AN: Warning; a very long chapter :) **this chapter is cool for me because it's a full moon (where i am at least) tonight, and in the book, their full moon was last night :D is it weird that that makes me feel cool? :/
"Oh NO!" Lily said, gasping.
"What?" James said nervously, looking around the hallway they were walking down.
"I still have to finish my Charms homework!" She said, putting her hands to her mouth. James snorted and wrapped his arm around her waist, and pulled her along.
"Lily, taking into account everything that happened last night, I highly doubt Flitwick will care. Plus, he's new, so he'll still be a nervous wreck." James said. She looked at him curiously.
"You're very observant." She said. She had completely forgotten he was a new teacher this year.
James looked pleased with the compliment, as he smiled to himself, and puffed out his chest. It was her turn to snort now, watching him strut around. He turned around too look at her.
"Coming?" He said, stretching out his hand. She took it, and they walked together into the Great Hall for breakfast.
None of their friends had arrived yet, so they sat together at their usual spot, and started eating. Lily looked around the room as she ate her toast, seeing girls from all four houses glaring at her. It took her awhile to realize why.
"You know," She whispered in his ear. "This dating thing is going to take some getting used to."
He frowned. "Why?"
She nudged her head to four girls sitting closely to them, all giving Lily cold stares. He laughed, and to her pleasure, gave her a small peck on the lips, looking right at the girls afterwards. They all scoffed, and flipped their hair, going back to gossiping-about Lily no doubt.
"Don't worry about them." He said seriously.
"Oh, I'm not worried." She said, then raised her voice so they could hear. "I know I'm the only girl you have eyes for, and no other girl stands a chance." She turned around and gave the girls a sugary sweet smile. They narrowed their eyes, and she turned back to James, grinning.
He rolled his eyes at her, but she didn't care. These girls had teased her about everything, from her red hair to her non-designer brand shoes, and it was only fair she could show off a bit. Still grinning, she saw Remus and Sirius come walking towards them, Sirius with a smirk on his face, and Remus just looked dead tired.
"Hey Lily." Sirius said.
"Sirius." She said, nodding her head.
He giggled and they all looked at him.
"Really Padfoot. Really. A giggle?" James said.
"What?" Sirius said, mock-offended. "It's perfectly normal and- holy crap it's Tanya! Hey Tanya!" He screamed, running over to her. Lily, James and Remus all looked at each other. The struggles being friends with Sirius came with.
Lily really was going mad. Before she had hated both James and Sirius, and now she was dating one, and friends with another. James saw her shaking her head.
"What? He asked curiously.
"I was just thinking; before I hated you and Sirius, and now I'm friends with him," she said jerking her thumb at his back, "And dating you." She said. James grinned.
"You have no idea how amazing that sounds." He said still smiling.
"So, you two really are dating now?" Remus said, pouring milk into his cereal and rubbing his eyes.
"I guess." Lily said shrugging. There really was no other word for it, though they had never been on an actual date. That same thought seemed to be going through James' mind for he said: "Hey, have you any plans for tonight?"
Lily thought for a moment. "Well, I have to finish the charms homework…"
Remus mock-gasped, and put a hand to his chest, looking astounded.
"Lily Evans, you know that is due today don't you?" He said, shaking his finger at her. She laughed.
"I have an excuse Remus!" She said.
"So do I, but I still found time." He said, grinning. That reminded her…
"Remus! I completely forgot! Are you alright?" She said, wanting to slap herself. Of course, last night had been a full moon, how could she have forgotten? She had found out about his "furry little problem (as the Marauders liked to put it)" in 3rd year.
He waved his hand dismissively. "Same as always. But don't change the subject." He said.
She began to say something but James cut her off.
"Sorry about that by the way Moony." He said, looking ashamed. "We were just about to transfigure when we heard this one scream." He said, looking at Lily.
Alice and Jane joined them, panting.
"Sorry." Jane said, sitting beside Remus.
