Chapter Three
I wanna be there for you,
Be someone you can come to,
The love, runs deeper than my bones.
Evangeline collapsed onto the four poster bed with a sigh, she had always loved the first day back to Hogwarts after the Summer holidays. The journey there, meeting up with friends, the magnificent feast and then slumping down onto the most comfortable bed imaginable for some much needed sleep.
She returned to the dormitories early from the Great Hall, where her brother was jinxing the Slytherins and showing off as usual, without getting caught. She couldn't take it! All her brother ever did was hex people to make himself look good. She had always wondered why, or how he managed to get away with everything. Maybe it was for the exact same reason as what it was at home. James Harold Potter, first born and only son in the family. No matter how many times he told her that he was sorry for pranking her, after getting a bat-bogey hex thrown at him, he still managed to have the guts to go and torture her the next day.
No, that couldn't be the reason. No one would care if he was first born or not. It was just because, he was James Harold Potter, the infamous Maurauder. She could not see what the big fuss was about, she didn't get as much attention as he did, even when she hexed Bellatrix Black in front of the whole school for calling Lily a mudblood.
After changing out of her robes, she pulled on her Holyhead Harpies pyjamas and climbed into bed. She pulled the covers up over her head, she was just about to go to sleep when …
'Eva!' came a voice from above her.
'Eva? Are you alright?' That was definitely Lily.
Evangeline pulled the covers down over her face and looked up to find two faces staring down on her. She sat up and pulled her knees up to her chest, 'You rang.' she said with a smirk.
Lily raised her eyebrows, 'Why did you leave the feast so early? We hadn't even had dessert!' she said as she sat down on the bed beside Evangeline, who remained silent.
'You just slammed your goblet down and rushed off. We called your name,but you didn't look back.' said Izzy who was standing beside the bed, looking concerned. Evangeline still did not reply.
'Eva, please say something!'
'I don't have anything to say!' Evangeline whined, 'I really appreciate it that you care so much, but you really should return to the feast.'
'Eva, there is obviously something wrong, you always shut yourself off from the world when your angry or upset about something.' said Lily, who Evangeline thought was beginning to sound like her mother. She wished her friends didn't know her as well as they did, then she might actually be able to make it look like there was nothing wrong.
'It was James wasn't it?' asked Izzy. Why, oh why did that girl have to know me so well? Evangeline asked herself.
'No!' retaliated Evangeline, who was trying to sound unobvious.
Izzy and Lily glanced at each other, 'It is isn't it! What has he done now?' questioned Lily, who hated the poor bloke already.
James had fell in love with Lily, the first time he saw her. Now Evangeline had to put up with him always asking her to put a good word in for him, especially since she had grown quite close to Lily. But at the rate James was going, Evangeline figured that he had pretty much asked Lily to go out with him everyday since he had met her. But things were going bad for him, every time he asked her, she always said no. When was the boy ever going to learn?
'Nothing! He … he's just being himself. I just overreacted, it's nothing really.' Evangeline reassured them.
Izzy and Lily looked at her as if they were expecting more of an answer.
'Well, I guess that would turn anyone off their food, he really does act so immaturely.' said Lily, who was walking over to her bed, she threw her robes over the end of it and returned to her seat on Evangeline's bed.
'Urgh! He's been doing my head in all Summer! I honestly don't know how I stuck living with him and Sirius for the past two months.' said Evangeline, who was joined by Izzy, who sat beside her and pulled the covers around herself.
Evangeline looked at her in confusion, 'You do realise that you are in my bed, your bed's over there.' she said as she pointed across the room.
'Yes, I know where my bed is, thank you very much! Am I not allowed to sit beside one of my best friends, who I haven't seen in two months?' Izzy replied smugly.
'I didn't say you couldn't sit beside me, you were just getting to comfy for my liking.' laughed Evangeline.
'Well seeing as you two are sitting comfortably, I think I'll lie down.' said Lily as she made herself comfortable on Evangeline's bed, using Evangeline's knees as a cushion.
'Oh, okay Lily, you help yourself to the rest of the bed why don't you!' said Evangeline, pretending to be annoyed.
'Oh, well seeing as your offering,' smirked Lily, who spread herself out on the remainder of the bed.
The three girls laughed. Evangeline had missed her friends dearly, she normally didn't mind having to spend her Summer with James,he was fun, but he could be a nuisance at times. But since Sirius had ran away from his house and had came to live with them, James had become incredibly annoying and made it obvious he would prank her at any opportunity he got. She didn't have anyone to tell her secrets to, or have girly nights in with as Izzy was in France the whole Summer and Lily lived miles away, so she valued tonight incredibly.
