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Asking For Trouble
Chapter 8
Author's Note: A special thanks to my reviewers: Spygirl4747: Thanks! I'm glad you liked it! Dreamergirl86: Yes, Lily can be quite surprising sometimes :D. Thanks for reviewing! CapnSilver: Now, come on, did you think that I would actually end this story without James apologizing? lol no way. I'm sorry that I didn't use your idea. Maybe I'll just have to use it on another story. MentlBrwnSquirel: Thanks a ton for pointing that out! I didn't even realize that I put her last name as Potter and not Evans. lol thanks!
"Oy! Evans!" James yelled as they followed Lily and her group of friends from the Great Hall after breakfast. One of Lily's friends wiped around, glaring at James. "Leave her alone, you bigheaded jerk." She snapped. Lily turned to face James, putting up a hand to her friend. "No, no it's alright, Charlotte. I can talk to him." Charlotte sighed, crossing her arms over chest. "Alright then. We'll meet you back at the common room." Sticking her tongue out at James, she turned on her heel and strolled away with the rest of the group.
"We should probably do the same, mate." Sirius said, taking Mooney by the arm and following the girls back to the common room. James waited until his friends were gone before he began to talk. "Lily," James' hands fidgeted in his pockets. "I just wanted to apologize about last night. I didn't mean to yell at you or blame you for anything." Lily nodded, looking shyly down at her feet. "It's alright. I forgive you." She said with a smile. James smiled as well.
James cleared his throat, smoothly running his hands through his hair. "Friends?" He asked, sticking out a hand. Lily nodded. "I guess, but only if you stop doing that." He grinned. "Doing what?" Lily laughed. "Running your hands though your hair when you know it drives me crazy." James nodded, a grin spread across his face. "Alright, I'll stop, just as long as you let me escort you back to the common room." Lily took his arm, smiling brightly. "That would be nice."
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The Gryffindor common room was quite noisy as James and Lily entered; Remus, Sirius, and Peter all spread out on the floor. Peter looked over his shoulder at James, and quickly turned back to the group, giggling to himself.
"What the bloody hell are you three doing?" James said, trying to look at what the boys had hidden in the middle of their circle. Remus and Sirius burst into a fit of laughter as they removed their hands from the picture, revealing a young James Potter. The picture had been taken when he had gotten up from bed; his hair stuck straight in the air, and a confused yet angry look on his face.
"Bloody hell," James dove over Peter for the picture, but Sirius pulled it away, holding it above his head. "No no Jamie. Ask nicely." James growled, leaping on Sirius and sending him on his back. "Jamie, my boy, what the bloody hell has gotten into you? What, you don't want Lily here to see this very amusing picture of you?"
Sirius handed the picture to Remus. "It is a very nice picture of you, Prongs. Just look at that hair, and those glasses, and-" James turned to Remus and grinned. "You know, Mooney, I can get you back. Oh, just think of all of the nasty pictures that we have of you. Wouldn't you just love to see them plastered about the school?"
Remus narrowed his eyes, and ever so slowly handed the picture off to Lily. James head moved in Lily's direction. "Lily," He said ever so calmly. "Give me the picture." Lily tilted her head, and, watching James, looked down at the picture. She squeezed her red stained lips shut as she tried to hold the laughter inside of her. "James, what a lovely picture of you."
"What picture?" Katie asked as she and another Gryffindor entered the common room, throwing her bag down next to the couch and plopping down next to Remus. "Good morning, love." Remus said cheerfully as he gently kissed her on the lips. Sirius, James, and Peter scrunched their faces in disgust.
"Get a room, Mooney." James said, chucking a pillow at Remus and Katie. Katie held up her hands to protect her face. "If I can remember, you James, were the one that encouraged Remus and I to get together." She said, picking up the pillow that he had just thrown and threw it in his direction. James laughed. "Yeah, but I didn't tell you to snog your brains out in the middle of the common room, now did I?"
Katie grinned, softly patting James' back. "I think someone here is jealous." Sirius, Peter, and Remus snickered at this, all three nodding their head in agreement. "She's got you there, mate." Sirius said as he looked down at the photo album in front of him. "Who are those midgets in that picture there?" Peter asked, pointing to a small picture at the corner of the page. Sirius laughed. "That's us, first year."
Remus, James, and Peter huddled around the album, looking down at their young first year selves. "And to think, we were that short once." James said, pushing back his hair. Remus laughed, pointing out himself in the picture. "I believe that I was taller than all of you."
While Sirius, Remus, and James sat laughing over their various pictures from their very first year at Hogwarts, Peter scurried off to the boys dormitory, where he snatched his camera from his desk and hurried down the stairs back to the boys. "Let's-" Peter held his chest, obviously out of breath. "Let's take a picture."
Sirius, James, and Remus smiled at this idea. "Good idea, Wormtail." Remus said, pulling Katie closer to him. "Ugh, what about my hair? Remus, do I look alright?" Katie said, smoothing back all of the bumps from her ponytail. Remus nodded, smiling brightly. "You look absolutely beautiful, love." He replied, giving her a kiss on the lips.
"I-I should probably get going." Lily started to get up, but James took her hand, pulling her back down on the floor. "No, no you deserve to be in this picture, too." He said with a smile, pulling her closer to him. Lily looked up at James and smiled. "James, I'm really glad that we're friends." James nodded in agreement. "Me too."
"Is everyone ready?" Peter asked, reaching out and placing the camera on the coffee table. "Three...two...one!" At that moment, the camera flashed, sending a beam of light in their direction. This picture, as with many of the pictures that they would take in their future together, would rest in the large brown photo album with the rest of the memories that the Marauders and their two new friends shared together.
The End
Author's Note: Hey there! I'm really sorry that it took me so long to get this chapter out. I'm also sorry that I forgot to mention that this was the last chapter. I was just getting a little bored with it. I'm hoping to start a new story soon. A big big thanks to all of my reviewers! I absolutely loved to hear what you had to say. Thanks again!
Love Jess aka Frizz