A.N I know it's took me ages to add another chapter but my laptop broke so I had to wait on it getting fixed, hopefully you will all think it's worth the wait!

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Butterflies

By Brushwithfashion

Chapter 2: Hangovers & Truth or Dare

"I feel like I've been run over by a bus!" groaned Poppy

"I feel like someone hit me over the head with a mallet then rubbed acid in my eyes!" complained Lily

"Well i feel like a hedgehog lifted up my eyelid and rolled about on my eyeball!" said Amelia "then an elephant came and stomped on my head!"

It was 8.30am and they were due to leave in an hour and a half so that they were at the station in plenty of time to catch the train. All three of them were very hung-over and were still lying in bed.

"I think I'll skip breakfast this morning," moaned Lily "I'd probably just throw it back up anyway!" she slowly got up and made her way to her en-suit bathroom to take a shower, stumbling a few times on the way. She really hated hangovers but luckily for her they tended to run their course pretty quickly. She turned the shower on and stepped under the hot water, washing away the disgusting morning after feeling. She thought about the upcoming school year and felt the excitement creep over her. She was going back to Hogwarts, the place that had become her home for the past six years. She was sad to be starting her final year but excited at the prospect of new adventures. Lily couldn't wait to be head girl, she knew she would do a good job. She was very surprised to find out James Potter was to be head boy but she had a gut feeling that they would work well together, despite their past differences.

Lily just hoped he had got over the silly crush he seemed to have on her, she really believed they could become good friends without the awkwardness an unrequited crush brought to a relationship. She smiled as she remembered the moment she decided to give James a chance to prove he really had changed for the better.

He had come back from the summer holidays before sixth year acting like a completely different person, he seemed to be mature and sensitive to the feelings of others. She had honestly believed it was some kind of act to finally win her round and she was having none of it.

She had been looking for a book in the library one evening to study for her end of year exams and heard the four boys discussing something. They hadn't realised she was standing nearby so her curiosity got the better of her and she decided to listen in to what they were saying. They were discussing the full moon which was due the next night, she knew this was because Remus was a werewolf, she had worked it out the year previously. What she didn't know, however, was that the three other boys had become illegal animagi to keep him company and help him cope better with the monthly transformations. She didn't condone their illegal behaviour but she did respect how much hard work it must have taken then and the love they must all have for each other.

A few weeks after overhearing their conversation in the library she found out that Sirius had led Severus Snape to the place where Remus stayed during the full moon. James had realised what Sirius had done and raced to save Snape before he was seriously injured or killed. Lily had a lot of respect for James after this as he hated Snape just as much as Sirius but he still risked his own life to save him. She realised what a brave and selfless person he could be and decided it was about time to get to know him better as he seemed like the type of person she would like to be friends with.

After washing her hair with her favourite coconut shampoo she stepped out the shower and got herself dried and dressed, while the other two fought to get ready she put a tiny bit of makeup on, just some concealer and a slick of raspberry lip gloss. By 10am they were ready to go and were saying their goodbyes, Lily hugged her mother and told her she loved her,

"behave yourself this year pumpkin and write to me next week once you get settled in, I want to know all the gossip" her mother smiled, they had always had a close and friendly relationship, "I love you sweetheart" she kissed Lily on the forehead. Lily then went to sit by her gran on the garden bench.

"Bye bye granny, behave yourself for mum while I'm away"

"Why? Where are you going?" Her gran asked, forgetting.

"Remember in going back to school today, the place where they teach me those little magic tricks I show you" Lily smiled, it saddened her to see the grandmother she loved more than anything deteriorate like this.

"Oh yes! I remember now! Well have a nice time my dear and i shall see you this afternoon when you get back, you can tell me all about it then"

Lily decided not to correct her, "I will gran, I love you" she kissed her cheek and stood up

"Love you too Lily dearest"

Lily rejoined her friends again and her dad set off, driving them to the station. Thanks to road works and Saturday morning traffic, however, they ended up arriving at the platform with only five minutes to spare until the train left. She said a hurried goodbye to her dad and they ran onto the train. As they were so late, there were no free compartments and they ended up sitting with the marauders.

"So how was your summers girls?" Remus asked politely,

"Great, it's good to be going back to Hogwarts though" replied Lily

"What did you get up to? Anything exciting?" James asked, peering at her over the top of his Daily Prophet

"Nope, nothing exciting" she smiled "I went to Greece for a couple of weeks at the start of the summer then mostly just spent time with my mum and gran"

"Bet you had some hot holiday encounters, eh Lils?" Sirius winked mischievously

"Wouldn't you like to know" she winked back at him, "what did you guys get up to? Causing trouble as usual?"

