FOREVER
Year Six
Part Two
Subtitled: What's the Deal With James and Lily?
Dedicated: To my sainted auntie (Not really but that's what she always used to tell me J ) who knows me better than I do!
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A/N- For the most part this chapter is purely fluff.
I've been cheated by you since I know no end
So I made up my mind it must come to a end
Look at me now
Will I ever learn
I don't know how
But I've lost control
That's the fire with in my soul
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything
Mamma mia here I go again
My my how can I resist you
Mamma mia does it show again
Just how much I missed you
Yes I've been broken hearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why why did I ever let you go
Mamma mia now I really no
My my I could never let you go
I can't count all the times that I've told you were through
And when you go, when you slam the door
I think you know
That you won't be away too long
You know that I'm not that strong
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything
Mamma mia here I go again
My my how can I resist you
Mamma mia does it show again
Just how much I missed you
Yes I've been broken hearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why why did I ever let you go
Mamma mia now I really know
My my I could never let you go
Mamma Mia - ABBA
I'm sleeping and right in the middle of a good dream
And all once I wake up
from something that keeps knocking at my brain
before I go insane I hold my pillow to my head
and spring up in my bed
Screaming out the words I dread
I think I love you
This morning I woke up with this feeling
I didn't know how to deal with
So I just decided to myself
I'd hide it to myself and never talk about it
And didn't I go and shout it
When you walked in the room
I think I love you
I think I love you but what am I so afraid of
I'm afraid that I'm not sure of a love there is no cure for
I think I love you
Isn't that what life is made of
All though it worries me to say
I've never felt this way
I don't know what I'm up against
I don't know what it's all about
I've got so much to think about
I think I love you
I think I love you but what am I so afraid of
I'm afraid that I'm not sure of a love there is no cure for
I think I love you
Isn't that what life is made of
All though it worries me to say
I've never felt this way
Believe me, you really don't have to worry
I only wanna make you happy
And if you say "hey, go away" I will
But I think better still
I'd better stay around and love you
Do you think I have a case?
Let me ask you to your face
Do you think you love me?
I think I love you
I think I love you - David Cassidy and the Partridge Family
*****
"Order! Order!" Molly Daniels, the head girl called over the chatter of the prefects. Gradually the room became silent. "Welcome back everyone to a new year, and to the first prefects meeting of the year. We'll be meeting every Saturday evening from - " she glanced at the clipboard in front of her. "5:00 to 6:00 PM. The meetings will be alternately run by myself and Jeff." She gestured to a handsome boy from Hufflepuff with unruly blond hair, baby blue eyes, and a good natured smile who was wearing a shiny Head boy badge on his robes. " Each week we will start by naming the Prefects' bathrooms' passwords. This week's password is mermaid. After that, we will then go around the room starting with Slytherin and name what each house lost and gained in points. I expect each house to be prepared with both the numbers lost and gained as well as the over all totals." Molly said briskly, her piercing stare meeting each of the prefects. "In front of you, you will find a stack of papers. There are six prefects from each house, each prefect, but one, will receive two months in which they are responsible for their house's points. The other prefect will be in charge of keeping the books for every month." Molly continued in her no-nonsense manner.
Lily glanced down at the paper in front of her.
Gryffindor House Point Tracking Assignments
September/October - Tommy Smith
November/December - Katherine Moisely
January/February - James Potter
March/April - Cassandra Smith
May/June - Max Walker
Book keeper - Lily Evans
"Alright then, in front if you, under the first paper, is a list of activities we are in charge of. As we come to each project, we'll assign a leader. Under those papers is Student Handbook, it outlines your rights and privileges as a prefect and the offences that warrant deductions of points as well as what warrants the rewarding of points." She paused and gazed around the room. "Are there any questions?"
The prefects silently shook their heads.
"Good." Molly said curtly. "Now onto new business. Professor McGonagall has joined us today to make a few announcements. Professor." Molly said evenly and motioned to the witch in the corner.
Lily looked over her shoulder in surprise, she hadn't even noticed the professor sitting there. Several other prefects turned in surprise.
"Thank you Ms. Daniels, for that lovely introduction." She said. She moved to the front of the room and looked around the room for a moment before her smile slowly faded. She sighed and stared sadly at them before gathering herself together. Lily stared at the Professor curiously. In the past Professors had rarely come to meetings. Lily prayed that it wasn't something bad.
"I'm afraid I have something rather serious to say." Professor McGonagall said. She took a deep breath and continued almost reluctantly. "I'm sure you're all aware of the awful happenings in the magical world right now."
There were several nods around the room.
