*Chapter 12*
Lily lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling, grinning. James had kissed her, she had kissed James. It felt so. right. Last night had been amazing. They had stayed out all night, the rain had stopped, and they had gone to the small playground in the park. James had pushed her on the swing, before he sat in the one next to her, and they gently rocked back and forth, talking about everything, from her childhood adventures with Remus, and his with Sirius, to what they thought Remus and Ryan were doing at the moment. They didn't stop until they saw that the sun had rose, and their clothes had dried. He had taken her to a small café, next to the movie theater. And they had ate in silence, but it had been a comfortable silence, not an awkward one. Then she had driven them back to Remus's, the car ride was spend singing along to random songs on the radio. They had gone in found Remus and Ryan asleep on the couch in each others arms. Eventually James, had gone home, but not before kissing her again, this time longer and deeper. Now she was laying on her bed thinking about it, to pumped up to go to sleep, even having stayed up forty-eight straight hours.
She sighed and turned onto her side. Looking at her nightstand she noticed the picture of the six of them on her nightstand. It had been taken the last day of sixth-year. Remus was on her right, Ryan on his back, peter to the right of them James on her left Sirius next to him. She smiled as she remembered the day. And finally she fell into a deep sleep, only to be woken the next morning by tapping at her window. The owl was carrying two letters, as she took them off the owls leg she gave it some water and breadcrumbs, she kept in her room for when owls came. Then walking down to the kitchen she looked at the letters, one was for her, the other for Remus, both from Hogwarts. She dropped them on the kitchen table as she walked to the fridge to find something to eat.
Taking out some strawberry yogurt, she grabbed a spoon, and sat at the kitchen table. Propping her feet on the bottom of the chair across from her, she grabbed her letter and opened it. Skimming it quickly, the spoon, fell out of her hand, and her jaw dropped. She read it again this time more slowly. Not bothering to take the stunned expression off her face. She read again, actually she read it five more time. Then Remus entered the kitchen, shuffling his feet, rubbing his eyes groggily. Getting a glass of orange juice, he sat down at the end of the table, before looking up at her and asking "what happened?"
She silently handed him the letter.
Dear Ms. Evens
Please note that the new school year will begin on September the
first. The Hogwarts Express will leave from King's Cross station,
platform nine and three-quarters, at eleven o'clock.
We are also pleased to inform you that you have made Head-girl. A list
of duties is included. You are required at a meeting in the heads
compartment, at the front of the train at precisely eleven-thirty.
Congratulations on your post.
A list of books for next year is enclosed.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Albus Dumbledore Headmaster
Remus looked back and forth between he letter and lily, about five times, before his face broke into a huge grin and he swept her up in a hug. "LILY! You made head girl!" At that, it finally seemed to dawn on her, and her face broke into a smile.
"This calls for a celebration!" she cried, turning on the radio, and dancing wildly around the kitchen with him, laughing and smiling the whole way.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you both were mental." A voice came from the doorway of the kitchen. Lily let go of Remus, and pulled the owner of the voice into dance.
"We are mental Si! But this is just a celebration! Hey Remus! This calls for chocolate chip waffles!" Lily said now twirling round the kitchen with Sirius.
Remus saluted "Yes Ms. Head girl ma'm!" and started taking things out of cabinets.
"Lils! You made head girl?" Sirius asked. When she nodded, he picked her up and swung her round in a circle. " I'm so proud, my little Lily is all grown up and head girl now." Lily giggled and slapped him playfully on the shoulder, before taking a bowl from Remus and starting to mix, while he took out the waffle iron.
Later when the three of them were sitting round the table munching on their waffles. Lily saw Ryan sneak up behind Remus, and put her hands over his eyes "Guess. CHOCOLATE CHIP WAFFELS! What's the celebration?" she asked grabbing a plate from the counter, and a waffle from the center of the table, knowing that Remus only made his famous Chocolate Chip waffles when something big happened.
"Lily made head girl." Sirius stated proudly, putting his arm around her shoulders in a brotherly manor. Ryan made a noise somewhere in-between a squeak and a scream, before basically leaping across the table to hug Lily.
"Oh!! I knew you would! Congratulations!"
