A/N: I hope you guys are enjoying this story. Sorry this chapter is longer than the others, but hopefully it doesn't seem too long.
Chapter 3
Lily, Remi, and Andi got up earlier than they wanted to, to do homework that they had forgotten to do the night before.
Andi and Remi finished there foot long essay in no time making up most of what they wrote. But Lily went all out and wrote a three foot long essay all based off actual facts.
Remi gave Lily an annoyed look. "Your so annoying. Why the heck would you write so much? You're already the smartest student in this school and everyone knows it. Do you have to rub it in our faces?"
"In fact I do." Lily said with a smug look on her face.
Andi clucked her tongue at Lily. "Can someone say snob."
They all just giggled for a bit and talked some more until Lily heard an all to familiar voice from the girl's dormitories.
Down the stairs came a pretty girl with all dark features. She had dark skin, black hair, and very dark brown eyes. She was very curvy and about 5'3.
Behind her were two duplicates of her but a bit taller and a little more chunkier in the gut. Once the girls reached the landing the front girl made eye contact with Lily. The two gave each other evil glares.
"Evans." the girl spat.
"Marcellus." Lily spat back.
The girl continued to give Lily a deathly glare until she walked out the portrait hole with her two cronies.
"You were so wrong last night, Remi. She is definitely the object of my hatred." Lily said with a stern look on her face.
"I'm sorry Lil. She shouldn't even be in this house she's pure evil and should be in Slytherin." Remi said with a hint of anger and concern.
"No, she was Gryffindor material when she first came here. She just changed dramatically at the end of our fourth year." Lily's eyes were burning with hatred. She was tempted to rip up her essay in her fury but fought the urge.
"Come on Lil lets get some breakfast and get your mind off that whore." Andi said trying to sound normal.
"Sounds good." Lily said cooling down a bit.
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At breakfast Lily saw her cousin sitting by himself and immediately cheered up and sat next to him.
"Hey Kyle, I haven't talked to you since the opening feast." Lily said with a smile.
"It was only three days ago Lily." Kyle said with an identical smile.
"I know, and I'm sorry I obsess over you. It's just that your like my only chance of having a sibling. I know you're my cousin but I want our relationship to be more like brotherly and sisterly because I lack a sisterly bond with Petunia since Hogwarts and all." Lily explained.
Kyle gave her a wide grin. "That would be awesome. I have the same thing with Mike he hates the fact that I go to a magic school. I wrote home yesterday and talked about you being here too and he was very unhappy that there were two 'freaks' in the family."
Lily couldn't help but giggle at the similarities between her cousin and sister. Some first years came in then and sat around Kyle.
"Well I'm going to go sit with my friends. Talk to you later bud." Lily gave him a quick hug and ruffled his hair a bit then went and sat next to Andi.
"Lily Bob, no wonder you never said yes to James last year when he asked you out what, like a million times? You prefer going for the younger guys. I've noticed you getting pretty close with that one over there." Sirius said pointing towards Kyle. "I saw you give the kid a smooch the other night and now your hugging him. Slow down he's just a youngster."
Lily let out a laugh. "Sirius he's my cousin and I treat him like a brother."
"Man, I wish you treated me like a brother." James muttered under his breath.
"What was that?" Lily asked. James just shrugged it off.
The girls and the Marauders talked a while until breakfast was over and then they went to their first class.
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Remi and Remus walked hand in hand down the corridor occasionally stopping to give each other a sweet kiss.
At there one stop before there lips met they were interrupted by someone clearing there throat very loudly. The couple looked up to see McGonagall who had an amused look on her face.
"Just wanted to remind you Remus that you have detention tonight with me. Can I trust you with reminding James and Sirius about it?" McGonagall asked.
"Yes of course professor." Remus said with a slight smile.
"Well carrying on you two but if you ever plan on getting anywhere you might want to minimize your stops." She said with a wink.
The couple chuckled then continued on there way to class.
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At 8 o'clock Remus pulled Sirius and James away from the girls and gave Remi a peck on the cheek and continued to drag his two friends along to detention. Once the girls were out of view James and Sirius slipped out of Remus' grip and walked beside him.
