The Flower's Story chp27
"Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself."
-John MacNaughton

Ahh the summer! A time of love, happiness, craziness, and in James Potter's case, just downright insanity! Everything that could go wrong had gone wrong in the past week since he had arrived, home from Hogwarts! Remus had been complaining about getting a job, and if anyone would hire him, and if Cossette was really going to visit. Lily was in a total uproar with Remus. She kept telling him that no one will find out about his little problem being a werewolf and if anyone did find out she'd give them a nice talking to!

"That'll scare the masses away!" James had said sarcastically

Also since Remus was fretting over Cossette, Lily was fretting over the state of the house, if Cossette just decides to pop up out of nowhere without any notice. So all week long there had been screaming, cleaning, and insanity.

But one afternoon when everyone was sitting in the living room in front of the fireplace that was not lit, a couple of owls flew in. One was a Hogwarts owl with several letters. And the other was an extremely odd looking owl with a curly mustache and chapeau.

"Well these are from Hogwarts with our school lists and things, no doubt about that!" James sad while bringing the owls some water and pellets to munch on.

But Remus had already rushed to the odd looking owl and took the letter gently from it. He tore it open, and a great big smile appeared on his face.

"This one's from Pierre and Cossette."

"Like we couldn't see that coming" muttered Lily as she tore open her letter

"She'll be coming to stay in two weeks... for two weeks." He continued excitedly "One week here and the other with Tasha! Pierre says 'he hopes we're all well and that he wishes to see us back in France soon!'" Remus seemed quite excited about this whole idea.

"Well at least the house is...clean..." Lily was scanning her Hogwarts letterwhen suddenly her jaw dropped. She looked over at James and Remus with a look of pure terror and happiness.

"What? What's wrong?" Remus had forgotten his letters at the peculiar look on Lily face.

"I'm-I'm-"

"Head boy!" James started to jump up and down on the loveseat. He seemed ecstatic.

"No you dolt! Head Girl, I'm Head Girl!" Lily said in a quivering voice.

"But you can't be Head Girl because I'm head Boy!" James said in an astonished voice

"Whoa! That's wicked! Your both head Boy and Girl! I've got to write back Cossette! Oh yeah and it says that Dumbledore wants us for some kind of meeting at Hogwarts during the middle of the summer." And with that Remus bounded up the stairs laughing to himself.

Lily and James sat back down next to each other and smiled guiltily.

"Did you know?" lily asked while she leaned her head on his chest

"No, you?" James replied while stroking her hair and smiling.

" No. James I've been wanting to tell you something for the longest of times!" she said abruptly sitting up and looking at him Seriously

"What is it?" James said sitting up with her and giving her a concerned face

"I-" Lily took a deep breath to steady herself "I've been meaning to tell you that I-"

"LILY!" She was cut off by Molly, storming into the living room with the biggest grin on her face. Lily was extremely put off, but she smiled apologetically to James and jumped up with Molly and tried to calm her down.

"Hey Molly how is your holiday going?" Lily asked smiling

"Oh who cares about holidays now when I have Arthur Weasley to be with me for the rest of my life?"

"Oh so it's that- Wait a moment, the rest of your life?" James asked getting up excitedly

Molly nodded with enthusiasm. She lifted up her right hand and showed them a simple silver band surrounding her ring finger.
"As soon as we end our 7th year I will be officially Molly Weasley!"

The eruption of screaming girls in that room was amazing. Lily was screaming and jumping up and down on the couch and love seat, and well, anything she could jump on. James was trying to keep Lily from Killing herself while congratulating Molly. But finally James did the only thing that seemed sensible at the time. He knocked her from under her feet and caught her with his fast Seeker reflexes and then put her on the love seat and sat on her so she couldn't get up.

"As I was saying Molly, Congratulations to both you and Arthur. I knew he was acting strange on the train ride home."

"James Potter get your arse off me! I swear it, I just want to give Molly a hug!" she was kicking and screaming but James was not budging.

"That's OK Lil, I have to go back anyway. Arthur's waiting for me!" she smiled at the two of them and rolled her eyes as she closed the door behind her.

Lily relaxed as Molly left and James got off of her and lifted her up so that they could be in their original position. With her lying on his chest and him with his arms around her.

Lily sighed as she moved herself around to accommodate their sitting position.

"You think they're too young?" She asked him in concern

"He can take care of her. Sure they might not have a lot of money, or they might have a lot of money! You never know with Arthur. But I know that they'll be happy.

