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Lily awoke one Saturday morning. It was October 2nd, the first Hogsmeade trip of the year. She turned over and looked at James, they'd been sleeping in the same bed ever since the night when the gang played spin the bottle. She was wearing his Quidditch jersey and a pair of short-shorts. James loved this look on her and had told her many times. Lily looked back at the clock and quickly kissed James before getting ready for the day.
"Come on James, you don't want to miss breakfast. You still have a shower to take too." Lily looked at his body, all tangled up with his sheets.
"But Lily," James looked up at her. She was brushing her gorgeous red locks, trying to tame them.
"No buts James. Now get a move on or I'll make you get a move on." She eyed him carefully, her wand already drawn. James shot out of bed and went into the bathroom where Lily had laid out clothes for him. James had made the mistake of not obeying Lily once, he had quickly decided that he was never going to do that again. She had actually levitated him into the shower and turned the water on cold. It was not a good time.
"James, don't forget to hurry, we only have a half an hour if you want to eat breakfast." She came in the bathroom with a pair of boxers for him. He was only in a towl and looked incredibly sexy.
"I'm coming," James said, gently kissing her on the forehead before she walked out the door. Lily went down to their common room to wait while James finished up.
James and Lily walked hand in hand down to a quick breakfast. Just as they were finishing up and heading out, McGonagall caught them.
"May I talk to you two for a minute?" Minerva asked in a gentle voice.
"Sure," James and Lily said in unison.
"Thank-you. Well, anyway, congratulations on your relationship first of all. Second of all, you two have a meeting with Dumbledore after dinner tonight." She smiled briefly before dismissing them. Lily and James just nodded and continued on their way down to the carriages where all of their friends were waiting for them.
"Did she just say congratulations?" Lily glanced back at the Transfiguration teacher.
"I think so," James look just as surprised as Lily.
"What's up guys?" Abby asked, Sirius nodded along with the question, noticing the looks on their faces.
"McGonagall just said congrats to us." James was the first to get over the shock. Lily came back shortly thereafter. Sirius looked equally surprised as they all managed to fit into a carriage together. Once they arrived at the station, all of the boys immediately ran off to the right. The girls looked confused and glanced down the street to see where they ran.
"Zonko's, I should've known." Abby put her head in her hands, finally realizing where her boyfriend went. Lily ran off towards James. He had promised that he would take her to that shop and show her the ropes. When she looked at the window of the store, she now realized why he had broken his promise. There were a whole load of new products that looked fairly interesting.
After about 15 minutes, James came out with the rest of the Marauders. He was holding an oversized bag, bursting with pranks and joke products.
"There you are! Now, can we go?" Lily looked at James; they were supposed to be walking around together just enjoying the other's company.
"Oh yeah, sorry babe." James kissed her on the cheek before shrinking everything and putting it in his pocket. Lily shrieked as she was hoisted up in the air and put on James' back.
"James!" Lily held on to his body tightly.
"Wow Lily, you're light." He said, ignoring her protests. They made their way past crowds of students to go catch up with Abby and Jackie. The girls laughed when they saw James and Lily and immediately started asking their boyfriends to carry them. Remus, Frank, and Sirius instantly obliged and picked up their girlfriends. They walked down the streets of Hogsmeade and stopped in a few shops to pick up very few items. They soon realized the time and scooted out of the Three Broomsticks to catch the last carriage. Since it was a beautiful day out , the boys piggy backed the girls all the way to the lake. The group sat and relaxed for a little bit before Snape suddenly appeared.
"What do you want?" James was the first to look up.
"Back off Potter." Snape snapped. He immediately turned to Lily. "I thought you were better than this Lily. I thought you hated him." He searched her face for the answers to the questions haunting his mind.
"I guess you thought wrong because one, James should have better than this, I'm just blessed. And two, I love him Severus, and nothing can change that." She turned towards James, who could've jumped for joy if she hadn't been sitting on him. Snape looked disgusted.
"Have a nice life, Mudblood." Severus spat out. Just then, Lily began to whimper and cry into James' chest.
"How dare you?!" Sirius was on Snape with his wand drawn in a matter of seconds. He knew anyone that made Lily cry wouldn't hear the end of it. While comforting Lily, James took out his wand and pointed at their enemy. Snape was immediately thrust into the air and could only see the world upside-down. James gently got away from Lily and gave Snape his wrath.
"Don't you EVER call her that again!" James looked him straight in the eye. "Stay away from her and al of us. Go back to your stupid Slytherins." James spat out the last bit before his first made contact with Snape's jaw. James helped Lily to her feet before the group went inside. Snape couldn't help but notice that when James put his arm around her that she sank into his body. He could tell that this couple were actually in love. And, boy, did he hate them for that.
