A/N: I know the last chapter was short so I made this one heaps longer.
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Weekend with the Marauders!
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Petunia's reaction was just as unexpected by Sirius as it was expected by Lily. Although Petunia's reaction wasn't as dramatic as Lily thought it should have been, considering her sister was the biggest drama queen in world history.
Petunia's face had gone as red as a Christmas tree ornament but while Sirius thought she was embarrassed Lily knew that under those pink cheeks she was furious. She had literally pulled Lily off the jumping castle and dragged her away from James and Sirius. Lily had laughed all the way to her parents where Petunia had demanded that they leave, now!
Sitting cross-legged on her bed in the hotel room she and her sister shared, Lily bit down on a pillow to stop herself from laughing at Petunia who was pacing backwards and forwards across the room.
"I can't believe you... you... YOU!!!!!" Petunia started screaming. "YOU let ME have SEX with HIM!!" Lily was sure that the veins in her sister's forehead were going to pop every time she yelled.
"I believe you told me to fuck off." Lily started but Petunia's voice drowned Lily's out. Lily shook her head and leaned back against the wall her bed was against; she was in for a long night.
"HES A WIZARD! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" She screamed once again storming into the bathroom. Petunia returned from the bathroom with a glass in one hand while she used the other to brush her teeth furiously with her toothbrush.
"Ewww," Petunia muttered under her breath after she spat the white bubbly toothpaste into the cup in her hand and continued to brush her teeth. Lily had the impression she was trying to wash the entire 'Sirius Virus' away.
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They had, in a last minute decision, followed Lily and Petunia to their parents and then to the hotel that the two were staying in. Sirius had to admit that while the idea to follow Lily back had been partially his idea he couldn't believe just how eager James was to follow her. And now? Sirius found himself thinking that now that James knew where Lily was staying he would be dragging Sirius to see her all the time. Which wasn't his idea of a great summer holiday. He just sighed as they trudged through though the grass.
"We have walked how far?" Sirius exclaimed from behind James. Of course Lily's family had to pick a small hotel in the middle of no-where. Sure, James lived in a small town in his over sized and over priced manor but even to the town in the middle of no-where the hotel was doing a good job of being even more in the middle of no-where. Well that was an exaggeration; the hotel was just on the edge of the town.
"Not as far as you think, Sirius. So stop complaining." James muttered as they approached one of the lit up windows at the back of the hotel. He gazed in the window while Sirus stood back. "Wrong one."
"James I'm a city person you know. walking long distance and milking cows is not something I do." Sirius said as they walked toward the next window.
James turned and looked at him. He had a fake look of anger on his face. "I don't milk cows." He said, trying to be serious. "I feed the pigs." James put on a big cheeky smile.
"You don't have pigs." Sirius stated, letting James' joke fly over his head. He wasn't in the mood for stupid joked; he'd rather be anywhere else than looking through windows in search for Lily.
"That was a joke." James shook his head and continued walking. The next window that was lit up was open so he walked rather slowly.
"I'm sorry? That was a joke? I thought you were the joke here." Sirius said. James turned around before he reached the window and though the dark Sirius could see the frown on James face.
"I beg your pardon?" James asked dryly.
"You just followed a girl who isn't interested in you. In fact every time you bring up that you like her she announces to you and everyone around you that she isn't interested and yet here we stand. Outside her hotel and at least a few miles from your place." Sirius stated. "So tell me James what the hell are we going to do here exactly?"
"I don't know but you don't have to be an arse-hole about it." James said, feeling rather offended. "I was bored Ok. And thanks for being a great friend and pointing that all out so blankly. Just in case you didn't know, I am well aware my feelings aren't returned Ok!"
Sirius just sighed. No doubt James would have a plan on what he was going to do already, so he need not worry about that. Shaking his head at his best friend he walked past him and continued toward the open window just to show he would go through with what ever plan James had made. They stopped beside the open window and listened for a moment.
"I. I. I' going to bed." Stuttered a stern female voice. James saw Sirius' face light up with glee.
"Chicks." He whispered to James, pointing at the window. Even if this weren't Lily's room it would be all right to get a bit of a perv on the girl in the room. Carefully they both leaned over to look though the window.
There was a black cat walking around in the center of the room, meowing loudly to try and get someone's attention but that was all either boy could see in the room. They looked at each other in confusion and shrugged.
"Shut that cat up!" yelled a voice, followed shortly by a woman with canary yellow walking into the room from what appeared to be the bathroom. Sirius felt James elbow him in the ribs. "How am I meant to sleep with that 'thing' making all that noise?"
The cat was now rubbing it's sides on the bottom of Petunia's legs. She looked down at the cat and back up at some that neither of the boys could see. Her lips went all thin and her eyes squinted. Slowly she tilted her head and the corner of her thin lips curled upwards.
