Sex and Drugs and Rock n Roll:
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh
Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'roll
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh
Let your kiss unleash my soul
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh
Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'roll
Ohh, ohh, ohh, ohh
Let your kiss unleash my soul
Lily woke up to find herself drooling on James Potter's unclothed chest. Shit! Every time I get pissed around him she thought. His arm was 'round her shoulders and her vibrant red hair fanned across his face as he snored gently. She was surprised it hadn't smothered him in his sleep. Getting her bearings she realised she must be in James' room. There were posters of James' favourite Quidditch team, the Falmouth Falcons, a Gryffindor banner and muggle music band posters such as AC/DC, T-Rex and Queen to name a few – they looked new.
She lifted the cover to see just how little James was wearing, getting an eyeful of his bright red boxers. She groaned inwardly Lily hated being a wayward drunk sometimes. She herself had her bra, her jeans and her socks still on. It looked like it hadn't been too much of an interesting night. However, she appeared to have gained a lovebite just above her bra. Bollocks! She hated those things.
She hadn't been ridiculously drunk when she had snogged James the previous night, it had been nice, more than nice in fact. It had become pretty heated, and there had been a lot of chemistry.
Over the past couple of months since she had admitted to herself she fancied him, they had become closer, enjoying their free time together. She was surprised to find they got on, that James was an avid reader. They had swapped their favourite books, discussed their favourite authors. James had discovered a love of Sci-Fi especially Philip K Dick (which Sirius had found highly amusing), Lily was intrigued by the Tales of Beedle the Bard, even though they were magical children's stories. They talked about their favourite parts. James had leant the sci-fi stuff to Remus as he knew he liked Superhero comics. Remus had loved the books too, telling her he was a massive fan of Star Trek. They had even out lined a plan for a joke on the Slytherin's. Much to James' glee she knew where the Slytherin common room was and what the password would be (being Snape's ex best mate and having a prefect best friend had its perks). This would be talked about for years.
The closer their friendship had become, the closer they had gotten physically too. She would often lean against James without even thinking about it, put her legs across his lap subconsciously as they read or studied. It wasn't a surprise to find herself here like this in James' arms, in his bed. It was a nice place to be. She didn't feel the need to scarper like she had last time she had woken up like this.
James stirred, moving Lily's murderous hair from his mouth and nose, chuckling before giving her a delighted grin at finding her still present in his bed snuggled up to him.
"Morning, Red" He grinned, kissing her on the forehead. Then colouring as he spotted the lovebite on her chest.
"Happy New Year, Jimmy" She laughed, playfully slapping him on the chest. "Thanks for the glorified bruise."
"Looks like we went straight to second base." He grinned, as she rolled her eyes at how pleased he looked.
"Please tell me I'm not the first, I don't want to feel like I was taking advantage of you, by getting you pissed up." She cringed inwardly.
"Nah, it's just that it's you, Lily-Flower. You make it special." She couldn't help but give him a shy smile back. "Had we have gone any further, then sure, there would have been some firsts for me." She felt honoured by his honesty and so reciprocated.
"Are you saying that if we'd have shagged last night I'd have been your first? Because it wouldn't have been for me, you know that, right?" She looked at him worried he might reject her.
"Red, you're a stone cold stunner. I wasn't expecting to be you're first. I would have been kind of surprised if that was the case." He said tucking her long hair behind her ear.
Bang. The bedroom door slammed open and Sirius came barrelling in followed by Marley. Their faces lit up when they saw the pair in bed together.
"Don't you know how to knock, Sirius?" Growled James.
"I think he may be incapable." Said Marley with a shrug as she shut the door behind her. "Looks like he was born in a barn too." Lily laughed, the saying was lost on the two wizards.
"We've got a Furry Little Problem." Said Sirius with a sombre expression on his usually animated face. James frowned, the full moon was over two weeks away.
"But it's not full moon yet." Chipped in Lily. James looked at her shocked.
"Exactly." Said Sirius, nodding his head in Lily's direction.
"Look. Lily, Hestia and I have kind of known for nearly a year since Hes and Lupin became Prefects. We guessed, but never said anything. He's obviously hung up about it and we plain old don't care if he's a werewolf or not." Marley explained as James' eyebrows disappeared into his hairline, his hangover evaporating in shock.
"Hes obviously doesn't care. She's been snogging him on and off the past couple of months. He's such a lovely guy, we'd never out him." Supplied Lily.
"What are we going to do, Prongs?" Asked Sirius perching on the end of James' bed.
"I say we take him aside as we tidy the house before Mum and Dad get back and have a word to let him know that the girls know and it's not a big issue to them. We'll let him lead on how he wants to deal with it from there." Sirius nodded gravely.
"Good thinking, Batman." Said Marley.
"Who the fuck's Batman?" Asked James.
"Is he half man, half bat? If so, which half?" Enquired Sirius. Lily rolled her eyes as Marley muttered "Wizards" under her breath.
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The rest of the gang and finally fallen asleep in the Potter living room. Frank and Alice were out for the count in a love seat by the fire, heads tilted towards one another. Peter and John were lying side by side snuggled under a throw from the sofa together on the rug, detritus from an evening of excess surrounded them. Hestia and Remus were on the sofa, Hestia's head on Lupin's shoulder, breathing deeply with her mouth open slightly. Lupin's arm was 'round her shoulders and his coat was over her lap.
