"I'm coming," James shouted at the knocking at his door. "I said I'm coming," he repeated as the knocking came again, more insistent this time. "Godric, what do you want?" He demanded opening the door to find a frazzled looking
Lily. "Oh, Lily," he said running his hand through his messy black hair.
"Jameswillyoubemyboyfriend?" Lily asked, her face bright red, rivalling her hair.
"Pardon?" James said, not sure what she had said.
"James will you be my boyfriend?" Lily asked again, this time slower.
James didn't respond, instead he picked Lily up and spun her around, kissing her passionately.
"Is that a yes?" Lily asked with a giggle when she was set down.
"Right on, yes, correct, I do, all of it Lily," James said, kissing her again. "I'm never letting go of you Lily," James promised her, kissing her again.
"I know," Lily said, looking up at James with large doe eyes. "I will never, ever get rid of you again, James," she promised, leaning into James' chest.
"Good," James said, holding Lily's head to his chest. "I don't know what I'd do without you Lil. I just don't know," he said stroking her hair.
"Well, your mates would have some ideas for my body," Lily joked, closing her eyes, enjoying being held by James.
"I bet your mates fell the same way about me," James replied with a laugh that shook Lily.
"They do, trust me. They do," Lily said.
James laughed and held Lily to him.
"What do you mean,we're double booked?" Jasmine asked, outraged.
"I mean, both The Marauders and Muggle Girls are supposed to play at the same time," Sirius answered with a sigh.
"What the actual fuck?!" Trinity said, leaning into Sirius, the two had been spending a lot of time together recently.
"Look, guys, I already talked to Tyler, he said that there's nothing he can do. He didn't realize that he double booked us, but there isn't an empty time slot for another month," Kenzie explained.
"So, what are we supposed to do, share the stage?" Sirius demanded, his hand resting on Trinity's hip.
"I guess, it seems like that's our only option," Kenzie answered.
"It's not that bad guys," Remus said, defending Kenzie. "We'll just play our duet then we'll each play our own sets."
"What's going on?" Lily asked, walking into the conversation taking place in Sirius' room with James in tow.
"Tyler double booked The Marauders and Muggle Girls," Peter said, looking almost scared.
"What?" James demanded, walking into the room, pushing past his girlfriend.
"We've been double booked," Trinity said in a small voice causing Sirius to put a protective arm around the small singer.
"What's so bad, James?" Lily asked, not seeing the problem.
"We have a very specific set that I made that would take up the full time," James explained, running an annoyed hand through his hair.
"So, you can just cut some songs out," Lily said, taking a step forward to place a hand on her boyfriend's chest.
"No. He can't," Sirius said shortly.
"Why?" Trinity asked, looking up at Sirius.
"Because every song is 'too important to leave out.' It's a bit ridiculous," Sirius explained.
"Sirius," James growled, at his drummer. "Don't"
"Why are you afraid I'll reveal your big secret?" Sirius asked, testing his luck.
"Don't," James growled, taking a step closer to his friend.
"It's ok guys," Sirius said to the room of people who tensed up as soon as James took a step. "He's just trying to make Lily think he has a larger dick that I do. He doesn't Lily. Plus he doesn't want his sweet wittle secret revealed."
"Sirius, cut it out," Remus said, knowing that even though the boys fought like this often, it always ended in one of them injured.
"No," Sirius said stubbornly.
"James, please don't do anything. You have nothing to prove, I love you, please," Lily pleaded, remembering the time she and Sirius went to Hogsmeade together while on Christmas break. James had hurt Sirius so badly he needed to go to the hospital
wing for three weeks. "He's just being an arse, don't get into it," she tried again, grabbing James' shoulder, causing him to turn around and face her.
"Ok," James said, dropping his head. "I'm sorry for scaring you," he said, looking up, offering Lily his hand.
"Thank you," Lily said, taking James' hand. "Are you ok with us doing a joint concert?"
James nodded his head, looking into Lily's large, green, beautiful eyes. "I am."
"Good, because I thought I was going to have to hurt you for touching Siri," Trinity said to James, her voice light, her eyes hard.
"Well, now that we know, 24 hours in advance, that we have to do a joint concert, why don't we rehearse what we're going to do?" Jasmine offered, looking bored now that the fight was over.
"Good idea, let's go," Remus said, walking toward the door to open it.
"Yeah, let's go," Peter agreed, walking out the door toward their practice room in the Marauder's hotel.
The rest of the two bands filled out except for Lily, James, Sirius, and Trinity.
"Look, mate," James began as Sirius put his hand up to stop him.
"No, I'm sorry. Look, I shouldn't have said anything about your ridiculous obsession with our set list for every performance," Sirius apologized.
"It's fine," James said opening his arms up for a hug. "I do have an obsession don't I," he joked as Sirius stood up and hugged his best mate.
"You do, but I know why. I should have respected it," Sirius said, pulling out of the hug and placing an arm around Trinity's shoulders. "Now, ready to rehearse?"
"I am, how about you m'lady?" James said, offering Lily his arm.
"I would be honored," Lily said with a giggle.
"You lot are so weird," Trinity said with an eye roll.
"Yet, last night you said you loved my weirdness," Sirius teased, causing Trinity to turn bright red.
"Yeah, well that was before you got into a size contest with your best mate over the set list," Trinity replied, kissing Sirius on the cheek before adding, "plus I was turned on and tipsy."
"Trin!" Lily squeaked. "We don't want to hear about what you are doing at night!"
"Yeah, well too bad, because you're gonna get it," Trinity said sticking her tongue out at her friend. "I'll fill you in tonight, after I get even more stories to add, right babe," she said with a suggestive smile.
"Oh I'll give you some stories, trust me Lily, you'll get the blow by blow," Sirius promised with a wink.
"You wankers," James said with an eye roll. "Let's go, you have to help me get over my set list obsession, remember."
"Oh yeah," Sirius joked. "Right, sorry Prongs, it's just hard to fit that in between, not caring, and wanting to get into this blonde's pants."
"Sod off," Lily said as she began walking forward. "I'll help you James," she said.
"Good, you are the reason he has the problem anyway," Sirius called out.
"Shut it Sirius," Lily called over her shoulder.