"Ah nothing like the first detention of the year." James said breathing in a whiff of air.
"That's the spirit! I miss hanging out with McGonagall. She's a cool cat." Sirius said with his usual goofy grin.
McGonagall heard Sirius' last comment. "Well I may be a 'cool cat' but that's not going to get you three out of doing lines for me."
"Aww come on professor you know we're your favorites and you seemed to like that little prank we pulled." Sirius said trying to get McGonagall to go easy on them.
"You know Mr. Black you're right I did enjoy that prank very much. So one hour of lines is the best your going to get so no arguments." McGonagall said motioning them to sit.
"You rock!" Sirius said sticking his hand up expecting McGonagall to give him a high five.
"Sit down Sirius." Sirius' grin turned to a frown in a dramatic way and he dropped to his seat.
"How about you write, I will not prank the Slytherins. Its short and to the point. Get to it." McGonagall instructed as she returned to her desk.
The three Marauders did a few lines but mostly messed around and McGongall didn't show any sign of caring that they weren't doing what they were supposed to do.
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In the girl's dorm Lily was sitting on her bed talking with Andi.
"Lily I need you help." Andi said with a pleading look.
"What is it?" Lily asked a bit confused.
"I like Sirius but I feel like I can't talk around him I always freeze up. I wish you could talk for me. I've seen you talk to Sirius you talk so naturally." Andi said looking a bit down.
"I have the perfect idea!" Lily exclaimed.
"Wow that was fast. Tell, Tell." Andi said cheering up.
"Ok well, I've seen this done like a million times on these muggle TV shows." Lily started and Andi gave her a confused look. "Never mind. Anyway what you do is I have a device that allows me to hear what Sirius is saying and you have a device in your ear and I tell you what to say in response."
"That's bloody brilliant" Andi said amazed.
Lily chuckled a bit. "Well lets set it up a while. They'll be back soon I assume."
Andi gave an enthusiastic nod and they set to work.
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James, Remus, and Sirius left detention in high spirits. Peter was waiting for them outside the door and they barely showed any sign of noticing him.
The four went to the kitchen and had a snack to fill up their huge appetite. Once they couldn't drink one more butterbeer or eat another chocolate frog they left and headed to the common room.
They came in to a empty common room other than Lily, Andi, and Remi. Remus jogged over to Remi and picked her up and spun her around.
"I missed you sweetie." Remus baby talked.
"I missed you so much more hunny bunny." Remi said even more like a baby.
"Ok eww." Sirius said with a cluck of his tongue.
They all laughed along with Sirius especially Peter. Once they all stopped laughing they all gave Peter a dirty look because he was acting delirious and still laughing.
"One too many beers buddy. Maybe you ought to lie down." Remus said leading Peter to the boy's staircase. Peter nodded and headed to his room still laughing.
"That kid's a little messed up in the head I think." James said shaking his head in disapproval.
They all nodded in agreement. The six broke off then. Remi and Remus cuddled on the couch not showing any sign of caring what the others thought. Andi sat in a seat directly in front of the fire and Sirius joined her.
'Perfect' Lily and Andi both thought.
Lily sat on the couch that Remi and Remus weren't occupying and waited for Sirius to start a conversation. James sat down next to her causing her jump.
'Oh boy this isn't good at all. I so wish he'd go away right now.' Lily thought and pleaded.
*Sirius and Andi*
"Hey there Andi." Sirius said flirtatiously.
*James and Lily*
"Hey Lily." James said happily.
"Uh, Hi James." Lily said softly.
*Sirius and Andi*
"Hi James." Andi said, immediately feeling embarrassed.
"Whoa you alright? You just called me James." Sirius said laughing.
*James and Lily*
Lily listened to Sirius and Andi's conversation and gave her forehead a hard smack.
Lily's gesture startled James. "Lily are you alright?"
"I'm fine." Lily said massaging her head.
*Sirius and Andi*
"I'm fine." Andi said repeating Lily's words.
