Sorry spoil your happiness but…I'm not getting Lily and James together until AFTER that thing with Snape happens. But don't worry…it should be coming up VERY VERY VERY soon. (Like in the next chapter or two.) I love you guys so much! I got more reviews than I did in any of the chapters! Now back to the story…
Diagon Alley and Denials
Kate wrapped the towel around her and went out to follow Lily.
Sirius got out of the pool and went to James's room now leaving Remus and Tori together.
"So…I think they've got that covered." Tori said. She hadn't been alone with him since they went out in the 3rd year.
"Yeah. That was…odd." Remus said.
"What was even odder was the fact that she accepted the kiss." Tori replied.
"Yeah but do you think she'll agree to go out with him or anything?" Remus asked hopefully.
Tori shook her head to Remus's dismay.
"I doubt it. Lily is as stubborn as a mule. Though she may be a little nicer to him." Tori said thoughtfully.
"Let's go see what happened." Remus said getting out the pool.
They both first went up to James's room to find him sitting and talking with Sirius.
"Ugh! What is that smell Prongs?" Remus said holding his nose.
"It's a dung bomb." Sirius said also holding his nose.
"Why did you let off one of those in your room Potter?" Tori asked.
"I sat on it." James said sheepishly.
"Tori, do you think Lily will like me now?" James asked twiddling his thumbs.
"No she's way too stubborn." Tori said.
"Why can't Lily just see that James really does like her?" Sirius exclaimed.
"It's not her fault. How is she supposed to change real quickly after she's hated him for seven years?" Tori said.
"Well you'd think she'd notice after seven years is all James wants is her attention!" Sirius said.
"She's hated him! She swore never to like him! It's going to take a while for her to sort things out!"
"It's taken her seven bloody years!"
"He's only started liking her for four years!"
"Fine four years then! That's quite some time if you ask me!"
"Well give her some time Black! She has a lot going through her right now!" Tori yelled.
"Are you guys fighting again?" Remus asked.
"No we are discussing." Sirius said.
"We are so fighting Sirius Black." Tori said narrowing her eyes.
"We are discussing!"
"Fighting!"
"Discussing!"
"We are fighting and you know it!"
"WE ARE DISCUSSING!"
"FIGHTING!"
"DISCUSSING!"
"I can't believe we are fighting over whether we are fighting!" Tori yelled and walked out of the room.
"We were DISCUSSING whether we were fighting!" Sirius yelled back.
"Fighting!" She yelled back from a distance.
"She just doesn't like to admit it." Sirius said after Tori was out of ear shot.
"You guys were arguing Sirius." Remus said.
"So we both were wrong!" Sirius said.
Remus rolled his eyes.
Tori walked into James's backyard.
There she saw Lily talking to Kate and shaking her head.
She decided to stay where she was and just listen.
"Lily it's so obvious he just wants you for you!" Kate said.
"He finally got to kiss me. Now he'll tell the whole world and in a couple of months it'll just be Lily who?" Lily said.
"It's not like that Lily! He has been chasing you for years now."
"Yes but that's cause once he starts chasing any other girl they'll go right to him after five minutes!"
"Lily he really likes you!"
"He'll just get bored of me after a couple days if I go out with him!"
"Do you really think he's going to let go of something he's been trying to grasp for four years?"
"He only wants me for my body Kate."
"No he doesn't! He truly LOVES you!"
"We are only seventeen! How can he say he loves me?" Lily asked.
"Lily you can't tell me you didn't feel anything." Kate said crossing her arms.
"No I didn't." Lily lied.
Even though Kate knew she was lying right out of her mouth, she let it stop.
"Okay Lils. Whatever you say." She said.
"Besides, I have to go home."
"What?"
"My parents found out and want me back. I'm leaving this afternoon." Lily said.
"Ms. Raystone. I've been looking all over for you." A woman put her hand on Tori's shoulder.
Tori turned around.
"Oh hey Mrs. Potter." Tori said.
"Tori, sweetie, we need to talk." James's mother said steering her over to the living room.
Tori looked down.
"I don't see why any woman in their right mind would get pregnant with Voldemort." Tori said sitting on a couch.
