Time Heals Everything: Chapter 8

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Lily felt so warm and content as she woke up on her first day at the Leaky Cauldron. She snuggled close to the warmth, but suddenly drew back when she learned it was James.

Tiptoeing out of bed, Lily mentally debated on what she should wear that would make a good impression on her course teacher. (A/N: lol I know, she's a typical girl). After a while, she settled on a black long skirt, and a traditional white peasant blouse. She braided her hair into two braids, but went easy on the makeup. After Lily had showered, dressed, and perfected her look, she woke up James. His face was puffy, and looked like he had woken up and went to sleep again, but missed a lot of it.

"You should wake up and get dressed now, we have to be downstairs in a half an hour."

James grunted in response and heaved himself out of bed. Lily busied herself with a book, called A Wrinkle In Time which she was reading for the fifth time over. It was one of her many favourites. Meg and Sara had teased Lily a lot during their 5th and 6th years where instead of getting chocolate cravings (in Meg's case) and cinnamon cravings (in Sara's case) Lily had gotten cravings for books instead. (A/N: haha I get cravings for all 3 things :P its all good tho) Meg and Sara had always laughed at her for wanting to read instead of acting like a "normal" teenager. Speaking of Meg and Sara…she hadn't heard from them in a while. Lily quickly grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill, hurriedly scribbled a note saying that they had arrived safely, in record time, before she and James left for the Head Students Improvement Program.

James and Lily entered the Leaky Cauldron's lounge together. They walked side by side to the receptionist, who, despite their luck, was Mary on duty. They showed no sign of recognition, as they asked if a certain "Mr. Holbrook" had arrived yet. She coolly replied that he hadn't, so Lily and James sat down together on the comfy loveseat that was closest to the entrance.

Lily absentmindedly leaned back, not knowing James had laid his arm along it. She took her empty notebook of parchment, that she was going to use for note taking and laid it in her lap. A half an hour passed, and there was no sign of Mr. Holbrook. Two pairs of students came and joined them. Judging from the first pairs maroon robes, Lily thought they were from Durmstrang. The second pair had light blue robes and she knew they were from Beauxbatons. They sat down across from Lily and James. The Beauxbatons girl smiled at her, but the Durmstrang girl merely looked her over. Lily decided to introduce herself,

"Hello, I'm Lily Evans and this is James Potter.", she said, gesturing at James when she said his name.

"Bonjour, Renee Delacour and z'is is Marc Camford." The girl in the blue robes spoke with a French accent.

They both (Lily and Renee) looked at the Durmstrang pair. The girl looked away, but the boy answered.

"I'm Raymond Krum and she's Kelly Deraminn."

Lily understood now why the girl didn't answer, she was listening to her walkman, but it wasn't visible cause she had her dark blond hair down.

James looked around him. There were two other pairs who were from Durmstrang and Beauxbatons. The girl named Renee had silvery-blonde long hair, and piercing blue eyes. The boy sitting next to her, Marc, had brown hair and green eyes. They were both from Beauxbatons and it was very obvious, not only because of the robes, but of the way they talked. The Durmstrang students, both were listening to their walkmans and not paying any attention to the other people. Raymond had dark hair and dark eyes, completely opposite of Kelly, who had dark blonde hair and blue eyes. James sighed, thinking of Lily, and closed his eyes.

It was almost an hour later than the given time, but Mr. Holbrook wasn't here yet. Forty five minutes after one, a grey-haired man rushed in, clutching a briefcase. His dark robes trailed after him as he shoved his wand inside.

"Sorry pant about making you gasp wait. Had a minor run-in with something. cough"

They all nodded, but no one said anything. As suddenly as he had arrived, Mr. Holbrook was suddenly all business-like.

He clapped his hands together, and said, "Take out your notebooks. We're going to be starting immediately, considering all the time we missed."

James rolled his eyes…now whose fault was it they missed almost an hour? Mr. Holbrook, who now preferred to be called Professor Holbrook, summoned a chalkboard, and rapidly began writing notes for them to copy down into their notebooks. James saw that Professor Holbrook had written down their assignment, which was to introduce themselves to the other students. He yawned, this was going to be very easy. Taking his quill, James wrote:

My name is James Potter, and I am 17 years old. I come from Hogwarts with Lily Evans. My best friends are Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, and Peter Pettigrew. We each have our own fan clubs.