That was when James walked in staring at something in his hand. Murmuring something that sounded like "he's smoking something." When he realized the four occupants of the room were staring at him he stated quite clearly. "Dumbledore is on something, he went and made me Head Boy." That's when he noticed the chocolate chip waffles. "What calls for the waffles? You didn't know did you?" he asked sitting down grabbing a waffle in the process.
"Lily made Head Girl" they (excluding lily) chorused. "Dumbledore really made you Head Boy James?" Sirius asked. James handed him the letter he'd been staring at when he entered the room. Sirius skimmed it saying "Oh god, he did, your right, he's smoking something, had to be high when he made that decision. And oh god, what about pranks! How can you pull pranks as head boy!" Sirius was almost wailing at this point.
"Sirius you really think a trivial thing like being head boy will stop me from pulling pranks?" James said with a grin. Which perked Sirius right up.
" s'pose not, I mean. you are a Marauder."
"Damn straight"
Later, Ryan and Remus had disappeared to do god knows what, and Sirius had left saying something about having to meet someone about something or other, James and lily hadn't really been listening, the moment he left the room, the living room (they had moved), James had pulled Lily into his lap. "Congratulations Ms. Head Girl." He said taking her hand and entwining his fingers with hers. She leaned in and kissed him softly saying "you too" pause for another kiss "Mr." kiss "Head" kiss "Boy" she kissed him again, and they kept kissing till James was lying down on the couch with Lily lying on top of him. They broke the kiss and Lily laid her head on his chest.
They remained like that just sitting their silent for awhile before James said something.
"Lily?" he asked quietly..
"hmm?"
"What are we?" she propped her head up at his question, just looking at him for a moment before replying.
"What do you want us to be?" she asked looking him directly in the eye.
"I want this." He answered. He added quietly "I want an us."
"me too."
"So we're an us then" he replied moving his hand from her back and entwining it with his own, shifting his gaze from her face, to their entwined hands.
"Yeah" she replied softly letting her head drop back to his chest. "We're an us."
And that's how they spent the afternoon. Lying on the couch, occasionally having random conversations, but mostly just being content laying with the other, in a comfortable silence. i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i! i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i
Yay for me! That's what? 3 chapters in like 2 days? Shows how much work im doing. lol
Ta ~ Rin
Lily lay on her bed, staring at the ceiling, grinning. James had kissed her, she had kissed James. It felt so. right. Last night had been amazing. They had stayed out all night, the rain had stopped, and they had gone to the small playground in the park. James had pushed her on the swing, before he sat in the one next to her, and they gently rocked back and forth, talking about everything, from her childhood adventures with Remus, and his with Sirius, to what they thought Remus and Ryan were doing at the moment. They didn't stop until they saw that the sun had rose, and their clothes had dried. He had taken her to a small café, next to the movie theater. And they had ate in silence, but it had been a comfortable silence, not an awkward one. Then she had driven them back to Remus's, the car ride was spend singing along to random songs on the radio. They had gone in found Remus and Ryan asleep on the couch in each others arms. Eventually James, had gone home, but not before kissing her again, this time longer and deeper. Now she was laying on her bed thinking about it, to pumped up to go to sleep, even having stayed up forty-eight straight hours.
She sighed and turned onto her side. Looking at her nightstand she noticed the picture of the six of them on her nightstand. It had been taken the last day of sixth-year. Remus was on her right, Ryan on his back, peter to the right of them James on her left Sirius next to him. She smiled as she remembered the day. And finally she fell into a deep sleep, only to be woken the next morning by tapping at her window. The owl was carrying two letters, as she took them off the owls leg she gave it some water and breadcrumbs, she kept in her room for when owls came. Then walking down to the kitchen she looked at the letters, one was for her, the other for Remus, both from Hogwarts. She dropped them on the kitchen table as she walked to the fridge to find something to eat.
Taking out some strawberry yogurt, she grabbed a spoon, and sat at the kitchen table. Propping her feet on the bottom of the chair across from her, she grabbed her letter and opened it. Skimming it quickly, the spoon, fell out of her hand, and her jaw dropped. She read it again this time more slowly. Not bothering to take the stunned expression off her face. She read again, actually she read it five more time. Then Remus entered the kitchen, shuffling his feet, rubbing his eyes groggily. Getting a glass of orange juice, he sat down at the end of the table, before looking up at her and asking "what happened?"
She silently handed him the letter.
