Title: Light
Author: Amelia Bedelia
Chapter Seven: Puppy Love
AUTHORS NOTE: Hello!!! Ok, for starters – I AM REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY SORRY!!! I haven't updated in a LONG time and I don't even have a good EXCUSE!!! But I hope that the length of this chapter will make up for the missed time!!!
I still feel REALLY sorry but there's nothing I can do except put up the next chapter! But I just want to say thank you to ALL of the reviewers out there!!! Well… THANKS!!! Ok, no more of my talking… On with the story!
Chapter Seven: Puppy Love
Sirius walked through the empty hallways. The only exception was when a ghost floated on through every now and then. Instead of going to the kitchens, where Sirius spent a good third of his day, he headed towards the main entrance.
He walked down the slippery steps, strode past frozen benches, and made his way towards the icy lake. Near the lake was a tree. This tree sat in the middle of nowhere. There was nothing special about this particular tree - except that it was Sirius' tree.
Holding onto the sturdy branches, he hoisted himself up to the top so that he could look over the school grounds. The cold wind came by surprise and nearly knocked Sirius from the branches by surprise.
He felt small snowflakes land on his face and sprinkle his hair. He made no movement to brush them off, however.
After nearly ten minutes, Sirius climbed down into the comfort of the branches. He nestled into a corner and rested his head on the trunk and looked out at the castle in the distance.
It looked so welcoming during this time of year. Warm and cozy.
Sirius reached into his cloak and pulled out a pad of paper and muggle pen that he got from Remus' muggle family for Christmas.
No one would have suspected that Sirius was a natural artist. He took no classes to improve or used his talent to any advantage - except that one time when he and his friends made a map of Hogwarts.
No. Sirius used drawing as a way to escape everything. Even to create a fantasy world that wasn't there.
Sirius took a mental picture of the castle and began to draw on his paper.
He drew every single detail from the large door in the middle to every weave and dent on the roof. His thoughts began to drift, as they always would while drawing.
He began to draw harder.
What is James hiding from me? he thought. I know that he wasn't out practicing Quidditch. I was practicing Quidditch!
The pen went through the picture. Sirius pulled out his wand and tapped the paper a few times. He muttered a spell and the paper was fixed as it had been before.
After a quarter of an hour passed, Sirius analyzed his picture. He looked back at the real image. The two pictures were nearly identical. If you hadn't have known that Sirius had drawn this, you would have thought that it was an ordinary muggle picture.
He folded the picture to the next page and imagined his friends sitting around the fireplace. He drew the face of James, Remus, Peter, and he himself all laughing at a joke. James, Peter, and Remus sat on the long couch while Sirius sat on the comfy armchair. He added details like shadows from the light of the fire and also added pictures and faces of others around them.
There, leaning in between them was Lily near James (naturally, as Sirius liked to picture them) Breanna ruffling Remus' hair (also how Sirius pictured them) and finally last, but definitely not least, Sirius drew Bella sitting in his lap. Her arms were wrapped around his neck and she was giving him a kiss on the cheek.
Sirius sighed. If only life were this kind.
He pulled out his wand and tapped the paper four times. The people in the picture began to move. Since the picture was from Sirius' imagination, the characters on the page were acting as well. Instead of all three girls leaving instantly, Lily wrapped her arms around James' neck, Breanna climbed between James and Remus to sit near Sirius, and Bella began to kiss Sirius full on the lips. The picture Sirius began to blush.
Life sucks.
Sirius flipped through his picture collection. There were some he drew at the lake. Some were from his home with his family. Others were of Hogwarts and friends.
Sirius flipped to the last pages in the book.
These were his favorites of all of his pictures. There, in both color and black and white, were pictures galore of Bella.
Sirius, as you can probably tell already, was in love. In love with his best friend's enemy - or at least one of the enemies.
That was the one thing that kept Sirius from dating her. That was probably why he loved her so much. She was the only girl that he couldn't have which made him want her more. To Sirius, she was perfect in every way. But, of course, thanks to James having to hate Lily and all of her friends, Sirius was forced to hate her as well.
It was love at first sight. She looked like an angel to Sirius; she was a beautiful angel from heaven. She was the reason for Sirius' love of art. In fact, the reason why Sirius loved this tree so much was because this was the first place that he had drawn Bella's face.
Sirius kept flipping pictures until he arrived at one with Bella blowing kisses at him. Another was waving. And another stood unmoving, smiling. Sirius grinned at his life-like pictures.
