I am so sorry about the long wait for this chapter! I had family problems and then a bit of writers bloke so that's why it's late! So sorry!!!! Thanks for all the reviews and I'm sorry there wasn't any Remus in the last chapter - don't know why there wasn't - but he's in this one don't worry! :-)
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Disclaimer: I wish Harry Potter and all things surrounding it were my creation, but it isn't! So I just got to dream! But this is my idea and I'm sorry if it all doesn't go with the books!
The Magic Charm©
Chapter 4
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A few days later, Saturday afternoon to be exact, James and Sirius were sitting in the kitchen of James's - and soon to be Lily's - home. James was in the middle of making himself a sandwich - with his wand - as Sirius sat at the kitchen table reading the Daily Prophet.
"Tornados lost to the Magpies again." Sirius said as he read a Quidditch article. James groaned.
"I owe Dung 25 galleons now." James said as he picked up his sandwich and set it on a plate then went and sat at the table opposite Sirius.
"250 to 90." Sirius said as James took a bit out of his multi-layered sandwich. There was a faint pop and Remus was standing in the kitchen with a pleasant grin.
"Good Afternoon." Remus said happily as he sat down beside Sirius. Sirius and James looked at him oddly. "Are you eating that?" Remus asked arching an eyebrow to James who had his mouth open and his sandwich half way to his mouth. James put the sandwich down.
"Why you so happy?" James asked his eyebrows furrowed.
"Just left Jenny's." Remus said with a smirk.
"She forgave you then?" James asked with a chuckle as he picked up his sandwich. Remus went slightly pink as he nodded his head.
"Oh she forgave me." Remus chuckled. Sirius smirked and shook his head. "So is anybody up for a game of Quidditch? I'm sure we can get someone to join in." Remus said as he tried to change the subject.
"No can do. Jamie has plans." Sirius said with a smirk. Remus raised an eyebrow and looked at James who went slightly pink.
"Umm Lily's moving in." James said quietly as he looked at his plate.
"Lily as in Evans. The woman who works with you and you had a one-night stand with and had a huge crush on?" Remus asked shocked. James shook his head.
"No, Lily Evans as in the woman I work with and who I have platonic feelings for." James corrected. Sirius and Remus rolled their eyes.
"Yeah and I'm Dumbledore in disguise." Remus said.
"What time is she going to be here at?" Sirius asked as he turned a page of the Daily Prophet.
"She said she would apparate here about 2 o'clock." James said as he looked at the kitchen clock. Ten minutes left. James was getting nervous but he didn't know why.
I don't have feelings for her. I don't have feelings for her. I don't have feelings for her. She is so beautiful. I don't have feelings for her. And she smells so nice. I don't - and her lips!
"Do you really think it's wise?" Remus said interrupting James's thoughts. James looked at Remus curiously. "I mean you guys do have history. She did hate you for the first six years she knew you." Remus said. James rolled his eyes and stood up to put his empty plate in the sink.
"Lily and I got over that little problem of her hating me in seventh year and you know that." James said.
"Well what about the one-night stand? You can't say things won't be awkward." Remus said.
"Moony it's not like he's moving her into his bedroom-" Sirius paused and looked at James with a grin, "-are you?" James rolled his eyes.
"No, I'm not. Nothing can happen between us because we work together." James said. Although it didn't sound all that convincing. Sirius smirked at Remus then went back to his paper.
"So what room is she moving into?" Remus asked curiously.
"The other one with the bathroom." James said. Sirius and Remus turned to look at James again who had his back to them and was looking into the fridge.
"James that's opposite yours." Sirius stated.
"It's the one she liked." James said with a shrug as he pulled out a carton of pumpkin juice. And the only one I showed her. James added silently.
"Or she just wanted to be all the more closer to you?" Remus said in a dramatic voice. James rolled his eyes. There was a faint pop from the living room and James looked at the kitchen clock. It was 2 o'clock. He couldn't help but smile to himself. There was a crash and a voice screamed.
"A little help here, please!" The voice said from the living room.
James left the kitchen and went into the living room followed by Remus and Sirius. Lily was on the floor pushing three boxes of her. James chuckled as he lifted the boxes and handed them to Sirius and Remus then helped Lily up. James was very strong and Lily ended up falling into him as he helped her up. She chuckled and turned slightly pink as she absentmindedly put a strand of hair behind her hair. She turned to Sirius and took the box out of his arm then left the room followed by Remus who had the other two boxes. Sirius smirked at James.
