What happened next…

Disclaimer: J.K Rowling wrote the books not me. I don't own anything. Except the characters I made up.

Summary: James likes Lily but are his feelings returned? Will Lily ever give in and go out with the marauder or is them even being friends asking too much? These two questions can only lead to confusion, fun, and much more. Rated m for later chapters. R and R.

Author's Notes: Well I got five review in one day so as promised I will post straight away. Thanks so much to my reviewers. I really appreciate it. I will try and post as much as I can but I really do post more when I get them. Thanks to Tinkerbelldetention101, joannaday28, bRaTsKi, HJPotterFan and lilred-07. I hope you all like my new chapter and please all review again and anyone who is reading and not reviewing please review. Ideas would be really appreciated. This new chapter is kind of shallow as its about clothes in some, and its not my favourite. But I was having a slow writing day when I wrote this so its will pick up.

Chapter 7

Whilst Sirius and Cressida were off having their time to get together the others were off high flying. James was taking Lily above the trees at the end of the garden and she was enjoying it so much, the wind was flying through her hair, she wasn't even scared it was just exhilarating.

James kept flying sometimes in and out of trees then shooting up into the sky dodging branches. He kept doing it until he swooped down one time and his arm got caught of a branch the broom swerved quickly and sent them flying into the air.

They were about ten feet off the ground but they landed in a clearing in the wood. They both skidded on the ground rolling over into the leaves. James immediately jumped up, he was used to hurting himself in quiddich as he was always playing dangerous stunts. He wasn't sure about Lily though she was lying with her back to him shaking.

"Lily?" James said going over to her. She didn't say anything and he placed a hand on her shoulder. She rolled over to face him and he was shocked when he saw her face. It was creased up with laughter and she was holding her stomach as she was in absolute hysterics.

"So you're okay?" James said raising one eyebrow at her strange behaviour.

"Okay? I am great. That was amazing I felt like I had wings." Lily said finally able to control her laughter.

"I'm glad you enjoyed it." James said smiling.

"I loved it. Can we fly back now though, the others might be looking for us we went kind of far," Lily said.

"Sure," James replied grabbing his broom, which had landed a distance away from them when they had fallen, and he hopped on it and waited for her to sit behind him. She mounted the broom and he took off at a great speed knowing she wouldn't be afraid.

They got back and the other four were gathered on the stands sitting in the seats, Lily and James noticed that Cressida sitting in Sirius' lap. It was obvious to anyone what had happened between them and Lily couldn't help but smile. They were perfect for each other and she was glad both her friends were happy now.

She didn't care so much about her own love life, what was she supposed to do now, go out with James and complete the fairytales. They don't exist and Lily knew first hand that things don't happen so perfectly. The group stayed outside for a while, watching the stars and talking about the rest of the holidays. They stayed up for hours talking, it was obvious that the two groups got on extremely well and were going to be great friends. The rest of the holidays looked as though they were going to be great.

The next morning everyone woke up at nine so they could get an early start on the shopping trip. Everyone was groggy but the girls were still excited at the prospect of going shopping. They got up and dressed and waited for the boys to stumble downstairs. Finally the boys came downstairs tripping over their feet and their hair was all over the place obviously they had not thought to run a comb through it. The girls looked immaculate with their hair all-straight and perfect and their outfits carefully chosen. They boys groaned grumpily when they saw them.

"Oh god you're morning people aren't you?" Sirius said with a slight whiny tone.

"Only if we're getting up to go shopping," Cressida said grabbing his hand and dragging him out of the door. The expensive cars that had taken them to the house were waiting outside for them. Obviously James had ordered them the night before.

"So where are we going first?" James asked before they got in the cars.

"Why don't we get dropped off at Harrods and then we can walk from there." Amaryllis said sensibly.

"Okay," James replied and he went to tell the drivers where to drop them off, then they all piled into the cars the girls in one the boys in the other. The girls talked about the boys when they were in the car and of course the boys talked about the girls.

The only one that felt really left out was Lily and James not having anyone of their own. Lily felt as though the fact that their best friends were together was pushing them together but she refused to conform and go out with him. Who's to say he even likes her still, he hasn't flirted or anything with her since the end of school. Maybe he's gone off her finally, he's flirted with her since the beginning of Hogwarts though. Though it would certainly be a weight off her mind if he would leave off of her. Wouldn't it?

(Here can you bare in mind that I haven't been to Harrods in years and won't base my description of the shop on the real place just what I need for the story line.)

They arrived outside Harrods and all piled out of the car and gathered outside. The boys didn't look as though they were going to enjoy the day but the girls were determined to not let them get to them and shop till they drop. They girls dragged the boys inside and started shopping.

They wanted to see everything and they went from section to section looking at things. The girls got to the section of clothes that best suited them and started picking things off the rails to try on. They all had very different styles and grabbed all sorts of things. They each had about fifteen things and decided that it was time to go and try things on. They found a changing room and sat the boys down outside and went inside. The girls put on their first outfits.

"Are you guys ready to come out?" Amaryllis called from behind the door to her changing room.

"Yeah, are you Cress?" Lily asked.

"Yep, on three," Cressida said.

"One."

"Two."

"Three."

They all simultaneously jumped out their rooms and inspected each other's outfits they walked out to show the boys. They stared and Remus and Sirius paid attention in particular to their girlfriends. Cressida was wearing a very revealing black dress that was strapless and was like a corset at the top and was tight at the bottom as well and it went to just passed her knees. Sirius hadn't failed to notice how sexy it was. He stared at her with a lustful leer.

