hello all, sorry it took so long but its been crazy here doin college apps and working and whatnot. my boyfriend is visitin his ma in lynn and i miss him soo much! haha hes amazing... kinda my love inspiration a lil bit when im writing. now dont take that too far tho guys cuz theres some quite erotic stuff at the end of this chapter. so i am warning you, if you are offended by sex dont continue reading lol. but anyways, thanks to my lovely reviewers! and yes i know lily and james hate eachother once again. few more chapters and you will seeeeee

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James stood determinedly pacing the common room, though he knew he was supposed to be in Charms listening to the sharp voice of Professor Evans and the occasional banging of the piano that she made to obtain the class's attention.

"You're going to wear a hole in the floor," came a voice from behind him.

"Ah!" he shouted, startled. "Oh, it's only you. Dear Lord, Lily, I thought McGonagall had caught me or something."

"James, How come you're not in class?"

"How come you're not?"

"Mine is done. It's only half as long as our regular classes because of how it was set up in Owlhorn's. Oh and hey I almost forgot to tell you, Dumbledore changed my schedule so that now my charms classes are Tuesday and Thursday after History of Magic with Binns. Which also means that I'm free tonight earlier. You wanted to give me that tour, right? I think it'd be really cool. Make me feel more at home you know? I guess I've got more secrets I need to pour as well. You wouldn't mind would you?"

"Haha, of course I wouldn't mind. Anything for you of course. But I think we should wait on my little tour until later because for the next half of the period everyone else is still in class. Do you mind if I go take a nap though? I mean if I'm going to be up for tonight and everything I don't feel too well at the moment."

"Anything to do with what happened this morning?" asked Lily, "Actually, what did happen? I couldn't hear anything the green people were saying."

"Green people? Hahahaha," James laughed. "I think that just made my day. You mean Slytherins? Yeah, they were talking about me all right. I'll tell you later tonight – I guess it's a bit of a long story. You might change your mind about Severus Snape once I'm done, though."

"James, honestly, is rivalry really worth it? Being a prat back to him even if he does things to you only fuels the fire."

"Well, you do have a point. But still. Anyways I'll see you in a little bit." James knew very well that he had no intentions of sleeping, but instead planning his revenge right under the nose of Lily Evans, which he did feel relatively guilty about. He walked slowly towards his dormitory, throwing one last glance at the beautiful girl downstairs before he entered the right room.

James lay down on his bed and started up at the ceiling. His mind was drawing a big blank. All he could think about was the dashing, auburn-tressed girl downstairs. He mentally slapped himself, trying desperately to concentrate on his mission at hand. Suddenly, like a light bulb exploding, an idea came to mind. He fingered the buttons on his robes, hoping that the other Marauders would feel the message.

A few halls over, Remus and Sirius felt their robe buttons begin to slightly vibrate. "Is that James? Or Peter?" Remus voiced his query out loud.

"Maybe it's Peter, I haven't seen him since Charms. Have you?" Sirius responded. "Wait, what about what happened to James this morning? How come, do you think, that he didn't alert us then?"

"Probly because either he thought there was no way we COULD help him, or because he didn't want to look stupid in front of us. I think he was going for the whole letting the least amount of people know as possible thing. Didn't really work though, that whole lot of Slytherins sickens me."

"I know the feeling, it's the same here. But I think we should head right up to the boys dormitories, I'm betting James is in there, he wasn't in charms did you notice that? I just happened to think. I doubt he got shit on again though, I think he was planning revenge actually. That dog, skipping class. Haha, no pun intended."

Remus chuckled. "Yes, I suppose you're right. Peter, I guess, can live on his own. I've got no clue where he is. Does it really matter?"

Sirius thought for a minute. "No, not really. James needs us I think. Let's go." As he finished his sentence the two boys raced up to the Gryffindor tower to find their friend.

"Hi, Lily. Bye, Lily," they said as they raced up the stairs past the auburn-haired girl sitting in front of the fire. She looked at them quizzically, wondering what the rush was.

"Hey," she said back to them, but it was doubtful that they heard. The door had already closed behind them.

"Thank goodness I was afraid you blokes missed the signal!" James punched Sirius in the shoulder.

"Hey now, what was that all about? You bloody prat, James." Sirius punched him back. "What did you want anyways?"

"I've got a plan. Here's what I want you to do."

"Us?" Questioned Remus.