No, no, no that wasn't going to work at all. Lily would just hate him even more. So, he scribbled out that line and replaced it with,

We all work hard to be liked by the other students, as that helps with the discipline of our school. I hope I learn a lot that will make me be a better Head Boy.

There, that would have to do for now. James stretched and watched the others finish up. Professor Holbrook made everybody read theirs out loud. He practically slept through the presentations, but when it came to Lily, James was wide awake.

She spoke, clearly, in her soft voice.

"My name is Lily Evans and I'm in my 7th year at Hogwarts. My best friends are Meg Ryerson, and Sara Collins. My favourite teachers at Hogwarts are Professors McGonagall and Flitwick. I like Charms the best, and transfiguration is nice too. I look forward to working with all of you for the next two months."

After Lily was done hers, it was James' turn. He didn't mind it, he liked being the centre of attention, but the only thing he didn't like about it, was that Professor Holbrook wasn't even paying attention. He looked at his watch when he was done, and saw that it was almost 3:00, the designated time for the end of their class. However, when the time came around, Professor Holbrook exclaimed,

"Look at the time! How it flies when you're having fun! Unfortunately, since we missed a 45 minute block of our time, I have to ask you to stay for an extra 45 minutes to make up for the time you missed."

James groaned loudly. It wasn't fair, it wasn't their fault they even missed 45 minutes. He glanced at the other kids, but their faces were all blank. Lily's, however, was a different story. She went pale, then in a monotone, said,

"What if we had plans?"

James tried to remember if Lily had told him about some plans she had had for today. He squinted his eyes in thought, but there was nothing. Oh, well…I'll ask her about it later.

Oh god, I hope they haven't left yet. Lily's thoughts frantically raced through her mind as she ran upstairs. She had quickly gotten Renee and Kelly's room number, who, unlike her, were staying in separate rooms from their partners. But the people she had in mind were Meg and Sara who, she recalled, had told her about plans to go to Hogsmeade, cause it was a Hogsmeade weekend. (AN: I can't remember what I said the date was…but I'll make it a week before Christmas break, and they have a ball the day before Christmas break. Sorry for the change of plans…) They were going shopping for dresses, but since Lily had already gotten hers and she was at the Leaky Cauldron, they thought Lily wasn't going to come.

However, Lily had planned a surprise visit, mainly because she was dying to see her friends and talk about "girl stuff", as James wasn't exactly the best person to talk about stuff with. She didn't even like him. Lily decided that while she was in Hogsmeade, she would buy a sleeping bag.

Lily ran up the stairs, and touched up her makeup. It was still flawless. Grabbing her purse, Lily ran out the door. On the way down, she ran into James.

"Hi James, going to Hogsmeade. Wanna come?" She meant this as a polite gesture, but James smirked and took it as something else.

He whistled. "Finally, when I'm about to give up on Lily Evans, she comes back and asks me to Hogsmeade."

"No way, I'm just asking you if you want to come. Nothing more." She replied coldly, but couldn't help thinking, He was going to give up on me? No, he wouldn't. He was probably lying.

She vigorously shook her head to throw away all these thoughts of James. After all, why did she even care what he thought? He curiously looked at her, but didn't say anything. Instead, he quickly ran inside the room, grabbed his wallet, and followed Lily down the stairs.

"Are we even allowed to go at this time?"

"Of course, there isn't any reason not to"

James could see Lily was really desperate to see her friends. He didn't blame her, after all, Remus and Sirius were head-over-heels about her two best friends. They left the Leaky Cauldron, but since the Leaky Cauldron was in Hogsmeade, Lily and James didn't have to walk far. When Lily and her friends were in Hogsmeade, they went to The Three Broomsticks first, every time, so Lily and James made their way there.

James heard Lily tell him that they always went to The Three Broomsticks every time they came here, so he followed her there.

He, James Potter, was finally in Hogsmeade with Lily. It wasn't a date, he knew, but still…he was here with her. James sighed contently as he walked with Lily into the Three Broomsticks. As he and Lily went in, James felt, for a second, as if everything in the world was going to be alright again.

I know, I know it sucks. I'm very sorry for it, but I have so much school work. But, as they all say, every story has a sucky chapter. I'm really sorry, for my story, that it had to be Chapter 8; as that is my favourite number. Oh well, I know that Chapter 9 will be better. Please review, or you won't see a Chapter 9. But still, I love you all, and I'm really happy for the feedback, so I'll try my best to make Chapter 9 better, just for you guys.

I think I'm starting to blab again, so, MarauderPrincess, signing out.