Chapter 3

Pillow fights, a bet, and procrastination

I'm so happy for you , I could cry

Yeah, I'm so elated

Cross my heart and hope to die

I don't think about you every night

Before I close my eyes

I'm so happy for you baby,

I could cry

"Lily Evans!" Marcie jumped up from the bed and glared at Lily. "What in the name of Merlin did you slap me for?"

Lily sat up, confused. She rubbed her eyes and saw the bright rays of dawn streaming through the window.

"What time is it?" Lily asked, thoroughly perplexed now.

"Seven thirty in the morning," Marcie replied, looking weary. "I kept trying to wake you up but you wouldn't stop mumbling in your sleep. Something about a promise."

"Wait," Comprehension finally dawned on Lily. "You are saying that….it was all a dream?"

"What was a dream?" Marcie asked curiously.

"You know," Lily said. "where Potter asked you out and all that rubbish."

"Ermm…" Marcie looked nervous. "Is there any Seer blood in you by any chance?"

"What are you talking about? You know perfectly well I'm muggle-born."

"Ah, Potter did ask me out. But that was last night, I have no idea how you could possibly…." Marcie let her voice trail off as she noticed Lily's death glare.

"What. Are. You. Talking. About."

"Ahem…nothing important," Marcie giggled nervously.

Lily looked murderous.

"No wait, listen," Marcie explained. "It's just- Remus was with him. But he wasn't alone. That slut-Charity…keep hanging on to him and he didn't look unhappy about it." Marcie pouted. "So when Potter asked me out…I was so jealous that I said yes."

Lily still didn't move.

"I promise," Marcie smiled. "That I will break up with Potter the next time I see him, okay?"

"Well, we all know how well you keep promises," Lily murmured but Marcie still heard her.

"No actually, I never broke your promise because I'm not and never will be in love with Potter!" Marcie declared triumphantly. Lily rolled her eyes and hit her with a pillow.

"Oh no you didn't-" Marcie started but was hit in the face with another pillow. Huffing, she conjured up a whole pile of pink fluffy pillows and sent them all flying at Lily. Soon, a pillow fight started and the dormitory was filled with feathers and fluff.

"What's going on here?" A surprised voice halted their pillow war. It was Alice Kinkle, a good friend of Lily and Marcie.

Lily and Marcie chose to answer by hitting poor Alice with a pillow. Alice laughed and joined the fight.

"Ugh, grow up!" Madeline Williams stood in the doorway, an expression of disgust on her face. "Pillow fights are so first-year!"

Alice, Lily, and Marcie looked at each other before sending a storm of pillows to fly at Madeline.

"Merlin!" Madeline screamed as Kaleen Peters cautiously stepped in the room. "Something wrong? I thought I heard screams." Of course she got hit as well.

Madeline and Kaleen looked at each other and shrugged helplessly. "Well if you can't beat them…"

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The next day…

"Li-ly!" Marcie sang out as she caught up to Lily who was frantically searching for her Charms homework. "What's wrong?"

"Trying to find my Charms homework, have you seen it?" Lily looked up to see Kaleen waving something in the air. "My homework! Where did you find it?"

Kaleen wrinkled her nose as she tried to remember. "Well, it was either in the pile of feathers by the bathroom, or the pile of fluff under the bed, or perhaps it was in the pile of unused pillows on Alice's bed or maybe…" Lily rolled her eyes, snatched her homework out of Kaleen's hands, and hurried off to Charms.

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"Lily, let's go!" Kaleen tugged at her sleeve. "I need to go to the library and I don't know where it is!"

Lily was in the middle of an interesting (in her opinion) discussion about the history of charms with Professor Flitwick. She was about to say something on the ethics of cheering charms when she found herself being carried off by Kaleen.

"What are you doing?" Lily angrily shook herself free of Kaleen. "I wasn't done talking about-"

"Are you ever done talking about Charms?" Kaleen rolled her eyes. "Anyways, I need your help."

"If its about Quidditch, I can't help you, "Lily interrupted. "You know how I hate that sport.'

"That's because you are scared of heights but no, it's not Quidditch," Kaleen lowered her voice. "I need some books from the library, but I, err, don't know where it is. "

"How can you not know where the library is?" Lily exclaimed. "It's the same as not knowing where the bathroom is!"

"Well, actually" Kaleen began but then stopped, perplexed. "Where's the bathroom?"

"Kaleen!"

"What?" Kaleen frowned. "They seem to appear every time you need them!"

"You're hopeless," Lily sighed and headed off the library with Kaleen murmuring to herself behind her.