"Yeah, you. I've got a date with Miss Lily, right about now actually. So, I want you to carry it out for me. I'm giving Lily a tour by the way, in case you wanted to know. She's new, so I figured she'd like to be shown around, you know?"

"Ooh la la," Sirius teased.

"Shut up, you wanker."

"You wank just as much as anyone else here James," Sirius retorted. James blushed a slightly rosy shade.

"AANYWAYS," James interrupted. "Here's the plan. You need bread and peanut butter, and as many condiments as you can find. Ok, here's what you do…"

"All ready, Lily?" Lily jumped about a foot in the air as James came up behind her. His invisibility cloak tucked safely in his pocket, he took Lily's hand and led her from the common room.

"Okay, so what kind of tour do you want? Explanations and everything? Or just me pointing out stuff and things like that?"

"Explanations is cool, do you know a lot about the castle?"

"Yeah, I suppose, since I've been around the block a few times, exploring the castle," he added noticing the look on Lily's face. "By the way, though, I have my invisibility cloak with me. I know for a fact this is going to take a while, and just in case we're out late I don't want to be found by Filch or Mrs. Norris."

"Who?"

"Filch is the caretaker, and he's a squib. He's a right prat, that one. Nasty attitude. Nasty smell, too come to think of it. Sometimes I wonder whether he showers more than once during the school year." James paused. "Well, then again, maybe I don't wonder. But you get my point." Lily giggled.

"On with the tour?" she asked.

"All righty. This is, obviously, the Gryffindor tower, and that's the fat lady. I didn't want to say that loud, you know how women are, but anyways, the password to get in changes about every month or so. Or whenever she feels it needs changing. The prefects will let you or anyone else know what it is, and don't worry you won't get locked out ever. Aanyways, I'm going to warn you of one thing. Well, actually, have you met Peeves?"

"Who? Jeez I feel like the major outcast still, I don't know anyone! Who is Peeves?"

"That would be our resident poltergeist. He's a crazy thing, really. Absolutely loves havoc. I don't think I'd be surprised if his middle name was havoc at all. If he even has a middle name? Oh well, I don't know. But surely, watch out, because he is quite the prankster. Almost as bad as me." James chuckled. "Me and the boys like to play a few practical jokes now and then. Life's too boring with out a little spice, you know? Well, I guess we just took it as our job to create that little spice. By the way, we call ourselves the Marauders. You know how Peter, Remus, Sirius, and I are pretty much always together? Well it's the four of us. We've got nicknames too I guess, but that's not important no one but each other calls us that, mostly for secretive purposes when we're sneaking around."

"Aww, that's kind of cute. Can I ask what yours is? I won't tell – I promise."

"I would tell you, but then I'd have to kill you," said James half seriously.

Lily laughed. "I understand I suppose, it's your thing. You're entitled to it."

"Well, I suppose so. Anyways," James went on as they found a staircase and headed down it. "I figured we'd start at the bottom and work our way up." They reached the ground floor after what seemed like an eternity, having to switch staircases as each case would adjust its position whenever it seemed the least convenient for Lily and James.

James led Lily around hallway after hallway, mostly of classrooms when they reached the Great Hall. James opened the door and held it while Lily gazed inside the room. The sunlight was waning, the last of its rays drifting from the windows of the hall.

"Wow, James, it's really beautiful when the sun is setting huh?" The bewitched ceiling, made to look like the outside sky, seemed to be a million contrasting shades of pastels all blending into a gorgeous harmony of color.

"Yeah, but no one's usually here to see it. Except I suppose in late winter people catch a little of it because the sun sets earlier. Most dances and things like that are in here, obviously so are meals. At the beginning of the year we all sit here while the first years are sorted into houses. You see, there's this hat that's magic. It's from the founders of Hogwarts, Rowena Ravenclaw, Salazar Slytherin, Helga Hufflepuff, and of course, Godric Gryffindor."

"Oh, that was that hat that Dumbledore put on me in his office. I was wondering what on earth that was. Well obviously it's a bewitched hat, but you know what I mean."

James chuckled as Lily blushed. He continued on, "After the sorting, there's a huge beginning of term feast and Dumbledore gives his usual speech. Always in there somewhere is the list of things that old bat Filch has banned from school. Fooey on the rules I always say, though. My buddies and I, we find various ways of bending the rules."