"Well that's just great." Sirius said with a bright smile.
*James and Lily*
Lily was relieved that her response to James fit in with both of their conversations.
James was staring at Lily which made her quite nervous so she spit out the first thing that came to mind. "I hear you're the quidditch captain."
A smile appeared on James face. "Yeah I am, it has been a dream of mine since I first started playing."
*Sirius and Andi*
"I hear you're the quidditch captain." Andi said uncertainly.
Sirius got a confused look on his face. "No, actually James is."
Andi's face went bright red she could feel tears welling up in her eyes. She managed to say bye before running towards Lily
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As Andi came closer to Lily her ear pierce made a piercing sound in her ear from Andi being too close.
Lily grabbed her ear screaming in pain. She screamed even louder when Andi grabbed her shoulder.
Andi had a stern look and watery eyes. "We're going upstairs." She demanded.
Lily obeyed taking the ear piece out of her ear and following her up the stairs.
"Can someone please explain what just happened?" James said and Sirius wondered the same thing.
Remi giggled, "Those two are a riot aren't they."
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Once Lily had gotten Andi to stop crying and was able to get her to forgive her it was time for Astronomy. Remi joined the two and walked with them to the Astronomy Tower.
When they got there Lily was instructed to go to a certain spot away from Remi and Andi. James was next to her and on the other side of him was Tia Marcellus.
They shared a nasty look before class started then ignored each other the rest of it.
James noticed the tension between the two girls which made him a bit nervous. Tia kept moving closer to him which made him extremely uncomfortable so he would take two steps towards Lily when she took one towards him.
Tia mistook his retreat as flirting and kept giving him seductive looks trying to hint at him.
At the end of class James practically sprinted back to the common room trying to get as far away from Tia as he could.
James' quick disappearance left Lily standing next to Tia.
"Listen Evans." Tia said with a fierce tone. "Stay away from James, he's mine!"
Lily was taken aback by her comment and just stared at her as she stomped out of the room. Remi and Andi walked over to her, both with questioning looks.
"What's her problem now?" Andi said annoyed.
"Nothing important." Lily said not wanting to talk about it. "Let's go back to the common room I'm cold."
The other two nodded and they headed back to the common room.
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The three girls sat near the fire trying to warm themselves from the windy night. Remus joined Remi and rubbed her arms trying to give her some warmth which she was very grateful for.
Sirius sat next to Andi and slipped an arm across her shoulder and she rested her head on his shoulder.
Lily couldn't help but feel a bit jealous of the couples forming. She knew Sirius and Andi weren't official but she knew in time they would get together. Lily wasn't sure if she liked anyone at the time in a way she wished she did so she could atleast try for someone.
After a minute or two passed Lily poked Remus in the shoulder. "Where's James and Peter?"
"Well Peter is sleeping the stupid git and James is upstairs taking a shower. He'll probably be down in a minute."
Remi felt her eyes slowly sagging. "Well I'm get rather sleepy so night sweetie." She said planting a light kiss on Remus' lips.
Remus returned her kiss and got up with her. "I might as well turn in too."
Once the two left Lily sat down next to Sirius and Andi.
"Uh Lil, as much as I absolutely love being in this position with her I'm kind of beat and she's kind of sleeping." Sirius told her.
"Well here why don't you take her to her bed." Lily suggested.
"Ah, I see you forgot about the girls stairs turning to a slide for the gentlemen. I surely know about it I've tried many times to get up there." Sirius said with a sigh.
"A simple spell will change that." Lily said with a mischievous smile. She whispered some words and pointed her wand towards the girls stair case. "There you go. I think you're a little stronger than me and might have more luck carrying her."
"Hey, what was that spell." Sirius said casually.
"Oh no, no Cyprus you'll have to find out yourself." She said with a giggle.
Sirius gave her a fake mad look then carefully removed Andi's head from his shoulder. He picked her up with ease and cautiously stepped on the first step amazed that it remained firm. He carried her up to her room and laid her lightly on her bed. He draped the blanket over her and pulled her curtains shut.
