*Author's Note* Hey everyone! I've started getting really into Lily and James things, so I'm gonna write a bunch of my own! This one will be a short series about their adult life. I'll still work on Wishes and Dreams. Oh, and if you haven't read Wishes and Dreams, please do! I'm so proud of it, and I want everyone to read it! Now, be nice! This is my first L/J fic! Please review and enjoy!
*Disclaimer* Lily, James, Sirius, Lupin, Pettigrew, all those people belong to JK Rowling. See, I didn't say Bloomsbury or WB, cause they just own them! But JK, well, she OWNS them! They're her babies! The others just help her take care of them. Like a grandma can say that a grandchild is hers, cause she created the babies parents, and without them, there is no baby, but they belong to the parents, cause they created the baby. Know what I'm sayin? Anyway, I'm rambling now. Let's just say, they don't belong to me, only the original characters do.
OUR LIVES TOGETHER
CHAPTER 1
THE LASTS
"I can't believe this is our last Halloween feast!" Lily Evans squealed excitedly as her and her friends headed down to the Great Hall. They were in their seventh and last year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"I know! These years have flown by!" Lily's best friend and fellow Gryffindor Arabella Figg shared her excitement. But Lily's boyfriend James and his friends didn't seem to share their feelings.
"Big deal! So it's our last Halloween feast here! It's not like it's the end of the world and we'll never see each other again." Sirius Black replied, scowling. 'Sirius, always the tough guy.' Lily thought.
"Oh, hon, come on! It IS a big deal. Maybe we're a little over excited about it." Arabella said. Arabella and Sirius had been dating on again off again for the past three years. Right now, they were on again. You couldn't always tell it, but they were totally in love with each other.
"You guys do this with everything! 'Oh, it's our last Sorting Feast!' 'It's our last first day!' 'Oh, it's the last stupid Double Potion on a Friday in September during a quarter moon!' Gimme a break!" Sirius spat. Arabella recoiled, obviously hurt.
"Don't take it personally, Bella. Sirius is just mad cause he got ANOTHER detention from Proffessor Walker. And believe me, that WON"T be the last." Lily said, shooting a look at Sirius. Proffessor Walker, the Potions master, had given Sirius yet another detention. This time he had really earned it, though. They were making Polyjuice Potions today, which not every class got to do. This years seventh years had been given the task as a challenge. The entire year, as a whole, excelled at Potions, and Proffessor Walker was always looking for another way to challenge them. Sirius had asked to got to the bathroom. Unbeknownst to everyone else, Sirius had collected hairs of all his classmates. On his way out to the bathroom and on his way back in, he dropped someone's hair in every cauldron. Everyone knew when something was wrong when they drank the Potions and had turned into someone across the room. They were supposed to change into their partner, and vice versa. Most students were laughing at the prank, but Lucius Malfoy had made a big stink about it. Everyone knew that Sirius did it, because his was the only potion that came out right. Walker had given him a detention, but only one, which had surprised everyone that he was so lenient. Apparently, Walker had enjoyed the prank, but he couldn't let a student get away with that.
"But that's not the worst part!" Sirius moaned. "We had Divination next, and the Potions hadn't worn off. Everyone took their normal seat, but Trelawney was confused! That's a Gryffindor/Ravenclaw class, but she had Slytherin's in it. When we explained the whole thing to her, she got so made that SHE gave me a detention too! When I asked her why, she said that I had wasted too much time. So I get to spend to evenings with my two least favorite teachers!"
"Wow, Sirius that is bad." James Potter said sympathetically. "Especially with Trelawney, she really had no right to no that."
"Sirius, you had to know something was going to happen! These teachers have had you for seven years! They know what you're like! And you knew you were going to get punished." Arabella exclaimed. Sirius opened his month to defend himself, but Arabella wasn't done with her rant. "What is it with you and trouble!? It's like a magnet that attracts you! Sirius, you're a smart person, but sometime you're so stupid! You could've been head boy if you hadn't goofed off so much! Not that I'm not happy that James got it," she added with a smile, "But, Sirius, you have so much potential! If you don't use it, your life will go down the drain..."
