Okay I know I usually put an author's note at the end of a chapter, but this is just a warning to anyone who hasn't yet read, or finished reading the fifth book. As this chapter goes on, I'm going to take a scene and some lines from the book, so this is just fair warning. The first half and part of the last half is all original work, so for those who don't want to be spoiled, these are the parts that are safe. I'll identify the beginning of when I'm taking lines from the book with an underline word since that seems to be the only thing that works. These parts were written by the wonderful and talented J.K. Rowling. Okay now that that is out of the way…On with the chapter!
Days in Avalon
Chapter Fourteen: The World I Know
As the holidays ended, things slowly started to return back to normal. Most of the students that returned from the long rested holiday were still on their Christmas and New Year's high. Lily and James barely said two words to each other since the night they were almost caught stealing by Filtch. For some reason after that night, James couldn't help but not think about Lily. True, he had had thoughts of her before. But ever since that night, he could do nothing but think of her.
On the night the students returned to Hogwarts, things pretty much went back to normal. Everyone seemed to slip back into their normal patterns, while others seemed to be completely spaced out at times. Andy was one of these people. Since the death of her gran, Andy mostly kept to herself, which was completely out of character for her. Every time Lily, Felicia, or Kelly would try to talk to her about it, she would always come up with some excuse to change the subject, or completely avoid answering the question all together. Everyone thought it was just a phase, but Lily really started to get worried about her best friend when this continued on well into February.
Afraid for her friend's health and sanity, Lily was determined to get her friend to open up to her. Even if that meant she would have to sit on her, or hex her until she broke. One Saturday afternoon, Lily found Andy sitting in the common room alone, while everyone else was elsewhere among the grounds.
"Andy?" asked Lily as she neared her friend. From where she was sitting, Lily distinctly saw her quickly stuff a piece of parchment behind her. It was the same piece of parchment that Andy had been re-reading over and over again since she received it early that month. Lily also saw the cold blank look on her face before she interrupted her.
"Andy what's wrong?" asked Lily again for what felt like the hundredth time.
"Nothing," said Andy simply. She forced a smile at her, but Lily could tell the difference.
"Right, and I'm going to marry a member of the royal family," said Lily cynically as she took a seat next to her.
"So I guess I should start calling you 'your highness' then?" remarked Andy. Lily simply raised an eyebrow and gave her a look.
"Come on Andy. Look, I know you're upset over what happened to your gran. But what your doing isn't healthy for you," said Lily with a deep concern tone.
Andy looked up at Lily and knew that it was no use in hiding what she was. But seeing the look of concern on her friend's face, helped Andy to believe that maybe Lily could understand somewhat as too what she was going through. With that resolution, Andy began to finally open up.
"You know what was one of the last thing she said before she died?" said Andy as she stared into the fire. "She said that 'No matter what anyone says or thinks, you can do whatever you want, and don't let anyone let you think else wise'".
"That's a very good quote," said Lily, not quite understanding where this was leading too.
"Yeah, except it's a lie," laughed Andy darkly. "She lied to me. For nearly five years now she has done nothing but lied to me," added Andy when she saw the lost look on her friend's face.
"How did she lie to you?" asked Lily.
Andy then reached behind her back, and pulled out the piece of parchment for Lily. "Read this."
Lily timidly took the slightly tattered parchment and began to read it. It was a letter from an attorney stating the terms of Andy's grandmother's will, along with some assets that would be split among Andy and her siblings.
"She made you the executor of her estate?" said Lily, somewhat shock to hear. Andy nodded in response and got up from the couch to pace in front of the fireplace.
"Well, maybe it won't be that bad, responsibility wise. I mean, what with splitting the estate up between you and your siblings, you'll probably only have to deal with a few bits here and there," said Lily hoping to lighten the mood.
"It's already been divided," said Andy simply.
"You already split it up?" asked Lily a little surprised to hear that her friend had already made a decision.
"No, the estate was already split up before she died. Everything in that letter, now… belongs to me," said Andy with some difficulty.
"Every…thing?" said Lily wide eyed. Lily quickly rescanned the letter and found the list of items. A mansion outside of Manchester, a cottage in Cambridge, some property in Edinburgh, Liverpool, and Bristol, along with enough gold to fill at least three vaults at Gringotts.
"Holy Cricket!" said Lily in a breathless astonishment. "H-how are you dealing with it?"
