When Potter Met Evans...(marauder fic L/J)

Hi all, i'm so apprehensive, becuse this is my 1st fic; i'm really hoping you'll like it.

here's the deal: i have ALOT of school work right now, so i'll try to post frequently.

Disclaimer: these things are ingenious; NONE OF THE CHARACTERS THAT YOU SEE IN THIS STORY, THAT YOU SEE IN 'HP' ARE MINE!!! THEY ARE THE WONDERFUL CHARACTERS OF JK ROWLING'S! THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE MINE, ARE THE CHARACTERS YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

I'd like to tell you that this is a marauder fic (7th year), about how james and lily got together. there's a bit of sirius' & lupin's stuff in here too.

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Hi all. Here is the first post. I’ve put it all in one post, to minimise all the space between different posts.
Just to let you know, I’m meant to be studying for my yearly’s right now!
Nevertheless, here it is...
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The whistle blew. It was 8:00 in the morning and the Hogwarts train was ready to leave.
Students were bustling about; their parents at their sides were all exceedingly embarrassing. One mother in particular, fussing over a boy’s jet-black hair. “James, do you even make an effort to look presentable?” his mother asked, whilst his best friend, on his side, s******ed at him. “Yeah Prongs, some one might get the impression that you mess it up intentionally.” Sirius said with a grin. “Now why would you say that?” he replied, giving Sirius a death stare.

“Well here we are,” said Sirius briskly, trying to change the subject. “Our final year,” sighed James. “Oh, by mum.” “Now, you take care James, don’t get into too much trouble, especially now that you’re head boy!” Mrs. Potter said, “Bye-bye Sirius, you behave as well.” She added, smiling. “See you Mrs. Potter, thanks for letting me stay at your place!” Sirius replied. “No trouble at all. Now, get on the train before it leaves without you; remember what happened last time you missed it?” she said sternly, giving a harsh look to James. “And don’t forget to visit this year, bring some friends if you like.” She added. And with that she disappeared from sight. “Bye!” they replied in chorus.

Half way through boarding the train, Sirius noticed he wasn’t moving anywhere. He wondered what was going on. “James. What’s the hold up? James? James! JAMES POTTER!” “Mmm…” he replied. “James quit staring at her, you’re holding up the line.” “Uh-huh” he responded. He had just seen Lily- Lily Evans. The Lily Evans he had been in love with since the day he first boarded the Hogwarts train.
Sirius pinched him. “Ow! What was that for?” James said, slightly angry. “Prongsie, old friend, it was the only way to get you to stop staring at her.” Sirius replied, slightly aggravated. “Now get inside.”

The pair boarded the train, and found their usual compartment, already filled with their friends. The group, already rather squashed, consisted of Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Frank Longbottom, his girlfriend Alice, and April West.

“Hi every one, good summer?” James asked rhetorically. Simultaneous ‘yeah’s’ answered him. “Where are we going to sit?” Sirius wondered aloud. It was so squashy that Alice was sitting on Frank’s lap. “Well, I don’t have to worry about that, I’ll be in the prefects’ carriage. I’ll just put down my stuff, and I’ll get goi-”
“You what?!” exclaimed Alice and April together.

“I said, I’m going to the prefects’ carriage.”
“No, I mean- no it can’t be…”

James nodded, confirming to his friends, that he had been dubbed head boy.

“I cant’ believe this- it’s impossible. I was sure Remus would get it, and when he told me he didn’t, I was even surer that it would be Alex Stepper!” April explained.

“HIM? Well no. I’m head boy. I was just as surprised, but, I, unlike you, was pleasantly surprised. You see, I know, that one Lily Evans is head girl…” James trailed off dreamily.
Sirius snapped his fingers, and James was no longer entranced. “Oh… Well I’m off to the prefects’ carriage to see Dumbledore… and Lily; Bye!”
He left to concurrent groans.
“You’re late.”
“Hello to you to Lily.” James smiled, looking into her beautiful, big, bright green eyes. His gaze drifted to her hair; it was mermaid red, with a soft touch of gold.
“I’ll thank you not to stare, Potter.” She remarked, boring into his deep brown eyes.

“Ah, James, glad to see you have joined us at last.” Professor Dumbledore, the headmaster of Hogwarts, had just entered the carriage, carrying a pot of tea. “Oh, yeah… Sorry Professor, I was putting my stuff in my compartment.” James apologised. “That is quite all right, we have not yet begun any way…” he replied. “Tea?” “Yes please professor.” James answered politely.
As Dumbledore poured his tea, he spoke: “If you will make your way to a chair, we will begin our meeting in 5 minutes.”
James followed by Lily, whom he had forgotten was there, nodded and made their way over to the other end of the carriage.
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After receiving their orders from Dumbledore, James and Lily made their way back to their usual carriage. Whilst walking, James asked Lily his daily question: “Hey Evans…” “Mmm…”,
“Will you go out with me?” his question was greeted by a somewhat familiar answer.
“Of course not!” she said with false enthusiasm, slapping him on the back of his head. “Ow… you can’t blame a guy, especially me for trying! Now really, can you?” He said half sarcastically, half truthfully.
“James Potter! When--”
“I love it when you’re angry with me, your eyes light up and you say my name as if it is like saying ‘MacBeth’,
“As I was saying,” Lily continued, rather calmly. “When, just when, are you going to give up o me? Huh?”
“I’m not, ‘cause I know you really do love me, and when you realise that, I’ll be there, just waiting for you to come crawling back apologising. You just can’t resist the Potter charm, you know.”
“As if!” Lily replied after an extended time of thought, as though deliberating whether she should tell him the truth.

Lily hid her face just in time to hide her blushing. The truth was she really did like James, she had liked him since second year. James had good charm; he was able to get any girl he wanted, but he only wanted Lily. He was also very arrogant and naïve. Because of his arrogance, Lily wanted to withstand his charm, because she thought that giving in to him so quickly would make her look easy.

The pair continued on to their carriage, and were met with the familiar simultaneous greetings.
“Well, where do I and Potter sit?
“There’s room to squeeze in one more Lily. I hope you realise this is an indication that our group is too big.”
“Um, yeah…. James, you can have the spot.”
“Nah, you can have it Lil. I’ll stand, I’m sure my precious legs will survive. Lily shot him a vicious look, and said “One, don’t call me that, two, your legs nor any other part of you is precious, and three, you can sit, because I’m nicer than you.”
“Uh, no Lily, you will sit, and fine, 'I’ll just call you toad-face.” (this was an oxymoron in itself, considering she was beautiful). James smiled with satisfaction, and, when Lily was about to open her mouth to argue, Remus interjected, saying: “Lily, you sit, Prongs will stand.” Lily simply stuck her tongue out at James.

When two hours had past, the lunch trolley came past, Miss Finch, the lunch-lady calling out the list of goodies and their prices. James bought half the trolley, and was eating his lunch standing, when he decided it was too difficult. “I can’t eat standing up, it’s very hard you know.” “Jam-” she was about to call him by his first name. “Potter, you may have my seat,” Said Lily. “Nah, it’s alright,” he replied.
James moseyed over to where she was sitting, in a corner. Much to her dismay, James sat himself on her lap. This was heaven he thought, but Lily who was squirming beneath him, yelled muffled swear words. After squirming for a further 15 minutes, Lily gave up and sat the rest of the ride, unwillingly below James.
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The train arrived and James got off Lily, reluctantly though. They made their way with the rest of the group, and found a carriage that was pulled by Thestrals. They were carried up to the castle, all the while Lily giving James piercing looks.
James was making jokes, and pulling pranks with Sirius, the moment he entered the castle.
“Sirius, Potter, be-have!” Lily snapped at them.
“Lily, we’re not going to hurt any one, not that bad any way, we gave that up last year, when you practically killed me!” James retorted.
“Potter, if you say one joke, or pull one prank in front of those first years I will personally kill you! I don’t want you corrupting them. Not yet any way.”
“Come on Padfoot, let’s go grab out seats, before toad-face eats my head.”
Lily was fuming.

After the sorting and feast, most retired to their common rooms; Lily and James, were left in charge of the new first years.

“Lily, you can do it.” She gave him a quizzical look.
“I mean, you can be in charge, and show the first years where every thing is; I’ll just be quiet. You know, best not to open my mouth or any thing, in case I’m a bad influence.”

“Well it’s not like you actually care about school, or the people in it for that matter.”

“Well, Lil, this may come as a surprise to you, but I care about the well being of the students of this school too! You think I don’t worry about the safety of the students here? Well HELLO, there is a dark lord rising! The first years are the second most important thing in this school to me, they’re the least defenseless.”

“No, James, I- I’m so sorry, I didn’t realise you actually cared about people you don’t even know. I mean, I’m not saying I don’t, of course I do, but I thought all you cared about was having a good time.”

“Well, Lily, you were wrong about me,” James said calmly.

“I’m so sorry.” She apologised.

“It’s alright.”

“What do you care about most, then?” she enquired.

“You.”
With a puzzled look, Lily continued walking, first years following suit.
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The first week went by in a blur. Even Remus was astounded by the amount of homework they received in 5 days. “It’s not fair,” Sirius, April and Alice chimed. “Well, you should consider that it’s only to help us get better results in our NEWT’s,” Lily informed them.
For James, the work load was easy, but it was all the rows he’d managed to have with Lily, in just one week.
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“Every one I would like you to meet Jessica. She’s just moved here a small school over on the west side of England.” Lily said.
“Jessica; I’d like you to meet my friends Alice, frank, Sirius, Remus, April, Peter, and- oh, where is he?”
“Boo!”
“James!”
James laughed hysterically.
“Got you Evans.” He joked
“Jessica, this is Potter, James Potter,” Lily said impatiently. “This, every one, is Jessica.”
The new girl, Jessica, was greeted with vigorous hand shaking and “hi’s”, and probably more than 50 questions.
Jessica was a tall, slender girl, with straight light brown hair, that came just below her shoulders.
Maybe this was the reason that Sirius was so quiet and reserved around her. He couldn’t string a sentence together in front of her, and would always think of something witty to say after she left.
Jessica excelled in ancient runes, which so happened to be Sirius’ worst subject, even though he was still rather good at it. “Why don’t you fail the test tomorrow? Then you can ask her to tutor you,” Remus suggested. “Yeah, right Moony. I can’t even talk in front of her!” Sirius replied. “Yeah, Moony. Padfoot’s worse than me.

Meanwhile, over in the girls’ dorm: “you like him don’t you?” Alice accused.
“I don’t” Jessica retorted. Jessica, who upon being sorted into Gryffindor, joined the three girls in their sleeping quarters, and became best of friends with the trio.
“you do too!” April remarked.
“Uh-uh. I don’t.”
“Not even a little?” Alice enquired
Jessica blushed.
“You do!” April exclaimed
As Jessica's cheeks grew a deeper shade of red, she replied by saying: “Promise you won’t tell any one?”
The girls nodded.
“Well, I do think he’s cute, and he’s really funny, well of what I know. He never talks to me.”
“I knew it.” Alice said softly.
The conversation continued for half an hour, and Lily who was writing in her diary, was none the wiser.

She had been scribbling away for ten minutes and filled one page of her diary:

Dear Diary,
Sorry I have not written, I have been overwhelmingly busy lately. There is not much news to tell, but this:

After yet another pleasant fight with James (in case you don’t realise, I’m being sarcastic), I had a revelation.

I Lily Evans, have fallen head of heels in love with James Potter. This is not something I am too proud of.

I first realised, when we came back to Hogwarts, that he made me feel funny when he looked at me or if he spoke to me.

I have to pretend to be angry at him to hide my blushing. I go absolutely weak at the knees when I see him now.

However, this does not mean I am going to give into him any time soon. I plan to resist his ever so famous ‘Potter Charm”.

He will not have his way.

I am determined.

Write soon,
Lily Evans.

The next two months passed by quickly. Remus and April became a couple, and were tight knit now, always kissing and being seen with each other. However, the highlight of September was the fact that Sirius asked out Jessica.
They had been on a date to Hogsmeade (of course, they snuck out illegally), and met up several times, just to kiss.
“I love snogging her, it’s heaven.” Sirius said dreamily.
“Oh, you make me sick.” James said irritably.
“Just ‘cause Lily won’t go out with you doesn’t mean you have to take it out on me.” Sirius retorted.
This comment was answered in an instant. With the flick of his wand, a bat-bogey hex was put on Sirius. Sirius was running around frantically in circles.
“You know, he is right, Prongs.” Said Remus.
“Yeah, sorry James, he is,” Agreed Peter, whom James hadn’t even noticed was in the room.
“Shut up, Moony- You too, Wormtail.”



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Two weeks later, the group was heading up to the common room, when Dumbledore stopped James and Lily.
“Ah, Mr. Potter, Miss Evans, would you follow me?”
“What’s wrong professor?” Lily asked worriedly.
“Oh, nothing, just follow me. You are about to be rewarded.
James and Lily exchanged a confused glance.

“Here we are.” Dumbledore said, smiling softly.
James, bemused, asked where they were.
“Well, this section is inaccessible to all except for 10 students. This is the prefects’ section.” He answered
“Oh,” Lily sighed. Now she understood. They were in the section of the school where absolutely no one could go except for the teachers, prefects, and head boy and girl.
“To your left, is the prefects’ common room, and the prefects’ bathroom. You may access those two rooms at any time. To your right, is the head common room, which you two alone can enter, as well as me & professor McGonagall. At the end of the hall is the head boy and girl’s bathroom, which again only you can access. The password for these rooms is on this parchment.
With a flick of his wand, a piece of parchment appeared in James’ and Lily’s hands in turn.
They entered the head common room, and James let out a small “Wow.”
It was a huge room, with blue walls, and silver curtains, red furniture, and yellow carpet. James assumed that this was to represent all the houses.

To one side of the room, there were bookcases filled with all their entertainment needs, two fancy lounges, and a house-elf waiting to serve them tea. The other side of the room was supplied with a work station for two, and a large shelf equipped with all their gaming needs.

“It’s magnificent!” James exclaimed. It was beyond his wildest imagination. The only thing that he thought was missing was a collection of Zonko’s products.
“It’s absolutely splendiferous!” Lily said, correctively.

The two sat, as Dumbledore said his goodbyes. “Good day to you both, I hope you take advantage of your privilege, and use this room wisely.”

James and Lily sat down, accepting tea from the prefects’ house elf Moppy, who manned the prefects’ section of the castle.
As they drank their tea Lily looked around the room. James, not really caring about the room any more was transfixed upon Lily, yet again.
Her hair was glimmering in the afternoon sun-light. Her eyes were too, reflected upon the stream of light, that was passing through her delicate body. James could have stared at her for ever.
“I’ll thank you not to stare.” Lily snapped. She sprang from her seat, and said “I’m going to my dorm; I’ll be back here later.” “Bye!” She added, rather happily. And, with that, she left the room, James confused at her rapid mood swing. He simply shook his head.
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Two weeks later, the group was heading up to the common room, when Dumbledore stopped James and Lily.
“Ah, Mr. Potter, Miss Evans, would you follow me?”
“What’s wrong professor?” Lily asked worriedly.
“Oh, nothing, just follow me. You are about to be rewarded.
James and Lily exchanged a confused glance.

“Here we are.” Dumbledore said, smiling softly.
James, bemused, asked where they were.
“Well, this section is inaccessible to all except for 10 students. This is the prefects’ section.” He answered
“Oh,” Lily sighed. Now she understood. They were in the section of the school where absolutely no one could go except for the teachers, prefects, and head boy and girl.
“To your left, is the prefects’ common room, and the prefects’ bathroom. You may access those two rooms at any time. To your right, is the head common room, which you two alone can enter, as well as me & professor McGonagall. At the end of the hall is the head boy and girl’s bathroom, which again only you can access. The password for these rooms is on this parchment.
With a flick of his wand, a piece of parchment appeared in James’ and Lily’s hands in turn.
They entered the head common room, and James let out a small “Wow.”
It was a huge room, with blue walls, and silver curtains, red furniture, and yellow carpet. James assumed that this was to represent all the houses.

To one side of the room, there were bookcases filled with all their entertainment needs, two fancy lounges, and a house-elf waiting to serve them tea. The other side of the room was supplied with a work station for two, and a large shelf equipped with all their gaming needs.

“It’s magnificent!” James exclaimed. It was beyond his wildest imagination. The only thing that he thought was missing was a collection of Zonko’s products.
“It’s absolutely wonderful!” Lily said, correctively.

The two sat, as Dumbledore said his goodbyes. “Good day to you both, I hope you take advantage of your privilege, and use this room wisely.”

James and Lily sat down, accepting tea from the prefects’ house elf Moppy, who manned the prefects’ section of the castle.
As they drank their tea Lily looked around the room. James, not really caring about the room any more was transfixed upon Lily, yet again.
Her hair was glimmering in the afternoon sun-light. Her eyes were too, reflected upon the stream of light, that was passing through her delicate body. James could have stared at her for ever.
“I’ll thank you not to stare.” Lily snapped. She sprang from her seat, and said “I’m going to my dorm; I’ll be back here later.” “Bye!” She added, rather happily. And, with that, she left the room, James confused at her rapid mood swing. He simply shook his head.
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“Hi, Tonks”. Sirius said
“Hi Sirius.” She replied.
Nymphadora Tonks was Sirius’ niece, though, with only six years between them, they acted more like cousins. Tonks was short, with bright green hair that had two yellow streaks on either half of her head.
“I heard you got blasted off the family tree.” Tonks said, enquiringly.
“Yes, indeed.” Sirius responded bitterly. “Yes, my dear mother was so kind as to blast me off in the summer. Kreacher should be happy.”
Tonks laughed a little.
“Say hello to Andromeda for me, okay?”
“Sure thing. Anyway, see you Sirius.”
“Bye…” He called after her.

“Who was that?” James enquired.
“My cousin, well actually, my niece, Tonks; she’s in first year.”
James and Sirius were making their way up to the room of requirement, to meet their friends, for a night of fun, away from the rest of the Gryffindors.
“I take it Andromeda is the aunt you told, that you were staying at my place.”
“Well, yeah, but Andromeda is my cousin, that’s why Tonks-”
“Tonks?”
“-Her real name is Nymphadora Tonks. She is my niece.” He added.
“And how come she has green hair?” James asked.
“Oh, yeah… I’d say Andromeda doesn’t know that it’s green. You see, she’s a metamorphmagus, but she’s not supposed to change her hair all the time.”
“Righteo then.” James said cheerfully.
Sirius’ family was into the Dark Arts, and apart from him, the only member of his family that didn’t support the wrong-doings of Lord Voldemort, was Andromeda, whose daughter was Tonks. They were the only of his family that he talked to, or that he trusted.

