Disclaimer: see chapter 1 and 3
A/N: THank you... Thank you for the reviews... Thank you very much... :) hehe... Once again, the character Brian is based on my real life brother (he doesnt know he's in this story though) and Alison- Maria are based on my friends (those arent their real names tho!) erm, WHO DOESNT LOVE JAMES? hehe.... to *Shree* HE'S MINE!! haha.. just kidding honey. But we've got alot of rivalry out there.. :P Uh uh uh... did any of you ask any questions? er... i dont remember... yes, James and Lily WILL get together... if they dont, then how come Harry's alive? : errr.... oh god i've been saying too much b.s
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Chapter 5: Moonlight Rides and the Flu
"You're not teaching me to fly, are you?" Lily said cautiously. "Cause- I don't like flying very much."
"Don't be a party pooper, Evans." James teased. He held the broom out for the both of them. "Sit, and hold on."
"Oh no, you're not-" Lily began to say, but it was too late, James had already kicked off, and they were now flying up to the purplish black sky.
The wind softly breezed past Lily, giving her the chills. Lily tried not to look down-as she was a bit afraid of heights, and so she looked up, and saw the beautiful sky, with the crescent moon dangling from it.
"It's beautiful." Lily breathed. James, who was behind her, laughed.
"Mesmerized?"
"Wow." was all Lily could say. Lily could see the castle on her left, it resembled a dark shadow in the purple sky, but it still looked beautiful.
"Look down- it's a really nice scenery." James said.
"Uhm. I'm-"
"Afraid of heights?" James laughed. "Don't worry. I'll hold you."
Lily cringed a bit as she felt James's arms snake around her small waist. She was a bit stiff as she cautiously peered down.
"It's okay- you'll regret it if you don't look."
And so Lily gathered her courage just to look down at the Hogwarts ground, from hundreds of feet up in the sky.
It WAS indeed beautiful. The lake was sparkling slightly- as if someone had thrown in millions of diamonds into a big black circle. The Forbidden Forest was dark also, the trees were moving in a very slow motion. Lily could hear the faint sounds of crickets-who were singing gently.
"It's nice, eh?" James asked, tightening his grip on her.
"Yeah." Lily breathed. She finally felt more comfortable, and relaxed in James's arms.
Zoom. James was flying with a decent amount of speed. Lily felt the wind brush through her hair, making her hair fly back, tickling James's face.
The two of them were rather silent the rest of the ride, either they were enjoying the scenery or they were enjoying each other's presence.
"Um, Potter?" Lily squeaked.
"Yeah?"
"I'm cold."
"Oh. uh, do you want to go back?"
"Yeah."
So James directed the broom to go down, and Lily gripped onto the broom tightly as they flew down.
"Don't worry, I won't let go of you." James laughed. He still had one arm around her waist; the other hand was pointing the direction to the broom.
Lily chuckled slowly, as they landed smoothly on the ground, somewhere near Hagrid's hut.
"That was. um, interesting." Lily commented.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" James asked, looking straight into Lily's eyes.
"Uh. uh huh." Lily managed to squeak. The way James was looking at her made her feel very weak.
"Let's go back before we get caught." James said, grinning. "I'm sure you don't want to get caught by Flich?"
"Of course not." Lily retorted. "Who would want to get caught by him?"
"Sirius would." James laughed. Then, he took something from the front pocket of his cloak. It was a glimmering silvery material.
"Invisibility cloak." James said, as he saw Lily gape with confusion. "Family heirloom."
"So THIS is the key to 'The Marauders' success?" Lily questioned.
"One of it." James answered. He put the cloak over their heads. "Come on, we better put this broom back."
So Lily followed James to the broom closet, where he slowly opened the door and quickly threw the broom in, and slowly closed the door again.
"Are you hungry?" James asked suddenly.
"Um, no." Lily said quietly. The truth was she WAS very hungry indeed.
"Cause if you are, we can go to the kitchens." James said willingly.
"Er, It's alright. No need to." Lily answered. James shrugged and continued walking
They were walking very quietly; they didn't at all say a word or even exchange an insult, which was very weird indeed.
*Miaow.* It must be Flich's cat, Mrs. Pennyworth. Every night that cat would go around patrolling through the dark halls, trying to catch any students who were out.
"It's the cat." James whispered. He pulled Lily into a small corner, since Mrs. Pennyworth was moving towards their way.
Lily gasped slightly, feeling extremely nervous. She cowered in front of James, who was standing, very stiffly, behind her. Lily smelled that familiar spicy scent of cinnamon- they must be standing very close to each other.
"Coast is clear." James whispered in her ear, making Lily shiver. They continued their journey back to the common room quietly.
"Wiggly woggly" James whispered loudly as the arrived at the portrait of the fat lady. The fat lady raised her eyebrow, but swung open, letting them hurry in.
The common room was empty; there was a 4th year who fell asleep on the couch. Lily looked at her watch- it was only 10'oclock. was everyone at bed already?
"It's pretty empty." James remarked, as if he read Lily's mind. Lily nodded weakly.
"You're not talking much, Evans." James said. "What's wrong, cat got your tongue?"
"I don't feel like wasting my intelligent remarks on you." Lily said carefully.
James laughed. (Was it a laugh of amusement or sarcasm?) "Right."
"Well." Lily said, looking down. "Goodnight Potter."
"Er-Goodnight to you too." James answered. "Uh, here's your bag."
Lily accepted the bag, (Was James letting it go reluctantly?) "Uh, Thanks."
"You're welcome." James shrugged. Lily nodded one last time to him, and marched up to her dorm.
"HAAA-CHOO!"
"Lily, are you alright?" Alison asked sleepily.
"Give me some more-HA-CHOO!! Tissue." Lily sniffed.
"Did you catch a cold or something?" Alison asked.
"I think so. HA-CHOO!" *Sniff*
"Well. rest for a while, okay? I'll take you to Madame Pomfrey in the morning." Alison said, falling back asleep.
"Okay-HACHOO!"
"How did you catch a cold?" Madame Pomfrey exclaimed. "Were you running around in the cold? Or did you not wear enough clothes?" She glanced at Lily, who was looking at her with a weary expression. "Never mind, drink this."
"What's that?" Lily asked. (Sounds more like "wads dat?")
