I Love NY

The next morning they woke to bright sunshine, and immediately started planning their day.

"I think we should go shopping," suggested Ariel.

"I want to go visit the Statue of Liberty," Lily said.

Autumn nodded her head in agreement. The guys, on the other hand, looked disgusted.

"What is this 'shopping' you speak of?" questioned James jokingly.

"I know I've never heard of it before," Remus added.

"And the Statue of Liberty?" asked Sirius. "It's just a big hunk of stone."

"Come on, we've done things for you guys that we didn't want to!" Autumn said. "The least you could do is repay the favor."

"Like what?" Sirius questioned.

"Like that time you gave the flight attendant my cell phone number," Autumn replied.

"That doesn't count!" Sirius protested.

"Guys, calm down!" Remus said. "Look Sirius, it won't kill us to do what they want just for today."

Sirius fought till the end, but eventually gave in. A triumphant smile rose on Autumn's face.

After a quick breakfast in the hotel lobby that consisted of honey buns and orange juice, they got into a taxi. Fortunately, there was a lull in the traffic, so they reached their destination quickly.

They stepped out onto a wooden dock, where a large ferry was slowly making it's way towards them. The closer it got, the more people joined them. Soon they were surrounded by a large crowd, made only larger by the people getting off the boat.

Much pushing and shoving led them onto the ferry. Soon it had left the port and they were floating towards the large statue.

Many sea gulls flew on and around the boat. Occasionally they would land on the railings.

"Oh my gosh, what is that?" asked Sirius, pointing to one of the birds.

"It's a bird, Sirius," Ariel answered.

Sirius continued to point at the gull. "Look at it!"

Remus was the first to notice. "It's missing a leg."

"Awww," all the girls said in unison.

"I don't get that much attention, and I even have all my legs," James said.

Autumn pulled a piece of bread out of her purse and began throwing small pieces to the crippled bird.

"What are we gonna name him?" Lily asked.

"What I want to know is where that bread came from," Sirius said.

Autumn glared at him and answered, "I am a witch you know."

Before they could continue to argue, Ariel and Lily began suggesting names.

"How about Bob?"

"Too average. Maybe Viggo?"

"Too foreign. How about Sammy?"

"Oh that's so cute! Sammy the sea gull!"

"Please stop before I vomit," Sirius complained.

"I swear, if you weren't hot I wouldn't like you," Ariel said, giving Sirius a hug.

The ferry finally got to the island and they began the tour. With Sirius complaining the entire time, nobody had as much fun as anticipated. Overall, they were very glad to be back on the ferry.

"Where's Sammy?" Lily asked no one in particular.

"Beats me," replied James.

Lily looked around. "Not only is Sammy lost, but I don't see the rest of the our crew."

"I don't even want to know what Ariel and Sirius are doing," James said.

"Why do I have the feeling we're the only swingers on this boat?" Lily asked. It did appear that she was right. Even the sea gulls seemed to be flirting with each other.

James shrugged his shoulders and pulled a piece of bread out of his pocket. "There's your friend." He pointed to Sammy, who had a friend with him. He squawked at the sight of Lily.

"Hey there, Sammy. Is this your girlfriend?" Lily said to the bird. One eye on her, he attempted to grab the bread. Lily laughed and began throwing pieces at him. Soon more birds were eating her bread.

"It looks like Sammy's a player," James joked.

More and more sea gulls joined the feast, as James continued to pull bread out of his pocket. Unexpectedly, Sammy flew onto Lily's shoulder and began pecking her hand with the bread in it. The other gulls followed and Lily was bombarded by white feathers and sharp beaks.

"James, help!" she yelled. The screeching of the birds caused all the passengers on the boat to look at them. James began beating at the birds, and finally they were all gone.

"Are you ok?" Autumn asked. She had immediately ran up with Remus when she began to hear the screeches.

"I'm alright," Lily answered. James had his arm around her shaking shoulders. If Lily's hair hadn't been stained white with poop, it would have been quite a nice scene.

Ariel and Sirius came running up to them. Ariel's hair was a little messier than usual, and Sirius lips looked slightly bruised.

"You look a bit of a mess, Lilers," Sirius said.

"Back at ya," Lily shot back.

Sirius gave a grin and ran a hand through his already tousled hair.

Once back on the main land, they had taken a vote that they should walk around the city versus taking a taxi. Not only would they be able to hit more places because they wouldn't be stuck in traffic, but they would able to do some more sight seeing.

After walking about two miles, they could no longer see the water front and the quietness was gone. It seemed that they had finally reached the city. Every store imaginable was on the various street corners; Macy's, Bloomingdales, Sacs 5th Avenue, Starbucks, and many other.

"I think I've died and went to heaven," Ariel said trying to take in everything.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's shop!" Autumn exclaimed.

Lily, Autumn, and Ariel broke into a brisk walk, not wanting to waste any valuable shopping time. The boys on the other hand, let out a groan, and reluctantly followed them.

