Questions?
Lily's P.O.V
"Lily!"
Lily Evans- head girl, strait 'A' student, and James Potters daily obsession- turned around to come face-to-face with her best friend, Lyra Taylor.
"Yes?" Lily asked, wondering why her crazy friend was yelling at her in the middle of a very crowded hallway.
"Did you ask yet? Did you? Did you?" Lyra asked, bouncing on the balls of her feet.
I seriously wonder for her sanity sometimes... Lily thought, as she watched her best friend acting like a five year old. Though this is her usual self... Lily mused silently, I swear she hasn't changed since first year...
Flash Back
Lily Evans- a bright eyed, red headed, and very pissed off eleven-year-old- walked into the first cabin she saw.
Who does he think he is?! She thought furiously, He doesn't even know me!
Lily quickly took a seat, not pausing from her silent musing to look around her. If she had she had, she would have seen a short, green eyed, blond headed, eleven year old watching her curiously.
Lily was pulled out of her murderous thoughts by a small voice asking, "What's wrong?"
Lily looked up, noticing for the first time she was not alone in her cabin. "What?" Lily asked stupidly, not understanding how this girl could know anything was wrong.
"It's just, you look so mad, is something wrong?" She repeated.
"No!" Lily replied stubbornly.
"That's not true," The girl bluntly stated. The girl crossed the cabin, and sat across from the still fuming Lily.
"Will you tell me? Maybe I can help! I'm Lyra, by the way." The girl- Lyra- Lily silently corrected herself, was sitting there with a innocent, and genuinely worried look on her face. Well, it couldn't hurt to tell her... Lily thought to herself.
"James Potter," was all Lily had to say before a look of recognition crossed Lyra's face.
"Well..." Lyra started, looking at Lily expectantly. Wa-Oh, right, whoops!
"Lily," she supplied.
"Well Lily," Lyra began again, "I've known James since we were born, and let me tell you, he and his little friend, Sirius, always get into trouble. They were getting into trouble before the rest of us even knew what it meant! They will annoy you, but they really aren't hard to live with once you know them." Lyra said all this really fast, with an anxious expression on her face. When she was done, she sat back and looked at Lily expectantly, obviously thinking she had just put the whole world right with her little speech.
"Lyra," Lily started, "I despise that boy!"
Lyra's look shattered, and she looked as if she was about to cry. Lily gasped, "I'm so sorry! I didn't mean anything bad, honest! I'm sure I'll like him, don't worry," Lily soothed. Wait! What am I doing? Aren't I the one who needed comfort? Just as Lily was about to address this problem, the train whistle blew.
"We're here!" Lyra jumped up excitedly, her past fears quickly forgotten.
"Come on Lily," Lyra yelled as she dragged a dazed Lily off of the train.
What just happened? Lily was very confused.
"Come on, come on!" Lyra was excitedly screeching. Wow, she has some lungs...
Well, this is going to be a very...odd... friendship...was Lily's last thought as she was dragged onto one of the boats by her very excited, four foot tall, new friend.
End Flashback
Lily was pulled out of her reminiscing by her (still very short) bouncing friend.
"Yes, I did." Was Lily's simple response to her crazy friends antics.
"Aaannd?" Lyra asked, resuming her bouncing.
Merlin, is she bouncing again!
"Your coming for spring break!" Lily supplied happily, hoping this information wouldn't make her friend act to crazy. Lily's hope was lost however, because as soon as Lyra heard this, she grabbed Lily's hands, and both girls started squealing and hopping excitedly, earning many strange looks from the students around them.
She's rubbing off!
"Can we stop acting like we're five years old, and start acting like the mature, young adults we are?" Lily asked, trying to act like the head girl she was.
Lyra snorted, "Are you kidding me?"
Oh great, Lyra's making sense. What has the world come to? I can't let her know that...
"No..." Lily drug out the word, trying to make her point. Gosh, much as I love to, we can't keep acting like were five years old! We're seventh years now, we have to be good examples... Lily thought, somewhat sadly.
"Fine, but when you have lost all your sense of fun, don't come crying to me!" Lyra looked more than a little pissed at this point.
