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The Famous Marauders
Chapter 15: Hogsmeade
Kathy hurried strait to Lily and Kristy's dorm room.
"I, I need help" she said seriously
"Where are you" Lily said looking around the room
"Sorry" Kathy said turning herself visible
"What's up?" Kristy asked
"Sirius"
"What happened is he ok" Lily jumped up
"No its nothing like that but he asked me to be his girlfriend"
"Wow, that was the end of a very, very interesting story" Kristy said shocked
Kathy sat down and explained every detail of the talk by the lake.
"You can't go, you'll hurt him," Lily said matter-of-factly
"I know what you can do," Kristy said
"Well" The other two said together
"Sirius always had kind of a thing for Taylor Carlson"
"Your sister!!! Oh yeah, earlier in the year I turned his hair pink and to stop him from how can I put this killing me I told him Taylor thought he looked cute" Lily said
"I get what you were trying to say" Kathy bowed her head as she continued
"You want to set Sirius up with Taylor, so he can forget me and have a real relationship"
"Yeah, I'm sorry Kathy" Kristy said sympathetically
"Don't be it's a great idea," Kathy said sadly
"You know that means, you have to stand him up tomorrow," Kristy said
"Don't worry though, we'll be with Sirius so he wont be alone when you stand him up" Lily added
"I'm going to go talk to Taylor" Kristy said
"See ya," The other two chanted
(Kristy left)
"Ok so can you help me I think James lost interest in me?" Lily said
"Yeah sure" Kathy answered
"What can I do to get him back"?
"That's easy" Kathy smiled before continuing
"Ask him to Hogsmaede, with you tomorrow"
"I can't do that"
"Then make a group thing out of it, you know the marauders, Kristy, Taylor, and you."
"Ok, but wont Peter feels kind of alone"
"He'll find someone"
"Ok I'll go ask now before I lose my nerve" Lily got up and walked over to the boys room
"Wait I'll go to just invisible" Kathy said catching up with her
At the door Kathy turned invisible before Lily knocked
Knock-nock
"Coming" James opened the door only wearing a pair of faded jeans and a small necklace
"Hey" he said
"Hi" Lily said giving him a once over, Quidditch did wonders for him, she thought.
"What's up?" James said opening the door a little wider
Much to James pleasure Lily couldn't help but stair at his figure, that is until a certain invisible person stepped on her foot bringing her back to reality
"Erm. can I come in"
"Yeah sure, we were just lying around"
Lily looked in the boy's dorm room as James flung it open. There were socks and Quidditch robes thrown everywhere. Peter was clipping his toenails; Sirius was coming out of the bathroom brushing his teeth, while Remus was settled on his bed working on Charms homework.
"Hi" Remus and Peter chanted, Sirius just waved and left to the bathroom to finish brushing his teeth
"So what's up" James asked curious on why Lily was here, and if what happened in Charms class affected her.
"I was just wondering if you guys wanted to go to Hogsmade with Kristy, Taylor, and me?" Lily asked looking at the marauders
"Love to" James said as soon as the words left Lily's mouth
"Sure" Remus said looking up from his book
"Ok" Peter said
"Can't got a date, with Kathy" Sirius said proudly stepping out of the bathroom
"Well we can meet you guys in the great hall at 5:00 tomorrow and all go together" Lily said looking at Sirius
"I talked to Kathy she said it would be cool for us all to go together" Lily lied
"I was hoping for some alone time, but I guess that would be cool" Sirius said a little disappointed
Lily looked sympathetically at Sirius knowing he was going to be stood up. No one knew the pain Kathy felt about having to stand Sirius up.
The rest of the day passed quickly, Lily was worn out in the end and headed to bed early.
"Hey" Lily said seeing Kathy and Kristy talking on Kristy's bed
"Hi" They said in unison
"So what happened with Taylor today?" Lily asked Kristy
"She said she'll do it, 5:00 right," Kristy asked
"Yeah, what else she says"
"Well, she dose have a thing for Sirius nothing major but it'll do. She'll meet us there"
"Great" Lily said happily not noticing the glum expression on Kathy's face
"I've got to go" Kathy said getting up and heading down to the common room, taking a seat by the fire
"Hey" Sirius said taking the seat next to her
Today just isn't my day Kathy thought as she smiled at him
"Its ok if we meet the guys at 5:00 in the great hall right" He asked
"It's fine, I have to tell you something," Kathy said looking at him with her big cinnamon eyes
"What"
"Promise me that you'll be open minded"
"About what" Sirius said confused
"Everything, if a nice girl starts to talk to you, you'll be open to her right"
"What are you on about" Sirius said raising an eye brow
"Nothing just promise me ok"
"Ok I promise" Sirius said confused
"Good" Kathy said kissing him on the forehead for the last time, before getting up and exciting the common room.
