Blue Suede Shoes

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I love taking showers. I get to use my yummy coconut shampoo and make the whole bathroom smell of coconuts. My voice in the shower is also amazing, it's so much clearer. "I've got me a lovely bunch of coconuts, there they are standing in a roow." This song is sung with an Australian accent, alright mate? "Big ones, small ones, some as big as your head!" I've been in the shower for 10 minutes now as I am shaving my legs and keep pricking myself! Also, Lily is straightening Hannah's hair so no one else needs to shower at the moment.

I wrapped a towel around myself and stood in front of the mirror. I was still embarrassed about this morning with the marauders. I don't go around topless, or in tube tops, or in a tank top alone! Remembering the expression on his face made me feel uncomfortable and it is hard to embarrass me, my brothers made sure of that at a tender age. I slipped a baggy t-shirt and black sweat pants before trotting out to Lily and Hannah.

Hannah's head was buried in her duffel bag, searching for something she'd probably forgotten at the hotel. She's very scatterbrained. I'm semi- scatterbrained and Lily is rarely scatterbrained. Our dorm has tape that separates into three sections of the room. Mine is closest to the window, Lily's is closest to the bathroom, and Hannah's is closest to the door.

In her section, Hannah's space is chaotic. Just last month, she found an assignment that was due three weeks before. Clothes were thrown haphazardly, books were left open and book marked, her bed was never made, you get the picture.

Lily's bed is always made, her books are arranged in alphabetical order, her clothes are neatly folded, and there's no speck of dust on the desk we all use. She's the watchdog in that department.

My side is interesting. I've got books opened, clothes peeking out of my drawers, and my bed is rarely made, as Peppermint would just mess it up anyways. You see how we all fit together ever so nicely? It's a match made in heaven, especially when we got rid of Lawrence's bed and all her crap was thrown down the stairs. So much space. :)

Anywho, I plop on the floor in front of Lily for her to French braid my hair. I glance up at her with big eyes.

"Please?"

She smiles good-naturedly and begins. She's really good at it. When I try, the left side is droopy and my right is pulled back for liposuction to begin on my face. It ain't a pretty sight.

Hannah blows her now straight hair out of her face as she produces two boxes. Gifts! I love gifts! Gift giving is so much fun! Especially when I know what's in the box and no one else does!!

Lily sighed. "Hannah, you weren't supposed…"

"Shut up Lily. And that's an order!" Hannah can be quite fierce at times. "If I want to give you a gift then by golly I will give you a gift! You take the fun out of gift giving."

"Yeah," I join in Hannah's cause. "If Anna- banana wants to spoil us rotten, by golly you can just butt your conscience out and enjoy it!" I clap my hands like a five year old as she passed a shiny blue box to me. I love shiny things, anything shiny I'm entranced by. Peppermint is the same; we are the perfect pair, she and I. I carefully take the wrapping off before lifting the lid off. "Anna- banana! I love them!!!!!!"

Inside were the coolest things ever! They were blue suede shoes! Blue! Suede! Shoes! How lucky can a girl get? Where do you find suede shoes anyways? Blue ones at that! If Lily wasn't French braiding my hair, I'd have tackled Hannah in a hug, instead I squealed like a floozy. "I love them! I love them! I LOVE THEM!!!! I love you! I love life!"

Hannah laughed at my antics, my hands are flying everywhere and I am sure I look like a lunatic. "Good, I found them in a street market and instantly knew they belonged to you."

"There, you're done." Lily said, leaning back. I lunged at Hannah, tackling her.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you." She laughed underneath me.

"Lily's turn!" Yay! I watch as Lily shyly accepts the small silver box and opens the lid. Inside nestled in tissue paper, a Siamese cat with Sapphire blue eyes grinned at her. Her emerald green eyes widened in astonishment. "The jewel maker said the Siamese cat is good luck."

Lily sat stone still for a moment. Rising to her feet calm as you please her squeal of delight scared the living shit out of me. And Hannah as she caught the tiny girl in a hug. "You like it then?"

Lily pulled back from the hug. "Like it? I love it! It's the bestest thing in the whole wide world!!" Bestest? This is coming from the grammar queen of Hogwarts. Oh well, I won't spoil the moment. James did that for me.

"Sal, get going! We've got practice in 10 minutes. Let's see some hussle!" He clapped his hands loudly. I clapped my hands right back in his face.

"Ruined a perfect best friend moment, Captain! Thanks a lot!" As the Quidditch captain and a Chaser, James Potter was intense. We had a game coming up against the Slytherins and for the past week, he'd been growing antsy and when he's antsy, he's in a crabby mood.

James took in Lily and Hannah before turning back to me. "You're wasting daylight Willows. It's 11:00, get going!" Before walking out the door, he gave Lily an absent peck on the forehead before walking out.

"Mr. Captain Underpants…" I grumble under my breath. I slipped on my new suede shoes. The runners went above my ankle and had white laces up the front and left side. They were the comfiest shoes alive! I'm never taking these things off again!

"Your feet are going to really stink if you don't." Oops, I said the last part out loud. Hannah's comment brought me out of my daze. "You've got 5 minutes left." Ah crap! I grab my broom and race down the stairs. The rest of the team was already there.

James glanced at his watch. "2 minutes and we would have been doing extra laps." I stuck my tongue at him as he turned his back. "Alright everyone, we are going against the Slytherins this weekend. We have to be ready for anything and everything! We have…"

I droned his voice out by now. My beater partner, Victor Henning smiled at me, rolling his eyes. I grinned. Victor was a pretty good-looking guy. Short wavy blonde hair, blue/green eyes, 6"0. Yes, he's the same height as me. It's kind of nice. He rested his elbow on my shoulder as James finished up his speech. "Alright Gryfindors! Let's go!" And we were off, walking as a group outside. Victor grinned, his arm now around my shoulders. His cologne smelled nice.

"Like the attitude today, Sally." He must have seen my tongue sticking out at James.

"Thank you, I always believe a sunny personality is best when being rushed out of my dormitory." His smile widened. He started to say something before I heard an annoying voice ahead of us.

"Hey Victor, I'd watch my steps from now on if I were you! Those things could squish a hippo!" How did he know what a hippo was? Wait a minute...

He just insulted the shoes. Sirius Orion Black just insulted my new blue suede shoes. I now stood in front of him, my face expressionless. I had shrugged Victor's arm off my shoulder. I tipped my head back, looking into his laughing grey eyes "Never insult the shoes." Then I slugged him. Nobody insults the shoes. Nobody.

I must leave off on a serious note. Just goes to show, never insult the shoes. My inspiration as been drained for the moment. Never fear, I will probably come up with something for the next chapter tonight or tomorrow. I've got the weekend! Review please! Review like you've never reviewed before! :)