Well i don't know why i've updated so fast but i have. In this next chapter i would like to say thank you to all those people who have reviewed and i would also like to pre warn that if anybody gets affened by the saying Redneck i do appoligize, but the song that is appearing in this Chapter is a song that best describes me and gives this Chapter a fell about it so i do say sorry to anybody that feels affended.
T
Chapter 8
"Arr Miss Evans nice to see you" Dumbledore got up and walked around the desk to shake Lily's hand, "Miss Evans is Mr Potter here with you" Dumbledore said looking at Lily.
"No Professor I haven't seen him" Lily said taking the seat that was being offered to her.
"Sorry Professor" James panted as he came through the door, "A first year got lost and needed my help"
"Not to worry Mr Potter there's no harm done, come in and sit down" Dumbledore offered James the seat next to Lily.
James reluctantly took the seat but kept as far away from Lily as possible without causing suspicion.
"Now I trust you know why you are here," Dumbledore said sitting back behind the desk.
Both Lily and James nodded but didn't say anything.
"Good, good, Now for the graduation I was thinking that we have a musical theme, just to take the edge off all this nastiness that has been happening out side of Hogwarts" Dumbledore looked around at the two with a cheerful smile.
Lily was the first to look up; she loved to sing but nobody in Hogwarts new that.
"Professor that's a great idea, but who will be singing at the graduation and when will it be held?"
"Good question Miss Evans, The graduation will be held in about 7 months from now, just after the NEWTS and OWLS have been done and every body will be allowed to attended, parents, teachers, previous Hogwarts students, friends and of corse the rest of the school"
Lily gulped she wasn't sure wether she was going to be here or not and she didn't wont to sing in front of the rest of the school.
"Oh and it would be lovely if both of you sang at the graduation that way we could encourage other people to sing as well, even the teachers could sing if they wanted too"
This is what Lily had been dreading, the fact that she would have to sing in front of everybody and not just the school but every other Tom, Dick and Harry.
"Arr Sir, what age limit is there on singing and when would we find out who would be singing" James said very quietly.
"Any body can sing Mr Potter and I think a notice on the notice board in every common room should be enough to alert the students of the up and coming event" Dumbledore said stillcontinuing to smile.
"And how would we find out who would be singing at the graduation"
"You and Miss Evans would hold auditions on a certain date and everybody wanting to preform would turn up, sign there name and then give a little preview of what they are doing and then the day before people can do a dress rehearsal and then on the day every thing would be peachy" Dumbledore continued to smile.
"OK so every thing is in order"
Both nodded
"All right then I will trust you two to keep me posted and put a notice up in the staff room so that the staff know and Miss Evans can I have a word with you before you go"
Lily sat back down and rearranged herself and waited for James to leave.
James stood up nodded at Professor Dumbledore and then left, he new that nothing he could say to Lily would make her feel any better and he had a slight idea why.
"Miss Evans I trust you are looking after your self after what happened in your Charms class last week" Dumbledore had lost his smile and was now looking concerned.
"Yes I am Professor" Lily said quietly.
"I trust that after a scare like that you would do better to look after your self"
"Yes Professor" Lily mumbled again.
"Now that's not why I need to talk to you" Dumbledore leant on his desk and surveyed Lily through those sparkling blue eyes.
"Please excuse me if I seem frank but I have to say this quickly, "The house that you are staying in is a Wizarding house, and a very old one at that, it had enchantments and spells on it in order to keep the occupant safe, But" Dumbledore was surveying Lily with that penetrating gaze again,
"And after the attack on you by Mr Potter-
"Um Professor" Lily had cut Dumbledore off in mid sentence, "Me and James have had our differences but he has never tried to hurt me" Lily said sounding shocked.
"I'm sorry Miss Evans I should have been more careful with my words" Dumbledore was shaking his head at his own foolishness.
"What I mean is Mr Greg Potter, James older brother" Dumbledore was staring again.
"Yes I know about that, but I have told him that I don't want to be with him any more and I've said if he comes any where near me I'll get a ministry order against him" Lily said trying to justify her position.
