Le 17th Chapter

The next morning Lily woke up and lifted her head to see James still fast asleep next to her on the bed. She carefully lifted his arm and shimmied out from under the covers, set her feet on the carpet and crept silently from the room.
Lily walked down the stairs towards the kitchen and shivered as she stepped onto the cold floor. She put the kettle, and then starting looking through the fridge for something to make for breakfast.

"Lilllly! Lemme have that shadow back!" Carmen called from Lily's bathroom. It was later that night and the group had decided to check out the club that had just opened in the next town over. The girls were flitting back and forth between Lily's room and their guest room, trying on shirts, throwing them off, contemplating new outfits and perfecting each others' makeup. Lily had been the first to settle on what to wear (a very tight, very short black skirt and a red, sparkly top with an artfully ripped hemline) and was now serving as ringleader to help the other girls finish getting ready.
"C'MON GIRLS! WHAT IS TAKING YOU GUYS SO LONG!" they heard Sirius yell up the stairs at them. Lily poked her head out of the door and yelled back,
"IN A MINUTE, BLACK!" and then promptly went back to fixing Sarah's mascara.

Finally, almost a half an hour later, all of the girls had settled on their clothes and put the finishing touches on their makeup. They walked down the stairs and met the boys, who all looked very impatient.
"Finally," sighed Sirius, "you guys took long enough." But his un-satisfaction with the girls' sense of timing didn't seem to bother him enough to not put his arm around Carmen as they headed out the door.
Half of the group squeezed into Ray's car and the other half followed in Carmen's mom's car, as they sped away out of the neighborhood gates.

By the time the group arrived at the club, it was already buzzing with music and people. Lily stepped out of Ray's car and waited for James to come around from the other side. He took her hand and they all moved towards the two large bouncers guarding the doors. Lily knew the best trick to getting into a club or bar when you were underage was the work the girl card, and she therefore made sure she was at the head of their group, along with Carmen.

James came up beside Lily and drew his arm around her waist, his hand resting on the top of her butt. One of the bouncers looked straight at Peter, who had been trying to stay out of sight behind Ray, and boomed at him, "I.D. Please," to which Peter squeaked and began fumbling with things in his pocket.

Peter finally managed to produce his fake license and handed it to the bouncer with trembling hands. The whole group watched as he examined the card, periodically looking back up at Peter, his face white as snow, and then back down. After over half a minute, the large man took one last look at Peter, and then let his eye rove over the rest of the group. His eyes paused momentarily on Lily and Carmen (and their chests) as well as Ray, before handed the I.D. back to Peter and nodded his head to let them in.

Lily grinned as they walked into the club and Carmen winked at the bouncer as she passed between the doors. Sirius saw this and draped his arm around her shoulders and kissed her on the cheek.
"Nice job," he whispered in her ear, and then they began to look for a table.

Lily winced slightly as she bit into her second lemon of the night and sucked out the juice. Next to her, James and Sirius slammed down two shot glasses and followed suit with their lemon slices. Carmen hooted gleefully from the other side of the table and took a celebratory swig from her bottle of butterbeer. Lily shook her head, laughing and then turned to James, who was licking the leftover lemon taste from his lips.
"Let's dance!" she screamed, jumping and pulling down her skirt. She held her hand out for James to take, which he did, and she pulled him onto the crowded dance floor. Nearby, Carmen and Sirius were attempting to dance, but somehow their lips had gotten in the way. Lily threw her hands up over her head and began moving her hips to the music while James swayed near her.

Two hours later, Lily and James stumbled out through the club doors and back towards the cars behind everyone else. Lily was giggling animatedly, while James did his best to keep her walking straight, which he did fairly well, considering he was also plastered. Suddenly Lily stopped short and flung herself onto him.
James forgot about getting to the car and kissed Lily back, their tongues going crazy in each others' mouth. James grabbed Lily's butt and lifted her into the air; she kissed his neck and breathed her beer-breath as she panted above him. James grabbed her lips with his again and groaned into her mouth.
"Oh, God. Look at them," Liz whispered from the car. "Someone go get them or we'll be here all night."
"Hey, lovers!" Sirius slurred loudly from the other car. "Let's...go!"
James managed to continue to hold Lily with one arm while he used to other to ask for another minute. He put his hand back and sucked deeply on Lily's lip.
She broke away, her chest heaving. "We have to go, we have-" then she broke down giggling again.
James grinned and kissed her quickly and carried her towards the second car. Ray held the door open for them and James slid Lily onto the seat and climbed in after her.
"Thanks, Ray ole' buddy..." he grinned at Ray as he closed to door.
"No problem," Ray replied and smiled as he walked around the car to the driver's seat. He had only had one beer to assure that he could drive them safely home; Liz was driving the other car.
Lily could hear Carmen and Sarah singing loudly, and very badly, from the other car as they began to pull away.

