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~Disclaimer~ ::sighs:: you know the drill.  And 'nuddy-pants' doesn't belong to me either unless it's not copyrighted in which case, disregard all this.  It belongs to Louise Rennison who wrote the Georgia Nicholson series (which are très bien!)

Chapter 8

"...and then I tried to tell you what happened right away but you went into Zuleika's class and wouldn't let me tell you." explained James, wrapping up his story.

Lily blinked.

"Well?" asked James anxiously. "Do you believe me?"

Lily looked at the floor. "Well..." she started. "I'm not entirely sure.  You've never lied to me before, I don't think..." she trailed off, looking at him.

"I haven't, Lily. I swear it on my ancestors' graves."

Lily was slightly taken aback by the intensity in James' deep brown eyes. "I-I believe you." she stuttered.

Instantly, James' handsome face broke into a huge grin. "You do? Oh man, Lily, that's so great!  You don't know how tortured I've been, wondering if you'd ever believe me.  I-"

"Shh." Lily said, putting a finger to his lips. "I know. Let's get breakfast."

James grinned again and nodded, taking Lily's hand in his. To his utter delight, she left her hand there, intertwining her fingers with his.

*

Back in the common room, Jordan sat up with a start. "Where's James?"

Kiara made a snarfling noise in response.

"Kiara, wake up!"

"G'way."

"Kiara!"

"Mmmph." Kiara buried her face in the back of the chair.

Jordan rolled her eyes and pulled at Kiara, who fell out of the chair. "I'm up!!" she cried, looking around wildly.

"I don't suppose you'd know or anything, considering you seemed pretty dead to the world just now, but where's James?"

"Uh..."

"Go upstairs and see if Lily's still in the dormitory. I'll go up to the guys' wing and see if James is there."

Kiara grinned. "How about you go up and see if Lily's there. I'll go up to the guys' dormitory."

Jordan looked at Kiara with a skeptical sort of look on her face. "There wouldn't happen to be a certain reason you want to go up to the guys' rooms would there?"

Kiara smiled sweetly. "No. I'd just rather not risk having my dear friend get in trouble!"

Jordan gave a cough, which sounded suspiciously like "Sirius."

Kiara rolled her eyes and gave Jordan a shove towards the girls' staircase, then headed towards the guys' dormitories.  She tiptoed up the stairs and down the hallway, peering in each room til she recognized Sirius' shaggy head.  She crept into the room and stood over his bed.  He looked so peaceful, sleeping there.  What a pity that he had to be woken. She inhaled and yelled, "WAKE UP!"

Sirius leapt practically a foot into the air and then fell out of the bed while Remus sat straight up and Peter shrieked. Sirius pulled himself up from where he had fallen.  As he stood up, he noticed Kiara for the first time. "You!" he said.

"Clothes!" she cried, throwing his blanket at him.  Sirius looked down and blushed vividly, grabbing for the blanket.

Peter laughed. "Look, Moony, she made Padfoot blush!"

Sirius shot Peter a dirty look as he wrapped the sheet around his waist.  "Yeah and she made you shriek like a girl. How did you reach that note?  I know sopranos who have trouble getting that high."

Remus rolled his eyes.  "What are you doing in here, Ki—" he broke off quickly as Kiara shot him a look.

"You know her name?!" exclaimed Sirius.  "I'm offended. You tell Moony, here, but you don't tell me, the one who wants to know."

"Actually," said Kiara. "I think that was Jordan who told him. It wasn't me."

"Going back to my question..." hinted Remus.

"Oh, yeah. I'm looking for James."

"James?!" Sirius said, thunderstruck. "WHY?"

"Because he asked mine and Jordan's help to get Lily back and we were up all night planning, but apparently we fell asleep and when we woke up, he was gone. Jordan's gone to check the girls' dormitories for Lily.

"And she's not there." Jordan announced, entering the room. "Hey, guys.  Sirius, where are your clothes or do you wear half togas to bed?"

"She's not there?" Kiara asked, cutting off Sirius before he could respond.

"Sirius doesn't wear togas to bed, or half-togas for that matter." said Remus.

"He sleeps in the nuddy-pants!" exclaimed Peter excitedly, receiving four looks.  Sirius glared at him, while Remus, Jordan, and Kiara all looked at him with varying degrees of "what-the-hell-is-he-talking-about?"

Noticing the looks he was getting, Peter blushed a pinkish-gray. "I, erm, heard my sister say it once."

Kiara gave him a "suure-you-did" nod and turned back to Sirius. "Are you guys sure you don't know where he is?"

"Yeah, look, his bed hasn't been slept in." said Remus, pointing.

Like little robots, all their heads simultaneously turned towards James' bed.  "You're right." stated Kiara.

"Okay so if James' not here and Lily's not here and we don't know where they are, chances are they're together." said Jordan. "And, Sirus, while you do have a very nice body, I must ask you to kindly put some clothes on or that sheet'll slip and we'll all be scarred for life!"

Sirius grinned. "Oh come on, Jordan, you know you want this sheet to slip." he said, pulling it down a tiny bit at the sides.

Jordan shot him a look. "I suppose it doesn't matter if it does slip or not. It's not like there'd be anything to see."

Sirius mock-gasped. "Jordan! That was low!"

"Below the belt, even." said Kiara, attempting to stifle her giggles.  Remus and Peter were making no such niceties, but were rolling around on the floor, laughing hysterically.  Eventually, even poor Sirius started laughing as hard as everyone else.

They were still laughing fifteen minutes later, when James and Lily came into the room, still holding hands.  They stood in the doorway for several seconds with confused expressions on their faces until they were noticed.  It was like someone had paused the scene in the Marauders' dormitory as everyone who was laughing froze.

"Um, hi?" ventured Lily.

"What's going on here?" asked James.

"Erm, we were looking for you two." Jordan said.

"Oh yeah, you were looking realllly hard!" exclaimed Lily sarcastically, but she was smiling.

"Why were you guys laughing so hard?" questioned James.

"Oh," started Kiara, but she dissolved into giggles at the thought of it, setting off the others again.  James and Lily exchanged glances and snuck back out of the room.

*Alright so I think it got a little cheesy up in the beginning what with James' apology and whatnot. It could've been worse but I came to my senses.  Anyway there arent that many cliffhangers in this one! Just the usual....will Sirius EVER find out Kiara's name?  And there's {possibly} another...are James and Lily together for good or will the JPFC {James Potter Fan Club for those of you who forgot} strike again? Bwehehe.  Review!! Review!!*