Disclaimer: See first chapter
Happy Birthday Lily!
"Lillian wakeup!"
Lily opened her eyes at the sound of Jessica's voice.
"Happy Birthday Lillian!"
"H-How did you know that it was my birthday?"
"Well, we kind of figured it out since over the past few years Danielle and Sarah have been giving you gifts! So, open your presents!"
Lily looked at the end of her bed so many presents were there! She recognized Mrs. Potter's writing on a couple of them too. Her parents had even sent her something; of course they probably did so regrettably. They normally hated making her happy lately.
Lily picked up the first package and tore off the wrapping paper. Inside was a beautiful picture frame with a picture of her with the Jusketeers. She recognized it from the day that they had spent at the beach one of her first days there. Kevin had just grabbed her hand and was pulling her towards the water and Matt and Isaac each had a bucket full of water that they were about to through at them. She smiled at the memory and placed it on her nightstand.
The next package was really light. She glanced at the tag and it told her that it was from Jessica and Ashley. "Oh, you both didn't have to do anything!"
"Yes, well, we did. Open it!" Ashley said.
Lily opened it up, and inside was the prettiest dress she had ever seen. It was a light emerald green gown with beaded triple spaghetti straps on one shoulder made of delicate chiffon. The bodice was embellished with beading and sequins, which extended down to the sheer front slit. The slit was embellished with the same beading and sequins but also with beaded steamers. There was a sweep train on the back. Wow, it was just beautiful! (A/N I have a picture of it in a light blue if you want to see it give me your email and I could email it or something…)
"Wow! You shouldn't have done that! It is beautiful! You barely talked to me before yesterday and now… wow! This is gorgeous!"
Jessica and Ashley just grinned at her, "It wasn't really a problem. We thought you might like it, it matches your eyes just perfectly!"
Lily nodded and noticed Dani give her a glare. I guess that she didn't think that I would be able to make any other friends, well I did!
Lily took a glance at the clock, she only had a half hour to get ready for breakfast! The rest of the presents would have to wait. "Oh my! Look at the time! I have to get ready for breakfast, and then we have class. I guess that I'll have to wait to open the rest when I get back." Lily told Jessica and Ashley as she got completely out of bed, putting the unopened packages in her trunk and putting the dress in her closet.
Lily and her new friends hurriedly got ready and went downstairs to breakfast.
Lily was talking to Jessica and Ashley when Isaac and Matt sat down. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY LILY!" They all but shouted.
"Shh, I don't want the whole great hall to know. By the way, thank you for the present! I loved it! I don't even remember the picture being taken!"
"Oh, my mum did it when you were, obviously, not looking. We saw Kevin as we walked into the Great Hall, he says Happy Birthday."
"Oh, thank you! Ooh look! Here comes our schedules!" Lily said glancing up the table and seeing the strict teacher, McGonnagal, passing them out to the other students at the table.
"Lillian, I do believe that you are getting much to excited about our schedules."
"Sorry Jessica. I just like to see what I have every day. Let's just hope that we don't have Potions right away in the morning to spoil the day. That is by far my worst class."
"No, Lily Evans, having a bad class!" Matt joked.
"It happens to everyone you know. I am not the best in the year!"
"Uh, Lillian? Yes, you are the best in the year. Even in Potions." Ashley reminded her.
"No, not in Potions. Severus is the best in the year there."
"Oh yeah. That is right. I forgot about him… ok, I correct myself. You are the best in the year in every class except for potions in which you are second best in the year beaten only by Severus Snape."
