A/N: Yay!! Chapter four is finally done!! Thank you to all those who reviewed!! Woo-hoo!
Also, can some1 tell me exactly what is a beta reader??
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Chapter 4
"...And then he just took off before I could ask him why he was there in the first place!"
Lily had just finished retelling the night's events to Joy and Annie. Lyn was sleeping soundly in her bed. The trio was seated comfortably on Lily's bed leaning back on feathered pillows. Joy and Annie sat side by side as they listened to Lily. Now and then they gasped at the right places and laughed when Lily said how James had hit her instead of Snape.
"That was pretty weird," Joy said once Lily had finished "What do you think Snape was planning on doing?"
"I have no idea. I'm just glad he didn't get to do it. I'm changing the password tomorrow though, just incase he knows it,"
"How do you think he would have gotten the password anyways?"
"Who knows? He probably scared some first year into doing it," Lily answered rolling her eyes. "He's just so awful!"
The two girls nodded solemnly in agreement.
"So Snape was going to modify your memory?" Joy asked. When Lily nodded, a horrified look came over her face. "Your lucky he didn't. He could have made the charm too powerful and ruined your mind forever,"
"No thanks to James! He totally messed up everything," Lily snorted. After an afterthought she added, " Why do you think he was there in the first place?"
"He was probably going to meet Sirius and the other marauders for some prank," Annie said yawning.
"Gosh, what time is it?" Lily looked at her watch. "Shoot, it is extremely late! We are SO not getting the right amount of sleep people our age should be getting. I don't know how we're going to stay up tomorrow in classes. For once, we should do as Lynn is and go to sleep!"
"Amen to that," Joy said rubbing her eyes and stretching out her hands.
" 'Night,"
" G'nite," The two girls replied as they crept in to their beds.
"Do you really think James was going to play a prank?" Lily thought aloud, as she snuggled under her covers. All of a sudden she saw a pillow fly threw the air and hit her head. She sat up in her bed and asked, "Ok, What was that for?"
"Lily, shut up and go to sleep!"
"OK, OK! No need to get all crazy about it," Then she rolled over and fell into a long, dreamless sleep.
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"So why were you there, anyways? I mean, where you just like, waiting around or something? Do you have premonitions or some unknown power? Because we `re usually not allowed to be out of the Common Room at 1:00 in the morning,"
James turned around to see who was speaking and saw the red vibrant hair and the green glaring eyes and couldn't help smiling.
"Good morning to you, too," He said. "Aren't you the bright little ray of sunshine today."
Lily scowled and said, "I don't have time for this. Are you going to answer me or not?"
"Can't tell you. It's confidential on a Marauder need-to-know basis. Sorry," He knew it was the lamest excuse he could have come up with, but he couldn't think of a better one. And it was better to have a lame excuse than none at all.
James turned to leave but he felt Lily tap him on the shoulder again "What?" he groaned.
"That wasn't really the answer I was looking for,"
"Too bad," he flashed her a swarthy smile and bowed, in a mocking fashion before going back to his seat near Sirius.
"G-d. She can be annoying," he muttered to himself, shaking his head
*~*~*~*
"One of these days I'm going to take my iron cast cauldron and bop James over the head with it," Lily said angrily.
"So what'd did he say?" asked Lynn. She had just been filled in by Joy and Annie of the past night's events.
" And I quote `Can't tell you. It's confidential on a Marauder need-to-know basis'," She made a face as she mocked him "I could just kill him. I mean it. If there was an axe right in front of me right now, James's head would be segregated from his body in a matter of seconds,"
"Oh no, Lily's turning to the Dark Side," Annie said in mock horror.
"That's right, folks. Joining the guy whose followers killed my parents and spreading more chaos and killing around the world is number one on my to-do list," She nodded her head grimly.
"I was joking. Sorry, Lil,"
"Eh, its no big deal," Lily replied with a wave of her hand. "Though it would be pretty ironic, me working with the guy who killed my parents," She tried to make the moment lighter with the joke but it didn't really work.
