First off, *hugglesyouall* Second, you should really be thanking mia, she kicked me quite well. *nods*


*blushes* Well thank you! I'm really glad you like it!

Thank you dearie! I [as you can see] haven't posted much yet. However i have like 50 some-odd pages writted in Word, so I know I have more to post.. I'm just getting writers block, you know?

*grin* You know, I think they reflect a little bit of me too- at least the sarcastic part. But yeah, they're both sarcastic, a little rough on the edges, but major softies when it comes down to it..


jeez! I had better hurry up, huh? *hides*

Yay!! You're still here! I know you said you aren't much of a romance reader.. so i was a little afraid this one would scare you off, considering it's starting to lead into more of the 'romancy' stuff. But i promise my fics don't get too mushy-gushy. I can't STAND the fics that are all 'i can never live with out you.. you are the air I breathe, the ground beneath my feet, the- blah blah blah, gag gag gag.."

EDIT:


SECOND PAAAGE!!

YAY!!!!! SECOND PAGE!!!!

Now lets have a new post to celebrate!!!!

Pretty please with a cherry on top!!!


Jemmz
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Just taking a wild guess here... but I think Samia's really happy! xD

Keep up the good work, and please PAMS!!!

Please Please Please Please with a cherry on top!!!

Pretty Pretty Pretty Pretty Please with two cherries on top!!!

Sabrina says that she'll behave if you post very soon!!! (I wouldn't trust her, she's holding a whip)

Jemmz
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A/N: Awwww you guys are so sweet! *lublicks* I only have 15 minutes on the computer, however I'm dedicating that time to you guys for a postie. FEEL LUB. [cause you totally are]



The day continued on, and in each of their classes they got a severe lecture, resembling the one they had gotten in Transfiguration. Usually they contained the general phrases “This is your last year", "You have NEWT’s" "Lots of Studying", "Don’t mess up" "Your future”. It was a painful flash back to 5th year, and OWL’s. Just intensified.

“I can’t believe we have homework already..” Marie grumbled and viciously crossed out a sentence in her essay for McGonagall.

“Yeah, no kidding.” Annabelle agreed stoutly. “It’s only the first night and we have two essays and a few spells to practice.” Lucy nodded her head fervently in agreement. Her brow was furrowed and she stared continually at her wand, flicking it over and over. She was adamantly practicing one of the spells they had been given in Transfiguration.

“Oh come on, it wasn’t that bad.” Lily said consolingly. She was pouring over one of the huge books they had gotten from the library. It was a yellowish brown with big red stains on the binding. Lily was handling it rather gingerly while trying to to think too hard about what types of liquid were red. She almost gagged.

“Easy for you to say.” Annabelle said glumly. “You only had Transfiguration and Herbology today. Luce and I had Muggle Studies too.”

“How was it?” Lily asked suddenly interested. She even pushed the book to the side, and gave them her full attention. Muggle studies wasn’t a practical course for her to take, since she was muggle born, but it was still interesting to hear how wizards talked about them.

“It wasn’t very interesting today. We were just told the responsibilities of the upcoming NEWT’s and then Professor Hawthorn started talking, as usual, about unfair treatment of Muggles.” Lucy said and a small smile showed at the corners of her lips. “The first part reminded me of Professor McGonagall’s talk this morning.”

“It was more like a lecture.” Mary said sarcastically.

“Lighten up, Marie. Life is going to be long if you don’t learn to smile every once in awhile.” Annabelle scolded.

Lily giggled, and Marie looked up at Annabelle and stuck out her tongue. They were just starting to focus again when, in typical style, the Marauders burst through the portrait hole. James was in the lead and as soon as he got the portrait hole open he started looking for Lily. As soon as he spotted her he grinned and started immediately for her.

Lily rolled her eyes and mumbled, “We really need to figure out how to disable the Lily-Radar.”

“Radar?” Marie asked.

“Never mind.” Lily muttered as a voice called out across the crowded common room,

“Hey, Evans! I believe we have a date that needs to be arranged.” A few heads turned in shock to look at the embarrassed Lily.

“We do not have a date Potter.” She snapped.

