A/N: Sorry for the delay I would of got this chapter out sooner if I knew how to add a chapter. But thanks to my wonderful friend Adrienne I'm starting to understand how the whole story writing thing works.
Chapter 2
The next morning Lily woke up and stretched out her arms. Her hands hit something solid. Confused she felt it for a while trying to figure out what it was and where she was.
She looked up to see James Potter looking down at her. The two gave each other confused looks.
"Um, Lily…?" James said looking at his arm.
Lily realized she had been feeling James' arm and still was. She quickly pulled her arm back as her cheeks went a deep red. She jumped up and ran for the girls stairs.
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Lily did a belly flop onto her bed and buried her head in her pillow. Lily had a million emotions go through her head at that moment about James.
'I hate him!, Why would he want to embarrass me like that by sitting near me?!, Why are those muscles so amazingly firm?' Lily winced at her last thought.
'Whoa where did that last thought come from? I mean yeah they were extremely firm and very impressive but that doesn't change anything.'
After a long time of thinking Lily decided to ignore the situation and pretend it never happened and hope James did the same. She then drifted into a deep sleep.
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Later at breakfast James sat at the table with Sirius, Remus, and Peter looking very distant. He only showed signs of being alive when he looked up to see Andi and Remi walk in. He kept looking, expecting to see Lily not far behind but she wasn't with them.
James was about to ask Andi where Lily was but Sirius beat him to it.
"Hey sweetie pie. Where's that squishy little red head?" Sirius said in a strange, sweet girly voice.
Andi ignored his sweet talk. "Actually I um… well I just thought she would be down here already since she had fallen asleep on the couch and all."
James listened to them and then thought that Lily might be very mad at him. He quickly stood up and gave Remus and Sirius a pat on the back and told them he'd see them at their first class. James left the Great Hall in a bit of a rush.
"What's up with him?" Remi asked confused.
"I don't know. Maybe he forgot to floss." Remus said dismissively.
The five didn't have much to say and sat in silence the rest of breakfast.
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James entered the Gryffindor common room and sat on the couch waiting, assuming that Lily was still in her room.
A half an hour past and James had already missed ten minutes of his first class. So he figured Lily must have been somewhere else. When he went to leave he heard light footsteps coming down the girl's stairs.
Lily came down still in her PJs and looked around with the same confused look that she shared with James earlier. James walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder.
"Lily are you alright we already had breakfast and already missed the first ten minutes of class." James said with concern in his eyes.
Lily half wanted to swat his hand off her shoulder and half wanted him to keep it there.
James was thinking about his gesture also. He found it surprising that she hadn't shoved his hand off the second he put it on her shoulder.
Lily then thought of what James just said and her eyes suddenly widened. "I missed some of class!! Oh gosh this can't be happening I want to be head girl next year and how can I if I'm not even in class the second day of school! This is my deciding year James!"
James was slightly alarmed by her outburst and the sound of his first name. He removed his hand from her shoulder. "Well we can still get to class for the last part of it"
Lily nodded. "Yes, very good thinking Potter." James sagged his shoulders a bit when he heard her call him Potter again.
'She must be mad at me from this morning' James thought.
'Oh wow calling him Potter seemed to hurt him. I guess I could start calling him James. I mean not cause I want to just for Grams. Its not like I want to be nice to him, I mean its just Potter, I mean James.' Lily thought.
Lily quickly went up to her room and changed into her robes and threw her hair up in a messy bun and went back downstairs to the common room where James was waiting for her.
Lily then motioned for James to follow her and James willingly followed her out the portrait hole and managed to get next to her. They walked at a fast pace to their first class.
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At lunch Sirius gave James a sharp prod in the rib. James gave him a look pretty sure he didn't deserve that
"What?" James asked with a hint of annoyance.
"Where the heck were you for the first half of Charms? I asked you like three times this morning and you kept ignoring me." Sirius then got a look on his face like the answer had come to him. "You were snogging Lily Bob weren't you? You dog!" Sirius said giving James a congratulating pat on the back.
Lily overheard James and Sirius's conversation and was eager to hear James' response. She figured he'd say he did because previous years he always started rumors that he had her in the closet numerous times.
"No, we weren't snogging. I just waited for her in the common room. It turned out she slept in so she got ready quick and we came to class. Nothing happened." James voice then turned a bit whiny. "Man she's still calling me Potter though. I guess I deserve it from other years but it hurts. I mean I call her Lily not Evans." James said.
Lily was shocked at James's response and she couldn't believe how hurt he sounded.
Sirius gave James a disgusted look. "Prongs you make me sick. First off you didn't snog her even when you had her alone. Second your practically crying because Lily called you the name she has always called you. It's pathetic, suck it up buddy."
