Hi everyone, thank you for sticking with my story it means a lot. This chapter is a little longer than previous chapters. I must admit I did get writers block half way through this and had to leave it a couple of days but still I hope you enjoy it :)

~~~ Sticky Glue ~~~

Each marauder received a weeks worth of detentions cleaning up the potions lab and polishing everything in the trophy room. Sirius was actually shocked at how little a punishment they had got since they made the whole school get up with a bang and glow for 12 hours through the night.

November passed through quickly, come the end of the month Remus disappeared again, but this time it was different for when he woke up, he saw Lily draping a cloak over him to cover his dignity. She then continued to levitate him onto a stretcher and give him a sedative potion which would cause him to fall asleep while his injuries healed. After finding out Remus was a werewolf she spent countless hours in the library looking up anything that could be of any help. A book of complicated potions told her of this potion which would not only numb the pain for 4 hours (which were the worst excluding the transformation itself) and cause Remus to fall into such a deep sleep he would be able to recover much quicker. Madame Pomfrey was hesitant at first for she had not heard of the potion, so Lily spoke to Slughorn to get his opinion on it. He agreed to help Lily – who had told him it was simply to help improve her potion ability – make the potion. It had taken the good part of three weeks to make and was only just ready in time. Remus and Madame Pomfrey had both agreed to give it a go considering Slughorn had told them it was safe and he had made a remedy should anything go wrong. After waking up Remus felt as good as anyone can be after every bone in your body is torn and reshaped, but by far the best he had ever felt after a transformation. This was partly due to Lily's amazing discovery, and partly to do with Lily herself, being here, wanting to help him, caring for him the way his parents could never manage to do. Lily had ran down to the hospital wing in-between all of her classes, at break and lunch and finally at the end of the school day when she heard that Remus was being released in time for dinner, and hours before he normally would have been. This made the red-head ecstatic and Remus couldn't help but smile with her. The pair walked together down to dinner, going separate ways when they reached the table but not with out a thank you from Remus.

The sky outside Hogwarts seemed to be getting increasingly darker increasingly earlier, but this only made the Marauders happier because it meant one thing – snow was on its way. The first flake fell on the morning of December 10th, also the first day third years were allowed into Hogsmead.

James ran down the stairs followed by Sirius excited by the snow when James stopped and saw Lily. He took a step forwards. Here we go again Sirius thought.

'Hey Evans' he called from across the common room.

'What do you want Potter?' she was really getting tired of him now.

'I was just wondering if you would like to go to Hogsmead with me?' James smiled a crooked smile which most girls seemed to crumble under, but not Lily.

'Get lost Potter, how many times do I have to say no for it to sink through that thick skull of yours?'

'I was only being polite Evans'

'Well don't arhhh' Lily screamed as she suddenly found herself flying two metres to her left only to collide with James who also was shocked to be flying involuntary across the room.

'What the hell?' Lily made to take a step forward away from James but found she was only dragging him along with her. 'What did you do?'

'I didn't do anything, wait are we stuck, like glued?' James looked at his waist glued to Lily's 'Sirius what did you do?'

'Simple sticking charm it will ware off in a few hours' he said casually leaning against the wall. Next to him Remus and Peter were trying to stifle their laughs.

James grinned. As annoying as this was, Lily now had to spend some time with him. He had been wishing for this for the last two and a half years. Granted he would rather Lily voluntarily want to spend time with him, but still, what was that muggle saying? Something about making lemons or giving lemonade or something like that. 'Looks like we are going to go on that date after all'.

'This is not a date; I do not like you or wish to spend time with you so you will ignore me as much as you can considering the circumstances' she gestured to their waists 'I will talk to my friends you will talk to yours, understand?' Lily asked frustrated as she and James were attempting to walk down to Hogsmead, surrounded by their friends who neither said anything or laughed though they did struggle with that last part. This was ridiculous, no way were they going to be at Hogsmead before midday at this rate.