'Gosh, I've missed you guys so much!' said Lily, who was still sprawled out on the end of the bed. 'So Izzy, how was France?'
'Oh, it was okay, but I would have preferred to stay at home. At least I might have been able to see my friends and save Evangeline from the torture of having two Maurauders living with her,' replied Izzy, who was resting her head on Evangeline's shoulder.
'Come to think of it, please make sure you aren't going anywhere on your holidays next Summer, either that or I might have to beg Remus to come and stay with us. At least he can keep them two under control.' said Evangeline with a yawn, suddenly her eyes lit up.
'Speaking of a certain Mr Lupin, how is he these days, Izzy?' grinned Evangeline.
'How did I know you would bring that up?' sighed Izzy.
'ARE YOU GOING OUT WITH REMUS?!' yelled an excited Lily, who shot up from her lying position to face Izzy and Evangeline. Izzy opened and closed her mouth, shocked at what Lily had said.
'I must say, Izzy, you do an excellent impression of a goldfish,' laughed Evangeline. Izzy glared at her and punched her playfully on the arm.
'No, Lily, I'm not going out with Remus. I'm not even sure if he likes me like that or not,' smiled Izzy shyly.
'Oh don't be silly, of course he likes you! He's one of my best friends Iz, and trust me, I can tell.' Evangeline reassured her. 'I see him stealing glances of you in Defence Against the Darks Arts all the time. Heck, I even caught him staring at you! I had to poke him with my wand to get his attention!'
Evangeline was telling the truth, poor Remus did have a crush on Izzy, he told her in fourth year when they were visiting the kitchens to get some hot chocolate. She thought he was about to tell her about his lycanthropy, but she already knew through a blunder of her brother's, but that wasn't the reason he wanted to talk to her ...
Flashback to December 1974
'Um, Eva? Can I tell you something?' asked Remus, who was sitting opposite me in an armchair, with a steaming hot chocolate in his hands.
'Of course Remy, shoot.' I said, but I paused for a moment, 'Remus, you do know that I know about you being a … a werewolf, don't you?'
I sat there waiting for a reply, feeling rather awkward.
'What? Oh yes, I do. James told me that he blurted it out. Personally, I'm glad he blurted it out to you, rather than anyone else.' he replied and took a sip of his hot chocolate.
'Good, I'm glad you know. But I had sort of guessed before that, I noticed that you always went to visit your aunt every full moon, and then when I was taken to the hospital wing because Black gave me those massive ears, I saw you in one of the beds.' I explained.
'You … you're not scared of me are you? If you are, I understand completely.' said Remus, studying me for a reaction.
Personally I was quite shocked that he asked me that.
'Oh, don't be ridiculous, Remus! What you change into once a month does not effect how I feel about you! You will always be my friend, no matter what.' I snapped at him and took a drink of my hot chocolate, from over the brim of the mug, I could see him smiling to himself.
'Thank you, Eva.' he mumbled.
'So what was it you were going to ask me?' I asked as I took a piece of chocolate that Pinky had left out for us.
'Oh, um... You know Isabella Lawson?' he asked shyly, trying to avoid eye contact with me.
'Yes, Remy, I do. She's one of my best friends. Why do you want to know?' I asked questioningly.
'It's just … um … I was thinking about asking her to Hogsmeade this weekend.' he said and grabbed at least three pieces of chocolate and stuffed them in his mouth. It was not like Remus to be like that, maybe he was just nervous.
'OH Remy! That's great! I'm sure she would love to go with you!' I squealed, nearly spilling my hot chocolate.
'You really think so?' he asked, as he fumbled with the empty mug.
'Yes. Actually, I'm going to tell you something, please don't tell her I told you!' I paused for a second, ' She has not stopped talking about you since, the pair of you got made Potions partners by Slughorn.'
He laughed, 'Really?'
'Yes, really! Please ask her out soon, then maybe she won't mope about saying that you could never like her!' I said as I picked up a marshmallow and dipped it into the remainder of my hot chocolate.
'But Eva, I'm worried about what she might think of me, you know, if I told her about me … being a werewolf.' he said quietly.
I bit my lip, I knew that was going to come up. 'To be honest Rems, I really don't think she'll care. Don't get me wrong, she might have to adjust to it for a while, you know, get used to it.'
'Yeah, I suppose so... thank you Evie, you really are a great friend you know.' he smiled.
'I do my best Rems. I'm sure you already know that I would die for my friends, so I will obviously help you when you need it most.' I smiled back.
'Don't you mean, kill for your friends? I mean you hexed Bellatrix Black in the middle of the Great Hall, in front of everybody! You looked like you wanted to murder her!' he laughed.