“Hey Prongs, is Lily comin’ up tonight?” Sirius asked.
“I don’t know, she doesn’t exactly support our use of the room of requirement, now does she?” James answered.
“Well, it’s alright for you, head boy and girl are allowed out until whenever.” Sirius said.
“Yeah, it’s such a shame she doesn’t use it to her advantage; we could be kissing all night…” James trailed off, with the dreamy expression he had most of the time when he was thinking about Lily.
“Prongs, mate, snap out of it.” Sirius’ voice seemed so far away to James. He was having the usual daydream about kissing Lily.
“Hello, snap out of it we’re here.” Sirius spoke.
“But it’s so much better there.” James replied.
Sirius, looked a bit puzzled, and assumed that James thought is was better in daydream land.
Sirius started pacing past the wall, opposite a painting on the third floor, whilst James stood there, most probably thinking about Lily.
“We need a room, a fun comfortable room, a room with food and drinks and games, so we can relax and have a party.” Sirius thought, as he walked past the wall three times.
Suddenly, with a small creak, a door appeared out of nowhere, and opened slightly, ready for its occupants’ use.

The pair stepped inside. The room was perfect. There were small coloured candles scattered around the room, allowing the effect of small lamps. It was filled with lounges with pillows placed neatly on them, beanbags, and tables covered with foods and drinks. In the corner was a stash of games like Exploding Snap, Wizard Chess, and many that James and Sirius had never seen before.
Just as they sat down, the rest of their group arrived, with Lily leading.

“Hello boys. Just to let you know, I’m highly opposed to this.” Lily said coolly.
“Yeah, yeah just get in toad-face.” James was caught off guard. “Lily looks even prettier tonight.” James thought. The group, including James and Sirius, had abandoned their school robes, for their weekend clothing, which was muggle attire.
The room was quite large, and it had two separate, smaller rooms attached. The room was just the right size for their group. There were nine people there: Sirius, James, Lily, Remus, April, Peter, Jessica, Alice, and, although he was not the best of friends with the Marauders, Frank, because he was dating Alice.

Suddenly, music began playing, the group began eating, and the boys played Exploding Snap.
As the hour passed, Sirius and James became increasingly drunk, as they consumed glass after glass of Firewhiskey.
Remus, who was the only one not to have consumed any alcohol what so ever, was in a corner making out with April.
“Come on, Jess, come with me.” With that, Jessica blushed furiously, and followed Sirius.


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To Be Continued.....

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They were the only two left now (apart from Peter, who was reading). James decided to seize the opportunity.
He stumbled out: “Yuwanna put wizard dress?
Lily replied “Huh?”
“I said”, James repeated, his voice more confident “I said, do you wanna play wizard chess?”
Lily eyed him suspiciously. After a short silence, she answered, “Okay”.
James made a beeline for the shelf, which held the game, though he was blocked by the kissing figures of Remus and April. Once he got the board, he clambered back past his friends, to where he and Lily had been sitting.

“Here, you wanna be white or black?” He thought she would want to be white.
“I’ll take white.” She confirmed his prediction; he could read her like a book.
“Okay, you go first, then.” He declared.
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Yet another hour later, James and Lily had deserted their game of chess, and were stuffing themselves with food; Lily was having the most fun she’d ever had.
They hadn’t even noticed that every one had left.

“I bet I can eat ten faster than you could eat two!” Lily declared.
“Yeah, as if!” James replied.
“Okay, ready? Set, GO!” Lily called.
And they scoffed their Pumpkin Pasties as quick they could.
“HA! I won!” Lily exclaimed.
“You only just won. Wow, I never knew you had it in you.” James said, with slightest trace awe.
“Well, like you say, there’s a lot you don’t know about me.” She said, smiling.
“I’ve never lost to any one but Sirius before!” He responded.
“Yeah, well James, I am head girl you know.”
He gave an inward “yes!”; Lily had just called him by his first name. At that same time, James realised that lately he had been calling Lily by her first name too.
He smiled at her.
As much as she didn’t want to, Lily could not fight her feelings any longer. She leant forward, thinking that she could not kiss him, she would be betraying herself. So she hugged him, and said
“James, no matter how much of a prat you are, you’re such a good friend.”

James, shocked by this gesture, hugged her too, and said “Yeah Lily, no matter how much you act like a dragon to me, you are, and always have been a really great friend.”

Lily pulled away from him and, not really sure of how to act, said to James: “Uh- we’re the only ones left, you know.”
“Oh-My-God! It’s 1:00am! Have we really been here that long? We’ve got to get back.” James said, a little puzzled.
“Oh lighten up!” Lily replied, as though without a care in the world.
This was confusing for James, Lily had never broken any of the school rules before, and even though she was head girl and was allowed to be out of bed in emergencies, this was no emergency. James was sure that they had broken at least ten school rules by being out that night. Where was this new, unruly, rebellious side of Lily coming from, and how long would it last?
This new persona of Lily’s was, however, in James’ point of view, a good thing. The way Lily was acting was exciting James, and leading him to think that he may now have a chance with her.
“Come on, if Filch catches us, we’re expelled!” James said, a little nervous. He was looking at his Marauders’ Map, which out of all the girls, only Lily knew about it. James covered them in the invisibility cloak, and they were on their way.

Lily, who gave in to her friends’ nagging, decided to kick back and indulge in some firewhisky; she was now somewhat tipsy. She had obviously not been used to consuming more than a glass of alcohol, because was more surly than James, who had consumed almost twice as much as her.
Lily spotted a shiny silver statue, of a knight, and left the cloak to admire it. She began to look at in astonishment, as though she had never before seen anything that shone.
“Lily come on, Filch’ll see you!” He whispered loudly.
Lily began to giggle. “Ha-Ha-Ha, that’s so funny, it’s so sparkly.” Lily said, still laughing, and not trying to conceal the sound of her voice.
“Lily, come on, we have to go. You’re going to regret this tomorrow, and you’re gonna blame it on me.” James replied, with a pleading note in his voice.
And he pulled her by the wrist, under the cloak, and pushed her forward, ahead of him.
When they reached the Gryffindor common room, Lily was quite incapable of walking up the stairs, as the alcohol had worked its way through her body, and was at maximum impact.
“Lily, are you okay to go up?” James asked “Er- I take that as a no.” he added after she collapsed in a giggling daze.
So he picked her up, and carried her up the stairs to the dorm where Lily slept (James being head boy, was the only boy student allowed up the girls’ dorms stair case, without it turning into a giant slide.) He quietly pushed open the door, and guessing her bed was the empty one, he moved over and pulled back the covers. Lily was a bit restless. She looked like a baby when she was sleeping, James thought.
James gently placed her on her bed, pulled her covers over her, and, sure that she wasn’t conscious enough to realise what happened, kissed her on the head.
The next few weeks were uneventful. There was a large amount of christmas cheer in the air, and nothing could break it. Every one was dressed in green, red and gold on the weekends, and people were talking about what they were going to do in the holidays, which were due to start in a few days time.
This new christmas cheer (which was brought by the fact that the Ministry of Magic wanted to cover up the rise of another dark wizard), brought James and Lily together, and they were now the male/female equivelant of best friends. Of course, this probably wouln’d have been, if Lily had found out that James had kissed her while she was asleep. The end of term/christmas feast was in two days, and James was going to Floo home for a visit, then return to the castle, to study (which he didn’t really want to), for his NEWT’s.
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LILY’S POV:
“Roast Lamb.” Remus said clearly
“Roast Lamb.” I said quickly.
“Roast Lamb.” Repeated the others, in chorus.
I heard a fit of giggles burst from every one, me included, as we laughed at Sirius making his potatoes dance above Peter’s head.
James was staring at me. For the second our eyes met, I wanted to kiss him, but I looked away and blushed. He continued to stare at me. I wondered how long I’d have to wait for him to stop acting so immature, so I could date him.
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“So, what do you all wanna do today? April asked
“How about we go down to the lake?” Sirius suggested, swapping a malicious grin with James.
“Yeah, okay.” The rest of us agreed.
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We were sitting under the shade of the old beech tree, by the lake. The snow that had fallen the day before had melted, and there were patches of wet grass, around which, we students were seated. All of our group was there. Sirius was chatting intently to Jessica; they were now an official couple. Remus was revising for our NEWT’s, April was playing Exploding Snap with Peter, and Alice was sitting in the comfort of Frank. Without him knowing, my eye was on James, as I watched him playing with the snitch he stole from the school quidditch set. He looked over at me, our eyes met, and he smiled at me. I could tell I had blushed, but I didn’t bother to hide it, I was sure he wouldn’t care. I smiled back at him, then pretending nothing had happened, I turned to talk to April, who had finished her game; I knew this would be a disappointment to James.
END OF POV
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Lily had kept herself out of the way of James, as she did not want to be confronted about the moment they had hared. James was almost certain that Lily liked him now. Her attitude towards him had changed completely, and she was always embarrassed in front of him, though she managed to cover it up in front of her friends.
Lily was trying accept the fact that she was in love with James, and she couldn’t figure out why the hell she even liked him. There was just something about him that made her want to scream, and she was not too proud of herself for this.
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The term had ended, the feast had passed, and every one who was heading home for the holidays (which most were, on account of the dark lord factor), was packed, and about to leave. The students who were staying, were mostly seventh years, and some over worked fifth years. James and Sirius were going to stay with the Potters’ for a week, then study for a week. The rest of their group was going to stay back at the castle, and have a very uneventful time.
“Well, we’re off to my parents.” James said, cheerfully.
“Bye.” His friends replied, in monotony.
Noting the look of bored glum on their faces, he added “You know, you’re all welcome to join Sirius and me.”
“Nah, we wouldn’t want to bother you guys.” Alice said answering for the group.
“Oh-come-on! You people are so bland!” Sirius said, speaking for James.
“You’re parents wouldn’t mind?” Jessica asked.
“No! My mother would grab at any opportunity to meet you all, and she loves company. As for my dad, well, he doesn’t give a s**t. I popped in for a visit, and my parents wanted you to come!” James replied.
“We don’t want to be a bo-” Peter began, before he was intermitted.
“Our group won’t fit though, will it?” April enquired.
“You’ll be surprised.” Sirius spoke, “The first time slept there I got lost.”
“You did not.” James retorted.
“Actually, I did.” Sirius said, rather sheepishly.
“Well, The girls can go two and two, us boys can share, we’ll work it out there. Moony and Frank can share with me-” He was cut off.
“I’m not coming! I-” Frank said, surprised a little, that he was included in this.
“Yes you are, you’re one of the group. You sit with us do you not?” James took his turn to interrupt. That shut Frank up. Frank had always felt a little out of place. He was not a Marauder, though he had hung out with them since 6th year, when started dating Alice.
“Well, is it agreed.” Sirius asked.
“I guess.” Lily responded. She had not taken part of the discussion, though James didn’t really want her to, because he thought she would convince his friends not to come home with him.
Lily, didn’t show it, but she wanted to spend a week, a whole week at James’ house with him; they would be so close! Lily’s stomach did a flip-flop. She was secretly excited.

“Okay then, pack a weeks worth of clothes, and meet back here in…” James stopped to look at his watch (a muggle invention, that was a small clock that was tied to your wrist), then completed his sentence with “…Half an hour. We’ll arrive just before dinner.”
“Now break!” Sirius said, as if they were planning a quidditch tactic.

Half an hour later, James, Sirius, and the rest of their group gathered at the fireplace, ready to Floo. The six and seventh years were allowed to Floo home to visit their families.
“Okay, you just need to say ‘Potter Place’.” James said.
“Sirius, you go first with Jessica.” James instructed. Sirius had been staying at James’ house for a year, after he ran away (his parents supported Voldemort, and they hexed and abused Sirius for not supporting the Dark Arts).
“Potter Place!” Sirius shouted, holding on to Jessica’s hand to make they went through together.
“Potter Place!” Frank and Alice shouted, and they disappeared, carrying their bags.
Next stepped up Peter, who travelling alone.
“Potter Place.” He said, not very loud. He departed.
“Potter Place!” April shouted, holding on to Remus’ hand to make sure they too were not separated.
Lily and James were the last two there, they would go together. James gave Lily a look that told her she would be travelling with him.
“Oh all right” she said, blushing slightly.
They stepped up to the fireplace, and Lily asked “Could you take my last bag?”
“Okay.” James replied. “What do you keep in here?”
“Ha! As if I’m telling you.” Lily answered. Lily had packed three bags. A bag of wizard clothes, a bag of muggle clothes, and a bag of make-up and jewellery. No wonder she had so much make-up though. No boy had ever seen her without it.
“Potter Place.” James said casually. He Flooed home for a visit so often, that the Floo network was used to the sound his voice.
An instant later he had landed in his father’s office. He was standing, but Lily had fallen, presumably under the weight of her bags. James immediately bent over to help her up. He grabbed her hand. “God, she’s so beautiful.” He thought, as she got to her feet.
“Thankyou James.” Lily smiled. “****, I called him by his first name again.”
“Quite alright. Now, I assume Sirius has taken the others to the kitchen, the first place we go when we get here.” James explained. “Let me get those.” He added, taking her bags.
“Thanks. Ah, how big is this place?” Lily asked, seeing the enormity of Potter Place
“Pretty big. It was built by the makers of Hogwarts), and it’s been passed down in my family.” (I BORROWED THAT LINE FROM JP & A.O.S.W.M).
They reached the kitchen, and found the rest of the group waiting for them.
“Well, your mum isn’t here. What do we do now?” Sirius asked
“Uh- Well you take every one and put their stuff in the upstairs living room. I’ll go find my mother.”

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but i went swimming in my brand new starlet bikini that cost me a fortune (i just had to test it out) hehe.
so i've been a bit lazy, but i think i'll get a post done for today if i'm not going shopping (supre & diva are calling me).
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HI EVERYONE!!! A post at last. Sorry if some of info is wrong, but my computer lost all my first 8 pages of work, so I can’t look back on it. I think I’ll just have to copy and paste it all from here… just to clarify, James and Sirius sleep on the same floor, because I think I put that they didn’t… this post was so much fun to write. Please post FEEDBACK!!! I’d like you to tell me what you think of my pov.
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James found his mother in his front garden, which was the size of half his house; it took ten minutes to walk to his destination. Sirius took the group up to the room in question, and they placed their bags there. He showed them his room, before taking them back to the kitchen, where he found Mrs. Potter conjuring biscuits, and James helping himself to lemonade. Mrs. Potter started fussing about the group, and, without delay began a lengthy introduction.
“James dear, don’t be so rude; introduce me to these friends of yours.”
“Oh… Yeah. Well, this is Moony- Uh, Remus, you know him, there’s Alice, Frank-”
“Oh yes, Frank, I know your mother. Anyway…”
“Yes, this is Peter, you also know him, April,” he continued. “Jessica, of course you know Sirius, and, Evans, ah Lily.” He added, gesturing towards her.
“Oh, yes, your parents are muggles, are they not?” Mrs. Potter said warmly, smiling.
Lily nodded.
“Well, who wants what to eat?” James spoke, changing the subject, for which Lily was grateful, because the issue of her being muggle-born was a rather touchy one.
Lily gave James a weak smile, and in return, James’ stomach gave the rather familiar flip-flop, and he flashed Lily his billion dollar smile. It was Lily’s turn to react. She almost went weak at the knees.
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Later that night, when both dinner and dessert were finished, James took every one upstairs and said:
“Right, the girls will sleep on this side of the hall, and we’ll sleep on this side of the hall.”
“Who are we sleeping with?”
“Well, there’s enough room for you to all have your own rooms.” With the look of flabbergast on the girls’ faces, he added: “But Frank and Wormtail are going to share, is that right?”
Peter and Frank, in turn nodded.
“Well, me and Padfoot’ll be in our rooms, Moony can this one,” he said pointing at the door. “Frank and Peter will have the bigger one, here. Okay?”
Again, the boys nodded.
“Alice, you can have that one, April, that one, ad Jessica you can have that one.”
Lily gave a little fake cough that went : “Hem, Hem” (THINK UMBRIDGE!!!)
“Oh, yeah, Lily you can have one,” he said, apologetically. “Opposite my room.” He added, a little bitter, a little eager. Lily gave him a look of displeasure, but he was sure that she didn’t really mean it.
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I worked very hard on this part, and I’m sorry I did it, but it had to be done. The type of music i listen to helps. I hope all you readers can appreciate this as much as me. It just came naturally, because music is my muse.
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The first five days at the Potters’ past very peacefully. That was until an owl from Dumbledore came to the room in which Lily was sleeping. It read:
Dear Mrs. Evans,
As headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, it is my unfortunate but imperative duty to inform of you of this:
Yesterday, at approximately 7:16pm, both your parents were killed by two of Voldemort’s followers, known as “Death Eaters”. As part of a muggle torturing rampage, your parents were captured, and tortured using an unforgivable curse, before being submitted to the Avada Kedavra curse.
I send my condolences, and I offer you time to return home to be with family members, if you wish.
We shall arrange a meeting upon the beginning of term.

Sincerely,
Albus Dumbledore,
Headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

Lily couldn’t believe this. It must be a joke, she thought.
Then it sunk in, and she ran. She ran past all her friends, hearing their callings out and not caring about anything anymore. She just wanted to run and she never wanted to stop.
“Lily?” James asked, seeing her streak past her.
They all exchanged confused looks, but they weren’t worried. James on the other hand, was petrified. He set off after her, power walking, so he didn’t look like he was following her.
He followed Lily to where she sat with her back to him. She was sitting on a large rock, under a tree, by the creek that ran through the back of the Potters’ property. When he approached her, he noticed that she was crying; not the kind of crying like when someone is upset, but she was bawling, like she was about to be killed herself.
“Lily?” James asked.
She continued to cry, not caring that the very person she didn’t want to see her crying was indeed, seeing her cry.
“Lily, what’s the matter?” James asked, worried now.
She shook her head and cried louder.
“Come on, you can tell me. I’m not gonna make a joke of it or something.” James was really worried now.
She thrust the letter in his hand, and cried louder still.