"Yeah, I guess," Joy put in.
"So I heard that James is going to dump Fawnera today," Lynn said eyes wide open in her delight for gossip.
"How do you know that?" Annie asked.
"Well to make a long story short, Brenda heard it from Natalia who heard it from Adelia who heard it from Marcie who heard it from one of James's roommates from James himself that he would be breaking up with Fawnera today,"
"Oh yeah, that seemed TOTALLY abridged," Lily said sarcastically.
"Well I could have made it much longer," Lynn shot back.
"Uch, my friend, the gossip," Lily said shielding her eyes in horror of the thought. "But seriously, don't you ever feel bad for the girls? I mean, James also broke up with you, Lynn,"
"Yeah but I was stupid and immature then. Besides I have Peter Patil now," She ended off leaning back happily. "Speaking of him, where is he? I haven't talked to him in like, a day, or something. Oh, there he is," she said pointing to him. She jumped out of her chair and walked over to him screaming, "PETER," causing a few heads to turn, including Peter Pettigrew's.
"What?" he said as he turned around.
"She wasn't talking to you," Lily informed him. "We do have more than one Peter in our school as it's a common name, and she was talking to Peter PATIL ,"
He just shrugged his shoulders and turned back to his conversation with Remus.
"Honestly," said Lily rolling her eyes "Well, I gotta run to the library for a bit, so I'll see you guys later," and with a quick wave she was gone.
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" Just broke up with Fawnera," James said casually to Sirius sitting down next to him on the deep blue couch.
" How'd she take it?"
"What'd you think? How do they all take it?" said James said egotistically.
Sirius began to wipe away pretend tears and covered his face in mock sadness. Then he leaned into the couch and began to pretend sob.
"Ok, that's a good enough impression. You could shut up now," James said tensely as he saw the stares they were getting.
"If you insist," Sirius said straightening himself out. "So what happened with you and Evans last night? You said you were late because of her but you didn't tell me why,"
James rolled his eyes and told Sirius how he'd seen Snape trying to curse Lily and how he'd tried to help Lily but messed it up a bit in the process. When he finished Sirius burst out laughing, " That's hysterical," he said between loud chuckles. He was about to hit the couch hard with his hand when James stopped him.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you,"
"Why not?"
Why don't you see?" Sirius looked down and screwed up his face. Right under his hand was a massive beetle.
"Yeah, so if you don't want squished bug guts on your hand I wouldn't put your hand down,"
Sirius gingerly picked up the beetle and set it down on a chair. "Now I can,"
"Good for you," James said rolling his eyes "How lucky! You now have the option of hitting the couch."
" Don't try to change the subject, Prongs. So you played the part of the knight in shining armor very nicely, my friend,"
"Oh shut up,"
"Really now, James. Manners, Manners," Sirius said waving his finger at the annoyed figure "So that's why you broke up with Fawnera? Lily's your next target?"
"Hahahaha," said James lamely.
"James loves Lily, don't you James?" Sirius announced to the many people in the common room.
"Shut up, why don't you?" James hissed, and then stood up to address the Gryffindors listening to the conversation saying "Sorry, I am under no circumstances going out with Lily Evans. My stupidly insane friend likes to make up amusing little stories to keep himself entertained. What he doesn't realize," he paused shooting Sirius a dirty look, who was smiling sheepishly "is that they are not THAT amusing,"
He sat back down and glared at Sirius who began to busy himself singing "Lily and James sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love then co-"
He was interrupted by James saying, "What the hell are you singing?"
"Oh, its just something I heard a few muggle born first years singing,"
"Well, can you change back into normal Sirius or will you keep on being immature six year old Sirius?"
"Ok, Ok, I'm normal again,"Sirius said sitting up, "You didn't tell her about being an Ani-"
"No of course I didn't! What do you take me for?"
