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Chapter 4:
"What the heck did you do?" Petunia shrieked as soon as Lily walked through the door after her interview, "How could you possibly refuse Sev Snape? He's so…dreamy."
Lily didn't even want to comment on that. She decided that things would probably be better if she didn't reply. Petunia was close to ripping off her head on a regular basis.
She trudged upstairs into her room, wanting to sigh with every step. She loved writing her music, performing it, going into the crowd after a performance and hugging her fans – but she hated the publicity, the constant lack of privacy, how the paparazzi were always nagging. As she plopped down onto her bed, she decided to check her phone messages.
She deleted message after message condemning her for not accepting Severus Snape. After she sorted through the sea of hate texts, she saw that she had a voice message from Kelsie.
"Hey girl," Kelsie's drawl came out of the phone, "I know your relations with Sev are a bit – stressed – right now, but there's a charity group that wants you two and the Marauders to perform. I know you don't get along well with them, but it's for some orphans, ok? Those kids love you just as much as all the other kids do, but they won't get a chance to see you. I'm not asking you to do this for sure, but please consider it, Lils."
Lily was torn. She loved to help – behind writing the music, her favorite thing about her job was helping charities and things like that. But asking her to perform with Sev – it was almost too much. The guy was a creep!
But then again – if she did this – she'd get to see Sirius again.
And she'd be helping all those kids.
Lily was sold.
The concert was going to take place a few cities away, so she took a flight there.
When the day of the concert finally rolled around, she couldn't wait to hang out with Sirius during Sev's act.
"Ok, here's what we'll do," Brenna, their concert coordinator, said, "I think I want the Marauders to go first, Sev to go in the middle, and Lily to go last. You guys all ok with that?"
The Marauders, Sev, and Lily all nodded.
"Marauders, do you know what songs you'll be singing?" Brenna continued, looking down at her clipboard. She had decided that every group would be singing two songs.
"Well, we'll be singing our breakout hit, Move Along," James said. He was obviously the ringleader of the band.
"And then we'll be singing our newest song – it'll be released in a few weeks – called Check Yes Juliet," Sirius added, winking at Lily.
Her heart fluttered a bit.
"Ok, Sev, what are you going to sing?"
"My most famous song," Sev said, as if that was obvious, "Come On Get Higher. Followed by my second most famous song, Bad Day."
It was like he was rubbing his fame in their faces – a rather pointless idea, considering as they were all extremely famous.
"Lily?" Brenna said, still not looking up from her clipboard.
"Teardrops on My Guitar," she said instantly, "And then I'm going to cover a song from the musical Phantom of the Opera."
"Are you sure?" Brenna asked, her voice hesitant, "Not one of your own songs?"
"No," Lily said firmly, tossing her red head, "I want to sing Think of Me."
"All right," Brenna said, "Thank you all very much."
The six teens spent the rest of their day together. Lily had to admit that the Marauders were a pretty cool group of guys. They were almost enough to balance out Sev's biting words and high-and-mighty act. Although, James drove her up a wall – not as bad as Sev, but still obnoxious. He insisted on calling her Evans.
Soon enough it was time for the concert.
Lily wanted to look her best for the orphans. She wanted this to be a concert just like all the other ones – just as good as the concerts for people who paid hundreds of dollars to bring their whole families.
She put on a sparkly strapless white dress, and curled her hair. She pulled her bangs back with a white lily flower clip.
Patiently, she sat backstage, jittering with excitement – she desperately wanted to see Sirius perform.
It took forever, but the Marauders were on stage. They sang Move Along, with James on lead vocals, Remus on guitar, Peter on drums, and Sirius on electric bass. And then they broke into the first strains of Check Yes Juliet. Sirius had backup vocals on this one. Lily could hear his voice – and she imagined that he was singing to her.
