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Chapter 3: I Bet You

A week later, Lily found herself wheeling a trolley with the front left wheel going the opposite direction to the rest along the platform between platforms 9 and 10 with her father following closely behind. As Lily got closer and closer towards the barrier, she heard the raised voices of her friends over the rest of the crowd. She softly chuckled to herself as they came around the last wall and came face to face with James, Sirius and Remus.

"Hey Mr. E!" Sirius said as he came bounding up to Lily and her father , grabbing her father's hand with both of his and shaking it quite violently, though Mr. Evans was quite accustom to Sirius's antics.

"That's quite a firm hand you've got there Mr. Black, take care with it and- " he leaned closer to 'whisper' something in his ear ' and if any boys try and make a move on her, make sure that firm fist connects with their face"

"Oh don't worry Mr. E. No guy is going to make a move on Lily anytime soon" he said sniggering, sobering up at the look on Lily's face and quickly added "with a father like you looking out for her like you do" and with that, he said a quick goodbye and hurried off, running into the barrier and disappearing before Lily had a chance to yell at him.

"Ahh, well, another year awaits with studying and exams and pranks" he said with a wink.

"Don't let mum hear you say that" Lily joked, leaning forward and hugging her father. He returned the hug, patting her softly on the back.

"Well, don't forget to write. I'll miss you Lil" he said, drawing away.

"Miss you too dad. Now excuse me while I murder one of my mates" Lily said angrily, charging through the barrier and nearly knocking the person down who was standing on the other side. After dumping her trunk in the luggage compartment and feeling in her pocket for the reassuring feel of Fred before climbing aboard the train. The whistle sounding as she was making her way down the hallway, the train lurching to a start and making her reel backwards in surprise.

She found them sitting in a compartment near the end of the carriage, where they usually liked to sit as not to be disturbed. She yanked the doors open, stormed inside and slammed the sliding doors shut with such force that one of the pains of glass had spider webs imprinted in it. She feel into the seat next to Remus and sat there, arms folding, her icy eyes fixed on Sirius.

"Whoa, did the ice princess just storm into our compartment by mistake?" James joked after looking at Lily's face. She turned her fix gaze on him and he was quiet instantly.

"Uh Lily, are you going to explain to the rest of us what happened?" Remus asked gently, not wanting the icy gaze of a witch upon him; unexplained things happen usually happen around now.

"That thing over there was born" she snarled in Sirius's direction. The other two turned to stare at Sirius too, with the expression 'god mate, what have you done now' on the faces.

"Well, in my line of defense I have to say what I said is true" Sirius said promptly. James and Remus flinched as they saw Lily's emerald eyes flicker.

"Sirius, what EXACTLY did you say?" Remus asked cautiously, being aware that Lily's eyes could lock on him at anytime.

"Well, Lil's dad just asked me to punch any guy that made a move on her and I said no prob coz no guy's going to make a move on Lily" he said, the others flinching again, Lily's eyes narrowed and Sirius cast a shield charm just in time. Scared Lily might turn on them at any moment, they cast Bubble Body charms so they could say their piece. Sirius cast one soon after.

"Well, Lil..." James said, throwing caution into the wind "what he said IS kind of true. I mean, you're a real tomboy, and an awesome one at that, but you're a little clueless on the girly side of life"

"Yeah Lil, like you don't wear dresses or skirts, just shapeless shirts and cargos. And you never wear make-up or do anything that regular girls do like gossip in stuff"

"Dresses are itchy" Lily said bluntly, her arms still folded but her eyes had dimmed for a minute, letting them have a say.

"Yes but they allow a nice breeze around your privates" Sirius replied, making the other three giving him queer looks. He just shrugged "I have girl cousins who like playing dress ups, besides it gives me an excuse"

James and Remus shook heads in sickness of their friends...habits.

"Anyway Lily, truthfully, I don't think you could be a girl even if you tried to so why do you care?" Sirius said, speaking his mind from behind the charm.

"I could to! If I really wanted to I bet I could. But I don't so I don't care!" she retorted, a light breeze suddenly occurring in the compartment.

"Whatever, I'm just saying that I doubt you could, even if you wanted to. I'm not the only one," Lily glanced as James and Remus. They nodded sheepishly.

