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have anything to do with the Harry Potter world. I do not own The Lord of
The Rings, J.R.R Tolkien or the Uruk-hai either.
Chapter 10~The Muggle Studies Camping Trip
James walked down the group of fourth years ticking their names off on the register. Enya and Waseid had
already arrived and had gone to help Professor Cadrical camping equipment. He saw Lily stride down the
hallway towards the group. She smiled at him. "Everyone here then?"
He looked at her suspiciously. "What are you doing Lily?"
"What does it look like?" She indicated a bag at her feet. "I signed up to help with the trip."
He frowned at her. "I didn't see your name."
"I signed up after you."
"Oh. Well, you can finish this then." He thrust the register at her and walked away. Lily stood frozen to the
spot for a few minutes, until a fourth year tapped her shoulder and bought her back to her senses. They were
taking a train from Hogsmeade to the campsite. As Lily checked off their names, the fourth years filtered out
towards the thestral-drawn carriages. When Lily had finished she got climbed into the last carriage with James,
Enya and Waseid.
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James didn't say a word throughout the whole carriage ride into Hogsmeade. He had come on the trip to get
away from Lily - and here she was in the same carriage as him. At least he didn't have Sirius questioning him
every few minutes. Remus knew that he didn't want to talk about it and he didn't try to bring it up. Peter -
well, he was always annoying. James didn't really know Enya and Waseid and he couldn't be bothered to
make an effort to talk to them. He didn't care if they thought that he was rude. They were sixth years, Waseid
was a Hufflepuff and Enya was a Slytherin. Neither of them were prefects. James had heard things about
Enya Nerak from younger pupils who were on the receiving end of her curses. Nerak, he thought, sounds like
a Uruk-hai name. He was reading The Lord of The Rings by J.R.R Tolkien. He read through the train journey
as well and was annoyed to notice Lily staring at him, looking rather worried.
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They reached the campsite and Enya assigned pitches. The five teacher/student helper pitches were dotted
amongst the fourth years. The fourth year students had had their wands confiscated and had to cook their
dinner and survive the night as muggles would. James was grateful that he didn't have to. He had no idea
how to put up a tent by hand. The fourth years had been given complicated diagrams and instructions. They
seemed to be doing okay, so James erected his tent with a flick of his wand. He shoved his bag inside and sat
on a stone wall. He saw Lily approaching, got up and walked swiftly away.
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Lily had not yet managed to get a moment alone with James. He always walked away from her or some other
people were there too. She decided to talk to him at night; it was the only way to get him alone.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dinnertime was a disaster. Professor Cadrical and the older students had to rush around extinguishing fires
that the fourth years had been rather too enthusiastic with. By 10 pm everyone had managed to cook and eat
something and had crawled into bed. The night was so cold that most of them had gone to sleep wearing their
normal clothes. James couldn't sleep. He was enjoying the quiet and reading his book. Every now and then
he heard whispering voices from the tents surrounding him and the outer layers of tents flapping in the wind.
Sometimes it felt as though the whole tent would take flight. On particuly harsh gusts of wind he heard
screams from some of the fourth years. He rolled over and looked at his travel clock. It was midnight. He saw
the zip to his tent move and sat bolt upright, pulling out his wand.
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Lily was crouched outside James' tent wearing her pyjamas. He was about to tell her where to go, when he
realised that she must be freezing. "Can I come in?" She asked. Her lips were going blue and her teeth were
chattering. "Yeah okay." She crawled into his tent and sat down next to him. She opened her mouth to talk,
but James got there first. "What the hell where you doing outside in your pyjamas? Especially after being ill
last week!"
Lily blushed. "I needed to talk to you alone and you kept ignoring me or walking away."
James laughed. "You needed to talk to me so badly that you didn't mind freezing to death in the process?"
"Yes." James stopped laughing and looked at Lily.
"Hurry up then. I do want to get some sleep tonight."
