"Lily just give me the broom and I will leave you alone." he said calmly, though his eyes were darting frantically between the broom and Lily.
"Nope." Lily said, and she dropped it over the ledge.
James dove at her, pinning her down, and was about to hit her, when he remembered (unwillingly) what his mother had told him. "Never hit girls James..."
"I HATE YOU." he shouted.
"I'm sooo sorry. After you SHAVED MY CATS HAIR OFF, I think you deserved having your broom thrown over the ledge." Lily said scornfully, from her perch on top of the top ledge of Gryffindor Tower.
"YOU'RE IMPOSSIBLE!!! You cold hearted bitch!" James said, then, unable to control himself, he wacked her in the arm.
"Didn't your parents ever teach you not to hit girls?" Lily asked calmly, totally ignoring the sting in her arm.
"Sure they did, but then, they've never had to deal with YOU." James said, before storming off into the Gryffindor Common Room.
"That went well." Lily said cheerfully to the crowd that had gathered around them, hopping down and hurrying in after James, making sure he didn't go into her dorm.
"Come to do more damage Evans?" James asked severely.
"Nope, just making sure that YOU don't do any damage. Now that we're even and all."
"I hardly think we're even. Your cats hair'll grow back. Broomsticks like that don't grow on trees." James shot back.
"Technically they do..." Lily started, then trailed off at the murderous look on his face.
"Oh shut up." James shouted. "You always have to have the last word don't you? Can't you just leave me alone?"
Lily's eyes glittered brightly. "No. I can't. Because all you do is torment me. The cat was the last straw."
"And my broomstick--"
"All is fair in love and war." Lily said, cutting him off with a grin.
"You're 14 years old, isn't that a bit IMMATURE?" James asked angrily.
"No. War is war Potter, no matter what age you are." Lily said coldly, making a move to leave.
"Then let the games begin." James said softly enough so she could hear him.
The next morning at 7:00, Lily awakened as usual to the sound of her owl, Lucy, banging against her cage, begging to be let out.
Lily looked over and saw that her two friends, Ella Dubois (pronounced Dew-boyz) who was her friend sometimes...but sometimes she could be a real bitch, and Kathryn Marqois (Mark- oyz), her best friend, rubbing sleep out of their eyes. Both of them were french, and they were cousins (thats why their last names are similar).
Ella opened her stunning silver eyes, and pushed her long black hair out of her face.
"What time is it?" she asked, yawning, as she did every morning.
"You know what time it is you dolt." Kathryn murmurmered, rolling over.
"Time for YOU two to get up." Lily said groggily, picking up a clean towel and heading towards the bathroom.
Kathryn squealed and hopped out of bed, grabbed her towel, and ran towards the bathroom...reaching it before Lily.
"Did you HAVE to do that?" Lily asked, grinning as her friend stuck her tongue out, brown eyes sparkling behind a curtain of chocolate brown hair.
Ella rolled her eyes and hopped out of bed, heading for the prefects bathroom, as she had gotten the password from her 6th year prefect friend.
"ARGH, she takes hours and hours and hours and hours." Lily mumbled, still half asleep, running into the door that was opening as James Potter, Sirius Black, and Remus Lupin walked in.
They all laughed as she giggled confusedly and grabbed on to Sirius' shirt to keep herself upright.
"Ok I'm guessing you just woke up?" Sirius asked, eyes twinkling.
"Ah huh yup. How did you guess?" she asked, straightening her pajamas and brushing her hair back from her face.
James muttered something, and Lily, not knowing, turned around and went to go kick Kathryn out of the bathroom.
Kathryn came out, grudgingly.
She burst into giggles the minute she saw Lily.
"Lilz...your hair!...its...silver!" she gasped.
"Quite becoming." Sirius put in, hiding a grin.
"Potter. Get the heck out of my bedroom please. I am TRYING to get ready!" Lily exclaimed angrily, knowing exactly who had done it.
"Carry on. Carry on." James said, grinning as she made a very rude gesture indeed in his general direction.
"We're leaving, we're leaving." Sirius said, pushing James out the door, closely followed by a giggling Remus.
