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and I own the plot. She also owns the setting. I own the plot. In my dreams
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Author's Note: Didn't I say this one would be out really fast. Only one day! That is pretty good. You guys should like this one. I cried while I was writing it. It's longer than the last chapter and I think it is better. This is what you guys have been asking me about and I had to write it anyway. This chapter is for two people. One is Eleana who is one of the reasons I pushed myself to get this out tonight. Hope you get this before you leave for camp. It should be a small resolution in this story that is on-going for a while. The second person is Erin. She has really been helping me with my writing. She is up all night and I am constantly asking her to read something or for advice. I couldn't do this without her. Thank you so much. Now on with the story. I hope you guys like reading it as much as I like writing it.
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"Eskimo Kiss"
Lily stopped half-way down the stairs, a lump was caught in her throat and she rubbed her palms, which were not moist with sweat on her robes. She had never been this nervous in her entire life, not even when she was alone with James in the Common Room a few hours ago. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Sirius gently urging her forward. With a small nod and a forced smile she made the final decent.
James was leaning back with his arms under his head and Remus sat on his side hunched over. He was adamantly talking about a girl named Gwen and how he had carried her up to the Hospital wing, his eyes shone and he blushed as he spoke. Lily held back and listened for a moment. This girl sounded familiar. She knew that name. Not wanting to eavesdrop on their conversation she cleared her throat. She suddenly felt so stupid; clearing your throat did sound a lot like a cough. Turning she saw Sirius start to come down the stairs and she quickly motioned for him to stay back. Turning around again she noticed that both boys had turned to look at her. James waved a hello from across the room.
"Hi guys." Lily said in a small voice, she felt he palms begin to sweat and her throat go dry. It was ironic she thought. One part of her was soaked and another was sand dry.
"Hi Lily." Remus replied, smiling. He motioned for her to come and take a seat between them. Lily smiled in return and sat between the two boys. She felt torn, like her heart.
"James, do you think you can leave us alone for a moment?" Lily questioned, he looked upset and stood slowly turning to leave. Inside he felt his world tumble down around him. He remembered watching them in the common room the other night. If he had asked her instead of sending Remus his life would be so different. Walking to the stairs he looked back and saw Lily and Remus facing the fireplace talking and then out of the corner of his eye he saw Sirius sitting on the staircase up to the girl's dorm. Sirius motioned him over and moved to the side so James could join him.
"Do you know why she's down here?" James whispered.
"Yes, I do." Sirius replied with a small mischievous grin. James looked at him, searching for whatever information Sirius showed on his face. The only problem was Sirius was better than James at hiding information. He face was unreadable to everyone except the Marauders and Arabella who had learned all of his expressions in a week. The glimmer in Sirius' eye gave James hope but he wanted confirmation. He wanted to hear Sirius say a few simple words.
"So." He began, it was very hard not to yell but he remained silent. Sirius gave no indication to answer him. "Sirius why is she down there?" He questioned, shaking Sirius' sleeve.
"To talk James, to talk." He whispered back, he was leaning forward to listen in on the conversation which was barely audible form their position.
"To talk about what Sirius?" James was loosing his patience with this. He wanted to know what was going on. Lily was upstairs, Sirius carries Arabella up to put her to bed and Lily comes down to talk.
"To talk about her, you, and Remus." Sirius answered, he was going to play around with this at first but the look on James' face made him drop it. He knew when to be serious, he was always Sirius by name but not by nature and this was the time to be both.
"You know me and Remus had a plan?" James began, wondering how the conversation was going.
"Remember your last plan? How did that one work out, do remind me." Sirius waited for James reply but he didn't answer. "I thought so. Trust me on this James. I am the one who is engaged. Your last date ended in slaps. Trust me."
"Fine." James said, throwing his hands up in surrender. He prayed this worked; it was his heart and life on the line.
