Lily
woke up and got into the shower and did her hair and got dressed. Her
hair was straight and hung down her back. After Marlene had finished
getting ready, they both left the common room to go to the Great Hall
for breakfast. They saw Alice at the Great Hall and Alice sat at the
Gryffindor table with them.
"No, I didn't make any friends."
Alice replied when Lily asked if she made friends.
"You
should have talked to that guy next to you. What was his
name?...Longbottom."
"Lily, I am not like you. I can't
talk to guys." Alice confessed.
Lily was going to object, but
she heard a stern voice behind her.
"Miss Evans."
Professor McGonagall said.
Lily turned around and Professor
McGonagall handed Lily her time table as well as Marlene. Professor
Sprout handed Alice her's.
"Well, at least we have Herbology
and History of Magic togather." Lily said to Alice.
Alice
looked at Marlene and Lily weakly.
"You'll make friends.
Don't worry." Marlene
said.
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James,
Sirius, and Remus walked into Transfiguration with Peter close behind
them. James and Sirius sat in the middle of the room with Remus and
Peter behind them. When Lily walked in, James smirked. "Oy!
Evans! I saved a spot for you." He said, pointing to the tablish
desk that was across the isle, but still next to James.
Lily
smiled a sarcasticish smile [A/N: I can't explain it, then went to
sit in the front, away from James.
"That's not the seat I
pointed to." James said.
"I know. But, it's the seat I
want to sit in." Lily replied as Marlene sat next to
her.
Marlene just shook her head doubtfully at James and
Lily.
Morning classes was just talking about what will be
going on all semester, so I won't bore you with the details.
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James,
Remus, Sirius, and Peter all went to lunch and sat huddled togather.
When Lily walked in and saw them, she rolled her eyes and sat with
Marlene. Alice came storming over.
"I was so bored."
She said. "I can't make any friends. I WANT TO BE IN
GRYFFINDOR!" She almost screamed. Only a few people looked at
her, including the Marauders.
"You'll make friends. I can
help if you want. All you do is say 'hi'." Lily said. She looked
over at the Hufflepuff table to see if there was anyone alone who she
could help Alice talk to. She saw one guy. "Hey Alice. Look,
there's Longbottom. Why not talk to him?"
Alice turned to
look at the Hufflepuff table. "Oh. I don't know Lily."
"Come
on." Lily got up and walked over to Frank Longbottom. "Hello."
She said sweetly.
Frank looked up and saw two girls standing
infront of him. "Uh...Hello." He said shyly.
"Do
you mind if we join you?" She asked.
"No, not at all."
He said, gesturing for Lily and Alice to sit.
"Thank you. I'm
Lily Evans and this is Alice Pruwitt." Lily introduced.
"Hello."
Alice said shyly.
"I'm Frank Longbottom." Frank
introduced himself, avoiding eye contact with Alice.
"It's
nice to meet you Frank." Lily looked at her watch. "Ph my.
I have to go. I'm am so sorry. I'll see you two later." She
said, getting up and running out of the Great Hall, Marlene following
her. Lily stopped when she got out of the hall. "What do you
suppose they are doing in there?" She asked, smiling.
"What
did you do?" Marlene asked, ignoring Lily's question.
"I
introduced Alice and myself to Frank and then told them I had to
leave so they could be alone."
"Brilliant. But, they
both seem shy. They might not be talking."
"Well,
they're not just going to sit there and stare at the ground, are
they?"
Marlene shrugged.
Lily looked into the Great Hall,
trying not to be seen. That's exactly what Frank and Alice were
doing. Staring at the ground. Lily sigh with fustration.
"Give
them time, Lily. They'll become friends."
"Yeah, I guess
your right."
"So, what do we do now?" Marlene
asked.
The bell rang after Marlene asked that.
"Go to
class." And with that, Marlene and Lily were on their way to
their flying
lesson.
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Lily
and Marlene walked out to the grounds. The stood next to the brooms
and waited for the class to start. To Lily's horror, James stood next
to her. Before she could say anything to him, the class started.
"To
get your broom in your hand, shout 'up'. On my whistle." The
professor blew the whistle.
James shouted "Up" and his
broom came up as soon as he said it, as did Sirius's. James smirked
in Lily's direction.
Lily wsa still trying to get her broom up.
When James smirked, she rolled her eyes.
"You have to say it
firmly." He advised her.
"I know."
"Then,
how come your broom isn't coming up?"
"I don't know.
You're the broom expert."
Lily finally managed to get her
broom up into her hands. She was the second to last person to do it.
Severus Snape was the last. James and Sirius laughed at him
as everyone watched him struggle to get his broom into his
hands. Everyone, that is, except Lily. She had her eyes on
James. They were narrowed and cold.
"Now, everyone mount
your broom stick. To fly, you kick off lightly. I want you to kick
off lightly, so you are hovering six inches off the ground, then come
back down. To come down, you angle to broom slightly downwards."
The professor blew the whistle.
Lily got up off the ground easily,
but coming down was hard. She angled it downwards, but instead, she
wen face first. She caught herself before any damage could come her
way.
While Lily was struggling, James and Sirius were watching
Severus struggle, laughed while doing so. He was five feet in the air
and couldn't get down. He tried angleing his broom downwads, but he
didn't go anywhere. So, he angled it upwards, he went up. After about
ten minutes, Severus was finally down on the ground.
Class ended.
James and Sirius wouldn't stop making fun of Severus. They did it all
though Charms and Potions. Which is bad, because Severus isn't even
in Charms with the Gryffindors. And, Potoins is double
potions.
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"...and
then he went up instead of down. It was insane!" Sirius said
during dinner.
"It was halairious." James chimed
in.
Lily was looking at James and Sirius, ahking her head
doubtfully, when Marlene nudged her. Lily pulled her eyes away from
the crowd around James and Sirius and looked at what Marlene wanted
her to look at, which put a smile on her face.
