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Faded Flowers
Chapter Two: Detention Discussion
The sky, now a deep velvet blue was sprinkled with twinkling stars.
'Where is James?" Lily wondered aloud. She walked, still holding Harry toward the large trophy case by the fireplace.
Inside were the many medals she and James had one. As she gazed upon them, the memories came back to her...
~*~Flashback~*~
Down in the Entrance Hall, James and Lily continued their argument.
"I am the most arrogant? Ha! Look who's talking. Miss strutting through the halls in her mini skirts-I got top of the class again!" James said heatedly.
"Strutting? Hardly! What about you and your Mr. I'm so handsome-Quidditch star who can toy with any girls heart swagger?" Lily shot back.
"That would be enough!" I voice said from behind them.
They both turned. "Professor Dumbledore! I didn't know you were there!" Lily exclaimed apologetically.
"Professor McGonagall could not be here. I will bring you to your detention."
The two seventh-years followed silently glaring at each other.
"Which one of you would like to tell me why you are here?" Dumbledore inquired, breaking the tense silence.
"Lily pulled her wand out at me in the halls Professor." James voiced immediately.
"I only acted because James endangered the lives of the people in the halls by setting off a firecracker."
"It hadn't endangered anyone's life! I don't know what you are talking about!" James said infuriated.
"Enough! You two need to learn to work together." Dumbledore announced as they entered the Hogwarts trophy room.
"You are to polish every trophy in this room without magic by midnight. If I return and you are not yet done, you will receive further punishment." he instructed.
"That's not fair!" the two students exploded in unison.
"You must learn to work together." Dumbledore repeated as he left the room.
"This is all your fault!" Lily glared hatefully at James.
"We've been through this already. Let's just get to work okay?" James answered tiredly.
Lily shrugged and picked up one of the cloths that Dumbledore had left them.
After twenty minutes of noiseless polishing, James said, "It's a full moon."
"So? What's with you and your obsession with the moon anyway?"
James sighed. "It's a long story."
"We have a long time."
"It's private too."
"Oh. Sorry."
James let out a coarse laugh. "So you finally apologized to me."
Lily pouted at him but continued polishing.
"So, how was life before?" James asked, trying to keep the conversation going.
"Life before what?" Lily questioned in return.
"Life before Hogwarts."
"Well, I lived like any other Muggle girl. I went to school and was just about to enter St. Elizabeth Secondary School when I got my letter. My older sister, Petunia, was insanely jealous."
"That's too bad. 'Cause you know, it's not bad to have a witch or wizard in a Muggle family."
"That's what my parents think. They love the fact that I'm a witch but Petunia is jealous that I get a little bit more attention now. I think she might be afraid of me too."
"Well you are gone most of the time. Why shouldn't you get more attention when you are home?"
"Ask Petunia that. What was your life like?"
"Well I come from a pretty wealthy family. I was waiting and hoping to get into Hogwarts, if I didn't it would be a disgrace to me and I would have to apply to other schools." James explained.
"What other schools would you have gone too? I don't know any others in Britain. Ugh-" grunted Lily as she tried to scrub a rather peculiar brown spot off a trophy.
James glanced up at her. "There isn't another one in Britain. I was gonna go to Beauxbatons Academy of Sorcery-the charm school in France and if I failed to get into that, I would go to Durmstrang School of Magic."
"But of course you got into Hogwarts." Lily commented.
"Naturally. My family is always a little anxious about it. Then there was the question of which house."
"Gryffindor and what?" Lily asked moving to a large plaque leaning against the wall.
"Ravenclaw. My mum was there. I guess I have more of ol' Godric in me. I met Sirius on the first day. We were in the same compartment. He already had all his prank materials and plans set."
Lily laughed. "And Remus and Peter?"
"Remus was sleeping in the compartment with us. Peter we had to rescue from a gang of Slytherin fifth-years. We set a dung bomb on them."
Lily shook her head as she cleaned. "James, could you help me with this?"
He walked over to her. "With what?"
"Ugh-this plaque. It's so heavy!"
James leaned over and helped her lift it. "Thanks so much." she said quietly.
"No problem," James whispered, equally as quiet. They were soon finished polishing every trophy in the room.
"You're not as bad as I thought you were." Lily whispered, laughing.
