Lily was thoughtful when she had woken up the next morning. She'd thought James and Sirius were annoying and that she would never go near them and here she was waking up in the boy's dorm...again.
She went to move arm and stretch when she realised she couldn't move her right arm! She opened her eyes and looked down and realised her arm was numb and she was holding James' hand but she didn't pull away, instead she just stared at their hands.
She loved how his hand fitted nicely in hers and how their fingers intertwined. She smiled and looked at his face.
He looked very peaceful and cute when he slept. The way his head was slightly off the pillow, the way his hair was just crazy messy and his right hand close to his face making it look like he sucked his thumb. Wait...was he sucking his thumb?
Lily leant over the bed, still holding his hand, and tried to pry the covers down a bit so she could see but that didn't happen. Instead she just fell off the bed and landed on James.
"Ouch!"James mumbled as he opened his eyes. "Did you have to hit me, Sirius!"
Sirius, who had just woken up because of Lily falling off the bed, looked over the edge of the bed. "Wasn't me Jamsie boy, it was your lady friend attacking you in your sleep."He laughed.
"I wasn't attacking him, I fell off the bed, sorry."Lily apologized turning scarlet as she stood up.
"Apology accepted, Lils."James smiled as she helped him up.
"Nice shorts, Evans."Sirius whistled as he crawled over to the end of the bed and picked a present up.
Lily squealed and then used James as a human shield. "James, tell your pervert friend to keep his eyes to himself." She said angrily as she stood behind James.
"Why not wear your dressing gown and then he can't make eyes at you."He said passing the dressing gown to her.
"Thanks."She mumbled turning red again as she put her dressing gown on.
"No problem."James said running a hand through his hair and smiling.
"Enough of this lovey dovey, mushy fluff! There's presents to be opened!"Sirius said as he unwrapped a homework planned from Remus. "Thanks Rem, this'll be a great weapon to hit Peter with!"He added nodding at Remus who, too, woke up and started unwrapping his presents.
Lily, who had been smiling at James, suddenly spotted a large pile of presents by her suitcase. "Are they for me?"She said.
"No, there for the house elves."Sirius said sarcastically as he unwrapped another two presents. A 'How to Treat a Girl Right' book from Remus, which he scowled at, even though he was still in first year, he had had over twenty girlfriends from other years, and a small model of the newest broomstick, the Lightning Bolt, from James.
"Thanks James!"Sirius shouted as he watched the model fly a few metres in the air. "Thanks Remus."He added with to Remus.
Lily smiled and started opening her presents, leaving a slightly small parcel to the end. So far she had received a hateful note from Petunia, a grey jacket with her favourite Muggle band name on, a few posters, a Charlotte's Web book and a few boxes of chocolates from her parents, make up from Alice, a charm bracelet with a heart, snitch and a bear charm already on there from Marlene and a book on her favourite animals from Mary.
Lily put on her bracelet and looked at what James had received. He had a dark blue hoodie, a few models of broomsticks and famous players, a homework planner, quite a few boxes of chocolate, a few boxes of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans and other Quidditch related gear.
"Sirius, what did you get? And thanks."James said as he opened a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans.
"No problem bro and a book on 'How To Be A Pureblood' from my darling mother, honestly, she's off her rocker, a few boxes of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans from your mum, a leather jacket, thank you, a model of Charlie Cooke the Chudley Cannons' player and a few other models."Sirius said opening his third box of beans.
"What did you get, Remus?"Lily asked kindly as the boys ignored him and carried on eating.
"Four books on all different subjects, a new quill and ink pot, a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans, five bars of Honeydukes chocolate and a new cloak. Thanks for asking Lil."Remus said. Sirius and James looked at each other and randomly burst into laughter.
A few moments later James and Lily were alone in the dorm. Sirius haven gone looking under the tree in the common room for more presents and Remus tagged along to make sure he didn't do any damage to anything.
"That present's from me."James said pointing at Lily's last present.
"And that one's from me."Lily laughed pointing at James' last present.
"On the count of three we open them, yeah?"James laughed and Lily nodded and after three they both opened the presents.
Lily had a necklace with a heart and a key on the chain. On the front of the heart it had an inscription which said 'you have the key to my heart' and James had a signed photo of his favourite Quidditch team, Chudley Cannons.
"Wow Lily this is...wow!"James awed as he watched the team fly in and out of the picture.
"This is pretty wow too, James."Lily smiled.
"Want me to put it on for you?"James offered with a smile.
"Sure."Lily said as she gently took it out of the box, passed it to James and held her hair out of the way.
James took the necklace and put it around her neck clasped it together.
"Thanks."She said as she let go of her hair which fell back behind her shoulders.
"Open the heart."James said with a smile. It wasn't a Marauder smile or a prank smile, it was a genuine smile.
