Chapter 3: The Party Problems

Amanda went home and changed her clothes. She wore red, silky pajama shorts with stars on them and a large red shirt with the writing HOGWARTS QUIDDITICH TEAM. She wore red slippers. She put her hair up in a messy ponytail. She washed off most of her makeup and re-applied it because quidditch messed it up.

Once she was ready, she asked a house elf to conjure up some food for her friends. The house elf listened. She also put in a cd in a wizard cd-player. The band she was listening to was called Green Day, a muggle band. Amanda hated to admit it but she had a small crush on the lead singer.

Around six-thirty, Amanda's best friend Priya Patel came in through floo powder. She was extremely pretty. She wore green, silky pajama shorts with leprechauns on them. They were really cute. She was also wearing a green tank-top with a shamrock on it. She wore green slippers. Her brown hair was also in a messy ponytail. She had make-up on also.

"'Manda hope you don't mind that I bought my sister, you know Diya in Ravenclaw" asked Priya as she pointed to her twin sister. Diya Patel was also pretty, well it was obvious since her sister was pretty and they were twins. She wore pink, silky pajama caprice with hearts on it. She was also wearing a white t-shirt that said THE WEIRD SISTERS; it was the same exact shirt Amanda wore during the day today. She also wore pink slippers. Her hair was short so she couldn't do anything with it so it was just down. She had make-up on too.

"Yeah, she can come. Anyway what took you so long I thought you were gonna come this morning" asked Amanda

"Yeah… about that-" started Priya when another person came in through floo powder.

"Sorry I'm sort of late, I needed to make my fire place floo useable and Priya and Diya were helping me with a spell" said another one of Amanda's best friends Lily Evans. Lily had white, silky pajama pants with pink flowers on them. She was also wearing a white tank-top that said STUDY HARD NOW, SUCCEED LATER. Amanda laughed at her shirt; figures Lily would wear something that involved studying. She also wore pink slippers. Her thick red hair was in two pigtails. She also had some light make-up on. She was pretty two.

"I thought you weren't allowed to do magic outside school" asked Amanda

"Oh we got permission from the ministry" said Priya

"I could've done that, instead I had to clean my room like a muggle" pouted Amanda as another person came in through floo powder.

"Hey" said the person very softly. It was Angelina Chang, another one of Amanda's best friends. Angie was wearing purple pajama pants along with a matching pajama shirt that buttoned down the front. Her long black hair was in two braids. She also had purple slippers on. She had no make-up on. Angelina doesn't like make-up very much.

"Angie, how're you" shouted Priya from across the room.

"Good" answered Angelina softly

"Anyway, what took you so long Angie, I was so bored" said Amanda

"Sorry, I had to help my big brother with de-gnoming the garden" said Angelina

"Its ok" said Amanda smiling as Alice Smith came through the door. Her hair was in a ponytail. She had make-up on too. She wore black pajama shorts and a gray t-shirt that said MAJOR QUIDDITCH FAN: FEAR ME. Amanda found this shirt so hilarious that she was rolling on the floor laughing. She also wore black slippers.

"Are you ok" asked Lily

"Shirt-so-funny ha-ha" said Amanda between laughs.

Once Amanda controlled her laughing she stood up and straightened herself. She turned to her friends and said "Hope you don't mind I invited James, Remus, Pettigrew, and Black"

"YOU INVITED POTTER" screamed Lily

"AND SIRIUS" shrieked Diya and immediately ran to Amanda's mirror and started checking her reflection

"And you invited Remus" said Angie who turned beet red.

"AND PETTIGREW THAT STINKY RAT" said Priya. Priya, Lily, Angie, Alice, and Amanda all knew about how the marauders turned to animals and how Remus is a werewolf.

