~*A Lily and James Story*~
Summary: James Potter, prank extraordinaire, Lily Evans, perfect prefect. How did the lives of these two ever collide? Throw in Sirius, Remus, and Peter, and you got yourself the dynamic Marauders. May become an AU.
Disclaimer: All Harry Potter characters belong to JK Rowling. They do not belong to me.
Author's note: Sorry guys, but this will just be a quickie note. Okay, to answer your question, Freime, AU stands for alternate universe.
If I could just take a sec, I want to say thank you to all my reviewers for giving me the confidence to carry on *smiles*
Kyle Richter- Yes, James is definitely too cocky for his own good. *laughs* I will try posting every couple of days, I try writing my story during the school hours, but ya know, darn teachers always yell at me for it *smiles*
Klander- Thank you! I really try to keep Lily, James and everyone else in character.Freime- That doesn't make you a loser for not knowing, I'm sure all of us didn't know at one point or another.
FrEgOreLuVeR225- Thanks!!Kathleen McCormick- Hehe, I take it you like James!
IloveOrli-08- Thanks a bunch! I'm trying my best *smile*
Ok, I know some of you hate reading those or just author notes in general, but it's really important to me to thank you all. You really help me out! So once again, thanks a lot!
Now, without further ado
Chapter 3- Let's hear it for the boy
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Once inside the great hall, Lily, Catherine, and Jenny made their way towards the Gryffindor table, occasionally chatting along the way. As soon as they reached their destination, they chose a seat as far away from everyone else as possible. Catherine stared at Lily for (what seemed to Lily) an eternity. Lily was the first to break the silence.
"What?" Lily asked moodily, wanting nothing better than to go to the dormitories to catch up on some much-needed rest.
"You didn't tell me you were a prefect! Catherine said, offended. Lily glanced at her robes, where her perfectly visible prefect badge was.
"Well, maybe if you weren't too busy with Remus you would have noticed!" Lily said furiously.
"And just what were you doing with James?" Catherine asked, not missing a beat. Lily gaped openly at Catherine, and tried to stop the blush that was slowly creeping its way up, when Jenny, who was sitting between the two held out both her arms, so one was to her left, in front of Lily, the other to her right, in front of Catherine, and slapped her hands over their mouths, immediately silencing them. (Authors note- I hope that made sense, just picture it in your mind)
"Why are you fighting?" Jenny asked exhaustedly. "Ever since we stepped foot inside this castle you've been so hostile towards each other, it's like someone flipped on a light switch! You were fine in the carriage ride!" Catherine stared quizzically at Jenny, when Jenny stated, "Um, a light switch, well… It's a muggle thing." "Anyways," she continued, "We need to stick together! Oh, and congratulations on becoming prefect Lily." Jenny added, nodding towards Lily.
"Your right Jenny." 'For once' Catherine added under breath. "Lily, I'm sorry, and congratulations." Catherine said.
Lily smiled, and patted Catherine's shoulder. "Thanks, but I think we're all a little uptight after spending so much time with the marauders."
"Marauders…what exactly is that suppose to stand for anyways?" Jenny asked out of curiousity.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" A familiar deep voice called out from behind them. All three girls immediately spun around and saw James standing cockily with his arms crossed across his chest and a smug look on his face, Sirius who was in a similar pose, was standing to James' left, and Remus who was standing to James' right, was smiling sympathetically.
Lily, after staring at the three most wanted guys in Hogwarts, was the first to recover from her shock and turned back around just as Professor Dumbledore stood up signifying the hall to quiet. "Please, be seated." Dumbledore called out, looking towards the marauders with twinkling eyes.
James, Sirius and Remus walked around the table and sat across from Lily, Catherine, and Jenny. All heads but Lily's turned to the wizened wizard. Lily was bowing her head over the table speaking softly, so only James could hear her. "No one said you'd have to sit here you know!" with that said, Lily then turned her head to Dumbledore and gave him her undivided attention.
"I believe it is time to give Hogwarts newest arrivals the sorting." Dumbledore said before sitting back down.
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What seemed like hours later, when Professor McGonagall called out, "Zell, Damian" who became a Gryffindor, the sorting was finally done for another year.
Dumbledore stood up once again and spread his arms out in a sweeping motion. "Tuck in."
The great hall filled with noise and laughter has the plates and goblets filled before their eyes. Sirius smiled happily before grabbing a chicken wing from a platter in front of him. He immediately shoved the chicken leg up to his mouth, tore off some meat with his teeth, and began chewing
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"Hey where's Pete?" Sirius asked, bits of chicken falling out of his mouth while glancing around the table. Jenny rapidly blinked her eyes and put the most disgusted look she could muster on her face before turning to Catherine. "Tell me again, why are they sitting by us?" Jenny asked, but was now giggling at a piece of chicken that was currently hanging out of Sirius's mouth. Lily looked at Catherine and Jenny, and smiled softly enjoying her tuna casserole and pumpkin juice.
Merely seconds later, Sirius' question was answered when Peter bounded angrily into the great hall and sat next to James.
"Hey, wormtail, there you are! We were looking for you!" The now empty mouthed Sirius said.
Peter looked angry beyond belief and immediately scowled, "Well, if it wasn't for you I wouldn't have had to ride in the same carriage as Snivellus!