Lily nodded to herself for reassurance. But she was thinking 'Will James and I ever be that Happy?' she didn't know, that James was on the same track of mind as she was.

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Sooner than hoped for, Tasha and Sirius were either bouncing in from the fireplace or the upstairs windows. Tasha was always bugging Sirius to ride his motorbike. So finally they flew in a couple times. Luckily it was only James in the house one time they visited, because if Lily saw them on that 'awful thing' as she usually put it, she'd have a fit! Lily had gone grocery shopping, and Remus was off in Diagon Alley searching for a job.

"Hullo Jamesy-poo! How is my wittle puppy?" Sirius asked bounding down the long staircase and flopping onto the Love seat next James. After looking for Lily and realizing she wasn't there Tasha went straight to the kitchen.

"There's nothing there Tash!" James yelled, but to late, the boys all ready heard the scream of terror after the opening of the refrigerator.

"How could you have no food James Potter!" she came stomping in from the kitchen and right in front of him. But he just looked at her like she was being ridiculous (as always).

"Really! My mother always has food in the icebox, even after Sirius practically eats it all! She goes right out buys some more! And did you get this?" She had whipped a piece of crumpled up paper from inside her pocket and showed it to him. It was the notice about the meeting for the younger alliance thing that Dumbledore was getting people together for. James took a look at it and nodded to both Sirius and Tasha.

"Yes Lily and I both got one within the first week of the holiday! And don't worry Tash, Lily is out buying food right now!" James turned to Sirius who was grinning at her like a dog. "You've had way to much of an influence on that poor girl!" he laughed

In about an hour, Lily who looked quite ruffled swung the door open.
"Some help would be nice please!" Lily exclaimed when they saw her bring some groceries in with her. James hopped up with Sirius and brought the rest in. They all moved into the kitchen so they could talk to Lily who putting away all the groceries.

"Hullo Lilykins!" Sirius said happily while sitting at the counter.

"Oh no! You can call James one of those silly little nicknames, but not me! I'm very frustrated and agitated and I'm Head Girl with him as Head Boy! So please you two, don't mess with me today!" And with that she slumped onto one of the stools and put her head in her hands!

James looked at Lily and put his arm around in comfort. She looked up and smiled at him in gratitude.

"Your Head Boy and Girl?" They soon noticed that Sirius and Tasha were looking at them in shock. Lily and James both took out the badges that now replaced their Prefect ones and showed it to the non-believers.

"Yes we are unfortunately! And I want to murder Dumbledore for doing that!" Lily threw her hands in the air and went back to putting away all the groceries.

"But Jamesy-poo! I thought you promised me that we would never become Head Boy! For it is an evil disposition!" Sirius had bounded over the counter and kneeled down and James feet. But James just picked him up and sat him back down again.

"It's not my fault I'm a genius and your not!" James said blandly

"That was not nice! Bad Head Boy James! Bad!" Tasha said hitting him playfully.
Lily laughed as she watched form behind the refrigerator door. James gave her a puppy-dog face and sat back down.

"Hey did you two hear about Molly and Arthur?" Lily said as she magically lifted some bread into a cabinet that was just out of her reach. The Ministry was still giving them permission to do housework magically.

"No, what's up? All I know is that they're spending the holidays together." Tasha shrugged it off

"Well, her and Arthur, are engaged. And as soon as our 7th year ends, they're going to get hitched!" James replied with a grin at Lily

"What?!?!? That is the most romantic yet insensible thing I have ever heard. They are way to young!" Tasha yelled

"Hey don't scream at us!" Lily yelled back as she threw a potato at Tasha.

"But really! Arthur is only a year older than Molly he can't possibly support them." Sirius piped in

"Yes he could support them! I heard he got a job at the Ministry of Magic already!" Remus sighed as he walked into the kitchen. Lily and James had told him about the engagement before hand. "Unlike me! At least he has a job! I'll never get a job!"

"I don't understand Remus! Why can't you get a job? Your really bright!" Tasha asked confused

"Never mind it Tasha!" lily sighed as she gave Remus a hug. "Don't worry Remus, We'll take care of you!"

"Speaking of jobs I've got to get to work!" James went back into the living room and gathered all his papers up into his briefcase and changed into his wizard clothes. "Bye everyone, I'll see you later Lil!" James whispered to Lily as he kissed her neck. She watched him go into the fireplace and vanish in a heap of green smoke. She was suddenly not in the mood to entertain the rest of her friends.