"Yo Black, pass me the salt." Andi said with no emotion.
Sirius obeyed then looked to James. "Boohoo she called me Black lets cry waa waa." Sirius said mockingly rubbing his hands over his eyes.
Sirius was surprised to find that it did actually hurt to be called Black, from Andi atleast.
He quickly brushed the thought out of his mind. He then looked up to see James walking towards the Great Hall doors.
"Oh come on buddy I was just kidding!" Sirius shouted to James.
But James showed no sign of hearing him and kept walking. Sirius gave a dismissive shrug.
"Sirius what was that about?" Andi asked with a perplexed look on her face.
"Ah yes Sirius, that's more like it." Sirius said with a nod.
Andi raised her eyebrows. "Huh?"
"Oh never mind my dearest. Well you see little Jamsie was just being a little baby. Don't worry the little tike will be back soon hugging and kissing me and begging me to forgive him for walking out on me." He said in a cocky way.
Andi just rolled her eyes and went back to her conversation with Remi.
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While Andi and Sirius were talking Lily took the opportunity to sneak out of the Great Hall to find James. After checking the library and a few other places she finally found him in the common room laying on the couch.
"Err, James are you alright?" Lily asked hesitantly.
James was a bit startled when he heard Lily and quickly sat up and motioned her to sit down. She did so and sat on the opposite side of the couch leaving a large gap between the two.
"I'm fine. Hey Lily I wanted to talk to you about this morning." James said trying to change the subject.
Lily went red in the cheeks. "Oh, um what about it?"
"Well you ran out really fast, you weren't mad at me were you?" James said a little nervously.
'Why is he so nervous? This is what he wants isn't it To make me embarrassed.' Lily thought.
"No, I just didn't know what was going on." Lily responded trying to sound cool.
"Good, the last thing I would want is someone mad at me, especially you." James gave Lily his trademark smile.
Lily started to feel uncomfortable being alone with James. "I… uh… um I should find Andi and Remi…" Lily stuttered as she went for the portrait hole.
Lily slipped out leaving a James very confused. 'What did I do??'
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Lily reached Andi who was walking with Sirius in one of the corridors. She was out of breath from her sprint out of the common room.
"Lily Butt, what's wrong? Your panting like a dog." Sirius said with a laugh.
"I thought it was Lily Bob." Lily said once she was back to breathing normally. "Oh God, why did I just do that?" Lily hit her forehead with her palm at the thought of what she just did.
"Do what?" Andi said joining in on the conversation.
"Do you mind Cyprus?" Lily said motioning Sirius to leave.
"Cyprus?? Ooo is that my nickname?" Lily gave a slight nod now massaging where she had pounded her head. "Whippee I never had a wicked cool nickname like that!"
Lily glared at him showing she wasn't amused and he got the point and turned down another corridor. He turned to blow Andi a kiss which caused her to giggle quietly. Lily just rolled her eyes at Sirius' corniness.
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"So what happened?" Andi asked trying to get Sirius off her mind.
"I went to see if James was alright and we were talking and well I don't know he didn't say anything wrong or mean. He just was being nice I just got a weird feeling so I ran from him and now I'm here feeling stupid." Lily said.
Andi had a mischievous look on her face. "Lily I think your definitely changing your attitude towards James. In fact you might like him more than you think."
"Ew, don't ever say that again. I'm serious." Lily said with a disgusted look on her face.
"Actually the guy you made leave was Sirius." Andi said with a giggle.
"You like him don't you?" Lily said catching Andi off guard.
Andi paused a minute before answering. "Maybe a little." She showed a little space between her index finger and thumb to show how much.
"Then don't act like you hate him all the time." Lily said in a way like she knew everything.
Andi gave her a sly look. "I'll do just that if you stop denying your feelings for James and stop running away from the poor guy."
Lily gave her a glare. "I'll stop running from him but I won't admit I have special feelings for James when I obviously don't"
Andi rolled her eyes at Lily's stubbornness. Then they continued on to class.
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At dinner Remus, Sirius, and James were whispering amongst themselves. They appeared to be planning something.
"Oh cool, the Marauders are planning another prank. Lets just hope its on the Slytherins and not us." Remi said to her two friends.
All three of them kept their eyes on the guys trying to hear what they were planning.
A few minutes later Snape walked in with his greasy hair and strange nose. The girls saw the three Marauders prod each other to make sure they all noticed Snape's entrance.
The girls let out a sigh of relief when they saw the Marauders pull out their wands and look in the direction of Snape.
"Ready Mates?" James whispered. Remus and Sirius gave a short nod.
