(A/N) Wow, it has been awhile. I need to update alot more. Okay, without further ado, here we go! ENJOY!
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James slid into his room, shutting the door silently behind him. In one fluid movement, he threw the cloak under his bed, pulled off his shirt and glasses, blew out the candle, and dived into bed.
Just in time.
The door flew open, and a panic-stricken Sirius stumbled in, looking more like a hostage than a Maurader. Lily stood behind him, her wand out and her bathrobe on. "POTTER!"
James pretended to snort awake. "Evans? What are you yelling about?"
Sirius shook his head desperatly. James looked from between him and the outraged Headgirl standing at the foot of his bed, her wand pointing at his chest.
"DON'T PLAY INNOCENT, POTTER! BLACK TOLD ME YOU HITCHED UP MY ROOM!"
James glared at Sirius. Sirius jumped. "What was I supposed to do? She was going to kill me, James!"
Remus and Peter had long since been awakened by Lily's yells, and their terrified eyes stared at the scene through their hangings. Lily ignored them, and fumed at James.
"Um...yeah...about that..." James stuttered.
BANG!
James flew out the closest window and grabbed the window ledge. Pulling back in, he turned angrily to Lily. "What are you trying to do?! Trying to kill me?!"
But, judging from the rage that was makeing Lily visibly shake, he wouldn't have put it past her.
"POTTER?! WHAT EXACTLY DID YOU DO IN MY ROOM?!" She shrieked. James was suprised by how angry she was. All he did was hitch up her room, and he did that at the beginning of the year as well.
"I just hitched it up and-" He stopped himself. Sirius looked at James for a second. "And?"
"AND HE KISSED ME, THE RUDDY IDIOT!"
"He did?" Someone laughed from the door. Everyone's heads snapped over to the doorway, then they tilted their heads down, to see Rose on the floor, clutching her stomach, laughing.
Lily's face heated up even more. James didn't know how to answer that. Everyone's eyes turned from the cackling Rose to James. Remus poked his entire head out of his hangings.
"You kissed Lily, Prongs?" He asked, a hint of a smirk growing on his face. James shot him a death glare that stopped the smirk cold.
"Um....yeah."
"Why?!" Peter gasped.
"Well, I...I just....I don't really know."
Lily let out a very loud, frustrated growl, and stomped out of his room, slamming the door so hard, that an enormous crack split through it. Rose climbed off the floor and inspected it.
"Talk about shutting a door with authority..."
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The next morning, Rose walked down to the common room, to see Lily sitting in front of the fire, still in her bathrobe.
"Lils? You okay?" She asked, cautiously. Lily looked up, surprised. "Um...yeah. I can't believe I over reacted like that."
Rose nodded and started to chuckle. Lily studied her. "What?"
"I'm never going to forget the look on Potter's face when he flew out that window..." She gasped. Lily looked at her in surprise and started laughing too.
"So, why did you flip out on him?" Rose asked.
Lily shrugged, a blush rising on her cheeks. Rose arched an eyebrow. "You like him, don't you? You fanc-"
Rose was cut off as Lily leapt to her feet. "If you're worse enemy kisses you, Rose, don't you think you'd go off on him, too?"
"My worse enemy did kiss me, Lily, and you're in the same boat."
Lily paled. "I'm getting dressed. You're wrong, Rose."
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James looked outside. Over a month had gone by, and he had been cursed nearly every day, screamed at even more, and glared at constantly. Lily held grudges. To his surprise, he began hearing plans for Christmas.
"So, Prongs." Sirius said casually, as Lily slapped James for calling her 'Lily flower' teasingly. This was practically normal. "What are you doing for Christmas?"
"Staying here, of course. I don't want to go to my 'guardians'. It's so dull there. I mean, if I didn't go to your house every summer, Padfoot, I think I'd die of boredom."
McGonagall cleared her throat behind them, and all four Mauraders spun around. "Yes, Professor?" James said, slowly. She wasn't going to chain him to Lily again, was she?
"Mr. Potter, you and Ms. Evans will see me in my office directly after dinner. Bring some ideas for the Christmas Ball." Nodding curtly to the other boys, she swept down the table and stopped at Lily and her friends. He chuckled at the same stricken look on her face that he, himself, had had on his face only seconds before.
