RE-WRITTEN
(A.N.-- Okay! Chapter Two is here!!! Yay!!! Sorry it took so long I ended up being without a computer for the whole weekend!! Enjoy!)
Shattered
By: IAMSOAP
Chapter 2
Two months into the year, James Potter was sitting in Arithmacy, and he was staring blankly...at the blackboard where his teacher, Professor Strudwick, was writing down yet another equation...
James was trying to pay attention, really he was!... but he was so bored !
He couldn't even remember why he had taken this class in the first place!
'Oh yeah' James thought to himself sarcastically. 'It was either this or take Divination again..'
Jmeas shuddered just thinking back to third year when he had taken Divination.
James had hated that class; almost every class their teacher, Professor McGuffey, predicted that James was going to die in the near future.
Well obviously, those predictions were wrong because James is still here...alive!
By the end of the year James had already switched his classes around, which is how James ended up in this class.
James sat there impatiently waiting for this class to end so he could get outside for Quidditch practice.
Griffindor had only played one game so far this season and were doing splendedly.
Last month, they had played the first game of the season against Slytherin and had won 450-150, it had been a great game.
The last few weeks James had been having practices every second day and was soon going to change it to daily practices because they had to prepare for their next game against Hufflepuff in two weeks.
James jumped when he heard the bell finally ring.
He quickly gathered up his things adn stuffed them in his bag as he made his way out of the classroom.
"Ouff!"
James stumbled back as he bumped into someone.
He looked down to see a petite red-headed girl bent down trying to pick up her things which had fallen out to ground when James had bumped into her.
James placed his bag on the desk next to him and bent to down to help the girl.
"Sorry about that," he said as he picked up a quill and a bunch of parchment. "I wasn't watching where I was going. Are you alright?"
He looked up at the girl and froze, her eyes...they were a beautiful emerald green and looked almost cat-like... he couldn't look away.
It wasn't only their beauty that held him so, it was the pain and the sadness that he could see inside them.
James shook himself and looked at the girl again but avoided eye contact, she was looking up at him in shock.
Had she hit her head when she fell? ... maybe..James didn't know.
"Are you alright...I'm sorry, I don't know your name. Are you new at Hogwarts this year?"
The girl just stared at him for a few more moments as if she was afraid to say something.
Then..she opened to mouth and was just about to say something when-
"Hey James! If you don't hurry up you're going to be late for your Quidditch practice!"
As soon as Sirius had popped his head through the door the girl had quickly gathered her things and rushed out of the room.
James stood there for a moment, looking at the place where the girl had just been, surprised.
"Who was that?" Sirius asked, voicing the same question that was going through James' mind.
"No idea." James replied.
Sirius just shrugged. "Oh well! Come on captain! We're going to be late. And you're the one who wanted to have this practice!"
James laughed and as he came up to Sirius he punched Sirius on the arm.
"Hey!" Sirius exclaimed rubbing his arm in mock pain. "What was that for?"
Throughout all of practice James couldn't stop thinking about this girl!
If she was a new student, why hadn't the professors introduced her or called apon her during class?
But if she had been at Hogwarts all these years, why had James never noticed her before?
He was sure he would have noticed that red hair before...
'And those green eyes' he said to himself.
James had never seen anyone look so sad before...
What had surprised him most was how emotionless her face had been when her eye had been so sad and- "JAMES! LOOK OUT!"
James looked up and then pointed his broom sharply down and sunk about ten feet just int time to see a bludger go flying over top of him where his head had just been.
Sirius came zooming over to him with a worried expression on his face.
"Blimey James! Where is your head at today?"
James just shook his head. "Good Question...I think it's about time to wrap it up...ALRIGHT GUYS-"
"And girls!" shouted the other two chasers Sarah Lee and Tamera Bailey.
"AND GIRLS! LETS WRAP IT UP AND HIT THE SHOWERS!" James said with a smile.
Everyone cheered and made their way to changing rooms.
"Are you sure you're alright Prongs?" Sirius asked for the third time since he and Sirius had sat down for dinner.
James gave Sirius an irratated look.
"Sirius I told you I'm fine!" he replied with an edge.
"Then what has got you so absent minded?...James? James!"
James didn't answer him, he had just spotted a petite red-head leaving the Great Hall.
"Do you know who that girl is Padfoot?" James asked not looking away from the girl.
Sirius looked up and followed his gaze.
"The red-head?"
James nodded.
"Wasn't she the one that bolted out of your Arithmacy class?"
James nodded again and Sirius shrugged.
"No idea. I've never seen her before...is she new?"
James shook his head.
"No idea, she ran as soon as you came in the room."
"Who ran where?"
Sirius and James looked up to see Remus and Peter sitting down across the table from them.
Sirius smirked. "James has a new lover but he doesn't know her name!"
James rolled his eyes and smacked Sirius across the head and then turned to Remus.
"A girl I bumped into after class...do you know who the red-headed girl is in our Arithmacy class?"
Remus didn't answer, he looked as if he was trying to remember if he had.