"YEAH HE SMELLS TOO" added Alice

"OK EVERYONE CALM DOWN" yelled Amanda over everyone's angry voices. "Ok, I had to invite James because he is my neighbor and he's practically my brother, so my mom made me (lie). Now I didn't want to invite Black but seeing as he lives with James now I had no choice (lie). Now Remus, I decided it would only be fair to invite him. Now I agree with you that Pettigrew is a stinky rat and trust me I didn't want to invite him but I had no choice"

"He still smells bad" whined Priya

"YELL AT YOUR MOM, DO SOMETHING, I AM NOT STAYING IN THE SAME ROOM AS POTTER…OVERNIGHT" yelled Lily

"I HAVE NO CHOICE" said Amanda

"IT'S NOT HER FAULT" yelled Priya

"STOP YELLING" yelled Alice

"YOU JUST YELLED" yelled Amanda

"I YELLED TO MAKE YOU STOP YELLING" yelled Alice

"COULD YOU PLEASE STOP YELLING" yelled Priya

"NO" yelled Alice

"WHY NOT" yelled Lily

"BECAUSE" yelled Alice

"WHY ARE YOU YELLING IN THE FIRST PLACE" yelled Amanda

"BECAUSE YOU YELLED AT LILY FOR YELLING AT YOU" said Alice

"OK EVERYONE…SHUT THE HELL UP AND LISTEN" yelled Amanda so everyone shut up and stared at her. "Ok it's no big deal, they are not sleeping over, they're just gonna hang out"

"Anyway who started this argument" asked Angelina quietly

"LILY" yelled Amanda

"NO ALICE STARTED YELLING AT US FOR YELLING" yelled Lily

"NO AMANDA INVITED THEM" yelled Alice

"LILY"

"ALICE"

"AMANDA"

"LILY"

"ALICE"

"AMANDA"

"LILY"

"ALICE"

"SIRIUS" yelled a boy's voice

"SIRIUS" said all three girls confused then turned around at the door to see James, Sirius, Remus, and Peter looking at them confused.

"Dang Smith, never knew you knew so many words" said Sirius smirking

"Shut up Padfoot" said James as he turned to Alice and smiled "He just thinks he's great"

"James, can I talk to ya outside" said Amanda as Sirius looked suspicious

Once outside Amanda turned to James and said "Why the hell are you acting so mature"

"To impress Lily" said James simply

"I think its working"

"Really"

"Yeah she looked so impressed when you told Sir-, uh I mean Black to shut up" said Amanda turning slightly red that she almost called Sirius by his first name.

"Why can't you and Sirius get along" asked James as they walked back

"I dunno, just because he is a prat and he has a big ego" said Amanda

The continued to walk in silence until they were almost to the door when James stopped Amanda and said softly so no one can hear "Did I change…uh in a good way"

"Of course, Lily would be impressed" said Amanda smiling

When they entered the room Sirius and Lily were both looking at them suspiciously. Meanwhile Diya tried to get Sirius to notice her. Remus and Angie were talking to each other. Awwwwwwwwwwww! Priya was reading Witch Weekly with a bored expression on her face. Alice was brushing her blonde curly hair.

"Uh….hi" said James to Lily who looked at James then at Amanda then back at James.

"Are you two-" started Lily but Amanda cut her off

"HELL NO…HE'S MY BEST FRIEND AND YOU'RE MY BEST FRIEND AND YOU'LL KILL ME" said Amanda

"Dang Fresh you like to yell" said Sirius

"Shut up" snapped Amanda and sat down on her bed unfortunately for her Peter was lying on the bed.

"Ouch Freshman, that hurt" said Peter as he straightened himself

"Sorry Peter" apologized Amanda

"Anyway, let's get this party started" said James

"Ok" said Amanda

James walked over to Remus and Angie with Lily, Amanda, and Sirius following him.

