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Chapter Two: Heartbreak Sucks
Lily woke up the next day feeling completely refreshed. Completely irritated, but refreshed nonetheless. She showered and dressed in record time, not putting on much make-up, and styling her vibrant red hair in a loose ponytail. Lily was supposed to meet Anna in the Great Hall for breakfast.
Lily walked down to breakfast in a pair of clean, white sneakers, fitting blue jeans, and a purple t-shirt, wearing her robe loosely over her clothing. Being Sunday, the Hogwarts students needn't wear their uniforms. Lily walked briskly to the Great Hall, all the while fuming about James. I can't believe he had the nerve to ask me out again! she thought. He is such an arrogant, bigheaded jerk! And I thought he changed…I guess I was wrong. He did seem really sorry that he blurted out the invitation to Hogsmeade though…but serves him right. He should learn to control his big fat mouth.
Lily entered the Great Hall seconds later, and immediately began searching for her brown-haired best friend. Not seeing her, Lily sat down at an empty seat along the Gryffindor table, and piled food onto her plate, not entirely seeing what she was eating.
Anna sat down beside a spaced-out Lily a couple minutes later. Anna Shain was fairly tall, reaching 5'8.5", with brown hair that reached just below her shoulders, and big brown eyes flecked with gold. Anna filled her plate with the morning food the house-elves had cooked, and then waved her hand in front of Lily's face, announcing her presence.
Lily looked around to see who had brought her out of her internal cursing of James, to see Anna sitting on her left. 'Hey Ann,' Lily said, returning to her food.
'Hey Lils,' Anna replied, taking a bit of her own food. Anna glanced over at Lily, and noticed that she looked mad. Anyone looking at Lily at the moment wouldn't have thought anything was wrong, but Anna could read Lily like an open book; a feat that Lily sometimes hated about their friendship, because it was nearly impossible for her to hide anything. 'What's wrong?' Anna questioned.
Lily didn't answer the question right away. She focused her attention on taking her time chewing and swallowing her mouthful of waffle, before responding to Anna. 'Last night, Potter and I were…dare I say it, acting civil,' Lily started. 'He worked out the patrol lists, and I revised it. I suggested Hogsmeade dates, he agreed. Then,' Lily continued, her voice now rising slightly, 'I was walking to my room, and he asked me out. AGAIN!' A couple people around the pair stared at them for a couple of seconds before returning to their previous conversations; after all, it wasn't uncommon for the new Head Girl to be mad at James Potter. In fact, their rowing was practically a sport at Hogwarts.
'Well, I know you can't deny that he has a huge ego, Lils,' Anna said, her eyes darting to the doors of the Great Hall – James, Sirius and Remus had just entered. James and Sirius were laughing at something Sirius had just said, while Remus just had an amused smile playing on his handsome features. Anna sighed before continuing, 'But I'm sure if you got to know him you'd see he's a great guy.'
Lily glared daggers at her best friend, who was eyeing the Marauders as they walked over to sit with them. Sirius was walking enthusiastically, while James' face dropped drastically. Remus glanced at James, looking genuinely sorry for his friend, but knowing that he couldn't stop Sirius when he had his mind set on something.
Sirius happily plopped himself down in front of Lily, Remus choosing to sit in front of Anna, and James sat on Sirius left. Sirius and James immediately started to pile their plates with food, though both intent on eating for entirely different reasons. Sirius was just plain hungry – as always – while James decided that if he was eating, he couldn't talk to Lily, thus not allowing himself to say anything stupid.
'Hello Lily, Anna,' said Remus, nodding at each of them in turn. While Remus put a reasonable amount of food on his plate, Anna blushed scarlet and looked down at her plate. Lily laughed. Remus, who was eating humanely enough to still hear, glanced at Lily with confusion. Anna kicked her under the table, emitting a soft, 'Ow,' from Lily. Lily glanced quickly at Anna, who had a death glare on her face, before both girls turned and smiled angelically at Remus.
'So, how has your first week been?' Remus asked kindly, his eyes glued on Anna. Lily smiled as she took a bite of her food, Anna answering Remus' question somewhat shyly. Anna wasn't a completely shy person, but she wasn't extremely outgoing either. Anna would only come out of her 'shell' around people she felt comfortable with.
Lily tuned out her friends talking and looked down at her plate, concentrating on eating. Sometimes she heard Sirius try to engage James in conversation, though he replied in monotones and used as little words as possible. After a few failed attempts Sirius emulated James and ate in silence, neither of the pair looking up from their plates. Remus and Anna were the only ones talking during the quiet breakfast, but soon ceased all conversation when they realized no one else was talking, and joined the others in the tensioned-filled silence.
When Lily had finished her breakfast she bid Anna a quick goodbye, nodded at Remus, and ignored James and Sirius completely. Sirius was indifferent; James, on the other hand, felt his heart tear for the second time in 12 hours.
Lily walked back to her dorm in silence, thinking about starting her charms essay. Professor Flitwick had assigned his charms class an eight-inch essay on Patronuses. Lily entered the dorm, and walked to her desk, and grabbed a scroll of parchment from one of the drawers. She took the quill she had left on the surface, dipped it in ink, and began to write.
Patronuses – For Professor Flitwick
By: Lily Evans, NEWT Level Charms
Patronuses are called upon when the caster is at risk of being attacked by Dementors. The shape each Patronus takes on depends on the caster; each Patronus is unique to the witch or wizard conjuring it. The Patronus takes on the shape of what the caster feels safe with, or what reminds the witch or wizard of peace.