"Sorry! You never know. The way the world is ran these days, all those horrible backstabbers,"
"Yeah,yeah I get it. Well anyways I got to go," James said getting up to leave.
"Where?" asked Sirius.
"I need to see who my next target it. So far I think I may go with Amy Wilkhamton,"
"No, I was going to get her next," Sirius said, putting his hands on his hips, annoyed. "Ah, well, you can have her first. I'll be able to console and comfort her after you dump her,"
"Fine. Have it your way. I don't mind being the jerk,"
"Yeah, because it never turns out that they think you're a jerk. To them you're some kind of weird god. If they only knew you," he said shaking his head.
"I know," James smiled his quirky little smile and said "Well, goodbye dear friend,"
He walked slowly out of the common completely oblivious of the stares he was getting. After all, he'd gotten pretty used to it by now.
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Lily walked bleakly through the halls. She couldn't believe it was morning already. In fact if the sun hadn't been shining so brightly and if it hadn't been so light outside she would have tried to convince Joy who had woken up that it was still night.
'Though,' Lily thought to herself 'It was pretty weird for it to be sunny when it's at the end of November,'
She shook herself trying to wake herself up a bit more, but found that the shaking hadn't made her any less tired.
"That's it," she announced aloud to no one "I am resolving to get more sleep,"
"Same here," she heard a voice that sounded eerily like her rival, James Potter. When she turned around she saw the black hair even messier than usual and the brown eyes which were covered by large black frames, and realized it was James Potter. He looked just as tired as she probably did. He had heavy bags under eyes and his head hung down, his neck to tired to support it. He shuffled along in a tired fashion. She did notice though, that as tired as he looked, he still looked extremely cute.
Lily nodded her head to him, acknowledging his presence. He nodded back and said "Studying into the wee hours of the night, as usual, Evans?"
She nodded miserably and said "I only got five hours of sleep. Why are you so tired?"
"Believe it or not, I also want to pass Charms. I do study,"
"You mean you don't cheat off Remus?," she said in mock surprise.
"Shhh," he answered, putting his finger to his mouth in the symbol of silence "Don't tell anyone. Otherwise my reputation will be ruined,"
She nodded seriously and as they walked into the Great Hall said, "It's been enlightening,"
"Same here," he said, and then with a backwards wave, went to join Sirius.
'Wow,' She thought shrugging her shoulders 'My first civil sort of conversation with James. Interesting,'
*~*~*~*
"Just had a normal conversation with Lily," said James as he sat down next to Sirius and Remus, who were busy reading an article.
"Um, I wouldn't spread that around," said Remus in a strange voice, looking up from the article. He handed the paper over to James.
James began to scan the article and realizing what it was about, began to read it much more carefully. His eyes popped put in surprise and anger and when he was finished he looked over and glared at Sirius who for once, did not look to pleased with himself.
"Sorry," he squeaked out.
"Should've known life was to good to last," said James sadly.
*~*~*~
Lily sat down wearily at the table and laid her head down on her plate.
"Too tired," she croaked, "I just need a few more minutes of sleep. I can't last on this amount,"
When none of her friends answered her, she turned her head over to face them and cracked her eye open. Joy, Lynn, and Annie were all looking at a piece of paper and whispering franticly.
"Watcha doing'?" she asked innocently.
"Nothing," they answered a bit too quickly.
"Let me see that," she said picking her head up and reaching for the paper.
"No," yelped Lynn holding it out of her reach "This is nothing. It's stupid. Not the kind thing of thing you would like at all," She looked back at her friends who were shaking their heads emphatically showing they're support for Lynn's answer.
Lily rolled her eyes and said "Give it here,"
"It's really not your kind of thing at all so I'll just be taking it, ok?" said Annie as she began to fold it up.
Just then Deanie Muller, another sixth year Gryffindor came over to them and said "Congrats, Lily. Who would've thought?"
"Uh, thank you," said Lily feeling confused. Once the girl had left them alone, she shot her friends her most ferocious stare and said, "Give it,"
Sighing, Lynn handed it over "We tried to warn you," she said sympathetically.