Lily did as she was told and opened the heart. On one of the hearts it had a picture of her and James hugging and on the other it had a picture of Lily, her friends and the Marauders. Lily's smile became bigger.
They were soon inches away from each other and looking into each other's eyes. They then both started to lean forward and were just about to kiss when Sirius opened the door, causing James and Lily to jump back and blush.
"Whoopsie, didn't interrupt anything, did I?"Sirius laughed as Lily blushed again and James stood up and ran a hand through his hair.
"No."James and Lily said together.
"Good, now hurry up and get dressed so we can go down to the kitchens and eat."Sirius said as he left the dorm laughing.
Once Lily and James had got changed, Sirius and Remus used magic to change, the four headed down to the kitchens.
"I didn't think first years knew where the kitchen was."Lily said as they walked through another corridor.
"They don't but we do."James said with a mischievous smile.
"The kitchen is Sirius' second home, anyway."Remus laughed and Lily rolled her eyes.
"You do realise if you keep doing that then they'll get stuck and you'll look like a weird, strange-eyed troll."Sirius pointed out as they stopped in front of a portrait of fruit.
Lily's face turned red again but this time with anger. "Shut it Black or I'll make sure you look like a weird strange-eyed troll!"She said hotly.
Sirius shrugged and tickled the picture of the pear. It then turned into a door handle and he opened it and the four of them went inside.
"Welcome to the kitchens."He said dramatically, stretching out his arms and gesturing everywhere.
The kitchen was four times as large as an average sized kitchen and it looked like an average kitchen except it had a hint of magic and instead of humans, there were house elves.
"Welcome back sirs, and I see you brought a miss, hello miss."The nearest house elf squeaked as she bowed.
"Hello, I'm Lily Evans." Lily said as she walked over to the elf. She had never seen one before and they were interesting creatures with their bat like ears and tennis ball sized eyes.
"Tis Lola, miss. Lola the house elf."The house elf said nodding.
"Hello, Lola."Lily said giving her a nod.
Lily then conjured up a small table and four chairs. "Are we going to eat or not?"She said to the boys who were standing by the door.
"Too right we are!"Sirius said running over to the table.
After six hours of being in the kitchen, the four left with smiles on their faces.
"Where we heading now?"Lily asked as they left the kitchen corridor.
"The great hall, dinner's in a bit."Sirius said simply as they walked towards the hall.
"But you've just spent more than two hours eating! How can you still be hungry?"Lily asked with surprise.
"I'm a growing boy, Lily flower and growing boy's need food."Sirius said with a smile and Lily chose not to answer instead she just rolled her eyes.
"Remember what I said about your eye rolling."Sirius pointed out with a laugh as they entered the hall.
Lily gasped. The hall was beautiful! Fake warm snow was falling from the enchanted ceiling and there was snow on the floor too. There was only one table in the middle of the hall since there was only a few staying. It was the Gryffindor table, much to the disgust to the two Slytherins at the table.
"Ah, Miss Evans, Mr Potter, Mr Black and Mr Lupin, we have been awaiting your arrival. Please sit."Professor Dumbledore said as the four did as they were told and sat on the bench.
All together at the table were all the teachers, two Slytherins that Lily didn't know, not that she wanted to, four Hufflepuffs from different years, she only knew two of them Benjamin Wood and Michael Greenwell, and three Ravenclaw students.
"Now that we are all here, let the feast begin."Dumbledore said as he waved his wand and food instantly appeared.
"Hear, hear!"Sirius shouted raising his goblet.
"That was the best Christmas dinner ever."Lily said to James as they left the hall and the boys nodded in agreement.
After the food everyone had to pull crackers. They were similar to the Muggle crackers. After a loud cannon like bang, smoke came out of the cracker as well as a crazy paper hat, a very funny joke on some parchment and a gift. Lily left the hall with a chess set, a few quills, several party jewellery, and a pack of nonexplodable, luminous balloons.
"Fancy a walk, boys?"James mischievously as Lily raised an eyebrow.
"And Lily."He added hastily.
"Sure, why not."Remus said and Lily and Sirius nodded.
The four waved their wands and they were instantly dressed in warm clothing. Lily had her jacket on that she unwrapped earlier and a matching scarf and gloves, James and Remus didn't have gloves but they did have coats and scarf on and James' was hung loosely around his neck and Sirius had worn his leather jacket.
"Let us walk to the grounds."Sirius said with a polite manner. That lasted four seconds before he and the other three burst into uncontrollable laughter.
"The polite manner doesn't suit you, mate, sorry."Remus laughed as he patted him on the back.
"I have you know Mr Lupin that it is not an act. I am a well mannered, well behaved young gentleman."Sirius said with his nose in the air. He didn't last as long, only managing three seconds before he laughed.
"Sirius, please."Lily said as she wiped away a few tears that had come because of the laughter.
"Come on milady Evans."Remus said playing along as he offered Lily his arm.
