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Slowly the Marauders got ready and made their way to breakfast. James took the lead as usual and the sat unsurprisingly close to Lily and her friends. "Morning girls." James brightly said, the most awake he'd been all morning. "Morning." all but Lily replied.
"So what are you guys up to today?" Taylor asked. Taylor was perfect for Sirius. James saw it. She had every single quality Sirius liked in a girl. Well, she would if Sirius ever decided to start being picky, James thought. "You girls up for a little fun?" Sirius answered. "What did you have in mind?" Blair, the self proclaimed bad girl of the bunch answered. "Wouldn't you like to know." Sirius responded coyly. "Just meet us in the common room in half an hour." James took over the conversation. And with that all four boys left, leaving the girls to wonder what kind of trouble they were about to get in.
The Marauders returned to their dormitory to get ready to go. While Peter, Sirius, and Remus fixed their hair, James just made his even more untidy. They gave him a look and he stopped. "Where are we gonna go?" Peter asked stupidly. "Duh. Hogsmeade." Sirius answered nonchalantly.
Meanwhile the girls were busy doing themselves up. "I don't see what all the fuss is. You guys are just going with the guys." Lily said cynically. "What do you mean us? You're going to." Blair answered while fixing her make up. "Not if Potter's going to be there." "Lily, you can't not do something just because he's there. You can at least try to be civil. Besides what are you going to do? Sit here alone?" Cad piped in as if she had rehearsed every word. "I guess you're right." Lily gave in.
They decided to go in pairs to the passageway they would use to leave. James was a bit upset when Lily clamped on to Remus' arm before he got a chance to pair up with her. Undoubtedly that had been her plan. Instead he was paired up with Cad. Sirius was with Taylor, Peter with Blair. When they all were in the passageway they started the long decent into Hogsmeade. Both Lily and James were uncharacteristically quiet.
When they finally arrived, Sirius announced that he and Taylor would be going their separate ways. Peter, never very quick on the uptake, decided to tag along. Lily became their fourth as Sirius rolled his eyes. He was obviously hoping to be alone with Taylor. "Well, I guess that just leaves us." James said laughing. "Where to?"
"Oh, I don't know. We could just you know, walk around a bit." Blair answered suggestively. "Sounds good to me." Everyone nodded their heads in agreement. They walked past all the stores and finally stopped when they reached the infamous Shrieking Shack. Remus shot James a look of worry when he realized where they were stopping.
Blair moved closer to James pretending to be scared. Never one to back away from a piece of tail James played along. "You know they say it's the most haunted house in Britain." he said with one of his smiles. The look on Remus' face was enough to make him burst out laughing, but since he was playing mister cool, he was forced to hold it in. "You know I don't think it's scary at all." Cad said out of nowhere. "I mean they're just ghosts, I think it's more intriguing." She shot Remus a smile. Instead of making him more relaxed, it had the opposite effect. Did she know? Had James told her?
"Wow. We better get going if we're going to meet the others at the Three Broomsticks." James said almost as if on cue. "Yeah. Let's go." Remus replied eager to get away from the house. The four others had already gotten a table by the time they arrived. Taylor was sitting closer than normal to Sirius and he had a look of triumph on his face. Peter looked the same as usual, and James couldn't help but laugh at the annoyed look on Lily's face. "Have fun?" James asked Sirius rhetorically. This time James got it right, positioning himself directly across from Lily. "Hey Evans." He said sincerely. Remembering her promise to be civil she welcomed him with a nod.
"So how do you think you did on your exams?" James said trying to get Lily to talk. This was one of the few times Lily had ever actually gotten to have a conversation with James that didn't start with a lame pick up line. She decided to take advantage of the opportunity and have a real talk with him. "Pretty good, probably. Transfiguration was a little difficult but not bad. How about you?" "Same I guess." James answered earnestly. "In a way I'm kind of glad it's summer." This one comment really got Lily to open up. "Well, you would be. You don't have to go home to muggles." James could see he had hit a sore spot and was unexpectedly at lost of words. "Er-" but she cut him off. "I mean, my sister makes my life miserable, I seriously think she hates me. Do you have any siblings?" Taken aback by her sudden openness, It took him a moment to answer. "Um, well, no, but good old Moony and Padfoot are practically brothers." She smiled "You're lucky, trust me. I wish I was an only child." They spent the rest of the afternoon talking. Lily was happy to be able to talk to him. James was just happy that she was talking to him.
Finally realizing the time, James decided it was time to head back. Lily started talking to Cad leaving James with Blair. He talked with her for the rest of the trip and somehow ended up paired up with her to exit the passageway. James couldn't help but notice that even Lily looked a bit upset as she started off with Remus. James and Blair were the last two to leave. As they were leaving James noticed a small earring on the ground. As he went to pick it up Blair made a move toward him. Startled James froze. "You know I've always liked you." Blair said seductively. Before James could respond Blair kissed him. But a sudden movement distracted them. "Don't mind me Potter. Dropped my earring." a obviously angry Lily said. She turn and ran out before James could answer. "Aw. Shit!" James cursed before running off after her, but it was too late. She was gone.
A/N- hey- I really hope to continue this story. If I get enough review I will. If I continue there will definitely be development with everything Lupin has been thinking! Please Review!