Tuesday was finally over, the longest day of Kathy's life was finally over and she felt terrible, but had had the best sleep in a long time.
She woke around 7:30 the next morning and watched Kristy and Lily sleep peacefully. A few minutes later Lily got up and dressed quickly in a pair of faded jeans and tea shirt with a light sweater over it.
Kathy watched as Lily graved her cloak and scarf, and hurried out of the room. Lily hadn't even noticed Kathy was in the room, the second she was out of eyesight, Kathy ran into the boys room.
"What?" James murmured, as Kathy nudged him
"Time for step three of my plan now get up"
"What time is it" James said pulling the cover over him
"Just go before you miss your chance"
"Fine"
James reached over to his glasses on the bedside table, putting the room into clear view. He pulled on the pants that were lying on the side of his bed, graved a tea shirt, and pulled on his cloak. James was stilling tying his shoe as Kathy pulled him to the window,
"She's right there," Kathy said pointing to a figure walking onto the Hogwarts ground
"How did you? What did you?" James shattered on able to find out how everything in Kathy's plan was working
"Hurry up" Kathy pushed him out of the door with one last look at the sleeping Sirius.
"You know what you have to do" Kathy said to him in the common room
"Yeah"
James hurried down the corridors onto the school grounds where he saw Lily from a distance sitting on a spot were the snow had already melted.
"What am I going to do" Lily said into the air, when all of a sudden a beautiful white stag, sat down next to her
"What the" Lily said jumping backward the stag didn't move
"Don't you come near me" Lily said frightened
The stag laid down head between his front paws
"Awww, you are so cute" Lily said to it coming closer to it, she started to pet it as it lay there
"You know you kind of remind me of someone" The stag looked up at her
"Yeah, his name is James. He can be so sweet just like you, but sometimes" she trailed of looking at the stag.
"You're great but I am freezing. I saw Hagrid leave I know he wont mind if I stay in his hut for a little bit" Lily got up and headed toward Hagrid's hut. Closely followed by the stag.
She let the sag in to the hut and took a seat by the fire.
"I think I first really fell in love with him was when we were sliding across the floor in detention, we had some great times, but I don't think he's in love with me anymore"
The stag looked at her, with its beautiful eyes, that Lily had only seen one other place. Lily poured out her heart to the stag, as she walked back to the castle.
"Don't worry I'm going to win him back, and do something really special for him." She kissed it on top of the head as she headed inside, to prepare for classes; it was already 8:30.
The stag walked to the side of the castle turning back into James, Wow he thought. As he remembered every word Lily had said to him. What James didn't know was that Lily had known who the stag was the whole time.
Classes passed quickly, James was unable to tare his gaze away from Lily, whenever he saw her. He decided that if he was going to get her back completely, he was going to need help from Kathy.
It was already 4:00 when Kristy and Lily started getting ready
"You really shouldn't have played with head like that," Kristy said
"I know it was just the prefect opportunity to tell him how I feel"
"Why were you out there this morning anyways"
"I had a nightmare and I felt like taking myself out for a walk, which do you like better" Lily asked as she held up two different earrings one on each ear.
"Go with the silver ones"
They finished dressing silently; in the end Kristy chose a pair of kaki colored paints, with a green top. Lily had chosen a simple pair of jeans with a white sweater. They finished applying a small amount of makeup and earrings, as they headed down to the common room. The boys were their playing exploding snaps. When Lily saw Sirius's happy face, her smile faded.
"Come on, let's go get Taylor she's probably waiting for us." Kristy said managing a happy face
"And Kathy" Sirius added
"Yeah, sure" Lily said
"Where's Peter" Kristy said as she went over and hugged Remus
"Eating where else" Said Remus happily
"Hold on a second before we leave, Lily can I talk to you" James said pulling Lily out of the others earshot
"What's up?" He asked
"What do you mean?" Lily said
"I mean you and Kristy are acting weird that's, what's up" James snapped
"Fine, Kathy's going to stand him up, now you don't have to snap"
"Why" James snapped again
"Why are you snapping at me"?
