Little Moments
Summary: Lily Evans was never paid heed to be the Marauders. Why should this year be any different? But there is one difference in this year; the six years are assigned to be a job shadow for two months. Lily Evans is assigned to be a Medi-witch. James falls off his broom and has to spend a few weeks in the hospital wing. Rated R for language and sex. R/R!
A/n: My first Lily/James story. I hope it turns out the way I want it to. I have so many ideas for it that I didn't know which one to do. Finally I decided to explain out how Lily and James got together, of course, and why Peter Pettigrew suddenly held a grudge against the two. Just what did drive him to do what he did? I hope to explain that in this story! So sit back and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I own nothing…….
Chapter Eighteen: The Boys Are Back In Town
"I don't understand why we have to go to all these clothes shops." Sirius groaned as we walked to our first clothes shop of the day.
"Because some idiot packed Mary's clothes instead of mine." I rudely reminded him.
I was wearing Mary's halter top, my one pair of jeans, and James's jacket, and I was still freezing my arse off. It must have been one fucking cold day. A day on which we decided to go Christmas shopping in London. Apparently it was a tradition between the boys. I was kind of happy to be part of it.
"I didn't do it on purpose!" He held up his hands to surrender.
I glared at him, "Yeah, right."
He wrapped an arm around my shoulder, "Although, If I did...it would have been a great idea because you look great in them."
I pushed his arm away, "Note to self, never ever wear this again."
"Aw, come on. Lily, you know you feel sexy." Sirius said making me blush deeply.
"I most certainly do not feel 'sexy'." I yelled earning a few odd looks from the people around us.
"You know you want to thank me."
"I do not!"
"You do too!"
"I do not! I want to kill you!"
"Bloody hell! Stop it!" James yelled louder than both me and Sirius, "Stop arguing! Lily, you look good. Drop it. Sirius, stop being such an arse." He shook his head and sighed, "I always have to be the peace maker. Let's go in this one." I looked at the store we were standing in front of. It had big purple letters over the door that read: Stacy's Individuality. It looked decent.
We walked in, and I got a totally different view of the store. It was formal and fancy. I didn't have enough muggle money to pay for all of this! There was no way in hell I could even afford one scarf. I looked around. The boys had scattered in all different directions. I quickly spotted James looking at a small black dress. I ran up to him.
"James." I whispered so the lady behind the counter couldn't hear us, "I can't afford any of this."
"Relax," He said still expecting the dress. "I said I'd pay for your clothes."
I frowned, "You can't afford any of this stuff either!" My voice dropped even lower, "You'd have to have muggle money."
He smirked finally looking away from that stupid black dress, "How do you know I can't afford any of this?" He grabbed the dress off the rack, "Try it on, and get a bunch before going in there. We can't wait for you to change 50 million times." I stared down at the black dress. How could James afford this? Was he rich or something?
"Lily! Where are you? Come over here!" I walked to the other side of the store absentmindedly.
"Go try these on." James said after I had about eight different outfits in my hands. I nodded and headed for the changing rooms.
"We'll be right outside, and we want to see them all." Sirius yelled making it sound dirty. I rolled my eyes. He was all boy.
The first thing I tried on was that black dress. It fit snuggly around my curves. It would have been perfect had it not dropped down so low in the front. I had to hold it up so the boys wouldn't see my bra.
"It's a little big." James said walking up to me, "What do you guys think?"
Remus made a face, "I don't think it suits her." Peter nodded his head in agreement.
"Maybe if you moved your hands we could—"
He reached up to move my hands away. He got one away and part of the dress fell. Acting on instincts I slapped his cheek, and pulled the dress back up. I turned and walked back to the dressing room not waiting to hear his reaction.
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After trying on and not liking all the other outfits the boys started bringing stuff in for me to try on. Surprisingly, I trusted them.
Remus was the first to bring me a white shirt and black pants. It was very classy and comfortable. Peter was next and he brought me a pair of jeans and a t-shirt that said 'The Beatles'. I definitely liked that one.
James's was the outfit I was currently trying on. It was a short red dress that fell above my knee. It wasn't low cut in the front but came down to my mid back in the back. It was very lovely, and fit like a dream.
