A/n: Ooookay call me a workaholic, but I am writing again! Lol… I know
myself so well! But let's get to the story. Right then. Well enjoy and R&R
as always! ~Lilz
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The girls ran up to their dorms laughing hysterically. Lily flung open the door and jumped on Bea's bed. Bea closely followed and accidentally fell on top of Lily. They both laughed even harder and it took them a little while to get serious, as for the next few minutes they found most everything absolutely hilarious.
Once they had settled down Lily spoke up.
"So… what is our topic today? A certain Mr. Black perhaps?" she asked, trying to look as mysterious as possible, but this too ended in hysterical fits of giggles.
"I, personally, think the topic of today should be Mr. Potter and Miss. Evans with the Miss. Kiss!" she said, which consequently ended in mad laughter as well. After the two had recovered from that laugh-attack, Lily nodded.
"Yes, that was a bit of a big thing wasn't it?"
"To say the least! Oh man, it's just the look on Snape's face! It was hilarious! Plus I can't believe you kissed James like that! He seemed to be shocked at his luck too." Said Bea, becoming more serious, and stopping her insane laughing. Lily nodded.
"Well it was nice… he kissed me again when we were outside the Fat Lady." She said, but she said it as though it were nothing. Bea's eyes, however, grew very large.
"Really? Wow… he must have liked it!"
"Ya… and he asked me out for next Friday. Of course I said yes." She added, seeing Bea's questioning look.
"Well I think that you should make a move for Sirius. Unless," she added with a quick glimpse at Bea, "you are still feeling things for Peter." Bea paused to think for a moment and then began to speak again.
"Well, I was when we were walking today. But then I realized, that Sirius really does care for me. Peter doesn't. So I don't really think he's worth it." She said, looking slightly put out.
"Oh, you're right. He is sooo not worth it. And you and Sirius both care for each other. You two would be so perfect. And if you don't want to talk to Sirius I could always talk to him first." She suggested. Bea nodded. She knew that Lily would have done it on her own. She kissed a guy in public for Heaven's sake! But Bea just wasn't like that. It wasn't like her at all.
Lily also nodded and said, "So I'll ask him later. But anyways, now I don't think there is much else for us to girl talk about!" she said, sounding disappointed.
"Until next Friday," said Bea, and the girls looked at each other. "Then once you and James have gone out once and me and Sirius are all sorted out," she said eyeing Lily briefly, " we are sooo ready to double date!" and both girls squealed with anticipation. This looked as though it might be one of their best years at Hogwarts ever.
"Well let's head down… I can talk to Sirius." Suggested Lily, so the girls raced down to the common room, laughing at nothing in particular.
"Sirius!" said Lily in a whiney tone. "I need to talk to you! Bea, you sit tight… chat with the guys for a bit. Sorry, we'll be back really soon!" She dragged Sirius out of his chair and outside the common room. From there, she took him into an empty class and sat down on a table just like earlier.
"Ya?" said Sirius putting his hands in his pockets. He knew what this was about. It had to be something about James. They were getting to be closer friends but it was only from sending messages through each other.
"It's Bea. You must do something ,mate! If you don't you'll have missed your chance because she's a shy girl she won't go and… say-."
"- Kiss a guy in the middle of a crowded hall?" he suggested, and Lily gave him that evil eye. It only made Sirius laugh this time, and Lily started laughing too.
"Well you get the point! You should…" she said, almost pleadingly.
"I will, I will! And then we can DOUBLE DATE!" he squealed, in a very well done impression of Lily. Lily rolled her eyes, and put her hands on her hips.
"I do NOT sound like that…"
"You do…"
"Do NOT!
"You do-oo!" he called. Then Lily went over and started shaking him by the shoulders.
"Ahhh! Stop it!!!" they both laughed and Sirius rubbed his shoulders.
"You're strong for a puny girl!" he said in mild surprise, which made her roll her eyes yet again.
"Thanks…" she said, and it sounded more like a question then a reply.