"Sorry"
"I'll explain later, lets just go"
"Ok, but she better be a good reason for hurting my best friend"
"Don't say anything," Lily pleaded
"Oh so that's why you invited Taylor"
"Yeah" Lily said ashamed
"Its ok" James said pulling her into a hug, rubbing her back.
"Come on, I don't want Kathy to wait to long" Sirius said happily
Lily barred her head into James chest. He pulled her out of the hug,
"James" Lily whispered
"Yes"
"Kathy wanted me to give this to you" Lily handed James a folded piece of parchment.
James was bewildered, but took the parchment and read it over.
~James you know what to do at Hogsmade, meet me in the common room tonight at 12:00a.m to discuss the next part of the plan don't bring Sirius or Peter, I don't care if Remus comes. ~
He tucked it away into his pocket as he put his arm around Lily, leading her to the others. They walked down to the great hall, Lily, Kristy, and James were all acting a little funny. Taylor was waiting in front of the doors to the Great Hall, and waved when she saw them coming. Sirius couldn't help, but think she looked great, but he searched for Kathy as they came closer.
"Hi Sirius" Taylor said
"Hey, have you seen a girl named Kathy around"
"No I haven't" Taylor said disappointed that Sirius wasn't paying more attention to her
"Lets wait a few minutes" Remus said
Lily moved closer to James, who took her hand and squeezed it. After a few minutes Sirius knew he was stood up
"Lets go guys" Sirius bowed his head
"I'm sorry, Sirius" Taylor said sympathetically
"Its ok" Sirius said looking at her
Something pulled there hands together, neither of them resisted it, Taylor smiled at Sirius, who smiled back.
Kathy felt a tier fall down her cheek as she watched everyone leave to Hogsmeade.
"I'm ok, I'm ok" Kathy lied she didn't feel the need to follow them, watching would be to hard.
The others walked to Honeydukes first, Lily looked around the store. There were shelves after shelves of the best looking sweets she had ever seen. Stopping to look at something she never saw.
"There called Toothflossing Stringmints" James said looking over at Lily
"There ok not the best, I like Droobles Best Blowing Gum best, have you ever tried it."
"No, not yet, I haven't had a chance to come here to often"
James smiled at her, "Lily, I can show you the best they have to offer"
"How generous" Lily said sarcastically
"Come on, Remus loves Fizzing Whizbees, I think Peter likes Chocolate Frogs, and Sirius always had a thing for Every Flavor Beans."
James said pointing out sweets to his left and right. Lily however was barley listening to a word he said, she took this opportunity to admire his perfect figure.
"Don't the owners live over the shop" Lily asked
"Yeah, I think so, I'll be right back I got to pick something up" Lily continued to wonder around the shop.
James pulled Remus and Sirius away to a sign that read Unusual Tastes.
"So, what should we get, this is the perfect time to reload on prank idioms."
"Lets just get a few Cockroach Clusters and maybe Jelly Slugs, but that's it or the girls will start to wonder"
"Yeah, but don't forget the Acid Pops and Blood Flavored lollipops" agreed Sirius graving the treats
They paid for their treats before leaving
"Where should we go now?" Taylor asked as they exited the shop
"I don't care as long as it's somewhere wormer," Lily said shivering
James put his arms around Lily,
"Better" He joked
"Not much, come on" Lily said escaping his grip
"Where" Kathy asked
"The Three Broomsticks"
They entered the pub; while the boys got the butterbeers the girls found a table.
"So what do you think of Sirius" Lily asked Taylor
"He's ok a little stiff"
"Give him another chance" Lily said sweetly
"Yeah, sure" Taylor said
On the other side of the room,
"I wonder what there talking about" James asked Sirius
"Don't know, don't care" Sirius snapped
"What's your problem"?
"Sorry, it just I'm so angry at Kathy right now, any idea why she stood me up"
"Don't let it get to you, you could have almost another girl in the school" James said trying to cheer him up
"Almost" Sirius joked.
"Well yeah, you can't have Lilly or Kathy, but have your pick of the others" Sirius laughed
"Just give her a chance," Remus said
"Ok" Sirius said picking up two Butterbeers and heading toward the table, Remus and James followed also with two Butterbeers each.
