Hello everybody! Hope you enjoyed the last chapter. I'm sorry for the cliffhanger, but I haven't been evil in a while :D
Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter but I am in love with the characters. It's tragic really
Previously:
"Will they be okay?" Sirius choked out, asking a healer and the healer sighed
"They should be," the healer said uncertainly
"Should?"
"Ms. Evans you have to stay still," Healer Laura said, as she tried to control the spreading burn. It had spread to take up Lily's entire back by now, and the healers were worried that if it spread any further it could be life threatening
"Not until you tell me if my boyfriend and his best friend are okay!" Lily squeaked.
"Lils, stay still please," said Sirius, crouching down next to her head and holding her hand
"Is he okay?" she choked, and Sirius felt the lump in his throat
"They're working on them, the wards are sealed so I cant enter," Sirius said, and Lily's tears finally escaped her eyes.
"What if he dies?" she sobbed, and Sirius brushed his hand through her hair, smoothing it.
"He's not going to die," Sirius said in a choked voice, "Neither of them are, I promise."
"Mr. Black you should get back to your bed now," the Healer said, eying Sirius's many, many bandages. Sirius nodded and kissed Lily on top of the head before heading back to his own bed. Hestia was in the bed beside his. She had been given a sleeping draught as they cured her cuts and bruises, as well as the few muscle tears that had come from all the torture. Sirius sat down on his bed and hid his head in his hands.
Being the only one feeling okay was the worst thing that had ever happened to him. He was forced to be absolutely fine and deal with four hurt people as well as the stress that comes along with dealing and worrying. His hair was going to turn grey and fall out! Merlin forbid that happened!
Lily shrieked and Sirius jumped out of bed to run to hers. She was lying on her stomach, held down by multiple healers, screaming, as Healer Laura did something to her back.
"Mr. Black," a healer yelled to him over Lily's gut wrenching shrieks.
"Can't you knock her out or something?" Sirius yelled angrily, looking at Lily worriedly as she continued to shriek and cry.
"It won't work that way," the healer said solemnly, and Sirius swore loudly, "Go back to your bed," the healer suggested. Sirius threw him a dirty look before walking away, trying to block out Lily's shrieks of agony. He had no serious problems, so they had allowed him to walk around. Sirius decided to go back and check on James and Remus. He walked up the stairs, ignoring the people looking towards the ward as Lily's shrieks sounded, and stopped on the third floor where James and Remus were being treated. The doors of the ward were open now, and he sprinted in. From inside, Lily's shrieks could be heard clearly, as they were directly over her.
James and Remus were sitting up in beds, sipping water. Sirius let out a cry of relief and happiness and ran over to his best mates, who had been unconscious for over eight hours. They smiled at him and Sirius hugged James, before hugging Remus, "Don't you ever almost die again!" Sirius yelled, looking between the two of them.
"Yes Pads, we did it on purpose," James said in a dry voice, and Remus chuckled.
"We really enjoyed that," he said with just as much sarcasm, and Sirius snorted
"What happened?" he asked worriedly.
"Could have been fatal had they not been brought in less than thirty minutes after being hit," the Healer said, walking up behind them. Sirius nodded his thanks to the Healer, who checked on James and Remus's vitals before walking over to a different bed.
"We should call your parents," Sirius said, looking between the two boys, who flushed slightly, having forgotten to do that. Sirius rolled his eyes before pulling his wand out and sending two patronusses to the different parents houses. Lily's shrieks sounded again and Sirius winced
"What is that screaming?" Remus asked, looking down at the floor, "It's been going on for a while, poor person," he said.
"Isn't that your floor?" James asked, looking at Sirius, who bit his lip.
"What?" Remus asked, noticing Sirius's expression
"Yeah that is my floor," Sirius said uncertainly. The screams sounded again and James frowned a little, before his paled
"Is that Lily?" he choked. Sirius closed his eyes and nodded, and James attempted to jump out of bed, but was stopped by Sirius.
"No mate you have to stay in bed,"
"No!" James yelled. Remus was also trying to get out of bed and Sirius huffed. He pulled his wand out and the two boys flew back into their beds, "Let me go!" James growled, and Sirius shook his head
"You need to rest!"
"She's in pain!"
"I know!"
"And I can't go down because?" James yelled, and Sirius closed his eyes
"They said if they don't stop the thing from spreading right now she's going to die okay? So there's nothing we can do!" Sirius yelled back, his emotions finally getting the better of him.
"What?" James whispered, looking down at Sirius, who had tears in his eyes
"She's dying! That thing is spreading and trying to kill her so can you guys just shut up and rest!" Sirius yelled, "I've been dealing with Lily and Hestia and myself and you two so could you please, for the love of Merlin, shut the hell up!" Sirius yelled.
"Sorry," Remus said quietly, and Sirius shook his head
"It's killing her?" James whispered, and Sirius huffed
"You're both so infuriating!" he grumbled, "When Lily's dying she wants to know if you're okay, and when you barely escape death you don't care and want to know if she's okay. Honestly!" Sirius muttered, and Remus chuckled slightly. James even cracked a smile.
"How's Hest?" James asked, and Sirius shook his head
"She's okay. She had a few muscle tears from the torture, but they fixed those and gave her a sleeping draught," he said. Remus winced, as did James, but they nodded, "I should go down," Sirius said, as Lily's screams sounded again. James bit his lip and looked down at the floor. Remus closed his eyes, as if willing himself to not hear it.
"Go," James said, nodding, and Sirius nodded. He hugged his two best mates, who hugged him back tightly, and made his way to the ward below them. Ignoring the healer's protests, he walked right to Lily's bed. He looked at her back to see the burn had been reduced from her whole back, to the size of a knut
"Thank you," he whispered to the Healers, as, after a last scream from Lily, the burn vanished entirely. They only smiled at him.
"Ms. Evans, you're okay now," Healer Laura said, turning Lily onto her back. Lily looked up at the healers, her face red and wet from tears, and smiled at them, wiping her eyes
"Thank you," she choked out, and the healer chuckled.
"You're welcome dear. Now, you're allowed to walk, but only after 20 minutes," she said, and Lily nodded, "You'll be released tomorrow morning after we're completely sure that you are okay," she said. Lily nodded again and the healer smiled once more, before walking away, exhausted.
"Oh thank Merlin," Sirius breathed, as he pulled Lily into a hug gently. Lily hugged him back and then pulled away
"Did you check on them?" she asked in a raspy voice. Sirius handed her a glass of water, and Lily grinned at him thankfully, taking a sip
"Yes, I did," he said, and Lily looked at him expectantly, "They're both awake and absolutely fine," he said, his face breaking into a grin. Lily let out a cry of relief and hugged Sirius, "They're really agitated though," he said
"Why?" she asked, leaning back, and Sirius gave her a blank look, "Could they hear me?" she squeaked, and Sirius nodded, "Oh no," she grumbled, hiding her face in the pillow
"Why is that bad?"
"He's going to make a fuss," she grumbled, and Sirius laughed.
"Yes, he is," Sirius nodded, and Lily stuck her tongue out at Sirius.
