Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter or any of it's accomplices. It all belongs to JK Rowling. What a shame...
A very bored and tired red head stared out the window in her History of Magic class. She thought, it's the last class of the day. I can survive through the last class. She looked around the classroom and almost everyone had their heads in their hands or the select few that were already asleep. She had her quill poised over a piece of parchment ready to take notes. The red head was known for her infamous temper and you could be expecting a hex anytime you got on the bad side of her. She sighed and put her note-taking supplies away. There was no way she would eventually or even try to take notes today. Staring out of the window again she saw a class of first years try to fly their brooms. She scowled; she couldn't wait for Quidditch practice that night. She zoned back into the classroom. Sirius Black was leaning back in his chair, sleeping. Remus Lupin was tracing his finger over his desk. James Potter was, well, being typical Potter. He was writing a poem on his parchment. Lily leaned over a little to see what he was writing.
Lily my flower
The sunshine of my life
Your radiance---
Okay that was all she wanted to read. As she settled back in her chair and put her head on her hands she was disturbed a minute later.
"Lily," she heard a whisper with a quick poke in the stomach. "Lils!"
"What," she whispered.
"Professor Binns asked you a question!" Lily looked up alarmed. But Professor Binns was sitting in his chair with his eyes transfixed on the page, reading aloud to the class, from the giant book he had on his desk. Lily turned around to face her friend.
"Honestly Mallory," Lily mocked to her friend, "Does anyone actually pay attention to this class?"
"Well, no but that doesn't mean you should slack."
Lily rolled her eyes and grinned. Mallory softly laughed, her blue eyes sparkling, before turning back to her drawing. Her light brown hair hung over her shoulders.
The bell rang. Students slowly gathered their books and trudged out of the door, Professor Binns still reading his book. Oblivious that 20 6th year students just left his classroom. Lily grabbed her bag and headed back to Gryffindor Common Room. Up two stairways, turn left, down the corridor, up another stairway, two steps forward.
"Pigs Wigs," she droned to the Fat Lady.
"Incorrect," said the fat Lady. Lily looked up in disbelief. She was a prefect; she should have been notified that it was changed. Wait, she did remember something, yeah it was there, almost…oh yeah. Remus, the other 6th year prefect, told her at Lunch today. If only she had been paying attention. Something about frogs, or was it a forest. As she sat down to ponder the password, James Potter walked up to the portrait. He opened his mouth to say the password but Lily sitting next to the portrait made him think.
"Is the password still Pigs Wigs?" he asked. Lily shook her head no in reply. James bit his lip in thought.
"Moony told me something." He mumbled softly to himself for a minute. "Got it!" he exclaimed clearing his throat he said, "Black Forest."
Lily jumped up and quickly walked through the portrait hole before Potter could interrogate her. Disappearing in to the Common Room she sank down into one of the fluffy armchairs by the fire. She sighed and dropped her bag onto the floor. No homework. Homework is bad, don't do your homework don't do it! Sighing Lily got her bag and started her Potions essay for Professor Slughorn. Before she was 3 lines down her parchment, Potter came over and sat down on the chair across from hers.
"Did my Lilikins forget the password?"
She didn't answer.
"Good thing your hero came along and saved you!"
Lily looked up, and snorted. "Right," she said her voice dripping with sarcasm, "My Hero."
"Well Lils, I always knew I would save you one day." James said, grinning, his hazel eyes flickering in the light.
"Whatever," she said turning back to her parchment. A moment or so passed. Lily was 10 lines down when she was interrupted again.
"You really should take a break Lily," James said with concern. "To much stress isn't good for one brilliant brain to handle."
"I think I can manage Potter," she said not looking up from her essay.
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure."
"Positive?"
"Yes, positive."
"Okay then."
Silence passed over them for a while. James was leaning his back in his chair and breathing heavily. He looked at his Flower work. Her hair was draped across her shoulders and hung down at just the right level so James could see her emerald eyes move along the page with her quill. Lily was 37 lines down, just about 7 inches. 3 more inches should do it. I only need 8 but more can't hurt. The silence was broken again.
"Your handwriting is really neat."
"How did you notice?"
"I like watching your hands work." Lily looked up at this comment rolled her eyes and started writing again.
"Potter can you do me a favor?"
"Sure anything Lils! Anything."
"Be quiet."