The professor was now at them and asking their names gave them all their schedules. Lily's read:
Monday:
9:00 Double Transfiguration with Slytherin
11:30 Herbology with Hufflepuff
12:45 Lunch
2:00 Hour Break
3:15 Double Divination with every house (not enough students for two classes)
Tuesday:
9:00 Double Defense Against the Dart Arts with Slytherin
11:30 Charms with Slytherin
12:45 Lunch
2:00 Hour Break
3:15 Double History of Magic with Ravenclaw
Wednesday:
9:00 Potions with Slytherin
11:30 Double Herbology with Hufflepuff
12:45 Lunch
2:00 Hour Break
3:15 Double Care of Magical Creatures with Ravenclaw
Thursday:
9:00 Defense Against the Dark Arts with Slytherin
10:30 Transfiguration with Slytherin
11:55 Care of Magical Creatures with Ravenclaw
1:15 Lunch
2:30 Half-hour break
3:15 Double Charms with Slytherin
Midnight, Astronomy with Hufflepuff
Friday:
9:00 Double Potions with Slytherin
11:30 Divination with every house (not enough students for two classes)
12:45 Lunch
2:00 Hour break
3:15 History of Magic with Ravenclaw
4:45 Classroom Astronomy with Hufflepuff
Lily groaned as she looked at her schedule. Nearly half of the classes she had with the Slytherins. A few of them (only four really) were nice to her but she couldn't stand Malfoy and his group. At least none of the Slytherins took Divination. Well, neither did Jessica, Ashley, Matt, or Isaac for that matter. Dani and Sarah took it but she was sure that none of them wanted anything to do with her anymore.
Someone quickly sat down next to her. "Hello Lily my love! Let me see your schedule!" He took her schedule right out of her hands and began reading it.
"Potter, can't you just leave me alone for once! You KNOW that we have take the same classes so you KNOW that our schedules would be the same. Give me my schedule back, NOW."
James looked at her wearily. "Lily, Lily, watch that temper now! People would think that you HATED me!"
"Oh, I wonder how they could think that? Maybe because I DO hate you. Now give me back my schedule!"
James sighed and gave it back. Lily then took a couple pieces of toast and walked off to go the Gryfinndor tower.
When Lily walked out of the great hall, she stumbled into two people, literally.
"Oh! I am so sorry!" Lily said quickly apologizing.
"Oh no, that's ok! I guess we weren't exactly watching where we were going. I'm Anika by the way, Anika Brooker."
"Nice to meet you! I'm Lily Evans."
"I recognize your name from somewhere… I can't remember! Anyways, sorry about that. This is my brother, Owen."
Lily's face turned white, she barely managed to stutter these words before she passed out, "Now I remember…"
James, crestfallen, had left the great hall moments after Lily to see if he could speak to her. He really hated it when she flat out said that she hated him. It normally didn't get that far. Sure she would say that he disgusted her, or that he was so stupid and dumb, or something to the like… but rarely would it get as far as her saying that she hated him.
As soon as he walked out of the hall, he saw her. But she was on the ground in a dead faint, two of the new transfers by her looking very confused.
"Lily! Oh my word, what happened. What happened to Lily!" James blurted out very confused as to why HIS Lily was unconscious on the ground.
"We just introduced ourselves to her, she mumbled something we couldn't hear and then she fainted! I don't know exactly why."
James looked up confused. "Not to be rude or anything but who are you anyway. You," James looked specifically at Owen, "look familiar."
"I'm Owen Brooker, and this is my sister Anika."
"Hmmm, your names sound familiar but I can't place them. I'll take Lily to the hospital wing, you guys can just go into the great hall for breakfast. Sorry about all of this."
The two nodded and walked quickly away to breakfast. James then picked up Lily and started to walk towards the Hospital wing. "It's ok Lily, you're going to be alright. It's ok."
James smiled as Lily moved closer to him in his arms. She would probably hate him even more now if she knew what he was doing but it was worth it at this time. He started to walk quicker when he saw that there was only an hour till class. That didn't give him much time to go back to the tower to get his books and be back in the dungeon for Potions by nine o'clock.
When he walked into the hospital wing Madame Pomfry walked briskly up to him. "What happened to her?" She asked annoyed that on the first day of term someone was already in the wing unconscious, that was NOT a good sign.
"She fainted outside the great hall. I'm not exactly sure why." He lied about the last part. He didn't want to many questions, who were they, why was she talking to them, etc… He just wanted her to wake Lily up so that he could leave. He quickly placed her on a vacant bed and started to leave.
