AN: okay sooo chapter seven. More fluff, unfortunately for those of you who don't like it and fortunately for people who do like fluff. I personally think that this fluff is kind of important because its like showing how close they all are with each other. Okay anyway go on… read it!
Disclaimer: If you think I'm JK Rowling then… Thank You, but doctors give you medicine for a reason and you should probably take yours now
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Chapter Seven: As Close To Perfect
The young people put off actually shopping for school until the Tuesday before they left. Tuesday night Lily and Emily pushed the boys, who had multiplied to three since Remus had come that afternoon, out of their room at five o'clock and had Tom bring their food up to their room for two extra sickles.
Emily and Lily sat on Lily's bed, it was cleaner, and ate their last carefree meal.
"This almost doesn't even count 'cause I'm not packed yet. But it almost does because I'm not worried about getting everything," Emily mused taking another bite of the chicken that Tom had made for them.
Lily nodded, "Strangely enough I'm not either."
Emily pretended to gasp for breath and have a heart attack while Lily laughed, "I know it's weird, right? But for some reason, I feel like… everything this summer has gone so spectacularly that it's not going to stop tonight. I'll get everything I need; you'll get everything you need. We'll get to King's Cross okay, and then all hell'll break loose. But for now, everything is perfect."
Emily nodded, "I know exactly what you mean. From this point right here, watching the summer come to a close, knowing it's our last summer before going back to Hogwarts, knowing we're about to be adults. This summer has been perfect. You got James, me and Sirius have figured something out, I think, and tomorrow we'll go back to Hogwarts for the last time. And tomorrow we'll forget things and you and James won't be in the same dorm as me and Sirius because you're Head Boy and Girl, and girls'll be all over Sirius again… I don't really want to think about it. But right now, is all I could ask for out of a summer."
Lily hugged her and said, "But we'll always be best friends forever!"
"Forever and ever!" Emily said hugging Lily back and offering the response to their mantra.
Lily and Emily stayed up till all hours of the night just doing what girls do best: talking, giggling and laughing.
At about two o'clock in the morning Emily peeked her head out of the room and then looked back in waving to Lily who followed her out into the hallway. They tiptoed down the stairs, and through the common room to the bar.
"The door to the kitchen is behind the bar," Lily whispered to Emily.
Emily nodded and climbed up on the bar, as she was about to climb down she was struck by an idea, "I've always wanted to, just once, dance on a bar, ya know?" she whispered to Lily.
Lily giggled, "I wouldn't ever be able."
"Do it with me now! Come on," Emily whispered offering Lily two hands as a boost.
Lily laughed quietly and shook her head, "No way! I'll be your audience, you go for it!"
Emily giggled and started dancing on the table. She would try and be sexy but then her and Lily would collapse into peals of silent laughter. When Emily'd been dancing for a little while she bowed to Lily who clapped quietly and pretended to whistle. When Lily stopped, though, someone kept clapping and both girls whipped around to see Sirius, James, and Remus standing at the top of the stairs clapping.
Emily blushed and sat on the bar, her head in her hands shaking with laughter. Lily was trying to keep her laughter as quiet as possible and ended up putting her hand over her mouth to smother it.
The three boys walked down to Lily and Emily who were still cracking up. James sat on the bar stool next to Lily, and Sirius hoisted himself up on the bar and hugged Emily.
"Oh my god!" Lily and Emily said in unison looking at each other, both faces as red as Lily's hair.
"Cute," Sirius said kissing Emily's hair affectionately.
Emily ducked her head still embarrassed.
"So, is that what girls do when no guys are around?" Sirius asked them chuckling a little.
Lily nodded, "Yeah, I guess? Why is that some sort of mystery?"
James and Remus nodded.
"Oh yeah," Emily said laughing, "When guys aren't around we dance on tables," Lily laughed too. "No, when guys aren't around we joke, and laugh, and talk, tell each other our deepest darkest secrets, and gossip, and we don't worry what guys think of us so we go nuts."
Lily nodded, "We have fun."
"You don't have fun with us?" James asked shocked.
"It's a different kind of fun then you can have with your best friend, James. You can't expect to replace Emily," Lily assured him, giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Same goes double for Lily," Emily told Sirius putting her arm around his waist and leaning on him.
"So where were you girls headed when you started dancing on the bar?" Remus asked, "Or was your reason for coming down here to dance on the bar."
Emily looked at Lily, and Lily looked at Emily, "Uhhh…?"
"Food!" Emily said triumphantly as she remembered there original mission.
"Oh yeah!" Lily said clapping her hands, "We were gonna raid the kitchen."
"Would you ladies like to accompany us to Florean Fortescue's Ice Cream Parlor for the early morning Marauder special?" Remus asked standing up off his bar stool.
"Is there really an early morning Marauder special?" Lily asked, "Or are you sneaking in taking ice cream and leaving money?"
"It's a combination," Sirius said. "James has a key, so technically we're not sneaking in, but when we get the craving for ice cream in the early mornings and Florean refuses to get up so we scoop our own ice cream and leave the money and a note."
"I'm game," Emily said looking at Lily.
"Well we're not really dressed…" Lily said uncertainly looking at her bare feet.
"Please Lily?! This could be your only chance to eat in an ice cream parlor bare foot!" Emily said giggling.
Lily giggled, "Oh alright! Let's go!"
The four trooped out into Diagon Alley and Sirius and James carried the girls over muddy spots and puddles while they laughed in the crisp early morning air.
James opened the front door with a little golden key and the girls and Remus took seats at the bar in the back by the ice cream servers. James and Sirius conjured little red and white striped hats and Sirius leaned on the counter in front of Emily flirtatiously, "What's your pleasure, mademoiselle?"
The five young people were at Florean's until the old man himself woke up and came down stairs at five o'clock. The boys payed him and he told them they could keep the key and visit him anytime.
"Oh My God!" Lily yelled suddenly, "EMILY WE'RE NOT PACKED!"
Emily grabbed Lily's shoulder, "Take a deep bre- OH MY GOD WHAT?!"
The two girls sprinted from the shop in a panic.
James and Sirius looked at each other and chuckled as they shook their heads. The Marauders may not be the smartest, but they had rules. Rule #7 of the Marauder Code was pack before the going away party because after the party, assuming it's any good which it should be if a Marauder is going, you will be too smashed, hung over, or tired to pack properly.
James, Sirius, and Remus waved to Florean as they followed the girls back to the Leaky Cauldron.
AN: People I want everyone to take a deep breath because we are closing in on going where I have never gone before. This chapter marks where I left off on my longest unfinished story. So lets just all sit back a second and rejoice for a second that after this we are on a whole new frontier. This is a jumping point and all who are not brave enough should get off now because its about to get SCARY!! Haha not really scary... I hope
This is a jumping off point for another reason because the fluff is coming to a close. This is the last time a whole chapter is fluff. But I think that maybe you're ready.
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