When Lily arrived back at the Lupins' the house was dark. She stood there
for a moment thinking about what James had said. She let out a sigh. She
tiptoed through the kitchen and was about to make her way up stairs when a
gruff voice interupted her.
"Lily," Sirius called.
She spun around, having totally missed him. Sirius was sitting alone at the kitchen table. He looked up at her with his deep eyes, the ones that drove Lily wild. She stared at him for a moment, thinking back on what he had said the night before.
"Yes Sirius?" she asked when he didn't say anything.
"I - uh," he stuttered, "Would you come sit down?"
Lily walked forward and pulled out a wooden chair. She sat down with a long sigh.
"I'm sorry, for what I said," Sirius whispered not looking at her.
"Yea..." Lily trailed.
"Really I am," he insisted.
"Do you really think I am Satan?" Lily asked looking down.
"No, I didn't mean to say that, I was just so angry, because I thought my best friend died."
"So what every time you get angry you're going to say I'm the devil?" Lily asked him her voice rising.
"Lily no, try to understand the pressure I was under," Sirius told her.
"The pressure-" she broke off with a fake laugh, "The pressure YOU were under. I saw these people die, but NO PRESSURE THERE! Oh please Sirius. Do you forget that I am the one who gets to see all these nice things, do you forget I am the one who doesn't even know who the fuck my dad is? Oh wait never mind, you do, because you want a NORMAL girlfriend, well sorry for not being a cut above the rest, maybe I should just stop dreaming, OH WAIT I CANT!"
"Lily please," Sirius pleaded, "Calm down, you know I didn't mean any of that,"
"I CAN"T CALM DOWN!" she screamed, "Everything has to happen to me, three people are already dead because of me, and one tried to kill himself and its all my fault, and you think I am the devil, and you resent me as a girlfriend."
"I don't resent you,"
"You said you wanted a normal girlfriend!" Lily yelled, "So why don't you just do it, break up with me, you know I am starting to think James had a good idea,"
"Lily!" Sirius cried, "I didn't mean any of that, I swear, doesn't this mean anything to you?" he taking her hand and fingering the ring on her hand.
"Sirius I don't care about rings, I just care about you," she whispered.
"I care about you to, and I really am sorry," he said stroking her cheek.
"I'm sorry I'm not normal," she sniffed as tears came out of her eyes, "God alls I have been doing is crying!"
"Lily," Sirius said pulling her chair closer and wrapping his arms around her, "You are perfect the way you are, I love you,"
"Sirius-" but he cut her off with a sweet kiss.
James returned home the next day, and just in time. He was on strict orders to take it easy, but the Quidditch cup was just a day away. He smiled at Lily ever so often, and when she caught his smile a grin filled her beautiful face. She and Sirius had seemed to have patched things up. The boys all talked about Quidditch non-stop and Lily rolled her eyes at all of them. She seemed to have grown to be a part of the family, James's family; which he was so glad to have. He, Sirius and Remus seemed to have become even closer, and Remus was quite impressed with James's change in his actions towards Lily. She finally accepted him even if it was only as friends. He felt lucky to take whatever it was he could get.
The day of the Quidditch World Cup, Sirius, Lily, James, Remus and Peter all made the exciting trip to the stadium which was hidden just a few blocks away. It was charmed so that no muggle could detect it, even though the streets were flooded with wizards, who were trying there best to look mugglish. Lily laughed at an old man where a guarder and some lingerie, and Sirius reached over and whispered,
"I wish you had that on instead of him,"
Lily slapped him playfully. When they finally arrived at the stadium and made it to there seats Remus sat down and asked,
"Hey Lily, any predictions on who's going to win?"
"REMUS!" she cried.
They all laughed,
"Hey, as long as you're going to be our friend, you should call us by our nicknames," Remus suggested. James nodded in agreement.
"Yea," said Sirius, "James here is Prongs, Remus is...wait, you already know,"
Lily blushed deeply, but the others smiled as the announcer began to announce the two teams.
When the game was finally over Britain had won by 250 points. The boys and even Lily were in good spirits. They made a loud entrance at the Lupins' and sat up all night celebrating. They drank Butter beer and talked about the upcoming school year. At two am Mrs. Lupin came down stairs and scolded them. She reminded them that they had to get up early the next day and head to Diagon Alley. Remus got up stretching,
"Well goodnight all,"
Peter followed nodding at his friends in dismissal.
James stood with a sigh and grinned at his two remaining friends.