Lily scowled. "This is serious James. I need to apologise for what I said to you at the ball, and for what I said
when we had that argument. I can't say that I love you and I don't think that you should have said it to me.
It was too soon to say something like that. I definitely like you though and I don't want to lose you. The thing
is, well, I don't really know that much about you, so I can't say that I love you."
"Lily, I don't-"
"Let me finish! I really, really like you and I want to get to know you more."
"What, like spend time alone together?"
"Yeah, we can go on dates and things to get to know each other properly. I suppose what I'm saying is I want
to be your girlfriend." Lily finished. She looked at James, unsure what his reaction would be. His face split
into a broad grin. "I'm sorry if I scared you Lily. I can be such an idiot sometimes. So, would you like to go to
Hogsmeade with me next weekend?"
"Of course I would." Lily and James hugged. "I better get back to my tent." James gave her a quick kiss on
the cheek and she apparated back to her own tent.
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On the way back to Hogwarts Lily and James got a compartment on the train to themselves and a thestral-
drawn carriage. James had been quite shy about talking to Lily and had started reading Lord Of The Rings
again. Lily had started talking to him about the book and he soon relaxed and Lily enjoyed talking to him.
"When's our first date then?" Lily smiled at James.
"Hogsmeade weekend?"
"Okay so we're going to Hogsmeade."
James grinned. "Can you apparate?"
"Yeah."
"Then to Hogsmeade and beyond!"
Lily grinned mischievously. "Do you think we should tell the others about us? We could keep it a secret and
see what they do."
"See what they do? Yeah, and meet up in secret. Sirius is bound to do something stupid."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When they reached their destination they parted and James resumed his miserable I-don't-give-a-crap-about-
anything look.
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Thank you to everyone who reviewed. 11 reviews! Trinity Day who reviewed chapter 1-yes, I am taking OotP into consideration. Just because Sirius lives with James it doesn't mean that he'd definitely know about James being Head boy. What's a beta? Please, please review this chapter! Thank you once again to everyone who reviewed chapter 9. Wahoo fireworks night! Please submit a review!
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Chapter 10~The Muggle Studies Camping Trip
James walked down the group of fourth years ticking their names off on the register. Enya and Waseid had
already arrived and had gone to help Professor Cadrical camping equipment. He saw Lily stride down the
hallway towards the group. She smiled at him. "Everyone here then?"
He looked at her suspiciously. "What are you doing Lily?"
"What does it look like?" She indicated a bag at her feet. "I signed up to help with the trip."
He frowned at her. "I didn't see your name."
"I signed up after you."
"Oh. Well, you can finish this then." He thrust the register at her and walked away. Lily stood frozen to the
spot for a few minutes, until a fourth year tapped her shoulder and bought her back to her senses. They were
taking a train from Hogsmeade to the campsite. As Lily checked off their names, the fourth years filtered out
towards the thestral-drawn carriages. When Lily had finished she got climbed into the last carriage with James,
Enya and Waseid.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
James didn't say a word throughout the whole carriage ride into Hogsmeade. He had come on the trip to get
away from Lily - and here she was in the same carriage as him. At least he didn't have Sirius questioning him
every few minutes. Remus knew that he didn't want to talk about it and he didn't try to bring it up. Peter -
well, he was always annoying. James didn't really know Enya and Waseid and he couldn't be bothered to
make an effort to talk to them. He didn't care if they thought that he was rude. They were sixth years, Waseid
was a Hufflepuff and Enya was a Slytherin. Neither of them were prefects. James had heard things about
Enya Nerak from younger pupils who were on the receiving end of her curses. Nerak, he thought, sounds like
a Uruk-hai name. He was reading The Lord of The Rings by J.R.R Tolkien. He read through the train journey
as well and was annoyed to notice Lily staring at him, looking rather worried.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
They reached the campsite and Enya assigned pitches. The five teacher/student helper pitches were dotted
amongst the fourth years. The fourth year students had had their wands confiscated and had to cook their
dinner and survive the night as muggles would. James was grateful that he didn't have to. He had no idea
how to put up a tent by hand. The fourth years had been given complicated diagrams and instructions. They
seemed to be doing okay, so James erected his tent with a flick of his wand. He shoved his bag inside and sat
on a stone wall. He saw Lily approaching, got up and walked swiftly away.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lily had not yet managed to get a moment alone with James. He always walked away from her or some other
people were there too. She decided to talk to him at night; it was the only way to get him alone.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Dinnertime was a disaster. Professor Cadrical and the older students had to rush around extinguishing fires
that the fourth years had been rather too enthusiastic with. By 10 pm everyone had managed to cook and eat
something and had crawled into bed. The night was so cold that most of them had gone to sleep wearing their
normal clothes. James couldn't sleep. He was enjoying the quiet and reading his book. Every now and then
he heard whispering voices from the tents surrounding him and the outer layers of tents flapping in the wind.