James smiled and leaned toward her, touching her soft lips lightly.
"Are you done yet?" Dumbledore interrupted.
James pulled away from Lily. "Yes, yes sir. We are quite done." he said hurriedly and rushed out the door.
Dumbledore raised a thin, white eyebrow at Lily, who ignored it and said, "I should be going Professor. Goodnight." And she too, rushed out.
Up at the common room, Sirius was waiting in an overstuffed chair by the fire place when Lily and James burst in the portrait.
"Quiet down you two, or you'll wake up he whole school." Sirius reprimanded, trying to be serious.
Lily tried to suppress her giggles as James told Sirius what they were made to do at detention.
"Well, it looks like you two had a lot of fun," Sirius said, "But I have to say, you missed a lot." Sirius looked pointedly at James.
James looked blankly at Sirius. "Let's get some sleep," Sirius said and walked up to his dormitory.
"Well, see you tomorrow morning Lily. Goodnight."
"G'night."
In the seventh-year boy's dormitory, Sirius began to reprimand James.
"If you hadn't been so utterly stupid you wouldn't have had to go to detention! Remus nearly got away again! Can you not remember?"
"It was my fault as much as yours!"
"As far as the firecracker goes. But you didn't have to pull out your wand!"
Sirius was furious. "Calm down man, it's all okay now."
"Now it's okay. It wasn't so okay while we were chasing him around the grounds trying to stop him from hurting someone!"
"Okay! I get it. Just let me go to sleep!"
"You don't get it James," Remus spoke up from his bed. "I could have really hurt someone. I wasn't far from the school. If I had broken in..."
"And all you could think about was Lily!" Sirius roared.
James glanced around quickly, as if expecting her to be lurking in the shadows. "Sshh!"
Still angry, Sirius went to bed. Unable to sleep, James was deep in thought.
'Is there something between us? Does she feel this way?' This thought plagued his mind through the night.
Early the next morning, the sky tinged gold by the rising sun, James was waiting in the common room. He had find out if there was something brewing between him and Lily.
His eyes fixed on the entrance to the girls' dormitories, jumping every time he heard the slightest sound or saw someone come down the stairs.
At long last, the red-head came down. "Lily!"
"James! Hi! What are you doing here?"
"Waiting for you."
"That's sweet. Um...so, why were you waiting for me?"
"I needed to talk to you about last night."
"Last night?" Lily looked around nervously, much like how James had the night before. "What did that mean James?"
"I think I love you Lily."
"I think I love you too James."
Sirius took this moment to come bounding down the stairs. "Hey James? Is this a bad time?"
"Um..."he looked to Lily. She shook her head. "No."
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry."
"It's all cool."
Peter and Remus walked in. "Can I not have a moment of peace with my girlfriend?" James demanded.
"Girlfriend?" the three chorused. Lily blushed bright pink.
~*~End Flashback~*~
Lily smiled at the memories. James had explained the "Remus problem" to her and from then on left her every full moon.
She glanced out the window for the hundredth time that night, looking for a sign of her husband.
"Does it take that long to talk with Dumbledore?" Lily grumbled to herself.
"Dada!" Harry screamed. "I don't know where dada is Harry," Lily answered absent-mindedly. "Dada!" he screamed again.
At that moment, James came bursting through the door. "Dada!" "Hi Harry!" James greeted his child. "Hey Lil, he whispered kissing her.
"What took you so long?"
"Dumbledore had a lot to say, you know him. Lecturing and cautioning."
"He is a wise man. He knows and understands things we don't."
"I know. And I don't need you to lecture me too."
Lily laughed. "Sirius sent this," she said handing him the note she had received earlier.
James took it and read it. "It is a full moon. Poor Remus. No one's with him, you know?"
"Really? That's bad."
"Uh huh. Hope Wormtail's alright."
"You think the Dark Lord got to him?"
"I don't know. You know Peter. He was always weak. Always looking for power."
"Do you regret choosing him as secret-keeper?"
"No, but I'm worried about him. if anyone ever found out, they could break little Peter."
"True."
"James, there's something I have to te--" Knock knock
"What was that?" Lily asked, alarmed.
Author's Note:please r/r And thanks to Quack_quack_88 for the title. BTW, this is NOT the end. -Anonymously Yours
Chapter Two: Detention Discussion
The sky, now a deep velvet blue was sprinkled with twinkling stars.