"Yes Miss Evans I do agree but you of all people know what that man is capable of and who he hangs around with. (Lily nodded) so for your protection I have placed a non plotable spell on the house for your safety and for the baby's safety and for who ever is living with you".
"Now there is one more thing that I have to tell you and that is your schooling, once you are un-capable to stay at school I will send you home and then I will have your work sent to you every day and then I will expect to have it sent back before the day is out so we can mark it and set the new days work, I will also like you to use the Flu Network to send and receive the work that is being given so that way I can keep an eye on you and your progress" Dumbledore wasn't staring at the moment but was going through his draw for something.
"This Miss Evans is what I will use to contact you when or if we cant use the Flu Network, but I hope that will never happen" Dumbledore handed Lily what looked like an old mirror, Lily looked at it confused.
"That is a two way mirror there are only four of them around and I have two of them and I know where the others are and I can keep an eye on them if I need to.
"This enables you to contact me if you are in need of help or just wish to talk, but this mirror also connects to the other mirrors but they will only be aloud to see you if you call there names or ifit's what your heart truly wants"
Lily nodded but still stayed silent, this was so much for her to take in but she thought she could cope.
"Now I do know that this is a lot to take in so I will let you go, because I have a few urgent matters to take care of but if you are in need of any advise please don't hesitate to come see me or Professor McGonagall, we both have children and I'm sure that it's widely known that we have a daughter, her name is Abigail she attends Beauxbatons, one night of passion, it was a starry night sky we were up in the Astronomy tower together-
"Professor" Lily said a little to loudly, "Um I have to go… um lots of home work to finish you know" Lily said as she stood up.
"Yes your quite right Miss Evans your free to go" Dumbledore waved his hand at the door which opened and then went back to having a dazed look on his face and then he smiled.
Lily didn't need telling twice she practically ran out of the office, there was one thing that Lily really didn't need to hear and that was what teachers do in the Astronomy Tower, she shuddered to think of what those two did together.
I'm going to need psychiatric help after this one Lily thought as she bolted down the staircase.
After several attempts to think of Rainbows, Bunny's and Fairy's Lily gave up, the image of Dumbledore was burnt into her mind wether she wanted it there or not. Lily tossed and turned but nothing would make it go away, it was only when she was shaken slightly at 2am in the morning that she realised that she wasn't the only one awake.
"Lil's it's Chris, We can't stand you feeling so sorry for your self so we've had a little idea that might help" Lily sat up and looked at her friend in the moon light.
"Just get a dressing gown on nobody is going to see you" Christy was trying to shove Lily out the door as fast as she could.
"Gess Chris how far are we going?" Lily said as they ran up several flights of stairs, past the kitchen to a blank wall before Christy stopped and motioned for Lily to stay there, Lily was A) confused and B) intrigued, it wasn't until a door had appeared out of thin air that Lily was starting to get apprehensive.
"Chris what-
"Don't ask questions just get in"
Lily raised her eyebrows at Christy before walking past her and into the room.
When Lily had walked in to the room she had expect chocolate or gifts not a raging stage with guitar, drums, microphone and a whole set of CD'S.
Lily just stood there with her mouth open, she was completely gob-smacked, She turned around to see her two best friends standing there looking very guilty.
"What, How, Oh My God" Lily couldn't say anything, this is exactly what she needed.
"We thought you could do with some cheering up so we found this room that gives us exactly what we need and when we came in there was all this stuff, so we waited till you came back for Dumbledore's office and then that's when we came and got you" Rachel said as she stepped up to Lily.
"Thank you guys so much" Lily said as she hugged them.
"Now what are we waiting for lets play some music," Christy said as she made her way to the guitars.
Lily, Christy and Rachel had grown up with each other, when they were young they were at either Lily's house or Christy's and every time they would make up a new song or play an old one they liked.In there first year at Hogwarts Lily had invited both girls to her house for the Christmas break and the whole time they were there she bugged them to play some music with her or sing with her and in the end they all just started to play music and never stopped because all of them were such naturals at it.
They were even caught singing in the girl's bathroom by Professor McGonagall when they skipped class, Yes it might sound weird Lily Evans skip class but even a good girl can have bad moments.
"We ready" Christy yelled in front of the second microphone with a guitar.
