((A/N: I know, it's been pretty predictable so far. I really think that my plot is really unique, though. It should be fun to write (and read). Thanks to all of my reviewers. I got some great advice from you. In this story I'm trying to include Peter, since I'm not really doing that in my other story.))
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters from the HP books. The plot and the characters that you don't recognize belong to me. Thanks!
Words surrounded by are James's thoughts. Ex what's going on?
Words surrounded by :: are Lily's thoughts. Ex ::what's going on?::
Ch 3- Plan in Action
"Wake up, you guys! We're here!" yelled a voice as the door slid open. A short boy with blonde hair walked into the compartment. He had watery blue eyes and a pointed nose that slightly resembled a mouse's. His name was Peter Pettigrew, the fourth Marauder.
Everyone in the compartment was asleep in various positions. Callie was asleep in a corner, leaning against the wall. Sirius was stretched out across the street with his head in Callie's lap. Alex was asleep in another corner. Remus was sprawled out on the floor. James was asleep in another corner, leaning against the wall like Callie. Lily was leaning against him, with her head resting on his shoulder.
James was the first to wake up. When he noticed Lily's head on his shoulder, he almost smiled, but thought better of it since his friends were there. Straightening his expression, he pushed her head off of his shoulder. Her head hit the wall behind her, causing her to wake up. She looked confused for a second, rubbing her head, before she realized what had happened.
::I had my head on his shoulder. Crap! What if someone noticed?::
She had her head on my shoulder. Crap! What if someone noticed? ((A/n: Sorry, I had to make them think the same thing. I'm just weird))
"Owwwww," Lily whined, still rubbing her head.
"Aww, did poor Evans hurt her head?" James asked with an obviously fake pout.
"Yes, she did, no thanks to YOU!" Lily snapped back at him.
The argument between Lily and James caused everyone else to wake up. After several "Shut up"s, they all slowly started to get up. Lily made sure to get as far away from James as she could. James couldn't care less. He just hoped that Peter hadn't noticed his expression when he had first noticed Lily's head on his shoulder.
They all walked out of the compartment, accompanied with several muffled "Ow!"s from Remus, who was still on the floor. After they had made their way through the crowded train, they found an empty carriage. Callie, Sirius, and Remus exchanged subtle mischievous glances. Callie and Sirius got in first, sitting next to each other. Callie pulled Alex in next to her. Then, Remus sat on the other side. This caused Lily and James to have to sit next to each other again.
((A/N: If that was confusing, here's what it looked like:
Sirius- Callie- Alex
Door
Remus- James- Lily
Got it? Good))
"Hey, where's Peter?" Lily asked the group.
"Ermmm….I think he said he was riding with some Hufflepuffs. He's still got that crush on that one girl…Samantha something…I can't remember," Sirius replied. Everyone snickered at the thought of the poor girl who Peter had been obsessed with since their 3rd year.
"Why do I always get stuck by Evans, Moony?" James whispered to Remus, as the carriage started moving.
"Maybe it's just fate, Prongs," Remus whispered back, grinning.
"Oh, yeah right, Remus, we both know the dislike shared by Evans and me."
"There's a fine line between love and hate, James. A very fine line."
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"That feast was wonderful, wasn't it?" Alex asked Lily and Callie right after the feast, when they were back in their dorm.
"Yes, it was very good. It would have been even better if I hadn't been forced to sit next to Potter," replied Lily.
"It couldn't have been –that- bad, could it?" asked Callie with a hopeful expression.
"Of course it was. It's Potter!" Lily said. "He's so annoying. He has a crooked grin that drives me crazy, and he never shuts up. Plus, he's always pulling those pranks on me!"
"Well, the feast was still good, wasn't it?" Callie said, apparently trying to get off of the subject of Lily "just happening" to have to sit by James.
"Oh! Callie, we need to give the presents!" Alex exclaimed, just remembering something.
"Yeah, that's right!" Callie replied, smacking herself on the forehead.
They both walked to Alex's trunk and pulled out two little boxes, while Lily watched them curiously. They walked over to Lily and Callie handed her one of the boxes. "I know we missed you're birthday. We're sorry. We wanted to be there when you opened your presents!" Alex said. ((A/N: I don't know when Lily's birthday is, so I'm just making it in the summer, k?))
"Open it!" Callie told Lily.
Lily looked at her two friends for a moment, and then opened the little box. Inside was a silver charm. The charm was a tiny magic wand. "Wow! Thanks, Callie!"
Callie grinned. "Wait till you see what it does!"
"It does something?" Lily asked, perplexed.
"Of course it does. I bought it in Diagon Alley. It's magical," Callie told her.
Lily nodded, "Okay, so what does it do?"
"Say 'Lumos.'"
