Welcome to my World
By Shannon xxx
Chapter 7
"Can we go to Hamleys now?"
I looked at Sirius in disbelief. We were barely off the London Eye for two minutes, before Sirius was asking.
"Hamleys?" Remus asked.
I forgot I hadn't told them.
"It's a toy shop," I explained, "and I promised Sirius I would buy him a toy out of it."
Sirius beamed at this proudly.
"All I had to do was stand up on the London Eye," he explained, grinning. Remus and James shook their heads at him.
"So," I continued, "it's just after ten o'clock right now, so we could go to Hamleys just now, and then get lunch!"
The three boys all agreed with me, so we started to walk.
"Are we there yet?"
"Sirius, we've been walking for less than a minute,"
Sirius pouted.
"But London seems magical," Sirius said, "and now this Hamleys place is going to ruin the magic because I'll need to walk for miles!"
I rolled my eyes.
"It won't be miles. And besides, you can take pictures on my camera if you want!" I said, in an attempt to cheer him up. Sirius' head shot up.
"Camera?" he asked. "Is it like a wizard one?"
I shook my head.
"No, I'll show you." I started to get it out of my bag, before stopping. I looked up at Sirius.
"Okay, you're going to need to be very careful with it, though; it's a Polaroid camera, and it wasn't exactly cheap."
Sirius nodded, probably not taking in a word I was saying. Remus and James were standing impatiently; James with his arms crossed and tapping his foot, and Remus sighing every few seconds, and looking about his surroundings.
I rolled my eyes, took my camera out of my bag, and could barely explain how to work it, when the three boys were on me like vultures on a dead animal.
"Whoa, that's so cool!"
"Oh my Godric, that thing looks hilarious,"
"Can I hold it?"
"Let me see it, she was giving it to me!"
"No, but she's my partner, so she'll give it to me, because I'm awesome-"
"But she doesn't like you two, so she'll give it to me because I was a fellow Prefect and-"
"GUYS!" I yelled, causing not only the three squabbling boys to look at me, but most of the people around to stare at us as well.
"I'll just keep the camera, if that's going to be the case!" I said, in a quieter tone.
"No!" Remus, Sirius and James said simultaneously, looks of shock and horror spattered on their faces.
I smirked smugly.
"Okay, well, if you press this button ..."
As I explained to the boys how to work the camera, I couldn't help but notice how much fun I was having.
Who knew? Lily Evans, enjoying herself with three of the Marauders …
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"This is it!"
"TOYS!"
Sirius was away in a blur, before I had the chance to tell him not to run away.
I started to run after him, but James held on to my arm.
"It's fine," James said, "he'll find us!"
I was about to protest, but Remus gave me a look that said, "Don't argue."
I nodded my head, and shrugged out of James' grip. I started to walk, when I realised that they weren't following me. I turned.
"Well?" I asked. "Are you here to look at toys or not?"
James and Remus nodded their heads, and caught up with me.
Then, we browsed through the shop.
There were hundreds upon hundreds of toys. Different colours burst out on every shelf, and there were children screaming and laughing and running around us. There were huge big toys, like stuffed elephants that were being sold at two thousand odd pounds, and then there were little toys, like wind up robots, that were selling at only two pounds.
I couldn't help but smile, as I wandered through all of the different aisles. The deep red carpet brought a sense of luxury about the place, but the toys cancelled out any feelings of the place being grown up and mature. The staff were all walking about the place, blowing bubbles, or showing off new toys, or just keeping an eye out on everyone, but they all looked so happy. The children were all dragging their parents around, showing them toys that they wanted for birthdays or Christmases, or even right then and there.
All in all, it was a very happy, mood-lifting feeling.
"Hey, Lily!"
I sighed in relief, as I saw Sirius run over to us. Although he was seventeen, and perfectly capable of being in a shop by himself, I was worried for what he might be doing, especially when there were children around.
"I picked my to-oy!" Sirius sang, and ran over to me.
I grinned.
"What is it?" I asked.
Sirius beamed, and pulled a little stuffed unicorn from behind his back.
"Ooh, that's pretty!" I said, playing along with the childish game we seemed to be playing. "What's it called?"
Sirius' eyes lit up.
"Horny!" he yelled.
I made a gagging sound and spluttered.
Sirius continued.
"Horny, because it's thing is sticking up in the air!"
My spluttering turned into a glare.
"Sirius, that's a kid toy." I said. "I don't need you changing my image on children's stuffed unicorns."
Sirius grinned.
"You still need to buy Horny for me." he smiled, before taking my hand and dragging me over to the check-outs.
And for the second time that day, I realised that although what Sirius was doing was ridiculously immature, I was having fun.
Hey, you may as well just re-name me as the fourth Marauder now...
Sorry!
This is late. Really late. But I still love you. Do you still love me?
Okay, I honestly was going to update last night. But I was just so freaking tired, and couldn't write anything good! And then I decided, "My readers would prefer something late and good, rather than on time and bad."
So that explains my lateness :)
Sorry for the pretty terrible and short chapter :(
However! I think one hundred reviews before I update is fair … don't you? ;D
Shannon xxx