Lily woke up the next morning, with James lying face down beside her. She smiled and kissed the nape of his neck. James let out a low moan. Lily then kissed his cheek, then his ear and then she gently bit his ear lobe. James then suddenly turned over and grabbed her around the waist and pulled her on top of him.

"You're so bad, Lily," James chuckled.

"Don't pretend like you don't like it," Lily teased and she kissed his lips softly. James bit her lower lip and she let out a low moan.

"AAAA! WE'RE GOING TO LONDON TODAY! WE'RE GOING TO LONDON- OUCH!" Iris yelled as she came running into the room. She tripped on the suitcases and fell to the ground. James and Lily looked at Sirius questioningly.

"Believe me, I've been trying to calm her down all morning," Sirius chuckled, pulling her up, "you okay?"

"We're going to London!" Iris yelled like a child, her eyes bright and excited, a huge grin on her face. Sirius laughed and kissed the tip of her nose.

"We are in London, love," Sirius chuckled.

"But we're going to Oxford Street!" Iris yelled, clapping her hands together like a two year old.

"Hey," Sirius said, looking at Lily and James with questioning eyes, "Lily, how come you're in here?"

James looked at Lily too, "Yeah, that's what I wanted to ask. Where's Remus?"

Lily gulped. Should she just tell them the truth or make up some lie?

"He fell asleep in our room with Alison," Lily said and she blushed slightly. Iris looked at her curiously and then realization suddenly dawned on her face. Her eyes widened and her lips formed an 'O'. Lily shook her head as if begging her not to say anything.

"Oh, oh, OH!" Iris covered her mouth with her hand, her eyes so wide they looked like they would pop. Sirius, who could read her face easily, suddenly started to laugh.

"Oh man! Remus? Alison? This is too good," Sirius laughed, snaking his arms around Iris' waist and resting his chin on her shoulder.

"Alison?" Iris asked Lily, her expression still shocked.

"That was exactly my reaction, " Lily told Iris.

James, who was still in the dark, scratched his head with a confused expression and asked, "can any one tell me what in the name of Merlin is going on?"

"Remus and Alison....." Sirius trailed off, his eyes sparkling. Iris smacked the back of his head.

James suddenly sat up straight, "No. Freaking. Way!"

"I know," Sirius laughed, "I can't wait to throw it in Remus' face."

"You will do no such thing, Black," Iris said seriously.

"Seriously! I mean, Oh my GOD!" James suddenly burst out. He suddenly grabbed Lily and started shaking her.

"Er....what are you doing?" Lily asked.

"I don't know!" James cried, "OW!"

Iris had suddenly jumped on he bed and thrown herself all over it, so she was lying on top both Lily and James. She looked up and grinned.

"LET'S GO TO BREAKFAST!" she yelled.

"Okay, Iris. Listen to me carefully," James said, his eyes dancing with humor, "you. Must. Calm. Yourself!"

"Shut up, Jamie," Iris rolled her eyes fondly and skipped out of the room, yelling, "OXFORD STREET!"

Sirius shook his head, laughing and walked out of the room to change.

"I'm going to go and take a shower," Lily told James, getting out of bed.

"Do you want me to join you?" James asked sexily, his eyes twinkling.

"Nice try," Lily laughed and she went out of the room. James stared after her for a few minutes and then suddenly, Remus came into the room.

"Hey!" James smiled but it soon disappeared because of the expression on Remus' face.

"I did something terrible, James," Remus sat down on the couch and buried his face in his hands.

"Remus John Lupin, that is so NOT FAIR! I can't believe you beat me!" Sirius yelled, running into the room and thumping him on the back, "Good on you, mate."

"Wait- how do you know?" Remus asked both of them.

"Lily saw you both yesterday. She had to sleep here," James told Remus, "Remus, why are you saying that?"

"I told her," Remus said into his hands.

"What?" Sirius asked, sitting down beside Remus.

"What did you tell her?" James asked, sitting on the table, facing Remus.

"She told me she loved me and I told her what I really am," Remus said.

"Okay...and that ended up in sex?" Sirius asked skeptically.

"She was...upset. And I don't know how it happened and I just feel so guilty," Remus whispered.

"What did she say about the entire situation?" Sirius asked.

"She seemed...okay when she got up," Remus said.

"Then what's the problem?" James asked.

"Should I stay with her or should I go? I mean, why hurt her more than I already have?" Remus questioned.

"Oh no no no no no!" Sirius and James said together.

"This is the oh-so-self-sacrificing-Remus-Lupin kicking in!" Sirius groaned.

"Don't you learn from Sirius' mistakes?" James asked.

"Oh, and you do?" Sirius laughed.

"So...I should stay with her, right?" Remus asked, his stormy grey eyes troubled.

"Yes!" James and Sirius yelled.

Remus gave a sigh of relief and leaned back in the chair, rubbing his eyes.

"So..." James asked with a sudden grin, "How was it?"

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"Oxford Street!" Iris yelled as they all set off for shopping. They decided to take the tube because they knew that driving a car around London, especially central London was extremely hectic.

"By the way, you guys," Lily said, rubbing her hands together to keep them warm with friction, "Christmas is in two days."

"We know," all five of them said.