"Goodnight Padfoot," he glanced at Lily, "have fun," he smiled mischievously. Lily blushed and smacked him playfully as he walked by making his way towards the stairs.
"Finally," Sirius smiled pulling Lily towards him on the couch they were sitting on in front of a stone fireplace.
"I am glad we're not angry at each other anymore," Lily sighed sitting in his lap contentedly. She smiled as Sirius's breath blew through her hair tickling her scalp and neck.
"I wanna be like this forever," Sirius whispered.
Lily turned herself around and kissed him hard. He seemed surprised but responded. Lily let her hands get entangled in his shaggy black hair. He broke away smiling,
"I love it when you do that,"
Lily could feel his hands exploring underneath her shirt. His fingers were slowly escalating up her sides. She kissed him again. His fingers met her bra and in one swift movement he was underneath that. She moaned softly as he caressed her breasts.
"Sirius, Lily!" Mrs. Lupin called from the stairs. They pulled apart from each other.
Blushing furiously Lily whispered, "Maybe we should go to bed,"
"Yea," Sirius smiled standing up and offering a hand. Together hand in hand they made there way up the stairs.
The book list for the seventh year was quite extensive, especially seeing all of them had eight NEWT classes each. After an hour at Flourish and Blots, Lily excused herself from the boys and made her way to Madam Malkins Robes for special occasions. She had decided to buy herself some new dress robes for the seventh year, especially since her letter had contained a Head Girl badge. She hadn't told anyone yet but smiled as she pictured everyone's reaction. She was planning on telling them in two days right before they boarded the Hogwarts Express. She wondered who the Head Boy would be. The boys had found their way to the Quidditch store. Lily wasn't surprised when she met them again, seeing James caring a large bag full of new Quidditch supplies. She wasn't the least surprised either when she noticed Peter and Sirius carrying large bags from the jokes shops. They made their way to the Leaky Cauldron and sat down in front of Tom the bartender asking for Butter beers the whole way round. Lily smiled as she sat with the boys, and noticed Alice sitting in the back of the room with Frank Longbottom, and she grinned even wider when she noticed a diamond ring on Alice's right finger.
"Sirius," she nudged him, and pointed. He followed her finger and smiled broadly.
"That will be us soon enough Lily," he whispered kissing her ear.
Lily reached for his hand under the table and began to listen to Peter and James make fun of Remus, laughing gaily as her life finally took a turn for the better.
"Lily," Sirius called.
She spun around, having totally missed him. Sirius was sitting alone at the kitchen table. He looked up at her with his deep eyes, the ones that drove Lily wild. She stared at him for a moment, thinking back on what he had said the night before.
"Yes Sirius?" she asked when he didn't say anything.
"I - uh," he stuttered, "Would you come sit down?"
Lily walked forward and pulled out a wooden chair. She sat down with a long sigh.
"I'm sorry, for what I said," Sirius whispered not looking at her.
"Yea..." Lily trailed.
"Really I am," he insisted.
"Do you really think I am Satan?" Lily asked looking down.
"No, I didn't mean to say that, I was just so angry, because I thought my best friend died."
"So what every time you get angry you're going to say I'm the devil?" Lily asked him her voice rising.
"Lily no, try to understand the pressure I was under," Sirius told her.
"The pressure-" she broke off with a fake laugh, "The pressure YOU were under. I saw these people die, but NO PRESSURE THERE! Oh please Sirius. Do you forget that I am the one who gets to see all these nice things, do you forget I am the one who doesn't even know who the fuck my dad is? Oh wait never mind, you do, because you want a NORMAL girlfriend, well sorry for not being a cut above the rest, maybe I should just stop dreaming, OH WAIT I CANT!"
"Lily please," Sirius pleaded, "Calm down, you know I didn't mean any of that,"
"I CAN"T CALM DOWN!" she screamed, "Everything has to happen to me, three people are already dead because of me, and one tried to kill himself and its all my fault, and you think I am the devil, and you resent me as a girlfriend."
"I don't resent you,"
"You said you wanted a normal girlfriend!" Lily yelled, "So why don't you just do it, break up with me, you know I am starting to think James had a good idea,"
"Lily!" Sirius cried, "I didn't mean any of that, I swear, doesn't this mean anything to you?" he taking her hand and fingering the ring on her hand.
"Sirius I don't care about rings, I just care about you," she whispered.
"I care about you to, and I really am sorry," he said stroking her cheek.
"I'm sorry I'm not normal," she sniffed as tears came out of her eyes, "God alls I have been doing is crying!"