'Where is James?" Lily wondered aloud. She walked, still holding Harry toward the large trophy case by the fireplace.
Inside were the many medals she and James had one. As she gazed upon them, the memories came back to her...
~*~Flashback~*~
Down in the Entrance Hall, James and Lily continued their argument.
"I am the most arrogant? Ha! Look who's talking. Miss strutting through the halls in her mini skirts-I got top of the class again!" James said heatedly.
"Strutting? Hardly! What about you and your Mr. I'm so handsome-Quidditch star who can toy with any girls heart swagger?" Lily shot back.
"That would be enough!" I voice said from behind them.
They both turned. "Professor Dumbledore! I didn't know you were there!" Lily exclaimed apologetically.
"Professor McGonagall could not be here. I will bring you to your detention."
The two seventh-years followed silently glaring at each other.
"Which one of you would like to tell me why you are here?" Dumbledore inquired, breaking the tense silence.
"Lily pulled her wand out at me in the halls Professor." James voiced immediately.
"I only acted because James endangered the lives of the people in the halls by setting off a firecracker."
"It hadn't endangered anyone's life! I don't know what you are talking about!" James said infuriated.
"Enough! You two need to learn to work together." Dumbledore announced as they entered the Hogwarts trophy room.
"You are to polish every trophy in this room without magic by midnight. If I return and you are not yet done, you will receive further punishment." he instructed.
"That's not fair!" the two students exploded in unison.
"You must learn to work together." Dumbledore repeated as he left the room.
"This is all your fault!" Lily glared hatefully at James.
"We've been through this already. Let's just get to work okay?" James answered tiredly.
Lily shrugged and picked up one of the cloths that Dumbledore had left them.
After twenty minutes of noiseless polishing, James said, "It's a full moon."
"So? What's with you and your obsession with the moon anyway?"
James sighed. "It's a long story."
"We have a long time."
"It's private too."
"Oh. Sorry."
James let out a coarse laugh. "So you finally apologized to me."
Lily pouted at him but continued polishing.
"So, how was life before?" James asked, trying to keep the conversation going.
"Life before what?" Lily questioned in return.
"Life before Hogwarts."
"Well, I lived like any other Muggle girl. I went to school and was just about to enter St. Elizabeth Secondary School when I got my letter. My older sister, Petunia, was insanely jealous."
"That's too bad. 'Cause you know, it's not bad to have a witch or wizard in a Muggle family."
"That's what my parents think. They love the fact that I'm a witch but Petunia is jealous that I get a little bit more attention now. I think she might be afraid of me too."
"Well you are gone most of the time. Why shouldn't you get more attention when you are home?"
"Ask Petunia that. What was your life like?"
"Well I come from a pretty wealthy family. I was waiting and hoping to get into Hogwarts, if I didn't it would be a disgrace to me and I would have to apply to other schools." James explained.
"What other schools would you have gone too? I don't know any others in Britain. Ugh-" grunted Lily as she tried to scrub a rather peculiar brown spot off a trophy.
James glanced up at her. "There isn't another one in Britain. I was gonna go to Beauxbatons Academy of Sorcery-the charm school in France and if I failed to get into that, I would go to Durmstrang School of Magic."
"But of course you got into Hogwarts." Lily commented.
"Naturally. My family is always a little anxious about it. Then there was the question of which house."
"Gryffindor and what?" Lily asked moving to a large plaque leaning against the wall.
"Ravenclaw. My mum was there. I guess I have more of ol' Godric in me. I met Sirius on the first day. We were in the same compartment. He already had all his prank materials and plans set."
Lily laughed. "And Remus and Peter?"
"Remus was sleeping in the compartment with us. Peter we had to rescue from a gang of Slytherin fifth-years. We set a dung bomb on them."
Lily shook her head as she cleaned. "James, could you help me with this?"
He walked over to her. "With what?"
"Ugh-this plaque. It's so heavy!"
James leaned over and helped her lift it. "Thanks so much." she said quietly.
"No problem," James whispered, equally as quiet. They were soon finished polishing every trophy in the room.
"You're not as bad as I thought you were." Lily whispered, laughing.
