All characters belong to
J.K. Rowling, except the old man. I'm not sure right now, but he may play a
more specific role later…dunno…anyway, he's mine, and yea, you can have the
grouch if you want him O.o;
Lily paused, wavering
between whether to go in or save the apprehensive trio some trauma. Rather
quickly coming to the conclusion that "Trauma makes the spirit
stronger", she walked in, pretending not to notice their cries of misery.
There were racks in this
shop too, filled with winter clothing, a wide area in the middle of the floor
selling cosmetics, and a whole floor upstairs devoted to shoes! (AN: ^^;)
"Why, Lil?
Why," James checked the name of the store, "Sears?"
Remus just grumbled and
Sirius whined incoherently.
"Dear, dear
boys...As much as I hate her, my parents will kill me if I don't buy a present
for Petunia."
"But if you hate
her, you don't have to! It's forgiven!" exclaimed Sirius, turning for the
doors. But when Lily continued to walk towards the make-up displays, James
caught hold of his arm.
"If I have to shop
for gunk, you're coming down with me!" he hissed, tugging fruitlessly on
Sirius' sleeve. "Right Moony?"
Remus just looked at him
guiltily. "Sorry James, but...well, she's your girlfriend! You go on if
you want, but I'm staying with Sirius."
Lily, perceiving a hold
up, had made her way back to the main group.
"Tsk." she
said, only a faint glimmer of annoyance on her face, and, grabbing James'
jacket, she hauled him off to the make up table.
Sirius and Remus,
laughing gleefully at the almost physical pain on James' face, left to explore
the mall.
"Maybe this
colour..no, probably this...maybe that..Jamesee, what do you think?"
James scanned his gaze
across the wide variety of lipstick, and quickly picked out the most revolting
one there. "That one. It's perfect for Petunia."
She looked at it, and didn't
even attempt to stifle her laughter. "Now now, Jamesee. Pretend I was
Petunia. Which would you choose?" She held up two colours.
He ignored them.
"No offense, but if you were Petunia, I'd break up with you."
She glanced at him,
irritated. "Fine. But I'd break it up with you first. Pretend I had the
same kind of blonde hair and same colour eyes as her then. What do you
say?" she asked, holding up the two colours again.
"What do I say to a
blonde you?" he murmured, snatching her up in his arms and lowering his
voice to a whisper and smirking. "That's easy. Rowwrr.."
He grinned then, and
when she tried to push him away, just held on tighter.
"Jamesee! Not
here!"
"Why ever
not?" he replied, lowering his lips closer to her.
When she tried to utter
a reprimand, he pulled back slightly, and she got a glimpse of his eyes.
They were a deep dark
brown, almost black, and held something that was incredibly obstinate, which
told her to give in unless she wanted to start a silent-treatment argument.
Sighing quietly in
defeat, she lifted her face to his.
"That's
better." he murmured, before covering her lips with his in a passionate kiss
that left her trembling and breathless, clutching tightly onto his shirt when
he pulled back.
After catching his own
breath, and unclasping his hands from her waist, he looked at the lipstick
again.
"Take this
one." he told her, flipping a pale pink container into her hand and
grinning.
She just stared at him
in reply, a dazed look in her eyes. He blinked, and still grinning, lightly
swept his lips across hers. This seemed to bring her back to reality, and he
could see her mentally shake herself.
"Good. Now let's go
find Sirius and Remus." he said, before walking away calmly, grinning
cheekily at all the stares he got.
Once the lipstick was
paid for, and Lily was able to talk again, they went to go find Remus and
Sirius, joking and teasing each other the whole time.
Remus and Sirius were
exploring. After being kicked out of the art shop ("Weird. Pictures aren't
moving. Let's try and make them."), they passed by the bookstore
("Ugh. We don't want to be studious now, do we?"), and eventually
made their way into a sport and health equipment store.
Sirius was examining a
treadmill, wondering how it worked, when an old muggle man came and shoved him
aside, glaring at him angrily. Sirius returned the glare when Remus came up and
distracted him. "Hey Sirius?"
"Mm?" Sirius
turned, looking for the old man, who had disappeared.
"I think you and
James are rubbing off on me."
"How so?"
asked Sirius, transferring his attention onto Remus, and the other half on the
treadmill, which had been turned on by the old man. Remus was silent for a few
seconds too, observing the treadmill. Just as Sirius was about to step onto it,
Remus spoke again.
"I'm hungry."
This caught Sirius' full
attention, and he paused, one foot still in the air, looking pleasantly
surprised. "Why Remus, I'm proud of you! We only ate twenty minutes
ago!"
Remus looked sheepishly
proud.
Sirius sauntered out of
the shop, and stood in the doorway, waiting for Remus. "Well Moony, let's
see if me and James are terrific teachers, or just above average. Find the food
court."
Alarmed, and slightly
nervous, Remus led him to the food court. After about ten minutes of searching.
Rendering James and Sirius above average, but below terrific. But as Sirius
pointed out, Remus might just have been a slow learner. Not that either of them
really believed it.
"Hey Jamesee?"
"Yea?"
"Get your hand off
my butt. Where are Sirius and Remus?"
James obliged. "If
I were them, I'd be in the food court mooching meals off of Nancy."
Lily led the way to the
food court, confused. Who was Nancy?
AN: It occurred to me
while typing this that Lily has James whipped. He didn't have to go shop with
her...unless he was planning the kiss...the sly dog ;Þ Anyway..please review
^^;
Leia: lol. I'll be sure
to keep that in mind for next time...but we can't forget the little
"incident" with trolley, can we? =Þ you and remus? interesting idea...
