In The Hearts
Author: Sweet Lovin
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A Lily and James romance, set in their 6th year. Lily is a Prefect, and James should be her mortal enemy (because he's a Marauder) But things don't work out that way.
Chapter One
Remus Lupin stood at his open dormitory window; he sighed out into the darkness. It was the Marauders first day back at Hogwarts. A small September breeze came in; it ruffled his graying light brown hair. Remus turned on his heel to face the rest of the 6th year boy's dormitory. Only Peter was there, James and Sirius were at a late running Quidditch practice, which was oddly enough the night of their first day back. James wanted to get a start this year, so he had guaranteed spots on the team to a few people, and was holding tryouts in a week or so.
"Three days 'till the full moon, Peter." Remus pointed out, flopping down on his bed, face first.
"Yea," He replied absentmindedly. Peter looked up from his book, his watery blue eyes scanning Remus' bed. "Something wrong Remus?"
"No just hating the fact that every month I have to go through this," Remus sighed into his pillow.
Nothing else was said, Peter returned to his book and Remus seemed to have fallen asleep.
Only a half-hour later James and Sirius walked into the boy's dormitory, both clad in red and gold Quidditch robes. James' unruly black hair was standing on end; he was covered with dirt. Sirius didn't look so bad, though he always seemed to manage that.
"Oi James, looks like you took a few falls tonight." Peter smiled at the pair.
"Just a bit, all because of one bloody git." James said shooting Sirius a look.
"Hey, it isn't my fault you were in my way, I mean, I WAS trying to keep the bludger away."
James laughed and dropped his broom at the foot of his bed, "That is true. But anyway, it seems we have a trip to the Shrieking Shack coming up soon, eh Moony?"
"Yea," Remus moaned, rolling over and sitting up.
"Oh, oh," Sirius said, acting a little over excited, "Can Wormtail and I go to Honeydukes to get our monthly supply of chocolate?"
"Have we ever said no to that question?" Remus asked smiling. "Well, on another note, I think I'm going to go to the common room to read. I have a good book from the library on Defense Against Dark Arts, some very interesting stories." The three remaining boys moaned, Remus loved that class, almost a little too much; he was always reading a book or two about it. **** Remus made his way down to the common room; a few first years were scattered around the room. He sat down on the couch in front of the fire and opened up his book. He was undisturbed for a good half-hour, just curled up on the couch reading. When he heard a familiar female voice greet him, "good evening Remus." Lily Evans nodded as she sat down on the opposite side of the couch.
"Good evening Lily, how are you?"
"I'm ok, a little stressful. A Prefects job is never done." She said smiling.
"I don't think it'll ever be done with people like Sirius and James about."
"Hmm, seems that way," Lily said standing up. "Well nice to." A loud explosion coming from the 6th year boy's dormitory cut Lily off.
"Oh no," Remus said unfolding his long frame from the couch. "I should go see what those idiots are up to now."
Remus was shaking his head as he walked up the stairs to his dormitory, he was almost afraid to open the dormitory door, as a memory came floating back into his mind.
In 3rd year Sirius and James decided to have a duel. Both of them ended up in the hospital wing, James looked slightly furry, and Sirius, well he wasn't looking himself. Remus sighed and opened the door; he laughed at the sight that greeted his eyes. Peter, James and Sirius were sitting on the floor, their faces looked slightly charred, and hair stuck up in every direction.
"Hmm, I take it you forgot that the deck of cards that Sirius had were set to explode when played with?"
James smiled meekly, "Yea."
Remus laughed and sat down on his bed, putting his book on his nightstand, "well maybe next time you'll remember something like that? Well no more extra explosive Snap cards, save something like that for Snape. And I'm going to bed, don't wake me." **** Lily Evans walked the stairs to her dormitory. She could have her own room because she was Prefect, but she would rather stay with her friends than spending every night on her own.
"Lily!" Arabella yelled from the bottom of the stairs, "wait for me!" Arabella Figg was Lily's best friend; she had curly light brown hair that fell just past her shoulders, and big brown eyes. She ran up the stairs, to catch up with Lily.
