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Finding the Hotel

"I think we missed the exit for our hotel," Lily said, checking the map.

"No, we haven't," James replied. "I know exactly where we are."

The six of them were currently sitting in the rental car, driving to their hotel. James was the one driving, and he kept insisting they were indeed going the right way. While Lily, who was sitting in the passenger seat, kept telling him to stop and ask for directions; but guys being the stubborn creatures they are, never seem to wanna ask for directions. They could be in the middle of no where, miles from home, with an almost empty gas tank, and they still won't ask for directions.

"James your going over the speed limit," Lily said, pointing to the gauge.

"Five miles over the speed limit never hurt anyone, Lily," James replied.

"Are we there yet?!" whined Sirius in the back-seat.

"NO!" yelled everyone in the car.

"Sheesh, I was just asking a simple question..."

"I really think you need to slow down. And we're heading straight into the middle of nowhere. I told you we missed our hotel," Lily said.

"Shut-up Lily! I know what I'm doing!" James said angrily.

"Fine."

"What's that red light?" Sirius whispered to Remus.

"Where?" Remus asked quietly.

"Behind us."

"Oh shit...." Remus said.

A siren began to go off behind them just as James turned to see what was wrong.

"Damnit! Damnit! Damnit!" exclaimed James, pulling onto the side of the road. The police car pulled in behind them and a police officer got out.

"Let me handle this," said Lily.

James rolled down his window and Lily began. "We're terribly sorry officer!" she said flirtatiously. She batted her eyelashes and continued. "We're from out of town and the cars are a little different here so we got kind of confused." She smiled sweetly.

The officer pulled off her sunglasses and hat, revealing that she was indeed a woman. Lily's eyes widened and her mouth opened a little.

"I can tell by your accents that yall aint from around here," she said with a thick southern drawl. "But that aint no excuse fer goin' over the speed limit. I'm gonna give you a ticket, but it's just a warnin' so ya'll aint got nuthin' to worry 'bout. Next time I won't be so easy on ya." She wrote out a ticket and handed it to James. "Have a good day."

Once the police officer had driven away the car erupted into laughter.

"What was that you said about men always falling for a little flirting Lily?" Remus asked.

"I guess it doesn't work on women." James said.

Lily crossed her arms and attempted to say something, but could not be heard over all the laughing.

Once James had pulled back onto the road, Lily continued to pester him about how they were going the wrong way.

"I swear to God Lily," James said threw gritted teeth. "Please shut up."

"I'll shut up when you ask for directions."

"My mum told me never to hit a girl and so far I've never had the urge to hit one, but you're really testing me...." James said.

"Why don't you just ask for directions?" Remus asked. "I'm not sure how much more of this I can take."

Sirius currently had his head rested on Remus' shoulder and he was humming a little tune. He also had his shoes off and to say the least it didn't smell pretty.

"Jeez Remus whose side are you on?" James asked sending him a glare.

"Yours mate but Lily's if it will get this oaf off of me," Remus answered trying to shove Sirius off of him but with no success.

"Fine," James said. "I give up."

James pulled the car into the nearest gas station and he and Lily got out.

"We'll be back in a sec," Lily said to the rest of them.

"Hurry!" Remus yelled.

"So you go 'bout two miles datta way and then yall should come to a fork in the road. Bear left and that'll be it. Should be the ferst buildin on the right."

The guy behind the register was about in his early sixties, had a couple of teeth missing, and reeked of tobacco. He seemed to be the only person working at the run-down gas station and by the name tag pinned on his overalls, went by the name Guss.

"Thank you very much," Lily said giving Guss a small smile. James nodded at him and the two left the gas station.

"Now was that so hard?" Lily asked.

"Yes," James answered.

"I swear, guys and their ego's...."

"You just don't give anyone a break do you?" James asked.

"Umm..."

"You're so concerned about being right and sticking to your schedule that you never stop and think about other people."

"I'm sorry," Lily said. "I didn't know I was bugging you that much. I thought we were having fun."

"It's fine," James said. "I didn't mean to snap at you like that."

Lily gave him a smile. "You know this could be the beginning of a pretty darn good friendship," she said holding out her hand.

James returned her smile and shook her hand.

They both pulled away as soon as their hands touched. The moment James' hand touched Lily's it felt like a spark went through them. They gave each other questioning glances.

"Are you guys coming or are you gonna stand there and gawk at each other all day?" Ariel yelled from the car.

"Coming!" Lily answered. After giving James another quick glance the two went back into the car.

The car pulled onto a dusty road and soon the windshield was covered in a fine red mist.

Overhead loomed a massive mansion, obviously in disrepair. The shutters were falling off, the porch was missing two steps, and the door was hanging off its hinges.

"Great location," said Autumn.

"Good thing we had you make all our plans, Lilerkins!" Sirius said, patting Lily on the head.

"Things are just not going our way today," James said.

Everyone climbed out of the car (Remus a bit stiffly) and headed towards the open door. James was helping Lily out of a hole in the porch when a hunched figure appeared at the door.

"Well, hey there! Glad you could make it," said an old woman. "My name's Bessie. I run this here joint."

"Yes, we had a reservation," Remus said.

"Oh, you must be those nice england-ish people. I talked to one of you on the phone."

Lily raised her hand awkwardly. Bessie smiled, revealing a large gap, and squeezed Lily's arm. "Such a sweet little thing."

"Thank you. I have to say that the um hotel looks a lot different from in the picture." Lily replied.

Bessie didn't say anything but instead hobbled inside. "The top bedroom is made up for you," she muttered.

"But we reserved two bedrooms," Lily pointed out.

"I'm sorry dear but the other bedrooms are under construction."

By this time Lily was fuming. She charged out to the car and sat down in the front seat.

"Come on Lily, it's not that bad," Ariel said.

"Yeah Lily! I like this place!" Sirius whined.

"I'll buy you a double-chocolate fudge ice cream sundae when we leave if you stay," said James in a sing-song voice.

Lily sighed and got up. "Just so long as there are enough beds."

They went to the trunk and got out their luggage. Lily was picking her suitcase out of the car when a large boom of thunder echoed across the Plaines. She let out a small squeak and jumped.

"Scared?" James asked with a smirk.

"Of course not," said Lily. And with that they headed into their hotel.

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