James and Lily reach Dumbledore's office and said the password.
They knocked on the griffin door knocker, and entered.
"Mr, Potter, Miss. Evans, what brings you here so late in the night?" Dumbledore asked indicating to chairs for them to sit in.
James and Lily looked at each other, "you can tell him." Lily said.
"Well, we were doing our nightly patrol, and we went into the library to check it. We got in there and we heard voices, we went to investigate and we came across two men, or boys, talking at one of the tables." James said.
"Right." Dumbledore said, he didn't seem all that surprised.
"They were talking about, you know who, one of them was a death eater, and the other wanted to join them." James said.
"Do you know who these people were?" Dumbledore asked.
James shock his head.
Dumbledore put his head in his hands, and thought for a few moments.
"Thank you for informing me of this," He said, "now get to your common room and have some sleep."
"Aren't you going to do anything?" Lily asked.
"Oh yes, but I can't do anything at one on the morning." Dumbledore said and Lily blushed.
James and Lily left Dumbledore's office, Lily was worried.
"Hey, what's wrong?" James asked as they walked.
"I'm just worried," Lily said nestling her head into James' shoulder. "Voldemort is getting so strong, I mean I thought he would have been stopped by now, but he even has Death Eaters in Hogwarts." Lily said. "And I'm muggle born, I probably won't last a month after we leave school."
"Don't worry Lily." James said looking at her, "I won't let anyone harm you, if anyone does I'll kill them." James said half joking.
Lily just frowned.
"I'll always be there, we'll grow old together, and as long as I'm alive I won't let anything happen to you." James said.
Lily smiled at her boyfriend.
"I love you," she whispered in his ear and she kissed him.
"And I love you too, I always have and always will." James whispered back and he pulled Lily into another deep kiss.
A week later Peter was on his way back from lessons, he was alone as he needed to go the common room.
"Pettigrew." Someone hissed, Peter looked around and saw Snape lurking in the shadows.
He made sure no one was looking and joined him.
"The Dark Lord is pleased that you have joined, he requires you at a meeting tomorrow in Hogsemade." Snape hissed in Peters ear.
"Where?" Peter asked.
"You will find out tomorrow" Snape hissed again and he left Peter standing alone.
"Morning beautiful." James whispered in Lily's ear as he sat down next to her at the breakfast table.
"Morning." Lily said and she gave James a kiss that lingered.
"This is for you." He said, "Happy Valentines Day." He presented Lily with a bunch of Lilies.
"Wow, they're beautiful….. Thank you." Lily said and she kissed James again more passionately then the last time.
"Stop it!" Jess said, "I'm trying to eat."
"Stop being such a spoil sport." Laura said, "it's Valentines day."
"I know that," Jess said annoyed. "I'm going to leave all you loved up couples alone, please tell me when you put each other down!"
Jess stormed from the hall.
"What is her problem?" Sirius asked.
"She hasn't got a boyfriend." Emma said, "and we all have."
"Well she can have Peter." James said.
Lily hit James in the stomach.
"Don't be mean."
"I'm going after Jess." Laura said and she kissed Remus on the cheek.
She went up to the common room and found Jess sitting by the fire.
"Jess are you OK?" Laura asked.
Jess looked up and sighed.
"Yeah…………. Well…………….. no." Jess said.
"Whats wrong?" Laura asked putting an arm around Jess.
"It's ever since you Emma and Lily have started going out with the marauders, you've kind of changed." Jess said. "We aren't like we were before, it's like we don't spend anytime together anymore."
Laura sighed. "Thaks because were in love, well, Emma and Lily are anyway, I'm not sure."
"I know that, but why do things have to change?" Jess said.
"Things were always going to change once we left Hogwarts, it just happened a bit sooner."
"But I don't like it." Jess said.
Laura was running out of patience, Jess had been so sulky lately she didn't know how much more she could take., "well I'm sorry but there is nothing I can say, this is the way it is, get used to it!"
Laura left the room and went down into the Great Hall to finish her breakfast.
Jess sat and watched Laura go, she hadn't be truthful when she said that she didn't like the fact that things had changed, she wanted them to change just not the way they had………..
She stood up, she hadn't meant to get into a fight with Laura, they were best friends. She wiped away a tear that was in her eye.
"Excuse me, are you alright?" A boy asked coming over to Jess from a table where he was doing his homework.
He was a Gryffindor 6th year, Edward Cummings was his name, he had blond hair and brown eyes. He was tall, a lot taller then Jess, all in all he was good looking.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Jess lied.
"Are you sure, I know you just had a fight with your friend." Edward said.
Jess looked at him, "I should be Ok." Jess said.
