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A/N Chapter 2! Enjoy! Hope it's not hideously terrible!


There is no future; there is no past

Thank God this moment's not the last!

There's only us, there's only this;

Forget regret, or life is yours to miss

No other road, no other way

No day but today!

-Finale B, Rent


Previously: "Why didn't we just have it at school? Why all the secrecy?" Lily asked.

"Well, there are a few reasons Lily, and you aren't going to like them…"


Chapter 2: Birthday Parties

"Well, first of all, Arthur wanted to cook for me…"

Lily groaned. "Molly! You know he can't cook! Why are you letting him?"
"Lily, I had to let him! Have you ever gone up against his sad-face? Any way, the second is that there IS meeting tomorrow and I thought it would be easier to just be here already then to have to come up in the morning."
"That's it? Why is that such a big deal?" Lily asked as she began setting the table.

"Hello! Molly is that Lily?" came a voice from the parlor.

"Tonks?" Lily called.

"Sorry, I would come, but I'm trying to figure out which hair color Remus would like the best…"

"She's been like that for the past hour." Molly said as Arthur entered the kitchen holding a ladle.

"Ah! Lily has arrived! Wonderful! Looking forward to dinner, are we?" He asked, stirring whatever was on the stove. Molly glared at Lily, awaiting her answer.

"Of Course Arthur." Lily sighed.

"Marvelous! Well, you ladies can wait in the parlor, you know, socializing. Talking about whatever it is you talk about." Arthur said, forcing them out of the kitchen. They made their way to the parlor just as James entered with Sirius.

" Having a Meeting are we?" He asked, slinging his arm around Lily's shoulders.

"Sorta. It's actually a Birthday party," Lily answered.

"It's not yours is it?!?!" James asked, horrified.

"No James. It's Molly's" Tonks said from her seat at a large mirror. Her hair abruptly changed to an olive green and she made a face at her reflection. "Ugh, definitely not."
"Oh, Nymphadora! That's absolutely stunning!" Sirius exclaimed, sitting down on one of the love-seats that was across from Tonks.

" Shut up Black!"

James sat down next to Remus, pulling Lily into his lap.

"Moony Should be here in a few hours" James told Tonks, wrapping his arm's around Lily.

"Yeah, I figured." Tonks commented sadly.

"Why?" Molly asked.

"Oh, he's doing something for Dumbledore!" James answered. They hadn't told Molly about Remus' "condition" yet, so anytime they accidentally mentioned it, they made up some lame excuse like he was doing something for Dumbledore, or he was visiting his sick Grandmother.

Suddenly, Dumbledore and McGonagall entered from the entryway, carrying large boxes, presumably presents.

"Well, I guess the party can start now, everyone's here," Molly said, inviting them into the kitchen.

"You know, if we had know about this, I could have gotten you a present!" Lily said to Molly, eyeing Dumbleore and McGonagall's presents.

"I did tell you! But you were so busy making googley eyes at James that you didn't hear a word I said." Molly answered shortly.

Lily tried to get up, but James slipped his arms around her waist pulling her back down. She eventually dropped her head on James' shoulder with a sigh of defeat.

"It's alright. I like it when you make googley eyes at me," James whispered, pressing his lips against her ear. Lily slapped him, and James finally let her up.

"Arthur, this soup is…fascinating!" Dumbledore said, about 15 minutes into the meal.

"You really think so?" Arthur asked, his eyes watery. "Why thank you professor!"

Lily still wasn't talking to James, and when he placed a hand on her thigh, she blushed and continued to look away from him, trying to focus on the story tonks was telling. He began to massage her leg, but Lily placed a hand over his to stop him. James sighed, looking down at his plate. Lily smiled, then asked Molly to pass the Potatoes.

A/N Wow, well there it is. It's a little better. Longer! Yay! But the reasons that Lily was not going to like at the beginning were totally lame. I had major writers block.

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