"Are any of you familiar with You-Know-Who?" she asked slowly. Everyone nodded again, there had been nothing else in the papers for months.
Suddenly a hand shot into the air. James sniggered, as he wondered vaguely if the person knew that ad been a rhetorical question " Yes, Ms. Commings." McGonagall said tiredly. Lily got the impression that Emma Comings' hand spent most of its time in the air.
The rather shrewd Ravenclaw pushed her glasses up her nose. "Lord Voldemort, or you-know-who, as he is commonly referred to as, is dark wizard who is reportedly behind several muggle killings and a handful of wizard killings as well. " The girl said with such speed and assurance that Lily didn't doubt that she was quoting a text book, probably one she had read in her free time, too.
"Oh honestly Emma." The girl's housemate huffed, frustrated. "We all know who he is. Anyone who gets the Daily Prophet knows all about him." She rolled her eyes impatiently.
"That's quite enough, Ally." Molly snapped and shot a death glare to Ally. Ally just glared back. Molly turned back to McGonagall and smiled sweetly. "As you were saying professor," She said, her insipid grin still in place.
"That's correct, Ms. Commings. " She paused. "You-Know-Who is a very powerful wizard, who, unfortunately, has turned dark." She sighed sadly. "I know you're all eager to get to dinner so I'll be brief."
There were several smiles at this point, particularly from the boys.
"The staff has recently had a meeting and despite the fact that I disagree, It has been agreed upon that the activities of You-Know-Who shall no longer be kept a secret. Dark times are upon us and we must prepared. Consequently, we look to you, the prefects, as our oldest and most responsible students, to be a support system for the younger students.
Lily frowned thoughtfully for a moment before tentatively raising her hand.
"Yes Ms. Evans."
Lily sighed quietly as she looked for a way to phrase what she wanted to say. "Some of the things that have happened with him." She said slowly, resting each word thoughtfully on her tongue. "Have been a little…graphic." Lily winced as a picture of Tina, in her coffin, passed fleetingly through her mind. She shook her head to rid herself of the picture. "What should we say if, for instance, a first year, were to ask us about what had happened."
McGonagall frowned for a moment. "That's an excellent question Ms. Evans." She turned to address the entire room "If you are approached by a much younger student, don't lie to them. Explain to them the best you can. If at all possible avoid being graphic."
"Alright." Lily said, sounding a little uncertain.
"If there are no more questions, " McGonagall paused and glanced at her watch. "You're dismissed."
Lily gathered her things and paused at the doorway where James was waiting for her. "Hey." She said, smiling, though her voice was a little subdued.
"Hey." He said. "Cheerful stuff in there, huh?" He said chuckling.
This time Lily's smile reached her eyes. "Oh yeah, the stuff of comedies." She said dryly.
He smiled down at her as they walked for a bit in silence. "Wait." He said suddenly as they reached the Great Hall.
Lily paused, and looked up expectantly. "Yes?"
James looked a little uncomfortable and he ran his fingers nervously through his hair. "Lily, tomorrow," he paused. "There's no classes." He blurted out.
"Well, yeah, James. Tomorrow's Sunday." Lily said, looking at him strangely. "Are you okay, we never have classes on Sunday." She laughed a little.
James colored. "Well, right of course. What I mean to say is that- that Sirius and I are going to Hogsmeade tomorrow and he wants to bring Anna, so I was wondering if you want to come with me. To keep me company and all." He peered at her nervously through his fringe. "As friends of course." He added quickly.
Lily smiled slowly. "Okay." She said quietly. "As friends."
James grinned, relieved and they left to eat.
******
"I need the Info Gurlie! The 409!" Sirius said in a very bad imitation of a muggle ditz. He flopped down on the grass next to Lily, who's dreamy look had caught everyone's attention.
Lily turned to her cousin, amused. "Don't you mean the 411?" she asked, giggling.
Sirius stared at her for a minute before nodding. "I guess." He said, sounding confused.
Lily laughed. She was laughing quite a bit tonight, Sirius couldn't help noting. "So." Sirius said, in his actual voice this time. "What are you doing tomorrow?" He prodded, suspecting from James' unusually good mood that he had asked her out.
"Hmm?" She asked, her attention turned back to the stars. "Oh, I'm going to Hogsmeade." She said finally, her voice distracted.
Sirius grinned. James wouldn't tell him anything, but his cousin was so out of it, she just might let it slip that she and James were back together. "Who with?" he asked casually, twirling a piece of grass between his fingers. "Maybe, James?" He asked, pushing his luck.
"A friend." She said dreamily. Suddenly she snapped back to reality. "Why do you care?" She asked suspiciously.
