Another Lily James Fic!
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(A/N: my beta wrote that)
Your Royal Highness
James
readjusted his glasses and sighed. 'Lily, thought
the raven haired chaser, 'why don't you just fall
for me and be done with it?' He slammed his book shut.
"DAMMIT! Why not?" James shouted.
"Dammit, shut up!"
Sirius shouted back from his perch on the couch arm
in the common room.
"Siriusly!
Well OK so I'm not trying to read but certain
others might!" James eyed Sirius with scepticism.
Sirius shrugged. "Fine! So its right before
the holidays and no one is reading or even making
an attempt… but it was worth a shot!"
James raised
an eyebrow. "Fine, so maybe I just like shouting
at you!"
"That's
better."
"Yes
your royal highness! Of course your royal highness!
Whatever your royal highness!"
"Not
to interrupt Sirius being sarcastic- I mean breathing-
but… that Sirius joke is dead, rotting, and living
in Peter's shoe.", Remus interjected.
"Oh
that's what that is!" There was a moment's pause as
everyone stared at Peter in utter disbelief and marvelled
at his stupidity.
"joke... that was a joke..." Peter said after a pause.
James
took off his glasses and rubbed his temples.
"Peter:
he was kidding. Sirius: shut up before I box your
ears. Remus… do… whatever you were doing before Peter
made that ridiculous comment. I plan on going back
to staring off in to space with a book in front of
me pretending that I'm doing something useful..."he trailed off.
Lily
walked by the Marauders, talking animatedly to Pearl,
her best friend. James sighed wistfully. He gazed
at her, his eyes slightly out of focus. Lily glanced
over. "Bug off creep!" She sang. Pearl glanced
over to see who she was talking to. She pursed her
lips and raised her eyebrows.
"James,
do us all a favour, hmm? Maybe, oh, I don't know…
get a life! It's dead annoying that you just think
that single bloody every girl is just, there for your
convenience! Oh! And Sirius? Stop looking at girls
like their a effing piece of meat!", the hot-tempered
brunette said.
"But
it's such beautiful meat!" , protested Sirius while
brushing his suave black hair out of his eyes.
"Ugh!",
Lily and Pearl groaned in unison.
"Sirius!
You too! Get a life!"
"Who
me?", he replied innocently. He put his hands over
his heart and looked mortally offended. Pearl took
this opportunity to push him off the arm of the couch
he was sitting on. "Hey!" came as a muffled reply
from somewhere under a mass quantities of pillows.
Apparently, Remus had been practising conjuring.
Remus' face was under a lot of strain, as he
tried not to laugh, whilst digging through the pillows,
trying to find Sirius. Peter looked confused.
Lily
and Pearl chuckled and continued their talk as they
strode away from the Marauders. James frowned in Sirius
general direction
"You
deserved it."
"I
know but that girl is HOT!" James glared suspiciously
at Sirius.
"Pearl,
not Lily! I'd never take uh… I suppose you could
call her your girl…"
"Good!
If you did, we can expect for you to wake up in
the Hospital Wing!"
"Ooh!
Protective are we?" Sirius tutted.
"Shut
up Sirius." That was Remus. "Believe it or not, girls
are actually intelligent and I actually agree with
them. You can really act like a git sometimes you know!"
Now
Sirius just looked confused. "What's with you, mate?
You sound like one of those women's right activists!
Why are you suddenly acting like this?"
"Because
in dealing with Lily during prefect meetings I
realised that she had a point."
"Oh."
"And
James? You'd pick up Lily a lot faster if you would
just treat her like a human being. I'm out of here!"
Remus then retreated to he Boys' Dormitories.
"What
a load of CRAP!"
"No,
I wouldn't count on it, "James looked thoughtful,
"Remus might have a point there. I keep on treating
her like she some sort of alien."
"Girls
are HUMAN!"
"Padfoot?"
"Yes?"
"Get
a life."
"Where?"
(the next morning)
An
owl tapped in the distance. A window creaked open, Lily
shivered. "Hello?" she shouted. "Is anyone ho-"
"Not
in your head. It's all empty space."
"WHAT?
WHO? WHAT? WHAT? WHO WHO? WHOSE THERE?"
"Get
UP! Lily? I'm warning you!"
Lily,
over her scare, snuggled deeper under the covers.