"Hey," Lily smiled, "I haven't seen you in ages."
"Well only all summer, I only got a few owls from you Lils, how are you?"
"Good, I was quite bored, and Petunia just wouldn't leave me alone, she's driving me nuts." Lily explained. "How about you?"
"Almost the same, only I don't have Petunia to deal with." Lily laughed, "Well I was just going to check to make sure they put my things in the right room." Lily said opening the door to the 6th year girl's dormitories. "And it seems it is. I have to go round up all the first years Arabella, I'll see you later."
"Alright Miss Prefect." Arabella smiled. **** James was the first to awake that morning. It was their first day of classes for the year, and he wanted to get down to the great hall early so he could look over his schedule.
He wandered; nearly sleep walked into the bathrooms to take a shower. Though it seemed he wasn't the first one up, Remus was already awake. He was standing in front of the mirror, shaving.
"Good morning, Prongs." Remus said cheerfully.
James mumbled a good morning and took a shower. He emerged 15 minutes later, and Remus was still at the sinks.
Remus smiled at him, "I figured I'd wait for you Prongs, you look like you need some company."
"Thanks, yea, it's too early, honestly I don't know how I dragged myself out of bed at 5."
"Neither do I, or are you going to change this year?"
James was reminded of the morning Peter, Remus, and Sirius let James sleep in and miss his first two classes, at lunch they went to the dormitories with a bucket of cold water and dumped it over his head.
"Well, I will if it keeps you from dumping cold water over my head. You know my bed was soaked through for weeks."
Remus laughed, "It was all in good fun Prongs."
James smiled as he dried his unruly black hair; even when it was wet it was still standing up on end.
"Well, I think I'm ready to get going to the Great Hall."
Remus jumped off his perch on the counter, and walked towards the door, "So James, when is are, our usual pranks going to start?"
"Soon I suppose, Sirius and I have to get together and work on some things."
"Great!" Remus almost yelled. **** "Lily, you have to wake up, you're going to be late!"
"Argh, Arabella, what time is it?"
"6:45"
"OH MY GOD!" Lily sat bolt upright and leaped out of her bed to her trunk and started pulling out clean robes.
"I'll wait for you down in the Common Room." Arabella said smiling.
Lily dressed quickly and took the steps down to the Common Room two at a time, she wasn't going to be late on her first day back at school.
Lily was running towards to portrait when she ran into (literally) James Potter. Lily fell backwards, but James caught her before she actually hit the ground.
"Lily! Are you alright?" James asked.
"Uh, yes, I'm fine," She smiled, gaining her balance again. She looked James into his eyes and realized they were a beautiful deep brown, she stared for a few seconds then realized what she was doing.
"Well, Lily," James said smiling, "I'll see you in class, I'm sure we have a few together."
"Alright." Lily stammered. She turned to Arabella who was leaning against the wall, 'talking' to Peter Pettigrew; she was obviously not paying attention.
"Excuse me Peter, Arabella and I should be leaving now." Lily intervened. Arabella smiled gratefully and mouthed a 'thank you', but Peter didn't look too happy.
"Ok then," he sighed, his blue eyes watching the floor, "I'll see you later 'Bella." Lily and Arabella exited the Common Room and walked for a good 5 minutes before they started to talk.
"So, I was watching you and James, Lils, what's up with that?" Arabella asked, obviously trying to get information out of her.
"Nothing," Lily said blushing.
"Really, Lily, I saw how you were looking into his eyes, honestly anyone could catch on. Plus, you ARE blushing."
"I know I'm blushing, and nothing is happening, James is a good friend of mine, he's been a good friends for ages, just like you. Oh, and I am a little embarrassed because I tripped and almost feel on my ass."
Arabella eyed Lily suspiciously, for a few minutes she didn't say anything, but then, figuring Lily was telling the truth she nodded, and changed the subject. "So are you ready for another term then Lils?"
"I'm always ready," Lily said opening the doors to the Great Hall. **** James, Remus, Sirius and Peter were seated at the middle of the Gryffindor tables. Remus and Peter were comparing schedules and silently planning the trip to Hogsmeade in a few days, using stupid code words. James and Sirius were silently planning their first pranks and making a shopping list for when hey went to Hogsmeade with Remus.