After he had finished looking at Bella, he flipped back to the picture of everyone in the Common Room. Carefully, he tore out the picture.
Two small snowflakes drifted down and landed on Remus and Bella. Both shivered. Remus, the logical one, stood up and came back with a blanket. Well, that's Moony for ya! Solution for everything! The Sirius in the picture, however, wrapped his arms around Bella's slim figure.
The real Sirius smiled.
Whoosh.
A huge gust of wind caught the picture he just drew of them in the common room and sent it flying across the school grounds.
Damn, I'm screwed.
Sirius jumped up from his spot in the tree and neatly landed on both feet perfectly. He tucked his paper and pen away hurriedly in his cloak and ran towards the run-away picture.
If anyone got a hold of that picture…
There would be no hope left for Sirius. His friendship with James would most likely be destroyed and Bella would never love Sirius at all.
Running at full speed, Sirius was still fifty feet behind the wind.
His conscience finally turned on. He put his frostbit hands in the snow. Concentrating hard on dark fur, long snout, and a different body shape, Sirius changed into a large dog. He set off as fast as his hind legs would allow him to travel.
He let out a loud bark and a dog smile. Though, not noticing where he was going, Sirius ran into something.
Actually, someone.
Looking up, Sirius saw long, dirty blonde hair fall down in front of a face. The girl, whom Sirius now recognized, pulled back her hair revealing the face of Bella Figg.
Sirius, the dog, whimpered and kept running. There, he thought, breathless. In a corner near the castle was his picture. He carefully picked it up with his teeth and ran around to the other side of the castle wall.
Making sure that no one was watching, Sirius turned back into his real self. He took the picture out of his mouth and checked it over. There were maybe one or two slobber marks - but that was always fixable. He pulled out his pad of paper and slipped his paper inside the front cover and tucked the paper away in his cloak.
Sirius took a deep breath. That was the closest he had ever been to Bella. His heart was beating three times as fast as normal and his head was swimming with hundreds of thoughts.
Casually turning around, he walked back to where Bella had been. She was still on the ground from where Sirius had run into her.
This was his chance. They were all alone. There was no James or Lily to ruin the moment. It was now or never.
"Uh - Bella!"
Bella turned her head. "Sirius," she acknowledged nodding her head.
"Uh, do ya need help up?"
"Yes, thank you." She held out her hands. Sirius took them without hesitation and pulled her up from out of the snow. His hands, that had been frozen, now felt warm and tingly.
"Why were you sitting in the snow?" he asked, even when he already knew the answer.
"I - uh - I don't know, honestly! There was this huge black dog and it just ran into me. Then the second that I turned to look at it - it had gone! Just like that!" Bella said, snapping her fingers.
"Like that, huh?" Sirius, too, snapped his fingers. "So, why are you out here?"
"I was just walking. Nothing specific."
"Oh really!" Come on, Sirius! You can begin acting normal anytime now!
Bella laughed. "Yeah, really."
"Need any company?" Sirius asked, crossing his fingers in his pockets.
"Sure, I guess." Thanking the lord, Sirius began to walk alongside Bella.
They walked in silence to the lake and began to walk in circles around it. "So," Sirius said.
"So," Bella repeated. The silence was killing Sirius - so he brought up the one thing they would possibly have in common.
"When do you think Lily and James are gonna get their act together and go out?"
A huge grin spread across Bella's face. "I am so glad that someone agrees with me about those two! Breanna keeps thinking that we shouldn't push Lily to like someone she thinks she doesn't! That's crap if you ask me, though!"
"I know!" This is definitely my destined true love. "Remus is the exact same way!"
She giggled. Oh, how he loved her laugh.
They continued to talk about Lily and James and how perfectly they'd go together - until Bella sneezed.
"Oh, are you cold? Do you want to go inside?" Sirius turned away and held his breath in anticipation.
"No, no! I'm fine! Really," she quickly said.
"Well then," Sirius said, letting all of his breath out in relief, "take my cloak." Immediately, he took off his cloak and draped it around Bella's shivering shoulders.
"Um, thanks," she mumbled. "You know, no one would have guessed you were such a gentlemen, the way that you normally act!"
Sirius didn't know if he should take this as a compliment or as criticism, so he just nodded his head, looking out at the lake.
"Hey, what's this?"