"Medicine. You DO want to feel better, right?"
"Oh yes, of course." ("Oh yez, obf coursh.")
"Now, drink!"
"Drink it, Lily." Maria ordered.
"But- it looks disgusting!" Lily whined. ("Bud-id looks deezgusdingh!")
"Even if it looks disgusting, but it heals you, so you better gulp it down, missy." Alison barked.
"Fine." Lily muttered. ("Find") She hastily took the goblet and drank it in one gulp. "Blech."
"You'll have to stay until you're colds gone, dear." Madame Pomfrey said. "You'll miss a few classes."
"Okay." Lily muttered, laying back on one of the cots in the infirmary.
"Where were you last night, Lils? WERE you running around in the cold only wearing a bikini or something?" Alison asked.
"I was in the-er... Library." Lily answered.
"WHERE'S LILY?" Someone burst in.
"She's in here, Brian." Alison called. (Madame Pomfrey was yelling "DON'T DISTURB HER REST!")
"WHERE? Where? Oh hi Lily." Brian said. "Do you want some toast?"
"No thanks" Lily answered. ("Ndo danks.")
"Lily, Lily." Brian sighed. "I don't look after you for one minute and you already caught a cold."
"Excuse me," Lily retorted. "I don't depend on you, Brian." (Excuseh mbeeh, I dun depen on you, Briand.)
"Sure, think whatever you want to," Brian said, patting her head. Lily frowned.
"BRIAN, I do not-"
"Listen Lils, I really need to go to class or McGonagall will kill me, okay? I'll come back later, I PROMISE!" Brian said, running out of the infirmary. "BYE!!" ("STOP SHOUTING!!" -Madame Pomfrey)
"Go," Lily muttered. Brian had already left, of course. Maria and Alison both gave Lily sympathetic smiles.
"I told you," Maria started. "You wear clothes like it's summer, only you add one thin cloak over whatever you wear."
"It's autumn, almost winter." Alison said. "It's really windy. You can easily catch a cold or the flu if you don't be careful."
"Yeah yeah." Lily snorted. "I've already caught the cold, so it's not really any help if you guys say that." (I'bf alreadih cauht da cold, so ids nod reallih andy help if you guys say dat.)
"Just so you'd remember. next time." Maria shrugged.
Lily looked at her watch. "You guys should go, it's almost time for class." (You guys shud go. Ids almost timbh four class.)
"You sure you want us to leave? Cause, I'd be happy to stay here rather than go to Potions." Maria said excitedly.
Alison nudged her. "What?" Maria asked, looking at Alison confusedly.
"No, the potion Md. Pomfrey gave me is making me sleepy." Lily said, yawning. (Ndo, da podiond madame mpomfrey gabfe mbe is mbakingh mbeeh sleppyh)
"Are you sure you're sleepy cause I-" Maria started, but Alison had already dragged her out.
"Bye Lils!" Alison called out. "We'll come back!!"
"Bye." Lily said, closing her eyelids. (Mbye.)
"Black?" Prof. Durst called out in Potions.
"Absent." Sirius joked, which received a glare from the teacher.
"Conner?"
"Present."
"Evans?"
"Absent. Uh, she's ill sir." Alison chirped.
"Sick?" Durst asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Yes, she's caught the cold." Maria said. Durst just continued on looking at them with an arched eyebrow.
"She's in the infirmary if you don't believe us, sir." Alison said, smiling sweetly.
"Alright." Durst said. "Garner?"
"Evans's sick?" James asked, leaning on his table to whisper to Alison.
"Yeah." Alison nodded. Then she gave him a look. "Don't think of playing any joke on her, okay?"
"What?" James said, obviously very surprised.
"Don't play any prank on her, okay? She's really in a bad condition." Alison shrugged. "Keeps on sneezing, she's got a fever too. And she dalks like dis. (and she talks like this)"
"Johnson?"
"Present." Alison said, smiling innocently.
"Lupin?"
"Weell. I was thinking of giving her a little surprise." James grinned.
Alison snorted. "Please, don't even think about it."
"Come on," James protested. "It's a nice surprise."
"Meaning it's probably some small joke."
"Alison," James sighed. "I'm not pitiless, you know-"
"Potter?"
"Present." James called out, giving the teacher his award-winning smile.
"Snape?"
"Right," Alison said, rolling her eyes. "As long as you don't hurt her, or annoy her."
"Oh, I wont." James said, reassuring her. "I promise. Cross my heart and hope to die."
Alison gave her cousin a look of disbelief.
"10 points from Gryffindor," Durst called out. "No talking, Potter, Johnson."
++"Hush little baby, don't you cry." and older version of Lily hummed. She was sitting on a rocking chair, rocking a little baby, who was crying madly.
"Shh. Harry." Lily cooed. "I know you miss Daddy, he'll come home soon."
The baby, who was supposedly named Harry, wailed on for a while, until it finally stopped crying, due to Lily's humming.
"Ssh. I miss Daddy too." Lily sighed. "I miss him too, Harry."
The baby sniffed, and then sneezed. Lily laughed and softly kissed the baby's forehead.
"HONEY!!" Someone called out. "I'm home!"
"Daddy's here!" Lily cried happily, smiling at the baby. As if the baby understood, he stopped crying and looked at his mother with a toothy baby grin.
"HARRY!" The man, supposedly Lily's future husband called out, picking Harry up from his mother's arms. Harry the baby started to giggle. The man smiled and put him down in his crib.
"Lily." The man said, engulfing her in a big hug. Lily gave him a watery smile. "I missed you."
"I missed you too." The man said, leaning in, giving her a long kiss.
"Oh James." Lily sighed.++
Potions class had just ended, the 5th year Gryffindors had a 15-minute break before Herbology, their next class, started. James had just exited the dungeons, and was deep in thought.
"Prongs, where are you going?" Remus asked, as for going to herbology they had to turn right, but James was walking towards the left.
"Um. Moony. tell Prof. Sprout I'm not feeling good." James said hurriedly. "I'll. I'll see you later. Thanks, you're a great pal!" James called out.
"Where's he going?" Sirius asked.
"Claims that he doesn't feel well." Remus mused.
"Right." Sirius said, frowning. "Whatever, I'm going to ask him what's wrong later."
