Chapter 9: Surprise
The next morning Lily woke up to the sound on the bird singing outside in the cold snowy grounds of Hogwarts. Hogwarts was her home and she has experienced so much while in the grounds. Some of the memories were not always happy but she found happiness in the end, and that is what mattered to her more than anything. The beautiful grounds, the ghosts, the portraits and even the teachers. These are all the things she is going to miss once she leaves, but before she could even blink Claire was at her side yelling, jumping up and down and acting like Sirius whenever someone gave him a Chocolate Frog.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! YOU'RE ONE HUNDRED AND TWO! YOU LOOK LIKE A MONKEY, AAAANDDDD, YOU SMELL LIKE ONE TOO!" Claire screamed slamming herself down on the bed right in her face.
"Geez Claire, let her wake up first" Ella scowled as she was definitely not a morning person.
"M morning" Lily said while yawning and stretching and accidentally pushing Claire off the bed with a thump. "OW"
"Happy Birthday Lily" Ella said walking over and hugging Lily
"Thanks"
"Um, do you mind if I sleep a bit more?"
"No, go ahead. If you can with all the noise." Lily replied as Ella dived back onto her bed and got into her comfy position.
At that moment they heard a lot of yelling coming from the boy's room and Lily noticed that Claire was missing. "Uh oh" was all she could say.
The door burst open and in came James and Claire poking and singing Happy Birthday to Sirius who was just rubbing his eyes. Remus walked in behind them. After wishing his friends on their special day he jumped on the bed next to Ella and fell asleep again.
"Are you two always like this, on birthdays?" Lily asked watching James running around the room in just his boxers (A/N. yes I know it is suppose to be winter, but we can pretend that there is a heater or something) and another pair on his head, until Claire pulled him aside and they started to do the tango.
"Wait, don't answer that" she giggled at the funny sight playing out before her.
"Happy Birthday, baby sis" Sirius said smiling as he hugged his sister.
"Back at ya" she replied "but you are still older than me" she poked her tongue out before he chased her around the room. Sirius almost got her but James grabbed her by the waist and hurled her over his shoulder, making her squeal in surprise.
"I'm sorry but this is my flower. You have to get your own" James said walking over to the bed and placing Lily down who was laughing at how corny it was.
"Are you laughing at me?" he asked pouting.
"Aww, of course not" she said kissing him very softly on the lips making his face light up.
"Happy Birthday, babe" kissing her but this time deepening the kiss. As he put his arms around her little waist pulling her closer, she put her arms around his neck. It was one of the best kisses they have ever shared, until Sirius had to comment.
"Would you too stop sucking each other's faces off and get ready. We only have half an hour and I want to go to Zonko's before all the good stuff is gone."
"Sirius, you were snogging Claire for the past ten minutes, why do you have to ruin our kisses?" James asked folding his arms over his chest.
"Fine. But you guys can snog later. Oh and someone wake up the two lovebirds" Sirius said pointing to Remus and Ella who were sleeping peacefully together.
"I will" Lily said getting up from her position on James lap and walking over to the sleeping beauties.
"Mr. Lupin! Ms Attard! I never expected such students to behave this way. How dare you? I would have expected this from Mr. Black and Ms Potter but this is inexcusable." Lily said doing a perfect, stern and very frightening impersonation of Professor McGonagall.
At that moment they both jumped out of the bed and started stumbling all over the place only to cause Sirius, James, Lily and Claire to fall to the floor laughing hysterically. When they realised what had happened they blushed a dark red colour.
"Shut up" was all they could say.
"Wait, she insulted us" Claire said to Sirius.
"Oh, well it was funny so it doesn't count" he said pushing it to the side as if nothing happened.
"We will meet you in the common room in ten minutes" Remus said as the three boys left the room.
Twenty minutes later the girls room still in their pyjamas, apparently they were having trouble with what to wear.
Finally Lily decided to wear her dark jeans with her black boots and a green top and jacket with fur around the hood.
Claire put on her light-blue faded jeans with her ug-boots and a pink top and jacket to match.
Ella was first dressed and wore a purple long-sleeve top with black jeans and boots like Lily's. Once their hair was fixed and they were ready they found the boys waiting for them in the shared common room.
When everyone arrived in Hogsmeade the girls went their separate ways to do some clothes shopping while the boys went to Zonko's.