"Lily," Sirius said pulling her chair closer and wrapping his arms around her, "You are perfect the way you are, I love you,"
"Sirius-" but he cut her off with a sweet kiss.
James returned home the next day, and just in time. He was on strict orders to take it easy, but the Quidditch cup was just a day away. He smiled at Lily ever so often, and when she caught his smile a grin filled her beautiful face. She and Sirius had seemed to have patched things up. The boys all talked about Quidditch non-stop and Lily rolled her eyes at all of them. She seemed to have grown to be a part of the family, James's family; which he was so glad to have. He, Sirius and Remus seemed to have become even closer, and Remus was quite impressed with James's change in his actions towards Lily. She finally accepted him even if it was only as friends. He felt lucky to take whatever it was he could get.
The day of the Quidditch World Cup, Sirius, Lily, James, Remus and Peter all made the exciting trip to the stadium which was hidden just a few blocks away. It was charmed so that no muggle could detect it, even though the streets were flooded with wizards, who were trying there best to look mugglish. Lily laughed at an old man where a guarder and some lingerie, and Sirius reached over and whispered,
"I wish you had that on instead of him,"
Lily slapped him playfully. When they finally arrived at the stadium and made it to there seats Remus sat down and asked,
"Hey Lily, any predictions on who's going to win?"
"REMUS!" she cried.
They all laughed,
"Hey, as long as you're going to be our friend, you should call us by our nicknames," Remus suggested. James nodded in agreement.
"Yea," said Sirius, "James here is Prongs, Remus is...wait, you already know,"
Lily blushed deeply, but the others smiled as the announcer began to announce the two teams.
When the game was finally over Britain had won by 250 points. The boys and even Lily were in good spirits. They made a loud entrance at the Lupins' and sat up all night celebrating. They drank Butter beer and talked about the upcoming school year. At two am Mrs. Lupin came down stairs and scolded them. She reminded them that they had to get up early the next day and head to Diagon Alley. Remus got up stretching,
"Well goodnight all,"
Peter followed nodding at his friends in dismissal.
James stood with a sigh and grinned at his two remaining friends.
"Goodnight Padfoot," he glanced at Lily, "have fun," he smiled mischievously. Lily blushed and smacked him playfully as he walked by making his way towards the stairs.
"Finally," Sirius smiled pulling Lily towards him on the couch they were sitting on in front of a stone fireplace.
"I am glad we're not angry at each other anymore," Lily sighed sitting in his lap contentedly. She smiled as Sirius's breath blew through her hair tickling her scalp and neck.
"I wanna be like this forever," Sirius whispered.
Lily turned herself around and kissed him hard. He seemed surprised but responded. Lily let her hands get entangled in his shaggy black hair. He broke away smiling,
"I love it when you do that,"
Lily could feel his hands exploring underneath her shirt. His fingers were slowly escalating up her sides. She kissed him again. His fingers met her bra and in one swift movement he was underneath that. She moaned softly as he caressed her breasts.
"Sirius, Lily!" Mrs. Lupin called from the stairs. They pulled apart from each other.
Blushing furiously Lily whispered, "Maybe we should go to bed,"
"Yea," Sirius smiled standing up and offering a hand. Together hand in hand they made there way up the stairs.
The book list for the seventh year was quite extensive, especially seeing all of them had eight NEWT classes each. After an hour at Flourish and Blots, Lily excused herself from the boys and made her way to Madam Malkins Robes for special occasions. She had decided to buy herself some new dress robes for the seventh year, especially since her letter had contained a Head Girl badge. She hadn't told anyone yet but smiled as she pictured everyone's reaction. She was planning on telling them in two days right before they boarded the Hogwarts Express. She wondered who the Head Boy would be. The boys had found their way to the Quidditch store. Lily wasn't surprised when she met them again, seeing James caring a large bag full of new Quidditch supplies. She wasn't the least surprised either when she noticed Peter and Sirius carrying large bags from the jokes shops. They made their way to the Leaky Cauldron and sat down in front of Tom the bartender asking for Butter beers the whole way round. Lily smiled as she sat with the boys, and noticed Alice sitting in the back of the room with Frank Longbottom, and she grinned even wider when she noticed a diamond ring on Alice's right finger.
"Sirius," she nudged him, and pointed. He followed her finger and smiled broadly.
"That will be us soon enough Lily," he whispered kissing her ear.
Lily reached for his hand under the table and began to listen to Peter and James make fun of Remus, laughing gaily as her life finally took a turn for the better.