"Well, if mine goes down, I'm taking you with me!" and with that, Sirius scooped the petite Bella off her feet and ran down the hall with her.
"Sirius Alfred Black! You put me down!!" Bella screeched, pounding on his back. Lily, James, Remus, and Peter ran after them, laughing all the way. When Sirius put her down, they found themselves in the Entrance Hall, getting annoyed looks from many people.
"Alright Bella, I'll put you down, but only cause you used my middle name! You said you wouldn't tell anyone!" Sirius said.
"Well, I did, and it worked." Bella said, pulling out her mirror. "Oh, now look at my hair!" Bella's long brown hair had slipped out of its bun and was down just hanging on her back.
"Bella, you're still the most beautiful girl I've ever seen." Sirius said, kissing her.
"Thank you, sweetie. But that doesn't fix my hair!" Bella said, turning back to her mirror.
Sirius turned around and shrugged to the guys. They mouthed 'Women', but Lily caught them.
"Sirius, James, you have every right to say that, just not when your girlfriends are right here and armed with wands. And you two," Lily said, turning towards Peter and Remus, "you two don't even HAVE girlfriends, so don't talk." Peter and Remus blushed. Both were very shy, especially around girls.
"You're right Lils! Sorry." James said, then landed a kiss square on her lips.
"Mm, apology accepted." Lily said, taking his hand and walking into the Great Hall.
As the six entered the Hall, they looked around at the marvelous Halloween decorations. The Hall was decked out in black and orange and live bats were flying around. Gigantic Jack-o-Lanterns were in every corner of the room and smaller ones were on the tables. The Hall was really done up, because, after all, Halloween is the most important holiday for witches and wizards.
The six didn't realized how long they'd been admiring the Hall until Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat at the Head Table and said, "Would you six care to sit? Or would you just like to eat there?"
The Great Hall burst out into laughter, and the girls headed over to the Gryffindor table. James, however, stood there and shouted back to Dumbledore. "I think we'll sit, thanks! We were just taking the time to admire all the teachers' handy work. This place looks magnificent, and I mean that! I LOVE the Jack-o-Lanterns, and the bats..."
"Thank you, Mr. Potter, but that's all the brown nosing I can take in one day. Please take your seat."
James shrugged, said "Have it your way!" and walked over to his seat with the guys. Lily and Lizzy were giggling. "James, always the smooth talker." Remus said, giving him a slap on the back.
"Now that that's taken care of, I suggest we start. In the infamous words of my grandfather: 'Dig in!!'" Dumbledore said, then sat down as food began piling on the tables. As James helped himself to potatoes, he thought back to Lily and Bella's excitement. He WAS going to miss the feasts, and teachers, and classmates, and, well, EVERYTHING. He shook the thoughts out of his head. 'You're going soft James, old boy!! Just live in the present!' he told himself.
"So, are we going to Hogsmeade tomorrow guys?" Peter asked as he grabbed a biscuit.
'Sure, why not! We need to stock up on 'supplies'" Remus said with a grin. Lily and Bella just rolled their eyes as the guys made mental checklists of all the prank supplies they needed. The girls knew that they could never stop the guys from pranking: they were pranksters for life, they just had to live with it. But after ten minutes of Zonko's talk, Lily was getting annoyed.
"Do you guys ever think of anything BESIDES pranking!?" Lily asked them impatiently. The guys seemed taken back by Lily's manner, because she was usually very soft spoken. It was Sirius who replied first:
"Well, Lils, pranking does consume most of our time. Hey, it's a tough job, but someone has to do it." the girls groaned. "Though, we take time to deal with other important stuff. Like girls..." he said with a devilish grin.
"And friends!" Remus, the sentimental one, said.