Sirius looked over at Bella and saw her fumbling with his pocket in his cloak - with his drawings.
"Oh! That - uh - that's just… nothing," Sirius mumbled, pulling the book out of Bella's frozen fingers.
"Sirius! Tell me what it is! No use keeping secrets from me 'cause I'll eventually find out one way or another!" Bella complained. She leaned in, inches from his face, showing off her puppy dog eyes. She's almost better than I am!
Sirius had to fight awfully hard to not kiss her on the spot – and finally managed not to. "Well, I - er - " Sirius had no idea what to say. Should he say the truth? A lie? What?
Sirius settled for a small fib. It wasn't a lie - just not exactly the whole truth. Right in-between.
"They're pictures - but they're personal. You know, they're how I escape life in general."
Bella couldn't keep a smile from spreading wide across her face as they continued to walk around the lake. It was too much to find that Sirius - the Sirius Black, king of attracting hearts of nearly every woman he met - was not only a gentleman, but also an artist! "So," she asked cautiously, "are there any that I can see?"
"Well, I guess. Why not?"
Bella squealed with excitement and sat down on the ground. Sirius, obviously seeing that she didn't want to continue to walk anymore, sat next to her as well.
"Well, there's this one. I was drawing just before I ran into you." Sirius pulled out the picture of Hogwarts. "It's not that good."
Bella took the picture in her hands. And her mouth dropped. "Oh my god. Sirius! This is the best I have ever seen someone my age draw! Isn't this sort-of like a dream or something for you? You have a talent that's better than every other person in our school! I can't believe this was just hand drawn! Are you sure this isn't a photograph?!?" she asked, jokingly.
And for the first time in his life, Sirius blushed.
"Ya know I could make it move if you wanted. Like a real wizard picture. It's an easy spell I found out in the library," he said, bashfully.
Bella turned to face Sirius, stunned. "You've been to the library?"
"Well, yeah. Once or twice before..."
Bella tried to hide her surprise. "Of course! Sure, I wanna see it move!" Eagerly, Bella stuffed the picture back into Sirius' hands. Even with the temperature outside, Sirius couldn't deny that the redness in his cheek was not the harsh wind, but was caused from Bella brushing her hand on Sirius' when she gave the picture back.
"Ok, let's see." Sirius pulled out his wand and tapped his picture four times.
The snow that Sirius had added to the picture began to swirl across the page and wrap around the castle. "Wow," he heard Bella whisper near his ear.
The branches on the trees swayed along with the wind. Some cracked and fell off while the others ran into more branches remaining on the trees.
Bella didn't look away for nearly ten minutes. Sirius took this as a compliment.
When she did, however, it was with new respect for Sirius.
"D'ya want to see more?"
"Absolutely!" Bella exclaimed, jerking out of her trance.
Sirius pulled out the pile of pictures with him and his family or friends. He, however, didn't dare pull out the picture with Bella in them. She would be too suspicious.
They sat for another half-hour looking through Sirius' collection of pictures. The sun finally decided to set and Sirius knew this as a sign of dinner approaching. "C'mon," he said. "We should probably be getting inside. Don't want everyone wondering where we were."
"Yeah, I guess so."
They continued their journey back up to the castle. "Uh, Bella? Could you do me a favor and - er - not tell anyone about my pictures? They're sorta private, ya know?"
"Yeah, absolutely! And, maybe you could not mention us together 'cause of Lily - "
"And James! They would just blow they're tops!"
"Exactly! They hate each other as it is and us - " Bella gestured at the two of them.
"Yep, I know exactly what you mean! So, we're on a 'don't tell anyone' basis?"
"Yeah." They began to walk up the stairs. "Maybe I could look at the rest of your pictures some other time?" she asked, with hopefulness in her voice.
"Sure! I mean - alright, I guess."
They approached the main doors. "So, I'll, uh, see you some other time," Bella said.
"I'll - er - send you a letter."
"Alright. See ya." Bella turned and left Sirius waiting out in the cold.
Listening inside, he checked to make sure her footsteps had died away before he slid down the back of the door.
I have just lived one of the best days of my life.
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"See ya." Bella turned and pushed the large doors behind her open.
She walked down the main hallway. She heard the door close behind her. Bella turned, expecting to see Sirius following her. But, to her surprise, no one was there. She heard a soft sigh on the other side of the door. Ignoring any suspicions she had, Bella turned again and headed past the Great Hall.
