Expecto Patronum – Chapter Seven – Hogsmeade Just Ruined My Weekend

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JK ROWLING AND HARRY POTTER!:)

"LILY!"

My eyes flew open straight away at the sound of my voice. My friends really need to stop waking me up like this.

*note to self; place silencing charm around my bed for the rest of the year*

"LILYYYY!"

Okay. That ended up with me on the floor. Not cool at all.

"WHAT?" I screamed back to Lucy, attempting to sit up and see her.

"Get dressed! HOGSMEADE TODAY!"

I jumped out of bed straight away, my flame coloured hair flying around my head.

How could I forget?

My naturally messy room becomes a rubbish tip as I fling clothes around frantically, desperate for something to wear. I still get Petunia's hand me downs sometimes, and her clothes are absolutely appalling, but that's not surprising since she has a horse like face and a long bony neck, she finds it hard to find flattering clothes.

Finally I manage to find a decent length skirt and a clean top, they might be Maddie's but as this point I'm past caring. We all share clothes anyway, I'm sure she won't mind.

Breakfast was … interesting.

It turns out that as soon as Lucy had run back out of my room, she and Maddie had decided to set off without me, lovely friends I have. I ended up running into the great hall for breakfast, panting slightly as I leaned against the wall. I'm sure I spent around 10 minutes, scanning the room for them, hoping they hadn't left without me.

Of course they had.

I was in no hurry to eat breakfast by myself so I pretty much jumped down at the Gryffindor table and piled a load of food onto my plate, eating as quickly as possible.

"Woah, slow down there Evans. It's not a race; the food will still be here in 10 minutes,"

I glared upwards, my mouth still full of food. My glare was met with sparkling eyes, full of mischief, laughing at my expression.

I swallowed as soon as I was able to, preparing myself for his ridiculous, long winded answers.

"What do you want Black?"

He smirked slightly, pleased that he'd managed to annoy me so early in the morning. Potter, for once, didn't seem interested in Sirius, probably because there was food present. Remus however cast him a warning glance, he knew Sirius was probably going to take it too far. Remus was the Marauder I respected most, he was so calm and a lovely study partner. I genuinely appreciated having him as a co prefect last year, such a shame he didn't get picked by Dumbledore for the position of Head Boy. I'm still in shock that it went to Ja..Potter.

I'm calling him Potter until I get my head sorted out.

James is a very attractive name though.

Not that he's attractive, just his name.

It sounds nice too.

And his surname has a nice ring to it, if I add my first name it might sound even better.

Lily Potter.

Aw, that's cute.

GETTING FAR TOO DISTRACTED.

IGNORE EVERYTHING I JUST THOUGHT.

I THINK I'M DELIRIOUS.

Luckily Black broke my chain of thoughts and interrupted with a pointless exclamation.

"You and Prongs are perfect together! You both love to stuff your faces full of food!" he grinned, waiting to see my reaction. He knew winding me up about Potter really got me pissed.

And that's why I jinxed him and left.

But not before Remus high fived me, I knew we were good friends for a reason.

Hogsmeade was a wonderful place to be at this time of year. It wasn't too cold that I had to stay inside, but it was chilly enough to enjoy a hot butterbeer at The Three Broomsticks. I managed to find Maddie and Lucy, they were wandering around Honeydukes. I assumed they'd be there, most of the people in Hogwarts end up there somehow. They didn't even seem bothered that they'd abandoned me, I definitely need new friends.

"LILY!"

Wow, they really need to stop shouting at me too. I think it happens way too often for my liking.

"What?"

"You zoned out again, we were just talking about how we sh..."

"How we should what?"

But Maddie's gaze had left mine and was staring suspiciously behind me.

I turned to look, intrigued by whatever had stopped Maddie from talking. It usually takes days just to get her to shut up. But before I saw, Lucy had started talking, oblivious to what was going on with Maddie and how she had become distracted. Maddie looked relieved at the interruption but it didn't matter. I figured out what she was staring at. In the reflection of the shop window across from me I saw a messy head of hair kiss a certain curly haired girl.

Are you alright? – Maddie

Do you want a hug? – Lucy

Or some chocolate?

She could have both.

Genius!

I'm fine, really. Why wouldn't I be? James can go and kiss whoever he likes. It's not up to me to decide. I'm sure Cassie Edwards isn't a slag and is really nice – Lily

We know you like him. And Cassie Edwards is a slag. Hope that makes you feel better.

Me? Like James Potter? That's ridiculous! And she's not. She's lovely and nice, everyone likes her, she's popular and clever, she doesn't get teased by Black and she doesn't have carrot hair!

It's okay Lily, we're here for you.

Cry if you want. You know you want to.

You guys are the best.

A week ago I was fine.

I didn't feel affected by him at all.

But now, I don't know.

Ugh.

I need help.

Please.

Hi, hope you like the chapter!:) Thought it would be fitting to upload this today since it is JK Rowling's birthday:) Reviews would be nice, you know you want to;)