James noticed Lily and Arabella walk into the hall, he gave them a short wave and resumed his planning. In seconds they were sitting down one on either side of the table. Arabella was next to Peter, who seemed to trying to talk to her, despite Remus' protests, and Lily was beside James.
"Good morning James, Sirius," Lily said grabbing some toast from a large plate in front of her.
"Good morning." James replied politely.
Sirius being the git that he was in the morning screamed, "AHHHH Prefect!" And was trying to hide behind James.
"Sirius," Lily laughed, "I'm not here to get you in trouble, unless you try something of course."
"Well, the only time I ever see a Prefect is when I'm getting in trouble, so I'm just going to assume that you're going to give me trouble, and I'm going to hide behind James!"
Lily shook her head and began to eat; James turned and laughed at Sirius who was cowering behind him.
"So Lily, what classes do you have?" James asked turning back to her.
"Just a minute, let me check." Lily rummaged through her bag, "Oh, here it is. Ok I have Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, Arithmancy, Divination and Astronomy. Do we have any classes together?"
"Well, if they're all in the right order, we have everything together."
"Well in that case, we do have classes together." James smiled at this, and Lily's heart skipped a beat. 'No way,' she thought, 'Not James! Not the mortal enemy of any Prefect that has crossed his path in the past 6 years.' Lily frowned at this thought.
"Something wrong Lily?" Remus asked from across the table.
"No not at all."
A few minutes passed, the Marauders, Lily and Arabella ate quietly. Lily stood up, it was nearly 8 and classes would start soon and she needed to get to Transfiguration. She collected her things and left the Great Hall when James caught up with her.
"Mind if I walk you to your next class?" James asked.
"No not at all James, I wouldn't mind the company." The two headed off to Transfiguration together.
A.N. So, what do you think?? Oh, and BTW, if the formatting is screwed up, it will be fixed, ASAP. Anyway, R&R I would love your opinions on if I should write more or not. No flames please.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A Lily and James romance, set in their 6th year. Lily is a Prefect, and James should be her mortal enemy (because he's a Marauder) But things don't work out that way.
Chapter One
Remus Lupin stood at his open dormitory window; he sighed out into the darkness. It was the Marauders first day back at Hogwarts. A small September breeze came in; it ruffled his graying light brown hair. Remus turned on his heel to face the rest of the 6th year boy's dormitory. Only Peter was there, James and Sirius were at a late running Quidditch practice, which was oddly enough the night of their first day back. James wanted to get a start this year, so he had guaranteed spots on the team to a few people, and was holding tryouts in a week or so.
"Three days 'till the full moon, Peter." Remus pointed out, flopping down on his bed, face first.
"Yea," He replied absentmindedly. Peter looked up from his book, his watery blue eyes scanning Remus' bed. "Something wrong Remus?"
"No just hating the fact that every month I have to go through this," Remus sighed into his pillow.
Nothing else was said, Peter returned to his book and Remus seemed to have fallen asleep.
Only a half-hour later James and Sirius walked into the boy's dormitory, both clad in red and gold Quidditch robes. James' unruly black hair was standing on end; he was covered with dirt. Sirius didn't look so bad, though he always seemed to manage that.
"Oi James, looks like you took a few falls tonight." Peter smiled at the pair.
"Just a bit, all because of one bloody git." James said shooting Sirius a look.
"Hey, it isn't my fault you were in my way, I mean, I WAS trying to keep the bludger away."
James laughed and dropped his broom at the foot of his bed, "That is true. But anyway, it seems we have a trip to the Shrieking Shack coming up soon, eh Moony?"
"Yea," Remus moaned, rolling over and sitting up.
"Oh, oh," Sirius said, acting a little over excited, "Can Wormtail and I go to Honeydukes to get our monthly supply of chocolate?"
