AUTHOR'S NOTE: OKAY I'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF EMAIL ABOUT THIS SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE MYSELF CLEAR RIGHT NOW...REMUS AND LILY WILL NOT BE GETTING TOGETHER...THEY ARE JUST REALLY CLOSE FRIENDS. I AM GOING BY THE BOOKS. (WELL AT LEAST I'M TRYING TO) OH, AND BY THE WAY. WE ARE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT TORRANCE IN FUTURE CHAPTERS, SO DON'T WORRY.
Chapter Title: LILY'S BIRTHDAY
DISCLAIMER: OKAY, I'VE BEEN OVER THIS BEFORE...HMM...BUT JUST IN CASE....I'M NOT JK ROWLING...OKAY I SAID IT NOW LET'S GET ON WITH OUR LIVES.
***REMUS' POV***
Remus woke up with the sun on his face and the singing of the birds in the distance. The mist in the air soothed his skin but...wait a second...
'What am I doing outside?!' He thought wildly.
He sat up quickly and looked around at his surroundings.
'Yep, this is defenitly outside.' Remus noticed that he was still in the Quidditch stadium and had fallen asleep on the stands but how did he get--
Remus rolled off of the stands as he yelled in surprise. He had just felt slight movement in the bundle of robes next to him. He retrieved his wand from his pant pocket as he approached it cautiously. He saw the bundle move again so he prodded whatever it was with his wand. It groaned. Remus grabbed a handful of the robe in his hand and pulled back quickly, ready to strike.....LILY?
Remus pocketed his wand and let himself relax as he saw the red-headed beauty sleep peacefully. He hated to wake her but they had to get back to the castle as soon as possible.
"Lily. Wake up...We fell asleep!" Remus whispered frantically in her ear as he nudged her. Lily groaned with protest.
"Five more minutes, Torrance. It's Sunday for Merlin's sake!" Lily mumbled as she turned on her side and dozed back off.
Remus smiled at her as he got to his feet and stretched. They had obviously fallen asleep during their lesson last night. He saw his leftover hair on the ground below him and the scizzors, mirror, and stereo on the end of the stands.
Remus was suddenly hit with a pang of panic. What if someone noticed they weren't in their beds last night? He checked his watch...it was only six-thirty...good, he had four and a half hours until the Quidditch match against Slytherin.
"Come on Lils, wake up." Remus whined.
"The hell I will." Lily said as she swung her hand in his direction.
"Lily...it was announced earlier...James and Torrance are now an item."
"WHAT?!" Lily bellowed as she shot straight up. The stadium echoed what, what, what in response.
Remus chuckled. "Just kidding." he said sweetly.
Remus and Lily went their seperate ways when they entered the castle but promised to see each other at breakfast. It was still quite early and nobody cared to be up yet, besides the professors of course.
Instead of heading straight to the boys dormitory, he went directly up towards the high tower where all the owls were kept. When he arrived inside the room he searched for his own brown, tawny owl.
"Francis, Francis...where are you?" Remus whispered loudly until a brown feather ball landed on his shoulder.
"I need you to take these to Lily when the mail arrives, understand?" Remus asked as he tied a bouquet of lilies and a note to Francis' body. Francis hooted as if saying he knew what he was doing.
Remus crept inside the dormitory very quietly and took a quick hot shower. While in the shower he thought about what exactly he was going to do for Lils birthday. When he was through, he dried and dressed rather fast and re-entered the dormitory.
'Still asleep, I should have known.' Remus thought.
Sirius was in his boxers, half of his body hanging off the bed. James was sleeping soundly with his hands behind his head, every so often mumbling something like 'red hair' and 'emerald eyes'. Peter was lying face down with his mouth slightly open getting drool on his pillow.
Remus opened his trunk soundlessly and scrummaged through his belongings until he found what he was searching for. He took it out and shut his trunk carefully.
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." Remus whispered as he tapped the parchment with his wand. He then looked at his watch...seven forty-five.
'The girls should be at breakfast right about now.' he thought and according to the map he was absolutely right. It showed that most of the Gryffindors were at breakfast and there wasn't one person in the girls dorm.
