All characters here aren't
owned by me. Its so sad ;.;
"Whoa! What's
that?" Sirius' excited cry rang out through the first floor of the
shopping center.
All four of them, used
to being noticed and obvious to all those dull, 'normal' people around them,
muggles and wizards/witches alike, just ignored the curious, scared, and even
annoyed stares coming their way.
Lily, being the only
muggle-born witch in their group, answered Sirius. "Sirius, remember to
breath."
Sirius promptly breathed
in and out loudly. Noisily.
She ignored this, and
carried on. "It's called a Play Station. You can play all these
games-"
Lily stopped, and looked
around. They had all disappeared; even the arm around her waist was gone.
Then she saw them. They
were all examining the TV with high excitement and wonder, poking it and going
around behind it to look where the picture was, uttering sounds of astonishment
when they found there was no skier crashing down a hill just behind the TV.
She giggled at their
cluelessness, amused at the fact that they thought there was a guy in the TV
needing help to get out.
Remus heard her giggle,
and turned worried eyes to hers. "Don't you think we should help
him?" he asked, gesturing towards the TV, where Sirius, for reasons known
only by himself, was climbing onto the TV and looking at the screen, his head
hanging upside down.
"Who, Sirius?"
she replied. "Yea, he does need help, doesn't he? But I'm not a shrink,
I'm afraid."
"No, no, no. The
guy in the box." Remus worriedly answered.
"Guy in the
box?" she repeated, confused. Then she caught on and, laughing, walked to
the TV, an anxious Remus following her.
"Hey guys?"
James and Sirius looked
up from where they were pushing buttons left, right and center. (AN: It's a
known fact that if you leave a toddler with a button to push, it will get
pushed eventually...just thought you'd like to know that in reference... =Þ)
"Guys, its ok. Come
over to my house sometime, I have a TV too, but right now I need to buy a
present for my cousin. Are you coming?"
Well, James wanted to go
with Lily, and Sirius couldn't do anything really bad with only one partner
(AN: Things always happen in threes =Þ) and Remus wanted to see what they sold
for eight year old boys (and maybe buy something for James and Sirius), so that
was that.
With Lily walking calmly
down the aisles of the same toy store, pondering, and James, with an arm around
her waist, occasionally muttering something to her (and usually getting slapped
for it), who wasn't ignoring his two friends so mush as putting them out of his
mind for the time being. The said Friends were examining every other toy they
crossed, with suppressed murmurs of shock, wariness, and excitement coming from
them every so often. Needless to say, it was one of those rare, quiet moments
amongst the four.
Also needless to say, it
didn't last long.
"Wowee! What's
that?" shouted Sirius, pointing at a bunch of scooters.
Lily looked up from an
action figure she was examining. "That, Sirius, is a scooter."
"A zooter? What
does it do?"
Not realizing the
complications telling them would result in; she shrugged, and answered
nonchantly. "Well, you hold onto the handlebars and stand on it with one
foot while propelling yourself with the other."
Unheeding of the sparkle
in their eyes, she just moved on to the next action figure.
A few minutes later, she
judged that, although James would also be a good choice, Sirius was most like a
child, insane as he was, and therefore she decided to ask for his help.
"Hey Sirius, which
would you choose?" she asked, turning around. She didn't see any of them.
"Jamesee? Sirius?
Remus?" she called, worried. Not for them, but for the shop.
She chose the right one
to be worried over, because just then, at the end of the aisle, she saw James,
going incredibly fast on his scooter, turning his head to call to Sirius and
Remus, who were just behind him.
Not looking where he was
going caused a perfectly nice display to crash to the floor.
All Lily heard as she
jogged up the aisle, action figure in hand, was a muffled "Ouch. I'm
okay!" with Sirius and Remus cracking up in laughter.
Looking at the action
figure she held, she decided it would do and walked to the till to pay for it
before the store workers realized she was with the crazy people.
The figure paid for and
wrapped, Lily7 walked to the entrance and waited patiently.
True to form, the store
workers were a tad angry, and listened to the three's protests that they had
been framed (Lily released a highly indelicate snort at this) all the way to
that it was the "zooter's" fault for not more attention to where it
was going, with disbelief and impatience.
At that last excuse,
however, they got really angry, and banned the trio from the shop for ignorance
and stupidity.
So, with Sirius
complaining to Remus, and Remus ignoring him and looking around, and James' arm
once again around a smirking Lily ("Oh, shut up Lil. You'd have done it
too."), they left for the next shop.
AN: Well, there's
chapter 3 people. And see? It was longer too!! Did you like this one?
Its hard writing more
than one series at a time…You might see the other's I'm writing soon….if I get
them finished…
Ah well.. Thanks SOOO
much to all you reviewers, you rule!! ^^
And please review if you
haven't. Btw…no one answered the "hooking up" question…should I leave them
single? =Þ