"Tori you need to understand. Things have changed. Not everything is how it used to be. Take Tom Riddle, your father, for example. He had come to Hogwarts the same year Rebecca, Harold and I did. He was put in Slytherin and us three were put into Gryffindor. He was a great kid. Always studying, extremely intelligent and had all the girls. I have to admit; though he was a Slytherin he was very handsome and romantic. That's what drew your mother to him." She paused, waiting for Tori's reaction.
"You're kidding me right? Handsome? Voldemort? You can't put those two in the same sentence Mrs. Potter." Tori said.
"Well I know. But back them he was only known as Tom Riddle. Becky thought he was perfect. Smart, handsome, and romantic. Just like any girl wanted. And in our sixth year, he asked her out. Becky back then was a very attractive girl, she was slutty, but she wasn't slutty. Do you get what I mean?"
"Sort of." Tori said slowly.
"Soon their dating started turning a bit serious. In their seventh year, he proposed to her. She had no idea about his plan to become immortal. She was pureblood, so didn't know what he thought of muggles."
"He didn't tell her?" Tori asked.
"He loved her too much. Around her, he was always sweet, even to muggleborns. She used to come back every night, her cheeks flushed, hair messy, and a huge grin on her face. I still remember the night he proposed to her. She was so happy, nothing in the world could make her frown."
"He PROPOSED to her!" Tori jumped out of her seat.
"Yes. A year later, she came to me and told me she was pregnant. I thought she was out of her mind, but she was so happy. He stayed with her through those whole nine months. Then you were born. Both of them were equally happy and nervous. They weren't even married."
"I can't believe this!" Tori said.
"After your birth, everything started going downhill from there. Tom started disappearing a lot. He was always acting so mysterious and Rebecca didn't like it at all. She had to take care of you all the time. They started fighting a lot. Because of that, she gave you to me for babysitting. James was only a little older than you so you both would play a lot."
"But how did he leave?" Tori asked. She was really getting into this story.
"Then one day she found out his plans and the truth and they had a huge fight. Tom had gotten so mad he used one of the three unforgivable curses on her."
"Which one?"
"Crucio."
"Then what?"
"Well, she became unconscious. After all she had just given birth and this was just too much for her. After he had realized what he had done he left a note beside her and left. Never to return again. I have the note here. She has saved it all these years." Jamie Potter said pulling out a small old piece of paper.
Tori read it out loud.
"I'm sorry. Take care of Victoria for me. I'm sure she will grow to be as beautiful as you. Love Tom Riddle."
"We hadn't heard of him for a couple years. Then, we found out a man named Voldemort was becoming really bad. I went to fight him once and thought he looked familiar. Then I realized he was Tom Riddle. Between those years, Rebecca had gotten married to someone else. She wanted to forget about Tom so you were told that John was your father." Mrs. Potter finished and everything was quiet.
"So he was good once?" Tori asked at last.
"Not exactly. He was young so you couldn't say he was evil. Tom was still finding stuff out to truly be evil Tori. But he wasn't one of the nicest people on the block."
"Oh." Was all Tori could say.
"Your mother loves you. She wanted to protect you. And now, she's waiting for you." Jamie Potter said.
Tori knew what she had to do. She walked out of the Potter's house and entered her own.
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Many days had past and not much had happened. Tori and Mrs. Raystone were now on mother daughter terms and Tori had found out about her grandmother too.
Lily had left without saying a single word to James.
Kate soon left like Lily, after her parents found out.
Remus was told to come home too.
The funeral for John Anthony Raystone took place after everyone left, though they came back for it, this time with their whole family. That would be the last time James say Lily for the summer, except for Diagon Alley. Rebecca Raystone gave a long speech, Tori only said a few words, and James's parents gave the two other speeches.
Tori had treasured that note in a small box in her room. She thought it might come in handy some day.
"So that girl Lily has gone?" Mrs. Potter asked James and Sirius at the dinner table.
When James didn't answer Sirius did.
"Yeah, her parents wanted her back."
"Oh isn't she the one James always talked about? Honey you were right, she is very pretty." His mother said turning to him.
James grunted. Sirius snickered.
"Okay…you guys can go play quidditch. But come back before dark!" She yelled after them as they ran to grab their brooms.
