Haunted
Chapter 2: Cold as You
Summary:
Props to Taylor Swift for the chapter title. This chapter is dedicated to or Olivia, for being the best person ever.
Lyrics for this chapter:
Oh, what a shame, what a rainy ending to a perfect day,
just walk away, no use defending words that you will never say ~Taylor Swift
Lily was sitting on the grass against a big tree by the lake. She was hurriedly rushing through an essay for her Charms class that she was supposed to have done during the holidays, the autumn breeze making her hair blow into her face. Lily reached to brush it away with one hand, but was beat to it by a boy with pale skin, and long fingers.
"Sev!" she exclaimed, giggling. "You scared me!"
"Sorry, I just saw you working out here, and decided to give you a bit of a break," Severus grinned sheepishly. He wiped his greasy hair out of his black, bottomless eyes.
"Thanks, " Lily replied, putting her quill and parchment down. "It needs to be done by this afternoon."
As she said this, a group of boys and girls in silver and green robes and scarves walked down the hill towards them, laughing obnoxiously.
"Snape," the biggest spat. "What are you doing here, with this Mudblood?"
Severus stood up to his full height, half pushing Lily behind him. "I was just talking to her, Cronson. Or is that against the 'rules'?" he asked sarcastically, emphasising 'rules' by making air quotes with his fingers.
A scrawny boy peeked out from behind him, Luke, with bucked-teeth and terrible acne. "What would Salazar Slytherin say?" he asked clumsily.
Everybody, including Lily, turned to look at Luke with narrowed eyes. "What the fuck are you talking about, Luke?" Cronson yelled.
Snape and Lily had backed away from the group, grabbing their bags which had been dropped in the process. The Slytherin gang hadn't seen them.
"I - hate - them - Sev," Lily wheezed inbetween breaths.
"Me - too," he replied, not looking into her bright green eyes, with his fingers crossed behind his back.
James and Sirius were sitting at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall, occasionally looking at the oak doors, then quickly looking back at eachother and whispering rushedly again.
The doors opened with a large thud, and a voice snarled/screamed, "Potter!"
Cici ran a hand through her hair and flicked the foam on to Sirius. Lily did the same with James.
"You. Fucking. Idiots. What did you do to our hairdryers?" Cici snarled at them.
"No idea. She's off her head, isn't she?" James asked Sirius with a smirk on his face.
"The only thing that will be off is your -" Lily's threat was cut off by Professor McGonagall walking past with the leaned in closer and whispered threateningly. "You will regret this." With that, she got up, and slapped James across the face, the sound slicing through the air like a knife does, cheese.
James rubbed the spot where Lily had hit him, and watched her pull Cici back out the Hall again. "Well, Padfoot, it was worth it."
"Didn't know she had such a fiery streak in her. Must be the hair," Sirius pointed out.
"Back off mate, she's mine." James smiled, hitting Sirius on the arm.
They both looked down at their plates and stuffed down some of the beef&ale pie.
"Sometimes, I forget we are two, fucking hot growing wizards who need to eat," Sirius grinned.
"We are, Padfoot. Where's Wormtail? I haven't seen him in ages since the tr-" James was cut off by a screech at the window, and the owls all came flying in with the lunchtime post.
James went through his post, flicking the un-needed things into the rubbish bin he had conjured, when he came across a scarlet-red envelope. He immediately recognised it as a Howler, his mother's favourite kind of punishment, although it did nothing to damage his ego, he just didn't want her knowing that. It gave Lydia Potter the idea that she had some leadership in her family. (A/N Lydia Potter is the name I created, based on Mrs Potter whose first name was not revealed.)
The Howler let off a high-pitched screech and Lydia Potter's voice boomed through the hall. "JAMES POTTER! HOW DARE YOU LEAVE YOUR SISTER AT THE STATION? IT'S HER FIRST YEAR, I'M SURPRISED SHE GOT HOME ON HER OWN. YOU'RE LUCKY MRS LUPIN WAS THERE TO TAKE HER HOME." (A/N I know he didn't have a sister, just go with it.)
James blushed slightly but regained his composure. "Shit," he swore under his breath. "Padfoot, what do you think happened to Grace if Moony's mum wasn't there?" he asked.
"Merlin, James Potter is getting worried about a Howler? What is this world coming to?" Sirius pretended to fall of his chair, making James hex him so that he actually did.
"Shut up," James mumbled, putting his wand away, then stalking out of the classroom to the owlery, to look for his owl, Cal. He had some serious apologies to write up.
Marlene was sitting on her bed with her trunk open in front of her, sorting out her belongings. She sent either her clothes to the wardrobe, or cosmetics to the bathroom. There was a knock at the door, and she called, "Come in!"
