A few days after the dove incident, Lily rushed to History of Magic. It was absolutely the most boring subject ever invented. But Lily seemed to be the only one in class able to stay awake long enough to write down the notes, thus she did very well in that class. She was the best, of course.
She had history of magic with Potter and Remus while Sirius and Peter had herbology. Then they switched and met up again in Defense Against the Dark Arts.
She was writing down her notes when she had a brilliant idea. "Proffessor?" She raised her hand in question.
"Oh..yes, Ms. Evans?"
"May I use this new quill that automatically writes the notes, or is that banned? You see, my hand is cramping fiercely and..."
"Yes, my dear. You may use the quick quill for today. But no one else may," he said sternly.
It didn't matter anyway. No one was listening or even had the idea to use a quick quill. That meant that today she had freedom to do whatever she wanted. As long as it was inside the classroonm.
She took out the notebook and wrote a note to James.
Hey Potter.
Why, Lilyflower. Writing to me? I am honored.
Well I was just wondering if you are taking notes.
No. How useless would that be?
I am resisting the urge to roll my eyes.
Roll away, Lily. I will not be offended.
Good.
Let's ask Remus.
Sounds good to me.
Hey you two. Wait, you're talking? On purpose?
Yeah, amazing, huh? I just asked if he was taking notes, and now he thinks he can talk to me.
She wants me Remus. And not just to talk.
Whoa there. I don't think I want to be a part of this conversation.
Shut up Potter! I never said anything of the sorts.
I know but I can tell. It's a guy's radar.
Well you're picking up the wrong signal. Maybe the girl next to me who never stops staring at you?
Perhaps.
Well what did u want to ask, Lils?
I got the proffessor to give me permission to use a quick quill to write what he's saying, so I have a whole free class.
Oh you lucky teacher's pet.
Well I don't read notes anyway.
Except these.
Right.
Well I was asking if you wanted me to make them make two copies so you can talk to me through the lesson.
Of course. I knew you wanted to talk to me.
I was talking to Remus.
Really? Well sure. That's fine.
I think you just broke my heart, Lily.
You can stay too. I was just offering the notes to Remus.
Oh. Well in that case, then my heart is fixed!
Great.
Great?
That was sarcastic again.
Oh. You need to do a better job of pertraying that.
It wasn't sarcastic. She meant it.
Ha. And again, Ha.
Hey what do you wanna talk about for the rest of the class?
Who says wanna?
Remus.
Ha ha.
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The rest of the History of Magic class was spent having an actual, normal converstaion.
'Probably because Remus was there. If it was just Potter and me, it would've been a nightmare.' she laughed to herself.
Now Remus, Lily, and James were off to Herbology and they met Sirius and Wormtail on the way. They stopped briefly and told each other what to expect in the next class.
"Well they were talking about and working with Devil's Snare in class today. It's this plant that -" Sirius began.
"Hates sunlight and kills its victims by strangling them." Lily answered.
"Nice one," Remus smiled.
"Yeah that's right." James winked. "10 points to Gryfindor!"
"You guys are weird." Peter walked off and Sirius looked at all three and appologized by his eyes.
He followed Peter and waved bye at his three other friends.
There was no chance in this class for note writing. They had to be extremely careful when it came to Devil's Snare because it liked to choke the nearest human in sight. If it started strangling the person, it would kill them before anything could be done. So they were only working with baby Devil's Snare plants. They were planting them and trying not to get their fingers ripped off. The trick was, if you held it just by the tips, it couldn't turn around to wrap itself around you. It was like holding a snakes head foward, so it couldn't turn to strike.
"Lilyflower.." began James.
"Please, Potter. I'm trying to save the circulation of my fingers."
"Ok, I'll wait." he answered, already have planted all five or his devil's snare into new bigger pots.
When she had planted the fifth and final one, she turned to him. "What did you want?
"I was just wondering..." He ran his hands through his hair for the first time since she had asked him to stop. She thought he was doing it just for her. Until now.
"Ugh Potter. Please. I am not one of your millions of drooling fan girls. I am not impressed by that drag-my-hands-through-my-hair look!"
"Oh..I..I was trying not to Lily. I was trying but it's a ... habbit." He seemed jittery.
James Potter, jittery? No way.
"Hey Lils, cut him some slack. He does that when he's nervous too. Not just for attention." Remus whispered from behind her.
"Hey Potter, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to yell." She gulped down her hate of the next few words and her mind screamed 'hypocrite!' but said, "It's the redheaded temper thing, ya know? I wish I didn't have red hair."
"I love your hair, Lily." he sighed, simply.
"Thanks, Potter."
"Will you go out with me?"
"What do you think?"
"I think yes!"
"Sorry, James. But I'm not going out with you."
"That's what you say now, but wait until you realize you want me too."
"You're a crazy one, Potter." She was relieved that he was back to normal.
"Thanks."
"But you're not even my friend, James. I utterly dislike you. How could I date you?."