Check yes Juliet
Are you with me
Rain is falling down on the sidewalk
I won't go until you come outside
Check yes Juliet kill the limbo
I'll keep tossing rocks at your window
There's no turning back for us tonight
Lace up your shoes
Here's how we do
Run baby run
Don't ever look back
They'll tear us apart if you give them the chance
Don't sell your heart, don't say we're not meant to be
Run baby run, forever we'll be
You and me
Check yes Juliet
I'll be waiting
Wishing wanting yours for the taking
Just sneak out and don't tell a soul goodbye
Check yes Juliet
Here's the countdown:
3,2,1 you fall in my arms now
They can change the locks, don't let them change your mind
Lace up your shoes
Here's how we do
Run baby run
Don't ever look back
They'll tear us apart if you give them the chance
Don't sell your heart, don't say we're not meant to be
Run baby run, forever we'll be
You and me
We're flying through the night
We're flying through the night
Way up high
The view from here is getting better with you
By my side
Run baby run
Don't ever look back
They'll tear us apart if you give them the chance
Don't sell your heart, don't say we're not meant to be
Run baby run, forever we'll be
Run baby run, don't ever look back
They'll tear us apart if you give them the chance
Don't sell your heart, don't say we're not meant to be
Run baby run, forever we'll be
You and me
You and me
Lily sighed with happiness. The Marauders really were fabulous musicians. And even though James was obnoxious and patronizing, the rest of them seemed sweet.
Sev was up next. She knew his songs already – courtesy of Petunia singing along with them whenever they drove anywhere. As Severus broke into Come On Get Higher, Lily wished she had brought earplugs.
I miss the sound of your voice
And I miss the rush of your skin
And I miss the still of the silence
As you breathe out and I breathe in
If I could walk on water
If I could tell you what's next
I'd make you believe
I'd make you forget
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
I miss the sound of your voice
Loudest thing in my head
And I ache to remember
All the violent, sweet
Perfect words that you said
If I could walk on water
If I could tell you what's next
I'd make you believe
I'd make you forget
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
I miss the pull of your heart
I taste the sparks on your tongue
I see angels and devils
And God, when you come on
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me in love
So come on, get higher, loosen my lips
Faith and desire and the swing of your hips
Just pull me down hard
And drown me, drown me in love
It's all wrong, it's all wrong
It's all wrong, it's so right
So come on, get higher
So come on and get higher
'Cause everything works, love
Everything works in your arms.
At least the orphans seemed to like Sev's performance. Lily couldn't say the same for herself. She went to the bathroom and stayed in there until she knew that Bad Day would be finished.
And then it was her turn. She felt more pressure in that moment than she felt going onstage before music critics and roaring fans.
She wanted to be her best for them. She knew they might not ever see another see another concert.
Teardrops on My Guitar went flawlessly. She sung the lines "Cuz he's the reason for the teardrops on my guitar/the only one who's got enough of me to break my heart" with more feeling than she ever had before.
And then it was time for Think of Me. She knew this was a song she'd sing only for Sirius.
Think of me, think of me fondly,
when we've said goodbye.
Remember me once in a while -
please promise me you'll try.
When you find that, once again, you long
to take your heart back and be free -
if you ever find a moment,
spare a thought for me
We never said our love was evergreen,
or as unchanging as the sea -
but if you can still remember
stop and think of me . . .
Think of all the things
we've shared and seen -
don't think about the way things
might have been . . .
Think of me, think of me waking,
silent and resigned.
Imagine me, trying too hard
to put you from my mind.
Recall those days
look back on all those times,
think of the things we'll never do -
there will never be a day,
when I won't think of you . . .
Flowers fades,
The fruits of summer fade,
They have their seasons, so do we
but please promise me, that sometimes
you will think of me!
Lily hit the high notes of the song flawlessly, her voice coming out pure and sweet.
She knew as she sang that she had made the right decision to come and sing for the orphans.
I hope you all liked it! if i get 5 reviews we can see some of hilarious flirty James! I have some great stuff planned. :) Love always, Lily