"Oh, I was fine until I found out what exactly my life will become," said Andy as her voice grew more harshly. "You know I thought she was just teaching me to be a tough old bird like herself. When in actuality, she was teaching me to be a bloody heiress!"
"Miranda, it's not that bad," said Lily trying to calm her down.
"N-not that bad!" stuttered Andy. "Lily! My entire life has been mapped out for me without even the consideration of what I want to do. The world as I know it now will contain nothing of what I want to do, but me being sucked into the whole 'pure-blood' lot, and having to deal with people like the Malfoys and the Blacks, once I graduate from here. And if that's something that I'm going to be forced to deal with, then forget it!"
"Well what is it you want to do?" said Lily.
"I DON'T KNOW!" screamed Andy in frustration. "Maybe I'll be a med-witch, or work with something dealing with astronomy, or with the magical law enforcement department. I don't know, but this," said Andy picking up the letter, "sure is hell isn't what I want to do." After that statement, Andy began to scream in frustration.
"Feel better?" said Lily when Andy retook her seat on the couch.
"Yeah, a little bit actually."
"Good," said Lily simply. With that, Lily took a nearby pillow and hit Andy across the face with it.
"Ow, geez what was that for?"
"For being a drama queen. You told me if you ever blew up again, I was to hit you," said Lily. Andy stared dumbly at her friend and couldn't help but laugh at the way she blew up a few minutes ago, along with Lily.
"As for this," chuckled Lily as she picked up the letter again, "you've got, what, almost two and a half years left to decided what to do. You're reading too much into this. My advise to you is just to wait a couple awhile and decide what you want to do with you life when the time is right."
"Yeah, maybe your right." sighed Andy. "I mean when I talked to Professor Dumbledore when I got back, he said that I didn't need to make any rash decisions until I felt I was ready to deal with the responsibility. Lily I was kinda hoping that we could keep this between us. I really don't want the others to know yet," said Andy.
"Sure. If that's what you want. You have my word."
"Thanks. So what's up with you? How are things at home?"
"Urgh, I kinda wishing I didn't have to go back this summer," said Lily with some disgust. Andy quickly shot her a quizzical look upon hearing her statement.
"I found out from my mum that Petunia's boyfriend is coming to visit for the summer. Vernon Dursley," said Lily with a shutter.
"That fat bloke that ran into me when I was over at your house a few years back?" said Andy.
"The same one."
"Man I was wrong. You've got it worse than I do."
The next few months were very hectic for the fifth and seventh years at Hogwarts. The teachers loaded them down with tons of assignments, essays, quizzes, and tests that were enough to give anyone a headache. A few students broke down in the middle of their studies, but were given a well deserved nights rest in the hospital wing to cure them. Before anyone knew, it was time for exams and the fifth students found themselves sitting in the Great Hall taking their written Defense Against the Dark Arts O.W.L. exam.
All of the students were scattered throughout the hall busy scribbling down answers on their exams. Lily and Kelly were placed near the front of the room, while Felicia, Andy and Karen were placed toward the back. As luck would have it, Andy and Karen were placed next to each other, while Felicia was placed on the other side of the room directly behind Sirius.
As the stop time neared, Andy finished off the last sentence to her answer and stretched out her arms in front of her along with her slightly cramped fingers. Once the she began to regain the feeling in different parts of her body, she began to look around at the other students hunched over their papers writing feverishly and scratching out their mistakes. Karen soon finished as well and the two of them began to silently make fun of the way some people were acting.
Karen was the first to spot Severus Snape hunched over his desk with his nose just barely touching his paper. While Andy noticed James messing up his hair again once Professor Flitwick gave the five-minute warning. She also noticed him turning around and grinned to someone behind him. It was then that she saw Sirius lounging in his chair, tilting it back on to the two back legs and gave James the thumbs-up.
'Well don't we think we're all that and more,' thought Andy disgustedly.
Andy and Karen then noticed Felicia eyeing him with a dream like glint. It was then Andy decided to poke a little fun at her and pretended to sigh and swoon dramatically, while fanning herself. It took Karen a great deal of self-restrain not to burst out laughing in the middle of the exam.
Right before time was called, Andy noticed James doodling on a piece of parchment and then quickly scratched it out once time was called. After Flitwick had been knocked back with the hundred or more rolls of parchment flying at him, he dismissed everyone and went into the next room.
Karen, Andy, and Felicia waited near the doors for Lily and Kelly to make their way up the aisles. After which they followed the rest of the crowd out of the castle and into the bright sunshine.