“Oh yes we do. Remember last night? I said we had to meet up so we could talk about Head Duties.” He was standing behind her chair now, looking down at her unfinished essay.

Lily snapped her book shut on the essay, and turned to look up at him. “No. I don’t remember that. I was too busy trying not to scream at you to actually listen to what you were saying.”

“Well let’s start over then. I think we need to meet and talk about our Head Duties, Evans.”

“Since when do you care about getting anything done?”

James raised an eyebrow, but ignored the question. “So. I’m thinking we could go down by the Lake and talk on Saturday.”

“You mean tomorrow.”

“Yes. Saturday. So I’ll see you in the Entrance Hall after breakfast?”

“No. You’ll see me in the common room after dinner.” Lily said shortly and turned back to the table.

“Aww Evans, come on. Just for a couple hours by the lake.”

“No.”

“Please?”

“No!”

“Pretty Please?”

Lily turned and gave James a look that sent him, and the rest of the Marauders, running out the common room door.



*


Saturday morning melted into the afternoon, and the afternoon into evening. The sun was just starting to set as the girls slowly trudged up to the castle> They had spent the day out by the lake doing homework and then just laying around.


After dinner they walked slowly up to the common room. They were all a little dazed and tired from being out in the sun all day, but Lily was even less enthusiastic then the rest of them.

“Are you ready for this Lil?” Annabelle asked as the neared the Portrait Hole.

Lily sighed. “No, not really- but I have to be don’t I?” Annabelle shrugged noncommittally, and Lily laughed. “That’s what I thought.”

“Well, we’re going to stay in the common room until you two are done talking, so if he gets to obnoxious we’ll just..” Marie trailed off.

“We’ll just say that Annabelle needs to..” Lucy tried.

“Hey! Why does it have to be me?”

“Cause you’re the best actress.” Marie said, trying to flatter her.

“Aw, thanks.”

“Yeah, sure. Whatever. We’ll say that Annabelle is coming down with a bad case of.. dragon pox.. and we need to get her in bed immediately.” Marie smiled, satisfied with her excuse.

“Thanks guys, but I’m hoping I won’t need that. I’m going to make this as short as possible. We’ll split up all the jobs- I’ll end up taking all the hard jobs. He’ll take the very easiest ones and I’ll end up doing those job’s when he forgets. Puffskein.” Lily walked through the open portrait, and into the common room. James wasn’t anywhere in site- and usually he wasn’t hard to find. Just look for the loudest, rowdiest group of people, and he was at the center.

“Doesn’t look like he’s here yet.” Marie said.

“No, it doesn’t. I’m going to run up to the dormitory, put my bag away, and get the list I made. I’ll be down in a bit.” Lily ran off up the stairs.

On her way back down Lily heard a voice yelling, and a bunch of others laughing. Rolling her eyes she walked to a table and set her stuff out. Almost before she sat down, James was at her side.

“Hello Evans,” he said while he sat down in the chair next to her.

“Hi.” Lily said wishing she had picked a table with only two chairs that were far away from each other.

“How was your day?” James asked cheerfully.

Ignoring him she pulled out her list, “Okay. Here’s what we need to cover. I’ve starred the projects I’ll take care of, you can choose which other ones you’ll take care of.”

James, looking a little surprised, took the list from her hands and looked it over. “You’ve taken decorating for the Holidays, dates for Hogsmeade, supervising the Prefects, and the list of students staying for the Holidays.” Lily nodded. “That only leaves me with giving out the third years permission slips to the second years and coming up with passwords.”

Lily nodded again.

“We’re not working together on anything?”

Lily shook her head, smirking.

“Dumbledore wants us to work as a team. He said so when we talked to him. Well, he said something like ‘I hope you make as good a team with your other duties as you have with the Prefects’”

Lily stared at him, shocked that he remembered anything Dumbledore had said. She -of course- remembered it, but the fact that James did was astonishing.

“So I think we need to work together on these things,” James continued on. “We’ll both work on decorating for the Holidays, deciding the Hogsmeade dates, coming up with passwords, and supervising the Prefects. We could maybe split up the third year permission forms, and the list of students staying for the Holidays, since that’s just taking things to the Heads of House. Same with giving the new passwords to Prefects, although we can do that in meetings.”

