Hey people! It's a three day weekend- plenty of time to update!!! This is
the last bit that is prewritten, but I have basicly the whole story planned
out! I'll be updating more soon- hopefully! Anyhow- enjoy and
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ShorTi- Thanks for reviewing. Yes, Sirius is okay with Lily,
eventually! I know he's being a prat but he has some control issues.
He's actually pretty jealous of Lily right now. He sees James as his
only family.
LogicalRaven- Yes, James does need to balance. He's not perfect!!!
I'll try to update more- I'm trying to hack down (interesting British
words- I don't know where they come up with this stuff) on my
homework! Thanks, as always, for reading!
Ch6 Together?
The next morning James and Sirius were on speaking terms, barely. Lupin was too sick to notice and Peter too dumb. By the time evening had come though, Remus was much worse. Sneaking out of the castle and turning into animals was challenging at best, and Sirius and James could not afford to be mad at each other. The night went well though, and apart from being tired, they all had returned quite well to the castle by morning.
Lily was disappointed that she didn't get to talk to James the next two days. Thursday evening she came down from the dormitory and to her surprise saw James in the corner. He was waving his wand wildly and shouting "GUMPSENO!!! GUMPSENO!!!!" Lily recognized it as the tricky charm they had learned earlier in the day, it was supposed to make inanimate object bounce. James was not having luck.
Lily made her way towards him, trying not to laugh. She came up beside him. "Need help?" she asked smiling.
"Ahh- Lily the lady of the hour!" cried James, "Help!"
"Let me see you do it," she told him.
He tried again, "GUMPSENO!!!" Suddenly the book he had been aiming his wand at flew into the air and began flying at James. He shielded his head with his arms as the book attacked him. It was too much for Lily, dropping her wand on the floor she fell against a chair laughing hysterically.
"HELP!" cried James, "LILY DO SOMETHING!!!"
Lily fell to her knees trying to find her wand between bursts of laughter. The noise James was making had created quite a crowd of onlookers surrounding the pair. Finally she found it and aimed it just above James' head. "TOWEN PULTI!!!" she yelled. Just as suddenly as the book had started it stopped in mid-air above James head. Just as James removed his arms it fell, hitting his head one final time before landing on the floor.
"Ow!" exclaimed James, so much like a child that Lily, still laughing, stood on her tiptoes and kissed his forehead. The gesture took both of them by surprise. James recovered first. "Although," he said, "with results like that I don't mind the pain."
"Are you flirting with a prefect?" mocked Lily.
"I do believe I am," said James, pretending to be serious, "if that's what you call yourself."
"Some one should teach you some manners as well as the bouncing spell!" Lily teased. "It might as well be me- I doubt anyone else would volunteer to work with you!" she laughed.
Though they worked all evening James did not learn the bouncing spell, it might have been because the two spent the whole evening laughing. They had just been laughing as James' bewitched book flying out of the room when Sirius's irritated shout from the other end of the commons room broke the spell. "James, come back from La-La Land. I need help with my Transfiguration paper, remember!"
James looked upset, but only for a minute. "It think you should almost have the hang of it by now!" Lily said, leaving him to go help Sirius.
For the next two weeks James and Lily continued to talk and spend time with each other. They found they liked being in each other's company. Sirius did not like it. He began to annoy James with his petty remarks and they were constantly fighting. It was after one such argument that James retired to bed early.
Lily had lots of homework and she stayed up late doing it. It was nearly midnight when she found herself alone in the commons room and went up to bed. The dormitory was quiet, save for the slow deep breaths of her year-mates. That was why she heard the soft tapping on the window.
She knew the knock was that of Cyclone, her beautiful tawny owl, and she rushed to open the window. Cyclone landed on her arm and Lily took the roll of parchment of her legs and tossed it on the bed before giving Cyclone a treat and sending her off to the Owlry. She unrolled the parchment and a crumpled piece of muggle paper fell out. It was from Julie Lily knew, but she could not clearly make out the words in the candlelight.