"Lumos," Lily said. At that moment, a tiny light appeared from the end of the wand, just like it would have on their normal wands. Lily laughed. "Amazing!"
"I know, I thought it was absolutely wonderful! The light goes out after a few minutes, and it will only turn on to your voice. I knew you'd like it!" Callie exclaimed, practically jumping up and down.
"Okay, now it's my turn," Alex said, handing Lily another box.
Lily grinned at her and opened the box. Inside was a tiny flame, which was moving like a normal fire would. She laughed; she had caught the joke. Alex and Lily had made the color of their hair an inside joke. "Thanks, Alex! I love it," she said, still laughing.
Alex grinned. "I knew you would. Callie was going to buy you a cat's eye, but they didn't have one." She shrugged. Alex and Callie were always commenting on Lily's eyes and hair (not that Lily never did that to them).
"Thank you guys sooo much! You're the best! These are the best birthday presents I've gotten!" she stood up and hugged them both, then magicked (SP?) the charms onto her charm bracelet. She was wearing the bracelet, as always. She looked at her new charms with a smile on her face. Of all of the charms on the bracelet (and there were lots. She had had it since the beginning of first year, remember?), those two seemed to stand out.
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Meanwhile, in the fifth year guys' dorm….
"Gosh, I'm tired," exclaimed Sirius as he plopped down onto his bed.
"I'm sure you are. It must have taken a lot of energy to eat enough food to feed a herd of dragons for a week," Remus told him while James laughed. Peter chose not to laugh, since Sirius might have gotten mad.
"Come on, Wormtail, lighten up!" James said, thumping him on the back.
Peter jumped, "Uh…o-okay, J-J-James. If you s-say so." He said with a nervous little laugh.
Remus shook his head at him. "Pettigrew, I think you're hopeless."
"N-no I'm not! I'll l-l-lighten up, I promise!" Peter stammered.
"Teasing Peter again?" asked a boy who had just walked in. He was the fifth person in their dorm. His name was Jake Andrews. He was a good friend of the Marauders, but they didn't find him "worthy" of being a Marauder (go figure). He was Muggle-born. He had brown hair with blonde highlights, and was slightly spiky. He had brown eyes. Once, in second year, he had tried to use magic to make them blue, but he ended up in the hospital wing with his eyes swelled shut.
"Why, of course we are, Jakie-boy!" Sirius said, lifting his head just enough to talk, then plopping it back down onto the pillow.
Peter, seeing Jake, decided to leave before he got teased any more. But, as he made his way to the door, James grabbed his robes and pulled him back. "Don't worry, Peter, we'll lay off. Right, guys?" he said with a pointed look to Sirius, Remus, and Jake, who nodded.
"Another subject…. hmmm…" Remus thought out loud, trying to think of something else to talk about.
"I've got one! James's crush on Miss Lily Evans!" Sirius exclaimed, sitting up. He seemed to have temporarily forgotten his tiredness.
"My WHAT? I do NOT have a crush on Li- Evans!" James said, quickly correcting himself.
"Come on, James. We all know you like her. Just admit it and get it over with," Remus told him with a grin.
"I do not and I'll admit no such thing!" James replied, crossing his arms.
"Whatever, James. Come on, Remus. You said you'd help me with that new curse for Snape, remember?" Sirius said, raising his eyebrows.
"Oh, yes. Alright, let's go," Remus answered, walking out the door, followed quickly by Sirius.
Okay, something's up with those two…I just know it!
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"Sorry, girls. I left my new fashion magazine in the common room. I'll be right back!" Callie told Lily and Alex, then walked out the door.
::New fashion magazines? But she had them all in her trunk…weird…::
"I'm wiped. 'Night Lily!" Alex said, climbing into her bed and closing the curtains.
"Good night, Alex," Lily replied, doing the same.
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"So…how'd it go?" Callie whispered to Sirius and Remus, once they were all in the Common Room.
"Well, when we asked him about it…he went all red and denied –everything-. You know, the kind of denying where you can tell it's fake?" Sirius replied.
"Yeah, he totally like her…even if he won't admit it," Remus added, grinning.
"She likes him too. You should have heard her complaining about him! Well, I wouldn't exactly call it complaining, since she had a dreamy look on her face the whole time," Callie told them, giggling.
"Looks like the Great Get-Lily-and-James-Together Plan is working just right…. I can't wait for the next step!" Sirius said, glad that at least one of his big plans seemed to work.
"Well, I told them I was getting my fashion magazine from downstairs, so I better go back up there before they get suspicious," Callie said, walking upstairs.
"We'd better leave too, bye Callie!" Remus said, also walking upstairs, followed by Sirius again.
((A/N: Longer chapter! Did you like it? I thought it turned out much better than the other ones. Please R/R!!! "Creative Critism" is always appreciated!))