The
first years walked into the Great Hall, following Professor
McGonagall. James tried to stay close to Lily, but Lily kept
going further away from him. The hat sang a song, as usual, and
then the sorting began. There was nothing special to the
sorting.
Bellatrix Black-Slytherin
Sirius Black-Gryffindor
Lily
Evans-Gryffindor
Malfalda Hopkirk-Ravenclaw
Frank
Longbottom-Hufflepuff
Remus Lupin-Gryffindor
Marlene
McKinnon-Gryffindor
Severus Snape-Slytherin
Peter
Pettigrew-Gryffindor
James Potter-Gryffindor
Alice
Pruwitt-Hufflepuff
Emmeline Vance-Ravenclaw
There are others,
but I won't list them for my own reasons. Marlene isn't supposed to
come until a year after Lily, but for plot purposes, I'm making her
come in now.
After getting sorted, Lily sat down at the
Gryffindor table. She was releived she didn't get into Slytherin, but
the hat wanted her in it. She sat quietly for the sorting to
finish.
After Remus was sorted, he sat across from Lily. Marlene
sat next to Lily. Sirius, too, sat next to Lily. Peter sat
next to Remus, and James squeezed in between Lily and Sirius. Lily
rolled her eyes after James sat down.
"Hey Evans."
James said, smirking.
"Potter." Lily said, not looking
at him.
James put an arm around Lily's ahoulders again. "Isn't
this great?" He asked smiling.
"Isn't what
great?"
"Being in the same house of course. We'll have
all our classes togather, we'll sit at the same table when it's time
to eat, and we'll be in the same common room."
"Oh
yeah. It's just wonderful." Lily said sarcastically.
"I
know. I can't wait for this year to start." James said, pulling
Lily closer to him.
Marlene was laughing softly at Lily and James
when Lily gave her a pleading look. Lily and Marlene met each other
on the boat ride to the castle. Lily had managed to get away from
James for that ten minutes of the night.
Sirius, however, was
smirking at James and Lily. James was acting weird, but he would
figure out what that was later tonight. So, he just went along with
it.
Alice was looking at Lily sympathetically from the Hufflepuff
table. She was sitting next to a guy Lily nor Alice knew. Lily smiled
softly to ease Alice (She was looking shy). While Lily and Alice were
exchanging a conversation without speaking, James still had his arm
around Lily's shoulders and was talking to her, but she wasn't
listening. Alice looked down, and Lily turned towards James to see
what he had been talking about.
"...and then I took the
quaffle from Sirius and zoomed past everyone on his team and scored.
10 pointes to James's team!" He said.
Lily rolled her eyes at
both James and Peter. James was here talking about himself to Lily,
who wasn't listening, and Peter was looking at him in awe.
Sirius
was looking defeated. "You only got the quaffle because I was
caught off guard." He defended himself.
"Keep telling
yourself that, Sirius."
Lily shook her head at the guys, then
turned to Marlene and started talking to
her.
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After
the feast was over, the first years followed the Gryffindor Prefects
and the head girl. They said what the password was and explained the
dormitories. Lily went right upstairs with Marlene and the rest of
the Gryffindor girls before James could get a chance to find her.
"Ugh!" She said, falling on her bed. It was their first
night here and Lily was already fustrated.
"Oh come one,
Lily. He's not that bad." Marlene said.
"Easy for you
to say. He's not always sitting next to you and putting his arm
around you."
"Lily, it sounds like he fancies you. I
would kill for someone as good looking as him to fancy me."
"But,
he's not good looking."
"He is a little." Marlene
blushed a bit.
Lily noticed the blush and laughed softly. "Then,
why don't you go out with him?" She asked.
"Because,
Lily, he doesn't fancy me. He fancies
you."
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"James,
mate, what was up with you and Evans?" Sirius asked up in the
boys dorm.
James smiled when Sirius mentioned Lily.
Sirius
noticed this smile. "Oh no, mate. You don't...Do you?"
James
nodded. "Sirius, I am in love with Lily Evans."
Sirius
fell onto his bed dramatically. "I've lost my best mate."
He got up and ran over to Remus. "Remus, buddy, you're all I
got. Don't lose me either."
"Well, Sirius, I think it's
good that James likes one girl and not many."
Sirius fell to
his knees dramatically. "NOOOOOOOOOO!" He said. "I've
lost James and Remus...Petter, old pal, what do you think?"
Sirius said, looking at Peter.
"I...agree with Sirius."
Peter said. "No one took his side, so I will."
Sirius
nodded proudly. "This boy standing beside me, is the only sane
person in this room, besides me of course."
"Well, you
can't blame me." James said defensively. "She's beautiful.
With her deep red hair and stunning green eyes. Who wouldn't love
her?"
Sirius just shook his head doubtfully and climbed into
his four poster bed that was next to James's. "I've lost you..."
He said, before closing his eyes and falling asleep.
James
laughed softly and fell asleep as well.
Remus and Peter too fell
asleep.