"Hey uh Angelina right, well nice to meet you" said James reaching out his hand to shake her hand and Lily was staring at him with utter disbelief

"Hi James, I know who you are of course" said Angie and turned backed to talking to Remus

James turned to Lily now. He was avoiding her for a while until now

"Hi Lily, did you have a good summer" asked James

"Um…..yeah and Potter whatever it is you're trying to do it isn't working" said Lily coldly

"Lily what are you talking about" asked James

"I know that you are pretending to be kind to everyone and act mature but I see right through you Potter" snapped Lily

"I was just trying to be a good friend to you or at least a friend and you treat me like trash. Wow Lily, you're pathetic" said James as he walked out of the room.

Lily turned to Amanda whose mouth was hanging open. Also Sirius, Alice, Priya, Diya, Angie, Remus, and Peter all heard this little argument. Lily felt bad, but since she is so stubborn she decided that she didn't want to apologize to James.

"Wow Lily you were harsh" said Alice

"No I wasn't, he deserved what he got" said Lily

"No one deserves being talked to like that" said Angelina quietly. Lily felt terrible. She yelled at James for no reason. She screwed up and she knew it.

"What should I do" asked Lily

"Talk to him" said Priya

"I don't even know where he is" said Lily painfully

"That's easy, he's in the last room down the hallway to the left" said Amanda

"How do you know" asked Lily

"Again, easy, that was our childhood playroom, he goes there when he's depressed" said Amanda

"Ok I'll be right back" said Lily as she walked out.

The Freshman Mansion was beautiful. The rooms all had white elegant doors. On the walls there were many pictures, all were moving, as they do in the wizarding world. There was a picture of Amanda when she was little running around in the backyard with a small boy who Lily couldn't recognize until he turned around. He had jet black hair, hazel eyes, and a very small nose. He also had glasses. It was James Potter. There were other pictures of Amanda's family. There were moving family portraits. There were also many pictures of James and his family.

Lily found the door that Amanda said. She walked in to find a beautifully decorated play area. Again on the walls there were pictures of James, Amanda, and their families. James was sitting on a couch with a picture album opened on his lap.

"James" said Lily in a mere whisper

"Lily"

"I want to talk to you"

"Ok"

"I'm- I'm sorry"

"It's ok, maybe I just over reacted"

"No, you had every right to get mad, I was being cold. You changed and I just refused to see it"

"Aww…thanks Lilykins. You know I could never be mad at you"

"James what are you looking at"

"Pictures from Hogwarts"

"Really can I see?"

"Of course"

For a while both teenagers were looking at pictures. There were pictures from sorting, in their first year, many pictures of quidditch matches, pictures of Lily, Alice, Angie, and the marauders, Amanda.

"Wow did 'Manda take all of these" asked Lily

"No, she took most but I took some and my dad took some" said James

"Your dad is the minister of magic, right" asked Lily

"Yea, he's really cool and we hang out a lot. I learned everything from him" said James smiling

"Everything as in pranks" said Lily chuckling

"You know it" said James

James seemed so much happier now. He loved talking about his parents. Lily was also happy. She found it strange that she could have a good time with James. Maybe this party wasn't a bad idea after all.

"We better go or Sirius will make insufferable rumors about us" said Lily

"Prat" said James

"Who me"

"No you're the Lilykins and Sirius is the prat" said James as Lily laughed

They walked back to the room. On the way, Lily and James talked about their summers and Lily's sister.

"Wow, I never thought anyone could be more annoying to live with than M" said James

"Well you don't live with Amanda" said Lily

"Yeah but she's always at my house or I'm at hers"

"You too are really close"

"Yeah we were born on the same day and we were friends since the day we were born"

"You guys never fight?"

"We fight about a dozen times a day"

"Explains why she has more patience than me when it comes to you"

"Yeah she's used to me"

Lily opened the door to Priya's voice "James you're alive. Lily didn't kill you". Everyone laughed.

"Actually me and James had a civilized conversation" said Lily as James nodded,

"Funny I would've thought you'd be all over each other" said Sirius as Amanda hit him on the shoulder "Just kidding"

"Not funny Black" snapped Amanda