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Thank you all for the reviews and alerts :) Ummm sorry about this update being kind of late, me doing all my GCSE's this year and all that crap. *sigh* Anyways, yeah this chapter is kind of rubbish LOL, but hopefully all you nice people will review anyways :D
Chapter 9- Poor James Potter
It was just after dinner and the sun was already setting in the sky, leaving vibrant colours to thrash together, making Hogwarts students squint as they watched the sun set after another day. Lily Evans, or rather the new and improved Lily Evans, was sat on the hill right near the Black Lake, the wind was gentle and peaceful and she was gazing at her new reflection. She didn't look that bad, hell she looked pretty, but there was disappointment mixed with all these new feelings.
(INTO LILY POV)
James Potter didn't glance at me, not once.
Why are you so fixated about James noticing you? He never has and… face it… he never will.
"Maybe you're right…" I sighed. I didn't get it, that bold voice in my head had always been so… I can't even describe it. Confident? It had always told me not to loose faith and that one day he would see me. But now?! Those words hit me like a hammer, he never has, and never will.
"That's one way to know you're going crazy; when you talk to yourself." That voice, I know that voice…
"Malfoy?!"
"At your service." He grinned at me, I blushed as he sat down next to me. Why do I always have to ruddy blush?!
"So, what you doing out here then ey Evans?!"
I shrugged my shoulders, truth be told I had no idea why I was there; it had felt like I should have been there, the only place that made me feel normal again.
"I could ask you the same question." Ok, I know it wasn't a great come-back, but I didn't feel like explaining myself.
"Hey, did you do something to your hair?" His voice was soft and almost amused; I did not expect that question.
"Err, what?" Malfoy was blushing!!! "It just… err… looks nice today… notthatitdoesn'talwayslooknice…I mean erm…" MERLIN! Malfoy was actually lost for words! And blushing! At me! I think…
"Thanks I guess." I chuckled, aww so sweet. He grinned sheepishly and did that hair brush thing James does, wait… hair brush thing? And James?! Ugh, FORGET ABOUT HIM FOR ONCE!
"Anyways…" He sighed.
"Yeah…."
We sat there for about a minute in silence (pretty boring I know but the juicy bits in Lily Evan's life doesn't come all at once children!)
"Oh yeah, before I forget Professor Sinestra wanted me to tutor you for the upcoming exam." He said it rather quickly and with a slight blush. Ah. That was the only reason why he was talking to me? Should have known.
"So what about Tuesdays?!" He asked, I didn't say anything, just nodded my head and shrugged my shoulders, he took it as a yes anyways.
"Great so I'll se-"
"Malfoy? What the hell are you doing here?!" Ugh. Potter. James Potter and his Marauder friends. Great.
"Potter," Lucius sneered. "I was just leaving-"
"Don't leave now Malfoy! The fun is just beginning!" Ugh. Double Ugh. Ugh Ugh. Sirius Black thinks he is so cool. Lucius turned to look at me with an apologetic smile.
"I said," James again. Uuuugghhhhh. "what the hell are you doing here?" He said it fiercely and I was surprised that Lucius didn't recoil, I felt my blood turn cold by the tone of his voice.
Malfoy just sneered, again. What is it with boys and sneering?
"I don't think that is any of your business is it Potter? Just because your daddy is Minister for magic."
HIS DAD IS MINIST- Oh yeah… I saw him that day in Hogsmead, pretty cool.
The marauders and Lucius were glaring each others eyes, if looks could kill I would have been surrounded by five dead bodies by now.
"He's right Potter." Wow that little squeaky voice came from now where, why is everyone staring at me? I felt my face go red, gah it was me wasn't it?
"Just leave it Lily…" Lucius called me Lily?! HE CALLED ME LILY!!! James seemed to growl underneath his breath and if possible glared at Lucius even more.
"No." I said sternly. "All of you leave it, Lucius is allowed to go anywhere, just because your dad is Minister doesn't mean you can boss everyone about Potter." I was on my feet by now, Lucius looking at me nervously, a bit flattered that I had called him by his first name, Remus and Peter were still surprised that I had even spoken and James and Sirius seemed red with anger, Jame- Potter was actually shaking with fury.
"Now, if you don't mind I think you marauders should leave and do whatever you are doing." I thought I had sounded a bit too bossy and stern so after I called out "Bye Remus." In a happy voice. Peter and Remus looked like they were ready to go, they were practically begging Jame- POTTER and Black with their eyes. Sirius was looking back and forth at me, Lucius and Potter and J- Potter seemed to be glaring at me. Me? Whaaaaaat.
Just as Potter was turning around, signaling the Marauders to head back to school Lucius muttered something, I couldn't hear it but I'm as sure as hell that the marauders did. Two reasons. One- they all stopped dead in their tracks and then Two- All the Marauders lunged themselves at Lucius and started punching him.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING?!" I yelled, four against one, how the hell is that fair?
