Chapter 50:
It was the day before the Hogsmeade trip which of course meant the day before they met the parents, again. They had arranged that they would have lunch at Lily's house before having dinner at James'.
Lily Evans, a role model to a lot of people, especially younger students with high aims, or those who are muggle born and worried to what is happening outside of Hogwarts. Lily Evans is also good friend and listener to a lot of people, a lot of people trust her because she can keep secretes really well. This is why Sirius Black only told her.
"Lily" Sirius said as he came into the heads dorms and saw her doing her homework.
"Sirius" she smiled looking up at him with a quick glance without noticing his worried expression. "James is in his room" she said
"It's not James I'm here to see"
"Ahh you wanted a bit of Lily love" she smirked scribbling down her last sentence before finally looking up. "What's wrong?" she said instantly seeing his desperate and worried expression.
"I don't know who else I can talk to…" he said quietly
Lily got up grabbed his arm and led him to the sofa and pulled him down next to her. "Right, what's happened?" she asked him softly
"Last night my brother, Regulus, spoke to me" he saw Lily nod telling him to continue "He said he knows who's causing the attacks, I asked him to tell me who but he wouldn't, but he said it's only going to get worse and that you Lily-"
"Me?" she asked confused, but she knew he must be a little shaken up because he had said 'Lily' rather than 'Lilyflower'.
He nodded and breathed in "Lily you're in danger, and so are a lot of other people, he wouldn't give me any names but yours, he said I should watch out for you"
She nodded "I do match the categories" she admitted
"What do you mean?" Sirius asked
"Everyone who's been attacked has been a muggle born and-"
"Lily" Sirius said seriously
"You said before you had suspects, is my brother one of them?"
She shook her head "He wasn't, but this makes me wonder how he knew"
He nodded "I finally thought maybe he realised what's been going on is wrong, that he gained some sense… I guess I was wrong-"
"Sirius he warned you, there's still hope, he may have just heard but obviously he can't turn against wannabe death eaters and not expect something to happen to him, he might be doing the little good that he can"
"I don't want false hope Lily" Sirius said
"I'm not exactly going to make this stuff up Sirius you idiot." She said "I'm telling the truth, this is a possibility, and why else would he warn you if there wasn't any good left in him"
He shrugged. "I don't know" he said finally
"Just don't expect the worse, it will always be different to what you expect" she told him wisely
"Thanks Lilyflower"
She smiled with relief, the use of 'Lilyflower' let her know that she had at least cheered him up a little. "Anytime Pads" she said with a wink
He laughed, "Nervous about tomorrow?" he asked
"I've met his parents before, and he's met mine, I'm sure it'll be fine" she told him "as long as I don't screw up"
Sirius laughed "I knew you were nervous! You little bravefaceputteroner" he said
"I'm not nervous" she said confidently but the way her tone of voice wavered showed otherwise
He smirked "They love you already, you don't need to worry"
"What do you mean?" Lily asked
"They were talking about you after that meal, saying how lovely you were etc. etc." he answered
"Really?!" she coughed
"Yeah you idiot. Don't tell James I told you this but his Mum said and I quote 'no wonder you've always had a crush on that girl, I remember all those summers where all I'd hear is lily this and lily that, she's a lovely young lady James, perfect for you I'd say'"
By this point Lily's cheeks were a little rosy "I err don't really know what to say to that"
Sirius laughed "Point is Mrs P is absolutely right, and she adores you, you should have seen the letter I got from her asking me to tell her who James is dating because James won't tell her, and she's been rambling on about how she hopes its you-"
"Ok, you can stop now" she said looking at her feet
Sirius laughed at how embarrassed she was. "So to summarize" he teased "you'll be fine"
"Thanks Sirius" lily said
"Thanks for what?" James asked stepping off the bottom step of the stair case
"For showing her what real kiss is" he said casually
"What!?" James said
Lily laughed and stood up and slid her had round his waist "he's just messing with you, he was just giving me moral support for tomorrow"
"Moral support?" James asked
"Well yeah" Lily said "My parents hate you, I don't know how you're going to survive my Dad's 'quality boyfriend test'" she teased
"'quality boyfriend what?" he asked panic stricken across his face.
Lily laughed "Only messing you idiot"
"Don't ever do that to me again" James said putting an arm round her shoulders
"Right little pranker now aren't you Lilyflower" Sirius laughed
"Clearly been hanging around with you lot for far too long" she answered
"That you have" James said "but it's not as though I'm ever going to let you go"
Lily met his gaze and smiled softly
Sirius coughed sensing they were having a moment "I'll see you guys when you get back tomorrow then" he said with a wave and a quick walk out of the heads common room.
Lily giggled gently but felt her self being pulled into James, she looked up at him and met his gaze again and bit her bottom lip "never letting me go huh?" she teased, a glint in her eyes
James placed his palm on the back of her neck and slowly kissed her lips. He could feel them getting deeper and deeper into the kiss, getting lost into each other. The next thing he knew he had been pushed up against the wall and her hands twisted in his messy black hair. He twisted their position so that it was she who was against the wall.
Lily felt the cold wall against her back and knew she had lost the dominance that they are both always playing for, she wasn't about to give up. She pressed herself impossibly more against him and moved her hands to his shoulders slowly and gradually pushed him backwards keeping her mouth joined with his. She kept slowly trying to win back the dominance and eventually that happened when she had pushed James far enough back that he bumped into the sofa which caused his knees to buck and he fell backwards onto the sofa with a yell. She laughed, sat on his lap, maintained all dominance, and quickly met his lips again with more passion than before.
"Are you ready?" Lily asked James as they stood before the fireplace. Lily's parents had managed to get their house connected to the floo line for the day, of course Dumbledore was the one who sorted the matter but all in all the house was connected to the floo line.
He nodded "After you?" he asked
"Sure" she said. She clearly stated her address before stepping into the green flame.
Next Chapter meeting off the parents…again.
TheFifthMarauderette- Just you wait (;
StormwalkerofLorien- yeah, there will be a climax coming soon (no spoilers)
LilyEvans2510- haha, no problem, will do
Erludovico- Exactly!
Littlefish130- Awwhh thanks, school holiday is nearly over but soon is FRANCE! Ahh can't wait!
thalicoinmordor-Of course, it's all been slowly building up (no spoilers)
I'm hoping to post on Friday or before because otherwise it will be two weeks until you get another chapter, I will try my best to keep posting, even if it is short.