"Sorry, Ly. You know I don't mean it! I just have all this junk I have to do..." I'm starting to fell depressed...
"Being Head Girl has to be hard," Lyra sympathized, "But..." She continued, "You always have me to cheer you up!"
"Thanks Ly, your the best!" Lily walked over to her friend, giving her a small hug.
"Hey!" Was the next word heard by the pair. Looking up, Lily saw a black haired (with blond and red highlights), brown eyed, chocolate skinned, relatively average girl, walking toward her.
"Mica!" Lyra squealed, running to hug her friend.
"Hey Ly, hey Lily!" Mica greeted them cheerfully. Lily walked over to give Mica, another of her best friends, a hug.
"What are you guys up to? Do you remember the plan?" Mica asked in what she thought was a whisper, though Lily could hear her perfectly. It's a good thing she always talks so loud! Now, what are they planning?
"You know it! So, Lily..." Lyra had a mischievous look on her face.
Why does she look like that? Great, she's looking at me like I'm her next hyperactive meal...
"Yes?" Lily asked, somewhat hesitantly.
"It's Potter's birthday tomorrow..." At this, Mica and Lyra giggled mysteriously.
"So?" Lily asked, somewhat harshly.
"Gosh Lils! Don't snap!" Lyra looked as if she was going to cry. Mica had to turn away to hide a smirk. Lily always fell for Lyra's 'emotions'.
"Oh, gosh! I'm sorry Ly! I didn't mean to snap!" Lily assured in a rush, fearful of hurting her best friend.
"It's okay," Lyra accepted with a little sniff.
"So, like I was saying.." Lyra continued, like nothing had happened.
CRAP! I just got played!
"Yes?" Lily asked again, even more hesitantly this time.
Bloody hell! WHAT IF SHE FIGURED IT OUT? Don't ask what I'm getting him, don't ask what I'm getting him..
"What are you getting him?"
Bollocks! ABORT MISSION!
"Well," Lily was cut off by a voice yelling her name down the hall. All three of the girls- dubbed the 'Sirens' by the rest of Hogwarts, for their ability to get and do anything they want while staying completely 'innocent'- turned around to see Lily's 'boy toy', as Lyra had dubbed James, running down the hall.
"Why, speak of the wizard." Lyra commented under her breath, as James Potter ran up to Lilly, his Marauders close in tow.
"Hey Lily, Lyra, Mica!" James greeted, out of breath from running to catch up with them.
"Hey," The girls returned the greeting in unison, with Mica looking only at Sirius Black, James sidekick/best friend.
Mica! Put your tongue back in your mouth... Wow, we are really going to have to do something about that...
"So, Sirius..." Mica began as the two friends walked a little farther down the platform than the rest of their group.
Wow! She moves in on her man fast! Gosh, I wonder if I should take a leaf out of her book, and do that. I mean, she has had like a million boyfriends. Which, I have no idea how, when dating her reminds me an awful lot of babysitting, but then again guys are really immature too, so I guess-
Lily was shaken from her thoughts by the sound of James' voice:
"...are you doing for spring break?" James finished his question, looking expectantly at Lily.
"Um.. I'm not sure yet. Lyra is coming over, but in the muggle world there isn't much to do, so we might just be bored," Lily replied, hurriedly catching on.
James looked excited, like he had been waiting for her to say something like this.
"Well, you know my birthday's tomorrow, so I could probably convince my parents to let you guys come over. If you want me too that is," James snuck the last part in hastily, yet like he had been planing to ask for weeks.
Lily didn't even notice when Lyra and Remus left the duo, Peter having dissappeared after Sirius and Mica long before.
Oh! Perfect timing to drop a hint, I think.
"Well, something tells me you won't be spending to much time at home on your birthday, or the days thereafter," Lily supplied with an evil smirk.
Good job, Lily!
"What?" James asked excitedly, "What am I going to be doing? What do you know? Come on! Tell m-" James' plead was cut off by the train whistle.
