Chapter IV
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I have to admit that when I started writing this I had no idea where it would go(I still don't) and it took me quite a while to figure something out that happened to them- but I think I know something now...no actually I don't, but I'll just start writing now and see where it leads...
In the evening Summer walked up to Kelly to apologize (she still
didn't see what was so wrong about what she'd said but Remus had
told her to go and apologize). She told Kelly that there were just
some certain pathetic things she had done and she'd always do and
that she'd prefer to keep those to herself. They hugged.
"Hey,
you know what? Tomorrow is a trip to Hogsmead. How 'bout we go
shopping and put Lily under some pressure- she'll tell us what's
happened. I know she wants to." "Well that sounds like a
really good plan", Summer sat down next to Kelly "But I'm
sorry, I already got plans for tomorrow. I have a date." Kelly
looked at her and then tried to give her one of her hearty smiles
(it didn't really work- it was more some kind of pathetic smile)
"Ohh…well that's…great (she gave her another pathetic
smile, of which she thought it looked nice) So who's your date?"
Summer looked around the room and tried to avoid the question. Kelly
nudged her and looked at her, waiting. "Ehhm, just some guy I
met- Seilfrettub", she noticed the look on Kelly's face
that totally said "fine whatever don't tell me, but don't
lie to me" "I probably pronounced it wrong- he's
greek, I think" The expression on Kelly's face softend "That's
great (she now managed to give her firend a real smile) Where did
you meet him? C'mon give me all the details..." For the split
of a second a guilty expression showed on Summer's face but then
vanished before Kelly noticed anything.
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The
Boy's Dorm
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"Hey listen up,
butterfly-boy. I've got a plan. We take James to Hogsmead
tomorrow and after a few glasses fire whiskey he'll tell us
everything" "Butterfly-boy?", Sirius looked at
Remus angrily "Anyway, I like what you're saying, but I'm
afraid you're gonna have to do that alone. I've got a date tomorrow.
And don't you ever call me that again!" "Well I guess I
can handle James alone...and actually it wasn't me who started the
butterfly-boy thing. I heard Professor McGonnagall call you
that."
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In the next morning
after breakfast all students lined up in the entrance hall to be
signed out by Filch, the caretaker. "Evans, Johnsson, Shu",
Filch crossed out the names on his list. They opened the portal and
squinted in the bright sunlight. It was a warm, sunny day. The three
of them followed the other students who led the way.
When they
arrived in Hogsmead Summer headed for the Hog's Head while
Lily and Kelly started their shopping-tour at Claire's Girly
Store.
Lily looked at a gold necklace with great interest
"That would look great on you. Hey, I'm not gonna pretend I
don't know and I'm not gonna act like nothing happened. Oh, I think
this top would match your eyes perfectly...", Kelly continued
looking around like she hadn't just threatn't her friend, but Lily
stared at her with big eyes. She blushed slightly, she knew there
was no point in lying to Kelly , but she had promised James not to
tell anyone... "I'm sorry, but I don't know what you're talking
about" she followed Kelly to the other side of the store where
she was looking at a white dress "That dress would go perfectly
well with my hair and my skin- when I was in the sun a little...you
know how easily I turn brown...And yes I just said I know that you
and James lied to us about what happened. I think I'll buy that
dress.", Kelly took the dress and went over to the counter
where she paid for her dress. "You want anything else in
here?", she asked. Lily shook her
head.
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Summer didn't really have a
good feeling about meeting in the Hog's Head, she'd never
been in there before, but she'd heard a lot of storys about it and
those didn't make her feel better. She opened the door and her eyes
scanned the room- there he was, sitting on a table far in the end of
the shabby room.
"Hey" he smiled at her and stood up as
she crossed the room. "Hi, nice place here...", she joked.
"Not really. I already ordered you a butter
beer."
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Lily and Kelly had
been in some other stores and were now both carrying loads of bags
"Wanna grab a drink?", asked Kelly and led the way to the
three broomsticks. Five minutes later they entered and sat down at
the bar. "Two butter beer." "So, you wanna tell me
what happened, now? I'm tellin' you I'm not gonna give up...I'll ask
you again and again and again, I'm gonna haunt you in your dreams,
believe me I'm good in shape I'll continue this as long as I'll have
to and you'll be crawling on the floor, begging me to leave you
alone, to give you a minute of rest...but I won't stop, not as long
as I don't get an answer..." Kelly gave her a look that said
Yep, I'm totally gonna do this "Well, I can't sorry. I
promised I wouldn't tell you guys. We just didn't wanna make it a
big deal"Lily opened her bottle and nipped on it. "It
wouldn't have been if you hadn't lied!" Kelly opened her bottle
as well.(It took a little longer because she was shaking of
anger)"We didn't lie...we just..." "...Lied! Yeah
you did- you lied to us. You lied to your best friends! You could
have just said that's non of our business or something..."
Kelly was so angry now that she stood up. "Stop shouting at me"
"Then stop lying to me!" Kelly took her bags and turned to
leave. "Whoa, hey what's wrong?" Remus grabbed her wrist
and pulled her back. Kelly gave him a look that said Don't you
ruin my scene now- I nearly had her "It's Lily, I just
can't stand her lying to me. You know I always thought we were
friends...but it looks like we're not..."she made a sad face
and said that really loud, so that Lily who was now In James'
company could hear her. "We are. I'll tell you...okay?
Please...I won't lie again...", Lily looked shocked to see her
friend like that.
