Dreams of Someday

Chapter 13: Words

The next morning, the majority of the school population from the forth years up, didn't wake up for a very long time. By the time most of them emerged, some with pounding headaches, it was lunchtime.

Lily was not one of those with a hangover. Thankfully, she had stayed away from the punch, as thirsty as she may have been. She was one of the only ones though. Anna and Remus had both kept weary of how much they drunk, but as for Ellen and Sirius, they acted as if they didn't even know the punch was spiked, and as a result had pounding headaches in the morning.

Lily woke up bright an early, this being 9. She always was the one to not be able to sleep in, except if she was exhausted. This was the latest she had slept this year, and she felt proud. Her friends were still out of it, and would be she guessed, for a long time yet.

Lily decided she would make a death wish by waking them up, so she decided instead, to go down to Breakfast, which was much safer. Changing into some clothing, Lily made her way down to the common room. It was deserted, besides a couple of first years.

'How was the dance?' one of them asked eagerly. Lily smiled.

'It was great.'

The group of girls sighed, as if wishing they knew what it was like. Lily laughed slightly, and then made her way out the portrait hole.

Lily got down to the hall, only to find none of the boys were down yet either. Sirius she could understand. James, well he had had a couple of glasses, and he slept in usually anyway. Remus? Well she would just have to wait to find out.

Sitting herself down, she grabbed some food from the golden plates, and piled it onto her plate. Then, she ate. Defiantly with dignity, nothing like how James and Sirius ate, but still, she was allowing herself to be a little less dignified, without her friends here.

When they still hadn't come down after an hour, she sighed and got up from the table, deciding there was no point in waiting for them. She realised they wouldn't be down for a while.

Lily started to walk, carefree, up to the common room. Surely there would be something to do up there. The corridors were deserted, so she was free to dawdle, and do what she pleased.

Suddenly, she felt someone grab her, and pull her into an empty classroom. She didn't have a clue who it was. James? For some reason it didn't feel like his embrace. She attempted to turn around to see who it was, but couldn't.

They threw her in the door, then locked it behind her. Lily looked up to see a group of about 7 girls, including the one behind her, who went to join the others. She could recognise some of them, all were in the older grades.

Lily composed herself, standing up tall, despite the feeling of fear in her stomach.

'Yes?' She asked. 'Where you girls needing something?'

'Yes. We need to have…a little…chat with you.' The girl she recognised as Lysandra said.

'Sure thing. What did you want to talk about?' Lily asked, feeling slightly sure that if they had wanted to talk about school work, they wouldn't have locked her in an empty classroom.

'It seems you and James are becoming…quite close.' Lysandra mused. The other girls nodded in agreement.

Lily looked at them.

'Do you have a problem with that?' She asked nicely. She felt it was not wise to get on the wrong side of these girls.

'Yes, we do in fact.' Piped up a mean looking Ravenclaw.

Lily stared at them all.

'Well what is it?' She asked, slightly impatiently. She didn't like where this was going, but did not want to show it.

'Lets just get one thing clear Lily. James is ours.' Lysandra said, glaring at her.

'Oh, so did he give you that honour, or are you just trying to promote yourselves?'

'You can't afford to give us cheek, Evans,' Lysandra said, gritting her teeth. 'We outnumber you.'

'Ah yes, but I am head girl, and I have supreme here.' Lily said, not feeling as confident as she sounded.

The girls laughed at her, smirking. Her heart beat faster.

'You think we care that you take points away from our houses? This is not an issue of school. This is an issue of you taking something of ours, and us wanting it back.'

'James is not yours!' She yelled.

'Getting a bit touchy there, Evans? Are you saying he's yours?' Lysandra said, smirk widening.

'No! He doesn't belong to anyone!'

Lysandra surged forward and grabbed her by the collar of her uniform, bringing her up close to her face.

'Now listen here, Evans,' She spat. 'James, is ours. We don't want you stealing our things.'

'It's a pity you only see him as some material possession, otherwise you might see that he would never want any of you.'

This comment earned her a hard slap on the cheek. She cried out, but bit her lip to stop herself from crying.

Lysandra composed herself, glaring down at Lily. She pushed her up against the wall, and raised her wand at her throat.

'If your smart, Evans, you will know to keep your mouth shut, and agree to our terms.'