(Girls: -)
Lily, Claire and Ella walked past many shops and decided to start in a shop called 'Cool and Casual'.
"Hey that is a nice top. It will match your eyes." Lily told Ella as she came out of the fitting room wearing a brown top with three-quarter sleeves and one off the shoulder.
"Yeah I like it but don't you think it is a bit open for winter?" she asked.
"No. I think it is good and besides if you get cold we can buy a jumper to match it. Ok so Ella has something to buy, what about you Claire?" Lily asked turning around to see Claire looking at the clothes that were hanging up on the other side of the shop.
"Um, I don't know but I want to buy something to wear for Christmas" she said joining Lily.
"Well what about this top" Ella asked. She went to put the other tops she tried on back in their place when she found an aqua top with one long sleeve and one three-quarter. It was tight-fitting, that went off the shoulder as well, but in Sirius' opinion, Claire had the perfect body.
"Oooh, I like that" Claire said walking over to Ella and holding the top across her body.
"What do you think?"
"Well go try it on and then ask us" Lily said. Claire left to go try the top on and two or three minutes later she came out. The top looked perfect on her, and it definitely made her eyes shine.
"Oooh, sexy" Ella smirked knowing that would be something that Sirius would say.
"Yeah, I like it too. I'm getting it" she said behind the curtain changing back into her own clothes.
"So, what about you Lily? After all, it is your birthday and you haven't choosen anything. What do you want?" Ella asked
"Well I was thinking that I could buy me a pair of brown suede boots. You know how much I love boots." she said smiling as Claire and Ella paid for their items and left the shop.
"So, next stop, the shoe store?" Claire asked getting excited.
"Definitely" Lily replied.
(Meanwhile at Zonko's)
"Man, I am glad we don't have to go shopping with the girls" James said as he looked at the new pack of Exploding Snap cards on the shelf.
"Yeah, I know. One time..."
"At band camp?" James commented laughing at the memory of watching American Pie with Sirius, Remus and the girls.
"Shut up! As I was saying, Lily took me shopping once and we spent over to hours in a shoe shop. I swear that girl loves boots, and mean really loves boots. Probably even more than she loves you Prongs. " Sirius said laughing at the rejected look and James' face.
"Prongs, I'm kidding" he added shaking his head at how gullible James was, although he wasn't very different in that department.
"Right, I knew that"
"Sure you did."
"So Sirius, what do you want?" Remus asked joining the boys.
"Everything" he replied.
"That can be arranged" James said shrugging.
"Well, you can choose what you want and meet me at the counter when you are done." Remus said before walking away.
(Back to the girls.)
The girls walked into a shoe shop that only had a few people in it. Lily walked straight over to the section that contained all the boots and the other two took their time looking at the other shoes as well. Lily was getting very excited looking at all the pairs of boots on their shelves and decided to try them all on. She was about halfway through trying them all on when Ella and Claire joined her, both holding a pair of shoes.
"How are you going?" Ella asked as Lily walked up and down with yet another pair of brown boots on.
"Really good. I think I will get this one, it is really comfy and the heel is good, cause I look taller. I might even be eye level with James, seeing as now I am just above is shoulders." the girls laughed as they all paid for their items and left the shop.
"Uh oh" Ella said looking at her watch.
"Define 'uh oh'" Lily said turning to face her friend.
"We are late. We were supposed to meet the boys at the Three Broomsticks at 5:00 o'clock and it is now 5:45."
"Shit. RUN!" Claire yelled as they all started running in the direction of the pub.
The girl ran as fast as they could with all the bag in their hands.
(At The Three Broomsticks)
The boys sat down at a table and waited for the girls to come. It was 5:15 and they were still waiting so they decided to order their butterbears. They were sitting and it was now 5:45 and Sirius was getting very impatient.
"Where are they?" he asked
"Well you know what girls are like when they are shopping. They lose track of time" Remus said
"They should be here any second" James said and as if on cue the girls stumbled into the pub, out of breath and looking for the boys. When they spotted the boys they rushed over.
"Sorry, we.." Ella started only to be finished by Remus. "Lost track of time?"
"Yeah" she said smiling and sitting next to him.
"Claire, you better make it up to Sirius. He thought he was being stood up" Remus said putting his arm Ella as Sirius nodded.