'Yeah, yeah I understood it the first time you said it up in the common room, and outside the portrait hole, on the marble stair cases, as we handed our slips to filch and the twenty times you have said it since we left the grounds' James smirked at Lily who looked like she wanted to slap James. 'Okay' he sais sensing her mood 'I vote we go straight to the three broomsticks, sitting is going to be a lot easier than walking and we can spend some quality time together Evans and god forbid have a normal conversation'

Much to Lily's annoyance James through his arm over Lily's shoulder and picked up his pace causing her to stumble a bit. At quarter to one the group sat down at a table in the corner of the three broomsticks.

'Butterbeers all round?' Sirius said standing up. Everyone nodded and Remus got up to help him. Five minutes later they returned with seven bottles and handed the round.

'Neev what time did Alice say she'd meet us in here again?' Lily said looking at her watch.

'I think she said about half one for a quick drink before returning to her date with Frank' Nevaeh replied.

Alice had caught up with Frank after the Halloween party and had given him the potion apologising for Sirius' behaviour. Frank had just laughed saying he enjoyed the previous night. Since then the pair had become inseparable meeting when ever they could whilst not ignoring their friends.

An awkward silence fell over the crowd, everyone occasionally sipping from their bottle. Lily was fuming, that Black had done this to her. What have I ever done to him she thought. James was torn. Although he was glad to be spending time with her, this awkward atmosphere was painful. No one was talking and Lily seemed madder than ever. Everyone else just sat there staring at different parts of the wall or ceiling.

'How long will this last, Black?'

'Evans, calm down it shouldn't be too much longer now' Sirius said a smile playing around the edges of his lips.

'Well I don't want to sit here, I need a new quill, don't you Evanna?' Lily looked hopefully at her friend.

'Yeah, mine broke last night some stupid first year trod on it' Evanna looked frustrated because that meant that she couldn't finish her charms essay giving her a homework free weekend.

Lily tried to stand, forgetting temporarily about the charm 'Ergh Potter get up!'

James and Sirius burst into laughter at her frustration; even Remus had a smile on his face.

'And what, may I ask, is so funny?'

'Well now that would be telling'

'Don't mess with me Black, Potter will you please just get up' she almost screamed 'this is our first time in Hogsmead and I am not wasting it because of you four' She pointed at each marauder. At this all four boys burst into laughter.

'What's so funny now?' Lily was getting more and more wound up, causing the marauders to double over with laughter.

'Well for one thing the look on your face right now is priceless' this caused a fresh round of laughter 'and…se...se...secondly' Sirius had trouble talking through his laughter 'Hogsmead isn't that great I mean sure you can get away from school, drink, get supplies for pranks, but its not the magnificent place your making it sound like'

'Yeah and this isn't our first time in Hogsmead' James grinned, red-faced from laughing.

'What are you talking about? Ergh I don't even care now just get up will you!'

'Sure thing love' James smiled again and got up with Lily at his side.

'Don't call me that'.

And with that the group left the pub and headed down the road.

'Do you know I think I might go and find Rosie' James gave his best friend a don't you dare kind of look, but Sirius ignored this smiled, and walked off.

'Shall we go to Honeydukes Neev?'

'Er yeah that's a good idea' Nevaeh grabbed Evanna's arm much to Lily's dislike and the pair walked off.

'Fancy another drink Pete'

'Sure' and the two boys returned to the Three Broomsticks.

'Look Lily' James smiled 'I'm sorry your day got ruined and…'

'No your not' Lily interrupted.

'and that this is not the ideal situation' he pointed to their joint hips 'but it could be worse'

'How could this get any worse?' her annoyance still showing strong.

'He could have used a permanent sticking charm'

'Merlin, what is it with you four. You all think you can strut around the castle…'

'We do not strut' James protested knowing full well he was lying

'Yes, you do. You think you can just hex whoever you want whenever you want, disrupt every lesson, mess up the castle and peoples lives without caring or even thinking about the consequences' The more Lily ranted the higher her voice rose. Many people surrounding them turned to look; no one had ever been so against the Marauders as Lily, not even the teachers.