"She likes being close to you." Sirius chuckled, as there was another pop. Hestia was standing there with another three boxes stacked in her arms. She went to take a step and accidentally fell into Sirius, which made both of them fall and the boxes to fall onto the ground. James chuckled as Hestia lay on top of Sirius. Sirius just grinned at her as she pushed herself off of him. She stood up and picked up a box. She turned to James and Sirius.
"Well make yourselves useful and take the rest of the boxes up. Now which room is Lily's?" Hestia asked trying cloud over the little incident. James smirked and picked up a box and led the way up to Lily's room. Sirius took up the rear, not that he minded following Hestia especially with view he got of Hestia in a pair of tight jeans.
"Get your eyes of the prize, Black." Hestia said as she stopped midway on the stairs and looked at Sirius. Sirius smirked.
"Oh that will be a prize I will receive." He said as he moved past Hestia and walked on up the stairs. She glared at his back then followed him.
Lily was already unpacking some of the boxes as the pair walked into the room. James was leaning against the wall with his hands in his pockets - Sirius nudged Hestia and motioned for her to look at him - as Remus straddled Lily's desk chair and leaned on his arms which were on the back of the chair.
"There you go Prongsette." Sirius said as he set the box down on her bed. James glared at Sirius for using that little nickname as Remus chuckled and Hestia and Lily looked at him curiously.
"Thanks." Lily said as she went back to taking miniature objects out of the boxes.
"Do you need any help?" Hestia asked as she hoped that she didn't.
"Oh no it's fine." Lily said. Hestia sighed. Lily looked at her and smiled as she shook her head. "You can go." Lily said with a chuckle. The four went to leave when Lily looked up again; she was holding a miniature quilt in her hand.
"Oh James could you hold on a minute? I need your help." Lily said as she spread out the small quilt and made it bigger. James shrugged and stayed. " I can't seem to transfigure the pattern on this quilt. Can you help?" She asked. James nodded. "Could you close the door, keep the heat in." Lily said as she smiled at him. James did so. Out in the hall Remus, Hestia and Sirius looked at each other with smirks.
The three went down stairs and made good use of James's fridge.
"Are you guys hungry?" Hestia asked as she looked through James's fridge.
"Starved." Sirius said with a smirk as he stared at Hestia bending over. Remus chuckled and shook his head.
"What are you making?" Remus asked as he sat down at the table and started to read the Daily Prophet that Sirius had left there earlier.
"Well there's not much I can make. When was the last time James actually went to the supermarket?" Hestia asked as she took out a carton of sour milk. Remus and Sirius looked at each other oddly.
"Supermarket?" They asked in unison. Hestia stared at the pair. They had to be kidding! She thought as she seen the pairs blank stares.
"You know the place where you buy food." Hestia said. Remus and Sirius looked at each other again and then looked back at Hestia.
"What do you mean like a restaurant?" Sirius asked curiously. Hestia was in shock.
"No, it's a place where you buy the food before it's made. You guys better be kidding me." Hestia warned. Remus and Sirius cracked into smiles.
"Of course we are." Remus chuckled.
"Had you fooled though." Sirius smirked. Hestia sighed. So these guys weren't complete dolts then.
"We know what a supermarket is. But I doubt James has ever set foot in one." Remus chuckled.
"How come?" Hestia asked as she through the sour milk in the bin.
"He's a mummy's boy." Sirius mocked. Hestia looked at him curiously. "She does everything for him. Well she more like sends the House Elf to do James's cleaning and buy his food; you know stuff like that." Sirius said with a shrug.
Hestia looked at him horrified. There was definitely going to be a clash between James and Lily. If James was as lazy as was made out to be Lily was certainly not going to take it. She was a very independent person and she didn't really like the thought of house elves. Remus chuckled at Hestia's facial expression.
"Come on Sirius give him some credit, he can cook after all. A very good one in fact." Remus stated. Hestia shook her head and went to make a cup of tea. When she turned she screamed at the top of her lungs.
"LILY!" Hestia screamed. Remus and Sirius jumped up and ran to her.
"Hestia, what's wrong?" Sirius asked turning Hestia towards him and resting his hands on her shoulders. Hestia was as pale as a ghost as her eyes and mouth lay wide open. Two pairs of feet could be heard running down the stirs. Then the door opened and Lily and James raced through.