"I'm going to the basement to do my laundry, I'll see you all later then!" She picked up the laundry basket and then retreated to the basement.

"Bye Lil! Poor dear, she's working way to hard lately!" tasha sighed as they watched her go down the stairs.

"Yeah, I think I'm going to take her out for a little while later! You know just to talk." Remus said more to himself than to Tasha or Sirius.

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"Come on Lil lets go!" Remus cried to Lily right after Sirius and Tasha left.

"Go where?" Lily cries up to Remus. She walked up the stairs and was bombarded by Remus. He had grabbed her hand and ran out the door and into the back yard. There was Sirius' motorbike ready for flying.

"On no Remus if you make me get on that awful thing I will never forgive you!" but it was too late. Remus had already pulled her onto the motorbike and he was revving up the engine.

"Hold on tight!" Remus yelled over the noise

"I hate you!" Lily yelled back as they soared up over the little town. Soon all she could see was a vast sea of pink and purple clouds as the sun was just starting to set. She squeezed Remus around the waist and kept telling herself to calm down, and just breath. Finally they landed, and Lily clamored off the huge motorbike with a great sigh of relief. She let her knees give way and she fell to the soft cool grass in content. Remus laughed as he hid the motorbike behind a pile of bushes close by, and sat down next to her.

"Why did you bloody do that to me?" Lily asked as she leaned against him

"Because you need some time off!" Remus replied as he put his arm around her with a squeeze. She smiled up at him and looked over the town that was in front of her. She gasped at the beautiful sight. But something caught her eye that wanted to make her break down and cry. She saw a house that wasn't like all the others. It wasn't neat and happy looking with smoke coming out of the chimney. It was her old house. And the damn muggles didn't even bother to knock down its ruins. The house looked exactly as it had when she left it those years ago.

"You call this time off?" Lily whispered to Remus as she stared down on the house

"Lil, I know you miss your parents! I miss mine just as much, but you can't go on like this each summer holiday. You always come home, clean, and not have any fun! You mope around that huge house like it's some kind of punishment to be living with your boyfriend and, if I may say so, your best friend!"

She looked into his big brown eyes and gave him a grim smile. He really cared for her like a big brother, and she was so happy that he had done this for her. Yet she was so sad to come back to those morbid memories.

"Thank you Remus!" Lily turned to him and saw that he had a devilish grin on his face. It was very unusual to Lily to see him grin like that so she got a little scared. "What is it?"

"You know who we haven't seen in quite a long time?" Remus whispered

"Who?" Lily was intrigued

"Your dear sister and brother-in-law! They live just in the next town you know!" Lily laughed with excitement. Remus got up and brought the motorbike, and was surprised to see Lily actually wanting to get on it! Soon they were flying over the next town where each house was so plain and so alike Lily just knew that this had to be some kind of dream house for Petunia. Soon Remus had found the house they were rumored to be living in and they were at their front stoop in no time. Lily jumped off the motorbike and rang the doorbell enthusiastically. Remus heard a sort of grumbling from the inside and the door swung open with a look of annoyance on his face. But when he saw them standing there with huge grins on their faces his expression turned to pure anger.

"What do you want?" he grumbled at Lily who was still smiling

"Oh nothing really I'm just coming to see my darling sister Petunia" Lily replied sarcastically

"Who is it Vernon?" she heard Petunia call from inside the house. Lily pushed pass Vernon with great effort tugging Remus behind her. Petunia almost dropped the china pate that she was washing when she saw Lily and Remus standing there in front of her.

"What do you want? What are you doing? Go away!" Petunia had gone through their visit extremely fast and was pushing them out back into the hallway and past a little cupboard under the stairs. Lily caught a glance of it and felt an awful surge of anger. She wanted to go and burn the cupboard for some reason she didn't know why. So she and Remus left quietly with a nice big smile and a few crazy words to scare them off. Remus was laughing and talking about their faces the whole ride back to the house. Lily was laughing with him but she couldn't help thinking of that awful surge of anger she felt towards a stupid little cupboard.

When they got home, James hadn't come back yet and since Cossette wasn't due until next week they gave each other a hug and went to bed.

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That night, a rumbling coming from outside her window waked Lily. She got up and looked outside to see a big thunderstorm going on. And two people standing below her window. She smiled as Sirius and James waved up to her, they had their brooms so they flew up and she opened the window so they could fly in from the rain.