Lily hurriedly showered and dressed (still with silver hair...but she thought she looked quite good...for the day anyway), and headed down to the Common Room, where they were all waiting.
"Lets play truth or dare." Kathryn exclaimed once they were all awake.
"Thats gay. But what the heck." James muttered.
"Kathryn, truth or dare?" Ella asked, grinning.
"Truth." Kathryn replied, just to be safe.
"Is it true that you like Roger Davies?" Ella asked, eyes twinkling with delight as she watched her cousin squirm.
"Nope." Kathryn replied truthfully, sneaking a glance at Sirius.
"Ok. James truth or dare?" Kathryn asked him, grinning.
"Dare." James replied, leaning back against the couch.
"I dare you to kiss one of the girls in this common room." Kathryn said brightly.
James stood up, surveyed the room, and walked over to Lily, pulling her to her feet.
"Oh no you don't Pott--"
She was cut off as James put his lips against her for a brief instant.
Lily pulled back as fast as she could and smacked him.
James grinned and Lily rolled her eyes and glared at James. She sniffed and walked towards the stairs.
"You...unimaginable prat!" Lily spat out, before hurrying upstairs...trying to reach the dormitory before she turned as red as her hair usually was.
Kathryn hurried up the stairs after her, being the more comforting of the cousins.
Kathryn was very pretty with chocolate brown hair and deep brown eyes. Not only pretty, but nice, funny, silly, loyal, and she always took Lily's side in fights. But that might just be because Ella was her cousin....
"He went to far this time." she commented, sitting down on the edge of Lily's bed.
"No kidding." Lily said, her voice muffled by her pillow.
"Ella is down there saying that you liked it and you came up here because you didn't want anyone to find out." Kathryn said angrily, glaring at the door as if it was Ella.
"I can't believe her! She's just trying to act cool around Sirius because she loves him sooo much." Lily said, ready to go slap Ella.
"Thats Ella for you. Has to be the center of attention. Every guy likes her but James, Remus and Sirius and she hates that. She seems to think that her life isn't complete until every guy likes her." Kathryn said bitterly.
"Well with HER attitude, its never gonna happen." Lily said angrily.
Just then, the door opened, and in walked: Ella.
"Hey Lily, Kath." She said cheerfully.
"Oh go away." Lily snapped.
"What's HER problem?" she asked Kathryn.
"YOU." Kathryn said, glaring.
By now James, Sirius, and Remus were watching in the entrance of the dorm.
"Jealousy AGAIN Lily? Just because I am prettier then you, (with this she swept back her perfect black hair and slanted her silver eyes at Lily) and all the guys like me, doesn't mean to have to get all snappish." she said snottily, her nose up in the air.
"EXCUSE me? Since when have I been jealous of YOU? Sorry if I don't get down on my knees and bow to you, All mighty bitch queen, but I don't want to get my robes dirty." Lily snapped, eyes flashing.
James and Sirius laughed, but covered it up with a cough when Ella whipped around and glared.
"You're not fit to clean my SHOES Lily! And bitch queen? I think not. That would be you. I am a good deal prettier than you!" Ella said icily.
"Ooo is that supposed to scare me? At least I don't have to wear two tons of make up every morning to feel pretty! You'd be SO much prettier without all that shit you wear on your face. I'd rather feel pretty than inadequate!" Lily shot back.
"Do you know who you're TALKING TO?" Ella asked, spitting with rage.
"Yep. Frosty The Snow Bitch!" Lily snapped.
"I have never...!!! You'll pay for that one! I...and I AM pretty.Prettier then you! I AM!" Ella squealed.
"Excuse me for interupting, but after conferring with Misters Lupin and Black, we've decided that Lily is, in fact, much prettier then you." James put in.
Ella's mouth dropped open into an "O" and she glared.
"GET OUT OF HERE!" she raged.
"Don't tell them what to do!" Lily said, shoving Ella back against the wall.
"CAT FIGHT!" Sirius crowed.
"I can tell them what to do if I want to, half-breed." Ella sneered.
"You little slut!" Lily shrieked.