"Oh!" said Remus, "The one who sits at the back of the class and never says anything?...Yeah I've seen her but I dont know her name. She's in some of our other classes too."
James looked as Remus with raised eyebrows, surprised.
"Really? Which ones?"
Remus paused, "Let's see...there's Transfiguration, DADA, I have Ancient Runes with her, Arithmacy ("Obviously" said Sirius), Potions and she most likely has classes with the rest of your too but you've never noticed her before."
James looked down at his plate, lost in thought.
"Wow." he said. "I can't believe that I've never noticed her before.."
Remus just smiled, and was about to reply when there came a squeal from three girls.
"James!" ...That came from Bonnie Mason.
"Sirius!" ...That came from Ivy Williams.
"Remus!" ...And That came from Missy Young.
The marauders rolled their eyes and sighed.
"What do you want Mason?" James asked frigidly, being around Bonnie Mason gave him a headache.
Bonnie pouted and James almost rolled his eyes again.
"How many times must I tell you to call me Bonnie silly!" she said hitting him flirtatiously on the arm.
"We just thought we would come over and say hi." added Ivy, was hanging over and very frightened Sirius.
Sirius was finally able to get away from Ivy and replied, "Well you've said your hellos, so you can leave now."
The trio pouted and got up to leave when James blurted out: "Wait a second."
They turned around smiling in triumph. "Yes?" They said in unison, Sirius and Remus looked at James horrified.
"Well, I was wondering if you knew the red-headed girl in our Charms and Potions class?"
The boys sighed in relief but Bonnie's face went pale for a moment and then changed to a beat red color...but a second later she must have gotten a control over her emotions and turned back to normal.
"Oh her?" she replied, very calmly. "I'm sorry James, I dont. Bye!"
And with that she turned on her heal and walked briskly out of the hall with Ivy and Missy following closely behind.
The four boys looked at eachother for a moment with raised eyebrows.
"What was that about?" Sirius asked.
The other three just shook their heads and continued on with their meal.
'No matter' James thought to himself.
Meanwhile, after she had left the Great Hall, Lily had made he way up to her dorm where she planned to finish her homework.
Lily entered her room and got out her Arithamcy text book, along with her notes, parchement, quill, and an ink cartrage, before sitting down on her bed.
Lily looked and her Arithmacy book and shook her head.
What an adventure that class had been! She had bumped into James Potter and talked to him (well not exactly..but still!) in a matter of minutes
Scary!
But what had really scared her though was the fact that her had appologized and then bent down to help her pick up her things!
She had bumped into people but no one had ever helped her pick up her stuff before.
Unfournuately, as soon as James had really began to ask her question, Sirius Balck had entered the room and Lily had panicked and ran.
Lily didn't even known why she had ran in the first place.
It was just...Lily shook her head, sat down on her bed and began working on her homework.
Ten minutes later Lily was interrupted when the tio came bursting into the room.
Lily looked up to see a very angry Bonnie coming toward her.
"You little wench!" She growled, still advancing.
Lily got up and slowly backed away from the furious girl, trying to keep as much distance as possible between her and the enraged Bonnie.
"What did I do?" Lily asked fearfully, what was Bonnie so mad about?
"Oh don't do the whole innocent act!" Bonnie said.
"I know you did something to get James' attention."
Lily looked at her. "I didn't do anything!" Lily said trying to defend herself.
SLAP!
Lily fell to the ground and wimpered, Bonnie stood towering over her.
"Yes you did! He was asking about you at dinner! He never gives me the time of day! What did you do!?!"
Lily tried to stand up but Ivy and Missy caught her and pushed her back down.
Lily's head banged into the wall; her eyes starting to water.
"Answer me Evans! What did you do for him to finally noticed you after 5 years?!"
Lily looked up at her. "Nothing! He-"
That earned Lily another slap across the face, and Bonnie's nail had scratched her cheek this time.
Lily felt a trickle of blood roll down her cheek.
"Don't lie to me Evans! Now tell me!"
Lily looked down before answering; " He bumped into me after Arithmacy and helped me pick up my things-But I swear! I didn't say anything to him!"
Bonnie kicked Lily in the stomach, Lily gasped and fell over.
"You are not to be anywhere near James Potter every again! And if he comes and talks to you, you will run away. You got that Evans? He's MINE!"
After Lily was sure they had gone and her head had stopped spinning, she slowly got up and limped to the bathroom.
As Lily looked up at herself in the mirror she flinched.
Bonnie had sure done a good job beating her up this time...Lily could see a bruise forming below her left eye and around the cut that Bonnie had made with her nail on the other cheek.
Lily picked up a red face cloth, soaked it in warm water and started to clean the blood off her face gently, fliching every once and a while when she accidently pushed to hard on her cheek.
'I wonder how long I will be out of class this time'
(A.N-- Alright! Chapter Two!! What do you guys think? I know I made the trio a little rough but thats the way I made them and thats they way they are going to stay lol Please Review and let me know what you guys thought!
Next Chapter...when Lily doesn't show up for a week will James forget about her or will that only make him think about her more?? Review to find out!!! Next chapter will be up soon hopefully later this week!)
IAMSOAP