Disclaimer: Harry Potter dances away from my belongings... In other words, most of it dances towards JK Rowling... Oh the humiliation! #cries#
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"Why is the sky blue?" asked Sirius, staring up at the clouds.
"How the hell should I know?" replied Lily grumpily.
"Fine. Why is the grass green?"
"Do I look like God or something?"
Sirius looked at Lily. "You're girl, you're supposed to know these things!"
"Retard."
"I'm not retarded, I'm special."
"Yeah you're special all right. SPECIAL IN THE HEAD!"
To avoid an argument escalating, Penny told the boys they had to get out.
"Why?!" they asked.
"'Cause we need to get changed,"
"Can't we stay and watch?" asked Sirius cheekily.
"Yeah," added James, "And besides, I quite like what pumpkins wearing at the moment." He wiggled his eyebrows.
Lily blushed. She was wearing a pair of black trousers and a white tank top;
her hair cascaded down her back like blood on snow.
"Come on guys...OUT!"
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"I'm bored..." whined Sirius, "Make something fun happen,"
"Exploding snap?"
"Sure..."
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"I win..." gloated Lily, laughing at the singed eyebrows of The Marauders.
"Yeah, yeah... no need to boast," muttered James, gathering the pack together, "Another game?"
"Hey, did you all hear about those missing kids. Their parents are distraught."
"Bet it was Voldemort," spat James bitterly.
There was a tense silence in the compartment which was only broken when Sirius asked where Wormtail was.
"I don't know. I didn't see him all through the summer."
"Yeah, where is he? He's usually hovering around congratulating me for breathing..."
They all snorted.
"Where's Maddy and Penny? They went to find the food cart ages ago!"
"Speak of the devil..." murmured James.
"LILY!" screeched Penny, "MADDY'S GOT A BOYFRIEND!"
"Oh my God!" screamed Lily, jumping up and dancing around with her friends.
"Mental..." whispered James.
"Definitely," replied Sirius.
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At last, the train began to slow down and they heard the usual racket up and down it as everyone scrambled to get their luggage
and pets assembled, ready to get off. They shuffled out of the compartment feeling the first sting of the night air on their faces.
Jostled by the crowd, the six made their way down the platform.
"Come on guys," said Maddy grabbing Lily and Penny's sleeves. "We've got to get a good carriage,"
"But the Marauders...?" protested Penny.
"Already gone, now COME ON!"
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"Oh great, they're all filled up," said Penny grumpily.
"What was wrong with the on we just passed?"
"Did you want to sit with Diggory?"
"Pumpkin!" cried a loud voice, "Come sit with us!"
They turned to the source of the noise. Shrugging at each other, Penny and Maddy scrambled into the carriage leaving Lily behind.
"Umm guys?" asked Lily, peering through the glass, "Where do I sit?"
"On Jamie's knee!" sang Sirius.
She backed away waving her hands.
"Come on Lily," said Penny impatiently, "Do you want to sit with Diggory?"
Shaking her head, she climbed onto to James's lap.
"Aah," sighed James contentedly, he pulled the small body closer to his chest.
"Don't push your luck Potter." Growled Lily.
"Sorry."
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There was a certain lack of Slytherins when they entered the hall.
"Where are they all?"
"Probably at a Death Eater meeting." Grumbled James before moving off down the table.
The Sorting had just finished and Dumbledore had already stood and given his speech. "Without further ado, I bring to you... Food!"
But instead of the tables filling with delicious food like usual, the tables stayed quite empty.
"What the...?" someone yelled as a loud rumbling filled the hall. Suddenly, there was a crack of thunder and sweets began falling from the ceiling. There were squeals of delight as hundreds of Wizard and Muggle sweets showered down on them. That is, all except the Slytherins who were diving under the table as a dark rain cloud poured cow dung on them.
"Potter!" yelled Lily.
"What you gonna do Pumpkin? Give me a detention?" he asked cheekily. Lily was friends with the Head Girl, Jasmine.
"Just be glad I like chocolate." She said with a grin before dancing off to her friends.
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It was late; all of the Gryffindors were in bed. That is all except –
"So who are you going out with?" asked Lily, nibbling on a Sugar Quill.
"I can't believe you didn't ask earlier." Said Maddy, tentatively reaching into a pack of Bertie Botts Every Flavour Beans.
"So who?" she said excitedly as she leaned closer.
"Jamie Brown!"
Lily screamed. "Really?! What happened, did he ask you?"
"Well, me and Penny were just loading up on stuff from the food cart. I had rather a lot in my arms, so when he wasn't looking I dropped it on the floor."
Lily let out a laugh, typical Maddy.
"Yeah and then he goes 'Hey babe, wanna be my girl?" Lily grimaced. "Babe?!"
Maddy wrinkled her nose. "Yeah I know but... Anyway, he brought me a load of chocolate and stuff, which is where." She said, gesturing to the pile in front of her, "All this came from."
"Really, so then what did... oh sugar, who the hell is that?" Lily asked, covering her ears.
"Umm, that would be Sirius."