Now, over the past six years the Marauders have gotten away with everything known to wizard kind at Hogwarts....except get into the girls dormitory. After about the twelfth try on behalf of Sirius they claimed it impossible and that was what he was about to do. Attempt the impossible. This time however, Remus had a good and unselfish reason to be in there.
"Mischief managed." He said and tucked the map inside his robes. He made his way down the boys staircase and stopped at the foot of the girls stairs.
"Okay, I can do this. Remus you can do this." Remus said doubtfully to himself as he stared up the stairs. 'Okay here I go'.
One step......'Everything good so far'. He thought.
Two steps...
Three steps....
Four steps......"Oh my god, I'm going to make it." He said out loud.
Five steps.......
Six ste--............CRASH!!! Remus was now back at the foot of the staircase, rubbing his hip furiously.
"I should have known." Groaning, Remus stood himself up as he rubbed his hurt hip.
Admitting defeat, he went back up to his dormitory and placed the Marauder's Map back into his trunk neatly. He was about to shut close his trunk when he spotted his ever faithful broomstick. It was like a lightbulb went off inside his head. He grabbed his broom and was soon facing the girls staircase again.
"This is the stupidest idea you have ever had." Remus said to himself.
He mounted and let himself hover barely off the ground. He leaned his weight into the handle and felt it speed towards the girls dormitories. He closed his eyes waiting for some kind of invisible barrier to knock him unconsious......but nothing happened. He opened his eyes to see that he was gradually heading up. He dismounted and got off, stunned to see the dormitory door.
Gryffindor girls
Seventh Year
"I'm alive." Remus said not believing his own words. With a deep breath he opened the door and headed inside.
It was much cleaner than their dorm and it smelt nicer as well. He scanned the room and noted everything so he could tell the rest of the Marauders.
"Oh well this is nice." Remus said joyfully as he entered their bathroom, only to see all of the girl's knickers hanging down from the shower curtain.
'Okay, you are here on a mission. Don't get distracted.' He coached himself as he went back into the dorm area. He had to find Lily's bed.
This didn't take him long at all. Lily's bed headboard was the only one that didn't have pictures of James winking out at him. He went over to her trunk and opened it up. A book with lilies printed on it caught his eye immediately and he pulled it out and opened it up.
It was her diary and as much as Remus wanted to look at it, he had to repect her privacy. He scimmed through the book and actually found some useful information. He began to read:
My favorite color: Red
My best friend: Torrance
My favorite quotes: Shakespeare
Things that annoy me: James
One of my secrets: I had a crush on Remus in third year (Remus chuckled)
Something I will never do again: Cry (Remus wondered why...he'll find out sooner or later)
My favorite song...
Remus found what he was looking for. Finally. He attempted to shut her diary when a certain passage made him curious.
October 2
Torrance's dreams are getting worse. She woke the dormitory up while she was screaming in her sleep. She won't tell me what it was about and I feel terrible that she has to deal with this--
Remus shut the book quickly. He had no right to read Lily's diary or pry into Torrance's private life. He had what he needed so he slipped out of the dormitory, broom in hand.
***LILY'S POV***
Lily was sitting with Torrance in the Great Hall eating her breakfast while talking to her non-stop.
"I'm of age! I'm finally seventeen! You know what this means?" said Lily
"That you'll finally get rid of Mr. Cuddles?" Torrance said.
Mr. Cuddles was Lily's stuffed bear and she wouldn't dream of giving him up in her life.
"No! It means that Petunia can't push me around anymore!" Lily said happily.
"So, what are we so happy about?" a voice came from behind them. Lily didn't need to turn around to know that that voice belonged to James.
"Lils here is finally seventeen." Torrance answered as Sirius, James and Peter sat all around them and piled food on their plates.
"Oh...our Tiger Lily is finally growing up! It seems like only yesterday she was a little girl!" Sirius said sorrowfully.
"You should have told us it was your birthday." James said
"Mails here." Peter mumbled.
