Once again, i don't own anything you recognize. i do own my made-ups though, so hands off! but i wish i did own james... cough

"Sorry guys," a soft voice interrupted the boys. They turned their heads to see Lily at the bottom of the stairs. "I think I left my wand down here. Have any of you seen it?" All the Marauders were staring at her, but James's mouth was hanging slightly open. Lily was wearing a form-fitting white tank top and short plaid boxer shorts. A small sliver of her midriff showed, but not too much. However, it was her hair that set James and the others off the most. Her long, thick copper tresses reached down to the small of her back and hung in large loose waves. Tiny strands gently tickled her face as she searched the Marauder's staring faces for an answer.

"Uh, guys?" She placed her hands on her hips. "My wand?" The guys seemed to snap out if it and all started talking at once, but none of it was comprehensible. Lily could feel her eardrums aching for a more tranquil volume. "Quiet!" Lily yelled. "I just want to find my wand!"

"It's on the mantle," James replied, trying to sound as calm as he possibly could. He grabbed a pillow and placed it on his lap to cover the growing bulge in his pants.

"Thanks," Lily offered a small smile before cantering over to the fireplace and retrieving her wand. "See you guys later." With that she disappeared back upstairs.

"She…she…" James stuttered, trying to find the words to speak. His mouth was running dry and his mind was racing. Lily hardly ever wore her hair fully down and if she did it was always straight.

"Prongs you can murder me for saying this," Sirius started, "but Lily Evans is one hott woman! She's not a girl anymore!"

"You think?!" James's voice jumped an octave. "Did you see her hair? And those legs! She has the legs of Aphrodite!"

Remus shook his head as Peter remained silent, sipping his butterbeer. "Yes, yes," Remus piped in, sounding slightly aggravated. "Lily is a beautiful girl. But Prongs, you can't let her see you looking at her like that or hear you talking about her like that. She'll think you're a pig and you'll scare her off."

"I know, I know…" James growled and rolled his eyes. He really liked Lily, maybe even loved her… but when the hormonal teenage boy inside him was set free, he wanted nothing but to hold her and kiss her senseless. "The party tomorrow night will interesting to say the least…"

Three-fourths of the crowd groaned as Derek Montgomery, one of the other Chasers on the team, besides James, took a bludger to the stomach. He managed to get to the ground alright and James called a time out.

As the team touched down, they all gathered in a huddle. "Montgomery are you okay?" James asked, wiping sweat from his brow.

"Yeah," Derek cringed a little as he held his stomach tenderly. "I don't think any ribs are broken. I can still play."

"Alright, but get checked out by the nurse afterwards. Now, Nelson, Black…I want you two to keep up the front. Montgomery and I will handle the Quaffle and then pass it to you, Nelson, to score. Black, make sure Nelson doesn't get hit. Greene," James looked over at Camielle, "I want you to keep up the rear, but keep an eye out for Michaels," He nodded his over to Alexander Michaels, the seeker. "When we score at least thirty more points, I want you to go after that Snitch! Now, Brinkerhoff," James turned his head to Troy Brinkerhoff, the Keeper. "You're doing a very good job. Just keep doing what you're doing. Alright. Everyone clear?"

"Yes," they replied in unison.

"Ok then! Let's send those Slytherins back to the castle crying!" They all cheered and got back up in the air.

They all assumed their positions, as the Slytherins flew towards them, handling the Quaffle. James flew up behind Christensen, a Slytherin Chaser and snatched the ball from his grasp. He and Montgomery started passing the Quaffle to each other while dodging Bludgers and Slytherins dirty attempts to steal the Quaffle back.

James received the Quaffle and handled it over to Tayler. She caught it and zoomed closer to the hoops, and scoring in the lower left hoops.

Cheers elicited from Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw while boos and groans were ejected from the Slytherin section.

"And Nelson scores another ten points for Gryffindor setting the score 100-70!" The commentator was having a difficult time holding in his enthusiasm that Gryffindor was winning so far. "Potter has definitely picked a winning team this- OW! Potter will undoubtedly be feeling that one in the morning!"