"Sorry!" Lily apologized, not sounding sorry at all, but rather delighted. She grabbed her trunk, and started lugging it up the train to find a compartment for herself and Lyra. No telling where Mica would end up. She knew James wouldn't have any time to question her on the train ride home, because they all sat in different compartments. The Marauders in one, and the Sirens in the other. She found an empty compartment, and put up her trunk with little difficulty, the fact that she knew levitating charms returning to her. Then she sat down, and proceeded to read a book. Mica ran in, and sat down just as the warning whistle blew, out of breath and panting heavily.
"Merlin! Took you long enough! I thought we were going to leave without you!" Lily scolded playfully, as soon as Mica had caught her breath.
"Well, I was talking to Sirius," Mica reminded her, like that should settle the matter.
"More like flirting," Lily retorted, "I don't see how that boy can be so oblivious! I mean, you have flirted with him every second this year, and he still hasn't caught on!" She added, "Wait I take that back! Your just as oblivious! You guys would make such a cute little 'no idea what the hell is going on' couple!" Lily finished.
She looked up, and burst out laughing at the look on Mica's face.
"I don't know if I should be flattered, or offended," Mica stated, looking very confused.
Before Lily could retort, Lyra ran in, seemingly very flustered.
"Where have you been?" Lily asked, suspicious.
"Talking to my Remy," Lyra replied, still in a daze.
Lily rolled her eyes, and went back to reading her book, but after about ten minutes, found that she couldn't concentrate. Her mind kept wondering to James Potter, and what she had planned for the next week.
I wonder if he's gonna like my gift, and what if he doesn't like it? What if he doesn't even want one anymore?! It was so long ago! Oh gosh, I'm so nervous! James Potter, I'm gonna kill you if I make a fool of myself for you...
"Your thinking about James, aren't you?" Lyra asked all of a sudden.
"What? How did you know?" Lily asked frantically.
"Because, you mouth his name when your thinking about him." Lyra informed her,"and it's kind of funny, because you can tell you don't mean to!" She added.
"It's true," Mica added.
"Oh," was all Lily could murmur, looking quite disheveled.
What the hell?! When did I start doing that? I hope I haven't always done that! That is so weird! See what this bloody birthday gift is doing to me? I knew I shouldn't have decided to do it! I knew it was a bad idea the second it came into my head, but no! I had to go and tell Lyra all about it! And of course, she had to LOVE the idea and say 'oh you should SO do that! It would be the best gift ever!' Then she went and got Remus to agree! I am never listening to her again! Her ideas are dead to me! You hear that Lyra? Dead! D-E-A-D!
"Your yelling at me in your head again, aren't you?"
SHE'S A MIND READER!
"Lily?" Lyra asked loudly, as she waved her hand in front of Lily's face.
"Wa-What?" Lily asked as she came back from 'freak-out land'.
"Lily..." Lyra encouraged, "Just go ask him."
"What are you talking about?" Lily asked. HOW DOES SHE KNOW?!
Lily looked uncertain. What if he doesn't accept the story!? Merlin! I think I'm going to faint!
"Lily!" Lyra half-yelled, "Tell the voice inside your head to shut up, and GO ASK HIM!"
Lily looked at Lyra in surprise,"I don't think I've ever heard you yell before," Lily commented. Mica snorted disbelievingly.
Lyra pointed to the door, too frustrated to speak.
"Okay, okay, I'm going, I'm going." Lily placated the girl, slowly backing out of their compartment.
"Wait," Lily instructed, halting, "How did you know what I was going to do?"
"Oh, Lily, Lily," Lyra berated, shaking her head sadly. Lily just looked irritated.
"We just know too much," Mica finished for her friend, also shaking her head mournfully.
How could I forget Lyra can practically read minds?! Merlin's beard! I knew I never should have told them as much as they know! Stupid!
"Great," Lily said, "You know too much to ever get rid of you now!" She muttered, backing out of the compartment, pretending not to see the satisfied look on the now relaxed Lyra's face.
Well at least someone is happy...
Lily walked down the hall until she came across the cabin at the end. She stood staring at the door for a moment, then took a deep breath, pushing the door open.
Here goes nothing...