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Chapter 2: Just a Bad Day
"I don't mean to be rude," James started cautiously, "but I don't really remember you."
Lily smiled. "Actually, before today, I didn't really know who you were either. It's really strange, though, because you'd think after being in the same house for seven years, we'd remember each other!"
"Yea, it's weird. I mean, you'd think I'd remember someone as beautiful as you."
Lily laughed. "Very smooth," she said sarcastically. "I'm practically weak at the knees!"
James laughed back. "Ok, ok. I know that wasn't the greatest line. Give me a break." He sat down by the edge of the lake, and Lily sat down next to him. "Well anyway, there's only one thing we can do now."
"And what's that?"
James smiled. "We'll have to get to know each other extra well right now to make up for all that time we missed."
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Lily and James sat and talked and laughed by the lake for 5 hours before they noticed that they were getting quite hungry, and relocated to the Great Hall for dinner. Lily glanced over at her friends, and they smiled and waved at her. Emily winked.
"Well, your friends are supportive," James joked.
Lily laughed. "Well what about your friends? Where are they?"
James lost a bit of color in his face. "Oh, well… I think Remus is coming down with something. So Sirius and Peter were hanging with him in his room…to make sure he's alright."
"Oh no! He's sick? Should you be with him too?"
"Well, actually, I spoke to him, and he thinks they can do without me this time."
Lily looked puzzled. "This time?"
"I mean… well he's gonna be sick for a couple days… I'll stay with him another time."
Lily narrowed her eyes, but said nothing.
James laughed uneasily. "So, anyway…" he said slowly. "I've had a lot of fun today. It's a shame I never knew you before."
"Yea, this has been really great," she replied, smiling.
"You know, there's a Hogsmeade trip this weekend. Do you wanna go with me?"
She smiled again. "I'd love to."
They spent as much time as they could together, but eventually, it was time to go to bed. The two of them said goodnight, and as Lily got into bed, she felt she had never had a better day.
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The next morning, Emily was terribly curious as to what had happened, as was Catherine, who quickly joined them walking down to breakfast. She was always very excited, but after Lily had told the two of them that James had asked her out, Catherine wasn't nearly so perky.
Lily was still feeling giddy about the previous night. She reached out for the last piece of bacon, but someone snatched it up before she could grab it. Emily was giving her a funny look, but she ignored it.
She stood up and reached over to the toast, but in an instant, three other people grabbed all the toast on the plate.
"What's going on here?" she said to Catherine. "Can't I get any breakfast?"
Emily reached out and put some scrambled eggs on Lily's plate. "There you go," she laughed.
Lily smiled. "Thanks, Emily." She reached for her fork, but before she could get any eggs, a first year, Roger, sat down at the other side of Lily, and knocked the plate onto the floor.
"Hey, watch it!" he said, turning away.
Lily was in shock. "This is ridiculous!" she said to Emily. "Maybe I'll just skip breakfast. I'm not so hungry anyway." She stood up, grabbing her bag, but it caught on her chair and ripped open, sending books and papers flying everywhere.
Emily looked at Lily. "Wow. Someone's having a bad day."
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James rolled out of bed, and got dressed as quickly as he could. If he hurried, he might catch Lily at breakfast.
Sirius and Peter were still sleeping, which was understandable, considering they had been out all night. Full moons always tired them all out.
James took a quick look in the mirror, and then rushed down to breakfast. He didn't make it very far, though, because right outside the door, Benjamin Bralin, a fourth year, was standing with a jar of some thick, black liquid for a potion. James barreled out of the door, knocking into Benjamin, and sending his jar flying in the air.
It seemed to happen in slow motion. James and Benjamin were on the floor, and the black liquid was in the air. Then the thick, black liquid (which also smelled worse than anything James had ever come into contact with) spilled all over James, who lay there in complete shock.
"Watch where you're going Potter!" Benjamin shouted, picking up the broken pieces of the jar. "I don't know how I'm gonna brew that stupid potion now." He walked away, leaving James lying there in shock as the vile liquid ran down him.
Unfortunately, Lily could not have picked a worse time to enter the common room.
"Wow. That's pretty gross," she laughed as she walked over. But halfway there, she stopped laughing and covered her nose. "Wow! That really is gross! What is it?"
"No clue," James said, pushing himself up.
Lily offered her hand, and he grabbed it, attempting to get up. Instead he slipped on a puddle of whatever it was, and fell back down, pulling Lily down with him. Now they were both covered in it.
"You've gotta be kidding," Lily said slowly. "This is disgusting."
"Tell me about it," James said slowly. He started laughing, and Lily looked at him like he was crazy. "Oh, come on. You have to see the humor in this!"
Lily smiled, but didn't laugh. "I'm not having the best day."
James looked sympathetic. "And it's not even close to being over. But at least you'll have lots of time to make up for it."
"I suppose so," she said, smiling. "It could get better."
Just then, in a nearly unprecedented visit to the Gryffindor common room, Professor McGonagoll entered though the portrait hole.
She looked as if she might make an announcement, but then she saw Lily and James lying on the floor covered in something, and suddenly started shouting. "What are you two doing? And what is that smell? I would never have expected something like this from either of you! Detention!"
She stormed out, leaving them in shock.
Lily frowned. "Well, I don't think today will be getting any better."
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