"What Sirius do to you?" Lily asked as she rushed up to her friend.
"I didn't do anything!" Sirius said. Hestia then pointed behind her. Lily looked at the kitchen bench then back at Hestia then at the kitchen bench again. She gasped and turned to James.
"YOU HAVE NO KETTLE?!" Lily screamed at him. James was taken back by her out burst.
"What?" James asked. Sirius and Remus started laughing.
"This is no laughing matter." Lily said as if it was a matter of life or death - which to her it was! "James how do you make your tea?" Lily asked.
"With my wand." James said carefully with an eyebrow raised. That would almost be cute looking to Lily right now. But it she was in too much of a shocked state to notice how he looked.
"Oh my Merlin." Lily said putting a hand to her head. "This is almost as bad as finding Philippe make tea in the microwave." Lily said shaking her head. Remus and Sirius looked at each other and tried to stifle their laughter. James looked at the pair and bit down on his lip to stop from also laughing.
"Lily this calls for a crisis. I don't think he has any muggle appliances." Hestia said as she looked around the kitchen. Lily nodded her head.
"You're right." She then turned to James. "We need to go shopping." Lily said. James stared at Lily in horror as Sirius and Remus looked on in shock. The pair then looked at each other then back at James.
"Huh we have to go." Remus said.
"Yeah um we'll see you later, James - if you're still alive." Sirius said before he and Remus disaparated. Hestia shook her head.
"Can't believe you can live without muggle appliances." Hestia said. "My dad was the same before he met my mum. Thank Merlin my mum had some sense. Lily I'll owl you later." Hestia said as she too disaparated. Lily shook her head.
"How can you live without muggle appliances?" Lily asked. James shrugged as he walked into the living room, Lily following him.
"Dunno. Just can." James said as he sat down on the couch. Lily sat down on a chair beside the fireplace.
"How do you wash your clothes?" Lily asked curiously. "I'm sure you don't have time to do it the old fashioned way." Lily said. James shrugged again.
"I dunno, I always just find them in my wardrobe clean again. You know like the way it was at Hogwarts." James said. Lily stared at him in shock.
"You mean House elves do it for you?" Lily asked.
"Well I don't have one. I suppose my mum sends Lynette to do it." James said as if it was nothing. Lily stared at him.
"You spoiled little brat." Lily said with an astonished laugh. James looked at her oddly. "You're like what twenty-four years old and your mum still looks after you?" Lily asked astoundingly.
"Hey once you put it like that it sounds messed up. Plus I'm an old fashioned type of guy; I need a woman to look after me." James said with a smirk.
"Well until you find that woman I'm living with you and you are going to learn to be self-sufficient because we live in the 20th century and no woman is going care for you like it's the 1800's." Lily said. James grinned.
"So you aren't going to do my cleaning until then huh?" He asked jokingly. Lily leaned over and smacked him.
"Don't count on it." Lily said. James grinned. This is going to be fun.
~*~
On Monday afternoon Lily was sitting in Millicent Bagnold office with the first weekly report of the mission. Bagnold had personally asked for Lily to report their progress, Lily was unsure why. However she found it unfair that James and Frank could finish their work at home. Even though she had only lived with James for two days, she really liked it. James was a nice guy and had even cooked her dinner the day before. It was just the two of them for there Sunday dinner and it was nice however suspicious because Sirius hadn't shown up at all. James had even promised to cook her something tonight because she was the one having to offer the report. However, it wouldn't be the two of them as she was sure Sirius, Hestia and even Frank would be there.
Bagnold set the report down on her desk and smiled. She was a kind woman in her late sixties although she had the grace of power about her. Lily liked the woman; she didn't discriminate against her female workers.
"You have made great progress." Bagnold said as she clasped her hands and set them on the desk in front of her. "Although it is quite disturbing to think that Moiré is the leak. But none the less it answers a few raised questions. Have you, Frank and James gone through the transport list yet?"
"Frank is currently doing that. James and I, however, are still going through the assessments. There could be more possible weak spots." Lily said as the woman gazed at her. Lily felt as if she was being judged.
"Good thinking. Now Lily there is a reason why I have asked you in particular to meet with me today." Bagnold said as she sat back in her chair. Lily had been waiting for this. "Due to the previous work James and Frank had been doing they are fully trained for what may ensue with this mission." Lily looked at the woman oddly. Was she trying to say that she wasn't fully trained for her job? Then why had she hired her? "Don't be alarmed Lily. What I am trying to say is that this mission is highly dangerous and you don't have the same physical training as James and Frank. One on One combat may occur and I want you to have the best ability at being able to protect yourself. Have you ever had combat training?" Bagnold asked. Lily nodded her head.