"POTTER, BLACK! GET THE RUDDY HELL OF LUCIUS!" I tried ripping Potter off Lucius but seeing as I am not strong enough… Black, Peter and Remus managed it fairly easy.
"If. You. Had. Heard. What. He. Said. Lily." Potter growled, he…- wow. Wait… Pot- James called me Lily? HE CALLED ME LILY. Wow déjà vu anyone?!
"I didn't say anything!" Lucius shouted, James snarled and tried to lunge for him again but he was held back from Sirius and the others.
"Look. James. Let's just leave ok." Remus said quickly and nervously, he too was still glaring daggers at Lucius.
"Whatever. I need to go. Bye Lily." Lucius said quickly, he ran from the scene and from an extremely angry James Potter.
"All of you leave," They all turned to go. "apart from you James Potter." He turned reluctantly to me and waved sadly at the rest of the marauders who turned back to Hogwarts.
"Why the hell did you just do that?!" I seethed. "First Snape, then Adam and now Lucius. What the hell did he do to you to make you attack him?!"
James didn't say anything at first, he just huffed and shook his head. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you-"
"WHAT THE RUDDY HELL!" I yelled. "I don't care what he said to you. It's just you! It's always you!"
"What do you mean it's always me?!" He scoffed.
"Ever since that-"
"Oh for Merlin's sake! I've told you a million times before, that kiss didn't mean anything." He groaned, massaging his temples.
"So you're telling me you kissed me for no reason?!" I demanded, my green eyes flashing dangerously, James laughed harshly and turned to face me.
"Why are you so bothered?! We kissed, we apologised. Just face it Evans- I just needed someone that night and you were there-"
"So, basically I was just some randomer who happened to walk in at the right time?!" How low could James ruddy Potter get?! Mind you, I had expected that. Exactly something that arse would do.
"Yep, that's all you were..." But before he had even finished... SLAP! Oh my merlin. Run away. Run away. I just slapped James Potter on the cheek. The James Potter whose father just happens to be Minister for magic.
Oh crap. Oh crap. I ignored the looks off people as I just barged into anyone and I ran to the Library, only sighing with relief when I made it to the back table that was hidden by shelves and shelves of old books. I like the library; even if you have just had a run in with a troll the library still seems to make you at peace.
"Lily?!" Ok. Maybe not much peace. Ah. It's Remus. Ooohhh. Bollocks. He didn't look angry at me for just slapping his best friend, he seemed a bit amused to be honest, but uggh, serious.
"What is it Remus? I have work to do…"
"I won't take long." I grumbled but allowed him to sit down on the chair next to mine.
"I know James is a prat-"
"You got that right.." I mumbled.
"but seriously. What that arse Malfoy said… it was just… I could just…"
"What did he say?!" I asked. He looked at me like I was a mad-man.
"Err, well. I can't really sa-"
"DAMMNIT! What is so ruddy wrong with telling me?!"
He was silent; he just looked at me sadly and shrugged his shoulders. "I'm sorry Lily. I know you like him."
"I do not like him! Wait. Who are we talking about?!" Oh crap. Oh shoot. Now he's going to think….
"You like James?!" I blushed and shrugged my shoulders, Remus raising his eyebrows at me.
"No…. I mean uh… well… ah err no comment."
"Uh-hu."
"Don't you 'uh-hu' me you uh-hu ing idiot!"
"Lily, are you feeling ok?!"
"NO! I FEEL TERRIBLE! I can't believe I ruddy slapped James ruddy Potter and now one of his best friends is asking if I like him…." I stopped, like I had suddenly seen the light, which I had in fact. "I don't believe it. James sent you here didn't he?!"
Remus stiffened. "Uhh… no of course not!"
"He did! He forced you to come and make me guilty and now he is declaring war on me and arrgggh. Will I ever be free of these infernal bees?!" I ran from the scene. I know what you're thinking. I can be pprreeettyyy weird sometimes.
Remus being the confused and nosey (sp?) bunny he is followed me, or more like ran, grabbed my arm and pulled me to one of the desterted corridors. He was silent for a moment, gasping for breath. Wow who knew I could almost out-run a boy?
"Merlin....*gasp* Since...when did you *gasp* get so... *gasp* fast?!" Remus panted, I smiled smugly.
"You'd be suprised by what I can do." *silence* "Err, Remus don't get that as a wrong idea..."
He just waved impatiently and then went back to panting.
"If all you brought me here for was to listen to you panting then you are wrong, I need to be somewhere Remus."
He glared at me then sighed. "Gahh. Fine. I just wanted to know if you do like Malfoy?!"