"How's Hest?" she asked, looking in the direction of Hestia's bed. She couldn't see it, of course, because the Healers had drawn her curtains.
"She's still sleeping," he said, and Lily nodded. She had been awake when they had given Hestia the sleeping draught
"How are you?" she asked
"Mentally or physically?" he teased, and Lily grinned
"Both"
"Physically, I'm fine," he said, "The bandages itch," he whined, and Lily rolled her eyes
"I don't care," she said sternly, "You are not taking them off,"
"Yes mum," he said sarcastically, and Lily grinned
"Mentally?"
"I'm fried," he grumbled, resting his head on the side of her bed. Lily shifted over so Sirius could sit next to her, "I mean, we stop by the offices to get a file or something, and suddenly there's a loud noise and we're trapped. And then these Death Eaters barge into the office and direct us all to this large room and start torturing Hestia for writing that article, so I yelled at them and they tortured me, and then you guys entered, and there was this big fight, and then you're hit, and then those two are unconscious, and then we come here and Hestia has to be put to sleep, and people bandage me up, and we don't know what's going on with those two, and then you're screaming. Too much!" Sirius yelled, and Lily took his hand soothingly
"We're all going to be okay," she said, and Sirius snorted
"Why weren't you this cheerful 20 minutes ago?"
"I thought the man I love had died, I had reason to be, well, whatever I was," she said, and Sirius snickered
"He's not a man,"
"Touché," Lily said, and Sirius burst out laughing, "Let's go with, the idiot I love"
"Better," Sirius nodded, and Lily grinned.
"You better?"
"Yes," Sirius sighed. Lily smiled and then looked over at the clock.
"Do you think five minutes matters?" she asked, biting her lip, and Sirius glared down at her
"Prongs will be there after five minutes. You're not getting out of this bed until the big hand reaches the four," he said, and Lily giggled
"Is that really how you tell time Sirius?"
"I don't tell time, everyone tells me usually," he winked, and Lily laughed.
"Go check on Hest," she said, nudging him. Sirius jumped out of her bed and after waving to her ran over to Hestia's bed. Hestia was still sleeping. He brushed her hair off her forehead and Hestia moaned lightly
"Hest?" he whispered. Her eyes squeezed slightly and Sirius's eyes widened, "Laura!" he yelled. Healer Laura ran over and looked down at Hestia, whose eyelids were fluttering.
"Good," Laura smiled, nodding, "She'll be awake soon." Sirius grinned down at his girlfriend, and before he knew it, he was looking into her chocolate brown eyes. Hestia blinked twice and Sirius leaned down to kiss her. Hestia's hands grabbed his hair, holding him to her, and Sirius grinned. He reached up and untangled her fingers from his hair and looked down at her, smiling.
"You're okay," he said quietly, and Hestia looked up at him.
"You're okay," she said happily, and wiped his eyes, which were tearing up, "Come on Sirius, be a man," she teased, and Sirius chuckled, "How's Lils?" she asked suddenly, "And James? And Remus?"
"All fine," Sirius said, brushing her hair out of her face.
"How are you?"
"I'm fine," he grinned, and Hestia exhaled, "You?"
"Me? I'm fantastic," she said, and sat up quickly. Sirius hadn't moved so her face was only a couple of centimetres from his. She kissed him quickly and then pulled back, jumping out of her bed with a grin. Sirius stood up quickly and walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her. Hestia wrapped her arms around his torso and buried her face in his chest, "I'm so glad we made it out," she mumbled, and Sirius kissed the top of her head
"I told you we'd be fine"
"Yes, but I didn't believe you," she grinned, and Sirius clasped his chest. Hestia giggled and then looked over at Lily's bed, "Is she awake?"
"Yes," Sirius said, and Hestia grabbed his hand, dragging him to Lily's bed. She was completely fine, all that her body had needed was rest. She pushed the curtains aside to see Lily sitting up.
"Hest!" Lily squealed, and Hestia grinned, hugging her best friend gently.
"Lils! Oh Merlin I'm so happy you're okay!"
"You as well! Are you absolutely okay?" Lily asked, looking over her best friend, who nodded happily.
"What about you?"
"I don't know," Lily said, looking at Sirius, who frowned.
"What do you mean?"
"I feel dizzy," Lily said, and Sirius's eyes narrowed.
"LAURA!"
"Yes, Mr. Black," the healer said, walking over to them.
"Lily's dizzy," he said. The healer frowned and looked down at Lily.
"Lie down," Laura said, and Lily obeyed. She lay down on her back and groaned slightly, "What hurts?'
"My tummy," Lily whined. Laura pulled Lily's shirt up a little, and pressed at random spots.
"It's a natural reaction to the spell," Laura said after a few minutes, "The spell, although it hit your back, spread through your body. You will be alright since we got rid of the burn,"
"I don't understand how the burn on her back relates to her stomach," Hestia said, and Sirius looked down at his girlfriend. Honestly, seeing her, nobody would have been able to tell she had been tortured earlier.
"Well, the burn corresponded with an area of her body. That's why it could have killed her. As the burn spread up," Laura said, gesturing on Lily's body, "The insides underneath the burn were affected. Now your stomach just vaguely aches, am I correct?" Laura asked, and Lily nodded, "That's perfectly normal. You have to walk it off," she said. Lily smiled her thanks and Laura walked away.
"Come on," Sirius said, holding his hand out to Lily. Lily sighed and took his hand, allowing Sirius to pull her off the bed, gently. When Lily was on her feet, she closed her eyes for a minute before opening them, "You okay?" Sirius asked. Lily nodded and smiled at him.
"I'm good," she said weakly. Hestia looked down and hissed, "What?" Lily asked.
"What in the name of Merlin are you wearing?" she asked, eying the sweat pants Lily was in, along with her tight emerald shirt. She had transfigured her denim skirt before climbing up the ladder at the Prophet offices. Lily rolled her eyes as Sirius laughed, and walked past the couple.
Sirius and Hestia supported Lily up the stairs to the third floor and when they reached the ward, Lily held on to the doorframe for support, "Lils?" Hestia asked gently. Lily smiled and straightened up.
"Lils if something hurts don't downplay it," Sirius said worriedly. Lily threw him a look, causing Hestia to laugh, and then walked into the ward. James and Remus were talking to each other, and when James saw Lily, he jumped out of bed and ran towards her, "Are you allowed to be running?" Sirius asked worriedly, but James ignored him and ran to Lily, who was a little bit behind Sirius.
"Yes, we're allowed," Remus said, walking over to Sirius. Sirius hugged Remus, who hugged him back, before Remus turned to Hestia, "Hi," Remus said, as Hestia threw her arms around his neck, hugging him tightly.
"You idiot," Hestia hissed, smacking Remus's chest, "If any of you ever risk your lives for me again, so help me Merlin I will hurt you," she hissed. Remus grinned and nodded, as did Sirius. Hestia looked over at James and Lily, "Oh I'll yell at them later," she smiled and led the two boys back to Remus's bed.
"Hey," Lily breathed, smiling up at James, who was looking down at her.