"Don't worry about him, Padfoot." Remus said. "We might be late for herbology."
"Yes," Peter said. "We're doing the Jiggyplants, remember?"
"Ooh, yeah!" Sirius exclaimed. "James loved the jiggyplant, he actually made friends with one of them."
"Uh huh." Remus said.
Meanwhile, James was. well, first he was running. then he stopped to catch his breath. Now he was walking calmly, to the hospital wing.
He opened the door to the infirmary, peeking in, ready for Md. Pomfrey to yell at him. But, fortunately she wasn't there, (which was VERY odd) and James stepped in, slowly closing the door behind him. Dozens of cots were in the room, each with a curtain over it, the occupied cots had their curtains drawn. There was only one curtain that was drawn, and James guessed that one to be Lily's.
James opened the curtain, and saw Lily's familiar red hair. So he stepped in, pulling a chair in, sitting on it as he looked at the sleeping form of Lily Evans.
She was a bit pale, her red hair forming around her head like an angel's halo. Her pink lips were also paler, and dry. But her breaths were so steady.
Suddenly- Lily's lips formed a smile. It was so sudden, yet even in her sleep Lily looks perfect.
"Oh." Lily breathed. James jumped in his seat. Lily must be having a dream. A wonderful, sweet dream of course.
Suddenly Lily opened her eyes, cringing. "Ja-Potter? What are you doing here?" Lily croaked. (Wad are you doingh here?)
James pulled something out from his robes- a white lily. "For you."
"Hmh?" Lily squeaked. "For me?" (Four mbeeh?)
James nodded. "I would've gotten you a dozen of them, but I needed more pencils to transfigure."
Lily laughed. "Thank you!" (Dank you!)
"It's my fault you're sick."
"What?" Lily said. "No way!" (Whad? Ndo way!)
James rolled his eyes. "If I hadn't took you out for that ride-"
"I wouldn't have had a wonderful time." Lily finished for him. (I wouldn't habfe had a wonderful timbh)
James grinned. "You had fun?"
"My first time I flew and I didn't fall off." Lily snorted. (Mby first timb I flewh and I didn't fall off)
"Wicked. I thought, you know, you didn't enjoy it." James said. "Sorry, I just dragged you out there and now you're sick."
"It was worth it," Lily blurted out, blushing. (Id was worth id)
"Here's the homework. And the notes." Alison said, taking them out of her bag.
"Seriously, you should take a break from those." Maria commented, eyeing the notes suspiciously.
"I need to catch up." Lily murmured, going through the notes. "I'll fail." (A/N: I'm too lazy to do Lily's voice with her cold. So. whatever)
"Oh please Lily," Maria said, sighing. "You're bleeding brilliant. You get the top marks in the whole year. Uh, James gets them too, but, still, you're one of the smartest-"
"I just work hard." Lily shrugged.
"And so says the girl who practically b.s-ed her transfiguration essay." Alison muttered.
Maria snorted. Lily was silently reading through her notes, oblivious to them. Then Maria cleared her throat.
"Lily?"
No response.
"Lily?"
No response.
"LILY!!" Maria shrieked, causing Lily to finally look up and Madame Pomfrey scolding Maria.
"Sorry." Maria said, looking down at her shoes. Madame Pomfrey gave her a warning look, and left.
"What is it?" Lily asked.
"WE'RE here visiting you, not the notes." Maria said. "Come ON. PUT AWAY those notes until we LEAVE."
"OKAY2." Lily sighed, putting the notes on the table next to her cot. "So, what's up?"
"Nothing much." Alison shrugged. "Uh, we had potions, Durst took. 50 points from Gryffindor, of course."
"Yeah, Sirius slipped in a Filibuster's Firework into Snape's cauldron." Maria said. "Took 20 points off from us, I thought he was actually being a bit nice today."
"Took 10 points from me and James." Alison said.
"And we lost the other 20 points just like that." Maria said. "I swear, he's in such a good mood today. Usually he'll at LEAST take 200 points a minute."
"Well, that's uh. nice." Lily said. "Anything. interesting? Like somebody got caught kissing in the corridors or somebody called somebody a what, or anything?"
"Uh, Sirius called Snape a greasy slimeball." Alison said.
"Oh, yeah, that's new." Maria said dryly. Alison stuck her tongue out at her. "Uh, James skipped herbology, if that's something interesting."
"Yeah, he did." Alison said. Lily listened on with interest. "Dunno where he went. Just told Remus he wasn't feeling well."
"Then he came back all happy and smiley. " Maria said. "And Sirius said something about James keeping some secret away from the Marauders."
"Yeah. Well, I, being his cousin, think it's a bit weird for him to keep stuff away from his friends. He tells his friends almost EVERYTHING, well- most of time, at least." Alison said.
"Yeah. Enough about James, you're probably sick of hearing about him, seeing how much you "hate" him. Uh. the jiggyplant that you worked on last time was asking about you." Maria said, scratching the side of her nose.
"Oh." Lily answered. She wanted to hear more about James, of course. But. what is this change of heart? Her friends will let her have it once they know about the "moonlight ride" and how he skipped class to visit her. DID HE? Did he skip class just to visit her? Maybe he was going somewhere else too. But oh, did Lily wish his only reason WAS to visit her.
"Well, oh no, look at the time. We've got to go Lils. Maria wanted to check something out from the library." Alison said. Alison saw the look on Lily's face, and laughed. "Yes, THAT was my reaction when she told me that."
"I want to see if the Wizard-boos comics are there." Maria said indignantly. Lily looked at her weirdly, and Maria finally stifled a giggle. "Okay, so maybe I'm not like you or Alison who checks out books for "light reading"."
"The more you talk, the more time you're wasting." Alison said, "We can't afford to be late again for Transfigurations."
"Yeah yeah. Alright. Bye Lils." Maria said, waving. "GET WELL SOOONNNN!!"
"Shut up Mars, it's a good thing Madame Pomfrey is eating lunch now." Lily said. "Or she'll skin you alive."
"True." Alison said. "Bye Lils! Get well soon! Everybody misses you, even James! Seriously!" Alison and Maria cracked up into laughter, right before walking out the hospital doors.
Lily felt her cheeks grow warm, a smile curving on her lips. What was this rush of warmness she felt all about?