"What's wrong with you Prongs?" Sirius asked as they mounted their brooms.
"What's wrong with me? She is the one that has problems. Thinks she can go get a boy by kissing them and then she ditches them! And she thinks I am the one who ditches girls! She's such a…a…witch!" James couldn't bring himself to call her a bitch.
"We all know she's a with mate. She goes to Hogwarts: A school for witchcraft and wizardry."
"You know what I mean Padfoot." And with that, the game of Quidditch began.
10 minutes into the game, Tori came on the field and started yelling for them to come down.
"James Potter! Sirius Black! Come down now!" She yelled.
"Prongs did you hear something?" Sirius yelled from across the field.
"What?" James yelled back.
"I said DID YOU HEAR SOMETHING!"
"I HEARD YOU PADFOOT!"
"NO SOMETHING ELSE!" Sirius yelled getting irritated.
"NO! HEY IS THAT TORI ON THE GROUND?" James asked pointing at a small figure on land.
"I DUNNO! LET'S CHECK IT OUT!" Sirius and James flew back to the ground.
"Finally! I've been calling out to you forever! Our letters just came." Tori said.
They entered the house and ran straight to the three letters on the table.
"Sirius here's yours. And James yours looks a little weird." Tori said handing them their letters.
"Did you get expelled or something?" Sirius asked.
"I dunno." James replied.
Tori was the first to open hers. Then Sirius's. And finally James got to opening his.
James took out his letter with his supplies, but there was one extra note in there.
He read the note.
He read it again.
There was line in that note distracting him.
He reread that line.
Again.
And again.
And again.
Till he finally read so many times he'd probably seeing that one line in his head all the time.
He looked up at his two friends. They were staring at him oddly.
"Mate you okay?" He heard Sirius say.
James didn't reply.
In fact, even if he wanted to he still wouldn't be able to.
He was speechless.
Then, after five minutes, he was finally able to say something.
"Dumbledore's on crack."
Tori raised an eyebrow.
Sirius took the letter.
No later than 10 seconds after Sirius put his hands on that letter, he burst out laughing and rolling on the floor.
Tori took that letter and read that very line that was now planted in James's head.
Congratulations, James Potter, on becoming Hogwarts's new Head Boy.
"Oh lord. We have to tell your parents this!" Tori said and called out to his mom and dad.
Nobody could believe this. Mrs. Potter even sent a letter back asking if this was a mistake. Dumbledore replied immediately saying there was no mistake in making James Potter Head Boy.
Not only had he become Head Boy, but he also because the new quidditch captain. But that wasn't much of a surprise.
"You guys didn't think I would make it did you?" James asked his parents.
"Aw sweetie of course we did! And we are very proud of you! It was just a slight shock to us." Jamie said.
"I'm sure mum." James said and went to his room.
"How about we go out for dinner tonight to celebrate?" Harold asked.
"Yes that would be awesome!" Sirius jumped in joy.
"I'm Head Boy!" James said. (You'll be hearing that at random times.)
"Besides, it would be a great time for Tori and her mother to come too. They have been quite lonely since John went away." Mrs. Potter said.
"Okay I'll go get them." James said.
"I'm Head Boy!" James said.
"We know!" Sirius and Tori said simultaneously (big word).
They went for dinner and got two tables. One for the adults and one for the kids.
"So when should we go to Diagon Alley?" Sirius asked.
"Tomorrow?" James suggested.
"Fine with me." Tori said.
"I'm Head Boy!" James said. (At this point his friends are completely ignoring his comments on becoming Head Boy.)
"Then tomorrow it is!" Sirius said.
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The three got up early and headed down to Diagon Alley to shop for supplies.
"You know I need new robes too." Tori said.
"As long as you pay for it." James said laughing.
"On second thought, these old ones fit perfectly." Tori said smiling.
"I'm Head Boy!" James said.
"Can you believe it's our last year here at Hogwarts? I still remember the first day of school like it was yesterday! With the loo and purple hair and—"
"Okay that's enough Sirius! You don't need to remind me!" Tori said.
"Yeah. I thought I'd never make it out of here. And we're already on our last year!" James said recalling the past.
"You know looking back, we've been through a lot together." He said after a couple minutes.