"James can we sit alone if you don't mind" Lily said pointing to a two seated table by the window
James was taken off guard, but agreed happily
When they were seated Lily thought it was going to be weird sitting across from him but it wasn't
"Look at them" James said looking at the table the others were sitting in
"Yeah, Remus is so hinting for Sirius and Taylor to leave" Lily agreed
"And there they go" Lily smiled as she drank another bit of her butterbeer.
"So, you going to explain the whole Kathy thing with me" James asked eagerly
"Can you keep a secret?" Lily said leaning in James nodded as he to leaned in further,
"So, can I" Lily answered, there faces were so close James leaned in and kissed her lightly
"We can't do this" Lily said pulling away as her lips tingled
"Yeah" James lied
Lily saw his disappointment
"Because" she paused as James looked at her
"I like it a little more like this"
She said moving over to James, and started to kiss him. He was shocked at first but deepened the kiss, noticing Lily was still leaned over. So James stood up slowly, never losing the lip-to-lip contact and started kissing her with so much passion. Lily's hands were around his neck while his hands wrapped around her waist. When they finally separated the people around the pub started to clap loudly. Lily turned scarlet as he planted another kiss on her forehead. Every one in the room was watching them now
"Lily, would you be my girlfriend" James said turning to her
"Say yes" Kristy yelled once Lily hadn't said anything
"Yes" Lily squealed, jumping into James arms He picked her, playfully, before they sat down again.
"You know what" James said
"What" Lily asked off guard?
"That was our first real kiss"
"Wow," Taylor said from her seat across from Sirius
"Yeah, their lucky they have something that strong"
"And what about us" Taylor said smiling
"What about us"
"Come on Sirius take a chance with me"
"Erm." Sirius started as Taylor leaned in kissed him
"Ok" was all Sirius could say
After they left the Three Broomsticks, they headed to Zonko's (James, Remus, and Sirius needed a few more supplies for their next prank), They returned to the castle shortly after the sun went down.
Sirius walked Taylor to Ravenclaw, while the other headed up to the Gryffindor common room. Lily pulled off her cloak, which was wet from the snow.
"I am so glad, to get that thing off" Lily said pulling off her scarf
"Come here" James said to her
Lily sat down on the floor, next to James and rapped a large blanket around the two of them. Remus said goodnight to Kristy as they gave James and Lily their privacy and went up to bed.
Lily laid her head on James shoulder as they wormed themselves by the fire.
"I can't believe you said yes" James said still surprised"
"Why, you're a great charmer" Lily teased
"And exactly what did I do to be such a great charmer" James smirked
"Well," Lily said looking up at him
"It has to be." Sirius coming in to the common room cut off Lily
"I guess you'll never know" Lily whispered to James before turning back to Sirius
"You have the worked timing," said James, looking at Sirius with a very pissed off look on his face.
"Sorry, to cramp your stile Prongs, I'm going up to bed"
"No don't what happened" Lily said eagerly
"She's my new girl friend"
"That's great" Lily said getting up and hugging him
"It wont be so great if your boyfriend kills me" Sirius said looking at James face, he had an expression that Christmas was canceled and now he wanted revenge Lily laughed as Sirius hurried off to bed
Lily talked with James for along time afterward
"Oh my it's all ready 11:30," Lily said surprised and hurried off to bed, after she hugged James goodnight
When she was gone, "You can come out now" He said looking into the fire
"How'd you know I was already hear?" Kathy said reappearing on a chair
"Your never late and what else have you got to do"
"More then you think, anyways how was Hogsmeade?"
"Great, she's my girlfriend now, so I don't need to do step four"
"Your write just skip it and do step five, remember timing."
"Why'd you stand up Sirius" James said seriously
"Don't worry about it, is he mad at me"
"I don't know" James lied
"You were never a good liar" Kathy stated before continuing
"Ok, well get some sleep,"
"That's it you wanted to meet me to tell me to do step five"
"And to see how mad Sirius was at me other then that pretty much yeah"
"Wait, how did you know Lily was going to be on the grounds this morning"
"How am I going to keep her now that she's my girlfriend" He added
"How did you know I was going to screw up before Charms that one day"
"How'd you know she was going mad when I didn't talk to her that much"
"You knew this was going to happen didn't you"
"Goodnight James" Kathy said vanishing at the top of the staircase
The Famous Marauders
Chapter 15: Hogsmeade
Kathy hurried strait to Lily and Kristy's dorm room.