Amaryllis was wearing a short skirt that stuck out a bit like a tutu, it was a dark brown colour and suited her hair well, she had chosen a tight plain white tank top to go with it and looked really nice and girlie. Remus liked her style; it was original and suited her well.

Lily was yet again different to her friends she had a more understated look, she wasn't as into flashing too much skin. She had chosen jeans that went to just above her knee and she wore a white T-shirt and a bright blue short jacket over the top. She looked cool and fashionable. The girls all looked at each other. They always had great luck when it came to shopping so they decided their first outfits were definite yes's. They went into the changing rooms and tried on more of their outfits. Through all the clothes they tried on they found more stuff they liked and stuff they didn't like. The boys sat and waited, you could tell that they were bored but they made an effort to tell the girls how nice they looked in every outfit.

Eventually they got through all the clothes and had decided what things they wanted. Cressida was getting the dress she had tried on, some hipster light blue jeans with big rips in the knees and thighs of the jeans, also she had chosen a red T-shirt that had juicy printed in big red letter on in. Amaryllis had the skirt and tank top, and also she had chosen a pink hooded jumper that was quite tightly fitted. Lastly Lily had her jacket T-shirt and short jeans, she had also decided to buy a bottle green rap around cardigan. They all paid for their stuff and dragged the boys up a floor where the means clothes were. The boys didn't seem that interested though.

"Come on its your turn to shop," Cressida said. But the boys just put on pouty faces.

"Whatever, you are going to shop whether you like it or not," Lily said and she pushed James towards a rack of clothes. The other did the same for the other boys. The girls started picking out clothes for the boys, choosing things they liked while the boys stood and sulked about being bossed about. The girls made them try then on and the boys bought a selection of stuff like the girls. Like T-shirts and jeans and some shirts.

They finally finished shopping in Harrods and moved onto Selfridges. Lily got two bathing suits, one was a bright red bikini and was a halterneck that was less revealing than Cressida's and the bottom were hot pants with a belt around the middle. Another she got was green bikini and was like a bra with the straps over the shoulder and the bottom tied at the sides. The other girls got some things as well like handbags and shoes. Cressida bought some stunning metal stiletto heeled black pointed shoes and Amaryllis bought a bright pink bowling style bag and bought some matching trainers. Lily found some shoes that matched perfectly with her blue jacket.

The boys didn't buy anything in Selfridges and finally the girls gave in and stopped shopping. The boys were so bored. Instead they took the boys to the cinema, the boys had never been and the girls really wanted to see this new romantic comedy. They got a taxi to the nearest cinema and they all got tickets.

The boys finally perked up at the thought of having food and each boy got popcorn, a extra large drink, nachos, sweets, and a hot dog.

"My god," Cressida said watching in shock at the boys eating habits.

"What?" Sirius said shoving the hotdog into his mouth and engulfing half of it. Cressida shook her head and the gang entered the cinema screen and sat down on the back row. Obviously the couples sat together and this left James and Lily together on the end of the row. The couple got comfy with Remus putting his arm around Amaryllis and Sirius abandoning his food for a while to start making out with Cressida. Lily looked at her friends and felt happy for them. They were happy and that's what mattered.

The movie started and Lily just watched instead of worrying about being single. The movie was great, it was a really romantic story about a boy who was in love with a girl for his whole life but they were best friends and he couldn't get the courage to tell her. Finally he did and discovered that she was in love with him as well and they finally got together. The movie got a bit steamy at this point as the sex scene came.

Lily felt extremely uncomfortable sitting next to James, her friends were oblivious to what was going on in the movie, Sirius and Cressida were practically on top of each other and Remus and Amaryllis were kissing quietly completely into each other. Lily played with her hands hoping it would end soon but the scene carried on. She looked over at James and he was watching the movie not looking at her.

He noticed she was looking and turned to her she immediately put her eyes towards the screen again. He smiled to himself. She was obviously uncomfortable with the situation; he wasn't as conscious of the surrounding and the movie wasn't bothering him. She kept fiddling with her hands, she had long delicate fingers he noticed and wore a small ring with a little diamond on it on her right hand.

He itched to take her hand in his own. But that would be overstepping the boundary of friends which they seemed to be of late. He instead of thinking so much carried on watching the movie and left his thoughts for another time.

The movie finished and Lily stood up and stretched, stiff from sitting down for an hour and a half. The movie had been brilliant, it had made her want to laugh and cry at once, definitely her kind of movie. She looked to her friends and Amaryllis were standing up with her smiling at each other. Cressida and Sirius though looked as though they hadn't come up for breath for the whole movie. Lily coughed but they didn't part, she picked up the last of someone's popcorn and threw some at them.

"Hey! Break it up!" Lily called laughing slightly at them. They stopped kissing and turned to Lily.

"Jealous, there enough Sirius to go around" Sirius said winking at Lily, Cressida slapped Sirius' arm and he gave her a big sloppy kiss on the cheek. Lily turned to get out the aisle and followed James out of the cinema with her friends following.

"I'll go phone the drivers," James said walking over to a pay phone.

"Today was fun," Amaryllis said as James walked away.

"Yeah, if this is what the summer is going to be like, it doesn't look like its going to be a total bore," Lily said.

"What do you mean? How could it ever be boring with me around?" Sirius said giving his trademark "you know you love me" smile.

"Yeah whatever," Lily said smirking at his stupid behaviour. James walked back to them.

"The cars are waiting outside." He said.

"That was quick," Lily said.

"That's magic," James said smiling.

"Come on lets go." Sirius said slinging his arm around Cressida's shoulders and guiding her towards the door. The others following smiling and laughing about things

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