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A/N: Thanks to everyone that reviewed the last chapter…glad that you liked it. Hope this chapter clears up a few more mysteries…Please review and tell me what you think. Hope you like it.
EXPLANATIONS & ARGUMENTS
Heading up to the Gryffindor tower Rowan decided it would be wise to check with McGonagall that a party was OK.
"I'll just go and tell McGonagall that we've promised them a party and we'll keep an eye on everything". Laughing at the looks of disbelief on his friend's faces, "It's not that shocking…I'll see you lot back in our rooms…I need to talk to you about something before we go to the Gryffindor common room"
Rowan stood and knocked on the door of his old head of house. The other three went off to get changed and cleaned up.
Up in the dorms talk was of nothing but the Quidditch game, most of the Gryffindor's had gone down to watch and were debating whether McGonagall would make Lily and Aggy join the Gryffindor team.
In the girls dorm Lily was in the shower and thinking about how well James seemed to be taking all this and hoped that he might ask her to play for the house team. In the boy's dorm James was wondering how he was going to tell Mike Johnson he was dropped for Lily, fitting Aggy into the team wasn't going to be a problem as they were short of a beater thanks to Sirius breaking Kathryn Bell's arm in training last week.
Walking back into the bedroom James nodded at Remus "Can you believe them two not telling us they could play?"
"Are you going to put them in the team?" Remus asked James
Shrugging "I'll have to talk to McGonagall but I can't see her disagreeing" and turning to look at Remus he said, "If I could only persuade you to play…We'd be unbeatable."
"James…You know I would love to play but it is just not possible" getting up "But thanks for the offer…come on lets go down to the common room" and he pulled James out of the room.
"So Rowan what did the old dragon say?" Phil asked as Rowan came through the door.
"She said no problem" and watching them raise their eyebrows at him "Well she actually said she didn't think the four of us were responsible enough to supervise a party for house elves" and they all laughed.
Once he had got changed Rowan looked at his friends and with a very serious look on his face said, "What are we going to do about Lily?"
Looking slightly confused Bob asked "What do you mean…after today's performance they would have to be mad not to put her onto the team."
"No not Quidditch" running his hands through his hair "I mean Lily the beautiful young women who is surrounded 24 hours a day by 17/18 year old boys"
Richard went first "What can we do?…Lily's smart plus she has a boyfriend"
"That is what worries me…We were that age once." Letting this sink in he carried on "James seems like a nice kid…But he is a teenage boy and she is my baby sister"
Philip had been sitting quietly listening, "How serious are you about doing something Roe?"
"Very serious…Why what have you got in mind?" and they all looked at Philip
"Well my dad used a spell on my sister but when she found out she was so mad at him she didn't speak to him for 3 months" pausing "Lily has a wicked temper"
"I can cope with her not talking to me for a while if it means she is protected from being taken advantage of."
With this reply the four men huddled together and hatched a plan. Once it was sorted they all looked at little queasy at the thought of what they were going to do to Lily and then headed for the common room.
At one end of the common room the house elves had set up a big table and filled it with huge amounts of party food and a big barrel of butterbeer.
Going through the portrait the four men headed for Lily and her friends who where sat laughing and talking in front of the fire. Seeing Rowan and the others approach they all squished up and the four men sat down.
"Thanks for the game James…We really enjoyed playing you guys" Philip smiled
"Your welcome" James replied "But I doubt we compare to Puddlemere United or the England team for that matter"
The other students looked shocked but Philip said "Sorry about that."
Just then Aggy and Sirius returned from the Infirmary and came over to join the others.
"Are you alright Sirius?" Marie asked and went over to sit on his knee
"Yeah…Pomfrey fixed me up" and he gave a squeeze "So what have I missed?"
James laughed at his friend "Oh nothing much except that we were set up" pointing at Philip and Richard "These two are ringers…both play for Puddlemere United and Phil plays for England"
All Sirius could say was "Cool…Are you running the training session tomorrow"
They nodded at him.
