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Pretty soon all the food at the table was cleared and everyone was trudging up to the common rooms. Everyone except Lily. She didn't know where they were. She quickly ran to catch up to James and the rest of the group.
"Hey guys, where is our common room?"
"Oh yeah, we forgot you didn't know." Stated Remus. "Just follow us" After a few more hallways and staircases they all arrived at a large painting of a fat lady in a pink silk dress.
"Password?"
"Oh yeah a prefect told me, honey bee" said Peter.
"Ugh I'm going to get so lost tomorrow. I have enough trouble trying to remember where the common room is, how am I supposed to know where my classes are?" questioned Lily as they stepped into the common room.
"I'll show you around, me and you have all the same classes I think" replied James answering her question. Lily was very happy about this but tried not to show it. She didn't want to seem too eager.
"Ok cool."
"Cool?" asked all of the boys at once.
"Oh yeah, forgot your all from wizarding families. 'Cool' is a muggle term. It means like 'awesome'"
"Ohhhh" sighed all the boys at once.
"Ok well I'm going to go to bed. I don't want to be tired for class tomorrow"
"Lily, it's only nine." Said James questioningly "Just one more hour"
"I guess, one more hour wouldn't hurt, but that's it, no more then an hour"
"Awesome, how about some chess Lily?" asked Remus
"Chess? Puh-leeze! Chess is so boring moony," scolded Sirius.
"Moony?" asked Lily. "I thought his name was Remus?" Said lily chuckling a bit at the name 'Moony'
"Oh we never told you," said James as he sat on the couch. The others followed suit. But there was no room for Lily so she sat on the floor in front of all of them. "Well we each have our own little nicknames that we call each other. "I'm Prongs, Sirius is Padfoot, Remus is Moony, and Peter is Wormtail. And we call our little group the Marauders" James noticing how uncomfortable Lily looked on the floor swooped down, grabbed Lily around the waist and sat her on his lab all in one movement before she could protest.
"James what are you doing?"
"Well you looked uncomfortable"
"Well I was. Was it that obvious?" said Lily laughing a bit
"Yes it was"
"Ok. Well your comfy and I'm tired so I don't feel like moving"
James chuckled "Well you can stay right here if you want"
"Ok" she said as she lay her head against his shoulder "well what are the nicknames supposed to mean?"
"We can't tell you otherwise we would have to kill you," They had never told anyone that Remus was a werewolf, or that the rest of them were animagus, and they weren't going to start now.
"That is such an old line. Can't you be a bit more creative?"
"Nope!" Sirius cut in before James could answer. The entire group laughed. They all began talking but pretty soon Lily had fallen asleep on James's lap without him noticing.
"Oh shit guys, what am I supposed to do?"
"Don't ask us, you got yourself into this" said Sirius
"What?!? How did I get myself into this?"
"Well you were the one that was flirting with her all night" said Remus
"Yeah so were you guys"
"Yeah but you were flirting with her non-stop. We actually took a breather once in a while" said Sirius "Oh whatever"
"You know it's true, and it's totally obvious fancy her, plus it's your fault you let her sit on your lap," said Sirius again.
"Guys come on, what do I do?" ignoring Padfoot's comment.
"Take her up to the girl's dormitory" said Remus using simple logic
"I can't, last time I tried to get up to the girl's dormitory the stairs turned into a slide and wouldn't let me up"
"Oh yeah, I remember that, it was hilarious, you fell right on your ass" said Sirius laughing really hard
"Oh shut up and help me! We can't just leave her out here. Who knows what some freak would do to her"
"Oh is someone being protective of his little baby?" said Sirius in a teasing voice
"You're not helping any!"
"Guys wouldn't it be a lot easier to just wake her up?" said Peter who had been silent the whole time.
"But she looks so peaceful" said James in a fatherly tone. Lily slowly fluttered her eyes open.
"Hmmm did someone say I was peaceful?" muttered Lily incoherently. Then realized she had her arms around James's neck and jumped out of his arms and fell to the floor.
"Well someone's a little jumpy in the morning," said Sirius laughing out loud
"Oh shut up Sirius"
"Well your little boyfriend over here" said Sirius as he was pointing to James, "didn't want to wake you up"
"James isn't my boyfriend Sirius" James secretly wished he were.
"Well then he's going to be soon sweetheart"
"Sirius don't call me that" scolded Lily "I'm going to bed, goodnight all of you"
"Night" they all called in unison and slowly walked up to their dormitory as well.