Lily said nothing. Her cheek stung terribly and she was getting scared as to how far these girls would go. She wasn't sure if Lysandra would do anything, but the way she held the wand, she seriously doubted she would have second thoughts. Lysandra had the upper hand at the moment, since Lily's wand was out of reach. She decided it was smartest to stay quiet.

'We want you to leave James alone. If you value yourself, it would be wise to do so. We promise to make your life living hell if you do not leave James alone. And if that still does not discourage you, we will take matters into our own hands. We have no trouble ruining your life, Evans, but it doesn't have to happen if you do what we ask.'

'And don't tell anyone. We will just make it worse for you, believe me.' Another one of the girls said.

Lily didn't say anything. She was terrified, though she didn't want to be.

'Just to show we mean business,' Lysandra said, saying a spell then touching her wand to Lily's collarbone. A red line appeared, which painfully turned into a nasty cut, which seared with pain. Still, Lily managed to keep it all inside. She didn't want them to know they had won.

Lysandra pushed her off the wall, throwing her towards the door.

'Remember; we will be watching you.' She said, before unlocking the door and letting Lily out.

Lily walked out the door calmly, then as soon as she was out of view, ran blindly to the common room, tears streaming down her cheeks. She didn't know what to do, who to turn to. She was lost.

Coming to the common room and finding it deserted, she sat down on one of the red couches in front of the fire, allowing the tears of hopelessness fall down her cheeks.

After what felt like eternity, she suddenly felt someone place their hand on her arm. She turned around quickly, to see a concerned James looking down at her.

'Lily? What's wrong?' He asked.

She shook her head, not wanting to say anything.

'Can I sit down?'

She nodded slowly, attempting to wipe the tears from her face. He sat down close to her, and pulled her to him, arm over her shoulder. She snuggled up to him and cried into his chest, knowing that she might have to give him up. The tears were falling heavier now, and she thought it was a good thing James didn't seem to mind how soaked his robes were getting.

After about a half an hour in each others arms, James rubbed her back soothingly.

'Will you tell me what's wrong?' He asked again.

Lily looked up at him, and while she did, her collarbone was revealed. The slap she had received before also seemed to have made its mark, as when she looked at him, James' mouth dropped open. He touched the bruise lightly, and then traced the cut with shaking hands.

'Who did this to you?' He asked shakily. Lily could sense a bit of anger in his voice.

'I can't say.' She replied softly. She looked down, ashamed.

James gently pulled her chin up so she was looking at him again.

'Lily, is someone hurting you?' He asked warily.

'I can't tell you. I'm sorry James, but I can't tell anyone. They will do worse.' She said.

'Lily, please, just tell me. I will not tell anyone I know. It's just that you look like you need someone to talk to. Please tell me.'

'You won't try to stop them? Because if you do they'll know that I told.'

'I won't. Just tell me. It kills me to see you so upset.' James said.

Lily nodded, then proceeded to tell him the story. She left the names out, so that James would not try anything. When she told him about Lysandra slapping her, James' eyes were an icy fire of anger. The fire grew when he found out about the threat, and the point where she was given the cut.

'I'm really scared James. Not just for me, but I don't want to lose you.' She said.

James held her tighter.

'You will never lose me. Nothing they can do will tear me from you. I love you, Lily.'

Lily looked up at him, and saw that he was telling the truth. It shocked her, but it was a good surprise. It sounded amazing. She smiled slightly.

'I love you too, James.'

A/N: ok well sorry for the shortness of this chapter…there was not that much to write about…but u no…at least its here and all! I hope you all liked it…and the words were finally said. Hehe so its all good! Well please review…but before I sign out…I just need to give some information…since one of my lovely reviewers (Mayhla…I hope I spelt that right!) asked what my name meant! So heres some info!

The word Bohemian was a name for Czech's…though the Bohemian Revolution was in France in the 19th Century where Artists, writers and noncomformists were called Bohemians. If you have seen the movie 'Moulin Rouge' you will be aware of the term Bohemian and the Bohemian Revolution. This was taking place in the 19th Century where the movie was set. Basically the Bohemian's were a very powerful group, and as a result, where able to make very big changes. There changes were also permanent, not temporary. So it was like any other revolution, except it was changes made by the artists and writers of the time; The bohemians. So hence the name of it.

Well I hope that helped…it is quite hard to find information on it lol! Well anyway hope you all enjoyed the chapter.

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Bohemian Revolution