"WHAT?! WHAT did you just call me? Would you like to say that again?" Ella asked, eyes wide and flashing.
"Yep. I said SLUT." Lily repeated calmly.
Ella reached for Lily's hair, but Lily pulled out of the way quickly.
"OK SPLIT IT UP!" Professor McGonagall shouted severely, coming into the room and bodily pulling the two girls apart.
"She started it." They both said, pointing at each other.
"I don't CARE who started it! I just never want to see it again! 3 detentions for both of you!" McGongall said, walking out.
"Just get the heck out of here." Lily said calmly , once the Professor was out of ear shot.
"Gladly." Ella retorted, stalking out.
"And be sure to use protection when you screw all those guys!" Lily called after her.
The guys were gripping onto the furniture they were laughing so hard.
"Oh that was great. ENCORE!" James said, gasping for breath.
"Oh shut up Potter." Lily replied sourly.
James grinned. His mind started whirling with possibilities....
"Anyone wanna go flying?" he asked "innocently."
"NO." Lily said quickly, at the same time that Kathryn said "YEAH!"
Sirius, knowing what James was gonna do, said "Kathryn, you're doubling with me."
James "groaned." "Aw man, I get stuck with Evans!"
"No. No way am I going out there on a *gulp* broom in the air *gulp* 100 feet into the sky. No no way." Lily stammered.
"Oh come on Lil, it'll be fun!" Kathryn encouraged.
"I--"
James put his hand over her mouth and led her out of the room, Lily protesting the whole way, and Kathryn trying not to laugh.
"You go in front." James said, mounting the broom behind her.
"This is NOT a good idea." Lily said nervously.
"Aw come on. It'll be fine....besides...do you trust me?" he asked hesitantly.
She turned around and looked him in the eye for a minute.
"Yeah. Yeah, I do." she said softly, before leaning back against his chest with her eyes closed tight with fear.
"Then you'll be fine." James felt something inside him stir when she said she trusted him. He didn't know what it was, but he liked it.
"Hang on tight." James said in her ear as he kicked off.
"Am I dead yet?" she asked, opening one eye nervously.
James laughed. Lily felt the vibration of his laughter through his shirt.
"Nope. You're not." James said as he took a dive with the broom stick, causing Lily to squeal and slean further back against his chest. He put his free arm around her waist to make her feel better.
James rather liked it, though he would never admit that to anyone.
After a few more turns, they landed next to Sirius and Kathryn on the Quidditch pitch.
"Erm, Lil, how did you manage to get into THAT position?" Kathryn asked, hiding a grin.
"No idea. All I know is that if james hadn't been behind me I would have fallen over backwards." Lily replied, brushing a strand of her wind blown *silver* hair out of her face.
"Ah James, the way to a womans's heart...save their lives." Sirius said in a mock romantic voice.
"Shut up Sirius." Kathryn said, smacking him in the arm playfully.
Sirius grinned and put his arm around her waist as if it were the most normal thing to do.
Kathryn smiled slightly and gave Lily a hidden thumbs up sign.
James, not knowing what to do with HIS arms, shoved his hands in his pockets and kicked at the dirt with his toe.
Kathryn and Sirius hurried back to the Gryffindor tower for lunch, while Lily and James walked slowly behind.
"Do you really trust me?" James asked.
"Yeah. Unless you've got the Marauders twinkle in your eye." Lily replied, laughing.
James chuckled.
"Are you drunk or high?" Lily asked suddenly.
"No. Why?" James asked, puzzled.
"Because James Potter isn't nice. He's a jerk. Where have you taken him?" Lily asked, smiling up at him.
"Do you miss the jerk?" James asked, playing along.
"No. Not at all." Lily replied, causing James to run after her, Lily giggling all the way.
That afternoon, Kathryn and Lily sat up in their dormitories, painting their nails with wizard polish...it changed colors every 30 seconds.
James, Sirius, and Remus all barged in and plopped themselves on the girls' beds.
"You can sit on my bed if you want." Lily said sarcastically.
"I wonder where Ella is?" Remus said.