She never looked for her owl anymore. She hardly got things from home and she didn't subscribe to the Daily Prophet so there was no reason to get mail. This is why Lily was very surprised to see an unruly looking owl swoop in front of her and wait for her to retrieve her package.
"That's odd. I never get mail." Lily murmured as she relieved the owl of it's burden and watched it as it flew off. There was an extremely beautiful bouquet of, what else, lilies and a note was tied to it with an emerald colored ribbon.
"Who's it from?" James asked as he eyed the flowers.
Lily opened the note and read to herself:
Lils,
I hope you like the flowers because they reminded me of you. I chose the ribbon because it looked like your eyes. (Aren't I romantic?) Happy Seventeenth Birthday!
-Remus
Lily chuckled and handed the note to Torrance to read.
"That was nice of him. How come they can't take notes from him?" Torrance asked as she gestured towards Sirius and James.
"I'm insulted!" Sirius said as he swiped the note out of Torrance's hand. "Hey, I didn't know Moony had it in him!"
"Moony? Our Moony? Sent flowers to Lily?" James' eyes flashed dangerously.
Sirius kicked James' knees hard under the table while giving him a warning look. As if right on cue, Remus entered the Great Hall and walked up to Lily.
"What light by yonder window breaks? It is the east-and Juliet is the sun." Remus recited. Lily looked extremely impressed.
"I didn't know you knew Shakespeare."
"She speaks! O, speak again, bright angel!" Remus replied.
Lily glanced back at Torrance but she was to busy gazing at Remus. James looked confused and Sirius looked amused.
"Uh, Moony? Who is Shakespeare and why the hell are you talking like that?" James asked.
"The love I bear thee can afford no better than this: thou are a villian." Lily said harshly to James.
The game was over. Remus and Torrance were having a fit of hysterical laughter while James just sat there surprised.
"Happy Birthday Lils." Remus said
"It would have been better if Prongsie over here hadn't have insulted Shakespeare's poetry." Sirius chuckled. James slapped him over the head in reply.
"This has been fun but we have to get going. You know, studying and all." Torrance said. Lily followed in pursuit. They left the Great Hall.
"Yeah come on fellas. Let's get ready for the Quiddith match." James said as he gulped down his orange juice. Remus followed them and headed out to the field.
A/N: I'll have the next chapter up soon. Remember, Remus still has his other "present".
Chapter Title: LILY'S BIRTHDAY
DISCLAIMER: OKAY, I'VE BEEN OVER THIS BEFORE...HMM...BUT JUST IN CASE....I'M NOT JK ROWLING...OKAY I SAID IT NOW LET'S GET ON WITH OUR LIVES.
***REMUS' POV***
Remus woke up with the sun on his face and the singing of the birds in the distance. The mist in the air soothed his skin but...wait a second...
'What am I doing outside?!' He thought wildly.
He sat up quickly and looked around at his surroundings.
'Yep, this is defenitly outside.' Remus noticed that he was still in the Quidditch stadium and had fallen asleep on the stands but how did he get--
Remus rolled off of the stands as he yelled in surprise. He had just felt slight movement in the bundle of robes next to him. He retrieved his wand from his pant pocket as he approached it cautiously. He saw the bundle move again so he prodded whatever it was with his wand. It groaned. Remus grabbed a handful of the robe in his hand and pulled back quickly, ready to strike.....LILY?
Remus pocketed his wand and let himself relax as he saw the red-headed beauty sleep peacefully. He hated to wake her but they had to get back to the castle as soon as possible.
"Lily. Wake up...We fell asleep!" Remus whispered frantically in her ear as he nudged her. Lily groaned with protest.
"Five more minutes, Torrance. It's Sunday for Merlin's sake!" Lily mumbled as she turned on her side and dozed back off.
Remus smiled at her as he got to his feet and stretched. They had obviously fallen asleep during their lesson last night. He saw his leftover hair on the ground below him and the scizzors, mirror, and stereo on the end of the stands.
Remus was suddenly hit with a pang of panic. What if someone noticed they weren't in their beds last night? He checked his watch...it was only six-thirty...good, he had four and a half hours until the Quidditch match against Slytherin.