Unbeknownst to Peter, Snape had just walked into the hall, stood directly behind Peter, and heard what he had said.
"Well," Snape began, making the girls and Peter jump. "It was no picnic riding with you either, scum!" With that said, Snape turned and stomped back to the Slytherin table, his robes billowing behind him.
Sirius glared at Snape's retreating form, and began to rise. Remus was suspecting this action from him, and stood up himself, laying a hand on Sirius shoulder. "Let the git go, he doesn't know when to shut his mouth. Besides I happen to know your just waiting for him to do something like that to have an excuse to dung bomb him into oblivion." Remus said, smiling faintly.
"I won't deny that, but Moony, you ought to know I don't need an excuse to do something to him, I will do it when ever I feel like it, but most likely when I'm just bored." Sirius inferred. Sitting back down, Sirius happened to glance in Jenny's direction and caught her staring at him with a smile on her face. "See something you like?" he asked arching a brow, and setting that trademark cocky grin on his face, which would make any other girl faint with glee. But, as Sirius learned, Jenny isn't 'any other girl.'
"Don't get so full of your self, that chicken wing on your plate looks more tempting." Jenny said, but unknown to her, she was blushing as crimson as a rose. When Sirius continued to look at Jenny, she immediately tore her eyes away from him so fast that he was amazed she didn't get whiplash.
A comfortable silence had settled over the group, but Lily decided to break it as soon as she saw something pinned to Remus' robes.
"Remus! Congrats! So you're the other prefect! Looks like we'll be working together."
James jerked his head off of his hands where he was resting it and gave Remus a displeased look, though Remus either didn't catch it, or he ignored it.
James was very protective when it came to Lily. He knew Remus would never hurt her, or anyone else for that matter, but he would just prefer it if Lily would stay away from other guys, and hang out with him more, to get to know him.
"Well, I think Dumbledore chose me so I would keep these guys in line." Remus assumed, jerking his thumb in Sirius' and James' direction. Lily looked like she was about to reply, but was interrupted by a loud voice.
"Welcome to a new year at Hogwarts." Dumbledore said, standing up for the third and final time that night. "Now a few rules to our new students as well as some reminders to the returning. (At this he looked directly at the marauders with a faint smile and twinkling eyes) First off, all students are to stay out of the forbidden forest, because it is just that, forbidden. Everyone is to be in their dormitories by 10:30PM, with the exception of prefects. And lastly, Mr. Filch has added some new items on his banned list, which can be found posted on his door. Now I suggest you all to go to your dormitories for some well-needed rest, as you have classes in the morning."
Everyone began to pile out of the hall through the double doors, excluding Remus and Lily, who were leading the first years out after everyone had gone, showing them the way to Gryffindor Tower. (The Ravenclaw prefects took the students sorted into Ravenclaw to their tower etc…) Once at the tower, Lily told the first years the password (Bravis latonis) and muttered it to the fat lady's portrait.
Once all students made there way to their dorms, Lily finally walked into the common room exhausted and with plans to curl up in front of the fire with her favorite muggle book, "Wicked."
Making her way over to the overstuffed couch and sitting down, her plans were foiled, as she had sat on something lumpy, and covered in a blanket. Pulling the blanket off, she uncovered James.
"Hey, I was waiting here for you." James said, the dancing flames of the fire reflecting in his glasses.
"Why." Lily asked simply. James looked at her with puppy eyes and a stunning smile. "I was kind of hoping we could talk, after all we will have privacy, everyone else is in bed." James said while looking around the common room.
Looking into James eyes, Lily decided there was no way she could say no, and she hated that feeling. "Okay, what do you want to talk about?" she asked softly.
"Come here." He said, patting the seat beside him. Lily sat down next to him, and continued to look into his eyes. 'What could he want to talk to me about? He looks sincere, so there must be something.' She thought to herself.
"Lily, I just want you to know that I regret the things I have done in the past. I have changed, and I'm sure you noticed it, after all, I said I would pull a prank during the feast in the great hall, and I didn't."
Lily looked at James in confusion. "So, you're a liar then?" "No, I'm just saying…um…I'm trying to show you that you mean a lot to me." James responded. Lily looked at James with what she hoped was a blank expression. 'He was at a loss of words for a minute there. He is always so swift and cool talking. He must have really meant what he said.' She thought trying to conjure exactly what James strange behavior could mean.
Lily glanced down into her lap, suddenly finding her hands very interesting. Before she could say anything, James brought his hand up to her chin and lifted her face to peer into her eyes. "I love you Lily. Before now I always thought it was just some crazy crush. But seeing you again, gracefully walking into the school, well I know this is much more then a crush."
"Potter, I…I don't know what to say." Lily said plainly. "How about you call me James, and we become friends, and you can figure out what you think of me then?" James replied, taking his hand off of her chin. "James…" Lily trailed off.
James smiled happily at hearing her say his name. It sounded so natural rolling off of her pink lips. "I'm kind of tired. I'm sorry, but can we talk in the morning?" Lily asked. "Sure, good night Lily." James said, once again staring into her eyes. Lily rose off of the couch and quietly walked over to the stairs leading to the girl's dormitories. "Night." she whispered.
James stared at her retreating form and continued sitting on the couch for a couple more minutes until finally rousing off of it and heading up the boy's dormitory stairs.