"Who cares? Probably off screwing some random guy in a broom closet." Lily said bitterly.
"Easy there tiger." Sirius said, laughing.
Lily grinned and went back to her nails.
"So. What do you guys wanna do?" Kathryn asked, bored.
"I am in the mood for Hogsmeade." James announced.
"Urgh, nope not me." Kathryn said tiredly.
"Me neither." Remus put in.
"I'll go." Sirius shouted. "Gotta stock up at Zonko's."
"I'll go." Lily said, not having any reason to go, but the fact that she felt like it.
"As long as you and James don't kill each other." Sirius said, laughing.
"It'll be hard, but I think I can manage." Lily said, giggling.
"Lets go. Lemme grab my invisibility cloak quick." James said, hurrying over to the boys dorm and pulling the silvery cloak out of his trunk.
Lily and Sirius met him at the bottom of the stairs.
"Quick, under the cloak." James whispered as Professor McGonagall approached the common room.
Lily scurried under JUST as the Professor walked in the door.
Lily had the strangest urge to laugh, and James could tell, he opened his eyes wide, frightened that they might get caught, and he turned her around and muffled her laughter in his chest.
As soon as Professor McGonagall left the room, they all burst out laughing, Lily still held tightly against James' chest.
He loosened his grip on her, and she had to use him as support while she laughed.
"Ok. I'm. Fine." she said finally, wiping her eyes.
"No you're not." Sirius replied, eyes twinkling with amusement.
"What do you mean by that?" Lily asked sharply.
"You have your arms around James Potter. Thats just not like you." Sirius said, finally laughing when he saw the look on her face as she jumped back.
"Urgh. Black...I'm gonna--"
"SHHHH" James said, cutting her off as he started walking towards the portrait to get out.
"Sorry." Lily said sheepishly.
"S'ok." he replied softly, pushing her in front of him and directing her by holding onto her shoulders and pushing her.
There was a crash from overhead and Lily screamed.
"SHHHH!!!" Both boys hissed.
"What. Was. That? And why is the sky so dark?" Lily asked, looking out the window fearfully.
"Storm. Probably busted a window. Thats all." Sirius said comfortingly...or so he thought.
"I hate storms." Lily said, shivering slightly.
"By the time we get through the tunnel into Honeyduke's the storm will be over, we won't even get wet. What, you gonna melt?" James said, eyes dancing.
"And if ya do, you have Jamsie here to warm you up." Sirius said, laughing quietly.
"Oh shut up Sirius." James and Lily whispered at the same time as they reached the One Eyed Witch.
"Dissendium." James muttered, and the witches hump opened up.
James crawled through first, then Sirius, and then Lily hesitated. She had never used this passage before and she was afraid she was going to land on her butt.
"I'll catch you." one of the boys whispered.
Lily nodded to herself, took a deep breath, and jumped.
Sure enough, she was caught easily by Sirius and was set down on her feet.
"You're light Lily." he said, grinning.
"Thanks." she said, rolling her eyes.
"Where are we?" she asked.
"Just follow me and everything'll be alright." Sirius said mockingly.
"Scared? Want me to hold your hand?" James asked, sneering.
"No. I'm not scare--" she shrieked as thunder boomed over head.
"Not scared huh?" James asked, laughing so hard he choked.
"I just don't like storms very much." Lily mumbled, clutching onto Sirius as if he could save her.
James kind of wished she was hanging on to him...not that he would ever admit that to anyone.
"Here we are. Just hop up there Lily, we'll come after you." Sirius said.
Lily climbed up easily and slipped through the trap door.
The boys followed her and they all slipped outside into the pouring rain.
"Sure. The rain is gonna be done by the time we reach Honeydukes...I'm going back." Lily said, shivering.
She went up to the door and pulled.
It didn't budge.
"Sirius!." she said loudly, urgently.
"What?" he asked, walking up behind her.
"Its locked! Theres no way back!" she said, scared as the thunder boomed over head.
Sirius, however, had transformed into a dog and slipped through the doggy door and was heading back through the trap door and into Hogwarts.