"Well I'll do it… I know I should, and it's not as if I'm the shy type. Well anyways, let's go back to the common room. You haven't given James his hourly kiss yet." She went over and slapped him lightly on the arm.
"STOP!"
They walked out of the room laughing, Lily still in not the best temper ever. They gave the password and walked into the common room. Lily sat down between James and Remus. She looked over at Remus. She had completely forgotten about Remus!
"How have you been?" she asked him, trying to keep the concern in her voice at a minimum. He looked over at her and smiled. He had his usual color back in his face, and looked much better then he had the other day. Of course Lily never knew how bad of shape he had been in. She was in her coma.
"I'm going pretty good. You know you missed quite a bit when you were… er… sick." He didn't exactly know how to describe her condition. "Tomorrow we should do some studying. I could help you catch up with some of your work." He suggested. Lily slowly nodded her head. Then she smiled at him.
"Ya, I'd like that. I DO need to catch up with that stuff." She said considering the matter.
"Well how about tomorrow just after lunch." He suggested. Lily nodded and then she turned to James. He smiled at her and she returned his smile. She wasn't sure if James would be okay with her working in the library with Remus still, but it turned out that he was, which made Lily feel sure that her and Remus would be good old study buddies once again.
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The next day Remus and Lily spent the entire day in the library, catching up on missed work, and doing a little bit of studying. It was just like it used to be… which made Lily feel so much better, and it also put a permanent smile on her face. There was nothing dreadful she was going to have to do in the near future. She had her old friends back. She had made better friends with acquaintances, and she had James. It was as though she were on top of the world.
After a long day in the library, the two headed immediately down to dinner. There was no point in going back to the common room, only to head to the Great Hall anyways. They walked down, just talking and laughing, until they reached the Great Hall. Remus pulled open the door, and let Lily pass through first.
Once they took their seats at Gryffindor table, they realized that no one was there yet. Not a single person.
"Remus, do you have a watch? What time is it?" Lily asked, frowning in confusedness. (A/n: Hey, I didn't know that was actually a word!)
"Ya… well it's about dinner time. We're about 5 minutes early. But jeez, not even the teachers are here! Blimey, this is odd." He said shaking his head, and not understanding it any better than Lily. Then it hit Lily, and she didn't understand how she could have forgotten.
"The quidditch match! There was one today, an afternoon game! I totally forgot, it must still be going on! You reckon that James still hasn't got the snitch?" she asked getting out of her seat, and giving Remus a questioning look.
"Uh… Lils the match was Ravenclaw versus Slytherin…" he said grinning as Lily stared at the floor, embarrassed. "Ah, come oh Lils, let's find the others." He said still grinning, and putting his arm around her. She laughed, and there were no words to describe her happiness.
The two of them walked out to the quidditch pitch, where, indeed, everyone was seated in the stands. Lily combed the crowd for any signs of her friends. Remus did the same, but there were so many people it seemed nearly impossible. They did, however, have an easier time spotting Hagrid, so they made their way through the stands, over to where Hagrid was. He beamed down at them when they approached, and gave Remus a slap on the back, which sent him almost all the way over the next set of seats.
"How come you two didn' come down earlier? The match started ages 'go." He said giving them a questioning look, as they sat down in a pair of seats.
"We were in the library, you know, doing work, and then we went to dinner. Nobody was there, and we remembered that there was a quidditch match going on. First one of the season, correct?" said Remus, turning to Hagrid, who nodded.
"Ya… firs' one o' the season… and damn it, it looks like Slytherin is about ter win it too…" he said shaking his head and pointing. A blur of green was speeding down the pitch, and in a matter of seconds he had pulled out of his magnificent dive, holding the snitch triumphantly in his hand.
A wave of boo's came from all over the stadium, including from Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, but none were as powerful as the ones that came from the Ravenclaw's. Not even the loud Slytherin cheers could drown out the boo's coming from all around the stadium.
"Let's get outa' here before the crowd gets really angry…" suggested Lily. Remus nodded, and they muttered a good-bye to Hagrid, who was having a hard time not being hit with whatever the people behind him were throwing at the pitch.
Lily and Remus snuck out, and made it to the grounds just in front of the castle.