/Damn!/ she thought as she pulled on a sweater and headed back down to the commons room. She just wanted to sleep! She settled herself on a big armchair in front of the fire and looked down at the note. It read:
Lils,
I need your help, your opinion. I know how you feel about this sort of think. Please forgive me! O.K., here it goes- Paul and I had sex. Don't worry he didn't pressure me into it, and we used protection, but.
Lily left off reading and reread the first part. She nearly dropped the paper in shock. What was she going to do?
It was nearly two in the morning. James couldn't sleep. /I'll just creep down to the commons room for a bit/ he thought vaguely. He went down the dormitory stair. There was a glowing light in the commons room coming from the fireplace, and it took a minute for his eyes to adjust.
When he could finally see he saw that he was not alone. The deep auburn hair, reflecting the fire's light could only be Lily's. She was sitting in an armchair in front of the fire. One hand dangled off the armrest, a letter in her hand. He took a step towards her. "Lily," he whispered. She didn't move. He took another step and he was look down at the back of her head. "Lily?" he asked, louder this time.
Suddenly she turned her head to look up at him. Her face was blotched and he could tell she'd been crying. "Lily," he asked, quite frightened, "what's the matter?" as he asked he walked around to face her, dragging a chair with him. There he sat in front of her, their knees touching.
"Oh god James," Lily's voice was a harsh whisper, "I should never have come."
"Come where?" asked James.
"To this school," she replied, "back to Hogwarts."
"Why not?" asked James. "We need you here."
"But people need me back home too," she handed him the letter numbly.
James read the letter quickly, glanced up at Lily, and reread it. Finally he asked, "Who's Julie?"
"My best friend back home," she replied. "Paul's her boyfriend. He's an ass! I hate him!"
"Oh god James! We're only sixteen. SIXTEEN!" she was shouting. Suddenly she was whispering, "sixteen." She sounded stunned and began to sob, uncontrollably. She fell forward onto his shoulder and he held her.
James felt horrible. "Lily," he said soothingly. "Lily, it's not your fault." He continued to comfort her. Finally, with great effort, she stopped crying. Raising her head she looked at him. Bending his head down he kissed her softly on the lips. Lily kissed him back.
Standing up she said, "Thank you, James."
"Will you be okay now?" he inquired. "Really Lily, you can't leave us."
She smiled at him, "I know," She said.
The next morning, James was done with his breakfast, before Lily came down. He spotted her first when she entered the Great Hall. All considered, he thought she looked great. She yawned and her eyes scanned the Gryffindor table. When she finally saw James she smiled. She didn't stop smiling until she had sat down beside him.
She had woken up early, but had spent most of the morning in bed. She had finally decided to accept it. She liked him and she thought he liked her, and the night before he had been so sweet.
Sitting there at the table and looking at him she found she couldn't make herself talk. She looked away and began to fill her plate. "I was just thinking," she said casually, "that maybe we could go to Hogsmeade together next week." James just stared at her for a moment. Then he cupped his hand under her chin and made her face him.
Grinning he inquired mockingly, "so, is the prefect asking the lowly delinquent out on a date." Before she could say anything he kissed her.
"I guess you could say that," she said laughing, "if you were conceited enough to think that." They both laughing and began to kiss again. They didn't stop. They were beginning to attract quite a lot of attention. Peter was watching curiously. Remus looked slightly interested but was talking to Sirius. Sirius was staring at his plate, with an angry look of concentration.
The whole table was watching them before they stopped. Lily pulled away first and looked down the table laughing. Everyone was suddenly very preoccupied with their meals. James opened his eyes. "Mr. Potter," Lily teased, "I believe we are drawing attention to ourselves." She laughed again at the surprised look on his face and swung her bag of books over her shoulder. Walking away she turned back to him. "Bye James!" she said. "I'll see you in Transfiguration!"
Awwwwwwww- isn't James so cute, helping Lily out. Hope you liked it, but whether you did or not- REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!