"Heads up, Potter!!" Brian said, throwing a quaffle over to him, later that evening in the common room.
James catch it professionally, receiving looks of admiration from Brian. "Good job, boy. Next match is Ravenclaw vs. Slytherin. We'll have to watch it to see who'll be playing against us next." Brian said.
James nodded, and continued to write his astrological chart for Divination. Everybody was mostly doing their homework or talking leisurely in the common room. It was one of those pleasant, lazy nights.
"Brian, stop it." Olivia snapped. Obviously Brian had been very bored and was poking Olivia's side with his finger. "Brian, bri-BRIAN!! STOP IT!"
"Okay, okay." Brian said, grinning lopsidedly. "I'll go find someone else to bug. Oh, James is right here. I'll just bug him."
James raised his eyebrows at Brian, giving the older boy a weird look. Brian let out a loud, loud sigh. "I'm really bored. James, what do you do when you're bored?"
"Uh." James thought, tapping the feather of his quill. "I. I go find some girl to talk to."
"Oh, good idea. Oh yeah, I have a girlfriend. Almost forgot about that. Maybe I should talk to .Jade. But nah, I'd have to go to the Hufflepuff common room." Brian said, trailing off.
Olivia who was chewing the end of her pencil, rolled her eyes at Brian.
"What else do you do?" Brian asked.
"I. plan pranks with Sirius." James answered.
"Not much of a prankster, I am. What else do you do?"
"I'd nick food from the kitchens." James shrugged.
"Oh, I'd like to do that someday. But I'm not hungry. What else do you do?"
"Seriously, Brian, you could get your Charms textbook and study for tomorrow's TEST, if you're so bored." Olivia said.
"Nah, I'll just cheat off your test tomorrow, Liv. Uh, James, what else do you do?"
Olivia let out a sigh of exasperation, rolled her eyes again, and turned back to her homework.
"I. I bug your sister." James said, remembering numerous times he did. He skimmed around the common room, feeling a bit incomplete as he saw that her usual seat was empty.
"Oh, great idea!!! Awe, she's in the Hospital wing. That poor girl." Brian said. "I do that a lot. God, it's funny when she's mad. She used to get our parents to gang up on me." Brian chuckled. "I remember once when we were in Primary school, she was reciting a poem for some contest and I was bugging her- she had a fit. Or that time when we went for summer vacation to."
"James," Olivia said, interrupting Brian, who was practically talking to himself. "Are you seeing anyone?"
"Not at this second," James answered, grinning. "Why, you setting me up for a blind date?"
"Maybe." Olivia said, smiling to herself. "Maybe I am."
James laughed, but inside he was hoping Olivia was implying about someone who couldn't leave his mind these past few days...no. weeks. He finished his chart with a flourish, and stuffed it in his book bag.
"Uh, I'm going to go out for a while." James said.
"Oh good, get me some of those cookies we had for dinner from the kitchens, will you?" Brian called out to James who was heading for the portrait hole.
"Sure..."
"Where is PRONGS??" Sirius yelled. "He's suppose to clean up this mess with us!"
Peter, Sirius and Remus were in their dorm, cleaning up the "mess" that they had made earlier that day. The had been playing quidditch inside their dorm, and James had just scored just as McGonagall came in, screaming at them to clean up the mess.
"I dont know. he just disappeared after dinner." Remus shrugged, tidying up his side of the room.
Peter was busying himself with the books and notes that had fell into a big pile on the floor. Sirius, on the other hand, was sitting on his bed, using magic to clean up the room.
"Hey, is this book any of your's?" Peter asked, holding up a leather bound book, which looked pretty thick.
"Er.. lemme see it." Sirius said, jumping from his bed and snatching the book out of Peter's hands.
"Hey I want to see it too." Remus called, running towards them.
November 16th, 1975
I don't know what's gotten into me. I'm beginning to turn down all the girls who asked me out. Big woopee. Well, it's just not LIKE me to do so... I dont know.
I think all of this is because of a girl... yeah. I took her out last night, riding on the school brooms around the pitch. Weird, ... it was very awkward indeed, we both weren't saying much. I was actually pretty scared to think what she was thinking.
And now she's caught the cold. Oh ****, if her brother knew it was because I took her out at night, he'll have me sent to Azkaban straight away.
God, I can't stop thinking about her.
Damn you, Lily Evans! Get out of my head, RIGHT NOW!!
~J.P
"J.P?" Remus muttered. "That's James's initials."
"LILY?" Sirius whistled. "Lily, Lily? As is, LILY EVANS? Lily, flower of the valley? Lily Evans, his mortal ENEMY?"
"Is there any other Lily Evans we know?" Remus asked sarcastically. "Prongs... LIKES her..."
Peter let out a gasp of surprise, while Sirius whistled again.
"He sure is one weird lad," Sirius said, shaking his head. "The way to get a girls heart is NOT to torment her..."
"Sirius, you DIMWIT! The thing to do right now is to.." Remus paused. "Get them together."
"What? Are you sure? That's... IMPOSSIBLE!" Sirius exclaimed. "Just because James likes her, it doesnt really mean SHE does!"
Peter felt his heart feeling a bit lighter than a few seconds ago.
"Well, WHY do you think she cares so much if James does something to her?" Remus said irritably.
As Sirius and Remus began to bicker about the importance of getting them together, Peter stared at the writings on the book.
It was probably James's journal. Peter never knew James had one. And it seems as if James only wrote important stuff in it... He only filled up 4 pages in the whole book!
The entry about Lily... it was from today. Peter wondered when James had written it. Peter stared at the book again. James hadn't really claimed that he liked her, he just said that he couldnt stop thinking about her.
Doesnt mean he LIKES her, especially LOVE her.
"Okay," Sirius said. "Fine. You're right, I guess. She does like him."
Peter dropped the book that instant, emotions running through him wildly like a house on fire.
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Dum dum dum!! AHH.....!!
-Why did Peter drop that book in shock??
-Is Remus and Sirius going to get James and Lily together?
-????
A/N: Well, yeah. To let you guys know, i actually wrote this story a long time ago..! ahaa! but i only wrote it up to here. I'll write again, duh. But it *MIGHT* take a few more days :D okay?? sO.. be PATIENT!! hehehe!
