Fun In The Sun (& At Night)

Lily awoke early the next morning. She arose from the bed she had been sharing with Ariel. Her friend was snoring peacefully. Lily quietly tiptoed over to the sliding door and peered through the curtains. Silently, she slid the door open and stepped onto the balcony. Closing the door behind her she gazed about herself.

A faint glow was visible on the horizon, signaling the near dawn. She could hear the soft lap of the ocean waves breaking against the shore. A lone surfer tried to catch the small waves. Leaning against the rail, Lily watched the sun begin to rise.

The sound of the door opening behind her made Lily jump, and she turned to see who it was. She smiled and returned to her gazing.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Remus asked, joining her.

Lily nodded her head.

After a few moments of companionable silence, Remus spoke. "James really likes you, you know."

Lily watched the black sky fade to a light orange.

"You can't ignore him forever," Remus said.

Lily dropped her gaze to the beach. She sighed and looked at Remus. "What do you want me to do?"

"You need to talk to him," Remus told her.

"I just don't know if that's what I want," Lily mumbled.

"I just hope you do the right thing," Remus said, and went back inside.

The orange sky turned to blue and the stars disappeared from the sky. Still Lily stood thinking of what the right thing really was.

James, Lily, Remus, Ariel, Sirius, and Autumn sat scattered around their messy hotel room. Chewing contentedly on their cheerios and fruit loops, they discussed their plans for the day.

"We should definitely go to the beach," said James.

"Shopping!" all three girls exclaimed.

"I always wanted to try scuba diving," Remus added.

"All I know is I seriously need to meet some hot chicks!" Sirius said.

"Sounds like we're splitting up," Autumn said.

"We could meet up for lunch," Remus suggested.

"Just as long as I get to pick up some hot chicks!" Sirius repeated.

So they all went their separate ways; the girls went shopping, Sirius began searching for 'hot chicks', and James joined Remus for scuba diving.

The girls entered the restaurant loaded down with bags. They joined the guys at a round table.

"Those things make you look like a bug," Sirius said while pointing at Autumn's new sunglasses.

Autumn took off her glasses and glared at Sirius, but he didn't notice. He was too involved in the plastic, miniature, sword fight he was having with James. (They had been stuck through the cherry that came with their drink).

James' hair was still damp, causing it to clump into wet strands. A stray piece of hair fell over his eye, and Lily had an almost uncontrollable urge to lightly brush it away. James looked up and their eyes met.

"Close your mouth Lily, you look like a fish," Ariel told her.

Lily looked away, feeling a slight blush creeping up her cheeks. She glanced at James; he was back to sword fighting, apparently unfazed.

After lunch they decided to head back to the hotel and take a quick nap so they would be fully energized for a busy night.

As Lily started to drift off to sleep, Ariel poked her.

"Are you sleeping yet?" she asked in a whisper.

"Yes," Lily answered sarcastically.

"I just need to ask you something," Ariel said.

Lily let out a sigh.

"I know you like James."

Lily turned and looked at her friend; horror written all over her face.

"Oh, come on," Ariel continued. "I've known you for all these years; I know when you're interested in a guy. Now, my question is, are you going to do anything about it?"

"What do you mean?" Lily asked.

"Are you going to continue leading the poor boy on, or are you gonna tell him how you feel?"

Instead of answering, Lily turned back around and tried to get some sleep.

"Wee!" Sirius exclaimed, as a small wave brushed his feet.

The crew had just gotten done napping and were now fully ready to party the night away. Ariel and Autumn were currently building a very extravagant sandcastle, Sirius was splashing around in the ocean, James decided to try surfing, and Lily and Remus sat in lounge chairs watching their friends.

"Your sandcastle is coming along really well," Remus said.

"Thanks," Autumn replied giving him a smile.

"Yeah, but too bad it's gonna be washed away," Ariel said placing a shell on top of their creation for a final touch.

"Oh, my! Mommy save me!" Sirius screamed.

Lily, Remus, Ariel, and Autumn turned to see what the problem was; Sirius was currently shaking his foot vigorously in order to remove a crab. After a final shake, the crab let go and crawled back into its burrow.

"Mommy!" Sirius screamed louder, running towards them.

Sirius was not looking where he was going and didn't hear Ariel and Autumn's protests over his own hollering. The next thing he knew, Sirius was lying on the ground with two very angry girls yelling at him.

"You should have paid attention to where you were going!" Autumn yelled.

"We worked really hard on that!" Ariel added.

"I'll uhh…I'll fix it for you," Sirius offered.

"Don't bother," Ariel said.

"Hey look!" Lily exclaimed, pointing at the ocean. She was pointing at a guy, who undoubtedly was James; he finally caught a wave.

"Woo-hoo James!" Lily yelled.

"That's my boy," Sirius said.

James fell gracefully off his board and ran over to his friends.

"Did you see me?" he asked excitedly.

"Yeah, you did great Jamesie!" Sirius exclaimed, wrapping his friend in a gigantic bear hug.

"What do you guys wanna do now?" Autumn asked.

"Breathing sounds like a good option," James struggled to say. Sirius loosened his grip and looked around. "Any hot chicks?"

Ariel rolled her eyes and said "Even if there were any 'hot chicks,' you just made a big enough fool of yourself that I'm sure they'd be pretty scared."