A few students had begun to walk in to grab some food. James, Remus, and Peter, being some of the few who were the first as well as the last people left eating, had not arrived yet, surprisingly.
It took nearly fifteen minutes before all of the twisting and winding steps she took led her to Gryffindor tower.
"Fizzing whizbees," Bella said to the fat lady in her portrait.
The fat lady nodded her head and opened up the entryway and let Bella pass. She almost wished she hadn't.
"Geeze, Potter! What do you care? It's not your responsibility for what goes on in my life!" Bella didn't even stop to ask why Lily was back early. She decided that with Lily's attitude on Christmas evening, she should cool off herself and when she needed help, she could come to Bella when she needed to.
Walking past Lily and James, Bella crept up to her dorm, unnoticed.
She took off her cloak and changed her cold, wet outfit. She brushed her wind-tossed hair out so that it lay down flat on her back. And then Bella did something that she hadn't done for nearly three years.
She took out her diary and wrote. She wrote her heart out all over the pages. Wrote of past and future experiences, mainly about her out with Sirius today.
Sirius can be so strange at times. Normally around all of his friends, girlfriends, teachers, and the rest of the school's population, he asks like he's drunk! I swear. He just goofs off with other people like his silliness is a shield for his feelings. Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong. I may never know…
But something strange happened today. I took a walk outside. I had no one to talk to since all of my friends are home for the winter holidays.
But then I found Sirius outside. He started talking to me. Then he asked if he could join me while I walk. And I said yes – do he joined me.
We had a nice talk. And a nice walk. But then I sneezed - and you know what he did? He gave me his cloak! What a gentleman!
I found some pictures in his cloak that he drew too! They're marvelous! You would never guess that Sirius Black is an artist and a gentleman! He drew this beautiful picture of Hogwarts. There was a blizzard outside with several trees near the castle. He also said that he went to the library - the library! - and found a spell that can make pictures move! He tapped the picture four times, I think, and the snow swirled around the castle in every direction! It was a beautiful picture and seemed so realistic! I've never seen anyone draw as well as Sirius did.
He showed me some more pictures but none stood out as much as the first. After he suggested we come in, he told me not to tell a soul about his pictures or about us spending time together. I happily agreed. Do you have any idea how angry Lily would be at me if she knew that I had been hanging out with Sirius Black, her enemy's best friend?!? She doesn't know him like I do, though. He's a sweet, kind, and caring person! All she sees in him is association with James Potter. I seriously think that they should get their act together soon and fall in love! It's not supposed to take this long for them to realize they're in love. It's killing me - and Sirius even agrees with me! He told me so.
Really, that Sirius Black, he's not so bad.
-----------------------------------James-----------------------------------
James looked at his clock on his side-table. It read 5:45.
"Dinner," he mumbled to the other two in the room with him. Peter and Remus looked up at James and then at the clock. Silently, they all stood up and walked toward the door.
There was a high-pitched squeak behind him and James turned to see that Peter had spilled all of his ink over his bed and his essays. "James," Remus said, "you head on down to dinner. Let me help Peter and we'll be down in a little bit. I suspect Sirius is already down there eating."
James gave them a smile and walked down the boys' staircase to the Gryffindor common room. And, there on the large couch, was Lily Evans. No one else was in the common room at the moment. So James decided to talk to Lily, for the first time, of his own free will.
"Evans," he muttered, nodding his head.
"Potter," Lily replied, giving him a smile. James raised his eyebrow.
"What's up, Evans? Why are you smiling?"
"Why, whatever do you mean?" she asked, innocently.
"Evans," he said, lowering his voice, "do you not remember what happened earlier today?"
"Oh, no, I am perfectly aware of what happened earlier today. And I have decided that I shouldn't be sad."
James' jaw dropped. "What the hell are you talking about? Are we thinking of the same thing?"
"Yes, and ya know, James. I think you can be the first to know that I'm going to join the Quidditch team next year. When we flew here this morning that was sort-of fun! I thought you may wanna know that since you'll probably be captain next year."
"Damn-it, Lily! What is wrong with you?!? Your parents just died! You're lucky you weren't killed too!"
"And I don't want to be sad for the rest of my life. You know, I'm getting a little hungry. Are you going downstairs to get some food?" Lily stood up and began to walk over towards the portrait.
But not before James caught her by the arm. He held her inches from his face. "What is wrong with you Lily? When I left, you were crying earlier!" Then, on second thought, he added, "What did Madame Pomfrey give you?"