Sirius watched as Remus and Peter groaned. "Need dates?" He teased. Remus glared at him. "I can get one, you know."
"Sure you can, Moony." James laughed. Everyone looked at him. "Who are you going with?"
James shrugged. "Dunno. No one probably. Hey! Don't look at me like that!" As jaws fell at the same time.
"You?" Sirius managed to gasp. "Not...go...with anyone?" Remus joined in, laughing.
James was offended. "What are you laughing at? I don't need to have a date, ya know!" He sputtered angrily. The boys stopped laughing.
"You really are serious, aren't you?" Sirius gaped at him. "James! You always have a date! For *everything*!"
"Well, there are more things to do at balls than entertain people." James snapped.
To get away from the astonished Mauraders, James muttered a quick excuse, and grabbing his bag, all but ran out of the Great Hall.
Remus snapped out of his surprise first and turned to Sirius, who was still gaping at the doors. "I think it's Lily." He said, bluntly.
Sirius began laughing. "LILY?! Lily *EVANS*?!" He choked.
"What about me?" Lily growled curtly from behind him. Sirius hiccuped. Remus grinned. "Why, hullo Lily."
She narrowed her eyes. "Were you three talking about me?!" She asked, glaring at each of them in turn. Remus' grin didn't falter.
"Of course. We were wondering about the Christmas decorations, and if you had a team for it yet." Remus answered. This seemed to catch Lily by surprise.
"Um, Rose and Molly. Hagrid's going to try to help too." She stammered. Sirius,finally caught on, catched Remus' eye.
"Well, add us to that list, because we want to help." Sirius grinned too, and Peter went into a coughing fit.
"WE DO?!" He gasped. Remus kicked him, and the suspicious look came back to Lily's face.
"Why? What are you planning to do?" She demanded.
"We're aren't planning anything, Lily." Remus said, innocently. "We just want to help you and James."
Lily studied him for a few more seconds before replying. "Fine. Potter's just going to rope you into doing it anyways. I have no say in it. We're starting tomarrow night, but we're just going to talk about it. In the common room." She groaned, turned on her heel, and walked out of the Great Hall.
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The next night, James glanced at the clock for the twentieth time. "Were *is* she?!" He demanded. Sirius glanced at the clock too. Remus looked worried.
"Lily's never late. What if something hap-"
Just then, the portrait swung open, and Rose ran in, pink from the excercise and laughter. Lily chased her around the couch where the four boys were sitting. James gaped.
In enormous letters on Lily's forehead was 'LOSER'. As immature as it was, James, along with the rest of the Mauraders burst into laughter. Molly was chasing Lily, trying to charm the ink off. When Sirius finally jumped between the girls, the ink disappeared as Molly pointed her wand at Lily. Rose flopped on the nearest chair, panting.
Lily shot her a glare and sat next to Molly. "Are you okay, Evans?" James smirked.
"Don't talk to me, Potter."
James laughed. "How is that going to work? We have to plan!"
"Watch me." Lily said, pulling out a piece of parchment. "So, any ideas, guys?" She grinned at Remus, Sirius, and Peter, completly ignoring James.
The rest of the hour they spent argueing over colors and themes. James found himself getting into a heated arguement with Lily again.
"Potter! Green and red! It's Christmas, for Merlin's sake!" She angrily yelled.
"So? It's also winter. I say we go with ice. We can make so many things out of ice...like the tables, chandeliers, chairs-"
"Ice? The theme isn't winter!"
"So, it's better than your idea!" James retorted.
Rose was the first to get fed up. "GUYS!" She yelled. "Why don't we compromise? We can make colored ice!"
Everyone turned to her. "Colored ice?" Remus repeated, grinning. "That works. What about it, James? Lily?"
The Head Boy and Girl were glaring at each other. "Fine." They spat at the same time.
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MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Okay. I know a few of you are probably mad because I haven't updated in a LONG time, but sorry...I'm going to have to get the chapters up more often. But, I'm not making any promises. So, don't hurt me, and REVIEW!!