"No reason." He shrugged, unconvincingly trying to look casual. He couldn't very well tell her that Anna had been begging him to figure out what was up.
"Whatever." she said rolling her eyes, and mumbled to herself about how weird boys were. "I'm heading in." She announced and dusted herself off. "Arithmancy exam on Monday." She said in way of explanation and started toward the castle leaving a very thoughtful cousin.
*****
"How are my informants doing?" Mr. T. Riddle asked lazily one Sunday afternoon in mid-September. He twirled his wand boredly.
"Very-very well my lord." Someone stuttered from the background.
"Well don't just sit there sniveling," he growled. "What's the report."
"Four death marks in Austria last night. Two in France, seven in the US, four in Germany, and three here." A new man spoke, more confident than the last.
"And Australia?" Tom drawled.
The man glanced down at the parchment in his hands. "One my lord."
"Any deaths?" Tom asked, his voice perking up slightly at the thought.
"Forty muggles were killed in all, my lord."
"Oh I tire of this." He sighed.
"My lord?" The first man asked nervously.
"Killing muggles gets us no where. Tomorrow, we shall do this properly."
His servants smiled eagerly. "Yes my lord."
*****
"You're crazy, Peter." Roslyn giggled as her friend did cartwheels around the Gryffindor common room.
He fell with a thump. Peter sat up and grinned sheepishly. "What can I say?" he shrugged. "I'm a Crazy Cutee."
Roslyn raised her eyebrows. "Oh really?" She asked, laughing.
Peter laughed too. "Yep that's me!" He pointed to himself. "Crazy Cutee 831!"
"831?" Roslyn asked skeptically.
"My birthday!" Peter said, pleased with his own cleverness. "August 31st!"
Roslyn laughed and rolled her eyes. "You have way too much time on your hands."
Peter opened his mouth to retort when the portrait door swung open.
"Hey Lily!" Roslyn called, spotting her red headed friend. "Come sit with us."
Lily plopped down in the nearest chair.
"Hey!" Roslyn smiled amiably at her friend. "I haven't seen you in forever! Where've you been?"
"The library, prefects meeting, dinner, the lake, here." Lily ticked them off her fingers one by one.
"oh I must have just missed you at dinner. I went early." Roslyn said.
"Yeah. We should do something at some point. I haven't seen you and Anna in a really long time." Lily leaned back in her chair, letting herself rest after a really long day.
Roslyn eyed her, worried. "Yeah." She said after a moment. "Anna's upstairs, let's go see if she has any idea's."
Lily nodded and yawned. "Bye Pete." She said.
Roslyn grinned mischievously. "See you , Crazy Cutee!"
Peter laughed and waved.
"Long day?" Roslyn asked as she mounted the stairs.
"Yep."
"Lily, you're really working yourself hard. Maybe you should drop one of those extra classes. Or one of those clubs. How many do you belong to?"
Lily paused in thought. "Four, and I can't drop any of my classes." Lily said, slightly annoyed at the idea. She opened the door to her dorm.
Tina was just about to argue further when a voice greeted them.
"Hey look who it is!" Anna called from her bed. "It's that long-lost dorm mate of ours. What's her name again? Lila?"
Lily laughed dryly. "Very funny Anna. Ha Ha."
"Actually," Roslyn said, closing the door behind her and plopping down on the nearest piece of floor. "Lily and I were just talking about her absence from, well," She paused searching for the word. "Life." Roslyn said, noting the bags under Lily's eyes.
"I have a life." Lily muttered sulkily.
"Sure you do, hon." Anna said
There was silence for a moment. "Do you know what we need?" Anna cried suddenly, and tossed her book to the floor.
"What?" Lily asked, amused.
"Girls day out!" Anna said, sitting up in excitement.
"Yeah!" Roslyn, said, eyes lighting up.
"We'll do it tomorrow!" Anna said.
"Uh, Anna?" Lily said uncertainly.
"And we'll go shopping-"
"Anna!"
"And have lunch-"
"ANNA!" Lily yelled.
Anna turned toward her friend. "What?" She asked, looking slightly hurt.
"I can't go with you tomorrow." Lily said quietly.
Anna furrowed her brows. "Why not?"
"I have plans." Lily said and looked away.
"Let me guess," Roslyn said bitterly. "the drama club."
"No." Lily said resentfully. "I promised J-somebody that I'd go to Hogsmeade with them."
"Is this somebody, a boy?" Anna asked defensively, a little miffed at the idea that Lily was blowing off their girls day out for a guy.
Lily shrugged. "Maybe." She said.
Anna's eyes narrowed. "Is this somebody, James Potter?" She asked, her voice raising a little.