'Oh Remus, you know I have an explosive temper but if she ever calls Lily that again, I will curse her into oblivion!' I threatened.
'Just make sure that I'm there so that I can enjoy the entertainment!' Remus laughed.
End of Flashback
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After the long awaited girly night in, Evangeline woke up feeling glad that she had such good friends, who could make her smile no matter what was troubling her. Glimpses of sunlight where spilling through the curtains, Evangeline climbed slowly out of bed and stretched her arms towards the ceiling while letting out a stifled yawn. She walked over towards the window, the lake in the school grounds was beautifully lit up by the reflection of the sun and there were barely any clouds in the sky. At the edge of the forest she could see Hagrid emerging from his hut, a small black puppy snapping at his heels. She smiled to herself, today looked to become a very good one.
Evangeline slowly began to retreat across the room, towards the bathroom. A muffled voice came from the other side of the room, she looked up and Lily appeared to be swatting the air above her as if there was something there.
'Potter, I said no! Why won't you just get the hint …' she mumbled and all went quiet again.
Evangeline let out a small chuckle, turned the shower on and climbed in. She let the warm water bathe her skin for ten blissful minutes until there was a yell from the dormitory.
'EVANGELINE! CAN YOU PLEASE HURRY UP IN THERE!' That was obviously Willow.
Willow Mackenzie, was what you might call your typical bookworm. She was never late for class and was always first out of her bed in the morning. But not today.
Evangeline climbed out of the shower and grabbed her towel, wrapping it around herself. As the soft woolly towel began dry her skin, she pulled on her underwear and school uniform. She hung her towel the rack, snatched her brush from the shelf and emerged from the bathroom.
She smiled sweetly at the raging student who was waiting impatiently by the door, 'Good morning Willow, sleep in today did we?'
'Doesn't that seem obvious? Please move out of my way.' growled the bookworm.
Willow shoved Evangeline out of the way and marched into the bathroom, slamming the door behind her. Evangeline walked over to Lily's bed where she was still silently sleeping. Lily was a pretty girl, with fiery red hair, which certainly matched her temper and brilliant green eyes, similar to Evangeline's herself.
Suddenly there was a scream from the bathroom, 'AHHH, THAT'S BLOODY FREEZING!' Evangeline giggled to herself.
'What?' mumbled a confused Lily, who attempted to open her eyes, but the sunlight blinded her.
'Ah, the sun! It burns!' she cried, pulling the covers up over her head again.
Evangeline folded her arms, 'Lily, you need to get up, your going to be late!' she said sternly.
'Oh shit! We have classes today!' panicked Lily as she scrambled out of her bed, throwing her pyjamas on the floor as she stripped them off her body. As Lily had finished putting the finishing touches to her uniform and slipped on her shoes, she turned to Evangeline who was relaxing on her bed reading a book.
'Why did I hear someone scream this morning?' Lily asked cautiously as she fixed the knot of her tie.
Evangeline sniggered, and looked over the top of her book, 'I 'accidentally' forgot to tell Willow that I always have a cold shower to waken me up in the morning, so the heat of the water was at its lowest.' she said with a cheeky grin.
'Oh Evangeline April Potter, you are evil!' said Lily, who couldn't help but giggle.
'It must run in the family.' said Evangeline bluntly as she set down the book she was reading on her bedside table. Izzy came bursting through the door of the dormitories, fully clothed in her uniform, her bag slung over her shoulder.
'Why are you out of bed?' asked Evangeline, surprised that her best friend was actually out of her pit. 'You never get up without someone waking you!'
'Oh, the sun was shining through the curtains onto my face, I got up when you were in the shower.' said Izzy as she sprayed some perfume onto her neck.
As the girls descended the long staircase to the Great Hall, someone called Evangeline's name, she turned round and looked up to the top of the stairwell and standing there was Sirius.
'Wait there!' he yelled as he began to run down the moving staircase, two steps at a time.
'Morning, Sirius,' said Evangeline as she greeted him with a hug and a smile.
'Where did you go last night? At the feast … I was watching James hex Snivelly and when I turned to ask you if you enjoyed your Summer or not, but you were gone!' he exclaimed as he put an arm round Evangeline's shoulders.
'Why did you want to ask me about my Summer? Sure I spent the whole time with you!' Evangeline laughed.
He flashed a smile at her, the one that was supposed to make girls' hearts melt, 'Yes, but I never got to ask you … personally,' he explained, 'Well, how was it?'
'It was okay I suppose, but living with two Maurauders was never going to be a walk in the park. I loved going down to the lake though, I really did love that day.' said Evangeline as they reached the Great Hall.
