Chapter 4
"LILY!" Petunia screamed. "There's a.......thing for you!"
"Petunia, it's an owl. Even a muggle like you knows that." Lily sighed.
Still in her pyjamas she wandered downstairs to get some breakfast before going back to sleep. She had her whole day planned out: After breakfast, she was going to sleep until lunch, then she would watch television before escaping her family by going back upstairs to sleep.
Unfolding the letter she read:
Hey Lily
If you're not doing anything today, come round! I need your help!
Yours James
What could he need her help with? It couldn't be work because he never worked. What else could it be? She decided to go and find out before she realised she did not know where he lived. Fortunately he had enclosed his address on a scrap of paper. It was not far from her own house so she decided to get a train, as it was safer than apparating to a place she did not know.
She spent longer than she would normally choosing her clothes and doing her hair and make up and was finally ready to leave.
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"1.........3.......5....." Lily counted the houses until she found number 15. Apprehensively she knocked on the door. James pulled it open and dragged her inside. He had spello-tape stuck to his face and bits of paper in his hair.
"Thank god you're here!" He said he tried to continue but was could not be heard over the shouting coming from the floor above.
"MOONY STOP MOVING THINGS!" They heard Sirius yell.
"I'M TRYING TO PACK!" Remus replied just as loud.
"WELL DON'T! IT'S CONFUSING ME!" Sirius yelled back louder.
"WANT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO THEN?" (Even louder)
"I DON'T KNOW! I WANT PRONGS BACK!"
"ME TOO!"
James and Lily stopped looking at the ceiling and grinned. Suddenly Lily understood why James had asked her to go round. They needed help packing. She sighed.
"Where do you want me to start?"
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Hours later, they were no further forward and Lily had had enough. James and Sirius had got bored and had started putting spello-tape on each other and ripping it off, ignoring the very manly screams, Remus had settled himself in a corner and was waiting for them to stop. And Lily did not know where the other one was. Not being as good-looking as James or Sirius or as intelligent as Remus, Peter tended to get overlooked. And today was no exception.
Finally Lily snapped. James and Sirius looked up mid-rip as she began to yell at them.
"GET OUT!"
"THIS IS MY ROOM, YOU CAN'T TELL ME TO GET OUT!" Sirius yelled back. Lily glared at him. If looks could kill.
"You think that look scares me?" he asked but subtly backed away from her.
"Get out. Go downstairs, go out, go to hell, I don't care, just GET OUT!" Scared they backed out and waited for her in another part of the house.'
Lily sighed. Now she could finally get to work. She grabbed a box and with a wave of her wand filled it with Sirius's possessions. It took her half an hour to do the whole room, compared to the four hours the Marauders had wasted trying to pack.
"You can come back now!" she shouted down to them. Sirius looked around in wonder.
"Thank you Lily" he hugged her gratefully. "How can I make it up to you?"
"Simple," she smirked "Don't ever move again,"
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"LILY!" Petunia screamed. "There's a.......thing for you!"
"Petunia, it's an owl. Even a muggle like you knows that." Lily sighed.
Still in her pyjamas she wandered downstairs to get some breakfast before going back to sleep. She had her whole day planned out: After breakfast, she was going to sleep until lunch, then she would watch television before escaping her family by going back upstairs to sleep.
Unfolding the letter she read:
Hey Lily
If you're not doing anything today, come round! I need your help!
Yours James
What could he need her help with? It couldn't be work because he never worked. What else could it be? She decided to go and find out before she realised she did not know where he lived. Fortunately he had enclosed his address on a scrap of paper. It was not far from her own house so she decided to get a train, as it was safer than apparating to a place she did not know.
She spent longer than she would normally choosing her clothes and doing her hair and make up and was finally ready to leave.
***************
"1.........3.......5....." Lily counted the houses until she found number 15. Apprehensively she knocked on the door. James pulled it open and dragged her inside. He had spello-tape stuck to his face and bits of paper in his hair.
"Thank god you're here!" He said he tried to continue but was could not be heard over the shouting coming from the floor above.
"MOONY STOP MOVING THINGS!" They heard Sirius yell.
"I'M TRYING TO PACK!" Remus replied just as loud.
"WELL DON'T! IT'S CONFUSING ME!" Sirius yelled back louder.
"WANT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO THEN?" (Even louder)
"I DON'T KNOW! I WANT PRONGS BACK!"
"ME TOO!"
James and Lily stopped looking at the ceiling and grinned. Suddenly Lily understood why James had asked her to go round. They needed help packing. She sighed.
"Where do you want me to start?"
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Hours later, they were no further forward and Lily had had enough. James and Sirius had got bored and had started putting spello-tape on each other and ripping it off, ignoring the very manly screams, Remus had settled himself in a corner and was waiting for them to stop. And Lily did not know where the other one was. Not being as good-looking as James or Sirius or as intelligent as Remus, Peter tended to get overlooked. And today was no exception.
Finally Lily snapped. James and Sirius looked up mid-rip as she began to yell at them.
"GET OUT!"
"THIS IS MY ROOM, YOU CAN'T TELL ME TO GET OUT!" Sirius yelled back. Lily glared at him. If looks could kill.
"You think that look scares me?" he asked but subtly backed away from her.
"Get out. Go downstairs, go out, go to hell, I don't care, just GET OUT!" Scared they backed out and waited for her in another part of the house.'
Lily sighed. Now she could finally get to work. She grabbed a box and with a wave of her wand filled it with Sirius's possessions. It took her half an hour to do the whole room, compared to the four hours the Marauders had wasted trying to pack.
"You can come back now!" she shouted down to them. Sirius looked around in wonder.
"Thank you Lily" he hugged her gratefully. "How can I make it up to you?"
"Simple," she smirked "Don't ever move again,"
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