Chapter 9: Surprise!!
(A/N I haven't written any A/N's lately so...HERE YA GO!)
"SURPRISE!" Lily blinked and looked around. Sirius, Ruby, Peter, and all the other Gryffindors were standing around, smiling at them. A large banner hung in the middle of the room that read: LILY AND JAMES REUNITE! Lily couldn't help but laugh.
"Congrats!" Sirius roared, slapping James on the back and knocking his glasses off.
"How did you know?" Lily asked, still laughing.
"It wasn't *that* hard to figure out. James was grinning like an idiot and you were a mental case...not that there's a difference between that and your normal state--" Lily raised her wand threatingly, but grinning. Sirius led them over to a large table with a large assortment of foods; cakes, crisps, punch, and butterbeer were among them. (A/N crisps mean chips in England)
"Lily! Lily!" Ruby called over the noise, making her way to the food table.
"Yeah?" said Lily, brushing hair out of her face.
"Have you seen Remus?" Ruby asked. Lily looked out the window to find a bright, full moon shining into the common room.
"Erm...no, I haven't," Lily replied.
"Why were you looking out the window just now?"
"Oh, erm...because I thought I saw...Tawny! I thought I saw Tawny coming to the window."
"Okay," Ruby said skepticaly and walked away. Lily took a deep breath, secretly wishing she'd told Ruby. She shook her head. **It's not my problem, it's Remus's and Ruby's.** she told herself. With that thought firmly in her head, she went to find James.
"There you are," she said, grabbing his arm.
"This is really something, isn't it?" he said, smiling.
"Yeah, I didn't know our getting back together would be this...this...big!"
"I know." He kissed her quickly as Sirius came running up to them.
"What's up?" James asked.
"We all want you two to dance!" Sirius replied.
"I don't dance," Lily said.
"Yes you do!"
"No, I don't! Well...I'm really tired, so I'm off to bed," Lily said, walking off.
"NO! Dance! With James! C'mon, just one?" Sirius yelled, grabbing her arm.
"Okay, just stop badgering me!" Sirius, amazingly, conjured a large boombox with his wand.
"These things Muggles use...their amazing! You put in a little disk and they play music! Erm...Lily? You wouldn't happen to know how to work it, would you?" Sirius said, fiddling with the buttons.
"Here," Lily said, stooping down beside him. "Give me the disk." She pressed the OPEN button and placed the disk in the CD holder. "Now press the button that says PLAY." Sirius pressed it, and a slow song emitted from the speakers.
"Wow!" he said. He turned the volume knob up so the whole common room could hear it. Several students cleared a path in the middle of the room so Lily and Jame could dance. Lily linked her arm with James's as they walked to the center.
Lily put her arms around James's neck as he slid his arms around her waist. She grinned at him and rested her head against his chest, listening to the thumping of his heart.
"I really did miss you, Lily," James whispered in her ear, sending cold chills down her spine.
"I missed you more," Lily whispered back, still smiling. She could feel the eyes of all the people in the common room upon her and James.
"No, I missed you more," James whispered, laughing.
"Okay, you win," Lily said. He kissed her again. Lily realized they had completly stopped dancing, as they were still kissing. She heard Sirius start a chant of, "kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss," and she heard Ruby say, "how do they breath?"
Lily's head was spinning and her lungs ached but still she kissed him with all her might. Finally, after what seemed like hours, Lily broke away, breathing heavily. Cheers filled the room.
"That's a new record James, two minutes and thirteen seconds!" Sirius said, examining a stop-watch.
"A new record?" Lily panted.
"He's joking, the prat," James replied, also panting a bit.
"Phew, now really, I'm off to bed," Lily said, standing up, but she fell back onto the floor from dizziness.
"You okay, Lil?" Ruby said, helping her up.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine!" she said. Ruby laughed.
"Okay...well I'll meet you in the dormitories later...night," Ruby said.
"Okay." And with a final good-night kiss with James, she made her way to the dormitories.
* * * * * *
Not Harry, not Harry, please not Harry!" screamed a voice.
"Stand aside you silly girl...stand aside..."
"Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead!"
"Not Harry! Please...have mercy...have mercy..." A shrill laughter followed the last statement, and the woman screaming. Lily sat bolt up-right, panting. Her eyes darted around the dark room. **Where am I?** she thought. **I've had that dream before...what does it all mean?** She wiped sweat off her forehead as she rolled out of bed to get some water.
Lily walked out of the dormitory and into the common room to think. As she sat down on the floor in front of the fireplace, someone smoothed her hair. She jumped, balling her fists for protection, though she didn't use them.
"God James, don't scare me like that!" Lily breathed. James put his hands around her fits and lowered them. She forced a laugh. "Oh, I--I just thought--"
"Shhhh," James whispered. Lily looked around.
"What?"
"D'you hear that?"
"Hear--hear what?"
"Exactly." Lily sent James a puzzled look.