"Hi," he smiled, "How are you?" he asked in a choked voice.
"I'm fine," she said, and James rolled his eyes
"Now the truth," he said, and Lily huffed.
"Honestly what would I have done if you'd died?" she inquired, smiling up at James, who grinned down at her.
"Well I have to ask you the same thing, turns out you almost died"
"So did you," Lily pointed out, and James rolled his eyes
"Actually, no, I was unconscious, you were slowly dying," he said. Lily opened her mouth to argue, but James's expression stopped her from arguing.
"Whatever," she sighed, "I've been better, I feel really dizzy and my stomach hurts," she said, and James nodded.
"I heard you screaming," he said worriedly, and Lily nodded
"They were getting rid of the spreading burn," she said, but James was already nodding
"I know, Pads told me,"
"How are you feeling?" Lily asked, looking up into his hazel eyes.
"I'm tired, but otherwise I'm alright, honestly," he said, as Lily continued to scrutinize him.
"I was worried about you," she whispered, her throat clogging, and he took her face in his two hands, wiping the tear that had escaped.
"No crying," he said sternly, and Lily chuckled, "I was worried about you too," he whispered, resting his forehead on hers.
"James Potter if you ever almost die again," she said, and James grinned, silencing her with a soft kiss.
"I promise not to die on you,"
"You swear?"
"Yes I swear," he teased, and Lily grinned up at him, "Do you swear the same thing?"
"Sure," Lily shrugged, and James glared at her playfully
"Sure is not an acceptable answer"
"I mean, sir yes sir," Lily said, and James laughed. He kissed her forehead and steadied her as they made their way to where their friends were.
"Lily! Remus breathed out, relieved. He pulled her into a hug and Lily hugged him back.
"Remus you're okay!" she said happily, hugging him back. Remus grinned and let go of her.
"How's the burn?" he teased, and Lily rolled her eyes
"Bloody fantastic," she grumbled, and Remus laughed. He helped her onto James's bed as James and Hestia hugged each other. James sat down next to Lily and they all looked at her, "What?" she sighed after a few seconds, and James broke into a grin.
"Well you're the only sick one left," Remus said matter-of-factly, and Lily threw him a nasty look, "Just saying," he mumbled quietly, and Hestia grinned at him.
"Face it Lils, you lose," Hestia said, and they all burst out laughing.
"Lily-flower? Losing? It's the apocalypse!" Sirius yelled.
"Have you been reading?" they turned to see Emily and Daniel standing there. Emily squealed and ran over to her son, wrapping her arms around his torso as he hugged her around the shoulders.
"Don't you ever scare me like that again," she said tearfully, smacking his chest half-heartedly. James grinned and nodded. Emily sniffed and walked over to hug Remus similarly. Daniel walked over to his son and pulled him into a hug.
"And you!" Daniel said after wiping his eyes on James's shirt, turning to Lily, who was sitting on the bed. Lily smiled at him weakly and Daniel pulled her into a hug, swinging her around. Lily gasped and Daniel put her down fearfully. James hurried over to Lily and he pushed her back down on the bed.
"She's not okay yet," Sirius explained to Daniel.
"I'm sorry!" he squeaked, and Lily grinned.
"No worries," she sighed.
"Are you okay Lils?" James asked, and Lily nodded, biting her lip.
"Back downstairs," Hestia announced, and Lily groaned.
"No! I don't want to," she whined.
"Lily, James will be here later, let's go," Hestia said sternly. Lily flushed but allowed her best friend to take her hand. Hestia pulled her up gently and Emily put her hands on Lily's shoulders, helping her up slowly
"Ugh I feel like I'm pregnant," Lily grumbled, and Emily laughed
"Are you hiding something from us?" Daniel smirked, and Lily threw him a scathing look.
"I understand you," Hestia said, and Lily grinned at her best friend. The three boys, however, were standing clueless, having absolutely no idea how someone could 'feel' pregnant.
"I'll help," Emily said, coming up on the other side of Lily and slinging Lily's arm around her shoulders. Hestia put Lily's other arm around her own shoulders and stood up. Lily was barely touching the floor.
"If I wanted to fly I would've used a broom," Lily grumbled, and they all chuckled.
"Maybe she should walk a little," Remus said, and Emily nodded
"Makes sense"
"Are you sure?" James asked worriedly, and Emily threw him an irritated look before putting Lily back on the floor. Lily swayed slightly and Emily and Hestia wound their elbows through Lily's.
"Come on, take a step," Hestia said. Lily put a foot in front and took a step, and then groaned, "What?" Hestia asked worriedly. Lily collapsed on her knees, unconscious, and Hestia screamed, "Lily!"
James jumped off the bed and scooped her up in his arms. He ran down the stairs to the second floor, everyone on his heels. Healer Laura, noticing Lily, gasped and directed James to her bed. James laid her down gently.
"Leave," the healer commanded, pointing to the door. They all yelled in protest, but the healer only snapped her fingers. An intern walked over and ushered them out of the ward, ignoring their yells, and curses on the boys' part. The intern shut the door and sealed it, leaving them all outside in the stairway.
"Open the bloody door!" Hestia screamed, slapping the door. Sirius put his arms around Hestia's middle and led her up the stairs, "No! Sirius!"
"Let them concentrate," he said, looking at the door. Hestia nodded tearfully. The door opened and they all jumped, and the intern stuck her head out.
"You're both released," she said, looking at Sirius and Hestia, before shutting the door.
"Let's go upstairs," Daniel suggested, and, ignoring all the glares, ushered them up the stairs. There was a yell behind them and they turned to see Lily's parents standing there.
"How did you get here?" Hestia asked.
"Er, this man with a really long white beard," Andrew said, and they all smiled slightly. Dumbledore. Of course, "Where's Lils?" he asked.
There was a drawn out shriek from inside the ward, and James paled. Andrew looked at James, and then inside, and all the blood seemed to drain from his body. Jane's lower lip puckered and she walked over to the door. She started knocking.
"They wont open it," Emily said gently, and Jane turned to narrow her eyes at her.
"I don't care, that's my baby in there," she hissed, and continued knocking on the door. The door opened a crack and the intern stuck her head out irritably.
"I'm sorry ma'am but you're no- excuse me!" Jane had pushed past the intern, and was inside the ward. Andrew nodded to them all before squeezing in after them.
"I'm sorry ma'am you can't be in here," Healer Laura said, but Jane only glared at her.
"That's my daughter," she said. The healer eyed the woman's hair, the exact shade of Lily's, and sighed.
"It's okay Becky," she said to the intern, who shut the door and grumbled away, "Please," the healer said, leading them into the ward.
They all sat up quickly as Lily ran into the ward a few hours later.
"Lily?" James breathed, and Lily grinned. She ran over to him and threw her arms around his neck, "You're okay!" he said gleefully, as Lily's parents followed her into the ward.
"I'm okay," she grinned. They all laughed and cheered happily and began engulfing the redhead in hugs.
"What was wrong?" Emily asked desperately.
"They forgot to get a spot," Andrew said irritably.