"So this is the infamous Sirius I have heard about is it." Bob smiled at him "Think you are going to break my record do you?"
Sirius was stunned into silence (which was a sight to be seen) "Your Robert Makin"
Bob smiled at him and nodded. At this Sirius jumped up knocking Marie onto the floor and went over to shake Bob's hand. Hearing a squeal from his girlfriend and the others laughing he went back to the sofa and picked her up.
"Sorry Marie…Got a little excited" and he hugged her giving her a kiss, which earned him a punch in the chest and more laughter from the group.
James turned to Lily "So are you going to enlighten us and tell us how long you have been playing Quidditch and were you learned all those moves"
Looking at the four men first she said "OK but it's a long story…May be one of you should start"
Rowan smiled at her "What you have to understand is that during holiday's Lily was my little shadow…Mostly due to avoiding Pertunia." Taking a sip of butterbeer he continued "summer of second year we had played Quidditch virtually the whole summer with Lily sat on the ground watching."
Bob picked the story up "So during third year we all made the team and came up with a way for Lily to play Quidditch with us that summer." Laughing as he remembered Mrs Evans face when they had told her they were going to take Lily flying with them. "We devised a special harness…mainly to convince Mrs Evans that she would be safe"
"The harness allowed us to strap Lily to the front of one of us and fly with her…she would have been about 4" Philip added "She loved flying…clapping her hands screaming faster, faster"
At this Lily laughed as she remembered zooming around the skies as a small child "Phil use to think it was funny to practice dives"
Philip grimaced "I thought your mother was going to kill me…How old were you?"
"If you mean when you crashed me into that tree and broke my arm about 6" looking at him "I was gutted…I thought mum would ban me from flying with you lot after that"
James looked shocked "She let them take you out again after that"
It was Rowan who answered "Lily cried so hard that she was back on a broom before the cast came off."
Confused Sirius said, "What's a cast?"
"Muggle's fix bones by setting them in a plaster so that the bones can heal" Lily explained. Sirius decided he was glad he was a wizard.
Bob laughed "By the time she was 5 she wasn't happy just sitting there and so we taught her how to catch and throw a Quaffle."
"So you were training Lily to be a chaser from being about 5…No wonder she's good" Remus said
"Oh Lily is a pretty good beater as well…No way I was going to let them two have all the fun" Rowan said "She was lethal with a club wasn't she Phil"
Rolling his eyes Philip said "She got her own back for the tree crash and broke my nose with a bludger" looking at Lily "I have to say that she is a better seeker than a beater but she is definitely a chaser through and through"
As the evening wore on the food disappeared and the butterbeer got drunk and the band of sixth years laughed at the four men. As 11 O'clock approach Rowan decided that it was time to call it a night and standing up be bellowed "All right you lot BED".
Looking at the burly man the Gryffindor students thanked them for the party and went up to their dorms. Within 10 minutes the common room was empty except for the Lily and her friends and her brother and his friends. They all said goodnight and Lily kissed and hugged the four of them.
At the top of the stairs Lily put her arms around James and kissed him "I am sorry that I didn't tell you I could play Quidditch…Your not cross are you?"
Smiling at her and kissing her he said "No…but no more secrets…OK" and Lily nodded.
10 minutes later Lily was sat on her bed thinking about the last thing that James had said and wondered how she was going to tell him the last bit!!
As breakfast came to an end and the House Quidditch teams gathered on the Quidditch pitch were Professor Dumbledore introduced them all to their special guests
"This is Philip Tring the England and Puddlemere United seeker and this is Richard Laney who is a chaser with Puddlemere United" the two men stepped forward as Dumbledore said their name "Please give them you full attention and make the most of their knowledge and expertise. Also they are being helped today by Rowan Evans who used to be a Gryffindor beater and Robert Makin who was a Gryffindor chaser". At this Dumbledore gave the Slytherin team a withering look, that conveyed to them they had better not cause trouble.
