Chapter Eight: Tea leaves and Snogging…
James' POV
"Padfoot," James said to his very hyper friend. "You will never believe what Lily said today. And who we met—oh will you please calm down?"
Sirius sat down on his bed and looked at his best friend. James didn't blame his friend for being so happy. In fact James wanted to jump up and down he was so happy.
James cleared his throat. "On this day on of the Marauders completed something that he has had been trying to succeed at doing for the last three years. Can you guess what the could be?"
Sirius looked thoughtful for a moment. "Peter finally got a girlfriend?" James shook his head no. "Umm Remus finally took his head out of the book and asked Lily out, 'cause he only been wanting to do that—hey only kidding!" James threw a pillow at Sirius.
"No you prat. Lily and me are going out! She was having lunch with an old childhood friend named Jimmy Carta. He is Dumbledore's great-nephew. I don't really like him. He calls Voldemort the 'Dark Lord."
"Sounds like he get along great with my cousin. Does he go to Hogwarts?"
"Yeah, he just transferred from some school in America. Anyway Lily told him that we were going out. Okay what's the date today? They 27th? I have to remember that."
James was positively glowing while getting ready for bed.
Sirius, already lying down and was ready to go to sleep, spoke. "Congrats to you my friend, all the sooner for you to break her heart." James' heart skipped a beat.
"What? No way! I'm not going to break her heart. Padfoot those days are over and you had better not break Maddie's heart. In case you forgotten, Lily, Maddie and Emily are the only people in the school, except for the teachers, who can beat us a duel. And I do not want to get on the bad sides of the girls."
Sirius pouted. "Fine." Then he rolled over and went to sleep. No spoke until the light was off and they both were lying down.
"Prongs, why do you think that Lily was so upset when she found out someone was going through her stuff?"
James didn't answer because in fact he was thinking that same question. He soon fell asleep, pondering over that question.
Dream
Two adults were sitting on a couch watching their son walk around their living room, with pride. Their son had messy black hair and stunning green eyes. He looked about one…
"James, do you think that were going to be okay?" James looked at his wife.
"Of course Love, Harry and us will be just fine—" The back door slammed open.
"Lily, take Harry and go, he's here."
"Oh, but James—"
"GO!"
End Dream
James woke up to him falling off the bed. Rubbing his head he tried to remember what the dream was about. At first it was a pleasant dream, with Lily as his wife and they had a son, but after that he couldn't remember. Sighing, James went down to the kitchen to make a hot cup of tea and then maybe go back to bed. James sat at the table for a while, just thinking about the upcoming year and what he would like to do. He would like to be an auror, but his mum and dad don't really want him to do that. But were the Marauders known for doing what they were told? No they were not. Which is exactly why I'm going to do it anyway. Someone coming down the stairs interrupted James' thoughts.
Quietly, putting down his teacup, James walked to the stairs and said, "Lumos," James peered out in the slightly lighted room. "What are you doing? Put your wand down!"
(AN: Should I end it here? So you won't find out who it is? Ducks the hexes okay, okay, keep your knickers on….)
Lily's POV
Tossing and turning Lily was trying to escape her nightmare. "No, Maddie run," she whimpered in to the night.
Dream
A girl with long black hair was sitting with her father and mother and what to look like her twin brother. They were laughing and having a picnic in their back yard. Lily smiled to herself, watching her best friend bonding with her mother. Lily's smile vanished when five cloaked figures came out of the trees the family was sitting by.
Lily tried to scream and warn her friends, but her voiced seemed to be gone. Her legs were like jelly, all soft and uncontrollable. One of the cloaked figures raised his wand and pointed it at the father. A flash of red light came out of the wand and the father was stunned trying to protect his son. Maddie jumped up and quickly stunned two the of the Death Eaters and her brother got one of them and tried to jump in the duel that his sister was in with the highly skilled Death Eater.
"MADDIE!" Lily yelled as she watched her friend dodge a killing curse. But no one seemed to hear her. Maddie threw some quick body-binding hexes at her opponent but didn't have time to move out of the way of the killing curse.
Lily fell down to her knees, tears falling freely from her eyes. Out of the corner of her eyes Lily saw five figures pop out and start dueling the rest of the Death Eaters, who soon retreated. Lily didn't see the five figures' faces, but felt grateful that they came to try and help.
End Dream
Crying, Lily sat up and looked over at her best friend. Maddie's feet were halfway off the bed and her covers on top of her head. Lily fixed the blanket and moved her feet back on the bed. Looking at Maddie's face, Lily wished that her dream was that, only a dream.
