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Chapter 17-Hospital Visits

James was sitting in a chair beside Lily's bed and absentmindedly tapping his feet in an odd rhythm. Sirius was sitting beside James with a nervous Monica on his lap. Jennifer, Caroline, Tiffany, and Remus were sitting on a long, wooden bench on the opposite of Lily's bed than James.

"When is she going to wake up?" James directed towards the nurse who was sitting at her desk at the moment.

Madame Pomfrey looked up from her papers and shot James an icy glare. "Anytime now," she gritted out through her teeth.

"Are you bloody sure this time? You said that the last time we asked!" Sirius whined.

"That's it," Madame Pomfrey stood up and pointed her wand at Sirius. "GET OUT!"

A shocked expression overtook Sirius' face and he hastily jumped out of his seat, forgetting that Monica was sitting on his lap.

Monica landed on the floor with a thud before scrambling up and taking her own wand out and pointing it at Sirius. "I'll give you a ten second head start," she rubbed her butt with her free hand and her face became contorted with pain. "Make it five!"

Sirius squealed and ran out of the infirmary because he knew that Monica wasn't kidding.

"Just don't hex him too terribly bad, dearie," Madame Pomfrey said. "I really don't want to have to deal with his bothersome bickering for that long."

Everyone in the room started laughing.

Monica opened her mouth to say something but quickly closed it when she heard Lily groan.

James quickly turned to Lily, as did everyone else, and grabbed her hand,

Lily's eyelids fluttered open and she found James' concerned face staring at her and felt his hand on hers.

"Um, good morning," Lily said with a dazed expression. "Where am I?"

"Actually, good afternoon," James grinned. "Oh, and you're in the hospital wing."

"What?" Lily sat up in the bed with wide eyes. "Why? Last thing I remember was Andrea..." she trailed off, now understanding why she was in the hospital wing.

Madame Pomfrey hurried over to Lily's bedside and took a quick look at her before looking at all the students in the room and telling them to leave.

Everyone mumbled their goodbyes to Lily and left the room, except for James.

Madame Pomfrey gave him an odd look before saying, "You too, dear."

James muttered something incomprehensible under his breath and then looked back at Lily. "I'll come back later, okay?"

Lily nodded and James gave her one last, caring look before taking his leave.

The nurse starting asking Lily questions about her injuries.

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"Why can't we go with you Prongsie?" Sirius whined while being his usual annoying self.

"Because, well," James hesitated, "because I said so!"

"That was a lame excuse," Sirius grinned. "If you're gonna try to ditch us, at least make up a good lie!"

James grinned back at Sirius. "That was completely lame, wasn't it?"

Sirius, as well as Remus, nodded and James laughed.

"I guess you guys can come," James looked thoughtful. "You are her friends, too."

Sirius grinned. He had successfully manipulated James to get what he wanted once again. "Once again, I have prevailed!"

"Sodder off," Remus gave him an overly annoyed look and looked at his watch. "If we're going to visit Lily, we better get there soon."

"Yeah," Sirius added on, "you know how Pommy gets."

Remus and James both rolled their eyes and got up out of their seats in the Great Hall to begin the trek towards the Hospital Wing.

"Hey! Wait for me!" Sirius cried out while stuffing a few rolls in each of his pockets and one in his mouth. "I'm coming!" He stood up and took one last sad, prolonged look at the food remaining on the table and made a mental note to go to the kitchens later before running out of the Great Hall.

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"Here, dearie," Madame Pomfrey said while handing Lily a vial full of a thick, orange liquid.

Lily nodded and took the vial out of the nurse's hand. She gingerly sniffed at the orange liquid before crying out in dismay. "Argh!! What is that?"

The nurse took one look at Lily before answering her question in a rather cold tone. "That is a potion that will help heal you."

"Why don't you tell me something I didn't know?" Lily questioned the nurse in a voice full of attitude.

Madame Pomfrey looked Lily over before replying. "If you want to get out of here in the nest week, I advise you drink that potion without giving me any lip!" The nurse turned and stormed into her office.

Lily grimaced before plugging her nose and downing the potion. It burnt her throat as it went down.

"Knock-knock," A male voice called from right outside the infirmary's door.

Madame Pomfrey bustled back out of her office and gave a groan of disappoint when she came face-to-face with Sirius. "And how may I help you?"

"Well," Sirius paused as he looked over the nurse's head and saw Lily sitting up in her bed with a grimace on her face as she gently set an empty vial on the stand next to her bed, "I was wondering if we could just go in there and see the lovely Miss Evans?"

The nurse beckoned Sirius close and whispered, "I'd watch out if I were you. She's mighty moody right now." The nurse stepped aside and allowed the three boys to step past her and over to Lily's bed.

Lily's face brightened once she looked up and saw James. "James!" she squealed and scooted to the edge of her bed before patting the now empty side for him to sit on.