The students were put through a range of warm up exercises and then divided them up into player groupings and each of the men taking one group. All seemed to be going well but as the training session progressed no one noticed the disgruntled look on James's face as Richard consistently used Lily to demonstrate moves for them.
As Lunchtime arrived the session came to an end and all the students thank them for their time, even the Slytherin's shook hands with the four men.
Lily, Aggy, James and Sirius helped to collect everything up and tidy away the training equipment. It was at this point that life for Lily took a nosedive.
"So Lily, What are you doing for Christmas?" Philip asked
Sighing Lily said, "With mum and dad gone I'm going to have to stay here."
Rowan looked at his friends "I've got to work this year"
"Don't worry," she said as she saw the concerned looks on their faces "We're all staying this year, so it should be good…the eight of us will have the tower all to our selves."
It was Philip who spoke next "Are you going to owl Jonesy are do you want me to tell him at next practice?"
"I'll owl him" she said quietly and hoped no one was paying any attention "Do you think he will be cross?"
"No…he'll understand he is a good manager…besides your his little pet" Philip said laughing at her.
Slapping him Lily turned round to see James watching her closely and didn't like the look on his face. "Come on everybody…Hurry up or we'll miss lunch"
For the rest of the day Lily did her best to avoid James. It was during this time that her brother and his friends cast the spell, they had planned the night before and they hoped she wouldn't discover its affects before they left the castle.
As evening approach Lily went to the school entranced with the four men. Kissing and hugging each of them she promised to write to them all soon.
Philip smiled to himself and while hugging her he whispered "Oh by the way…The wedding is in July and we want you to be a bridesmaid"
Lily pulled away from him "Philip Tring I cannot believe you have waited till now to tell me this!" Punching him "That is so cruel"
Tears running down her face she stood there until they had all disappeared into the night sky. Turning around she thought time to face James and headed for Gryffindor tower.
Walking into the common room Lily went over to her friends and sat down next to James. After chatting for a while about the days events James said to Lily "Can I talk to you for a moment…alone" and without waiting for her to answer he dragged her upstairs and into the boy's dorm.
"Lily why have you been avoiding me all day?"
"James I have not…we were together all morning" Lily thought Please don't ask
Moving away from her James said "What was Phil talking about at the end of the session?…Who is Jonesy?"
Lily thought Oh shit biting her bottom lip she looked at James "Jonesy is the Manager of Puddlemere United"
"So why would you need to owl him?"
"Because…I will not be able to go training with them over Christmas" she said tentatively and thought may as well get it over with. "You see James I have a contract with them. I can't play until I finish school but I am expected to train with them during the holidays"
"YOU have a contract with Puddlemere United" he swore under his breath "And when were you going to tell me this…What happened to no more secrets?"
"James that's not fair…you only said that last night…you haven't given me a chance" Lily was starting to get mad "And any way what's it got to do with you what I do"
"I'm your boyfriend…Doesn't that count for anything?"
"Boyfriend not OWNER" she shouted. "I thought you had changed but I guess not…YOU ARE A POMPOUS GIT POTTER"
They were now stood face to face and shouting at each other, unaware that the rest of the Griffindor House was stood outside the door listening.
"If I'm so bad why are you going out with me."
"I'm seriously beginning to wonder" she hissed at him
"Then why bother"
"Fine with me POTTER…This is over…I'll see you around" and she went to the door. Opening it she screamed "What do you lot want a picture?" pushing through them "Get out of the way" and she stormed into the girls dorm.
By the time her friends had managed to get into the dorm Lily was sat on her bed with the curtains drawn.
Aggy looked at the others "Lily are you ok?…Do you want to talk about it?" Getting no response she said "Lily"
"Please just leave me alone guys…I'm all right…I'll see you in the morning" Lily sat on her bed as the anger stared to subside she realised what she had just done. She had finished with James Potter. Listening to her friends get into bed she quietly began to sob not knowing if the tears would ever stop.
A/N: Next chapter: Will they or won't they make it up?