The Patronus is silvery-white in colour, and when conjured correctly, appears solid. This form of the Patronus is also known as a corporeal Patronus. If the Paronus is not conjured correctly, there will only be a puff of silvery-white mist, which is not strong enough to successfully repel a Dementor, though it does give the witch or wizard time to attempt the spell again. However, when in the presence of a Dementor, only a strong witch or wizard – mentally and physically – could conjure a corporeal Patronus.
Most witches and wizards are only aware of the Patronus' ability to repel Dementors. However, they are also used for fighting off Lethifolds.
At this point James walked in the room, walking steadily towards his room. He didn't talk or even glance at Lily along the way, who was astonished. Usually he makes some smart remark about how she should go out with him. Today, nothing. Yet, Lily thought, shaking her head. Why was she thinking about Potter? He wasn't worth her thoughts. Especially since last night. She shook her head again and returned to writing her essay.
An hour and a half went by before Lily finished and perfected her essay, which was two inches more than Professor Flitwick had asked for. Lily sighed, rolling up her parchment, and stuck it in her bag, which was under her desk. I should probably inform the Prefects of their patrol nights, Lily thought.
Lily got up from her desk and walked to her dorm, searching for the robes she wore over her jeans and t-shirt last night. Finding it, she pulled out the scroll of parchment with the schedule James had written on, and stalked back out, stopping only when she reached the hall outside the Heads' dorm. Lily decided she should start at the bottom of the castle, making her way up to Gryffindor Tower, so she began walking towards the Hufflepuff common room in the basements – she thought it would be best to confront the Slytherins with other people around, so if they did try to 'pull one over' on her, it wouldn't go missed.
After Lily talked with the Hufflepuffs, she went to talk with the Ravenclaws, and was surprised how fast it took when within an hour she found herself in the Gryffindor common room, already looking for the Gryffindor Prefects. Fortunately for her, Lily found most of the Gryffindor Prefects in the common room or in their dorms. She glanced down at her list. She had a three Ravenclaws and two Hufflepuffs to find, along with Remus, not counting the Slytherins. Thinking that no fifth year or above would be roaming the halls with all the homework they had to do, Lily's next thought would be the library.
Lily made her way to the library, looking down the corridors she past just incase someone was making a return trip back to their dormitories. When she got to the library, she hunted down the remaining Prefects before searching for Remus. She would probably spend more time with him and talk, rather than just handing out schedules to the other Prefects.
Lily decided to check the table where she and Remus frequently studied, only to find Remus helping Anna with her Charms essay. She smiled. Remus and Anna might not have realized it yet, but they were such a cute couple. Lily didn't want to interrupt the moment, so, despite what she originally planned, she would just give Remus his day and then go back to her dorm.
Lily walked toward Remus and Anna, careful to keep quiet. The librarian wasn't very pleasant, especially when she was angry. 'Hey Anna. Hey Remus,' she said when she reached the table.
The studying pair looked up when Lily spoke. Anna had a huge smile on her face, and Remus had a small smile playing on his lips too. 'Lils! Hey!' grinned Anna. 'What are you doing here?'
'Oh, I won't stay long. Remus, I just wanted to let you know that you'll be patrolling on Monday nights, starting tomorrow. You'll be patrolling with…' Lily took out the list. '…the seventh year Ravenclaws and the seventh year Slytherins,' she finished, looking up at Remus. Remus nodded his head in understanding. 'Is that ok?' she asked, wondering whether he would mind patrolling at the same time as the seventh year Slytherins: they really could get out of hand.
'Yeah, that's fine.' Remus smiled.
'Ok. I'll leave you guys to study then.' Remus thanked Lily for giving him his patrol time and looked back down at his book, so he didn't see the smile and wink Lily sent in Anna's direction. Anna smiled back, blushing like mad, and gave Lily a discreet thumbs up.
Lily laughed inwardly before starting back up to the Heads' common room. Lily muttered the password – 'Gum drops' – and entered the Heads' common room to find it completely deserted. She walked to her desk, thinking she'd start on a good book before going down for lunch. Lily sat down on her chair and looked at her desk, where an assortment of her favourite books lay, but before she could pick up a book, she noticed an envelope lying on her desk, that definitely wasn't there before she went to find the Prefects.
Should I open it? Lily debated, recognizing the familiar, untidy scrawl of James Potter. No. I don't care what Potter's got to say. Lily immediately took the letter in her hands, and without even sparing it a second glance, ripped it into tiny pieces, throwing them in the trash bin.
Lily spun on her heel and walked out of the common room, heading down to lunch. Just because Lily couldn't see him, doesn't mean that James, hiding at the top of his staircase, couldn't see Lily ripping his letter into pieces, and striding out of the common room, looking like she didn't have a care in the world.
Fine, he thought sadly. If that's what she really feels, that's fine. I only want her to be happy. If that's what she really wants, then Lily Evans won't have to hear from James Potter. James stood up, and walked the few feet back to his room, before collapsing on his bed, not even bothering to go down for lunch.
A/N: Dun dun dun! No more interference from James? Whatever will Lily do? ;)
Gracias to my reviewers of the first chapter:comic releife, lily and james xoxo, and riduculouslyriddikulus! You guys are aewsome!Much loveto you all.
I'm still studying frantically for my last two exams, and I got this done in what little spare time I had, so I hope you like it. My final exams are tomorrow and Friday, so I should be able to start writing again more frequently either this weekend or early next week, since we don't start second semester until the second of February. Ciao 'till then!
Niamara