AN: As requested, I've moved into their fifth year. Hope you guys like it!
In the morning Lily was rudely awoken by Alice who was knocking on her head. She groaned as she turned to her side causing Alice to fall on the stone floor. Lily heard Alice yelp but Lily couldn't care less. Serves her right for waking me up, she thought.
"Lily you have to get out of bed unless you want McGonagall to give us detention on our first day back!" she said, shaking Lily. Lily's eyes snapped open.
"Classes!" she said as she threw off her covers. She scurried to the end of her bed and pulled out her uniform from her trunk. She washed up, wore her uniform and was ready in five minutes flat.
"That has go to be a world record for the fastest any one has ever gotten dressed," Alice mused. Once Mary and Marlene were ready, the four girls went down to the Great Hall for breakfast. As soon as they sat down, Lily poured herself a glass of juice.
"So how are things with you and Frank?" Marlene asked Alice biting into her toast. Alice and Frank Longbottom had started "courting" each other in their fourth year. At this Alice sat up a bit straighter.
"Good," came her reply.
Marlene was not satisfied. "Is there something you're not telling us?" she enquired.
"Well... I've been meaning to tell you guys... It's not much... But Frank and I went out a couple of times during the summer," she finished, turning red. Lily couldn't be happier for her friend. It was common knowledge that Frank and Alice were meant to be. Well, it was common knowledge to those who weren't Frank and Alice.
"Really?" Mary squeeled. "What did you do?" Mary wanted to know. Mary loved soppy, romantic stories. Especially real ones. Mary didn't talk much around others but her close friends knew how well informed she was. If you wanted any information about anybody at Hogwarts, Mary was the person to go to. Lily always thought that Mary had a bipolar personality, but all the same Lily didn't know what she would do without her.
"He took me out to restaurant once. The food was fabulous! And on the second date we went to the muggle movies," Alice said softly.
Before she could say any more, Marlene interrupted her. "Please spare us the details," she cried dramatically, squeezing her eyes shut and throwing her hands over her ears causing Lily to snicker, Mary to glare at her and Alice to turn an even deeper shade of red. Marlene didn't believe in love, she thought it was just something people made up in their heads as they went along.
"That's sounds wonderful Alice!" Lily said in a desperate attempt to divert everyones attention. Alice just gave her a sheepish grin. Lily wished Alice knew how lucky she was to have found a guy like Frank. Lily hoped that someday, she too would have what Alice did... But as of now that was nowhere in sight; better for her, she had a future to build and needed no distractions sighed inwardly in spite of herself and gulped down the rest of her juice.