Thanks for reading….so now review
A/N: Thanks to everyone that reviewed the last chapter…glad that you liked it. Hope this chapter clears up a few more mysteries…Please review and tell me what you think. Hope you like it.
EXPLANATIONS & ARGUMENTS
Heading up to the Gryffindor tower Rowan decided it would be wise to check with McGonagall that a party was OK.
"I'll just go and tell McGonagall that we've promised them a party and we'll keep an eye on everything". Laughing at the looks of disbelief on his friend's faces, "It's not that shocking…I'll see you lot back in our rooms…I need to talk to you about something before we go to the Gryffindor common room"
Rowan stood and knocked on the door of his old head of house. The other three went off to get changed and cleaned up.
Up in the dorms talk was of nothing but the Quidditch game, most of the Gryffindor's had gone down to watch and were debating whether McGonagall would make Lily and Aggy join the Gryffindor team.
In the girls dorm Lily was in the shower and thinking about how well James seemed to be taking all this and hoped that he might ask her to play for the house team. In the boy's dorm James was wondering how he was going to tell Mike Johnson he was dropped for Lily, fitting Aggy into the team wasn't going to be a problem as they were short of a beater thanks to Sirius breaking Kathryn Bell's arm in training last week.
Walking back into the bedroom James nodded at Remus "Can you believe them two not telling us they could play?"
"Are you going to put them in the team?" Remus asked James
Shrugging "I'll have to talk to McGonagall but I can't see her disagreeing" and turning to look at Remus he said, "If I could only persuade you to play…We'd be unbeatable."
"James…You know I would love to play but it is just not possible" getting up "But thanks for the offer…come on lets go down to the common room" and he pulled James out of the room.
"So Rowan what did the old dragon say?" Phil asked as Rowan came through the door.
"She said no problem" and watching them raise their eyebrows at him "Well she actually said she didn't think the four of us were responsible enough to supervise a party for house elves" and they all laughed.
Once he had got changed Rowan looked at his friends and with a very serious look on his face said, "What are we going to do about Lily?"
Looking slightly confused Bob asked "What do you mean…after today's performance they would have to be mad not to put her onto the team."
"No not Quidditch" running his hands through his hair "I mean Lily the beautiful young women who is surrounded 24 hours a day by 17/18 year old boys"
Richard went first "What can we do?…Lily's smart plus she has a boyfriend"
"That is what worries me…We were that age once." Letting this sink in he carried on "James seems like a nice kid…But he is a teenage boy and she is my baby sister"
Philip had been sitting quietly listening, "How serious are you about doing something Roe?"
"Very serious…Why what have you got in mind?" and they all looked at Philip
"Well my dad used a spell on my sister but when she found out she was so mad at him she didn't speak to him for 3 months" pausing "Lily has a wicked temper"
"I can cope with her not talking to me for a while if it means she is protected from being taken advantage of."
With this reply the four men huddled together and hatched a plan. Once it was sorted they all looked at little queasy at the thought of what they were going to do to Lily and then headed for the common room.
At one end of the common room the house elves had set up a big table and filled it with huge amounts of party food and a big barrel of butterbeer.
Going through the portrait the four men headed for Lily and her friends who where sat laughing and talking in front of the fire. Seeing Rowan and the others approach they all squished up and the four men sat down.
"Thanks for the game James…We really enjoyed playing you guys" Philip smiled
"Your welcome" James replied "But I doubt we compare to Puddlemere United or the England team for that matter"
The other students looked shocked but Philip said "Sorry about that."
Just then Aggy and Sirius returned from the Infirmary and came over to join the others.
"Are you alright Sirius?" Marie asked and went over to sit on his knee
"Yeah…Pomfrey fixed me up" and he gave a squeeze "So what have I missed?"
James laughed at his friend "Oh nothing much except that we were set up" pointing at Philip and Richard "These two are ringers…both play for Puddlemere United and Phil plays for England"
All Sirius could say was "Cool…Are you running the training session tomorrow"
They nodded at him.