Lily unfolded it and began to read it to herself.
'Lily and James: The Love That Sprouted From Hate
By: Rita Skeeter
For the past five years smart, charismatic Lily Evans and the devishly handsome James Potter have been enemies always fighting and competing. Not a day went by when the two weren't arguing.'
'This is a really stupid article,' thought Lily 'I've hated James for years and they decide to write a stupid article on it now?? And why is it about James and me? Why not James and Snape? They're even worse enemies!'
She went back to the article:
'But this year the ongoing rivalry of these two may sprout into something new. After James Potter broke up with Fawnera Mackins, a sixth year Ravenclaw, people were wondering why. Well, rumor is that the answer to that question is that James's new love interest is none other then Lily Evans.'
Lily saw red. She felt her face turn into a color even redder than her hair and her eyes almost crackled with anger.
"What a load of crap this is," she exclaimed angrily"Rumors, she says? Well, they're weren't rumors before but there will be now!"
"Did you finish reading it?" Joy asked.
Lily shook her head and angrily continued to read it out loud
" ' It was overheard by this reporter of James telling Sirius how his affair with Lily happened. Lily had been out late after the time she should have been sleeping..' Great, that'll get me a detention. Thanks alot Rita....well back to the pathetic excuse of an article:
'She was almost hurt by an unidentified person when James rushed in, risking his life and saving Lily..' RISKING HIS LIFE??? WHAT IS THIS? HOW MUCH CAN YOU EXAGERATE??.. " 'After this incident, it was a change of heart for these two.
'They now are blissfully in love and were even seen kissing in a tree ( Sources: initial are S.B.)..'
Sirius said this?? I'm gonna kill him!"
She threw down the article angrily. Lily couldn't believe that just a few seconds ago she had been desperately tired. Right now she felt more awake and energized then ever. She felt ready to kill someone.
"I HATE RITA SKEETER,"
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FINISHED!!! yay!!!!
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Also, can some1 tell me exactly what is a beta reader??
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Chapter 4
"...And then he just took off before I could ask him why he was there in the first place!"
Lily had just finished retelling the night's events to Joy and Annie. Lyn was sleeping soundly in her bed. The trio was seated comfortably on Lily's bed leaning back on feathered pillows. Joy and Annie sat side by side as they listened to Lily. Now and then they gasped at the right places and laughed when Lily said how James had hit her instead of Snape.
"That was pretty weird," Joy said once Lily had finished "What do you think Snape was planning on doing?"
"I have no idea. I'm just glad he didn't get to do it. I'm changing the password tomorrow though, just incase he knows it,"
"How do you think he would have gotten the password anyways?"
"Who knows? He probably scared some first year into doing it," Lily answered rolling her eyes. "He's just so awful!"
The two girls nodded solemnly in agreement.
"So Snape was going to modify your memory?" Joy asked. When Lily nodded, a horrified look came over her face. "Your lucky he didn't. He could have made the charm too powerful and ruined your mind forever,"
"No thanks to James! He totally messed up everything," Lily snorted. After an afterthought she added, " Why do you think he was there in the first place?"
"He was probably going to meet Sirius and the other marauders for some prank," Annie said yawning.
"Gosh, what time is it?" Lily looked at her watch. "Shoot, it is extremely late! We are SO not getting the right amount of sleep people our age should be getting. I don't know how we're going to stay up tomorrow in classes. For once, we should do as Lynn is and go to sleep!"
"Amen to that," Joy said rubbing her eyes and stretching out her hands.
" 'Night,"
" G'nite," The two girls replied as they crept in to their beds.
"Do you really think James was going to play a prank?" Lily thought aloud, as she snuggled under her covers. All of a sudden she saw a pillow fly threw the air and hit her head. She sat up in her bed and asked, "Ok, What was that for?"
"Lily, shut up and go to sleep!"
