Ok I've decided I'm going to put my other story on hold until I finish this
one, which could take a while. Just thought I'd inform you!
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Chapter 5 : Secret Still
Lily woke early the next morning. She had tossed and turned all night. She still couldn't believe that Dumbledore had made that prat Head boy. It had been bad enough she had to spend a brief time with him last year, whilst Caitlin and Sirius were going out, but now she was practically living with him!!
She got dressed and left her room. She was relieved to see that James hadn't surfaced yet. She went to go on down to the main common room, but as she opened the door she found that her way down the spiral staircase was blocked. Caitlin was sitting on the top step, painting her nails and cooing over the lion cub, which was now awake and clearly enjoying the attention.
"He's adorable isn't he?" She purred. "How do you get past him?"
"Really sorry, Cait, but I cant tell you." Caitlin didn't push it any further. She knew what a stickler Lily was about rules. She got up off the step and the two of them walked down the stairs.
"Alright then, but you'll show me around it sometime yea? I missed you in the dorm last night. Just thought I'd come and wait for you so we could go down to breakfast together." Lily smiled at her for a moment, she had missed her too. It wasn't the same going to sleep in the room by herself, she had missed the sounds of the dorm at night. Caitlin spoke in her sleep, usually reliving events with Sirius; Alice Fleming had a cute whimpering snore; Scarlet McFerrin spent most of her time running in and out of the dorm, coming back from her midnight liaisons with her boyfriend, Robbie Brown; whilst Avril Knight woke occasionally to tell the others to quieten down. A moment later another thought came into Lily's mind.
"Why didn't you just wait for me down in the common room? It would have been more comfortable surely?" Caitlin didn't answer her, but she didn't need to. As they reached the bottom of the staircase Lily saw that Sirius and Remus were sitting in their usual seats by the fire. They were talking animatedly, and apparently had not noticed the girls' arrival into the room.
Caitlin at once gave out a loud fake laugh, interlocked her arm with Lily and began to walk casually past them. Lily however, wasn't having any of it.
"Honestly, there's me thinking you wanted to spend some time with me, and all you want me for is to try and make that stupid git jealous!" She tried to sound as stern as possible but Caitlin knew she'd play along with it.
"I know, he is a bit of a stupid git, isn't he?" she said loud enough for Sirius to hear her. Sirius gave no reaction, although Lily was positive he had heard the comment, he continued talking to Remus. Caitlin, slightly annoyed that her first effort had been ignored, tried again. "He's a bit of dog really." She immediately got the reaction she was looking for. Sirius and Remus stopped talking and Sirius shot her a warning look, while Remus stared hard at the floor, he looked like he was about to throw up. Caitlin now completely satisfied that she had broken Sirius' act of pretending she didn't exist, continued on out of the portrait hole, with a mischievous grin on her face.
Lily and she walked in silence until they sat down at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall.
"What was that all about?"
"Oh nothing," replied Caitlin, although Lily could tell she was lying by the grin that was still plastered across her face. Caitlin stuffed a freshly buttered roll into her mouth, and raised her eyebrows cheekily at Lily.
'Yep,' Lily thought. 'There is definitely something I'm not being let in on here.' Though she asked no more questions.
The pair of them continued to eat their breakfast, chatting about nothing in particular and basically just catching up on the gossip. They were rudely interrupted, 15 minutes later, by the arrival of a very scruffy looking boy – about 5ft8, extremely messy hair – into the hall. It was James. He spied them sitting at the table and dashed towards them. As he dropped onto the bench opposite them, Lily noticed that he looked like he was barely out of bed. He beamed at her.
"What are you doing?" she spat at him.
"Sorry I'm late," he replied, his mouth still fixed in a wide grin. Staring back at him in disbelief, Lily could now see that despite his happy appearance, his eyes looked worried and alarmed.
"Late for what?"
"Our date." Lily spluttered. Caitlin looked on, apparently bored with him already.
"What?! What date?"
"The one you set up last night. You said you'd catch me tomorrow. I assumed you were asking me out." Lily could have leapt across the table and strangled him on the spot. Instead she decided to take a different approach.
"James that is clearly not the reason you came over," she said coolly. "What do you want?"
"I came over to talk to Caitlin actually." Lily was a little taken a back by this, but Caitlin didn't seem surprised at all. "So Caitlin..." he began but was cut off.
"Don't worry James, it's a secret still," Caitlin answered his unspoken question. Lily watched as they both exchanged meaningful looks.
"Well then, if that's sorted I'll be off." Lily watched him intently as he slowly walked to where the rest of the Marauders had sat down. What was still a secret? James and Caitlin were sharing secrets now? Sure James and Caitlin had grown up in the same village, and were friends, but they had never really been that close. When James had come over and said he wanted Caitlin, Lily had assumed it was something to do with Quidditch practice, as they were both chasers for the house team. Lily was just about to start questioning Caitlin when she heard James calling her from down the table. She looked round to see him waving at her.
"Evans! Hey Evans, I forgot! Will you go out with me?" Lily ignored him and turned round to talk to Caitlin again. She felt her mood brighten ever so slightly, although she wasn't sure why.