Lily giggled and James put his arm around her shoulders. For some reason that Lily couldn't explain, her insides tingled like there were little currents of electricity coursing through her veins. It was funny how his simple touch on her shoulder made her heart pound like mad, and created a huge smile across her face. She tried to get rid of the giddy-looking smile, but it wouldn't fade.

James ushered her down the hall past darkened classrooms, some in use during the school year, some completely empty. "Er, James?" Lily asked when they approached another hallway, "isn't that where the teachers' dormitories are?"

"Yes, why?" James stopped dead. "Oh, jeez I'm really sorry, yeah I'd say we should turn around. Here, put this on," he added, pulling her close to his body and throwing his cloak over them. "This way, even if she does come near or whatever, she can't see us. You don't mind do you? I mean us being this close and everything?" James was worried that he was going to make Lily nervous or uncomfortable, and that was the last thing he wanted.

"Of course I don't mind. I don't want to get caught; I'd be in BIG trouble. My mom doesn't even want me talking to boys-did you know that? Screw her though. I forgot to tell you, she called me into her office earlier, and that's what she told me. 'Lay low,' she says. Yeah, lay low my ass. She's telling me to not be me, you know what I mean?"

James jus turned to Lily under the cloak and looked at her. "You're kidding."

"No, not at all. It sucks. But I honestly do not give a rat's ass what she says. I'm going to be myself. You know, I'm probly going to sound like a broken record here, but I think my adoptive parents missed something about learning how to actually BE parents. I mean really, don't they understand the minute a parents says 'no you cannot do whatever' to a kid, the minute after that the kid is going to find a way to do it regardless."

James began to lead Lily in the opposite direction that they had just come, away from the staff quarters. "You're exactly right, Lily. That's one thing I know I'm going to be real careful of when I'm a parent myself. I know how kids thing. Sometimes I wonder if some parents forget what it was like to actually BE a kid. I don't want to ever be like that."

"I know. Same here. Hitting is another thing, too. That doesn't work either. It just makes a kid really mad. Doesn't reinforce jack. I don't ever want to be hitting my kids. You know, even spanking. I think talking works better, or working it out in some way." James looked at Lily, and her eyes for a moment looked distant, as if she were someplace else. He felt a pang of guilt somewhere in his insides, knowing that somehow, wherever memory Lily's mind was recalling, it wasn't pleasant. While he wondered albeit painfully what it was she was thinking, he resisted the temptation to ask. If she wanted to tell him, she would.

Lily sighed. "Anyways, I think about the future a lot I guess. It sort of, takes me away from the present. I love to just sit somewhere, in class or whatever and daydream. Even if it's about the past. I've got this weird photographic memory thing going on."

"Ok, so as soon as we're done with this tour deal you'll remember every single thing of it right?" James paused before chuckling, as he was not sure how Lily would take the joke. She laughed too.

"Well I don't know about that but I'll sure try." She winked at him, and he felt his insides heat up in a strange way they never had before. He wondered what that meant. Sure, he'd been with other girls before, but for some reason something deep in him was telling him this one was different somehow.

"Anyways, we're here to take a tour right? I don't want to be TOO much of an asshole."

"Asshole? I didn't think you were an asshole."

"Haha, it was more a figure of speech than anything. I'm kind of really enjoying giving this tour, and I guess I just can't resist being myself and joking around a bit." James paused at a broom closet. "And this right here is one of Hogwarts' infamous broom closets, where they hide the freeze-dried mountain trolls. Just add water and you have one fierce beast…No, only joking. I'm pretty sure there's some cleaning crap in here. I wouldn't know." Lily started shaking against him like crazy, and at first James thought she was crying. Thinking he had said something wrong, he turned to apologize profusely, only to realize that Lily's shaking was really a fit of uncontrollable giggles. He sighed in relief.

James put his arm around Lily's waist to lead her around a corner and up a flight of stairs. He wondered whether she would mind that his hand was there, but he felt her body slide closer to his. The feeling of it gave him chills he couldn't explain. But suddenly, he felt the need to stop cold. Someone, somewhere, was in the hall with him. He had a feeling that the someone knew he was there. He was hating this paranoia feeling, hating it with a passion. For some reason, he was getting it a lot, and he sure as hell wanted to know why.

"Er, James?"

"Lily? Is there something wrong?"

"Well, no. I er, have something to tell you I guess." James thought he felt Lily shaking against him and wondered if he was imagining it.

"Yes'm?"