"At Hogwarts and also whilst I was at University. However, I have never been in a duel." Lily said. Bagnold nodded her head in understanding.
"Good. Then you have a bit more experience than expected. I have set up training times for you with combat trainer, Michael Beck." Bagnold said. Lily looked at the woman shocked.
"Trainings? Me?" Lily asked. Bagnold nodded.
"Yes. Your first is tomorrow morning first thing." Bagnold said as she stood. Lily did also.
Lily left the office in a state of shock. It was 3 o'clock when she arrived at her home to see James sitting at the kitchen table with a pile of papers around it. Lily took of her robes and sat down.
"How'd it go?" James asked looking up from his papers.
"Good." Lily said distractedly. James looked at her.
"Did anything else happen?" He asked worriedly. Lily looked at him.
"I'm getting Combat trainings. Bagnolds orders." Lily said her eyebrows furrowed.
"Well that's good. Right?" James asked curiously. Lily shrugged then started to look at some of James papers.
"Well I never thought I actually needed training. I did alright on my own at Hogwarts and the fact that I survived living in New York for as long as I did speaks for itself." Lily said as she set the papers back and started to put them into piles to make it a lot cleaner looking.
"Lily, deatheaters fight dirty. I should know I've fought enough. I think it's best that you are getting trainings. I mean I wouldn't want anything to happen to you." James said sincerely. Lily was about to say something when the front door bell went. James got up and went through the hall to the front door.
Lily thought about what he said. So he didn't want her to get hurt? Did he mean it, as We couldn't do any of this without you if you were dead! Or was it I really like and care for you and don't want you to get hurt because I couldn't never survive without you! Or was she just reading too much into his words? Lily's thoughts were interrupted however as James' voice could be heard.
"Mum? Dad?" Lily's eyes widened. James's parents where here? HERE? James's voice could be heard as the front door closed. Lily stood up from her chair and started to make sure that her hair was okay and that there were no wrinkles in her skirt. For some reason Lily wanted to make a good impression on James's parents. Sure she had met them before but not like this. James and his parents came through the kitchen door and James gave Lily an apologetic look. Lily gave him a smile then turned to his parents.
"Mum, Dad this Lily Evans, my new roommate. Lily these are my parents." James introduced. Lily shook James's fathers outstretched hand as well as his mothers.
"Nice to meet you." Lily said unaware of the scrutiny Mrs Potter was putting her under. James however was well aware of it.
"And you." Mr Potter said with a smile. This gave Lily a little more confidence.
"Would you like some tea?" Lily politely.
"That would be lovely." Mrs Potter said.
"Why don't we go sit in the living room?" James offered. He then led the way towards the living room. James's parents sat down on the couch as James sat in one of the chairs. "What're you guys doing here?" James asked immediately.
"We can't visit our son?" Mrs Potter asked innocently. Mr Potter rolled his eyes at his wife. "Why didn't you come to dinner yesterday?" Mrs Potter asked. James rolled his eyes, hoping that Lily was making tea the muggle way. On Saturday the pair had gone out to buy a few muggle appliances, which James was quite excited about getting.
"I had plans. I owled you and told you." James said. Mrs Potter scoffed at this. James shook his head. "Sirius told you about Lily living here, didn't he?" James said.
"Well it would have been nicer to hear it from you." Mrs Potter said sternly. "How long has Lily been living here?" She asked.
"A few days. I was going to tell you, I just never got round to it." James said with a shrug.
"Do you really think this is a good idea James?" Mr Potter asked. "Don't you think it would've been better for us to meet her before you moved her in with you?" He said. James rolled his eyes.
"Dad, this is my house, not yours. I'm the one that pays the rent so it is my decision who lives with me." James said. Even though he and his parents were close, James could be easily angered at how old-fashioned they could be. His father who had the same messy black hair as James with added grey hairs looked at his son.
"Is Lily paying rent?" Mrs Potter asked. James looked at his mother. She was stately looking with exuberant blue eyes and brown hair that had few grey hairs.
"Of course she is." James said. "Why wouldn't she be?" James asked curiously.
"Well when a couple lives together, the man is the one who pays the way." Mrs Potter said as if it were obvious. James looked at his parents and laughed.
