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"Wait!" James called after her. She turned and he ducked down to join her in her little dry patch, and they shuffled off towards the carriages, trying not to trip on each other's feet and blushing profusely.
Chapter 4: Good to be back
When the 5 seventh-years stepped into the Entrance Hall they were all in high spirits. The air inside the Entrance Hall was warm and cheerful and there was happy chatter all around them.
"Great to be back isn't it?" Sirius grinned at happily James. "Too bad its our last year."
"No, no, make it stop!" Emily groaned and covered her ears. "I will never leave, never!"
Lily laughed at this. James loved it when she laughed; she always looked so pretty and content. He looked at her and their eyes met. She blushed and looked away as the crowd of students began to move slowly into the Great Hall.
Moments later, when they had reached the Gryffindor table, James slid into the seat across from Lily. Remus and Sirius sat on either side of him, Sirius across from Emily.
Then, suddenly, a sixth person sat down next to Lily.
It was Peter.
"Hey Pete! Where you been?" Sirius asked him, reaching across the table to punch his fist (do they do that in the 70's? lol).
"Well," Peter smiled mischievously, "I was with my girlfriend,"
"Oooh," Emily said grinning, "Who is she? Is she in our year?"
"Her name's Melissa Clearwater," he replied happily, "You know, that one Ravenclaw with the twin brother named Mark? That's her."
Lily she smiled at him. "She's lovely. I'm glad she likes you." Peter blushed happily.
Then, unexpectedly, the doors of the Great Hall opened and Professor McGonagall came in through them followed by a crowd of anxious looking first years. The entire Hall went silent as she led them to the front of the room so that they could see a patched and frayed wizard's hat sitting on a three-legged stool.
Two hours later, full of food and very sleepy, Lily collapsed onto the crimson bedspread of her four-poster bed. Emily sighed dramatically and fell down next to her. She grabbed Lily's face.
"Oh, Fair Lillian! That heart that beatest so fierce within my noble breast hath tired for the final hour! I cannot lever my weary form to travel to my cradle of sleep! Prithee, may I rest beside thee this night, 'til the sun doth shine upon thy brow?"
Lily laughed and shoved Emily away. "Go sleep in your own bed Emily,"
Emily rolled away and fell off the bed and on to the floor laughing hysterically as a tall dark-skinned girl entered the room, her long braids swinging around her shoulders.
Grinning, she walked to Emily and said, "You're nutters, do ya know that Brown?"
Emily just continued to laugh and the girl nudged her with her foot.
"Hi Jessie," Lily groaned from her bed. She had now rolled over and her hair was fanned out around her head and her eyes were shut.
"'ello Lily," Jessie said cheerily, as two more girls entered the room. One had a glossy brown bob; the other had her straight-as-a-pin black hair in a high ponytail.
"Hi guys," Emily giggled from the floor. She waved with her fingers.
The girl with brown hair, Stephanie, bounded across the room and bounced onto her bed. She rolled over onto her stomach and looked down at Emily.
"Hi!" She replied happily. They both giggled.
The other girl, Vivian, rolled her heavily lidded eyes and sauntered over to her bed and sank into her pillows.
Vivian was a very solemn and mysterious most of the time. She had a rather deep voice (for a girl anyway) and she liked to read a lot. Stephanie, on the other hand, was bouncy, perky and sporty and she loved to dance and be flirty. Lily had no idea how they had become best friends, but she knew for a fact they were two of the nicest people in the whole world.
Jessie was a different kind of sporty; she was tough and powerful, but graceful and kindly at the same time. She had always been nice to Lily, and she was the oldest person in their year (almost 18 already, no one is sure how that happened). She was tall, muscular and Captain of the Quidditch Team.
As for Emily…….Wow. She was so great. She was always there when Lily needed her, and she always knew when to be happy, sad, angry, protective, or silly. She was Lily's best friend in the whole world, and to Lily, she was irreplaceable.
"I am so tired." Vivian sighed, in her deep voice.
"God, I know!" Stephanie agreed. She rolled over onto her back. She stuck her feet up in the air and wiggled her toes.
Lily opened her eyes and sat up. "I'm going to put my pajamas on ok?" she said drowsily.
"No need to ask out permission," Emily said brightly, sticking her head out from under Lily's bed. Jessie and Stephanie giggled appreciatively.
"Ha, ha, very funny." Lily said sarcastically. She wandered over to her chest of drawers and pulled the second drawer, where she kept her pajamas and socks. All of her belongings had been magically unpacked and sorted into their proper drawers. She reached inside and pulled out her favorite pajamas; a pair of pale green plaid pants and a matching tank top.
As she slipped them on, her dorm-mates pulled out their own pajamas. Jessie's were light yellow, Vivian's deep blue, and Stephanie's hot pink. Emily's were white with little broomsticks all over them. She sauntered around the room showing them off and making the girls laugh as they climbed into bed.
Lily snuggled down into her blankets and buried her face into her pillow. Jessie pointed her wand at the ceiling and the light went out.
For awhile, Lily found herself unable to sleep, despite her tiredness. She was thinking about her day, her sister, Emily, school and, though she did not want to admit it, James Potter. He had been much nicer today than he had in the past, maybe something had happened to him that make him different.
She decided that she liked this new James much better. She knew if was only the first day of "New James" but she liked him quite a bit.
Lily smiled to herself as she dug even deeper within her covers and thought, 'Yes, I like this 'new James' very much.'
A/N: Yay! Next chapter up soon!!!!!!