"James, I think I'm falling in love with you. I, well normally I get freaked out by things like this. I get nervous. But I'm not really. It's like, I get this vibe, see. Do I, do I sound crazy to you? I sound crazy to me just saying it out loud. But I couldn't keep it in anymore. When you pulled me to you with your arm on my waist, I got the chills like you couldn't believe." James just started at Lily, trying to process the information he had just been given. He couldn't believe it. She had just voiced out loud the things that had been running through his own head. He just didn't know how or when or if to say them. Suddenly, the great James Potter, hero in all situations, was at a loss for words.

"Er," he began.

"You don't have feelings for me at all like that do you?" Lily asked weakly. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything. You were just being nice to me I suppose, right? The nice guy thing?" She swore under her breath. Shit she thought. Well that was bloody stupid. What was I thinking? This guy is gorgeous. I'm at a new school with my mum for a teacher.

"NO!" James said, a bit too loudly. He looked around quickly to see if he had disturbed anyone. His loudness startled Lily, and she looked at him, curious. "I, I was just surprised. I suppose you just voiced the thoughts that have been bouncing all around my head lately. I'm sorry that I was taken a bit aback. I just was thinking all this time that I was doing the wrong thing by getting so close to you, that you didn't want it, especially being a new school and all, who wants crazy attention from some guy they don't know? You know what I mean?"

Lily almost couldn't believe her ears. She hadn't been expecting such a response. Suddenly, James stopped in front of her, and she kept walking right into the back of him. "James, is everything ok?"

"Yeah, yeah, it's fine. I just, oh never mind." James was sure someone was there. Someone, or something at least, was watching him. He wondered it whatever it was could see through the cape, or if it just sensed he was there. He was getting sick of this feeling that kept recurring. He was seriously beginning to wonder whether he was going insane. James didn't dare tell Lily what was up. She obviously couldn't sense it.

Looking around, he realized they were on the seventh floor. He wasn't sure how they had gotten there, other than losing track of where they were headed. There was a special room he and Sirius had discovered one night. It was filled with tons of old things, and he thought it was quite intriguing. When he and Sirius found it, they put on some of the armor in it and play-sword fought throughout the room. He laughed as he remembered the event, and Lily looked at him quizzically and said nothing. He felt her arm around his waist as she pulled him into her and looked up at his face. He knew right away what she was doing, and did nothing to stop it.

"That was kind of abrupt. All that stuff we just said. It was like, ok, out with it. I wanna fix that. Come here James," Lily whispered. James lowered his lips to hers, and passionately kissed her, putting his hand to her face. Lily's tongue ran along his bottom lip, pleading entry and he granted it, swirling his own tongue around hers in his mouth. His other hand found the small of her back and pushed her slowly up against his body. She wrapped her arms around his neck deepening the kiss.

The couple backed up until Lily's back was up against a wall, only there was no wall really there. A door had just appeared in the middle of the hallway. They broke apart, startled at the new object. James shrugged and pulled Lily close to him again. He poked his hand out from under the invisibility cloak to open the knob to the door, desperate for a place to be private. Without much effort, the door swung open and Lily and James toppled into the room. Lily sat up and looked around. It was small, and actually a bit romantic.

"I've never seen this room before," said James, mystified. "This wasn't supposed to be a part of the tour. That's strange. The door just, well, appeared in the wall. Did you see that?" Lily just nodded.

The door slid shut behind them. As Lily continued to glance around taking in her surroundings, she was in awe. The room was covered in red velvet, and there was a double bed in the far corner. There were pillows everywhere. Lily got up and walked toward the bed, and James just stayed planted where he was on the floor.

"Hey James, look. There's an incantation written here," Lily said as she neared the bed. "I – it's a sexual protection spell, I know it. Like those muggle condom things, only, magic. Literally. That's strange. Are you SURE you didn't plan this?"

"Yeah, this is really weird. I swear to you I never had any clue about any of this." Lily couldn't help but believing him. Her strong feelings for him had taken over, and the awestruck look that filled his face was enough to seal her thought on the matter.

She sat on the bed. "James, come to me." As if he was bewitched to obey, James arose and strode quickly over to her, sitting beside her on the bed.

"Are you sure, Lily? I don't want to put you in a situation you don't want to be in."

"James, don't even worry. I am putting MYSELF in this situation. I want it. Well, as long as you do."

