Sorry I know it's been a while…
Chapter 2: A big day
Ami's POV (Stripes):
"Get up!" someone yells in my ear.
"Shove off" I mumble half asleep. I don't even open my eyes.
"Fine" they say and walk off. Good, I get some time to sleep more. I'm glad however it was left, so I could go back asleep. Without warning, something wet and very cold hits me. Fully awake now, I jump out of the bed. Unfortunately, the floor was wet too, so I slipped and fell with a thud! I look up to see a laughing Padfoot and Prongs.
"Gits" I say standing up.
"Wha?" Ashlyn, my roommate, asks just waking up.
"You should have seen your face!" James manages out between laughing fits.
"Ya ya ya. Shut it will you" I look at him.
"Ami! It's not very nice to talk like that! You're grounded!" Sirius yells in a fatherly impression. I roll my eyes.
"ya ok now out!" I say pointing to the door.
"This is the girls dorms. How did you even get here?" Ashlyn speaks up.
"Aww we just got here little s. And besides we have Pete to levitate us little c" James replies in a know-it-all manner.
"I'm not little!" I retort.
"Not little? You say you're not little! You are like five feet off the ground! You only reach my shoulders!" Sirius argues standing next to me.
"Even I can rest my chin on your head" James adds going behind me to rest his chin on top of my head. I reach up and slap him. They were mean, and finally Prongs moves away.
"So yes, you are little" They say together.
"I told you I'm not little!" I complain.
"Look" Sirius says as he picks me up and throws me over his shoulder. I barely have time to react.
"Wait. Hey! Put me down" I screech.
"Yep. She even weighs as much as a feather. Hey try it Prongs!" Sirius goes on to take me from his shoulder and hand me to James. I don't even touch the ground.
"Yep she's so light" James agrees.
"Put me down" I cry out worriedly.
"Aww is little S afraid of heights?" James teases.
"ha ha very funny. Put me down… NOW!" I almost yell.
"Fine Stripes. No need to get upset." He says then drops me to the floor. It didn't really hurt at all. Luckily Lily happened to be standing in the doorway right when he dropped me.
"That's mean Potter. No throwing people" Lily says coming to my aid. "And you're not supposed to be in here. It's the girl's dorms."
"Evans, didn't see you there!" Prongs' eyes light up.
"Just go down stairs Potter" Evans says.
"Evans! Please can't I stay with Ami and Ash?" James asks.
"No. Go down stairs" Ash replies. James grumbles something incoherent, but does go down. I watch him slide down and out of view. "You too Paddyfoot."
"I but…" One look from Ashlyn and Sirius shuts up and slides down the reforming stairs.
"When will they ever learn?" I ask.
"What I'm wondering is how you two can put up with that every day" Lily admits.
"Aw they aren't that bad" I defend.
"Well Black is just annoying I guess. But Potter is a stubborn, arrogant bully" Lily says like it's the most obvious thing in the world.
"Well I do agree that Sirius is quite annoying, but James isn't like that all" Ash says.
"James is actually really sweet" I agree.
"Ya right." Lily snorts.
"And he is maturing" I add.
"Him? Maturing?" Lily looks confused.
"Yes. You wouldn't see it though. Ever since you said he was an arrogant bully to his face, he has been trying hard to improve" Ash nods.
"I well… bye" And just like that, the red head is gone. I get moving and get ready to go downstairs. I don't even notice Ash sneak past me. When I'm ready I go down stairs to find the common room empty. This is very unusual. I decide to wait on my friends, because I don't know if they are upstairs and what not. Five minutes later and they still don't show up. Oh well. My stomach groans telling me to go the Great hall for breakfast. Listening to it, I go there and push open the doors.
I should mention that it is my birthday. I am now fourteen on this very day. I honestly haven't said anything yet because, well with my friends, well you get the point. I remember telling them last year and it was embarrassing. They forced all the Gryffindor guys to give me flowers. I know, it sounds sweet but the problem is that my house is obnoxious and loud. All the older guys would shout it for the world to hear. And after all that, I ended up with a week of detention. That is the exact reason I didn't bring it up this year. Hopefully I am successful.
Sirius's POV:
Stripes hasn't mentioned that it's her birthday at all yet. I wonder if she even knows. Well she'll have a big surprise. Ashlyn looks like she wants to say something. "Shh we don't know it's Ami's Birthday. Got it? Now act like I said something funny, she's coming" I whisper in her ear.
"But that's not funny" Ash says out loud.
"was too" I pout.
"Aww you look so cute when your sad" Ami teases sitting next to me.
"You like what you see?" I grin at her, which causes her to roll her dark-brown eyes.
"Oh no eww" She scrunches up that cute nose of hers.
"Aww what?" I try not to look to offended.
"Kidding" She says and tilts her head. Her long, blond hair falls back with her movements.
"You get offended too easily" Ash pipes up. I totally forgot she was there. Sighing, I go back to eating. Pretty soon, we're all done.
