James' Memory

It was James and Lily's two years aniversary (of being boyfriend and girlfriend) and everything was set.

They were going to have a picknick in the afternoon and in the evening they were going with their friends

to a muggle place... a karaoke bar.

The picknick went great and the couple arrived at Sirius' place (the only one with a place of his own a

year after they left Hogwarts)just in time and in a great mood. Everyone was there, waiting for them:

Remus, Cassiopea, Nicole and Sirius.

'Hey guys!, come on in!' said Sirius while opening the door to let them into his apartment. A fire was

burning in the fireplace, Nikki was sitting on a side of the black leather sofa with a coke on her hand

and Remus was standing behind Cassie with his hands around her waist.

'Happy aniversary!' said Nikki and Cassie toghether

'Yeah... congratulations!' said Remus 'never expected it to be this long, did you, Lils?'

After a few jokes about Lily and James' 'stormy past', they all grabbed their coats and left. The bar was

only a few steps away from an apparating point in muggle London.

A couple of minutes later,they had already apparated and walked a few blocks and they were sitting on

a table, quite close to the stage, which had been already booked but after Sirius flirted with the waitress,

she let them take it.

'How does this 'kakarochi' thing works?' asked Sirius, right after they sat.

'It's not 'kakarochi', you brute, it's karaoke!' corrected Remus

'what ever, how does it work?' asked Sirius again

' Well, it's simple' said Lily 'you pick a song, it plays the music and you sing it'

'Sing?' Sirius was looking dangerously excited 'that's SO cool! Anyone can do it?'

'I think so... why?' asked Cassie looking really worried, fully knowing what Sirius was capable of doing.

'Never mind, never mind... Let's order some food here, I'm starving!'

They were eating pizza, when the first brave took the microphone and sang a song (not quite good) to a

girl who seemed to be his girlfriend. Lily was throwing quick glances to James while the guy sang, but

he didn't noticed, or at least that was what she thought...

Later that night, almost right after they discovered a muggle drink called 'Tequila' and few more people

had took a shot at the karaoke machine, Sirius couldn't resist it any longer and decided to give it a go.

'What should I do first?' he asked to Lily

'Pick a song'

'But I don't know any of these songs!' he whined, while looking at the lists.

'The lyrics will apear here' pointed Nikki, who had got up and was standing next to him

'Let's pick it randomly and let it help me a little bit' whispered Sirius who was taking out his wand, he

muttered an incantation and the machine gave a little twitch. No one really knew what spell he had used

but it looked as if he knew all the lyric by heart.

The music started and Sirius began singing. Everyone was hoping he only sang but the dance came along...

' At first I was afraid, I was petrified.

Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side.

But then I spent so many nights just thinking how you did me wrong,

And I grew strong! And I learned how to get along!'

Everyone was laughing and some had choked with their food at the sight of this mad man dancing and

singing we all know as Padfoot.

'Oh go now go, walk out the door, just turn around now, cause you're not welcome anymore' Sirius was

having the time of his life.

'I think we should leave before people notice we're with him' said James looking hurt.

'I won't be able to listen to that song again without having nightmares' said Cassie ' I feel sorry. I used to

like it'

'Oh now go, walk out the door, just turn around now,

cause you're not welcome anymore! Weren't you the

one that tried to hurt me with good-bye, you think

I'd crumble, you think I'd lay down and die, oh no not I,

I will survive, oh as long as I know how to love I know

I'll stay alive, I've got all my life to live, I've got all my

love to give, I'll survive, I will survive, hey hey!!'

'I think I'm going to be sick' said Nikki, looking at Sirius who was now spanking his own butt and shaking

it to the rythm.

'Sick?! I'm gonna commit suicide!' said Remus

'Think positively, at least Peter is not here...' said Lily, making everyone to say 'EEWWW!' and put their

most disgusted faces.

Sirius left the stage with a huge grin on his face.

'I like this, don't you, guys?' said smiling and waving to the clapping crowd.

'Love it' said Remus sarcastically

'You need to relax, Moony, come on, go and sing something!' encouraged Sirius

'You're nuts, but I'm not, so I'm not going into that stage' said Remus determinantly.

Fifteen minutes after that, Remus was getting up and heading to the microphone. Magically, the machine

choose a song and started...

'Somebody once told me the world was gonna roll me,

I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed. She was lookin'

kinda dumb with her finger and her thumb in the shape

of an L on her forehead...'

