Lily
Chapter 2-Frizzy Hair
Well, today has proven to be very interesting. As you know, it is September 1st, which means back to Hogwarts for me. Let me tell you, it was a day from hell.
I woke up this morning, extremely ecstatic, jumpy, and anxious (as I always am when I go back to Hogwarts) and immediately started dancing around on my bed (another ritual which shall never be repeated outside of these pages).
After I finished brushing my teeth, I looked up at the mirror to smile at it (I'm an odd one, I know) and I think I nearly cracked it when I screamed. I had a wad of pink bubblegum stuck in a huge chunk of my curly red hair!
Mum rushed up the stairs with a baseball bat and slowly eased it down as she saw that no one was trying to murder me. Instead, she tried getting the gum out of my hair. You see, if I could do magic outside of Hogwarts, I would have been able to get the gum out in a cinch. Sadly, I didn't think of this until later. We tried peanut butter, but that definitely didn't work; my hair is far too tangled for that. Then, Mum threatened my locks with scissors, to which I responded by screaming my head off at her about not coming near me without a beauty license.
So, after about an hour and a half of screaming and running away from my mother, I remembered about magic. Yes, sometimes even I, Lily Evans, forget about being a witch. I remember thinking to myself, "We're allowed to use magic in special circumstances. If this isn't an emergency, I don't know what is." So, I went for it. And you know what happened? I got a warning from the Improper Use of Magic Office (again) and they told me that if it happens again, I'll be expelled. And you know what the worst part is? When I did the spell, my hair literally frizzed out as if I'd been electrocuted. Not cute. Not cute at all.
So, you can only imagine how enthused I looked to be entering the Hogwarts Express with my cat, Jules, clawing my arm and my red mess of a hair all over the place. Enthused is precisely the word to describe it.
Worst of all, I ran into someone that I completely and utterly loathe. James Potter, another Gryffindor in my year, bumped into me while I was walking, very quickly mind you, down the aisle and towards a compartment. He managed to catch a glimpse of me and ran off snickering with his friends about 'that red head Evans sticking her finger in the toaster'.
When I met up with Holly, she couldn't stop laughing for about fifteen minutes straight, at least. I stared across the compartment enviously as Holly sat, composed, with her perfect strawberry blonde curls and soft blue eyes. It is quite scary sometimes how striking she is; not beautiful, just striking. She is very poised, yet she is a complete slob behind the scenes. I am surprised at how she can present herself so neatly in public. This thought only made me fume even more.
I'm the neat, collected, organized one and somehow I always find myself in horribly embarrassing situations such as the one I went through. Ah, that's the beauty of life. Nothing is fair and nothing is ironic.
For most of the train ride I continued moping about, staring out the window the entire time. Holly left a couple of times to go talk Quidditch with bloody James Potter. Today has only clarified the reason I don't like him.
He walks around like he's some sort of god, as if we're all inadequate in comparison. It infuriates me. I hate people who feel they're above everyone else. It's snobbish and it disgusts me. The whole lot of Potter's crew act like that. I don't understand why everyone idolizes them. They're four miscreants who feel they're above the rules that the rest of us have to follow.
Anyways, back to the moment that reminded me exactly of why I disliked Potter…
He struts into mine and Holly's compartment towards the end of the ride after we'd changed into our school robes. He peeks his big, fat head through the door and says in the perfect sneer, "I heard you did illegal magic, Evans."
I was mortified. Forget about my hair. He had just told my best friend in the entire world about me breaking the law. I was ashamed of myself and I was very set on taking it to my grave, but then Potter comes and pops a big hole in that idea.
Apparently, his father is the head of the Improper Use of Magic Agency and Potter's dad had to head off to work instead of escorting him to the train. So now, Black, Potter, and Pettigrew are having themselves a jolly good laugh about the gum in my hair. Remus Lupin, however, isn't laughing, for which I'm very grateful. I've always liked Lupin. He's sensitive, nice, smart. He is exactly the opposite of his three other mates. I don't understand why someone like him would hang out with blokes like Potter and Black.
Holly didn't even laugh, which I am also grateful for. She may laugh when it's the two of us in private, but she's very loyal. She never lets anyone bully her friends and nor do I. We both know the appropriate times for laughter and this was not one of them. She could see how embarrassed I was getting.
I can honestly say that the only highlight of my entire day was when Holly pulled the bubblegum she was chewing right out of her mouth and placed it right into Potter's mop of hair. Now, that was hysterical. He darted out of the compartment, his cheeks are flushed. I've never seen Potter embarrassed. It was truly something to witness.
Now that I look back on it though, I feel a bit repulsed. I laughed at someone's embarrassment, which is something Potter does. I'll most likely grumble an apology tomorrow for my guilt, no matter how much the git annoys me. I know how it feels to be embarrassed and caught off guard and I know I hate it when people laugh at me. I suppose it's just not right or fair for me to laugh at them, even Potter.
Even though I had the worst day of my life today, at the end of the day, I am overjoyed to just lay down on my bed and write in this diary. Holly was really surprised when she saw me writing in a diary, but she overlooked it. I think I saw her trying to make her own out of pieces of parchment. Ah, Lily Evans, trendsetter. Ha, sure, that'll be the day.
Hogwarts is my true home and I am extremely pleased to be back. It's hard to believe how much I missed this place, excluding Potter and Black.
Uh oh, Holly's trying to read in this. I better go. I don't want her to see the part about me being envious of her cool earlier. Got to go throw a shoe at her head.
Until next time,
Lily Evans
A/N: Alright, it was short. Sorry. I couldn't make it any longer. I tried, but it just didn't work. Well, tell me what you think. Please review. Thanks!