What the Happened to Lily and James?
Disclaimer: I do not now nor will ever own Harry Potter or, alas, the Marauders. Poor me...
"Please Evans?" James called down the hallway. "Just one date? Would it kill you to go on just ONE date?"
"Yes, as a matter of fact it would. I would in fact die if I had to go on a date with you Potter." Lily shouted back at him "And another thing, stop sending me all the flowers and mushy poems. It's not as romantic as you may think to recieve a fanged geranium!"
"She never mentioned the chocolates Prongs. Did you notice that?" Sirius said from next to James.
"So chocolate is the way to your heart?" James said hopefully.
"No. No sane girl will ask anyone to stop sending them chocolate. And if you lace them with love potion I swear I will rip your arm off and beat you over the head with it!" Lily shouted wagging her finger threateningly.
"Damn. I was going to try that too!" James said. Lily made a noise like an angry cat and stormed off out the door and down by the lake. In a huff, she sat down on a rock in the shallows. James started off after her. The warm June sun hit Lily just right, creating an angelic glow. And the best thing, she wasn't shouting at him. She looked behind her and saw James headed toward her. Scowling, she hopped on the rocks until she was out in the deeper waters. This was perfect, James was afraid of water ever since he fell into the lake during the boat ride in their first year, so he wouldn't follow her. As she hit the last rock, she slipped on a wet patch and fell in. The giant squid happened to be swimming nearby and was excited at the prospect of a new playmate. Upon seeing Lily, he stuck out a giant tentacle and pulled her in to a crushing embrace. She tried to scream, but she was underwater.
James saw this and pulled off his robes and shirt and jumped in after her, completely abandoning his fears. He ran out rather clumsily then dived in gracefully. After swimming out a ways, he saw Lily struggling to get her head above water. He swam over and held out his hand and yelled, "Lily! Take my hand!". Then she went under, when she didn't resurface, he went under himself.
Sirius and Remus were watching from the shore. Sirius looked amused while Remus looked sick. "Someone get Dumbledore! I doubt James can swim!" Remus shouted.
"Shut up Moony. He's doing fine. And anyway, he's swimming with a buddy!"
"Yeah. The buddy he's trying to save from drowning!" Remus shouted. "JAMES! OH MY GOD! HE ISN'T COMING UP! HE WENT UNDER! SOMEONE GET HELP!"
Sirius slapped Remus and he shut up. Meanwhile, James was trying to get Lily to trust him. "Lily! You have to trust me! Can you swim?"
"If I could I wouldn't be-" but the squid pulled her under, again. James rolled his eyes and went under. The Giant Squid was definitely giant. He looked around until he found an unconsious Lily. He swam over and grabbed her arm and pulled her from the squid's clutches. Speeding, he went to the shore before the Squid decided he needed a Ken or the Barbie he found. He finally reached the shore.
"Back off! I saw this in a movie once!" James shouted as Sirius and Remus ran up. He laid Lily on her back and opened her mouth. "So this is how our first kiss is going to play out." He put his mouth over hers and breathed into her mouth, having no idea what he was doing. Lily woke up and slapped him on the head and sat up.
"You theif! You stole my stole my first kiss!" Lily screamed and walked off. As she walked to the doors, she stopped and looked behind her at the sopping wet James behind her. His hair was flat for once and he had nice abs. And he was wet, but then again, so was she. Sheepishly, she walked back. "Thanks for saving me."
"Anytime Lily- Flower." James said coyly.
"I-" she began, but thought better of it and walked back to the school with a smile.
She walked into the Head's Common Room, still smiling. One of her best friends, Angela, was sitting on the couch. She had black hair and ever blacker eyes,
"Why are you wet?" Angela started, but then amended, "I don't think I want to know."
"That doesn't matter. But how did you get in here?" Lily asked, cocking her head, wet hair still dripping.
"Sirius gave me the password." Angela said, raising an eyebrow suggestively. "I can't ever imagine the reason why."
"I know! The fact that only you two, Remus, James, and I come in here and with the rate you two are going, you could be reproducing faster than rabbits means nothing!" Lily said, staring pointedly at her friend. "Do you even know his last name?"
"White?" Angela asked meekly. Lily threw a pillow at her face. "I happen to know Sirius is hot, loves me, and is really good in bed! And that's enough!"
"If you two get married, than what will you do? Not know what your last name is?"
"We're not the marriage type."
"Sex with no strings attached? That sounds romantic."
"It is! You and James live here together! As if you two didn't get a little busy when you two were alone together!"
"No we didn't. Because up until now, I hated him with a passion!"
"Up until now? What made you change your mind? Will you accept a date from him now?"
"You had to be there. And no. I still won't accept a date from him. Too awkward."
"You two would be perfect for each other! Like Romeo and Juliet!"
"They die at the end. You do know that, right?"
"Yes Lily. We were in the same english class!"
"But anyway. If we were Romeo and Juliet, it's better if we stay apart. Then no one will die."
At that moment, Remus, Sirius, and James walked into the common room. James was still shirtless and wet. All were laughing. The only thing intelligibe was from Sirius, "Then- then you just kissed her! What was up with that?"
"Were you parading that like a trophy or something? Let me guess, instead of CPR, it was you and me in a broom closet?" Lily said, face turning redder and redder by the second. "Because that was nothing and my feelings for you have not changed you arrogant prick!" Lily stormed into her room and slammed the door.
Angela looked from the closed door to Sirius to the wet and slightly crestfallen James. "Does anyone want to tell me what happened?"
"Lily fell into the lake and got pulled under by the giant squid. So James here goes all heroic and rescues her from the horribe fast appraoching doom. He gets her to the shore and attempts CPR, but it was more like a kiss. So we were there and it was all quite funny, because they were both wet beyond all recognition and eveything." Remus explianed quickly.
"Is that all? I thought it was something important. Like she finally found out she's in love." Angela said, looking back down at the school book she had been reading.
"I wish." James said. "Angela, you're a girl. What do girls like in a guy?"
"Well, I personally like a guy with brains, looks, and brawn." Angela started.
"Then why are you with Sirius?" Remus asked.
"Two out of three ain't bad." Angela expained. "But I think Lily likes a sweet guy she can settle down with. Shape up some Potter and you may have a shot. Just be yourself. No girl likes a fake. And don't be cheesy. She hates mushy love poems and flowers. Too overdone."
"Damn. I thought girls liked that!" James said.
"Some do. Girls are just like guys. Only smarter." Angela replied.
"You're one to talk Theninson!" Remus said under his breath. He was her partner once in Defense Against the Dark Arts and he ended up in the hospital wing because she got the incantation for the Levitating Charm and the Shield Jinx backwards. He still has the scars from the candle burns.
"Well, whatever you do, do it fast, school ends in three weeks." Angela pointed out.