"Oh… Kay." If Lily had been looking up then she would have seen James with a look of hurt on his face. Lily finished her essay and pulled out a book. She finished all of her other homework in her free period. Lily's other friend, Jessica, had retreated to the girl's dorm to do her homework. Jessica now came bounding down the stairs.
"Lily!" she cried rushing over to her friend's chair.
"What? What's wrong?" Lily said, placing her book in her lap.
"I finished my homework with out you telling me I had to do it!"
At this point Mallory, Remus, and Sirius walked through the portrait hole. Mallory dropped her bag and covered her head and said: "Merlin! The sky is falling! The world is ending! Jess actually did her homework!" Laughing she pulled her bag on her shoulder and plopped down in the chair next to Lily. Remus walked over to James's chair and leaned on the side. Sirius suited himself on the arm of the chair.
"Our favorite boys are actually being quiet for once!" Mallory said looking at the three Marauders. James's hazel eyes looked at the girls and in habit put his hand up to his head to flatten out his jet-black hair. Sirius was looking at Jessica who was still jumping around about finishing her homework. Jessica's black eyes met Sirius's silvery-gray and they both started laughing. Jessica and Sirius were both known for being small; okay big, slackers when it came to homework. Jess's long black hair reached past her waist and now it was in a messy bun. Sirius's hair was hanging just below his ears in a sexy, devilish kind-of way. Remus was just laughing at everything because right now the 6th year Gryffindors looked a mess after a day of classes and mounds of homework. His light brown eyes matched his sandy brown hair that hung lightly over his eyes that danced with humor.
If you were an innocent bystander that just happened to be walking by or watching this particular moment, it might look like the Marauders weren't being flirtatious near a group of girls. Not like this group of girls would be fooled with but still, the Marauder Charm was unbearable! Mallory was still laughing her head off and Jessica had been staring at Lily's book for a minute or two. After things quieted down, James, Sirius, Lily, and Jess went up to their dorms to change into their Quidditch robes for practice.
Grabbing their brooms they raced as fast as their legs could carry them down the corridor, down 5 staircases, down another staircase, and over to a balcony on the first floor they all mounted their brooms and flew over the courtyard wall and over to the Quidditch field. James un-mounted his broom and waited for the rest of the team to show up. Austin Kletcher, a fifth year keeper, must have met up with fourth year, Justin Shaw who came walking onto the pitch next with his beaters bat, friend, and twin sister Amy Shaw who was the final chaser on the team.
"Okay team," James said, his voice booming over the pitch. " Let's start with some warm ups, just a few laps around the field, then some drills, and if were done in time a quick skirmish to finish it up."
The players leapt from the ground and went soaring into the air for their warm-ups. Racing, diving, and twirling around then taking their positions in the field. Austin went up flying to the goal posts and Justin released the Bludgers with a little difficulty. James let the Snitch go and Jess kept her eye on it in case it got to far from the pitch. Lily grabbed the Quaffle and tossed it to Amy who tossed back. Waiting for James to blow his whistle so they could start practicing their drills. After drills the Slytherins came waltzing down to the pitch like they owned the place. James descended quickly on the ground where he yelled.
"The pitch is booked, Malfoy," referring too, Lucius Malfoy, the captain of the team.
"Come off it Potter," he sneered. "Check your watch, it's past your hour. Oops, Our pitch now."
"We'll just leave the balls out for you then," At that Sirius whacked a Bludger right above the Slytherin teams head, rustling the hair of their tallest player, Erik Bradford.
The Gryffindors packed up their stuff and walked off of the pitch.
"I can't believe them!" came James's voice when they were walking into the changing room.
"You can't actually expect them to follow the rules can you?" Jess called from the girl's side of the room. The Gryffindor team was silent. The team knew they couldn't, it wasn't like the Slytherin team would just do their bidding.
'Some things never change' Lily thought as she changed back into a warm sweater and a pair of jeans.
"Hey Lils," she heard Jess's voice.
"Yeah,"
"Ready to go up, so we can feast our hear-," she sputtered.
"Come on," she said. Emerging from their side of the changing room, clutching broom in hand she dragged Jess out the door. They ran up to the castle and as began to rain they clamored into the Great Hall. Laughing and slipping all the way up to the Gryffindor tower.
A/N: Well myfirst fic is up!I'll take any reviews!
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