James read the letter, and his eyed widened in terror.
“Oh my gosh Lily, I’m so sorry.”
She wouldn’t stop crying, though James could understand this. Both her parents just died, and generally girls cry more.
He pulled her close to him and hugged her. Lily sobbed into his shoulder.
“Lily, everything’s going to be okay. I know what it’s like. You know, I’ve never told this to anyone but Sirius, but my aunt, she was an auror, and Voldemort killed her himself. Also, my uncle, he married a muggle, and they killed them too.”
“B-but I h-have no f-family-“ she hiccoughed. “left, petu-petunia doesn’t t-talk to me n-now. I h-have n-no one.”
“Shh, everything’s going to be okay.”
They sat by the creek for hours, until the sun had set; it was well past 9:00, when James said: “Lily? Are you alright?”
Lily, who had been leaning on James, was entranced in misery. When she came out of her reverie, she simply nodded.
James got up “I think we should go, everyone’s probably thinking we’re off kissing.”
Lily gave a weak smile. She didn’t mind James saying something like that- it was then, she realised, that James was no longer the prat he used to be, but she wished he’d act so kindly all the time.
James extended his hand, and Lily took hold of it, letting James lift her weight. They began to make their ways back to the house (well it was a mansion, rather).
“I’m so tired, and I’m ever so hungry.” Lily said, in almost a whisper. It was as though she didn’t want to talk loudly of anything but her parents’ death, because it was disrespectful or something of the like.
“Well, you get tired from crying.” James replied.
“James, can I ask you something?”
“You just did, but you can ask me another thing.” He smiled at her. She almost went weak at the knees again. This feeling was becoming rather familiar to her.
“When your aunts and uncle died, did you cry?” She asked, very politely.
James, whose face was turning slightly pink (which was something Lily had only seen happen to him thrice), answered “Actually, I did as a matter of fact. I’m not that much of a git you know, but don’t go spreading it around, okay?”
“I wouldn’t dream of it.” Lily promised.
“I’m so hungry, but I want to go to bed…” She trailed off, as though pondering whether to eat or sleep.
“Fallimiarmius.” James muttered, pointing his wand at Lily, who was looking both annoyed and bewildered.
“What did you just do to me?” She accused, though without much effort; she just wanted to sleep.
“Oh, I just put a charm on you, so that you don’t need to eat, you can just go straight to sleep.” He added, at the look of confuse on Lily’s beautiful face “The charm fills you with false feeling of being full, they use it in malnourished countries; it should start working in 5 minutes.”
Lily stared at him.
“I just thought you may want to go straight to bed, after what’s happened, of course I’ll have to give you a spoonful of the Draught of Peace first.”
Lily shook her head, but seemed amused, then she lunged at James “Thankyou so much for all of this.” She whispered, and with that she kissed him on the cheek.
James would have done something about this, had they not been back at the house.
Once again he smiled at her, though not letting on how truly happy he was about her kissing him, even if it was only on the cheek.
“Come, on. Do want to tell every one?” James enquired. Even though he didn’t explain what he meant, Lily knew.
“I think I’ll wait ‘til the morning, I just want to sleep.” Lily replied, speaking softly. James could tell that she was still as upset as before.
“Okay, I won’t say anything. I want you to take a dreamless sleep potion, Kay? I don’t want you to have nightmares.”
She nodded her customary reply.
“Well, you go up to your room, I think every one’s probably in their rooms by now,
I’ll get you a bit of the potion.
“Okay, thanks” Lily said, gratefully.
“I’ll be up there in about five minutes.” He finished.

TBC...

to fill you in, i almost didn't post, coz there's a storm outside, before it was hailing, flooding, and bolt lightning; now it's just sheet lightning, thunder and heavy rain. it hasn't rained in 4 months!!! all the power went out, and i couldn't go on in case i got electricuted. the thunder and lightning is scary, but much needed rain, as our dam is 38% full...
more hopefully by wed or thurs (today is monday) tomorrow, yr 7 (me) is going to jamberoo, a water park in wollongong (near sydney).

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James got the bottle of dreamless sleep potion out of the family potion cupboard. Of course, theirs’ was quite vast; wealthy people had quite a lot of supplies, even if they didn’t need them.
James made his way up to the bedrooms, and tiptoed to Lily’s door, and gently knocked on it, not wanting to wake one who was asleep (They were all asleep because they had stayed up until 4:00am the night before, and needed to catch up on a lot of sleep).

“Come in,” James heard Lily’s voice say.
He entered the room; it was all pink; Lily seemed to have decorated for her stay. She smiled timidly at him.
Lily was busy shuffling around the room tidying. James was dumbfounded; lily was in her pyjamas. This had to be one of his luckiest days ever. Even though Lily’s parents had just died, he was on a pitiful high. In one day she had hugged, kissed and been nice to him. On top of that, James was in Lily’s room, and she didn’t even mind that he was seeing her in her pyjamas.
Speaking of which, her pyjamas; Lily didn’t notice it, but James was staring at her because she was wearing a short black-silk nightgown, that fell above the knees, and was very low-cut. James was goggling at her.
Lily finally noticed, but didn’t mind, which James thought was very, very odd. He stood there with his eyes closed.

“What’s wrong, James?” She asked.

“Oh… Nothing, just making a memory of how you look.” He replied.

“You’re such a perv!” She exclaimed, though he could tell she was thoroughly enjoying having him goggle over her. “Honestly, no respect.”

“Well, you know, it is your fault for being so ravishingly beautiful.” Lily took a few steps closer to him. He was confused, yet happy all the same. An awkward silence; James broke the infernal moment.

“I brought you the potion” He said.

“Oh, thanks for that, I just know I’ll see bad things without it.” Lily answered.
James smiled a genuine smile.

“You know, you’ve changed- A lot; for the better.” She declared.
James uttered a mixture of mumbled apologies, and thanks.
A single tear slid down Lily’s cheek.

“Shh, Shh, everything’s gonna be okay, Lily.” James sat next to her on the bed and rocked her back and forth.

“I’m sorry; it’s just, well, I’ve been mean to you all these years, and now- now I have nothing left, and yet you’re still so nice, even after all the horrible things I’ve said, and you don’t ever give up on me.” Lily sobbed.

“One, you're mean to me because I was being an a**e, Two, the things you’ve said have always been true, and anyway, I want to be nice to yo; you deserve it. Three, I won’t give up on you- not ever, and Four, you do have your friends left you know.” James said matter of factly. “And especially, you have me; you do know that I’ll always be here, don’t you?” He finished.
Lily nodded her reply.

“Good. Now drink this.” Her pushed the potion towards her. “I got bubble-gum flavour; you’ll fall asleep 15 minutes after taking it.”
Lily quickly finished the potion, thinking it tasted rather nice.

“Well, if that’s all…” James stood up, and he made his way to the door. “…I guess, I should be going now.” He turned the opened the door, and made to leave, but something was holding him back.

JAMES' POV:


I turned around, to see Lily’s face an inch away from mine; it sent a tingle down my spine. I’m sure I looked rather puzzled. She did the inevitable. She kissed me. Not like before, when she was thanking me, but she kissed me like I’d never been kissed before.
She kissed me full on the lips, and sent her tongue into my mouth, as if to make an invasion. She wrapped her arms around my neck, rubbing her hands on my back. I placed my hands on her lower waist, to which she did not object. She leaned on me, and I too, did not object; I was enjoying this. however, I didn’t want her to think I was taking advantage of her, so I didn’t go too far. I was in sheer bliss for five minutes, and I think Lily rather enjoyed our antics.
Just then, as I was thinking how wonderfully she kissed, she pulled away from me. I smiled at her; she smiled back at me, or rather, her face was frozen into a sad smile (after all, her parents had just died), and she hugged me.
“You best be getting to bed” I said, patting her on the back. She nodded, and I left the room in silence.
I don’t know if it was for thanks, of because she was mourning, and seemed rather confused, or if it was because she was getting drowsy from the potion. I decided on the latter.
I knew this would cause problems.
END OF POV
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James thought lily had kissed him because she didn’t know what she was doing; however, on the contrary, Lily knew perfectly well what she was doing, and she liked it. She discovered that James was a great kisser, and she wanted more. Her thoughts were filled with James, and she daydreamed of having a little baby boy; his name would be Harry, and he would look just like James, but have her eyes. She liked this idea, but her train of thought discontinued, when the potion kicked in, and she dropped of to a dreamless sleep.

James on the other hand, could not sleep. He was happy about having shared a kiss with Lily just then, but sad at the loss of her parents. On top of that, he didn’t now where their relationship stood.
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The next few days passed with Lily pondering over her parents funeral, which was to be carried out by the ministry, because her parents had died at the hands of Voldemort, which was their responsibility. She had told the others, and everyone was in a state of shock, madness, or they were crying. This innocent vacation had turned nasty; the only advantage was that they with each other to support one and other.
A letter concerning the funeral arrived on the third-last day of their stay. It read:

Dear Miss Lily Evans,
We, the Ministry of Magic, are sorry for the lateness of this letter, and wish to give our support to you, on account of you loss, for which we cannot compensate.
It is our duty to inform you that your parents funeral will be held in two days time, at 2:00pm. You are welcome to bring along any guests that you wish, and you the procession will meet out side the spiritual division.
If you wish to find out more, you may contact the ministry spiritual division for further details.

Once again, we send our deepest and most earnest sympathies.
Sincerely,
Janice Elggum, Muggle Relations;
Thomas Laut, Spiritual Division;
Rebecca McKay, Auror Headquarters. (A/N: that’s my school captain’s name…hehe)

Lily read this rather uninformative letter through thrice, and walked off before anyone could say anything to her. She set off to find the only person who could really understand her; James Potter.
They hadn’t spoken for two days, but kept smiling at each other, so Lily knew their relationship was not damaged.
She found him in his room; he was lying on his bed. She popped her head in, and he smiled at her, signaling for her to come in.
She sat on the edge of his King Size bed.

“What do you want?” He asked
She looked solemnly at him. His face grew worried, to which she, for some reason giggled.

“What?” He pondered nervously.

“Well, first of all, you’re so cute when you look like that-” She began, but stopped when she noticed him blushing, which made her give a little sniggle (snort/giggle).

“-When you look like that too.” She continued. “And second,” her face became serious again “I wanted to show you this” She finished. She handed him the parchment, upon which the letter was written, and her read it.

“Uh-huh and why did you come to me about this?” He asked.

“Well, I trust you most with things like this.” She smiled warmly.
He nodded slightly.

“I also wanted to know- well, if you’ll come with the funeral.” She asked
James had a look of many feelings blended together, of which Lily could not distinguish.

“Okay, I’ll come.” James answered.

“You will?” Lily asked confusedly, not really expecting him to come.

“Of course I will.”

“Why though? Why would you come to my parents funeral, when you don’t even know them. You know what, don’t worry about it, I shouldn’t have asked you to do something you wouldn’t want to do any way.” She rambled.

“Lily, I said I’ll come.” James held her by the shoulders.

“Why though? Why do something like this?” She enquired.

“Lily, I’d do anything for you, you know that.” James told her.
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Lily and James attended the funeral, and Lily cried on James the whole time. James however, though thoroughly upset, just sat there, stony faced.
It was the last day of their stay, and they were about to Floo back to Hogwarts.
They all went through to the fireplace at school, Sirius and Jessica first, April and Remus second, Peter and Frank this time, Alice went next by herself, and James and Lily went last.

“Bye mum, dad.” James said. Mrs. Potter hugged her son, and gave Lily a smile. “Take care of yourselves” She said.

“And I want you two dating by the end of the year.” She added in a whisper to James, to which he blushed. “Mum!” He exclaimed. She was always a lot cooler than all the other mums that James knew.

“Say hello to Albus for me James.” His father mentioned.

“Uh-huh” he replied.
With that his parents left the room.
Lily seized this as an opportunity to talk to James about what happened the other night.

“Um, James…” She started.

“Yeah.” He encouraged.

“About the other night, when I k-”
He held up his hands to silence her. “You don’t to apologise, no need. Actually, I thoroughly enjoyed it.” He said. He left her feeling dumb-founded and speechless.

“Lets go, dinner’s on in 10 minutes.” He added.
She smiled.
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TBC... :) thanks for the feedback

hello; a post should be up tomorrow or wednesday. what a bornig monday today is. i'm on the computer, reading the paper, and watching 2 shows on tv at the same time (some how ???) and i was just on 2 other sites as well... ahh. at least i have my fic to keep me company.

hi all, there won't be a post today, becasue i'm going all day to my best friend's house, and i'll be back late. maybe one tomorrow, but definately before christmas.
to let you all know, there won't be any posts on christmas, boxing day, or the day after that; i'll be on picnic. no post on new years eve or new years day either.
merry christmas!!!
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no psts today; christmas bitte- i mean visitors. yeah, that's the one...
if not tomorrow, there will be a post tuesday, wednesday, maybe thursday. because of christmas new years etc..
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Once the holidays had ended, the Marauders went back to their usual, arrogant, pranking ways. The girls, though pretending to hate their mischief, did enjoy quite a lot of it. Lily, however, genuinely did not like some of the pranks they pulled, because they could harm the students. One prank that in particular, that Sirius pulled, was not really a prank, but a cruel act to get Severus Snape, their arch enemy, bitten by a werewolf. Sirius had told him the instructions to tame the Whomping Willow, so that he would enter the tunnel and be bitten by Remus’ werewolf form. James however, stopped him, which relieved Lily and made Sirius angered.

It was now halfway through their second term; Christmas was approaching very quickly, and the 5th and 7th years did nothing but homework. Lily took refuge in her private Head Girl bedroom, so she had the perfect sanctuary. Her and James’ relationship was verging on more than friends, though she would not stand for it. Remus and April were seriously talking about marriage (which was not a surprise; they were both so level headed). Sirius and Jessica had agreed not to date any longer, as Sirius couldn’t stand the commitment, but they met up regularly to kiss, or to do other things (of which I need not mention).

One afternoon, when James was entering the head common room, he noticed Lily approaching him, looking rather p****d off. She came over to him and began yelling at him. James didn’t know what happened; he did something, and it was making Lily shout.

“What did I do?” He asked.

“You know perfectly well what you did, Potter!” She shouted.
James gulped. He knew that when she called him by his last name, it was definitely not a good sign.

“Honestly Evans, I don’t know what I’ve done.” He answered truthfully.

“AARGH!” She screamed.
James looked petrified.
Lily started ranting at him yelling a mixture of swear words, curses and accusations; all of which James could not understand.

“Lily, CALM DOWN!” He shouted. “I’m sorry for what ever I did!” He added.
She looked at him for a moment, as though processing what she heard, before continuing her ranting, progressing in volume as she went.

“LILY EVANS! IF YOU DON’T STOP DACLAMATING, I’M GOING TO HAVE TO HEX YOU!” James threatened.
Lily chose to ignore him.

“I’m sorry to do this, but…Expelliarmus!” He shouted, and her wand flew toward his outstretched hand. “Petrificus Totalus.” He muttered, and she doubled over, rigid as a board, as if bound by invisible ropes, and James caught her.

“Sorry, I had to do that Lily; it was for your own good. You could have got yourself so worked up that you hurt your self. You have no idea what a danger you are to your self when you’re upset or angry. Remember what Malfoy and Snape did to you last year? And remember what you tried to do to your self after that?” He spoke.
Lily had been verbally attacked by Snape, and she had the Cruciatus curse used on her by Lucius Malfoy (the Cruciatus curse was illegal, but Malfoy, already a known Dark Arts supporter, used it on her anyway; Lily chose not to report it). After the incident, Lily seriously considered Suicide because all through her holidays she had been enduring her sister’s verbal, and somewhat physical abuse. She was helped by Remus, through her ordeal.

Lily expressed her feelings with the only part of her body that she could move at the time; her eyes. James was still holding her, around the waist.
The charm started to wear off, and Lily began to move her body. James let go of her so she could support herself, and he leaned over her.
The charm had obviously worn off now, because Lily started to speak.

“I’m so sorry about this James.” She apologised.

“What did I do anyway?” He enquired.

“Um…” She trailed off, and blushed.

“You’re very pretty, you know.” James just came out and said it.

“Er… Thanks.” She replied “You know, I’ve always wanted to tell you what nice eyes you have." ”She continued.

He smiled “I could say the same about you.” He answered. “So I take you don’t want to tell me why you’re so angry with me?”

“James, I don’t mean to **** you off, but I’ll tell you when the time is right.” She replied.
James nodded very confusedly.
Lily flashed James a smile, which he was sure, could have been a flirtatious one.
And, with that, Lily got up and made for her room, leaving a highly puzzled James behind.

LILY’S POV:


“Oh dear, oh dear, this is bad…” I thought. I had made such a mess. All that for nothing. I was ranting and James didn’t know why.
The reason I was so angry with him, was because, well I wasn’t really angry with him at all. I was so confused and frustrated with him, because I can’t think straight anymore. James fills all my thoughts. What was I doing? Oh dear.

I’m going to have to tell him how I feel. Oh ****. I SUCK at confrontations. Oh s**t. Oh no, no, no.

I love him. I realise it now, I’m in proper, real, fully-fledged love. S**t.
Oh, this is bad. What if he rejects me? What if he wants to give me a taste of my own medicine, after 6 years of waiting? No, he’ll accept me, he loves me. I know deep down he does.
How will I tell him?
I need some time to think this over, I’m going to go have a bath in the head bathroom.
END POV



Lily indeed went and had a bath in the heads’ bathroom, and upon returning to the common room, was reminded that she had swapped patrol duty with Remus.

“Lily, your shift starts in 5 minutes.” Remus advised.

“Oh ,yeah… thanks.” She Replied.

“No problemo.”
Lily gave a small gasp-like laugh.

What Lily didn’t know would wipe the smile off her face. James was going to be on duty with her. The prefects were forced to patrol in pairs, since the various breeches in security at Hogwarts.
Lily set off for the prefect common room, where she was meant to meet her partner.
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Once inside the common room, Lily found her partner, standing in the corner. Whoever it was, she could not see, because they were overshadowed by the bookcase that they were standing beside. It seemed he or she was returning a book to a lower shelf. Her partner moved out of the shadows, and it was revealed to her, whom her partner was.

“You!” Lily gasped.

“Yep, me, Evans.” James Potter replied.
Lily was flustered, she had no words. She was caught off guard. In truth, she was glad to have been put with James, but there was no way she could tell him this. she had gone too far already. What with the countless occasions of her calling him by his first name, or complimenting him, and the few times they had shared a little intimacy.

“Oh ****. Oh s**t, oh f***. I’m stuck with you.” Lily said bitterly.

James looked hurt, to which Lily felt guilty. She just wanted to pounce on him, and kiss him; but, she wanted more than that. She wanted him.

“Now you’re gonna try hex the walls. Yay, I can’t WAIT!” She added, rather sarcastically.

“Come on, lets- lets just go, alright?” James said, his voice pained.
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Lily and James were patrolling the halls, checking the classrooms for any students making out or meeting up in them, and making sure they were all not out past curfew.
Upon reaching a corridor that had another two corridors branching off it, Lily said: “Ill walk up to that one, you go down there.”
James made a sound like a whip cracking, and said “Yes sir,” and added, upon being glared at, “I- er- I, I mean Ma’am.”
James and Lily took to their respective corridors, in search of any rule-breakers.
*

Lily had reached the end of her corridor, when she heard some one talking in the end classroom. She peered in, and sighted three Slytherin seventh-years.

“Excuse me, what are you doing so far away from the dungeons, you’re meant to be in your common rooms at this hour.” Lily sounded like a preacher.

“This, is none of your business, Mudblood.” Lucius Malfoy, a tall blonde boy, with grey eyes, said.

“Well, I should think it is, considering you’re breaking the rules.” She replied.

“You shouldn’t be out here either, Mudblood.” Severus Snape sneered. His greasy black hair was waving violently over his black eyes. (A/N That wasn’t meant to be an alliteration, it was by fluke.)