"You are *very*, very complicating, James Potter," Lily said softly, smiling.
"Not as complicating as you," he replied.
"No, you're more complicating."
"No, you are."
"You are!"
"*No*, you are."
"Am not!" Lily said stubbornly.
"You win," whispered James as Lily settled her head on James's chest.
"Don't I always?" she whispered back, looking up at him. He grinned as his lips brushed hers.
** ** ** ** ** **
"Sirius, hurry, someone's sent for McGonagall!"
"Dammit! Well...we're going to have to do this...fast..."
"Okay, here, I'll do it." Someone rapped Lily hard on the head. She felt something cold trickle down her head, her spine arching as it reached her back. Her eyes flew open.
"What--what's going--" Lily began sleepily.
"Shut up! McGonagall's coming--" said Ruby's voice. Lily's eyebrows contracted. What was she talking about?
"Black, Moonshine--I know *you* know where Potter and Evans are," said the curt voice of Professor McGonagall. Lily stiffened against the soft rising and falling of James's chest.
"N-no, haven't seen them all m-morning!" said Ruby nervously.
"I'm finding that hard to believe," said McGonagall exasperatley.
"Honestly Professor--last we saw them, they were down by the courtyard, best go and check there," said Sirius's confident voice.
"Black, a student *came* to me and *told* me what they saw Evans and P--"
"Well they're lying," said Ruby quickly, yet coldly.
"You really think so, Miss Moonshine? You *really* think an eyewittness would *lie* about something this serious?"
"Yes," said Ruby. "Go ask Severus Snape...Slytherin." Professor McGonagall raised an eyebrow.
"I shall," she said, and briskly walked out of the common room.
"What was *that* all about?" Lily asked, getting to her feet.
"Lily," said Ruby impatiently. "Are you that thick?"
"Honestly! You can't tell me old Jamesie didn't try and do anything last night--" began Sirius, a sheepish grin spreading across his face.
"What is wrong with you--with all guys? Is their main goal to get women in bed or--or to at least think about it? Gee Sirius, James *isn't* like that!" Lily lectured.
"Yeah--whatever--I just thought of something," Ruby said slowly. Lily felt something hot trickle down her back, knowing the charm had lifted.
"What's that, Ru?" Lily asked, pulling James up from the floor.
"We are going to be in *so* much trouble, if McGonagall thinks we're lying..."
"Are you thinking--" Sirius said, his grin more pronounced.
"Yes," Ruby said briskly. "Veriterasum."
(A/N I haven't written any A/N's lately so...HERE YA GO!)
"SURPRISE!" Lily blinked and looked around. Sirius, Ruby, Peter, and all the other Gryffindors were standing around, smiling at them. A large banner hung in the middle of the room that read: LILY AND JAMES REUNITE! Lily couldn't help but laugh.
"Congrats!" Sirius roared, slapping James on the back and knocking his glasses off.
"How did you know?" Lily asked, still laughing.
"It wasn't *that* hard to figure out. James was grinning like an idiot and you were a mental case...not that there's a difference between that and your normal state--" Lily raised her wand threatingly, but grinning. Sirius led them over to a large table with a large assortment of foods; cakes, crisps, punch, and butterbeer were among them. (A/N crisps mean chips in England)
"Lily! Lily!" Ruby called over the noise, making her way to the food table.
"Yeah?" said Lily, brushing hair out of her face.
"Have you seen Remus?" Ruby asked. Lily looked out the window to find a bright, full moon shining into the common room.
"Erm...no, I haven't," Lily replied.
"Why were you looking out the window just now?"
"Oh, erm...because I thought I saw...Tawny! I thought I saw Tawny coming to the window."
"Okay," Ruby said skepticaly and walked away. Lily took a deep breath, secretly wishing she'd told Ruby. She shook her head. **It's not my problem, it's Remus's and Ruby's.** she told herself. With that thought firmly in her head, she went to find James.
"There you are," she said, grabbing his arm.
"This is really something, isn't it?" he said, smiling.
"Yeah, I didn't know our getting back together would be this...this...big!"
"I know." He kissed her quickly as Sirius came running up to them.
"What's up?" James asked.
"We all want you two to dance!" Sirius replied.
"I don't dance," Lily said.
"Yes you do!"
"No, I don't! Well...I'm really tired, so I'm off to bed," Lily said, walking off.
"NO! Dance! With James! C'mon, just one?" Sirius yelled, grabbing her arm.
"Okay, just stop badgering me!" Sirius, amazingly, conjured a large boombox with his wand.
"These things Muggles use...their amazing! You put in a little disk and they play music! Erm...Lily? You wouldn't happen to know how to work it, would you?" Sirius said, fiddling with the buttons.
"Here," Lily said, stooping down beside him. "Give me the disk." She pressed the OPEN button and placed the disk in the CD holder. "Now press the button that says PLAY." Sirius pressed it, and a slow song emitted from the speakers.