Lily, Kelly, Remus and James changed the bar
against a table far in the back so nobody could hear them. Lily took
a deep breath "Well I guess sometimes bad things just happen to
good people..." Kelly raised an eyebrow "That doesn't work
for me...What happened? Where's Sirius anyway?", she had just
noticed that he wasn't there. "Oh, he's on a date...Where's
Summer?", Remus looked around the room like searching for her.
"She's on a...Seilfrettub...that's butterflies
spelled backwards...that little bitch...I'm gonna get her I
swear...!" Kelly turned her attention back to Lily who seemed
glad that Kelly had forgot about her fo a moment. "So you
two'll tell us what happened, now. No tricks, no games- just the
truth. Lily nodded, but Remus didn't fail to notice the quick gaze
she shot the door. James mind was racing what was he supposed to
tell his friends? What was he supposed to do? Lie and get caught?
Hex them? Make them drunk? Race out of the Three Broomsticks?
Call the evil butterflies for help? James had to admit there was no
sneaky way out. So he decided to let Lily do the talking , if that
didn't work he could still call the butterflies. Lily noticed all
the eyes of her friends, even James' resting on her. Why did
everyone think she would do the talking? Right, because the guy who
was also involved in this was a brainless prat. "Ähmm.."
she looked right at Kelly.
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Summer
sat down oppoiste of Sirius and looked around. "You know, all
this place needs is some work. Warm colors, some flowers, curtains,
all this kinda stuff." Sirius didn't care about warm colors
or curtains but he listened to Summer anyway. He would have
left any other girl talking about curtains on their first
date, but not Summer. Sirius actually liked the way she said
curtains. He wanted to say something but he couldn't think of
anything. It was totally not like him but he had to admit it. For
the lack of ideas what to say he just sat there and listened to what
she said. She went on and on and was apparently happy that she found
someone who actually listened to her. She looked at him "You
know what? You're actually a nicer guy than I'd thought...So tell
me, don't you wanna be seen with me?" "What, why? You're
great..." She smiled at him "Well I was just thinking
there has to be a reason why we're in here while we could be
anywhere else. Don't your friends know about...this?"
"Sure they know, there's nothing I wouldn't tell them-
especially if it's as pretty as you are. I just thought it would be
a little more personal here- not so crowded you know...Do your
friends know?" Sirius looked at her and tried to find the
answer in her face, but it wasn't as open as it had been before.
Just five minutes ago he had been able to read everything from her
face, but now there was nothing that could tell him what she was
thinking...maybe she didn't want him to... "Your friends don't
know, do they?" "Well...", Summer saw the
disappointed look in his eyes he tried to hide by examening his
hands for quite a while "Well...not really. I told Kelly I have
a date and I gave her a hint that it was you..." Sirius got up
and for one shocking moment Summer thought he would just leave now,
but he took her jacket and grabbed her hand "Come on, let's get
out of here...We can grab a drink somewhere else..."
They
left the Hog's Head and Summer had the feeling that they were
heading for the Three Broom Sticks. It turned out she was
right, they entered the Three Broom Sticks five minutes
later. And again she was right, but this time it was her greatest
fear that came true- Lily and Kelly were there. "They're gonna
kill me...", she muttered, but Kelly just waved as she saw them
and got up to get two more chairs.
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"Hey
there", she smiled at Summer, it wasn't a normal smile it was
more like a smile that was supposed to tell her something...and it
meant nothing good. "Lily and James just wanted to tell us what
really happened" Lily took a deep breath and looked
around the table "Well...ehmm...since it was...errr"
"Lily, I can't do this anymore. I don't wanna lie to them, just
because you might be embarresed. I've always wanted to tell you
guys- but she wouldn't let me..." James looked at his friends,
begging them to believe him. Lily looked really angry and
started punching James' arm "What's wrong with you now? He's
lying!" "What's wrong with you? Stop punching me!"
"I'll stop punching you when you stop lying."
"Guys,
guys", Remus gave both of them a really cool look, so that they
sat up straight again and Lily stopped punching James. "You
both tell us what happened", Kelly looked angry again. "Okay,
so I was waiting for Lily in the entrance hall and we had a small
argument, nothing to worry 'bout. And then...", started James.
Lily looked at him, she knew that what was now following was really
embaressing for him, so she continued "And then, I hexed him
and he hexed me and so on, you know. And I don't know why, but I was
just so angry, so I used the prefido curse. I know I
shouldn't have done that, well anyway he used a shield charm so the
curse came back to me, and unfortunately his shield charm wasn't
strong enough- so it knocked us both out.
And I actually don't
wanna loose my head girl badge, so we agreed not to tell
anyone." Lily looked at her friend's faces, they all seemed
satisfied with this story, all but one- Sirius. "So there were
no butterflies involved?", he asked confused "We should
probably get back now" Remus checked his watch and ignored
Sirius.
Ten minutes later they made their way down the road that
led to the castle. Kelly and Remus were discussing something and
Summer and Sirius were right behind them, holding hands while Lily
and James were walking at the end. James looked at her "You
ehmm, you skipped a part..." "It wasn't important",
she smiled at him. "What? That was like the most
embaressing..." "Shh...", she cut him off and took
his hand. She whispered something in his ear "No one else
has to know."
The End
Okay, so what do you guys think now? I know it's kinda mean
not to tell you the whole story of what happened, but I think it's
kinda cute that Lily doesn't tell them, that it's their secret...
My
favorite scene is the one in the three broom sticks, when Kelly
threatens Lily
Oh and maybe some of you guys noticed, I had some
lines of shows, or movies in here- sometimes I changed them a
little: -The O.C. -Gilmore Girls -CSI: NY -The Interpreter -Charmed