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General POV
James woke up the next morning drenched in ice cold water. Why is he drenched? Maybe you should ask the hysterically laughing Sirius Black who is holding an empty jar that used to be full with said water.
"Padfoot..I am going to KILL YOU!" James said as he ran after his mate, who had yet to cease from laughing. James followed him into the kitchen where the rest of his family was eating breakfast.
"Oh man…ha ha ha…you should have seen your face…ahahahaha! I wish I could have recorded that! Man I think of everything that could make it better afterwards" Sirius pouted. "But seriously mate, that's the only way I was able to wake you up. You sleep like your dead. At one point I had to hold a mirror up to your nose to make sure you were breathing! Nice pajamas by the way. I didn't know how much you cared until now, I'm touched" Sirius said with a smirk.
James looked down at himself and saw that the plain navy pajama pants he slept in yesterday were transformed into pink short shorts with the words 'Sirius' Owns This…No Touchy' on the back, and for added effect the words sparkled as he walked.
"! PADFOOT!" James yelled as his parents turned to see what Sirius was talking about and burst out laughing. James was about to pummel Sirius into the ground when he heard the laughter of a certain red head.
"Really, James? I know you and Sirius are close but I never knew your love for each other went this far. I have to say I'm a bit jealous. I hope one day I can find the kind of love you two share" Lily Evans teased as she floated into the room with her hair swaying in the wind... Ok so maybe not in reality but to James that's how she entered every room.
"Don't worry sweet pea! There is enough Sirius around to go for everyone!" Sirius yelled at he gave her a big bear hug that had her gasping for air.
"By the way, where have you been Lils? We haven't seen you this whole summer! What about all our plans! We go to school today! Summer's over!" Sirius sobbed onto Lily's shoulder. James snapped out of his LilyComa to hear her response.
"Sorry guys, my sister Petunia got married this summer and it was just chaos. I wasn't able to send letters or get any from anybody or she'd have a brain aneurism. My mom was on her side saying I better not ruin the wedding so I was a prisoner this whole summer. The wedding was just last week so I was finally able to get my things together and come over here when my parents told me my uncle wanted me to spend some time with him before he went back to Europe. He's always been a big part of my life so I went to go see him. I figured I could at least spend one night with you guys and we'd stay up until the train ride but by the time I got here you guys were asleep." Lily explained. Sirius still looked sad but he said it was ok since he has an uncle he cares for very much. James on the other hand couldn't shake the feeling that she wasn't telling the truth. Something was trying to make it to his mind about last night but he couldn't remember anything except he went to bed really late, after wondering where she was. He also noticed that she had never said so much about her family before. This is the first time he even new she had a sister or an uncle. Granted he assumed based on conversations over the years but she never flat out mentioned anything.
All this was going through James' head when his father turned towards him and said "Son, please go change into appropriate attire. I do not need a flashy reminder on how much you and Sirius love each other while I'm eating. I think I might get sick." Sirius laughed and his mom and Lily giggled as he went upstairs to change.
Once he came back downstairs everyone was sitting and eating his mother's famous French toast.
"Ooooooooh, oh so good. Mmmmmmm, really mom these are the best French toast in the world. I don't know how you do it." Sirius moaned as he was eating.
"I would give my right arm for these wedges any day." Lily agreed
"Well thank you darlings. I figured if Lily was joining us even for a day I could make her this treat." James' mom said.
"You kids better hurry up we have to get to the train station before it leaves you here and we're stuck with you lot for the rest of the year." James' dad teased
"You know you'd love for us to stay Jason, we keep your boring lives fun and interesting!" Sirius defended them
"Yes, yes ok let's go get your stuff we're cutting it close." Audrey said as they all went to go get their trunks and owls.
James owl was named Gideon and he was a tawny, beautiful owl that loved to fly and hunt mice. Sirius didn't have an owl saying he could "barely take care of himself let alone some rat infested bird, I don't need any more flees!" Lily's owl was gorgeous. He was black as night and had violet eyes. He had asked Lily once where she got him since he'd never seen an owl with violet eyes and she replied saying she got him at some little store in Italy's version of a Diagon Alley when she went to visit her uncle a few years back. She named him Shadow since he flew without a sound and was always around when she needed him.
They made it to the train with a few minutes to spare and were able to get a compartment towards the back just for them. They left their owls and trunks and went back to the platform to say bye to James' mom and dad.
"Bye mom, bye dad. I'll write soon. Miss you already." James said as he hugged his dad and kissed his mom the on the cheek.
"Bye mom, bye dad. I'll let James write for me and I'll miss you more than he will." Sirius smirked as he mirrored his "brother's" actions.
James' parents laughed at Sirius' antics and told them to behave themselves. Lily was the last to say good bye. His mother started rambling when she pulled Lily into a hug.
"Be careful dear, and write to us if you need anything. Make sure you eat three meals a day and drink lots of water. Wear a sweater the minute it starts getting cold. Don't roam the castle too late and—"
"I'll be fine. Thanks for everything you've done for me. I'll write when we get there. You guys are the best." Lily said as she hugged the Potters.
"Take care of the boys, Lily" Jason said.
"Hey shouldn't you be saying take care of Lily boys?" James asked. "Also thanks for caring about us as much mom!" He said as Sirius nodded his head in agreement.
"Oh you know she meant it for all of you. And frankly I think Lily can protect you guys better than you can protect her." Jason teased as he smiled.
"I am offended. I think our masculinity was just bumped down a notch James. By your FATHER! How could you?" Sirius dramatically said. James pulled him away and they all started walking and waving goodbye.
"Bye mom and dad. Love you. See you at Christmas!"
Once they got to their compartment they talked about summer for a little bit until Remus and Peter showed up. Lily asked Remus how was his summer and they spent the majority of the train ride catching up while James, Sirius, and Peter played Exploding Snap.
The fun was interrupted when Lily and Remus got up to go to the Heads compartment for a meeting.
"You guys are still Prefects? I would have thought Dumbledore gave up on trying to make you discipline people already, seeing as how it's hypocritical since we break the most rules." Sirius said as he saw them get their badges.
"Actually Sirius, we're not Prefects anymore. Apparently Dumbledore went off his rocker and made us Heads." Lily replied.
The compartment was silent as the news was digested by the three boys.
"WHAT? How can you guys be Head Boy and Girl? And no offense Remus but didn't you say the chances of that happening are slim considering your 'furry little problem'?" James asked. A little bit jealous that one of his best friends was going to spend so much time with Lily.
"I know James but I guess he thinks when I can't be around, Lily will be ok by herself and she's good at making up excuses for me. It's a real honor actually that Dumbledore considers I can do this job. Lily was a no brainer but me? It shows he really trust me and I want to be able to do this." Remus said determined as he looked at his best friends. "Don't worry it won't cut time on our pranks and not like we're going to give you guys detentions." He smirked.
Lily laughed as she said bye and Remus started following her. Before he left he turned to James and said, "Don't worry James. Lily and I don't like each other that way. She's like my sister, you know that. Nothing will happen. She's all yours." He smiled as he left a shocked James.
How did he know I was thinking that?
"The two people who come up with our best pranks just left…to go follow rules, and dictate!" Sirius yelled dramatically…again. "Oh well, so anyway Prongs. You going to ask Lily out this year?" He said as he wiggled his eyebrows.
"Are you crazy? I can't just ask her out. What if she doesn't like me and it makes things all weird between us?"
"Don't be such a girl Prongs. Grow a pair and man up before someone beats you to it. Lily looks mighty fine this year. That girl just keeps getting prettier and prettier. I'd ask her out if you know I didn't think of her like my little sister and it would be completely weird it we kissed and other things happened. I want to stop thinking about it right now." He said as he shuddered. James laughed
"Thanks Padfoot now I not only have to deal with my feelings for her but you just gave me the heads up that I'm not the only one who might want to ask her out. Great." He said sarcastically.
"Well what'd you expect? For her to be waiting around until you stop being a jellyfish and grow a backbone? I don't think so. If she's gonna date anyone I'd rather it be someone we know and can trust instead of someone like Blake Stone. Ugh. Sirius said.
Blake Stone was also a 7th year who was a womanizer and a jerk. He took a liking to Lily in 5th year and even a kick to the balls by her didn't stop him stalking her trying to get into her pants. Until, he mysteriously ended up in the hospital wing for a month. Then he avoided the Marauders and Lily at all costs.
"That was a great night. He cried like a little girl." James smiled as he reminisced.
"Yea…punching him in his precious face felt amazing." Sirius said.
"Lily would kill us if she found out we did that" James said as he and Sirius smiled at each other. "What she doesn't know won't hurt her."
They spent the rest of the time waiting for Lily and Remus to come back while they changed into their robes and thought of pranks for the year.
Lily and Remus came back from the Heads meeting and they all just relaxed, made fun of Peter, and goofed off. James kept stealing glances at Lily, and Lily in return did the same but more subtly that only Remus noticed. He smiled as they continued to look when the other was not. Lily's close girlfriend Violet arrived later and sat down next to Sirius as she and Lily caught up. Remus noticed that Sirius was looking at Violet the same way James was looking at Lily. Oh boy is this going to be fun he thought. They joked around until the train came into the station. As Lily got out of the train she looked up at the castle-like structure that was Hogwarts and smiled. Here it was safe. She had no worries other than passing NEWTS and Head duties. The five of them made it to the horseless carriages and finally through the doors at Hogwarts.
As they sat down to the feast, the First Years were sorted and Dumbledore gave his speech about the Forest being forbidden (psht yea right) and announced the new Heads. Some students were shocked, others not so much. Lily and Remus were the smartest in the year, it made sense. When dinner was almost over Dumbledore stood up again and made a rather interesting announcement.
"One last thing before you go. We have the privilege of welcoming a new student. He is transferring from the Wizarding School in Italy and I hope you make him feel very welcome." He gestured to someone and they walked up to the front of the hall. "Everyone this is Logan Evergreen. He was sorted into Gryffindor. Please make him feel at home." He said as everyone took a look at the new kid. He was tall, built, with copper colored hair and hazel eyes. He smiled at everyone and the girls swooned.
All the girls were whispering and giggling that he was so hot. Most of the boys looked interested yet cautious seeing as how the girls were reacting. James didn't notice any of this since Logan made his way over to the Gryffindor table and stopped right in front of Lily, who looked shocked.
"Hello, I'm Logan. Professor Dumbledore pointed you out to me when you arrived saying you were Head Girl. You're supposed to help me around or something. It's very nice to meet you." He said as he charmingly smiled and his eyes twinkled with some hidden joke.
"Well, I'm Lily Evans and I would be happy to help you around, Logan". She said as she smiled so big James thought her cheeks would crack.
What the hell? He can't just walk in here and steal my girl!
She's not your girl, remember? You asked her out
Oh shut up!
James fighting with himself was interrupted when Sirius and Remus turned towards him with sympathetic looks.
"Is it just me or do Lily and Logan seem to have gotten comfortable with each other a little too quickly? I mean it's not even the end of dinner yet and they're laughing like they're old chums." Sirius asked as he glared at Logan.
"Lily's just being nice. She's Head Girl and she's stuck with showing him around. It'll be fine, Prongs, you'll see. Lily's too smart to be won over so easily." Remus said.
"I hope so" James said as they got up to go to the dorms
"I gotta go tell the First Years how to get into the dorms. See you guys later." Remus said as he left to find Lily
"Don't worry mate, we're going to find out all there is to know about Logan Evergreen. At least Remus is there." Sirius said as they watched Lily, Remus, and Logan head towards the dorm.
"It's weird. I feel like I've seen this guy before. I can't shake the feeling that I know him or something." James said as they went up to their bedrooms.
"Maybe you passed him on the train when you went to get snacks? It'll probably come back to you after you sleep." Sirius yawned as he went into the bathroom to brush his teeth.
James changed into his pajama bottoms and was about to get into bed when there was a knock on the door. He opened it up to see Lily.
"Hey James, sorry I couldn't walk with you guys here. I had to show Logan around. Dumbledore said he was supposed to replace Remus as your new roomie but Remus doesn't want his own room in the Head Dorms so Dumbledore said I could pick someone to stay with me if I want even though it isn't usually allowed like that. So I was wondering since I know you don't sleep so good with Sirius' snoring, Peter's night terrors and everything if you wanted the Head Boy room?" Lily rambled as she fiddled with her shirt.
"You'd have your own bathroom and privacy and…I know it's kind of selfish but it'll be harder for me to come all the way over here to sleep with you, and my nightmares come back if I'm not at least in the same room…"Lily trailed off as she started to feel embarrassed. Lily has had nightmares since day one at Hogwarts. She never told James what they were about but he was the only one who knew about them. One night in Third Year after a particular nightmare she made her way to the boy's dorms where James was still awake. The minute he saw her pale face he opened his arms and she walked over and settled under the covers with him. That night was the first night she found some peace in her sleep. It became a reoccurring thing with them and after the Marauders had gotten over the initial shock of seeing James in bed with Lily, it became a norm to wake up with James and Lily in the same bed.
"Of course, Lily, I wouldn't have it any other way." James said as he smiled
"Thanks so much James, you're the best friend I could have ever asked for. Logan will probably end up sleeping here in your place." Lily said. She didn't see James smile falter at the mention of "best friend" since he was gathering his things. Or when she said Logan's name like she's known him for years.
"Sirius isn't going to like this." James mumbled as he and Lily waited for Sirius to come out of the bathroom. "Hey Lily is it ok if I meet you at the tower? I want to talk to Sirius for a little bit before I go."
"Ok I'll meet you there. Password is Zuko. Don't ask me why, but I think Dumbledore either watched too much Avatar the last airbender, or Grease." Lily laughed as she left.
James smiled as he watched her leave thinking to himself that he had no idea what she was taking about.
When Sirius finally came out of the bathroom James told him what was going on.
"So you get to be in a dorm, all alone, with Lily. AND you're sleeping right across from each other which really means she'll be sleeping in your bed anyway. Dude! Way to go! You can make her fall for you without anyone getting in the way there."He said as he high fived James.