"OK, OK! No need to get all crazy about it," Then she rolled over and fell into a long, dreamless sleep.
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"So why were you there, anyways? I mean, where you just like, waiting around or something? Do you have premonitions or some unknown power? Because we `re usually not allowed to be out of the Common Room at 1:00 in the morning,"
James turned around to see who was speaking and saw the red vibrant hair and the green glaring eyes and couldn't help smiling.
"Good morning to you, too," He said. "Aren't you the bright little ray of sunshine today."
Lily scowled and said, "I don't have time for this. Are you going to answer me or not?"
"Can't tell you. It's confidential on a Marauder need-to-know basis. Sorry," He knew it was the lamest excuse he could have come up with, but he couldn't think of a better one. And it was better to have a lame excuse than none at all.
James turned to leave but he felt Lily tap him on the shoulder again "What?" he groaned.
"That wasn't really the answer I was looking for,"
"Too bad," he flashed her a swarthy smile and bowed, in a mocking fashion before going back to his seat near Sirius.
"G-d. She can be annoying," he muttered to himself, shaking his head
*~*~*~*
"One of these days I'm going to take my iron cast cauldron and bop James over the head with it," Lily said angrily.
"So what'd did he say?" asked Lynn. She had just been filled in by Joy and Annie of the past night's events.
" And I quote `Can't tell you. It's confidential on a Marauder need-to-know basis'," She made a face as she mocked him "I could just kill him. I mean it. If there was an axe right in front of me right now, James's head would be segregated from his body in a matter of seconds,"
"Oh no, Lily's turning to the Dark Side," Annie said in mock horror.
"That's right, folks. Joining the guy whose followers killed my parents and spreading more chaos and killing around the world is number one on my to-do list," She nodded her head grimly.
"I was joking. Sorry, Lil,"
"Eh, its no big deal," Lily replied with a wave of her hand. "Though it would be pretty ironic, me working with the guy who killed my parents," She tried to make the moment lighter with the joke but it didn't really work.
"Yeah, I guess," Joy put in.
"So I heard that James is going to dump Fawnera today," Lynn said eyes wide open in her delight for gossip.
"How do you know that?" Annie asked.
"Well to make a long story short, Brenda heard it from Natalia who heard it from Adelia who heard it from Marcie who heard it from one of James's roommates from James himself that he would be breaking up with Fawnera today,"
"Oh yeah, that seemed TOTALLY abridged," Lily said sarcastically.
"Well I could have made it much longer," Lynn shot back.
"Uch, my friend, the gossip," Lily said shielding her eyes in horror of the thought. "But seriously, don't you ever feel bad for the girls? I mean, James also broke up with you, Lynn,"
"Yeah but I was stupid and immature then. Besides I have Peter Patil now," She ended off leaning back happily. "Speaking of him, where is he? I haven't talked to him in like, a day, or something. Oh, there he is," she said pointing to him. She jumped out of her chair and walked over to him screaming, "PETER," causing a few heads to turn, including Peter Pettigrew's.
"What?" he said as he turned around.
"She wasn't talking to you," Lily informed him. "We do have more than one Peter in our school as it's a common name, and she was talking to Peter PATIL ,"
He just shrugged his shoulders and turned back to his conversation with Remus.
"Honestly," said Lily rolling her eyes "Well, I gotta run to the library for a bit, so I'll see you guys later," and with a quick wave she was gone.
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" Just broke up with Fawnera," James said casually to Sirius sitting down next to him on the deep blue couch.
" How'd she take it?"
"What'd you think? How do they all take it?" said James said egotistically.
Sirius began to wipe away pretend tears and covered his face in mock sadness. Then he leaned into the couch and began to pretend sob.
"Ok, that's a good enough impression. You could shut up now," James said tensely as he saw the stares they were getting.
