Disclaimer: You know what is J.K Rowling's stuff and which stuff is mine. Plus, I forgot to tell you last time but this fic is based on a hindi movie called Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayege.
Chapter 2: PartnersThe early morning sun filtered through the blinds next to Lily's bed and her eyes fluttered open. Lily groaned, rolling over, desperately trying to fall asleep again but to no avail, she always had a rather annoying problem of never being able to fall asleep once she had woken up.
Lily turned towards the window beside her bed, and smiled as the warm sunshine splashed across her porcelain face. Lily Evans was undeniably, beautiful. She had a very attractive figure, and her vibrant red hair easily made her stand out in a crowd. Lily had a splash of freckles on the bridge of her nose that slightly followed through to her cheeks. But out of all of Lily's features, her eyes definitely were the most dazzling. They were a beautiful emerald green, which always held a fiery spark in them.
Lily rolled over and found herself facing Lokini Saxena. Lokini was almost as pretty as Lily. She had long black wavy hair and soft dark eyes. She too had a perfect figure, and was popular amongst the boys. Lokini had a background of Indian/Fijian and Lily considered her to be her best friend. She was a very energetic girl, and was as smart as Lily, topping most of the classes.
Next to Lokini lay Erin, another of Lily's friends, who was average looking. Erin had a slightly muscular figure, because she was a beater on the Gryffindor Quidditch team. She had medium sized blonde hair that had natural streaks of light brown in them. Her skin was slightly tanned and her eyes were a beautiful light brown. But what Lily liked most about her friend was that she could always put a smile on anybody's face. And that made Erin just as attractive as Lokini, or Lily.
Lily also had two other girls in her dormitory, Leisha and Mia, who were her friends, but they weren't as close as Lokini and Erin. Leisha was a Japanese girl, with a soft personality, and was very pretty. She had dark blue eyes and black hair, and an extremely beautiful face. Mia had blonde curly hair which she often wore in a messy, yet good-looking bun and light blue eyes. She was also on the Quidditch team.
Lily launched herself onto her elbows so that she was able to see the clock that hung just above the dormitory door. It's quarter past ten already? Lily thought drowsily. Lily still fancied staying in bed longer but she got up all the same and started changing. Once she was almost done, she woke up the others in her dorm who were all sleeping rather peacefully and weren't all too happy when she shook them awake.
By the time Lily and her friends were dressed and ready to head downstairs it was a quarter to eleven, but still none of them were fully awake. Lily and her friends walked in to the rather empty looking hall, (as the rest of the school had left that morning), and sat down at a table that which had been set up with enough chairs for the Gryffindor seventh years. As Lily and her friends began talking about the events of last night, she remembered what Professor McGonagall had told the seventh years and it was only then that the words sunk into her, finally smacking her in the face. "So what do you guys think about the assignment?" Lily questioned her friends. "I can't believe their giving us this assignment after our graduation!" Leisha exclaimed. Erin scowled in displeasure.
But Lily and her friends had no more time to discuss their new assignment, as Dumbledore had stood up at the staff table and was waiting for the seventh years attention. The seventh years stopped talking politely and looked up to Dumbledore, just as the four Marauders rushed into to the Great Hall. Lily shot them a disapproving look, though Mia, was looking over at them amused. James spotting Mia, and gave her one of his dashing smiles before turning back to Dumbledore. Lily scowled louder still.
Lily hated James Potter, she didn't know why, she just did. Perhaps it was because of his short temper, or how he strutted around Hogwarts like he owned it or how he dated a different girl every week, or because…because…but that was all that Lily could think of. James Potter was...well, pretty much perfect, but that's what Lily hated about him the most. She hated how he was just so gorgeously handsome and how he topped nearly every class and how he had a great amount of talent on the Quidditch field and and how couldn't just stop being an insufferable jerk for just once second.
Lily glared at him for no particular reason before turning back to face Dumbledore, she always seemed to find that she was suddenly in a bad mood in his presence.
"Good morning, I'm hoping you have all slept comfortably. Well you probably would have never thought that we would all be here again yesterday morning, and yet here we are." Dumbledore said smiling slightly. "Now, here's Professor McGonagall, who will inform you on further instructions." Dumbledore stepped aside and Professor McGonagall took his place with a stack of small books. With a flick of her wand, all the books flew out and landed neatly in front of each one of the seventh years. "These manuals contain all the information you will need to know about your assignment, and I expect you to have all read it by 6:00, when you will meet me again in the Great Hall." Professor McGonagal seemed to have learnt from last night's events, because instead of telling them personally, she had decided to give them a manual each, to save her the trouble of trying to calm them down every time she told them something that they didn't want to hear. "That is all," she said dismissing them.
Later that day, when Lily and her friends were reading through their manuals, Lokini gave a yelp of surprise. "Oh my god!" she cried, "guys listen to this, all seventh years will be given a partner with who they will stay with at all times. The partners will be girl-boy so that…." Lokini quoted directly from the manual. "You are so kidding!" Mia said aghast. "I wish I was" Lokini sighed. "Do we get to choose our partners Loks?" Leisha asked hopefully. "Nope," Lokini answered dully, "names are going to be picked out of the Goblet." Lily groaned heavily and flopped down on her bed. "I don't believe this!" This was starting to seem bad after all.
It was 6:30, and Professor McGonagall had almost finished her speech in which she had reminded the seventh years to act normal, not to call muggles muggles and treat everyone with respect, etc,etc. Nothing to interest the seventh years. "Now, two more things before this session ends" Professor McGonagal announced, as she lifted a stack of parchment on to the table. With a flick of her wand a parchment flew to each of the seventh years boys. The girls all seemed mildly interested, but the boys were looking utterly confused. "These parchments will be needed to be kept with you at all times because this is how we will be communicating with you. The parchment will grow hot when a message is sent in order to catch your attention. Right now that that's been dealt with, assuming you have all read the manual you know that you are all being allocated a partner." A lot of heads snapped up after this statement, clearly saying that half the seventh years hadn't even touched their manuals. Professor McGonagall, realising this scowled, but continued all the same. "You will find your partners written on that board," she informed them pointing at the wall opposite them, where a board magically hung unnoticed. "Right then," Professor McGonagall said "would the boys kindly go and check who their partners are now."
As the boys all headed towards the board, the girl waited impatiently. Five minutes later, as Lily stood up and headed towards the board, she caught site of James who looking rather pleased about something. Realising she was watching him, James turned around and shot Lily one of his winning smiles, before continuing to his seat. Lily scowled, what the hell was the brat smiling at me for? Lily came to a halt in front of the board and ran her finger down the names until it finally rested on hers. The name next to hers made the blood rush from her face. Lily gaped at the bored, unable to comprehend what it said. This was starting to become a nightmare, Lily thought mournfully. How, in the name of merlin, was she supposed to survive two weeks with James Potter.
A/N: I hope you like. Personally I don't like this chapter as much as the first but I promise you and entertaining third chapeter! ) Please read Da Hot Currie's fics cause I owe her one. R&R plz.