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A/N: THank you... Thank you for the reviews... Thank you very much... :) hehe... Once again, the character Brian is based on my real life brother (he doesnt know he's in this story though) and Alison- Maria are based on my friends (those arent their real names tho!) erm, WHO DOESNT LOVE JAMES? hehe.... to *Shree* HE'S MINE!! haha.. just kidding honey. But we've got alot of rivalry out there.. :P Uh uh uh... did any of you ask any questions? er... i dont remember... yes, James and Lily WILL get together... if they dont, then how come Harry's alive? : errr.... oh god i've been saying too much b.s
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Chapter 5: Moonlight Rides and the Flu
"You're not teaching me to fly, are you?" Lily said cautiously. "Cause- I don't like flying very much."
"Don't be a party pooper, Evans." James teased. He held the broom out for the both of them. "Sit, and hold on."
"Oh no, you're not-" Lily began to say, but it was too late, James had already kicked off, and they were now flying up to the purplish black sky.
The wind softly breezed past Lily, giving her the chills. Lily tried not to look down-as she was a bit afraid of heights, and so she looked up, and saw the beautiful sky, with the crescent moon dangling from it.
"It's beautiful." Lily breathed. James, who was behind her, laughed.
"Mesmerized?"
"Wow." was all Lily could say. Lily could see the castle on her left, it resembled a dark shadow in the purple sky, but it still looked beautiful.
"Look down- it's a really nice scenery." James said.
"Uhm. I'm-"
"Afraid of heights?" James laughed. "Don't worry. I'll hold you."
Lily cringed a bit as she felt James's arms snake around her small waist. She was a bit stiff as she cautiously peered down.
"It's okay- you'll regret it if you don't look."
And so Lily gathered her courage just to look down at the Hogwarts ground, from hundreds of feet up in the sky.
It WAS indeed beautiful. The lake was sparkling slightly- as if someone had thrown in millions of diamonds into a big black circle. The Forbidden Forest was dark also, the trees were moving in a very slow motion. Lily could hear the faint sounds of crickets-who were singing gently.
"It's nice, eh?" James asked, tightening his grip on her.
"Yeah." Lily breathed. She finally felt more comfortable, and relaxed in James's arms.
Zoom. James was flying with a decent amount of speed. Lily felt the wind brush through her hair, making her hair fly back, tickling James's face.
The two of them were rather silent the rest of the ride, either they were enjoying the scenery or they were enjoying each other's presence.
"Um, Potter?" Lily squeaked.
"Yeah?"
"I'm cold."
"Oh. uh, do you want to go back?"
"Yeah."
So James directed the broom to go down, and Lily gripped onto the broom tightly as they flew down.
"Don't worry, I won't let go of you." James laughed. He still had one arm around her waist; the other hand was pointing the direction to the broom.
Lily chuckled slowly, as they landed smoothly on the ground, somewhere near Hagrid's hut.
"That was. um, interesting." Lily commented.
"Beautiful, isn't it?" James asked, looking straight into Lily's eyes.
"Uh. uh huh." Lily managed to squeak. The way James was looking at her made her feel very weak.
"Let's go back before we get caught." James said, grinning. "I'm sure you don't want to get caught by Flich?"
"Of course not." Lily retorted. "Who would want to get caught by him?"
"Sirius would." James laughed. Then, he took something from the front pocket of his cloak. It was a glimmering silvery material.
"Invisibility cloak." James said, as he saw Lily gape with confusion. "Family heirloom."
"So THIS is the key to 'The Marauders' success?" Lily questioned.
"One of it." James answered. He put the cloak over their heads. "Come on, we better put this broom back."
So Lily followed James to the broom closet, where he slowly opened the door and quickly threw the broom in, and slowly closed the door again.
"Are you hungry?" James asked suddenly.
"Um, no." Lily said quietly. The truth was she WAS very hungry indeed.
"Cause if you are, we can go to the kitchens." James said willingly.
"Er, It's alright. No need to." Lily answered. James shrugged and continued walking
They were walking very quietly; they didn't at all say a word or even exchange an insult, which was very weird indeed.
*Miaow.* It must be Flich's cat, Mrs. Pennyworth. Every night that cat would go around patrolling through the dark halls, trying to catch any students who were out.
"It's the cat." James whispered. He pulled Lily into a small corner, since Mrs. Pennyworth was moving towards their way.
Lily gasped slightly, feeling extremely nervous. She cowered in front of James, who was standing, very stiffly, behind her. Lily smelled that familiar spicy scent of cinnamon- they must be standing very close to each other.
"Coast is clear." James whispered in her ear, making Lily shiver. They continued their journey back to the common room quietly.
"Wiggly woggly" James whispered loudly as the arrived at the portrait of the fat lady. The fat lady raised her eyebrow, but swung open, letting them hurry in.
The common room was empty; there was a 4th year who fell asleep on the couch. Lily looked at her watch- it was only 10'oclock. was everyone at bed already?
"It's pretty empty." James remarked, as if he read Lily's mind. Lily nodded weakly.
"You're not talking much, Evans." James said. "What's wrong, cat got your tongue?"
"I don't feel like wasting my intelligent remarks on you." Lily said carefully.
James laughed. (Was it a laugh of amusement or sarcasm?) "Right."
"Well." Lily said, looking down. "Goodnight Potter."
"Er-Goodnight to you too." James answered. "Uh, here's your bag."
Lily accepted the bag, (Was James letting it go reluctantly?) "Uh, Thanks."
"You're welcome." James shrugged. Lily nodded one last time to him, and marched up to her dorm.
"HAAA-CHOO!"
"Lily, are you alright?" Alison asked sleepily.
"Give me some more-HA-CHOO!! Tissue." Lily sniffed.
"Did you catch a cold or something?" Alison asked.
"I think so. HA-CHOO!" *Sniff*
"Well. rest for a while, okay? I'll take you to Madame Pomfrey in the morning." Alison said, falling back asleep.
"Okay-HACHOO!"
"How did you catch a cold?" Madame Pomfrey exclaimed. "Were you running around in the cold? Or did you not wear enough clothes?" She glanced at Lily, who was looking at her with a weary expression. "Never mind, drink this."
"What's that?" Lily asked. (Sounds more like "wads dat?")