James smiled and leaned toward her, touching her soft lips lightly.
"Are you done yet?" Dumbledore interrupted.
James pulled away from Lily. "Yes, yes sir. We are quite done." he said hurriedly and rushed out the door.
Dumbledore raised a thin, white eyebrow at Lily, who ignored it and said, "I should be going Professor. Goodnight." And she too, rushed out.
Up at the common room, Sirius was waiting in an overstuffed chair by the fire place when Lily and James burst in the portrait.
"Quiet down you two, or you'll wake up he whole school." Sirius reprimanded, trying to be serious.
Lily tried to suppress her giggles as James told Sirius what they were made to do at detention.
"Well, it looks like you two had a lot of fun," Sirius said, "But I have to say, you missed a lot." Sirius looked pointedly at James.
James looked blankly at Sirius. "Let's get some sleep," Sirius said and walked up to his dormitory.
"Well, see you tomorrow morning Lily. Goodnight."
"G'night."
In the seventh-year boy's dormitory, Sirius began to reprimand James.
"If you hadn't been so utterly stupid you wouldn't have had to go to detention! Remus nearly got away again! Can you not remember?"
"It was my fault as much as yours!"
"As far as the firecracker goes. But you didn't have to pull out your wand!"
Sirius was furious. "Calm down man, it's all okay now."
"Now it's okay. It wasn't so okay while we were chasing him around the grounds trying to stop him from hurting someone!"
"Okay! I get it. Just let me go to sleep!"
"You don't get it James," Remus spoke up from his bed. "I could have really hurt someone. I wasn't far from the school. If I had broken in..."
"And all you could think about was Lily!" Sirius roared.
James glanced around quickly, as if expecting her to be lurking in the shadows. "Sshh!"
Still angry, Sirius went to bed. Unable to sleep, James was deep in thought.
'Is there something between us? Does she feel this way?' This thought plagued his mind through the night.
Early the next morning, the sky tinged gold by the rising sun, James was waiting in the common room. He had find out if there was something brewing between him and Lily.
His eyes fixed on the entrance to the girls' dormitories, jumping every time he heard the slightest sound or saw someone come down the stairs.
At long last, the red-head came down. "Lily!"
"James! Hi! What are you doing here?"
"Waiting for you."
"That's sweet. Um...so, why were you waiting for me?"
"I needed to talk to you about last night."
"Last night?" Lily looked around nervously, much like how James had the night before. "What did that mean James?"
"I think I love you Lily."
"I think I love you too James."
Sirius took this moment to come bounding down the stairs. "Hey James? Is this a bad time?"
"Um..."he looked to Lily. She shook her head. "No."
"I just wanted to say I'm sorry."
"It's all cool."
Peter and Remus walked in. "Can I not have a moment of peace with my girlfriend?" James demanded.
"Girlfriend?" the three chorused. Lily blushed bright pink.
~*~End Flashback~*~
Lily smiled at the memories. James had explained the "Remus problem" to her and from then on left her every full moon.
She glanced out the window for the hundredth time that night, looking for a sign of her husband.
"Does it take that long to talk with Dumbledore?" Lily grumbled to herself.
"Dada!" Harry screamed. "I don't know where dada is Harry," Lily answered absent-mindedly. "Dada!" he screamed again.
At that moment, James came bursting through the door. "Dada!" "Hi Harry!" James greeted his child. "Hey Lil, he whispered kissing her.
"What took you so long?"
"Dumbledore had a lot to say, you know him. Lecturing and cautioning."
"He is a wise man. He knows and understands things we don't."
"I know. And I don't need you to lecture me too."
Lily laughed. "Sirius sent this," she said handing him the note she had received earlier.
James took it and read it. "It is a full moon. Poor Remus. No one's with him, you know?"
"Really? That's bad."
"Uh huh. Hope Wormtail's alright."
"You think the Dark Lord got to him?"
"I don't know. You know Peter. He was always weak. Always looking for power."
"Do you regret choosing him as secret-keeper?"
"No, but I'm worried about him. if anyone ever found out, they could break little Peter."
"True."
"James, there's something I have to te--" Knock knock
"What was that?" Lily asked, alarmed.
Author's Note:please r/r And thanks to Quack_quack_88 for the title. BTW, this is NOT the end. -Anonymously Yours