"We aren't a couple. I don't know what Sirius told you but Lily is a friend and she sleeps in her own room. She works with me at the ministry and she needed a new place to stay." James explained.
"Oh." Mr Potter said. James chuckled. Just then Lily walked through the door with a tray of mugs and a plate of biscuits. She set the tray on the coffee table. The three took their mugs and sat back.
Mrs Potter looked at Lily over he mug. She was wearing a knee length grey pencil skirt along with a pink sleeveless turtleneck. Her hair was up in a neat bun and she had light amount of make up on. Mrs Potter then looked at her son and noticed how he was gazing at her. The pair may not be a couple but she was sure James wished it could be different.
"So Lily, James tells us you work at the ministry. What exactly is it you do?" Mrs Potter asked. Lily set her mug on a coaster on the table.
"I'm a lawyer." Lily said.
"And how did you meet James?" Mrs Potter inquired. James rolled his knowing what his mum was playing at.
"We're working on a mission together." James interrupted. Mrs Potter looked at her son.
"Lily you must be very smart then. You know James used to be Head Boy at Hogwarts." Mrs Potter boasted. Lily knew what the woman was playing at. She had seen it done so many times, she didn't blame the woman though, and if she had a son she would be doing the same.
"I know. James and I worked together their also, I was Head Girl." Lily said with a smile. Mrs Potter gave her a startled expression.
"So you lived together there also. I hope James is treating you kindly here." Mrs Potter said as she looked at James again.
"Oh of course. He is a perfect gentleman." Lily said smiling at James. He smiled and looked at the ground.
"You didn't by any chance play Quidditch?" Mr Potter asked with a smile. Lily chuckled.
"No. I wasn't much into the sport. Flying isn't one of my favourite things." Lily said.
"Lily supported the team none the less." James said with a smile.
"Only to see what trick Sirius would do during the game." Lily said with a grin. James and Mr Potter chuckled.
"So Lily how do you like the house?" Mrs Potter asked as she changed the subject.
"Oh it's beautiful." Lily said.
"So you wouldn't change anything about it?" Mrs Potter asked. James looked at his father pleading with him to stop his mother.
"Not really." Lily said.
"There is bound to be something?" Mrs Potter urged. James knew his mother was trying to find something that she didn't like in Lily.
"Well..." Lily said. BINGO! "I suppose I would make it homier." Lily said with a smile. Mrs Potter looked at her oddly. Homey? It was homey! "I mean I would put up pictures of perhaps friends and family, maybe even a few vases of flowers. Just little things to show that someone lives here." Lily said with a small smile. Mrs Potter looked at her oddly then looked around the room. It did look as if it was just a show room. Mrs Potter gave Lily a true smile.
"It does indeed need that touch. Perhaps you could do that." Mrs Potter said.
"Well, it's James decision. It was his home first." Lily said.
"That's girly stuff." James said. Mr Potter nodded agreeing as Lily and Mrs Potter rolled her eyes. "You've already got me doing my own cleaning, Lily. I think girly stiff is a bit much." James said. Mrs Potter turned to Lily.
"How on earth did you get him to clean?" She asked curiously.
"I got a few muggle appliances. And James thinks there like toys. He though washing his clothes was the best thing since sliced bread." Lily chuckled.
"You're muggle-born?" Mrs Potter asked. James sighed. Just when his mother was starting to like Lily, he hoped she wouldn't have a problem with her being muggle-born. But she wasn't that type of person. Lily nodded as she sipped on her tea.
"How fascinating!" Mr Potter said. James rolled his eyes as Lily chuckled.
"Dad!" James whined. Mr Potter looked at James and shrugged.
"Don't mind him dear." Mrs Potter said with a chuckle. There was a pop from the kitchen and Sirius opened the door that led from the kitchen. His smile faltered as he seen Mr and Mrs Potter.
"Uh... I'm going." Sirius said as he turned on his heel.
"No you aren't Sirius." Mrs Potter scolded. Sirius's shoulders slumped and he turned back to the small group. "I believe you have some explaining to do." Mrs Potter said.
"It wasn't me. Mr P was the one that decided to put Lynette on the broomstick." Sirius said. Mr Potter glared at Sirius as Mrs Potter turned to him.
"Well he was the one that ordered her to catch the snitch." Mr Potter defended. Sirius and Mr Potter started arguing.