"I'm Head Boy!" James said.
"You're telling me. I still remember the day you thought found your first chest hair in our third year!" Tori said.
"I'm telling you it really was!" James said.
"Prongs it was a piece of green fuzz from your sweater." Sirius said.
"It was my chest hair!"
"It was green!" Tori said.
"I'm Head Boy!" James said.
"Well I may have had green chest hair!" James said defending himself.
"Don't worry, only a year later you really did find one." Sirius pointed out.
"Yeah but Tori pulled it out." James said glaring at Tori.
"I'm sorry okay. It was annoying. And besides we were going out and you were paying more attention to a stupid piece of hair than me! Do you have any idea what it feels like to be compared to chest hair?" Tori said.
"Ouch…" Sirius muttered.
"I'm Head Boy!" James said.
"Oh remember that time you both decided it was time for you to shave?" Tori said smiling.
"Oh no. Don't remind me!" Sirius said making a painful facial expression.
"I'm Head Boy!" James said.
"It was in our fourth year. You guys decided it was time for you to start acting like a man since you had that chest hair. You took your father's razor and you both did an AWFUL job! And then you put on that wizard after shave…" Tori said laughing at their expressions.
James was cringing and Sirius had his hands on his cheek and his eyes shut tight.
"Lily!" Tori yelled so suddenly, it made both boys jump about 5 feet in the air.
Tori ran over to Lily and hugged her, happy to get away from James who had now stopped saying that, probably because he didn't want Lily to find out…yet.
"Hey Tori. Are you ready for the NEWTS this year?" Lily asked.
"Lily!" Tori whined. "You're already thinking of the NEWTS when the year hasn't even started yet?"
"You always have to be prepared. Anyways guess what! I got Head Girl! I just hope none of the Slytherins get picked as Head Boy. That's all I'm hoping for now. Or Potter, but I'm not worrying too much about him, the day he gets Head Boy will be the day I meet McGonagal's boyfriend!" Lily said laughing.
Tori laughed nervously.
"Yeah. Congratulations!" She said.
McGonagal better have a boyfriend. Tori thought.
"Hello Lilykins!" Sirius said and gave Lily a big hug.
"Um hi Sirius." Lily managed to choke out.
"Hey Evans." James said running a hand through his hair. He was getting really nervous around her.
Lily rolled her eyes because of his habit.
"Potter." She said and nodded his head.
"Well me and Jamsie Poo here will go off to the quidditch store. Toodles!" Sirius said and they both ran off towards a store with a bunch of brooms, James muttering something about calling him Jamsie Poo.
"Adios Amigos." Tori said.
"Hey look there's Remus and Kate and oh god. Let's stay away from them for a while." Lily said. Remus and Kate were currently occupied in a lip lock.
Too late. Kate noticed them.
"Hey! How's life been since well 2 weeks?" Kate asked.
"Great, not much happened. Remus, James and Sirius ran off to that quidditch store." Tori said as soon as Remus opened his mouth.
"Err thanks! See you guys later! Bye love!" Remus said giving Kate a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Where to first ladies?" Kate asked.
"Um…oh no…why do we need dragon liver?" Lily asked.
Tori pretended to gag.
"I guess we'll get that first, since it's right behind us." Kate said pointing to a shop producing a lot of odor.
"493 knuts an ounce! They have got to be kidding me! Excuse me. But there is no way I'm paying 493 knuts per ounce!" Tori said walking up to an employee.
"Well how would you like it for 17 sickles then?" The lady said with a forced smile.
"Hey that's not bad." Kate said.
"You idiot it's the same price." Tori said.
"Excuse me, 493 knuts, 17 sickles, 1galleon…IT'S ALL THE SAME THING! Cheater!" Tori yelled. She was getting really frustrated.
"Well I'd like to see you work in a place full of dragon liver!" The lady yelled back.
"I'd like to speak to the manager." Tori said.
"Tori don't—"
"I am the manager." She said interrupting Lily.
"Okay then, I'd like to right a letter." Tori said.
The forced smile on the lady dropped, Lily thought she couldn't force to smile anymore.
"Fine 15 sickles, and not a knut less." The manager said.