"Come on Lils, wake up." Remus whined.
"The hell I will." Lily said as she swung her hand in his direction.
"Lily...it was announced earlier...James and Torrance are now an item."
"WHAT?!" Lily bellowed as she shot straight up. The stadium echoed what, what, what in response.
Remus chuckled. "Just kidding." he said sweetly.
Remus and Lily went their seperate ways when they entered the castle but promised to see each other at breakfast. It was still quite early and nobody cared to be up yet, besides the professors of course.
Instead of heading straight to the boys dormitory, he went directly up towards the high tower where all the owls were kept. When he arrived inside the room he searched for his own brown, tawny owl.
"Francis, Francis...where are you?" Remus whispered loudly until a brown feather ball landed on his shoulder.
"I need you to take these to Lily when the mail arrives, understand?" Remus asked as he tied a bouquet of lilies and a note to Francis' body. Francis hooted as if saying he knew what he was doing.
Remus crept inside the dormitory very quietly and took a quick hot shower. While in the shower he thought about what exactly he was going to do for Lils birthday. When he was through, he dried and dressed rather fast and re-entered the dormitory.
'Still asleep, I should have known.' Remus thought.
Sirius was in his boxers, half of his body hanging off the bed. James was sleeping soundly with his hands behind his head, every so often mumbling something like 'red hair' and 'emerald eyes'. Peter was lying face down with his mouth slightly open getting drool on his pillow.
Remus opened his trunk soundlessly and scrummaged through his belongings until he found what he was searching for. He took it out and shut his trunk carefully.
"I solemnly swear that I am up to no good." Remus whispered as he tapped the parchment with his wand. He then looked at his watch...seven forty-five.
'The girls should be at breakfast right about now.' he thought and according to the map he was absolutely right. It showed that most of the Gryffindors were at breakfast and there wasn't one person in the girls dorm.
Now, over the past six years the Marauders have gotten away with everything known to wizard kind at Hogwarts....except get into the girls dormitory. After about the twelfth try on behalf of Sirius they claimed it impossible and that was what he was about to do. Attempt the impossible. This time however, Remus had a good and unselfish reason to be in there.
"Mischief managed." He said and tucked the map inside his robes. He made his way down the boys staircase and stopped at the foot of the girls stairs.
"Okay, I can do this. Remus you can do this." Remus said doubtfully to himself as he stared up the stairs. 'Okay here I go'.
One step......'Everything good so far'. He thought.
Two steps...
Three steps....
Four steps......"Oh my god, I'm going to make it." He said out loud.
Five steps.......
Six ste--............CRASH!!! Remus was now back at the foot of the staircase, rubbing his hip furiously.
"I should have known." Groaning, Remus stood himself up as he rubbed his hurt hip.
Admitting defeat, he went back up to his dormitory and placed the Marauder's Map back into his trunk neatly. He was about to shut close his trunk when he spotted his ever faithful broomstick. It was like a lightbulb went off inside his head. He grabbed his broom and was soon facing the girls staircase again.
"This is the stupidest idea you have ever had." Remus said to himself.
He mounted and let himself hover barely off the ground. He leaned his weight into the handle and felt it speed towards the girls dormitories. He closed his eyes waiting for some kind of invisible barrier to knock him unconsious......but nothing happened. He opened his eyes to see that he was gradually heading up. He dismounted and got off, stunned to see the dormitory door.
Gryffindor girls
Seventh Year
"I'm alive." Remus said not believing his own words. With a deep breath he opened the door and headed inside.
It was much cleaner than their dorm and it smelt nicer as well. He scanned the room and noted everything so he could tell the rest of the Marauders.
"Oh well this is nice." Remus said joyfully as he entered their bathroom, only to see all of the girl's knickers hanging down from the shower curtain.
'Okay, you are here on a mission. Don't get distracted.' He coached himself as he went back into the dorm area. He had to find Lily's bed.
This didn't take him long at all. Lily's bed headboard was the only one that didn't have pictures of James winking out at him. He went over to her trunk and opened it up. A book with lilies printed on it caught his eye immediately and he pulled it out and opened it up.
