Update Post, Part II

I hope you've all enjoyed Chapter 29! Lol, I've probably given more spoilers for that than any other chapter, so I'm curious as to whether it lived up to expectations.

Here's a little piece of a conversation that was supposed to happen between James and Sirius during the night. It will be compensated for in Chapter 30, but I still like the idea of it, so here you go.

“I’m not going to tell her for you,” said Sirius quietly. James looked at him, but his friend was staring at the witch in the other crowded little cell. Lily sat on the ground, in the corner between the two cells, talking animatedly with Sam. “I think you’re half hoping, half afraid that I will.”

James sighed. “I don’t care if you tell her,” he said. “It won’t matter.”

Now Sirius looked at him. “At this point, you’d better hope not.” James rolled his eyes. “Regardless, I’m not telling her.”

 Okay, so, now that Chapter 29 is finished with, the summer is finally over! Chapter 30 is, as most of you know, the beginning of Year 7, and I want to just spoil EVERYTHING but I can't. However, here’s some information I feel comfortable giving you about the upcoming seventh year: Prudence Bloody Daly will be causing Marlene grief (perhaps unintentionally) for a little while yet, and there’s an additional new girl stepping onto the scene, and her name is Clancy. The next chapter is September 1^st, so Lily’s going to find out about Carlotta and James pretty soon. New staff at Hogwarts, too—the new Dark Arts teacher, of course, and also a hippie lady, whose goal is “emotional education.”

Carlotta’s gonna owe James an apology for something that she neglected to tell him, and James might find that his lack of disclosure has gotten him in trouble too. In addition to the much anticipated, “Carlotta Delenda Est,” there’s going to be a chapter called “Meloni v. Mumps,” which will be juicy, lol.

Also this year, Remus will get to be a bit of the knight in shining armor, Lily will explore her inner crazy person, Marlene and Mary are just gonna be evolving all over the place, Sirius is going to come up with a new nickname for “Teeglow,” and Sam Dearborn will be important to the story again.

As mentioned, Chapter 30 is structurally a bit crazy, and I’m only hoping I can pull it off. In the event that I can, it will be divided into five stories, entitled as follows: “It Began with a Kiss,” “Never a Good Reason,” “Ghost of Christmas Past,” “You Would Cry Too,” and “Later.” Each of those is dedicated to a different character in the story.

 

Lol, and the song title for the chapter is “It’s My Party.”

Happy Sunday!

Love,

Jules

Chapter 29 Post Uno

Ya'll talking about sipping on tequilla and now I'm jealous. I would shoot Old Yeller for a margarita right now.

Okay, anyways.

Chapter 29 is posted! And it's there. And no one is reading this because they're reading the chapter. Which is totally chill.

Much love to the Chapter 28 reviewers:
Elibubble, readerr, quest4candy, Alyssa, swimer123, Meda Plaster Caster, belleblu13, alexandria2317, Vivian, nameless, dancer 987, The Captain (tcha, I hear ya), I'm a Cuckoo, liebedance, Mouse100, HamaK0, Emily Vanchi, guille, Mystii, Through The Trapped Door, yosemitesam (regarding  Puppy Killing Events, aka, James/Carlotta sex scenes--we'll see?), LivinNMyWorld, I fancy some honeydukes, Mr Tee (there's a lavatory in the Atrium SOMEWHERE I'm sure... =P), anonymous, ladybalin, Dash, onesmartgoalie, KneelBeforeTodd, Papoose913, lifeandtimesinducedorgasms, arrowthroughmyheart, aiden.c, underbabe, Lisbry, storynverse, sjm95x, MeaghanHP10, Litira, bm, isigirl, Abarraine, MariaaB, Raindancer110, Will Write For Food, pigckle8, seraphiel1, When you notice the Stripes, Dudaidoj, anonymous, Dani Nott, Lily, bookwormofmassiveproportions, Megan, Greenfairyrose, Lenners, Stellaaaaa (Probably? I mean--by Chapter 30, the assumption will be that they have), talyag, flash photography, ofergy, KMK25, silver-thunderbird, ElvesWizardsCentaursOhMy, PinkCamellia,Writingright, chubbypotato, Little Emily, hushpuppy22, Miss92, rawrTiffy, loveandotherdrugs, PottedLilies, Akt5us, Off Dreaming, whispered touches, WhiteCamellia, WeasleyWannabe, jadechristie, NikiJane, RagnarBlackmane, and lilli kitty.

I'll post more interesting stuff on Chapter 29 tomorrow... there's a pretty good Sirius-James deleted scene.

Idk, there are parts of Chapter 29 I really, really enjoy, and parts I'm not so sure about.

Anyways, Chapter 30 is gonna be crazy. It's easily the most ambitious thing I've attempted with a chapter for TLAT. It's gon be craazy.
Mkay, love and all that =)

Cheers,
Jules

 SPOILERS for 29:
(P.S.  Oh, hello, that awkward moment when you remember that people are about to hate you because James didn't tell Lily about Carlotta in this chapter... =P)

So...

I'M GAY, BITCHES!!!

No, I'm not. But that's been my go-to triumphant catchphrase ever since "Easy A" came out.
88 pages looks like it will be the final count.
Post as soon as I finish my final final read-through.

Stuff

I'm going out now, but I'll finish the chapter before I pass out tonight (**fingers crossed**), and though I work tomorrow morning, the update should come later tomorrow.

And those of you who have recently reread the story, you might appreciate parts of Chapter 29 better if you recall the Lily and James interactions of Chapter 5.

New Topic

I feel like it's time for one.

“Snaps,” he began, when they had both been quiet for a few minutes.

“Hmm?”

“There was—there was actually something I thought I should talk to you about...”

New Topic

 What does Canadian recording artist Drake Jimmy from "Degrassi" (forever!) have to do with Chapter 29? Not much, but there's something in there that keeps reminding me of him, and nothing makes me giggle more then a Degrassi cast member becoming "hard core." Those of us who know better remember that he can't walk.

Probably the last spoilers I'm going to give before the update are going to be some random excerpts. Super random sentences taken from the chapter =). Enjoy:

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“Your kind is—is graciously admitted into magic... welcomed, given a wand... the ingratitude... the disrespect for us—for purebloods...”

Nearly a minute of snogging commenced, before James cleared his throat loudly.

“Why do you have a sofa in here?”

One day, in the not too distant future, Sirius Black would serve as the best man in his best mate’s wedding.

“Let’s go see about a necktie, shall we?”

“That’s not earrings, is it?”

“Husband and wife,” said the little wizard...

“I’m seeing Carlotta,” he told her suddenly.

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Love,

Jules

P.S. Majorly vibing on this right now

"My self-preservation instinct is telling me that I shouldn’t just walk into a lock-up."

-Chapter 29