"Geeze, Potter! What do you care? It's not your responsibility for what goes on in my life!" Lily screamed, not noticing the portrait open and close. "Do you want me to be sad? Or can I please get on with my life now!" Lily ripped her arms from his grip and James took a step backwards, shocked.
"So you're just going to forget about your parents like that?" Lily didn't look at him. James now felt like he had the upper hand. She didn't move or say a word. "You know, Lily, I thought that you had more decency to at least be sad for your parents a little. I never thought you would go so low as to pretend you barely even knew them. Maybe I was wrong."
Lily finally turned and walked toward the portrait hole. James took one last stab at turning her back into her normal self.
"When my parents died I cried three days straight after that." Lily stopped. "I didn't talk to anyone for two weeks. Not even Sirius. I spoke to Dumbledore once the night of the - er - you know. But other than that, no one."
"You're lying," Lily whispered under her breath, not turning from her spot.
"I'm not," he whispered back. "Lily, you have to let your feelings out eventually. You can't keep them hidden inside of you forever." But before James had gotten the word 'forever' out of his mouth, Lily stepped out of the portrait hole.
James stood, still looking at the spot where Lily had been standing no more than three seconds ago.
"Trust me," he whispered into the air.
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Lily stomped off down the hallway with her arms crossed over her chest. She didn't run into anyone and was very grateful.
After fifteen minutes of walking, Lily arrived at "her wall."
She remembered when she first found "her wall."
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~Flashback~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
It was Lily's first year of school at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Nearing the third weekend of her stay, Lily had all of her homework completed earlier than everyone else with nothing to do. All of her friends were busy with one thing or another so she couldn't be with them. Lily finally decided it best to explore the castle in order for her to find classes easier. It was for her own good!
She walked down what seemed like every corridor. She opened and closed what seemed like every door! Behind each door would lie one classroom after another. Nothing special.
Until she got bored after an hours worth of walking and was about to quit. She began to drag her fingers along the wall behind her. It was an old and annoying habit she'd had since forever and could never shake off when she was bored.
But then her hand moved across a different type of substance. It was smoother than the rest of the wall. Like it had been worn down.
She looked at the wall and there, by her hand, was a black streak left behind from where her fingers had been.
Odd.
Lily stopped and lifted her hand. After nearly ten seconds, the mark was erased.
Curious, Lily placed her forefinger there again. There was a black dot on the wall now. And then it erased.
Lily took her finger and wrote out Lily on the wall.
And, to her amazement, it did not erase this time. It just added a word before it.
Hello Lily.
Lily jumped away from the wall. She watched the two words with cat like eyes. The words erased.
Lily is your name, is it not?
Scared, Lily nodded at the wall and waited for a reply.
Hello?
"Oh!" Lily placed her finger to the wall and wrote. Yes. My name is Lily.
How did you find me?
I - Lily didn't know what to say. Should she trust this - this wall? If you thought about this in a logical, non-magical sort-of way, you would think Lily was crazy if she'd said she was talking to a wall.
Lily decided to ask the wall a question.
Who are you?
I, my dear, am none other than Helen.
Why are you a wall?
No, no, dear, you must answer my question first.
Well, I was exploring the castle and I touched this wall and it made it mark.
Yes, that would be simple enough. Now I must answer your question. What was it again dear?
My question was why are you a wall? Why are you not a living, breathing, human being? Lily waited for the wall to respond to her question. She had begun to write faster and her writing was now becoming nearly illegible.
Well, Helga Hufflepuff herself charmed this very wall to talk to people by writing. She named me Helen and used me as a person she could talk to whenever she was troubled. She was murdered, however, and never had a chance to take this charm off the wall.
Oh, was all Lily could respond. She hadn't expected this to happen! She was only thinking she would be out for a quick stroll and be back in her common room within fifteen minutes! Oh, how wrong she was!
So,
would you like to come into her room?
Lily's jaw dropped. Her room?
Why, yes. It's where she slept as well.
I guess. How do I get in?
Just ask me to let you in! You're a funny girl.
Can I come in? Lily asked lamely.
Sure!
Lily stood and waited for a little while until the wall wrote again.
What are you waiting for?
Confused, Lily wrote back. What are you talking about?
Open the door!
Lily raised her eyebrow at the wall.
What door?
Do you not see the handle Little Lily?