"Nah mostly just hung round my house playing quidditch and going out some nights" James answered. Lily smiled at him, he hadn't made any arse-holey comments at all (so far!) and he wasn't making things awkward between them by asking her out a million times an hour, seems like things were just picking back up where they left off at the end of last year.

"I can't believe this is the last time we will be getting the train to school" Exclaimed Poppy

"I know, I can't believe this time next year we will be fending for ourselves out in the big bad world" Remus agreed "especially with everything that's going on out there just now"

They all sat in silent agreement, all worried about the future of the wizarding world. Voldemort wouldn't stop until he was killed. The amount of innocent people he had tortured and murder already was terrifying, no one wanted to see how many of their classmates were not returning this year.

"Well on a slightly brighter note! We have to go and meet the prefects" Lily turned to James "shall we go just now?"

"Yeh, you coming with us Remus?"

"Sure am" Remus got up and followed them out, they walked in silence to the compartment the meeting was due to be held in. There were a few there already, they waited for everyone to arrive and then begun.

"I think the best thing to do would be to get ourselves settled in and then we can meet properly on Monday once Lily and I have seen Professor Dumbledore and then kick things off properly. Just now we can quickly go over the basic for those of you who are new at this, myself included, and work out patrols for the next two nights, what do you thing Lily?" James turned to her, she was secretly impressed how mature and responsible he was being.

"I think that's a great idea James, break everyone into the new year gently" she smiled at him, she then continued where he had left off and explained the prefects roles and the purpose of patrols around the castle. They all agreed on a rota for the next two nights, Lily and James taking the first patrol that night to ensure everyone makes it to their common rooms without any problems and they would take the late night one the next night, from ten till midnight as they were most senior.

"Right so if that's everything i think we should meet in the meeting room near the library at half past seven" Lily concluded the meeting and everyone went their separate ways. All the prefects were thinking the same thing as they left the meeting, it was nice to have Lily and James getting along for a change, it would definitely make things more bearable this year. Hopefully it would last.

Later that night after the feast and once everyone was safely in their common rooms, Lily and James went to meet their friends in the heads common room. They had decided to meet and have a drink to celebrate the start of their final year. Lily ran up to her bedroom and dug a bottle of vodka out of her trunk and returned to her friends.

"I think we should play a little game!" announced Sirius, grinning at everyone

"What sort of game?" Amelia asked suspiciously "usually your games end up with someone either naked or in detention"

"Truth or dare?" he winks

"Oh how mature, what are you 13?" she laughs but agrees to play "Dare" she answers him.

He smiles wickedly immediately making her regret her decision to play along "YES! I dare you to... give Peter a lap dance!"

She giggled, the vodka had given some Dutch courage so she stood and walked over to Peter, turning the sound up on the radio on her way past. She quickly wiggled round him, giving him a quick dance then ran back to her seat to the sounds of everyone else laughing hysterically.

"Well was the best time I've had all year" Laughed Peter, Amelia laughed and turned to Remus,

"Truth or Dare?"

"Truth"

"How many girls have you been out with?"

"Three" he smiled sweetly

"Aww!" the girls all smiled back at him

"Sirius, truth or dare?"

"Dare, obviously!"

"Hmm... I dare you to dance round the room in you boxer shorts!"

Everyone laughed again as Sirius stripped off and started strutting his stuff, prancing round the common room. After pulling his clothes back on he turned to Lily, looking mischievous,

"So then, Miss Lily, truth or dare?"

"Well I'm too comfy to get up so it'll have to be truth"

"Have you ever... had sex outside?"

"Yes" she blushed furiously

The boys all sat there gaping at her, shocked at her little admission. Finally James piped up,

"But you're meant to be the innocent head girl! When did this happen?"

She laughed at the looks on their faces "I believe I already answered a truth so you guys will just have to wait and find out some other time"

They groaned, moaning that it was unfair.

"So James, truth or dare?" she asked sweetly over their protests

"Truth as well I guess"

"Do you like going out with lots of different girls or would you like a committed relationship at some point?"

"Emm... I never really thought about it to be honest, I've never had a proper relationship. Going on lots of dates is fun but it does get a bit annoying talking about the same stuff over and over with different girls, I guess I would like a proper girlfriend, if I can't find someone to put up with me long enough" He grinned at her

"That was very honest, and sweet" Lily grinned back at him, feeling butterflies in her tummy and not really understanding why, she put it down to the vodka.

The game continued for another hour or so, they found out that Remus was a virgin, despite having three girlfriends. Lily and Amelia had to kiss, much to the boys delight, and Peter had to run to Gryffindor tower and back stark naked.

After a fun night and copious amounts of alcohol, they all fell asleep in the heads common room. It was an amazing start to the year.

A.N hope you enjoyed this and it was worth the wait, e got the next chapter written so I just need to check it over and I'll post it in a few days time. Write me some nice reviews I appreciate them! Thanks guys x