First Kiss Chapter one. Trying to work up the nerve!

chapter 20 New Life

Chapter 20 New Life,

It was a warm day the sky was filled with very few cloud, the ones there were all small thin ones drifting slowly across the sky. Students were milling about the yard and a few were testing the ForbiddenForest, for any kind of creature that they might see lingering around the edge. Several were claiming to see a Centaur while others said a herd of Unicorns were parading by. The thing that made most students happy was the end of the exams and the end of the school year already here. The students were all happy to make plans for the summer and to say good-bye to ones who were graduating that year.

Lily smiled and talked happily with her friends, as they talked about what they had planned for summer. Tara was pleased to tell them she was going back to the states for the summer.

“Look the boys are heading this way again.” Tara laughed pleased. James walked by ruffling his hair as he looked over at Lily.

Lily laughed and turned away from him. Lily felt a small bit of satisfaction as James friends laughed kidding him.

“No good Prongs, its not working mate.” Sirius chuckled smacking him on the arm.

“So out of luck again,” Remus laughed patting him on the back.

Peter just giggled insanely happy.

Lily turned to look at the back of James as he walked off with Sirius, Lupin and Peter.

“Why do they call him Prongs?”

The other girls shrugged.

“Boys always come up with weird names for each other. I heard them call Peter Wormtail.” Mary told them.

“I think a better name for him is Pervboy.” Tara said emphatically. Mary nodded in agreement.

“I heard he was peeking into the girl’s loo again,” Mary told them her nose winkled in disgust.

“Oooh sick I’m having someone stand guard when I go in there now,” Tara told them.

They all had to agree on that one.

The girls went back to their talking about more mundane things as other students moved around them on their own personal business.

That evening in the common room, Lily was sitting at the table looking over a new book she had checked out from the library. Lily didn’t look up when the portrait was open and Professor McGonagall climbed inside. McGonagall looked around the room for a moment then headed over to where Lily was sitting. She was standing next to Lily who looked up with surprise to see her.

“Lily dear please come with me up to see Professor Dumbledore in his office.” McGonagall said to her as she held her shoulder gently.

“Oh yes of course.” Lily looked surprised but stood up and followed McGonagall out the portrait hole.

This of course cause a lot of new gossiping and speculating on what Lily could have done to be called there.

“I sure hope she isn’t in to much trouble.”

“Do you think someone died in her family?”

“I heard that he —who— must— not— be — named is causing more and more trouble.”

This set a lot of people to talking even more urgently.

Lily followed professor McGonagall at a fast pace; she was a bit surprised how fast she was. Lily saw James looking at her in alarm as she walked by him as he left the Great Hall with his friends.

“Evans everything ok?” James called to her. Lily ignored him and continued to follow after her teacher. James and his friends all watched from the hallway wondering what was going on with her.