By the time he got to the part of 'hey, now, you're an all star...' he was already waving his free

hand in the air while everyone else (Sirius and James included) was following all of his movements.

He went down almost as clapped as Sirius but blushed a little.

'See, Moony?? That wasn't thaaaat bad after all, was it?' said Sirius

'You always take the worse out of me, Padfoot, why?' moaned Remus

'Dunno, It's fun I guess... Now, I think it's Prongs time!!' yelled Sirius enthusiastically.

'Have you no manners at all, Padfoot??' asked James 'Ladies first'

'Oh! What a gentleman!!' said Nikki laughing

'We can go toghether' said Lily 'Come on, it'll be fun!'

'Only because I'm your best friend' said Cassie while getting up.

They could have been Charlie's Angels or Josie and the Pussycats, because Lily's hair was red, Nikki's

black and Cassie's light brown, so light it could have been blonde.

At first, when Lily heard the beggining of the song, she tried to run away but her friends got hold of her and

she had to stay...

Nikki: 'where's all my soul, sisters?

Lemme hear you all flow, sisters

Lily and Cassie: Hey sisters, go sisters, soul sisters, flow sisters,

Hey sisters, go sisters, soul sisters, flow sisters...

Lily: He met Marmalade down in old Moulin Rouge

Strutting her stuff on the street...

She said 'hello, hey Joe, you wanna give it a go?'

All: Gitchi, gitchi, ya ya, da da

Gitchi, gitchi, ya ya, here

Mocca Cioccolatte, ya ya

Creole Lady Marmalade...

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi cest soir?

Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?'

Sirius, Remus and James were laughing their heart out but stopped death when saw the three girls

sexily dancing their way down towards them.

Sirius' eyes were wide open while Nikki was licking her lips and dancing with a leg on his chair. Remus

was as red as Lily's hair when Cassie sat on his lap facing him and started touching his face and lips with

her finger. James got up nervously as Lily faced him really closely while singing.

They just stayed there, nonplussed, watching the girls going back to the stage while every man in the room

was clapping and cheering.

When the song finished, the three friends returned to their table.

'Well... that was...' tried to say James looking at Lily

'Grrrr!...' said Sirius, staring at Nikki

'That's a way of describing it...' said Remus

Sirius was bitting his lower lip and staring dangerously at Nikki.

'Relax, Black' she said 'that was just a dance...'

'Happy Aniversary, sweetheart...' said Lily before kissing James.

Cassie sat and Remus just kissed her passionately.

'OK, Prongs, cut it, that's what you had the picknick for... now it's time, mate' said Sirius getting up

' you too, Moony, unglue, come on' and the three of them headed to the stage...

Lily never found out whether the song was picked or just came randomly but it went like this...

James: Although loneliness has always been a friend of mine

I'm leaving my life in your hands

People say I'm crazy and that I am blind

Risking it all in a glance

How you got me blind is still a mystery

All: I can't get you out of my head

James: Don't care what is written in your history

All: As long as you're here with me...

I don't care who you are

Where you're from

What you did

As long as you love me

Who you are

Where you're from

Don't care what you did

As long as you love me

James: Every little thing that you have said and done

Feels like it's deep within me (Sirius: hu, hu, huu...)

Doesn't really matter if you're on the run

All: It seems like we're meant to be...



I don't care who you are



Where you're from



What you did

As long as you love me

Who you are



Where you're from

Don't care what you did

As long as you love me

James: I've tried to hide it so that no one knows

But I guess it shows

All: When you look into my eyes

James: What you did and where you're comming from

Remus and Sirius: I don't care...

James: As long as you love me, babe...

All: I don't care who you are

Where you're from

What you did

As long as you love me

Who you are

Where you're from

What did you did

James: As long as you love me...

While everyone was clapping, James jumped down the stage to Lily, she was crying but also smiling widely.

They kissed. After that, James raised his hand and did a sign to Sirius, who started searching all his pockets,

Remus, who had already went down to the table, called his attention from there and threw him his leather

jacket. Sirius took something from it and threw it to James. He went down on one knee and Lily shivered...

'Lily,will you marry me?'

James' P.O.V.

That's my favourite memory 'cause that was a fabulous plan. The last song was set and we took ages to

find a perfect song, luckily we found it just on time. It was our best plan everything went as expected.

Well... the 'Marmalade' song wasn't actually in the plan but... whoa! Good Lord have Mercy! I'm still waiting

for another dance like that...