Chapter 13: First Day Disaster
Lily sat on her bed that night, talking with her friends.
"Hey, Lily! I found out something today." Anya said, eating a chocolate frog.
"What?" Lily said, snatching a thermos of hot chocolate from Alanna.
"Half the female population now hate your guts!" Anya laughed at her own joke, and Lily rolled her eyes.
"Well, half the male population hate James, so now we're even!" Lily said, laughing.
"Lily, I guess it really helps when you're dating a Marauder. Did James really knick all this stuff for you?" Alanna said, gesturing to the food on Lily's bed.
"Well, I helped him." Lily said.
"Lily Evans, knicking food?" Anya said laughing.
"What? Don't look so surprised. You've known for years that I've got more guts than you."
"What!"
"Hey, you've never once knicked food." Lily pointed out, laughing. Anya rolled her eyes.
When Lily checked the time about an hour later or so, she saw it was midnight.
"Guys, we have classes tomorrow. You're gonna have to go to your dorm."
Alanna and Anya groaned, but left. Lily collapsed back onto her bed, pushing aside the food.
After cleaning up her room, she crawled under the covers and fell asleep thinking about James.
Lily woke up late that morning, and scrambled to get all her stuff together in time for breakfast. She knocked on James's door, and opened it. She saw he was still in bed, and she sighed.
Walking over to his bed and giving his shoulder a shove, he didn't wake up.
Lily tried shoving him again, but that didn't work.
"Ah!" Lily had an idea.
She leaned down and gave him a kiss. James's eyes snapped open and he sat up. Lily laughed.
"What was that about?" James asked, looked at Lily.
"Um, let's think… we have 10 minutes to get to breakfast. Yeah, that's it!"
"Damn!" James hopped out of bed, and waved a wand at his dresser, and his clothes came out. He then waved his wand at his body, and the clothes were on his body.
The two walked out of the Head's common room, and Lily said, "Handy spell."
"Yeah, I read about it while researching one of our pranks." Lily nodded.
"Was it the one where you made me dressed like a clown or when Snape was made to look like a little school girl?"
James looked away, and said, "Both…" Lily laughed.
"You get so nervous! The pranks are in the past. Do I really care about them now?" Lily said, still laughing as they entered the Great Hall.
Many a girl gave Lily an evil eye, and Lily glared right back, intimidating some girls to stop staring at her.
The two sat together with their friends. After a hurried breakfast the 6 friends rushed to class and sat down as Professor McGonagall came out of her office.
"Settle down, class." The strange effect McGonagall had over her classes came over the 7th years immediately, and they all fell silent. Lily had often wondered if she used a spell to achieve the quiet.
After the class was over, and several of Lily's classmates had burnt eyebrows (including Anya), the Gryffindor friends headed up to Arithmancy or Divination, depending on the student. As Anya and Sirius headed up the stairs, Lily, James, Remus and Alanna entered the Arithmancy classroom.
Lily and James partnered up in most of their classes, except for the ones with assigned seating.
The day pasted uneventfully enough, except for several explosions in potions class because Anya and Sirius had left their potions unattended and several Slytherins who hated the two Gryffindors slipped some ingredients into the cauldrons.
Lily and James went to dinner, then up to Gryffindor Common room. It seemed like everyone knew about Lily and James's getting together.
Lily thought James had something to do with it.
"I swear, Lily, anyone with brains could walk up right now and see us on th couch together and say, 'Those two must together.'"
"Okay, whatever you say…" Lily said, rolling her eyes. An owl tapped on the window, and somebody called out, "Hey, Lily, the letter says it's for you!"
Lily hopped up, and peering out the window saw the person was right. She let in the bird, and took off the letter and let the owl fly off.
"It's from my sister." Lily said, confused. She walked over to the couch, still reading, and sat down heavily.
Dear bitch,
Daddy had a heart attack today and it's all your fault.
He reads the freak's newspaper, and he saw that some big freak is killing people and then he thought he saw your name, you freak.
And you know his heart is fragile since last summer!
Daddy is not going to make it until morning.
(Last summer Lily's father had had an enlarged heart muscle that had almost killed him)
It's all your fault. Mum says I'm being unreasonable but I'm not. If it was up to me you'd never be in this family in the first place.
Petunia Dursley
Lily sat back, her eyes wide. The letter had been dated yesterday, so that means Lily's father was dead. Gone.
"Lily? What is it?" James asked. Lily stood up, and without a single word or tear, walked out of the common room. People stared as James hopped up from the couch and rushed after her.
When he caught up, she was almost halfway to their common room, and she was crying silently.
"Lily! You have to tell me what it is so I can help!" James said, urgently but gently at the same time.
Lily shoved the letter into his hands roughly, and they continued walking as James read it.
"Your father? He's dead?" James asked. Lily looked at him, her feelings burning into his eyes, and he knew it was true.
James decided not to say anything more, and wrapping his arms around Lily, he led her straight to the couch once they reached their common room.
"He was only 40 years old… That's no time to die." Lily whispered into James's chest.
James hugged her closer, and Lily started sobbing.
"My sister sob hates me." Lily sobbed out. James looked into the tear streaked face, and said, "She's your sister. She may say she hates you but very, very deep down you both love each other sincerely."
"Thanks James." Lily said softly and sincerely. James nodded, and they sat there most of the night.
The next morning, James had to go to class, and he placed the sleeping Lily onto her bed and left a note next to her bed saying, "I have to go to class, I'll cover for you. Love. James."
James debated putting Love, James. It was obvious Lily wasn't probably caring too much about their relationship, but he risked it anyway.
He left her sleeping there, hoping he was doing the right thing.
JillZee: Isn't it cute? This is sad but I think the story needed some drama.
Ctimene: Thanks!
WhiteCamellia: Thanks! I'm glad you like it!
Emma Barrows: Thanks so much! I'm glad you like it!
Arnay: I know, short, but it's not quanity, just quality!
ilovedrew88: thanks! I don't know where the ping pong idea came from. lol thanks for the reveiw!
pandas rule the world: Sirius's reaction is the same as Alanna Anya's, basically. lol thanks for the reveiw!
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always-blond: Thansk for the review! I understand, I'm tired early soemtimes too lol.
christopher i finks: I like L/J because the only rules are that they get together around 6th or 7th year, they are Head Boy and Girl, and they die three years after they graduate. lol thanks for the review.