A Summer with the Marauders
Summary: It's the summer before their 7th year at Hogwarts, and Lily is planning on a nice peaceful summer with her friend, when just to her luck… a Marauder moves in next door! L/J SB/OC RL/OC Rating for language, drinking, and sexual situations (in later chapters)
A/N: first things first. I'm sorry! it's been a lot longer than I thought it would be for this post to get finished/edited/posted up. For those of you who write fanfics you probably understand how easy it is to get side tracked from your fic or simply not have motivation to write. Well mine was a little of both, plus it was the end of the 6 weeks, and i had a HUGE amount of tests, projects, papes, -you name it- and i simply couldn't find extra time to finally get this one finished and posted. So yes. i'm sorry.
Well now with that out... I'm going to take this opportunity to mention my other fanfic -more a ficlet- that if you find the time i'd really appreciate you reading and reviewing. It's called "Broken Vow", and is a one-chapter songfic to the song "Broken Vow" (no duh..) sung by Josh Groban. It's not long, and won't take more than 5 or 10 minutes to read! Harry/Ginny fic -for a little more of a summary read in my info :)
Reviews:
the-girl-named-kitty- i'm very glad u like it! i normally don't go for fanfics from first person POV either, but I figured I might as well just give one a shot, and it seems as if its goin alright! Hope you enjoy the next chapter :)
BlackFox84- couldn't agree with you more. but, alas, it just isn't that simple when it comes to Lily and James ;)
Tara- My death-curse username is iluvdraco (quite unoriginal i know lol) i started this fic there, but didn't like really where it was going. So i made some changes here and there, and i'm rewriting quite a bit of it, cutting some stuff, adding some stuff. Spicing it up a bit basically. Glad you like it:)
Tondo-the-half-elf - there will be a full moon coming (not extremely soon though)
hermione and draco- ha i never even thought of that... well i was going for they were so out of it they looked "lifeless". didn't mean to scare ya:)
Enjoy!
To put things in simplest form… Lily held true to her word. She didn't yell at James, she didn't get annoyed with James, she didn't call James names, or try to get rid of James… all because she hadn't even seen James!
Every time someone suggested going over to Remus's Lily would give the same answer. 'they can come over here if they want to be with us so badly.'
It was the beginning of July, we hadn't heard from them in over a week, and personally, I was starting to get a little annoyed. Why hadn't Remus wanted to see me? Or was it all just a stupid joke? And why hadn't Sirius wanted to see Mad? Or James want to see Lily? Ok. Yeah. There's a good reason James might not want to see our dearest Lily… Because of what she had said to him last time. I remember the way he looked when he walked through the door. His face was so blank, yet angry at the same time. It was as if he didn't know what to do. Stuck in the middle of putting together some complicated puzzle.
Well, we were sitting around doing absolutely nothing, and it finally came to me that this was all getting extremely stupid.
"Come on you guys. Why can't we just go over there, and hang out for a while?" I complained as I rolled off the bed, and onto the floor with a thump.
"They can come over here if they…"
"Want to be with us so badly. Yes, we know Lily. Would you like to try again?" I interrupted Lily sarcastically. She glared at me for a minute before turning her attention back to painting her fingernails.
There was a long moment of silence, in which we all went about our business, if business is what you should call it. I simply stared at the rest of the group, and let out a deep sigh.
"I'm going," I said suddenly standing up, and walking toward the door.
"You're what?" Lily asked looking up at me.
"Going," I repeated, "As in leaving. Walking out the door. If you'd like to follow… Then go right ahead. I don't care. But your stupid little grudge against James isn't going to keep me from seeing Remus alright?"
I walked quickly out the door, shutting it hard behind me. I felt guilty for talking to Lily that way, but I was getting sick of having to play along with her. She was definitely one of the most intimidating people I knew when it came to getting your way or her way, but I couldn't go on with this one. I wasn't about to let her control the people I see and don't see. Which was more or less what she was doing.
I reached the bottom of the stairs, and heard the door to Lily's room open up. I turned around, and saw Mad running down the stairs after me.
"Come on," She said grabbing my arm. I smiled at her, and reached for the doorknob.
"Guys, wait up!"
Kelsey came next.
"Is Lily coming?" Mad asked looking hopefully up the staircase.
"I'm coming.." Came a very exasperated sounding voice from the top of the stairs, just before Lily came into view.
"Remember your promise," Kelsey said smiling at Lily, who just rolled her eyes, and went first through the door, the rest of us following close behind. Within moments we were standing in front of Remus's house, and Lily stopped, just staring at the door.
Mad reached around her, and knocked hard on the glass window.
"Lily?" Came a confused voice as the door opened. "Oh. Hey guys" It was James.
"Hi," Kelsey said. "What are you guys up to?"
"Nothing really," He said moving to the side to let us in. "I'll just go get the other guys." And with that he turned around, without a second glance in Lily's direction, and headed up the stairs.
"Lily you have to talk to him," Mad said nudging Lily slightly.
"I know." Lily mumbled.
"Are you going to say you're sorry?" Kelsey asked as the sound of a door opening came from upstairs.
Lily remained silent, and James followed by the rest of the Marauders came down the stairs smiling at us all. At least Remus, Sirius, and Peter were smiling. James's expression was more one of being lost.