"What's up with the shades?" asked Felicia noticing the pair of sunglasses on Andy's face.
"Going for a new image. What do you think?" said Andy as she showed off her dark specs.
"Why do you need a new image?" inquired Kelly.
"I'm tired of being the sporty one out of the bunch, it just doesn't suit me," said Andy as they neared the lake's shore. "I mean look, Lily is the brainy one. Karen's the shy yet modest one. Kelly is the artistic one, and Felicia is the boy crazed."
"I'm not boy crazed!" screeched Felicia. She and the rest took a seat on the beach and cooled their feet in the water.
"Right…then who was it practically drooling over a certain dark haired boy?" said Karen.
"I wasn't drooling," said Felicia with a pout.
"Felicia, there was a pool of liquid left on your desk from gawking at him," said Kelly.
"I still don't understand what you see in that git," said Andy lied back to catch some rays. A few moments later, all of the girls noticed a bunch of students running toward the weeping willow tree that was behind them.
"Now what's going on!" said Karen, a little annoyed but highly curious.
"Another run in with Snivellus," sighed Andy, not at all amused, as she laid back down after seeing James and Sirius confronting their favorite target.
"Why don't you go stop them?" asked Lily a little confused.
"Uh, because last time I checked I wasn't Professor McGonagall. Nor their mother. Thank God," said Andy in a very blunt tone as she continued to soak up the sun. Needless to say all four of the girls were a little bit surprised at Andy's remark. Normally Andy would go ahead and force the Marauders to stop.
"Since when did you stop caring about them?" asked Karen.
"Since I washed my hands of them and decided to grow up a bit. I'm not their keeper so why should I have to tell them what to do. They're big boys. They can take care of themselves, and if they want to get into trouble with the Detention Nazi, then so be it," replied Andy in the same tone as before.
"Wish some people would adopt that philosophy," whispered Felicia to Kelly. Lily simply glared at them and stood up to brush off some of the sand on her robes.
"Well if you won't do anything, then I will," said Lily in a firm tone. With that she turned on her heels and made her way over to the gathering crowd. From the looks of things now, Snape was twitching and struggling on the ground while shout out a number of curses as James and Sirius towered over him.
"Lily come on!" said Kelly. She quickly looked over at Andy who continued to simply lie there on the beach.
"Hey, not my problem," said Andy as she put up her hands in defense. "It's her turn to deal with them anyway. She is the prefect after all."
While Felicia, Kelly, and Karen continued to watch the scene play out, Andy listened closely as to what was unfolding just a few feet away.
"Leave him ALONE!" yelled Lily to James and Sirius. The girls could see Severus lying on the ground with bubbles coming out of him mouth.
"Ugh, some people's children. You'd think that they might grow up," stated Felicia.
"Yeah, and which one of us has the hots for one of them again?" said Andy as she glanced over toward where Felicia was sitting.
"All right Evans?" said James in a pleasant, deep tone.
"Leave him alone," repeated Lily. "What's he done to you?"
"Well, it's more the fact that he exists, if you know what I mean…" said James as he drew up his point.
Andy couldn't help but snicker at James's answer. Even though she was trying to become a better (less trouble making) person, she still had to give James's props for an excellent reason to do to what he was doing.
"You think you're so funny, but you're just an arrogant bullying toerag, said Lily coldly. "Leave him alone."
"I will if you go out with me, Evans," said James quickly. Lily was slightly taken back at his reply, while Andy quickly shot up and turned her head so fast that she cricked her neck, upon hearing James.
'Please tell me he did do what I think he did,' thought Andy.
"Go on…Go out with me, and I'll never lay a wand on old Snivelly again," said James with a slight smile and almost confident tone of voice. Now if it hadn't been for his hand slightly twitching nervously, Andy would have believed his whole confident front.
"Urhhh…James! You idiot!" muttered Andy to herself as she slapped her hand to her forehead in disbelief and laid back down on the ground.
"I wouldn't go out with you if it was a choice between you and the giant squid," replied Lily.
"Bad luck, Prongs," said Sirius briskly, turning back to Snape. "OY!"
Like a flash, Snape grabbed his wand and fired a curse at James, causing a gash to appear on the side of his face and spattering his robes with his own blood. Andy and the rest of the girls saw the flash of light hit James and the blood spattering from where they were. Without really thinking, Andy immediately shot up, but Felicia pulled her back toward the group.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa…hang on Andy," said Felicia.