"Ok then." He was about to walk away when he turned and said, "Um you don't fancy meeting in Hogsemade later?"
"Sure, why not." Jess said smiling.
"Great, I'll meet you in the three broomsticks at about mid-day?"
"Sounds good, see you later." Jess said, and they boy walked out.
Well she thought, at least she wouldn't be alone this Valentines day.
"Hey Jess." Lily called to her waving her over.
Jess moved between the tables in the three broomsticks to where Lily was sitting with Emma.
"Are you alright, you seemed a bit upset a breakfast." Emma asked.
"Laura and I had a little fight." Jess said.
"Right, well she's not here now, she's gone off with Remus." Lily said.
Jess scowled to herself.
"Right, well I have to go, I'm meeting someone here." Jess said looking around the pub and spotting her date sitting by the window.
"Really…….. Who?" Emma asked.
"Edwars Cummings, he asked me out this morning." Jess said, she should be happy that she was going on a date with a gorgeous boy, but she fancied someone else.
"Oh him, he's nice." Lily said.
"Right, well see you later." Jess said and she made her way over to Edward.
Lily waited untile Jess was out of ear shot before she said, "I don't think she remembers that Edward Cummings asked me out last year."
"Why didn't you tell her?" Emma asked.
"Because she hasn't had a boyfriend for ages, and I didn't want to spoil it for her." Lily said.
"Nice thought, but she will be so mad when she finds out." Emma said.
"I know, but James will protect me." Lily said.
They giggled.
"Where are the boy's anyway?" Emma asked.
"In zonkos." Lily said rolling her eyes.
"I see, they've gone back ot the mother ship!" Emma said and they both burst out laughing.
Lily and James sat in the Great Hall that night having dinner, everyone else seemed to have disappeared.
"I like it when we are alone." James said.
"Well we're not actually alone, there are all these people having dinner here as well." Lily said.
James just smiled, "I mean without anyone else with us, like Sirius, or Emma, or Remus."
"What about, Jess, Laura and Peter?" Lily asked.
"Them as well!" James said.
"Come on lets go somewhere more private……" Lily said letting her sentence trail off.
James' face lit up and he let Lily take his hand and led him out of the hall.
They were just starting up the marbel stair case when an ear splitting scream came from out on the grounds, and scream Lily reconised.
"Jess?" Lily whispered, and she ran through the oak fron doors, James' following.
They knocked on the griffin door knocker, and entered.
"Mr, Potter, Miss. Evans, what brings you here so late in the night?" Dumbledore asked indicating to chairs for them to sit in.
James and Lily looked at each other, "you can tell him." Lily said.
"Well, we were doing our nightly patrol, and we went into the library to check it. We got in there and we heard voices, we went to investigate and we came across two men, or boys, talking at one of the tables." James said.
"Right." Dumbledore said, he didn't seem all that surprised.
"They were talking about, you know who, one of them was a death eater, and the other wanted to join them." James said.
"Do you know who these people were?" Dumbledore asked.
James shock his head.
Dumbledore put his head in his hands, and thought for a few moments.
"Thank you for informing me of this," He said, "now get to your common room and have some sleep."
"Aren't you going to do anything?" Lily asked.
"Oh yes, but I can't do anything at one on the morning." Dumbledore said and Lily blushed.
James and Lily left Dumbledore's office, Lily was worried.
"Hey, what's wrong?" James asked as they walked.
"I'm just worried," Lily said nestling her head into James' shoulder. "Voldemort is getting so strong, I mean I thought he would have been stopped by now, but he even has Death Eaters in Hogwarts." Lily said. "And I'm muggle born, I probably won't last a month after we leave school."
"Don't worry Lily." James said looking at her, "I won't let anyone harm you, if anyone does I'll kill them." James said half joking.
Lily just frowned.
"I'll always be there, we'll grow old together, and as long as I'm alive I won't let anything happen to you." James said.
Lily smiled at her boyfriend.
"I love you," she whispered in his ear and she kissed him.
"And I love you too, I always have and always will." James whispered back and he pulled Lily into another deep kiss.
A week later Peter was on his way back from lessons, he was alone as he needed to go the common room.
"Pettigrew." Someone hissed, Peter looked around and saw Snape lurking in the shadows.
He made sure no one was looking and joined him.
"The Dark Lord is pleased that you have joined, he requires you at a meeting tomorrow in Hogsemade." Snape hissed in Peters ear.
"Where?" Peter asked.
"You will find out tomorrow" Snape hissed again and he left Peter standing alone.
"Morning beautiful." James whispered in Lily's ear as he sat down next to her at the breakfast table.
"Morning." Lily said and she gave James a kiss that lingered.