“I’m on prefect patrol, you should know Severus, you, after all, are a prefect.” Lily answered, rather coolly.

“Leave Mudblood, you have no business here.” The third boy spoke (or man?). It was Rudolphus Lestrange, and brown haired, grey eyed, dark wizard. In fact, all of the three, were known to take interest in the Dark Arts.

“I’m not going until you three go back to your common room.” Lily ordered.

“LEAVE MUDBLOOD, or we will hex you.” Snape threatened.

“No, get back to your common rooms.” Lily stood firm, she took out her wand, but before she could do anything-

“Expelliarmus.” Malfoy spoke. Her wand flew out of her hand, and she looked quite shocked.

“Silencio.” Rudolphus muttered.

Snape rose his wand so that it was level with her heart. The glint in his eye was terrifying. “Crucio!” He uttered.
Lily let out silent screams.

The three Slytherins shared evil grins, and looked at her mercilessly. It was almost as though they had planned this.
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AT THE SAME TIME, IN JAMES' HALLWAY:


James heard Lily voice, she must have found some rule-breakers. He heard some male voices. He recognised them.

“Snivellus, Malfoy.” He muttered to himself. He didn’t recognise the other voice.
He pulled out his Marauders’ map, and scanned the seventh floor. (A/N You may ask why they didn’t just check the school with the map; Lily doesn’t trust the map.)
He gasped. Lucius Malfoy, Severus Snape (other wise known as Snivellus), and Rudolphus Lestrange, were in Lily’s company.

“Oh no, this can’t be good.” He thought to himself.

TBC

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to let you all know i'll be on holidays for a week to ten days. so there'll be a gap in posts... :tu:

hi people, so sorry for not telling you, but i went away camping for a week. i went to anna bay, that's near nelson bay/port stephens; i went to urunga, which is next to coffs harbour; i went to billingen, and dorrigo, and sawtell. i went to Byron bay too...

really fun (apart from the storm that collapsed my tent; we fixed it).
to fix it, we used these giant poles instead of pegs to bunker down our three tents... *wipes a tear from eye*

me and my sister had to go scrounging for forgotten pegs in empty campsites. i tied down all the tents using reef knots... all those girl guides, girl scouts, scouts, and boys boy scouts will know what i mean... hehe... it was too funny mean while... my mu, was at a cafe with a friend, and my bro was sitting in the car! unfair...
me, my sis, and mt dad got drenched...
when we first arrived at the campsite, the kitchen tent, with all our food had collapsed, and the others were going... so we put them up in the rain again... good times...

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James instantly took off down the corridor, in search of the Slytherins, and Gryffindor. He heard the very word he feared hearing. He began to run. He rounded the corner, stowing the Marauders’ Map in his pocket as he went. He sighted the Slytherins and a heap on the floor silently screaming. He understood at once. This “heap” on the floor was Lily. They (the Slytherin gits) had put a silencing charm on Lily; judging by how much she was writhing and squirming, and the look of contorted rage, and fear displayed upon her features, she had the Cruciatus curse put on her for a long time now.

James did anything and everything he knew. He did it before the three boys noticed. He disarmed and hexed Malfoy; he disarmed and stunned Rudolphus; when he got to Snape, he stood there for a second before yelling “Protego”, so that the Cruciatus curse was now on him. James, not an inhumane person only left it on him for a few seconds, before muttering “Finite”. Snape lay there, James, once again performed the disarming spell, and he stunned him. Then, with a swish of his wand, James bound the three with invisible ropes and scooped up their wands, placing them roughly in his pocket. His mind was on Lily. Would she be okay? Was she going to recover? Was she even alive at that very moment? James didn’t know. He rushed over to her, and stared down at her still body. Lily was clearly unconscious. She had signs of bruises developing, and in the corner of her eye was a single tear that trailed down her left cheek. James gently wiped it away with his thumb.
He was enraged; any one who hurt Lily, James would hurt; personally.
He got up, walked over to the Slytherin *******s, and placed extra methods of restraint on them. He didn’t want Lily’s attackers getting away.
With a vicious glare he waved the three boys’ wands at them, before stowing them back in his pocket, turning on his heel and walking back to the unconscious heap that was Lily.

James was trying to act as quick as possible; he needed to get her to the hospital wig ASAP.
In one movement, he picked Lily up off the floor, and hurried off to find Mrs. Nightingale, the school nurse. (A/N I got that from the Lady With The Lamp, this WW2 chick, called Florence nightingale, who was a nurse). He seemed to put his body in auto-pilot, because he wasn’t sure where he was going, yet he knew it was the right way. He was pre-occupied with Lily at that moment.
James arrived at the hospital wing within 2 minutes, max. He hoped greatly that she was alive.
He banged open the door, and went straight to a bed. “Mrs. Nightingale?” He called. He was frantic. He had been in love with Lily since the first time he saw her, he couldn’t stand this.

“What is it boy?” the nurse replied.

“It’s Lily, she’s been attacked. They used the Cruciatus curse. I think she’s unconscious.”
He placed her gently on the bed, in front of which he stood.

“You have to do something, you have to save her.” He pleaded.

“Don’t worry, I’m sure she’ll be fine, she is unconscious, but she’ll be alright. It’s a good thing you brought her here when you did, other wise, she may not be with us right this minute.” Nightingale replied.

Mrs. Nightingale performed an analysis on Lily, and after 5 minutes, she removed her ergonominiscope. (A/N hehe a magical stethoscope) "Well, it looks pretty serious, she’s going to have to stay for a week or two. You just brought her in time; her condition is serious, but she is stable.”
A wave of relief swept over James, and he sighed.

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“It looks like she’s going to have to take 5 kinds of potions, though, and yes, you’ll be allowed to visit tomorrow.”

James nodded. He turned. Walking into the hospital was none other than Dumbledore. “The offenders are in my office, James.”

“What- How did you know?”

“I have ways of knowing what goes on round here with out leaving my office.” He replied.

James thought of the trusty Marauders’ Map. He nodded again.
Thank Merlin for Dumbledore.


James lapsed into silenced, falling into a chair beside Lily’s bed. He heard Dumbledore speak again.

“Looks like more Voldemort supporters, how is she?”
James heard the nurse gasp at the name.

“Oh, she’ll be fine in a week or so,” and with a glance at Lily’s almost life-less body, she added (rather bitterly at that)“Yes, some very rude students at this school.”

*SIGH*

my mother's making me have breakfast, so no more posting for now. sorry its sooo short.

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James stayed by Lily's side until, at three in the morning, Mrs Nightingale forced him out of the hospital wing: "You need sleep too, you know; you can come back at morning visiting hours."

"When is that? Dawn" He added hopefully.

"From 7:30 to 8:30 am, Mr Potter. If Miss Evans wakes up i'm sure she'd be happy to see you and thank you for saving her life."

James found that some what hard to believe. And, woth that he walked off, but he wasn't going back to his dorm, he was going for a long, looong walk around the castle, well, Prongs was going to.


James didn't get back to the castle 'til 5am, when he could no longer think. his head was ful of thoughts. About Lily, and the P*@!%s that hurt her.
he could not sleep however, when he returned, and he lay there until 6:30, when he dozed off.
He woke up at around 7 o'clock (A/N o'clock means of the clock), and he changed from his previous day's clothes, into some freshly laundered jeans and a muggle top.
He got up, and went to the Great Hall for the earliest breakfast he could get, and he ate quickly, before any other early risers could try to talk to him.

But, before he could escape, Dubledore approached him, and spoke.
"I offer my sympathies to you Mr. Potter, as I know you truly care about Ms. Evans. I daresay this event will make her rather warmer to you."

James, utterly bewildered, simply nodded.

The headmaster continued. "I am not allowed to expel students- i will be allowed from next year- but i have suspended them, and they are under dorm arrest. No leaving, no visitors."

James nodded again. He was satisfied, yet slightly dissapointed that Lily's attackers could not be brought to full justic.
He continued to nod; "Please excuse me Professor," He said. His voice was almost blank; the only visible emothion was despair. "I have to get to the hospital wing."
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James went up to the hospital wing to find he was early. He waited. Fifteen minutes later, the large, double, wooden doors opened and James rushed over to Lily’s bed; she looked worse than the night before. She had dark circles under her eyes, her skin was raw red from being continuously scraped and the like; her hair was everywhere; she looked- James was afraid to say- dead. If it wasn’t for the fact that her chest was rising and falling, she would have looked the same as any other dead person.

He sighed. He knew there would be serious consequences if he were to track down those b******s, but he wanted to avenge Lily. Then he thought: “What would Lily say?…”

Very childish thing to do…Lily’s voice spoke. A calm approach is all you need… Never lower yourself…
James smiled to himself; that was exactly the thing Lily would say.

He took hold of Lily’s hand hoping, praying that she would wake up soon. He knew that Mrs. Nightingale said she would wake up, but James couldn’t help but worry.

After half an hour of sitting there, just holding Lily’s hand, James was shooed out of the hospital wing, because the bell for classes was going, again.
*
James continued to visit Lily for the rest of that week- she didn’t wake. He (James, who else?) visited her at every chance he got. In actual fact (not really this is fiction), James was banned from the Hospital wing, coz he visited too often… he practically never left!

Roll over Beethoven << don’t mind me<<

Anyhow, as the second week past, to no avail (Lily was still unresponsive) James resorted to getting cheap updates from the girls after they came back from visiting her. They had reported that Mrs. Nightingale was getting worried, coz she should have woken up by then. James was practically dying. He hadn’t slept since he had been forced out of the hospital...

Metaphorically, James felt he was a fire being dripped on with water… slowing dying out… the water his enemy… The unconsciousness his enemy…
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Week three; James was desperate; Mrs. Nightingale had no idea what was wrong! She was deeming herself a bad nurse; the girls were getting worried too, as were Sirius, Remus and Peter (well, he pretended to be); James was almost crying from missing Lily. The had to devise a plan so that he could see her…

“Hey Prongs?” Sirius asked.
James looked up from his knees. He had been sitting there on his bed, all stiff, for over an hour.

“We were wondering, Wormtail me and Moony, that is…We were wondering if we could help with you- er- pickle?” He continued, sliding of his bed and moving over to Remus’, which was opposite James’. Peter followed.

“What pickle? James enquired, looking thoroughly puzzled.

“No you Donk! It’s an expression… is your brain switched off?”
James shrugged.

“What Sirius means is, well,” Remus explained, “we were talking last night while you were sulking-”

“I wasn’t sulking!”

“You were Prongs” Wormtail conversed.

“Anyway, what I was saying was, we have devised a Marauder fool-proof plan.”

“Without me?”

“Shut up Prongs!” Sirius exclaimed.

“Anyhow,” Remus continued, almost annoyed. “We think you could go visit Lily tonight after curfew if you take your cloak. You can transform and Prongs can visit Lily.”

“Moony! I could kiss you!”

“Hey, we helped too you know!” Wormtail said, a little put out.

James grinned. It was so easy, so obvious… why hadn’t he thought of it before? James concluded that he was probably too worried about Lily to realise.
The prospect of seeing Lily again made him happy, his stiffness, if you will call it that, reduced so much he could move once more.

“James.” Sirius said. James turned sharply to him. His first name was a mark of seriousness to a situation.

“You’re going to take your cloak when Moony comes back from the library at 8:00, he’ll let you out in your cloak. Perfect cover up, everyone will think you’re still sulking. You’ll wear your cloak to Infirmary, then slip in just before Nightingale closes the doors. She’ll go to her room, as per usual, then you can visit. But you can’t stay too long. OKAY?”

James nodded imperiously. He could have sworn he was almost floating. He was going to that beautiful face of her again…

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At 8pm, as planned, James equipped himself with his invisibility cloak and the Marauders map. He left his dorm, and went and stood for a few minutes by the portrait hole. It opened and Moony entered.
James whispered "Thanks," and left.

Remus nodded in the general direction of James, as a reply.

James reached the Infirmary in minutes, his body was in auto pilot again. He was thinking about Lily... he loved her, and she needed to know... What if she never woke up?
He tried to push that thought out of his mind. He succeded in doing so, when he reached the door to the Hospital Wing.

He waited a good ten minutes when he saw Florence Nightingale approaching, obviously going to "lock up" for the night; she hated when people got near her patients.
James slipped in through the gap between the doors, just before Mrs. Nightingale locked the doors. She did so; she was out of there. He, James was alone with Lily. He could see her again.

He moved behind the curtain surrounding her bed, and her sawher. She looked better, but she didn't show many signs of life. She appeared still unconscious, yet her chest was rising and falling like she were in a light slumber. James wanted to just shake her awake!

He took a chair nearby and placed it beside Lily's bed. He took off his invisibility cloak, placing it nearby, just in case.
He reached for Lily's limp hand; her skin was so soft. A calm relief swept over him. He was with her again. The partial insanity that had been nagging him, melted away.
He looked at her once beautiful skin; she, Lily still had that beautiful Aura about her, but it was rather dampened. James kissed her hand.

He began to lose hope... The dreadful thought flooded back... What if she never woke up? He had to tell her sometime... What better time than now...?

James breathed deeply, and moved so that he was inline with Lily's face. Then, in a whisper so quiet, it was almost inaudible, he said:
"Lily, you can't do this to us, to me, I love you."

A single tear rolled down his cheek, and he wiped it away with his free hand, the one that wasn't grasping Lily's.
Then, as quick as you could say Merlin, James noticed Lily's breathing getting heavier. The hand that was in James' gave a feeble squeeze.

"I love you too, James."

James' eyes widened in shock. His first reaction was that he was hallucinating.
No, it can't be true...

Yes it can you Dolt! His conscience relpied for him.


"Lily?" He, James, asked.

She nodded, and said "I love you, James."


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James was thoroughly delighted; shocked, but delighted. He engulfed Lily in a bear hug that could top any that Sirius gave.

"Lily, I thought you'd never wake up. You had me losing hope, there... All in a dither you had us, you did. No one's slept with out you here."

"James, it was horrible. I could understand what was happening, but I couldn't make my body move, I couldn't feel. But James, when you came, you made me need to feel."

"Oh, Lily..." James said, his voice barely a whisper.
He noticed a few tears streaming down Lily's face. He reached out and wiped them away with his thumb.

"Lily, don't cry, you're all better now. You don't need to worry anymore. I don't need to worry anymore."

"I- I missed you James." She whispered. She was quiet as a mouse; her voice almost inaudible.
James wiped Lily's hair from her face, then said:
"Lily, I missed you too. You will never know how much I missed you. I'd do anything to have you back; I'd sacrifice myself!"

"James, no... I'm sorry, so sorry."

"Lily, I even missed you shouting at me. Lily, you know it."

"Know what?"

"You know how much I love you. I love you more than life itself."
James shifted uncomfortably.

"Oh James... Didn't you hear me? I love you too! I'm sorry for all the things I've ever said to you, I never meant it." Lily apologised. "I'm sorry, so sorry James. I never meant it. Please forgive me?"

"Lily, how could I be angry with you? Really, come now. Of course I forgive you. You can't be blamed for anything, you've been unconscious for a long time... Oh, and half the time I deserved what you were saying."

Lily frowned slightly. But James' warm, happy, hazel eyes were enough to lighten her partially dampened spirit.

Lily struggled to sit up. Once achieved James helped her rearrange her pillows to support her back; she was still quite weak.

"Lily, I Know you're still here and all, but I really think we could be great together. I think I just see myself as an option for you. Please?" James asked her like a little kid that wanted candy.
Lily gave a small laugh.

"Of course you're an option. An excellent one at that. You gimme some time to think over my life and I'll be ready. Right now, I just want to focus on living, keeping myself alive."

"I'll get Snivellus, don't you worry." James said viciousy.

"James... Don't. Please, for me. Don't make youself like him. You're better than that, and you know it." Lily pleaded.
James sighed; a long, long sigh.

"For you Lils, but only for you."
Lily smiled.

"So, what's been going on round here lately?" Lily enquired.

"Oh, not much. Been pretty quiet without you. Everone's a bit down. Just a few pranks and whatnot. The 'We Love The Marauders' fan club has been recruiting." Liliy snorted at the last part.

James went on for about an hour talking and catching up with Lily, when he noticed the time.

"Oh, I have to go now, I guess. Padfoot and Moony only gave me two hours... It's been-" He checked his watch "-Four? I really need to go."

Lily gave a slightly put out sigh, but inclined her head.

"I'm so glad you're better Lils. Do you ant me to tell the others?" He asked.
Lily nodded.
"Thanks. Oh and thanks for coming to see me tonight, James."

"Oh, my pleasure."

HE bent clsoe to Lily and gave her a kiss on her forehead. Just when he was going to turn to leave, Lily grabbed him. She pulled him closer and pecked him on the lips. "Good night James. See you tomorrow?"

James nodded, dazed. "Get some rest."

He walked to the door, pulled out his map, and checked it. With a last wave to Lily- who was smiling- James put on his cloak, opened the door and exited.

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LILY'S POV:
Wow, James came to see me and he made me wake up! And then he stayed with me and we talked and he told me he loved me, I told him I loved hi-
I told him I love him!!!!

I told him I love him.

I. Told. Him. I. Love. Him.

Uh-oh, to say the least.

Oh, dear. I mean, it’s good that I told him, but I wanted to wait til we were dating! No matter, I think he’s gonna ask me out now anyhow.
I kissed him.
He kissed me on the fore head, sigh! Oh gosh!

Dear oh dear. How am I going to break it to the girls…?

Hmm, April will be like Oh my god!
Jessica will be like, how cuuute!
Then I’ll be like, SHUT. UP!

And then they all ask me for everything, everything.

SIGH!

But, I do, I love him… I won’t care what anyone thinks, actually I think they’ll all be happy for me, us.

Now, I have to think of how to do my hair when I get out here, the hospital. I have to impress James…

But, I also need to think of what to wear on our first date! Wonder what James’ll wear… Hmmm…


I wonder if he actually loves me…
Any how, I guess I better get to sleep if I want to look fresh for him tomorrow.

Just one more thought, does he believe that I love him?...

“D**n,” I muttered.



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JAME'S’ POV:
Wow, I think I actually stand a chance with Lily! I mean, she has repeatedly willingly kissed me. She doesn’t have a boyfriend (thank god!) and she said she loves me. She. Loves. Me.
She loves me.

I really think she’s come round now, I think this is it, my chance. It’s my chance to show her, whom I really am, my chance to prove myself and my love. This is what I’ve wanted since the day I first saw her. A date with Lily. S**.
I need to like, groom myself or something. No, I don’t think so. But really, I’m so happy! I think I’ll go write to Mu-
Oh.

I just remembered, they’re, they’re gone. But no matter, if Lily can handle not having parents, then so can I. we can have each other to get through the good and bad times…

Sorry, I zoned out there. How long was it this time? 5 minutes?