"I don't think I've seen anything this gorgeous," Autumn said holding up a pink velvet skirt. It was a mini skirt, and indeed very pretty. Though after glancing at the price tag, she let out a gasp and put the skirt back down.

"Maybe just some tee-shirts and coffee then?" Lily suggested.

So in the end, the six found themselves sitting on a park bench sipping coffee, while wearing their new shirts, which read: I Love NY.

The park was fairly small and only consisted of a few benches. It would have been a beautiful scene that you might have seen in a painting; if there wasn't so many pigeons around. It seemed as if the pigeons were totally used to humans because they didn't waste anytime coming over to them, obviously wanting food.

"Oh, no you don't," Lily said as one of the pigeons inched nearer to her. "I have had enough with hungry birds today. Shoo! Go on!"

The bird cocked its head to the side and didn't move.

"You heard me! Shoo!" Lily repeated waving her hands.

The bird just continued to sit there, apparently unfazed.

For Lily's sanity, they left the park and walk around a little more. Two blocks down they noticed a big mob, and decided to go see what the commotion was all about.

Pushing through the crowd was fairly difficult, but after a few elbowed ribs, they found themselves with a front row seat. There were three guys dressed as if they were in the '80's; two were break dancing while the other played a drum. The dancers were amazing. They were doing everything from backflips to spinning on their head, and all while staying in tempo with the drum. After a few minutes, the guys took a well deserved break. The crowd gave a few hoots and hollers, and threw their pocket change into the hat in front.

"That was so cool!" Autumn exclaimed.

"Yeah I wish I could do that," Sirius said, as he attempted to do a little spin. He nearly fell into a puddle and almost knocked down a man.

"Maybe you should consider trying something else mate," James said.

At around eight o'clock, the crew was still out gallivanting through the city. The sun had completely set, and it would have been really dark, but with all the buildings having their lights on, you could see as well as you could when the sun was up.

"All these buildings are really pretty," Autumn stated.

"Personally I would rather just have the stars," Remus said.

"Would you rather live in Alabama or New York?" Ariel asked.

"Alabama!" Sirius exclaimed.

"Would you rather eat New York's pizza or Bessie's cornbread?" Lily asked, continuing the game.

"Totally the cornbread," Sirius said rubbing his stomach, which let out a grumble.

"I like the pizza better," James answered.

"You wouldn't know good food if it whacked you in the head," Sirius said to James.

"Who would you rather sleep with, Minnie Mouse or Daisy Duck?" Sirius asked.

"Eww!" Autumn exclaimed.

"Minnie," James answered.

"I was thinking Daisy," Remus added.

"Guys are so sick," Ariel said.

Once back at the hotel, everyone got into their beds, but no one really slept. Their thoughts kept them wide awake.

I hope our next destination will be fun, Lily thought. If we leave at nine then we should get there at about two-ish. I hope the hotel doesn't mess up our reservations cause if I have to sleep on the floor one more night I think I'm gonna scream. And why is James giving me that google stare?

That skirt was so cute! Autumn thought. If only it wasn't so expensive...I bet James could transfigure one for me. He is so good at stuff like that...Note to self: ask James to make me a pretty skirt.

She is so pretty. I wonder if she'd ever consider going out with me, James wondered. Probably not, I mean she could have any guy that she wanted so why me? Damn. I really need to stop staring. She probably thinks I'm crazy. Maybe I'll take the chance and just ask her out...

I bet that girl isn't wearing any underwear, Sirius thought giving his lips a lick. I think she enjoys torturing me. Well, she is pretty hot so come to papa!

Sirius is such a tart, Ariel thought. He's looking at me as if I'm a piece of Bessie's cornbread. But he's such a good kisser. I bet he has like a million sexual diseases though. At least he makes it worth my while.

I think all my friends have gone mad, Remus thought as he peered over his sleeping bag. They all seem to be drooling over each other. Teenage years are a pain. Oh, what is Sirius doing! I think it's time for me to go to sleep now.

A/N- First off, 117 reviews! Thats just crazy! Thank you all! Your reviews inspire us to write, so keep them comin. Second, a lot of you keep asking when we're gonna have some Lily and James action. Don't worry, we haven't forgot about that! That's the most importantpart in our story! I'll give you guys a little inside info...the reason we haven't been having too much action is cause we have something pretty big coming up. That's all we're saying! You'll just have to keep reading to find out. Now, do us a big favor and review! We'll love ya for it!

october tuscany- No where in the books did it ever say that James was Head Boy. We decided to make Remus Head Boy because James gets just a little too much credit. Keep reviewing though!

Steelo-Glad you like that story! We've each writen about five stories, but if you wanna check out our work feel free! Our fanfiction names are GlitterGreen and SillyAndSirius.

The all mighty and powerfulM- Ariel and Sirius aren't really together. It's more like a booty call sorta thing.