"Fine! I bet I could!" Lily jumped to her feet, the breeze becoming more forceful and making James and Remus uncomfortable after Sirius's confession.

"It's a deal. By the time we come back home on the Hogwarts Express at the end of year, you'll be a girl" Sirius announced, happy with himself.

"Dude, she's ALWAYS been a girl, just not acted like one" James reminded Sirius, who looked at Remus who also nodded. He grinned sheepishly. Lily stormed out.

-:-

Lily stomped down the hallway, into the next carriage before she let out a shriek of rage. She just KNEW that this was going to happen at some point, though she was suspecting it more to come from James, not Sirius. Sirius seemed like the one who always got her, even when he was trying to make a move on her but he soon gave up after their first year when he realized she was just like him or James or Remus and that was just the way she liked it.

And now? Well she had no choice but to go about it and make friends with the people she had been avoiding for the 6th years she'd been attending Hogwarts: girls. Well, if she was going to make friends with the enemy, it would have to be of her choosing and on her terms. She sat down right there and then in the hallway, thinking about the selection of girls she had to choose from.

There was Claudia Roderick, the face of the female half of the Gryffindor population. Apart from making all the boys jaws drop; her 'friends' included. Sirius and James tried continuously to win her heart, though Lily remembered vaguely a time in their third year when Remus was the one who won her heart, or so she claimed. They broke up two and a half weeks later.

Then there was Felicity Hofflin, the Karen Smith of Hogwarts who was conveniently Claudia's best friend. There were rumors going round that her father, a high up ministry official, actually had to bribe the school council to make sure she made it into Gryffindor where her ancestors had reined rather then Hufflepuff where her rightful place lied.

Patience Oxley came next, the wannabe, the one who wanted to be Felicity Wallace so it could be her that basked in Claudia's light. Perhaps she wasn't as pretty as Felicity, but she sure had the brains to back it up, she was Sirius, James and Remus's main competition when it came to grades. That was probably the reason Claudia wasn't interested in her, too much 'nerd' for her liking perhaps.

Then lastly there was Jessica Hamon who was neither popular, nor wannabe popular nerd. No, she was more of the shy, lonely type. She was most commonly found curled up by the fire with a book. She was the one out of all her room-mates she knew the least about, Lily realized, though she probably wouldn't be the one Lily would had to make friends with.

No, Lily reasoned, the best way to become a 'girl' would be to become friends with the 'perfect' girl, and she could do this through Felicity. If she became friends with Felicity, she could become friends with Claudia and viola, Lily would become the girl her friends wanted her to be. And the sooner that happened, the sooner she could return to be football lover, Quidditch fan that she was.

Lily stood up from the floor, deciding it would be best to find Felicity now; she had more a chance of being alone on the train then at Hogwarts. She made her way back along the corridor, looking into each compartment as she passed, searching for the brunette.

At last, she spied her in a compartment near the back, reading a magazine; Lily couldn't make out which one though the class. Lily took a deep breath, and then, once saying a goodbye to her life as it was, stepped boldly into the compartment. Seeing the title of the magazine she exclaimed

"Oh my god! Do not tell me that is the September issue of Which Witch?" Lily fell down in the seat next to her as Felicity looked up from her book.

"Do I know you? And- " she gasped in horror "what are you WEARING?"

"Oh, you would not believe it! We just moved house yesterday and I didn't get time to unpack any or my clothes so she made me wear my sisters – her- her unisex clothes!" Lily complained, slumping back into her seat, a look of despair on her face.

"Oh, you poor thing! I would simply DIE if I had to wear-" she eyed Lily's clothes up and down "THAT. I'm Felicity by the way, Felicity Hofflin. Gryffindor 6th year," she said, smiling though thoroughly disgusted at Lily's wardrobe.

"Lily Evans, also a Gryffindor 6th year. I think you're in my dorm" Lily said, praying for a good reaction.

"Excellent! That means I can lend you some of my clothes until you get yours unpacked!" she said happily, though Lily had a feeling she only made the offer so she wouldn't have to look at the baggy top and faded jeans.

"That would be just awesome!" Lily said in a sickly 'popular person's' voice.

"Actually," Felicity said slowly "This is the October issue of Which Witch. My daddy got it straight from the printers just before we came here. Nobody's read it yet, so it's a real honor and I was wondering...do you want to read it with me? It would be more fun discussing it with another person interested in fashion then by myself"

"Are you kidding? I would love to!"