"Don't" Came a warning voice from where neither of the boys could see but the knew who's voice it was.
With out further warning Petunia drew her leg back and kicked the cat across the room. There was a loud screech from the cat before it raced out the open window. The next thing they knew Lily dived across the room and pinned Petunia to the floor. There was plenty of loud cursing and screeches with hands flying in every which direction.
"I know we're not meant to be here and all but do you think we should do something?" James said not taking his eyes off the cat-fight in the room.
"You know I don't think Lily would really be too pleased with you if you did," Sirius said. "Plus if someone kicked my cat I'd want to smack them in the mouth too so just let them go. Lily's winning anyway."
James watched in amazement. Watching the two girls lash at each other was quite amusing. They were just hitting anything they could in any way possible. When guys fought they aimed, they used fits, but with girls it was an unbelievable mess of slapping and scratching.
Sirius and James just stood and watched the fight though the window torn between amusement and amazement. Petunia managed to flip the pair over so Lily was on her back. Petunia held Lily's wrists down on the floor above her. "Did you really think that you could beat me Lily?" She seethed through her teeth.
Lily tried to sit up but Petunia let go of one of her hands and pushed Lily back down causing her to hit her head rather hardly on the ground. "Your getting better at this you know? You used to last five seconds. You must have had plenty of practice of wrestling with that boy you were with tonight? Didn't you Lils?" Petunia teased.
"What? Like you wrested your way with Sirius?" The second Lily said those words she regretted it. Petunia let out a cry of anger before she slapped Lily across the face.
"Owch." Sirius muttered from out side the window. James just held his breath. It was as though getting slapped made Lily so angry that she suddenly got a surge of extra strength. Breaking one hand free she felt around above her. After she grabber a firm hold of something she raised it so fast and smacked into Petunia's face before she even had a chance to do anything.
In pain Petunia was forced off Lily. Lily stood up as quickly as she could, blood seeping from her bottom lip. "If you ever touch me again I swear you will regret it, Petunia." Lily stormed off into the bathroom tossing the shoe that she had hit Petunia with cross the room. She returned with a roll of toilet paper. "Stop sulking!" Lily demanded as she threw the roll at Petunia.
James and Sirius were shocked when Petunia stood up to see blood flowing steadily out of her nose. "She got her good." James nudged Sirius.
"I'm going to find my cat" Lily told Petunia.
"Don't worry I wont wait up." Petunia mutter from under the hand full of toilet paper that she held under her nose.
The two boys looked at each other as Lily walked toward the window. Not really knowing where to go they just ran as fast as they could towards where there were a few trees to hide behind. From behind two trees, they watched Lily climb out of the open window in her nightgown, barefoot. "What are we going to do?" James asked Sirius.
"What? You're asking me what we are going to do?" Sirius asked, not really believing that his friend had led him this far with no idea what they were actually going to do. James shrugged. "Fine, we can just scare her I suppose. Then we go Ok?"
"Yeah whatever," James whispered distractedly while watching Lily.
"Sammy? Samuel? Saaaaammmmy?" Lily called the cat. Looking around in every direction, slowly heading toward the trees they were hiding in.
"One of us has to sneak up on her from behind. And the other. " Sirius started. "I have no idea what the other can do."
"Grab Samuel." James added quickly pointing at Samuel the cat, which was now near Sirius' feet. "The cat likes you better then me for some reason." James added.
Sirius smirked, bending over and gently picked Samuel up. Samuel did like Sirius better; it liked Remus even better though. At school the cat would always curl up on Remus' lap while he was doing his homework. "So you get Lily then?"
James nodded. Lily was still walking around calling Samuel which was annoying Sirius because the cat was struggling to get to Lily. James crept off out of Sirius' sight.
"Samuel? Samuel?" Lily reached the few trees where Sirius was hiding and James reappeared behind her. He waved at Sirius stupidly before tiptoeing up behind her.
Lily was totally oblivious that her hunter was now with in arms reach of her. Waiting for the right moment James just kept on tiptoeing quietly behind her. Just as she ducked a little to step under a low branch James grabber her around the waist with one arm and clapped his other hand other mouth to muffle her cries.
Having no idea that James Potter was her kidnapper Lily started kicking and trying to struggle free. It took all James' strength to keep Lily from getting away. Without any warning James was shocked to find Lily go limp in his arms. "What just happened?" He asked.
Sirius stepped out from behind a tree near by. "She struggled so much that she hit her head on the branch. I think she's out." Sirius said tilting Lily's chin up so he could see her face while Samuel was under his other arm. Her eyes were closed and her head was tilted to the side lazily.
James looked at the low branch that Lily had been trying to duck under before he grabbed her. "We can't take her back like this, what if her sister's still awake?" Sirius exclaimed. "This is so fucked up."
"Well 'fucked up' pretty much sums it up quite well. Don't you think so Samuel?" James asked the cat.