"Thank you. You should learn how to treat your costumers next time, or you won't be having any soon." Tori said paying her the money. They left the store a couple seconds after that.
"Lily you know what you did to Potter was a little harsh." Kate said.
"No he deserved it." Lily answered back.
"Yeah well he didn't deserve it that bad. I mean you kissed him and just left. You brought his hopes up and then well you haven't even talked to him since!" Tori said.
"I never talk to him anyways!"
"Yeah you do. A whole lot. You're just usually talking to him in a slightly louder and harsher voice than normal." Kate said licking her ice cream.
"Well he is the one that's conceited here. And besides, how would I make it up to him? Not that I want to, you're just forcing me too." Lily said crossing her arms.
Kate grinned.
"Date him." She said.
"NO." Lily said sternly.
"Fine then at least be friends with him." Kate suggested.
"Fine we'll be somewhat friends."
"Like you won't yell at him for stuff that isn't his fault anymore?" Kate asked.
"I do not—"
"Uh Lily yeah you do." Tori interrupted.
"Fine."
"But he might not want you to be friends with him." Tori said after a while.
"Well I'm not going any farther than not, no matter how much you force me too." Lily said.
"No that's not what I meant. What I mean is, James is a pretty smart guy. He'll figure out you're only going to be friends with him out of pity sort of. Do you get it?" Tori said.
"Why would it matter to him? He doesn't even want to be my friend. He just wants me to for play with." Lily said.
"Not really Lily. You know what how about you just start being nicer to him and try to get to know him?"
"I'd rather stick with the somewhat friends idea Tori."
"Please? Will you do it for me?" Tori begged.
Lily shook her head.
"Even after all Tori's been through? She does deserve a little less stress. And you two not fighting so often may help." Kate said.
Looked unsure.
Tori and Kate were giving her the puppy face.
"No not the face." Lily said closing her eyes.
After a couple minutes of trying, Lily finally gave in.
"Yes!" Tori said. (You know that thing where you make your hand into a fist and put it in the air and bring it down to your waist and say "Yes!" like in Napoleon Dynamite (if you've seen that movie) and sometimes you even lift up your leg. Well that's the sorta yes she does…I just don't know how to describe it. You might see that later in the story…I'll call it the "fist yes" for short.)
"Hey look! The nimbus 1000 is out! We have to get it!" Sirius said staring wide eyed at the shiny broom.
"I'm captain of the quidditch team Moony!"
"Wow great job Prongs." Remus said giving him a pat on the back.
"Hey I'm going to go check on the boys, I need to know when we are leaving. I'll be right back." Tori said and entered a room full of brooms.
"Hey guys!" Tori said walking up to them.
"Hey." All three greeted her.
"I'm Head Boy!" James finally said.
"You are? I didn't know that." Tori said.
"Wait." Sirius said. "I think I heard you saying something about it once—"
"Or twice—"
"A minute—"
"All summer—"
"Shut up." James said.
Remus laughed.
And laughed.
And laughed until he realized everyone was staring at him.
"Prongs (laugh) got Head (laugh) Boy (laugh)!" Remus laughed.
"You have got to be joking!" He said.
"Actually we are serious. His parents even sent Dumbledore a letter saying they think he got the wrong person but he sent back saying Prongs is definitely Head Boy." Sirius said.
Remus was red with all the laughter.
James scowled.
"I'm sorry mate. Congratulations." He said giving James a "manly" hug.
Tori rolled her eyes and walked out, saying hi to Peter as he walked in. she could hear the marauders talking about their summer.
"No!" Lily said.
"Yeah!" Kate said.
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"Whoa what's going on?" Tori asked walking towards them.
"Lily's in denial that she's in denial." Kate said.
"I am NOT in denial that I'm in denial! I'm not even in denial in the first place!" Lily said.
"Wow slow down. This is VERY confusing. So why is she in denial?" Tori asked.
"Well which denial? The denial where she's in denial that she's in denial or the denial where she's just in denial?" Kate asked.
"Whichever. I just don't want my head to explode." Tori said.
"Okay I'll start with the just in denial one. She is in denial because she refuses to except the fact that she likes Potter." Kate said.
"Of course I refuse! Because I DON'T like him!" Lily said.