"If you insist," Sirius said straightening himself out. "So what happened with you and Evans last night? You said you were late because of her but you didn't tell me why,"
James rolled his eyes and told Sirius how he'd seen Snape trying to curse Lily and how he'd tried to help Lily but messed it up a bit in the process. When he finished Sirius burst out laughing, " That's hysterical," he said between loud chuckles. He was about to hit the couch hard with his hand when James stopped him.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you,"
"Why not?"
Why don't you see?" Sirius looked down and screwed up his face. Right under his hand was a massive beetle.
"Yeah, so if you don't want squished bug guts on your hand I wouldn't put your hand down,"
Sirius gingerly picked up the beetle and set it down on a chair. "Now I can,"
"Good for you," James said rolling his eyes "How lucky! You now have the option of hitting the couch."
" Don't try to change the subject, Prongs. So you played the part of the knight in shining armor very nicely, my friend,"
"Oh shut up,"
"Really now, James. Manners, Manners," Sirius said waving his finger at the annoyed figure "So that's why you broke up with Fawnera? Lily's your next target?"
"Hahahaha," said James lamely.
"James loves Lily, don't you James?" Sirius announced to the many people in the common room.
"Shut up, why don't you?" James hissed, and then stood up to address the Gryffindors listening to the conversation saying "Sorry, I am under no circumstances going out with Lily Evans. My stupidly insane friend likes to make up amusing little stories to keep himself entertained. What he doesn't realize," he paused shooting Sirius a dirty look, who was smiling sheepishly "is that they are not THAT amusing,"
He sat back down and glared at Sirius who began to busy himself singing "Lily and James sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love then co-"
He was interrupted by James saying, "What the hell are you singing?"
"Oh, its just something I heard a few muggle born first years singing,"
"Well, can you change back into normal Sirius or will you keep on being immature six year old Sirius?"
"Ok, Ok, I'm normal again,"Sirius said sitting up, "You didn't tell her about being an Ani-"
"No of course I didn't! What do you take me for?"
"Sorry! You never know. The way the world is ran these days, all those horrible backstabbers,"
"Yeah,yeah I get it. Well anyways I got to go," James said getting up to leave.
"Where?" asked Sirius.
"I need to see who my next target it. So far I think I may go with Amy Wilkhamton,"
"No, I was going to get her next," Sirius said, putting his hands on his hips, annoyed. "Ah, well, you can have her first. I'll be able to console and comfort her after you dump her,"
"Fine. Have it your way. I don't mind being the jerk,"
"Yeah, because it never turns out that they think you're a jerk. To them you're some kind of weird god. If they only knew you," he said shaking his head.
"I know," James smiled his quirky little smile and said "Well, goodbye dear friend,"
He walked slowly out of the common completely oblivious of the stares he was getting. After all, he'd gotten pretty used to it by now.
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Lily walked bleakly through the halls. She couldn't believe it was morning already. In fact if the sun hadn't been shining so brightly and if it hadn't been so light outside she would have tried to convince Joy who had woken up that it was still night.
'Though,' Lily thought to herself 'It was pretty weird for it to be sunny when it's at the end of November,'
She shook herself trying to wake herself up a bit more, but found that the shaking hadn't made her any less tired.
"That's it," she announced aloud to no one "I am resolving to get more sleep,"
"Same here," she heard a voice that sounded eerily like her rival, James Potter. When she turned around she saw the black hair even messier than usual and the brown eyes which were covered by large black frames, and realized it was James Potter. He looked just as tired as she probably did. He had heavy bags under eyes and his head hung down, his neck to tired to support it. He shuffled along in a tired fashion. She did notice though, that as tired as he looked, he still looked extremely cute.
Lily nodded her head to him, acknowledging his presence. He nodded back and said "Studying into the wee hours of the night, as usual, Evans?"
She nodded miserably and said "I only got five hours of sleep. Why are you so tired?"
"Believe it or not, I also want to pass Charms. I do study,"
"You mean you don't cheat off Remus?," she said in mock surprise.