James quickly spun around and fired another hex at Snape. A second later, everyone found Severus hanging upside down in the air, his robes falling over his head, and reveling his skinny, pasty legs and a pair of graying underpants.
Everyone standing around broke out in laughter and cheers, including Kelly, Felicia, Karen, and Andy. Even Lily cracked a grin at the display before her, but quickly returned to her business-like mode.
"Let him down!"
"Certainly", said James at let Snape fall into a crumpled heap on the ground. As soon as Snape was on his feet again, Sirius shouted out a hex that caused Snape to once again keel over and go rigid.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" shouted Lily. In the blink of an eye, she pulled out her own wand and pointed it threateningly at the two. James and Sirius eyed it suspiciously
"Ah, Evans, don't me hex you," said James solemnly.
"Then take the curse off him!"
James sighed deeply and muttered the countercurse at Snape. "There you go, you're lucky Evans was here, Snivellus."
"I don't need help from filthy Mudbloods like her!" spat Snape venomously.
"Oh, no he didn't!" said Felicia with a fire in her eyes.
"Oh, that little punk!" growled Andy as she ripped off her sunglasses. With that the two started to head over toward the crowed group and have a go, but were held back by their two friends.
"Hey, ease up enforcers. Let's let Lil handle it," said Kelly as she tried to hold back Felicia.
"Fine, I won't bother to in the future," said Lily coolly. "And I'd wash your pants if I were you, Snivellus."
"Ha ha…that's my girl!" chuckled Andy.
"Apologize to Evans!" roared James.
"I don't want you to make him apologize! You're just as bad as he is…" said Lily as she rounded on James.
"What? I'd NEVER call you a-you-know-what!" said James in his defense.
"Oh please! Messing up your hair because you think it looks cool to look like you've just got off your broom, showing off with that stupid Snitch, walking down corridors and hexing anyone who annoys you--I'm surprised your broomstick can even get off the ground with that fat head on it. You make me SICK!" blasted Lily. With that she turned on her heels and hurried away back toward where her friends were.
"Evans! Hey, EVANS!" called out James. "What is it with her?"
"Reading between lines, I'd say she thinks you're a bit conceited, mate," said Sirius.
"Hey Lily, are you okay?" said Karen.
"I'll be fine. Just leave me alone," said Lily as she grabbed her books, and headed off along the shoreline.
"Lily!" called out Felicia as she started to run off after her.
"Felicia, no," said Andy as she grabbed her arm. "Let her go. She needs to blow off some steam." Felicia nodded in response realizing that talking to a pissed off Lily was a lost cause.
Andy turned back toward where the group and sighed deeply. 'Oh Jay. You're never going to get her like that.' With another deep sigh, Andy went over her bag and pulled out her wand and stuffed it in her pocket.
"Where are you off to?" inquired Kelly.
"To stop something, before it gets to far out of hand," said Andy as she put on her sunglasses again and walked over to crowd.
"Who wants me too see me take off Snivelly's pants?" asked James, while he held Snape upside down again.
"Aww, Jay now why would you say something like that? There are children out here!" said Andy in a mock-disgusted tone.
"Oh look, if it isn't the other one," spat Sirius.
"Oh look, if it isn't a walking punch line," spat Andy in the same tone. Sirius was about to spout out a counter insult, but James gave him a warning look. "Not now mate," he whispered.
"What do you want, Andy?" sighed James in annoyance.
"Well hello to you too," said Andy as she clipped her sunglasses to her robes. "I just came too see what all the commotion was all about." She walked over to where Snape was dangling and bent down to his eye level.
"Hmmm…I don't know James. Personally I'd throw it back into the lake. But that's just me," said Andy.
"I don't need any of your comments, mudblood," growled Snape. James was about to say something, but was interrupted by Andy.
"Ooohh…I'm so hurt," said Andy sarcastically. "You know Severus, for someone who claims to be so smart, you really need to get some new come back names. Personally I take the name mudblood as a compliment."
"I was right before. You really do need help," chuckled Snape.
"That's probably true. But see being a mudblood is actually being better than a cold-hearted, self-centered, stuck-up prick of a pureblood, like yourself," said Andy cheerfully.
"Go to hell," roared Snape.
"Mmmm, nope. Sorry. But hey, at least your working on those come backs. In the mean time, why don't you just put a sock in it for now," said Andy as she pulled out her wand. "SILENCIO!" With that, Snape continued to move his mouth, but no sound came out.
"There. That's better," said Andy as she put her wand away and turned back to James and Sirius.