"I, I need help" she said seriously
"Where are you" Lily said looking around the room
"Sorry" Kathy said turning herself visible
"What's up?" Kristy asked
"Sirius"
"What happened is he ok" Lily jumped up
"No its nothing like that but he asked me to be his girlfriend"
"Wow, that was the end of a very, very interesting story" Kristy said shocked
Kathy sat down and explained every detail of the talk by the lake.
"You can't go, you'll hurt him," Lily said matter-of-factly
"I know what you can do," Kristy said
"Well" The other two said together
"Sirius always had kind of a thing for Taylor Carlson"
"Your sister!!! Oh yeah, earlier in the year I turned his hair pink and to stop him from how can I put this killing me I told him Taylor thought he looked cute" Lily said
"I get what you were trying to say" Kathy bowed her head as she continued
"You want to set Sirius up with Taylor, so he can forget me and have a real relationship"
"Yeah, I'm sorry Kathy" Kristy said sympathetically
"Don't be it's a great idea," Kathy said sadly
"You know that means, you have to stand him up tomorrow," Kristy said
"Don't worry though, we'll be with Sirius so he wont be alone when you stand him up" Lily added
"I'm going to go talk to Taylor" Kristy said
"See ya," The other two chanted
(Kristy left)
"Ok so can you help me I think James lost interest in me?" Lily said
"Yeah sure" Kathy answered
"What can I do to get him back"?
"That's easy" Kathy smiled before continuing
"Ask him to Hogsmaede, with you tomorrow"
"I can't do that"
"Then make a group thing out of it, you know the marauders, Kristy, Taylor, and you."
"Ok, but wont Peter feels kind of alone"
"He'll find someone"
"Ok I'll go ask now before I lose my nerve" Lily got up and walked over to the boys room
"Wait I'll go to just invisible" Kathy said catching up with her
At the door Kathy turned invisible before Lily knocked
Knock-nock
"Coming" James opened the door only wearing a pair of faded jeans and a small necklace
"Hey" he said
"Hi" Lily said giving him a once over, Quidditch did wonders for him, she thought.
"What's up?" James said opening the door a little wider
Much to James pleasure Lily couldn't help but stair at his figure, that is until a certain invisible person stepped on her foot bringing her back to reality
"Erm. can I come in"
"Yeah sure, we were just lying around"
Lily looked in the boy's dorm room as James flung it open. There were socks and Quidditch robes thrown everywhere. Peter was clipping his toenails; Sirius was coming out of the bathroom brushing his teeth, while Remus was settled on his bed working on Charms homework.
"Hi" Remus and Peter chanted, Sirius just waved and left to the bathroom to finish brushing his teeth
"So what's up" James asked curious on why Lily was here, and if what happened in Charms class affected her.
"I was just wondering if you guys wanted to go to Hogsmade with Kristy, Taylor, and me?" Lily asked looking at the marauders
"Love to" James said as soon as the words left Lily's mouth
"Sure" Remus said looking up from his book
"Ok" Peter said
"Can't got a date, with Kathy" Sirius said proudly stepping out of the bathroom
"Well we can meet you guys in the great hall at 5:00 tomorrow and all go together" Lily said looking at Sirius
"I talked to Kathy she said it would be cool for us all to go together" Lily lied
"I was hoping for some alone time, but I guess that would be cool" Sirius said a little disappointed
Lily looked sympathetically at Sirius knowing he was going to be stood up. No one knew the pain Kathy felt about having to stand Sirius up.
The rest of the day passed quickly, Lily was worn out in the end and headed to bed early.
"Hey" Lily said seeing Kathy and Kristy talking on Kristy's bed
"Hi" They said in unison
"So what happened with Taylor today?" Lily asked Kristy
"She said she'll do it, 5:00 right," Kristy asked
"Yeah, what else she says"
"Well, she dose have a thing for Sirius nothing major but it'll do. She'll meet us there"
"Great" Lily said happily not noticing the glum expression on Kathy's face
"I've got to go" Kathy said getting up and heading down to the common room, taking a seat by the fire
"Hey" Sirius said taking the seat next to her
Today just isn't my day Kathy thought as she smiled at him
"Its ok if we meet the guys at 5:00 in the great hall right" He asked
"It's fine, I have to tell you something," Kathy said looking at him with her big cinnamon eyes
"What"
"Promise me that you'll be open minded"
"About what" Sirius said confused
"Everything, if a nice girl starts to talk to you, you'll be open to her right"
"What are you on about" Sirius said raising an eye brow
"Nothing just promise me ok"
"Ok I promise" Sirius said confused
"Good" Kathy said kissing him on the forehead for the last time, before getting up and exciting the common room.
