To all my readers I'm sorry to inconvenience you but I ask that you read it over again. I know I'm horribly disorganized but I didn't quite enjoy what I had written. Holds up Hands you are welcome to chew me out if you want, but in my defense I didn't want you to be confused because I revised it. Sorry

Disclaimer: Anything you don't recognize from the Harry Potter series is mine the rest is J.K. Rowling's

AND NOW PRESENTING TIME AND TIME AGAIN. . . .

Time and Time Again Chapter 9: Marriage Sucks, I beg to differ.

Professor Flitwick and Professor Miller decided it would be fun if the student paired off into married couples. They would be given a certain amount of money that they could spend and they had to keep track of their expenses. They even got a child (if they passed to test in the middle of the project). They both had to do research on all the charms they could and should put in their household. The teachers unfortunately picked the partners. To James' pleasure they partnered Lily and him up and to Riley's utmost disgust Rhonda and Sirius were partnered together. She had to witness Rhonda jump up and down in joy. Remus was put with Kiki.

"Psst." The seventh years charms students were in the library doing the research part of the project. "Psst, Riley." Sirius was sitting at a table with Rhonda and across from Riley and Charlie. Rhonda, of course was all over Sirius, but Sirius just blew her off and kept trying to get Riley's attention. He was getting extremely jealous when he saw Riley face light up when she laughed at Charlie's jokes or when he looked at her the way, he only, could.

Lily and James weren't dealing with the same circumstances as Sirius. They were just trying to keep their hormones under control.

"I think we should do the spitonious charm on our child's toys and blanket, and maybe ourselves." James said looking at a book of household charms.

Lily laughed silently and said, "James, spit and babies our a package deal. You can't have one with out the other."

"But I don't like spit, well except my own." James said throwing a pleading look at Lily.

"It's not like a baby is like a dog, who slobbers on everything." Lily said.

"So that explains it." James said to himself.

"What was that?" Lily asked looking at James. 'Wow he's cute.'

"Nothing. Anyway, maybe we could charm the crib to rock when we clap. My parents had that when I was little." James said.

"Like those clap on clap off lights?" Lily asked. James just looked at her with a questioning look so she explained, "They're muggle. You clap they turn on, you clap again they turn off. Very fun, I have them in my room at home."

"Oh! I think I like the light switches better. Peter has them in his house, very groovy." James said. When he said the last bit, Lily started laughing uncontrollably. He just looked at her with a questioning look.

"What!" That just made her laugh even harder. She couldn't get under control for ten minutes.

When she did get her laughter under control, she first noticed that everyone in the library was looking at her. Then she noticed the weird look on James' face. She started to laugh again and said between giggles, "You look constipated!" and broke out into another fit of giggles. James snorted with laughter.

"This is a place of silent studying, if you insist on being so loud I suggest you work some where else." The strict voice of Madam Prince scolded.

"S-so-sorry Madam P-p-p-prince I-I-I-I," Lily was trying to explain but she just couldn't get out what she wanted to say. So James helped out. "We were just leaving Ma'am, sorry for disrupting the silence of the library. Come on Lily." He gathered his and Lily's stuff, grabbed the ecstatic Lily by the elbow and led her out of the library.

Finally when they were almost to the portrait hole, Lily calmed down.

"Are you going to tell me what the hell you laughed about?" James said stopping and smiling at Lily. Lily snorted but James wouldn't let her start laughing again, so he put his hand over her mouth.

She smiled in his hand and took it off her mouth. "You said groovy and then you had that look on your face. I didn't mean to laugh so loud or for so long." After she was done she looked up at James' surprised (but happy) look on his face. She looked down and she was still holding his hand. She quickly withdrew her hand and reddened. "Sorry." She turned and walked quickly towards the portrait hole.

"Lily! It's not a big deal. All you did was hold on to my hand for a little bit." He grabbed her elbow and twisted her around. She was almost the color of her hair.

"That's not it James. I just didn't want to give in to my feelings!" She put a hand to her mouth and, if at all possible, turned redder. James took her hand away from her mouth, held it in his hand.

His eyes met hers, and he asked, "Are saying that you like me?" She nodded slowly and a smile broke out on his face. He bent down and kissed her before she could say anything. When they broke apart, Lily's eyes were still closed and she had a smile on her face.

"Lily, will you be my girlfriend?" James asked.

"Wow, you two are going backwards aren't you?" It was Professor Miller. "You're already married!" The two laughed and then blushed. He nodded and walked on to meet Peter in his room.

"Yes." Lily told James finally. He threw his hands around her waist picked her up and twirled her around.

"Must be having a baby." Riley's voice came from behind the newly made couple kissing in the middle of the hallway. They broke apart and looked at the new arrivals.

"Hey Riley! Hey Charlie! How's the project going?" James asked.

"Not as good as yours." Charlie said, giving a suggestive look at Riley.