"Why do you care Remus? I can li-"
"BECAUSE I DO!" He yelled. Woahhh. Calm down Remmy. He glanced at my shocked face and then smiled sheepishly. "Sorry... but it's Malfoy!"
"And...?!" I rolled my eyes. Honestly why the hell does Remus care? Oh. My. Merlin. He can't... can he?!
"He's an evil arse Lily. He hates muggle borns and is a MALFOY! I don't want to see you getting hurt..."
"I'm not a little kid Remus. I'm 15-"
"Fine then. If you think you're old enough. Just don't come to me when he hurts you-"
"HE WOULDN'T DO THAT!" I roared. But Remus didn't turn back. Ugh. He just waved his hand and continued onwards. Wow. That was like the first argument me and Remus have ever had. On the first day of first year Remus and I became friends. Aaah the good old days. How I just wish I could back in time....
(THREE DAYS LATER) Dear Diary, (OMM that still sounds soooo gay)
Well err this week has been... eventful. Remus and Sirius turned each other's hair green after a mini argument about wizards chess. Peter is convinced he is Clint Eastwood... Taylor has err not been talking to me. Honestly I do not get girls at all. One minute me and Taylor are just talking and then the next she is crying to her friends saying that I said something! I think our weird little relationship thing is over. I mean, it wasn't like a real relationship really, yes we did kiss and yes we did flirt... kind of... but still...
I still don't get why Evans slapped me. All I said was that she had come in at the right moment, what the ruddy hell is wrong with that?! I swear she is like a Red Dwarf, she's tiny and has red hair but she also gets angry VERY easily. Remus told me that she and him had a kind of mini argument about that zit Malfoy. I mean, how on earth could he have said that?! You're probably wondering what the hell I am going on about but seriously, what he said was that bad that I can't even write it on you diary (err ok that sounded a little weird...) Really, it was that bad. All I can say is that it involed the Red Dwarf and err.... oh god it's too disgusting.
Padfoot says that it just shows how much I care for her, but then I replied 'well you lunged as well you git' that shut him up. The red dwarf has been like running away from me.. you know purposefully. She sticks out her nose and walks past me without a second glance, hell not even a first glance! I'm hoping that she comes to her senses soon... wait why the hell did I put that?!
Yours confusedly (is that even a word? oh ruddy hell now I'm even more confused!) James Potter x. (P.S- Padfoot put that kiss just there!!!! Now he's laughing at me because I own a diary, but what he doesn't know if that I searched through his trunk and found a silver diary, so HA!
"James Potter you are mean and evil and cunning and sly and uuggghhhh." Pad-foot complained. I smirked. He's been like that ever since he found out I knew he had a diary, onviously I told Moony and Worm-tail, what are friends for?!
We were waiting outside Hagrid's hut for Care of magical creatures, we don't have Hagrid, though it would be awesome if we did...
"Uh-ohh. Look who I see Prongs, looking as small but oohhh sexy as ever!" I cocked my head to see where Padfoot was pointing to, the red dwarf. Her friend, the one with the really long hair.. what's her name? Maria or something?! Well anyways she whispered something to the r.d and the reddy looked our way and glared. Well.. more like she glared at me. Sirius being the huge prat he is actually walked up to her and her friends and then started pulling at Maria's hair, going 'DING DONG' I laughed since it was quite funny but then Lil- oohh shoot I mean the red dwarf glared even more and told padfoot to stop.
Girls are so troublesome...
"Alright 6th years! I want you to all get into pairs of two-" Me and Sirius, Peter and Remus instantly grabbed each other but Proffesor (sp?) Cale shook his head. "Nopes. This lesson I would like your partner to be of the opposite sex to you."
There were mock gasps from some of the dorky boys from Hufflepoof saying like 'the teacher just said sex!' Most of us Gryffindors just shook our heads at the Hufflepoof's little joke, well if you'd call it a joke. Then relisation struck me. Our partner had to be of the opposite sex which meant-
"Hang on a minute! MY PARTNER WILL BE A CHICK?!" Padfoot yelled. Cale looked at him, his eyebrows raised. "Err yes Black...?!" Padfoot just stood there, his mouth open, most would think that he was nervous about being partnered with a girl, his close friends however... he was thinking 'dirty' thoughts. VERY dirty.
"Alright. Since you are all incapable of picking your own partners I will choose for you-" Everyone groaned. "Prewitt and Longbottom, Black and Tychi, Todd and Rowl (A.N- Rowl is Izz, Lily's friend, and Kapchi is Maria, the other friend of Lily's) Bottler and Kapchi, Evans and Thorn, and Potter and Schweiz." And that was the end of the list. Damnnit. I have the most retarded partner. Opha Schweiz is some freaky girl. She stares at you, and I mean s-t-a-r-e-s. Her mouth opens and her eyes are just expressionless. She freaks me out. She also has the most greasiest hair, almost as greasy as Snape's! And she has loads of spots on her face, I know that what's on the outside doesn't matter and blah blah blah. But what's on the outside definitely helps! Also everyone who has been partnered with her has always yelled at her in frustration.