"So this is the infamous Sirius I have heard about is it." Bob smiled at him "Think you are going to break my record do you?"
Sirius was stunned into silence (which was a sight to be seen) "Your Robert Makin"
Bob smiled at him and nodded. At this Sirius jumped up knocking Marie onto the floor and went over to shake Bob's hand. Hearing a squeal from his girlfriend and the others laughing he went back to the sofa and picked her up.
"Sorry Marie…Got a little excited" and he hugged her giving her a kiss, which earned him a punch in the chest and more laughter from the group.
James turned to Lily "So are you going to enlighten us and tell us how long you have been playing Quidditch and were you learned all those moves"
Looking at the four men first she said "OK but it's a long story…May be one of you should start"
Rowan smiled at her "What you have to understand is that during holiday's Lily was my little shadow…Mostly due to avoiding Pertunia." Taking a sip of butterbeer he continued "summer of second year we had played Quidditch virtually the whole summer with Lily sat on the ground watching."
Bob picked the story up "So during third year we all made the team and came up with a way for Lily to play Quidditch with us that summer." Laughing as he remembered Mrs Evans face when they had told her they were going to take Lily flying with them. "We devised a special harness…mainly to convince Mrs Evans that she would be safe"
"The harness allowed us to strap Lily to the front of one of us and fly with her…she would have been about 4" Philip added "She loved flying…clapping her hands screaming faster, faster"
At this Lily laughed as she remembered zooming around the skies as a small child "Phil use to think it was funny to practice dives"
Philip grimaced "I thought your mother was going to kill me…How old were you?"
"If you mean when you crashed me into that tree and broke my arm about 6" looking at him "I was gutted…I thought mum would ban me from flying with you lot after that"
James looked shocked "She let them take you out again after that"
It was Rowan who answered "Lily cried so hard that she was back on a broom before the cast came off."
Confused Sirius said, "What's a cast?"
"Muggle's fix bones by setting them in a plaster so that the bones can heal" Lily explained. Sirius decided he was glad he was a wizard.
Bob laughed "By the time she was 5 she wasn't happy just sitting there and so we taught her how to catch and throw a Quaffle."
"So you were training Lily to be a chaser from being about 5…No wonder she's good" Remus said
"Oh Lily is a pretty good beater as well…No way I was going to let them two have all the fun" Rowan said "She was lethal with a club wasn't she Phil"
Rolling his eyes Philip said "She got her own back for the tree crash and broke my nose with a bludger" looking at Lily "I have to say that she is a better seeker than a beater but she is definitely a chaser through and through"
As the evening wore on the food disappeared and the butterbeer got drunk and the band of sixth years laughed at the four men. As 11 O'clock approach Rowan decided that it was time to call it a night and standing up be bellowed "All right you lot BED".
Looking at the burly man the Gryffindor students thanked them for the party and went up to their dorms. Within 10 minutes the common room was empty except for the Lily and her friends and her brother and his friends. They all said goodnight and Lily kissed and hugged the four of them.
At the top of the stairs Lily put her arms around James and kissed him "I am sorry that I didn't tell you I could play Quidditch…Your not cross are you?"
Smiling at her and kissing her he said "No…but no more secrets…OK" and Lily nodded.
10 minutes later Lily was sat on her bed thinking about the last thing that James had said and wondered how she was going to tell him the last bit!!
As breakfast came to an end and the House Quidditch teams gathered on the Quidditch pitch were Professor Dumbledore introduced them all to their special guests
"This is Philip Tring the England and Puddlemere United seeker and this is Richard Laney who is a chaser with Puddlemere United" the two men stepped forward as Dumbledore said their name "Please give them you full attention and make the most of their knowledge and expertise. Also they are being helped today by Rowan Evans who used to be a Gryffindor beater and Robert Makin who was a Gryffindor chaser". At this Dumbledore gave the Slytherin team a withering look, that conveyed to them they had better not cause trouble.