Lily looked at the wall and finally found a small, dark Barbie sized handle, but there wasn't anything else but that handle. No door frame!
Lily crouched down on the ground and turned the knob. She didn't expect anything to happen. However, much to her surprise, once she turned the handle, there was a large, empty space big enough for her to walk through.
"Wow." Lily stood in shock, as she looked onward at the room that greeted her.
There was a long couch, big enough for four people, and an armchair next to it, big enough for two people. In front of the armchair and couch was a long, glass coffee table. In the corner was a tall, four-legged table and four chairs surrounding it. At the back of the room was a four-poster bed just like Lily's in her dormitory. The only difference was that it had yellow-gold sheets instead of scarlet. The carpet was a dark yellow, but not quite gold, while the chairs were a deep black, almost navy blue.
Lily entered the room cautiously, almost expecting something thousands of years old to jump out at her.
She felt the fabric of the couch and floor, making sure this was for real and not another one of her silly fantasies.
Lily turned around and saw that the doorway had been sealed and, again, there was writing on the wall.
How do you like it?
Lily swore that if walls had faces, this one would look nervous about now.
She walked to the wall. I love it.
Lily looked around the room once again before she wrote to the wall. How do I get back out? Another door like last?
Not really. You push a button now.
Lily looked around the wall again. Only, this time, it was a lot easier to find. A large red button sat near her fingertips and she pressed it. The doorway opened again and she walked into the hallway.
You will come back, won't you?
Of course! But, right now, I need to get to dinner.
All right. Good-bye, Little Lily.
And from then on, her name to the wall was "Little Lily."
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Hello, Helen. Lily wrote.
Good day, Little Lily. Where have you been? I've missed you with no company for nearly two months!
I'm sorry, Helen. I've been a little caught up in some things. Can I come in?
Helen didn't reply, but Lily did see that small doorknob near the floor. She turned it and walked into the room.
Since the first time she had been here, she learned several spells to redecorate and change colors. The chair and couch was now a dark emerald green that blended in with her eyes. The bed against the wall was in the same spot but was now emerald green as well. Even the pillows were a shade of green. Could you tell Lily's favorite color was green?
The carpet was a dark navy blue and the walls were white. The walls, however, had a blue/green tinge to it from the colors surrounding it.
Lily flopped down into the armchair. She, however, noticed the wall was writing. What is wrong, Little Lily?
Lily dragged her chair over towards the wall and sat while writing.
It's been tough these past weeks.
Boy trouble? the wall asked, motherly.
Lily shrugged to herself. You could say that. Well, do you remember me telling you about James Potter?
That mean and awful boy?
Lily smiled. She now knew why she loved this wall so much. Yes. Well, he's been playing these horrid tricks on me day after day which made me behind in my studies. That's the first reason why I couldn't come see you last month.
All right, now I understand.
The second reason - Lily stopped writing. Should she really tell her?
What is it dear?
Helen, have you talked to anyone else recently?
Well, there is this one person that comes every now and then, now that you say it, but nothing much. Doesn't even say hello to me either.
When's the last time you saw them?
Not for awhile now. I don't think they're coming back.
Well, if they ever do come back, don't tell them what I'm about to tell you. Promise?
Honey, I would never tell a soul.
Reluctantly, Lily replied. Ok. Before I left for winter break, I got revenge on James Potter - and it was about time too!
You shouldn't have, Little Lily.
But he deserved it! You couldn't believe how mean he was being to me! Planting Dung-bombs underneath my bed every single morning; putting Filibuster Fireworks in my bag every day so that my homework would catch fire until I learned to move my homework! But still, he would just find my homework one way or another! And, last but certainly not least, he would cast spells on me so that I would embarrass myself in front of the whole school! Lily finally began to cry.
No, dear! You don't need to cry! They were just tricks that you could go to any professor about!
Yes, I know, except that he would just call me a tattletale whenever I ran to a professor. I even tried tricks back but none would affect him as much as it did to me. So, finally, I stole his most prized possession.
Lily! I'm shocked! You have stooped so low to stealing just so that you could make that boy angry.
Well, yes, but it was his broom.
Ah, that explains it. Don't know why people like that sport anyway!
I know! It's so stupid how people fly around and just try not to get knocked off of their broom! You get hurt so easily!
So you were, in a roundabout way, doing him a favor?
I guess you could say that, but I would never EVER admit that to him!
Dear, we're getting off track.