"And food!" Peter said, motioning with his turkey drum stick.
"And, occasionally, school." James said. The three other Marauder's stared at him. "What!? I AM Head Boy!" James said.
Every one laughed. Lily seemed satisfied by their answer, because she returned to her usual cheerful demeanor.
"Moony, can you pass the peas this way?" Peter asked, calling Remus by his nickname.
"Ah, yes, Wormtail the Bottomless Pit!" Remus said, but passed the peas none the less.
"Seriously, Peter, where do you put it all!? You're so skinny!" Arabella said with envy.
"Fast metabolism. It runs in the family." Peter said, spraying everyone with mashed potatoes as he spoke. "Hey, say it don't spray it!" Sirius said, whiping his face.
"I would LOVE fast metabolism! Eat whatever you want, however much, and stay so skinny!" Bella said.
"Hey, you're beautiful just the way you are! You ARE skinny, Bella!" Sirius said, giving his girlfriend a quick peck on the cheek.
"Yeah, but it takes work!" Bella said, but still smiling at the compliment.
"The only thing that runs in our family in our messy black hair!" James said, running his fingers through his hair.
"Yeah, but it's adorable." Lily said, kissing James.
"Hey! It does have it's good side!" James said, laughing with everyone else.
"Hey James! How're the plans for the Ravenclaw game??" Henry Manassis ran over. Everyone groaned. Henry, a fifth year, was a huge Quidditch fan, but he didn't have much talent. James, the Captain of the Gryffindor team, had felt so bad about cutting him from the team, that he had made him his assistant. Basically, Henry cheered the team on, served as Equipment Manager, and helped James with plans.
"Alright, Henry. But I'm having a hard time with counter plans against their Seeker. Matthew is pretty good." James said.
Lily made an annoyed noise. "Are you saying I'm no match for him??" Lily was Gryffindor Seeker, and a darn good one at that. "Oh, no not at all!" James said, suddenly uncomfortable. "Oh, James, I was just kidding!" Lily said with a smile.
"Y'know, this'll be our last game EVER against Ravenclaw!" Bella said wistfully.
The guys groaned. "Oh no, not 'the lasts' again!" Remus said with a sarcastic smile.
At that moment, Dumbledore stood up, smiling. "Well, it's seems that the night is no longer young. It is nearly ten o'clock, and you all need your sleep. I know the party's over when someone falls asleep, and I believe a first year is dozing in their pumpkin pie," everyone laughed and looked around for the sleeping first year. It was a small Hufflepuff girl. People at her table were gently trying to wake her. "Also, their is a Hogsmeade trip for third years and older. You MUST have your permission slip. And now, I bid you all good night."
Everyone got up and filed out of the Great Hall. "So that was our last Halloween feast." Bella said sadly.
"Not again!" Sirius said.
"Bella, we've been through this before!" Remus said, slapping his forehead.
"This ISN'T a big deal, Bella!" Peter said.
"On the contrary! It IS a big deal! Just think, this time next year, we won't be attending that feast. I doubt ANY of us will be here next year!" Lily said.
"OK, so it is a big deal, just not HUGE. Let's leave it at that." James said, being the peace keeper.
"OK, I'll agree to that. Now we can kiss and make up, right Bella?" Sirius said.
"Oh, I guess..." Bella said, mock sadly. Sirius swooped in and pecked her on the cheek.
"Anyway, are we gonna take our time getting to Hogsmeade tomorrow or wake up early? You know I'm fine either way." Lily asked.
"Well, I don't know about everyone else, but I'm tired. I need some sleep!" James said, yawning.
"Alright, we can all sleep in tomorrow!" Peter said happily.
"Woogie Woogie," Sirius said to the Fat Lady's portrait.
The group scrambled in through the portrait hole. After exchanging good nights, the girls and guys went their separate ways.
James was right. He WAS tired! His head had just hit the pillow when he fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.