She suddenly wondered why she had said 'utterly dislike' and not hate.
"You've been my friend all along, Lilyflower." James interupted her thoughts.
"What am I, a rotten log?" Remus added in dejectedly.
"No, you're Moony, for reasons no one but the marauders should know." James answered happily.
"Right, Remus. You're my best friend." Lily smiled.
"And James?" Remus asked.
"His arrogance is utterly annoying and I think I sort of hate him." Lily said honestly.
Aha! Lily
thought, I knew it was just a fluke before!
"It's
a love/hate relationship, Moony. Mostly love."
"You wish." Lily retorted.
"Well maybe I do." he answered.
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James and Sirius saw each other over the tops of everyone's heads and waved. They had been best friends since as long as James could remember. As soon as they met each other in that pureblood private school (that neither wanted to attend), they had clicked.
"Oi! Black!" A tall boy with glasses and messy hair, said loudly.
"Potter?" A taller boy with dark long hair answered back.
"Do you hate this class as much as me?"
"Well to be honest I hate the whole school, but yes."
"Well I guess we're in the same boat."
"What boat?" Sirius looked confusedly around for the mysterious boat.
"It means we both hate the school." James rolled his eyes, already liking this new guy.
"Oh."
"And Snape."
"Friends?"
"Definately. Mates..."
"That girl is pretty good looking, isnt she?" Sirius added cheekily, staring after a girl with golden hair. "You can't have her." he added, quickly.
"Well...I prefer redheads, anyway." James grinned back.
Sirius grinned at the memory. That primary pureblood school had been horrible. They didn't study magic, they only 'prepared for magic with an increased value of crowds.' When in actuality, the increased value of crowds were some of the biggest gits that Sirius had been forced to lay his eyes on. The only relief he had was James. They, together, had messed up almost half of the would be Slytherins. Snape had been their prime target, but he was a...something not very nice... and he believed himself better than muggleborns, just like Sirius' family did. It gave Sirius a prime reason to hate him.
When he finally met up with his best mate he saw Moony and Lily were walking behind them a little farther back, talking about something. Lily giggled quite a bit and Remus was smiling his lopsided smile. He vaguley wondered what they were talking about, but pushed it out of his mind when he saw James looking really upset.
"What's wrong Prongs?"
"Nothing. Nothing's wrong! Why would you think something was WRONG!" He snapped.
Apparently, something was wrong. So Sirius did his best to put on a face of hurt and deep concern, although he was intently holding down laughter. He was not insensitive, but James was making his concern rather difficult. It was obviously about Remus, so why even bother? James went completely mental whenever Lily Evans was involved. But he had to be there for James, so he was.
"Is it about Remus?"
"It bloody well is about REMUS, and you know it. He hasn't stopped flirting with Evans since I asked him not to. It's like I gave him permission or something." He looked so angry that Sirius wasn't even tempted to laugh.
"Well, maybe he fancies her. I mean, they hang out quite a bit. I don't think that Lily likes him back, so we don't have a problem. But you can't deny the guy his feelings, James. I'm sorry, but you have to chill out." he tried to sound sincere considering he meant every word.
James looked like he had been slapped.
"But what if...what if she chooses Remus over me?"
"I don't think she's choosing either one of you right now."
James looked confused and then went back to his normal self.
"Well she wants me so badly, that she'll have to get me eventually." James grinned.
"You're a nutcase, mate."
"Thankyou very much."
They both grinned and walked into the Defense the Dark Arts Classroom just as Remus and Lily had caught up with them.
---
Lily had watched James walk to the doorway in the Herbology Greenhouse and then she looked over at Remus and started walking to catch up. James walked a bit ahead, muttering things to himself. Maybe he was mad or something. Not that Lily really cared. But she felt bad that they weren't talking to him. Remus didn't seem to mind too much.
"What's his problem?" Lily cocked her head towards James.
"He has to cool off so he doesn't say anything stupid. It seems to be a very big challenge for him considering he wants nothing other than to impress you and you basically just said you hated him and that you liked me." Remus responded honestly, as usual.
"But I don't like you! I mean, not as more than a friend."
"That's what I meant when I said liked, Lily. Why'd you think I meant more than a friend?"
"I dont know, Remus. Sorry. It's not like you're really that unlikable." she smiled.
"Oh, really now?" He raised an eyebrow and pushed her softly on the shoulder.
"Yeah really." She pushed him back, but a bit harder.
"I'm likable?" he grinned his famous lopsided smile, which always made Lily laugh.
"Yes. You're a very likable guy, Remus." She giggled.
"How in the world am I likable?" he asked, suddenly serious.
"Well first off it's not like you're ugly or anything." She started, just as seriously as he. "And you're pretty much the only decent guy around here.You have manners and you are positivley amazing. If you weren't my best friend, then I'd probably like you. As more than a friend, I mean."
He gaped open mouthed, hoping that she wasn't just making things up to make him feel better. He closed his mouth suddenly and smiled.