"QUITE!" Mrs Potter shouted as she took her wand out. The pair instantly shut up. "Now the pair of you will apologise to Lyn." Sirius and Mr Potter nodded their heads as Lily and James looked on amusedly. "Now Sirius why aren't you at work?" Mrs Potter asked.
"I'm on break and I came for a snack." Sirius said as if he was a little boy being scolded.
"Well leave Lily and James alone. You can come with us now and apologise to Lyn as I fix you a snack." Mrs Potter said as she and Mr Potter stood up. Sirius grinned. Lily and James stood up also. "It was lovely to meet you Lily." Mrs Potter said as she kissed her cheek. Sirius looked on in shook. Mr Potter took Lily to one side as Mrs Potter fused about James.
"I'm sorry about Deirdre's questioning. James is still her little boy and she doesn't think anyone is good enough for him. But she seems to like you. Now I hope James treats you well, you're a nice girl; Lily and he could be doing with someone like you around him." Mr Potter said with a grin.
"Thank you." Lily said with a blush. Mr Potter nodded then went back to his wife.
"Bye dear." Mrs Potter said before she and Mr Potter disaparated. Sirius however waited a minute.
"What the hell was that? How'd you get on her good side?" Sirius asked curiously. Lily shrugged.
"Never mind that. What the hell are you doing telling my mum that Lily was living here?" James asked. Lily looked at James.
"She didn't know?" Lily asked furiously. James looked at the ground. Sirius grinned.
"See you guys at dinner." He said before disaparating. Lily shook her head and walked into the kitchen.
"Lily don't be angry. I'm sorry I didn't tell." James said as he pouted. Lily looked at him and tried not to laugh. He moved towards her knowing he was knocking down her walls.
"James don't. I'm trying to be angry here." Lily said with a small smile. She leaned against the kitchen counter and crossed her arms. James took another step towards her.
"You can't stay angry with me." James said with a grin. Lily glared at him.
"I so can." She said. James grinned then started tickling her. "James don't! Stop!" Lily screamed between gasps of breath.
"Not until you say you can never be angry with me." James said as the pair fell to the floor.
"You can never stay angry with me!" Lily screamed as James sat on her torso and pinned her arms down.
"You know that's not what I meant." James said with a grin. Lily grinned and shook her head.
"I'm not saying it." Lily said as she tried to wriggle free.
"Are you guys ever out of the position?" A voice asked. Lily and James looked up to see Remus standing there. James rolled his eyes then get off Lily and helped her up. Remus stood there smirking
"What are you doing here?" James asked as he made his way towards the table to finish of his work.
"Obviously interrupting." Remus grinned. James rolled his eyes as Lily turned her back to take something out of the cupboards. "I heard dinner was being made." Remus said.
"That's in three hours." James said. Remus shrugged and sat down at the table. "Fine then you can help." James said as he handed him a few pieces of parchment. Lily set two mugs in front of Remus and James then sat down opposite James as she also helped.
Later that evening Remus, Hestia, Sirius, Frank, James and Lily were sitting around the kitchen table eating dinner which; James had made with the help of Hestia.
"Where's Peter been recently?" Lily asked curiously. She hadn't seen him since she had started work at the ministry.
"Oh he's living and working up in Scotland. We see him the odd time." James said with a shrug.
"What does he work as?" Hestia asked curiously.
"He works for some Plant company, you know looking after them." Remus said.
"So Frank have you been talking to Alice?" Lily asked curiously. She chuckled as she watched Frank turn slightly pink.
"Umm yeah. We're going out this Friday." Frank said shyly. The group "oohh"ed. Frank rolled her eyes.
"You better be nice now Frank. She's a nice girl." Hestia warned.
"It's not like I'm asking her to marry me." Frank said.
"So the date hasn't been set yet?" Sirius joked.
"At least he's got a relationship." Hestia said. Sirius looked at her.
"I'm just looking for the right girl to capture my heart." Sirius said dramatically. The group laughed. "Fancy being her?" Sirius asked her.
"In your dreams." Hestia said.
"We'll not go there." Sirius chuckled, which caused the rest to laugh.
"So James did you owl that girl?" Remus asked looking at James. Lily picked up her glass and took a drink hoping to hide her face. She didn't know why but Jealousy surged through her. James looked at the table.
"Umm, no I haven't had time." James said as he gave Lily a side look.
"What girl?" Hestia asked curiously.
"When we went out last night. This hot girl was all over James." Sirius said.