Riley saw this and added, "It'll never going to be as good yours."

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" A very angry Sirius came around the corner with a very enthusiastic Rhonda behind him.

"Rhonda! How many times do I have to tell you to leave him alone! He's never going to be yours! Never, never, and wait maybe NEVER!" Riley yelled and took her wand out and pointed it at Rhonda. Rhonda glared daggers at Riley and stomped away.

"Thank you! I love you, love!" He pulled her in a hug and kissed her tender (an: Elvis didn't die, he was abducted by aliens!). When they pulled apart smiling. When they came back to reality they found a shocked guy and two ecstatic friends.

"You, you're cheating on me!" Charlie exclaimed when he re-gathered his composure.

"Yes, I understand if you want a divorce but I don't recommend it." Riley laughed.



"Guys! Hogsmeade weekend what're we doing?" Sirius said to his fellow marauders. They were in their dorm along with Frank, Ed, and Charlie.

"What about your girlfriends?" Remus asked James and Sirius.

"Guys day. Plus they said something about getting our Christmas presents so I was thinking about spying on them." Sirius said.

"Hey!" Ed said suddenly. "My girlfriend is getting my present too! Maybe they're going together?"

"Yeah maybe you're right. Uh . . . what are you getting your girlfriend?" Sirius asked Ed.

"Um . . . my love." He laughed. "I don't really know to tell you the truth."

"Oh. Well if they're going on a girlie day why not us go on a manly day." Remus suggested, everyone agreed.

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That Saturday

"Here is the best spot in the town, Honeydukes!" Sirius said extravagantly spreading his hand out in a showy way.

"Oh my, this is great! Are these real cockroaches?" Ed said intrigued by the Cockroaches Cluster.

"No way mate! They're peanuts! Try one." James said smiling as Ed's face turned from confusion to understanding. He picked one up and stuck one in his mouth and began to chew. He quickly realized his mistake and quickly spit it out and began to back away from the bowl of clusters. Unfortunately he backed in to a large barrel of Every Flavored Jelly Beans, spilling them all over the floor. Thus making the owner, a bald small bald man, make his way through the crowd and clean up the mess (a flick of his wand).

"Don't worry about it sonny, we get it all the time. Just try watching where you're going next time." The man smiled at Ed then turned to James and Sirius. "Ah, boys we have a new shipment of levitating sherbert balls if you want to pick them up now they're ready." They nodded and followed him. Leaving Remus behind with Peter, Ed, and Charlie.

"Have you guys ever had everyone in your group eat a Every Flavored Jelly Bean and the person who got the good one wins?" Remus asked pointing to the barrel with a smile. The others broke out in to smiles and nodded. They grabbed some, bought them, went outside and played. By the time James and Sirius found them they've thrown up at least three times each and laughing madly.

"We must've missed a lot." James said to Sirius, who nodded.

"Wouldn't be your first time." Lily's voice came from the entranceway of Honeydukes a long with the other seventh year Gryffindor girls (minus Rhonda and Catherine). Everyone turned around, surprised.

"That was mean!" James said in a mock hurt voice.

"Well, Potter, what are you going to do about it?" Lily said seductively. They started to move towards each other but Sirius and Riley pulled them in the opposite directions.

The rest of the day they didn't see the girls at all. When they went to the post office a bird pooped on Charlie's head, when Sirius dared Ed to go in to the Shrieking Shack he almost peed himself, and when they went into the Three Broomsticks Remus ended up getting a banshee's floo address. All in all it was a fun day. When they were heading back to the castle they encountered Rhonda and Catherine.

"Husband! How has your day been honey bunches?" She said running towards him.

"Leave me alone! Goodness! What do I have to do to make you realize that I have a girlfriend?!" He yelled. She was still running towards him with her arms out. She was getting closer with every second he stood there so he decided he should run before another incident, like the Trophy Room one, happened. So he ran leaving his friends behind, but not Rhonda. She ran after him.

When everyone met for dinner, Sirius whispered told the girls about their day and the guys about what happened after he left them (he pushed Rhonda into the lake).

"It was too good. She freaked out! But I am very tired and worn out. But while I got my work out for the week, I discovered marriage sucks!" Sirius sighed exasperated.

"Sorry mate, but I have to beg to differ." James nodded towards Lily laughing at Riley and Kiki having a small food fight.

"You are in too deep mate." Peter laughed. James just gave him a look that just said, 'look who's talking', written all over it. They finished dinner and made their way up to the common room, laughing and talking. When they got to the common room the sat around the fire and did homework.



I AM DONE! FINALLY HOPE YOU LIKED IT IF YOU DIDN'T TELL WHAT YOU DIDN'T LIKE! I REALLY WANT FEED BACK! I WOULD LOVE THAT! I am done with the caps. I may not update for about two weeks now because I start band this week and next week I go visit my grams so be patient.

Hazen