"Medicine. You DO want to feel better, right?"
"Oh yes, of course." ("Oh yez, obf coursh.")
"Now, drink!"
"Drink it, Lily." Maria ordered.
"But- it looks disgusting!" Lily whined. ("Bud-id looks deezgusdingh!")
"Even if it looks disgusting, but it heals you, so you better gulp it down, missy." Alison barked.
"Fine." Lily muttered. ("Find") She hastily took the goblet and drank it in one gulp. "Blech."
"You'll have to stay until you're colds gone, dear." Madame Pomfrey said. "You'll miss a few classes."
"Okay." Lily muttered, laying back on one of the cots in the infirmary.
"Where were you last night, Lils? WERE you running around in the cold only wearing a bikini or something?" Alison asked.
"I was in the-er... Library." Lily answered.
"WHERE'S LILY?" Someone burst in.
"She's in here, Brian." Alison called. (Madame Pomfrey was yelling "DON'T DISTURB HER REST!")
"WHERE? Where? Oh hi Lily." Brian said. "Do you want some toast?"
"No thanks" Lily answered. ("Ndo danks.")
"Lily, Lily." Brian sighed. "I don't look after you for one minute and you already caught a cold."
"Excuse me," Lily retorted. "I don't depend on you, Brian." (Excuseh mbeeh, I dun depen on you, Briand.)
"Sure, think whatever you want to," Brian said, patting her head. Lily frowned.
"BRIAN, I do not-"
"Listen Lils, I really need to go to class or McGonagall will kill me, okay? I'll come back later, I PROMISE!" Brian said, running out of the infirmary. "BYE!!" ("STOP SHOUTING!!" -Madame Pomfrey)
"Go," Lily muttered. Brian had already left, of course. Maria and Alison both gave Lily sympathetic smiles.
"I told you," Maria started. "You wear clothes like it's summer, only you add one thin cloak over whatever you wear."
"It's autumn, almost winter." Alison said. "It's really windy. You can easily catch a cold or the flu if you don't be careful."
"Yeah yeah." Lily snorted. "I've already caught the cold, so it's not really any help if you guys say that." (I'bf alreadih cauht da cold, so ids nod reallih andy help if you guys say dat.)
"Just so you'd remember. next time." Maria shrugged.
Lily looked at her watch. "You guys should go, it's almost time for class." (You guys shud go. Ids almost timbh four class.)
"You sure you want us to leave? Cause, I'd be happy to stay here rather than go to Potions." Maria said excitedly.
Alison nudged her. "What?" Maria asked, looking at Alison confusedly.
"No, the potion Md. Pomfrey gave me is making me sleepy." Lily said, yawning. (Ndo, da podiond madame mpomfrey gabfe mbe is mbakingh mbeeh sleppyh)
"Are you sure you're sleepy cause I-" Maria started, but Alison had already dragged her out.
"Bye Lils!" Alison called out. "We'll come back!!"
"Bye." Lily said, closing her eyelids. (Mbye.)
"Black?" Prof. Durst called out in Potions.
"Absent." Sirius joked, which received a glare from the teacher.
"Conner?"
"Present."
"Evans?"
"Absent. Uh, she's ill sir." Alison chirped.
"Sick?" Durst asked, raising his eyebrows.
"Yes, she's caught the cold." Maria said. Durst just continued on looking at them with an arched eyebrow.
"She's in the infirmary if you don't believe us, sir." Alison said, smiling sweetly.
"Alright." Durst said. "Garner?"
"Evans's sick?" James asked, leaning on his table to whisper to Alison.
"Yeah." Alison nodded. Then she gave him a look. "Don't think of playing any joke on her, okay?"
"What?" James said, obviously very surprised.
"Don't play any prank on her, okay? She's really in a bad condition." Alison shrugged. "Keeps on sneezing, she's got a fever too. And she dalks like dis. (and she talks like this)"
"Johnson?"
"Present." Alison said, smiling innocently.
"Lupin?"
"Weell. I was thinking of giving her a little surprise." James grinned.
Alison snorted. "Please, don't even think about it."
"Come on," James protested. "It's a nice surprise."
"Meaning it's probably some small joke."
"Alison," James sighed. "I'm not pitiless, you know-"
"Potter?"
"Present." James called out, giving the teacher his award-winning smile.
"Snape?"
"Right," Alison said, rolling her eyes. "As long as you don't hurt her, or annoy her."
"Oh, I wont." James said, reassuring her. "I promise. Cross my heart and hope to die."
Alison gave her cousin a look of disbelief.
"10 points from Gryffindor," Durst called out. "No talking, Potter, Johnson."
++"Hush little baby, don't you cry." and older version of Lily hummed. She was sitting on a rocking chair, rocking a little baby, who was crying madly.
"Shh. Harry." Lily cooed. "I know you miss Daddy, he'll come home soon."
The baby, who was supposedly named Harry, wailed on for a while, until it finally stopped crying, due to Lily's humming.
"Ssh. I miss Daddy too." Lily sighed. "I miss him too, Harry."
The baby sniffed, and then sneezed. Lily laughed and softly kissed the baby's forehead.
"HONEY!!" Someone called out. "I'm home!"
"Daddy's here!" Lily cried happily, smiling at the baby. As if the baby understood, he stopped crying and looked at his mother with a toothy baby grin.
"HARRY!" The man, supposedly Lily's future husband called out, picking Harry up from his mother's arms. Harry the baby started to giggle. The man smiled and put him down in his crib.
"Lily." The man said, engulfing her in a big hug. Lily gave him a watery smile. "I missed you."
"I missed you too." The man said, leaning in, giving her a long kiss.
"Oh James." Lily sighed.++
Potions class had just ended, the 5th year Gryffindors had a 15-minute break before Herbology, their next class, started. James had just exited the dungeons, and was deep in thought.
"Prongs, where are you going?" Remus asked, as for going to herbology they had to turn right, but James was walking towards the left.
"Um. Moony. tell Prof. Sprout I'm not feeling good." James said hurriedly. "I'll. I'll see you later. Thanks, you're a great pal!" James called out.
"Where's he going?" Sirius asked.
"Claims that he doesn't feel well." Remus mused.
"Right." Sirius said, frowning. "Whatever, I'm going to ask him what's wrong later."