"Wow!" he said. He turned the volume knob up so the whole common room could hear it. Several students cleared a path in the middle of the room so Lily and Jame could dance. Lily linked her arm with James's as they walked to the center.
Lily put her arms around James's neck as he slid his arms around her waist. She grinned at him and rested her head against his chest, listening to the thumping of his heart.
"I really did miss you, Lily," James whispered in her ear, sending cold chills down her spine.
"I missed you more," Lily whispered back, still smiling. She could feel the eyes of all the people in the common room upon her and James.
"No, I missed you more," James whispered, laughing.
"Okay, you win," Lily said. He kissed her again. Lily realized they had completly stopped dancing, as they were still kissing. She heard Sirius start a chant of, "kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss," and she heard Ruby say, "how do they breath?"
Lily's head was spinning and her lungs ached but still she kissed him with all her might. Finally, after what seemed like hours, Lily broke away, breathing heavily. Cheers filled the room.
"That's a new record James, two minutes and thirteen seconds!" Sirius said, examining a stop-watch.
"A new record?" Lily panted.
"He's joking, the prat," James replied, also panting a bit.
"Phew, now really, I'm off to bed," Lily said, standing up, but she fell back onto the floor from dizziness.
"You okay, Lil?" Ruby said, helping her up.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine!" she said. Ruby laughed.
"Okay...well I'll meet you in the dormitories later...night," Ruby said.
"Okay." And with a final good-night kiss with James, she made her way to the dormitories.
* * * * * *
Not Harry, not Harry, please not Harry!" screamed a voice.
"Stand aside you silly girl...stand aside..."
"Not Harry, please no, take me, kill me instead!"
"Not Harry! Please...have mercy...have mercy..." A shrill laughter followed the last statement, and the woman screaming. Lily sat bolt up-right, panting. Her eyes darted around the dark room. **Where am I?** she thought. **I've had that dream before...what does it all mean?** She wiped sweat off her forehead as she rolled out of bed to get some water.
Lily walked out of the dormitory and into the common room to think. As she sat down on the floor in front of the fireplace, someone smoothed her hair. She jumped, balling her fists for protection, though she didn't use them.
"God James, don't scare me like that!" Lily breathed. James put his hands around her fits and lowered them. She forced a laugh. "Oh, I--I just thought--"
"Shhhh," James whispered. Lily looked around.
"What?"
"D'you hear that?"
"Hear--hear what?"
"Exactly." Lily sent James a puzzled look.
"You are *very*, very complicating, James Potter," Lily said softly, smiling.
"Not as complicating as you," he replied.
"No, you're more complicating."
"No, you are."
"You are!"
"*No*, you are."
"Am not!" Lily said stubbornly.
"You win," whispered James as Lily settled her head on James's chest.
"Don't I always?" she whispered back, looking up at him. He grinned as his lips brushed hers.
** ** ** ** ** **
"Sirius, hurry, someone's sent for McGonagall!"
"Dammit! Well...we're going to have to do this...fast..."
"Okay, here, I'll do it." Someone rapped Lily hard on the head. She felt something cold trickle down her head, her spine arching as it reached her back. Her eyes flew open.
"What--what's going--" Lily began sleepily.
"Shut up! McGonagall's coming--" said Ruby's voice. Lily's eyebrows contracted. What was she talking about?
"Black, Moonshine--I know *you* know where Potter and Evans are," said the curt voice of Professor McGonagall. Lily stiffened against the soft rising and falling of James's chest.
"N-no, haven't seen them all m-morning!" said Ruby nervously.
"I'm finding that hard to believe," said McGonagall exasperatley.
"Honestly Professor--last we saw them, they were down by the courtyard, best go and check there," said Sirius's confident voice.
"Black, a student *came* to me and *told* me what they saw Evans and P--"
"Well they're lying," said Ruby quickly, yet coldly.
"You really think so, Miss Moonshine? You *really* think an eyewittness would *lie* about something this serious?"
"Yes," said Ruby. "Go ask Severus Snape...Slytherin." Professor McGonagall raised an eyebrow.
"I shall," she said, and briskly walked out of the common room.
"What was *that* all about?" Lily asked, getting to her feet.
"Lily," said Ruby impatiently. "Are you that thick?"
"Honestly! You can't tell me old Jamesie didn't try and do anything last night--" began Sirius, a sheepish grin spreading across his face.
"What is wrong with you--with all guys? Is their main goal to get women in bed or--or to at least think about it? Gee Sirius, James *isn't* like that!" Lily lectured.
"Yeah--whatever--I just thought of something," Ruby said slowly. Lily felt something hot trickle down her back, knowing the charm had lifted.
"What's that, Ru?" Lily asked, pulling James up from the floor.
"We are going to be in *so* much trouble, if McGonagall thinks we're lying..."
"Are you thinking--" Sirius said, his grin more pronounced.
"Yes," Ruby said briskly. "Veriterasum."