"And the other one," Kate continued ignoring Lily, "is that she is in denial that she is in denial that she likes Potter."
"How can you be in denial that you're in denial?" Tori asked.
"Well she is denying the fact that she is in denial for liking Potter."
"So she's basically in denial that she's in denial for liking James." Tori said understanding the process.
"I am not in denial that I'm in denial for liking Potter!" Lily said crossing her arms.
"Now she's in denial that she's in denial that she's in denial. You know this could go on forever." Tori said.
"I am not in denial for ANYTHING!"
"Now she's in denial that she's in denial that she's in denial that she's in denial." Kate said calmly.
"I AM NOT—"
"Okay we get the point!" Tori said.
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"James GET UP!" Sirius yelled pushing his friend off the bed.
"Ow." James muttered in his sleep.
"We have to go to Hogwarts!" Sirius said.
"Wha? Huh?" James said examining his surroundings, which would be the floor.
"The train is gonna leave! It's our last year at Hogwarts and you're head boy!" Sirius said.
James shot up. Suddenly he was wide-awake.
"Then what are we doing? Let's go!" James said getting up.
"Well you might want to change. Lily might not want to see you in that." Sirius said pointing to his boxers.
James blushed.
20 minutes later, both boys were ready and eating breakfast.
"Morning!" Tori said cheerfully.
"Someone's happy today." James said.
"Yeah especially when that person isn't a morning person." Sirius muttered.
"So what's up?" James asked as he bit into his bacon.
"You'll see." Tori said.
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The train's whistle could be heard for miles. Five minutes left.
"LILY! TORI! KATE! GUESS WHAT! GUESS WHAT!" Alice said running to them.
"What?" They asked together.
Alice showed them her left hand.
"Oh my…" Lily said.
"Frank proposed!" Alice yelled.
"Oh my gosh!"
"You're kidding me!"
"That is so cute!"
"You have to tell me all about it!"
Sirius rubbed his right ear.
"Girls. Why do the scream so much?" He asked.
Remus just shrugged.
"That's another mystery we'll never figure out." Peter said.
"Shit! I have to go to the Head's compartment! Bye!" James said leaving the other three boys to themselves.
The four girls got into a compartment.
"And then he just bent down on one knee and asked if I would marry him! I was so shocked!" Alice said.
"Did he say anything sweet?" Tori asked.
"Yeah I even memorized it! He said—"
"Sorry Alice but I have to go to the Head's compartment to meet the Head Boy. You can tell me later tonight!" Lily said walking through the door.
"Congratulations Lily!" Alice yelled across the hall.
Tori shut the compartment door.
"She isn't gonna like it." She said.
"It's Potter isn't it?" Kate asked.
"Five…" Tori said.
"Four…" Kate said.
"Three…"
"Two…"
"One…"
They could hear a loud scream and a door being slammed.
Tori opened the door.
"I don't think the people in Japan heard you Lily!" Tori yelled.
They heard a sound of frustration, footsteps and seconds later, Lily walked into their compartment and shut the door.
"Well…that didn't go as expected." Tori said.
"You knew?" Lily asked.
"No duh! I live right next door!"
"Why didn't you tell me? And what exactly were you expecting?"
"Well I didn't tell you because you were just so excited. And I was expecting more of a scream and then some spells and one of you guys end up badly injured or maybe even dead." Tori said.
"Gee thanks. Now I know who to trust to save my life." Lily said sarcastically.
Tori smiled and winked.
"I can't believe he's a Head." Lily said for the umpteenth time.
"We know." Alice and Kate said.
"You might want to go back. He's probably waiting for you to do some work." Tori pointed out.
"Ha yeah right. Whatever I may as well go deal this out. Better late than never." Lily said getting up and exiting the compartment.
"You're still here." Was the first thing Lily said after she walked into the Head's compartment.
"Gee Evans you sure are really good with greetings. First it's the scream-and-slam-the-door-shut-in-my-face method and now it's the 'you're still here' one as if you didn't want me here." James said sarcastically.
"Well I'm sorry but it was kinda shock to find out you were Head Boy." Lily said.
"You're telling me. So far your reaction was probably the best I've had so far. At least you didn't laugh."