Next chapter: Hogsmeade- their first date!
Coming up: more fighting- teens fight way too much!!!
ShorTi- Thanks for reviewing. Yes, Sirius is okay with Lily,
eventually! I know he's being a prat but he has some control issues.
He's actually pretty jealous of Lily right now. He sees James as his
only family.
LogicalRaven- Yes, James does need to balance. He's not perfect!!!
I'll try to update more- I'm trying to hack down (interesting British
words- I don't know where they come up with this stuff) on my
homework! Thanks, as always, for reading!
Ch6 Together?
The next morning James and Sirius were on speaking terms, barely. Lupin was too sick to notice and Peter too dumb. By the time evening had come though, Remus was much worse. Sneaking out of the castle and turning into animals was challenging at best, and Sirius and James could not afford to be mad at each other. The night went well though, and apart from being tired, they all had returned quite well to the castle by morning.
Lily was disappointed that she didn't get to talk to James the next two days. Thursday evening she came down from the dormitory and to her surprise saw James in the corner. He was waving his wand wildly and shouting "GUMPSENO!!! GUMPSENO!!!!" Lily recognized it as the tricky charm they had learned earlier in the day, it was supposed to make inanimate object bounce. James was not having luck.
Lily made her way towards him, trying not to laugh. She came up beside him. "Need help?" she asked smiling.
"Ahh- Lily the lady of the hour!" cried James, "Help!"
"Let me see you do it," she told him.
He tried again, "GUMPSENO!!!" Suddenly the book he had been aiming his wand at flew into the air and began flying at James. He shielded his head with his arms as the book attacked him. It was too much for Lily, dropping her wand on the floor she fell against a chair laughing hysterically.
"HELP!" cried James, "LILY DO SOMETHING!!!"
Lily fell to her knees trying to find her wand between bursts of laughter. The noise James was making had created quite a crowd of onlookers surrounding the pair. Finally she found it and aimed it just above James' head. "TOWEN PULTI!!!" she yelled. Just as suddenly as the book had started it stopped in mid-air above James head. Just as James removed his arms it fell, hitting his head one final time before landing on the floor.
"Ow!" exclaimed James, so much like a child that Lily, still laughing, stood on her tiptoes and kissed his forehead. The gesture took both of them by surprise. James recovered first. "Although," he said, "with results like that I don't mind the pain."
"Are you flirting with a prefect?" mocked Lily.
"I do believe I am," said James, pretending to be serious, "if that's what you call yourself."
"Some one should teach you some manners as well as the bouncing spell!" Lily teased. "It might as well be me- I doubt anyone else would volunteer to work with you!" she laughed.
Though they worked all evening James did not learn the bouncing spell, it might have been because the two spent the whole evening laughing. They had just been laughing as James' bewitched book flying out of the room when Sirius's irritated shout from the other end of the commons room broke the spell. "James, come back from La-La Land. I need help with my Transfiguration paper, remember!"
James looked upset, but only for a minute. "It think you should almost have the hang of it by now!" Lily said, leaving him to go help Sirius.
For the next two weeks James and Lily continued to talk and spend time with each other. They found they liked being in each other's company. Sirius did not like it. He began to annoy James with his petty remarks and they were constantly fighting. It was after one such argument that James retired to bed early.
Lily had lots of homework and she stayed up late doing it. It was nearly midnight when she found herself alone in the commons room and went up to bed. The dormitory was quiet, save for the slow deep breaths of her year-mates. That was why she heard the soft tapping on the window.
She knew the knock was that of Cyclone, her beautiful tawny owl, and she rushed to open the window. Cyclone landed on her arm and Lily took the roll of parchment of her legs and tossed it on the bed before giving Cyclone a treat and sending her off to the Owlry. She unrolled the parchment and a crumpled piece of muggle paper fell out. It was from Julie Lily knew, but she could not clearly make out the words in the candlelight.