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"James!" James turned and saw Marcie behind him.

"Listen, I have to tell you something-"Marcie began, but James cut her off.

"I think we should break up,"

Marcie blinked. "Wait, what?"

"You heard me, I think we should break up."

"Oh, okay then," Marcie slowly turned around and walked away, sighing in relief. "Well that's settled!"

"Did you hear me?" James suddenly said. Marcie turned around again and faced him. "Yeah, I heard you and I feel the same way.'

"But normally girls, you know, cry and stuff." James said confused.

Marcie just smiled and walked away.

"Wow, prongsie," James whirled around and saw Sirius smirking behind him. "First time, eh?"

"Bugger off," James growled.

"So, you think you're still gonna win our little bet?" Sirius sighed loudly and put an arm around James. "You know there's one more girl left, Prongs."

"Only one more!' James broke into a smile. "Well, I guess the only problem left is to decide what I'm gonna do with your 100 galleons."

"I don't think so," Sirius sighed again and looked at Prongs sadly. "You see, its Lily Evans."

"Who's that?"

"Exactly."

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"So what type of book were you looking for anyway?" Lily asked Kaleen once they arrived at the library.

Kaleen found a table and dumped her books on it. "Er, you know books like, Tansfiguration for dummies, Charms for dummies, Potions for dummies, Herbology for dummies, Divination for Dummies-"

"Okay I get the point!" Lily rolled her eyes, exasperated. "How did you manage to pass all your Owls?"

"Sheer luck," Kaleen grinned then grimaced. "And a lot of procrastination. "

"Alright, you go over to that side and I'll search for books on this side, okay?"

"Sure!"

Lily wandered around aimlessly, trying to find Charms for Dummies when she bumped into someone.

"What-! Oh hey lily!" Remus Lupin smiled at her from behind a book.

"Remus! Hey!" Lily smiled back and then curiously peered at his book.

"Oh! This is um, Ethics of Charms, I'm sure you'll find it boring,"

"No. no!" Lily exclaimed happily. "I've been wanting to read that for ages! It would sure help me in my debate with Professor Flitwick."

"You can borrow it if you want," Remus generously offered.

"Oh, that's alright," Lily looked around. "Maybe I could find another copy but first I need to find another book.'

"Can I help?"

"Sure, it's called Charms for Dummies," Remus stopped in his tracks and stared at Lily then asked. "Aren't you the top student in Charms?"

"Oh!" Lily blushed furiously. 'No, no the book isn't for me! It's for Kaleen. She, um, needs a little bit of help in that subject-"

"A little bit of help?" Remus burst out laughing. "I think even Peter's better than her!"

Lily laughed as well, when Kaleen poked her head around a bookshelf. "Hey, can you help me get Studying for dummies? It's right over there."

Lily said incredulously, "Studying for Dummies? They have that?"

"Of course!' Kaleen said. "Now can you get it for me? I'm gonna go find How to pay attention in class…'

Lily looked up… and up at the book. It was on the highest shelf. She looked around and spotted a ladder.

"Oh, Remus, can you-"

"Sure." He held the ladder for her as Lily climbed up.

"Got it!" Lily yelled triumphantly but then lost her balance and started to fall. "ahhh!"

"Ouch," said a voice beneath her. She had fallen on top of Remus. Before she could get off, someone cleared her throat loudly.

'What is going on here?" Marcie said, looking at Lily on top of Remus.

A/N: yay I finally updated! Okay so this story is gonna get more interesting later on so keep reading and reviewing:D btw, I should talk more about my O/C s sooo…

Alice Kinkle: She is a really good friend of Lily. She is very timid but super smart (though not as smart as Lily). She has shoulder length chestnut hair and hazel eyes. Alice is the future Mrs. Longbottom.

Kaleen Peters; She's very into Quidditch and a little dumb, as you probably notice, in everything else! She can be very aggressive and evil but is always nice to Lily, since she helps her in her studies. Kaleen has long, straight blond hair and green eyes. She's the future Mrs. Lovegood.

Madeline Williams: she's mainly Marcie's friend. She can be mean at times but can also be very nice. She's rich and comes from an old wizarding family so she's a little stuck-up. Madeline has long black hair and blue eyes.

Marcie Grant: she' lily's best friend. Most of the time she's a bubbly blonde but can get mad very easily. She's a little superficial and is also pretty smart. She hates Quidditch. She can be a bit clueless and sometimes exhibit short-term memory. She likes a different guy every week but has always loved Remus. … you know what she looks like fr. Ch.1

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Cynthia