Lily watched him talk, still in a daze Then she managed to latch onto the idea of giving out the passwords at Prefect meetings. “Are you kidding? Do you know how easy it would be for the other Houses to see what the passwords are? That would be way to dangerous.”

“Well how do you suggest we do it then?”

“We can pull aside a Prefect from each house between classes and give them the password. Not written down, just spoken. We’ll have to make sure we tell the one who’s least likely to forget.”

“We, huh? So you’re agreeing to work with me?”

“Wha- no.. I,” Lily spluttered.

Before she could gather her thoughts and protest again James said, “What do you think Professor Dumbledore would say if he knew we weren’t working together? Maybe he’d decide that we weren’t fit to be Head Boy and Girl after all.”

Lily opened her mouth to retort that he’d be right about one of them, but before she could utter a sound, James put a finger on her lips.

“You don’t want him to think that about you do you?”

Lily quickly yanked her head back, and tried to hide her blush.

“I didn’t think so.” James said smugly. “Now, we need to decide when we’re going to meet and talk over this stuff again.”

Lily finally found her voice and said, “I never agreed to anything Potter.”

James shook his head in mock defeat and said sadly, “I’m sorry Professor. I didn’t want to disappoint you, but Lily said that we shouldn’t work together. She said that Heads never worked together, Professor.”

“I did NOT say that!” Lily spluttered.

James smirked.

“UGH! Fine. Lets decide on a stupid schedule.”

James smirked again then scooted up to the table and pulled out a quill and parchment.

*

Lily stomped into the dormitory and over to her bed. Throwing her book bag onto the floor she flopped down onto her bed with a huff. Marie groaned from her bed on the other side of Lucy's.

Annabelle sat up and rubbed her eyes sleepily, “What t-to-took so long?” she yawned. “It’s almost 1:30 Lils.”

Lily groaned, “We are officially working on EVERYTHING together. We have the days we’re going to meet all planned out, and lets just say there’s a lot more then four of them.” She threw her head back onto the pillow and groaned.

“Wow, you sure are organized Lil. How did James take it?” Annabelle yawned again.

“It was James’s idea.” Lily said shortly.

“No way.” Annabelle was wide awake now.

“Yes way. I had a complete plan. He got a couple easy jobs and I would do everything else. Then he gave me this whole guilt trip on how Dumbledore expected us to work together, and that he would regret making me Head Girl if we didn’t and then he started listing off all the stuff we should do, and how we should do it. He totally took control of everything!”

Annabelle, unable to control herself, grinned from ear to ear and she was immensely thankful for the darkness that hid her from Lily.

“Annabelle? Are you awake?”

“Yes, I’m awake.”

“Are you laughing?”
“No! I’m not” But she couldn’t stop the small giggle that slipped out.

“How can you laugh! I have to actually work with Potter now, and you’re laughing at me? You’re supposed to be my best friend. It’s not funny Belle!”

Annabelle got up and climbed onto Lily’s bed. “I’m sorry Lil. I shouldn’t be laughing. It’s just that, you have to admit, he’s got talent.”

“Talent? Talent?”

“Well yes, it’s no mystery that he likes you. Now you have to spend more time with him then ever. He has you just where he wants you.” Lily groaned, and started to speak, but Annabelle kept talking. “The good thing is, he can’t change how you feel about him, no matter how hard he tries. The only person who can do that is you.” She didn’t add that spending more time with James just might make her see a better side of him. Lily would have murdered her.

Lily sighed and leaned her head against Annabelle’s shoulder. “It is going to be one long year.”

Annabelle laughed quietly and said, “That I can agree with.”

That was a great chapter. They should work together.

Oh my gosh!! James took charge and acted responsible *faints*

Well... that was weird... and funny! James is sooooo cool, and now he gets to see Lily all the time. The guilt trip does work, I should know, people use it on me all the time. Lol

Keep up the good work
Jemmz
xxx

Go James. Go James.



Awesome POST Belle.

Caaaan't waaait for more.