James hadn't even thought about that. Maybe he could make Lily fall for him. They would be alone for the most part..hmmmm.
"So this Logan guy is going to be staying with us? We'll that's great too. We can become friends and I can tell you everything I find out about him. This is working out great." Sirius said as he thought of how to get Logan to spill his guts.
"Just don't be so obvious, Padfoot. I mean really you're about as subtle as flobberworm rash."
"I take offense!"
"Please don't let Lily find out about any of this ok? " James begged,
"Of course not mate, she'd kill me along with you if she found out we were only going to be nice to this chump to see how he feels about Lily." Sirius said as they shuddered just thinking about what Lily would do to them.
"Ok well I gotta go. Tell Remus I said thanks, if it wasn't for him I wouldn't be able to be two feet away from Lily for the most part. I'll see you guys at breakfast tomorrow." He said as he got his things, patted Sirius on the shoulder and left to the Head Dorms.
As he was making his way there he heard Lily and Logan talking in the corridor, so he spelled his shoes to be silent and ducked behind a pillar before they saw him to eavesdrop. Although, apparently they were talking in Italian and he couldn't understand a word. But he watched the way they were talking and he didn't like it one bit.
(A/N Pretend this is in Italian and James can't understand but you guys can! Your welcome :P )
"Logan Evergreen? Seriously? How'd you even come up with that?" Lily asked as she was laughing quietly.
"Shhhh! Not so loud no one's supposed to know, idiot. And I like trees ok, deal with it." Logan defended himself.
"What are you doing here Logan?" Lily suddenly asked very seriously.
Logan exhaled before he said, "You can guess why I'm here Lily. He's furious."
"Go home Logan. I won't let you do anything here."
"Lily, I can't leave. If I go back now, who knows what will happen. At least me staying here will give you some time."
"There's no point in time Logan, your just prolonging the inevitable."
"That's not true. I can help. Just trust me."
"It doesn't matter, there's nothing you can do. I just want to enjoy my last year."
"You can't protect him forever! Your only one person."
"I can and I will. If anything happens to him now it will be my fault. So I won't let them come for him. He's my friend.
"Why is he so important for you to risk everything!" He whispered
"Because he just is! To me and to my closest friends he's important. You'll understand when you get to know him. He's not how we've been told to think of him. Goodnight I'll see you tomorrow." Lily said as she turned away to go inside the dorms.
He watched her go inside then sighed a real "I have too much on my plate" sigh, as he walked away. Once he was gone James came around from his hiding place and walked into the dorms thinking about the confusing conversation he just heard.
So they do know each other based on the way they were talking and how close they were standing. Why are they acting like they just met? And what were they talking about?
James couldn't help feeling jealous that Logan and Lily seemed so close. Well tonight he was going to get some answers. He walked into his bedroom to find Lily already in her pajamas and waiting for him.
"Where have you been? Did you and Sirius cry that you had to leave each other?" Lily smirked
"Lily…you actually know Logan right?" James asked ignoring her question
"What do you mean?" Lily said cautiously.
"I heard you guys talking in the hallway. Even though I couldn't understand a word, you guys were talking like you've known each other for years." James said sounding a little hurt.
Lily looked away before saying, "You're right, I do know Logan. We actually go way back. We grew up together. I hadn't seen him in a couple of years though since he dropped off the face of the Earth to go visit his family in God knows where. We act like we don't know each other because I can hold off the fan girls asking me about his life story. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before but honestly I didn't think it was important."
"What were you guys talking about? It seemed serious." James said as he made his way to the bed Lily was on.
"Just about his family. We were catching up." Lily said she and James got under the covers.
"That's it?" James asked as he wrapped his arms around Lily.
"What's wrong James? He's a nice guy. He used to take care of me before I met you guys. We were just catching up." Lily yawned.
The way Lily said things so unimportantly helped James believe that they were just childhood friends and not ex-lovers or bf/gf. So he let the topic go and snuggled into the bed with Lily in his arms.
"Nothing, I was just wondering. I have to make sure your ok. You're our Lily and we have to protect you." He teased
"Sure, sure. I can take care of myself." Lily mumbled as she drifted off to sleep.
"But I want to take care of you, Lily, because you're my Lily. Goodnight." James whispered as he kissed her head and drifted off into a peaceful sleep.
A/N
So what do you think? New character! Yey! Next couple chapters will prob be fun lil chapters about the gang in Hogwarts before things turn around drastically…MUAHAHAHAHAHA! Question (subtle way to try and prompt reviews here ;] ) do you guys want some Violet/Sirius Love? I could squeeze it in there if you guys would like. :] but if not it's all good my story is adventureful anyway who needs other complicated relationships besides James and Lily right? Lucas will show up again continuously throughout the story but for now Logan is here and I wonder what kind of drama he brought with him?
Toodles! Review please! It's like air for me!