Meanwhile Remus and Lily were talking. The conversation had started off very awkward for the both of them but was becoming a conversation between friends and both of them realized that friends is what they should be. After a few moments of idle chatter Lily brought it up.
"Remus, I.I don't want to go out with you. I'm sorry but I think I love, I think I like somebody else. I'm sorry, I really am., I thought I was over him but I'm not and I think he likes me too. Remus if there is a chance, one in a million, I have to go after it. I couldn't let it pass me bye. I'm so sorry." It was fast, she didn't stop for a breath in fear that it all would come crashing down around her. When Lily finished she looked into Remus' eyes. They weren't how she expected them to be. She had expected anger, maybe sadness or betrayal. Instead they were sparkling. He placed his hand on hers and she felt suddenly that she didn't get her point through.
"Lily I know, you love James and I have somebody too. As a matter of fact James wanted to ask you to the ball but he was afraid you would say no." Lily felt the weights lift off of her shoulders and smiled. "He loves you too Lily, he really does." Lily hugged him; she felt tears of joy stream down her face. James loved her. He was her prince. "Lily you and him belong together and I," Remus paused, blushing "I belong with Gwen." She felt the tears continue down her face and she was smiling. Remus was happy too and James loved her. She didn't question the truth of Remus' statement. He wouldn't lie, especially to her about this. It would have been too cruel. She broke apart from Remus and sat back on the couch, still smiling and wiping the tears off her face.
"Thank you Remus, thank you so much." She meant it with all of her heart and soul, she truly did thank him.
"You don't have to thank me Lily; you never have to thank me. James has to thank me," they shared a small smirk, "but you don't. I should thank you."
"What for?" Her mind was blank, why would Remus thank her? She had done nothing for him.
"If I hadn't gone to the dance with you I wouldn't have met Gwen. I can never thank you enough for that. Now I am going to get James and you are going to stay here." She nodded and turned to the fireplace wiping her eyes. On the staircase Sirius was smiling and James had no idea why. His mind was too busy thinking of a plan to get Lily back. The smile began to annoy him.
"Why are you so happy?" James whispered.
"Lily just told Remus she loves you." He answered back going to the edge and pulling Remus up the girls' staircase.
"Remus, did she really? Did she say that." His mind was whirling.
"Yes she did James. She said she loves you and if I were you I would go in there and give her a kiss." Remus stated, he was smiling too. Love did have a strange effect on them Sirius pondered. Remus was smiling and happy like never before and James couldn't string a sentence together. Well maybe love didn't affect James as much as Remus.
"James so far me and Remus have been right about everything so take our advice and go kiss her." Sirius whispered back. James nodded and walked down the stair. Lily turned around and stood even though he hadn't made a sound on the stair. James nodded and Lily returned it, both smiled and tears formed in their eyes. Running across the room James took Lily in his arms and swung her around as he kissed her, gently and then more passionally before gently landing her feet back on the floor. They leaned against each other, their foreheads touching
"I love you Lily." He whispered.
"I love you too James." She whispered back. He leaned forward and bumped her nose with his before kissing her again.
On the staircase Remus and Sirius had poked their heads around and watched as the two kissed, the fire lighting the backdrop. How were they going to get to their room?
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What do you guys think? That came out quick and the next should be out soon too. I originally thought Tuesday but it might be Wednesday because I have a game and party on Monday. For those of you who want to know this one is around 1,500 words. I am going to write the thank yous now.
Hyper Princess: Erin thank you so much for everything. I know I told you but make sure you read the top. I'll join the club! I will, it's 3:30 my time and I am writing. Have you ever been lying in bed and you see the sun start to come through the curtains and you try to wish it away? I did that a few days ago. I love Sirius too! He's one of my all time favorites. Ttyl
Tta: Thank you! I'm happy you guys liked the Snuffles idea. I knew it would either do well or flop. I hope you like this one too.