Anyhow, I still have Padfoot to gloat to, and Wormtail, who always backs him up on the “Lily Issue” as they call it.
Moony will be happy I’m sure. Not to say that the others won’t, but you know, Sirius will be kinda ****** that I won our 5-year bet.
Hehe, yep this bet has been going since 2nd year!

Honestly, a silly bet doesn’t really matter. I have Lily. At least I think I do. We’re not actually going out. A voice in the back of head is nagging at me not to **** this all up; Be good James, don’t be the arrogant berk that you are with the Marauders, be the James, the Prongs you want to be with Lily. JUST DON’T STUFF IT UP? OKAY?

SEE!
Ha, what’s going to happen when my nerves get the better of me, and I revert to “Berk-Mode”? She’s gonna drop me like a hot potato.

“****.” I muttered, from my place by the fire in the Heads’ Common room.

END POV


Next day, the sun was shining brightly as the winter was leaving Hogwarts and spring began to creep in. It was around 4:30. Lessons had ended and students were sitting by the lake relaxing before their dinner, which was followed by homework (A/N this is meant to refer to 7th and 5th years)
Sirius was by the lake, under the Beech tree; the gang’s favourite spot. He was holding hands with none other than Jessica, who, over the holidays had become his steady girlfriend. Sirius was still the Playa he had always been, but a “tied down” Playa. He hadn’t become any more serious (Not pun intended), and he hadn’t lost his joking manner, yet there was something about him, something that wasn’t there before.
For one thing, he wasn’t jumping around and making noise, yet sitting peacefully with Jessica. Another thing, his PDA’s were so common an obvious it was sometimes sickening to watch. (A/N Acronym we use here for Public Displays of Affection) And last, was the look in his eye, it hadn’t been there before. It was something new, something good, something he felt. It belonged to Jessica.

Love.
Sirius was in love. At first it freaked him out, because love meant growing up. But then the idea of love and growing up didn’t seem half-bad, not if it were with Jessica.
And, if Sirius was not mistaken, he thought that Jessica might love him too.

Right now though, he was sitting with her in his arms; they were just sitting and watching the students, watching the world go by. They realised just how quickly they needed to grow up, as their year only had around 4 months left. Sirius was sitting stroking Jessica’s hair and holding a protective grip over her. Jessica was just going with the flow, enjoying some peace, just being in Sirius’ company. They were sitting perfectly still, just letting the breeze rustle their hair when-

Splash!

They both got the fright of their life. They both laughed. It was just a student bombing into the lake. In Sirius’ opinion, they must have been crazy to go into that icy winter water.

As their laughter died down,
Sirius spoke:

“Jess…”

“Yeah,” She encouraged.

“Well, you see, the thing is…” He trailed off again.

“What’s the matter, baby?” Jessica asked, “Come on, you can tell me.” She added with that cute little pout that Sirius just couldn’t resist. He let out a slight chuckle.

“Well, you know Hun, we’ve been going out a while now, what almost 6 months?”
Jessica nodded.

“Well, you see, I’ve been thinking a lot lately-?”

“Really? You? Sirius Black, the Sirius Black was thinking?”

“Shut up…” Said Sirius, half pleadingly, half playfully. He really wanted to do this.

“Continue.” Jessica said, regaining her Sirius-ness. (A/N Sorry, couldn’t help myself)
Sirius smiled his Billion-Galleon Smile at her.

“Well, what I’m trying to say is hard for me… You see, I’ve never felt this way about a girl before, and really, I don’t know how to react to my feelings, so Jessica, well… I love you. I’ve been thinking about it for ages. ”

Jessica’s eyes widened in shock. A shock Sirius could not read nor comprehend.

“I- is something wrong?” He asked, a little nervous that he’d said the wrong thing.
Jessica merely shook her head and giggled.

“Actually no, I’ve been doing some thinking myself lately, and Sirius, I love you too.”

Sirius broke into the widest grin he’d ever given, the widest he could muster. In fact, his expression was so wide it looked like his handsome face might crack. Now, we wouldn’t want that.

Jessica too returned the “Grin”.

And, with that, Sirius swept Jessica into the most deep and passionate kiss they’d ever shared. Nothing mattered now. Nothing mattered now because they had each other. Nothing mattered more than that. And that was all that mattered.

From the top of the castle, through the Gryffindor Common Room windows, three boys and a girl stood, staring out the window at the happy couple.

“Aw…” April said. She moved away from the window and sat on a couch.

Remus smiled, walked over to her and kissed her on the lips. She smiled back. “We can be like them one day.” She said

“But not as crazy.” She added.

Remus made an agreeable sound, but it was the sparkle in his eye that told her that he agreed.
Peter left the window, and walked over to the pair. “I’m happy for them.” He stated.

“Yeah, they deserve each other, especially Padfoot. Poor guy.” Remus said.
April nodded.

“Yeah…” Peter trailed off.

James stood by the window smiling. He was happy for Sirius, but even happier at the thought that one-day he and Lily may be like that. Maybe. He wished Sirius all the luck in the world.


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That afternoon, James went and visited Lily, but she was sleeping. So he stayed for about an hour, then upon return, he found the Marauders. He needed to tell them the good news. He had already told April and Jess… He’d tell them later….

So, later that evening, when the girls had gone to bed, James called his fellow Marauders into a powwow in their dorm. They agreed and followed him up, to the 7th year quarters.

They seemed to notice that he was grinning like a madman. Sirius, being Sirius, asked him what was up.

“Are you alright Prongs? You look like you just knocked up Lily.”

That earned him a firm back-hander.

“But it’s to do with her, isn’t it?” Peter asked.

Sirius rolled his eyes, and said “Duh!”

“Let him speak, why don’t you.” Remus pleaded.

“Oh, aren’t you an audacious one, standing up to Wormtail and me!” Sirius said sarcastically. (A/N No alliteration intended.)

For this, Remus punched Sirius in the arm, and said, “Shut up! Let Prongs speak for Merlin’s sake.”

James laughed at his friends’ petty quarrellings, he was to ecstatic to care. “Thanks Moony, shut up, the pair of you.”
He gave a false glare to both Peter and Sirius.

“Well, now that I have your undivided attention, I can tell you my epic saga.” James added the last part with hand gestures that made him look like some Viking Hero.

Sirius made a disbelieving sound.

“Well, while you were cooing over Jessica all day, I was awaiting you peoples, pending further explanation.”

Remus and Peter swapped confused looks, while Sirius gave James a knowing smile.

“You didn’t….” Sirius didn’t believe what James was trying to tell them.

“I did.” And he stuck his tongue.

“Last night,” James began. It sounded more like a fairytale, than a recount of his visit to the hospital. “When I went to visit Lily last night, I didn’t transform.”

Sirius suddenly sounded alarmed that Lily may have seen that James was up after hours.
“What?!”

“Don’t worry, when I got there, she was sleeping, but I somehow- unbeknownst to the both of us- woke her up.”

Remus gasped. Sirius rolled his eyes.
“Well, it’s not like she was never going to wake up!” He exclaimed.

“Well, yes, any way. First I went in, and I was like, you know, me.”

“You mean crying all over her?” Remus asked, s******ing.
James rolled his eyes.

“No, I was like how could she do this to us. And then, I told her I loved her, and”- at this point James snapped his fingers- “she woke up.”

“You told her?” Peter asked. (A/N Peter’s not a dirty traitor- yet)

“Yep, and then she, wait for it-“

“Told you to go get stuffed?” Sirius commented.

“No, she said she loves me too!” He exclaimed.

“Wow, Prongs, that’s big.”

“Yeah, I know. Then we had this whole heart to heart session, and it was so nice.”

Sirius let out a low whistle.

“Yeah, and we talked, and then when I said I had to go, I kissed her on the forehead, said goodnight, and- wait for it- she kissed me!” He finished.

“Yippee!” Sirius said half-happy for him, half-sarcastic. “I lost the bet, then.” He added in an undertone.

James made an exasperated sound. “You know she kissed me over the winter break as well… At my place, yeah… We were close that week.” James could kiss a pile of dung and be happy.

“Wow; we’ll have to go visit tomorrow.” Peter said.

“When’s she getting out of there?” Remus enquired.

“I dunno,” James replied. “Probably late this week.”

“So are you two gonna start dating, or what?” Sirius asked, a little pushily.

“I hope so!” James exclaimed. “I still actually have to ask her out, but I think I’m safe there… I think love should be enough to make her go out with me.” He finished, jokingly.

“Come, one guys, Prongs needs rest, he has to see his precious Ickle Lilykins tomorrow.” Sirius teased.

“Shut up!” James said exasperatedly.

“Guys, we gotta let old Moony here rest, full moon’s in three days.” Peter said.

“Thanks, Pete.” Remus said gratefully.

Peter smiled.

“Okay, bed!” James said, and waving, left his old dorm for his private room.

James would sleep peacefully for the first time in weeks.

So would Sirius, he had Jessica back, commitment didn’t scare him.

Remus too, had April, and he was contempt with life, now that Lily had recovered.

Frank had Alice, and they already had plans to marry and start a family, after leaving school, of course.

Even Peter had a little romance going on. He was dating a 6th year Hufflepuff girl, who was a bumbling girl-version of Peter. They were perfect for eachother.

Yes, everything was good in life. It seemed that everything was going to be okay, after all.

Love was what would get them through this war.


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That very next day, James went straight up to the hospital wing grinning like mad. Hopefully, Lily would be awake for the duration of his visit.

It was only 7am, and it was a Saturday Morning, so all the other students were catching up on some well-earned sleep. Though, however sleep deprived James was, he was still full of energy, because he was going to go see Lily.

James climbed out of the portrait hole, and went up the three flights of stairs and down the seven corridors to the hospital wing.

By the time he had reached there, it was about five minutes past 7, thus, the infirmary was already open.

James entered to see Lily propped up in bed, by a pillow, and staring around the room with an expectant look on her face. It seemed as if she were awaiting the arrival of James.

Lily smiled at James. James smiled at Lily, and moved over to her bed. He took her hand in his, and when he was about to sit down, Lily grabbed him, pulled him close and kissed him on the cheek. James grinned and took a place at the end of the bed, opposite Lily.

James retook Lily’s hand, which had been left behind when she had grabbed him.

“Good morning, Lily.” James said cheerfully.

Lily continued to smile. Her smile was rather infectious. It is not clear whether it was that she looked like she was always about to laugh or the fact that her smile could make James melt, but James simply loved her smile.

“Good morning, James.” Lily replied. Nice and simple.

“I missed you.” James told her. This was indeed true.

“I missed you too, James. Why did you bother to stay yesterday while I was sleeping? Better still, why didn’t you just wake me up?” Lily asked, clearly baffled.

“Well, first of all, I wanted to stay, I like just being with you Lily.” James explained. “Doesn’t matter if your awake or not.” At this point he gave Lily’s hand a squeeze and pleasurable shivers ran down Lily’s spine.

“Secondly, I didn’t want to wake you coz first, you need your rest, and second, you looked so peaceful, I didn’t want to disturb your beauty sleep.”

At this Lily gave James a feeble punch in the arm.
“Ow! You punch like a guy!” He exclaimed.

“Yeah, and you just wait til I get angry! Come knocking on my door and I’ll show just how hard I can punch.” She said, balling her hand into a fist and punching her other hand.

James pretended to look intimidated, and laughed.

“So when are you getting out of this hell-hole?” He asked. He felt sorry for her that all she had to do in this place was stare at the plain white walls.
“Umm…” Lily trailed off.

James looked at her expectantly and said, “Well?”

Lily giggled, then announced “Today!”

“Really?” James asked.

Lily nodded.

“That’s great news!” He shouted.

Mrs. Nightingale -from her post near the door- gave James a scornful look, but James didn’t care. He lunged over and hugged Lily.

Lily beamed, and then sighed at her contemptness.

“What the matter, Lils?” James noticed her sigh.

“Nothing, on the contrary, everything is perfect. Everything’s just worked out and I’m really happy about it.” She explained.

He nodded. “I see.”

He moved over to her, on the bed and kissed her on the lips.

As James pulled away, Lily hugged him. She felt his body radiating with heat, warming her.

“Lily, I love you. You know that, don’t you?” He muttered into her hair.

Lily nodded and said, “I love you too. Don’t worry James.”

“About what?”

“About me, James. I know that’s what you’re thinking.”

“Bloody hell, are you a seer?”

“No James, I just know you too well for your own good. You couldn’t hide anything from me if you tried.”

James smiled and pulled away from Lily’s warm embrace.

He pushed the stay strands of hair away from her face.

Lily blushed. “I’ll be fine, I promise, I can take care of myself.” She spoke.

James nodded, then said, “I know, but I want to be there for you so I can protect you, to look after you. What if something like this happens again? How are you going to protect yourself” James was right. Lily did need him to look after her.

“I know, James, I know.”

“I’m never going to let any one hurt you, not ever again.” James spoke.

Lily smiled warmly. “Yes, but I need freedom too, you know. You can’t be one of those over protective boyfriends, okay?”

“Oh, so I’m your boyfriend now, am I?” He said jokingly.

“Only if you want to.” Lily said timidly.

“Of course I do!” He exclaimed.

“Good.” She stated.

“Well, in that case, trust me, I won’t be over protective. I trust you Lily, and I don’t need to be over protective because I know you can look after your self.”

“Thanks.”

“Well, of course you can. If you can’t hex some one, you can use these babies.” James waved around his fists.

Lily giggled.

“Aren’t you hungry, James. You Marauders never stop eating.”

James smiled a genuine smile at the thought of his friends.

“Only a little, but I wanna stay with you.”

“Well, Florence is going to bring me some breakfast, you can have some of mine.”

“Thanks, Lily. So, why are you on first name terms with this evil woman? Other than the fact that she saved your life, of course.”

“James, you saved my life.”- Lily paused- “But, she’s been nursing me like Mum used to, and she’s actually really nice”- at this point Lily pulled James close to whisper in his ear- “as long as you’re quiet as a mouse.”

James snorted.

“But really, she’s brought all my potions in the night and my meals and played exploding snap with me when there was nothing to do.”

“How nice.” James kidded.

“BREAKFAST!” Mrs. Nightingale yelled form her office.

Mrs. Nightingale came bustling over to Lily’s hospital bed, carrying two trays of breakfast.

“I knew you wouldn’t leave.” She explained, with a wink to James.

He gave her a lopsided grin. Mrs. Nightingale blushed and hurried away.


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Mrs. Nightingale came bustling over to Lily’s hospital bed, carrying two trays of breakfast.

“I knew you wouldn’t leave.” She explained, with a wink to James.

He gave her a lopsided grin. Mrs. Nightingale blushed and hurried away.

Now, the story:
James, as it turned out, had stayed with Lily for the rest of the morning. The Gang had paid Lily a visit during the day, but had claimed that they needed to return to their- as they called it- “Wretched, Infernal, Evil Homework”.

That afternoon, Mrs. Nightingale had said she should change out of the hospital gown and into some clothes, and get ready to leave.

Mrs. Nightingale set up a make shift “change room” using hospital screens and Lily went to change into some muggle clothes.

“Are you sure you don’t need any help back there?” a voice asked.

Lily rolled her eyes, but was flattered all the same. “Shut up James, I’m fine. I got hit with a curse, I’m not disabled!”

James snickered, but deep down he knew he shouldn’t laugh. That curse could very well made her disabled.

“Okay, if you say so.”

Fives minutes later Lily came out fully clothed, and hair done.

James let out a soft “Wow.”

“I’ll take that as a compliment,” Lily stated.

“How did- why- who- how did you make yourself look so hot in like, 2 minutes?” James asked.

Lily blushed. “Hmmm… Maybe, nah… How about I’m a witch!” Lily said, as though this were the most obvious thing in the world.

“Yeah, but still… “

“Maybe that’s coz I’m not wearing make-up.” Lily stated. “It takes about an extra 10 minutes to choose my makes up.”

“WHAT? You have no make-up on? God Lily, I’ve never realised just how beautiful you really are. You look just perfect, and it’s all natural?” James raised his eyebrows.

“What? It’s not like I’ve had cosmetic surgery!” Lily exclaimed.

“Huh?” James asked, clearly baffled.

“Oh, Muggle thing. It’s like an operation to change your looks.” Lily explained.

“Well, don’t wear make-up from now on, you look sexy enough now.” James said jokingly.

The blushed returned as Lily leant in for a kiss.

(A/N I don’t know why they’re having a convo about cosmetic surgery, it just came up. It’s like 10pm + I’m bored + I have a little writer’s block = pointless plot line. But now, see below, I’ve tried yet another new style of writing, please tell me what you think of it.)

Okay, so the lovebirds are busy cooing over each other- lets go and see what’s happening over Remus’ way:

Cue the scene. The astronomy tower. It is deserted except for a few owls and Remus and April.

Cue the mood. Everything’s lovey-dovey and the lovebirds are like all lovebirds- staring lovingly into each other's eyes. There is the soft hooting of sleeping owls into the background. It’s all love, love, love.

Cue the movement. Remus is sitting in the open window frame, next to April. April has herself rested against Remus so that she can see his face still.
Remus is holding on to her hand for dear life, as he tries to think over what he’s about to say.

Cue the thoughts.

Remus: Oh, c**p, how am I going to do this? How about, April, you know I love you and all, and there’s something I need to tell you. Nah, that sucks. Or, how about: April, we’re meant to be honest with each other, right? Well I have something that I need to tell you…
Why have I got two voices for my head? Don’t ask me!

Dear lord, I’m going crazy. Right again Moony…

April: Gees, what’s wrong with Remmy today? He seems so uptight. And it looks like he keeps trying to say something, and then stops.

Well maybe he does have something to say.

Oh, c**p, why does my head have two voices? Don’t ask me!

I’m going crazy. Well, you figured out that one quickly!


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“Er… April?” Remus said nervously. He turned his head towards her.

April nodded encouragingly and said, “What is it?”

“Er…Um…Well, there’s something I need to tell you.”

“Okay, go ahead.” She assured.

“Well, okay. You know that we’ve been together for a while, what? Almost six months?”
April nodded again

“Well, lately I’ve been thinking a lot, and I decided that we need to talk.”

April suddenly looked fearful. “T-talk?”

“Yes, talk April. Just talk. I’m not breaking up with you.” Remus winked at her and shifted from his position so that he was now completely facing her.

“Oh, of course, I know.” She tried to sound confident, but the look of relief on her face was all too evident. “Cause I don’t want to lose you.”

Remus flashed her a grin. “Same here. Okay, well lately, after all that’s happened with Lily, it’s got me thinking. I think I’m ready for more commitment.”

April looked curious, but she wore a knowing smile. “What do you mean?” She asked.

“Yes- well- what I mean to say is I think, I know that-” Remus cast her a positively terrified glance and-
“I love you, okay?” He blurted.

A huge grin spread across April’s features and she kissed Remus on the lips. As she retreated from his mouth, she spoke in hushed tones.