"Aww, I'm sorry. I promise I will make it all better tonight, if you meet me in the Room of Requirements" she said with a mischievous glint in her eyes.
"Deal"
The group of friends sat together talking about what they bought and other things that were totally random and brought into the conversation by Sirius and Claire.
"You are more like each other than you know" Lily told them as they were arguing about which one of them had more member in their fan club than the other.
James looked at his watch. "Guys, I think it is time to go" he said getting up and helping Lily with all her bags. Sirius and Remus did the same for Ella and Claire and they walked back to the castle. They went to put all their thing in their room. Claire and James walked out together, each holding a blindfold.
"What are they for?" Sirius asked eyeing the twins in front of him, both grinning.
"We have a surprise for you guys" James said placing the blindfold on Lily while Claire did the same for Sirius.
"I don't like blindfolds" Sirius said feeling slightly nervous.
"Why?" Claire asked.
"Our parents use to blindfold us and whip us" Lily said cringing at the memory. They were lucky to escape with only few small scars.
"Well, you can trust us and we won't hurt you at all. Quite the opposite really" James said as they lead Sirius and Lily down quiet corridors.
"Can someone please talk to me. I am getting nervous" Lily said
"Its okay I'm here." James said holding her hand slightly tighter so she felt more secure.
"Sirius stop it" Claire screamed as she and Ella tried to contain him from throwing his arms everywhere.
They finally reached
the Room of Requirements and stopped.
"Are we there
yet?"Sirius whined for the millionth time.
"Yes Sirius we are here" Claire said rolling her eyes.
"Don't roll your eyes at me"
"How did you know?" Claire said confused.
"I know too well" was all he said.
"Ok guys, about two more steps and then we will remove the blindfold" when everyone was in the room and the door was shut Claire and James removes the blindfold. Lily and Sirius rubbed their eyes. "SURPRISE"
They opened their eyes to see all their friends from Gryffindor, Hufflepuff and a few Ravenclaws gathered each with a drink in their hand.
"Happy
birthday" Remus said looking the reaction on Lily and Sirius'
face.
Lily was shocked and just looking around and Sirius was so
happy he was jumping up and down on the spot.
"Thank you guys "They said hugging their close friends for organising this surprise party for them.
"Well, now that everyone is here. LETS GET THE PARTY STARTED" Claire said turning on the music causing everyone to started dancing and talking.
"Thank you so much. This is the best birthday ever" Lily said turning to face James who was currently behind her.
"Anything for you" he replied putting his eyes around her waist and pulling her close, so she was now standing right against his chest. "... and Sirius" he added, looking over her shoulder to see Sirius and Claire dancing very close together.
"James?"
"Yeah" he said looking at her again.
"I love you"
"Really?"she nodded.
"I love you too." he said leaning down and planting a soft kiss on her lips, when he pulled he flashed her one of his charming smiles that makes all the girls fall weak in the knees.
"Lets dance" Lily said pulling him towards the middle of the room where other couples were dancing.
The party went for hours non-stop, and Ella and Remus had to keep an eye on Sirius as he kept trying to spike the punch and pour Firewhisky in other people cups. It was a very interesting party and luckily it wasn't ruined by Professor McGonagall, because this time Remus remember to put a silencing charm on the room. By around 12:30 most of the people left. Leaving Remus and Ella to clean up, while James were cuddled up on the couch falling asleep, and a VERY drunk Claire and Sirius snoring their brains out on the floor. A bottle of Firewhisky in their hands.
"Interesting party, ey?" Remus said picking up all the bottles and cups from the table and floor.
"Yeah, I'll say" Ella replied smiling down at him.
"Omg" Ella said slapping herself on the head.
"What?" Remus asked standing up.
"Why are we doing this the hard way? We can clean it up with magic." Ella said shaking her head. She waved her wand and all the mess was cleared. Remus conjured up some blankets that were placed over Sirius and Claire. While Ella did the same for James and Lily.
"Looks like we are crashing here tonight" Remus said conjuring another blanket and lying down on the floor.
"I guess so" Ella said laying next him under the blankets as he wrapped her up in his warm, strong and loving arms.
"Goodnight" Ella said looking up and kissing Remus right on the lips.
"Hope you sleep well" he replied.
"I always do when you are with me." she answered before they fell asleep.
