"Lils, are you coming?" Lily Evans looked up from the newspaper she was reading.
"No, Jas. I have to figure out who Lord Voldemort was before he became Lord Voldemort." Her friend shivered at the name 'Voldemort.'
"Would you quit saying the name?" She protested.
"Fear of the name,"
"Increases fear of the thing itself," Jas finished. "I know, I know. But it does still bother me."
"Do you really thing that Voldemort is going to appear out of nowhere and kill me because I said his name? You're really getting paranoid, Jas." Lily shouted as Jasmine Lender, one of her best friends, was out the door.
"Maybe you should be." Came a deep male voice from behind her. Lily spun around in shock.
"Oh, Jeff, you scared the hell out of me. Don't ever do that again." The pretty red-head berated her boyfriend.
"Where's Jas off to?" He inquired once she was finished with her tirade.
"Shopping. She thinks she needs new robes."
"Thinks?"
"Well, it's not like she outgrows them. And she can't ever run out of stuff to wear. Between me, Katie, and her we could run a clothes shop." Jeff laughed at his girlfriend's attitude. She hated shopping, but her friends didn't, so she was often dragged along with them. "Why are you here?" She inquired.
"Must I have an excuse to spend time with my favorite girlfriend? I knew you had the day off and I was hoping we could spen some quality time together."
"I'm your only girlfriend, Jeff." She paused at the smirl on his face. "Aren't I?" He laughed and she hit him over the head with a stack of papers she had been working on. The two spent the day laughing and joking. Lily's former plans went out the window. Hey, there was always tomorrow. Lily and Jeff were cooking dinner when Jas came home.
"That smells good." Jas said, coming in the door. "Is Jeff coming for dinner or something?" Lily only cooked pasta when Jeff was coming. Her question was answered as she stepped in the door. "Oh." Her hyperness appeared out of nowhere.
"Guess what? Guess what? Guess what?"
"What Jasmine?" Lily asked. She despised guessing games.
"Guess who I ran into in Diagon Alley and spent the day with?"
"The Boogey Man?"
"No silly. The Marauders." That name brought all activity in the kitchen to a standstill. Jeff kept glancing uneasily at Lily. He had heard stories about her and Sirius. Who hadn't? Lily ground her teeth.
"All of them?"
"No. Peter wasn't there. James said they haven't heard from him in a while."
"What about Black?"
"He seemed very interested in how you're doing. Seems to want to give it another go."
"He can shove that interest up his fat ass. I'm involved."
"I'm not finished yet, Lily dearest. They invited us to the opening of that new club, Totenga. You and me and Katie. They need dates."
"Hold on. Who's they? And I have a boyfriend."
"Remus, Sirius, and James. You don't have to go with Sirius. You could go with James or Remus."
"I hate Potter almost as much as I hate Black."
"Don't fool yourself, Lily. You know James was only in on one prank, and it was because you turned his hair green."
"I was aiming for Black."
"Doesn't really matter. Will you go? Please, please, please?" Lily turned to Jeff.
"D'you mind?" He shook his head.
"Of course not. It's the Totenga. I mean, you have to go. I tried to get tickets and I got them. For 1997. I don't know how they managed opening night tickets, but go. Have fun." Lily thanked Jeff profusely. Their friend Katie Corpell agreed to go and Friday night quickly approached. Remus, Sirius, and James showed up at precisely eight o'clock. Katie had been there for three hours, getting ready. The three girls had been best friends at Hogwarts. They were all in Gryffindor and did everything together. Much like the Marauders. Except they didn't get along with the Marauders. Well, Lily didn't get along with Sirius so the others thought it best to just not hang out. It all started when Lily had a huge crush on Sirius. She knew of his reputation for breaking girls' hearts, but Lily didn't care. When Sirius asked her to the Yule Ball, Lily was enthralled. She wasn't so enthralled when he began dancing vulgarly and putting his hands in places where hands shouldn't go. Lily slapped him. Hard. Left a bruise. She wriggled her way out of detention by claiming self-defense. So Sirius got a detention for harassing a student. Sirius was pissed because he had never been rejected before and went to any length to humiliate Lily. Their hate was mutual and complete. Nothing could change their minds. Or so they thought.
"Shall we go, my lady?" Sirius said, offering his arm to Lily.
"Sod off, Black." She replied airily and swept past him. "Remus, how are you?" He smiled and offered his arm, which she took.
"Very well, and you?"
"Could be better," she replied with a wry smile. The six reluctant friends apparated to just outside the new club. Jas and Katie immediately began with the 'Do I look alright? Is my hair still curly? Will there be any hot, rich, single guys there looking for a girl like me?' Lily laughed at her friends' shallowocity and followed the boys into the club. (A/N: I'm not good at describing this so think Saturday Night Fever.) The dance floor was packed already. The six friends set off to find a table. They all sat down and James and Remus went to get drinks. Sirius seized Jas and they went to the dance floor, a space quickly being cleared for their wild, yet very good, dance moves. Remus grinned over at Lily.