Dear Ms. Evens
Please note that the new school year will begin on September the
first. The Hogwarts Express will leave from King's Cross station,
platform nine and three-quarters, at eleven o'clock.
We are also pleased to inform you that you have made Head-girl. A list
of duties is included. You are required at a meeting in the heads
compartment, at the front of the train at precisely eleven-thirty.
Congratulations on your post.
A list of books for next year is enclosed.
Yours sincerely,
Professor Albus Dumbledore Headmaster
Remus looked back and forth between he letter and lily, about five times, before his face broke into a huge grin and he swept her up in a hug. "LILY! You made head girl!" At that, it finally seemed to dawn on her, and her face broke into a smile.
"This calls for a celebration!" she cried, turning on the radio, and dancing wildly around the kitchen with him, laughing and smiling the whole way.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say you both were mental." A voice came from the doorway of the kitchen. Lily let go of Remus, and pulled the owner of the voice into dance.
"We are mental Si! But this is just a celebration! Hey Remus! This calls for chocolate chip waffles!" Lily said now twirling round the kitchen with Sirius.
Remus saluted "Yes Ms. Head girl ma'm!" and started taking things out of cabinets.
"Lils! You made head girl?" Sirius asked. When she nodded, he picked her up and swung her round in a circle. " I'm so proud, my little Lily is all grown up and head girl now." Lily giggled and slapped him playfully on the shoulder, before taking a bowl from Remus and starting to mix, while he took out the waffle iron.
Later when the three of them were sitting round the table munching on their waffles. Lily saw Ryan sneak up behind Remus, and put her hands over his eyes "Guess. CHOCOLATE CHIP WAFFELS! What's the celebration?" she asked grabbing a plate from the counter, and a waffle from the center of the table, knowing that Remus only made his famous Chocolate Chip waffles when something big happened.
"Lily made head girl." Sirius stated proudly, putting his arm around her shoulders in a brotherly manor. Ryan made a noise somewhere in-between a squeak and a scream, before basically leaping across the table to hug Lily.
"Oh!! I knew you would! Congratulations!"
That was when James walked in staring at something in his hand. Murmuring something that sounded like "he's smoking something." When he realized the four occupants of the room were staring at him he stated quite clearly. "Dumbledore is on something, he went and made me Head Boy." That's when he noticed the chocolate chip waffles. "What calls for the waffles? You didn't know did you?" he asked sitting down grabbing a waffle in the process.
"Lily made Head Girl" they (excluding lily) chorused. "Dumbledore really made you Head Boy James?" Sirius asked. James handed him the letter he'd been staring at when he entered the room. Sirius skimmed it saying "Oh god, he did, your right, he's smoking something, had to be high when he made that decision. And oh god, what about pranks! How can you pull pranks as head boy!" Sirius was almost wailing at this point.
"Sirius you really think a trivial thing like being head boy will stop me from pulling pranks?" James said with a grin. Which perked Sirius right up.
" s'pose not, I mean. you are a Marauder."
"Damn straight"
Later, Ryan and Remus had disappeared to do god knows what, and Sirius had left saying something about having to meet someone about something or other, James and lily hadn't really been listening, the moment he left the room, the living room (they had moved), James had pulled Lily into his lap. "Congratulations Ms. Head Girl." He said taking her hand and entwining his fingers with hers. She leaned in and kissed him softly saying "you too" pause for another kiss "Mr." kiss "Head" kiss "Boy" she kissed him again, and they kept kissing till James was lying down on the couch with Lily lying on top of him. They broke the kiss and Lily laid her head on his chest.
They remained like that just sitting their silent for awhile before James said something.
"Lily?" he asked quietly..
"hmm?"
"What are we?" she propped her head up at his question, just looking at him for a moment before replying.
"What do you want us to be?" she asked looking him directly in the eye.
"I want this." He answered. He added quietly "I want an us."
"me too."
"So we're an us then" he replied moving his hand from her back and entwining it with his own, shifting his gaze from her face, to their entwined hands.
"Yeah" she replied softly letting her head drop back to his chest. "We're an us."
And that's how they spent the afternoon. Lying on the couch, occasionally having random conversations, but mostly just being content laying with the other, in a comfortable silence. i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i! i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i!i
Yay for me! That's what? 3 chapters in like 2 days? Shows how much work im doing. lol
Ta ~ Rin