"I screamed." Lily said.
"Well yeah but laughing is more meaner." James said.
"More meaner?" Lily asked.
"Jeez Evans now you're correcting my grammar. Miss Goody Two Shoes." James said wanting to see Lily get mad.
Lily closed her eyes.
I will NOT get mad. I will NOT get mad. I will be nice. I will NOT get mad. I will NOT get mad. Lily repeated that thought in her head.
"You can open your eyes now. The prefects are here." James said relaxing in his seat.
"What? But we haven't had any time to look over what we are supposed to tell them." Lily said panicking.
"Chill out. You've been a prefect long enough. You should know what to do." James said.
"Um hi uh I'm Lily Evans, Head Girl and um this is James Potter, Head Boy." Lily stuttered.
"Yo." James said casually.
Lily glared at him.
The rest of the speech went on like this, Lily stuttering, and James livening up the speech a bit.
It finally ended with "The passwords and patrol duty are located on the clipboards hanging on that wall." James said pointing to a corner wall on the left.
All the prefects left after picking up their supplies.
"Okay then I guess we're done too." Lily said.
"I guess." James said and left without saying a word.
Lily stood there digesting what just happened.
He didn't ask her out.
Wait did he?
She doesn't remember.
She must not have heard him.
But then he would keep asking her till she heard him.
Nope.
He definitely didn't ask her out.
Lily walked back to the girl's compartment, dumbstruck.
"Wasn't exactly how I expected it to be." Tori said after she had sat down.
"How did you expect it to be?" Lily asked.
"Well you were going to scream, and you got that part right, but then you guys were going to fight and it was going to end with one of you badly injured or maybe even dead." Tori said.
Lily winced.
"He didn't ask me out or wink at any girls." Lily said.
"Well maybe he's trying to improve for you." Alice suggested.
"But would he really do all that for me?" Lily asked.
"Yes!" The three girls said.
"Why?"
"Because he LIKES you!" Kate said, she was getting really irritated.
"You know for the smartest girl at Hogwarts, you're pretty dumb." Tori said.
"But look at me! I mean I have this stupid thick red hair that's impossible to manage—"
"And yet you make it look perfect—" Kate said.
"—And I have these stupid freckles on me which makes me look like Pippy Longstockings—"
"That was only in the first year, when you wore those two high pigtails all the time—" this time Alice was the one to interrupt.
"—And my stupid green eyes which are really abnormal—"
"That's why everyone likes them—" Tori said.
"—And I'm WAY too skinny—"
"Yeah even though you eat more than anyone in here…" Kate said thoughtfully.
"Why can't he like someone else? Like you or Kate or Alice? You three were really pretty even when you were eleven." Lily said to Tori.
"Are you kidding me? Lily I had my two front teeth missing then! I started loosing my teeth at a late age. And my stupid hair was always in this pony tail." Tori said.
"Yeah and I was pretty chubby back then! Plus I was really dull, you know the typical blonde hair blue eyes thing."
"If I was pretty then, then you'd think Frank wouldn't have thought I was annoying." Alice said.
"He told you?" Kate asked.
"Well I sorta figured it out after he started running away from me all the time and ignoring me." Alice said.
"Well too bad, I'm only going to be his somewhat friend." Lily said crossing her arms.
"Besides, Kate's got Remus and Alice has Frank." Tori said.
"And you have Sirius." Lily said.
"Actually, Megan and him are back together." Tori said quietly.
"What?"
"Yeah she told me."
"Why would she be so stupid enough to go back with him?" Kate asked.
"He asked her out again. And she claims they were meant to be or something." Tori said disgusted.
"What an idiot!" Lily exclaimed.
"Which one?" Alice asked.
"Both." Kate replied.
"Well I have to go patrol. Alice, tell Frank I said congratulations. Bye!" Lily walked out, followed by Alice, who was going to see her new fiancé.
Lily knocked on a compartment door.
"Yes? Oh hey Lily!" Remus said.
"Hey it's our time to patrol. Remus you know your time right?" Lily said.
"Yes. Prongs you gotta go patrol!" Remus said calling his friend.
James came out and they started patrolling.
"So…" James said trying to start a conversation. They were both really nervous after that incident at the pool.
