A/N: I really hope that you enjoyed that Yule Ball chapter! Sorry it has taken long for me to get this chapter up. I have been busy and its getting closer to March and this year, March is going to be hell. I am doing two opera productions and one reunion all in the course of March and some of April. One of them is Hansel and Gretel! Yay! I have always wanted to be in this production. Anyway, hope you enjoy this chapter!
Thanks to these ever-wonderful reviewers with questions and comments:
Mystikalolo-You totally will get a description of what they are wearing! Dude! I'm not an idiot…..I..…wait…..never mind. Lost my train of thought. HAHAHAHA!
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Dieselbaby- I agree! This is a love story! Bringing Voldemort into it totally kills it for me. All this about Lily being a seer. Yeah, right! Pff.
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Just Like Her by Mystikalolo
That Thing You Do by Shree
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Without Further Adieu,
The chapter you have all been waiting for,
Onwards to chapter 12!
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"What do you think?" Lily wrung her hands.
"What do you mean, what do I think?" Laura said with a raised eyebrow. "You didn't see the way he looked at you tonight?"
"It was a bit obvious." Cassie said as she combed out her hair, all tangled from dancing.
"So?" Lily awaited the verdict.
"I think he's fallen drunk in love with your beauty so far." Laura said and pulled a sweater over her pajama top. She was weird like that.
"That's stage two." Cassie said, still struggling with her hair.
"What was stage one?" Lily asked.
"The first stage is when he notices you as a person." Laura said in a matter-of-fact tone.
"Not some bimbo." Cassie said casually. "Like Gina."
Lily laughed. "And what is stage three?"
"When he falls in love with your personality." Laura said.
"Stage four?" Lily said.
"Ah-ah-ah." Cassie held her palm up. "You have to wait until James is at stage three."
"Fine." Lily sighed. She was still in her dress robes. She did notice the way James looked at her that night. Though it hurt her a little that it seemed all he like so far was her beauty, Lily thought herself rather plain. Petunia reminded her ever chance she got.
"Goodnight girls." Laura said.
Four goodnights echoed it.
The next morning, the Marauders woke up early to each find a present for Lily, Cassie, and Laura.
"Whoa!" Sirius said loudly, waking up Frank Longbottom. All three girls had given him loads of fudge. "I am going to gain so much weight."
"What did I get from Cassie." Remus murmured, looking through his gifts.
"Oh my God." James said quietly. He held a deluxe broom care service kit from Lily. Twig tweezers, Polishing wax, a scarlet rag, Smoothing liquid, a hand booklet, and an extra booklet on spells to add comfort to the seat and grip of the broom.
"That must have cost a bundle." Peter observed.
Remus and Sirius grinned at each other. They helped Lily find the perfect gift for James during the last Hogsmead visit.
"Fudge!" Sirius danced about the room. "I got some fudge! Fudge! Fudge! It tastes so good! Good! Good!"
James stared at him as if he'd gone insane. Scratch that. He knew Sirius was insane.
"I have to go give the girls a great big hug!" Sirius pranced out of the room. He ran down the stairs through the common room, up the stairs and barged into the girl's dorm.
Laura awoke to Sirius standing over her with baskets of fudge in his arms. She screamed when she saw him but he shushed her by planting a kiss on her lips.
"Thanks for the fudge!" Sirius sang.
"No problem Sirius." Lily said.
Cassie threw a pillow at his head.
Sirius hugged Lily and Cassie and kissed Laura one more time before he left.
"That boy of yours….." Cassie muttered.
Sirius stuck his head in the doorway. "I heard that." Cassie threw her stuffed bear this time. "Oh, Lily. James is ecstatic about the gift." He winked and sped off to his dormitory.
Lily smiled to herself and stretched her arms over her head.
"Let's see what James got you." Laura crawled with her blanket wrapped around her body and sat at the foot of Lily's bed.
"Alright." Lily picked up the parcel and Laura snatched the card away.
"To Lily, From James." Laura said. "How original."
Lily smiled and unwrapped the present and gasped at what she saw. A dark green cloak lay at her feet. She stood and picked it up to examine it further. The outside was dark green and the inside was a black silk material.
"Its gorgeous!" Cassie squealed.
Lily wrapped the cloak around herself. She looked amazing in it. She sat on her bed with the cloak still on and picked up Sirius's gift. She slipped the card out and opened it slowly, not knowing what to expect.
"To Lilykins from Sirius." Lily laughed. "P.S. James would have put that on his card but that is MY name for you."
Laura rolled her eyes. "He got you a bunch of sugar quills and Zonko's Joke shop pranks. Am I right?"
Lily nodded.
"He better have gotten me something better." Laura opened her gift hastily and screamed.
"Shut up Laura!" Cassie yelled, covering her ears.
"What did he get you?" Lily asked.
"A—a—a—" Laura stuttered. She held a tiny black box in her hand.
"A small box." Cassie said unenthusiastically. "Woohoo."
"That isn't just any box, Cass." Lily put her fingers to her lips.
"How did her get one?" Laura asked nobody in particular.
"What is it?" Cassie asked.
"It's called a Bank Box." Lily explained. "It can take you back to relive any moment of your life. You can store memories in it too. Like a pensieve. They're very rare."
"What if you changed the course of your life?" Cassie asked.