When they got home, everyone stumbled through the front door and ran off to their respective rooms. Lily told Carmen that she and Sirius could sleep in her room for the night, while she spent the night in James' room.
"Night!" she waved at Carmen before disappearing after James into his room.
She shut the door behind her and jumped onto James' bed. She lay with her head on the pillow, eyes closed, mouth open for a minute until she felt James' weight appear on the mattress next to her.
She opened her eyes and sat up. James was watching her, his eyes still a little glazed. Neither of them spoke before Lily moved across the bed to him and they began kssing again. This time, they started out slow; James broke the kiss and placed his lips on her shoulder, planting kisses down her collarbone and chest. She ran her hands through his hair and leaned her head back as the kisses tingled on her warm skin. She felt James slide his hand underneath her shirt and held back a gasp as her skin seemed to catch on fire at his touch. Lily pulled away and lifted her hands up over he head. James regarded them worriedly, but she smiled and kissed him lightly before lifting her arms again.
James slid both his hands back up Lily's shirt and pulled it cleanly over her head, discarding it on the floor. He kissed her again, his hands clasped around her bare stomach, his tongue massaging hers gently. Lily fidgeted with his belt buckle for a second before unhooking it, and pulling it back through his pants loops. She unbuttoned his pants and pulled down the zipper, giving James a second to pull down his pants and peel off his shirt, leaving him in just his boxers. Lily slid out of her skirt and threw it off the bed. She placed her arms around James' neck and kissed him, his hands traveling up her back to her bra, which he hesitated at before undoing the hook. He leaned Lily back onto the bed, his bare chest heaving against hers.
He looked into her eyes and asked, "Are you sure?"
Lily nodded, not taking her eyes off of his. She had sobered up enough to know what she was doing. "Yeah, I'm sure," she said, and then was kissed him and pulled him back down to the bed.

The next morning, Lily woke up to the bright sun streaming into the room through the window. She yawned and pulled the sheets a little higher as she turned over to see James still asleep next to her. His mouth was slightly open and his bare chest rose up and down as she watched him.
She smiled and kissed him on the cheek before throwing off the sheets and walking over to the bathroom to take a shower.

When Lily walked out of the shower 10 minutes later, James was up. He had put his boxers back on and was searching under the bed for his shirt. He looked up as she entered; James smiled when he saw her.
"Good morning," he said, standing up and walking over to her.
"Good morning," she replied, smiling too. "I'm gonna get dressed and head downstairs for breakfast."
"I'm right behind you; I just want a quick shower first, okay?" James said.
"K, I'll see you down there then," Lily kissed him and they walked in opposite directions. It was just then Lily realized that all of her other clothes were still in her room. Sighing heavily, she darted out of the room and across the hall to hers, where she opened the door slowly and peeked inside, her hair dripping on the carpet.
Carmen was lying face down on the bed, one hand hanging off the side as she snored loudly. After a second, Lily saw Sirius, half-dressed and sprawled on the floor next to the bed where Carmen slept. Lily held back a laugh and dashed across the room to grab some clothes. She heard a noise as she reached the door again, but when she looked, Carmen had simply rolled over and fallen back asleep. She smiled and shut the door behind her.

The water was still running when she ducked back into James' room; Lily slid into her bra and underwear and then fastened her most comfortable white jeans and through on a peasant top. She ran the towel over her long hair one more time and stepped out the door just as the sound of running water stopped.
Downstairs, Lily was greeted by Remus and Liz, as well as a very hung-over and disgruntled-looking Sarah. Eve was sitting next to her, her eyes closed and steaming mug of coffee in front of her on the counter; she didn't open her eyes when Lily sat down.
"Morning, Lily. Would you like some pancakes?" Remus offered, a funny grin on his face.
"Yes please," Lily replied, pouring herself some orange juice. She looked around. "Where are Ray and Peter this morning?" she asked as Remus put a plate of pancakes in front of her, along with a fork and knife.
"Ray went out to get a pack of cigarettes," he stopped to make a disgusted face, " and we don't know where Peter is...haven't seen him all morning. But that's Peter for you."
Lily nodded and re-capped the syrup bottle. She cut a piece of pancake out and tried it. "Yumm, very nice, Mr. Lupin; I didn't know you could cook."
"Not really, I can't...a few things, and pancakes are pretty easy. But thanks, I'm glad you like them."

Lily was on her third plate of pancakes when James wandered down the stairs, whistling a tune Lily didn't recognize. She greeted him when he walked in and he kissed her on the cheek.
"Morning everyone!" he said loudly and cheerily, making Eve wince.
"Well someone's chipper this morning. Did you have a good night last night?" Remus asked, his eyes traveling to Lily for a fraction of a second before he returned to flipping his pancakes.
Lily took a long gulp of orange juice. James continued to grin but didn't answer Remus. Instead he leaned over the counter and asked, "Are those pancakes?"
Remus smiled and passed his a fresh plate and a coffee mug.
"Thanks mate," James said as they heard the front door slam.
Everyone looked up to see Peter enter the hallway and start up the stairs.
"Morning, Peter! Would you like some breakfast?" Lily offered nicely and smiled at him. Peter stopped halfway up the stairs and turned to them.
"N-no...thank you, uh, Lily," he declined, and began turning back around before adding, "I'm just gonna...still tired.." he motioned up the stairs.
"Okay," Lily smiled again.
"Hey Peter, did you see Ray when you were outside?" Remus called to him suddenly. Peter stopped quickly and turned back. He was quiet for a second while they waited for his reply.
"Uhhh, no..no I never saw Ray this morning. Ok then, goodnight," and he hurried up to the top of the stairs and turned left towards his room.
"Weird kid..." Lily commented before going back to her breakfast.

hey guys, sorry i haven't added in while i couldn't rmemeber the last chapter that went up! anyway, the fic is done and it has only two more chapters, so get ready for the end! tear

i'll add more very soon!

Jes xo