"What are you two nutters doing at two in the morning?" Lily asked as she climbed back into her nice warm bed

"We're practicing Quiditch! We want Gryffindor to out with a bang this year, so I'm teaching James how to do a few fancy tricks on his broomstick while catching the snitch!" Sirius exclaimed happily

"Hopefully he doesn't kill me in the process!" James rolled his eyes as he and Sirius swooped out of the room back into the rain to practice. Lily left her window open in case they needed it to get back inside!

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Soon as the week had started it ended, and cossette was expected at their house any moment. She was going to spend the first week at their house and the second and Tasha's to see her aunt and uncle. Remus was going crazy.

"Lily! Lily she'll be here any minute and your just getting out of the shower?" Remus was screaming at Lily was dripping wet and covered in only a towel.

"I think Lil should stay just like that! Well...maybe without the towel!" James grinned at her trying to take the towel off. But with a wave of Lilies wand she was dry and dressed in some very comfortable clothes.

"Hey! I was quite admiring you all dripping and naked!" James said disappointedly as they followed an eccentric Remus down the stairs. Lily just rolled her eyes at him and giggled.

In about a few minutes the fireplace was grumbling with what seemed like a large mound of luggage. Each piece was shooting out of the fireplace in rapid speed. Soon there were 3 suitcases and 2 trunks piled in their living room, and one girl sitting on top of them counting them.

"Yez! Zey are all ere! Alo everyone!" Cossette exclaimed happily, just as Tasha ran in from the front door with Sirius puffing behind her.

"Hello Cossette! It's nice to see you again!" Tasha said taking in deep breaths. After Cossette was settled into her room they all went down to the living room to have a cup of tea. Just as they were discussing how Pierre was the fireplace turned green and out popped Peter, who fell sprawling on the floor. Lily got up and helped him to his wobbly feet.

"Lil, James, Remus! Dumbledore wants to- to talk to-" but he stopped as soon as he saw everyone else staring at him. He saw Cossette and bowed low to her in hello.

"Oh um, Peter Cossette, Cossette this is our friend Peter!" James said getting up to introduce him and to lead him to a seat. It was such an awful hour by the time that everyone had finished their cup of tea and Peter finally left saying dumbledore will send them an owl tomorrow morning about a certain something, that Lily was practically about to fall asleep on the couch. So while Remus and Cossette went to bed, and Sirius and Tasha decided to steal Lily's room and sleep over James and Lily just sat with each other in silence.

'All right Lil this is a perfect time to tell him!' she thought to herself while sitting up and looking at him.

"What is it?" James asked her calmly, but inside his head there was a monstrous storm of questioning and doubting going on.

'Just tell her, it'll be all right. I'm sure she feels the same way. But what if she doesn't feel the same way? What's the matter with you lately James your such a lump of nothing!'

"I've just been meaning to tell you, you know with everything being so hectic lately-"

"Yes, the house has been crazy with Cossette coming and Remus trying to find a job and you being a pain!" James joked

"Well if that's the way you feel then you can kiss what I was going to say goodbye!" Lily joked but she found that she just didn't have the courage for it. So she turned around and walked upstairs only to find that two very lumpy sleepers were occupying her bed. So she hopped into James room and saw him sitting there with his head in his hands as if he just lost a Quiditch match or something.

"Oh come now Jamesy-poo! I'll tell you some other time!" She said as she got under the covers in his bed.

"Hey what are you doing?" James laughed as she used a very Sirius expression

"Well...We're both mature now right?"

"Right!" James was grinning as he climbed in the bed with her

"And we can both handle sleeping in the same bed right?" Lily had started to kiss him after every word gently in different places.

"Right" Was he enjoying this!

"Well...I don't see why not sleep in the same bed since sirius and Tasha are in MINE!" She yelled from his embrace across the hall.

"Lil I don't think they heard you!" James said devilishly

"Well then I hope we won't have to hear them!" Lily smiled as they pulled the covers over each other's heads and had an extremely eventful night!

*-*-*-*

Lily thanked whoever was smiling down on her that the week was over, Cossette was at Tasha's house, and Hogwarts would be coming up in about two weeks. They found that Dumbledore decided not to include them in the youth thing until next summer. He felt that they were still to young to do anything that might help. This annoyed Sirius quite a bit.