In walked Tristan and Remus, and Marlene tackle-hugged them. "Hey, hey, we only saw each other yesterday," Tristan laughed.
Marlene rolled her eyes. "I know, but I couldn't exactly do that in front of everyone else, could I?"
"Cici certainly wasn't embarrassed to do it," Remus added in, smirking.
"But that's Cici. Hey, Re, what's that cut on your face?" Marlene asked Remus, looking at the scar that ran from his left temple, down to his dimple.
"Oh, my, erm, dog got me during the holidays," Remus not too subtly lied. "Anyway, what did you guys do over the holidays?" he quickly changed the subject.
Tristan and Marlene both noticed the quick change, but decided not to push any further. Without further ado, they launched into their stories.
-2 hours later-
"Shit, I've got to leave, sorry!" Remus yelled, running out of the room.
Tristan looked at Marlene, a puzzled look on his face."That was unexpected. Lunch?" he asked Marlene.
Marlene giggled, and linked her arm through the crook of his, as they walked down to the Great Hall for lunch. "My pleasure."
As they entered the Hall, giggling and laughing, the Hall was hushed into silence. As though a switch was flicked, the chatter resumed, after an agonizing 10 seconds of staring at Tristan and Marlene.
"What was that all about?" Marlene asked Tristan.
"No idea," was his reply.
Marlene spotted Lily and Cici sitting at the Gryffindor table, Rory a few people away, talking to Katie Hawthorne, a fellow Gryffindor.
"Seeya," Marlene quickly hugged Tristan, a rush of memories coming back of when they were the 'it' couple last year. How it didn't cross her mind before in her dorm, was beyond her, she thought.
Tristan walked over to a few of his friends at the Ravenclaw table. Marlene walked up and sat next to Lily. "How's your first day back before classes?"
"Boring, all I've done is unpacking. Mum kept sending me things I had "forgotten", although I think it was just so she could stay in contact with me. She sent me a pair of her trousers, so I know her head isn't screwed on properly right now," Lily giggled.
"Okay," Marlene said, seeming distracted.
"What's up, Mar?" Lily asked her friend.
"Oh nothing, just homesickness," Marlene lied, forcing a smile on to her face.
"If you say so," Lily said, confused.
Just then, James Potter and Sirius black walked in, with Cici running behind them, pushing them out the way to get to Lily and Marlene.
"Lil," she gasped, "Mar, there's someone in the spare bed in our dorm!" she told them breathlessly.
Rory instantly looked up from her food. Crap, I knew I forgot something! she thought to herself.
"Rory, you okay?" Katie asked her.
"Yeah, one sec, I'll be right back," she replied, getting off the bench and hurrying towards her other friends.
"About that," Rory started with. "Adrienne Arnette was sorted into Gryffindor last night, and our dorm was the only 6th year dorm with a spare bed," she finished, immediately regretting her wording. A flush crept on to her face.
"How did you know that?" Sirius asked, sneaking up on them.
"Fuck, Black, you scared me!" Rory slapped Sirius around the back of the head.
"It was you that used my Cloak, wasn't it!" James accused.
"I'll get back to you on that," Rory said, momentarily hanging her head. "Anyway, I thought I'd tell y-" she was interrupted by a slightly accented voice.
"Where is the Divination classroom?" it said, and they all spun around to see Adrienne standing at the table behind them. Her platinum blonde hair was slightly wavy, tumbling down her back like a water does a waterfall.
Sirius stood there, gaping at her, until James elbowed him in the stomach, bringing him back around.
"Prongs!" he hissed. "Bastard!" he raised his voice. "Follow me, I have Divination now, too," he said, just as the bell went, signalling the end of lunch. First class of the year, with a hot chick, Sirius thought, inwardly grinning.
Adrienne narrowed her eyes, critically surveying Sirius, before saying, "Thankyou."
With a flash of blonde and a finger from Sirius to James, they were gone through the door, Sirius working his "charm".
"She was pretty," Marlene teased James, who immediately retorted, much to Lily's displeasure.
"Ah, but my Evans has radiant beauty, he said dramatically.
"Piss of, Potter," Lily replied, rolling her eyes. "You've got no shot."
James mock-pouted. "Until next time, my dear," he called after Lily, who had turned to get on her way to Herbology.
Marlene and James looked at the time and realised they were 5 minutes late for Potions.
"It's only Sluggy, he won't care," James said matter-of-factly, leaving Marlene rolling her eyes.
Do you guys think I put too much dialogue into my writing? Leave any suggestions in a review/comment, I'll read them all x ~Beth