Author's note:
Sorry that I took so long updating! I love my little story but hardly
anyone reviewed it *sniffs* and then I was so busy with school work and
such stuff that I had no time to write and then I just totally wasn't in
the mood and had a slight touch of writer's block even though I know pretty
much what's going to happen. So if there is actually anyone out there who
really wanted to know what would happen then sorry. Is there anyone like
that out there? And if there are people out there who just read it and
didn't review, then please, please review. It motivates me. So basically,
REVIEWS = UPDATES. Ok?
By the way. I'm leaving Peter out of this story, firstly because I hate him
and secondly because I can't write about someone as two-faced as him, even
if he wasn't in the early years, as I know that he's two faced and ergo I
can't make him convincing . if that makes any sense whatsoever? *grins
goofily and rather confusedly*
By the way, do you really have to put a disclaimer on this stuff? I didn't put one on chapter one, but since then I've noticed that nearly everyone does. So, just in case, here it is.
Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own any of the characters in this story. They were created by JK Rowling, and they are hers. But the plot and anything else you might not recognise are mine, even though they may have been inspired by other things I have read over the years.
So, on with the story. Finally.
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Chapter Two
Revelations
As the hordes of wizards and witches clattered past into the Great Hall for lunch, James and Lily, accompanied by Sirius and Remus, made for Professor Dumbledore's office. All four were tired, their clothes sweat-soaked and crumpled from the long journey back to Hogwarts. Despite the fact that the boat was magically aided, the journey had still taken around four hours, and it had been rather uncomfortable under the blazing hot June sunshine. However, James and Lily had barely seemed to notice, so entranced were they in their newfound love for each other. They had remained cuddled together for the whole of the journey, barely moving except to occasionally exchange a kiss or a murmur of words. Sirius' jokes had expired around halfway back, and Remus had merely sat there, rather abstractedly gazing around. If Lily had not been absorbed with other things, she could have guessed what was wrong. Remus had been infatuated with Lauren Steel, Lily's intelligent (and rather beautiful) best friend, for nearly a year now, and just when he had the courage to ask her out, he had accidentally gone and arranged the date for the night of the full moon. Remus didn't know how to explain to her without giving away his secret, and he was scared of letting her down in case he finally blew it and lost any chance of a future date.
When they reached the entrance to Dumbledore's office, all four were nearly knocked over when Professor McGonagall came striding purposefully out of the door.
"Gracious gargoyles! Potter! Evans! I was just about to send out search parties for you! Are you all right?"
"Well, Professor. it was like this. err. you see, well." James stuttered, pulling himself together after this minor shock. He had quickly dropped Lily's hand at the Professor's advent and was now blushing a rather nice shade of beetroot.
Sirius continued for him. "Professor Blink got slightly." He paused as he searched for the right word that would sufficiently describe Blink's escapade without suggesting to Professor McGonagall's sharp mind that he was in any way slagging off a teacher. Sirius was expert at this smooth talk, and it had got him out of many a scrape in the past, though sadly many of the teacher's were finally, after six years of the Marauder's pranks, catching on. When Sirius gazed at you in that oh so innocent way, and was so polite and courteous to you, it was almost certain that you would have frog-slime in your evening pumpkin juice, or have had your desk replaced with a desk-hog (a desk shaped version of the muggle wart-hog which would shoot fire at you if you by any chance tried to write on top of it). Rather surprisingly, Professor McGonagall was one of the few teacher's to have not yet caught on, perhaps because Sirius did not dare to play many tricks on her, she who was quite capable of taking 500 points of her own house in one night if there was sufficient reason, even if it pained her much to do so. ".detained. at the Three Broomsticks on our way to the island, Professor. We continued on our own, but when we reached the island we found that it would have been rather dangerous to stay there unguided by the Professor's expert knowledge, so we decided to return immediately to Hogwarts. Unfortunately Lily and James were accidentally marooned on the island, and when we realised, we returned and picked them up this morning." He smiled angelically at Professor McGonagall, who had this odd nagging feeling that there was something she should remember about Black, especially when he looked so innocent, yet with a hint of a laugh behind those deep hazel eyes. Unable to think why this might be, and using her logical thinking, (none of that stupid intuition nonsense. nearly as bad as divination. honestly!) she replied crisply,
"Excellent, Black. Quite an unusual show of good sense from you. Fifty points to Gryffindor. Now, Evans, Potter, please accompany me to the hospital wing. You will need to be checked for signs of sunstroke and exposure after a night on that awful island. I always thought it was a stupid idea anyway, sending a group of irresponsible children away to goodness knows where under the care of that old ." her voice trailed away as she remembered who she was speaking to, and taking in the interested, and on James and Lily's part still rather red, stares from the group in front of her she snapped in a dramatic mood change, "Well, come along, I haven't got all day!" Obediently they dispersed, Sirius and Remus to their common room and James and Lily to the hospital wing with the professor.
