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Chapter 52 – Trust the Girl
Sirius loved to let rip into your parents at every opportunity he got. Unfortunately your mother was just as willing to turn his comments around enough to make me blush!
You know I sometimes wonder if Sirius and Lily were related, they're relationship was very big brother and little sister. James and me were left to cringe in the corner as they used each of us as their ammunition.
After that though Lily was the adopted little sister to us Marauders and even stayed over at Sirius's with us (She always told her parents she was sleeping over at a girlfriend's house of course).
In fact I remember one specific time when we truly accepted your mother as one of us...
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1977
Sirius shook out the large quilt again before placing it in the center of his living room floor. The minute it was settled James, Lily, Remus and Peter dived onto it making the animagus scowl.
"Hey, leave a guy some space will you!" He complained planting his hands on his hips but smiling when Remus reached up to tug him down with him. He nestled himself so he was straddled over the werewolf comfortably.
"Exhibitionist much?" Lily said quirking an eyebrow and Sirius smirked wickedly as he leant back provocatively. Remus hissed in a breath through his teeth as he grinned.
Lily laughed before giving Sirius a challenging look. Seductively she looked over at James who smiled sweetly at her before allowing himself to be pushed backwards into the duvet. She then crawled over James's lap to lean forwards pressing her chest tightly against his as she hugged him. The boy gulped as he looked at Remus pleadingly. Remus merely shrugged as he grinned.
"Are you challenging me Evans...or is it Potter now?" Sirius asked in a lilting voice.
"I'll get back to you on that one and yes, I do believe I am." She retorted making Sirius laugh loudly.
"Um, not wanting to kill the mood but I kind of feeling out of place in this orgy!" Peter said raising his hand as though he was in class but had a vague smile on his face.
"You're not the only one feeling a tad uncomfortable Wormtail mate!" James said as he leant back on his hands, Remus mimicking the position.
"Right then Evans, for Peter's sake should we put aside this little competition that you know you'll lose anyway for now or shall we screw it...and then screw them?" Sirius asked and Remus swallowed as he shut his eyes wishing he were anything but a hormonally driven teenager right now.
"What an immature thing to say...but you're right, I'll happily put this aside for now as I think James is feeling a little unsettled...well, I say James is but little James is popping up for a visit."
"Ok! This game ends now!" James said blushing to his roots as he lifted the girl from his lap and placed her to one side. Sirius, Peter and Remus however were laughing along with Lily.
"James Potter, and in my flat too!" Sirius said chucking a pillow at him.
"Fuck you." James said good-naturedly throwing the pillow back.
Remus watched the scene as he relaxed back into the side of the sofa that Sirius had recently gotten cheap from the newspaper. He closed his eyes briefly smiling when he could hear the obvious sounds of James and Sirius scuffling then opened them quickly when he felt a head nestle into his lap. Looking down he found Lily grinning up at him like a cat prompting a smile from himself.
"Hey you." He said with a chuckle and she waved enthusiastically.
"Hey!" She returned. After a few moments of contemplative silence she sat up again with an amusedly curious face.
"Why do you guys call yourself Prongs, Padfoot, Moony and Wormtail?" She said lightly.
All movement stopped as they all looked at her nervously. Peter, James and Sirius all looked at Remus quickly as the boy turned a little paler before glancing back at the now slightly confused Lily. She looked to each boy quizzically feeling that she had stepped into something she really hadn't expected.
"Um...guys? Are you ok?" She asked slowly and again all eyes turned back to Remus. She turned her head to him, her eyes on James following a minute later as her agile mind began to realize that they were asking the silent boy's permission.
Remus let out a shaky breathe as he wrung his hands together. He looked at Sirius with an almost childlike look prompting him to crawl over to his boyfriend, slipping an arm around his shoulder as he let out a deep sigh.
"I think you can tell her Rem." Sirius said and now Lily was beyond confused, she was a little scared.
Nodding Remus looked at her silently before reaching forwards and with trembling hands took hers. James settled beside her ready to offer either an explanation or support.
"Seriously guys, you're beginning to freak me out." Lily said quietly.
"Lily, um...look..." Remus started but his voice seemed to crack and break off. Taking the reigns Sirius looked directly at her.
"Listen Lils, The reason I'm called Padfoot is because I'm an animagus...Dog, by the way." He said promptly and at first Lily stared at him before letting out a shaky laugh.
"Ok, now you're just taking the mickey out of me, come on, you can tell me anything just don't make stuff up."
Sirius looked at James who reached a hand up to rub Lily's shoulder reassuringly. Sighing Sirius stood, closed his eyes and after a minute heard a gasp. Opening his eyes he let himself adjust to the black and white vision of a canine.
"Bugger!" Lily said jumping up and backing away slightly from the bear-sized dog not in fear but in surprise. After a moment of staring she burst out laughing.
"Well I knew you didn't abide to the rules but..." She broke off into more laughter a little higher then usual. Remus wondered if it was bordering on maniac laughter.
Sirius changed back and stood offering his hands out in peace.
"You ok?" He asked and the girl was staring at the floor as she thought, a faint crease between her eyebrows. After a minute she looked up at James.
"Prongs...What...James, what're you? No, wait, show me instead!" She asked quietly and James looked at Sirius a little cringe worthy.
"I'm a little bit bigger then Sirius's dog Lils."
"I don't care, I need to see! You and I...please..." She said grasping his shirtsleeve pleadingly and for a moment he stared at her before he let out a sigh, kissed her then stepped back. Like Sirius he concentrated until a proud Stag stood in his place. He pawed the ground a little nervously as she reached her hand to her mouth in shock. Then she lifted a trembling hand to touch his deer face, stroking gently down his neck and then reached up with her other hand to stroke the otherside. She brushed her hands over his face lovingly.
