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Caught
The next day was spent exploring the castle to see what it had to offer. James and Sirius woke up especially early in hopes to see the two girls they had their eyes set on. Remus on the other hand, although he had noticed Alexis right away, knew that he was never capable of falling in love with his condition. It was even hard to be close to his new friends like this. He wanted to tell them every little detail, but he knew that it wasn't the least bit possible.
Sirius and James sat in the common room, not knowing if they should make an attempt to find the Great Hall or if they should stay put until someone older came down and helped them to their location. They decided to sit and wait. They sat in silence until Lily and Alexis came down the stairs. James seemed to perk up pretty quickly, leaving Sirius to brood.
"Do you remember where the Great Hall is?" James asked Lily. She shook her head 'no' while stifling a yawn and falling back on the couch and attempting to stay awake.
About fifteen minutes later a boy with light blonde hair came down the stairs from the second year dorms. He looked over at the four first years that were sitting on the couch and rubbed his eyes and then look over to the clock.
"What are you four doing up so early?" he asked. He plopped down in an armchair across from where Lily was sitting on the couch.
"We couldn't sleep" James said.
"Too much excitement" Alexis added.
Lily, James, and Sirius all turned and stared at Alexis with looks of disbelief on their faces. She stared back at them with a look of confusion.
"What?" She asked. "Is there something on my face?" She asked again holding a hand up to her face.
"You were quiet all day yesterday and had us thinking that you were a mute, and you chose to speak up now?" James asked.
Alexis shrugged. "What can I say? I'm a little…" she glanced over towards Sirius and back to James again. "Shy" she finished.
Lily looked at Alexis for a moment and then shook her head. She then leaned back on the couch lazily once more. James watched her contently then finally snapping out of his trance and noticing the blonde boy watching Lily. "What did you say your name was again?" James blurted out of nowhere.
"Oh, It's Josh" he said still looking at Lily. "And I'm going to assume that you're all first years" he said. Lily nodded. "And you're in second year?" She said with interest. James took slow breaths to calm himself from the flirting that was taking place between Josh and Lily. Josh nodded that yes indeed he was a second year and then added that the reason why he was up at this hour was because he wanted to practice on his quidditch skills so he could try out for the team.
"Quidditch?" Lily questioned with a furrowed brow. "Muggleborn?" Josh asked. Lily nodded. James was shocked. She didn't seem the type to be muggleborn. He could've sworn that she was a pureblood. "I understand" Josh said kindly to her. Lily flushed. Josh took one of her hands in his. "It's only blood, what the difference if you're a witch and you're in Gryffindor." Lily smiled at him which made James even more jealous.
Josh let o of Lily's hand. "Say, why don't you come with me to the quidditch pitch and I can explain all about quidditch and maybe even take you for a ride on my broom" he said hopefully. Lily beamed. "I'd like that very much" she said. Josh grinned at her. "Great, I'll go and get my stuff and meet you down here." And with that he dashed back up the stairs.
Sirius glanced over to the clock. It was only 7:30. Lily rushed up to her dorm to get her cloak. She came back down and met Josh. They exited together, smiling and talking happily. James stared after them.
"I'm going to follow them" James said while walking to the portrait hole. "Why?" Alexis asked simply. "I don't trust him" James said while pushing the portrait hole open. "You two do whatever you want. I'll see you later." And with that he snuck out and closed the portrait hole quietly.
"So…" Sirius began. "Want to go exploring?" he asked. Alexis gave him a small smile. "Sure, why not?" she said and the two left the common room.
James followed the two quietly through the many twists and turns that Hogwarts had to offer. They finally reached the great oak doors and walked outside, James not too far behind.
They walked across the grounds close together. Too close in James' opinion. They walked towards a large quidditch pitch with tall stands all around that were decorated with the house animals and house colors. James stood in the shadows as Josh clambered onto his broomstick.
"Get on behind me" he said to Lily as she climbed on the back of the broom. "I warn you" she said grabbing onto his shoulders. "I've never done this before, and I'm very afraid of heights." He smiled to himself. "Don't worry, I'll make sure you don't fall" he said moving her hands to around his waist.
James watched as she locked her fingers in place around Josh. James sat down on the ground and watched them take off into the cloudless sky. James pushed himself into the shadows even more so that Josh and Lily would hopefully not see him.
They stayed close to the ground at first so that Lily would get used to flying. They slowly made their way up higher and Lily pressed herself closer to Josh and holding on even tighter. She closed her eyes from her fear of heights and buried her head in his shoulder.
"Look down at the view" Josh said softly with his head tilted back towards her.
She looked down at the scene and gasped at the gorgeous sight that was all around her. The beautiful castle stood in the sunlight, the sparkling lake with the tentacles arising from it, the forbidden forest, the quidditch pitch with James Potter hiding in the shadows, the… Wait a minute. What is James doing in the shadows, and watching me? Lily thought to herself.
"Take me down please, Josh" she said, her temper slowly rising. Why would he be spying on me? She asked herself. They finally got to the ground and Lily hopped off of the broom and marched straight to where James was hiding. He saw her coming and panicked. He sunk down lower in the shadows, hoping she would walk by and that her mad face was from a fight that she and Josh had.
"James Potter! What the bloody hell do you think you're doing watching me from the shadows! It's invasion of privacy! It's absurd! You are completely and totally arrogant! I can't believe you would sink so low to spy on us!" She screamed.
Josh came up behind Lily and sneered at James. "What's he doing here?" he asked Lily and put a hand on her shoulder.
"That's what I'm waiting to find out" Lily snapped, waiting for an explanation.
"Well, explain yourself!" She yelled, her face turning redder.
"I don't trust him" James said looking down at the ground.
"How can you not trust him? You don't even know him!!!" Lily screamed.
"You're talking about me not knowing him? Well what about him not knowing you?" James said impatiently.
"What are you talking about?" Lily breathed.
"You know very well what I'm talking about. All you two have done since you've met this morning has been flirting. He's been looking at you all day so far and he doesn't even know you. At least I know you more then him."
She looks shocked. "He's not the only one who's been watching me, but have I said anything about you? No! Because I didn't mind because I thought you were a nice guy, but you are a jerk, James Potter! Stay away from me! I want nothing to do with you! You have no right to tell me how to live my life!"
And with that she turned on her heel and stormed back up to the school, Josh following right behind her with calming words.
James sighed and sat back down on the ground with his head buried in his arms. This was going to be a long seven years.
Alexis and Sirius had been walking in silence for quite sometime until Sirius finally spoke up.
"So what's the deal with you being so quiet?" He asked.
"I'm not one to start a subject" she shrugged and continued walking.
They started to walk down some stairs when they started to move. As they shifted, Alexis and Sirius bumped into each other and fell over next to each other.
After the stairs stopped moving they found themselves in the entrance hall. It was at that moment when Lily stormed in completely enraged.
"This is where I leave you" Alexis said to Sirius and followed Lily and Josh to the Great Hall.
Sirius walked outside, towards the Quidditch Pitch where James was sitting in the shadows.
"What happened?" Sirius asked as he approached James.
"She doesn't love me" James said dumbfounded.