A/N: I haven't had much time for writing lately, but there are only 27 and one fourth days of school left [not that i'm counting....] So i'll be able to post waaay more in the summer. However, I had a little time and a computer in writing today, so here's a postie! Mind you I haven't read it over for editations yet, I just figured you'd want one asap...

Oh. And I will do individual replies soon. PROMISE. Like i said.. i haven't had ANY time..



“I don’t understand. It should have come in by now!”

“Don’t worry about it, I’m sure it’ll come soon. Stop stressing yourself out, you worry too much.”

“I guess it’ll be okay if it doesn’t come until tomorrow or the next day, but I just know that try-outs are going to be soon.”

“I don’t see why you even have to try-out again. I mean, you’re already on the team. Everyone knows you’re the best flyer anyways.”

“I am not, James is. Plus I ha-” Marie stopped dead in her tracks. Her eyes were as big as galleons as she stared at the broad-backed school robes standing infront of the announcement board.

Annabelle ran straight into her, “Mary- What it the world? Why did you sto- Mary? What’s the matter?” Annabelle followed Mary’s eyes and met green eyes and messy black hair.

“Did I hear my name?” James asked non-chalantly.

“Tonight?” Marie croaked
“Tonight what?” James asked, confused.

“Try-outs.” She whispered and pointed at the piece of paper he had been securing.

James brow creased in alarm and he said, “Yeah, try-outs are tonight. Why? Are you okay?”

“I- I don’t have a broom. I thought. . . not until next week! But, why. . . no. I have to have my broom. A broom. My broom. I can’t. . . Not. . . no broom.”


Annabelle grabbed Mary’s shoulders roughly and said, “Whoa, whoa, whoa. What on earth is wrong with you? It’s just try-outs. Why are you so upset?”

Marie moved her stare to Annabelle’s face and took a few slow, deep breaths. “Tryouts. If I don’t. . . make the team, I can’t play. If I can’t play, I can’t get on a real team. If that. . no career.”

James let out a bark of laughter. “Did you honestly think we couldn’t work something out? There are plenty of people who’d be willing to lend you a broom. I’m sure we could even find the same model as your old one. Anyways, do you really think we’d kick off one of our best players? Be serious Marie.”

Marie smiled sheepishly. “Well, I guess not. I just thought, if I wasn’t there. You know.”

“No I don’t. I expect you out on the field with the rest of the team after lunch today. I’ll take care of a broom for you if you want.”

Marie nodded, “That’d be great.”

James smiled and headed toward the portrait hole. When he was half way across the room he turned back to Marie and said with a smirk, “And bring your friends.” Then he turned and strolled out of the common room.


Annabelle rolled her eyes, “He just doesn’t quit.”



Lily’s head hit the open book in front of her with a muffled ‘thump!’ “Do I really have to go?” She whined.

“Yes, you do. It’s for Marie, Lil. You know how important this is too her.”

“But Potter’s going to be there! Lately I’ve seen much more of him then I can stand.”
“He’ll be out on the pitch, you won’t even have to talk to him.”

“How did I not know he was Captain? I mean, it’s not like I haven’t talked to him recently.”

“I was wondering the same thing, I don’t think he’s been wearing the badge, actually.”

“That seems a little out-of-character for Potter. He loves any excuse to fatten that head of his.”

Lucy sighed and closed her book, “Come on Lily- We really have to get going, we’re going to be ten minutes late as it is.”

Lily rolled her eyes and picked her head up off the book, “Fine. Let’s get it over with.” She grabbed her book bag and swung it over her shoulder, then she followed Lucy out of the Library and down to the Pitch.


While they were walking out onto the grounds Lily noticed Marie walking a little ways a head of them. Pulling on Lucy’s arm she pointed and they ran to catch up with her.

“What’s up Marie? Why aren’t you at the Pitch already?”

Marie raised an eyebrow and looked down at her watch, “It’s only 5:50 Lily.”

“No, Lucy said it was ten after.”

Marie reached over and grabbed Lucy’s wrist. “You’re clock is 15 minutes off.”

“No way! That explains why I was so early to all my classes…” Lucy trailed off her brow furrowed.

Laughing, Lily shook her head and kept walking while the other two trailed behind. Marie was lost in nervous thought, and Lucy was finally realizing what happened to her day.

