No More

By FieryPhoenix21

Summary: Lily and James are in their 7th year at Hogwarts. Can she resist his charms? Especially when her friends fall in love with his friends…

Disclaimer: I don't own anything except a handful of characters and the plot.

New Neighbour

"Hey Adrienne!" a pretty redhead opened the door to one of her good friends.

"Hi Lily! Is Stella here yet?" The tall girl grinned as Lily rolled her emerald-green eyes.

"Obviously. She's knows when exactly is three o'clock in the afternoon, unlike some people."

"Ouch."

Lily's Room

"Hi Stell."

The raven-black haired girl sitting on the bed grinned. "Hey Ad."

Lily settled herself on a sofa facing her window, and gave a slight scream as she looked out of the window.

"Whazza matter Lily?" Stella asked in shock.

"POTTER! What's he doing here? And... SIRIUS... And PETER!"

"WHAT THE!" Adrienne, a.k.a Ad, yelled.

"Must be visiting Remus," Stella commented. The two girls spun around to stare at her.

"How'd you know?" Lily asked, wondering if all of them had gone suddenly dotty.

Stella gave them an Ain't-It-Super-Obvious look. "Let's see now. There are four Marauders; Potter, Black, Peter and Remus. So if the first three are here, they have to be visiting their dear old friend Remus, unless they are coming to visit you."

Lily looked as if she was about to panic at this last sentence.

"However, it's most likely the former," Stella added quickly as Lils opened her mouth.

"But they are going in next door."

"Remus must live next door."

"But there's only an elderly wizarding couple living there. And their name isn't Lupin, it's Marshall."

Stella grabbed a book off the pile beside the bed and smacked Lily on the head lightly. "Lils, you idiot. That means Remus is your new neighbour. His mother's parents' name is Marshall."

Ad looked at Stella, a sly smile creeping over her face. "I propose two things. First, you," she pointed at Stella, "tell us how you knew that."

"He told me before the holidays. I asked him, because he and I were alone in the same carriage and had nothing to do." Ad whistled.

"The reason we were alone was that you were chasing Sirius, Lils was chasing Potter and Peter had gone off to the little boys' room." Stella stated matter-of-factly, glaring at Ad.

"Okay. Second thing… Let's visit your new neighbour, Lils!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Lily let out a scream as her two best friends advanced on her, grinning evilly.

Remus' Room

James jumped on Remus' bed while the boy in person looked on, bemused at his soon-to-be seventeen year old best friend acting like a seven month old boy.

Sirius was checking his reflection in the mirror. Peter Pettigrew was staring out of the window at something, just that the others had no idea what.

"Moony? Hey Moony!" Peter called suddenly.

"What's wrong, Wormtail?"

"Erm, looks like some girls are at your door."

Remus chuckled. His eyesight was much better than Peter's and he could see the girls' faces perfectly. Lily Evans, Adrienne Moon and Stella Wilson.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

Stella's POV

"Hi Remus," I smiled at his normally-neat-but-now-messed-up hair. He smiled back warmly.

"Hey Stella. Why're you guys here?" Even his husky voice sounded like it had a smile hidden within it.

"We wanted little ol' Lils here to meet her new neighbour," Ad said brightly, pushing Lils in front of her, where she had been hiding.

"Oh. I don't think it's only to visit me, right?" Remus winked cheekily, and I couldn't stop grinning at the expression on Lils face.

"Moony, who's that at the door?" The last person Lils wanted to see appeared. James Harold Potter, the boy who was absolutely crazy over Lils.

"My, oh my. LILYFLOWER!" If it weren't for the glare on Lils' face, I think he'd have jumped on her.

"Erm, could we continue this conversation inside?" I said pointedly. The sky looked as if it was about to rain and Lils was struggling with Ad to escape.

"Sure, Stell." Remus held the door for Ad and Lils. Stell? He called me Stell?

I went in last, and automatically reached to close the door. My fingers met with Remus'. I jumped and both of us pulled our hands away. But I wasn't fast enough and the heavy wooden door met with my fingers.

"Owowowowowowowow!" I rubbed my fingers. They were red and felt as if they were throbbing.

"Sorry, Stell!" Remus led me to a bathroom off the hall. He turned on a tap and placed my red fingers under the cold running water. He 'bathed' my fingers, his expression worried and apologetic.

The pain slowly ebbed away and I pulled my hand away from his gentle grip. "Thanks Rem."

He looked faintly amused at his new nickname. His eyes were a dark brown, warm, and had a trace of something... I couln't place it. I realised I was staring and looked away.

"I think the others are in my room. Let's go up."

Remus' Room

I opened the door. His room was... nice. It was painted white, and he had bookshelves almost everywhere. He had a blue bedspread and I spotted another book under the pillow. His bed was rumpled, probably because of someone jumping on it.

Hey, I know boys. I have two brothers. And they have lots of friends coming around.

James was arguing with Lils. Again. If you can call it arguing, because Lils is the only one who's really angry. James always has that dreamy look. He's happy whenever he has a chance just to talk with Lils.

Peter was staring out of the window at... something. Ad was sitting on the floor, watching the two lovebirds 'argue' and Sirius was checking his hair or something. I sat down on the bed, while Remus lay on the bed to read the book under his pillow. It was titled Artemis Fowl. Nice.

I was soon bored watching Lils hurl abuse at James. I tapped Rem on the arm. "Mind if I borrow one of your books?"

"Not at all. Knock yourself out."

I picked out the new Defence Against the Dark Arts textbook and began reading it. It was rather interesting. Looked like we were in for an exciting last year. But then the more I read, the more I was lost in all the different spells and jinxes. Looked like we were in for a tough and exciting last year...

After a while, I dozed off. Then I became aware of someone gently shaking me awake. I opened my eyes blearily to see Rem, who smiled and told me it was getting late, and that the others had already gone home!

James and Sirius were stuffing their faces (Peter was picking at his food) when Rem told them he was walking me back to Lils' house.They didn't look up for a moment.Pigs.

In a matter of one minute, we reached Lils' door. I turned to say goodbye. "So erm, thanks for lending me the book, and walking me back, Rem. Goodnight." I smiled.

He grinned back and waved goodbye. And that was the end of the visit of the new neighbour.

The End

I'm really sorry that there wasn't much Lily and James in this chapter, but the next one will have, I promise.

In the meantime, R&R!

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