'She's so beautiful and so different. She's making me feel like sticking with one girl and that's just weird. But that could be good, right?' Sirius thought as he walked to his bed.
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Once Sirius went to his room Lily sat alone staring at the fire.
Shortly after James came down in a tee shirt and sweat pants with his hair still wet from his shower.
"Oh good I was hoping you would still be down here." James said with a smile as he sat rather close to her on the couch in front of the fire.
Lily was a bit confused by what he meant. "How come?" she said cocking her head to the side.
"Well I wanted to talk to you about tonight." He said a bit nervous. "I noticed that you and Tia weren't really sending friendly vibes to each other."
Lily tensed a bit at the sound of her name. "Oh her." she said angrily. "We were best friends from first year until fourth."
"I remember you two were inseparable. What happened?" he asked with concern.
"She went crazy one night, absolutely crazy." Lily's face lost it's angry look as she felt tears building up in her eyes as she thought of that night.
James noticed the change and moved closer to her and put his arm around her shoulder. "Lily what happened? I promise, anything you say will stay between us."
Lily was grateful for James comfort. "It was the night of the ball in our fourth year. Tia was going out with a fifth year, Tray Vance. Well at the dance when she went to get a drink he came over to talk to me. He started complimenting me and telling me that I looked so good in my dress and the next thing I know his lips smack on to mine." James nodded remembering feeling so jealous of Tray.
"Unfortunately Tia saw this but didn't look long enough to see me smack him hard across the face." James nodded once again remembering being thankful that it wasn't him when that happened. "I looked for her the whole dance and eventually I figured out she must of seen him kiss me."
A few tears slipped down her face as she continued. "I found her in the quidditch stands pacing back and forth muttering all kinds of angry words. So I went up to explain and the next thing I know she's charging at me. She put her freezing cold hands around my throat and tried to force me over the edge of the stands." Lily's tears started freely falling down her face.
Lily couldn't say anymore. She started sobbing uncontrollable. James wrapped Lily in a tight hug and whispered into her ear. "Lily it's alright that nights in the past."
Lily cried and soaked James shirt for a long time until she finally got herself to stop crying.
Then Lily told him the rest of the story. "While she was choking me she was screaming things at me like 'You always have the guys liking you! You could have anyone why couldn't you let me have Tray!' Once she stopped choking me it turned into a pathetic cat fight. With her scratching me and pushing me on the ground. I got lucky then and my guardian angels, Andi and Remi showed up and saved me from her. Those two have been my best friends ever since and Tia and I have hated each other ever since"
James just shook his head in disbelief. "I can't believe she would do that to you, especially when you were her best friends. I'm so sorry Lily, I'll promise you now the next pranks on her." Lily let out a slight giggle.
"James I know you already said you would keep this between us, but even Andi and Remi don't know the extent of our fight. So they don't know about her attempt to kill me they just know I hate her, so they hate her too." Lily said turning serious again.
"I understand and I just want you to know I'm always here to talk to." James said sympathetically.
Lily's eyes got all watery again because she was feeling really emotional from their conversation. "Oh James, you're the best." Lily said wrapping her arms around his neck for a hug.
James was surprised by her action but wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her tightly. They broke apart once Lily noticed her eyes getting heavy.
"I should probably get some sleep. Thank you once again James and goodnight." Lily said quietly.
"Goodnight Lily James said giving her a wink.
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James went to his bed and replayed the conversation he just had and the long hug he shared with Lily. He loved every part of it but he was concerned about Lily. He let his eyes shut with Lily's face burned into his eyelids.
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Lily went to her bed and thought about the talk she had had with James. She thought it was amazing how sweet and concerned James was through the whole thing. As much as she didn't believe it, she found herself liking James Potter.
As Lily's eyes closed her ears burned with Tia's last words to her. "Stay away from James, he's mine!"
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A/N: Chapter three complete! I wrote this pretty fast in like two days. It's a more serious chapter but its necessary to spark the relationship between James and Lily and get some conflicts going on. I'm still open for suggestions and please REVIEW!
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