So What Am I so Afraid Of?
Chapter 6 (is it?): Transition
Disclaimer: Dare I waste my fingers' strength typing what you already know; obviously, if I am spending my time typing my story for you on I do Not own Harry Potter..or anything for that matter)
Lily woke up a little late the next morning, quickly cleaned up, and rushed down to breakfast. As she entered the Great Hall, she scanned the room and found Bree and Quinn sitting, once again, with the Marauders. She slide into a seat near Quinn and took a piece of toast.
"See, Lil, I told you we'd have breakfast together this morning," James said smiling.
"See, James, I told you I wanted to have breakfast with Sirius this morning," Lily replied casually, wiping the grin off James' face.
"Anyways," Quinn said as an obvious attempt at changing the subject, "Gryffindor's first Quidditch match is far. You guys getting ready, James?"
"Naturally," Sirius whined," James only has us practicing, like, every night of the week."
"Hey!" James said indignantly, "I just want us to win."
"And you will. Don't worry about it," Remus interrupted Sirius, who was opening his mouth to respond.
Classes were moving by very slowly over the next few weeks. Lily was keeping busy trying to balance her homework and Heads' duties, but none were busier than James, who was falling behind with his homework and trying to help Lily with Heads' work, while assembling his Quidditch team.
Lily woke one night with a start. She had been havign a nightmare but couldn't remember what it was about. Glancing at her watch, she saw that it was around one in the morning, and she couldn't fall back to sleep. She crept silently down to the common room and was surprised to find James still awake and bent over an essay.
"James Potter! What are you doing still awake?" She scolded.
James looked up at Lily, fatigue evident in his eyes. "I've gotta get this done, and there's another oen after this. And I still have more to do this week, but I had practice after dinner, and I was already behind, and.."
"Can I help?"
Lily took the seat across from James and pulled some of his books toward her. He looked so tired she felt horrible for him.
"So what's this essay on..." she asked herself mroe than him. "Reasons giant could never be in regular wizarding societies..you can do this James. You know this stuff. And this one it's just regular Transfiguration, you're great at that. You start on that nad I'll highlight some passages about giant wars."
"Hey, Lily?"
"Hmm?" she said not looking up.
"You don't have do to this, you know," James said warily.
"I know," Lily said, making eye contact, "but I want to."
James woke up with a cramp in his leg. He stretched and heard something fall on the floor. Opening his eyes, he realized he was in the common room on the end of one of the couches. At the other end, separated from him by a mass of textbooks, was Lily.
"Lil," James whispered, "Lil, wake up."
"Mmm...James...leave me alone, I'm tired.."
"You wanna ditch classes today. We could hang around here together. Maybe get some sleep," James offered.
That woke Lily up. "Absolutely not, James Potter. You are already behind. We'll go to classes, and at lunch we'll go to the library where we'll work on our homework, so you can have practices after dinner with out falling behind. Got it?"
"Yeah, okay...I guess." James wasn't looking forward to giving up his lunch for homework, but at least it was some time with Lily.
"Blue or red?" Bree asked, holding up two hair bows.
"Neither, those are too big for your outfit," Quinn said reasonably. Just then, Lily ambled into the room in her pajamas.
"Late night, Lillian? Where were you?" Bree questioned suggestively.
"I was with James...doing homework!" Lily said forcefully.
"Ah, the old 'doing homework' hoax," Quinn teased.
"What about you, Quinn? How's Remus? Hmm?" Lily turned the attention from herself.
"Absolutely lovely. We're going to Hogsmeade on the 11th."
"We've gotta get to breakfast," Bree said, noticing her watch.
James tried to slip into the boys' dorm without anyone notcing that he had been missing, but he failed dissmally.
"Out all night! No idea where you are! Could have been dead for all I knew!" Sirius screeched in a high pitched voice as soon as James came through the door.
"Oh give it a rest, Padfoot," James said, obviously exhausted.
"Seriously though, where were you?" Remus questioned, coming out of the bathroom.
"In the common room, doing homework with Lily," James said truthfully.
"Ahhhhh...with Lily," Sirius repeated.
James rolled his eyes. "I assure you; nothing happened...No such luck," He added under his breath.
(AN: Not the best. I've noticed that like each chapter ends with me saying its not my best. However, this is my fist fic and I'm just trying to get it moving. I think I'm gonna start some stuff in the next chapter. I have more action planned, so the Quidditch game and more will be next chapter. The chapters are gonna come faster, because I'm moving into the parts that I already have planned. This first part has been kind of off the top of my head. Stick with me and Review It'll get better. , Love Cali)