"Now if only that would work for you," said Sirius.
"That's funny. I was just thinking the exact same thing about you. Do what to test my theory?" said Andy.
"Okay, what do you want, Star?" said James, not really in the mood to deal with another battle of insults between Sirius and Andy.
"Now what makes you think I'd want anything?" said Andy sweetly. She batted her eyelashes to give an oh so innocent look, which James didn't fall for. He simply cocked an eyebrow and glared at her.
"Oh, okay," sighed Andy in defeat. "I was just going to tell you…"
"You were just going to tell us to leave him alone," interrupted Sirius.
"Can I please shut him up!" snarled Andy, as she rolled her eyes.
"Padfoot," said James in a warning tone, before turning back toward Andy.
"I was going to tell you, before I was so rudely interrupted, was if you really wanted to serve detention a week before we go on holiday?" said Andy.
"Why do you care?" asked James.
"I don't really," shrugged Andy. "I just wouldn't want to be you when your mum hears about it."
"How would she even know?" said James not seeing the point.
"Oh, I don't know. Someone could owl her," said Andy with a sly smirk. It was then that James fully understood what she was implying.
"Y-you wouldn't?" said James a little nervous. The last time his mother found out that he had served a detention right before a holiday, he received a howler that practically blew up the moment it entered Hogwarts.
"Maybe I would and then maybe I wouldn't. Do you want to find out?"
James thought for a moment, and decided to not test Andy, even though he had a gut feeling she was just bluffing. With a sigh of defeat, James jerked his wand up and let Snape fall down again.
"Prongs, how could you even listen to her!" said Sirius mortified. James didn't answer him but just continued to glare at Andy, as he stuffed his wand away.
"That was pretty low using the mum card," said Sirius to Andy.
"Yeah, it was pretty low," said Andy as she hung her head in shame, before she looked back up with a gleeful look on her face. "Oh well," she added brightly. She turned on her heals and began to walk away, until…
"Why you little…" started Sirius as he made for his wand that he had put away.
"Sirius!" yelled James. But before Sirius or James could pull out their wands, Andy had already reached for hers and pointed it straight at Sirius's throat.
"Go ahead, Blackie. Go on make a move for it. I dare you," said Andy threateningly. Sirius began to blink profusely as he calculated the tip of Andy's wand and the gleam of hatred in her eyes.
"Ahh, your nothing but a waste of my time," said Sirius coolly as he let go of his wand's handle.
"Says the one who chicken out," replied Andy in the same tone before she put her wand away.
"Oh and Snivellus, I wouldn't try to pull that little trick, since McGonagall is heading over right now," added Andy before she turned to leave the three of them to deal with McGonagall.
Later on that evening, James found himself sitting in the common room after dinner. He and Sirius managed to avoid getting detention, but instead had 40 points taken away for attacking a student. As he looked over some of his notes from Transfiguration, he couldn't help but think about what had happen earlier today with Lily.
'What is with that girl? One minute she annoying as ever, and the next she's so irresistible. She seemed to like me during the Christmas holiday, and she hasn't really been the know-it-all-prefect like she was before. So why won't she go out with me? And what gives her the right to call me conceded, when she acts like the know it all in class?' thought James.
"Girls are way to complicated," muttered James to himself.
"I thought great ones didn't need to study?" said a voice in front of James. As he blinked out of his daydream he found Andy standing on the other side of the table he was sitting at with a smirk.
"Leave me alone, Andy," sighed James as he flipped opened his book.
"Ohh…someone's in a grumpy mood," said Andy.
"Well you would be too if you had 40 points taken away."
"40? Is that all? You're lucky it wasn't more. McGonagall must have been in a good mood today," said Andy as she took a seat.
"What do you want?"
"Uh, nothing. I was sitting down at an empty seat since there is nowhere else to sit, and the library is too noisy with students freaking out. But if I'm not welcome, I'll leave," said Andy as she started to get up.
"No, it's fine. I'm sorry. Just been a bit preoccupied," said James apologetically.
"What's up with you Jay? Where did you go a few minutes ago? When I walked in, it looked like you were off in Potterland," said a very concerned Andy.
"I'm fine. I was just thinking about what happened earlier with Snivellus," said James not really wanting to elaborate.
"Ahh. Sorry about that whole mum thing," said Andy apologetically. "Didn't really know what else to say to get you to stop. So what did the slime ball do to cause you and the buffoon to hang him upside down?"
"Nothing. Just needed something to do," said James straightforwardly.