Pretty soon all the food at the table was cleared and everyone was trudging up to the common rooms. Everyone except Lily. She didn't know where they were. She quickly ran to catch up to James and the rest of the group.
"Hey guys, where is our common room?"
"Oh yeah, we forgot you didn't know." Stated Remus. "Just follow us" After a few more hallways and staircases they all arrived at a large painting of a fat lady in a pink silk dress.
"Password?"
"Oh yeah a prefect told me, honey bee" said Peter.
"Ugh I'm going to get so lost tomorrow. I have enough trouble trying to remember where the common room is, how am I supposed to know where my classes are?" questioned Lily as they stepped into the common room.
"I'll show you around, me and you have all the same classes I think" replied James answering her question. Lily was very happy about this but tried not to show it. She didn't want to seem too eager.
"Ok cool."
"Cool?" asked all of the boys at once.
"Oh yeah, forgot your all from wizarding families. 'Cool' is a muggle term. It means like 'awesome'"
"Ohhhh" sighed all the boys at once.
"Ok well I'm going to go to bed. I don't want to be tired for class tomorrow"
"Lily, it's only nine." Said James questioningly "Just one more hour"
"I guess, one more hour wouldn't hurt, but that's it, no more then an hour"
"Awesome, how about some chess Lily?" asked Remus
"Chess? Puh-leeze! Chess is so boring moony," scolded Sirius.
"Moony?" asked Lily. "I thought his name was Remus?" Said lily chuckling a bit at the name 'Moony'
"Oh we never told you," said James as he sat on the couch. The others followed suit. But there was no room for Lily so she sat on the floor in front of all of them. "Well we each have our own little nicknames that we call each other. "I'm Prongs, Sirius is Padfoot, Remus is Moony, and Peter is Wormtail. And we call our little group the Marauders" James noticing how uncomfortable Lily looked on the floor swooped down, grabbed Lily around the waist and sat her on his lab all in one movement before she could protest.
"James what are you doing?"
"Well you looked uncomfortable"
"Well I was. Was it that obvious?" said Lily laughing a bit
"Yes it was"
"Ok. Well your comfy and I'm tired so I don't feel like moving"
James chuckled "Well you can stay right here if you want"
"Ok" she said as she lay her head against his shoulder "well what are the nicknames supposed to mean?"
"We can't tell you otherwise we would have to kill you," They had never told anyone that Remus was a werewolf, or that the rest of them were animagus, and they weren't going to start now.
"That is such an old line. Can't you be a bit more creative?"
"Nope!" Sirius cut in before James could answer. The entire group laughed. They all began talking but pretty soon Lily had fallen asleep on James's lap without him noticing.
"Oh shit guys, what am I supposed to do?"
"Don't ask us, you got yourself into this" said Sirius
"What?!? How did I get myself into this?"
"Well you were the one that was flirting with her all night" said Remus
"Yeah so were you guys"
"Yeah but you were flirting with her non-stop. We actually took a breather once in a while" said Sirius "Oh whatever"
"You know it's true, and it's totally obvious fancy her, plus it's your fault you let her sit on your lap," said Sirius again.
"Guys come on, what do I do?" ignoring Padfoot's comment.
"Take her up to the girl's dormitory" said Remus using simple logic
"I can't, last time I tried to get up to the girl's dormitory the stairs turned into a slide and wouldn't let me up"
"Oh yeah, I remember that, it was hilarious, you fell right on your ass" said Sirius laughing really hard
"Oh shut up and help me! We can't just leave her out here. Who knows what some freak would do to her"
"Oh is someone being protective of his little baby?" said Sirius in a teasing voice
"You're not helping any!"
"Guys wouldn't it be a lot easier to just wake her up?" said Peter who had been silent the whole time.
"But she looks so peaceful" said James in a fatherly tone. Lily slowly fluttered her eyes open.
"Hmmm did someone say I was peaceful?" muttered Lily incoherently. Then realized she had her arms around James's neck and jumped out of his arms and fell to the floor.
"Well someone's a little jumpy in the morning," said Sirius laughing out loud
"Oh shut up Sirius"
"Well your little boyfriend over here" said Sirius as he was pointing to James, "didn't want to wake you up"
"James isn't my boyfriend Sirius" James secretly wished he were.
"Well then he's going to be soon sweetheart"
"Sirius don't call me that" scolded Lily "I'm going to bed, goodnight all of you"
"Night" they all called in unison and slowly walked up to their dormitory as well.