“I know that you love me, I can see it in your eyes. And you know what? I love you too. More than anything in the world.” It was Remus’ turn to kiss April.

Remus suddenly let out a burst of laughter. When April gave him a puzzled look, he just said, “Now I can say that whenever I want! “I love you”, “I love you”, “I love you'”. It’s just so funny. It’s been on my mind for ages!”

April grinned. “Mmm, me too. Guess what? I love you.” She stuck out her tongue and Remus pulled her in for another romantic kiss.

“What else is there that you need to tell me?” She abruptly asked.

“What makes you say that? How do you know?” He asked, thoroughly confused.

“Your eyes,” She responded simply. He [Remus] smiled.

“You know me too well.”

“Well, what is it?”
“I need to share with you some bad news. Not about us, about me. I’m not dying.” He added at April’s worried expression.

“If have to tell you why I’m sick every month; where I go. Well, when I was about 4, one day I was playing in the forest in my back yard. It was in the evening mind, and I heard a rustling. When I turned around to see what it was, a werewolf bit me. So now, I am Moony, the werewolf every” – Remus gulped- “Full moon.”

April had tears running down her cheeks. “I’ll understand if you don’t want to date me anymore.”

“What?” April yelped. “How could say such a thing. I would never leave you. A werewolf- oh Merlin…”

Remus looked at her with anticipation. “Come here,” April said.

Remus scooted closer and April took him in her arms and gave him a bone-crushing hug. “I think you’re very brave to go through these transformations every month. Is it very painful?” She asked, wiping away stray tears.

“Which brings me to the next part of my news.” He said, pulling away from her embrace.

“What?” April enquired.

“Oh, well, when I was ready to start school, no one would accept me. So Dumbledore kindly allowed me to come here, no questions asked. At first the other teachers thought he had gone coo-coo, but he assured them that I was harmless.

“They planted the Whomping Willow the year we came, and it was for me. The nurse would take me down to the tree and with her wand, she would press the knot in it for it to still. Then once it stilled she smuggled me through a secret passage, which led to the Shrieking Shack, where I would spend my transformations. See the Shrieking Shack’s not really haunted, that’s was always me making those sound on full moons. I would bite myself and scratch myself because I didn’t have fresh meat to attack. That’s why I always looked so sickly in my first few years at this school.”

“Oh, Remus.” April whispered, and gave him another bone-crushing hug. Remus felt better even though he couldn’t breathe. He felt loved.

“Well, yes. You know I befriended the other Marauders, it didn’t take them long to figure out that I wasn’t visiting my ‘sick mother’ every month, on the full moon mark you. When they found out I tried to shut them out, telling them that they shouldn’t be friends with, well, a beast. But they went ahead and thought of ways the could help me. In third year they came up with the idea of becoming Animagi, because werewolves can’t hurt animals with their bite. And they would be able to keep me company on full moons.”

At this point April nodded to show that she was keeping up with the story.
Remus sighed. “So, in 5th year they finally succeeded in becoming Animagi, unregistered might I add. So you can’t tell any one, okay? Or it would be all our necks on the line. When they showed me their achievements it was one of the happiest days of my life, other than getting my Hogwarts letter of course.”

“I wouldn’t squeal if my life depended on it. So what do they become when they transform?” April asked, very interested.

“Well, Wormtail becomes a rat, so he’s small enough to prod the knot in the tree, and Prongs is a stag, he can run after me really fast if I go wild and Padfoot is a dog. The pair of them stops me from attacking, they keep me in line and if I do attack, they take the bites for me, instead of me biting me. Peter sits in Sirius’ fur during the night.

“Over the years, we got bored of the Shrieking Shack, and as the boys could control me, we started and still do, go in to the Forbidden Forest to explore. It’s perfectly safe for animals. We made peace with the centaurs.” Remus added with a grin.

“Wow… Now I get the weird nicknames.” April was kinda dazed.

Remus gave her a grin. “I really am lucky to have the Marauders. They’re the best friends in the world. First they made friends with a sickly kid, they didn’t ditch me when they found out that I’m a werewolf, they put everything on the line to help me, and they now go with me every month to receive painful bites and scratches from their friend.” Remus smiled at the thought of his friends.

“Ever since the guys joined me, my transformations have become bearable and much less painful. I can actually recognise them and think with my human instinct not my ‘wolf brain’ as we call it. I know who I am, and I attack less.” Remus explained.

“Remind me to kiss each of them later. Even Peter.” April said. “You’re very brave to do this, you know.”

“Er…Thanks,” Remus replied.

“So do the other girls and Frank know about this?” April asked lightly.

“Oh, Frank knows, he’s like one of the guys. We told him last year. He was very proud actually. Proud that Sirius and James could do something responsible for once.” At this point Remus stopped to give a false-s****** at the thought of Sirius and James being responsible. “But the girls don’t know yet. Us Marauders are going to give them ‘the talk’ very soon though. Promise you won’t say anything to them?”

“Promise? Of course I do Remmy.” April smiled, and when Remus raised his eyebrow at the use of his pet name she leant in for a kiss for the 4th time that night. “I love you.”

“I love you too, April.” And with that, Remus pulled April onto the floor for a half-hour snog-session.
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Back to Lily and James:
The pair had left the hospital wing and had set off for the Gryffindor common room. Upon arrival Lily was hailed by her friends and the other Marauders, as well as other Gryffindors who knew she had been ill.

“Lily! You’re okay!”

“I was so worried.”

“... Worried sick about you…”

“Lily! Oh Merlin, are you alright?”

“I will be if your all get off of me.” Lily chuckled. Apologies were heard all round. “I’m glad to see someone missed me.”

Sirius pulled Lily off the floor once he had climbed off the pile that had stacks-on Lily.

“Thanks” she said breathlessly.

Sirius pulled Lily over to the couch where James had sat himself down. He chuckled at Lily’s discomposure. As Lily took the spot next to him she lightly slapped him up the head. Sirius and Jessica -who had sat side-by side on the couch opposite the pair- exchanged significant glances. Remus and April [they were back from the Astronomy Tower], who were sharing the armchair to their right, did the same. Alice and Frank, who were sharing the larger couch with Peter, swapped knowing grins. Peter just looked bewildered at James’ friendliness with Lily.

“So…Er, do you guys want to get something to eat?” Sirius asked.

“Trusty Padfoot. Always thinking with your stomach.” Remus laughed. At this the others let out a hearty chuckle. Everything seemed fives times funnier than usual now that everything was okay.

“What? I can’t deny my tummy.” Sirius said as he jabbed himself in the stomach.

“Tummy?” They all chimed.
Sirius grinned sheepishly and said, “Well?”

“Where are we going to get food from? Dinners not for ages!” April exclaimed bemusedly.

“Ah, my fair April” Sirius said in a Ye Old English accent. “That is where we Marauders come in.” He continued, taking her hand. When he did this Jessica mock-glared at him and Remus said:
“Are you trying to woo my girlfriend?”

April batted his hand away from hers and it was now her turn to say “Well?”

“The kitchens. Using my charms and devastatingly good looks the house elves down there will give us anything we want.”

“Good Sirius get over yourself, you’re not that good-looking!” Jessica exclaimed.

“You wound me. You cut me deep.” Sirius mocked being wounded in the heart.

Everyone rolled his or her eyes at.

“Lets, then. Shall we?” Peter piped.

“Thankyou. I’m starving!” Sirius acknowledged Peter.

Everyone got to their feet and as they walked out of portrait [to many disappointed groans from other Gryffindors] Sirius shouted to the common room in general, “Don’t look so glum! We’re bringing back food! Party in half an hour!”

“Padfoot now what have you gotten us into?” James asked.

“It’s called fun Prongs, do know what that means any more?” Sirius rolled his eyes with a look of mock disgust.

“Yes, but Lily here is still weak and fragile.”

“Always the gentleman.” Sirius muttered.

“WHAT?” James called, putting his hand up to his ear to magnify the sound. “What did you just say?”

“He didn’t say anything bad James.” Lily soothed, pulling down his hand and entwining her fingers with his. James smiled.

About five minutes later, they arrived at a hallway lined with portraits of fruit. They stopped in front of a picture of a bowl of fruit with a very realistic looking pear.

“Who wants to do the honours?” Remus asked.

“Ooh-ooh me!” Lily exclaimed. “What do you have to do?” She added.

“Tickle the pair.” The Marauders and Frank said in unison. When Alice raised her eyebrows at her boyfriend Frank simply stated. “Growing boys need food.”

Lily reached out awkwardly and tickled the pear with her index finger. It giggled and writhed in mirth and the portrait swung open like a door.
“Cool.” Lily stated. They all entered.

“You know as head boy and girl we shouldn’t do this.” It was James who spoke not Lily. He grinned at her.

“Oh, lighten up!” She exclaimed.

Sirius and Remus exchanged glances. “Are you guys doing some role-reversal or something?” Sirius asked.

“No.” They said at the same time.

“Well, what’s with this then?” Remus enquired.

“I was kidding! It’s true though, we shouldn’t do this, I was just stating the facts!” James declared in his defence.

“And your excuse?” Peter asked.

“What? I could die tomorrow and I’d never broken a rule, never been to the kitchens when I’m not supposed to. See?”

“That was a nice speech.” Sirius stated.

“You are so dense.” April said.

“Hey! That’s my boyfriends you’re offending!” Jessica kidded.

They all stopped talking. Standing around them was more than 20 house elves; all bowing so low that their noses touched the floor.

“Stand up straight, please.” James begged. The house elves rose as one.

“Master James! Master Remus! Master Sirius! Master Peter! Master Frank! Miss Jessica!”

“Jessica?”

“Growing girls need food.” She stated, mimicking Frank’s statement earlier.

“What brings you to the kitchens Sirs and Misses?” A house elf asked. His voice was high-pitched and squeaky, like Moppy, James’ house elf.

“Oh, we came to get some food and drinks for a party, thanks Pappy.” Sirius smiled at the house elves. “Lily here has just returned from the hospital wing.”

The house-elves once again bowed low. They were honoured to meet the head girl.

Lily blushed at their servility. “We is happy to meet you Miss Evans!” Squeaked Pappy. “Who is the rest of the people, Master Sirius? We is excited to know.”

“This is April, Remus’ girlfriend,” –April blushed- “And this is Alice, Frank’s girlfriend.” Alice too, blushed, as the house elves in turn bowed at April and Alice.

“We is glad to meet you Mistresses.” The house elves chanted.

“Now, could we see about getting some food?” Peter piped up.

“Yes Sirs, what would you like?” Pappy asked excitedly.

Sirius went through a list, which included Butterbeer, Treacle Tart, and Pumpkin Pasties. Along with assorted Honeydukes lollies and other treats.

All the house elves bustled away, the girls who had not been here looked around the room. Lily noticed four long tables that replicated the four house tables exactly. They were also in the same positions.

“Ooh, I read about this. They put the food on these tables and they send it up, don’t they.”

The others nodded at Lily. The house elves all hurried back supporting baskets of food and drink.

“We is hoping that you is going to like this Masters.” Pappy said to the Marauders.

“Of course we will.” Said Remus reassuringly. He patted Pappy on the head.

“Well, we should be going. We don’t want to keep the crowd waiting.” Sirius said. “They can’t handle my absence.”

Everyone rolled his or her eyes.

“Farewell Sirs, Farewell Misses!” The house elves all squeaked.

“Bye Pappy!” They called in return, waving to all the other house elves.

The nine set off for the Gryffindor common room again, levitating the food as they went. Ten minutes later, they arrived back at the Fat Lady and said the password “Gillyweed”.
Once inside music instantly started, and the food was laid out on the table, with Peter behind a bar, mixing drinks and pouring butterbeer. The party was raving, and everyone was having a good time.

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A little while ago, I gave the impression that James’ parents were dead, so to clarify, they’re not. I accidentally posted thinking that about my other fic… So his parents are alive :clap: Yay!
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About 2 hours later, everyone was still there, having missed dinner, it was the place to be if you wanted some A1 prime chow.

Sirius was not drunk, for once. It had become a custom for him, except for when Jessica got angry and started scowling at him and smacking him upside the head, like that night. So he was joining in a game of Exploding Snap, and was placing petty-bets [and losing dismally].

Peter, still mixing drinks, was looking pleased with himself that people were complimenting is drink making skills. Next to him was Frank [who was staring at his girlfriend].

Jessica was sitting chatting animatedly with Alice and April.

Remus, instead of being with his better half, was leaning on the bar, talking to Peter about something that had come up in the prefects’ meeting, but was yet to be announced.

“…They’re keeping it hush-hush, so don’t tell anyone til signs go up. Lily and James have to organise it.”

James and Lily were the only ones not making a racket. James had positioned himself on the red-velvet lounge so that Lily could get as close to him as possible. They had spent the better part of the night just sipping their drinks and looking lovingly into each other’s eyes. Occasionally they would kiss or say something about the scene in front of them.

“So, are you coming with me to the ball?” James asked, knowing perfectly well that Lily knew nothing about this.

“Ball? What ball?” Lily asked, baffled. Yet as he spoke her eyes lit up.

James s******ed, but there was mirth in his eyes. “The ball that we decided to have while you were absent. We had like 3 prefect meetings. And you and me get to organise it.”

Lily’s skin turned a whiter shade of pale at the prospect of the responsibility, but her eyes were still alight with pleasure at the idea of a ball. “Are you serious? A ball that we have to organise?”

“I’m James, he’s Sirius.” James jerked his thumb in the direction of Sirius.

“Shut-up, that joke went out in second year.” Lily said, rolling her eyes. She moved away from James to face him properly. James whimpered at the lack of warmth.

“Yes I’m serious, but we have the prefects to help us, and we don’t have to do the food either, that the house-elves.” James tapped her nose with his fingertip.

From over by the Snap corner, Sirius -who was watching them, as it wasn’t his go- made retching sounds.

“Oh, cool” Lily’s face brightened. “That means we have to have a Hogsmeade weekend so we can get dresses. Yes we have to make it muggle wear cause it’s prettier. We have to have a theme, colour coordination, and food to match. And we’re going to need music for all tastes and some slow music for the romantic people and-”

“Hold up, Lily.” James laughed.

Lily blushed. “At least you’re enthusiastic about it. And yes, there will be a Hogsmeade day, we need to decide on that too. And your have decide on the colours and fashion of it all, I just wanna make sure I get food choice.” James winked at her.

“James?”

“Mmm?”

“I love you.” Lily said lovingly.

“So… is that a yes, then?”

She knew what he meant. “Would I say no? God James, it’s a ball. Every girl would want to go with their boyfriend.”

James blushed, and resisted the urge to punch the air. Lily had just implied that he was her boyfriend. Lily blushed and leant in for a kiss. Mid snog, they were held up in their tracks because of-

“HEY! Lovebirds!” Lily groaned and James growled at Sirius. He looked kinda sheepish but continued on anyway. “Are you gonna come play the game?”

“Padfoot, we don’t gamble on Exploding Snap anymore. We’re over that.”

“No, we’re gonna play ‘I never’.”

James practically jumped off the couch. “Really? Yes!” He exclaimed, pulling Lily off the couch and over to the crowd of bean bags where the people, about to start the game, were seated.

“Jaaames, do we have to play?” Lily complained. “It’s so embarrassing, and the silver-thingy knows if you’re lying!”

James grinned. “Even better.” He sat down on a bean bag couch.

“Fine,” Lily gave in, and sat down next to him. Lily noticed that the rest of her group was there, at least that gave her some comfort to know the girls would be playing.

“Excellent!” Sirius said. “Now, in case you don’t know how to play someone says ‘I never blah, blah’ and if you’ve have you have to take a swing of your drink. If you lie, this thing knows about it.” He gestured to the spindly silver object.

James whispered something to Lily. Lily nodded and James stood up and said; “Sorry, but anyone who is below 5th year has to go up to bed now. The party’s about to get rowdy.”

“Too right.” Sirius said. “All you midgets get outta here.” And he ushered them out, batting his hands at the kids who wouldn’t go to bed.

“So, I’ll start.” He looked around wildly for an ‘I never’. A grin appeared on his face and he said, “I never shagged some one.”

Sirius, some others and to Lily’s great surprise, Jessica drank up. “You what?” She exclaimed. Jessica mouthed to her that she would tell her all about it.

James went next. “I never ran around the school naked.” James and Sirius drank up.

“You what?” Lily exclaimed once more; her faced darkened.

“It was only a joke, hun.” James pleaded.

“Oh…It better've been.” Lily’s face brightened again, as she mocked glared at him.

Lily’s turn. “I never changed my personality to get someone to like me.” Many blushing girls drank up, and a few boys, including James. “You didn’t need to, you know.” She whispered to him.

Jessica went next. Before she said hers she laughed evilly. “I never practiced kissing on the mirror.” Many younger students and surprisingly, Alice drank up. Each and every one of them.

Frank as he patted Alice on the back.

It was three or four goes later when Remus went:

“I never ate dog-food.” Sirius, two sixth years and a fifth year drank up. Each looked round sheepishly, swearing that they only did it for dares. Lily looked at him, disgusted.

“I never liked the same person as my best friend.” Said Alice this time. It was surprising to see just how many people had similar crushes on others.

On it went, people’s secrets being revealed. Soon the questions were about very personal and rude things [and people were slightly tipsy], when Lily decided to break it up.

People trudged bleary eyed up to bed, one by one. Sent to town, Sirius said, “This is so fun! We should do this more often.” Jessica dragged him from the room, to put him to bed before he made a fool of them both, or said something incriminating.

Lily made sure that no one was left in the common room, before grabbing James roughly and kissing him deeply for well over five minutes. When they came up for air, James said, “What was that about?”

Lily shrugged and replied, “I love you, ‘s’all.” She grabbed him again and pulled him into a tight hug.

“Well I love you too, Lily.” James declared. He kissed her on the forehead tenderly and said, “Go to sleep, Lily. We can start thinking about the ball tomorrow.”

Lily nodded, made for the stairs, before turning, kissing James on the lips, and quoting “I love you. See you tomorrow.”

“Love you too.” James said, baffled at Lily’s passion. Lily raised her hand in farewell and headed up the stairs. James felt a weird sensation at the satisfaction of Lily’s affection.

It was real; it was finally happening. She was his, and he was hers. Nothing mattered now. Nothing mattered now because they had each other. Nothing mattered more than that. And that was all that mattered, James thought to himself.


You really got it bad, Prongs. I know!

With that, James too headed up his respective staircase.
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ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS:

[I]By Order of the Head Boy and Girl

Saturday the 28th of February:
From 9am will be a Hogsmeade visiting day. Students to return by 5pm. Third years and above only.

By Order of the Head Boy and Girl

Saturday the 7th of March:
5:00pm- 7:00pm will be the school feast. All welcome.