Within seconds Snape was lifted into the air screaming very much like a girl.
"Ah! Get me down, Get me down!! I'm scared of heights. Help!" Snape whimpered.
The Slytherins were all up heading towards Snape to help. But couldn't do much because they were lifted in the air too whimpering and screaming with him. The other three houses were laughing their heads off. Lily even noticed the Headmaster let out a few chuckles.
After a minute or two passed McGonagall raised her wand and said a spell to make the students come down. To say the least she didn't do it very nicely though and they all landed hard on their backs.
McGonagall let a little grin slide onto her mouth. "Oops."
The Slytherins groaned a bit but then walked back to their house table giving the Marauders murderous looks.
"Ah, another job well done my boys." Sirius said with a victorious look on his face.
"Come with me boys." Dumbledore said from behind them.
The boys got up and followed Dumbledore to his office. On their way out they received many cheers and pats on the back from fellow Gryffindors.
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"I must say I enjoyed that thoroughly boys but it won't go without punishment which I'm sure you suspected." Dumbledore had a twinkle in his eye showing his merriment.
The three Marauders nodded there heads all with broad grins on their faces.
"Well one detention with McGongall tomorrow night should do it. Have a good evening boys." Dumbledore then motioned them to leave.
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The three Marauders went back to the common room and again were congratulated by most of the people there. After a while people went their ways until there were very few people in the common room.
Sirius decided to sit down on the couch very close to Andi and he slid his arm across her shoulder. Andi was about to give him a look but Lily gave her one first. So she decided to actually snuggle in a bit to his body. Sirius was utterly shocked by this but didn't dare protest.
Remus sat down on a chair and beckoned Remi over. Remi went over right away and sat promptly on his lap. The two got surprised looks from Lily, Andi, Sirius, James, and Peter. Remus and Remi laughed at their expressing for a ridiculously long time.
"Alright already. Did you two plan to do this just to laugh at us or what?" James said impatiently.
"Well, you see over the summer while vacationing I ran into Remi. We both were having a lousy time with our families and ended up hanging out together most the week. And well, one thing led to another and we've been dating ever since." Remus said with a few chuckles in between.
Again the other five gave them shocked looks and looked to Remi as if asking if this was true. Remi gave a nod and gave Remus a short peck on the cheek.
Once the shock of the couple died down James decided to sit down.
"Lily your not going to run away if I sit next to you are you?" James asked with a friendly grin on.
Lily went slightly red. "No, of course not. I'm so sorry, I can't believe I ran away from you two times in a one day. I really have no clue what's wrong with me."
"Maybe your not used to being nice to me. I mean just last year you hated everything about me." James said with a little hurt remembering how much she hated him.
At that moment Lily realized how terribly she treated him, but then she also remembered how big of a head he had other years too.
"We've both changed very much since last year. In a good way, I think." Lily said still a bit red in the cheeks.
James gave a nod of agreement and looked over at Remi and Remus holding each other. He found himself feeling a bit jealous of what they had.
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Later Andi, Remi, and Lily all laid sprawled out on Lily's bed talking.
"Remi Sands, I can not believe you!" Lily shouted with a fake mad look on her face. "How could you not tell us about you and Remus the second you saw us?
Remi couldn't help but giggle. "Well I thought you guys still hated them and we wanted to wait until you two and the other Marauders were atleast on speaking terms and that came a lot faster than we thought it would."
Both Lily and Andi blushed a bit. "Well I'm very happy for you two, you look so adorable together."
"Enough about me. I noticed you seemed to be enjoying yourself next to Sirius, Andi. And you Lily, you seemed to be actually enjoying yourself a bit too with the object of your hatred, James." Remi said with a mischievous look on her face.
"Oh please Sirius is a flirt and I'm a flirt that's just how it works out. It's nothing special." Andi said dismissively.
Remi gave her a nonbelieving look and Lily gave her "Your so stupid." look. Andi just shrugged trying to believe what she had just said.
"And for me and James, I was just being nice to him and only because Grams would want me to be nice."
"Well I've been noticing that you have been calling him James. That must mean something." Remi said trying to get something out of Lily.
Lily was getting annoyed with the interrogation, because she herself didn't even know what her feelings for James were. "Whatever. I'm going to bed so if you wouldn't mind getting off my bed." There was a hint of rudeness in Lily's voice that caught Remi and Andi off guard.
"G'night Lils." Remi and Andi chroused.
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A/N: Ok that was yet another terrible ending. I'm telling you right now I definitely didn't like this chapter but hopefully you did. Please don't give up on me though because I promise it will get better. Suggestions please and Review!!!
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