"We. Over-slept. Not. Used. To. Not. Having. Lily." Alice said, panting between each word. Lily laughed, and Alice sat beside her, waving for Frank to come over. He came over, and so did Sirius with Tanya.
Lily looked at her watch.
"Come on," She said, pulling James' arm. "We've got to get to Transfiguration."
James got up, and took her hand, walking to Transfiguration class with her. They were the first to arrive, and for the first time ever, they sat together.
"Since the class is empty…" James whispered, pulling his bag onto his lap. Lily looked around, it was true. Not even Professor McGonagall had arrived yet. He reached in, and pulled out a few spare quills and notebooks. They were all dark red and gold (Gryffindor colors) except for two.
She picked one of the two up, examining it. It was beautiful.
It was a deep purple, that gradually turned to blue, then green, then yellow, turning to all the colors of the rainbow. She sat, mesmerized by it, and felt James watching her. She looked up to him.
"What do you see on the notebook?" He asked.
She told him, and he watched her with curiosity.
"Why, are you suddenly blind?" She said sarcastically.
He shook his head. "It changes depending on the person who's looking at it. For me, it looks nothing like that." He said simply. She gasped and turned it over, looking at the back. It was different she noticed, and looked at this side, liking it even more. It was a mirror of her and James right now, and it looked like a picture. They were both smiling into the mirror, examining the book. She turned the book away from him, so the mirror would only show her, but it remained a picture of her and James smiling. She turned red, and was happy he couldn't see what she saw.
"Is the back different?" He asked curiously. She nodded. He didn't ask what the back was, probably figuring if she wanted him to know, she would've told him by then.
"What is it?" She asked, opening the notebook. On the inside was note, which flashed in gold, in James' messy slanted writing. She smiled as she read it.
Dear Lily,
This notebook is for you, from me. Don't tell Sirius I gave it to you though, it's supposed to be his. She laughed.
This notebook will look like a normal notebook to anyone else now that I've given it to you. What makes this notebook special is that you can write to me in my matching notebook, and I can write back. She stopped reading.
"Like passing notes?" She said with a smirk. That was a very muggle thing to do.
"Keep reading." He said winking.
No Lily, not like passing notes. This textbook is magical. Our textbooks are connected to each other's, and as soon as you write something in this notebook, it will appear on my notebook. But to teachers it will look like you're just writing down what they're saying (which you always do anyways). She smiled.
I hope you like it,
James.
She hugged him.
"Like it?" He asked.
"Of course I do." She said, pulling out her quill, not waiting any longer to test it out.
Thank you. She wrote. He opened his notebook, and read what had appeared on his.
"So, even if we are ever separated, I will always be able to communicate with you, through this." He said, holding up his notebook.
"Tell me what you see." She said, pointing to the cover of his book.
"Well," He said, putting down the notebook. "I see me playing Quidditch. And I've just caught the snitch, and I gave it to you." He said. "And then you give me a big kiss." He added on, winking. She grinned.
"Liar." She said, lightly pushing his shoulder. She and him were sitting really close now...
"I'm serious." He said, pushing the hair out of her eyes. She looked up at him and...
"No, I'm Sirius." Said a voice from the door, and you didn't need to be a genius to figure out who it was.
"Hey Padfoot." James said, and they both pulled away quickly, turning slightly pink.
"Hey Sirius." Lily said, trying to sound normal. He scoffed at them both.
"Don't you "Hey" me! I know you gave her our notebooks Prongs! What happened to mates before dates?" He said, quoting James from yesterday.
"Padfoot, we haven't used these in ages." James said, sighing and pulling out his Transfiguration textbook, for other people had come in now as well.
"I know." Sirius said brightly, and sat down beside James, forgetting about the notebook. Lily smiled; she loved how easy-going Sirius was.
Sirius whispered something to James and he threw his head back and laughed at whatever Sirius had just said. Sirius walked over to where Remus was sitting with Jane.
"Do I get to hear the joke?" Lily asked innocently.
James shook his head as a no, and continued laughing silently. She mock-pouted, and he grinned.
"You're cute when you're pretending to be mad with me." He told her.
