2. Something to Think About
"Hey, mat... WHOA!" Sirius did a double take as he walked into his dorm. "Your head has finally caught up with your ego. Whoops! Missed me." He said as James threw a pillow at him with terrible aim.
"I'm going to kill Evans!" He hissed
"Lily did this? Oh yer, I remember Lola grilling her about something at lunch but I was too busy beating myself up about missing the waffles at breakfast."
"There were waffles at breakfast, man! I can't believe that I missed then again! Why is it that they're so darn delicious?" The two boy's expressions fell into contented smile as they began to think about the waffles that could have been theirs just that morning if it wasn't for their lack of observing.
"Anyway, what did you do?" Sirius asked James after a few minutes.
"All I said was that she could loose a few pounds" James replied, clearly still not seeing why Lily had attacked him.
"Du-ude! You can't call a girl fat! They either go really mopey or turn violent. Lily clearly chose the latter."
"Latter? Sirius, where did you learn that word?"
"Remus!" Sirius beamed "he's been giving me a different word to use every day. Yesterdays was latter, today's is dephlogisticated but I'm not entirely sure what it means, something to do with air and plants."
"Cool, it is about time that you increased your vocabulary. He might even let you borrow his thesaurus!" Said James in all seriousness, Remus kept his thesaurus very close to his heart.
"Have you ever even seen that thing? I bets that's it's engraved with gold and silver…" For the second time in about 3 minutes James and Sirius' minds wandered completely off subject as this time they started thinking of the many designs of Remus' thesaurus.
"What is wrong with us? Really, we are idiots" James stated, breaking the trance.
"Yer, yer, but no-one really cares what I'm like inside when I'm this hot."
And he says that I'm big headed James thought.
"So you really thought that I shouldn't have called Evans fat?"
"Umm, yer. Idiot, do you know nothing about the female species."
"Girls aren't a different species Sirius, we're all humans." What a moron.
"Whatever, I'm off."
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Lily tried to contain her laughter as James walked into potions, his head still twice its normal size, she looked around and it seemed that the majority of people were having the same problem. Nearly everyone's hands were over their mouths and eye's on James.
Serves him right, thought Lily, he always wants attention and always gets it, today he's just getting it in a different way. I hate it how all the girls fawn over him! He's just a big-headed…
Lily suddenly burst into hysterics at what she thought was just sheer wit. Everyone in the class turned to look at her slowly slide off her chair and onto the floor peals of laughter still emitting from her lips. She lay there on the floor unable to control her self for several minutes as the class continued to stare at her incredulously.
Level headed Lily Evans had never disrupted a class in her life, unless you counted her numerous fights with James Potter. But to burst out laughing in one of Slughorn's lectures well that was just unlilylike! Slughorn thought so too as he seemed take-back.
"Miss Evans? Would you please resume your seat?" he said almost with caution. Slughorn favoured Lily, she was the cleverest pupil in the year by quite a margin in the majority of subjects however the only subject that she was beaten in was his own. It is very unfortunate, he thought, that she lacks the instinct of a potions mistress. Mr Potter exceeded Lily in this particular skill with out even trying while she had to work hard to keep 2nd in the class. Mr Snape also, yes he was a dark horse, Dumbledore had asked me to keep and eye on that one, yes. Always in the wrong place at the wrong time that one was, most of the students at Hogwarts were oblivious to the battle going on outside its walls. Slughorn didn't realise that the class had been looking at him expectantly while he'd been thinking and that Lily was once more under control and sitting up straight awaiting instructions.
"Oh sorry, glad to see that you've calmed down there Miss Evans," he smiled fondly at Lily. "Now follow the instructions on the board. This is a tricky potion and I don't expect you to get it right first time, but persistence my dear children, persistence." He waved his wand towards the black board and writing started to appear on it, the class walked toward the supplies cupboard to collect ingredients leaving their professor once again to his thoughts.
Yes, yes oh how unaware they are, but how long can they stay pleasantly out the loop? He thought, how long will it take for the terror to invade the safety of their beloved school? How long before the darkness begins to infiltrate their lives, taking away their friends and loved ones. Some thought that the cause of this darkness, Mr Riddle, or Lord Voldemort as he went by these days, would be gone in weeks or months at a stretch. But no, Tom will not go so easily, a cleverer student had never passed through the walls of Hogwarts except, of course, Dumbledore himself. This worried Slughorn greatly, more than he would even admit to himself, because, this boy wasn't killing for killings sake, he had a purpose and wouldn't stop until he reached his goal.