Disclaimers: I don't own anything that looks like it even belongs on the same shelf of the HP books. Geez, you guys should know that by now...
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James slid into his room, shutting the door silently behind him. In one fluid movement, he threw the cloak under his bed, pulled off his shirt and glasses, blew out the candle, and dived into bed.
Just in time.
The door flew open, and a panic-stricken Sirius stumbled in, looking more like a hostage than a Maurader. Lily stood behind him, her wand out and her bathrobe on. "POTTER!"
James pretended to snort awake. "Evans? What are you yelling about?"
Sirius shook his head desperatly. James looked from between him and the outraged Headgirl standing at the foot of his bed, her wand pointing at his chest.
"DON'T PLAY INNOCENT, POTTER! BLACK TOLD ME YOU HITCHED UP MY ROOM!"
James glared at Sirius. Sirius jumped. "What was I supposed to do? She was going to kill me, James!"
Remus and Peter had long since been awakened by Lily's yells, and their terrified eyes stared at the scene through their hangings. Lily ignored them, and fumed at James.
"Um...yeah...about that..." James stuttered.
BANG!
James flew out the closest window and grabbed the window ledge. Pulling back in, he turned angrily to Lily. "What are you trying to do?! Trying to kill me?!"
But, judging from the rage that was makeing Lily visibly shake, he wouldn't have put it past her.
"POTTER?! WHAT EXACTLY DID YOU DO IN MY ROOM?!" She shrieked. James was suprised by how angry she was. All he did was hitch up her room, and he did that at the beginning of the year as well.
"I just hitched it up and-" He stopped himself. Sirius looked at James for a second. "And?"
"AND HE KISSED ME, THE RUDDY IDIOT!"
"He did?" Someone laughed from the door. Everyone's heads snapped over to the doorway, then they tilted their heads down, to see Rose on the floor, clutching her stomach, laughing.
Lily's face heated up even more. James didn't know how to answer that. Everyone's eyes turned from the cackling Rose to James. Remus poked his entire head out of his hangings.
"You kissed Lily, Prongs?" He asked, a hint of a smirk growing on his face. James shot him a death glare that stopped the smirk cold.
"Um....yeah."
"Why?!" Peter gasped.
"Well, I...I just....I don't really know."
Lily let out a very loud, frustrated growl, and stomped out of his room, slamming the door so hard, that an enormous crack split through it. Rose climbed off the floor and inspected it.
"Talk about shutting a door with authority..."
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The next morning, Rose walked down to the common room, to see Lily sitting in front of the fire, still in her bathrobe.
"Lils? You okay?" She asked, cautiously. Lily looked up, surprised. "Um...yeah. I can't believe I over reacted like that."
Rose nodded and started to chuckle. Lily studied her. "What?"
"I'm never going to forget the look on Potter's face when he flew out that window..." She gasped. Lily looked at her in surprise and started laughing too.
"So, why did you flip out on him?" Rose asked.
Lily shrugged, a blush rising on her cheeks. Rose arched an eyebrow. "You like him, don't you? You fanc-"
Rose was cut off as Lily leapt to her feet. "If you're worse enemy kisses you, Rose, don't you think you'd go off on him, too?"
"My worse enemy did kiss me, Lily, and you're in the same boat."
Lily paled. "I'm getting dressed. You're wrong, Rose."
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James looked outside. Over a month had gone by, and he had been cursed nearly every day, screamed at even more, and glared at constantly. Lily held grudges. To his surprise, he began hearing plans for Christmas.
"So, Prongs." Sirius said casually, as Lily slapped James for calling her 'Lily flower' teasingly. This was practically normal. "What are you doing for Christmas?"
"Staying here, of course. I don't want to go to my 'guardians'. It's so dull there. I mean, if I didn't go to your house every summer, Padfoot, I think I'd die of boredom."
McGonagall cleared her throat behind them, and all four Mauraders spun around. "Yes, Professor?" James said, slowly. She wasn't going to chain him to Lily again, was she?
"Mr. Potter, you and Ms. Evans will see me in my office directly after dinner. Bring some ideas for the Christmas Ball." Nodding curtly to the other boys, she swept down the table and stopped at Lily and her friends. He chuckled at the same stricken look on her face that he, himself, had had on his face only seconds before.