By Order of the Head Boy and Girl

Saturday 7th of March:
7:45pm- 12:00am will be the Vernal Ball.
Ball to be opened by the head boy and girl. Attire worn should be muggle formal wear. 4th years and above are welcome. Younger students are welcome if they are accompanying and older student.


Approved By:
Lily Evans, Head Girl; James Potter, Head Boy; Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster; Minerva McGonagall, Deputy Headmistress




Students read eagerly, as they pushed and shoved to see the announcement that Remus had posted. He was ambushed by a group of second years that wanted to know exactly what it said.

“Mph, umph, gerumph!” Remus choked out. His voice was so muffled it sounded like he were talking in his sleep. “Gerrof!”

The girls squealed and retreated, Remus emerging with tousled hair.

“Why didn’t you put it up there? You’re the head boy.” Remus said exasperated.

“Because, my friend, I knew that would. A ball equals fashion. Fashion equals hundreds of girls searching for sales. That, my friend, equals vicious claws and hissing, and ambushes, like you just experienced there.” James replied, s******ing.

“You are so mean.”
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Over Lily’s way:
“Aaah!” She screamed. Lily was bombarded with hundreds of questions, and complaints from younger students, about not being allowed to go. “James! Help?”

James marched over to Lily and picked up all the students by the scruff of the neck and removed them.

“Thanks” She said with exasperation. James nodded, gave her a quick peck on the cheek, and he went back to Remus. “Maybe we should go talk in the Head common room?” She suggested, turning to her girlfriends. They nodded in agreement.
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Once they were all seated comfortably on a couch or armchair, Lily spoke. “Can’t wait for the ball, hey? We have to go shopping for dresses.”

“Mmm…” April pondered. “I wonder what dress I’m going to get.”

“I wonder what the guys are gonna wear!” Alice exclaimed gleefully.

“Ooh, I can’t wait to see Sirius all dressed up for my sake.” Jessica said with satisfaction.

Lily nodded. “Uh huh. The 28th is this weekend, only 2 days away!” She was so excited. She presumed James would ask her to the ball; it would be their first ‘date’.

Alice chuckled. “Oh Lily, so juvenile. You’re excited about going with James, aren’t you?”

Lily nodded sheepishly. “Well, we’re going to get you the most beautiful dress out of all of us-”

“Hey!” Jessie interjected.

Alice rolled her eyes. “We’ll get nice dresses to, but it’s Lily’s first date and ball with the guy, she needs something that’ll knock his socks off.” Lily blushed. “Oh, don’t procrastinate and stop being so shy. You like him, don’t you?”

“I love him.” Lily said boldly.

Jessica did a double-take “Say what? Love?” Lily nodded meekly, but grinned.

“What? You love Sirius, she loves Remus, and Alice here loves Frank. Aren’t I allowed to love James?” Lily sighed with contempt when she spoke James’ name.

“Urgh. New couples.” Jessica said, grossed out. “I never thought you’d ever really love him, is all.”

Lily smiled. “Yeah, me too. Up to a few months ago I was trying to deny my feelings. Much like you used to deny your feelings for Sirius back in first term.” Jessie blushed. “With reminds me…” Lily said cautiously. “What’s with this whole shagging business?”

The blushed intensified to such an extent, her cheeks threatened to be the same shade as Lily’s hair. “Oh. Well, you see, the ting is…”

The conversation went into very girly details, which needn’t be mentioned.
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It was 7 am on the 28th, the day of the Hogsmeade visit. The girls needed to be up and to get dressed so they could get ready for a day of bargain hunting.

“Lily! Get up!” Jessica yelled. They were all up, save Lily. Lily made no response, but instead curled under the blankets more.

“Come on Lils, Hun. We have to get ready for a day of shopping.” Alice tried.

“But sleep is good.” Lily murmured.

“There’ll be sales.” April added.

Lily grunted and pulled her pillow over her head.

Jessie had a plan. She whispered it to the other girls. “Lily, you might wanna get up.”

“Huh? Why?” She groaned.

“James is here to see you.”

Lily shot up like a bat outta hell. “Wha? WHERE? Oh, you guys are so mean.” She complained, rising. “Urgh, my head hurts did I get drunk last night?”

Alice shook here head. “But you better hurry up, we’re gonna go down in 10 minutes.”

Lily groaned again, and got out of bed to select some suitable shopping clothing.
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15 minutes later (she was very late), she arrived in the Gryffindor common room, to be greeted by identical foot tapping by The Marauders and Jessica. “What?” She asked.

“Food!” Sirius exclaimed.

“Oh… Food, right.” Lily had the revelation.

“Well, at least she looks good.” Alice complimented.

“Hey, thanks.” Lily had selected a forest green tee shirt and a denim mini-skirt with some fancy fishnet stockings and knee-high boots. The green really brought out her eyes according to Alice.

Alice sported a pair of jeans and a pink singlet top with a stripy jacket and pink kitten heels, which made her blonde curls appear wilder.

Jessica had decided to go with the punk look that suited her; she wore Purple leggings with a green knee length skirt; this teamed with a purple and pale green long sleeve shirt. She decided it would be cool if she wore bangles covering the whole ulna and radius of her right arm, and hoop earrings that came down to her shoulders. To top it off, she wore a pair of stiletto ankle boots.

April didn’t seem herself on that day. She wore an outfit she would never wear. When Lily pointed this out, April explained “Oh, that. I wanted a bit of something different, so miss over here decided to make me her clone.” She finished, pointing to Jessie.

“Oh… right.” Lily said, confused. April had obviously borrowed some clothes off of Jessica. It was evident, as she only had little miss clothing, and she was dressed in a punk outfit.

(A/N What can I say, I like clothes. Mind, the way girls dress is how I dress hehe ;))

April wore a pair of jeans that were battered and torn in unlikely places, and a red, white and black top that was low and slightly revealing. Her jeans were tucked in to a suede pair of ¾ length boots. To top it off, her usually plain brown locks were curled and in a heap o her head, in deliberate messiness.

“I must say, this looks good.” Remus stated, patting April on the behind.

“Hey…” April blushed. “Not in front of the whole school.”

The group sat down. Remus was dressed in some nice jeans, a grey top and some grey Vans. Sirius had done a similar thing; he was wearing jeans, a printed pale red top and some Etnies. His bad boy look matched Jessie, and his hair flicked into his eyes. He could already hear some 3rd years cooing over him. He rolled his eyes.

James sported some baggy dirty-grey jeans, a long sleeve top and an unbuttoned brown shirt over the top. Like Sirius. He wore Etnies.

Peter on the other hand, looked like a 5-year-old that got dressed in the dark. He had a pink tee shirt on, with a purple woolen vest on top. His pants revealed his council-worker type bum-crack, and Lily was pretty sure he had mismatched shoes on.

“Ew...” She shuddered.

“Give him a break.” Laughed James, who had sat down next to her. “It’s not his fault he doesn’t have our style.”

And they all began their breakfast…

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Once they had all finished breakfasted, and had had their Hogsmeade forms checked, the group of eight made their ways down to Hogsmeade, which was only a 15-minute walk away.

“So…What are you girls going to do today?” Sirius asked.

“Big mistake.” Remus muttered. April and Alice began telling the 4 boys about their jammed packed day of shopping ahead. Though April was not nearly as enthusiastic as Alice was; and April was pretty excited.

“Oh, and ladies, afterward I’m meeting Frank.” Alice spoke; Frank would be coming into Hogsmeade later on.

They murmured their ascent. The two friends continued cooing about dresses and imperative accessories.

Sunshine and rare, vernal, blue skies greeted them. This only lifted their spirits as they entered Hogsmeade. The boys split with the girls, and the boys went off to Quality Quidditch Supplies, while the girls moved off towards Madam Malkin’s.
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“So, are you taking Lily to the ball?” Peter asked.

“Of course he is, aren’t you Jamie-boy?” Sirius said.

“Er…”

“He was first in line, weren’t you Prongs?” Remus enquired, with a note of uncertainty in his voice.

“I will ask her… Some time this week… but I think Lily already knows that I want to go with her. I mean, I think she kinda understands, you know, like we’re ‘going out together’?”

“You haven’t asked her yet? I asked Jessie 2 nights ago!” Sirius practically shouted.

“Wimp.” Peter joked.

“Hey! It’s harder to ask her out than it looks. Have YOU got a date, Peter.”

“I’m flying solo.” He said proudly.

“How hard can it be to ask her? She knows you’re going together any way.” Sirius said.

“Exactly, so why do I need to ask her if she knows?” James said matter-of-factly.

“It’s the bloody principal! She knows, but it’s polite to ask her. Girls like it if you get all old fashioned and proper with stuff like this.”

“Oh, right.” James said, emphasising ‘right’. “I’ll ask her fancily. It’s our first ‘date’ so I guess you’re right.”

“Aren’t I always?”

“Shut it, Padfoot.”

“I asked April last night, and Frank was asked by Alice!” Remus said, a little disbelieving of his own words.
“Well, I’m proud of you Prongs; who’d have ever thought my little Prongsie would grow up and fall in love?” Sirius pinched James’ cheeks. There was a definite tone of pride in his voice. James was a man now.

“Speak for yourself.” James said, and he clapped him on the back.


(With the ladies):

They searched in the ‘Muggle’ section of attire.
“Ooh, look at this one!” Squealed Alice. It was a light pink dress- with spaghetti straps- that reached the ankles, with some sequined embroidery around the waist, and matched her light blonde curls. She was lucky enough to find matching silver shoes. (A/N I think that’s right…Alice has blonde hair?)

“Go try it on!” The others squealed. After trying on the dress, Alice went to the check out to buy the magnificent find, and was really excited now. “I hope Frank likes this dress.”

“He will!” April assured.

After hunting around, Jessica found a dress that was guaranteed to knock Sirius’ socks off. It was a pale Country Green dress, which was halter necked and drooped at the back, to reveal most of her back. It was knee-high. She also found that the dress was a set; It came with baby pink shoes and a pink handbag. Jessica just could not say no, so she bought it at around 60 galleons. Sirius better like it; I just spent half of my money on that!

“I got a sexy green dress… I got a sexy green dress… I got a sexy green dress…” Jessica sung, making up her own happy tune.

As time went by, April found a beautiful elegant brown dress, which came down to just below the knees. It had pleats and embroidered flowers on it. She also found matching maroon shoes and a maroon clutch, which was sequined.

April squealed at her lucky find, and said “Will Remus like it?”

“YEAH!” Lily faked enthusiasm. April went to purchase her find.

Sure, Lily was happy that her friends had outfits and dates, and she didn’t want to take that away from them. But still, she couldn’t help but notice that she didn’t have that joy of a boy to buy a stunning dress for. What was taking James so long? And she couldn’t seem to find ANY dress to match her hair and eyes. Bloody red hair and green eyes, She though to herself.

“I can not find a dress!” Lily suddenly burst out. “I don’t have a dress or a date.”

“Huh? Hasn’t James asked you yet?” Jessie asked.

“No! I don’t think he wants to go with me; I mean, he said that he loves me and he wants to go out, but he hasn’t asked me to the ball yet!” Lily was crying now.

“Oh honey.” April went over and hugged Lily.

“Exactly; yet. I’m sure James’ll ask you by next week; maybe he’s just nervous.” Alice reasoned.

“I guess.” Lily sobbed.

“Would James really do that? He loves you; he wouldn’t intentionally hurt you, Lils.” Alice continued.

“And if he doesn’t ask you, take the plunge and ask him. He probably thinks you know that you two will be going together, so he hasn’t asked.” Jessie explained.

Lily nodded and took a Kleenex from Alice. “Thanks guys; you are the best friends I could ever hope for.”

“We know.” April smiled. “Now, since we can’t find you something here, we’re gonna go look for your dress some place else.”

“We have to see a man about a dress.” Jessica kidded. “Wo- man, I mean.”

“Hehe, thanks you guys. But I doubt there’s a dress out there for me, and I’m REALLY picky, you know that already.”
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Th guys walked out of QQS with broom polishing kits, other Quidditch knick-knacks, and James had a new Quaffle.

“I guess we had better look for dress robes now.” Remus suggested, though he sounded very, how should it be said? Not excited.

“I guess.” James and Sirius agreed.

“I know how you guys feel.” Peter shuddered at the thought of clothes shopping.

They walked over to the store (MM’s; at least Madame Malkin could help them.), and with one last forlorn look at the outside world, the Marauders entered shopping hell.
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‘Steppin’ Out
Muggle Clothes for any formal occasion.’

Was what the sign read. (A/N That name belongs to the Simpsons, lol.)
“Well, here we go!” Alice said jovially. This place had to have something; they had searched 4 other stores and Lily had found nothing at all.

Lily, although very downhearted, was trying to have fun still. As she walked through the door, she mimicked: “*walkie-talkie sound* That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind.”

“Huh?” Her friends looked at her like she was crazy. Of course, Lily was the only muggle-born out of her friends.


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“Muggle thing, don’t worry.” Lily added, at the perplexed look on her friends’ faces.

“Right,” Jessica said, and they followed Lily into the shop to look for the non-existent perfect dress.

Lily had the foreboding feeling that she would never find a dress, James would think she were ugly, ditch her, and she’d wind up living alone for the rest of her life with 27 cats.
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None of the Marauder’s found anything in Madam Malkin’s as they noticed that she mostly had ladies muggle wear. So they set off down the path that led them to another store called “Wee Monsieur” [A/N Simpsons again]. They though they might try their luck out there.

Sirius bought a black suit with a grey shirt and green tie. Peter got a white suit, which was too small for him and revealed his council worker and his gut. He had a pink shirt and a blue tie with it. Remus had opted for a dark grey suit and white shirt with a brown tie that brought out his eyes. James had opted for tradition; he had no idea as to what Lily would wear, so he got a black suit, black tie and white shirt.

“Ready for the wedding much, Prongs?” Sirius joked.

“Just about.” James said Siriusly.

“I was kidding, you know…”

“I know.”

“Love the suit choice Wormy,” Remus said.

“Thanks,” Peter replied, not realising that Remus was trying to stifle a laugh to protect his feelings.

The boys paid for their things and left the store. James had been left inside, standing there and gaping, wondering what Lily’s dress would be like. “Where is Prongs?” Sirius asked.

“I’ll get him.” Remus said.

Remus went and got James, and then The Marauders walked off to the Three Broomsticks, with Sirius in the lead. “He is gonna marry that girl.” He muttered.
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Lily screamed; she had been unsuccessful in finding a dress for half and hour, now she had found the ‘perfect dress’.

“What? What is it?” Alice called. She edged through piles of clothes and racks of dresses towards Lily with the other two girls following suit. She caught sight of the dress and shrieked like Lily had done a few seconds ago.

“Wow,” She breathed.

“That is PERFECT!” Jessica said.

“I know isn’t it just?” Lily remarked.

“It’s far better than mine, go try it on!” April said.

“Really? Cool.”

Lily tried on the dress and found that it was perfect. It magically fit all her proportions. She exited the change room to the excited ‘oohing’ and ‘aahing’ and squeals of her friends; even Jessica, who didn’t usually like these things.

“Lily it really is perfect.” Alice said.

“Thanks, she said.”

Lily’s dress was ivory and strapless. It came down to the ground and had a bit off a train, which could be hooked up when dancing. There were pearl beads all over the front panel and her red hair and green eyes looked more than perfect against it; James would melt, considering the girls were.

“So should I get it?”

“Should you? You idiot, of course you should.” Jessica said.

That was that; Lily changed and she bought the dress, which turned out to be on sale from 90 galleons to 54, conveniently.

The girls were going to meet the boys in the Three Broomsticks, but decided to ditch them and head back to Hogwarts to simply bludge and do some girl stuff. “On the way to meeting up with Frank I’ll tell the others that we stood ‘em up.” Alice said.

“Thanks,” They replied in unison. “Don’t take too long.”
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The guys found out about being stood up and had a few butterbeers. Alice went off on her date with Frank and then the boys decided to head back to Hogwarts just after lunch, about an hour after the girls.

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It was the day of the dance; all the girls had spent the day up in the dorms being pampered by each other, while the boys relaxed until half and hour before the ball…Lily was no where to be seen.

James still hadn’t asked her to the ball, and she was humiliated because she was sucked in to believing that he really did love her. On top of that she had heard a rumour that he was going with a fifth year, which resulted in Lily being utterly woebegone, and drowning in her own misery. While the girls were cleansing and primping and doing each other's nails, Lily was crying in the Room of Requirement, which had dutifully provided a comfy lounge, blanket and a box of Kleenexes. [A/N is that even a word?] So it may seem Lily and James weren’t the perfect couple, they too had issues. Was this the end for Lily and James? Of course not; otherwise there’d be no Harry, and no Harry Potter.

There was a knock at the door; Lily said nothing. Who would want to come see her cry?

“It’s just me, Lily.” Remus said.

“Remus?” Lily hiccuped as she spoke.

“Yeah, are you ok? What happened?” He asked with a concerned expression. HE looked oddly sinister, like her father.

“J- J- James.” She spluttered. Saying his name only brought more tears. She took another 10 tissues.

“Oh. Twit.” Remus said, aggravated, though his expression softened. “What has he done this time, Lily?”

“He- he didn’t ask me to the ball and I thought he loved me and- and I-I heard that he’s asked a fifth year to go with him instead of me, and I really love him and he knows we were meant to go t-to-together, and deliberately left me. Is it coz I’m ugly? Fat? I won’t sleep with him? Or can’t he c-commit?” The thoughts were just pouring out of her mouth.

“Well… Prongs is going to get an earful from me when I get back, you can be sure of that.” Remus said threateningly. “You’re not fat; you’re not ugly; he’s not like that, you’re special to him, he wouldn’t force you into anything; I’d say he’s just nervous…But why he didn’t ask you to go with him? I don’t know, Lily, I just don’t know. Prongs works in mysterious ways.” He finished.

Remus moved over to Lily and sat on the couch next to her. “Is he really going with someone else?” Lily asked dolefully.

“I don’t know, but to be honest: Prongs is weird. I didn’t take him for one to ditch you like that and go with someone else, but it may be a misunderstanding. And he might not even be going with anyone. But then again, Prongs is dumb; he’ll get sucked into some one else easily, because you’re not there to stop him.”

“Oh.” Remus took a tissue and told Lily to blow her nose, which she did; he was her father figure. “You are so mature for you’re age. Just goes to show that not everyone is as dumb as James.” She laughed in spite of herself, as did Remus. “You’ll make and excellent dad, you’re already practically mine.” She kidded.

Remus shifted uncomfortably, and gave a sorrowful smile. “I doubt though, that any one would want to marry me, Lily.”

“What about April? She loves you. Just because you’re a werewolf- Oh my god!”

“What? How did you know?” Remus exclaimed. “Did April or James squeal?”

“What? April knows?”

“Yes, she’s my girlfriend. How did you find out?” Remus demanded.

“I- I worked it out for myself in second year, but I’ve never told anyone, I promise.” Lily said quickly.