Lily gasped with terror as she watched Ludo Bagman, one of the Slytherin beaters swing his bat deliberately into James's back. "Oh! That was uncalled for!" Lily screamed with rage. She kept her eyes on him as he flew down to the ground, wincing as he landed. Madam Pomfrey rushed over to him, assumingly fussing about how dangerous of a sport Quidditch was while making sure there wasn't any permanent damage to James's spine.

"Lily," Cynthia rolled her eyes impatiently. "Slytherins always play dirty. What do you expect? Besides, James has had much worse. He'll live." She eyed her best friend suspiciously as Lily clutched her face apprehensively.

It appeared that what Cynthia claimed was true; James was back in the air within a few short minutes. In the next ten minutes, Gryffindor had scored forty more points, but still didn't have the Snitch in their possession. The Slytherin Beaters were making sure of that. Slytherin had in turn scored an additional twenty points for themselves, however Sirius sent a Bludger straight into Christensen's stomach when he attempted to score another goal.

"Has he seen it? Yes I think he has! Michaels has spotted the Snitch once more!" James couldn't help but turn his head and watch Jacob pull out of a dive with the Snitch clutched tightly in his hand.

The cheers that erupted from the stands below were deafening. "GRYFFINDOR WINS! 290-90! An incredible victory for Potter and his team!"

Lily and Cynthia hustled as fast as they could out onto the field to congratulate Cami. Lily couldn't restrain the smile that was forcing itself onto her face. The excitement surrounding her was contagious. Once they made it onto the field and found Cami, they hugged her and smothered her with praise.

"You were fantastic!"

"Your flying HAS improved!"

"Of course it has," a deep voice interrupted them and all three girls turned their heads to see Sirius standing behind them. He was wearing a smirk on his face, but the look in his chrome colored eyes suggested that the pride he was feeling wasn't for himself. "Sorry Greene, but James wants us all to shower now so we can start the party sooner."

"Oh ok," Cami nodded and turned to Lily and Tori. "I'll see you guys in a little bit. Bye!" She waved as she followed Sirius back to the locker room.

"Come on," Cynthia pushed Lily towards the castle. Her face was pink from being in the sun and blueish grey eyes sparkled with enthusiasm. "We need to hurry and change. I've sweated through this shirt."

"Ok," Lily replied. Despite what she wanted to believe, she was highly looking forward to the party, but felt extremely nervous at the same time.

About ten minutes later, they were up in Lily's dorm room. "Lily, do not be nervous! It's just a party. Nothing is going to happen!" Cynthia ransacked through Lily's wardrobe while trying to calm Lily down. "Can I borrow this shirt?" She held up a red long sleeved one.

"Sure," Lily consented as she pulled a solid primary color blue t-shirt over her head. "But Cynthia… this is James Potter we're talking about here! Something is going to happen! I can feel it!"

"Whatever," Cynthia mumbled as she put on Lily's shirt. "You only feel like something is going to happen because you're anxious…and I think this is further proof that you like James. Maybe you actually WANT something to happen, especially after what happened last night."

"That's crazy," Lily shook her head as she changed into a pair of jeans. But what Cynthia said bothered Lily. Maybe she really did like James and did want something to happen.

thanks to everyone who reviewed and has been reading the story! i'm sorry i haven't been updating as much as i promised and would have hoped to. this is my last summer before i start college and i've been on vacations and trying to spend a lot of time with my friends before i start the real life. i can't promise frequent updates, but i DO promise to keep the story going. i have so many plans for it, that i can't give up on it. so even though the updates might not be as frequent as i would like, there will be updates.

so out of curiosity...how did you guys like the fifth movie? i loved it for the most part except for the one scene i'd been looking forward to for MONTHS. and i think you guys can figure out which one it was since i write so much about them! but...was i the only one who practically fell in love with bellatrix?! i thought she was awesome!!! so yeah, let me know what you liked and didn't like.

oh and sorry for the name mix up there...i was having a stupid moment and accidentally renamed Cynthia "Tori" which is another character of mine. but hopefully i changed all the names back. let me knoe if i missed one!