Tuesday was finally over, the longest day of Kathy's life was finally over and she felt terrible, but had had the best sleep in a long time.
She woke around 7:30 the next morning and watched Kristy and Lily sleep peacefully. A few minutes later Lily got up and dressed quickly in a pair of faded jeans and tea shirt with a light sweater over it.
Kathy watched as Lily graved her cloak and scarf, and hurried out of the room. Lily hadn't even noticed Kathy was in the room, the second she was out of eyesight, Kathy ran into the boys room.
"What?" James murmured, as Kathy nudged him
"Time for step three of my plan now get up"
"What time is it" James said pulling the cover over him
"Just go before you miss your chance"
"Fine"
James reached over to his glasses on the bedside table, putting the room into clear view. He pulled on the pants that were lying on the side of his bed, graved a tea shirt, and pulled on his cloak. James was stilling tying his shoe as Kathy pulled him to the window,
"She's right there," Kathy said pointing to a figure walking onto the Hogwarts ground
"How did you? What did you?" James shattered on able to find out how everything in Kathy's plan was working
"Hurry up" Kathy pushed him out of the door with one last look at the sleeping Sirius.
"You know what you have to do" Kathy said to him in the common room
"Yeah"
James hurried down the corridors onto the school grounds where he saw Lily from a distance sitting on a spot were the snow had already melted.
"What am I going to do" Lily said into the air, when all of a sudden a beautiful white stag, sat down next to her
"What the" Lily said jumping backward the stag didn't move
"Don't you come near me" Lily said frightened
The stag laid down head between his front paws
"Awww, you are so cute" Lily said to it coming closer to it, she started to pet it as it lay there
"You know you kind of remind me of someone" The stag looked up at her
"Yeah, his name is James. He can be so sweet just like you, but sometimes" she trailed of looking at the stag.
"You're great but I am freezing. I saw Hagrid leave I know he wont mind if I stay in his hut for a little bit" Lily got up and headed toward Hagrid's hut. Closely followed by the stag.
She let the sag in to the hut and took a seat by the fire.
"I think I first really fell in love with him was when we were sliding across the floor in detention, we had some great times, but I don't think he's in love with me anymore"
The stag looked at her, with its beautiful eyes, that Lily had only seen one other place. Lily poured out her heart to the stag, as she walked back to the castle.
"Don't worry I'm going to win him back, and do something really special for him." She kissed it on top of the head as she headed inside, to prepare for classes; it was already 8:30.
The stag walked to the side of the castle turning back into James, Wow he thought. As he remembered every word Lily had said to him. What James didn't know was that Lily had known who the stag was the whole time.
Classes passed quickly, James was unable to tare his gaze away from Lily, whenever he saw her. He decided that if he was going to get her back completely, he was going to need help from Kathy.
It was already 4:00 when Kristy and Lily started getting ready
"You really shouldn't have played with head like that," Kristy said
"I know it was just the prefect opportunity to tell him how I feel"
"Why were you out there this morning anyways"
"I had a nightmare and I felt like taking myself out for a walk, which do you like better" Lily asked as she held up two different earrings one on each ear.
"Go with the silver ones"
They finished dressing silently; in the end Kristy chose a pair of kaki colored paints, with a green top. Lily had chosen a simple pair of jeans with a white sweater. They finished applying a small amount of makeup and earrings, as they headed down to the common room. The boys were their playing exploding snaps. When Lily saw Sirius's happy face, her smile faded.
"Come on, let's go get Taylor she's probably waiting for us." Kristy said managing a happy face
"And Kathy" Sirius added
"Yeah, sure" Lily said
"Where's Peter" Kristy said as she went over and hugged Remus
"Eating where else" Said Remus happily
"Hold on a second before we leave, Lily can I talk to you" James said pulling Lily out of the others earshot
"What's up?" He asked
"What do you mean?" Lily said
"I mean you and Kristy are acting weird that's, what's up" James snapped
"Fine, Kathy's going to stand him up, now you don't have to snap"
"Why" James snapped again
"Why are you snapping at me"?
