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Chapter two: Persistent Ghosts.

THUD.

"Ouch," Mumbled Lily from her newly achieved position on the floor,

"Stupid floor," She muttered to herself untangling herself from her bed sheets and slumped to the bathroom to take a long hot shower.

But that was until she looked at the clock.

"I'M LATE!" She shrieked suddenly very much awake and scrambled around the room trying to find some clothes.

"Ugh Why didn't my so-called friends wake me up?" She grumbled finally finding a presentable skirt,

"Really, a 'Lily wake up' would have been nice, or just a 'Morning'" She continued on muttering to herself as she ran along the hallway towards Transfiguration, "Oh they are gonna get it when I find them,"

She crashed into the classroom and froze in the doorway as every single head turned towards. She could feel her self turning red.

"Sorry I'm late," Lily got out,

"What is the cause of your tardiness?" McGonagall asked sternly,

"I over slept," Lily said,

She could hear a snicker and snapped her head towards the sound.

Sirius Black.

She gave him a glare, which only seemed to amuse him more.

"I would have expected more from you Miss Evans-"Lily looked down ashamed "-10 points from Gryffindor," McGonagall said, "Now go take a seat,"

Lily sat down besides her roommate Molly.

"Prewett, why didn't you wake me up?" Lily whispered glaring at her friend.

"Like you did last week?" Molly asked with a smug expression, "I was merely getting back at you,"

"I am going to throw cold water on you tomorrow, beware," Lily said,

"You try," Molly answered, "You'll end up being the one wet,"

"You wish,"

"No, I know,"

The two girls diverted their attention to McGonagall who had been demonstrating how to change a hat into lamp.

After her fifth try and only succeeding in giving the hat a stand, Lily gave up.

"Bloody hat," Lily mumbled to it, "Why wont it turn into a lamp?" she whined to Molly who had successfully given hers both a stand and a light bulb.

"Mine isn't exactly cooperative either," Molly said giving her hat-lamp an annoyed look.

"Well yours has a light bulb," Lily mumbled finding the world just unfair.

"That doesn't work," Molly said poking the light bulb with her wand,

"Why wont you turn into a lamp?" Lily said to her hat and tried the incantation once again.

At the end of the class Lily hadn't made any progression. At all.

Which James Potter of course had to remind her at dinner.

"Loved the hat-stand you made," He winked as he passed her before joining his friends further down the table.

Lily glared at the back of his head hoping to make a hole with her intense stare.

"What are you doing?" Molly asked when she noticed Lily's concentrated expression.

"Trying to burn a whole in the git's head. Maybe it'll deflate," Lily said not blinking.

"Don't get your hopes up," Molly said and turned to her food.

"Hey Molly," A guy said as he passed her,

"Hi Arthur," Molly said blushing.

Lily gave up her plan on deflating Potter's head with her stare; there were more important matters on the hand.

"Why don't you just go and ask him out?" Lily asked. Molly and Arthur had been on the verge of a relationship since 5th year. It was getting a bit tiring how shy both of them were.

"Me? Ask him out?" Molly said outraged, "No, he is the one who should be asking me out."

Lily shook her head, "You're so old fashion, you know that? I mean why can't a girl ask a boy ou-"

"So, how's it going with Mr. Potter?" Nearly Headless Nick interrupted, appearing out of the blue.

"What does he mean how's it going with James?" Molly asked, "don't tell me you've been going out without telling me?"

"NO! Of course not!" Lily screamed a bit too loud earning the attention of half the Great Hall,

She lowered her voice, "I mean no! Ew, me going out with the bubblehead? Unheard of!"

Molly gave her a curious look, but nevertheless turned back to her food.

"Oh come on, you know you like him," Nearly Headless Nick said and sat down besides Lily,

"No I don't, " Lily said stubbornly.

"That's just a front, I mean who wouldn't fall for such good looks," the ghost said glancing at Potter.

"You aren't gay are you?" Lily asked raising her eyebrows.

"Wha? –NO!" Nearly Headless Nick said, "Oh I'm no good at this,"

"Out of the way Nicholas, let me," The Fat Friar huffed appearing behind Molly.

"Now Lily," The Fat Friar started and sat down in front of Lily besides Molly, "We all know that you are head first in love with him,"

Lily and Molly exchanged confused looks, what was getting into the ghosts?

"It's like my relationship with a good fruitcake," The Fat Friar continued, "First you only see the raisins but then you pick them all out and you suddenly see this beautiful cake that is just yummy! Ever tasted the ones with a carrots? They are-"

"Wait carrots are veggies not fruits?" Lily asked furrowing her eyebrows.

"Your point?" The Fat Friar asked,

"My point is that there can't be-"

"Oh stop changing the subject," The Grey Lady said appearing besides Lily, "Now, you like James whether you would like to admit it or not, we ghosts just want you to well get on with it already,"

All the other ghosts nodded in agreement.

"I don't know where you have gotten that absurd idea but I do not and I repeat I DO NOT like Potter. Am I making myself clear?" Lily said turning angry

"Oh see, she's putting the front up again," The Fat Friar commented at which the rest of the ghosts shook their heads sadly.

"I am NOT putting up a front! This-" She made a large hand gesture towards her face, "-is NOT a front! "

"See what I mean? Teenagers these days, always in nothing but denial," The Bloody Baron said joining the party.

Lily seethed with both frustration and did the only thing she could think of.

"I don't have to take this," She said mostly to herself and stood up and started walking away,

"See? Teenagers in love just have no respect for others," Sir Nicholas said shaking his head.

Lily felt tempted to throw an Avada Kedavra at him. The only thing stopping her was the fact that they were already dead.

"Stupid ghosts, stupid hat, stupid day," She muttered as she stomped up the stairs to her dorm but slipped at the fourth step and landed flat on her butt, "Stupid stairs,"

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