Our task of the lesson was to analyse a tree nymph. They only answer when you have raw meat out, we were supposed to watch how they eat and walk and fly ect, draw them and then write how this helps them to survive. The watching of the nympth was easy, it was discussing with your partner about the nymph that was the hard bit.
"Sooo. Err." I said nervously. She stared at me. "Did you see the little claws at their feet?" She still stares. "Yeah, the claws I think are to help them grip onto trees....?" She stares stares stares. She is soooo freaking me out.
I shake my head, trying to get her icy eyes out of my mind, "Right so if you focus on the top half of the nymph and I'll do the bottom half, kay?!" She nods uncertainly. Ah well, at least she did something. There was a 5 second silence then-
"So what do you want me to do?!" I almost jump out from my skin. She's asking me what I want her to do.... She talks! She talks! I notice out of the corner of my eye Evans giving me a look, like good luck... what the hell? I am scared....
"You focus on the top half of the nymph...?" I say to her slowly.
She nods like she understands so I turn back to my parchment- "So do you mean like the arms and the face and the hair?"
Oh merlin. "Yes, like the arms and the face." I tell her. She nods again.
"So like the arms, what shall I say about the arms?!"
Arghh!!! Now I know why most people end up screaming at her... "I don't know Opha, that's what you have to write about-"
"So where do you want me?!"
Huh? I raise my eyebrows at her. "What?"
"I mean like where do you want me to draw the arms and the face and the hair?"
Is this girl retarded? "On the top half of the page." I say it slowly, hoping that she will understand.
"So what do you want me to write about on the arms?!"
I swear if she does not stop asking questions then I will blow up. "Look," I snap. "You were supposed to focus on the top half of the nymph, I however focused on the bottom half-"
"Yes but shall I write about how like the arms are long and so help the nymph's grab things that are far away?"
I nodded wearily, "Yes you put that..." 10 seconds silence....
"So what am I putting?"
"OH MY RUDDY MERLIN!" I yell. Everyone turns to me, I can tell on most of their faces that they were expecting this sooner or later-
"What's wrong, Potter and Miss Schweiz?" Miss? She isn't even a human being!
"Potter just yelled me Sir."
"What?! I did not yell! You just can't follow simple instructions-"
Oh my God. She stares at me again. "You didn't tell me what to do."
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PERSON??!!! "I FREAKING TOLD YOU TO DRAW THE UPPER HALF OF THE NYMPH OF THE FREAKING TOP HALF OF THE RUDDY PAGE! AND THEN I TOLD YOU TO DRAW THE EFFIN FACE AND THE ARMS!" I roar. Everyone is chuckling. Grrr I wish they just all 'effed' off.
"There's no need to shout James." When she says my name she licks her lips. I think I just vomitted. In fact I think everyone vomitted, even Cale!
".... Right. Err. I think that it's time we packed up now, if you would all like to make your way to wherever you are next..."
I just flung my back on my shoulders and make my way to where Sirius and Remus and Peter are...
"Hey, Potter! Have fun with your girl friend?!" Someone calls.
"Piss off!" I growl.
"Well, you look like your having fun." This time I don't need to turn around to know who it is. It's the red dwarf. I shake my head angrily and ignore her, I hear her call my name, hell she even used James! But I just walk towards my Marauders. I didn't feel like talking to her, to anyone! I shall hide my face from that freaky Opha Schweiz every time she is in one of my lessons. Man. I have had the most horrible week in my life!
OMG! I AM SO SORRY THAT THIS CHAPTER IS SO SHORT!!!! I PROMISE FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT THE NEXT ONE WILL BE LONGER!! It's just school work at the moment is driving me CRAZY! CCCCCCCCCCCRRRRRRRRAAAAAAZZYYYYY!!!
I'm also really really really sorry that I haven't updated in a while :/ School is to blame.
Little preview-
"Come on Lily! He's just shy-"
"Shy?!" I snort. If James Potter is shy then I am Donald Duck.
"He likes you." Mari says confidently.
"Hah! No he does not-"
"Alright then, I'll prove it."
Soooo, Omg Opha Schweiz is exactly like this girl in my year, I was partnered with her in a group for Drama, much to my dismay, and she was like asking all these questions where she was supposed to stand and what her reaction was supposed to be and then she started asking what I was going to say and IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SPONTANEOUS IMPROVISATION! Me and my other two friends who were in my group, we almost pulled out our hair, seriosuly.
LOL, anyways, enough about me... please review! Oooh also sorry for any spellings or grammar mistakes, microsoft word wasn't working so I had to use that stupid not thing that doesn't have spell check...