"He just thinks we're to naïve or young or something." Sirius said as they all walked down Diagon Alley together. They needed their school supplies, and James had grown a bit again so he needed knew school robes.

After everyone had gotten their full of school supplies, books, quills, new cauldrons and joke shop tricks (in Remus', James, Sirius, and Peter's case)
They all sat down in the Leaky Cauldron for some nice hot drinks and food.

"So how hard do you think our N.E.W.T.s will be?" Tasha asked spraying a few people with food.

"You still don't know how to chew food do you?" Remus asked laughing "And I think they're going to be horrifying!"

"Please they shouldn't be that bad!" James exclaimed

"James! Mr Head Boy! If you haven't noticed the bloody name of the tests are called: N.E.W.T.s Nearly Exhausting Wizarding Test!"
Tasha said with a look of horror on her face while spraying more food all over him.

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Lily was so happy to be on the train again. It showed too! She was jumping all over the place and saying hello to everyone in all the compartments. She truly scared a couple of 1st year girls when she opened their compartment door and screamed hello to them and leaving to go on to the next door. Fortunately James was able to apologize to the first years and Lift Lily up so he could put her in their compartment and sit on her once again.

"You know James this whole sitting on me thing is getting old!" Lily said as her legs started to fall asleep from the weight of James' butt!

"Uh-Huh"

"Hullo Jamesy-poo"

James smiled to himself and got up to greet Sirius with a witty comment, but instead he was met by a Snearing grin and greasy hair.

"What do you want Severus?" James said with a sigh as he went to sit by the window.

"Oh nothing really...I just wanted to see if the rumors were true!" he bent over Lily who was to busy massaging her legs to notice him. So he snatched the head girl badge off her robes.

"Hey wait a moment-" Lily saw it was Severus and grimaced "Oh...I thought I smelled something slimy"

"Sevy-poo I suggest you give that back or else the cavalry and I are going to get very horsey"

Severus turned sharply around to see Sirius and the rest of the gang standing in the doorway with their wands at the ready. Severus turned back to Lily and threw the badge back at her, as if it was a disgusting virus. He leaned in close to her ear and whispered.

"So the rumors are true, Hogwarts has been sucked up of all dignity. Giving this position of dignity...to a mudblood!" he moved away from her and started walking towards the door.

Lily couldn't move. The hatred forming inside her body was so powerful that it wouldn't let her move or even punch him. But before he left he swiftly turned around and looked at all of them with hatred. His gaze soon after came back to Lily and he spoke aloud but softly.

"He missed you once...but next time I wouldn't be to hopeful. You all disgust me!" he made a strange look at Peter then glided out of the room. Tasha slammed the door behind him.

"Who does that prat think he is? 'you all disgust me nah nah nah'. What a creep"

James slid his seat towards Lily. She slowly turned her head towards him and smiled vaguely. The Confrontation was soon forgotten. Lily was quickly laughing at a jokes Sirius and Remus were cracking at each other. It was actually a very nice last train ride to hogwarts!

Soon they were all sitting in the Great Hall laughing about something or other, when Dumbledore got up to begin his start of term speech.
"Welcome back and to Hogwarts my dear students! I would like to make a few start of term notices to first years. No one may enter the Forbidden Forest for it is off bounds. And our caretaker Mr. Filch would like to add bingo bangers and crack popple and snap yo-yo's to his list of toys forbidden in the school at this time! Our new Head Boy and girl are Lily Evans and James Potter, both of Gryffindor House and I only have three more words to announce!"

"Please let it have something to do with food!" Sirius was whispering to himself and Remus snorted at him

"Time to eat!" Dumbledore exclaimed happily and sat back down as the food appeared on the beautiful golden plates.

Sirius whooped happily as his wish came true and they all dug into their delicious chicken, and roast turkey, and spotted dick, and rice pudding and much much more.

As they climbed the many stairs with full bellies that they gave a sigh of content as they said good night in the beautiful Common Room of Gryffindor. Lily was so excited to be back for her Final year that she couldn't bare to think of leaving the place! But as soon as her head touched the pillow she could think of nothing but a certain cupboard that had been bothering her all summer!

AN: Ok ok ok! I know those people out there who were getting along fine without the idea of Lily James in bed together but really! Your boyfriend and Girlfriend for how long? You live in the same house; someone else is doing 'it' in your bed, and why not have some fun right? I mean they had to get horny sometime! R&R please and no flames or I'll hunt you down with a pitchfork!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything!