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Chapter 3: Yelling
"Don't forget what people say when they're angry. That's when the truth comes out."
Wednesday, September 3rd, 1979
Lily sat down next to Cassidy. And James. It was the only spot left. Sarah was sitting across from her, to Lily's distaste.
"Great. It's raining again," Lane said, looking at the ceiling of the Great Hall.
Cassidy groaned. "I hate the rain," she said.
Sarah peered at the ceiling. It was a dark grey outside with dark clouds showering rain on Hogwarts. "I like it," she decided and ate her eggs.
"You would," Lily muttered to herself.
"Crap, I forgot my book," Sarah said rummaging through her bag. "I gotta go get it," Sarah said, getting up from the table. Lane went with her. Lily glared at Sarah's back.
"What's wrong with you?" Cassidy asked her.
"Nothing," Lily replied.
"Well then what's going on with you and Sarah?"
"Nothing, Cass, don't worry about it," Lily told her.
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James looked at his door as he sat on his bed. Sarah had just told him that it meant nothing. The kiss. He agreed. She was a distraction, as much as he hated to admit it. From Lily. The girl who haunted all of his dreams. Who he wanted more than anything. Who he loved. Who was just a room away. A distraction, like all the other girls had been. A few times he even fooled himself, thinking he was finally over Lily Evans. I'll never be over her, James thought miserably. Lily Evans has my heart, and she won't even give me a piece of hers.
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Sarah was unbelievably happy. She opened the door to Lily's room, she didn't even bother to knock. Lily was doing her work at her desk, but she looked up at Sarah.
Why the hell is she so happy? Another make-out session with James? Lily thought.
Sarah sat on Lily's bed. "It's over. Although…it never really begun…"
Lily shook her head. Sarah could be so vague when she wanted to be. "What are you talking about?" Lily asked her.
"James. I don't like him Lily. I'm sorry," Sarah said. She lowered her head and stared at her fingernails.
Lily hated Sarah as soon as she said she was sorry. Sarah's always sorry. She always screws up, and expects everyone to forgive her. Lily thought bitterly. And Lily always did. And Sarah always forgave Lily when she did something stupid, which wasn't often. (Lily usually thought things out.) But they were best friends. Lily walked over to her bed and sat down next to Sarah. She hugged her.
"Lily, I truly am sorry," Sarah said quietly. "I never should've kissed him. And I still think you should go out with him. He's a great kisser," Sarah told Lily, and they laughed. They talked a little and Sarah left Lily to her thoughts.
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"I think that's one of the fastest relationships you ever had, Sarah," Lane said after Sarah told her about what she had said to James.
"Yeah. But we didn't even go out. I think Lily was relieved…" Sarah said.
"Do you think she likes him?" Lane asked her.
"Yes. Or at least a little," Sarah said.
"I haven't heard him ask her out… Maybe he really has grown-up," Lane wondered.
"Maybe. I don't want to grow up. I'd like to stay here forever…" Sarah said laying down on her bed.
"I don't think you'll ever grow up," Lily laughed, walking into her old dorm. "Where's Cass?"
Lane smirked. "Off with Remus…studying. Supposedly."
"Really?" Sarah sat up quickly.
"Yes. She was 'studying' with him last night too…"
"Ah!" Sarah squealed. "Somebody has a crush!"
"Aw. Cassidy and Remus. They'd be so cute together," Lily said.
"Yeah," Lane agreed.
"But are they actually going out yet?" Sarah asked.
"No. Not yet. Oooh. Maybe he'll ask her tonight!" Lane said happily.
"I did see him looking at her today," Sarah said.
"Yeah, me too," Lane agreed.
"How's Alden?" Lily asked her.
"Fine. It'd be better if he were in Gryffindor though, instead of Hufflepuff," Lane said.
Lily and Sarah shot her sympathetic looks.
"But Garret, he is hot…" Sarah said.
"What?" Lily asked her. Completely insane, she is.
"Garret…he's in Hufflepuff," Sarah said defensively. "Isn't he?"
"Yes," Lane answered her.
"Well then, maybe you could get Alden to introduce him to me," Sarah suggested.
"Sarah. You. Are. A. Slut! Snogging James. And dumping him the next day. And looking for a new toy already?" Lily said, infuriated.
"Lily! I'm joking! Chill out!" Sarah said.
"You weren't. I know you, Sarah. You run from one guy to the next… Much like James and Sirius, come to think about it. But with girls. I can't believe you, Sarah," Lily told her.
"AND I can't believe YOU haven't DONE anything yet!" Sarah exclaimed.
Lily narrowed her eyes. "What do you mean?"
Lane slipped out of the room. She knew better than to be around when Lily and Sarah got into a row.
"You OBVIOUSLY like JAMES but you won't DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!" Sarah yelled.
"I DO NOT LIKE POTTER! GOD SARAH! GET THAT THROUGH YOUR THICK HEAD! I HATE HIM!"
"WHY?"
"WHY? WHY!! BECAUSE! HE IS SO ARROGANT! AND CONCEITED! AND VAIN! AND HE DOES THAT STUPID THING WITH HIS STUPID HAIR. TRYING TO ACT ALL COOL…HE'S NOT COOL!!!! HE'S NOT EVEN CUTE!"
"Not even a little?" Sarah asked.
"WELL MAYBE A LITTLE. BUT THAT'S IT!" Lily continued yelling.
"Then why were you mad when I kissed him?" Sarah asked in a small voice.
"BECAUSE HE'S SUPPOSED TO KISS ME INSTEAD OF SARAH! HE'S SUPPOSED TO LIKE ME! HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO GO SNOGGING MY BEST FRIEND. IT'S JUST NOT DONE! I THOUGHT HE LIKED me. I thought that maybe, he'd be done with his whole 'player' image or whatever. Maybe I thought he should be given a chance. Maybe I wanted to kiss him…" Lily said, drifting off into her thoughts. She didn't seem to notice that she wasn't alone, and Sarah was still there.
"Do you like him?"
"Yes," Lily answered, then snapped out of her trance. "No! I meant to say no!" Lily tried to cover up.
Sarah smiled. "Lane was right. You were jealous. And you do like him, no matter what you say. I'm sorry," Sarah said again, and left Lily alone in the 7th year girls' dorm.
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Friday, September 5th, 1979
Lily and Sarah were walking back to the Gryffindor Tower. When they rounded a corner and Lily crashed into Amos Diggory, sending Lily's bag and its contents flying. Lily quickly retrieved all of her belongings.
"I'm sorry," Amos apologized.
"No, I'm sorry. I wasn't watching where I was going," Lily said.
"Um, Lily? Could I talk to you?" Amos asked her. Then he glanced at Sarah, obviously wishing she was somewhere else.
Sarah got the hint. "Here, give me that," Sarah said talking Lily's bag from her. "I'll catch up with you later," Sarah said, leaving the two alone. Amos likes Lily, Amos likes Lily, Sarah sang to herself in her head. Being a mind reader-person-thing does have its advantages…Now I don't have to wait to find out that Amos is going to ask Lily out. Oh no…she'll say yes! Damn. So then my whole kiss-Potter thing, a.k.a. Mission: S(park) J(ealousy) didn't work. Eh. My plans NEVER work out like I want them to! She was SUPPOSED to rush to Potter and tell him that she likes him! And then it failed AGAIN! Well, partly. She admitted that she likes him and thinks he's "cute". So much for Mission: S.J. Haha. S.J. Sarah. James. Oh that's rich…I can't believe I just noticed that now…I'm so oblivious. DAMN YOU AMOS! SCREWING UP MY PLANS! EVEN LANE THOUGHT IT HAD A SLIGHT CHANCE OF WORKING! THE WHOLE JEALOUSY THING! Well, I'm never going to try that again. Ew. I kissed POTTER for LILY. Nasty. And now she's just going out with Amos anyways…gr…not the way I wanted to start my year…
"Pixie Wings," Sarah said to the portrait of the Fat Lady, which swung open. She made her way up the Girls' Staircase.
"Sarah! Come here!" Kirsten called out as she passed the 6th year dorm.
"Merlin. What did you guys do in here?" Sarah asked them. Their dorm was a wreck. Clothing was strewn all over the place, with purses, hair ties, shoes, accessories, and make-up every place imaginable.
"Elisha has a date with Trey," Kirsten explained, "and we were helping her pick out outfits."
"Great! Show me the first one!" Sarah said.
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Amos kissed her good-bye outside of the Heads Tower.
"Bye Lily," he said.
"Bye," she answered. She watched him walk away from her. "Lily and James are the hottest Heads ever," Lily said. The sprite giggled and swung open for her.
James looked up at her from the book he was reading. "Why're you so happy?" James asked her.