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"Well, everything seems fine to me. Have some chocolate and then you can return to your dorms for the night, straight to bed and no messing around. Honestly, trips to a tropical island!" Madam Pomfrey tutted, going off on a similar muttered tirade to Professor McGonagall as she strode briskly down the ward. Slightly more quietly, but rather exasperatedly, she returned, shoved the chocolate at James and Lily and ordered them off.
Relievedly they escaped through the doors and slowly made their way back to the common room, savouring each quiet moment with each other. There seemed no need to talk, and the electricity between them was so intense that they dared not touch each other in case the spell would be broken. Finally, when they reached the corridor leading to the portrait hole, with the knowledge that there would be no peace for them when they passed through, James turned to Lily and gave her a light, chocolate-flavoured kiss. It lasted for only a second, though it felt like a million years to those concerned. All of a sudden, feeling rather shy in the familiar atmosphere of school, James whispered "Goodnight, Lily," and shot off towards the Fat Lady, pausing once to turn and shoot a look that spoke volumes, full of all the longing he felt for Lily, before saying the password and entering the noise and hubbub of the common room. Lily stood, stunned but happy, and caressing the spot where James' lips had touched hers, and which now burned with a joyful fire, and slowly followed him, her face breaking into a radiant smile.
When Lily reached the relative calm of the girl's dorm, Lauren was there, also rather flushed and wearing a happy smile. Round her neck was an exquisite gold necklet, with her birthstone inset in the centre. She ran towards Lily, giving her a huge hug.
"Oh Lily, I am so happy!" she exclaimed, her Persian blue eyes, which were cold as the sea yet warm like fur, shining. "When you were all away, I found out that I'm having my cello exam on the night Remus asked me out. I was so disappointed, and I was so scared he wouldn't give me a second chance. But then tonight he came up to me, and gave me this necklace, and said that he was so, so sorry but that he couldn't make our date, I don't know why, and then I said I couldn't either, and then we sort of both burst out laughing, and we arranged it for another night, and then he kissed me!" Lauren's narrative ended in a shriek, as all her pent up feelings at having been kissed by the hottest guy in the year (in her opinion) and at having a date with him! She grabbed Lily again and they both started dancing around the room joyfully, Lauren's blonde and Lily's red hair mixing and flying around together in a wonderful array of colour.
"Oh Lauren, I'm so happy for you!" Lily screeched, her voice rather unsteady due to recent events.
Finally they collapsed on Lily's bed, and Lauren took the time to examine her friend closer. Lily was pleating her hair so it wouldn't get all tangled while she slept. As she did so, she revealed a previously hidden small brown mark on her neck. Lauren looked at it in surprise. Surely that wasn't. ? She looked further, and noting that not only were Lily's lips pinker than usually and slightly swollen, her cheeks were also a shade redder than could have been caused by any amount of dancing around madly.
"Err. Lil?" she asked, pointing significantly towards Lily's neck. Lily jumped up, ran to the mirror and when she saw what was there, blushed a shade somewhere around post-box red.
"Oh, well. you see." Lily was unable to say any more. Her throat totally dried up and she felt as if her voice box had been removed.
"It was James, wasn't it? Don't deny it Lil, I know how much you liked him, and from what Sirius told me in the past I'm sure it was mutual. Put you two together on a deserted island and there's a sure recipe for fireworks." Lauren could tell she had hit the nail on the head when Lily gave her a timid look that was shy but confirming. "It's ok Lily. I'm proud of you. You finally got yourself a decent guy! Now get yourself some sleep, you look really tired." She gave Lily another quick hug and trotted off down the stairs to the common room, presumably in search of Remus, leaving Lily to get undressed and into her huge, comfy four-poster bed. As she drifter of to a welcome sleep, the last picture in her mind was one of a tall, handsome boy, with get black hair and fog-grey eyes; the man of her dreams.
