A/N

Was that a long time? Oops, sorry XD

But good news! I passed my CM Test and now I'm not as stressed :D

Also spring break is coming so I'm happy :)

Disclaimer: If I was J.K. Rowling I would be rich...so...

"Wake up and smell the lilies, Lily!" came a joyful cry from the other side of Lily's red curtain. It was Saturday, but today, Lily really did not feel like getting up early and beginning homework. She hadn't been able to sleep well recently, and Saturday was a day for her to sleep in.

Sadly, Marlene was still hyper and slapping her curtains from the other side. "Go away, Marlene."

"I can't go away! This is my dorm too, you know!" Lily couldn't see her, but could already imagine the pout that must have appeared on her face.

"And you know," her tone had changed. "The Marauders posted the twelvth question today!" she continued in a sing-song voice.

"I hate the number twelve," Lily mumbled into her pillow.

"Well fine! We'll just answer it without you! I mean, if you don't want to be part of something exciting in your last year at Hogwarts, I suppose I'll just go ahead by myself and make this year something special, if you—"

"…Marlene?" groaned Mary's voice. "It's five in the morning. Please shut up."

"FIVE!" Lily hollered, "You're waking me up at five for some stupid Marauder thing!"

Marlene gave a frightened little squeal, and went back to bed, but not before muttering, "You seemed pretty keen to go on a date with Potter a few weeks ago…"

Lily's alarm clock rang: nine o'clock. Thank god she hadn't gotten up when Marlene told her to four hours ago.

Surprisingly, Mary and Alice were already getting ready. Marlene was still in a deep sleep.

"Shhh…don't wake her," Alice said, grinning mischievously and placing a finger in front of her lips.

Lily, for some reason, smiled triumphantly and quietly got ready.

When all three of them were dressed, they began to leave. Mary turned the knob and pulled the door. It swung open slowly, giving a squeeeeaaaal as it turned on its hinges.

Marlene jumped up and yanked aside her curtains.

She gave a gasp. "You were leaving without me! How dare you!"

She leaped out of bed like a tiger catching prey and slammed the door shut. "You three are going to wait right here while I get ready! Nobody leaves without Marlene McKinnon!"

Lily gave an audible groan. (Why on earth was Marlene so excited and hyper today? She's have to ask her that when she calmed down later...Marlene was usually hyper, but was never this energetic...something must have happened...)

Marlene, who was such a girly girl, would take forever to get ready. But it would take even longer this time, because she would do it one purpose.

She wasn't wrong. After a solid forty minutes, Marlene appeared in the bathroom doorway.

"Tada!" She exclaimed. She looked just like she did every other day, but it had taken her twice as long to get ready. Lily didn't know why they didn't just sneak out while she wasn't looking but they didn't want to have to face Marlene's wrath if they were caught and the girl peeked out of the bathroom every once in a while to make sure her friends were in the room. Lily wondered why she was so hyper and happy today… "Ready to answer the question?" bounced Marlene down the stairs.

"Oh I had forgotten all about it," Lily said offhandedly. "Let's go, I suppose."

The four girls crowded in front of the bulletin and looked at the same time.

Potter here.

Now this one is a bit feminine.

But the result is going to be BEAUTIFULLY amazing, I promise.

What is your favorite flower? (Personally, I love lilies.)

Lily blushed. Nobody needed to ask why.

"Me first! Oh, I love carnations, they're beautiful—pink carnations!" Marlene quickly input her answer.

"Hmm…tulips for me. I've always loved them ever since Frank—you know—tulips—" Alice turned red, stumbled on her words, and hastily turned away. "Mary?"

"Petunias!" and Lily was painfully reminded of her sister back home.

She stared blankly at the parchment.

"Um…Lily?" Mary tapped her on the shoulder. "Your turn."

"Hurry, Lily! Write 'l-i-l-i-e-s'!" Marlene said, laughing, "it's not that hard."

"What?"

"You know, your favorite flower is the lily, right?" she replied, "I mean, it's your name, so naturally it would be your favorite…" Mary nodded along.

Lily felt her ears turn red. "Oh, um, right." She hastily wrote her answer and followed her friends back upstairs.

"Lily?"

"I'm doing homework."

"Yeah, I have a question about the Charms essay?" Mary asked.

"Go ask Alice. She's good at Charms." Lily didn't look at her and continued writing her own essay.

Alice gave a small puff of pride, but she deflated as soon as she looked at Lily's face. "…are you angry at us?" Lily gave an enormous huff, "No! Why would I be mad! I'm not mad, okay?! So stop treating me like I'm on my period or something because I'm not and I'm feeling perfectly fine!"

"Lily," Mary asked quietly, "You are upset…why?"

"I don't know, okay?" she answered through her teeth.

That was a lie.

"Well, cheer up!" Marlene said excitedly, "The results to the flowers will be shown soon!"

There it was.

Lily knew exactly why she was unhappy.

And the thought of having lilies would definitely not cheer her up.

Because Lily hated lilies.

They looked big and garish and showy even when there was nothing special to show.

The smell was overpowering and it clogged up her nostrils every time she got close.

And she was sick and tired of people assuming that she loved them simply because it was her name.

Nobody ever questioned her 'love' for them, not even once.

Not even Marlene or Mary or Alice, who had been one of her best friends for six years…

Yeah, ouch.

A/N

Kind of short, sorry. :P And part of it SEEMS pointless, I know...

I'm not quite sure when the part two will be up, because I siriusly have SO MANY stories to work on...like The Phobia List and The Secret of the Sorcerer's Stone...(which you can go check out, hint hint ;))

And I'm doing a prompt challenge with one of my friends: Saichryne, so I have that to work on too...

OH AND OMG I FINALLY WATCHED DIVERGENT IT WAS AMAZING OKAY I CAN'T FEELSPLOSION...we can fangirl together if you review or PM me :P

Review and I will love you forever.

-TheEvilPinkCupcake