Lily smiled at him. "Nothing. You wouldn't care," she said and traveled up to her room.
"I do," James told the empty room.
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Next Friday, September 12th, 1977
Sarah was walking back to Gryffindor Tower after spending an hour in the library. She heard voices coming from a classroom, that would normally be empty. She stood outside the door; who ever was inside had left it open a crack, and their voices drifted into the hall.
"I thought you didn't like Lily," a girl said, Sarah recognized the voice as Katie's.
"I don't. Not really," a boy answered. That's Amos. Why's he talking to Katie?
"Then why are you going out with Lily again?" another boy asked. Ew. Brian. I don't like him. Always thinks he's freaking right…prat.
"I told you before, Brian. Do you remember last year, when Potter and I made that bet about who would win the Quidditch Cup?" Brian must've nodded no here, for there was no reply. Amos continued, "Well, we lost. So then you remember when I went out with Valerie Fomhr?" he said with disgust. "And I had to tell her that I loved her? In front of the entire Great Hall? That was part of the bet. If Potter would've lost that would've been him. But of course it wasn't. Not fucking Potter. Well I'm sick of him. It's time for revenge."
"So?" Katie asked, Sarah could tell she was obviously bored with his whole speech.
"So? So who does Potter want more than anything?" Amos asked them.
"Lily," Brian said.
"Yes. So I go out with her, and poor James is left with no one," Amos said smugly.
"That's the worst plan I've ever heard," Katie told them with disgust. Yes! One point for Katie! Maybe I should talk to her more…
"What?" Amos asked her, annoyed.
"First off, you and Lily will break up sometime. Then she'll just run back to James anyways. And then he'll comfort her, and presto- he's the hero, and he gets the last laugh. Secondly, how stupid can you be? How many bets have you made with him before and lost? Shouldn't you have learned your lesson by now? Thirdly, what the hell were you thinking? You seriously thought that was a good plan? You might just as well abandon that one. It sucks. Get him at his own game. Prank him or something. BUT THINK IT OUT FIRST!" Katie told him. Sarah quickly continued on her way to Gryffindor Tower, before she was caught by Katie, Brian, or Amos. Crap. I have to tell Lily. She changed directions and headed for the Heads room. To her disappointment, Lily wasn't there. Sarah tried their dorm, but Lily wasn't there either.
"Why? What's so important?" Lane asked her.
"Amos. He's a bastard. She has to dump him. Now." Sarah told Lane.
"Why?"
"He's just using Lily," Sarah said.
"Oh. Did you check the Heads room?" Lane asked.
"YES LANE! I'm not completely stupid, you know!" Sarah said. She needed to find Lily now.
"Not completely stupid? So you are then?" Lane said slyly.
"SHUT UP LANE! You weren't THERE! I'M GOING TO GO FIND LILY! MERLIN!" Sarah yelled as she stormed out of their dorm.
She made her way to the landing that overlooked the Entrance Hall. Sarah saw Lily and Amos walk outside, hand in hand. She noticed James staring after Lily and Amos, with a hurt look on his face, and Sirius pushing him up the steps. Sarah felt bad for him.
"Sarah!" Sirius exclaimed when he saw her.
"Not now Sirius," Sarah said as she tried to get by him.
"Come on Sarah," he said wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her along with them.
"But-" Sarah started to complain.
"Sarah, you should be absolutely delighted. You're going to help us," Sirius told her as he half dragged her to the common room. James was walking behind them. Sarah dug her heels into the stone beneath her feet.
"No Sirius. I have to go. Now you bloody prat!" Sarah almost yelled. She had enough of people not listening to her for one day.
"Please, it can't be half as important as this is," Sirius said happily.
Lily's alone with Amos! Merlin, I hope he doesn't try anything… she instantly thought of the time when he shoved her into a broom closet and tried to snog her, despite her protests. It wasn't until she kicked him, hard, that he let her go. Don't let anything happen to Lily. If only this PRAT would let me go! Sarah thought angrily, but Sirius was stronger than she was. Something was going to happen. Something bad. She knew it. James! she realized. She turned her head around, grabbed the front of his robes, and pulled him closer to her until he was in line with her and Sirius, who was still blabbing on about what they were about to do. "Lily is with Amos. Outside somewhere. Go get her. Now. Please James?" she pleaded with him quietly, so Sirius didn't hear. He nodded. He would do anything for Lily. Sarah just hoped he would get there in time. In time for something bad that Sarah just knew was about to take place.
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