*A/N* OK, how'd you like it? Not my best work, or my longest, but hey, I tried! Keep in mind it's my first L/J, so it's not the best. PLEASE review and give me some suggestions! Thanx!
*Disclaimer* Lily, James, Sirius, Lupin, Pettigrew, all those people belong to JK Rowling. See, I didn't say Bloomsbury or WB, cause they just own them! But JK, well, she OWNS them! They're her babies! The others just help her take care of them. Like a grandma can say that a grandchild is hers, cause she created the babies parents, and without them, there is no baby, but they belong to the parents, cause they created the baby. Know what I'm sayin? Anyway, I'm rambling now. Let's just say, they don't belong to me, only the original characters do.
OUR LIVES TOGETHER
CHAPTER 1
THE LASTS
"I can't believe this is our last Halloween feast!" Lily Evans squealed excitedly as her and her friends headed down to the Great Hall. They were in their seventh and last year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
"I know! These years have flown by!" Lily's best friend and fellow Gryffindor Arabella Figg shared her excitement. But Lily's boyfriend James and his friends didn't seem to share their feelings.
"Big deal! So it's our last Halloween feast here! It's not like it's the end of the world and we'll never see each other again." Sirius Black replied, scowling. 'Sirius, always the tough guy.' Lily thought.
"Oh, hon, come on! It IS a big deal. Maybe we're a little over excited about it." Arabella said. Arabella and Sirius had been dating on again off again for the past three years. Right now, they were on again. You couldn't always tell it, but they were totally in love with each other.
"You guys do this with everything! 'Oh, it's our last Sorting Feast!' 'It's our last first day!' 'Oh, it's the last stupid Double Potion on a Friday in September during a quarter moon!' Gimme a break!" Sirius spat. Arabella recoiled, obviously hurt.
"Don't take it personally, Bella. Sirius is just mad cause he got ANOTHER detention from Proffessor Walker. And believe me, that WON"T be the last." Lily said, shooting a look at Sirius. Proffessor Walker, the Potions master, had given Sirius yet another detention. This time he had really earned it, though. They were making Polyjuice Potions today, which not every class got to do. This years seventh years had been given the task as a challenge. The entire year, as a whole, excelled at Potions, and Proffessor Walker was always looking for another way to challenge them. Sirius had asked to got to the bathroom. Unbeknownst to everyone else, Sirius had collected hairs of all his classmates. On his way out to the bathroom and on his way back in, he dropped someone's hair in every cauldron. Everyone knew when something was wrong when they drank the Potions and had turned into someone across the room. They were supposed to change into their partner, and vice versa. Most students were laughing at the prank, but Lucius Malfoy had made a big stink about it. Everyone knew that Sirius did it, because his was the only potion that came out right. Walker had given him a detention, but only one, which had surprised everyone that he was so lenient. Apparently, Walker had enjoyed the prank, but he couldn't let a student get away with that.
"But that's not the worst part!" Sirius moaned. "We had Divination next, and the Potions hadn't worn off. Everyone took their normal seat, but Trelawney was confused! That's a Gryffindor/Ravenclaw class, but she had Slytherin's in it. When we explained the whole thing to her, she got so made that SHE gave me a detention too! When I asked her why, she said that I had wasted too much time. So I get to spend to evenings with my two least favorite teachers!"
"Wow, Sirius that is bad." James Potter said sympathetically. "Especially with Trelawney, she really had no right to no that."
"Sirius, you had to know something was going to happen! These teachers have had you for seven years! They know what you're like! And you knew you were going to get punished." Arabella exclaimed. Sirius opened his month to defend himself, but Arabella wasn't done with her rant. "What is it with you and trouble!? It's like a magnet that attracts you! Sirius, you're a smart person, but sometime you're so stupid! You could've been head boy if you hadn't goofed off so much! Not that I'm not happy that James got it," she added with a smile, "But, Sirius, you have so much potential! If you don't use it, your life will go down the drain..."