"You didn't ask me out. Did you forget?"
"No. You just don't like it." The raven-haired boy but his hands in his pockets and stared at the ground.
"Oh." Lily said.
"You know you aren't such a bad Head Boy Potter." Lily said after a couple minutes.
"James."
"What?"
"My name is James." James said hoping she'd stop calling him Potter.
"Well James, my name is Lily." She said smiling.
James returned the smile.
They heard some noise from the back.
"So Raystone found out about her father?" Snape sneered.
"We should start calling her Riddle now. After all, that is her name." Bellatrix said smiling.
"You know who you are now right?" Malfoy said pointing his wand at Tori.
"Yeah a Gryffindor." Tori said her wand pointing at all three of them.
"You know you're a true Slytherin. How much did you pay to be put into Gryffindor?" Snape asked.
"20 galleons." Tori replied.
"Oh so you really did pay." Bellatrix laughed.
"I was being sarcastic." Tori said.
"I was too." The black haired Slytherin said.
"Break it up." Came a voice from behind them.
"Oh so now you need Potter to save your butt. Whatever happened to my dear cousin?" Bellatrix asked.
"Malfoy, take you and your gang away from here before I deduct points." James said taking out his wand.
"Since when did you start taking points away?"
"Since he got Head Boy. Now GO!" Lily said angrily.
The three left leaving the Gryffindors alone.
"Thanks." Tori said.
"Just doing our job." James smiled.
"You do know you can't take points away until you've had that meeting with Dumbledore." Tori pointed out.
"But they don't need to know that." James grinned mischievously.
"I love the way you think." Tori said and left.
"Wow. No one got hurt." Lily said.
"Why did you want someone to?" James asked.
"Well not really but when you put the marauders and the Slytherins together…you get what I'm saying?" Lily said smiling.
James laughed and nodded.
"Bye James."
Lily walked back to her compartment to find 2 girls anxiously waiting for her.
She stared at them oddly.
"What?" the redhead asked.
"Well…" Kate said.
Lily sighed.
"It went great." Lily said at last.
Tori smiled.
Lily looked at her.
Then she sighed again.
"Go on. Say it." She said.
"I told you so." Tori said grinning.
James burst through the compartment door.
"Hey Prongs. What's with the happy face?" Sirius asked.
"She called me James!" He said jumping up and down.
"Isn't that what people are supposed to call you?" Peter asked.
Sirius slapped the back of his head.
"No you dolt. She always calls him Potter."
"Great job Prongs! You finally got her to call you you're…err…name." Peter congratulated.
James scowled.
"I'm glad you finally decided to take a baby step Prongs. Just keep taking baby steps and—"
"I'll never get her!" James said.
"Yes you will." Sirius said.
"But if I keep taking these stupid baby steps I won't even be able to get to the other side of a street before I start growing a beard!"
"Yes but you can always shave." Sirius suggested.
"Or Lily might even start taking some steps too." Peter said.
"Exactly." Remus said.
"Huh?" James was confused.
"It's like if the width of the street you were crossing kept getting shorter too, it wouldn't take as long." Remus said attempting to translate it in James's language.
James just stared at Remus.
15 seconds later.
"Oh! I get it! So the rest is up to Lily!" James said.
"Took you a while there Prongs." Sirius said.
"Shut up Padfoot."
"Well not exactly. The rest isn't all up to her. You need to also try. Both of you taking steps will make it shorter." Remus said.
"How do you know all this Moony?" James asked.
"Common sense."
A voice came through the walls saying they would soon be there.
Everybody started putting on their robes and getting ready to exit the train.
The train soon stopped and Lily could hear Hagrid calling the first years.
"Hey Hagrid! I got Head Boy!" James said to the giant.
"Congrats James! Hogwarts's is gonna be pretty lively with you and yer badge." Hagrid said patting James on the back.
"I got Head Girl." Lily said.
"Thank god! I knew you would! Take care of yer friend and keep him outa trouble." He said.
Tori looked at Hogwarts. The moon was shining on it and making the water sparkle.
"This is our last year at Hogwarts." Tori said.
"We have to make it our best year." Kate said.
"I'll miss this place." Tori said with a sad smile.
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