"Professor?" He looked to the source of the noise and saw Lily with her hand up in the air,"I think that I'm done professor."
"Let me see then Miss Evans" Slughorn waddled over to examine Lily's Draught of Peace, to his pleasant surprise the potion was shimmering mist of silver vapour, just like it was meant to be. "Perfect as usual Lily, absolutely perfect!"
Lily beamed at Professor Slughorn as he started to circulate the class.
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Lily dumped her bag on her bed and picked up A Goblins Point of View which she hadn't moved since she'd dropped it yesterday. Lola wasn't speaking to her because of what she's done to Potter but in Lily's opinion that proved no point. Lily had always fought with him and wasn't going to stop anytime soon, so Lola not talking to her really just showed that right now Lola was choosing a boy over herself. This pissed Lily off, everything changed when boys were involved, and Lily didn't want them to change. Lily liked it when it was just the girls doing things their way; they never used to fight or fall out, and now, just because Lola was going out with Potter everything changed, nearly 5 years of friendship was worth less than a boy.
"Lily?" Oh thank Merlin it was Alice, she always calmed Lily down. "You up here sulking?"
"Yes and no, I am up here but I'm not sulking. I'm making my thoughts loud and clear!" Lily beamed at Alice.
"I'm not even gunna try and talk sense into you or get into a fight so do you want to go to lunch?" A pained expression crossed Lily's face; lunch meant seeing Lola and James. Both of them, together, maybe they'll even be showing some form of affection. "Lily, you're going to have to see them together some time, better now than ever!"
"I'm sure that's not a phrase."
"It is now!"
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"Why does she have to be so difficult? Why do you have to be so difficult? Why the hell can you to not just get along? Hmmm? WHY?!" I'm loosing it Lola thought. 3 weeks and several fights later she was sitting the hospital wing feeding her boyfriend skelegrow whilst shouting at his unconscious figure.
Needless to say James and Lily had gotten into another hallway duel. This time, as with most times, James had come out worst for ware with no bones in his left leg.
"I really don't get it. Why do you hate each other so much? And dammit why aren't you talking to me?!"
"'Cas he's conked out Lola. So technically, if I hadn't been here you would have been talking you yourself, know what that means? MADNESS!" Emmeline sang the last word for extra emphasis.
"But why the hell…" Lola started hotly
"Can't they get along yes yes, we all get it." Emmy finished "Have they ever gotten along? Nope. Will they ever get along? It's highly doubtful but then again, we are gathered her toady to witness, death, so maybe they'll get along in the afterlife." She nodded wisely as though all of her words made sense and would heal Lola of her suffering.
"What?"
Emmeline suddenly burst into laughter, "just, imagine, Lily, and, James, getting, kicked, out, of, heaven, 'cas, they, fought." She wheezed in between much needed breathes.
"Hey!" James sat up looking rather peeved and startling both of the girls. "I would not get myself kicked out of heaven because of Evans!"
"Pish posh. Anyway guys, I gotta fly, like a BIRD!!! Erm... yer to transfig. Love you, Mwa." And with that Emmy skipped out the room ignoring the peculiar looks her friends were giving her.
"I will never get that girl, even." Lola shook her head and turned to James. "I hate you! For hating Lily. And I hate Lily, for hating you... Do you see where this is going?"
"I should become bffs with Lily? Sorry but Sirius has already got that part of my heart darling."
"Oh shut up, I'm in control of your medicine... Do you want to be able to use your left leg? Or your right for that matter?"
"How the hell did you get that?!" James looked at his girlfriend looking at him rather menacingly.
Lola looked at James looking at her looking at him and decided to take pity and explain. "My dad is Madam Pomfrey's brothers, sister in laws, sons, wife's, cousins, dads, uncles, grandson." She said counting each of the points on her fingers.
"What?"