"Well, if mine goes down, I'm taking you with me!" and with that, Sirius scooped the petite Bella off her feet and ran down the hall with her.
"Sirius Alfred Black! You put me down!!" Bella screeched, pounding on his back. Lily, James, Remus, and Peter ran after them, laughing all the way. When Sirius put her down, they found themselves in the Entrance Hall, getting annoyed looks from many people.
"Alright Bella, I'll put you down, but only cause you used my middle name! You said you wouldn't tell anyone!" Sirius said.
"Well, I did, and it worked." Bella said, pulling out her mirror. "Oh, now look at my hair!" Bella's long brown hair had slipped out of its bun and was down just hanging on her back.
"Bella, you're still the most beautiful girl I've ever seen." Sirius said, kissing her.
"Thank you, sweetie. But that doesn't fix my hair!" Bella said, turning back to her mirror.
Sirius turned around and shrugged to the guys. They mouthed 'Women', but Lily caught them.
"Sirius, James, you have every right to say that, just not when your girlfriends are right here and armed with wands. And you two," Lily said, turning towards Peter and Remus, "you two don't even HAVE girlfriends, so don't talk." Peter and Remus blushed. Both were very shy, especially around girls.
"You're right Lils! Sorry." James said, then landed a kiss square on her lips.
"Mm, apology accepted." Lily said, taking his hand and walking into the Great Hall.
As the six entered the Hall, they looked around at the marvelous Halloween decorations. The Hall was decked out in black and orange and live bats were flying around. Gigantic Jack-o-Lanterns were in every corner of the room and smaller ones were on the tables. The Hall was really done up, because, after all, Halloween is the most important holiday for witches and wizards.
The six didn't realized how long they'd been admiring the Hall until Professor Dumbledore cleared his throat at the Head Table and said, "Would you six care to sit? Or would you just like to eat there?"
The Great Hall burst out into laughter, and the girls headed over to the Gryffindor table. James, however, stood there and shouted back to Dumbledore. "I think we'll sit, thanks! We were just taking the time to admire all the teachers' handy work. This place looks magnificent, and I mean that! I LOVE the Jack-o-Lanterns, and the bats..."
"Thank you, Mr. Potter, but that's all the brown nosing I can take in one day. Please take your seat."
James shrugged, said "Have it your way!" and walked over to his seat with the guys. Lily and Lizzy were giggling. "James, always the smooth talker." Remus said, giving him a slap on the back.
"Now that that's taken care of, I suggest we start. In the infamous words of my grandfather: 'Dig in!!'" Dumbledore said, then sat down as food began piling on the tables. As James helped himself to potatoes, he thought back to Lily and Bella's excitement. He WAS going to miss the feasts, and teachers, and classmates, and, well, EVERYTHING. He shook the thoughts out of his head. 'You're going soft James, old boy!! Just live in the present!' he told himself.
"So, are we going to Hogsmeade tomorrow guys?" Peter asked as he grabbed a biscuit.
'Sure, why not! We need to stock up on 'supplies'" Remus said with a grin. Lily and Bella just rolled their eyes as the guys made mental checklists of all the prank supplies they needed. The girls knew that they could never stop the guys from pranking: they were pranksters for life, they just had to live with it. But after ten minutes of Zonko's talk, Lily was getting annoyed.
"Do you guys ever think of anything BESIDES pranking!?" Lily asked them impatiently. The guys seemed taken back by Lily's manner, because she was usually very soft spoken. It was Sirius who replied first:
"Well, Lils, pranking does consume most of our time. Hey, it's a tough job, but someone has to do it." the girls groaned. "Though, we take time to deal with other important stuff. Like girls..." he said with a devilish grin.
"And friends!" Remus, the sentimental one, said.
"And food!" Peter said, motioning with his turkey drum stick.
"And, occasionally, school." James said. The three other Marauder's stared at him. "What!? I AM Head Boy!" James said.
