'Lils!'

Lily opened one eye and groaned.

'Lils!'

It was a different voice each time, and in total, five voices had called 'Lils!'

One belonged to Thing, and the others to the four marauders. It was Saturday, and the 'phase' hadn't passed. Every morning for around two weeks now, Lily had been awoken with 'Lils!' except on those rare occasions when Lily was up.

Lily opened her other eye and checked her watch. 12. Not as bad as the week before when it had been 9:00 (Lily hadn't believed it possible so dared them,).

She dressed quickly in Jeans and a t, then hurried downstairs.

'So, had any more thought on joining the team?' Sirius asked eagerly once she touched the last step.

'I'm not going to,' she said through gritted teeth.

'I don't see why not,' Remus said once got over laughing at Sirius' face.

'Yeah, you're a great flyer,' James said, also laughing. Lily hit all three of them around the head.

'You shouldn't hit them,' Peter informed her.

'Why not?'

'Because I did last night and got this,' he rolled up his sleeve to reveal a rather...large bruise.

'Yeah, but I wouldn't dare hit my Lils,' James said smiling.

'Your Lils?'

'Yeah, I found you, finders keepers,'

'Oh well then, I guess I get to keep this seeing as I found it,' she said, holding up what she had first thought to be just a spare bit of parchment in the boys dormitories.

'Parchment,' Sirius said, although his face altered.

'Yeah?' Lily muttered something and tapped the parchment. Lines began to spread over it, and words to.

'Moony, Wormtail, Padfoot and Prongs present the Marauders map,' She read aloud.

'Give me that,' Remus snatched the parchment from her hands, folded it, then placed it in her pockets.

Lily laughed. Then she noticed lights flashing in her pocket. She hit the box, trying to hide her actions. When the boys turned to go to lunch, Lily pulled Thing out of her pockets.

'I told you, I haven't told them yet!' Lily hissed. The marauders knew nothing of her friend.

'I detected hints of...feeling in the voices around me,'

'Yeah, it's called happiness,' she muttered, replacing the box in her pocket then following the boys.

'Well, well, well, if it isn't the mudblood,'

'Fuck of Malfoy,' Lily replied, pushing passed him.

'Shouldn't speak to those higher than you like that,'

'Yeah, but I guess neither should you dear cousin,' Sirius said, coming up behind Bellatrix.

'You have no right to call Bell that,' Snape hissed.

'Bell? I always thought it was 'Ballerina'!' Sirius replied.

'What?'

'Muggle thing' Sirius muttered.

'I'll be watching you mudblood,'

At once, four wands were pointing at Malfoy. Of course, Peter was not among them. (A/N-that little, filthy, retched scoundrel!)

Malfoy sneered at them, then continued on his own way.

'Don't take any shit from that guy Lils,' James said, lowering his wand.

'I wasn't aware I did,' she said, pushing passed him.

'Lils!'

'I don't need you and your gang to stick up for me! I don't need you to follow me around all day! I know sooner or later you'll get tired of me, and I'd rather it be sooner. I'd rather it be now!'

Lily ran down the hall into darkness.

'What the hell is her problem?'

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I own nothing! Thanks to my TWO lovely reviewers, and I'm disappointed in the rest of you. Anyway, review please, and I told you I would put more action in it! It's not long I know, but please, it's half ten at night for gods sake!!!!!!

Anyway, I'll update soon, but the next chap will be all focused on Lily, and what she does next.

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