Here we begin in mid to late November with Lily and James in some drama, followed up with our favorite boys on an adventure schemed up by the lovable Sirius Black.
"Come on, James! It's after curfew. We need to go."
"But Lily! We were having so much fun!"
"No. Now."
"Okay," James replied, his shoulders slumping as he reluctantly followed Lily out of the broom closet. "So…what exactly does this say about us?" he asked sheepishly.
"Us? What do you mean?" she said, coming to a complete stop and whirling around quite suddenly.
"Yeah, us. You know. Are we officially dating now?"
"No. Absolutely not. Do not get any ideas about this being more than it actually was. We were just snogging. We are not together, and you will tell no one this happened," Lily said coldly.
"Wh-what?" he answered, dumbstruck.
"You heard me."
"You've got to be kidding me!" he shouted, coming out of his stupor. "You agree to—"
"James, be quiet!"
"—meet me and we stay out—"
"You're going to get us caught!"
"—after curfew snogging—"
"Please, James! I don't want to get in trouble!"
"—and you expect me to believe—"
"Oh Merlin!"
"—that it meant absolutely nothing to you?"
"Oh do quiet down! Filch will catch us."
"I don't bloody care!"
She sighed. "Look James, we were just having a bit of fun. I don't…I don't feel the same way about you that you feel about me. I'm sorry; I didn't mean to hurt you."
"That's absolute shit, Lily Evans, and you know it." He glared at her. "I'm tired of playing games with you. As a matter of fact, I'm done playing games with you. I've tried so hard to be everything you've asked me to be, to be there for you, and to grow up! I've done my growing up; it's your turn."
"James, I—"
"No. No excuses. When you're ready to woman up and accept that you love me too, come find me. I'm done waiting around for your every whim." He turned and stormed away, leaving Lily alone in the shadowy hallway.
"James…" she whispered as she wiped away the tear that rolled down her cheek.
"Moony. Moonnnnyyyyyy." Remus rolled over, ignoring the voice and attempting to return to his slumber.
"Moony. I know you hear me, Remus Lupin! Get up!"
"Padfoot, it's four in the morning!"
"Yes but Remus, my tummy is talking to me!"
Remus opened his eyes and stared strangely at him for a moment. "Sirius, I think that is a personal problem."
"No, Remus, not that! I mean I'm hungry."
"And what do you want me to do about that?"
"Accompany me to the kitchen of course, my good werewolf!"
Remus glared at him. "Why me? Why not James?"
"Because, you are the only one left for me in this world!" Sirius cried dramatically. "…and James hit me when I tried to wake him up."
"Right then. I guess it's out of the question for you to wake Wormtail."
Sirius looked incredulous. "Remus, he'd eat us out of house and home if taken to the kitchen this early! Plus his feet plop very loudly on the stone. It echoes. Can't have Filch or Mrs. Norris on the trail of a hungry, overgrown rat."
"Are you still referring to Peter, because I do believe that last sentence applied to yourself."
Sirius stuck his tongue out. "Tosser."
"That is not the way to get me out of bed."
"What if I wanted you in bed?" Sirius asked, comically waggling his eyebrows and making lewd motions with his mouth.
"Sirius!" his voice crackled. "Just move," he said, shoving Sirius slightly so he would have room to stand.
"Right. To the kitchen! Muahahahahaha!" Sirius cackled, but realized he was being watched and replaced his sneer with an innocent expression immediately.
Sirius tickled the painting of the giant pear and entered the kitchen with Remus in tow. "We made it!" he said. He looked around at all the staring house elves and suddenly cried, "Hands in the air; this is a stickup!" He pulled his wand out of his pocket and pointed it menacingly at the house elves.
"Sirius, what the hell are you doing? You'll frighten them to death!" Remus said, outraged and secretly a bit terrified.
"They can go back to work as soon as they tell me where it is!" he cried, still holding the elves at wand point.
"Where what is, Sirius?" Remus asked exasperatedly.
"The turkey, that's what!"
"We's don't gots any turkeys, Master Black. We's can make you something, if it pleases Master Black," said one brave house elf not directly in Sirius's line of deadly gaze.
"I know you have it! You must have! I will have that turkey!"
"Padfoot, what are you on about?"
"The Thanksgiving turkey, of course!" Sirius said as though it were the simplest answer in the world. He pulled out a rolled up parchment. Where did that come from? It had two men of different color and dress shaking hands while surrounded by food. A large roasted turkey sat on the middle of a table next to them. "See? The Thanksgiving turkey," he said, pointing at the roasted bird. "Today is Thanksgiving. I thought someone as smart as you might know that, Moony."
"Sirius…" Remus huffed and tried very hard not to smack his head against a side wall repeatedly. "Thanksgiving is an American holiday."
"What?" Sirius asked, disbelieving.
"Have you ever celebrated Thanksgiving anywhere before?"
"Come to think of it, no. I really wanted that turkey," Sirius said. The house elves used Sirius's distraction to quietly return to their work.
"I'm sorry, mate. It's just not our holiday."
Sirius sniffed. "Oh, Moony… HOLD ME! My heart is breaking! I feel its emptiness!" Sirius cried as he flung himself into Remus's arms.
"There, there," Remus said as he awkwardly patted Sirius's head. "I'm sure that's just your stomach. We can fix that by getting something else to eat."
"No, Remus! I shall never be able to eat again! I'm distraught!"
"Look, Padfoot, I see a nice fresh pie," Remus crooned enticingly.
"Remus, how could you even suggest—did you say pie?"
"Oh yes. It looks quite delicious."
"Well let's have some then!"
"There's a good boy!" Remus said, leading Sirius toward the heart lifting food. "Let's get that tummy filled up!"
Well, I hope you enjoyed that. These next two or three weeks are going to be really hectic for me. I will try to update regularly, but I can make no promises. Very sorry! Please review if you wish to and have time! :)