Every one laughed. Lily seemed satisfied by their answer, because she returned to her usual cheerful demeanor.
"Moony, can you pass the peas this way?" Peter asked, calling Remus by his nickname.
"Ah, yes, Wormtail the Bottomless Pit!" Remus said, but passed the peas none the less.
"Seriously, Peter, where do you put it all!? You're so skinny!" Arabella said with envy.
"Fast metabolism. It runs in the family." Peter said, spraying everyone with mashed potatoes as he spoke. "Hey, say it don't spray it!" Sirius said, whiping his face.
"I would LOVE fast metabolism! Eat whatever you want, however much, and stay so skinny!" Bella said.
"Hey, you're beautiful just the way you are! You ARE skinny, Bella!" Sirius said, giving his girlfriend a quick peck on the cheek.
"Yeah, but it takes work!" Bella said, but still smiling at the compliment.
"The only thing that runs in our family in our messy black hair!" James said, running his fingers through his hair.
"Yeah, but it's adorable." Lily said, kissing James.
"Hey! It does have it's good side!" James said, laughing with everyone else.
"Hey James! How're the plans for the Ravenclaw game??" Henry Manassis ran over. Everyone groaned. Henry, a fifth year, was a huge Quidditch fan, but he didn't have much talent. James, the Captain of the Gryffindor team, had felt so bad about cutting him from the team, that he had made him his assistant. Basically, Henry cheered the team on, served as Equipment Manager, and helped James with plans.
"Alright, Henry. But I'm having a hard time with counter plans against their Seeker. Matthew is pretty good." James said.
Lily made an annoyed noise. "Are you saying I'm no match for him??" Lily was Gryffindor Seeker, and a darn good one at that. "Oh, no not at all!" James said, suddenly uncomfortable. "Oh, James, I was just kidding!" Lily said with a smile.
"Y'know, this'll be our last game EVER against Ravenclaw!" Bella said wistfully.
The guys groaned. "Oh no, not 'the lasts' again!" Remus said with a sarcastic smile.
At that moment, Dumbledore stood up, smiling. "Well, it's seems that the night is no longer young. It is nearly ten o'clock, and you all need your sleep. I know the party's over when someone falls asleep, and I believe a first year is dozing in their pumpkin pie," everyone laughed and looked around for the sleeping first year. It was a small Hufflepuff girl. People at her table were gently trying to wake her. "Also, their is a Hogsmeade trip for third years and older. You MUST have your permission slip. And now, I bid you all good night."
Everyone got up and filed out of the Great Hall. "So that was our last Halloween feast." Bella said sadly.
"Not again!" Sirius said.
"Bella, we've been through this before!" Remus said, slapping his forehead.
"This ISN'T a big deal, Bella!" Peter said.
"On the contrary! It IS a big deal! Just think, this time next year, we won't be attending that feast. I doubt ANY of us will be here next year!" Lily said.
"OK, so it is a big deal, just not HUGE. Let's leave it at that." James said, being the peace keeper.
"OK, I'll agree to that. Now we can kiss and make up, right Bella?" Sirius said.
"Oh, I guess..." Bella said, mock sadly. Sirius swooped in and pecked her on the cheek.
"Anyway, are we gonna take our time getting to Hogsmeade tomorrow or wake up early? You know I'm fine either way." Lily asked.
"Well, I don't know about everyone else, but I'm tired. I need some sleep!" James said, yawning.
"Alright, we can all sleep in tomorrow!" Peter said happily.
"Woogie Woogie," Sirius said to the Fat Lady's portrait.
The group scrambled in through the portrait hole. After exchanging good nights, the girls and guys went their separate ways.
James was right. He WAS tired! His head had just hit the pillow when he fell into a deep, dreamless sleep.
*A/N* OK, how'd you like it? Not my best work, or my longest, but hey, I tried! Keep in mind it's my first L/J, so it's not the best. PLEASE review and give me some suggestions! Thanx!