"Don't worry about him, Padfoot." Remus said. "We might be late for herbology."
"Yes," Peter said. "We're doing the Jiggyplants, remember?"
"Ooh, yeah!" Sirius exclaimed. "James loved the jiggyplant, he actually made friends with one of them."
"Uh huh." Remus said.
Meanwhile, James was. well, first he was running. then he stopped to catch his breath. Now he was walking calmly, to the hospital wing.
He opened the door to the infirmary, peeking in, ready for Md. Pomfrey to yell at him. But, fortunately she wasn't there, (which was VERY odd) and James stepped in, slowly closing the door behind him. Dozens of cots were in the room, each with a curtain over it, the occupied cots had their curtains drawn. There was only one curtain that was drawn, and James guessed that one to be Lily's.
James opened the curtain, and saw Lily's familiar red hair. So he stepped in, pulling a chair in, sitting on it as he looked at the sleeping form of Lily Evans.
She was a bit pale, her red hair forming around her head like an angel's halo. Her pink lips were also paler, and dry. But her breaths were so steady.
Suddenly- Lily's lips formed a smile. It was so sudden, yet even in her sleep Lily looks perfect.
"Oh." Lily breathed. James jumped in his seat. Lily must be having a dream. A wonderful, sweet dream of course.
Suddenly Lily opened her eyes, cringing. "Ja-Potter? What are you doing here?" Lily croaked. (Wad are you doingh here?)
James pulled something out from his robes- a white lily. "For you."
"Hmh?" Lily squeaked. "For me?" (Four mbeeh?)
James nodded. "I would've gotten you a dozen of them, but I needed more pencils to transfigure."
Lily laughed. "Thank you!" (Dank you!)
"It's my fault you're sick."
"What?" Lily said. "No way!" (Whad? Ndo way!)
James rolled his eyes. "If I hadn't took you out for that ride-"
"I wouldn't have had a wonderful time." Lily finished for him. (I wouldn't habfe had a wonderful timbh)
James grinned. "You had fun?"
"My first time I flew and I didn't fall off." Lily snorted. (Mby first timb I flewh and I didn't fall off)
"Wicked. I thought, you know, you didn't enjoy it." James said. "Sorry, I just dragged you out there and now you're sick."
"It was worth it," Lily blurted out, blushing. (Id was worth id)
"Here's the homework. And the notes." Alison said, taking them out of her bag.
"Seriously, you should take a break from those." Maria commented, eyeing the notes suspiciously.
"I need to catch up." Lily murmured, going through the notes. "I'll fail." (A/N: I'm too lazy to do Lily's voice with her cold. So. whatever)
"Oh please Lily," Maria said, sighing. "You're bleeding brilliant. You get the top marks in the whole year. Uh, James gets them too, but, still, you're one of the smartest-"
"I just work hard." Lily shrugged.
"And so says the girl who practically b.s-ed her transfiguration essay." Alison muttered.
Maria snorted. Lily was silently reading through her notes, oblivious to them. Then Maria cleared her throat.
"Lily?"
No response.
"Lily?"
No response.
"LILY!!" Maria shrieked, causing Lily to finally look up and Madame Pomfrey scolding Maria.
"Sorry." Maria said, looking down at her shoes. Madame Pomfrey gave her a warning look, and left.
"What is it?" Lily asked.
"WE'RE here visiting you, not the notes." Maria said. "Come ON. PUT AWAY those notes until we LEAVE."
"OKAY2." Lily sighed, putting the notes on the table next to her cot. "So, what's up?"
"Nothing much." Alison shrugged. "Uh, we had potions, Durst took. 50 points from Gryffindor, of course."
"Yeah, Sirius slipped in a Filibuster's Firework into Snape's cauldron." Maria said. "Took 20 points off from us, I thought he was actually being a bit nice today."
"Took 10 points from me and James." Alison said.
"And we lost the other 20 points just like that." Maria said. "I swear, he's in such a good mood today. Usually he'll at LEAST take 200 points a minute."
"Well, that's uh. nice." Lily said. "Anything. interesting? Like somebody got caught kissing in the corridors or somebody called somebody a what, or anything?"
"Uh, Sirius called Snape a greasy slimeball." Alison said.
"Oh, yeah, that's new." Maria said dryly. Alison stuck her tongue out at her. "Uh, James skipped herbology, if that's something interesting."
"Yeah, he did." Alison said. Lily listened on with interest. "Dunno where he went. Just told Remus he wasn't feeling well."
"Then he came back all happy and smiley. " Maria said. "And Sirius said something about James keeping some secret away from the Marauders."
"Yeah. Well, I, being his cousin, think it's a bit weird for him to keep stuff away from his friends. He tells his friends almost EVERYTHING, well- most of time, at least." Alison said.
"Yeah. Enough about James, you're probably sick of hearing about him, seeing how much you "hate" him. Uh. the jiggyplant that you worked on last time was asking about you." Maria said, scratching the side of her nose.
"Oh." Lily answered. She wanted to hear more about James, of course. But. what is this change of heart? Her friends will let her have it once they know about the "moonlight ride" and how he skipped class to visit her. DID HE? Did he skip class just to visit her? Maybe he was going somewhere else too. But oh, did Lily wish his only reason WAS to visit her.
"Well, oh no, look at the time. We've got to go Lils. Maria wanted to check something out from the library." Alison said. Alison saw the look on Lily's face, and laughed. "Yes, THAT was my reaction when she told me that."
"I want to see if the Wizard-boos comics are there." Maria said indignantly. Lily looked at her weirdly, and Maria finally stifled a giggle. "Okay, so maybe I'm not like you or Alison who checks out books for "light reading"."
"The more you talk, the more time you're wasting." Alison said, "We can't afford to be late again for Transfigurations."
"Yeah yeah. Alright. Bye Lils." Maria said, waving. "GET WELL SOOONNNN!!"
"Shut up Mars, it's a good thing Madame Pomfrey is eating lunch now." Lily said. "Or she'll skin you alive."
"True." Alison said. "Bye Lils! Get well soon! Everybody misses you, even James! Seriously!" Alison and Maria cracked up into laughter, right before walking out the hospital doors.
Lily felt her cheeks grow warm, a smile curving on her lips. What was this rush of warmness she felt all about?