Oh yes. Well, I took his broom home with me for winter break. I was planning on keeping it until he promised not to prank me anymore. Well, it ended up that I got back and sorta told my horrible sister that I was dating a guy, even though I wasn't. She asked who and I panicked - so I said the first name that came into my head. James Potter.
Oh, Lily! The walls surrounding her began to echo as if laughter was bouncing off of it. Lily couldn't believe Helen!
I'm not telling you anymore if you laugh like this.
Ok, I won't laugh. You may continue.
Well, somehow, he found out and took his best friends' broom to get it! Can you believe that he flew to my house just to get his pathetic broom!
He really needs another hobby.
Well, he does have another hobby. He snags innocent girls in his trap and dates them for no longer than a week. Then he disposes of them when he's tired and wants another girl to snog!
Anyway…
Anyway, he came to my house just when we were eating. My stupid sister recognized him and told my parents immediately! They were so happy that their "little baby found a boyfriend." I couldn't say that I hated his guts and wished he weren't alive!
Now, you don't really mean that…
Oh but I do! Tears sprang to Lily's eyes, but she continued to write. I couldn't admit to my sister that I didn't really have a boyfriend!
Lily took a deep breath and swallowed the lump in her throat. Well, I bargained with him and said I'd give back the broom if he would stop playing pranks on me and play along, pretending he really was my boyfriend. He wanted his broom back so bad that he agreed!
Men.
I completely agree! I don't know why we're forced to live with them! It's like they're a completely different species!
Little Lily, hop back on the wagon. We're getting off track again!
You're right. Anyway, it was a really long night. But then you'll never guess what he did before he left!
What?
Lily could see the eagerness in her writing.
He KISSED me!
No!
Yes!
Why?
Because my parents were watching! I mean, why not on the cheek? Why does he have to torture me so much?
Maybe he likes you!
Lily looked shocked at the words Helen wrote.
You've got to be kidding me.
No, I'm serious!
Helen! I'm shocked! How could you think like that at a time like this?
What? It was just a kiss, though.
No, Helen! It wasn't just any kiss.
Oh, so was it special or something to you? Lily could hear soft sounds of laughter bouncing off the walls.
No! Helen, you can't tell anyone else this either.
What?
That was my first kiss.
Oh, it was? Lily, I'm so sorry! I didn't know!
Well, I never told anyone either.
Nothing was written for a few minutes. They let each other sort out their thoughts before Lily continued.
So then he left but forgot his friends broom and STUPIDLY came back on Christmas Eve. It was nearly midnight already, though, so my parents invited him to stay overnight. And my MUM! I could not believe her. She had him sleep on the floor near my bed! I felt like I would die. So then, of course, we had Christmas together. James and I left because of some stupid excuse he had about Voldemort going after Gryffindor's -
Oh, I've heard you talk about him before! He's that man -
Hardly a man! He's a murderer! He kills innocent people's parents! He had no reason at all! Why did he kill them? And for the third time in the last hour - Lily cried.
Lily, what happened? There is obviously something you didn't tell me.
Angered, Lily sat up from her chair and began to write furiously at the wall. She even broke a nail while she was at it but paid no attention.
He killed them, Helen! Voldemort MURDERED my parents, but left my sister behind to torture me! Now do you understand what I'm going through?!? I can't stand the pressure anymore!
Little Lily, relax.
How can I relax when I won't even be able to sleep anymore?!? All I see whenever I close my eyes is my mother sprawled on the floor - my dad on the couch!
Dear, stop using exclamation marks! You're hurting my ears!
You don't have ears! You're just a wall! You don't have feelings! You're not even ALIVE!!!
Nothing happened. Lily sobbed for another hour without any response whatsoever from the stupid wall. When she had wiped her tears, she stood up and moved the armchair to where it had stood before, and bravely walked back to the wall.
Let me out.
There still came no reply, only a red button that jutted out of the wall. Lily punched the button down and walked swiftly out of the room without a second look back.
AUTHORS NOTE: Whoa, that was sort-of strange what I just kinda added there towards the end, wasn't it…
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NEXT CHAPTER: Let's see, I think that James will have a meeting with Dumbledore and you will probably find out about all of the "feelings" he's been having. Oh yeah, there will also be a funeral. You can probably guess whose already, though. Wait, I just remembered something else again! A little Bella/Sirius action as well…
I don't think there will be much else in the next chapter. I'll just have to see what happens!!!
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