And here's the next chapter!
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Yes, Lily screamed. Why? She was startled and frightened and.. Embarrassed?
Indeed, embarrassed. There wasn't a monster in the tub, it was..
"JAMES?!!" She shouted. James was curled up in a ball in the tub. He was sucking his thumb, and hugging a loofah (sp?) like a stuffed bear.
"Uhh.. Just another hour, Mum.." He mumbled and turned over. Lily grabbed her towel, tied it round her, and stepped in the tub. She took great pleasure in kicking him while saying, "Get up you great prat!"
James finally woke up. He reached into his chest pocket and put on his glasses. And then * he * screamed. James tried to get up, but the slanted floor of the tub made it impossible in socks. He brought himself up, nearly standing, and fell back down again, knocking Lily down and the tap down.
Lily's fall brought down a bottle of bath bubbles, and little fizzies. James started laughing. It was at that moment, everyone else ran in. Their eyes met with a strange sight. It appeared to be Lily, in her knickers, and James, in his pyjamas, laughing, sitting in the tub together, taking a bubble bath.
Sirius was in the front and the first to speak.
"I'm guessing you can explain this strange, strange sight. I sure can't. I mean, if you're going to take a bubble bath together, at least lock the door. And for that matter, take off your clothes, James. You're never going to get a girl like * that *."
Lily and James just laughed harder after Sirius had finished his little speech. They were laughing so hard they didn't hear their friend's comments on their relationship. Pretty soon, everyone joined in on the laugh. Though some had no idea what they were laughing at.
After a good 10 minutes, the giggles and snorts had finally subsided and James once again started trying to get out of the tub. He realized his wet socks were doing him no good, and pulled them off. He was then able to, with the help of Remus, pull himself out, sopping wet. He slipped on Lily's pyjamas and fell flat on his butt. Sirius looked down to see what James had slipped on, and was shocked by what was lying on the floor. Lily's pyjamas. He picked up her shirt and held it by one finger for everyone to see. Lily went bright red and looked down at herself.
"Thank goodness for the bubbles!" she said.
"Are you wearing anything?" Suzie asked.
"Suzie?! How could you say something like that?!! Of course I'm wearing something! My knickers! And some strategically placed bubbles!" Lily replied jokingly.
"I'm not even going to ask." Serena said smiling. She walked out and was soon followed by Venus, Monica, Suzie, Cooper, Remus, Peter, and Sirius.
Lily sunk deep into the safety of the bubbles.
"Er..," James said, "Sorry, I guess. I don't really know what happened there.." That was James's way of asking the question thought by everyone, without really asking.
"No, it was my fault. I woke up, and everyone was sleeping, but you weren't in the room. So I decided to go looking for you in the Common room and your dorm. I didn't think you'd be in the toilet, of all places. I was in my knickers, turned around to start the water, and there you were. In the tub. Sleeping." Lily said, explaining the strange event that had just unfolded.
"Well it seemed like a good place at the time, you know, I'd had more than a couple butterbeers." James said slightly embarrassed
"More like 'more than a couple cases of butterbeer'" Lily sniggered.
"Well," James said giving Lily a playful evil eye, "I better be going. Who knows what those prats are thinking! Have to start 'damage control'" He said that last bit in perfect mimic of Professor McGonagall. Then he turned and headed out the door.
"Did anyone ever tell you that you look like a giant baby when you sleep with washrags in tubs?"
"Yes, I get that all the time." James said turning back and smiling.
"Oh, and you suck your thumb, too. Did you know that?"
"Lily---" James said, looking desperate "That last bit stays between you and me, okay?"
"Sure." She said, "What are friends for!"
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Yes, Lily screamed. Why? She was startled and frightened and.. Embarrassed?
Indeed, embarrassed. There wasn't a monster in the tub, it was..
"JAMES?!!" She shouted. James was curled up in a ball in the tub. He was sucking his thumb, and hugging a loofah (sp?) like a stuffed bear.
"Uhh.. Just another hour, Mum.." He mumbled and turned over. Lily grabbed her towel, tied it round her, and stepped in the tub. She took great pleasure in kicking him while saying, "Get up you great prat!"
James finally woke up. He reached into his chest pocket and put on his glasses. And then * he * screamed. James tried to get up, but the slanted floor of the tub made it impossible in socks. He brought himself up, nearly standing, and fell back down again, knocking Lily down and the tap down.
Lily's fall brought down a bottle of bath bubbles, and little fizzies. James started laughing. It was at that moment, everyone else ran in. Their eyes met with a strange sight. It appeared to be Lily, in her knickers, and James, in his pyjamas, laughing, sitting in the tub together, taking a bubble bath.
Sirius was in the front and the first to speak.
"I'm guessing you can explain this strange, strange sight. I sure can't. I mean, if you're going to take a bubble bath together, at least lock the door. And for that matter, take off your clothes, James. You're never going to get a girl like * that *."
Lily and James just laughed harder after Sirius had finished his little speech. They were laughing so hard they didn't hear their friend's comments on their relationship. Pretty soon, everyone joined in on the laugh. Though some had no idea what they were laughing at.
After a good 10 minutes, the giggles and snorts had finally subsided and James once again started trying to get out of the tub. He realized his wet socks were doing him no good, and pulled them off. He was then able to, with the help of Remus, pull himself out, sopping wet. He slipped on Lily's pyjamas and fell flat on his butt. Sirius looked down to see what James had slipped on, and was shocked by what was lying on the floor. Lily's pyjamas. He picked up her shirt and held it by one finger for everyone to see. Lily went bright red and looked down at herself.
"Thank goodness for the bubbles!" she said.
"Are you wearing anything?" Suzie asked.
"Suzie?! How could you say something like that?!! Of course I'm wearing something! My knickers! And some strategically placed bubbles!" Lily replied jokingly.
"I'm not even going to ask." Serena said smiling. She walked out and was soon followed by Venus, Monica, Suzie, Cooper, Remus, Peter, and Sirius.
Lily sunk deep into the safety of the bubbles.
"Er..," James said, "Sorry, I guess. I don't really know what happened there.." That was James's way of asking the question thought by everyone, without really asking.
"No, it was my fault. I woke up, and everyone was sleeping, but you weren't in the room. So I decided to go looking for you in the Common room and your dorm. I didn't think you'd be in the toilet, of all places. I was in my knickers, turned around to start the water, and there you were. In the tub. Sleeping." Lily said, explaining the strange event that had just unfolded.
"Well it seemed like a good place at the time, you know, I'd had more than a couple butterbeers." James said slightly embarrassed
"More like 'more than a couple cases of butterbeer'" Lily sniggered.
"Well," James said giving Lily a playful evil eye, "I better be going. Who knows what those prats are thinking! Have to start 'damage control'" He said that last bit in perfect mimic of Professor McGonagall. Then he turned and headed out the door.
"Did anyone ever tell you that you look like a giant baby when you sleep with washrags in tubs?"
"Yes, I get that all the time." James said turning back and smiling.
"Oh, and you suck your thumb, too. Did you know that?"
"Lily---" James said, looking desperate "That last bit stays between you and me, okay?"
"Sure." She said, "What are friends for!"
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