"Heads up, Potter!!" Brian said, throwing a quaffle over to him, later that evening in the common room.
James catch it professionally, receiving looks of admiration from Brian. "Good job, boy. Next match is Ravenclaw vs. Slytherin. We'll have to watch it to see who'll be playing against us next." Brian said.
James nodded, and continued to write his astrological chart for Divination. Everybody was mostly doing their homework or talking leisurely in the common room. It was one of those pleasant, lazy nights.
"Brian, stop it." Olivia snapped. Obviously Brian had been very bored and was poking Olivia's side with his finger. "Brian, bri-BRIAN!! STOP IT!"
"Okay, okay." Brian said, grinning lopsidedly. "I'll go find someone else to bug. Oh, James is right here. I'll just bug him."
James raised his eyebrows at Brian, giving the older boy a weird look. Brian let out a loud, loud sigh. "I'm really bored. James, what do you do when you're bored?"
"Uh." James thought, tapping the feather of his quill. "I. I go find some girl to talk to."
"Oh, good idea. Oh yeah, I have a girlfriend. Almost forgot about that. Maybe I should talk to .Jade. But nah, I'd have to go to the Hufflepuff common room." Brian said, trailing off.
Olivia who was chewing the end of her pencil, rolled her eyes at Brian.
"What else do you do?" Brian asked.
"I. plan pranks with Sirius." James answered.
"Not much of a prankster, I am. What else do you do?"
"I'd nick food from the kitchens." James shrugged.
"Oh, I'd like to do that someday. But I'm not hungry. What else do you do?"
"Seriously, Brian, you could get your Charms textbook and study for tomorrow's TEST, if you're so bored." Olivia said.
"Nah, I'll just cheat off your test tomorrow, Liv. Uh, James, what else do you do?"
Olivia let out a sigh of exasperation, rolled her eyes again, and turned back to her homework.
"I. I bug your sister." James said, remembering numerous times he did. He skimmed around the common room, feeling a bit incomplete as he saw that her usual seat was empty.
"Oh, great idea!!! Awe, she's in the Hospital wing. That poor girl." Brian said. "I do that a lot. God, it's funny when she's mad. She used to get our parents to gang up on me." Brian chuckled. "I remember once when we were in Primary school, she was reciting a poem for some contest and I was bugging her- she had a fit. Or that time when we went for summer vacation to."
"James," Olivia said, interrupting Brian, who was practically talking to himself. "Are you seeing anyone?"
"Not at this second," James answered, grinning. "Why, you setting me up for a blind date?"
"Maybe." Olivia said, smiling to herself. "Maybe I am."
James laughed, but inside he was hoping Olivia was implying about someone who couldn't leave his mind these past few days...no. weeks. He finished his chart with a flourish, and stuffed it in his book bag.
"Uh, I'm going to go out for a while." James said.
"Oh good, get me some of those cookies we had for dinner from the kitchens, will you?" Brian called out to James who was heading for the portrait hole.
"Sure..."
"Where is PRONGS??" Sirius yelled. "He's suppose to clean up this mess with us!"
Peter, Sirius and Remus were in their dorm, cleaning up the "mess" that they had made earlier that day. The had been playing quidditch inside their dorm, and James had just scored just as McGonagall came in, screaming at them to clean up the mess.
"I dont know. he just disappeared after dinner." Remus shrugged, tidying up his side of the room.
Peter was busying himself with the books and notes that had fell into a big pile on the floor. Sirius, on the other hand, was sitting on his bed, using magic to clean up the room.
"Hey, is this book any of your's?" Peter asked, holding up a leather bound book, which looked pretty thick.
"Er.. lemme see it." Sirius said, jumping from his bed and snatching the book out of Peter's hands.
"Hey I want to see it too." Remus called, running towards them.
November 16th, 1975
I don't know what's gotten into me. I'm beginning to turn down all the girls who asked me out. Big woopee. Well, it's just not LIKE me to do so... I dont know.
I think all of this is because of a girl... yeah. I took her out last night, riding on the school brooms around the pitch. Weird, ... it was very awkward indeed, we both weren't saying much. I was actually pretty scared to think what she was thinking.
And now she's caught the cold. Oh ****, if her brother knew it was because I took her out at night, he'll have me sent to Azkaban straight away.
God, I can't stop thinking about her.
Damn you, Lily Evans! Get out of my head, RIGHT NOW!!
~J.P
"J.P?" Remus muttered. "That's James's initials."
"LILY?" Sirius whistled. "Lily, Lily? As is, LILY EVANS? Lily, flower of the valley? Lily Evans, his mortal ENEMY?"
"Is there any other Lily Evans we know?" Remus asked sarcastically. "Prongs... LIKES her..."
Peter let out a gasp of surprise, while Sirius whistled again.
"He sure is one weird lad," Sirius said, shaking his head. "The way to get a girls heart is NOT to torment her..."
"Sirius, you DIMWIT! The thing to do right now is to.." Remus paused. "Get them together."
"What? Are you sure? That's... IMPOSSIBLE!" Sirius exclaimed. "Just because James likes her, it doesnt really mean SHE does!"
Peter felt his heart feeling a bit lighter than a few seconds ago.
"Well, WHY do you think she cares so much if James does something to her?" Remus said irritably.
As Sirius and Remus began to bicker about the importance of getting them together, Peter stared at the writings on the book.
It was probably James's journal. Peter never knew James had one. And it seems as if James only wrote important stuff in it... He only filled up 4 pages in the whole book!
The entry about Lily... it was from today. Peter wondered when James had written it. Peter stared at the book again. James hadn't really claimed that he liked her, he just said that he couldnt stop thinking about her.
Doesnt mean he LIKES her, especially LOVE her.
"Okay," Sirius said. "Fine. You're right, I guess. She does like him."
Peter dropped the book that instant, emotions running through him wildly like a house on fire.
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Dum dum dum!! AHH.....!!
-Why did Peter drop that book in shock??
-Is Remus and Sirius going to get James and Lily together?
-????
A/N: Well, yeah. To let you guys know, i actually wrote this story a long time ago..! ahaa! but i only wrote it up to here. I'll write again, duh. But it *MIGHT* take a few more days :D okay?? sO.. be PATIENT!! hehehe!
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