Rated: R for later Main Pairings: L/J SB/OC RL/OC
A/N: i just wanted to let you know that my story is set in 2005, cause i really don't know all that much about when James and Lily were born so i don't want to get anything wrong so it will be set in today's time i would also like to think my beta reader Lyny Angell. I really liked this chapter it was so fun to write and i'm really sorry it is so short but my grandma had to have a hip replacement and i'm studying to get my GED and i just didn't have that much time to work on it but i hope you like it and please review.
Chapter 3: Operation cheer up Lily
A week after the attack, Lily still lay in the guest bedroom of the Potter's home, only moving to go to the bathroom and to shower, and barely eating when the house elves would bring her food.
Because of this James and Sirius were getting more worried as the days went. One that day we could find said boys in James's room. This room was pretty big to be just a bedroom. It had a huge desk in the corner that was stacked with pieces of parchment and books. In the other corner sat a big sofa with a huge book case. In the middle of the room was James's huge, king sized, four-poster bed. James, being a true Gryffindor, had a big lion carved in the headboard that was magically made to walk back and forward and roar. On his walls were lots of moving pictures of family and friends and posters of Quidditch players and, of course, him being a teenage boy, there were quite a few posters of Quidditch models.
James was pacing in front of his bed while Sirius sat on it.
"James, man if you don't calm down your parents are going to send you to St. Mungo's," Sirius said as he watched his best friend almost burn a hole in the floor from all his pacing.
"I can't help it. I feel like I should be doing something. She hasn't come out of that room since she has been here. Sirius, what if she never comes out of there?" James asked Sirius with sadness in his eyes.
"Well, let's do something," Sirius said moving off James' bed and moving towards the door, only stopping when James grabbed his arm.
"Where are you going?" James asked looking at Sirius as if he was crazy.
"We are going to cheer Lily up, duh," Sirius said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"How are we supposed to do that?"
"Don't know. We'll just have to wing it." Sirius said getting James to release his arm. He started walking to Lily's room. James walked slightly behind him, murmuring about getting a sane best friend, but a small smile was on his face.
Sirius didn't even knock when he got to the guest room. He just barged in and looked at the bed to find Lily lying on it and looking at him as though she were about to say something. However, Sirius cut her off by walking over to the bed and jumping on it, right beside Lily's head and looking around the room as if he did so everyday. James was only a little better, falling onto the bed at her feet.
"You know Lily Flower, this room is so girly. How do you keep your sanity?" Sirius asked looking around at the pink frilly bed and all the pink carpet and pink walls.
"Well Black, maybe because I'm a girl. Now would you please get off my hair, and leave!" Lily demanded pushing his leg off her hair then pulling the covers over her head. "And don't call me Lily Flower," Lily said as an afterthought.
"Sorry Lily Flower, no can do," Sirius said ignoring Lily's request to not call her that and only getting more comfortable on the bed, as did James who was enjoying the thought that he was on the same bed as Lily and she hadn't kicked him off it yet.
"And why not?" Lily asked, pulling the covers down so she could see Sirius
"'cause we are here to cheer you up." Sirius said pointing at himself and James, who only smiled and winked when Lily looked at him, getting a glare in return.
"I DON'T NEED CHEERING UP! WHAT I NEED IS FOR YOU TO LEAVE ME ALONE!" Lily screamed pushing Sirius off the bed and trying to do the same to James, who saw Lily getting mad and mad a high dive to the door.
"OK, we will leave for today but we will be back tomorrow and the next and the next until we hear a laugh from you, right Prongs?" Sirius said looking at James
"You bet, Padfoot," James answered giving Lily one more wink. Sirius and he went back to his room to make plans
Day 1 -
The next day Lily was still lying in bed thinking about what Sirius and James said they were going to do, and wondering if they really did care enough to try to cheer her up. She was doing a lot better about the death of her parents she could now say it wasn't her fault, and she could go a day without crying. She made a promise that she would get the men that killed her dad and mom but as of right then she knew she didn't know enough to go up against a death eater, but she would soon. As she thought about this the door to her room opened and in walked James with pink hair and Sirius with bleach blonde hair.
"Well, what do you think of this?" James asked hoping for a little bit of amusement but only got a look from Lily.
"Well, I think you both have gone crazy, and are ready for padded walls," Lily said turning over in her bed so her back was to them. "We will return tomorrow," Sirius said, and James and he once again walked down to James' room to plan for tomorrow.