Remus huffed. “You really are the brightest witch of our age.” He said. “But I doubt April would want to marry me, let alone kids.”

“Why? She loves you, so she’s obviously not scared of you. I’m sure she wants kids.” Lily kidded, wiggling her eyebrows. Boy, Remus sure was good at getting her mind off things.

“Maybe…” Remus trailed off. “Anyway, come on, lets go back, you can go back to the girls and I’ll go yell at James and get the scoop, then I’ll come back to you and report what I found out.”

Lily nodded. “Sure, okay.” And they returned to their respective rooms, the Room of Requirement door closing with a bang as they walked past the tapestry of Barnabas the Barmy.
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Lily lay on her bed in the 7th year dorm reading Witch Weekly, while Jessie figured out which set of false nails to put on Lily. She had relayed the past events and her friends had reassured her, saying that James was being an insolent jerk, and that she didn’t need a man to complete her, and besides, James wouldn’t come crawling back sooner or later.

“I think the pale pink and French tip would do ya.” Jessica said. She nodded, convincing herself. “Yes, yes. Lie still, Lily.”


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Lily sighed and grumbled “men”.

“Tell me about it. James is almost a bigger blocked-head as Sirius sometimes.” Jessica said tutting.

“Now, now,” April said, wagging a finger “Don’t be so harsh, not all guys are idiots.”

“Just cause Frank and Remus are perfect…” Jessie trailed off.

“Argh! Men!” Lily exclaimed. She had been muttering hexes, swear words and insults under her breath.

“Lie still!” Jessie exclaimed.
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Marauders- Boys Dorm

“WHY?!” Remus exclaimed from James bed, where the Marauder sat, excluding James [Frank was at the Library of course]. “Why?” He added in a desperate undertone.

“Urgh.” James stopped pacing past the window to repeatedly bang his head against the wall. “Idiot, idiot, IDIOT!”

“We know Prongs, we know.” Sirius said bitterly.

“You have apologise to her.” Remus said with a tone of finality. “You love her, you have hurt her, it’s all you fault, so the only option is to be as apologetic as possible.”

James sighed loudly, in resignation.

The reason he hadn’t asked Lily to the Vernal Ball was because he chickened out, scared of rejection once more, after years of being turned down by the perfect Lily Evans. He had stalled, procrastinated to the last minute, until the time had passed and there went the love his life; it was ‘bye-bye Lily’ for James. He would make it up to her during the ball if she would talk to him. He would still go to the ball in the hopes that she would turn up…If she didn’t, well he’d just go back to the dorm, or to the Head Common Room, and sulk. Why can’t Lily have asked me! James thought. If only she knew how hard it was for James to pluck up the courage to ask someone like her out, even if they were dating, beneath his arrogant exterior was an insecure schoolboy.

At 5:00pm they all went down to the feast. James ate nothing, which was good for Sirius, as he got more [James ate like a horse]. Lily didn’t show up, which worried James. They left the feast a little early, at around 6:30pm [try 30 minutes early] so the girls could get ready.

(A/N The Ball previously started at 7:45pm, which is now 8:00pm, I changed that, coz I don’t really know what I was thinking when I wrote that *scratches head*…anyway.)

Around 7:45pm…

The guys were in the common room waiting for the girls, as they were ready in about 20 minutes. Why do girls take so long?! Sirius thought, annoyed. Jessica must look really hot if she’s taking this long to get ready.

Remus kept standing up and walking away from his chair by the fire, then going back again. Calm, cool, levelheaded and collected Remus Lupin was stressed. Everything had better go to plan. James, well he was sulking in the corner, and Peter had left to meet his Hufflepuff date.
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Frank, he was there too, sitting in a chair nervously awaiting Alice, whom he loved very much, and neither wanted to stuff up that special night [A/N that line doesn’t make sense, but hey, too bad :p ] “Idiot, idiot, idiot!” Was the phrase James seemed to be mentally repeating every 2 minutes. He knew Remus was right, he had to apologise; he needed to get Lily to talk to him. He would apologise at the first opportunity, if he could get Lily to look at him, never mind getting her to talk to him, he needed to make eye contact first.

James sighed in resignation, and left his spot in the corner, and moved over to stare into the deep red flames of the fire to brood…Actually, the bright flames looked a lot like Lily’s hair.

Sirius and Remus gasped subconsciously. The girls had walked in, down the stairs and into the common room…

Frank’s breath caught in his throat.

[A/N Look back to the Hogsmeade trip for more detail in the dresses… ;) ]


..+~~^^^ Sirius^^^~~+..

Sirius was gob smacked. Jessica looked amazing! It was a green halter dress that was quite revealing, and left a lot to the imagination for Sirius. He was literally drooling. “Padfoot! Stop!” Remus hissed, and Sirius walked up to Jessica, kissed her hand and said, “Why, Jessica my love, you look stunning tonight.” He wiggled his eyebrows. Sirius wore a black suit with a light green shirt and darker green tie, oh the fashion of our friend Padfoot.

“Sirius, thankyou, you don’t look too shabby yourself.” She grinned. Why they were speaking like Shakespearean lovebirds neither knew, but they moved off toward the portrait and left for the ball, Jessica’s pink shoes and handbag disappearing out of sight.



..+~~^^^ Frank^^^~~+..

Frank’s jaw hit the floor…Alice sported a pale pink, ankle length dress and silver heels. The sequins on Alice’s dress, so beautiful, blinded Frank, and he actually had to shake his head before going up to Alice and kissing her on the cheek. “Let’s go.” He said. Alice nodded, taking in his black suit, white shirt and grey tie. They too disappeared out of the portrait hole.



..+~~^^^ Remus^^^~~+..

April wore an elegant brown dress that was just below knee length. It had pleats and maroon embroidered flowers on it. He shoes were maroon, and her sequined clutch bag was also maroon. Remus gasped at the first sight, but remaining his composure, went over to her, hugged her, kissed her on the cheek and took her hand. “You look stunning” He whispered in her ear. April noticed that his black suit and shoes, brown shirt, and crème tie matched his eyes and hair. She giggled and said, “You look sexy.” Remus blushed; they too left.



..+~~^^^ James^^^~~+..

Lily walked down the stairs, expecting to spend the night alone…she didn’t know it would change her life. Lily’s dress was ivory, strapless, and had a small train, which could be hooked up, with matching shoes. The front, rather like a corset, pushed her bust up and was making many guys stare. The front panel had dozens of pearls, sequins and embroidered detail on it. Her red hair and green eyes looked magical. She appeared to have a perfect figure since her dress hid the right parts and showed off her good ones. James noticed her walking down the stairs, and groaned, feeling his hormones rage. James sported a black penguin suit, like a wedding suit only less fancy. Lily walked past him, and with a sorrowful glance, headed out the door. James thought he saw her blink back a tear. That was it, he told himself, he had to make things right, it was now or never, the year was almost over, and Lily would never speak to him again.
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_+Ball+_

A knew band called “Hazy Shade of Winter” was playing at the ball. [A/N they are my version of punk/emo/rock/metal music, only with a funny name.”

The students took to the dance floor, surrounded by many small round tables instead of the usual rectangular house tables, and the band took to the stage. The band played for about an hour before everyone stopped for a fifteen minute break, so the band could freshen up, and the audience could get drinks and that sort of thing.

So fifteen minutes later, the next song began, called “Brighter Side of Grey”. It was a slow dance, and great to get the couples in the mood for ‘love’.


I remember when I was five,
So carefree, so young, no worries
No worries, no worries, no worries
No worries, no worries


“Hmm…Those were the days, hey?” Sirius said.

“Yeah, I know…Life is just so complicated now, and with Voldemort around, it’s only going to get harder…Thank god I have you.” Jessica said.

“Mmm...I love you Jessie.” Sirius whispered, as they swayed to the beat, moving his hands across Jessica’s back.

“I love you too, Sirius.” Jessica whispered.


Can we go back, back in time?
When everything was fine,
I never made that mistake,
I never drowned in that lake

I remember when I was 10,
So carefree, so young, no worries

Can we go back, back in time?
When everything was fine,
The clear blue skies, pretty butterflies,
I never had to worry bout you


“I remember when I was little, life was just so perfect, that there was nothing to do, so much time to waste, and i used to sit and watch the clouds go by, try and make shapes outta them.” April began. “Now life is so busy, and in these dark times, time and love and life is so precious, and there isn’t any time to watch the clouds anymore.”

“I know,” Remus said, rubbing her back soothingly as they danced slowly, in their own little world. “I promise one day we’ll go, just you and me, and we’ll watch the clouds. And when we’re old, we can take our kids and grandkids.” Remus smiled.

April blushed, and rested her head on Remus’ shoulder. “Thanks.”


I remember when I was twelve,
So carefree, so young, always having fun,
No worries, no worries

Can we go back, back in time?
When everything was fine
No depression no love, so wholesome and true
Coz I never had to worry bout you


“Do you remember how simple life used to be? It seems like years ago, the last time had relaxed and did something crazy and random…now, we all have to grow up really quick, there’s no time for games or fun…I can’t even remember how to spell fun anymore.” Alice complained.

“I know, I know.” Frank patted her head as they moved together, following the beat of the music. “It’s like love is the only thing that’s gonna get us through this war. I hope Lily and James make up…a week after getting together, it’s all thrown out the window. They’re so perfect for each other, and I know they both miss each other. They’re just so stubborn. If they don’t make up, they’re going to crumble in the real world without each other.”

“They’ll make up, they better, coz they love each other too much, it’s just a matter of time, I bet you they’ll end up saving the wizarding race together. It just seems so lonely these days.”

“I know, I know, but I promise it will all get better.” Frank soothed.


You did this to me; you did this to me
You did this to me; you did this to me
You did this to me; you did this to me
You did this to me; you did this to me

You made me fall, fall in love, you made me fall…
You made me fall…

WHY? WHY ME? Why do I have to fall in love?
WHY? WHY YOU? Why do I have to fall in love with you?…


James walked over to the wall. He bashed his head on the wall. He groaned and turned around; the song made him feel even more foolish. He thought he saw a mane of red flash by, but couldn’t be sure, as there were streaks of blindness in his eyes.

James looked up to the enchanted ceiling, trying to clear his sight and thoughts, and noticed that it was going to rain soon.
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Lily was moping. She was having the worst possible time at the Vernal Ball. The ball went exactly to plan in the organisation department, but in the relationship department things were getting worse by the second. James and Lily were not speaking. Lily was too embarrassed to talk to James, and her pride got in the way. Besides, she shouldn’t have had to apologise, it was all James’ fault anyhow; they both knew it.

Just when Lily thought the night couldn’t get any worse, a song came on, played by “Hazy Shade of Winter”. It was entitled “Brighter Side of Grey”. As if she was going to dance; James wasn’t there, and she wouldn’t dance with another. She sat at the singles table, where goes are hopeful that a guy might feel sorry enough for them that they’ll get asked to dance.

She listened to the lyrics and realised what a fool she was. She loved James, and they were both young idiots in love. Tears welled in her eyes and she became overwhelmed. She ran from the room; anywhere but there was a good place to be. On her way out James looked at her streak by, but looking at him only caused her more heartbreak.
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James had resolved that he had to talk Lily whether it killed him or not. He dashed out of the building in search of his ladylove. He could see Lily disappearing off into the misty distance; it was starting to drizzle. He set off at a trot, determined to find her and speak to her.

Lily kept running, no matter what. She couldn’t hide but she could definitely run, and run she did. Whilst running it started to sprinkle, the rain increasing as she went. She ran to one of the large hexagonal gazebos that had been set up for romantic-couple purposes, for shelter. It was kind of pointless though, considering the fact that by now it was pouring and her dress was wet and her hair was too.

She took off her high heels, relieving her feet from pain [she had always hated glamour- make up, heels, and fancy jewellery]. She collapsed onto the gazebo seats, wooden underneath with red velvet upholstering. She undid her hair, which had been held with many pins and clips. Then, she lay down and cried, hoping she would get pneumonia and die. With out James there was nothing. Her face began to sting with tears and the bitter chill of wind and rain mixed together. You would never have guessed this was spring. She heard something in the distance, hoping it was a dementor, or better, Voldemort!
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James searched the gazebos for Lily, his glasses foggy. He was getting increasingly drenched in the now pouring rain. He shook his hair out of his eyes, sending water flying. He could hear sobs. He followed his ear, which was well trained to Lily’s voice. Aha, that’s the one, James thought. He walked up the few steps in front of the gazebo, Lily not aware that he was standing there.

James thought she looked like a total mess. Her hair was matted from the rain, yet flying across her face, due to the wind. She was crumpled within her own dress, and she had never looked so shockingly sad. James had never seen a more beautiful girl in his life.

“Lily?” James said. Lily hiccoughed. James moved closer to her, kneeling down beside the red velvet seat. He kissed her on the forehead. “Lily,” he said again, this time his voice barely a whisper, and this time not asking; this time needing. Lily looked up and as her emerald eyes locked with his hazel eyes, she knew. She was foolish to question James’ love for her. He loved her with all his heart. She knew it, but she just needed him to say it.

“James, say it.”

“I love you, Lily.” He knew what she wanted to hear.

“Again.”

“I love you Lily Evans, and I’m sorry I didn’t ask you to the ball because you make me too nervous, and I’m sorry for making you cry, I never want to see you cry.

“James- I…” She didn’t know what to say. “I love you too. You know that. And I know you love me, deep down I know it, but I don’t deserve you, why would someone like you choose a girl like me when you could have so much more? I need you to tell me. I need you to show me. Going out with me then not taking me to the dance doesn’t exactly tell me you love me. It tells me you don’t want to be near me.”

“Lily, I never meant to hurt you! You know that! Why do you think I chose you? Why Lily?” James shouted this last bit.

“Exactly. I’m already so unsure about you and then you go and ditch me on the most special night of the year!” A fresh batch of tears began to fall from Lily’s emerald pools.

“Lily I chose you because you are the smartest, kindest, person I’ve ever met! You’re the most beautiful girl I’ve ever seen, you’re the most compassionate, loving person on this earth, and you’ve got a temper to match. And you stand up for what you believe in, you choose what is right, not what is easy.”

Lily got up, putting on her shoes, and left gazebo to stand in the rain. She had always liked the rain. James followed her. “Lils listen to me. I don’t want any other girl. I want you. I know I do a lot of stupid stuff, but that’s just how I am; I’m not perfect. But if we stay together we can make through this war- together.” James smiled hopefully and stepped forward.

Lily took a step back. “I know, but-” Lily was cut off by James kissing her. She had never been kissed so passionately. This kiss wasn’t full of want; it was full of need. They needed each other to survive this war, and that’s what they had.

Lily and James stood there in the pouring rain, kissing. Time seemed frozen in that moment. All that mattered to them was each other. Their troubles and quarrels were forgotten. All that mattered was love.

James broke off the kiss, gasping for air. “James…” Lily said longingly.

His eyebrows raised, James said, “Are we still fighting?” He looked concerned.

“We never were,” Lily laughed. “I’m sorry,” She whispered. James pulled her close, sharing each other warmth. “Sorry seems like the word of the day.” Yep, they were back to normal.

“When we get out of here next month, will you come stay at my house? Until we get a place of our own, of course…” James said.

“O-okay…since when are we moving in together?” Lily asked, her eyebrows migrating north.

“Oh- only if you want to.” James’ voice faltered.

“Of course I want to!” Lily exclaimed. “But I didn’t think you were that committed or ready and stuff, you know?”

“Of course I’m committed! Hello, I’m more ready than I’ll ever be. Lily, I want to spend my whole life with you, I want to marry you and start a family with you.”

Lily’s eyebrows practically disappeared into her hairline as he said this. “Really? You want to marry me?” Her eyes shone because she knew that they would end up married in a year or two, she didn’t need to question him.

James nodded, resting his chin against her head. “Really Lily, I say I love you, and I mean it. I really do want to spend the rest of my life with you. With out you there’s no me.” Lily nuzzled into James’ neck, totally relaxed. “We’re being rained on.”

“I know,” James replied. And in one swift move, lifted her up and carried her back up to the castle. But they weren’t going back to the ball, they went back to the head common room to be alone.

“Gillyweed” James said. They sat on the loveseat for a while, kissing and whispering things to each other before Lily yawned enormously. “****, it’s 12:48!” She exclaimed, checking the clock. “It’s been a long night.”

“Hmm, it has.” James grinned, thinking about all that had happened. “Do you want me to take you back to your room?”

“Nah, I want to stay here with you tonight. I don’t ever want to be away from you again.” Lily smiled contently.

“Oh ok then.”

“But I need to get out of this dress. I’m sure I have a top in my head dorm. Be right back.” Lily went into her private room and found an old oversize t-shirt, which would serve comfortably as pyjamas. She went back out into the common room, and James was sitting by the fire. “Can you unzip me?” She asked.

James flushed a little, but motioned for her to move over to her. “I never told how stunning you looked tonight. With the dress and the hair and all.” He said, standing up.

“Oh, well thanks. It took the girls a while to get me to submit to wearing mascara.” Lily chuckled. James unzipped her dress at the back, and kissed her shoulder. Lily’s neck moved in response. “James…” She moaned. “Don’t do this to me.”

“Do what?” He asked, devilishly.

Lily rolled her eyes and huffed playfully, then went back to the Head Girl’s room to change. She took off the dress, feeling relief in the ribs and chest, and waist area, as she wasn’t being crushed anymore. She threw on a singlet top and the t-shirt, which was plain white and had a picture of Felix the cat on it. Leaving her dress on the bed, she went back out into the common room.

James was caught slightly unawares at Lily’s lack of pants, and could feel his teenage hormones. He sighed. “Do you want to sleep in my room or in yours?”

“Your room, coz I’ve got stuff all over my bed.”

“Okay. Let’s.” They walked to James’ room, slightly giddy. Lily felt very sneaky and rebellious, sleeping in a boy’s bed. She jumped on the bed. It was a king-size bed, like hers. Big enough for forty or fifty people or so Lily thought.

James started to take off his suit, loosening his tie and taking off his belt. Next he undid his shirt and took of his white singlet. Then he took of his pants. Lily couldn’t help but stare. Wow, she thought. James’ body is really hot. She laughed inside her head. All that remained of James’ clothes were his boxers. He climbed into bed next to her and kissed her on the nose, yawning. “Thank god there’s no school in the morning.” James said, laughing.

“Yeah.” Lily slid down the bed into a lying position. “Your bed is comfortable. I could get used to sharing a bed with you.”

“I love you.” James said, lying down as well. Lily rested her head on his chest, feeling his muscles with her fingers. James patted her hair and kissed her on top of her head. Lily had never felt so content.

“I love you too, James.” Lily said, feeling him reach under her t-shirt and draw circles on her stomach. She buried her face into his chest and murmured, “This has been the best night ever.”

“And it’s gonna get better.” James whispered, before turning off the light.