'Really? I quite enjoyed that day too. The part were James pushed you in was the most hilarious thing I have ever seen! You looked like a mermaid who couldn't swim.' laughed Sirius, who received a poke in the stomach for his remark.
'That was supposed to hurt you, but I think I did myself more damage!' said Evangeline as she rubbed her hands together. 'Where did all that muscle come from?' she said as she studied him to see his reaction.
He just smiled at her, 'All that quidditch has payed off I guess,' he shrugged.
'Well then why don't I have muscles like that?!' she exclaimed as she flexed her biceps.
'Because Sweetie, your a seeker, and lets put it like this, you don't do much.' he teased as they walked down to where Lily, Izzy, Remus, James and Peter were sitting.
'Oh thanks Sirius! Are you telling me that I don't do anything for our team?' she joked as she sat down beside Lily.
'Yes,' laughed Sirius as he grabbed a plate and piled it high with bacon and sausages.
Evangeline stuck her tongue out at him as she grabbed a golden plate and picked up two slices of cheese on toast.
'Now, now Miss Potter. Watch your manners!' winked Sirius as he returned his attention to the food on his plate.
Evangeline chuckled, 'I better watch my manners? The way you're wolfing down that breakfast, you'd think that you had never seen food before!'
'Ith nat my fualt I leik my foad!' muffled Sirius from across the table.
'Sorry, I didn't quite catch that.' teased Evangeline as she poured herself a goblet of pumpkin juice.
Sirius swallowed his mouthful of food, 'It's not my fault I like my food.' he repeated with a smirk.
'That's so much better, Mr Black.' Evangeline smiled, in which Sirius returned.
'Good morning everyone. Here are your timetables.' said their Scottish Head of House, Professor McGonagall.
'Thanks Professor, I can't wait to study for our OWLS.' said Evangeline who was studying her timetable.
'Miss Potter, you never study, never mind pay attention in class,' chuckled McGonagall,' But nonetheless, you always seem to end up getting best in the year. Good day to you all.'
'Eva, I've never asked you before, but how do you manage to get top in the year when your so busy sending notes to Sirius and turning Bellatrix's hair different colours?' asked Remus.
'That Remy, is a secret I shall never expose, to anyone.' said Evangeline with a wink.
'Right, what you guys got first then?' asked James as he folded up his timetable and stuck it into a pocket in his robes.
'Potions.' said Evangeline and Sirius simultaneously, they grinned at each other and hi- fived .
'Anyone else in Potions?' asked Evangeline as she stood up and slung her bag over her shoulder.
'We all are. But we decided to let you and Sirius enjoy your little moment,' said James, who followed his sister's movements down the hall.
'You coming Lily?' asked Izzy, who was still munching on a piece of toast.
'Oh, yes.' replied the red head, who stood up from her seat and followed her best friend.
'I wonder who Slughorn will partner me with this term,' said Izzy as she and Lily walked out of the Great Hall.
'Oh, he lets you choose yourself this term, because we are studying for our OWLS. Want to be my partner?' asked Lily.
'SIRIUS! PUT ME DOWN! AHAHAHA! STOP IT!' came a scream from down the corridor.
'Come on!' said Izzy as she started to run towards the screams.
The two girls ran down the stairs, and down the corridor to the dungeons, in the distance they could see someone being carried down the slimy stairs towards the classroom. When they finally reached the culprit of the screaming, they saw that it was Evangeline staring back at them stubbornly as she rested her elbow on Sirius' back.
'Don't even ask.' she said sounding annoyed.
'You know you love me really Angel,' said Sirius, 'I'm going to let you down now anyway.'
'About time, and don't tickle me again! You know I'm very ticklish.' whined Evangeline with a pout.
'Ah, come along everybody! Miss Potter, taking Potions I see. I hope Mr Black shall not be you partner this year, maybe Miss Evans should be more suitable.' suggested Slughorn.
'Why Professor, whatever is wrong with Sirius?' questioned Evangeline.
'It seems Mr Black distracts … ah yes Mr Black, do sit down.' said Slughorn as he waved his wand and instructions began to weave their way onto the board.
'Right you are Professor. Eh, Angel, going to be my partner again?' Sirius asked Evangeline who was already seated.
'Of course! Why ever not?' smiled Evangeline as she pulled up a stool beside her own.
Slughorn eyed them wearily, 'Right well, please make sure that the pair of you do not cause any trouble.' and he turned to face the blackboard again.
Little did he know that, Evangeline and Sirius had already planned their first prank on their favourite Potions teacher.
Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I have exams coming up in January so I wanted to get a head start on revision. Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Please review if you have the time, it would be very much appreciated (:
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A Very Merry Christmas to Everyone!
Love Tori
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