Ok well here's the next chapter! Hope you like it.
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"Sirius! Sirius come back here now!" Lily called after Sirius whilst running to catch him before he left through the portrait hole and further away from her.
"Sirius we need to work on our project for transfiguration. Do you want to fail? Because if you do; tell me now and I'll get McGonagall to switch our partners. After all, it's not like I want to work with you anyway; all you do is slouch off, you barely scrape by on every test, I will have to do all the work and you would get credit for 'your' part! So tell me now, do I need to talk to McGonagall?''Lily stated breathlessly after catching up with him.
"Lily can I talk now?" Sirius asked when he was finally able to get a word in edgewise.
"Yes."
"Thank you. The reason I haven't been able to study and whatnot with you the past few days is because I've been needed elsewhere. Ok? Thanks, bye!"
"Where are you needed that's more important than our transfiguration owl grade?" Lily asked not believing her ears.
"Somewhere that has nothing to do with you! Now like I said. Bye!" Sirius said as he walked away from the fuming red-head.
"Ugh!" She screeched and stormed off to study, alone yet again.
"Hey Katie!" James called after Katie as they left potions Wednesday afternoon, "Katie wait up for a sec I wanted to talk to you about our transfiguration project."
"What about it?" Katie answered coldly; Lily stared icily from her shoulder at James in case Katie was in need of backup.
"Ok...um I was wondering if we could talk in private actually. Not that it isn't delightful to see you Lily." James added hurriedly.
Lily looked at Katie as if trying to communicate with her eyes to tell her not to go. Katie looked hesitant at first but eventually after an apologetic look at Lily said "Fine." And walked off with James Potter.
'Ok there is something not quite right here; my best friend is walking off with the guy we both love to hate; something not right there.' Lily thought suspiciously as she shook her head, walking to the common room on her own.
On her way there she was warned by a cackling voice above her head.
"God damn it! Peeves! The one person I really don't need right now!" But just as that thought had finished forming a walking stick flew by her left ear and went clattering to the stone floor.
"Peeves! What on earth are you doing?!" she yelled angrily at him as he floated above laughing harder.
"Ooohh little miss suck up is angwy dat Peevesy's little prank nearly hit her!"
"Why are you throwing that walking stick around Peeves?" Lily went to pick it up but he got there first.
"Ooooh tis a very important secret. If Peeves told a student that; he'd have to kill them!"
"...What?"
"Yes, but since I like you I'll tell you! The other poltergeist's have a little competition; the gosts ahve a ceremony every year for gost's that have 'excelled' in a particular area like scaring, rattling chains, most times 'exorcised' by a muggle and all that. I am going for most pranks pulled and the record for most people hit on the head with a stick!" Peeves looked proudly down at her. "I was going to go for the personal vendetta on some random stranger, but I thought that would be no fun."
Lilly was in shock. What was he on about? Everyone knew Peeves was slightly mad but this...this was...mad! At that moment though Peeves threw the stick at her and it walloped her on the head.
"Ow! Peeves! Christ!" she rubbed her head and then looked at her hand to make sure she wasn't bleeding.
"Hhahahahahaha!" Peeves cackled as he flew off. "Oh, and enjoy the 'shrimp' at dinner!" he added as he reached the ceiling.
"What on earth was that all about?" Lily wondered in amazement as she walked back to the common room. Although she had no clue what would happen tonight she vowed not to have anything remotely like shrimp!
"Hey Lily I need to talk to you." Sirius interrupted Lily and Katie's conversation with ease.
"Can it wait I was kind of talking to Katie in case you hadn't noticed." Lily said a tinge of anger in her voice.
"Sorry it can't wait I need to talk to you now." Sirius said glancing sideways at Katie every now and again "Sorry Katie."
"It's ok take as much time as you need. " Katie answered casually.
Sirius thanked Katie and pulled Lily through the throngs of people to a corner that was more private.
"What's this about Sirius I was in the-"
"Yeah, yeah I now it's just I needed to ask you something..." Sirius said hesitantly
"...Well what is it?" Lily asked getting impatient.
"...What times suit you to study this week?" Sirius answered disappointed in himself for being so cowardly.
"That was what was so important?" Lily asked angrily.
"Yeah sorry."
"Ugh couldn't that wait until after I was finished my conversation?"
"Yeah sorry." Sirius repeated looking at his feet.
Lily sighed then said "It's ok it's just..." Sighing again she said "I'm free most days after dinner in the library. So if we make it Monday, Wednesday and Friday is that ok with you?"
"That's good with me." Sirius answered.
"Sirius can I tell you something?" Lily asked on one of those spur of the moment ideas.
Sirius looked up saying "Yeah sure what is it?"
"If you need to tell me anything you can you know that right?" Lily said a look of concern on her face.
Sirius smiled and said "I do now. Thanks Lily."
"No problem. And I'll see you in the library tomorrow yeah."
"Sure thing." He answered before walking away.
Lily walked back to Katie and they continued their conversation about 'what was more important having a good social life or good grades. Lily agreed that schoolwork was more important, Katie though a social life was more important. After an unhealthily long time discussing it Katie managed to bring Lily over to the sane side of that argument.
Sorry I know this isn't the best of chapters but it kind of leads into the next one! Hope you enjoyed it anyway and please don't forget to press the magic button and review!! Thanks to those who already did. Bye!x!x!x!x