"Sorry"
"I'll explain later, lets just go"
"Ok, but she better be a good reason for hurting my best friend"
"Don't say anything," Lily pleaded
"Oh so that's why you invited Taylor"
"Yeah" Lily said ashamed
"Its ok" James said pulling her into a hug, rubbing her back.
"Come on, I don't want Kathy to wait to long" Sirius said happily
Lily barred her head into James chest. He pulled her out of the hug,
"James" Lily whispered
"Yes"
"Kathy wanted me to give this to you" Lily handed James a folded piece of parchment.
James was bewildered, but took the parchment and read it over.
~James you know what to do at Hogsmade, meet me in the common room tonight at 12:00a.m to discuss the next part of the plan don't bring Sirius or Peter, I don't care if Remus comes. ~
He tucked it away into his pocket as he put his arm around Lily, leading her to the others. They walked down to the great hall, Lily, Kristy, and James were all acting a little funny. Taylor was waiting in front of the doors to the Great Hall, and waved when she saw them coming. Sirius couldn't help, but think she looked great, but he searched for Kathy as they came closer.
"Hi Sirius" Taylor said
"Hey, have you seen a girl named Kathy around"
"No I haven't" Taylor said disappointed that Sirius wasn't paying more attention to her
"Lets wait a few minutes" Remus said
Lily moved closer to James, who took her hand and squeezed it. After a few minutes Sirius knew he was stood up
"Lets go guys" Sirius bowed his head
"I'm sorry, Sirius" Taylor said sympathetically
"Its ok" Sirius said looking at her
Something pulled there hands together, neither of them resisted it, Taylor smiled at Sirius, who smiled back.
Kathy felt a tier fall down her cheek as she watched everyone leave to Hogsmeade.
"I'm ok, I'm ok" Kathy lied she didn't feel the need to follow them, watching would be to hard.
The others walked to Honeydukes first, Lily looked around the store. There were shelves after shelves of the best looking sweets she had ever seen. Stopping to look at something she never saw.
"There called Toothflossing Stringmints" James said looking over at Lily
"There ok not the best, I like Droobles Best Blowing Gum best, have you ever tried it."
"No, not yet, I haven't had a chance to come here to often"
James smiled at her, "Lily, I can show you the best they have to offer"
"How generous" Lily said sarcastically
"Come on, Remus loves Fizzing Whizbees, I think Peter likes Chocolate Frogs, and Sirius always had a thing for Every Flavor Beans."
James said pointing out sweets to his left and right. Lily however was barley listening to a word he said, she took this opportunity to admire his perfect figure.
"Don't the owners live over the shop" Lily asked
"Yeah, I think so, I'll be right back I got to pick something up" Lily continued to wonder around the shop.
James pulled Remus and Sirius away to a sign that read Unusual Tastes.
"So, what should we get, this is the perfect time to reload on prank idioms."
"Lets just get a few Cockroach Clusters and maybe Jelly Slugs, but that's it or the girls will start to wonder"
"Yeah, but don't forget the Acid Pops and Blood Flavored lollipops" agreed Sirius graving the treats
They paid for their treats before leaving
"Where should we go now?" Taylor asked as they exited the shop
"I don't care as long as it's somewhere wormer," Lily said shivering
James put his arms around Lily,
"Better" He joked
"Not much, come on" Lily said escaping his grip
"Where" Kathy asked
"The Three Broomsticks"
They entered the pub; while the boys got the butterbeers the girls found a table.
"So what do you think of Sirius" Lily asked Taylor
"He's ok a little stiff"
"Give him another chance" Lily said sweetly
"Yeah, sure" Taylor said
On the other side of the room,
"I wonder what there talking about" James asked Sirius
"Don't know, don't care" Sirius snapped
"What's your problem"?
"Sorry, it just I'm so angry at Kathy right now, any idea why she stood me up"
"Don't let it get to you, you could have almost another girl in the school" James said trying to cheer him up
"Almost" Sirius joked.
"Well yeah, you can't have Lilly or Kathy, but have your pick of the others" Sirius laughed
"Just give her a chance," Remus said
"Ok" Sirius said picking up two Butterbeers and heading toward the table, Remus and James followed also with two Butterbeers each.
