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Time and Time Again

Chapter 10: Of Ham and Snow Balls

". . . . Of course the Ministry has banned that sort of mixing of breeds." It was a bitter cold December day and where else were the Gryffindor seventh years but outside in care of magical creatures. Professor Kettleburn was talking about the breeding of illegal animals with no means of warmth except the cloths on their backs.

"Professor?" James raised his hand and said shakily, "Why do we have to be out here today? It's cold!" Everybody laughed over their chattering teeth.

"Mr. Potter, you are quite correct. It is cold, but instead of giving you points for your intelligence, I am going to take five points for your stupidity." Professor Kettleburn said matter of factly. He wasn't a pleasant man; some just guessed that he had dealt with too many dragons before he taught.

"But Pro-" James started but he was interrupted by the bell.

"Thanks to Mr. Potter you will all do four feet of parchment on past trials on mixing breeds. Good day." They all practically ran to the warmth of the castle.

"Thank you James!" Ed said sarcastically in a loud voice. James blushed over his red cheeks and just shrugged not knowing what to say. "It's cool I mean at least we didn't have to back out there and listen to him in the cold at night. If that had happened I'd have been expelled and sent to prison for life because you'd be dead." That was the start of an excellent dinner.

They entered the Great Hall laughing and left it laughing. During it, Rhonda and Catherine came up and started flirt shamelessly with the guys. . .

"Hey there Jamesie, how are you doing?" Rhonda said sitting on James' lap.

"Ugh! Get it off me! Get it off me!" James said getting up and brushing off his robe. He then went to go sit on Lily's lap making her erupt in a set of giggles. He then acted like he was Rhonda which made Rhonda and Catherine stomp off.

Then Lily and James got in to a little quarrel about croutons. . .

"How can you not find it odd that they come in those little bite size squares?!" James said incredulously.

"Because that's the way they're made James! How can they be made any other way?" Lily shot back.

"They can not make them at all. Who eats them any way?" He said this as Lily was bringing a fork of salad and a crouton to her mouth. Once she heard this comment she dropped her fork and glared at James.

"You can be so ignorant sometimes! Ugh how could I like someone like you?!? You only think about yourself!" Lily's voice was getting louder and louder as she said this, by the end she was yelling.

"Sorry." James said quietly making Lily soften. Lily pulled out her wand James had a look of complete horror on his face as he looked at her wand pointing down.

"LILY! You can't do that. It was just a little argument about croutons! That's just stupid!" James said scandalized.

"What are you talking about? Hold on a minute. Shapest." Lily said still pointing her want down making James jump and run out of the hall. Lily looked puzzled after him, "What I just made his croutons round?" Everybody burst out laughing.

James came back a little while after looking relieved and embarrassed. This made the group burst out into new peels of laughter. He looked at the croutons and smiled sheepishly while kissing Lily on the cheek.

Then they started a food fight and Sirius hit Professor McGonagall in the head with piece of ham. . .

"Mr. Black! How dare you! 50 points from Gryffindor and you ten will be staying after to clean it up, no magic!" Professor McGonagall turned on her heel and went back to the teachers table looking very stern.

After they finished eating and everybody cleared out they stayed behind and started on their punishment.

"So Riley how long have you and Black been an item?" Charlie said too casually.

"Uh . . . four months in a week." Riley said ticking off months on her fingers.

"Oh."

"Why'd you ask?" Riley said.

"Rye, he likes you that is why he asked you." Sirius whispered in her ear. The color is Charlie's face drained.

"Oh, Charlie I'm sorry. I just. . Yeah." Riley said turning away from him. Sirius had to stifle a grin as he was sweeping the mashed potatoes away from the Gryffindor table and towards the Slytherin table.

"Sirius you're supposed to clean the mess up. Not make a bigger one." Ed said coming up and putting the dust pan down so Sirius could sweep it in to it.

"Ed! That was a really good plan and it takes less time! Come on." Sirius pouted. Riley came over and grabbed the lip that stuck out, not hard but enough so that he'd stop pouting.

"Didn't you mother ever tell you that it'll stick like that? Stop pouting." Riley said.

"I have no reason to stop pouting." Sirius replied simply. Riley got up on her tippy toes and whispered something, that isn't PG in his ear, which made him smile broadly.