Ten minutes later Lily was regretting every word.

"Ew, they're saying that coral pink is back" Felicity grimaced. Lily, who hated all shades of pink because 1 it was a girly colour and 2. It clashed horribly with her hair, couldn't care less about a particular shade but

"Oh, I no! It was horrible the first time and so it must be a joke that they're bringing it back a second time" Lily returned the grimace, though mainly for other reasons.

"Totally" Felicity agreed, turning the page "oh goody, a quiz. Can I do you first?"

"Of course!" Lily replied though thinking what where magazines thinking about putting quizzes in magazines. Surely they got enough education at school, besides, what quiz would they put in a gossip magazine?

"Here we go: What colour nail varnish suits your personality!" Felicity read aloud. Lily forced herself to sit up straight in her seat.

"Okay question 1. What colour rose would you choose to receive?

a)Red

b)Yellow

c)White

d)Black

"Hmm probably white" said Lily, hoping she said something right. Felicity didn't look up so she crossed her fingers for extra luck.

"Question 2. What is your favourite season?

a)Summer

b)Autumn

c)Spring

d)Winter

"Um probably d, winter" Lily said. Felicity didn't look up so Lily again, assumed for the best. This continued throughout the remainder of the 23 questions. Then finally

"Okay, you are d) white. You are a pure person with a kind heart and you show it on your nails," Felicity read. "Excellent, I've got white nail polish, I'll do your nails tonight!"

"Yay! Great!" Lily said with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. Felicity didn't pick up on it, she had turned back to the magazine.

"Do you want me to quiz you now?" Lily asked, wanting something easy to do.

"Oh, no I already no what colour I am. I asked Claudia, she's fantastic with colours. You should ask her sometime" Felicity responded, sinking down in her seat, engrossed with the magazine. Lily sank further in her seat, trying to undo and retie her laces using her mind.

Her concentration was broken when she heard the compartment doors slide open.

"Oh sorry, I didn't think I saw anyone in here. I think I will just, just go now"

"Good idea" Felicity snapped, looking up for a short about of time to take in the girls outfit before turning back to the magazine. Lily shot her an apologetic smile before she shut the doors.

"See, its girls like Jessica Hamon that give Gryffindor a bad name. Her clothes are worse then the ones you're wearing now, and that's bad"

"Totally" Lily agreed. Lily thought about it after a while and asked

"What about Patience Oxley?"

"Oh her," Felicity said, putting down her magazine to explain "The thing is, even though she's just trying to be me, she's pulling it. Her fashion sense is totally perfect, or is it because she's copying me?"

Lily mentally whacked her head, maybe a little too hard.

"Ow!" she murmured, Felicity didn't notice.

-:-

For the rest of the train ride to Hogwarts, Lily stuck to Felicity like glue. Or was it the other way round? Lily sat next to Felicity at the Feast, she could feel Sirius's eyes burning into her head but she turned her back on him to discuss hair curling techniques.

Lily couldn't wait to get back to her dormitory, and couldn't wait even more for some time by herself. After giggling all the way from the Entrance Hall to Gryffindor Tower, she promptly collapsed on her bed when Felicity left to go to the bathroom, relieved she didn't ask her to accompany her.

Jessica was already there, sitting on her bed reading. She looked up when Lily let out a long groan.

"You okay, Lily?"

"Yeah, just having a dilemma," Lily responded to her pillow.

"I'll say Felicity's a dilemma, though I don't see why you would be hanging out with her. I thought you hung out with those boys, Potter, Black and Lupin?"

"I don't want to talk about it" Lily said, again responding to her pillow.

"If you insist," Jessica said, getting off the bed and walked towards the door. She paused by Lily's bed on the way out.

"Well, if you ever want to talk to someone who isn't a guy or a girl with no brain, I'm here" she said. When Lily didn't respond, she walked out of the room. Lily rolled over. She thought about what on earth she had gotten herself into. She stood up and walked over to her trunk which lay at the end of her bed. She opened it, and found all her muggle clothing which was lying at the top and put them in a bundle on her bed. She then took out her wand, pointing it at the clothes and banished them into oblivion.