"Oh yeah?" Sirius questioned.

"Yeah," Ariel answered.

"Well then," Sirius said. He stomped over and picked Ariel up. She screamed, but all he did was put her over his shoulder. Ariel helplessly began beating against his back. Sirius walked over to the water, waded in, and dropped her. The other guys got the idea, and James picked up Lily while Remus picked up Autumn. They both screamed for the boys to put them down, but they didn't obey the girls until they reached deep enough water.

Lily surfaced and lunged at James. Ariel and Autumn followed her lead and tackled their captors. Not expecting this bold move, all three boys plunged into the salty water.

After a few minutes of water war, they headed back to the shore.

"It's starting to get late, maybe we should go get dressed," Remus suggested.

"Aren't we going clubbing?" Ariel asked with a grin.

"Heck yes we are!" Sirius exclaimed. "Maybe I'll finally be able to pick up some hot chicks."

An hour later they were walking down the street, searching for a good night club. The sun had set, and neon lights were flashing.

"What about this one?" Sirius asked, pointing to a black and pink sign that read 'Leather and Lace.' Hoots and cat calls could be heard within.

"I don't think so, Sirius," Autumn said.

They finally decided on a club called 'Fridays.' As they entered, booming beats filled their ears, and the scent of alcohol met their nostrils. Strobe lights and black lights were the only lighting, except for a dim light bulb that floated above the bar. Dancers filled the floor, molding into one large mass.

The six of them slowly made their way over to the bar and sat down.

"Drop down and get your eagle on, girl (flap your wings)
Drop down and get your eagle on, girl (flap your wings)
Hell naw, ain't leavin' me alone, girl (flap your wings)
Drop down and get your eagle on, girl
She's got that sweat drippin' all over her body
Girl Do you like that sweat drippin' all over my body?
Yea, I like that
That sweat drippin' all over your body
Girl You like that sweat drippin' all over my body"

"I wonder what she would have done if he had said that he didn't like that sweat dripping all over her body?" Autumn wondered about the song.

"He's rich enough, it probably wouldn't have bothered her," Ariel said.

Lily stared at the dancing people. She was always jealous of people that could move like that. She sighed and turned to the bartender. "Can I have a pina colada, please?"

The bartender raised his eyebrows. "A virgin, I assume?"

Lily dug through her purse and found the fake ID James had made for her earlier that night. Even the police would have never known it was fake, and the bartender had no idea. He gave her back her ID and went to prepare her pina colada. James and Remus were already chugging on their beers, and Sirius was finally getting his 'hot chicks.'

An hour later Lily had already had two pina coladas, a margarita, and half of a strawberry daiquiri. Her two friends were dancing in the crowd, but Lily had denied the multiple men that asked her. She felt someone sit down beside her and she looked to see who it was.

A small smile crept across her face. "Hullo, James," she slurred.

"Drunk already? The nights still new!" James said.

"I'm not drunk!" Lily protested.

"Then will you dance with me?" James asked.

Suddenly Lily couldn't remember why she should say no. She straightened out her miniskirt and stood up, wobbling only a little.

They were immediately engulfed by the crowd. Lily was strangled by fear for a moment when she was separated by James. He quickly found her, and he rapped his arms around her. A new song came on, and Lily found herself swinging to the beat.

"I take you to the candy shop
I'll let you lick the lollypop
Go 'head girl, don't you stop
Keep going 'til you hit the spot"

She turned around, so that her back was to James, and raised her arms into the air. She let the music take over her. Her skin felt like molten lava, and she let herself melt into James. They moved together, as one being.

Seeing as how it would be nearly impossible to find six people in a very crowded club, they had all decided to leave whenever they wanted, just as long as they were home by three; don't want anyone to go missing.

After dancing with James, Lily decided to head back to the hotel. James being the gentleman that he is offered to walk her. They walked along the sandy beach in silence, and only spoke when Lily asked him if he had his key.

Opening the door they were greeted by a pitch black hotel room. James flicked on the light and without noticing it they both went towards the same bathroom. They only noticed when they both tried to fit through the door at the same time; unsuccessfully.

Lily looked at James and he looked at her.

"You go ahead," James said.

"No, you go," Lily insisted.

Neither moved; they just stood there staring awkwardly at each other. The first thing that came to Lily's mind was to kiss this really hot guy that was standing no more than two inches away from her.

Lily began leaning closer. When she saw James start leaning too, something made her pull away.

"Night James," Lily said seductively.

And with that Lily left James standing in the bathroom doorway as confused as ever.

Reviewer responses! Our favorite part!

SakuraBlossom-Yes we plan to venture the streets of New York. I love the giant Toys'R'Us!

cutestsweetiepie- Sorry we can't tell you where they're going…or else it wouldn't be a surprise! And you'll have to wait and see about Lily and James action too.

Steelo- Emily hasn't been to Disney World at all, pity her, and Loren has been once and is going again this summer.

BlackFox84- We actually thought about hooking up the other characters in our story but now we're not too sure. We kinda wanna keep the story's focus on Lily and James…but knows, we might!

Jackie G.- We love SC too! But we got more love for NC!

Thanks to everyone else that reviewed! You guys truly make our day! And we're glad that everyone is lovin Sirius. We try our hardest to make him super funny and retarded.

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