It was her diary and as much as Remus wanted to look at it, he had to repect her privacy. He scimmed through the book and actually found some useful information. He began to read:
My favorite color: Red
My best friend: Torrance
My favorite quotes: Shakespeare
Things that annoy me: James
One of my secrets: I had a crush on Remus in third year (Remus chuckled)
Something I will never do again: Cry (Remus wondered why...he'll find out sooner or later)
My favorite song...
Remus found what he was looking for. Finally. He attempted to shut her diary when a certain passage made him curious.
October 2
Torrance's dreams are getting worse. She woke the dormitory up while she was screaming in her sleep. She won't tell me what it was about and I feel terrible that she has to deal with this--
Remus shut the book quickly. He had no right to read Lily's diary or pry into Torrance's private life. He had what he needed so he slipped out of the dormitory, broom in hand.
***LILY'S POV***
Lily was sitting with Torrance in the Great Hall eating her breakfast while talking to her non-stop.
"I'm of age! I'm finally seventeen! You know what this means?" said Lily
"That you'll finally get rid of Mr. Cuddles?" Torrance said.
Mr. Cuddles was Lily's stuffed bear and she wouldn't dream of giving him up in her life.
"No! It means that Petunia can't push me around anymore!" Lily said happily.
"So, what are we so happy about?" a voice came from behind them. Lily didn't need to turn around to know that that voice belonged to James.
"Lils here is finally seventeen." Torrance answered as Sirius, James and Peter sat all around them and piled food on their plates.
"Oh...our Tiger Lily is finally growing up! It seems like only yesterday she was a little girl!" Sirius said sorrowfully.
"You should have told us it was your birthday." James said
"Mails here." Peter mumbled.
She never looked for her owl anymore. She hardly got things from home and she didn't subscribe to the Daily Prophet so there was no reason to get mail. This is why Lily was very surprised to see an unruly looking owl swoop in front of her and wait for her to retrieve her package.
"That's odd. I never get mail." Lily murmured as she relieved the owl of it's burden and watched it as it flew off. There was an extremely beautiful bouquet of, what else, lilies and a note was tied to it with an emerald colored ribbon.
"Who's it from?" James asked as he eyed the flowers.
Lily opened the note and read to herself:
Lils,
I hope you like the flowers because they reminded me of you. I chose the ribbon because it looked like your eyes. (Aren't I romantic?) Happy Seventeenth Birthday!
-Remus
Lily chuckled and handed the note to Torrance to read.
"That was nice of him. How come they can't take notes from him?" Torrance asked as she gestured towards Sirius and James.
"I'm insulted!" Sirius said as he swiped the note out of Torrance's hand. "Hey, I didn't know Moony had it in him!"
"Moony? Our Moony? Sent flowers to Lily?" James' eyes flashed dangerously.
Sirius kicked James' knees hard under the table while giving him a warning look. As if right on cue, Remus entered the Great Hall and walked up to Lily.
"What light by yonder window breaks? It is the east-and Juliet is the sun." Remus recited. Lily looked extremely impressed.
"I didn't know you knew Shakespeare."
"She speaks! O, speak again, bright angel!" Remus replied.
Lily glanced back at Torrance but she was to busy gazing at Remus. James looked confused and Sirius looked amused.
"Uh, Moony? Who is Shakespeare and why the hell are you talking like that?" James asked.
"The love I bear thee can afford no better than this: thou are a villian." Lily said harshly to James.
The game was over. Remus and Torrance were having a fit of hysterical laughter while James just sat there surprised.
"Happy Birthday Lils." Remus said
"It would have been better if Prongsie over here hadn't have insulted Shakespeare's poetry." Sirius chuckled. James slapped him over the head in reply.
"This has been fun but we have to get going. You know, studying and all." Torrance said. Lily followed in pursuit. They left the Great Hall.
"Yeah come on fellas. Let's get ready for the Quiddith match." James said as he gulped down his orange juice. Remus followed them and headed out to the field.
A/N: I'll have the next chapter up soon. Remember, Remus still has his other "present".