"Apparently the burn thing was on the front as well," Jane said, "Honestly Lily do you not notice if your stomach is hurting?"
"I thought it was a stomach ache!" Lily squeaked and Sirius snorted
"That's what your stomach ache was?"
"You knew she had a stomach ache?" James asked Sirius.
"I called the Healer! She even checked Lily's stomach! Actually I saw your stomach," Sirius said, turning to Lily, ignoring James's look of incredulity, "I didn't see a burn"
"Yeah, she didn't look in the right place," Lily said, "She only looked till my belly button, she didn't look by my ribs," she said, and Sirius rolled his eyes
"Stupid people"
"Sirius!" Lily chastised, and Sirius shrugged.
"Okay," Emily said, putting her hands up, "We're all okay, let's just go home?"
"Carefully…Carefully…carefully!" James squeaked
"Shut up shut up shut up!" Sirius yelled at James, as he carried Lily through to her room. She had been released that morning after being violently sick the previous night. The Healers, not the same one as Sirius had yelled at, had performed a full, thorough check up on Lily under the fierce glares of James and Sirius, before releasing her.
James was still a bit too weak to carry Lily, which the Healers had advised. Lily was subjected to a whole day of bed rest.
"This is ridiculous!" Lily whined, as Sirius and James tucked her into her bed, ignoring her weak attempts to ward them off.
"You need bed rest," Hestia said sternly, walking in behind the boys, arms crossed.
"You do too!"
"Not as much as you,"
"Go die," Lily mumbled, pulling the covers over her head, causing her three best friends to chuckle. Remus had gone to his parents' house for the night, as they had been in almost tears when they visited St. Mungos, "I wish Remus was here," she continued mumbling, "He always listens to me"
"He's on our side in this situation," Sirius said, amused at the expression on James's face; mingled amusement and exasperation. James chuckled lightly as a grumble sounded through the covers, "Maybe we should leave her alone to brood in her miserable bed resting situation," Sirius suggested amusedly, grinning wickedly at the lump underneath the blanket
"Jerk," Lily muttered, and Sirius barked a laugh.
"I love you too Lily-flower! Now get better soon so that Prongsie here can have a nice good snog because, Merlin forbid, he doesn't release his sexual urges"
"Where did that come from?" James spluttered, as Hestia choked out peals of laughter. Lily's giggles could be heard through the blanket and Sirius was grinning extravagantly
"Er, motivation?" he suggested, winking cheekily, before grabbing Hestia's arm and running from the room before James could do anything to him. James rolled his eyes as Sirius shut the door and walked over to the empty side of Lily's bed, and sitting down, leaning his back against the headboard and spreading his legs out on the bd.
"Are you wearing shoes?" Lily asked, and James looked down at his feet, panicking; Lily hated shoes on her bed. He quickly pulled his shoes off and threw them onto the floor. He forgot, however, to factor in the fact that shoes landing on a wooden floor tend to make noise, "James!" Lily shrieked pulling the blanket off her face and looking up at him with narrowed eyes
"I wasn't wearing shoes!" he said, sounding thoroughly like a liar, and Lily's mouth twitched slightly
"Well, if you weren't, what was that thumping noise?" she challenged, and James bit his lip, his mind searching wildly
"Sirius and Hestia," he blurted out, and Lily burst into laughter.
"You're insufferable," she chuckled, but nevertheless, shifted slightly so her head was resting on his thigh. James grinned down at her and untied her hair, so it was spread across his lap. Lily closed her eyes, humming tunelessly to herself as James started playing with, and braiding her hair. Lily frowned and looked up into James's hands to see what he was doing, "Are you braiding my hair?" she asked incredulously, and James flushed slightly, dropping her hair.
"Er, not anymore," he said cheekily, and Lily grinned up at him.
"I didn't know you could braid hair," she mused, playing with the sleeve of his shirt, where there was a magnificent rip, exposing his bicep. Lily secretly liked the rip. Lily sighed and began to sit up, but James put his hand on her head and pushed her back down, wincing slightly as her head came into violent contact with his thigh.
"Bloody ow!" he squeaked, in a very un-manly manner.
"That was your fault," Lily said, massaging the back of her head, "Why is your leg so bloody hard?" she grumbled, and James grinned cheekily
"It's called muscle my dear,"
"I resent your muscles," she grumbled, punching his thigh, and James yelped in surprise.
"Do not hurt the leg. I need that," he said in a matter-of-fact tone, and Lily snorted
"For what? To release those sexual urges Sirius was mentioning?" she teased, a smirk spreading across her face, and James narrowed his eyes down at her. She was feeling rather proud of herself, "You would think you'd mention those to me before him," she continued, turning around to lie on her stomach, resting her chin on his thigh, "Then again, I guess after six years of it, you're used to going to him when you need to relieve those sexual urges," she said, looking up at James. She grinned as he glared down at her and rolled onto her pillow, lying on her side and looking up at him.
"For the last time, I am not gay," he said in an overtly patient tone, and Lily snorted
"Okay, I'll pretend to believe that," she said
"What would you do if I was gay?" he gasped, using his wand to fix the rip in his shirt, which he liked rather a lot. Lily grumbled to herself as James's bicep was covered up by stupid cotton. Damn him for fixing the shirt.
"I'd go after my real love," she said matter-of-factly, and James looked down at her with raised eyebrows
"If you say Moony I'll kill you,"
"Oh no," she gasped, "I was talking about the one and only Mr. Black," she winked, and James rolled his eyes
"You realize if I was gay, he would be too right?" he smirked
"No actually," she said, holding up her pointer finger, as she usually did when trying to make a point, "This is Sirius Black we're talking about. He would perform sexual acts with, er, with a, damn it my brain cant come up with anything creative," she grumbled, and James laughed, and leaned down to kiss her.
"Will you go out with me tomorrow night?" James asked, and Lily looked up at him.
"This is weird, you don't usually ask," she said warily, and James gave her a blank look, "Let me correct myself," she said, "You haven't asked since I said yes after six years of pestering," she finished with a grin, and James guffawed, grinning down at her.
"That's more like it. I feared you had forgotten my valiant efforts," he said dramatically, and Lily rolled her eyes
"They were hardly valiant,"
"They were too!" James gasped, "I had flowers!"
"Yes, you had lilies, incredibly cheesy," Lily teased, and James pouted
"I thought it was romantic"
"I need to teach you more about romance," she sighed dramatically, and James grinned down at her, "What?" she said after a minute of James just smiling down at her. James reached a hand out and stroked her face from her forehead and down along her jaw-line with his fingertips, bringing up goosebumps wherever his fingers touched, as well as on Lily's arms and legs.
Why? Why does my body do this to me? Why does this happen? Lily sighed internally, slightly irritably, as more goosebumps rose as James brushed the back of his hand along her cheekbone. She hated getting goosebumps. The feeling that started from her shoulder blades and seemed to explode and spread in different directions leaving an odd pins and needles feeling everywhere. Damn goosebumps.
"What?" she asked again, as James continued to look down at her, "James!" she said, sitting up quickly, and regretting it as she suffered from a severe equilibrium deficit and fell back onto the pillow.
