Chapter 4: Full Moon

Lily stirred in her sleep. She felt arms tighten around her and smiled. James nuzzled into her hair and sighed. "What time is it?" he asked.

"I don't know," she mumbled. "Did you sleep well?"

"Better than I've slept in a long time," he told her.

"Hey James...oh." Came a voice from the door. Lily opened her eyes and saw a very surprised Karen standing in the doorway. "I didn't mean to interrupt."

"You weren't interrupting," Lily said sitting up. "Nothing was happening."

"What did you want Karen?" James asked.

"I was going to ask you if you could make Sirius stop being so mean," she huffed crossing her arms.

"What did he do this time?" James asked.

"Well for one thing he put a charm on the kitchen door so I can't go in there until I kiss him! I threatened to hex him but he won't take it off!" Karen foamed. "Apparently he wants it on record that he at least kissed every girl at Hogwarts! I'm the only one he hasn't kiss. Besides Lily, of course, but she's off-limits."

"Oh Karrie!" Sirius called from down the hall. "I know you're hungry! You can't last forever!"

James rolled his eyes. "Sounds about right," he mumbled. "Can't you wait five minutes?"

"Why don't you just punch him in the nose?" Lily asked.

"You don't think I've tried that!" Karen said. "He just dunked! No I can not wait five minutes!"

"Come on Karen just for the record? I promise you can punch me afterward," Sirius pleaded coming into sight.

"No!" she yelled.

"But...Well, well, well what do we have here?" Sirius asked seeing James and Lily. "Did you get lucky Prongs?"

"No, but I'm tired and if you don't that stupid charm off the door I'm going to do something about it," James mumbled pulling the covers over his head.

"Well someone isn't a morning person," Lily said.

"Come on Prongies!" Sirius said. "Have a little fun."

"I'd rather sleep," he said.

Lily rolled her eyes and got out of his bed. She walked over to Sirius and crossed her arms. "Alright let's have it," she said.

"Have what?" he asked.

"What spell did you use?" she asked.

"I'm not telling you!" Sirius said. "I have to make that record and until Karen kisses me the lock is staying on the door."

"Sirius I wasn't top of the class for nothing," Lily said glaring.

"What are you guys doing?" Remus asked walking over to them with a sandwich.

"How did you get into the kitchen?" Lily asked. "Sirius put a charm on the door."

"It was a simple charm, Lily, rather easy to get off," Remus explained.

Sirius and Karen looked at each other before dashing down the hall with Karen in the lead. "What was that about?" Remus asked.

"Sirius wouldn't let Karen into the kitchen unless she kissed him," Lily told him rolling her eyes.

"I'm not even going to ask," Remus said.

"Can you shut up then?" James asked. "I'm trying to sleep."

Lily walked over to the bed and pulled the covers off of James. "Hey!" he protested.

"James it's...Remus what time is it?" she asked.

"10:25," he said.

"It's 10:25," Lily repeated. "You need to get up."

"You sound like my mum," James said turning over.

"Fine if you want to waste away in bed that's fine with me," she retorted. "I'm going eat some breakfast and get a head start on the day."

"Good luck with that," James mumbled.

Lily walked down the hall heading to the staircase. Descending the staircase she went into the kitchen. Karen was doing a victory dance while Sirius sulked.

"I made it into the kitchen! I made it into the kitchen!" she chanted.

"I can see that," Lily said.

"Hey, Lily!" Karen said turning to her.

"Hi," she said. "Question. Why didn't you just ask Ginkgo or Pokey to get you some food?"

"I would have if I could have found their living quarters!" Karen said. "I'm not stupid."

"Sorry. Just asking." Lily started to make eggs with a flick of her wand. "So tell me, how long have you been up?"

"Since 9:00, thanks to him I didn't get my breakfast until now," Karen said staring pointedly at Sirius.

Sirius stuck his tongue out at her. "You two both act like children!" Lily said.

"So?" they both said at the same time. Lily just rolled her eyes.

Lily and Karen sat up late that night waiting for the boys to get back. It was a full moon. "What time is it?" Karen asked.

"You asked that question 5 minutes ago so it's 1:45," Lily said annoyed.

"Oh." Karen shifted in her seat and it went into silence again. About 15 minutes later, but what seemed like an hour to Karen and Lily, James and Sirius came in. They looked exhausted. There shoulders sagged and both boys looked like they were about to drop where they stood.

Lily was up and out of her seat in two seconds. Her threw her arms around James' neck and hugged him tightly. "Where's Peter?" Karen asked.

"He had to go to his parents house," Sirius supplied plopping down in the chair next to her. "Why are you up?"

"Just cause you're mean to me doesn't mean that I want you to die," she said. Sirius just snorted.

"Are you ok?" Lily asked pulling away from James.

"Yeah I'm fine," he said. "You didn't have to stay up."

"I wanted to," Lily replied smiling.

"Really? Why don't you just go upstairs?" Sirius said. "There are other people in the room."

Lily and James both turned around to glare at him. Karen grabbed a Quidditch magazine and hit Sirius over the head with it. "Don't be much a prat!" she told him.

A/N: I know this chapter is pretty boring but the next one will be more exciting.