"Shhh," he answered, putting his finger to his mouth in the symbol of silence "Don't tell anyone. Otherwise my reputation will be ruined,"
She nodded seriously and as they walked into the Great Hall said, "It's been enlightening,"
"Same here," he said, and then with a backwards wave, went to join Sirius.
'Wow,' She thought shrugging her shoulders 'My first civil sort of conversation with James. Interesting,'
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"Just had a normal conversation with Lily," said James as he sat down next to Sirius and Remus, who were busy reading an article.
"Um, I wouldn't spread that around," said Remus in a strange voice, looking up from the article. He handed the paper over to James.
James began to scan the article and realizing what it was about, began to read it much more carefully. His eyes popped put in surprise and anger and when he was finished he looked over and glared at Sirius who for once, did not look to pleased with himself.
"Sorry," he squeaked out.
"Should've known life was to good to last," said James sadly.
*~*~*~
Lily sat down wearily at the table and laid her head down on her plate.
"Too tired," she croaked, "I just need a few more minutes of sleep. I can't last on this amount,"
When none of her friends answered her, she turned her head over to face them and cracked her eye open. Joy, Lynn, and Annie were all looking at a piece of paper and whispering franticly.
"Watcha doing'?" she asked innocently.
"Nothing," they answered a bit too quickly.
"Let me see that," she said picking her head up and reaching for the paper.
"No," yelped Lynn holding it out of her reach "This is nothing. It's stupid. Not the kind thing of thing you would like at all," She looked back at her friends who were shaking their heads emphatically showing they're support for Lynn's answer.
Lily rolled her eyes and said "Give it here,"
"It's really not your kind of thing at all so I'll just be taking it, ok?" said Annie as she began to fold it up.
Just then Deanie Muller, another sixth year Gryffindor came over to them and said "Congrats, Lily. Who would've thought?"
"Uh, thank you," said Lily feeling confused. Once the girl had left them alone, she shot her friends her most ferocious stare and said, "Give it,"
Sighing, Lynn handed it over "We tried to warn you," she said sympathetically.
Lily unfolded it and began to read it to herself.
'Lily and James: The Love That Sprouted From Hate
By: Rita Skeeter
For the past five years smart, charismatic Lily Evans and the devishly handsome James Potter have been enemies always fighting and competing. Not a day went by when the two weren't arguing.'
'This is a really stupid article,' thought Lily 'I've hated James for years and they decide to write a stupid article on it now?? And why is it about James and me? Why not James and Snape? They're even worse enemies!'
She went back to the article:
'But this year the ongoing rivalry of these two may sprout into something new. After James Potter broke up with Fawnera Mackins, a sixth year Ravenclaw, people were wondering why. Well, rumor is that the answer to that question is that James's new love interest is none other then Lily Evans.'
Lily saw red. She felt her face turn into a color even redder than her hair and her eyes almost crackled with anger.
"What a load of crap this is," she exclaimed angrily"Rumors, she says? Well, they're weren't rumors before but there will be now!"
"Did you finish reading it?" Joy asked.
Lily shook her head and angrily continued to read it out loud
" ' It was overheard by this reporter of James telling Sirius how his affair with Lily happened. Lily had been out late after the time she should have been sleeping..' Great, that'll get me a detention. Thanks alot Rita....well back to the pathetic excuse of an article:
'She was almost hurt by an unidentified person when James rushed in, risking his life and saving Lily..' RISKING HIS LIFE??? WHAT IS THIS? HOW MUCH CAN YOU EXAGERATE??.. " 'After this incident, it was a change of heart for these two.
'They now are blissfully in love and were even seen kissing in a tree ( Sources: initial are S.B.)..'
Sirius said this?? I'm gonna kill him!"
She threw down the article angrily. Lily couldn't believe that just a few seconds ago she had been desperately tired. Right now she felt more awake and energized then ever. She felt ready to kill someone.
"I HATE RITA SKEETER,"
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FINISHED!!! yay!!!!
*dances a jig* Now I've done my part and you can do yours by REVIEWING!!!!!!!!!!