"James can we sit alone if you don't mind" Lily said pointing to a two seated table by the window
James was taken off guard, but agreed happily
When they were seated Lily thought it was going to be weird sitting across from him but it wasn't
"Look at them" James said looking at the table the others were sitting in
"Yeah, Remus is so hinting for Sirius and Taylor to leave" Lily agreed
"And there they go" Lily smiled as she drank another bit of her butterbeer.
"So, you going to explain the whole Kathy thing with me" James asked eagerly
"Can you keep a secret?" Lily said leaning in James nodded as he to leaned in further,
"So, can I" Lily answered, there faces were so close James leaned in and kissed her lightly
"We can't do this" Lily said pulling away as her lips tingled
"Yeah" James lied
Lily saw his disappointment
"Because" she paused as James looked at her
"I like it a little more like this"
She said moving over to James, and started to kiss him. He was shocked at first but deepened the kiss, noticing Lily was still leaned over. So James stood up slowly, never losing the lip-to-lip contact and started kissing her with so much passion. Lily's hands were around his neck while his hands wrapped around her waist. When they finally separated the people around the pub started to clap loudly. Lily turned scarlet as he planted another kiss on her forehead. Every one in the room was watching them now
"Lily, would you be my girlfriend" James said turning to her
"Say yes" Kristy yelled once Lily hadn't said anything
"Yes" Lily squealed, jumping into James arms He picked her, playfully, before they sat down again.
"You know what" James said
"What" Lily asked off guard?
"That was our first real kiss"
"Wow," Taylor said from her seat across from Sirius
"Yeah, their lucky they have something that strong"
"And what about us" Taylor said smiling
"What about us"
"Come on Sirius take a chance with me"
"Erm." Sirius started as Taylor leaned in kissed him
"Ok" was all Sirius could say
After they left the Three Broomsticks, they headed to Zonko's (James, Remus, and Sirius needed a few more supplies for their next prank), They returned to the castle shortly after the sun went down.
Sirius walked Taylor to Ravenclaw, while the other headed up to the Gryffindor common room. Lily pulled off her cloak, which was wet from the snow.
"I am so glad, to get that thing off" Lily said pulling off her scarf
"Come here" James said to her
Lily sat down on the floor, next to James and rapped a large blanket around the two of them. Remus said goodnight to Kristy as they gave James and Lily their privacy and went up to bed.
Lily laid her head on James shoulder as they wormed themselves by the fire.
"I can't believe you said yes" James said still surprised"
"Why, you're a great charmer" Lily teased
"And exactly what did I do to be such a great charmer" James smirked
"Well," Lily said looking up at him
"It has to be." Sirius coming in to the common room cut off Lily
"I guess you'll never know" Lily whispered to James before turning back to Sirius
"You have the worked timing," said James, looking at Sirius with a very pissed off look on his face.
"Sorry, to cramp your stile Prongs, I'm going up to bed"
"No don't what happened" Lily said eagerly
"She's my new girl friend"
"That's great" Lily said getting up and hugging him
"It wont be so great if your boyfriend kills me" Sirius said looking at James face, he had an expression that Christmas was canceled and now he wanted revenge Lily laughed as Sirius hurried off to bed
Lily talked with James for along time afterward
"Oh my it's all ready 11:30," Lily said surprised and hurried off to bed, after she hugged James goodnight
When she was gone, "You can come out now" He said looking into the fire
"How'd you know I was already hear?" Kathy said reappearing on a chair
"Your never late and what else have you got to do"
"More then you think, anyways how was Hogsmeade?"
"Great, she's my girlfriend now, so I don't need to do step four"
"Your write just skip it and do step five, remember timing."
"Why'd you stand up Sirius" James said seriously
"Don't worry about it, is he mad at me"
"I don't know" James lied
"You were never a good liar" Kathy stated before continuing
"Ok, well get some sleep,"
"That's it you wanted to meet me to tell me to do step five"
"And to see how mad Sirius was at me other then that pretty much yeah"
"Wait, how did you know Lily was going to be on the grounds this morning"
"How am I going to keep her now that she's my girlfriend" He added
"How did you know I was going to screw up before Charms that one day"
"How'd you know she was going mad when I didn't talk to her that much"
"You knew this was going to happen didn't you"
"Goodnight James" Kathy said vanishing at the top of the staircase