Remus sat up cuddling her close, watching Hes sleep, he had enjoyed the past few months of intermittent shared intimacy with Hestia. He felt like the luckiest bloke ever. Hestia was companionable, outspoken and eccentric, she was a fantastic mix of the mundane and the magical and Lupin felt honoured to be receiving her attention. Hestia was happy to leave whatever was going on between them, between them, the Hogwarts Gossip Train had yet to get word of any shenanigans going on. Thank Fuck. They had snogged a number of times and there was the occasional wandering of hands under each others clothing since the Gryffindor win, either one of them could instigate these moments of physical affection but neither was over keen to push what they had into a relationship. Though Remus would never say no if she had asked him out.
The smell of bacon assaulted his senses and his stomach rumbled, there was no way he was going to move Hes for a bacon buttie no matter how much he wanted one. Lupin was all about will power and self-denial. Something he had learned early on. He had come to feel a massive burden on his parents, in order to keep his secret, they had moved frequently, changed jobs and had no intimate acquaintances. He was lucky to even have gone to Hogwarts, so many of his kind didn't. Good thing Dumbledore was Headmaster...
Lily poked her head through the door to the living room. "Grubs up!" She yelled breaking into Lupin's reverie. Hestia stirred in his arms.
"Morning," She smirked up looking up at him. "I smell food, let's go. The grease will help the hangover." She stood up pulling him to standing with her. Around them others began moving and chatting to one another. Lupin and Hestia headed for the kitchen, following the smell of fried food.
They came to the kitchen to find Sirius, James and Lily sitting at scrubbed oak table finishing off a full English breakfast, while Marley had a couple of slices of toast half eaten in front of her. The others placed themselves around the table and the Potter's house elves placed heaped plates of their own in front of the teens. Tea and coffee were also handed round and drank with gusto by the hungover group. Marley stood up from the table and pulled from her pocket the usual concoction to help Invigorate them, Lily had gotten the recipe from Sirius. Talk turned to the antics of the night and the eyes of the group wandered to James and Lily, who sat by one another their shoulders touching.
"So... you two had an interesting night then..." Began Peter around a mouthful of bacon and eggs, gleefully eyeballing the bashful couple.
"You two shared a midnight smooch and then rapidly disappeared!" Sniggered Alice, "So are you two, you know... A couple?"
"And did you two, you know... do it?" Enquired Hestia with a giggle.
James looked down on Lily's red head, he wondered how she would answer, since they had yet to have a chance to discuss it themselves. Lily looked up and met Alice's and Hestia's gaze. The table had quietened with the interest of those around them.
Lily couldn't keep the grin from her face as she remembered what had passed between them from the moment she and James had kissed until she had awoken in his bed that moment, the memories were disjointed, but good. James pulling her top over her head then kissing down her neck to her breast, to create the mark her left upon her. She kissing him deeply, her hands wandering up James' t-shirt before divesting him of the offending item. "Yes and no" She answered unable to stop smiling as she reddened. "Yes, we're going out," she glanced up at James through her lashes to see if he would disagree, "And no, we did not shag." She snorted. James' arm came around her shoulders pulling her closer as he nuzzled her head before kissing her chastely on the cheek. The group around the table whistled and cheered.
"Brilliant news!" Grinned Lupin, pleased that James had got his longed for wish as he clapped his friend heartily on the back. The group chattered through their breakfasts.
"Right, let's get this place tidy." Said James standing
"But you have house elves to do that, Prongs" responded Peter
"They're busy sorting out the kitchen and bathrooms, we can at least tidy the lounge, Pete." Continued James, Pettigrew grumbled in response. James was still grinning from ear to ear. 1977 was going to be a great year if this was the way it started. He pulled Remus to one side as the others barrelled into the lounge to give it a good going over before the Effie and Monty Potter's returned.
"Moony, a word..." Lupin looked puzzled as his friend took him up the stairs to his room. They could hear the laughter coming from the partied out lounge below. "Um, look..." Lupin flinched at the look of concern on his best friends face. James took a deep breath. "To quote Padfoot this morning, "we have a Furry Little Problem"". Lupin's brows knitted together in confusion. "The girls: Hestia, Lily, and Marley have figured out what happens to you every month..." Lupin thought he was going to be sick. Seeing his friend's face pale and his wince, James hurried on. "They figured it out over a year ago, but never mentioned it because they simply didn't care – it didn't change who you were to them." James gave him an encouraging smile.
Lupin felt like the bottom had dropped out of his world, he hadn't expected to have any friends that accepted him for who he was, let alone three. Yet according to James he had three other people willing to keep his secret, who had known for at least a year what he was and it had not mattered to them. His eyebrows moved up his forehead as he assimilated this information.
"Hes, Hestia knows what I am?"
"Yeh, mate, she does... But that's not stopped her snogging the life out of you these past couple of months, has it?" He patted Remus on the shoulder.
"She doesn't care about it..." It wasn't a question.
"She cares about you, just not your Furry Little Problem." Reassured James. Lupin's face lit up. "You ready to go back down stairs or do you need some more time?"
"Nah, I don't have a problem if they don't." He grinned.