Eleana23: Hi! I'm so sorry I missed you. My account is messed up and I had to have somebody else tell me some of the reviews because they weren't coming up for me. I am so sorry. Make sure you check the author's note at the top. I hope you get to read this before camp. I figured that I had to write this chapter so I didn't give you a cliffie or anything before you go away. Have a good time at camp sis.
Eleana23: This is to make up for the one I missed. Thank you! Thank you! I am so sorry. It was an accident I blame on writing it at 3 am and on ff.net. Have a good time at camp!
Cate Evergreen: I know, I wanted to kill the little good for nothing rat but I had to stick with canon. If I didn't Lily and James would live at the end of this and Arabella wouldn't. opps can't say that yet. It's one of the big deal things in the story. Thank you and I hope you like this one.
Runaway Gobstopper: Thank you so much! I am going to try that with the one I am working on. You have no idea how much that was bothering me before. This one is a bit longer and I hope you like it.
Midnight Dove: Thanks! (* talking to imaginary Sirius at her side * I told you it would work) I thought it would be cute too.
Kaylee: Thank you. I have to find that. I always thought James had brown or blue and Lily had green I am going to have to double check. I hope you like this chapter too.
Liz: Thanks! Good luck on Monday! That's my last game. When is yours? I will e-mail you I promise ttyl.
Sweet Star: I am going to go and read those ASAP (Monday or Tuesday most likely and I will review I promise) don't worry about not reviewing the last chapter. No biggie. I had a bear on my desk when I wrote that, that's how I came up with the idea. Lol. I hope you like this one!
Kristatwen: Not that much of a cliffie and this should make you feel better. I'll tell you when this is up Krista and I ended it like I said I would. I hope you like it. Ttyl.
Everyone please review. If you do I will thank you like those people I thanked above. I always do! Check each chapter and you will see I always do. If I missed anyone let me know. I was having problems getting to the review page so I had a friend tell me the ones I was missing and I am sure she got them all to me because I trust her completely (thank you so much Erin) but I might have missed someone at the beginning. Please review everyone and thank you in advance. Until the next chapter.
~ Katie
Author's Note: Didn't I say this one would be out really fast. Only one day! That is pretty good. You guys should like this one. I cried while I was writing it. It's longer than the last chapter and I think it is better. This is what you guys have been asking me about and I had to write it anyway. This chapter is for two people. One is Eleana who is one of the reasons I pushed myself to get this out tonight. Hope you get this before you leave for camp. It should be a small resolution in this story that is on-going for a while. The second person is Erin. She has really been helping me with my writing. She is up all night and I am constantly asking her to read something or for advice. I couldn't do this without her. Thank you so much. Now on with the story. I hope you guys like reading it as much as I like writing it.
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"Eskimo Kiss"
Lily stopped half-way down the stairs, a lump was caught in her throat and she rubbed her palms, which were not moist with sweat on her robes. She had never been this nervous in her entire life, not even when she was alone with James in the Common Room a few hours ago. She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to see Sirius gently urging her forward. With a small nod and a forced smile she made the final decent.
James was leaning back with his arms under his head and Remus sat on his side hunched over. He was adamantly talking about a girl named Gwen and how he had carried her up to the Hospital wing, his eyes shone and he blushed as he spoke. Lily held back and listened for a moment. This girl sounded familiar. She knew that name. Not wanting to eavesdrop on their conversation she cleared her throat. She suddenly felt so stupid; clearing your throat did sound a lot like a cough. Turning she saw Sirius start to come down the stairs and she quickly motioned for him to stay back. Turning around again she noticed that both boys had turned to look at her. James waved a hello from across the room.
"Hi guys." Lily said in a small voice, she felt he palms begin to sweat and her throat go dry. It was ironic she thought. One part of her was soaked and another was sand dry.
"Hi Lily." Remus replied, smiling. He motioned for her to come and take a seat between them. Lily smiled in return and sat between the two boys. She felt torn, like her heart.