"Lily, you're amazing."
"No, I just told you that you were."
"Oh..right."
"Hey Remus?"
"Yeah Lily?"
"Am I likeable?"
"No." he smiled again, and she couldn't help but break into a grin.
"Why not?" She tried to sound hurt even with the grin, but Remus had been planning this for a while.
"Who in their right minds could like you more than a friend? I mean, how could anyone like an absolutely gorgeous girl with flaming hair and green eyes that make her stand out in crowds? How could anyone like someone that is so funny and hilarious? Someone that is so friendly and so caring? How could anyone like someone that could always make them laugh even when they didn't want to, or make them jealous even when they didn't want to be? How could anyone love you?" he winked and then continued. "I'm lying through my teeth, Lils. You're all those things and more, and I know plenty of guys who think you're an absolute knockout. And if that's not likable, I don't know what is."
"Remus, you're too nice to me." She was near tears (not sad ones, but still).
"No, I'm not. I'm too honest to you. I tell you what I think, and I always have."
"I know. But some of that has to be made up. I mean, I'm not pretty at all. And I guess I can be viewed as a good friend, but that's all those qualities add up to."
"Lily did you not just hear me?"
"Yeah I did but..."
"You're very likable." That seemed to end the conversation.
He stopped and looked up at the sky for no apparent reason. She turned to look at Remus and his eyes were sparkling. Now she had these images in her head that he really was handsome. He and Sirius were both really...hot. She didn't want to think this about her friends, but now she couldn't help it. The picture was stuck in her mind forever. Remus and Sirius were hot. And there was nothing she could do about it.
For some reason, she found herself staring and admiring him. He looked back from whatever he was looking at and tilted his head to the side as if asking what she was doing without words. She turned around blushing from embarassment and saw James looking back at her obviously flustered. He looked so upset. 'Well, James will get over it.' she reasoned. 'Just because I think his friends are hot...wait, no i dont!'
But her heart knew otherwise. She thought all of James' friends were good looking...excluding Peter; He looked like a rat, the poor man.
"Lily? Lily? Anyone home?" Remus peered into Lily's excentric green eyes.
"Oh, um, sorry. I was thinking and I got a little distracted." She came back into focus with the present and realized he was looking into her eyes, searching for emotions, she guessed. She noticed that James started walking again. Obviosuly angry, he was trying to hide it from Lily and Remus. That made her think a little better about him, for once. Maybe he didn't want to crush Remus by accusing him of flirting like he did in the Common Room. If that was the case, then he had grown up some indeed.
Lily and Remus continued to walk as they neared Sirius and James talking by the door. She heard scraps of the conversation and hoped with all her heart that Remus didn't. So she giggled really loudly so that he wouldn't look over there and hear what she heard.
"But you can't deny the guy his feelings, James." That was Sirius, obviously. But who was 'the guy'?
Her question was soon answered.
"But what if she chooses Remus over me?"
She held her breath while still walking and listening intently and praying Remus didn't hear.
"I don't think she's choosing either of you right now." Good ole Sirius.
The rest was lost when she turned her full attention back to what Remus was saying.
"...and she practically blew a hole in the wall." He laughed, obviosuly having just said something rather funny.
"Haha.." She laughed.
They caught up to James and Sirius at the DADA door and they all sat together even if she suspected that James was mad.
---
Hey Sirius..what's up with James?
Not much of anything. He's just grumpy today.
Oh. Any idea why?
Well I've got a hunch.
What hunch?
I can't tell you.
Please?
No. I can't.
Pleeeeeeease?
No.
Please? I'll be your best friend!
Oh no you won't!
Why not? I could be her best friend!
I'm her best friend.
I can see why you two would be fighting over my gorgeous Lilyflower, but please.. let me join in.
Sure.
Okay.
Don't I get a say in this?
I could be Lily's best friend.
I
AM Lily's best friend.
So? She could change best friends.
You guys, I'm not worth fighting over.
Yes you are.
YES YOU ARE!
Well I'll stick
with being a good friend, if that's ok, Lily. I still love you and
all.
WHAT!
You'd better be kidding.
As a sister :)
You guys are hopeless. I'm right here! And yeah Sirius.. good friends are almost as good as a best friend.
Like me.
Stop bragging, Moony.
Well I'm going back to the lesson...have fun being the center of a fight, Lily.
Bye Sirius. Thanks a lot :P
No problem.
Well I am Lily's best friend so you have quite a bit farther to go until you take my place.
I imagine that it will happen eventually.
I don't know about that.
Potter, I don't even really like you.
And why not?
Because
you're arrogant.
That's all?
Pretty much.
Well then I'll stop being arrogant, Lilyflower.
- Sigh.. -
Good luck.
Thanks Moony.
Are we all good?
Yeah back to normal.
Good.
I'm leaving now. Glad you two are making out...I mean up! -hides-
Haha.
Silly gorgeous girl.
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