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Shmeh, not sure if I liked that. Please read and review!
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Chapter 5 : Secret Still
Lily woke early the next morning. She had tossed and turned all night. She still couldn't believe that Dumbledore had made that prat Head boy. It had been bad enough she had to spend a brief time with him last year, whilst Caitlin and Sirius were going out, but now she was practically living with him!!
She got dressed and left her room. She was relieved to see that James hadn't surfaced yet. She went to go on down to the main common room, but as she opened the door she found that her way down the spiral staircase was blocked. Caitlin was sitting on the top step, painting her nails and cooing over the lion cub, which was now awake and clearly enjoying the attention.
"He's adorable isn't he?" She purred. "How do you get past him?"
"Really sorry, Cait, but I cant tell you." Caitlin didn't push it any further. She knew what a stickler Lily was about rules. She got up off the step and the two of them walked down the stairs.
"Alright then, but you'll show me around it sometime yea? I missed you in the dorm last night. Just thought I'd come and wait for you so we could go down to breakfast together." Lily smiled at her for a moment, she had missed her too. It wasn't the same going to sleep in the room by herself, she had missed the sounds of the dorm at night. Caitlin spoke in her sleep, usually reliving events with Sirius; Alice Fleming had a cute whimpering snore; Scarlet McFerrin spent most of her time running in and out of the dorm, coming back from her midnight liaisons with her boyfriend, Robbie Brown; whilst Avril Knight woke occasionally to tell the others to quieten down. A moment later another thought came into Lily's mind.
"Why didn't you just wait for me down in the common room? It would have been more comfortable surely?" Caitlin didn't answer her, but she didn't need to. As they reached the bottom of the staircase Lily saw that Sirius and Remus were sitting in their usual seats by the fire. They were talking animatedly, and apparently had not noticed the girls' arrival into the room.
Caitlin at once gave out a loud fake laugh, interlocked her arm with Lily and began to walk casually past them. Lily however, wasn't having any of it.
"Honestly, there's me thinking you wanted to spend some time with me, and all you want me for is to try and make that stupid git jealous!" She tried to sound as stern as possible but Caitlin knew she'd play along with it.
"I know, he is a bit of a stupid git, isn't he?" she said loud enough for Sirius to hear her. Sirius gave no reaction, although Lily was positive he had heard the comment, he continued talking to Remus. Caitlin, slightly annoyed that her first effort had been ignored, tried again. "He's a bit of dog really." She immediately got the reaction she was looking for. Sirius and Remus stopped talking and Sirius shot her a warning look, while Remus stared hard at the floor, he looked like he was about to throw up. Caitlin now completely satisfied that she had broken Sirius' act of pretending she didn't exist, continued on out of the portrait hole, with a mischievous grin on her face.
Lily and she walked in silence until they sat down at the Gryffindor table in the Great Hall.
"What was that all about?"
"Oh nothing," replied Caitlin, although Lily could tell she was lying by the grin that was still plastered across her face. Caitlin stuffed a freshly buttered roll into her mouth, and raised her eyebrows cheekily at Lily.
'Yep,' Lily thought. 'There is definitely something I'm not being let in on here.' Though she asked no more questions.
The pair of them continued to eat their breakfast, chatting about nothing in particular and basically just catching up on the gossip. They were rudely interrupted, 15 minutes later, by the arrival of a very scruffy looking boy – about 5ft8, extremely messy hair – into the hall. It was James. He spied them sitting at the table and dashed towards them. As he dropped onto the bench opposite them, Lily noticed that he looked like he was barely out of bed. He beamed at her.
"What are you doing?" she spat at him.
"Sorry I'm late," he replied, his mouth still fixed in a wide grin. Staring back at him in disbelief, Lily could now see that despite his happy appearance, his eyes looked worried and alarmed.
"Late for what?"
"Our date." Lily spluttered. Caitlin looked on, apparently bored with him already.
"What?! What date?"
"The one you set up last night. You said you'd catch me tomorrow. I assumed you were asking me out." Lily could have leapt across the table and strangled him on the spot. Instead she decided to take a different approach.
"James that is clearly not the reason you came over," she said coolly. "What do you want?"
"I came over to talk to Caitlin actually." Lily was a little taken a back by this, but Caitlin didn't seem surprised at all. "So Caitlin..." he began but was cut off.
"Don't worry James, it's a secret still," Caitlin answered his unspoken question. Lily watched as they both exchanged meaningful looks.
"Well then, if that's sorted I'll be off." Lily watched him intently as he slowly walked to where the rest of the Marauders had sat down. What was still a secret? James and Caitlin were sharing secrets now? Sure James and Caitlin had grown up in the same village, and were friends, but they had never really been that close. When James had come over and said he wanted Caitlin, Lily had assumed it was something to do with Quidditch practice, as they were both chasers for the house team. Lily was just about to start questioning Caitlin when she heard James calling her from down the table. She looked round to see him waving at her.
"Evans! Hey Evans, I forgot! Will you go out with me?" Lily ignored him and turned round to talk to Caitlin again. She felt her mood brighten ever so slightly, although she wasn't sure why.
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Shmeh, not sure if I liked that. Please read and review!