Sometimes it felt as though the whole tent would take flight. On particuly harsh gusts of wind he heard
screams from some of the fourth years. He rolled over and looked at his travel clock. It was midnight. He saw
the zip to his tent move and sat bolt upright, pulling out his wand.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lily was crouched outside James' tent wearing her pyjamas. He was about to tell her where to go, when he
realised that she must be freezing. "Can I come in?" She asked. Her lips were going blue and her teeth were
chattering. "Yeah okay." She crawled into his tent and sat down next to him. She opened her mouth to talk,
but James got there first. "What the hell where you doing outside in your pyjamas? Especially after being ill
last week!"
Lily blushed. "I needed to talk to you alone and you kept ignoring me or walking away."
James laughed. "You needed to talk to me so badly that you didn't mind freezing to death in the process?"
"Yes." James stopped laughing and looked at Lily.
"Hurry up then. I do want to get some sleep tonight."
Lily scowled. "This is serious James. I need to apologise for what I said to you at the ball, and for what I said
when we had that argument. I can't say that I love you and I don't think that you should have said it to me.
It was too soon to say something like that. I definitely like you though and I don't want to lose you. The thing
is, well, I don't really know that much about you, so I can't say that I love you."
"Lily, I don't-"
"Let me finish! I really, really like you and I want to get to know you more."
"What, like spend time alone together?"
"Yeah, we can go on dates and things to get to know each other properly. I suppose what I'm saying is I want
to be your girlfriend." Lily finished. She looked at James, unsure what his reaction would be. His face split
into a broad grin. "I'm sorry if I scared you Lily. I can be such an idiot sometimes. So, would you like to go to
Hogsmeade with me next weekend?"
"Of course I would." Lily and James hugged. "I better get back to my tent." James gave her a quick kiss on
the cheek and she apparated back to her own tent.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On the way back to Hogwarts Lily and James got a compartment on the train to themselves and a thestral-
drawn carriage. James had been quite shy about talking to Lily and had started reading Lord Of The Rings
again. Lily had started talking to him about the book and he soon relaxed and Lily enjoyed talking to him.
"When's our first date then?" Lily smiled at James.
"Hogsmeade weekend?"
"Okay so we're going to Hogsmeade."
James grinned. "Can you apparate?"
"Yeah."
"Then to Hogsmeade and beyond!"
Lily grinned mischievously. "Do you think we should tell the others about us? We could keep it a secret and
see what they do."
"See what they do? Yeah, and meet up in secret. Sirius is bound to do something stupid."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When they reached their destination they parted and James resumed his miserable I-don't-give-a-crap-about-
anything look.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Thank you to everyone who reviewed. 11 reviews! Trinity Day who reviewed chapter 1-yes, I am taking OotP into consideration. Just because Sirius lives with James it doesn't mean that he'd definitely know about James being Head boy. What's a beta? Please, please review this chapter! Thank you once again to everyone who reviewed chapter 9. Wahoo fireworks night! Please submit a review!
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