Chapter 25 – Love Life
A flock of owls flew into the Great Hall during breakfast one morning in February. An owl Lily didn't recognise dropped a letter in front of her. She opened the envelope and skimmed through the note. "You've got to be kidding me," she said.
Carly and the Marauders looked at her. "What's up?" asked Carly.
"Listen to this." Lily cleared her throat then read the letter out loud.
Freak,
I am engaged. I'm marrying a man of excellent prospects by the name of Vernon Dursley. He knows about your abnormality only because I have told him that I never wish to see you again. Which obviously explains why you are not invited to the wedding. Just thought you'd like to know.
Petunia.
Carly recovered quickly from her shock and said in contempt, "Why would anyone ever want to marry her?"
Lily snarled viciously at the letter from her ever so lovely older sister. "Thought I'd like to know. Yeah, right. More like she wanted to rub it in my face, the fact that she's getting married while I've never had a boyfriend."
"You've never had a boyfriend?"
Lily glowered at Remus. Her day had already been spoiled before it really got to start so she was in no mood to be questioned about her non-existent love life. "No I haven't. Not that I care but Petunia does and I'm sure she finds it hilariously funny that I'm sixteen but have no dating experience."
Before anyone else could say anything Lily stood up and said, "I'll see you guys in Transfiguration." She left the Great Hall muttering under her breath, "Stupid cow."
The Marauders turned to Carly. "So Lily really hasn't ever had a boyfriend?" asked James.
"Yep."
"But why?" asked Sirius.
Carly shrugged. "I guess because no one's ever asked her out."
The Marauders were stunned. "No way," said Peter.
"How could anyone have not asked Lily to go on a date?" asked Remus.
"Maybe we should set her up with someone," James suggested.
Carly tried to say something but Remus beat her to it. "Maybe a Ravenclaw? My girlfriend could probably suggest a good guy for Lily."
"No!" Carly finally got the Marauders attention. "You are not going to set Lily up with someone. First off she would kill you guys for doing it and second she would kill me for not stopping you guys. So just stop thinking about it."
While this conversation was going on in the Great Hall another one was about to start in the Transfiguration classroom.
Lily was humming some Beatles songs as she read Pride and Prejudice again in hopes of forgetting about Petunia and her pending marriage. Someone stopped in front of her but Lily didn't look up hoping that whoever it was would move away when they figured out she was ignoring them. "Good morning Lily." Lily heard the unmistakeable drawl in the young man's voice and looked up with a scowl on her face.
"Malfoy," Lily said coldly, by way of greeting. Lily then went straight back to her book.
"Now, now Lillian that's no way to treat an old friend."
"My name is not Lillian."
"But I thought-"
"You thought wrong. What the hell do you want with a dirty little mudblood like me Malfoy?"
"Mudblood? Whatever are you talking about? I would never call you that."
"Get on with it Malfoy."
"Fine I was wondering if you would like to accompany me to Hogsmeade tomorrow."
"No."
"What?! You should feel honoured that I would lower myself to the likes of a mudblood like you."
At this point Carly and the Marauders walked in to hear what Malfoy had said. The Marauders were about to bound over there and beat Malfoy to a pulp when Carly stopped them. "Lily knows how to handle Malfoy. Just watch."
"Malfoy you've never liked me and I have always hated you. The only reason you could have for asking me out is if you're planning something bad. Go ask Narcissa Black. I'm sure she'd love to go to Hogsmeade with your disgusting self."
Malfoy glared at her. "You'll pay for this one day mudblood," he said before stalking over to his seat.
Lily went back to her book as the Marauders and Carly came over and sat next to and behind her. "Wow Lady Lily," said Sirius. "I didn't know you had it in you."
"You should've," she replied. "After all I've been dealing with you Marauders for the past six years." Lily smiled at them then turned back around as McGonagall walked in.
As McGonagall began talking about human transformations Carly slid a piece of parchment across the desk to Lily. She quickly hid it under her copy of Advanced Transfiguration as McGonagall looked over towards them.
When McGonagall turned around to write some notes on the board, Lily took Carly's note back out. It said,
Lily the Marauders got the stupid idea at breakfast to set you up with a guy. I told them not to do it but I've got the feeling that they're going to do it anyway. You'd better go scary, veiny Lily on them.
Lily glanced behind her and saw the Marauders discussing something in whispers at a mile a minute. Lily took her quill and wrote a reply to Carly. They nodded at each other then continued doing the work they were meant to be doing.
At lunch Lily and Carly sat down in front of the Marauders. "Okay you guys," said Lily, "Carly told me about the little idea you got at breakfast after I left. She also told me that she warned you guys about doing it and how I would react. Are you with me so far?"
Peter and Remus nodded as James and Sirius glanced at each other in, what looked like, worry. Lily continued as a spark of anger ignited in her eyes. "I'm telling you right now to drop it. I don't need you to find me a boyfriend. I'm very happy being single. So leave it alone or I will be forced to do something drastic. And I swear it won't be pretty."
Lily looked each of them in the eye to make sure they understood her perfectly and wouldn't pursue the idea of finding her a boyfriend. She suddenly grinned at the four boys. "Good," she said, "now that that's settled, let's eat."