"Yep" Rachel replied from the drum set.
"As all ways" Lily said as she smiled at Christy with her own guitar.
"One, Two, Three"
Well I ain't never
Been the Barbie doll type
No I can't swig that sweet champagne
I'd rather drink beer all night
In a tavern or in a Honky Tonk
Or on a 4 wheel drive tailgate
I've got posters on my wall of Skynard, Kid and Strait
Some people look down on me
But I don't give a rip
I'll stand barefooted in my own front
Yard with a baby on my hip.
Cause I'm a redneck woman
And I ain't no high class broad
I'm just product of my raisin'
And I say "hey y' all and "Yee Haw"
And I keep my Christmas lights on, on my front porch all year long
And I know all the words to every Charlie Daniels song
So here's to all my sisters out there keepin' it country
Let me get a big "Hell Yeah" from the redneck girls like me
Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah
Victoria's Secret
Well their stuffs real nice
Oh but I can buy the same damn thing
On a WalMart shelf half price
And still look sexy
Just as sexy
As those models on T.V
No I don't need no designer tag to
Make my man want me
You may think I'm trashy
A little to hard core
But in my neck of the woods
I'm just the girl next door.
Cause I'm a redneck woman
And I ain't no high class broad
I'm just product of my raisin'
And I say "hey y' all and "Yee Haw"
And I keep my Christmas lights on, on my front porch all year long
And I know all the words to every Charlie Daniels song
So here's to all my sisters out there keepin' it country
Let me get a big "Hell Yeah" from the redneck girls like me
Cause I'm a redneck woman
And I ain't no high class broad
I'm just product of my raisin'
And I say "hey y' all and "Yee Haw"
And I keep my Christmas lights on, on my front porch all year long
And I know all the words to every Ol' Bocephus song
So here's to all my sisters out there keepin' it country
Let me get a big "Hell Yeah" from the redneck girls like me
Hell Yeah
Hell yeah
Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah
Hell Yeah
I said Hell Yeah
Lily and the girls finished panting and looking red in the face but all were smiling and laughing and just at that moment a vase of Pumpkin Juice and three goblets appeared out of nowhere, the girls looked at it and laughed even harder but all took a glass and drank heavily.
"It has been to long since we have sang that song" Lily said as she put down her goblet.
"Tell me about it, the last time we sang that was when you were trying to annoy Petunia and that oaf Vernon the last time we were at your house" Christy said as she put down her glass
"I know I can still remember her face when we started in my bedroom, do you remember that first time Vernon came over and we all walked around in nothing but our Hogwarts robes, do you remember Petunia's face" the girls all howled with laughter.
"And do you remember when we dared you Lily to flash the next person who walked past our Charms class and it turned out to be Professor McGonagall flowed by James"
"Yeah and we had to do our detentions together" Lily said as they smile slid slightly off her face, but Lily smiled to her self because that was the first official date her and James had.
"That was the first official date you and James had wasn't it" Rachel said
"Yep it was because I remember when you came back and said that you had been given an extra set of separate detentions because McGonagall caught you two pashing behind the barrel of frog spawn"
Lily laughed, she hadn't forgotten the look on McGonagall's face when she'd caught them and McGonagall hadn't let them forget it either.
"Hey guys I'm really grateful for this you've made me feel so much better," Lily said as she smiled at her friends.
"Oh don't go all-soft on us now Lil's" Christy said playfully punching her arm.
"Don't worry Chris, she couldn't go soft on us even if she wanted too" Rachel said as she dodged a cupful of Pumpkin Juice that Lily through.
After that there was an all out war with the Pumpkin Juice, and all girls got extremely wet and sticky.
"Guys we'd better go back to the common room before it gets to light, I'm sure we might want some sleep even if it is a weekend tomorrow" Lily said as she cleaned the rest of the Pumpkin Juice off herself and the rest of them.
"Don't stress to much Evans why did you think we bought a Head Girl with us" Rachel said laughing.
"Ha Ha Ha" Lily said laughing again.
Ha ha i'm done with chapter 8 bring on the next chapters lol... Please Review.
T
P.S: the song that features in this story is:
Redneck Woman by Gretchen Wilson.