James grinned and pecked Lily on the cheek before sitting down beside her and draping his arm over her shoulder. "How are you feeling?" he questioned while looking her over.

Lily shrugged. "I've been better."

"That's good to hear!" Sirius piped in, being sure to add his two galleons worth.

"Don't you have somewhere else to be?" James asked him.

"Well, no," Sirius gave a thoughtful look to the ceiling, "and yes. I could be a good boyfriend and go get Monica, but I could also be a good friend and stay here to see how my dear flower is doing."

"I'm the voice inside your head. Listen and obey me. CHOOSE THE FORMER!" James said all this in the hope of convincing Sirius to leave.

Sirius, once again, looked thoughtfully at the ceiling. "How about," he began and looked James in the eye, "no. I never listen to the voices in my head. You wouldn't believe the things they talk about sometimes. I don't want to hear them arguing about whose hair is better!"

James, Lily, and Remus all gave Sirius funny looks. It was true, Sirius was a nutter.

"What?" he asked innocently and looked at his three friends in turn.

His reply was silence until Remus decided to speak up.

"I think we could get you into a great therapy group for your, uh, problem. Bridget, the bloody hot seventh year Hufflepuff, was telling me about it. She said that it helped her loads and the good thing is it meets on Mondays."

Sirius gave Remus a puzzled look. "Did you just call me a bloody nutter and try to set me up with some sort of shrink?"

"Not out loud and yes..." Remus trailed off.

"I know where you sleep," Sirius replied in a creepy stalker-like voice.

"Serious," Remus started calmly, "that's just plain creepy. I wouldn't advise threatening anyone with that in the future."

James looked at Lily who was shaking uncontrollably with suppressed laughter. He gave her a light peck on her cheek before calling Madame Pomfrey.

"Yes, dearie?"

"Could you possibly tell me when Lily will be allowed out of here?"

"Perhaps sometime this week..." Lily added in.

The nurse smiled cheerfully. "Glad to see you out of that mood, dear. And the earliest I predict would be tomorrow-"

Lily cut the nurse off with a cheer of excitement.

"-BUT," Madame Pomfrey started in a slightly louder voice, causing Lily to become silent, "I wouldn't count on it."

This time, Lily let out a sigh of disappointment.

"Will she be out by this weekend, Saturday being the day of the first Quidditch match?" James asked hopefully. He supposed it was selfish of him to not want Lily to miss his first game.

"Most likely," Madame Pomfrey gave a thoughtful look before adding, "but if she's very cooperative, I can promise she'll be out by Thursday."

"Thank you, thank you, and thank you!" Lily squealed. "I would hug you right now, but..." she looked at the nurse who nodded with understanding eyes.

"Not a problem, dearie, and if you need me I'll be in my office." The nurse went to her office, leaving the three teenagers alone.

Lily squealed and kissed James passionately on the lips. After they broke apart James looked very shocked and was rather red. He looked at Remus and Sirius and then at the door. Remus understood and grabbed Sirius by the arm.

"I think it's time you go be a good boyfriend," he said while leading Sirius out of the infirmary.

Sirius looked over his shoulder and noticed James and Lily making goo-goo eyes at each other. "If you want to kiss her, James mate, kiss her." He began humming a tune and then sung out, "Sha la la la la la. Don't be scared. You got the mood prepared. Go on and kiss the girl. Sha la la la la la. Don't stop now. Don't try to hide it how. You want to kiss the girl. Sha la la la la la-" He got cut off because Remus had apparently heard enough of his singing and dragged him the rest of the way out of the hospital wing.

James' cheeks had reddened even more by Sirius' behavior and he gave a nervous look at Lily. He was surprised to see her looking at him and smiling.

"You know Sirius is right," Lily whispered before continuing the song where Sirius had left off earlier. "Float along. And listen to the song. The song say kiss the girl. Sha la la la la-" She, like Sirius, was stopped short, but by James placing his index finger on her soft, luscious lips.

"Am I allowed to kiss the girl now?" James whispered. Lily nodded so James removed his finger and gently touched his lips to hers before deepening the kiss.

"Lily, dear," Madame Pomfrey called from her office, causing James and Lily to quickly pull apart from each other, before she walked out of her office with another vial in her hand, "this one should have you out by tomorrow."

"Bring it on!" Lily exclaimed before grimacing at the memory of the orange potion from earlier. "Does it taste like the last one you made me drink?"

"No," the nurse said, causing Lily to grin, "but its worse."

Lily's grin quickly turned into a grimace, but remembering the earlier deal, she didn't protest.

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A/N- Should I wince as the rotten vegetables hit me that you all are throwing?? I know its been a while. Like 2 weeks and I'm really sorry!! I just wanted to start an Oliver/Katie story because this chapter was pretty hard to write!

I know that I haven't mentioned Quidditch much, so I'm making amends now. And I'm thinking about going back and rewriting the first couple of chapters to include it. If I do though, it will mean less new chapters so I guess just review and tell me what you think I should do.

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