When James nodded his head yes, Lily put her fingers to shush him before he could speak again. She turned, flipping one leg over James's lap, straddling him. "Wow," he whispered, but he said nothing more as Lily's lips again covered hers. Their kiss was passionate. This was different for James, not like the other kisses he'd had that were filled with lust. This was true. True love. He could feel it radiate, as if from her soul.

She put her hands on his neck, and pressed into him. She needed him. She needed this. It burned inside her like a fire, a supernova really. She wanted him to be a part of her like nothing else. She moved her hips over him, and could feel his hardness pressing close to her own heat. Taking that to her advantage, she moved her hips more firmly against his body, sure to rub his dick just the right amount to make him need her the same way she needed him. She felt herself become wet, and wondered whether he would take initiative on her pants.

Her thoughts did not go unanswered for long, for James began to tug at the bottom of her shirt. Pulling it off, his heart raced at the sight of her lacy bra. Holy shit, James thought. Who would have thought all that was hiding under there? Her chest is perfect. Just, well, perfect. Her breasts were pushed together, and her cleavage was enough to make James' eyes water. He slid his hands over them, feeling her hardened nipples against his skin. He rubbed them softly, and then slid his hands around her back and unhooked her bra, slipping it off gently. He was amazed at how firm and perky her breasts were. He'd never seen anything like it. He wondered to himself why he'd heard her complain about them earlier, how they were small. To him, they were perfect. He bent his head down slightly to kiss one, and then the other. Lily moaned softly.

"James, I love you," she whispered.

"I love you too, Lily." He flicked his tongue on Lily's breasts, and she breathed in sharply. James began to suck softly on her nipples, caressing her back as he did so. Lily's hands found James's zipper, and made quick work of unzipping it though she wasn't in the best position to do so. James adjusted so that she could reach, and proceeded to unzip her pants as well. She stood slightly so he could slide them to the floor. Only her lacy pink thong remained. James wondered if her hair was naturally red. Well, I guess I'll soon find out he thought. He stood as well and his pants fell to the floor. His hardened dick poked out through the slit in his boxers. Lily's eyes widened. It was bigger than she had thought. She tugged at his boxers, and they too fell to the floor. Lily's tiny thong followed.

Lily sat on the bed, and pulled James towards her. She slid her body up onto the bed itself, and he followed her, anxious for her touch. James slid his hand up her thigh, teasing her by swirling his fingers on her leg close to where he could sense her heat. Lily moaned and adjusted so that his hand would slide up toward her pussy. He was surprised to find that she was totally clean, but disappointed to still be wondering whether her hair color was natural. He massaged her clit, moving in a circle until his fingers found her wetness. He slid them in and out until he felt her shake in pleasure. At the same time Lily's hand found his dick, quickly rubbing up and down it until her hand felt wet with his anticipation.

"I think we need to adjust," Lily whispered. James nodded, and Lily's mouth moved toward his hardness. She slid it in and caressed his head with her tongue, pleasuring him up and down to the base with her lips and tongue until he came in her mouth. James left kisses down her body, leaving a trail of fire toward her wetness. His tongue found her clit and he flicked it back and forth on it, sucking gently there. Lily's groans made it obvious she was enjoying his skill. He moved his tongue further, sliding it into Lily's pussy and back out again until she, too, came with him.

"James?" Lily again whispered to him, a bit more hoarsely this time. "I need you inside of me"

"Okay," he responded.

"But wait, the incantation." Lily's hand fell to the floor, and she felt around until she could grab her wand from her pants pocket. She whispered it, and moved on the bed so that she was flat on her back. James slid on top of her, his hardness pressing into her thigh urgently.

"Are you sure, Lily?" he asked her softly.

"Yes, James, I'm sure," she answered, and he obeyed, sliding himself into her wetness. She winced, as it hurt like nothing she had ever felt before in her life. James knew it would be painful for her, so he adjusted as best he could as to not hurt her so much. He slid himself in and out slowly, and his insides burned with passion. Lily's hips rose to meet his, begging for more friction. He moved slightly faster, and he felt himself about ready to burst. Her fingers pushed into his back, and she moaned his name in pleasure.

"There you go, Lily, I'm right behind you," he told her as he felt her hit ecstasy with him. The laid there, intimately joined for a long time before he finally pulled out. She snuggled into him, and he massaged her clit with his fingers until she fell asleep on his chest. He wrapped her in a blanket that was on the floor by a nightstand, and soon he, too was overtaken by the dream world.