October 11th
Detention was awesome, great, wonderful, marvelous!
All right if anyone ever read that (which if they did I'd make sure they had a broken nose by morning) they'd probably think I was as psychotic as Bellatrix.
Anyhow I can get rid of more words and tell you about my spectacular detention. So here it goes.
The Marauders were just hanging around before, planning some prank to do. Then Padfoot and I had to leave for, what then, seemed like just another detention. Nothing out of the ordinary right?
Wrong!
We ran into Lisa O'Donnell and….-insert drum roll here-…Lily Evans!
But as we were walking down she sort of hung back and Lisa was talking to me so I couldn't really talk to her then. Once we got to the door there was actually a note saying Slughorn would be late. Late to his own detention!
Regulus and Bellatrix came up and after reading the note stood across the hall. There was sort of an awkward silence but I didn't really notice, I was just staring at the door.
Finally someone spoke.
"So… Potter, Bla-, Sirius. What are you guys in for," Lily asked.
I smiled, "Let's say revenge is bitter sweet."
"Meaning what exactly?"
I told her about Snape and then she turned to Padfoot, "And what about you."
Sirius glared across the hall, "Slughorn decided I use too much foul language while speaking to sweet little Bellatrix."
Bellatrix retort was to whisper something or other into Regulus's ear. To a normal person that wouldn't seem like much but it got Sirius pretty mad.
"Well, what is this, Gryffindors and Slytherins getting along? Maybe if you had thought of these things earlier you wouldn't be here."
That's what Slughorn said when he finally showed. But please, getting along? It's amazing we hadn't gutted each other already.
So we all went into the dungeon and were informed that we'd be making hiccoughing solutions for Madame Pomfrey and that we'd be divided into pairs. It all would've been okay if he's used common sense and let us be with our friends. Lisa and Lily, Regulus and Bellatrix, and Sirius and I. But nooo he had had to go and ruin that by placing us with assigned partners.
So Sirius had Lisa, I had Regulus, and Lily had Bellatrix. I was a little (okay, a lot) worried for Lily, Bellatrix knew she was Muggle-born and obviously she wouldn't be okay with that.
I could tell it was going to be a little awkward with Regulus and me. I guess you could say we're on civil terms. Even though then its common knowledge about how he treats Muggle-borns, like Lily.
So we started the potion okay. Going over the directions together and asking for ingredients when we needed it and everything.
But then the first disturbance happened.
I guess Lily must've insulted Bellatrix (good for Lily) because we all heard Bellatrix snarl, "I'll show you what-"
Lily was saved by Slughorn who said to Bellatrix, "That is no way for a proper Slytherin to act. You will work with Miss Evans no matter how you feel about her."
Here it was obvious there was going to be trouble.
Sure enough a few minutes later Lily was jumping around screaming. Bellatrix had poured prodinite down her back.
Slughorn realized that partnership had no hope of surviving, so he shuffled up.
New pairs; Bellatrix and Lisa, Sirius and Regulus, Lily and I.
At first I didn't think much of it, so I got to work with the girl I've been thinking of quite a bit lately. So what, right.
Ha.
Since Lisa and Sirius could actually work properly together they had almost finished the potion. So we had no trouble at all.
While we were working I tried getting her to laugh. It worked. I was pleased.
After we finished I figured I better compliment her.
"So…," I said.
"So," She mimicked me, smiling.
"It's true, you're really good in potions." (It IS true. She could probably give Snivelly a run for his money.)
She seemed flattered and we started talking about quidditch and stuff. Then I did my Flitwick impersonation and made her laugh.
Since I'm behind in my words I'll now give you irrelevant information before getting back to the good stuff
The other groups seemed to be okay. But I asked Lily what Lisa's heritage was. Bellatrix must've not cared about her. That or she cared more about what Sirius and Regulus were talking about.
The Black family is full of so much drama it's not even funny. Anyway, that was just to kill of some words there.
Back to me and Lily's convo
We kept talking until she asked a rather random question.
"James, do you have a girlfriend."
"Uh, no. Why?"
"There's a Hogsmede trip in a little while."
All I can say is, THANK GOD I SAID NO TO HELEN MCCORY YESTERDAY!
But I decided to play it subtle.
"Yeah," I said oh-so-subtly.
"And I don't have a boyfriend." (Which really is strange don't you think?)
I smirked a little, "Really."
"Nope, but you already knew that. Remember, you asked me before you guys turned me green."
"Yeah, I remember. So if you don't have a boyfriend and I don't have a girlfriend…"
She waited and I decided to tease her a little.
"I guess we'll just have to sip our butterbeer all alone."
She gave me a mini-glare. Hehe.
"Or we could sip it together."
I pretended to be shocked, "Miss Evans are you asking me out?"
"I believe I am Mr. Potter. Do you accept."
By this time, I admit, I was sort of…giddy. And when I'm… giddy (sorry, but something about that word just doesn't sound right) I joke.
"Hmmmmm, would you have me home by eight?"
"Mr. Potter if you're more interested in kidding around maybe we should drink our butterbeer by ourselves." (Please no!)
"Miss Evans can't you take a joke? Of course I accept!"
Then Sluggy told us to clean up and we all left. Bellatrix dragged Regulus off as soon as we got outside and it was easy to see that Sirius was going to be in a pissy mood.
So I said good-bye to the girls, giving Lily a wink in the process. Lisa and Sirius looked a little confused but who cares about them.
Sirius ended up dragging me off to the kitchens. We stuffed our faces while he moaned complained about his awful family. Blah Blah Blah Blah, sorry to say this but I wasn't really listening. My mind was preoccupied with a certain red-head.
But I did give some condolence I guess. Sirius really does have a crappy family. And he's worried about Regulus, keeps insisting he isn't wholly evil or something. Well, he'll be okay tomorrow.
So I figured I'd get some of this journal out of the way by telling you about my spectacular detention. Really was the best I've ever had.
Definitely looking forward to Hogsmede.
A/N: I'm SORRY about not updating forever. Stupid batman fandom has dragged me in again (lol, I can be such a nerd) and I've been sort of busy. Lily's chapter will be up soon but I figured this might as well go up too.
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Nicole :)