Chapter 4

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Lily woke up to her watch sounding it's alarm. It was 7:00 a.m. She undid the watch and flung it across the room.

"OUCH!" yelped James, as the watch smacked him squarely in between his eyes.

"Oh, sorry, I forgot I was sharing a room with someone," she replied groggily.

"Why do you get up at (checks watch) 7 anyways?"

"Usually their's a fight for the showers, but since we've got a bathroom connected to this room, there's no worry."

"Are you sure about that?" he smiled.

"Oh James don't," she pleaded, "can I take mine really fast?"

"Ok fine, but next time it's every witch or wizard for themselves," he warned.

Lily gathered her things and got into the shower. In less than 10 minutes she emerged fresh as the day.

"Ok, you can go now," she smiled before leaving the room.

She headed downstairs to see Emily and Remus still fast asleep. She poked Emily and she just about darted for the shower when Remus grabbed her around the waist.

"Remus! Let go puh-lease. I'm just going to take a shower, goodness," she smiled before giving him a quick peck on the cheek, surprising him to let her go. Emily shot straight for the door and locked it, but not before putting her head out the door and mouthing "Thanks" to Lily.

"Dammit," muttered Remus under his breath.

"I heard that," said Lily.

"I wasn't trying to hide the fact that you heard me."

Becca was descending the stairs, apparently had beaten Sirius to the shower as well.

"You boys need to pick up the pace if you want to beat us to the showers," she smirked.

Emily then emerged from the bathroom, ready for the day.

"There you go, it's all yours."

"All right, thank you," he said quickly before going into the bathroom.

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The three Marauders finally entered the Great Hall, spotting the other half sitting down already and enjoying breakfast. They were engulfed in a heated discussion which eventually died down once the boys arrived.

"Good morning sleepy head," said Becca before getting a good snog from Sirius.

"Get a room please," muttered Lily.

"We do Lily, in fact it's right across from James' and yours," smiled Sirius.

"Then why don't you take it there?" she asked.

"Why are you so upset about public displays of affection, are you jealous?" spat Sirius.

"Hey now, that was a little below the belt," warned Emily.

"Stay out of it Cook, let Lily answer," hissed Sirius.

"Come on Siri, just drop it," pleaded James.

"No I've got it, maybe I am, so what? I still have the right to enjoy my breakfast or any other meal for that matter without looking up and seeing extreme snogging!" Lily exclaimed.

"Then I suggest you close your eyes," replied Sirius.

Lily made a face of disgust before gathering her things and leaving the Great Hall. Emily soon got up to chase after her, however Remus held her hand.

"Just let her be, she needs some alone time, besides, you can't really see from her perspective since you're dating me," he suggested.

"True, but in a sense, we don't make out like it's an extreme sport," she giggled looking over at Sirius and Becca who were at it once again.

Remus and James also gave a little chuckle at the two.

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Lily sat on her bed quietly crying. No one had ever been that mean to me before, she thought. I was just being honest, I do like to enjoy my food without snogging right in front of me. Why hadn't anyone said anything else? She had heard everyone else complain about it, but I guess once they've got to confront someone they get quiet.

The portrait hole opened and closed to reveal James coming in.

"Are you alright Lils?" he asked.

"I'm fine," she answered quickly wiping tears away, "Does anyone understand where I'm coming from about the snogging thing?"

"Yes, Emily said something after you left, and we all agreed, and we all talked about not saying anything in the first place while you were talking about it," he started.

"Oh man, we've got classes in 15 minutes and it's on the other side of the school!" she exclaimed.

Lily and James sprinted down the hallway to make their way down to their first class, Potions.

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The gang was all there when Lily and James came rushing through the door, both seeming winded.

"Mr. Potter, Ms. Evans, please take your seats," said a very impatient Professor Bridgestone.

Lily looked over at Becca who gave her an apologetic look before turning her attention towards the front of the class.

Class went by extremely slow, James thought the class would never end. He kept trying to entice Lily to play some Hangman but she was scribbling notes rapidly, almost as fast as Professor Bridgestone spoke.

"Come on Lily, I'm bored," he whispered.

"Not now, I'm busy trying to take notes, something you should try sometime," she whispered back with a small smile.

James gave her a poke in her side enough to make her yelp, because it had tickled.

"Is there a problem Ms. Evans?" droned the professor.

"No sorry professor," she replied back.

When the professor had turned her back again, she gave James a nudge followed by a mean expression followed by a small smile.

"Will you stop trying to get me in trouble?" she whispered.

"If you start giving me some attention that wouldn't have happened," he smiled.

"What are you a sick little puppy that has ADD?" she laughed quietly.

"What's ADD?" he asked.

"It's a disorder where a person cannot stay focused, sounds like it was made especially for you," she giggled.

"Boy, you sure are dishing out the insults today, it's hurting really bad Lily," he laughed.

Emily and Remus looked on at the two laughing.

"They're so cute," she said.

"That's what all you girls say," he replied before giving Emily a quick poke in her side to make her laugh.

"Ms. Cook, is there a problem?" asked Bridgestone.

"No professor," she replied with a smile.

"You're going to pay," she warned a quietly laughing Remus.

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Becca and Sirius weren't really paying attention at all, they were too busy flinging things at Snape and Malfoy, and catching a quick snog. They were also passing notes back in fourth hoping no one would catch them, however they did get caught.

"Oh, a nice little note," smiled Professor Bridgestone.

"Wrote it just for you professor," smirked Sirius.

"Oh well then I better keep it and read it once I get a chance, thank you Mr. Black," she said before turning her back to place it in a drawer.

"I think we might want that note back," suggested Becca. Sirius didn't seem to answer though he was busy muttering a spell.

"What are you doing?" she asked.

"I was just changing the note around a little so that everything wouldn't be revealed," he replied.

Just then the bell rang for the students to report to their next class, Arithmacy.

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