/Damn!/ she thought as she pulled on a sweater and headed back down to the commons room. She just wanted to sleep! She settled herself on a big armchair in front of the fire and looked down at the note. It read:
Lils,
I need your help, your opinion. I know how you feel about this sort of think. Please forgive me! O.K., here it goes- Paul and I had sex. Don't worry he didn't pressure me into it, and we used protection, but.
Lily left off reading and reread the first part. She nearly dropped the paper in shock. What was she going to do?
It was nearly two in the morning. James couldn't sleep. /I'll just creep down to the commons room for a bit/ he thought vaguely. He went down the dormitory stair. There was a glowing light in the commons room coming from the fireplace, and it took a minute for his eyes to adjust.
When he could finally see he saw that he was not alone. The deep auburn hair, reflecting the fire's light could only be Lily's. She was sitting in an armchair in front of the fire. One hand dangled off the armrest, a letter in her hand. He took a step towards her. "Lily," he whispered. She didn't move. He took another step and he was look down at the back of her head. "Lily?" he asked, louder this time.
Suddenly she turned her head to look up at him. Her face was blotched and he could tell she'd been crying. "Lily," he asked, quite frightened, "what's the matter?" as he asked he walked around to face her, dragging a chair with him. There he sat in front of her, their knees touching.
"Oh god James," Lily's voice was a harsh whisper, "I should never have come."
"Come where?" asked James.
"To this school," she replied, "back to Hogwarts."
"Why not?" asked James. "We need you here."
"But people need me back home too," she handed him the letter numbly.
James read the letter quickly, glanced up at Lily, and reread it. Finally he asked, "Who's Julie?"
"My best friend back home," she replied. "Paul's her boyfriend. He's an ass! I hate him!"
"Oh god James! We're only sixteen. SIXTEEN!" she was shouting. Suddenly she was whispering, "sixteen." She sounded stunned and began to sob, uncontrollably. She fell forward onto his shoulder and he held her.
James felt horrible. "Lily," he said soothingly. "Lily, it's not your fault." He continued to comfort her. Finally, with great effort, she stopped crying. Raising her head she looked at him. Bending his head down he kissed her softly on the lips. Lily kissed him back.
Standing up she said, "Thank you, James."
"Will you be okay now?" he inquired. "Really Lily, you can't leave us."
She smiled at him, "I know," She said.
The next morning, James was done with his breakfast, before Lily came down. He spotted her first when she entered the Great Hall. All considered, he thought she looked great. She yawned and her eyes scanned the Gryffindor table. When she finally saw James she smiled. She didn't stop smiling until she had sat down beside him.
She had woken up early, but had spent most of the morning in bed. She had finally decided to accept it. She liked him and she thought he liked her, and the night before he had been so sweet.
Sitting there at the table and looking at him she found she couldn't make herself talk. She looked away and began to fill her plate. "I was just thinking," she said casually, "that maybe we could go to Hogsmeade together next week." James just stared at her for a moment. Then he cupped his hand under her chin and made her face him.
Grinning he inquired mockingly, "so, is the prefect asking the lowly delinquent out on a date." Before she could say anything he kissed her.
"I guess you could say that," she said laughing, "if you were conceited enough to think that." They both laughing and began to kiss again. They didn't stop. They were beginning to attract quite a lot of attention. Peter was watching curiously. Remus looked slightly interested but was talking to Sirius. Sirius was staring at his plate, with an angry look of concentration.
The whole table was watching them before they stopped. Lily pulled away first and looked down the table laughing. Everyone was suddenly very preoccupied with their meals. James opened his eyes. "Mr. Potter," Lily teased, "I believe we are drawing attention to ourselves." She laughed again at the surprised look on his face and swung her bag of books over her shoulder. Walking away she turned back to him. "Bye James!" she said. "I'll see you in Transfiguration!"
Awwwwwwww- isn't James so cute, helping Lily out. Hope you liked it, but whether you did or not- REVIEW!!!!!!!!!!
Next chapter: Hogsmeade- their first date!
Coming up: more fighting- teens fight way too much!!!