A flock of owls flew into the Great Hall during breakfast one morning in February. An owl Lily didn't recognise dropped a letter in front of her. She opened the envelope and skimmed through the note. "You've got to be kidding me," she said.
Carly and the Marauders looked at her. "What's up?" asked Carly.
"Listen to this." Lily cleared her throat then read the letter out loud.
Freak,
I am engaged. I'm marrying a man of excellent prospects by the name of Vernon Dursley. He knows about your abnormality only because I have told him that I never wish to see you again. Which obviously explains why you are not invited to the wedding. Just thought you'd like to know.
Petunia.
Carly recovered quickly from her shock and said in contempt, "Why would anyone ever want to marry her?"
Lily snarled viciously at the letter from her ever so lovely older sister. "Thought I'd like to know. Yeah, right. More like she wanted to rub it in my face, the fact that she's getting married while I've never had a boyfriend."
"You've never had a boyfriend?"
Lily glowered at Remus. Her day had already been spoiled before it really got to start so she was in no mood to be questioned about her non-existent love life. "No I haven't. Not that I care but Petunia does and I'm sure she finds it hilariously funny that I'm sixteen but have no dating experience."
Before anyone else could say anything Lily stood up and said, "I'll see you guys in Transfiguration." She left the Great Hall muttering under her breath, "Stupid cow."
The Marauders turned to Carly. "So Lily really hasn't ever had a boyfriend?" asked James.
"Yep."
"But why?" asked Sirius.
Carly shrugged. "I guess because no one's ever asked her out."
The Marauders were stunned. "No way," said Peter.
"How could anyone have not asked Lily to go on a date?" asked Remus.
"Maybe we should set her up with someone," James suggested.
Carly tried to say something but Remus beat her to it. "Maybe a Ravenclaw? My girlfriend could probably suggest a good guy for Lily."
"No!" Carly finally got the Marauders attention. "You are not going to set Lily up with someone. First off she would kill you guys for doing it and second she would kill me for not stopping you guys. So just stop thinking about it."
While this conversation was going on in the Great Hall another one was about to start in the Transfiguration classroom.
Lily was humming some Beatles songs as she read Pride and Prejudice again in hopes of forgetting about Petunia and her pending marriage. Someone stopped in front of her but Lily didn't look up hoping that whoever it was would move away when they figured out she was ignoring them. "Good morning Lily." Lily heard the unmistakeable drawl in the young man's voice and looked up with a scowl on her face.
"Malfoy," Lily said coldly, by way of greeting. Lily then went straight back to her book.
"Now, now Lillian that's no way to treat an old friend."
"My name is not Lillian."
"But I thought-"
"You thought wrong. What the hell do you want with a dirty little mudblood like me Malfoy?"
"Mudblood? Whatever are you talking about? I would never call you that."
"Get on with it Malfoy."
"Fine I was wondering if you would like to accompany me to Hogsmeade tomorrow."
"No."
"What?! You should feel honoured that I would lower myself to the likes of a mudblood like you."
At this point Carly and the Marauders walked in to hear what Malfoy had said. The Marauders were about to bound over there and beat Malfoy to a pulp when Carly stopped them. "Lily knows how to handle Malfoy. Just watch."
"Malfoy you've never liked me and I have always hated you. The only reason you could have for asking me out is if you're planning something bad. Go ask Narcissa Black. I'm sure she'd love to go to Hogsmeade with your disgusting self."
Malfoy glared at her. "You'll pay for this one day mudblood," he said before stalking over to his seat.
Lily went back to her book as the Marauders and Carly came over and sat next to and behind her. "Wow Lady Lily," said Sirius. "I didn't know you had it in you."
"You should've," she replied. "After all I've been dealing with you Marauders for the past six years." Lily smiled at them then turned back around as McGonagall walked in.
As McGonagall began talking about human transformations Carly slid a piece of parchment across the desk to Lily. She quickly hid it under her copy of Advanced Transfiguration as McGonagall looked over towards them.
When McGonagall turned around to write some notes on the board, Lily took Carly's note back out. It said,
Lily the Marauders got the stupid idea at breakfast to set you up with a guy. I told them not to do it but I've got the feeling that they're going to do it anyway. You'd better go scary, veiny Lily on them.
Lily glanced behind her and saw the Marauders discussing something in whispers at a mile a minute. Lily took her quill and wrote a reply to Carly. They nodded at each other then continued doing the work they were meant to be doing.
At lunch Lily and Carly sat down in front of the Marauders. "Okay you guys," said Lily, "Carly told me about the little idea you got at breakfast after I left. She also told me that she warned you guys about doing it and how I would react. Are you with me so far?"
Peter and Remus nodded as James and Sirius glanced at each other in, what looked like, worry. Lily continued as a spark of anger ignited in her eyes. "I'm telling you right now to drop it. I don't need you to find me a boyfriend. I'm very happy being single. So leave it alone or I will be forced to do something drastic. And I swear it won't be pretty."
Lily looked each of them in the eye to make sure they understood her perfectly and wouldn't pursue the idea of finding her a boyfriend. She suddenly grinned at the four boys. "Good," she said, "now that that's settled, let's eat."