"Just a minute Mr. Potter. When I wake her up, I want you to escort her to where she needs to go. I am well aware that she hates to miss class so she will need an escort all day to be sure that she doesn't faint. And you are it."
James grinned. He had the nurse's permission to follow her around all day. This was going to be a great day, for him anyway. "Alright, I'll just wait by the door then."
A few minutes later he heard Lily's shrill scream. "WHAT! I HAVE TO HAVE THAT TWERP FOLLOW ME AROUND ALL DAY! MADAME POMFRY PLEASE I-"
"Miss Evans, I will not tolerate yelling in here. Now Mr. Potter will be escorting you around today just to make sure that you don't faint again."
"When I meet up with my friends again, they will be escorting me around. NOT Potter."
"No, HE will be escorting you around all day. He says he saw you faint so this way he will know how you looked and maybe he can catch you BEFORE you hit the ground again. You are lucky you don't have a concussion. Now, classes start in a half and hour. If you are late for your next class, tell the Professor that you were in the Hospital wing. Now, off you go!"
Lily was furious as she walked out of the hospital wing, James trailing grinning slyly behind her.
"So Lily, what went on outside the Great Hall?"
"Nothing you need to be concerned with." Lily snapped starting to walk faster, she wanted to get away from him as soon as she could.
"Now Lily, you know I am your escort so you shouldn't walk so fast! I need to keep up with you!"
Lily didn't respond but continued to walk faster reaching the tower quickly. "Chocolate Apples!" Lily said and quickly got into the common room and went up to her room to get her books. Shifting through the presents in her trunk that she hadn't opened yet she pulled out her Potions and Divination materials that she would need for the day and stuffed them in her bag. Then she walked down to the common room.
Lily smiled when she saw that Potter wasn't there, she walked briskly to the portrait, opened it and slipped out. Still not seeing Potter she started off towards the dungeons not wanting to be late for the first class of the year.
She hadn't walked for more than a minute before Potter came up behind her and placed his arm on her shoulder.
"Lily! You left without me! I could get into serious trouble for that from Madame Pomfry. Oh, and just to let you know, she said I have to sit next to you too."
"Nice try Potter, but I am NOT that thick. I know what you are trying to do. I am going to sit with Jessica and Ashley. They don't care who my other friends are unlike some people." Lily scowled as she said this remembering what Dani and Sarah had said and done. She hated it that they had done that to her, and she was going to make them wish that they hadn't.
They reached the dungeons before class started thankfully and Lily walked quickly over to Jessica and Ashley.
"Hello!"
"Hey Lillian! Where were you? We were waiting for you but we didn't want to be late. Sorry!"
"That is alright guys. I was in the hospital wing. I had a small dizzy spell." Lily said. She didn't really want them to know that she had fainted, there would be too many questions. Just then the Marauders started to laugh uncontrollably.
"Hmm, I wonder what they are laughing at this time." Jessica wondered out loud.
Lily looked down at her feet. She knew what they were laughing at, Her. Her and the fact that James was the one who got to escort her around all day. She hated them.
The doors opened to the Potions classroom and they all walked in. Lily and her friends quickly found seats next to the Jusketeers and waited for the Professor to come in.
Lily found out quickly that Professor Acrorrie was not a very fair Professor. He docked Gryfinndor a total of 30 points just because they had gotten farther ahead or behind on their potion that they were making than the Slytherins! Of course, Kevin and the rest of the Slytherins were given many points for just doing the potion, even if it was wrong in Crabbe and Goyle's cases. (Crabbe and Goyle were the loyal bodyguards of Lucious Malfoy.)
Thank you everyone for the reveiws!!!! Thanks to: snowgremlin, Elfobsession2931 (thanks for the birthday cake and videos!!! I loved them!), DIFFEN-DOOFER, and firewalker32.
Elfobession2931 - Actually, Lily's birthday is September 2 and mine is August 23. September 2 is my best friend Casey's birthday. He doesn't know that I used his birthday though... he doesn't like to read LOL.
I will be updating again today (I hope to anyway), so look forward to the next chapter entitled... Divination Class