Pearl thought for a moment.
"I'll
tell James Potter that you said that you'd go out
with him!"
Lily
rolled out of bed and jumped into fighters' stance
(With her eyes still closed).
"I'M
UP! YOU EVEN SPEAK TO JAMES POTTER IN ANY WAY, SHAPE,
OR FORM, AND I SWEAR THAT I SHALL SET UP A BLIND
DATE WITH YOU AND SIRIUS!"
Pearl's
face contorted into one of utter disgust.
"Ew.
Ew, and EW! Lily, that's just, just… disgusting! Ew!"
Pearl pretended to wail for a minute or so.
"What's
on our schedules today?" Lily said after the fake
sobbing ceased.
"Well,
If we can get down to breakfast," Pearl then obviously
coughed, "I might find out. Oh, and by the way,
you got some post."
"Really?
who's it from?"
"You
want the truth or the comforting lie?" Lily sighed
and looked impatient.
"Fine
then, ready for it?" Lily glared.
"No
bloody idea!" Lily shook her head and rolled her eyes.
Pearl
whipped a letter out in front of Lily, missing the
end of her nose by millimetres. "Here."
"Err…
thanks. I think…" Lily grabbed her wand, waved it,
and said some inaudible phrase. It opened.
"Read
it aloud!"
"Fine.
Whatever." she cleared her throat
"Dearest
Lily,
I
do believe that I owe you an apology. You have no idea
how it feels for me to be apologising. It is very hard.
I do not have very much practice. You may have noticed
by now that there us no signature at the bottom.
There won't be until you read the entire letter.
I'm sorry. It was for necessary reasons. I have
not treated you very fairly and I did not realise it.
I did not realise it until a friend pointed out to
me
that I have not been very fair to you or the rest of
your gender. I already know that you are a feminist and
are for equal rights. I am now willing to accept that.
I am sorry if you don't accept my apology but it is
easy to understand why considering the circumstances.
My friends and I will take full responsibility
for what we have done in the past and now
will try to change our ways. If you still don't love
me, at least don't consider me as an enemy anymore. With
just as much love as before,
James
Potter?""What?"
Lily
blinked.
Pearl
blinked.
"I
could get so much money for this, it could make headlines,
'James Potter Apologises! Thousands awed!"
"Lot's of money."
(minutes later in boys' dorm)"YOU
DID WHAT?""Padfoot
get a grip! I apologised! It was long due! "
"Damn
straight!" Remus interjected from under his cocoon
of blankets.
"Lupins
awake!"
"But
a Potter NEVER regrets!"
"That's
wrong it's that an elephant never forgets"
"Moony,
shut up! I'm adapting it to the situation."
"No!
You don't tell Moony to shut up! Sirius, you shut
up!"
"Don't
tell me what to do!"
"Don't
be such a baby!""I'll
be a baby if I want to!"
"SIRIUS
ORION BLACK! STOP SHOUTING AT PRONGS FOR SOMETHING
HE SHOULD HAVE DONE A LONG TIME AGO! I THINK THAT
IF YOU HAD ANY KIND OF DECENCY, YOU'D DO THE SAME FOR
PEARL CHANG! THAT WAY THEY
BOTH MIGHT ACTUALLY ACKNOWLEDGE
THAT YOU EXIST WHEN YOU ARE BEING SOMETHING
OTHER THAT A STUPID GIT TO LAUGH AT! IF IT WEREN'T
FOR THE FACT THAT YOU ARE A MATE OF MINE, I WOULD
PROBABLY IGNORE YOU EXCEPT WHEN I WOULD TAKE A BREAK
FROM THAT TO POINT AND LAUGH AT YOU! YOU ARE A ROYAL
PAIN SOMETIMES AND DO NOT REALISE, I HOPE, THAT YOU
ARE BEING ONE OF THE MOST CRUDE PEOPLE IN OUR OWN VAST
GALAXY! SOME DAYS I REALLY WISH THAT YOU WERE JUST
A SPINELESS WIMP! WISH THAT YOU'D BE A MERE SHADOW
OF YOUR EXISTING SELF!"
"One
breath. Impressive..."
"Did
you hear one thing that I just said?"
"Quite
possibly..."
"Sirius…"
"I
love you too Jamsie."
a/n: first fic so play nice! please review! i don't care whether its flames or what just review.
