Noteworthy

Noteworthy Chapter 2

After the events at the library, James wandered around the castle, searching for Lily. Meanwhile, Sirius had escaped Madam Pince's wrath and was planning yet another nasty prank upon Snape that included items such as thirty pounds of raw chicken, a gallon of lemonade and some live roaches.

When the time for dinner came, even James couldn't resist his stomach, calling him to the delicious dinner that awaited him.

'I couldn't find her anywhere, even the bathrooms,' James said to his fellow Marauders as he sat down and shovelled some potatoes and chicken onto his plate. He then proceeded to bore his friends with a rather long list of the places he checked.

'Have you forgotten that certain cartographic item of yours? The special one?' Sirius asked, devouring a entire roasted pig(with the help of Remus), with the cliché apple in it's mouth.

‘You're right! Thanks Padfoot!' James responded excitedly as he ran off to a private room.

'Idiot, that boy is,' Sirius muttered as he inhaled a plate of steaks.

'I agree, Sirius. James is a bigheaded, old, dumb codge-...' was all Peter was able to say, before getting a fist in his nose from Sirius.

'Only I get to insult James, got it?' Sirius said dangerously.

Peter nodded his head.

Frank Longbottom sniggered and flicked a few potatoes at Peter's head. Peter turned around at the exact wrong second, and was rewarded with steaming oily chunks of potatoes in his eyes. Sighing, Peter reached for his napkin and wiped his face clean.

'Why is it always me, eh?' he asked, frowning and leaving the table.

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James stepped into a empty corridor and pulled out the Marauder's Map.

'I solemnly swear that I am up to no good,' he whispered.

Ink appeared on the page that read, 'Messrs. Moony, Wormtail, and Padfoot are very pleased that Prongs remembered he had such a item that has the ability to reveal the location of certain people on school grounds.'

The ink then vanished, and the map appeared.

'Show me Lily Evans!' he ordered.

The map changed to the sixth floor, the 7th-year's dormitory. Slapping himself for not checking there, he whispered ‘mischief managed!'

James shoved the map into his pocket and rushed out of the room. He climbed up the six flights of stairs with such speed, an Olympic gold medal winner would have been put to shame.

As he entered the 7th-year's common room, (The password was 'Shagadelic'), he heard two female voices coming from Lily's room. The door was open just enough for James to slip in. He got his Invisibility Cloak out of his trunk and snuck into Lily's room.

'But if you don't like him, why did you kiss him?' Robin Potter, who just so happened to be Sirius's girlfriend of four months, was saying, sitting up on Lily's bed. She was running a silver comb through her hair. The comb in particular was rather special, as James had bought it for her for her coming of age party. It has the ability to perfectly smooth out hair and even shape the hair into an assortment of simple hairstyles.

'I don't know, Robin! I've told you a hundred times, it just happened. I wasn't thinking. I just... forgot myself for a moment,' Lily replied, laying back on her couch, looking up at the ceiling she had charmed to show the sky.

'Lily, I think the only answer is that you like him.'

Sitting up, Lily said, 'Robin, I don't know. Yes, I like him. But I don't want to like him. He's a jerk, a bully, and his overgrown ego drives me crazy.'