Nah, She Didn't

~ Part 44 ~ SOMEONE GET SOME MUSIC IN HERE!! ~

Cherry Bomb - The Runaways

-Lily POV-

Marlene and I are sitting on one of the couches in the Head common room, and have just been chilling in the Head dorms for almost the whole day.

James had came back and told us that he won, and then said that he and the team had to go out and do the traditional celebration in the kitchens. I didn't want to intrude, so Marls and I just stayed here.

Around 7:00 pm, though, I hear a rumble coming from outside of the painting, and then some yells. All of a sudden, the painting bursts open and, like, every Gryffindor above 3rd year comes filing in. I see James's head over everyone else's (that guy's a giraffe) and he pushes his way through the crowd to me.

"Hey Lily," James greets cautiously, cringing. I narrow my eyes at him. "Look, I know it's a lot of people, but... we won! We deserve it, right?"

I sigh, shaking my head in defeat, dragging my hand along my face.

What is this boy doing to me?

"Fine, fine," I say, raising my hands up in defeat. "I took a potion before this to calm my nerves, so I don't even care. Let me guess, Sirius brought Firewhiskey?"

James smirks. "What do you think?"

"We won't be able to stop him from drinking, will we?" I ask, raised eyebrow.

"Again, what do you think?" James responds.

"Oh, what the hell," I mutter. "SOMEONE GET SOME MUSIC IN HERE!"

James looks at me and grins, but before he can turn on any music, I see Sirius flick his wand and some crazy punk rock song comes on ten times too loud. I quickly set a sound proof spell around our dorms.

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There's about an hour of just everyone bouncing around, dancing and drinking, the drunkness starting to kick in. I dance around a bit with everyone, but I don't drink anything.

I'm surprised to say that the loud noise didn't really affect me. At first I was quite overwhelmed, but now I'm sort of accustomed to the volume.

I push my way through the crowd, trying to find a familiar face. I'm probably half deaf by now; all the screams and cheers and loud music has gotten to me. I push through and see a small clearing, and people surrounding two kids who I barely even know.

"CHUG! CHUG! CHUG! CHUG!" People chant as the two kids compete on how fast they can down a bottle of Firewhiskey. God, it couldn't have at least been Butterbeer?

I push past that group, and finally come to a less squished area.

Then in the middle of the crowd I see Gwenog Jones lean towards a boy and kiss him straight on the mouth. This doesn't surprise me, I mean, everyone's pretty drunk. But then I see who the boy is.

Gwenog Jones had just crashed her lips onto James's.

I turn right around, not wanting to see any more.

I feel a sinking in my stomach. I mean, me and James aren't dating or anything, so he has every right to do that. But... I still feel a pit in my stomach.

I blindly push my way through the crowd, bumping into people as I go. I find myself in front of the drinks table.

Maybe just tonight it would be okay to have a small drink, right?

I push my hand towards a bottle of Firewhiskey, when another hand stops mine.

"You never struck me as one to drink, Lily," quips none other than Sean McLaggen. I ignore him and try and grab the bottle. He keeps a firm hold on it.