"He didn't do anything?" asked a surprised Andy. James simply nodded in response. "James, you got to stop doing that. Sure Snivellus is a pompous, arrogant, stuck-up, annoying, little weasel, but if you keep hanging up upside down by his underwear, he's going to retaliate."
"Don't tell me this another one of those big-sister like speeches, again?" whined James.
"James, I'm serious. I know your good with a wand, but your not that good. Severus could have the upper hand at any time. I mean look at today with that thing on your face. If he could pull that off with no problem, then there is no telling what he's capable in the future," said Andy.
"Andy, I appreciate your concern, but I'll be fine. I can handle Snivellus," said James as if it were nothing, while digging through his bag.
"Fine, but if you find yourself in the hospital wing, or worse, don't come crying to me," said Andy. As James continued to search through is bag for his quill, Andy noticed a scrap of parchment that fell on the floor.
"Hey you drop something," she said as she bent over to pick it up. When she examined it she saw a hand drawn snitch and an ink blob, which look like someone had scratched out something. Curious to know, Andy performed a removal spell and found that underneath the ink were the initials L.E.
"Hey James?"
"What?" said James as he pulled out is quill.
"Who's 'L.E'?" asked an amused Andy.
"Who?"
"L.E. What you wrote on this scrap parchment. Who is it?" said Andy as she waved the piece of parchment in James's face. When he saw the parchment, all the color in his face nearly drained away.
"Wh-How did you…What makes you think that it's a person?" stuttered James.
"I don't know. Call it woman's intuition. So come on who is it?" asked a persistent Andy.
"It's no one. It's nothing."
"Right. Now judging by the color on your face and the mention of this L.E. I'm thinking that it stands for a girl."
"Give it back," said James as he made a grab for it but missed.
"No. Now let me think. Could this L.E. stand for Laura Engle? Nope that's not it. She's not really your type," said Andy.
"What makes you think it's even a girl?"
"Well then what does it stand for?"
"Uhh…Uhh," stuttered James. He was completely at a lost.
"Right. Thought so. Now let me think…who could it be. Lauren Elway? Nah. Lacy Elsworth? Nope, to young."
"I'm not listening to this," said James as he went back to looking over his notes.
"Leighanna Edwards? No, she's not really in your league. Hmm…who could it be? Lily Evans?" said Andy thoughtfully. She watched for a reaction from James. She saw that James's ears began to turn pink, and that he began to squirm in his chair a bit.
"Ah-HA! I knew it! I KNEW IT! It is her? Isn't it?" screamed Andy gleefully.
"E-Evans? Yeah right," chuckled James.
"Don't lie to me, Potter. You know your bad at it when it comes to me. Besides, I saw you checking her out," said Andy smugly.
"When?"
"Why should I tell you, since you're the one calling me a liar," replied Andy coyly. Seeing that it this was a battle that he was loosing drastically, James decided to come clean.
"All right! All right. If you must know then, yes, they stand for Lily. There are you satisfied?" said James in defeat.
"Immensely. But I already knew."
"How?"
"Well I did see you check her out after the accident outside the hospital wing," said Andy.
"Yeah, well that's probably the last time I'll do that," said James in a matter of fact tone.
"Why's that?"
"Come on, Andy. You saw what happed when I asked her out. She practically told me to drop dead. I don't understand why she said 'no'. Why is your type so difficult," sighed James.
"Well for starters, we're not the difficult ones. You are. Also, you were practically black-mailing her into going out with her," said Andy.
"So then how do I ask her out then 'oh great one'?" asked James as he fell back into his chair.
"Well the first thing to do, is to avoid black-mailing potential dates. Second, you need to stop acting like that prat you hang out with. Which now that I've said that is a lost cause right there," sighed Andy.
"Why can't I go back to the world I know," said James as a throw away question.
"Sorry, James but this is what happens on the road to growing up. Once you've started down the path, there is no turning back," stated Andy.
"Alright there, Dumbledore," said James jokingly, ending the conversation and heading upstairs to his room to get some rest before another day of exams.
A/N Well there it is, chapter 14. I will give you a little preview of what's to come in the next chapter: It's going to start at the beginning of their sixth year, and there are going to be some changes in personality for some characters and hidden secrets that will be revealed in later chapters. Okay that's all I'm saying for now.
Disclaimer: Look I've told you once, I've told you thirteen other times. It's all J.K. Rowling. I own nothing except this stories idea and the characters I made up.