"Hey, Lils!" they heard someone call. Lily automatically turned around, and saw Bea, walking hand in hand with Sirius. James and Peter, who were waving, and smiling, closely followed them.
"Hi guys! We went to dinner!" called Lily, and everyone started laughing.
"Ya, and they she asked me why you hadn't caught the snitch yet, James." Called Remus and Lily threw up her arms and laughed as well.
"So I'm not exactly up with the times, alright." She said, a little quieter, as the others were drawing nearer.
"You have fun studying?" asked James, a little sarcastically. However, Lily nodded, as she went over to give him a hug.
"I missed ya!" he said pulling her closer, and Lily just grinned. Then she looked at Bea. She was also wearing a very big grin, and Lily nodded from Sirius, to their joined hands, to Bea with a questioning look. Bea nodded, and Lily felt a smile spread across her face.
They continued to walk over to the castle, as the sun was starting to disappear over the hills. She slowly walked over next to Sirius.
"You did it?" she muttered, as she looked at him with a kind of smirk in place.
"Yup…" he replied, also in the same quiet tone of voice. They smiled at each other for a moment, and then she moved back over to be beside James.
"When's your first quidditch match?" she asked curiously, pretending she was interested.
"It's next Saturday… you'll be there?"
"But of course!" she replied, mildly shocked. "I wouldn't miss it for the world! Who are you playing?"
"Hufflepuff… shouldn't be too difficult. Not if our chasers score lots of points. Hufflepuff is not a very offensive team…." He explained, as Lily just smiled and nodded, not really understanding a word of James' ramblings.
For the next 10 minutes everyone watched, and hid their laughter, as James explained all the Gryffindor teams tactics to Lily, as she nodded, trying to hide the fact that she didn't understand it, and nor did she care.
When they finally reached the Fat Lady, they realized that NOW was the time to eat dinner, that the quidditch match was finally over, and so they turned back around and walked towards the great hall.
A/n: Sorry, but this is kind of a short chapter… oh well! It's here and I'll be writing more soon! Enjoy and R&R as always! ~Lilz
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The girls ran up to their dorms laughing hysterically. Lily flung open the door and jumped on Bea's bed. Bea closely followed and accidentally fell on top of Lily. They both laughed even harder and it took them a little while to get serious, as for the next few minutes they found most everything absolutely hilarious.
Once they had settled down Lily spoke up.
"So… what is our topic today? A certain Mr. Black perhaps?" she asked, trying to look as mysterious as possible, but this too ended in hysterical fits of giggles.
"I, personally, think the topic of today should be Mr. Potter and Miss. Evans with the Miss. Kiss!" she said, which consequently ended in mad laughter as well. After the two had recovered from that laugh-attack, Lily nodded.
"Yes, that was a bit of a big thing wasn't it?"
"To say the least! Oh man, it's just the look on Snape's face! It was hilarious! Plus I can't believe you kissed James like that! He seemed to be shocked at his luck too." Said Bea, becoming more serious, and stopping her insane laughing. Lily nodded.
"Well it was nice… he kissed me again when we were outside the Fat Lady." She said, but she said it as though it were nothing. Bea's eyes, however, grew very large.
"Really? Wow… he must have liked it!"
"Ya… and he asked me out for next Friday. Of course I said yes." She added, seeing Bea's questioning look.
"Well I think that you should make a move for Sirius. Unless," she added with a quick glimpse at Bea, "you are still feeling things for Peter." Bea paused to think for a moment and then began to speak again.
"Well, I was when we were walking today. But then I realized, that Sirius really does care for me. Peter doesn't. So I don't really think he's worth it." She said, looking slightly put out.
"Oh, you're right. He is sooo not worth it. And you and Sirius both care for each other. You two would be so perfect. And if you don't want to talk to Sirius I could always talk to him first." She suggested. Bea nodded. She knew that Lily would have done it on her own. She kissed a guy in public for Heaven's sake! But Bea just wasn't like that. It wasn't like her at all.