"This is for you." He said, "Happy Valentines Day." He presented Lily with a bunch of Lilies.
"Wow, they're beautiful….. Thank you." Lily said and she kissed James again more passionately then the last time.
"Stop it!" Jess said, "I'm trying to eat."
"Stop being such a spoil sport." Laura said, "it's Valentines day."
"I know that," Jess said annoyed. "I'm going to leave all you loved up couples alone, please tell me when you put each other down!"
Jess stormed from the hall.
"What is her problem?" Sirius asked.
"She hasn't got a boyfriend." Emma said, "and we all have."
"Well she can have Peter." James said.
Lily hit James in the stomach.
"Don't be mean."
"I'm going after Jess." Laura said and she kissed Remus on the cheek.
She went up to the common room and found Jess sitting by the fire.
"Jess are you OK?" Laura asked.
Jess looked up and sighed.
"Yeah…………. Well…………….. no." Jess said.
"Whats wrong?" Laura asked putting an arm around Jess.
"It's ever since you Emma and Lily have started going out with the marauders, you've kind of changed." Jess said. "We aren't like we were before, it's like we don't spend anytime together anymore."
Laura sighed. "Thaks because were in love, well, Emma and Lily are anyway, I'm not sure."
"I know that, but why do things have to change?" Jess said.
"Things were always going to change once we left Hogwarts, it just happened a bit sooner."
"But I don't like it." Jess said.
Laura was running out of patience, Jess had been so sulky lately she didn't know how much more she could take., "well I'm sorry but there is nothing I can say, this is the way it is, get used to it!"
Laura left the room and went down into the Great Hall to finish her breakfast.
Jess sat and watched Laura go, she hadn't be truthful when she said that she didn't like the fact that things had changed, she wanted them to change just not the way they had………..
She stood up, she hadn't meant to get into a fight with Laura, they were best friends. She wiped away a tear that was in her eye.
"Excuse me, are you alright?" A boy asked coming over to Jess from a table where he was doing his homework.
He was a Gryffindor 6th year, Edward Cummings was his name, he had blond hair and brown eyes. He was tall, a lot taller then Jess, all in all he was good looking.
"Yeah, I'm fine." Jess lied.
"Are you sure, I know you just had a fight with your friend." Edward said.
Jess looked at him, "I should be Ok." Jess said.
"Ok then." He was about to walk away when he turned and said, "Um you don't fancy meeting in Hogsemade later?"
"Sure, why not." Jess said smiling.
"Great, I'll meet you in the three broomsticks at about mid-day?"
"Sounds good, see you later." Jess said, and they boy walked out.
Well she thought, at least she wouldn't be alone this Valentines day.
"Hey Jess." Lily called to her waving her over.
Jess moved between the tables in the three broomsticks to where Lily was sitting with Emma.
"Are you alright, you seemed a bit upset a breakfast." Emma asked.
"Laura and I had a little fight." Jess said.
"Right, well she's not here now, she's gone off with Remus." Lily said.
Jess scowled to herself.
"Right, well I have to go, I'm meeting someone here." Jess said looking around the pub and spotting her date sitting by the window.
"Really…….. Who?" Emma asked.
"Edwars Cummings, he asked me out this morning." Jess said, she should be happy that she was going on a date with a gorgeous boy, but she fancied someone else.
"Oh him, he's nice." Lily said.
"Right, well see you later." Jess said and she made her way over to Edward.
Lily waited untile Jess was out of ear shot before she said, "I don't think she remembers that Edward Cummings asked me out last year."
"Why didn't you tell her?" Emma asked.
"Because she hasn't had a boyfriend for ages, and I didn't want to spoil it for her." Lily said.
"Nice thought, but she will be so mad when she finds out." Emma said.
"I know, but James will protect me." Lily said.
They giggled.
"Where are the boy's anyway?" Emma asked.
"In zonkos." Lily said rolling her eyes.
"I see, they've gone back ot the mother ship!" Emma said and they both burst out laughing.
Lily and James sat in the Great Hall that night having dinner, everyone else seemed to have disappeared.
"I like it when we are alone." James said.
"Well we're not actually alone, there are all these people having dinner here as well." Lily said.
James just smiled, "I mean without anyone else with us, like Sirius, or Emma, or Remus."
"What about, Jess, Laura and Peter?" Lily asked.
"Them as well!" James said.
"Come on lets go somewhere more private……" Lily said letting her sentence trail off.
James' face lit up and he let Lily take his hand and led him out of the hall.
They were just starting up the marbel stair case when an ear splitting scream came from out on the grounds, and scream Lily reconised.
"Jess?" Lily whispered, and she ran through the oak fron doors, James' following.