James was shocked at her conclusion, sure it was true that they hexed a few people every now and then and pranked people which usually made a fair amount of mess or disruption. But they weren't that bad – they were just having fun.

'Argh lets just get this day over and done with' and she all but dragged James into the nearest shop. They spent the rest of the day in silence other than a comment here and there from James which Lily ignored. After they had been in a couple of shops Lily looked at her watch. It was half four. She had caught up briefly with her friends a while ago who said they had bumped into Alice who had asked if they could meet later than they had originally planned. After they had told Lily this they apologised and claimed they had to go into the shop Lily had just come out of.

Lily sighed she still had 15 minuets till she was meeting up with the others. James had stayed relatively quiet around her, but seemed to have bumped into every one of his friends from other years and houses and stopped to talk to them all, which added to Lily's annoyance even more.

'Let's head back to the Three Broomsticks' she said to James who was talking to a fifth year Gryffindor girl. Unbelievable, he is glued to my side and he is still chatting up other girls. 'POTTER! COME ON' getting impatient now.

'Calm down Lilsie' he turned back to the girl 'Sorry, Leah, I've got to go'

Leah waved as she walked off back to her friends 'Come on Evans give me a break you have dragged me round Hogsmead all day'

'And whose fault is that then, not that you've cared you've stopped to talk to just about every girl we have passed'

'This is not my fault, and I'm sorry but the Gryffindor quidditch captain asked me that if I saw anyone on the team to tell them we have a last minute practice tomorrow morning'

'You may not have cast the spell but a marauder did and you're always saying you're in it together' she said ignoring his last sentence

'What? Look Evans it's just a laugh, lighten up'

'Everything is a laugh to you lot'

'That's because we are young and enjoying life rather than spending the whole time stressing out, or ruining other people's fun'

'It isn't fun when it is at someone else's expense'

'Come on, do you really like the Slytherins Evans, they are just a bunch of …'

'They're not all bad'

'I will never understand your obsession with seeing Snivelly as a good person, he is no different to the rest of them do you not remember him calling you a mudblood at the beginning of the year?'

'He didn't mean that, if you actually got to know him he isn't that bad, it's just when he is around his friends'

They entered the pub then and walked as effectively as they could, whilst still joint at the hip, to a table where Alice was sitting with Frank.

'Hey guys' Lily said as she tried to sit down.

'Hi Shorty, Frank' James nodded.

'Alice are you ok' Lily said for Alice as well as Frank had the most peculiar look on their faces. It was across between shock, confusion and astonishment.

'Lily, what's going on?' Alice said worried.

'What do you' she started 'Oh you mean Potter. Stupid Black cast a sticking charm, and now we are joint at the hip'

'And Lily has had the best day of her life, and has decided that I'm not the, what was it you always say again? Oh yeah I'm not the 'arrogant idiot' she always thought I was' James said cockily smiling at Lily.

'Shut up Potter, no I am not voluntarily here with him, you should have known that'

'Sorry Lils, I was just shocked I guess, ah look Neev and Evy are here. Hey guys' she called waving to her friends.

'Hi Alice, Frank' Nevaeh smiled 'Still stuck to Lily, James'

'Last time I checked' he laughed.

The two girls sat down just as Remus, Peter and Sirius who had his arm around Rosie's waist, walked through the door. They came over to the table, Sirius staying clear of Lily, who looked like she was ready to kill.

'Aw has it not worn of yet, that's a shame. I bet you can see Jaime is a lot better than you thought he was Evans'

'That's what I said Siri but apparently not' the group burst out laughing all but Lily.

The boys and Rosie dragged up chairs and joined the group before Sirius went off and got everyone a drink. They stayed talking for about half an hour, when they decided to head back to the castle as the sun had set whilst they were drinking.