"I forgot something!" Ash abruptly stands up. "Ami your coming."
"Why do I need to go? You can walk yourself" Ami protests.
"No I can't" Ash replies pulling on Ami. Ashlyn sends me a look before walking out. Part one of plan A is complete.
"Part two guys" James says and we all nod. Once we exit the Great Hall, we run all the way to the common room. We take the quickest way knowing that Ash pulled Ami up the longest way.
"Hurry we only have a few minutes" I say as we rush. We all pull out small wrapped boxes and I pull comfortable chairs in a circle. We all sit down in them, leaving two empty, when the girls walk in.
"Homestly, why we had to walk the farthest way… Why are you four here?" Ami says following Ash in.
"Surprise!" We all shout.
"What?" Ami asks. Ash takes a seat.
"Sit" Remus commands pushing down on her shoulders until she sits.
"HERE!" I yell maybe a little too enthusiastically and toss a package in her lap. My present is easily the smallest but whatever.
"Huh? Aw you shouldn't have" Ami starts.
"Well I just did. Now I can't really take it back so open it" I cut her off. "Oh and Happy Birthday. Don't think that I would forget" I add.
"Well then" she says but opens it. She pulls out a silver dog tag. On the tag, it reads Property of Sirius O. Black. If lost, return to Sirius O. Black. "That's… er… sweet Padfoot. Thank you."
"No problem" I say leaning back in my chair. Peter timidly hands her a package. I watch as she pulls out a few chocolate frogs. She nods thanks, and then James gave her a pretty big package.
"It's not really as heavy as it looks. And besides, this doubles as a 'I'm Sorry' gift for accidentally knocking you into the black lake, twice, last year. It was an accident though." James informs.
"Oh yea! I remember that. The water was still partially frozen too. Dang that was cold" Ami says opening it. "Oh wow. That's beautiful."
"What?" Ash asks.
"This" Ami pulls out a picture of all of us in our first year. We were all on the train, the first time I met the Blonde. All of us seem to be laughing, and Ami is nervously laughing. She is a muggle born, so at that time she knew nothing of Hogwarts. Because we all had at least one magic parent, we decided to be kind of mean and told her scary things. Looking back at it, what we told her wasn't very scary, or even true. Nevertheless, she got all wide eyed and didn't talk very much. That's what the picture is of, and Ami thinks it's a wonderful memory now.
Ami reaches in and pulls out another picture. This time we are all goofing off at our first trip to Hogsmead, which was last year. Peter held a lot of candy. I watch as Ami pulls out a stag stuffed animal and a white tiger stuffed animal. "That's classic" Ami says. Every year, James always gets her a white tiger stuffed animal and a stag stuffed animal. You should know that Ami's animigus is a white tiger. James's is a stag. "Thanks Prongs." She puts all the stuff on the floor to receive yet another box.
"That's a lot of stuff" Ami says looking at the pile of opened presents on the floor.
"Yep now open mine. I have the best one" Remus says urging her on.
"No I defiantly do" James argues.
"No guys I do" I fight.
"I'll be the judge of that" Ami interrupts. Opening the box, her jaw drops. "No way in the universe!"
"Well there has to be a way. Somehow, even if it involves time travel" Ash answers. Ami holds up a Puddlemere United tee shirt on one side. It's signed by the whole team.
"Turn it around" Remus instructs. She does so and sees that there is the American National Quidditch team on the back. That is signed by the U.S. official team, as well as the Sweetwater Allstars team from Texas.
"How? That must have cost a fortune! Moony! You don't have to spend that much money on me." She must not be that upset because she gets up and flings her arms around Moony, who hugs her back awkwardly. I watch with envy. Wait what? I don't care.
"But I did. Think of it as 'I'm sorry I accidentally caused you to fall off the Astronomy tower last month' and 'Hey look you helped me get an O in muggle studies' payment." Moony nods.
"That was terrifying. One moment I was safely at the top of that thing and then the next I'm in midair falling to my doom" Ami points out and pulls away.
"Look I'm sorry. But I did catch you with a levitation charm" Remus replies.
"Just, let's not do it again" Ami says. She sits down. "Thanks a lot Remus. That's awesome!" Ami beams at Remus.
"Ok deal" Remus nods. "And your welcome" He looks at us smugly. Well played Moony.
"Ok here" Ash says, handing a neat little box to Ami. I watch as an identical smiles reaches both of them. Ami gracefully pulls the ribbon undone and opens the box.
"That's beautiful" Ami says in awe. I lean over her shoulder to see a necklace. It has two silver cats and Sapphire in the middle. "Aww thanks." Ami gets up and hugs Ash, who hugs her back. Their features are so similar, they look like sisters. They have the same dark blond hair, dark-ish eyes, small height, ect. Yet, they aren't even related. They both sit down, Ami with a huge smile played on her as before. This was going to be a good day.
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