Day 2-
The next day Lily was once again lying on her bed looking at the door wondering what James and Sirius was going to do today. When the door opened, Lily couldn't believe what she was seeing.
James and Sirius were dressed as monkeys with tails and everything walking around acting like they were picking bugs off each other and eating them.
"Well?" Sirius asked looking at Lily and to their relief they got Lily's lips to turned up just the tiniest bit, but it was a start.
"Look James, we almost got a smile," Sirius said pointing at Lily
"Yup, we'll have to try something better tomorrow," James said with a wide grin on his face as once again James and Sirius left Lily's room to plan.
Day 3-
Today Lily was, for the first time in a week, looking forward to something,. She couldn't wait to see what the boys were going to do today. And right on time they walked in and Lily couldn't help it: she gave a small grin. James and Sirius were dressed as clowns. I mean we are talking red, fuzzy hair, red nose, face painted, baggy multi-colored polka-dotted pants and matching shirts, shoes 6 sizes to big, and white gloves that would fit a troll.
"Look Padfoot we got a tiny grin," James said feeling proud that he got Lily to smile.
"Oh Lily you better get cheered up soon, and nobody at school is to hear about any of the stuff we are going to be doing, and just for you to," Sirius said shaking his head, as he and James left.
Day 4-
The next day Lily was once again waiting on her bed, but she had her head propped up on her hand, waiting for the boys to try to cheer her up. She was already feeling much better, but she thought she would wait a few days before she told the boys and see what else they would do and today was almost her down fall. Before the boys came in Lily heard the beginning music to a muggle song she had heard by Britney Spears called "Oops, I Did It Again", and then James and Sirius came in wearing matching red, skin tight cat suits that looked just like Britney was wearing in her video, and then they started to dance to it. Lily had to bite the inside of her jaw to keep from laughing out loud and only let a wide smile pass. She couldn't believe what she was seeing. 'If only the people at Hogwarts could see this,' was all Lily could think as the boys continued to dance, only stopping when the song ended.
"Shit, Lily Flower I thought that would do it," Sirius said out of breath from trying to dance in the skin-tight outfit.
"Are you two crazy?" Lily asked looking at the boys try to catch her breath.
"Nope, just determined, " James said, finally able to breath normally and look at Lily, loving that he and Sirius had finally gotten a real smile from her.
"Determined to do what?" Lily said, still smiling at the boys "To get you to laugh," James said as he and Sirius left, finally leaving Lily with a smile on her face.
Day 5-
Now, today Lily was finally way better. She felt almost normal. Of course, she still missed her parents, but today she was able to get out of bed, take a shower, get dressed in light blue hip hugger jeans and a white tank top, and only felt a small ache in her heart not like it was missing a huge hole in it.
She was even so excited about what the boys were going to do today she was sitting on the edge of the bed waiting on them when they finally came in, and Lily couldn't hold it in any longer: she burst out laughing.
James was dressed up as a pimp with a floor length blue furry coat, matching furry hat, white silk shirt, blue polyester pants, a cane, and blue star shaped sunglasses.
But what got Lily was Sirius.
Sirius was dressed like a school girl hooker. He was wearing his hair up in pigtails, makeup on making him look like a whore, one of his white button up school shirts that he has tied up to just under his huge fake boobs, and his Gryffindor tie. He had on a skirt that was so short you could see that he had white frilly woman's panties on his hairy legs, socks that went up to his knee, and shoes that had to have had 4 inch heels on them. Lily was lying back on the bed laughing so hard she had to hold on to her side when it started to hurt. (Beta's note! Is that right? You had work so I assumed you meant hurt.)
"Padfoot, we did it," James said laughing out loud too.
"Yeah and all we had to do was make complete fools of ourselves," Sirius said trying look mad and intimidating but it was kind of hard when he was trying to keep his woman's panties out of his butt.
"Yeah, but it was worth it right?" James asked still looking at a now giggling Lily Sirius looked at Lily, finally seeing happiness in her emerald eyes, and finally seeing the girl he thought of like a younger sister, and he just had to smile and give a small laugh.
"Yeah buddy, it was worth it."
a/n: so there it is i hope you like it, i'm starting on chapter 4 which might have remus in it i'm thinking about waiting until they go back to school before i bring peter into the story, cause i know nobody likes him but if you want me to review and tell me, anyway i hope you liked this chapter as much as i like writing it and please review.