"Are you okay?" James asked worriedly, pulling her arm off her face and looking down at her worriedly.
"I'm fine James, honestly," Lily grumbled, pushing herself up slowly, as to avoid yet another head rush, "Answer my question now," she said, brushing her hair to the side. James grinned at her, after looking at her hair with wide awestruck eyes.
"Pardon?"
"Pardon? That's the singularly most polite thing you've ever said in my company," Lily teased, and James stuck his tongue out at her, before running his hand through his own hair, messing it around.
"Oh be quiet Evans," he sighed, "And I honestly don't remember what you asked"
"Why were you looking at me like that?" she asked exasperatedly. James shrugged and leaned forwards, kissing her lightly on the forehead. She was so stupid; that is how you look at someone after almost losing each other. Some bookworm she was.
"Go to sleep Lils," he said quietly against her forehead, and jumped off the bed agilely.
"Be careful! You're still weak!" she squeaked, and James rolled his eyes
"I, James Potter, am not weak," he said defiantly, and Lily grinned quickly.
"Yes, okay James, you are the epitome of masculinity," she said, her voice heavy with sarcasm, which James ignored, and chose to look smug instead, "Now stop jumping around, I'm going to have a coronary"
"You love me that much," he teased, and Lily threw him a scathing look before lying down, pulling her covers over her head, "I love you too," he chuckled. He walked over to Lily's side of the bed, and pulled the covers off her face. He kissed her softly, before standing up, grinning down at her amused expression, and covering her face again.
"James!" Lily spluttered, pushing the blanket away from her face, her hair sprawled everywhere.
"You never answered my question," James said suddenly, and Lily frowned up at him.
"James a lot of questions have been asked," she said, rubbing her forehead, and James grinned.
"Will you go out with me tomorrow night, Evans?" he asked, and Lily flushed
"Oh, that question"
"Yes, that question," he chuckled, and Lily bit her lip
"One condition," she said, and James's eyebrows rose, "You have to kiss me before you leave," she said sternly. James laughed loudly and nodded, "Then yes," she smiled, "Now, I'm waiting," she said, looking up at him expectantly.
James grinned and got down on his knees, as Lily sat up, so he was lower than her. He grabbed her face in both of his hands and kissed her gently, but Lily didn't want that. She grabbed his hair and pulled his face even closer to hers. James responded with more than enough enthusiasm, pushing Lily back so she was lying down and he was on top of her.
"SHE NEEDS REST!" they broke apart to see Hestia, flushing, standing in the doorway with her arms crossed, both amused and irritated. Sirius was standing behind her, snickering slightly, "Get up, now!" Hestia said imperiously, glaring at James. James sighed and made to get up, but Lily grabbed his hair, not letting him up, "Lily!" Hestia chastised, as James grinned down at Lily. Ignoring Hestia, Lily leaned up a little and captured his lips again. "Do something!" Hestia squeaked, gesturing towards the kissing couple, looking at Sirius. Sirius sniggered and pulled his wand out.
"You're going to get me murdered Hest," he chuckled, and waved his wand. James flew off Lily and landed right next to Hestia, looking slightly dazed. He blinked and then looked over at Sirius with narrowed eyes
"Isn't this slightly hypocritical considering what you two were just doing?" Lily asked irritably, and Hestia flushed deep maroon.
"How did you-?" Hestia spluttered, and Lily's eyes widened in surprise.
"You were? I just took a shot there," she grinned at James who guffawed. Sirius barked a laugh and shook his head.
"Completely different," he said awkwardly, "You need bed rest"
"Well, to be fair, she was on the bed," James said matter-of-factly, and winked at Lily, who blushed furiously.
"She wasn't resting," Sirius retorted, his voice straining from trying to hold back a laugh.
"No more of this," Hestia said sternly, sounding like Professor McGonagall. She grabbed James's ear, yes, his ear, and began to lead the yelping James out of the room, "She needs rest and she won't get it with you here,"
"Hestia get off my ear!" they heard James yell and Lily laughed quietly. Sirius grinned at her and sat down next to her.
"You feeling better?"
"Sort of," Lily nodded, knowing the simple 'yes' wouldn't work with Sirius, who had been watching her like her hawk since the day before. Sirius nodded and Lily smiled at him, "Thank you," she said quietly, and Sirius looked at her incredulously
"For what?"
"Well, you're being all concerned and big brotherly, and it's really comforting, so thank you," she smiled sweetly, and Sirius grinned at her. He ruffled her hair before standing up
"Honestly Evans you're ridiculous," he said, trying to cover up the emotion that had come over him. Lily saw it though, and smiled her herself
"SIRIUS! SHE CANT REST WITH YOU THERE EITHER!" Sirius sighed as Hestia's voice sounded and looked down at Lily with an irritable expression, causing Lily to giggle,
"She's going to make me crazy that one," he grumbled, and with a kiss on top of Lily's head, he walked out of the room, "Au Revoir mon cherie!" he yelled loudly and obnoxiously, before shutting the door behind him. Lily giggled and lay down, staring up at the ceiling.
After five minutes of counting bumps on the ceiling, she huffed and sat up. She could hear the dulcet tones of the A-Team through her bedroom door and grumbled. Honestly, how Hestia expected her to rest whilst attractive men ran across the screen, she would never know.
Lily got out of bed, ignoring the wobbliness of her legs, and walked to her closet. She pulled out a comfortable pair of pajamas, that looked likes he was meant to be 5 years old, what, with a collar and matching pants and a cheesy childish cartoons, and walked out of the room, wearing fluffy bunny slippers. She walked into the TV room to see all three of them watching the TV with rapt attention. Sirius noticed her first and grinned as he saw what she was wearing.
"Nice jim-jams Evans," he snickered and the other two's heads snapped to look at her. James grinned as he saw her slippers but Hestia had narrowed eyes
"You're supposed to be resting!" she squealed, but Lily's eyes were transfixed on the attractive blond man running across the screen, "Oh, of course," Hestia giggled, "Your lover's here, you cant possibly be there," she said. Lily winked at Hestia and continued to watch as her dream blond man punched some guy in the nose.
"Her what?" James asked, and Sirius sniggered.
"Jealous Prongs?"
"No," James lied. Lily grinned and walked over to James, to sit down next to him. Lily crossed her legs, and took James's hand.
"Oh she's in heaven now," Hestia teased, nudging Lily, "you're watching him and you're in close proximity with him," Hestia said, nodding to each 'him' respectfully. James rolled his eyes and Lily laughed, "Surprised you haven't exploded of lust,"
"Excuse-me?" Lily squeaked, as Sirius and James erupted in laughter, "What about you? You've got Sirius and him," she said, and Hestia flushed deeply, "What was that thing you talked about last week about, what was it?" Lily asked rhetorically, turning to James, who was smiling down at her, "something you would do if you had both of them in the same room," Lily smirked, as Hestia gasped and Sirius's eyes twinkled
"I want to hear this story!" Sirius said slyly, and Hestia threw Lily a withering look.
"Nothing, nobody, nothing," Hestia mumbled, looking down at the floor. Lily grinned, satisfied, and leaned on James's shoulder.