Lily sobbed into James' chest as they made their way up to the Head's Common Room. The rest of the gang had said that they would meet up later. Once James had carried an exhausted Lily up to their (his) bed, she immediately fell asleep. James knew it had been a long day and couldn't help but fall asleep instantly as his head his the pillow. He had a protective arm placed around Lily's fragile body to keep her away from anymore harm.
The next day, Lily woke up and found herself curled up next to James in her usual bed attire. James was looking down on her and Lily couldn't help but feel somewhat safe. She remembered the conversation they'd had with Severus the day before. Lily sighed and snuggled back up to James, she wanted to be protected form the whole world in his arms.
"Lily, honey, we have to meet Dumbledore at 10 this morning." James tucked a stray piece of her fiery hair behind her ear.
"Ughh, we have to go to breakfast first though. I'm starved." She got up and yawned; today was going to be another long day.
"If Sev- I mean Snape gets in my way attack him for me?" Lily asked James as she walked into her room to put on some sweats and James' Quidditch jersey. James nodded when she came back into their room.
"Hurry up, I imagine you want to see Sirius to make a plan to prank him." James shot Lily a devilish grin and hopped out of bed. He had taken a shower last night so he just put on some jeans and a t-shirt.
"Lilyflower, don't you want to take a shower?" James peeked his head into Lily's room.
"Oh yeah, I feel like I need to wash away the stinky Snivellus smell." She gave James a look that resembled disgust. He chuckled and went down to the common room. Finally, he thought, she calls him by his better name.
15 minutes later, Lily came down the stairs all ready to go. They took each others hand and made their way out of the common room to the hall. On their way down, they passed many students lounging around wearing the same kind of clothes they were. James and Lily caught up with the rest of the gang halfway through their journey. The 'Maraudettes' (the Marauders' mates) quickened their pace and got a few steps ahead of the Marauders. The boys held back and started planning evil revenge on Snape. To top it all off, Sirius used his evil laugh:
"MUAHAHAHAHAahahaha."
"I wonder who they're gonna prank now," Jackie glanced back noticing the boys in their deep conversation.
"They're probably planning some all-new pranks considering the amount of stuff they got yesterday." Abby looked at Sirius briefly, "I swear he spent at least 50 galleons worth."
"They're planning revenge on Snape," Lily added, not caring about him anymore.
"How do you know this?" Alice said, confusion enstilled in her voice.
"I kind of gave them permission." Lily kept on walking straight ahead.
"Since when do they need permission?" Jackie caught up with Lily again.
"Remember when I said that they couldn't humiliate or hurt anybody with their pranks?" Lily asked all of the girls. "Well, James said he would ask me before he pranked anyone to make sure it was okay. That is, if I didn't tell." All of the girls nodded they understood perfectly now. The groups were nearing the great hall when they faded back into their original positions. Each one of them had a partner to go with. Suddenly, Snape and his group of 'friends' (or wannabe death eaters) stopped in front of the Marauder posse. Lily immediately drew her wand and gripped James' hand harder. She was stronger now, she wasn't afraid of him anymore.
"What do you want?" Remus stepped forward and was soon followed by Sirius.
"Oh, Bella, Cissy, nice to see you again." Sirius said, taking out his want and pointing it at his cousins.
"Hello Re, nice day to press your dark mark, huh?" James and Lily stepped forward, death glares pointed at each of them.
"Oh, shove off, you wish you had our pureblood status. Hanging around with mud bloods, what a shame!" Lucius Malfoy made it up to the front of the group. This fight now had an interested audience around them. Just then, Lily pushed in front of Remus and jabbed her want on Malfoy's throat.
"Call me that one more time, I dare you." Lily looked ready to kill. One by one, each and every one of the teens took our their wands and pointed them at someone.
"Just because you guys suck, doesn't mean you have to insult us to make you feel worth something." Abby had her eyes fixed on Narcissa, also ready to pounce.
"Go back to the dungeons, filthy Slytherins." Sirius shouted. Just then, Malfoy tried to make a move on Lily. She responded by swiftly kicking him in the balls. He shrunk to the ground as the rest of his group sauntered off, they had been defeated.
The Marauder group finally sat down at the Gryffindor table to get something to eat. Lily was the most hungry, her plate rivaling Sirius'. she dove in and ate her entire plate before Mr. Black. James knew she wouldn't be having lunch at all today; not with her stomach filled to the brim with French toast. He then glanced up at the staff table to see professor Dumbledore gone.
"Lily, I just remembered, we have to go see Dumbledore." James looked at the time. It was 9:45, they had to leave now if they wanted to get to his office on time. After Lily got up, James led both of them away from the Gryffindor table. The others were left to finish planning the major Slytherin prank was the talk of breakfast.
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