Lily also nodded and said, "So I'll ask him later. But anyways, now I don't think there is much else for us to girl talk about!" she said, sounding disappointed.
"Until next Friday," said Bea, and the girls looked at each other. "Then once you and James have gone out once and me and Sirius are all sorted out," she said eyeing Lily briefly, " we are sooo ready to double date!" and both girls squealed with anticipation. This looked as though it might be one of their best years at Hogwarts ever.
"Well let's head down… I can talk to Sirius." Suggested Lily, so the girls raced down to the common room, laughing at nothing in particular.
"Sirius!" said Lily in a whiney tone. "I need to talk to you! Bea, you sit tight… chat with the guys for a bit. Sorry, we'll be back really soon!" She dragged Sirius out of his chair and outside the common room. From there, she took him into an empty class and sat down on a table just like earlier.
"Ya?" said Sirius putting his hands in his pockets. He knew what this was about. It had to be something about James. They were getting to be closer friends but it was only from sending messages through each other.
"It's Bea. You must do something ,mate! If you don't you'll have missed your chance because she's a shy girl she won't go and… say-."
"- Kiss a guy in the middle of a crowded hall?" he suggested, and Lily gave him that evil eye. It only made Sirius laugh this time, and Lily started laughing too.
"Well you get the point! You should…" she said, almost pleadingly.
"I will, I will! And then we can DOUBLE DATE!" he squealed, in a very well done impression of Lily. Lily rolled her eyes, and put her hands on her hips.
"I do NOT sound like that…"
"You do…"
"Do NOT!
"You do-oo!" he called. Then Lily went over and started shaking him by the shoulders.
"Ahhh! Stop it!!!" they both laughed and Sirius rubbed his shoulders.
"You're strong for a puny girl!" he said in mild surprise, which made her roll her eyes yet again.
"Thanks…" she said, and it sounded more like a question then a reply.
"Well I'll do it… I know I should, and it's not as if I'm the shy type. Well anyways, let's go back to the common room. You haven't given James his hourly kiss yet." She went over and slapped him lightly on the arm.
"STOP!"
They walked out of the room laughing, Lily still in not the best temper ever. They gave the password and walked into the common room. Lily sat down between James and Remus. She looked over at Remus. She had completely forgotten about Remus!
"How have you been?" she asked him, trying to keep the concern in her voice at a minimum. He looked over at her and smiled. He had his usual color back in his face, and looked much better then he had the other day. Of course Lily never knew how bad of shape he had been in. She was in her coma.
"I'm going pretty good. You know you missed quite a bit when you were… er… sick." He didn't exactly know how to describe her condition. "Tomorrow we should do some studying. I could help you catch up with some of your work." He suggested. Lily slowly nodded her head. Then she smiled at him.
"Ya, I'd like that. I DO need to catch up with that stuff." She said considering the matter.
"Well how about tomorrow just after lunch." He suggested. Lily nodded and then she turned to James. He smiled at her and she returned his smile. She wasn't sure if James would be okay with her working in the library with Remus still, but it turned out that he was, which made Lily feel sure that her and Remus would be good old study buddies once again.
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The next day Remus and Lily spent the entire day in the library, catching up on missed work, and doing a little bit of studying. It was just like it used to be… which made Lily feel so much better, and it also put a permanent smile on her face. There was nothing dreadful she was going to have to do in the near future. She had her old friends back. She had made better friends with acquaintances, and she had James. It was as though she were on top of the world.
After a long day in the library, the two headed immediately down to dinner. There was no point in going back to the common room, only to head to the Great Hall anyways. They walked down, just talking and laughing, until they reached the Great Hall. Remus pulled open the door, and let Lily pass through first.
Once they took their seats at Gryffindor table, they realized that no one was there yet. Not a single person.
"Remus, do you have a watch? What time is it?" Lily asked, frowning in confusedness. (A/n: Hey, I didn't know that was actually a word!)
"Ya… well it's about dinner time. We're about 5 minutes early. But jeez, not even the teachers are here! Blimey, this is odd." He said shaking his head, and not understanding it any better than Lily. Then it hit Lily, and she didn't understand how she could have forgotten.