"Hest!" Sirius whined, nudging her repeatedly, "What would you do if you had us in the same room?" Hestia flushed furiously and looked anywhere but at Sirius and the screen, as if the man on the screen was watching her with the same amused and impatient expression as her boyfriend was.
"I hate you, you know that? I hate you from the bottom of my heart," Hestia said, enunciating the last few words of emphasis, glaring at Lily, before stalking out of the room. Lily laughed and James chuckled, pulling her onto his lap.
"Lily-flower!" Sirius whined, turning to her instead, after looking lustfully after his girlfriend, whose legs were completely exposed, in his defense.
"Yes Sirius?" Lily said innocently. James snickered into Lily's hair and kissed her softly behind the ear, causing her to jump slightly.
"What did she want to do?" Sirius asked desperately. He slid off the couch and got down on his knees in front of her, holding his hands in front of him, clasped, as if he were begging, "Tell me what she would do! I will do anything! Anything! I'll even-I'll even," Sirius looked around quickly for inspiration, "I'll even snog your bunny slippers!"
Lily erupted in laughter, as did James, "You don't ha-"
"No!" James said quickly, covering Lily's mouth, "I'd actually like to see that," he chuckled. Lily turned to threw James an incredulous look, and James shrugged, "The things he's made me do in Truth or Dare, you'd feel the same way in my position," he said darkly, and Lily shuddered, imagining the things Sirius had put her poor boyfriend through.
"Fine," Lily said, and James grinned.
"Okay Padfoot, she'll tell you if you follow through with your promise and snog the slipper," James said, and Lily giggled. In her defense, that was an odd sentence. Sirius threw James an irritable look, before sighing deeply
"A man's got to do what a man's got to do," he said, and then yanked a slipper off of Lily's foot. Lily squeaked and covered her face.
"I can't watch. You're befouling my bunny slippers!"
"How long?" Sirius asked, bored, ignoring Lily. James frowned, thinking, for a second, before grinning wickedly down at Sirius
"A minute,"
"A minute? You've got to be joking!" Sirius squeaked, and James sniggered, shaking his head.
"No, no, you made me do, er, that thing in sixth year for a minute," James said awkwardly, his glance flickering to Lily, whose head snapped up, curious.
"What did you make him do?" she asked, looking at Sirius, who grinned wickedly
"I'll have you know, Lily-flower, you are not the only person whom our Prongsie here has snogged, male or female," Sirius winked, and James's face fell into a grimace as Lily winced.
"I don't want to know!" she squealed, closing her eyes and covering her ears. Sirius snickered wickedly and James turned to him with a clenched jaw.
"Go ahead," James said, nodding towards the slipper in Sirius's hands. Sirius grimaced and then shook his head, preparing himself
"Brace yourself slipper, for the best snog of your life."
A minute of inappropriate noises, Lily's squeals, James's snickers, and violated slippers later, Sirius tossed the slipper aside, wiping at his mouth.
"Disgusting," he muttered, and then smiled serenely at Lily, as he carefully put the no longer innocent slipper back on her foot. Lily shrieked and kicked it off, resulting in it flying across the room, "That was rude," Sirius said, and Lily giggled, "Now tell me!" he whined.
"Fine, come here," said Lily, waving Sirius forwards. Sirius eagerly obeyed, stopping in front of Lily. Lily leaned forwards and whispered in Sirius's ears, and Sirius felt a wicked grin spread across his face. If that's what she wanted, that's what she was going to get.
Sirius jumped up quickly and almost sprinted out of the room out of desperation. James snickered and then looked at Lily, "What was it?"
"Nothing," Lily said, and James rose his eyebrows, "I don't want to think about what those two are doing in there," she said darkly. James grimaced and nodded in understanding. Hestia's squeal sounded through the apartment and they both groaned, "Can we go to your flat?" Lily asked desperately, as Hestia squealed again.
"I thought you'd never ask," James said, his eyes squeezed shut. His hold on Lily tightened and Lily felt the familiar, unpleasant tugging at her navel, and they were gone.
"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" they opened their eyes to see a disheveled Peter Pettigrew standing there, arms crossed, furious. James felt his stomach drop; they hadn't told Peter anything, "I COME HOME AND DON'T HEAR FROM ANY OF YOU FOR TWO DAYS! EXPLAIN YOURSELVES!" he yelled, and James looked at Lily pleadingly
"Well, er, where to start," James says awkwardly. He was saved, however, by a popping noise, signifying the arrival of another to witness the terrible scene. He turned and then groaned as he saw Sirius standing there with a glazy look in his eyes. Sirius was going to be no help.
"Hello all!" Sirius said jubilantly, and Lily had to control her gag reflex.
"EXPLAIN YOURSELF!" Peter yelled at Sirius, and Sirius paled, coming to the same conclusion as James had.
"Well, er, you see," he started, but was miraculously saved by a pop, and Remus appeared behind Peter.
"ARRGGGHHH!" Peter yelled angrily, and stormed out of the flat.
"We didn't tell him anything," Remus said guiltily, and then shrugged, "Oh well, he'll come around, he always does…hello," he says cheerfully to the redhead, who grinned and threw her arms around his neck, "Shouldn't you be resting?" he asked, and Lily huffed as Sirius and James chortled.
"Told you he'd be with us on this one," Sirius teased.
"We should get her to bed," James said seriously, looking down at Lily, who was, to be honest, looking slightly peaky.
"We should, come on," Remus said imperiously. Lily groaned, but all the same, felt three pairs of hands urge her towards James's room.
"Cant I go home and sleep?" she whined, and Remus shook his head
"Not at all my dear, you wont sleep," he said, "I know you," he grinned, as they pushed the door to James's room open
"But I'm not tired!" she squealed, as a strong set of arms, she didn't know whose, threw her onto the bed.
"Tough noogies," Sirius said, and Lily giggled
"Tough noogies?" James asked exasperatedly, "That phrase is a paradox in itself," he snorted, and Sirius stuck his tongue out at his best mate
"Oh grow up," Remus grumbled. He pulled his wand out and Lily felt herself frozen to the bed, "now," he said calmly and far too sweetly, "You may move around and speak and everything, but your body isn't leaving this bed for eight hours," he grinned. The three boys threw the furious redhead innocent cheeky glances, before turning around and making their way out of the room.
"You're all bloody jerks!" Lily yelled after them as they left the room, "Insolent, conniving, horrible, bloody wankers, the lot of you!"
"Love you too Lily!"
"Rest!"
"Merlin help you I'll-"
"Goodnight Lils!" James yelled, and then shut the door.
James walked into his bedroom a while later to see a grumpy redhead, lying down, arms crossed, staring at the ceiling. He bit back a laugh and walked over to the bed. Seeing him, Lily threw him a nasty glance and turned to look the other way.
"No I don't want to talk to you, go away," she said irritably. James bit his lip, before lying down on his side of the bed, crossing his legs, "I said I didn't want to talk to you!"