"Sirius there is more to a girl than being hot." Hestia chided. Sirius rolled his eyes.
"What more could you want?" Sirius asked. Lily rolled her eyes as she stood up and went to put her plate in the sink.
"Brains?" Hestia said.
"Do they ever stop?" A voice said from beside Lily. She looked up to see James standing there. Lily gave him a small smile.
"Don't think so." Lily said. She paused and looked at James. "You're right." Lily said. He looked at her curiously. "I can't stay mad at you." Lily said with a small smile. James grinned.
"Well technically that's not what I said." James said as he tilted his head. Lily chuckled.
"I know." She said.
"Then say you can never stay angry with me." James said with a cheeky grin. Lily shook her head then went back to her seat. James followed her. "Say it." James said.
"No. If I say it then technically you win." Lily said as she took a sip of her drink.
"What are you guys talking about?" Frank asked but the pair ignored him.
"As this got anything to do with the pair of you being half-naked at it on the floor earlier?" Remus asked with a grin.
"We weren't half-naked." Lily and James said in unison.
"So you guys were at it then?" Sirius asked with a grin.
"We weren't at it." Lily said as she rolled her eyes.
"You're sick minded." Hestia said.
"That's why you want me." Sirius said.
The rest of the dinner continued with Sirius and Hestia bickering. When all had been cleaned and Remus, Hestia, Sirius and Frank had gone James and Lily sat on the couch in the living room. It was currently raining outside.
"Okay I got one. First kiss?" Lily asked. James cringed. Lily chuckled as she propped her feet over his lap.
"I was 13 and it was Rebecca Bones from Ravenclaw." James said.
"Amelia's cousin? That was your first time? You must've been great from the beginning because she did nothing but brag about you kissing her." Lily chuckled. James went and shook his head.
"Okay it's your turn." James said.
"I was 15 and it was Chip Davies." Lily said as she laughed.
"Davies? You kissed that git?" James said. Lily rolled her eyes.
"You just don't like him because he beat you that one time at Quidditch." Lily said with a roll of her eyes.
"Right I got one. Scariest moment?" James asked. Lily looked out the window when she heard a roll of thunder. "I'll go first." James said noticing Lily's apprehension. "In our fifth year when Snape saw Remus in werewolf form." James said.
"Who were most scared for?" Lily asked. "You, Remus, Snape or Sirius?" James thought about this for a moment.
"Probably Remus. I didn't have time to think about myself all I could think about was how Remus would feel if he killed somebody." James said. Lily smiled at him.
"That's sweet." Lily said.
"Okay your turn." James said. Lily took a deep breath.
"I was seven and it was whilst my dad had cancer, during the last stages. It was raining and I had gone for a walk or something in the rain. It had gotten really bad and there was thunder and lightening. Anyway I had seen this tree house thing and I went in to get out of the rain. I sat there for a while watching the rain get heavier and heavier. Then there was a flash of light and Lightening had struck a tree beside me. I was so scared, I thought it was going to hit me. All I could think about was going home and telling my dad that I loved him. It never occurred to me that lightening never strikes in the same place twice" Lily said. James looked at her in her pensive state. She looked so beautiful.
Just then there was a flash of lightening and the power had been cut. Lily jumped and grabbed a hold of James. It was completely dark and the only sound that could be heard was the rain drops on the window. Lily then realised her close proximity to James and couldn't help but look into his eyes. She felt safe looking into his eyes with his arms wrapped around her. James wanted to make sure that she was forever safe and from that moment he promised that he would forever make sure she was safe.
Lily's eyes fluttered closed as James lowered his head towards her. She could feel warm breath on her lips. He was so close to her....
There was a flash of light. Lightening had struck.
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I'm sorry that wasn't up earlier! What with technical problems and what nots! Anyway there it is .... Finally! It shouldn't take me as long as it has to post the next chapter! But you never know what may happen!
I want to thank all my wonderful reviewers!
1mONKEYGurl1 Hey thanks for reading! And also reading Forever and Beyond! Means a lot!
fiery red-haired girl Sorry it took me forever! I hope this chapter shows that it might be a bit difficult for James and Lily to live together!
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Rachel Sirius and Hestia? Hmmm I never really thought of getting them together! ;-) They may or may not end up together!
Emmy I seen Lily and James denying there love as well! It just fits right!
Meha Remus is in this just for you! Bet you can't guess what's gonna happen now! :-)
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