"James, do you think you can leave us alone for a moment?" Lily questioned, he looked upset and stood slowly turning to leave. Inside he felt his world tumble down around him. He remembered watching them in the common room the other night. If he had asked her instead of sending Remus his life would be so different. Walking to the stairs he looked back and saw Lily and Remus facing the fireplace talking and then out of the corner of his eye he saw Sirius sitting on the staircase up to the girl's dorm. Sirius motioned him over and moved to the side so James could join him.
"Do you know why she's down here?" James whispered.
"Yes, I do." Sirius replied with a small mischievous grin. James looked at him, searching for whatever information Sirius showed on his face. The only problem was Sirius was better than James at hiding information. He face was unreadable to everyone except the Marauders and Arabella who had learned all of his expressions in a week. The glimmer in Sirius' eye gave James hope but he wanted confirmation. He wanted to hear Sirius say a few simple words.
"So." He began, it was very hard not to yell but he remained silent. Sirius gave no indication to answer him. "Sirius why is she down there?" He questioned, shaking Sirius' sleeve.
"To talk James, to talk." He whispered back, he was leaning forward to listen in on the conversation which was barely audible form their position.
"To talk about what Sirius?" James was loosing his patience with this. He wanted to know what was going on. Lily was upstairs, Sirius carries Arabella up to put her to bed and Lily comes down to talk.
"To talk about her, you, and Remus." Sirius answered, he was going to play around with this at first but the look on James' face made him drop it. He knew when to be serious, he was always Sirius by name but not by nature and this was the time to be both.
"You know me and Remus had a plan?" James began, wondering how the conversation was going.
"Remember your last plan? How did that one work out, do remind me." Sirius waited for James reply but he didn't answer. "I thought so. Trust me on this James. I am the one who is engaged. Your last date ended in slaps. Trust me."
"Fine." James said, throwing his hands up in surrender. He prayed this worked; it was his heart and life on the line.
Meanwhile Remus and Lily were talking. The conversation had started off very awkward for the both of them but was becoming a conversation between friends and both of them realized that friends is what they should be. After a few moments of idle chatter Lily brought it up.
"Remus, I.I don't want to go out with you. I'm sorry but I think I love, I think I like somebody else. I'm sorry, I really am., I thought I was over him but I'm not and I think he likes me too. Remus if there is a chance, one in a million, I have to go after it. I couldn't let it pass me bye. I'm so sorry." It was fast, she didn't stop for a breath in fear that it all would come crashing down around her. When Lily finished she looked into Remus' eyes. They weren't how she expected them to be. She had expected anger, maybe sadness or betrayal. Instead they were sparkling. He placed his hand on hers and she felt suddenly that she didn't get her point through.
"Lily I know, you love James and I have somebody too. As a matter of fact James wanted to ask you to the ball but he was afraid you would say no." Lily felt the weights lift off of her shoulders and smiled. "He loves you too Lily, he really does." Lily hugged him; she felt tears of joy stream down her face. James loved her. He was her prince. "Lily you and him belong together and I," Remus paused, blushing "I belong with Gwen." She felt the tears continue down her face and she was smiling. Remus was happy too and James loved her. She didn't question the truth of Remus' statement. He wouldn't lie, especially to her about this. It would have been too cruel. She broke apart from Remus and sat back on the couch, still smiling and wiping the tears off her face.
"Thank you Remus, thank you so much." She meant it with all of her heart and soul, she truly did thank him.
"You don't have to thank me Lily; you never have to thank me. James has to thank me," they shared a small smirk, "but you don't. I should thank you."
"What for?" Her mind was blank, why would Remus thank her? She had done nothing for him.
"If I hadn't gone to the dance with you I wouldn't have met Gwen. I can never thank you enough for that. Now I am going to get James and you are going to stay here." She nodded and turned to the fireplace wiping her eyes. On the staircase Sirius was smiling and James had no idea why. His mind was too busy thinking of a plan to get Lily back. The smile began to annoy him.