"Ok, kind sir."Lily said as she took it. They then started skipping ahead of James and Sirius laughing.
"Honestly, those two are bonkers."James said as he turned to Sirius.
"Indeed my good man. I'm glad we are not like those immature little people."Sirius said and burst into laughter as he and James ran after Lily and Remus.
After the walk which lead into a vicious snowball fight, Lily led on the cold ground exhausted.
"I have a great idea!"Sirius shouted suddenly as he sat up. They were all laying on the ground in strange positions. James was using a log as a pillow with Lily resting her head on his chest, Sirius was laying across their legs and Remus was using Sirius' legs as a pillow.
"Not another one of your ideas to eat food."Lily sighed as she closed her eyes.
"Nope, I was thinking we go for a fly on our brooms."Sirius said excitedly.
"That's actually a good idea! Where is he and what have you done to the brainless git I call Sirius?"Remus laughed.
"I have you know Remus, I do come up with great ideas."Sirius said with a fake scowl.
"Once or twice, yeah."James laughed as Remus and Sirius got up. James then got up and offered his hand to Lily and helped her up.
"Thanks."Lily mumbled as they walked towards the castle.
"I thought first years weren't allowed to bring brooms."Lily said trying not to sound too hopeful.
"Oh there not but we've found a way of smuggling then in."Sirius laughed.
Shoot, Lily thought, just what I thought they might say. Lily hated flying. Not only because of the broom had no way of protecting you if you fell but she was also petrified of heights. She got out of the first year practice because she felt 'ill' but there was no way of getting out of this one. She was walking into the castle without realising it and then her thoughts were soon interrupted when someone pushed her into an empty classroom.
"What are you doing?"Lily shouted as James closed the door.
"You've looked anxious every since Sirius mentioned flying, why?"James asked as he sat on one of the tables.
"Idon'tlikeheights."Lily quickly mumbled as she sat opposite James.
"That must be some kind of Evans language because I don't understand it. Speak slower like this."James demonstrated with a slight smile.
"I don't like heights."Lily said as she lowered her head.
"It's ok, not everyone likes flying. You don't have to if you don't want to."James said as he lifted Lily's chin gently.
"Really?"Lily said smiling.
"Really."James said smiling too.
They were just about to kiss when Sirius interrupted them by opening the door.
"Come on lover birds, time to fly!"He shouted and ran out of the room laughing like a hyena.
Lily and James sighed but followed Sirius never the less.
"So where are your brooms then?"Lily asked when she and James were outside.
Sirius and Remus were standing in the middle of the Quidditch pitch with their hands in their pockets.
"Here."Remus said as the three boys took their hands out of their pockets and opened them. In the palm of their hands was a very small model of a broomstick.
"Aren't you a bit big to ride those?"Lily laughed.
"Watch and see, poppet."Sirius smiled.
Lily rolled her eyes at the nicknamed but kept quiet.
The boys brought out their wands said 'Engorgio' and their broom's instantly started growing and stopped when they were normal sized.
"That's good magic for a first year."Lily said with a smile as the boys mounted their brooms. Sirius and Remus flew off but James hovered near Lily with a smile.
"Come on Evans, let's fly."James said.
"No, I don't like heights remember."Lily said crossing her arms.
"Please?"James said and without waiting for a reply, he lifted her onto his broom and flew slowly up.
"Put me down Potter!"Lily screamed and she wrapped her arms around his waist tightly and closed her eyes.
"No can do. I'm going to show you something."James laughed as they flew higher.
Just wait till he puts me down, Lily thought, I'm going to curse him so bad that he'll have trouble flying his stupid broom. She continued to rant to herself about James when he interrupted her.
"Open your eyes Lily."He said as he stopped the broom in mid-air.
"No way."Lily said shaking her head. No way was she opening her eyes!
"Please, for me?"James begged.
Lily was hesitate at first but slowly opened her eyes.
"It's beautiful."Lily gasped with a smile. James had the broom floating above the forest and as there was no lights on in the castle, the stars shone brighter than Lily had ever saw. Even though it wasn't a full moon it was still beautiful as it shone almost as bright as the stars.
"I know but it's not as beautiful as you."James smiled.
It was a little corny but Lily found it cute as well. "Thank you."Lily blushed. She still had her arms wrapped around his waist but she also rested her head on his shoulder as well.
After a few hours of flying, Lily opened her eyes, she closed them as James began to move the broom, and slid off the broom.
"Did you enjoy the view?"James said as the other landed.
"Yeah...I think I did."Lily blushed and the others landed.
The flying was now a regular thing. Every half moon Sirius, Remus and James would wait in the common room, after everyone went to bed, for Lily and then they would go down to the pitch and fly. Lily would always fly with James on his broom and even started to like heights now. She was friends with the Marauder's and she enjoyed their company.