(A/N): Hey Guys! So, I'm considering splitting this story into separate ones per year, seeing as we're only like, a week or two into first year and I already have twenty-two chapters. Also, only five days, three school days, till I have to pick my lessons for year ten, and apparently I'm going to be in advanced science and advanced maths, even though I chose medium classes in both those lessons. Also, big news.
I actually started writing my book today! It has over 3,000 words and five pages! Yay, go me!
I started this story in 2012. I was fourteen. Its been almost ten years. If you don't like something in the early chapters, it's not going to suddenly change ten years after I wrote it. If you're going to review this story with criticisms, please log in so I can actually reply to you and not have to leave messages like this in chapters so you might actually see it. And if you're just going to bash the story for being inaccurate, again, please remember that I was fourteen, I wasn't born in the 1960's, and I have never been outside of Australia. And some things are inaccurate because that's what people in that time period thought- not necessarily what I think, or know today.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but Leo, Quiggly, Nicholai, Elaine and Elaine's new nickname that shall be revealed later in this chappie!
Lily
I sighed in frustration as I rushed out of Professor McGonagall's classroom in a huff, eager to be away from Potter and Black. Of course, since we were all going back to the Gryffindor common room, they rushed after me, managing to keep pace with me, which, in hindsight, wasn't that incredible seeing as they were both a few inches taller than me.
"Oh come on Evans, it wasn't that bad." Potter said, and I gritted my teeth, biting back a harsh reply.
"Yeah Lily, at least we weren't we Slughorn, he makes us clean out the slug tank!" Sirius told me animatedly, which startled a smile onto my lips. Why was he trying to be so nice? Usually he'd be trying to tease me, but today he just seemed...un-interested.
"Everyone knows that Sirius, that's why he's called Slughorn in the first place." James joked, and I had to bite my bottom lip to hold back a laugh. I would not laugh in front of him, I would not laugh in front of him, I would not laugh...
"It's either that or because he smells like he bathes in them!" A quiet, bell-like peal of laughter burst from my lips, and the boys both froze in their tracks. I rolled my eyes, regretting the laughter, trying to speed up, but finding that my legs couldn't make me move any faster without breaking into a run.
"Was that a laugh?" I heard Sirius ask, and I almost groaned.
"I think it was. We just made Lily Evans laugh!" He announced this as if it were a huge feat, as if he had just defeated a fully-grown mountain troll.
"Oh shut up!" I yelled over my shoulder, and in that second, I saw Professor McGonagall standing in her doorway, watching after us amusedly.
"Make us!" James and Sirius chorused, and I could hear their footsteps again, louder this time, faster. They must be running to catch up with me.
"One wrong step, and don't think I won't." I told them as they caught up with me, panting slightly.
"Aw Lils, you wouldn't, you love us too much." Sirius teased, and part of me wanted to roll my eyes, but the other half was silently glad that he was back to teasing me instead of playing nice.
"Don't call me that, only Leo gets to call me cute nicknames. It's our thing, just like you two being gits is your thing." I joked as we reached the Gryffindor common room.
"God-like Godric. My god we need a new password, who makes these things up?" I remarked to the boys, and the Fat Lady seemed a little bit put out.
"I do!" She wailed, and I tried to backpedal and apologise, but she wouldn't stop crying and...
"Excuse me miss, but I think it's the perfect password. Godric honors the brave and chivalrous by putting them in his house, so is he any less than god-like. What Lily was trying to say was, the password shouldn't be God-like Godric, because you are the true god here, or should I say...goddess?" James told her, quickly paving over my slip-up and flattering her in the process. The Fat Lady blushed and smiled before giggling quietly.
"Well...thank you. You may go in, dears." The portrait swung open, and the three of us entered the common room. I saw Leo, Elaine and Remus on the couch, talking, but almost as soon as we walked in, they stood and started to leave.
"Where are you going?" I asked as they went to walk past us, and Leo replied strangely, sounding almost shy.
"We were going to the library to study...did you want to come with us?" I glanced at them before thinking back to the assignments we needed to complete.
"Nah, I've finished all the assignments I need to. You guys go ahead, have fun!" I called after them as they exited through the still open portrait hole, feeling slightly left out.
"It's okay Evans, you can hang out with us if you like." Potter told me with a smirk, and I growled, shaking my head before rushing up the stairs to the girls dormitory.
Leo
We weren't going to the Library, we were going to the room of requirement.
"Alright now, close your eyes." They obeyed somewhat cautiously, and I paced the wall three times quickly, using vampire speed, imagining what I wanted to be in there. "You can open them again." I said, only a split second later, and they opened their eyes, looking slightly confused for a second before seeing the door.
"Where the hell did that door come from?" Elaine asked quietly, with a hint of fear in her voice.
"Is this one of those 'secrets of Hogwarts' you talk so much about?" Remus asked, and I rolled my eyes.
"Yes Moons, it is one of those. This is the room of Requirement, you think what you want to be in there, and it is." Elaine nodded before frowning.
"Hey, how come you two have nicknames for each other, and I don't?" She asked, sounding rather put out at this occurrence. I shared a look with Remus to which he nodded, and we started circling her, studying her intently as if we were fitting her for a pair of new robes, not a nickname.
"How about Koi? Like the fish, but it also sounds like the word coy." I shook my head, and so did Elaine, vigorously.
"Joy?" We shook our heads again and he continued inspecting her.
"Loy...al. Loyal?" We both raised eyebrows at him and he shrugged.
"So what, I like three letter words with 'oi' at the end." We stared at him for a minute before I shook my head again.
"How about Damsel?" I suggested, and Elaine's head snapped over to me before she shook it vigorously, to which I only grinned and nodded.
"No, no, uh uh Leo, I am not a Damsel!" My grin widened and I shook my head before brushing a lock of hair off her face absent-mindedly.
"Yes you are, but you're my Damsel." I told her quietly, and I could tell she was trying to hold back a blush.
"Aw, now, if you two are done being all couple-y, can we get this done? I'm Moony, he's Blue, and Elaine is Damsel-" Elaine stomped his foot at this but Remus continued, though both of us were also now blushing from his proclamation that we were acting couple-y. "So now that we have the 'cool nicknames' part of this sorted, can we get on with the me telling Elaine my secret?" He said this slightly testily, and Elaine and I shared a look before shrugging. I turned and pushed the door to the Room of Requirement open and held it open for Remus and then Elaine. I let the door slip shut behind me, and found myself in exactly what I had imagined.
We were in a humongous library, so i guess we weren't exactly lying when we told Lily we were going to the Library, with rows upon rows of book cases. There were three tables in the middle of the first row, two empty and the middle one having three plates of tacos. Yes, tacos. Turns out, all three of us have a common love for tacos. Who woulda thunk it?
"So, tell me," Elaine said after taking her first bite of one of her three tacos. "Why did Remes here get to know before me?"
(A/N): So, what do you think? Does Leo reciprocate Elaine's crush on him? Does Elaine really hate her new nickname or is she just playing? How will Elaine react to Remus's secret?
I started this story in 2012. I was fourteen. Its been almost ten years. If you don't like something in the early chapters, it's not going to suddenly change ten years after I wrote it. If you're going to review this story with criticisms, please log in so I can actually reply to you and not have to leave messages like this in chapters so you might actually see it. And if you're just going to bash the story for being inaccurate, again, please remember that I was fourteen, I wasn't born in the 1960's, and I have never been outside of Australia. And some things are inaccurate because that's what people in that time period thought- not necessarily what I think, or know today.
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