She stuck her tongue out at him.
"Lily, after you finish your charm homework," James said, winking at her. "Would you like to go on a walk with me?" He said.
"Tonight?" She asked. "As in, a date?" She asked, smiling.
He smirked. "I asked you."
"Good morning class." Professor McGonagall interrupted, and Lily felt slightly annoyed. That was twice in less than 10 minutes. Transfiguration was not the class for romance.
Professor McGonagall turned around and looked straight at Lily. Lily felt herself go absolutely red. Professor McGonagall had been teaching her since 1st year, and she was Lily's favorite teacher. She knew everything about Lily, and trust Madame Piper (the school nurse who looked after James and Lily last night) to have told McGonagall everything she knew about them.
"Today we will be pairing up into groups. Of my choosing." She clarified as everyone immediately turned around to their friends. The class sighed, but Lily was quite happy with this fact. She wasn't sure if she should be with Jane and Alice (as she normally was) or if she should be with James. Truth be told, transfiguration was not James' strongest subject, she thought to herself with a smirk.
Professor McGonagall started calling out names, and there were cheers and groans from the class. Lily crossed her fingers under the table to be with someone good.
"Lily Evans and Sirius Black!"
Lily couldn't control her mouth from hanging wide open.
"Yes! Outstanding here I come!" Sirius cheered.
She banged her head on the table. There was no one –no one- in this class who was a bigger procrastinator than Sirius Black.
He sidled up beside her, swinging his hips from side to side.
"Hey pardner." He drawled, tipping a fake hat like he was a cowboy.
She rolled her eyes, and looked exasperatedly to where James sat, watching them. When she caught James' eye, he nodded his head to his partner and winked at Lily. Lily noticed his partner was one of the Gryffindor girls that were glaring at her from this morning.
She grinned at him, but it probably came out as more of a grimace.
The girl had light brown hair that was straight down her back, blue eyes, and she wore lots of makeup. She was laughing much too hard at something James had just said.
A wave of jealously overcame Lily and before she could stop herself, she marched over to where James sat with the girl, deserting Sirius completely.
"Hi, I'm Lily Evans." She said brightly, outstretching her hand. The girl looked at her strangely.
"Monica Brown." The girl said, looking for something in Lily's eyes. Lily kept on smiling at the girl, not letting her jealousy get the better of her.
She turned to James and said, "You know James, you should probably be writing notes." And, with a wink, she walked back to where Sirius sat.
She watched James pull out his magic notebook, and write something. Monica looked over to see what he was writing, but he put his arm protectively over his notes, so she couldn't see. Lily would've run up and kissed him right then and there had Professor McGonagall not been watching her.
"So er Sirius," Lily began, feeling McGonagall's stare. "You take notes on page 393, I'll do page 394." She said, and pulled out her real notebook.
Once McGonagall had moved away to the next desk, she pulled out her magical notebook.
I like it when you're jealous. It read. She rolled her eyes.
Oh shut up, you should've seen the looks she was giving you. She wrote.
So, about our date tonight… He wrote, leaving that topic. She grinned, excited for their first date.
After I finish my Charms homework. She reminded him.
Yeah, yeah okay. Gotta go, Monica's getting angry. He wrote, and she shut her notebook with a slam.
"Done writing to James?" Sirius asked suddenly in her ear, making her jump.
"Merlin Sirius!" She said, putting a hand to her heart. She had completely forgotten he was there. He grinned, and pushed his notes at her. She looked at him curiously; he had actually done his work?
He leaned back in his chair, and looked over her non-magical notebook.
"Wow Lily, I can see you tried really hard working on these." He said sarcastically, for she had written nothing. She smirked at him, and wrote a full page of notes in 5 minutes. She pushed it towards him.
"How's that for trying hard?" She said, grinning.
"Show-off." She heard him mutter, before resting his head on his arms, and falling asleep. She smiled, and wrote the essay alone.
Ooh Lily jealousy ;) If you liked this chapter, or found a problem with it, please PLEASE review! I love any constructive criticism I can get :)