"Stop you two you're making me sick." Kiki said in a whiney voice.

"Well I think Remmy could make you all better." James said winking at Kiki and Remus, who was standing right behind her.

"Is that all you think about?" Kiki said with an awed voice.

"Yep, and you don't have to live with them." Remus said making Kiki smile at him.

"But you still love us don't you Moony?" Sirius said with a wide smile.

"Of course. Who couldn't?" He answered the already answered question.

"Yeah I've been meaning to ask you, what's up with the nicknames?" Karlye asked.

"Ugh. . . "The four boys said in unison looking at each other nervously.

"Well you see-"

"We've known-"

"We can't really-"

"It's a funny story really-"

They tried to explain all together, earning them all strange looks. They huddled together and tried to think of something together but Riley stepped in.

"You see, they've know each other for a pretty long time. And they have tons of secrets that only they know so they can't really say. But it's a funny story of how they met. . ." Riley tried to piece all the stories together but she was also getting strange looks so she looked around for something to change the subject. "Hey it's snowing."

"Oooh I love the snow!" Karlye said excited. And headed for the door, she was quickly followed by the rest of her school mates.

"Score!" Riley said to Lily, who looked at her curiously. "Well I wanted to get off that subject and it worked. So, Score!"

"Do you know what their nick names mean?" Lily asked trying to sound casual.

"Nope, well except my brothers. But the rest I have no idea. That's why I wanted to change the subject because they looked a little uncomfortable." Riley said simply. The boys were still in their huddle not realizing that it was just the six of them left alone.

"Alright so we got it right. OK. Our nick names are –"James started speaking as he was turning around then he realized it was just them, his girlfriend, and Sirius' girlfriend. "Where'd they go?"

"Outside." Lily said pointing up, indicating the snow. The boys looked up then at the girls then ran for the door. Two hands grabbed Riley and Lily's hands.

It was really chilly outside, there was about an inch of snow on the ground and there was more coming down more quickly.

"It's breath taking." Lily sighed. James looked at her and thought How can I deserve something so gorgeous? I'm am so lucky.

"Walk with me?" James asked with his hand held out. Lily smiled at him and interlaced her finger with his.

"I've always loved the snow." Lily sighed as they walked by the now frozen lake.

"My mother does too. She and I always used to go out and make snow men when I was little. If it snowed on the Christmas holidays you would find us out there. She and I pull my father out and we would have a snow ball fight. We would always know the end when my father would do a little something." James said. Looking at the glassy surface of the lake.

"What would he do?" Lily asked she knew she would regret it when James smiled at her. Abruptly he grabbed some snow and threw it at Lily then he ran for it. It took a second for her to realize what he had done but she soon as she did she ran after him with a ball of snow in her red hand. She eventually found him hiding behind the kissing couple of Karlye and Ed. She threw a snow ball at them first then when they broke apart she threw one at James. All three of them picked up some snow and threw it at her. She ran before they could throw any more she ran and ducked behind Charlie.

"Don't let them hit me!" Lily whispered. Charlie turned around with a maniac look on his face and said, "Like this?" and threw a snowball at her.

"No fair! Everybody's against me!" Lily said stomping her foot in the snow. Then she felt a hand on her shoulder and saw Sirius, Riley, Remus, and Kiki behind her holding snow balls.

"We're not against you." Riley said chucking a snowball at Karlye.

"What about me?" Peter said. Coming out of the castle with some more cold protection.

"You can be on my team because they already have five." Ed said gesturing for him to come over to where they were standing.

"What are we waiting for?" Sirius asked and threw a snowball at Charlie and ran for it. Then it commenced. The game went down for 20 minutes then James ended it by grabbing Lily by the waist and pulling her to the ground on top of him and snogging her senseless.

"That is what he would do." James whispered when they finish their dirty deed.

"Oh." Lily was breathless and cold but she didn't really care. She was happy lying on top of James while he caressed her back. She never thought she could feel this way about someone that she had hated for so long. It was all very sudden for her. Lily know she didn't feel what James felt for her but maybe she would grow. She hoped.

"You're shaking Lily. Come on let's go inside." They stood up, clasped hands and walked slowly inside savoring the moment.

Done! Sorry it took so long! Forgive me please! I love you reviewers, all of you. Thanks for reading!