Suddenly, the portrait door opened and in stepped James, Sirius, Remus, Peter and Penny, each with a small pile of food and drink in their arms.
"Snack time!" cried Penny, as she flung her share onto the rug and settled next to Lily on the armchair.
They sat in silence for a few minutes which was only interrupted when Sirius started singing again.
"There was a bird..."
"Oh no Sirius." Groaned James, "Not that bloody song again?!"
He glared at James. "Ahem. There was a bird, with a yellow bill, he landed on, my window sill, I coaxed him in, with a plate of chilli, then I chopped off, his little..."
Remus clamped his hand over his mouth before he could say the last word. "Not in front of the ladies Sirius, not in front of the ladies."
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James entered the Great Hall with feeling of relish. He looked around the Gryffindor table and found what he was looking for. Red hair.
"PUMPKIN!" he yelped before flinging himself on Lily.
"Arrrgggh, Potter, get OFF!"
Smiling he kissed her quickly on the cheek then scooted down the benches towards his fellow Marauders.
"POTTER!" she screeched.
"Leave it Lily, don't blow off at him. It's exactly what he wants."
"So..." asked Maddy, "What do we have first?"
"Charms,"
"Pumpkin..." asked James, sidling up to Lily, his friends behind him. "Will you go out with me?"
"I believe the answer will be no.," said Penny logically.
Then the bell rang and they got ready for class. ......................................................................................................................................................
"Silenco!"
"Silencia!"
"Silenci!"
"It's 'Silencio' "cried Professor Flitwick despairingly as he rushed around the classroom.
James turned and stared intently as Lily charmed her frog to stop croaking.
"Turn around." She said coldly.
"Why?"
"Girl talk." Replied Penny.
"Tell me, I'm a girl!"
The girls snorted.
"You wouldn't want to know." Said Maddy as she successfully charmed her owl to stop hooting. "I mean what do boys talk about? Orgies?"
They sniggered at the thought.
Frowning, he turned back to his friends.
Suddenly, Lily got an idea. "Hey Potter. Do you wear a bra?"
James looked taken aback, horrified, shocked, mortified, scared, freaked out for only a second. Then his face changed into a grin and said, "Yup!"
"What size?"
"32z. I have to have my bra's specially made because I'm that big!"
"Do you shave?"
"Everyday."
"Do you get your period?"
"Yup."
Maddy and Penny put their heads onto the table and laughed.
"Pads or tampons?"
"Tampons." He replied, his voice faking dignity.
"Mini or super?"
"MEGA!"
Lily giggled. "Potter, you've been hit by the Pass-It-On-Personal- Questions. It is your turn to ask the same ones to somebody else."
"Ok." Said James with a smile.
Then the bell rang and they went to their next lesson, DADA.
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"Sirius. Where are you going?" called James.
"Downstairs, I just need to find someone."
"Who?"
"Err, umm, Snape. Err yeah umm, Snape!"
And with that, he walked off.
"Well Remus... looks like we're left with the girls!" he said, stretching his arms above his head before slowly wrapping one round Lily.
"Get off me Potter."
"Sorry."
The five walked in silence for a few minutes until –
"What's this?" asked James, grabbing a small blue book from Lily's arms.
"Give it back now!"
"No, I don't think I will."
Lily growled. "GIVE.IT.BACK.NOW!"
"Nope. I'm going to read it."
"GIVE IT BACK!" screamed Lily, fighting back tears.
With a quick smirk, James flicked the first page open.
"Hem, hem. This belongs to...aaah, Lily... calm down!" he yelped as Lily wrestled him to the ground in a bid to save her diary.
"Give it here!"
"Lily, eurk. Gerroff, oh!"
Lily grabbed his wand and to Penny, but she missed and it went sailing down the stairs right onto –
"Ow... bloody hell. What was that for?" shouted a rather annoyed looking Sirius.
They ignored him. "My wand Lily? Why my wand?" cried James despairingly.
It was at that moment that the diary slipped out of James's grasp and fell down the stairs. Lily paled.
"Crap!"
"Are you trying to give me concussion?" asked Sirius, rubbing his forehead.
"YOU IDIOT!" shouted Lily as she flung her hands round James's neck.
"Ow- Lily- Ow- Get- Off- I need- To- Breath!"
With a little help from his friends (AN. sings "I get by with a little help from my friends...") James managed to pry Lily off him. He quickly shot off to retrieve his wand.
Still fuming about her diary, Lily failed to notice the excited crowd of second years getting closer, and closer, and closer until...
"LILY!"
The force of the 12 year olds had caused Lily to lose her balance and fall over the railings.
"Don't worry Lily. I'll catch you." Cried James, circling desperately underneath, his arms outstretched.
This of course, only made Lily scream louder.
BANG
Lily landed in James's arms but James lost his balance and crashed to the ground
"Ouch." Said Sirius with a wince. "That's got to hurt."
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Hey everyone!
This is probably my favourite story that I've written. Even though it hasn't got as many reviews as Days of Graduation or Changing Hermione, I still like it.
Maybe it's the fact that it only has a few chapters...?
PassionFlower
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