Confusion
That night James snuck into the common room. He had been out very late with Aretha. He quickly tried to flatten his hair and wipe the red lipstick from his cheek. Just as he was about to get one lip print from his face someone came up behind him.
"Having a goodnight Potter?" Lily Evans asked mockingly.
James whirled around surprised. "Why yes, ask a matter of fact."
"May I ask, who you were with?"
"What?" James was confused.
Lily smiled with sarcasm on her face and pointed to her cheek. James lifted a hand up and realized Aretha's lip print was still there. James blushed and wiped his cheek with his sleeve.
"None of your business." He muttered.
Lily shrugged. "I know, but that doesn't keep me from curiosity."
James crossed his arms. "If you must know it was Aretha Falin. Now let me ask you something. Do you have to know everything or were you just jealous it wasn't you I was with?"
"I was anything but jealous Potter. And just for the record, I already knew who you were with. Next time you go for a make-out session try not to do it near a first year window. Her moans were waking the students." She snapped and stalked back to her room.
James sighed and slumped back onto chair. Sirius came bounding down the stairs, followed by their other companions. Remus Lupin was extraordinarily smart and had sandy brown hair. He had thin, lean stature and always looked a little sickly. Peter Pettigrew was a round, short little boy. He was scared of most things, including girls.
"So what's this grad idea of yours Prongs?" Sirius asked excited.
James grinned, taking his mind off of Lily and Aretha. "Oh yes! I had almost forgotten, lucky you're here to jog my memory."
Sirius laughed and gave James a hearty slap on the back. "That's what friends are for! Now lets get to it!"
"Wait just one minute Padfoot." Remus interrupted. "We don't want to be losing major points for Gryffindor. Tell us the plan first, Prongs. Then we'll get to it."
James thought for a moment. "Define major points."
Sirius snorted, holding back from laughing. Remus shot him a look. "You know, more than seventy each." Remus shrugged.
"All right then! My brilliant plan is that we sneak into the girls' dormitories and steal every single bra we can get our hands on. We'll string them around the castle for the ladies to see in the morning." James said enthusiastically.
Sirius nodded in approval. "Classic Prongs. Simply classic."
Peter shuddered. "What if they wake up? And how are we getting in? Wait just a second, we're going to touch girls, bras?" His face turned bright red after saying that.
James laughed and shoved him backwards. "Yes Peter, we'll being touching the bras. That's the fun of it!"
"Well gents, what do you say we get to it?" Sirius was already at the staircase.
"Stand aside." Remus went up to the staircase. "If we going to get in, we can't touch the staircase. That is of course, unless I freeze it so it can't tell we're guys going into the girls dormitory."
James, Peter, and Sirius stepped back. Remus stepped up the staircase and lifted his wand. "Ase Frio!" He chanted and walked calmly up the steps, his friends followed.
James, Peter, and Sirius stepped back. Remus stepped up the staircase and lifted his wand. "Ase Frio!" He chanted and walked calmly up the steps, his friends followed
"Shall we?" James said in a menacing tone, putting his hand on the doorknob.
Lily Evans slammed the door of the dormitory. Shit! She screamed in her head, hoping she didn't wake anyone up. Luckily, she didn't so she tiptoed back to her bed.
She dove onto her bed and shoved her face into the pillow. She let out a blood-curdling scream that was muffled by the cushion. James Potter made her so mad. Her blood was boiling at the very thought of him.
How could he say something like that? I wasn't jealous, he's jealous of me because I get better grades. He should act more like the Head Boy he is!
Lily rolled onto her back and gazed at the ceiling. She instantly scolded herself for complaining so much. She was lucky to be at Hogwarts. It was better than at home.
At home Lily lived with her adoptive parents. They were stricter than you could get but were proud that Lily was a witch. It was something to brag about, Lily thought. They couldn't care less that she was a person. To them, her magical abilities were a quick way to get anything they wanted.
The only person Lily despised more than her parents was her sister. Petunia was an uptight, miserable, waste of a person, according to Lily. Petunia hated Lily from the start, but detested her even more when she became a witch. Recently, Petunia had gotten married to a man named Vernon Dursley.
Lily's home situation was horrible. She couldn't wait until she left. She was always getting blamed for things that went wrong. And since conjured items didn't last forever her mother was furious when they disappeared.
"Lily? Are you awake?" A whisper jolted Lily back to Hogwarts, away from the spaces of her mind.
Lily rolled over and looked at Selene, who was wide-awake. She nodded and sat up. She pulled off her Hogwarts sweater revealing a black camisole. She had already put her pajama pants on so she walked over and sat on Selene's bed.
"Why are you still awake? Don't you have a Muggle Studies exam right away in the morning?" Lily asked her friend.
Selene nodded. "Yeah, but I couldn't sleep. I was just thinking about how we're graduating from Hogwarts in about sic months."
"I know. I'm going to miss this place." Lily murmured.
Selene sat up and drew her knees underneath her. "Lily, when we're out of Hogwarts will we still be best-friends?"
"Of course we will be! Best friends forever!" Lily whispered with a small smile.
Just then she heard footsteps coming up the staircase. "Selene, everyone's here. Right?" Lily said cautiously.
Selene nodded, unaware of the approaching footsteps. "Yeah, why?"
Lily shook her head. "Nothing. I'll be right back."
She got up and grabbed a dark red cardigan, pulling it over her shoulders. If everyone was in their beds, who would be coming up the staircase? Professor McGonagall would only come up if it was an emergency, and if that were the case she'd be running. Lily quickly grabbed her wand, she had a feeling it was Potter and his posse.
Looking out the peephole in the door Lily confirmed her suspicions. Potter and his little minions were getting ready for raid on the girls dormitory. She rolled her eyes, trying to keep her anger under control, and stepped back.
If she was going to surprise them, she was going to do it right.