"I'm not talking to you," he shrugged, "I'm lying down"
"Lie down somewhere else," she grumbled, and James grinned
"This is my bed Evans,"
"Whatever Potter, go lie down somewhere else," James turned to face Lily, who was facing away from him, and chuckled silently.
"What if I don't want to?" he asked quietly, wrapping his arms around Lily's middle from behind, and burying his face in her hair. Lily held her legs extremely stiff, trying to stifle the tremble she was sure was going to betray her any second now.
"Tough," she said, and she felt James smile into her hair.
"Don't you want me here?" he asked, and Lily groaned. He had won, and he knew it. She turned around irritably and glared up at him, "What are you thinking right now?" he grinned, brushing her hair out of her face.
"I'm thinking, I want to murder you," she said irritably, but wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling herself closer. James grinned and held her tenderly around her waist.
"Good, good, at least I know this is the same Lily Evans I've loved for seven years," he chuckled, and Lily hit the back of his head lightly.
"Shut up, I'm trying to sleep"
"Sure you are, is that what you were doing for, what, the last four hours?"
"No, I was busy plotting murders for the three of you," she said, and James laughed, "Now I am trying to sleep. What were you doing for the last four hours?"
"I? I went to your parents house,"
"What?" Lily squeaked, pulling back quickly to look him in the eyes, "What were you doing at my parents house?"
"Nothing," James said quickly, and Lily frowned at him.
"I'll find out," she taunted.
"You will, just not now," James grinned, and kissed her forehead gently, "Now to go sleep I'm sleepy,"
"Why are you sleepy?" she asked exasperatedly, and he chuckled
"Because you're really stressing my mind here," he said, and Lily giggled.
"Fine," she sighed, burying her face in James's chest and wrapping her arms around his torso, "I will sleep"
"Good girl"
"Shut up"
"Oh, hey, will you be okay for tomorrow?" James asked, and Lily frowned up at him, "Auror Academy…our date…?"
"Right!" she squeaked, and James grinned, "I'm fine right now,"
"Yes but we're not going now,"
"Please?" she whined, and James shook his head. Lily huffed and buried her face in his chest once again, rather violently, but James didn't notice.
"Go to sleep I'll see you in the morning,"
"I love you Potter"
"Now that's a weird phrase," he chuckled, and Lily grinned into his shirt, "I love you too Evans"
"Can you believe we're graduating soon?" Lily asked excitedly, as they walked out of Academy the next day.
"Really?" Daniel asked, coming up to them, "The Academy is usually three years!" he squeaked, and Emily rolled her eyes
"Honestly Daniel you don't pay attention do you?" she teased, "They squeezed all that time into one year because we're in desperate need of Aurors," she said. Daniel nodded and then grinned down at the laughing teenagers.
"When is the graduation?" Daniel asked
"Exactly 12 days from now," Sirius said, swinging his arm around Daniels shoulders, "Hello Papa P!"
"Hello Sirius," Daniel chuckled
"12 days?" Remus gasped, "Merlin!"
"He's worried about his wardrobe," Sirius muttered to Lily, who giggled.
"OI!" Remus said, flushing, and Lily smiled at him
"You know it's true Moony," James teased, and Remus sighed dramatically
"You know me too well," he said, his voice oozing of sarcasm, and they all laughed.
"Actually, what are you guys planning on wearing?" Lily asked, and the boys all looked down at her, amused, "What?"
"Are you honestly asking that question?" James chuckled, and Lily narrowed her eyes at him.
"Oh you know what," she said, as the boys started sniggering, "This is your girlfriends fault," she said, jabbing a finger at Sirius, before disapparating, as the boys laughed even harder.
"Oh be quiet," Emily said irritably, "what are you going to wear?" The boys stopped laughing and frowned, "Exactly," Emily huffed, before walking away from them. Daniel grinned at the boys and followed after his wife.
"We need help," James said, and the two other nodded.
"Off we go," Remus said, grabbing is two best friends and disapparating.
"HESTIA?"
"What on earth?" Lily said, turning to the sound of Sirius's voice. Hestia looked at the door and soon enough, it flew open, revealing three boys.
"What are you doing here?" Hestia asked
"Er, wardrobe help," Remus said ,and the two girls burst into a fit of giggles, "I have one condition though," he said, "I am not wearing tight pants again." They all burst into laughter remembering Lily and Hestia's plan back in Hogwarts.
"Honestly you're all pathetic," Hestia said, looking around at the to be Aurors, "Sit," she said, pointing imperiously at the sofa.
When they were done with, what Lily could only refer to as torture, Sirius and Remus disapparated, going back to their flat.
"Er, aren't you going to leave too?" Hestia asked, frowning at James. Lily turned around quickly and quirked an eyebrow at her boyfriend, who threw her an exasperated look.
"We have a date," he said matter-of-factly, and Lily's eyes widened
"Right!" she squeaked, and James chuckled.
"You do? Oh Merlin, James get out!" Hestia squeaked. Both Lily and James frowned at Hestia, who ignored them, "I need to get Lily ready," she said and James nodded.
"Why can't I go like this?" Lily asked, looking down at her jeans and camisole. Hestia only shook her head in a pitying manner and waved a grinning James out of the bedroom. James closed the door behind him and Hestia pointed her wand at Lily, who groaned, "Hest! I want to be comfortable!"
"That's what magic is for," Hestia said sternly, and waved her wand. Lily looked down at her clothes to see a mini skirt and an inappropriately tight and exposing top.
"I am not wearing this," she said sternly, looking down at her chest, which she hadn't seen as much of since she'd taken a shower, "No, change this immediately," Lily said. Hestia sighed.
"You take all the fun out of life," Hestia grumbled, and waved her wand. Lily looked down to see a top, just as tight, but not as revealing, and sighed. That was as good as she was going to get.
"Fine," Lily grumbled, and Hestia grinned happily. She left Lily's hair open, and then sent her out of her room.
"Have fun!"
"Yes, yes, whatever," Lily mumbled. She looked up to see James standing, facing away from her, "I'm ready," she announced, and James turned around, and his eyes widened as he took her in, "Er, what?" Lily asked uncomfortably, as his eyes looked over her outfit
"Well, nobody's ever going to assume you've been sick," he muttered, and Lily grinned. James winked at her and then took her hand, "Shall we?" Lily nodded and was pulled into the unknown, "Where are we?" she asked, as she looked around the crowded street.
"I wanted to have a muggle date," he shrugged, and Lily grinned at him.
"Why?"
"Because we've never been on one," James shrugged, and Lily laughed
"And how did you come up with this idea?"
"Well, you see, I went to your parents house yesterday, and we planned this whole thing out," Lily grinned and leaned on his shoulder.
"Do you know the way around?" Lily asked curiously, as James began to lead her through a revolving door.
"Yes, your parents brought me here yesterday," he said, looking around the revolving door gleefully.
"And I'm going to assume this door is still extremely amusing?" she teased, and James stuck his tongue out at her.
"Muggles have the coolest stuff," he declared, stepping out of the revolving door, and looking around the mall, "But we can do the coolest things," he declared, leading Lily towards an escalator, "How do these work?" he asked excitedly, as he jumped onto it like a little child. He rubbed his shoes against the bristles on the sides and Lily laughed.