"Oh never mind, the point is that you and Lily really should learn to get along! I can't even remember why you hate each other so much. To be fair it really is your fault for always pranking and picking on her. I think that if you hadn't sought her out as the one that you were determined to hate and torment you guys would have actually gotten on quite well! Yes James you can look at me like that but that's what I think, you have a similar sense of humour, your both clever and want to make something of your lives. I think that you should at least talk it through, please even if it's just for me. She's one of my best friends James and you're my boyfriend, don't make me choose between you, please. Because I really don't know who I would pick. That's one thing for me and you to think about." With a lot off her chest Lola walked out of the hospital wing feeling rather light and free, she was well aware that her speech wouldn't solve anything, but if it could just get James to think about his situation with lily then maybe they would start to get along. Lola wasn't thinking about miracles, just a convocation without a fight, that's all she asked.
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James' mind was whizzing.
why does she do this to me? He thought, bah! Girls, they're all about feelings and getting along, I would dump her right now if I didn't like her so darn much. I don't want to sound like a man whore and steal Sirius' title. But I've never really liked a girl that I've been out with before, and I've never been out with a girl for more than a week, and this is three so far. James smiled. I really like Lola. His smile faded into a frown. But I really hate Evans. James threw his arms up in the air, much to the amusement to the person two beds down who was enjoying watching the battle rage on inside James.
What the hell do I do? I'm gunna have to put up with Evans because of my stupid heart. James slumped down, looking highly dejected about having to get along with his enemy for the object of his affections.
"Pesh. Love sucks.
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Lily had also been thinking a lot; she was in the Library although she wasn't doing any work, just sitting there doodling on a book. Wait what?! SHIT! Pince is gunna kill me! As though hearing her name mentally Madam Pince's head appeared around the corner. Her eyes turned as wide as saucers as they zoned in on the book that Lily had "violated", she rushed over until she was standing very near Lily.
"OUT!" She screeched.
Well, Lily thought, there really was no need seeing as I'm standing right here, my ear is literally a few inches from her mouth and this lady has an extremely high pitched voice, owww, my ear. While lily had been thinking she wasn't moving, and while Lily wasn't moving Madam Pince was slowly turning a different shade of red. SHIT!
"Ermmm....I'll just be going now miss."
"OUT! OUT! OUT! OUT!" The bookcases suddenly moved until they were behind Lily, then they flicked her out of the Library doors neatly so she landed on her backside. Madam Pince still fuming behind them.
"Well! That really hurt, I don't think that should be allowed! I didn't know that the bookcases could move that's a new way of getting people out. Set the bookcases on them!"
"Talking to yourself is the first sign of madness Evans."
"Trust me Black; I'm way past that stage." Sirius chuckled.
"I've been sent on a message of great importance!" He struck his chest in a very knightly manner. Mr Potter, the daring, would like you to accept a humble invitation to visiting him in his current residence, the hospital wing." He finished with a bow but seeing the look on Lily's face decide to add a bit on.
"He says please, he doesn't want to either but Lola gave him a whole speech about the issue and he really doesn't want her to have to pick between you two. He's really into her you know? I've never seen James this hung up about a chick before."
Lily could tell that Sirius was telling the truth due to the seriousness in his normally playful grey eyes.
"I'll go." She said cautiously. "But I can't guarantee anything, I might hex him." She paused and looked into Sirius' unconcerned eyes. " You really don't care do you?"
"Nope he said cheerfully, not that bothered." He smiled widely at her.
"I could hex off one of his toes."
"Who really needed all ten?"
"Make him grow a tail."
"It would help with his shite balance."
"Knock him out."
"Wouldn't have to listen to him complain about life."
"Make his life hell."
"He's in love, wouldn't notice."
This comment caught Lily off guard.
"Love? Don't be stupid Sirius."
"What? I think that he might be, why do you doubt that?"
"1. It's Potter, 2. It's Lola. It's not gunna happen. If he breaks her heart I'm gunna kill him! He's just as much as a man whore as you!"
"NOOOO! How could you even say that Lily?! He will never, ever." Sirius made some crossing hand gestures. "Beet me in that\t department. E.V.E.R!"
"Sirius, I know how to spell ever."
"Just checking, anyway I've got to scoot, 3 o'clock appointment. Promise me that you'll go right now Lily! Promise!" Sirius sounded like a spoilt child.
"I promise that I will go see Potter in the hospital wing."
"YEY!" Sirius did a weird jump thing in the air then strutted off down the hall.
Why the hell did I agree to go? Well I guess that if I do hex him someone won't have to lug his huge head to the hospital wing. BAH!
Lily walked towards the hospital mentally preparing herself, but even she couldn't have predicted what would happen when she'd left.
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