So, another chapter at last1 And hopefully I'll be quicker at updating this time. One thing: REVIEW! Thanks. ;)
By the way, do you really have to put a disclaimer on this stuff? I didn't put one on chapter one, but since then I've noticed that nearly everyone does. So, just in case, here it is.
Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own any of the characters in this story. They were created by JK Rowling, and they are hers. But the plot and anything else you might not recognise are mine, even though they may have been inspired by other things I have read over the years.
So, on with the story. Finally.
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Chapter Two
Revelations
As the hordes of wizards and witches clattered past into the Great Hall for lunch, James and Lily, accompanied by Sirius and Remus, made for Professor Dumbledore's office. All four were tired, their clothes sweat-soaked and crumpled from the long journey back to Hogwarts. Despite the fact that the boat was magically aided, the journey had still taken around four hours, and it had been rather uncomfortable under the blazing hot June sunshine. However, James and Lily had barely seemed to notice, so entranced were they in their newfound love for each other. They had remained cuddled together for the whole of the journey, barely moving except to occasionally exchange a kiss or a murmur of words. Sirius' jokes had expired around halfway back, and Remus had merely sat there, rather abstractedly gazing around. If Lily had not been absorbed with other things, she could have guessed what was wrong. Remus had been infatuated with Lauren Steel, Lily's intelligent (and rather beautiful) best friend, for nearly a year now, and just when he had the courage to ask her out, he had accidentally gone and arranged the date for the night of the full moon. Remus didn't know how to explain to her without giving away his secret, and he was scared of letting her down in case he finally blew it and lost any chance of a future date.
When they reached the entrance to Dumbledore's office, all four were nearly knocked over when Professor McGonagall came striding purposefully out of the door.
"Gracious gargoyles! Potter! Evans! I was just about to send out search parties for you! Are you all right?"
"Well, Professor. it was like this. err. you see, well." James stuttered, pulling himself together after this minor shock. He had quickly dropped Lily's hand at the Professor's advent and was now blushing a rather nice shade of beetroot.
Sirius continued for him. "Professor Blink got slightly." He paused as he searched for the right word that would sufficiently describe Blink's escapade without suggesting to Professor McGonagall's sharp mind that he was in any way slagging off a teacher. Sirius was expert at this smooth talk, and it had got him out of many a scrape in the past, though sadly many of the teacher's were finally, after six years of the Marauder's pranks, catching on. When Sirius gazed at you in that oh so innocent way, and was so polite and courteous to you, it was almost certain that you would have frog-slime in your evening pumpkin juice, or have had your desk replaced with a desk-hog (a desk shaped version of the muggle wart-hog which would shoot fire at you if you by any chance tried to write on top of it). Rather surprisingly, Professor McGonagall was one of the few teacher's to have not yet caught on, perhaps because Sirius did not dare to play many tricks on her, she who was quite capable of taking 500 points of her own house in one night if there was sufficient reason, even if it pained her much to do so. ".detained. at the Three Broomsticks on our way to the island, Professor. We continued on our own, but when we reached the island we found that it would have been rather dangerous to stay there unguided by the Professor's expert knowledge, so we decided to return immediately to Hogwarts. Unfortunately Lily and James were accidentally marooned on the island, and when we realised, we returned and picked them up this morning." He smiled angelically at Professor McGonagall, who had this odd nagging feeling that there was something she should remember about Black, especially when he looked so innocent, yet with a hint of a laugh behind those deep hazel eyes. Unable to think why this might be, and using her logical thinking, (none of that stupid intuition nonsense. nearly as bad as divination. honestly!) she replied crisply,
"Excellent, Black. Quite an unusual show of good sense from you. Fifty points to Gryffindor. Now, Evans, Potter, please accompany me to the hospital wing. You will need to be checked for signs of sunstroke and exposure after a night on that awful island. I always thought it was a stupid idea anyway, sending a group of irresponsible children away to goodness knows where under the care of that old ." her voice trailed away as she remembered who she was speaking to, and taking in the interested, and on James and Lily's part still rather red, stares from the group in front of her she snapped in a dramatic mood change, "Well, come along, I haven't got all day!" Obediently they dispersed, Sirius and Remus to their common room and James and Lily to the hospital wing with the professor.