"You know, you're not supposed to do that," she said
"Why?"
"I don't know actually," she frowned. She, Lily Evans, had never questioned a rule.
"Then I shall continue," he said cheekily. They reached the top of the escalator and James jumped off agilely, and Lily, rolling her eyes, stepped off like normal people did.
"So what are we doing?" she asked, and James grinned
"We're going to watch a movie,"
"Have you ever done this before?" Lily asked incredulously, as James stepped into the line at the ticket counter.
"No," he said honestly, "But I know how to use muggle money now," he said cheerfully, and Lily grinned.
"What movie are we watching?"
"There are different choices?" he asked, eyes wide, and Lily laughed.
"Yes James, there are lots of choices, you see those posters there," she said, pointing to the wall by the ticket counter, "Those are our choices," James frowned at them and then looked down at her, afraid, "Should I choose?" she asked sweetly, and James nodded enthusiastically. Lily grinned and looked at the posters.
"Which one?" James asked, and Lily grinned and pointed to a poster, "Really?" Lily nodded and James rolled his eyes, "Er, can we have two tickets to E.T. please?" The woman behind the counter grunted and handed him his two tickets. James paid up and grinned at Lily triumphantly
"Come on," she said, amused, and dragging him towards the theatre.
"No! Can we get food?" James asked excitedly, pulling her towards the food counter. Lily laughed and watched as James bounced excitedly to the counter. The boy, no older than twenty, behind the counter winked at Lily, and James crossed his arms irritably. The boy looked at James fearfully and turned his attention back to the cash register.
"Can we have two butter popcorns please?" Lily asked politely. The boy nodded and handed them two butter popcorns, and after James smacked the money onto the counter, Lily took the popcorns and was herded by her overprotective boyfriend towards the theatre. They walked inside and James sat down in the first seat he could find, "What are you doing?" Lily asked, amusedly.
"Er, sitting?"
"That's not our seat," she chuckled. James frowned and allowed Lily to lead him to their actual seats, "These are our seats"
"How do you know?" he asked, looking at the chair as if it had his name on it.
"We have seat numbers James," she said patiently. James nodded and Lily sat him down at his seat, before sitting down in hers.
"What now?" he asked excitedly, and Lily grinned.
"Now, we wait," she said. James nodded and looked around, as if his eyes couldn't see everything fast enough.
"What's that?" he asked, pointing to one of the speakers on the ceiling.
"That's a speaker," Lily said patiently, "It's where the noise comes from,"
"Like a sonorous charm?" he asked excitedly, with wide eyes.
"Er, sure," she chuckled, and he nodded happily.
"Where does the movie play?" he asked, looking around. Just then, the lights dimmed, "Merlin!" he squeaked, grabbing onto Lily's forearm. Lily giggled and took his hand, and squeezed it reassuringly. James jumped a foot in the air as the large 'Universal' logo flashed across the screen, and a person riding a bicycle flew over the moon. Music started to play and Lily looked at James, whose eyes were wide with wonder, "Merlin," he breathed.
Lily spent the whole movie watching James instead of the movie. She was afraid his eyes were going to dry up from lack of blinking. She giggled as emotions played across his face, especially when he started to cry. James wasn't paying attention to her though, he was busy watching the movie, his eyes flying across the screen so fast as if he wanted to watch ever square inch at a time. When the movie was over, they left the movie theatre, James jumping up and down like a three year old.
"Merlin Lily did you see that? That was so cool! Muggles are amazing! Bloody wow! How did they make the alien thing? Did they transfigure a real person? No but muggles cant use magic, obviously, as they're muggles. But then how did they do it? Lily! Lily!" he said with bright wide excited eyes. Lily grinned and kissed his cheek.
"You're such a child James," she chuckled. James continued to bounce about, discussing how amazing muggles were and how he wanted to live in the cinema, and how when he got married he would build one in his house. Lily listened, was only beginning to hit her just how much magical folk missed out on. They didn't have movies for Merlin's sakes!
Lily blinked as James's finger suddenly appeared in front of her face, "Er, what?" she asked, as he looked at her intently, still holding his finger out. He made a squealing sound in the back of his throat and jumped up and down, waving his finger in her face
"Do it!" Lily frowned and held her pointer finger out just as he had. He grinned happily and pushed the tip of his fingers against hers, "E.T phone home!" he said in a passable imitation of the alien, and Lily burst out laughing. James laughed along with her and put his arm around her shoulders as they walked down the street, "Lils that was so amazing!"
"It was a really good movie," she said, marveling in the animation. How did people do that? She, Lily Evans, could barely use a computer, granted, she never needed to.
"Can we go watch the next one?"
"James, I don't think there's going to be a next one," she said, and James's face fell into a pout
"Why?"
"Because the storyline is over," she shrugged, and James sighed dejectedly, "There's always other movies!" That had the effect she had been hoping for, and James's eyes lit up instantly
"Can we go watch one?" he asked excitedly, tugging on her arm.
"Not now," she chuckled, "We'll go some other day, it's late," she said sternly, and James huffed.
"Fine,"
"How about this, we'll have a movie marathon?" she suggested. James grinned and nodded frantically, "Okay, but we should go back now," she said. James nodded, a lot less enthusiastically, and took Lily's hand, turning on the spot.
They landed and Lily gulped in a lot of air, "Some warning would have been nice!" she squeaked, clutching at her chest.
"Oh, sorry," he grinned cheekily, and Lily rolled her eyes. She looked around and found herself in her own bedroom, "Now go to sleep," he said sternly, tapping her nose playfully
"What? No kiss goodnight?" she asked in a faux-upset tone, and James laughed
"That will have to wait"
"For what?"
"Until we say goodnight," he said, and Lily snorted
"Why are you such a child?" she grumbled, and James snickered, "Goodnight James!"
"Goodnight love," he smiled, and leaned down to press his lips against hers, "Does that fulfill your requirements?" he teased, and Lily narrowed her eyes at him
"Cant say it does," she sighed, "I'm just putting up with you until Sirius is free." James narrowed his eyes and stuck his tongue out at her, and Lily laughed, "Love you!"
"Love you too," he chuckled. He kissed her nose gently before turning on the spot.
Lily walked into Auror Academy the next day and bumped into a tall figure. She looked up irritably to see Gideon standing there, looking around with wide eyes. Lily followed his gaze and gasped. Instead of a room with desks, there was an entire street, clad with buildings and bustling people.
"Er, Gid are we in the right room?" she asked him, and Gid chuckled.
"My thoughts precisely red,"
"Hell-whoa," Sirius said, stopping right behind them, arms spread out wide. James stopped next to Sirius, and looked around with the same dumbfounded expression
"What's all this?" Remus asked, frowning as a young girl waved at him.
"This, Mr. Lupin, is your practical,"
Hello! Sorry my updating sucks. I slept over at my friends' house and then went prom shopping so my apologies I was a bit distracted. Don't worry though! I don't like doing homework so I'll be doing the next chappie!
Happy fanfictioning!