"Ya wanna dance?" He asked. At least that's what she thought he said. The music was rather loud. She nodded her head and he stood up, pulling her with him. It took Lily a while to get into the way Remus dance, but she eventually got it and they had a great time. After a few hours, they got tired and headed back to the table. Their friends were still dancing.
"So, Lily, are you involved with anybody?" Remus asked, giving her a meaningful grin. It was for Sirius.
"Yes. A wonderful man name Jeff Masden. We've been together for two years."
"Thinking about becoming Mrs. Masden?"
"That's an awful personal question to ask a girl." He raised his eyebrows at her. They had been pretty close friends at first, but when Lily started hating Sirius, she couldn't hang out with Remus anymore. Lily had been the first person at Hogwarts to find out his secret, and the first to assure him that he would always have a friend in her, no matter what. Remus had done the same when Lily's parents died and everyone in the school was avoiding her, thinking she had caused their deaths.
"No. I just don't love him. You know what I mean."
"No , Lils I don't know what you mean. I've never been in a serious relationship in my life. Most girls run when they find out." Lily felt horrible. She hadn't meant to depress him.
"I'm sorry, Rana." Remus looked up at the sound of his old nickname. They both loved the Lord of the Rings, and when Lily found out, she decided he needed a nickname. Rana means 'moon' in elfish. Gaur, the word for werewolf, sounded much too harsh. He grinned.
"But it's like you always told me. Those girls aren't worth my time, right?"
"Right." They sat in comfortable silence for a while longer before returning to the dance floor. They met up with James and Katie and danced as a group until a slow song came on. Remus looked at Lily, unsure.
"What the hell." She muttered to herself as they began to dance. Halfway through the dance Lily spotted Sirius and Jas making their way out the door, hand in hand and both looking very happy about something. Lily pointed them out to Remus.
"Looks like Jas' getting lucky tonight, eh Remus?" He grinned at her, then frowned.
"I hope they go to a hotel. I hate it when Sirius brings girls home."
"I almost forgot you guys all lived together."
"Yeah. Nothing against Jas, you understand."
"I know how you feel, Rem. Jas used to bring guys into our dorm all the time at Hogwarts. If I remember correctly you once visited the lovely lady." Remus blushed.
"It wasn't for that. Sirius wanted the boxers he left there after that one break-up and was scare to get them so he made me go. It wasn't my fault she was in that kind of mood. I'm just glad that you saved me. You said she brought guys into your dorm. Not your house?"
"Nope. I laid down the law. She goes to their house now. The only problem being that she keeps leaving her clothes places and she can't go back. I quote 'What if I left my bra at Jake's house, but thought I left it at Tom's house, but I didn't? He'd get all mad at me and then I'd have to find a new Friday night fling.'" She saw the look of disgust on Remus' face. "Yes, she really does have a different one for every night of the week. It's quite hard to keep track of all of them." By now she and Remus had sat back down.
"I don't know why I'm so surprised. Sirius is the exact same way with his girls. They'd make a great couple."
"Need I remind you, Rana darling, that that's what they are now? Jas doesn't do one-night-stands and I don't think Black does either. I have a feeling that this relationship might be going somewhere."
"So now I'm Rana darling?" Remus said, wiggling his eyebrows at her.
"Shut up." She replied amicably. James and Katie joined them a few moments later.
"Where's Jas?" Katie asked.
"Her and Black took off about twenty minutes ago." Katie grinned.
"Has our dear Padfoot forgotten about his Lily-Flower?" James joked.
"Shut-up Potter. I'm glad that Black's moved on. And for heaven's sake you know I hate that nickname."
"That's why I use it." Remus grabbed Lily around the waist to keep her from tackling James. Apparently that put her in a bad mood and she refused to dance anymore. Remus found a cute blonde and danced with her while Katie found some big dumb Hufflepuff she used to date and James found someone, Lily didn't notice or care who. When Remus returned an hour later, it was to find several empty glasses and no Lily. He was worried. She rarely got drunk, but when she did, she usually did stuff she regretted later. He had to get her home now. After searching for ten minutes, he found her grinding away with a former Slytherin. She was drunk alright. He tapped the Slytherin on the shoulder.
"May I cut in?" He asked very politely. The Slytherin took a swing at him.
"Hey. I saw her first!" He was drunk, too. Remus grabbed Lily's arm.
"C'mon, Lils, time to go home." She resisted.
"Nuh-uh. Wanna stay here and dance. Dance with me Remus!" She yelled, pressing her body against his.
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What will he do? What will she do? Find out in the next episode of 'Days of out Lives'. Sorry got carried away for a moment. I'm kinda liking Remus. Maybe Lily should get with him. What do you, the readers think? Review and tell me and I'll love you forever!