Smile Because it Happened

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

Lily, despite being prefect and very high up on the food chain, could be extremely immature. She completely ignored the fact James and I were dating. In fact she was completely ignoring me in general.

Alice and Marlene weren't sure what to do so I encouraged them to talk to the red head. I had James to hang out with- she didn't.

After Lily had found James and I in the hallway we got in a row- well James and Lily did. Lily was just screaming about how James was using me and all this other junk while James was yelling at her for being so self centered and things like that. I wasn't happy with either of them though when Lily turned on me- that was when I got angry.

She started saying that I was too stupid to realize what was going on and just stupid for not realizing it. That among other things that was. Even with that though I kept quiet. She kept on saying these things and I kept my mouth shut. It was difficult but...it helped.

It wasn't long before the Fat Lady joined in telling everyone to shut up and it wasn't long before we caught the attention of more and more people. After what seemed like ages though probably was only a few minutes, everyone stopped. Alice and Marlene dragged Lily away and the marauders got James thus leaving me to the crowd.

It quickly dispersed and I found myself in the common room… alone. Honestly I was hurt by everything that was said but I refused to let myself cry. I had told myself over and over again that it was bound to happen and… it worked.

Later that night James stumbled down the boys' stairs looking disheveled and tired. It took him a minute to notice me but he came up and apologized… Said that if I were still willing he would be… We ended up staying in the common room till about 1 in the morning and when I started to drift off- He insisted that I go upstairs. We had class in the morning and though I felt bad for drifting on him… I had to agree.

"You're sitting with us during lunch today?" James asked as I came down the common room the next morning. I nodded at the boy with a grin and looked at the other three marauders behind him who looked tired but ready for the day.

"Yeah of course." James grinned at this, flashing me his pearly whites before wrapping an arm around my waist. I jumped a bit at the contact but slowly relaxed into his grip. I guess this wouldn't be too bad.

"Did Evans ever apologize to you this morn?" Sirius walked on my other side while we made our way through the hall, Remus and Peter lagging behind. I looked up at the boy and shook my head, keeping my mouth shut.

Sirius Black had always intimidated me. With his extremely attractive attitude and how he always carried himself in such an arrogant manner he seemed like a big person. He always seemed to get what he wanted and that just made it so much worse. He made me feel so small even though he's probably only talked to me twice if even.

"I… uh yes?" He was about to respond when I realized what he actually had asked me. "No! No she hasn't. But that's her own choice and when she's ready… I'll be there for her."

I pushed my glasses up my nose at this and Sirius stared at me for a moment. I couldn't stop the blush that was forming on my face and looked over at James who was watching our exchange with a slight smirk on his face. I wasn't exactly sure as to why I was blushing but I was.

"You shouldn't forgive her what she said." Sirius stated shoving his hands in his pockets. I gave him a shrug and a half smile.

"She was just trying to help though…" We all knew that she wasn't though.

"She was being a prat and you should stand up for yourself." Sirius sighed and none of us said anything else while we made our way into the Great Hall.

There was a ton of chatter, a lot of the people not having seen James and I yet. I tried to tune it out as we sat down but it was nearly impossible to do so. They were questioning who I was, asking why I was with James Potter of all people, one of the better questions was if I was their community whore.

It was weird just getting so much of this attention and honestly… I wasn't sure as to how I felt about it.

All my life I would hide behind my glasses, keep my head down and just read. I wasn't the type of person who would start arguments or fight back… I wasn't the type of person who would do big things to get attention and I seriously believed that I was put in the wrong house. Almost all of the Gryffindor's had huge personalities while I didn't… I honestly believed that I was supposed to be a Hufflepuff for the first few months of my schooling here.

"Just ignore them love, the whispers will die down eventually." James whispered into my ear and I nodded gratefully. We sat down side by side with the rest of the Marauders across from us.

"We have potions first…" Peter groaned while looking down at his schedule. I sighed as well and watched as the rest of the group started to make small chat.

Despite being extremely popular and held up on a high pedestal… these guys weren't that different. Of course they were so bloody weird but they weren't that different than the others here.

"Rory… I don't know.. this is kind of weird but you might want to move your arm soon..." Remus shook me out of my thoughts and I looked down to see that my sleeve was now completely covered in eggs. I shuddered at this and was about to pull it out when Sirius and James burst out laughing.

Glancing at the two it took me a minute to realize what was going on. The plate of eggs wasn't even close to me. In fact, the plate was right in between James and Sirius. Even if the plate had been underneath my arm, the eggs wouldn't have been covering the top part of my arm. They both had a large spoon in hand and it was easy to connect the dots.

"You buried my hand in… eggs?" I couldn't hide the disbelief and I carefully removed my arm from the pile. This just caused to laugh even harder and even Remus started to chuckle.

"I'm just surprised that it took you that long to notice." James laughed and then wrapped one of his arms around my shoulder. With a quick flick of the wand, the stench and the remains of the egg had disappeared.

With a laugh I leaned up against the Marauder- amused by the ridiculousness of this whole situation. Honestly though… who the hell covers someone's arm in eggs when they're not looking? That was just so bloody weird.

"Prongs… I've decided that we approve." Sirius announced in a large voice and we all stared at him confused. Rolling his eyes at this he made a gesture between James and I. "Of you two that is. I wasn't sure at first but she's much better than Evans. This one can actually take a joke. That being said… Rory welcome to the group. Don't fuck it up."

I sincerely hoped that I wouldn't.