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Weekend with the Marauders!
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Petunia's reaction was just as unexpected by Sirius as it was expected by Lily. Although Petunia's reaction wasn't as dramatic as Lily thought it should have been, considering her sister was the biggest drama queen in world history.
Petunia's face had gone as red as a Christmas tree ornament but while Sirius thought she was embarrassed Lily knew that under those pink cheeks she was furious. She had literally pulled Lily off the jumping castle and dragged her away from James and Sirius. Lily had laughed all the way to her parents where Petunia had demanded that they leave, now!
Sitting cross-legged on her bed in the hotel room she and her sister shared, Lily bit down on a pillow to stop herself from laughing at Petunia who was pacing backwards and forwards across the room.
"I can't believe you... you... YOU!!!!!" Petunia started screaming. "YOU let ME have SEX with HIM!!" Lily was sure that the veins in her sister's forehead were going to pop every time she yelled.
"I believe you told me to fuck off." Lily started but Petunia's voice drowned Lily's out. Lily shook her head and leaned back against the wall her bed was against; she was in for a long night.
"HES A WIZARD! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!" She screamed once again storming into the bathroom. Petunia returned from the bathroom with a glass in one hand while she used the other to brush her teeth furiously with her toothbrush.
"Ewww," Petunia muttered under her breath after she spat the white bubbly toothpaste into the cup in her hand and continued to brush her teeth. Lily had the impression she was trying to wash the entire 'Sirius Virus' away.
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They had, in a last minute decision, followed Lily and Petunia to their parents and then to the hotel that the two were staying in. Sirius had to admit that while the idea to follow Lily back had been partially his idea he couldn't believe just how eager James was to follow her. And now? Sirius found himself thinking that now that James knew where Lily was staying he would be dragging Sirius to see her all the time. Which wasn't his idea of a great summer holiday. He just sighed as they trudged through though the grass.
"We have walked how far?" Sirius exclaimed from behind James. Of course Lily's family had to pick a small hotel in the middle of no-where. Sure, James lived in a small town in his over sized and over priced manor but even to the town in the middle of no-where the hotel was doing a good job of being even more in the middle of no-where. Well that was an exaggeration; the hotel was just on the edge of the town.
"Not as far as you think, Sirius. So stop complaining." James muttered as they approached one of the lit up windows at the back of the hotel. He gazed in the window while Sirus stood back. "Wrong one."
"James I'm a city person you know. walking long distance and milking cows is not something I do." Sirius said as they walked toward the next window.
James turned and looked at him. He had a fake look of anger on his face. "I don't milk cows." He said, trying to be serious. "I feed the pigs." James put on a big cheeky smile.
"You don't have pigs." Sirius stated, letting James' joke fly over his head. He wasn't in the mood for stupid joked; he'd rather be anywhere else than looking through windows in search for Lily.
"That was a joke." James shook his head and continued walking. The next window that was lit up was open so he walked rather slowly.
"I'm sorry? That was a joke? I thought you were the joke here." Sirius said. James turned around before he reached the window and though the dark Sirius could see the frown on James face.
"I beg your pardon?" James asked dryly.
"You just followed a girl who isn't interested in you. In fact every time you bring up that you like her she announces to you and everyone around you that she isn't interested and yet here we stand. Outside her hotel and at least a few miles from your place." Sirius stated. "So tell me James what the hell are we going to do here exactly?"
"I don't know but you don't have to be an arse-hole about it." James said, feeling rather offended. "I was bored Ok. And thanks for being a great friend and pointing that all out so blankly. Just in case you didn't know, I am well aware my feelings aren't returned Ok!"
Sirius just sighed. No doubt James would have a plan on what he was going to do already, so he need not worry about that. Shaking his head at his best friend he walked past him and continued toward the open window just to show he would go through with what ever plan James had made. They stopped beside the open window and listened for a moment.
"I. I. I' going to bed." Stuttered a stern female voice. James saw Sirius' face light up with glee.
"Chicks." He whispered to James, pointing at the window. Even if this weren't Lily's room it would be all right to get a bit of a perv on the girl in the room. Carefully they both leaned over to look though the window.
There was a black cat walking around in the center of the room, meowing loudly to try and get someone's attention but that was all either boy could see in the room. They looked at each other in confusion and shrugged.
"Shut that cat up!" yelled a voice, followed shortly by a woman with canary yellow walking into the room from what appeared to be the bathroom. Sirius felt James elbow him in the ribs. "How am I meant to sleep with that 'thing' making all that noise?"
The cat was now rubbing it's sides on the bottom of Petunia's legs. She looked down at the cat and back up at some that neither of the boys could see. Her lips went all thin and her eyes squinted. Slowly she tilted her head and the corner of her thin lips curled upwards.
"Don't" Came a warning voice from where neither of the boys could see but the knew who's voice it was.