James and Lily weren't mad...they would have done the same thing if they were him.
"Its freezing." Lily said, now thoroughly soaked.
"No kidding." he replied, glancing at her quickly.
"Hey, there's an overhang there, lets head over there." Lily whispered.
James nodded and guided her over to the over hand through the blinding rain and flashes of lightning.
Lily was shivering uncontrollably in the late November freezing rain, and James noticed this.
"Here, lets both take off our cloaks and have both of them covering both of us up so we have a double layer." James said wisely.
Lily nodded and took off her cloak quickly and threw it over both of them, James did the same.
Lily pulled out her wand and muttered a spell that created a small blue flame in a jar that could keep them semi warm if they put it under their blankets.
Their cloaks weren't too big, so they had to scoot in close to each other to keep warm...neither of them were really aware of how close they really were.
"Lets talk. It'll keep our minds off of how numb we are." James said, lips shaking.
"Um...*shiver* Yule Ball. What do you think they'll do this year?" Lily asked, not knowing what to say.
"Knowing Dumbledore, he'll put mistletoe all over the place." James replied, laughing.
"Hahaha remember last year when Ella and Sirius got caught underneath it? Ella was happy but Sirius looked disgusted. I wish I would have had my camera!" Lily exclaimed.
"Yeah. That was great. Speaking of Yule Ball, you got a date?" James asked carelessly.
"Nah, I turned down Davies the other day. I turned down Kamilton, Smith, Casey, Pettigrew, and get this...SNAPE." Lily said, giggling.
"Snape asked you? What a moron." James exclaimed, laughing at the thought of the greasy haired Slytherin going to a dance with Lily.
"Yeah. I almost threw up. How about you? Got a date?" She asked, laying her head back against the wall, felt uncomfortable, and lifted her head back up.
"Nope. Don't know who I'm gonna ask yet." he replied.
"You better get a move on! Only a couple more weeks." Lily replied, raising an eyebrow.
"Lets make a deal. If no one asks you in 2 weeks, and if I don't find someone I wanna ask, we'll go together. K?" James asked.
"Ok." Lily said, not believing that she had just said she would let him be her plan b.
"I need a pillow." Lily groaned.
"Think of Sirius, Kathryn, and Remus. All snuggled up in their nice warm Hogwarts beds, a fire toasting their feet..." James trailed off.
"Argh don't make me homesick. I just want to be warm. Hey...do you know what time it is?" Lily asked hopefully.
"Yep. We left the tower at 5:00...and right now its 7:00. They must have closed shop because of the storm." James said quietly.
"I wish I knew of someplace warm that we could get into from here." Lily complained.
"Lily! You're a genius! The Shrieking Shack!" James exclaimed.
Lily stared up at him like he was crazy.
"WHAT?!"
"Come on. Trust me." James said, grabbing her hand.
"You'll have a lot of explaining to do when we get attacked!" Lily moaned, but let herself be dragged into the warm little shack.
James plopped himself down on the torn up matress.
"And you're not afraid of this place?" Lily asked, looking around nervously.
James sat up.
"Nope. Promise you can keep a secret?" he asked.
Lily nodded.
"You know Remus is a werewolf."
"Yeah, I've known that for a while now." Lily replied, wondering what the Shrieking Shack had to do with Remus' being a werewolf.
"This is where he goes to transform every month. Dumbledore just encourages the town folks when they say its haunted...he doesn't want them to know." James said.
"Oh." Was all Lily could say.
"Yeah, and full moon isn't for 3 days, so you can sleep safely Miss Evans." James said, grinning.
Lily smiled hesitantly back.
"I get the bed." she said quickly before he layed down.
He made a face.
"FINE. Gimme that blanket and I'll sleep on the couch." He said.
She handed him the blanket, hung her cloak up to dry, and snuggled under the covers, falling asleep almost as soon as her *blonde* head hit the pillow.
A/N ok thats the first part...don't worry, they don't love each other yet...they were only civil and nice because they had only each other for company...the next part will be funnier, and more of Kathryn and Sirius in the next part. Please Review and tell me what ya think! Thanks!