"Christmas Eve is tomorrow," Lily said, her eyes wide and looking at all of them like they were retarded.

"We know," James replied, laughing as they all walked in the snow.

"Have ANY of you even started on your Christmas shopping?" Lily asked incredulously.

At this, all five of them stopped walking and looked horrified.

"Shit," Sirius laughed.

"Okay, so...I have a plan," Lily said, grinning away, "today, all of us will split up and go gift hunting. Then, we will all meet up at Starbucks."

"What's Starbucks?" Remus, James, Sirius and Alison asked.

"It's a coffee shop," Iris said, "we'll point it out to you."

"What will we do at night?" Alison asked as she took her seat on the tube.

"Tonight is the U2 concert by the way," Remus said, "we can still go. I bet there will be atleast ten tickets left."

"Oh my God, can we PLEASE go! PLEASE?!" Iris yelled. Some people gave her some odd looks while some muggle boys eyes her up and down.

"Yeah, I'll get the tickets," Remus said.

"Where is it?" James asked.

"Wembley," Remus replied.

"Oh my God, that will be so much fun," Lily squealed.

"So, we'll go to the concert and then we'll come home and order what ever we want from the Hilton menu," James draped an arm around Lily shoulders.

They reached Oxford Station and they got out of the tube. Iris and Lily pointed out Starbucks to James, Sirius, Remus and Alison and they all set off to do their Christmas shopping.

Lily decided to shop for Iris and Alison first. Going to Top Shop, she tried looking for a funky bag for Alison. She knew that original Gucci bags would be too expensive, so she got her a chunky purple bag with lots of jewellery inside it.

Iris was harder. She wasn't exactly crazy about clothes and accessories but she WAS an insane music fan. So Lily got her six band t-shirts, a pair of skinny jeans and three records of her favourite band.

Then Remus and Sirius. Since she couldn't go to Diagon Alley and get them Quidditch supplies and books on the sport, she went to Nike and got them both some decent clothes. To top their gifts off, she got Sirius three huge bars of Toblerone and Remus thirty bags of salt and vinegar crisps.

That left James.

He was the hardest.

She had already placed an order for some books on his favourite Quidditch team, the Tornadoes but she wanted to give him something extra special.

Passing Boots, she saw a rack full of familiar pink bottles. Lily smiled at how perfect this was and rushed into boots to buy a bottle. After she was done with her Christmas shopping, she sent all her bags to the Hotel room with magic so that she wouldn't have to carry them all around London. Then, Lily set off for Starbucks, trying to decide what she would wear tonight for the concert.

She entered Starbucks and was surprised to see James there, drinking coffee and reading a magazine. She ordered a cappucino for herself and then went towards him.

"Hey!" Lily said, sitting down on the couch next to him, "are you done with your shopping?"

"Yep," James smiled, taking a bite of his muffin, "how about you?"

"I'm done, too. I sent my shopping home," she said, sipping her drink.

"Me too," James said, "I didn't feel like carrying it around."

"Yeah. James?"

"Yes?"

"Does Remus like the colour orange?"

"No. Detests it. Why?"

"Shit."

"Did you get him something orange?" James laughed.

"Yes. I guess I'll have to change the colour with magic. What's his favourite colour?"

"Electric blue," James said.

"Oh, well."

"I am so excited for tonight it's not even funny," James grinned, "I hope Moony got good tickets."

"Hey, guys," Iris suddenly appeared and collapsed on the couch, drinking her strawberry juice, "I'm so freaking tired."

"Where's your shopping?" James asked.

"Relax, James, I sent it back home," Iris chuckled.

"Helloooooo," Remus came and dropped down on the couch next to Iris and pulled out six red and black sheets of small paper with U2 written in big block letters, "guess who got red zone tickets."

"You're JOKING!" Iris looked like she was about to faint.

"I have the tickets as proof, Iris," Remus chuckled.

"I'm going to faint," Iris started fanning herself.

"I. Am. Never. Ever. EVER. Shopping. Again. In. My. Life," Sirius said through gritted teeth. Him and Alison entered the shop together and bough hot chocolate.

"Guess what! Guess what! Guess what!" Iris yelled.

"What?" Alison asked.

"We got red zone tickets!" Iris squealed.

"Oh my god!" Alison screamed.

"I KNOW!" Lily yelled, clapping her hands together.

"Um...there is an hour left for the concert to start so I suggest we all go home and change," James said,looking at the tickets.

"Okay," every one said, getting up. Iris was about to leave the shop when a boy of about twenty, tapped her on the shoulder and asked her out. Iris shook her head and smiled at the boy, and grabbed hold of Sirius' hand as they walked out.

"Excuse me?" some one grabbed hold of Lily's elbow.

"Um, yes?" Lily asked, raising an eye brow.

"Can I...Do you want to have dinner with me?" the boy asked nervously.

Lily smiled and shook her head, "I'm sorry. I have a boyfriend."

"And that boyfriend would be me," James said, sliding his fingers into Lily's hand. She squeezed it back and kissed his cheek.


Hey! Hope you all liked the chapter!

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Iris Hewson has hated Sirius Black since the dawn of time. Or so she thought. Forced to be partners with him in every class, one thing she did not expect was him uncovering her dark secret and painfully and slowly...falling in love with him. PLEASE REVIEW!