Lily's silence was all the confirmation Anna needed.
"So you have time for him, do you? But not for us!" Anna's asked threateningly. "Honestly Lily," She said, her voice dripping with disdain. "Is it really the brightest thing to date a boy who has already broken your heart twice?" Anna's eyes flashed dangerously and Lily cowered under them. She never was any good at confrontation.
"Stop it Anna." Roslyn said with quiet finality as she saw the hurt look on Lily's face. "We'll do it another time. Besides I thought you were going to Hogsmeade with Sirius tomorrow, hmm?" Roslyn winked at Lily.
Anna blushed. "Oh yeah." She said lamely. "Sorry." She muttered sheepishly. "Sometimes I get a little carried away."
Lily smiled at her. "Yeah I know."
*****
Lilly's eyes fluttered slowly open and she yawned lazily.
"Mhmm." She said as she stretched leisurely.
"Morning Glory!" Katie, her dorm mate smiled at her.
"Mooooooooorning." Lily said, as another yawn escaped.
"What are you doing today?" Lessie asked from her spot in front of the mirror.
Suddenly Lily's smile turned far away. "I'm going out." She said dreamily and played with her hair.
Lessie turned around and grinned. "Katie." She called and jerked her head meaningfully at Lily.
Katie glanced at her and her eyebrows shot up. "Whoa." She breathed. "Somebody's got it bad."
"Who's got what bad?" Roslyn asked as she walked in from the bathroom a towel in her hair.
Katie and Lessie both jerked their heads at Lily who was at this point humming as she twirled around the room. Roslyn stared at her for a minute before she burst out laughing. "I knew she falling but I had no idea she had it THIS bad."
"Got what bad?" Anna asked curiously from her spot behind her curtains.
"Anna, open you curtains and you'll see." Roslyn said as she watched Lily who was completely oblivious to the fact that the entire dorm was watching her. She had stopped twirling and was now holding up different robes in front of the mirror.
Anna grudgingly stepped out from her four poster fortress but paused half-way out of bed. "Oh. My. god." She said in disgust and shook her head, "There's no hope for them when they're that far gone." She shook her head again in pity.
Roslyn exchanged glances with Katie and they waggled eyebrows at each other. "Hey Anna." Katie said casually. "What are you doing today?"
Anna's look of matronly superiority was immediately replaced with one strikingly familiar to Lily's. "I'm going out with Sirius." She breathed.
Katie and Roslyn burst out laughing. "Oh yeah." Roslyn managed between laughs. "No hope when they're that far gone."
*****
Lily managed to spend a record two hours getting ready. She had missed breakfast. Roslyn couldn't help pointing out that she was spending quite a bit of time getting ready for a day with a "friend." Lily had just smiled. She was doing quite a bit of that lately.
With baited breath she entered the common room and found James looking much as he always had. He was chatting amicably with a third year, and as Lily drew closer she found them discussing James' latest Quidditch triumph.
"Ahem." She cleared her throat.
James spun around and grinned. "Hey."
She smiled back. "Hey. You ready?"
He glanced at the third year in front of him. "Pretty much." He turned to the boy. "I'll catch you later, alright Derek?"
Derek nodded ,"Alright, James- and thanks for those tips!" he added and left to join some friends by the fire.
"Where are Anna and Sirius?" Lily asked, scanning the room for her friends.
"Oh, Sirius had to clear something up with Moony. He and Anna are gonna meet us there." James paused by the chair nearest the portrait hole and grabbed a bag.
"What's in there?" Lily asked raising an eyebrow as they left the common room.
"You'll see in a sec." He said and they walked in silence to the statue leading to Hogsmeade.
He leaned casually against the statue and pulled out a piece of parchment and his wand from the bag.
"ah." Lily said, nodding her head with understanding. "The Marauders Map."
James nodded. "Yep." he said and pointed the wand toward the paper. "I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." He whispered after making sure that no one was in sight.
"Hey!" Lily said in surprise. "That's new!" She remembered her own experience with the Marauders Map and how it had saved Severus' life and Remus' position at the school.
"Yeah." James said distractedly as he searched the parchment for the nearest professor. "Sirius added it as a bit of protection." He pointed his wand at the paper again and said "Mischief Managed." Much louder than before. He turned to Lily. "The nearest Professor is three hallways away. Its cool, we can go."
They slipped noiselessly into the passage after saying the appropriate phrase. The passage was cool and dark and Lily shivered involuntarily.
Something was going to happen. She could feel it.
A/N CLIFFHANGER!!! MUWHAAA!! I'll get the next part up soon!
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