"Have we ever said no to that question?" Remus asked smiling. "Well, on another note, I think I'm going to go to the common room to read. I have a good book from the library on Defense Against Dark Arts, some very interesting stories." The three remaining boys moaned, Remus loved that class, almost a little too much; he was always reading a book or two about it. **** Remus made his way down to the common room; a few first years were scattered around the room. He sat down on the couch in front of the fire and opened up his book. He was undisturbed for a good half-hour, just curled up on the couch reading. When he heard a familiar female voice greet him, "good evening Remus." Lily Evans nodded as she sat down on the opposite side of the couch.
"Good evening Lily, how are you?"
"I'm ok, a little stressful. A Prefects job is never done." She said smiling.
"I don't think it'll ever be done with people like Sirius and James about."
"Hmm, seems that way," Lily said standing up. "Well nice to." A loud explosion coming from the 6th year boy's dormitory cut Lily off.
"Oh no," Remus said unfolding his long frame from the couch. "I should go see what those idiots are up to now."
Remus was shaking his head as he walked up the stairs to his dormitory, he was almost afraid to open the dormitory door, as a memory came floating back into his mind.
In 3rd year Sirius and James decided to have a duel. Both of them ended up in the hospital wing, James looked slightly furry, and Sirius, well he wasn't looking himself. Remus sighed and opened the door; he laughed at the sight that greeted his eyes. Peter, James and Sirius were sitting on the floor, their faces looked slightly charred, and hair stuck up in every direction.
"Hmm, I take it you forgot that the deck of cards that Sirius had were set to explode when played with?"
James smiled meekly, "Yea."
Remus laughed and sat down on his bed, putting his book on his nightstand, "well maybe next time you'll remember something like that? Well no more extra explosive Snap cards, save something like that for Snape. And I'm going to bed, don't wake me." **** Lily Evans walked the stairs to her dormitory. She could have her own room because she was Prefect, but she would rather stay with her friends than spending every night on her own.
"Lily!" Arabella yelled from the bottom of the stairs, "wait for me!" Arabella Figg was Lily's best friend; she had curly light brown hair that fell just past her shoulders, and big brown eyes. She ran up the stairs, to catch up with Lily.
"Hey," Lily smiled, "I haven't seen you in ages."
"Well only all summer, I only got a few owls from you Lils, how are you?"
"Good, I was quite bored, and Petunia just wouldn't leave me alone, she's driving me nuts." Lily explained. "How about you?"
"Almost the same, only I don't have Petunia to deal with." Lily laughed, "Well I was just going to check to make sure they put my things in the right room." Lily said opening the door to the 6th year girl's dormitories. "And it seems it is. I have to go round up all the first years Arabella, I'll see you later."
"Alright Miss Prefect." Arabella smiled. **** James was the first to awake that morning. It was their first day of classes for the year, and he wanted to get down to the great hall early so he could look over his schedule.
He wandered; nearly sleep walked into the bathrooms to take a shower. Though it seemed he wasn't the first one up, Remus was already awake. He was standing in front of the mirror, shaving.
"Good morning, Prongs." Remus said cheerfully.
James mumbled a good morning and took a shower. He emerged 15 minutes later, and Remus was still at the sinks.
Remus smiled at him, "I figured I'd wait for you Prongs, you look like you need some company."
"Thanks, yea, it's too early, honestly I don't know how I dragged myself out of bed at 5."
"Neither do I, or are you going to change this year?"
James was reminded of the morning Peter, Remus, and Sirius let James sleep in and miss his first two classes, at lunch they went to the dormitories with a bucket of cold water and dumped it over his head.
"Well, I will if it keeps you from dumping cold water over my head. You know my bed was soaked through for weeks."
Remus laughed, "It was all in good fun Prongs."
James smiled as he dried his unruly black hair; even when it was wet it was still standing up on end.
"Well, I think I'm ready to get going to the Great Hall."
Remus jumped off his perch on the counter, and walked towards the door, "So James, when is are, our usual pranks going to start?"
"Soon I suppose, Sirius and I have to get together and work on some things."
"Great!" Remus almost yelled. **** "Lily, you have to wake up, you're going to be late!"
"Argh, Arabella, what time is it?"
"6:45"
"OH MY GOD!" Lily sat bolt upright and leaped out of her bed to her trunk and started pulling out clean robes.