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"Well, everything seems fine to me. Have some chocolate and then you can return to your dorms for the night, straight to bed and no messing around. Honestly, trips to a tropical island!" Madam Pomfrey tutted, going off on a similar muttered tirade to Professor McGonagall as she strode briskly down the ward. Slightly more quietly, but rather exasperatedly, she returned, shoved the chocolate at James and Lily and ordered them off.
Relievedly they escaped through the doors and slowly made their way back to the common room, savouring each quiet moment with each other. There seemed no need to talk, and the electricity between them was so intense that they dared not touch each other in case the spell would be broken. Finally, when they reached the corridor leading to the portrait hole, with the knowledge that there would be no peace for them when they passed through, James turned to Lily and gave her a light, chocolate-flavoured kiss. It lasted for only a second, though it felt like a million years to those concerned. All of a sudden, feeling rather shy in the familiar atmosphere of school, James whispered "Goodnight, Lily," and shot off towards the Fat Lady, pausing once to turn and shoot a look that spoke volumes, full of all the longing he felt for Lily, before saying the password and entering the noise and hubbub of the common room. Lily stood, stunned but happy, and caressing the spot where James' lips had touched hers, and which now burned with a joyful fire, and slowly followed him, her face breaking into a radiant smile.
When Lily reached the relative calm of the girl's dorm, Lauren was there, also rather flushed and wearing a happy smile. Round her neck was an exquisite gold necklet, with her birthstone inset in the centre. She ran towards Lily, giving her a huge hug.
"Oh Lily, I am so happy!" she exclaimed, her Persian blue eyes, which were cold as the sea yet warm like fur, shining. "When you were all away, I found out that I'm having my cello exam on the night Remus asked me out. I was so disappointed, and I was so scared he wouldn't give me a second chance. But then tonight he came up to me, and gave me this necklace, and said that he was so, so sorry but that he couldn't make our date, I don't know why, and then I said I couldn't either, and then we sort of both burst out laughing, and we arranged it for another night, and then he kissed me!" Lauren's narrative ended in a shriek, as all her pent up feelings at having been kissed by the hottest guy in the year (in her opinion) and at having a date with him! She grabbed Lily again and they both started dancing around the room joyfully, Lauren's blonde and Lily's red hair mixing and flying around together in a wonderful array of colour.
"Oh Lauren, I'm so happy for you!" Lily screeched, her voice rather unsteady due to recent events.
Finally they collapsed on Lily's bed, and Lauren took the time to examine her friend closer. Lily was pleating her hair so it wouldn't get all tangled while she slept. As she did so, she revealed a previously hidden small brown mark on her neck. Lauren looked at it in surprise. Surely that wasn't. ? She looked further, and noting that not only were Lily's lips pinker than usually and slightly swollen, her cheeks were also a shade redder than could have been caused by any amount of dancing around madly.
"Err. Lil?" she asked, pointing significantly towards Lily's neck. Lily jumped up, ran to the mirror and when she saw what was there, blushed a shade somewhere around post-box red.
"Oh, well. you see." Lily was unable to say any more. Her throat totally dried up and she felt as if her voice box had been removed.
"It was James, wasn't it? Don't deny it Lil, I know how much you liked him, and from what Sirius told me in the past I'm sure it was mutual. Put you two together on a deserted island and there's a sure recipe for fireworks." Lauren could tell she had hit the nail on the head when Lily gave her a timid look that was shy but confirming. "It's ok Lily. I'm proud of you. You finally got yourself a decent guy! Now get yourself some sleep, you look really tired." She gave Lily another quick hug and trotted off down the stairs to the common room, presumably in search of Remus, leaving Lily to get undressed and into her huge, comfy four-poster bed. As she drifter of to a welcome sleep, the last picture in her mind was one of a tall, handsome boy, with get black hair and fog-grey eyes; the man of her dreams.
So, another chapter at last1 And hopefully I'll be quicker at updating this time. One thing: REVIEW! Thanks. ;)