"Prongs..."She whispered then let out a shaky happy giggle as she continued to stroke him. James stepped forwards and she slipped her arms around his neck. He changed back still in her arms to return the embrace.
"I'm a rat." Peter said and Lily looked over at him. "I'm not as big as these two but...I'm a rat."
Lily smiled as she nodded, Peter changing into the tiny form making her laugh as he ran in a circle once then changed back. Then she finally turned to Remus who still looked nervous.
"And what about you Rem?"
Remus looked a little upset and Sirius moved back towards him. Confused once more Lily looked at James for an explanation.
"I'm not an animagus...T-These guys they...well it was for me, why they learnt and...it was for me because..."
Moving out of James's arm the girl stepped carefully towards the now trembling boy as he tightened the grip his hands had on each other. He looked up when he felt soft hands on his shoulders.
"Lily I'm a werewolf."
A heavy silence hung in the air as no one moved. Time seemed to stretch impossibly longer until Remus let out a somewhat disgruntled but frightened breath.
"Please Lily say something!" He pleaded and some part of him took hope from the fact that her hands were still on his shoulders.
"I...its...Oh my god! I can't believe I never saw it before!" She said slapping a hand to her forehead startling all four boys. "Absences, tiredness, your somewhat peculiar but lovely shade of eyes..."
"Hey, boyfriend stood right here!" James said and Lily waved his sentence away. Turning back to Remus she hesitated not sure how the boy would take it but in the end threw caution to the wind and hugged him tightly. Startled momentarily Remus stiffened before letting out a sigh of relief and returning the hug.
"I get it now, Moony I get it!" She said and she seemed excited as she pulled back, grinned at him then pulled him close. She pulled back again and looked seriously at him.
"I don't care do you hear?" She said and he nodded. She hugged him to her then pulled back again.
"And if I had the guts to break the law then I'd do what these guys did too, you know that?" Laughing Remus nodded before being hugged tight to her again. Then she frowned briefly as she pulled back once more.
"Hey, hold on a minute...-why- would being an animagus help you at all?"
"Werewolves don't attack other animals." James said from the side. Lily took in the information before smiling.
"Oh...cool!"
"Well I don't know about everyone else but I could kill for some alcohol right now, back in a jiffy I'll find it!" Sirius said running off into the kitchen as Remus and Lily shared another smile.
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"What a night huh?" Sirius said as he tugged on his T-Shirt that he wore for bed. Remus looked up from his place already snuggled into the double bed in Sirius's bedroom nodding. Everyone else was camping out in Sirius's living room.
"She took it better than I thought." He admitted as Sirius crawled in beside him kissing his cheek.
"I think she was more intrigued by James being a Stag than you being a werewolf you know."
"I bet she's got him changing again already." Remus said chuckling.
Sirius chuckled along with him as they both reclined backwards to lie down in the bed.
"I wonder what she'd have been..." He mused aloud prompting Remus to look at him quizzically.
"What do you mean?" Sirius turned his head to look at his lover.
"Lily, what would she had been if she was an animagus?"
Looking up at the ceiling Remus thought quietly for a moment. He shrugged after a minute looking back to his boyfriend.
"A doe? To go with James?"
"Nah, you can't choose your form and Lily doesn't strike me as very Doe like. She's more like a Wildcat, Tiger maybe?"
Remus laughed as he imagined a huge tiger nuzzling up to James's Stag.
"Well we always said she'd eat James alive."
"You should've become a comedian." Sirius teased as he laughed.
"I know, I know, my skills are wasted on you guys."
"Could earn us billions."
"We'd never have to go hungry again."
"Well then, we're sorted aren't we?"
Chuckling deeply Sirius leaned over to share a kiss with a still smirking Remus.
"Always were love."
(TBC)
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Thanks to:
Saturndragon: Lol, the Harry and Cara Sims are quite popular it would seem! And thank you, on both accounts!
Kuri Raikou: Thank you for the comments about Little Wolf and Autumn Skies, kind of funny don't you think that this is the prequel and it's like twice the size of those two! I agree, it was fun to play with another couple for a while!
Prisoner-of-Sirius: Lol sorry that it takes so long sometimes, my College has swamped me with project after project (is beginning to hate Henri Cartier-Bresson)!
Twilight-La-Fae: I agree, The Lion King is a –fantastic- movie with songs that get stuck in your head! And hehe, maybe I shall have to write what happened in the bathroom...BUT I won't Mwhahahahah! Depends how much you all want it lol! Oh, and ego very much so boosted lol!
Yaoi-is-gay-13: Aye, it's fun to play heterosexual some times lol!
Mirale nic Draco: Wow that has to be the LONGEST time for James and Lily to get together lol! And I'm sure Emmeline will be well received seeing as she's an OC rather then a Mary Sue!
Avain: Jazz is amazing, Swing too! I'm an old lady trapped in a young woman's body lol! Why? Because life likes to make things interesting lol! And don't even ask about me going out and kissing people the other day...it was bloody good fun lol!
Malfoyscutie: Yikes, I'm sorry to hear about that. I don't know what I'd do if my friend did that. Luckily the only one that knows I write slash thinks it's funny in a good way, she'll be like "Callie! You horny blight!"
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Sexy Pancake: Aye I know what you mean. With Remus and Sirius they can be as horny as they like, they're boys but I have to pace myself with Lily and James. James being meek kind of just happened, he was supposed to start cheering but then I thought it would be funnier if after all those years of arrogance he turned out to be shy...kinda like Harry really!
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