"I'll wait for you down in the Common Room." Arabella said smiling.
Lily dressed quickly and took the steps down to the Common Room two at a time, she wasn't going to be late on her first day back at school.
Lily was running towards to portrait when she ran into (literally) James Potter. Lily fell backwards, but James caught her before she actually hit the ground.
"Lily! Are you alright?" James asked.
"Uh, yes, I'm fine," She smiled, gaining her balance again. She looked James into his eyes and realized they were a beautiful deep brown, she stared for a few seconds then realized what she was doing.
"Well, Lily," James said smiling, "I'll see you in class, I'm sure we have a few together."
"Alright." Lily stammered. She turned to Arabella who was leaning against the wall, 'talking' to Peter Pettigrew; she was obviously not paying attention.
"Excuse me Peter, Arabella and I should be leaving now." Lily intervened. Arabella smiled gratefully and mouthed a 'thank you', but Peter didn't look too happy.
"Ok then," he sighed, his blue eyes watching the floor, "I'll see you later 'Bella." Lily and Arabella exited the Common Room and walked for a good 5 minutes before they started to talk.
"So, I was watching you and James, Lils, what's up with that?" Arabella asked, obviously trying to get information out of her.
"Nothing," Lily said blushing.
"Really, Lily, I saw how you were looking into his eyes, honestly anyone could catch on. Plus, you ARE blushing."
"I know I'm blushing, and nothing is happening, James is a good friend of mine, he's been a good friends for ages, just like you. Oh, and I am a little embarrassed because I tripped and almost feel on my ass."
Arabella eyed Lily suspiciously, for a few minutes she didn't say anything, but then, figuring Lily was telling the truth she nodded, and changed the subject. "So are you ready for another term then Lils?"
"I'm always ready," Lily said opening the doors to the Great Hall. **** James, Remus, Sirius and Peter were seated at the middle of the Gryffindor tables. Remus and Peter were comparing schedules and silently planning the trip to Hogsmeade in a few days, using stupid code words. James and Sirius were silently planning their first pranks and making a shopping list for when hey went to Hogsmeade with Remus.
James noticed Lily and Arabella walk into the hall, he gave them a short wave and resumed his planning. In seconds they were sitting down one on either side of the table. Arabella was next to Peter, who seemed to trying to talk to her, despite Remus' protests, and Lily was beside James.
"Good morning James, Sirius," Lily said grabbing some toast from a large plate in front of her.
"Good morning." James replied politely.
Sirius being the git that he was in the morning screamed, "AHHHH Prefect!" And was trying to hide behind James.
"Sirius," Lily laughed, "I'm not here to get you in trouble, unless you try something of course."
"Well, the only time I ever see a Prefect is when I'm getting in trouble, so I'm just going to assume that you're going to give me trouble, and I'm going to hide behind James!"
Lily shook her head and began to eat; James turned and laughed at Sirius who was cowering behind him.
"So Lily, what classes do you have?" James asked turning back to her.
"Just a minute, let me check." Lily rummaged through her bag, "Oh, here it is. Ok I have Transfiguration, Charms, Potions, Arithmancy, Divination and Astronomy. Do we have any classes together?"
"Well, if they're all in the right order, we have everything together."
"Well in that case, we do have classes together." James smiled at this, and Lily's heart skipped a beat. 'No way,' she thought, 'Not James! Not the mortal enemy of any Prefect that has crossed his path in the past 6 years.' Lily frowned at this thought.
"Something wrong Lily?" Remus asked from across the table.
"No not at all."
A few minutes passed, the Marauders, Lily and Arabella ate quietly. Lily stood up, it was nearly 8 and classes would start soon and she needed to get to Transfiguration. She collected her things and left the Great Hall when James caught up with her.
"Mind if I walk you to your next class?" James asked.
"No not at all James, I wouldn't mind the company." The two headed off to Transfiguration together.
A.N. So, what do you think?? Oh, and BTW, if the formatting is screwed up, it will be fixed, ASAP. Anyway, R&R I would love your opinions on if I should write more or not. No flames please.