"It won't let you." Lily said. "It was made especially with that idea in mind."
"This is so awesome!" Laura said and paced the room, thinking of a good time to go back to.
"What did Remus get you?" Lily asked. "He got me an astronomy globe."
"Those are so great." Laura interrupted. "Too bad I don't take Astronomy."
"Let's go down to breakfast, I'm sure the boys are waiting for us there. It's almost eight o'clock." Cassie said.
As soon as the girls had finished dressing, they skipped down to the Great Hall and entered gleefully. Lily had James's gift wrapped tightly around her shoulders even though they were inside the castle. She didn't care. It was from James!
"Do you like it?" James asked as she stood behind him.
"Like it? I LOVE it!" She hugged him from behind and then sat down next to him.
"Glad to hear it!" James said. "I knew it would match your eyes when you are frustrated."
Lily grinned at him. "Yeah, well." She muttered. He was constantly annoying her to see what color green her eyes would change to. "Do you like your gift?" She asked almost too casually.
"Love it." He hugged her. "Thank you, Lil. Your gift was better than Sirius's."
"Hey!" Sirius chucked a piece of toast at him.
Lily caught it and took a bite. "Thanks Sirius."
"Fudge." He muttered.
"By the way, what are you going to do with all that fudge!" Remus asked. "You certainly can't eat it all for a while."
"Are you kidding?" Laura raised an eyebrow. "He will probably scarf it all up in one sitting by tomorrow."
"That's if I can't find something else to keep me busy." Sirius slipped an arm around her waist.
"Oh, ew." Cassie commented.
Lily rolled her eyes.
Laura giggled and planted a kiss on his lips before she turned back to her food.
"Aw, I want another one." Sirius held her tighter.
"Another what?"
Sirius put two fingers to his lips with a sly smile.
"Fine." She sighed and kissed him again a little longer and pulled away suddenly.
Sirius pushed out his lower lip.
"No!" Laura said stiffly. "I'm hungry."
"You can have some of my," Sirius said seductively. "Fudge."
Laura shook her head and ignored him.
"Okay, raise your hand if you're about to barf." James said and Cassie raised her arm high in the air.
"Come on, muffin." Sirius pulled Laura from her seat, emphasizing his pet name for her to annoy James.
"Fine." Laura let herself be dragged away after she grabbed a large blueberry muffin from Lily's plate.
"Hey, I was eating that." Lily said to herself.
"Here." Peter gave her his half-eaten muffin.
"No thanks Pete." Lily laughed.
Peter shrugged and took it back. Cassie gave her the muffin on her plate. Luckily, she hadn't eaten any of it.
"What are we going to do today?" Remus asked as he ate his eggs and bacon.
"We could have another snowball fight." James said.
"No way." Cassie said immediately. "Not after yesterday."
"Why?" Remus asked.
"Laura nailed me in the arse and I can barely sit as it is." Cassie said indignantly.
"Don't be such a baby." Lily said. "It was snow. There is no way it could have hurt you unless there was a block of ice in it."
Cassie gave her a pointed look.
"I guess Laura isn't as innocent as she seems." Remus said.
Cassie laughed. "Lily, let's go back to the room."
"Why?" James asked.
"We'll be back, we'll be back." Cassie said and stood up.
"When?" Remus asked.
"Protective, are we?" Lily asked.
"She is my girlfriend." Remus said. He immediately regretted it when he saw the look on Lily's face. It would have made anyone, even Gina want to just hug her. She looked down sadly.
"That's right." Lily said, trying to sound cheerful.
Cassie grabbed her arm and led her out of the Great Hall.
"Why is she upset?" James asked.
"Uh—" Remus started. "I guess I was a little harsh."
"No it wasn't that." James said, staring after them.
"She's lonely." Remus admitted.
James looked at him. "Really?"
"Maybe." Remus said casually.
"Remus, I never really told you and I know you probably have had a hunch, but I think that I like Lily." James said entirely fast.
Remus almost spit his juice out. "What?"
"You said you could tell last night!" James said hysterically.
"I was kidding!" Remus said.
"Well…..I do." James sighed and put his head in his hands.
"What's the matter?" Remus asked.
"She'll never like me." James looked up at him.
Remus snorted.
"What?" James asked, getting irritated. "She made it clear to me in Diagon Alley." He said miserably.
Remus could not believe his ears. Lily was head over heals for James and he thought she did not care about him at all. He burst out laughing right there in his seat next to James.
James glared at him. "What is so funny?" He asked in a low voice.
"You haven't noticed it yet?" Remus said through laughs.
"Noticed what?" James asked.
"Never mind." Remus laughed some more. "You will find out soon enough."
James narrowed his eyes at him. He was going through pain because the one girl he truly ever liked did not like him back. How could he laugh at a time like this?
Remus was in tears and his laughter took a few minutes to subside.
"What's your problem?" James asked angrily. "You're supposed to be my friend! Lily doesn't like me, I'm getting a stabbing pain in my heart and you are laughing!"
Remus started up laughing again. "That's the funniest thing I've ever heard!"
A/N: Sorry for the long wait! I hope you enjoyed this chapter! The next one will be up soon. I promise!
*I want to say thank you so much to everyone reading. I can't believe I got over one hundred reviews. Bah! I love you guys!