"Hello gorgeous," Sirius said wrapping his arms around Mad's waist, and giving her a quick kiss.
"Hello handsome," She said as they broke apart, both smiling.
"Hi Kay,"
I turned away from the couple, to see Remus standing next to me. I smiled as he took my hand in his, lacing our fingers together.
"Hey. Haven't seen you guys in a while," I pointed out looking around at James, who seemed to be rather interested in the tile flooring.
"Ask James. He's the one who keeps saying you guys'll come over if you really wanted to." Remus responded.
"Ah. Sounds about like our situation with Lily." I said smiling as I noticed Lily and James standing awkwardly next to eachother. It was quite funny to see James glance at Lily then quickly turn away as she looked at him. It was as if they were only little kids with a crush on eachother. It was so cute!
"So Lily!" Kelsey said breaking the silence inbetween the two. Lily looked slightly startled at being addressed, but looked at Kelsey, andquickly asked"what?"
"Don't you have something to say to Jamesy?" She inquired raising her eyebrow. James looked at her confused before turning to Lily, the hint of a smile coming across his face.
"Er. Yeah. I guess." Lily replied glaring at Kelsey. "Can we.. er.. go somewhere else," She asked James, although it was more of a command as she grabbed his arm and pulled him into the living room as the rest of us hung out in the entry way.
Sirius and Mad were sitting on the stairs, Sirius a step down from Mad, who had her arms wrapped around Sirius from behind, and her chin resting on his shoulder. Kelsey took a seat next to Mad, and I sat down next to her, Remus following next to me.
"What do you think they're doing?" Sirius asked in a mischievous voice.
"Not what you're thinking," Kelsey replied rolling her eyes.
"Oh come on. We gotta spy on them!" Sirius said about to get up, but Mad put her hands on his shoulders, and pulled him right back down making him stay.
"Nuh-uh babe. They need to be alone." She said returning to her former position, and giving him a small kiss on the cheek.
"Maaad" Sirius began to whine, but a quick stern look from his girlfriend made him shut up. "You're no fun" He added as he put on a pout.
"I can be," She whispered back biting the bottom of his ear. He grinned as he turned to her, a glint in his eyes.
"I know you can," He replied about to lean in for a kiss. Kelsey however had grabbed hold of his shirt, and tugged him away making him lose his balance and fall backwards onto her lap.
"What was that for?" He asked trying to get up.
"No one wants to see that," Kelsey replied pushing him up off her.
Mad started laughing at the look of loathing on Sirius face. He turned to look at her confused. "How is this funny! You just missed a chance to kiss me!" He said as if it were supposed to be the most important moment of her life.
"Sorry. You just," Mad giggled, "Look so funny" She finished still laughing.
Sirius's face broke into a smile, and he moved back over to Mad once again sitting in front of her so she could wrap her arms around him. "I love your laugh" He said softly before kissing her quickly on the mouth then poking his tongue out at Kelsey who was smiling.
Mad rolled her eyes saying, "I didn't know I was going out with such a baby."
"I'm not a baby!" Sirius retorted.
I turned my attention away from the continuously flirting couple to look at Remus who had remained quiet.
"And how are you doing?" I asked feeling my breath catch as he just stared at me. "What?" I asked becoming a little self-conscious.
"Nothing," He said smiling softly. "You're just beautiful." Ok now I couldn't breath. How did I find such an amazing person? Guys like Remus weren't supposed to exist. They were the type of guy you read about in fairy tales, and stories. But yet here I was, with the most loving and caring person I had ever met… ever laid eyes on. What in the world had Kay Sanders done to deserve this?
I smiled in response, and let out a small laugh.
"What's so funny?" Remus asked smiling along with me.
"You're sweet." I replied.
He looked a little confused. "Ok…" he asked with a half laugh.
"No. I mean that it's funny how you say these things, and… well I dunno… I just don't see it." I said turning away knowing I was blushing.
"Well then you must be the only one in the world who doesn't" He whispered close to my ear. I could feel his breath brush against my neck and it sent chills down my spine. I turned slightly to find him only a few inches away. His eyes were staring straight into mine with his soft golden hair falling lightly in front of them. God it made him look so effing gorgeous. I stared back as he moved toward me. I could feel a smile on my face as his lips met mine; my eyes closed instantaneously. It was a soft, sweet, and loving kiss that lasted only a couple seconds, but held so much meaning in my heart.
I rested my forehead against his, breathing through my slightly parted lips, eyes still shut. He ran his hand up my arm and I shifted slightly so I could lean into him, wrapping my arms around his middle. His hand moved down to my waist, and the other rested on top of my leg his thumb stroking it gently. At that moment, nothing in the world mattered to me except for Remus Lupin. Life was perfect.
"Ah. You're back!"
I was interrupted from my peacefulness by Sirius's voice as Lily and James walked into the room.
"Yes. We are." Lily replied mutually.
"So?" Kelsey inquired as James walked toward Sirius and Mad.
"So…" Lily replied.
"Did you guys make up?"
"I said I'm sorry. He said he was sorry. We're on 'friendly' terms if that's how you wanna put it," Lily said.
"Perfect"
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