Sighing Lily quietly as she could went down the stairs to hopefully get a cup of tea when she heard someone sigh in the kitchen. Pulling out her wand, Lily took the last step before she saw James point his wand at her.
"What are you doing? Put down your wand!" James said.
"Sorry," Lily mumbled and put her wand back in her nighttime robe.
"Lily, have you been crying?" Lily pushed passed James, but he wouldn't let her.
"James, please just let me get a cup of tea." James let Lily pass and make a cup a tea, although he did follow her around which gave Lily mixed feelings. Feelings of annoyances, but the feelings of something (could it be love?) over powered it. Lily sat down and was pressed into a flashback.
Flash Back
Lily was sitting doing her homework in the common room and lord and be hold the Marauders come marching through, knocking a third year down. Being a sixth year and a Marauder, James usually passed on by with out a second look. But this time Lily noticed him help the sixth up and apologize to him, then offer to help him with his homework if he ever needs it.
Lily sat there with her mouth open and surprised. "Lily if you don't close your mouth, flies will get in." Maddie said, noticing Lily staring at James.
Emily, Lily's other best friend looked at Lily. "You like James don't you?"
Lily quickly went back to her Charms homework and ignored the question.
"Oh my gosh she does! That's why he's been acting so less…Marauder and more…Lily like. He noticed that she noticed!" Maddie said.
"Oh, how sweet!" Maddie and Emily chimed together and brought the attention of the whole common room.
"Shut up! And don't tell him please, I rather him not know."
Emily tutted. "What's the point of knowing something if you can't tell?"
Lily looked back at James and noticed him staring at her. He blew a kiss to her and winked. Rolling her eyes, Lily mentally smiled at the attention she was getting.
End Flash Back
Realizing that Jimmy was right, that she did fall in love with James, Lily panicked. How could she love him? Yes, was acting better, and he was cute and sweet. But still. Why did she? How could she?
"Lily," James said slowly. "Are you alright?"
Lily realized she must have a glazed look in her eyes because James was looking at her funny. "Yes, of course, just had a nightmare is all…" at least she hoped it was.
"Wanna talk about it?" Lily looked into James' eyes and saw that he looked sincere about it. And suddenly she found herself describing the dream and the others she had that usually came true.
"Wow, you're a Seer!" Lily looked offended.
"No I am not. First I'm muggle-born and I just can't be…could I? I mean I don't make prophecies and such."
"Hmm," James said, obviously looking for another topic. "Since you told me a secret I'll tell you one."
Lily was intrigued. "Ooh what is it?"
James put on a pained expression. "The Sorting Hat almost put me in…. Ravenclaw." James bowed his head in a depressing manner.
Lily let out a giggle. "You got to be kidding me!" James looked at her sheepishly.
"Yeah, like a Potter would be placed anywhere else besides Gryfinndor. The hat would never do that." Lily rolled her eyes and found her self in a kiss. James put his hands and either side of her head. Lily felt James' tongue light running across her lips in way that made Lily slightly moan and gave James advantaged again to slip his tongue in her mouth again. First it was a slow kiss, then the passion building up they soon moved faster and faster until the both were standing in each other's arms and trying to rip each other robes off.
"Good morning James, good morning Lily. A little good morning kiss I see." James and Lily separated from each other and saw that Mrs. Potter was standing in the kitchen looking at the pair of them. Lily, highly embarrassed, muttered a quick good morning.
"Well, it is a little bit earlier then you should be up, but I think you can go wake the other two you two." Mrs. Potter dismissed them and they quickly took advantaged of that.
Lily walked backed to the room where her and Maddie shared, not looking or speaking to James. "Maddie wake up. Maddie?" Maddie wasn't in her bed. Hmm, how odd. She usually slept like a rock.
"James have you seen—what are you laughing at?" James, who face was red from laughing pointed to his room and fell to the ground. Lily, a little worried about James, peeked into his room and saw Maddie untangling herself from Sirius.
"I had a nightmare, and I didn't want to wake you."
Lily frowned. "But when I left the room fifteen minutes ago you were still there sleeping. Did I wake you up?" Maddie was a lost for word (for once) and smiled weakly at Lily.
Sirius however, was in a jolly mood and gave a quick brisk 'hello' to Lily and went to take a shower.
Lily held in her giggles until she got outside with James and the laughed until her sides ache at Maddie's nighttime affair.
AN: Hey ya all. Thanks for reading this chapter. I hope it's long enough. Maybe I should do longer but it is five pages. I hoped you liked it now review!