As they were walking, very slowly, back to the castle Sirius suddenly stopped. 'I cant do this anymore' he laughed 'your face just looks to painful, I wouldn't want it to stay that way when you are so gorgeous' James shots him a look 'as our Jamie keeps informing us, here' he waved his wand and Lily suddenly tripped and fell on top of James who had also fallen to the floor.

'Why hello there' James says suggestively.

'Dream on Potter' Lily says as she stands up wait I just stood up! On my own, no Potter 'BLACK you knew the counter spell for it this whole time, yet you let me be stuck to him all day' she huffed.

'Well yeah when you put it like that'. Sensing danger Sirius took a step back then started running as Lily chased him back to the castle. Their friends all burst into laughter again, Rosie and Frank included. When they reached the castle they found Lily standing at the steps leading up to the entrance hall with a smug look on her face.

'Where is Sirius?' Remus said looking around.

'Well Remus he is probably running up to Gryffindor tower to try and get rid of the pink streaks I put in his hair' she smiled.

She looks so beautiful when she smiles James thought to himself, as he laughed at Lily's revenge.

'Ouch Lils, you figured out Sirius' weak spot, he is very protective of his hair' At Remus' words, the whole group laughed again as the headed back to the tower.

As the three Marauders entered their dorm they found Sirius panicking in the bathroom.

James walked in and laughed at the sight he saw. Sirius had his wand pointing at his hair that now had purple streaks in it to match the pink.

'I know you like her Jamie, but I swear if she goes after my hair again, I may have to hex her'

'Siri calm down it will wear off in a few hours' James laughed as he repeated Sirius' words from that morning. 'Hey Remus Pete' he called 'come have a look at this, he has purple streaks too now'

The other two boys entered the bathroom and immediately were in fits of laughter.

'We need a camera' Remus muttered as he ran from the room only to return moments later to send a flash through out the room.

'That was not funny Remus, this is a serious matter'

'Well it isn't a James matter, or Peter or even Lily matter' Remus laughs 'so of course it's a Sirius matter' They really have overused that joke too much now, but it still seems so funny.

Sirius spent half the night unsuccessfully trying to get rid of the coloured streaks. Remus, James and Peter point blank refused to help him, too amused by his behaviour. In the end he gave up and went to bed.

The next day Lily and her friends were sitting at Gryffindor table eating breakfast when the sound of students eating and chatting seemed to dim and turn to muffled laughter.

Lily felt a tap on her back and she turned to see Sirius now with red, blue, yellow, green and purple streaks to match the pink she had put in his hair herself the previous night.

'Yes Black' she smiled.

'I'm sorry I ruined your day at Hogsmead yesterday by gluing you to James, will you please remove the coloured streaks in my hair' Sirius said looking at his shoes.

Lily turned to her friends 'Did I just hear that right? Almighty Black, one of the Marauders has just publically apologised for pranking in front of witnesses?' she said a bit louder than necessary.

'I don't know Lils, I think he may need to repeat it a bit louder and grovel a bit more' Nevaeh giggled.

'Well?' Lily said expectantly turning back to Sirius who knelt down on the floor.

'I'm really, really sorry I ruined your day at Hogsmead yesterday and I' he hesitated 'and I deserved this pay back but could you pretty please fix my hair because most girls like my hair the way it was so I don't want to ruin it for them because they should get the whole Sirius package' Behind him his friends were laughing so hard they had gone red and Remus was close to tears.

'There you go Black' she tapped her wand to his hair 'although you need to work on your grovelling for next time'

'Next time!' Sirius looked around at his friends worrying and unconsciously put his hand on his hair, but all this did was cause everyone in the near vicinity to laugh even more.

'Watch it Black' Lily smirked and returned to her conversation and breakfast.

'Come on Siri' and James and Peter dragged him over to where they normally sit before helping themselves to everything available to eat.

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