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Chapter 2: A Stash of Photos

"Nadia!" Lily shrieked.

"Lily, what's up? You sound worried." Nadia said, propping herself up on her elbows from her bed. Her light brown hair cascaded gently over her shoulders.

"Curse Alice!"

"Lily?" Lara asked, coming in from the bathroom, where she was brushing her gold blonde hair in front of a mirror. "Oh my Merlin, you would not believe what Ian from Ravenclaw said to me tod-"

"Shut up, Lara," Nadia said. "What were you saying, Lily?" Taking in the look on Lily's face, she added, "Oh, no. Did someone die? Oh dear! Do I know him? Or was it a girl! No! I told you that was going to happen eventually. I bet it's the plague, we will all catch it and die!"

Lily rolled her eyes, annoyed. "No, Nadia, nothing like that. Everyone at Hogwarts is fine. Except, maybe, for me. Like I said earlier, curse Alice."

Lara gasped and her amber eyes widened in mock surprise, "Lily! That's not very nice! What did she do?"

"She invited Remus, Sirius, and James to go on a picnic by the lake, today." Lily hissed, narrowing her emerald eyes. "And she will get very annoyed if the three of us don't go. Now, Lara, I know that sounds like heaven to you, because you are with people you actually like, but personally, I can't stand James and now I'm gonna die!"

Nadia giggled, but controlled herself when Lily glared at her, "Oh dear, I hope you don't really die, But don't worry, we will plan a nice funeral for you just like the time when we made one for Peter when he moved to Durmstrang in the third year!" Then she sat there thoughtfully, "Oh yeah, what's your favorite flower again?"

Lily scowled, "Roses. Black, dead, roses."

Nadia beamed happily, "Oh, I can easily arrange that, I get them all the time!"

"Anyhow, Lily, let's get you dressed. Hmm… Princess dress, or tutu?" mused Lara

Lily paused for a moment to consider her options, "Tutu. Definitely tutu."

"Right, your cute top with the bunny on it and the jean shorts it is. Green flats? They match your eyes."

"Got it. And Nadia?" inquired Lily.

"Already dressed and headed to the common room. Or maybe to meet Alice in the Great Hall, or rather to get sardines for Death."

"Ah, okay, and I'm assuming that she took Death with her?"

"Most likely. Heh, that girl is obsessed with her little black cat. I don't know if that's unhealthy for her already morbid mind."

"Fine, that's just fine. Merlin, I hate James."

"Yeah I know, I think that we established that ages ago. Don't bore me with the details, Lily-doll."

"Well, sorry for being such a… a… talkatively boring friend!"

"Oh good, you admit it. I was starting to worry about how to break it to you. Yeah, let's go now, they must be waiting."

They made it in good time to the Great Hall, and the boys were standing there with the food in a neat picnic basket while Alice was folding a picnic cloth, while singing some weird song about garden gnomes and nargles. It sounded an awful lot like a sort of Christmas carol, which was slightly disturbing. Sirius was standing next to James tossing his long (by Lily's standards) silky black hair, and winking at random sixth year girls. James stood ruffling his hair, laughing at the girls who were almost fainting-just from making eye contact with Sirius. Remus stood slightly apart helping Alice the best he could while humming along to her song.

"Oi! Lily, Lara, over here!" James called to Lily and Lara. As soon as the two girls reached the little group, Lara cheerfully whacked Sirius on the back of his head. Sirius winced and rubbed where he was hit, opened his mouth to yell at whoever had hit him, but then grinned largely when he saw Lara. "Hey, gorgeous," he said, waggling his eyebrows mischievously. Lara beamed at him. "Hey, there."

"Hello, Lily! Gonna have fun today, aren't we?" James exclaimed hopefully.

Lily turned and glared at him, "If you don't bother Lara and me, then yes, we will have a great time."

"Awww, but where's the fun in that?" pouted Sirius, which earned him another whack from Lara.

"I'm your girlfriend, I deserve respect. Hell, you should have a giant shrine built for me!"

"I'll build it eventually…"

"Sirius, did you not tell her about the secret photo stash that you hide in your room?" asked Alice, surprised. At this Sirius flushed and coughed loudly while the rest roared with laughter and Lara struck a princess pose.

"Thank you, thank you very much," Lara said, giggling.

Remus coughed. "Well, then, Sirius. I can't say that I knew that. But, seeing as we are your closest friends, next time, do you mind telling us?"

"Next time?" asked James, incredulously.

Sirius glared at Alice, then Remus, then at James. "Shall we get along then, to the picnic?"

Alice nodded happily. "Time to go!"