"Why are you so happy?" James whispered.
"Lily just told Remus she loves you." He answered back going to the edge and pulling Remus up the girls' staircase.
"Remus, did she really? Did she say that." His mind was whirling.
"Yes she did James. She said she loves you and if I were you I would go in there and give her a kiss." Remus stated, he was smiling too. Love did have a strange effect on them Sirius pondered. Remus was smiling and happy like never before and James couldn't string a sentence together. Well maybe love didn't affect James as much as Remus.
"James so far me and Remus have been right about everything so take our advice and go kiss her." Sirius whispered back. James nodded and walked down the stair. Lily turned around and stood even though he hadn't made a sound on the stair. James nodded and Lily returned it, both smiled and tears formed in their eyes. Running across the room James took Lily in his arms and swung her around as he kissed her, gently and then more passionally before gently landing her feet back on the floor. They leaned against each other, their foreheads touching
"I love you Lily." He whispered.
"I love you too James." She whispered back. He leaned forward and bumped her nose with his before kissing her again.
On the staircase Remus and Sirius had poked their heads around and watched as the two kissed, the fire lighting the backdrop. How were they going to get to their room?
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What do you guys think? That came out quick and the next should be out soon too. I originally thought Tuesday but it might be Wednesday because I have a game and party on Monday. For those of you who want to know this one is around 1,500 words. I am going to write the thank yous now.
Hyper Princess: Erin thank you so much for everything. I know I told you but make sure you read the top. I'll join the club! I will, it's 3:30 my time and I am writing. Have you ever been lying in bed and you see the sun start to come through the curtains and you try to wish it away? I did that a few days ago. I love Sirius too! He's one of my all time favorites. Ttyl
Tta: Thank you! I'm happy you guys liked the Snuffles idea. I knew it would either do well or flop. I hope you like this one too.
Eleana23: Hi! I'm so sorry I missed you. My account is messed up and I had to have somebody else tell me some of the reviews because they weren't coming up for me. I am so sorry. Make sure you check the author's note at the top. I hope you get to read this before camp. I figured that I had to write this chapter so I didn't give you a cliffie or anything before you go away. Have a good time at camp sis.
Eleana23: This is to make up for the one I missed. Thank you! Thank you! I am so sorry. It was an accident I blame on writing it at 3 am and on ff.net. Have a good time at camp!
Cate Evergreen: I know, I wanted to kill the little good for nothing rat but I had to stick with canon. If I didn't Lily and James would live at the end of this and Arabella wouldn't. opps can't say that yet. It's one of the big deal things in the story. Thank you and I hope you like this one.
Runaway Gobstopper: Thank you so much! I am going to try that with the one I am working on. You have no idea how much that was bothering me before. This one is a bit longer and I hope you like it.
Midnight Dove: Thanks! (* talking to imaginary Sirius at her side * I told you it would work) I thought it would be cute too.
Kaylee: Thank you. I have to find that. I always thought James had brown or blue and Lily had green I am going to have to double check. I hope you like this chapter too.
Liz: Thanks! Good luck on Monday! That's my last game. When is yours? I will e-mail you I promise ttyl.
Sweet Star: I am going to go and read those ASAP (Monday or Tuesday most likely and I will review I promise) don't worry about not reviewing the last chapter. No biggie. I had a bear on my desk when I wrote that, that's how I came up with the idea. Lol. I hope you like this one!
Kristatwen: Not that much of a cliffie and this should make you feel better. I'll tell you when this is up Krista and I ended it like I said I would. I hope you like it. Ttyl.
Everyone please review. If you do I will thank you like those people I thanked above. I always do! Check each chapter and you will see I always do. If I missed anyone let me know. I was having problems getting to the review page so I had a friend tell me the ones I was missing and I am sure she got them all to me because I trust her completely (thank you so much Erin) but I might have missed someone at the beginning. Please review everyone and thank you in advance. Until the next chapter.
~ Katie
