Lily's Final Answer
Chapter 9 – 'Puddlemore United'
"Puddlemore United." Lily said firmly to the painting.
The door swung open and unveiled a beautiful scarlet red room. Lily and James walked in and stared open mouthed at all of the pictures of previous Heads and the fireplace made of stone. There were two large oak desks on each side of the room. There were two black leather chairs and a loveseat that surrounded the stone fireplace.
"James, this is so beautiful." Lily said in awe.
"I know you are." James declared.
"Thank you, but I meant the common room."
They walked together to the first of four doors. As they entered, they saw a queen sized bed with silk red sheets. Next to the bed there was a bookshelf filled with all of Lily's favorite books. There were also posters of her favorite quidditch teams and favorite wizarding bands all over the walls. Her trunk was at the end of the bed. Lily walked over to her closet to peer inside. It was just big enough for her to walk in and fit all of her belongings in it.
Lily and James went on to the next door. They opened it up to find a very large bathroom. There was a shower in the corner with a clear glass door. In the other corner, there was a swimming pool sized bathtub with approximately 12 faucets. On one wall there was a silver loo with gold trim. On the opposing wall, there were two silver sinks with multiple cabinets. In these cabinets, there were enough hair care products to last a life time. There were also more make-up items than a girl could ever ask for.
Lily smiled at James and went to the next door. This was clearly James's bedroom. It had all of the same things as Lily's room only the bookshelf was filled with books about quidditch and pranking. And the posters on the walls were of famous seekers and his favorite quidditch teams.
They finally went to the last door. When they opened it, they found a very small staircase leading downwards with two doors on the end of it. James and Lily tried the one to the right first. They opened it up and were greeted by many happy house-elves. This was clearly the kitchens. They grabbed a snack, thanked the house-elves, and went to the door to the left. When they opened it, there were at least 100 bookcases lining the walls. This was the library.
They went back into the common room. They had about an hour before they had to start patrolling; also, it was a Friday, so they had no curfew for tonight. They had decided to spend this hour by going to Gryffindor common room to see their friends.
Ten minutes had passed and they were in from of the portrait of the fat lady.
"Red Cap." James said before the portrait swung open.
"Lily! Prongs! Hey, where've you two been and why aren't your trunks in our dormitories?" Sirius called.
James explained everything while Lily went up to her friends' dormitory.
"Hey girls! What's up?" Lily asked.
"Lils! Hey! Why isn't your trunk here?" Rosie asked.
"Well, Potter and I have to share our own common room now." Lily explained.
"I see. So, what's going on with you and James now?" Why were you two holding hands earlier?" Rosie asked.
Lily explained the whole carriage ride and that James and her are going out now.
"Lily, I thought you loathed James?" Elise was confused.
"I did, but when I rejected him after that stupid dare, I saw a different side in him. He seemed almost normal. I don't know, I just I just saw what I needed to see in him and thought I should give him a chance. So, I asked him out while we were in the carriage together, and he said yes." Lily explained.
"Let's go to the common room and see if the Marauders are down there." Elise suggested.
"Ok." Everyone agreed.
The Fantastic Four went down the spiral staircase and met up with the Marauders.
"Hello Elise, hello ladies." Remus greeted the girls.
"Hey Remus!" Rose said back.
Rosie went to sit on Sirius's lap, Elise sat on Remus's lap, Skyler sat in a comfy arm chair, and Lily sat next to James, grabbed his hand, and kissed him ever so softly on the cheek. James smiled at her. Lily and James turned their heads to find everyone staring at them. Apparently their friends aren't used to the idea of the two of them being together yet. Lily and James just smiled at them.
"So you two are really together now?" Remus asked.
James looked at Lily and Lily gazed back. James looked deep into her emerald green eyes and said, "Yeah, I believe we are."
"Finally! Jeez! It took you two long enough!" Rose said.
"What is that supposed to mean?" Lily responded while breaking eye contact with James.
"Never mind." Rosie said.
"So, tell us about this new common room and when we get to see it!" Sirius said.
James and Lily told them all about their remarkable dormitories.
"You know what would be a wicked idea?" Lily pondered.
"What?" Everyone responded.
"We should have a little slumber party!" Lily said excited.
"What's a slumber party?" James asked confused.
"It's a sleepover! Let's have one James, please!" Lily replied.
"That's a cool idea!" Skyler said.
"So how about next week Friday? Come around 7:00 pm. Skyler, invite Lothar as well. Is that ok with everyone?" Lily told everyone.
"Yeah, sounds like fun! Count Sirius and me in for sure!" Rosie said and kissed Sirius.
"Count on me and Lothar coming!" Skyler said.
"Include Elise and me!" Remus added.
"YAY! So everyone is coming! Well, James and I have to go and patrol now. Catch you all later!" Lily said.
"Yep, got to go!" James added.
Everyone said goodbye.
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