lily climbed through the entrance and dissappeared up the girl's staircase, leaving a very confused James behind.
Ooh, and the plot thickens...
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