Sirius watched as Remus and Peter groaned. "Need dates?" He teased. Remus glared at him. "I can get one, you know."
"Sure you can, Moony." James laughed. Everyone looked at him. "Who are you going with?"
James shrugged. "Dunno. No one probably. Hey! Don't look at me like that!" As jaws fell at the same time.
"You?" Sirius managed to gasp. "Not...go...with anyone?" Remus joined in, laughing.
James was offended. "What are you laughing at? I don't need to have a date, ya know!" He sputtered angrily. The boys stopped laughing.
"You really are serious, aren't you?" Sirius gaped at him. "James! You always have a date! For *everything*!"
"Well, there are more things to do at balls than entertain people." James snapped.
To get away from the astonished Mauraders, James muttered a quick excuse, and grabbing his bag, all but ran out of the Great Hall.
Remus snapped out of his surprise first and turned to Sirius, who was still gaping at the doors. "I think it's Lily." He said, bluntly.
Sirius began laughing. "LILY?! Lily *EVANS*?!" He choked.
"What about me?" Lily growled curtly from behind him. Sirius hiccuped. Remus grinned. "Why, hullo Lily."
She narrowed her eyes. "Were you three talking about me?!" She asked, glaring at each of them in turn. Remus' grin didn't falter.
"Of course. We were wondering about the Christmas decorations, and if you had a team for it yet." Remus answered. This seemed to catch Lily by surprise.
"Um, Rose and Molly. Hagrid's going to try to help too." She stammered. Sirius,finally caught on, catched Remus' eye.
"Well, add us to that list, because we want to help." Sirius grinned too, and Peter went into a coughing fit.
"WE DO?!" He gasped. Remus kicked him, and the suspicious look came back to Lily's face.
"Why? What are you planning to do?" She demanded.
"We're aren't planning anything, Lily." Remus said, innocently. "We just want to help you and James."
Lily studied him for a few more seconds before replying. "Fine. Potter's just going to rope you into doing it anyways. I have no say in it. We're starting tomarrow night, but we're just going to talk about it. In the common room." She groaned, turned on her heel, and walked out of the Great Hall.
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The next night, James glanced at the clock for the twentieth time. "Were *is* she?!" He demanded. Sirius glanced at the clock too. Remus looked worried.
"Lily's never late. What if something hap-"
Just then, the portrait swung open, and Rose ran in, pink from the excercise and laughter. Lily chased her around the couch where the four boys were sitting. James gaped.
In enormous letters on Lily's forehead was 'LOSER'. As immature as it was, James, along with the rest of the Mauraders burst into laughter. Molly was chasing Lily, trying to charm the ink off. When Sirius finally jumped between the girls, the ink disappeared as Molly pointed her wand at Lily. Rose flopped on the nearest chair, panting.
Lily shot her a glare and sat next to Molly. "Are you okay, Evans?" James smirked.
"Don't talk to me, Potter."
James laughed. "How is that going to work? We have to plan!"
"Watch me." Lily said, pulling out a piece of parchment. "So, any ideas, guys?" She grinned at Remus, Sirius, and Peter, completly ignoring James.
The rest of the hour they spent argueing over colors and themes. James found himself getting into a heated arguement with Lily again.
"Potter! Green and red! It's Christmas, for Merlin's sake!" She angrily yelled.
"So? It's also winter. I say we go with ice. We can make so many things out of ice...like the tables, chandeliers, chairs-"
"Ice? The theme isn't winter!"
"So, it's better than your idea!" James retorted.
Rose was the first to get fed up. "GUYS!" She yelled. "Why don't we compromise? We can make colored ice!"
Everyone turned to her. "Colored ice?" Remus repeated, grinning. "That works. What about it, James? Lily?"
The Head Boy and Girl were glaring at each other. "Fine." They spat at the same time.
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MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Okay. I know a few of you are probably mad because I haven't updated in a LONG time, but sorry...I'm going to have to get the chapters up more often. But, I'm not making any promises. So, don't hurt me, and REVIEW!!