"The quidditch match! There was one today, an afternoon game! I totally forgot, it must still be going on! You reckon that James still hasn't got the snitch?" she asked getting out of her seat, and giving Remus a questioning look.
"Uh… Lils the match was Ravenclaw versus Slytherin…" he said grinning as Lily stared at the floor, embarrassed. "Ah, come oh Lils, let's find the others." He said still grinning, and putting his arm around her. She laughed, and there were no words to describe her happiness.
The two of them walked out to the quidditch pitch, where, indeed, everyone was seated in the stands. Lily combed the crowd for any signs of her friends. Remus did the same, but there were so many people it seemed nearly impossible. They did, however, have an easier time spotting Hagrid, so they made their way through the stands, over to where Hagrid was. He beamed down at them when they approached, and gave Remus a slap on the back, which sent him almost all the way over the next set of seats.
"How come you two didn' come down earlier? The match started ages 'go." He said giving them a questioning look, as they sat down in a pair of seats.
"We were in the library, you know, doing work, and then we went to dinner. Nobody was there, and we remembered that there was a quidditch match going on. First one of the season, correct?" said Remus, turning to Hagrid, who nodded.
"Ya… firs' one o' the season… and damn it, it looks like Slytherin is about ter win it too…" he said shaking his head and pointing. A blur of green was speeding down the pitch, and in a matter of seconds he had pulled out of his magnificent dive, holding the snitch triumphantly in his hand.
A wave of boo's came from all over the stadium, including from Hufflepuff and Gryffindor, but none were as powerful as the ones that came from the Ravenclaw's. Not even the loud Slytherin cheers could drown out the boo's coming from all around the stadium.
"Let's get outa' here before the crowd gets really angry…" suggested Lily. Remus nodded, and they muttered a good-bye to Hagrid, who was having a hard time not being hit with whatever the people behind him were throwing at the pitch.
Lily and Remus snuck out, and made it to the grounds just in front of the castle.
"Hey, Lils!" they heard someone call. Lily automatically turned around, and saw Bea, walking hand in hand with Sirius. James and Peter, who were waving, and smiling, closely followed them.
"Hi guys! We went to dinner!" called Lily, and everyone started laughing.
"Ya, and they she asked me why you hadn't caught the snitch yet, James." Called Remus and Lily threw up her arms and laughed as well.
"So I'm not exactly up with the times, alright." She said, a little quieter, as the others were drawing nearer.
"You have fun studying?" asked James, a little sarcastically. However, Lily nodded, as she went over to give him a hug.
"I missed ya!" he said pulling her closer, and Lily just grinned. Then she looked at Bea. She was also wearing a very big grin, and Lily nodded from Sirius, to their joined hands, to Bea with a questioning look. Bea nodded, and Lily felt a smile spread across her face.
They continued to walk over to the castle, as the sun was starting to disappear over the hills. She slowly walked over next to Sirius.
"You did it?" she muttered, as she looked at him with a kind of smirk in place.
"Yup…" he replied, also in the same quiet tone of voice. They smiled at each other for a moment, and then she moved back over to be beside James.
"When's your first quidditch match?" she asked curiously, pretending she was interested.
"It's next Saturday… you'll be there?"
"But of course!" she replied, mildly shocked. "I wouldn't miss it for the world! Who are you playing?"
"Hufflepuff… shouldn't be too difficult. Not if our chasers score lots of points. Hufflepuff is not a very offensive team…." He explained, as Lily just smiled and nodded, not really understanding a word of James' ramblings.
For the next 10 minutes everyone watched, and hid their laughter, as James explained all the Gryffindor teams tactics to Lily, as she nodded, trying to hide the fact that she didn't understand it, and nor did she care.
When they finally reached the Fat Lady, they realized that NOW was the time to eat dinner, that the quidditch match was finally over, and so they turned back around and walked towards the great hall.
A/n: Sorry, but this is kind of a short chapter… oh well! It's here and I'll be writing more soon! Enjoy and R&R as always! ~Lilz