On How To Silence Gryffindors.
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The Gryffindor common room was the normal noisy pit where chaos and discord reigned. There were few things that could shock a Gryffindor into complete silence, one was Snape streaking, one was Professor McGonagall turning up at one in the morning in her tartan pyjamas (it had taken a drunk Sirius several minutes to calm down after the hysterics), the last one was Lily Evans and James Potter coming through the portrait hall engaged in polite, nay friendly conversation.
Oblivious to the shocked, no scared, no awestruck faces of her housemates she smiled her goodbyes and went to sit with her friends. It was Paige's open mouth that alerted her to the silence.
"What are you all looking at? Shove off, go, get a life! Go! I said go! Yes that includes you, wait, do I even know you?" Maddi broke the silence dismissing the swarms of gob-smacked first years and Sirius.
The normal hubbub resumed in the Common Room, but Lily had a strange sensation that they were talking about the same thing.
"Did I miss something? Why are they all talking bout me?"
"Did you miss something! Did we miss something more like, when did you become friends with Potter?"
"I am not friends with James!"
"You just called him James!"
"I did not!"
Sirius came up behind them and plonked himself down next to Leah, Lily was glad to see that Leah shifted away looking mildly uncomfortable.
"You did you know," He said.
"Did what?" replied Lily hotly.
"Call him James."
"Argh!" Lily let out a primeval noise and stormed out.
"What happened there?" Sirius looked confused, but this wasn't exactly uncommon.
"Don't know, don't really care to be honest, not our business." Remus put his book down and began to pack away.
"You don't have to share a dorm with her." Said Leah glumly, "She rants about him in her sleep."
"Well I'm going to go, coming Elle?" said Remus standing up.
"What? Why? Where?" Ella said looking slightly panicked.
"Prefect duties."
"Oh man, now? It was just getting good!"
"Well, I'm off. You catch up.'
"I hate you, is anything rally dangerous going to happen tonight?"
"Well, probably no-"
"See, nothing's going to happen other than a couple of third years getting smashed! Whereas something interesting is going to happen here! As soon as Lily gets back."
"Up. Come. Now."
"Aww. Hate you."
"She loves you really Remus." Paige said cheekily.
Ella turned looking thunderous to see Paige looking a tiny bit too smug. Luckily by this time Remus had left the common room. Ella stood up and gave Paige a look that could only be described as murderous.
"OK, I was joking, but I can tell from that look that I hit a nerve! Something you'd like to share? We're all girls here…except Sirius…who is still here, what are you doing here?" Paige shot him a confused look, but his face looked blank enough for them to know that he wasn't paying any attention.
"This gets any further," growled Ella through clenched teeth, "And I will maul you all worse than any werewolf ever could."
Sirius's head sprang up, "Werewolf? Where?"
"Oh, lets just go to the dorm, see you in a couple of hours Ella, have fun!"
"I really hate you sometimes Paige."
"But you don't hate Remus."
Lily stormed down the corridor, no longer really sure where she was. She was so angry with everyone, and she wasn't quite sure why. She felt incredibly trapped, she was mean to James, and her friends teased her, she was civil to Ja- no Potter, and they teased her! What was she supposed to do?
Biting back tears she hurried on, glaring at the ground, trying to keep her mind clear of Potter and her friends.
In the end she settled on reciting the Runes alphabet to distract her. She was so lost in her translation that she barely had time to register the figure in front of her before she crashed into it. It was the last straw, and for the second time that day, she broke down and cried.
James had left the common room when he'd seen Lily storm out, aware that it was almost definitely his fault in some way.
Unfortunately, he realised he didn't have a clue where she would be, and had left the Marauders Map up in the dorm.
He'd been wandering down the charms corridor when someone crashed into him and proceeded to sob all over the front of his robes.
He couldn't see the face, but the hair was unmistakeably Lily's. He patted her gingerly on the back; he decided to wait for her to calm down before telling her who she was crying on.
"Umm… are you alright?" he asked cautiously.
"Do I look alright? She sniffed without looking up. "I Just had a fight with my friends because I called Potter James, and I don't know-"
Shock cut through him, numbing his better judgement. "You called me James?"
Lily seemed to stiffen, and slowly raised her tear-streaked face to look into those hazel eyes.
"You have got to be kidding me."
"Umm, sorry?" he tried, not wanting to offend or upset her even more.
"Potter?"
"Yes?"
"Just hug me."
Silently he obliged.
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