So that was all her clothes, she'd have to make up a story later when her clothes didn't arrive from home, probably have to buy herself a new wardrobe when she went to Hogsmeade. Oh, Petunia would be proud.

She had picked up her pajamas, sweat pants and a baggy tee-shirt, just as Felicity returned. She opened her mouth to say something, but then her eyes spotted Lily's pajama's and shrieked.

"Oh my God, you're not actually going to wear that! It looks like its covered in fungi!"

"I no! But I don't have any others!" Lily complained, feeling insulted on the inside about Felicity calling her pajama's covered with fungi! Hadn't she heard of army print?

"Please borrow a pair of mine! I wouldn't forgive myself I left you to sleep in fungi, here" she tossed Lily a pair of white and pink stripped pajamas. Lily caught them, and looked at the shade of pink that the strips on the pajamas were. They looked familiar.

"Uh Felicity, you don't expect me to actually WEAR these pajamas. I mean, the strips are coral pink!"

Felicity rushed over and snatched the pajama's from Lily's hands and examined them.

"You're right! Here" she tapped the strips with her wand and it turned magenta. She then returned to her bed and began to change into her own pink pajamas. Lily looked down at the pajamas, which were still pink. When Felicity's back was turned, she tapped her wand on the pajamas to change to the colour of the pink strips to white, so they looked plain white. She figured that wouldn't raise many questions as purple or green would.

Lily turned and saw Jessica standing at the doorway. She wasn't sure how long she had been standing there but once Jessica caught her eye she snorted. Lily shrugged, if she was the real her, she would have snorted to. Lily was about to say something to Jessica when she heard Felicity order 'Nox' and the room was dissolved into darkness.

Lily heard Jessica make her way across the dorm as she pulled back her blankets and fell into her bed. She had been sharing a dorm with the same girls for the past five years yet, she knew virtually nothing about them. Not that there was much to no about Felicity but still.

Five minutes passed in totally silence and darkness. Jessica got changed in the darkness and fell into bed a minute later. All was quiet until at 12:15am, when Patience Oxley burst through the dormitory door, giggling hysterically. Lily opened her eyes, even though the light from the staircase was quite bright. Patience giggled her way to her bed which was next to Felicity's and feel straight into it, giggling uncontrollable.

"Gezzus Patience, shuddup! People are trying to sleep!" Jessica yelled groggily from the bed next to Lily's.

"Humph!" was Patience's response to Jessica's outburst. Felicity sat up in her bed, her hair still perfect from her hundred brushstrokes she did in the bathroom before bed.

"What happened?" she asked in a totally gossip voice. Patience leapt from her bed and landed at the end of Felicity's.

"Oh Sirius! He's such a tease!"

Lily snorted. She knew they only flirted with her because it was fun to torment her. Felicity and Patience obviously heard her as they both turned to stare at her.

"Oh, its just that its so, uh cute?" Lily said, trying to be a 'girl'

"Totally! I agree with Lily, I think you and Sirius would be so cute!" Felicity exclaimed, grabbing Patience's hands and they bounced up and down on the bed.

"Wait" said Jessica slowly and sitting up even slower "I'm confused. I thought YOU were going out with Sirius" she said pointing to Felicity. Felicity flicked her hair back and said

"As if! We went out like forever ago! My eyes are now on the tall blonde" she giggled.

"Ooo Remus Lupin?" Lily exclaimed, trying to include herself. Felicity blushed.

"Oh my God, you totally like him!" Patience exclaimed, clapping her hands happily for her discovery.

"Shut up, you'll jinx me!" Felicity squealed, pushing Patience off her bed. She landed on the floor, and scrambled to climb into her own bed.

"But," Felicity said, lowering her voice "If you can keep a secret, I'd tell you that I'm making my first move on him tomorrow at breakfast!" Felicity and Patience bounced up and down on their beds with excitement, Jessica groaned, falling back down on her bed with a thump, grabbing her blankets over her head and Lily made a mental note to safe Remus tomorrow at breakfast.

A/N: Here we go, chapter 3 finished and I bet my APR fans are ready to slit my throat! So sorry guys, still having mountain problems! Thanks to Grey Mustang, Pyromaniac-Girl, emeraldeyes, BrazilianPrincess, Maxie1514, Keyga1 and Mad Over Mooney for reviewing! Please review!