The students were put through a range of warm up exercises and then divided them up into player groupings and each of the men taking one group. All seemed to be going well but as the training session progressed no one noticed the disgruntled look on James's face as Richard consistently used Lily to demonstrate moves for them.
As Lunchtime arrived the session came to an end and all the students thank them for their time, even the Slytherin's shook hands with the four men.
Lily, Aggy, James and Sirius helped to collect everything up and tidy away the training equipment. It was at this point that life for Lily took a nosedive.
"So Lily, What are you doing for Christmas?" Philip asked
Sighing Lily said, "With mum and dad gone I'm going to have to stay here."
Rowan looked at his friends "I've got to work this year"
"Don't worry," she said as she saw the concerned looks on their faces "We're all staying this year, so it should be good…the eight of us will have the tower all to our selves."
It was Philip who spoke next "Are you going to owl Jonesy are do you want me to tell him at next practice?"
"I'll owl him" she said quietly and hoped no one was paying any attention "Do you think he will be cross?"
"No…he'll understand he is a good manager…besides your his little pet" Philip said laughing at her.
Slapping him Lily turned round to see James watching her closely and didn't like the look on his face. "Come on everybody…Hurry up or we'll miss lunch"
For the rest of the day Lily did her best to avoid James. It was during this time that her brother and his friends cast the spell, they had planned the night before and they hoped she wouldn't discover its affects before they left the castle.
As evening approach Lily went to the school entranced with the four men. Kissing and hugging each of them she promised to write to them all soon.
Philip smiled to himself and while hugging her he whispered "Oh by the way…The wedding is in July and we want you to be a bridesmaid"
Lily pulled away from him "Philip Tring I cannot believe you have waited till now to tell me this!" Punching him "That is so cruel"
Tears running down her face she stood there until they had all disappeared into the night sky. Turning around she thought time to face James and headed for Gryffindor tower.
Walking into the common room Lily went over to her friends and sat down next to James. After chatting for a while about the days events James said to Lily "Can I talk to you for a moment…alone" and without waiting for her to answer he dragged her upstairs and into the boy's dorm.
"Lily why have you been avoiding me all day?"
"James I have not…we were together all morning" Lily thought Please don't ask
Moving away from her James said "What was Phil talking about at the end of the session?…Who is Jonesy?"
Lily thought Oh shit biting her bottom lip she looked at James "Jonesy is the Manager of Puddlemere United"
"So why would you need to owl him?"
"Because…I will not be able to go training with them over Christmas" she said tentatively and thought may as well get it over with. "You see James I have a contract with them. I can't play until I finish school but I am expected to train with them during the holidays"
"YOU have a contract with Puddlemere United" he swore under his breath "And when were you going to tell me this…What happened to no more secrets?"
"James that's not fair…you only said that last night…you haven't given me a chance" Lily was starting to get mad "And any way what's it got to do with you what I do"
"I'm your boyfriend…Doesn't that count for anything?"
"Boyfriend not OWNER" she shouted. "I thought you had changed but I guess not…YOU ARE A POMPOUS GIT POTTER"
They were now stood face to face and shouting at each other, unaware that the rest of the Griffindor House was stood outside the door listening.
"If I'm so bad why are you going out with me."
"I'm seriously beginning to wonder" she hissed at him
"Then why bother"
"Fine with me POTTER…This is over…I'll see you around" and she went to the door. Opening it she screamed "What do you lot want a picture?" pushing through them "Get out of the way" and she stormed into the girls dorm.
By the time her friends had managed to get into the dorm Lily was sat on her bed with the curtains drawn.
Aggy looked at the others "Lily are you ok?…Do you want to talk about it?" Getting no response she said "Lily"
"Please just leave me alone guys…I'm all right…I'll see you in the morning" Lily sat on her bed as the anger stared to subside she realised what she had just done. She had finished with James Potter. Listening to her friends get into bed she quietly began to sob not knowing if the tears would ever stop.
A/N: Next chapter: Will they or won't they make it up?
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