With out further warning Petunia drew her leg back and kicked the cat across the room. There was a loud screech from the cat before it raced out the open window. The next thing they knew Lily dived across the room and pinned Petunia to the floor. There was plenty of loud cursing and screeches with hands flying in every which direction.
"I know we're not meant to be here and all but do you think we should do something?" James said not taking his eyes off the cat-fight in the room.
"You know I don't think Lily would really be too pleased with you if you did," Sirius said. "Plus if someone kicked my cat I'd want to smack them in the mouth too so just let them go. Lily's winning anyway."
James watched in amazement. Watching the two girls lash at each other was quite amusing. They were just hitting anything they could in any way possible. When guys fought they aimed, they used fits, but with girls it was an unbelievable mess of slapping and scratching.
Sirius and James just stood and watched the fight though the window torn between amusement and amazement. Petunia managed to flip the pair over so Lily was on her back. Petunia held Lily's wrists down on the floor above her. "Did you really think that you could beat me Lily?" She seethed through her teeth.
Lily tried to sit up but Petunia let go of one of her hands and pushed Lily back down causing her to hit her head rather hardly on the ground. "Your getting better at this you know? You used to last five seconds. You must have had plenty of practice of wrestling with that boy you were with tonight? Didn't you Lils?" Petunia teased.
"What? Like you wrested your way with Sirius?" The second Lily said those words she regretted it. Petunia let out a cry of anger before she slapped Lily across the face.
"Owch." Sirius muttered from out side the window. James just held his breath. It was as though getting slapped made Lily so angry that she suddenly got a surge of extra strength. Breaking one hand free she felt around above her. After she grabber a firm hold of something she raised it so fast and smacked into Petunia's face before she even had a chance to do anything.
In pain Petunia was forced off Lily. Lily stood up as quickly as she could, blood seeping from her bottom lip. "If you ever touch me again I swear you will regret it, Petunia." Lily stormed off into the bathroom tossing the shoe that she had hit Petunia with cross the room. She returned with a roll of toilet paper. "Stop sulking!" Lily demanded as she threw the roll at Petunia.
James and Sirius were shocked when Petunia stood up to see blood flowing steadily out of her nose. "She got her good." James nudged Sirius.
"I'm going to find my cat" Lily told Petunia.
"Don't worry I wont wait up." Petunia mutter from under the hand full of toilet paper that she held under her nose.
The two boys looked at each other as Lily walked toward the window. Not really knowing where to go they just ran as fast as they could towards where there were a few trees to hide behind. From behind two trees, they watched Lily climb out of the open window in her nightgown, barefoot. "What are we going to do?" James asked Sirius.
"What? You're asking me what we are going to do?" Sirius asked, not really believing that his friend had led him this far with no idea what they were actually going to do. James shrugged. "Fine, we can just scare her I suppose. Then we go Ok?"
"Yeah whatever," James whispered distractedly while watching Lily.
"Sammy? Samuel? Saaaaammmmy?" Lily called the cat. Looking around in every direction, slowly heading toward the trees they were hiding in.
"One of us has to sneak up on her from behind. And the other. " Sirius started. "I have no idea what the other can do."
"Grab Samuel." James added quickly pointing at Samuel the cat, which was now near Sirius' feet. "The cat likes you better then me for some reason." James added.
Sirius smirked, bending over and gently picked Samuel up. Samuel did like Sirius better; it liked Remus even better though. At school the cat would always curl up on Remus' lap while he was doing his homework. "So you get Lily then?"
James nodded. Lily was still walking around calling Samuel which was annoying Sirius because the cat was struggling to get to Lily. James crept off out of Sirius' sight.
"Samuel? Samuel?" Lily reached the few trees where Sirius was hiding and James reappeared behind her. He waved at Sirius stupidly before tiptoeing up behind her.
Lily was totally oblivious that her hunter was now with in arms reach of her. Waiting for the right moment James just kept on tiptoeing quietly behind her. Just as she ducked a little to step under a low branch James grabber her around the waist with one arm and clapped his other hand other mouth to muffle her cries.
Having no idea that James Potter was her kidnapper Lily started kicking and trying to struggle free. It took all James' strength to keep Lily from getting away. Without any warning James was shocked to find Lily go limp in his arms. "What just happened?" He asked.
Sirius stepped out from behind a tree near by. "She struggled so much that she hit her head on the branch. I think she's out." Sirius said tilting Lily's chin up so he could see her face while Samuel was under his other arm. Her eyes were closed and her head was tilted to the side lazily.
James looked at the low branch that Lily had been trying to duck under before he grabbed her. "We can't take her back like this, what if her sister's still awake?" Sirius exclaimed. "This is so fucked up."
"Well 'fucked up' pretty much sums it up quite well. Don't you think so Samuel?" James asked the cat.
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