When they finally reached the Quidditch pitch Lily saw Annabelle stand up and wave frantically at them from the stands. She waved back and turned back to Marie.

Lily gave her a hug and said, “I know you don’t need it Mare, but good luck! I know you’ll be great.”

Lucy agreed with her, and gave her a hug as well.

While Lucy was talking Lily looked back toward the stands and found Annabelle. Lily knew it was her by the fountain of curly brown hair sticking out of her favorite gold and red hat. There was someone else sitting next to her, but their face was hidden behind Annabelles back. Lily smiled, waved again, and turned back toward the Pitch. James was standing not to far away his gold and red robes billowing in the wind. He had his broom across his shoulders with his arms hanging casually over it. When he noticed Lily looking he grinned and winked. Frowning she turned away and grabbed Lucy’s arm.

“Come on Luce. Let’s go- we have to get seats.” Lily ignored the look of confusion that spread over Lucy’s face as she eyed the almost completely empty stands.

“Okay. . .” Lucy agreed skeptically before Lily whisked her off to the stands.


Where are they? Annabelle thought impatiently as she sat in the stands. She rubbed her hands together. When that didn’t work, she drew her fingers to her mouth and blew as much warm air on them as she could. It was unseasonably cold, and the cold was made worse by the wind that was whipping around her hair, and finding every little opening in her jacket.

Hunching over she covered her raw face with her hands and tried to warm her ears. She was just starting to feel her nose again when something bumped into her side.

“Finally!” She said lifting her head out of her hands and turning.

“You missed me? How sweet.”

“Ugh. It’s you again. I thought you were Lily and Lucy.”

“No, I’m even better.”

“What do you want? Why do you keep bothering me?”

The happy grin slid off his face, and Sirius frowned, “That wasn’t very nice. Are you always this crabby?”

Annabelle blushed, and was suddenly thankful for the freezing cold that already had her cheeks a bright red. “You’re persistent did you know that? Are you always that annoying?” She snapped in retaliation.

Sirius raised an eyebrow, grinned, and turned toward the pitch. Annabelle stared at him for a moment, completely confused by his reaction. Her thoughts were interrupted by Lily calling out,

“Oh Sirius, that’s you! I was wondering who it was up here.”

“Yes, the brilliant, talented, and frozen solid Sirius,” he countered.

Lucy covered her ears with her hands and nodded, “It’s frrr-eeezing!” Or at least she attempted to say that, her teeth were chattering so violently that it was nearly impossible to make out a word she said.

“I hope Marie does well. She was so nervous about flying with this new broom, I hope she doesn’t let that get in her way.” Lily said thoughtfully.

“I’m sure she’ll be fine.” Annabelle said calmly while Lucy nodded, still not able to make a coherent sound. Annabelle reached over and grabbed Lucy’s face. Then putting one hand on top of her head and one hand on the bottom she held Lucy’s jaw shut.

When Lucy could talk again she turned to Sirius and asked, “So why aren’t you trying out Sirius? Can you fly?”

“Of course he can fly. Haven’t you ever seen him Lu?” Annabelle said incredulously.

“When have you seen me fly?” Sirius asked Annabelle.

Annabelle blushed again, and shrugged. “Sometimes I like to go down to the pitch while Marie practices and draw people on brooms. It’s really hard because they’re moving so much. You’re out here with James sometimes, taking turns.”

“You’ve been watching me fly.”

“No. Not you especially.”

“You’ve drawn me.”

“Well.. yes. No. You and other people.”

“How many times.”

“What does it matter?”

“I want to know.”

Annabelle shrugged, “I don’t know. I don’t keep track.”

“Enough to loose track of, huh?”

“Okay! So, who do you think is going to make it onto the team?” Lily interrupted forcefully. Annabelle turned gratefully away and started to answer then stopped, “Well- lets watch and find out. They’re starting now.”

A/N: There you go! A Little belle/sirius for you! *lubberlicksyouall* I will see you soon. Thank you for being such faithful readers. Ciao! [*rollseyesatmyself*]

great new postie! keep up the good work!

*Puts Bell/Siirius shirt on*



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Ahh Bell and Sirius
Soo cute
love it
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