I walked out to the boys receiving cat calls from them all. I blushed deeply and turned around in a circle, "You like it?"
I received a few 'nods' and 'yeahs'. I'm guessing it looked pretty good. I smiled and walked to three mirrors that were placed on the wall in an order so I could see all around me. I shifted part of the dress watching it fall back into place as I let go of it.
I smiled, turned around, and walked back into my dressing room. I frowned noticing my clothes I wore here were missing. I shrugged it off and took the red dress off placing it on the outside of my dressing room for James to put in the pile of keep clothes.
"Lily?" Sirius asked.
"Yes?" I yelled letting him know which stall I was in.
"Here is your next outfit." He through it over the top, picked up the red dress, and ran.
I frowned and picked it up. I immediately blushed a deep red. It was a black silk night gown that would barely cover my bum. It was spaghetti strapped and low cut. It also had a black lace wrap that went with it. I blushed even more as thought about wearing it. There was no way. I looked around and groaned. I had no other clothes in there with me. I was going to KILL Sirius.
"What'd you give her to try on?" I heard James ask Sirius.
I could tell Sirius was smirking his I-did-something-bad smirk, "You'll see."
I blushed and peeked out. I could see all the boys waiting on me expectantly.
I groaned, "Sirius! I'm not doing this. You're a bastard!"
He grinned, "You have no choice, Love"
I closed my eyes tightly and walked out with the wrap wrapped completely around me. I opened one eye after a few minutes of no one saying anything.
"Wow." Peter said quietly making me feel a little less embarrassed, or a little more. It just seemed the more I thought about it the worse it got.
"You can say that again." Remus said.
Sirius finally whistled a cat call, "You should listen to me more often!" Now, I'm really embarrassed.
"Give me my clothes." I said through clenched teeth. James picked up my clothes out of the floor next to Sirius and walked up to me. He grinned with a look in his eye I had never seen. I took the clothes and ran to the stall. Damn that stupid Sirius. Always making it easier for James to mock me...
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"You can't go all day without talking to me."
"Watch me."
"HA! You just talked to me."
I growled, "Just because I talked to you doesn't mean I have to be nice to you."
"That doesn't make any sense! You're never nice to me." Sirius yelled back at me.
I gasped, "You know good and well, I'm always nice to you! Name one time I wasn't!"
"What about when you called me gay?" He reminded me.
I rolled my eyes, "That was after you were making fun of me for..."
I stopped short and blushed looking over at James who seemed to be ignoring our whole conversation. Sirius and I hadn't stopped fighting since we left Stacy's. That was a good hour or two ago. We were now wondering slowly up and down London's streets going in and out of random sport stores.
"For what, Lily?" Sirius urged me to go one wearing a full on smirk. He knew exactly what he had made fun of me about. He was just begging me to say it.
"You know exactly what I am talking about." I clenched my jaw making it hard to talk.
"OH!" Sirius said as if he had just remembered, "You mean how you fawn after James!" He just had to say it. There was no way around it. Damn him. Damn him to hell.
I glared evilly and opened my mouth to respond but James cut me off, "Sirius...stop teasing her. It's gets annoying."
I looked at James surprised. It was the first sentence he had said since we left Stacy's. The first glance he had even given me. It's amazing how bothered I felt that he wasn't giving me any attention. That one day I spend with all his attention really spoiled me. I now craved it...well...maybe not craved, but it would be nice to be acknowledged every now and then.
We walked a long ways in silence. Remus and Peter were trotting closely behind. Remus's gaze seemed fixed on the brown headed girl in front of us. He hadn't looked away since she started walking in front of us. He was probably planning some kind of bump in with her. Any excuse to talk to her. I thought it was rather cute.
Peter was the second person who had made this day rather uncomfortable. He kept staring at me. Well, I felt like he was staring at me. He probably wasn't. It was most likely just a think in my head. Something about Peter just gives me such an eerie feeling. Call it woman's intuition or whatever.
I gasped and froze. All the boys stopped and gazed at me.
"What is it?" Sirius asked.
I grinned, "It's...It's...wow." It was so big and beautiful. The picture perfect place to get a Christmas present. I was in love.
"What is it!" Sirius asked again a little more impatient.
My smile grew even more, "It's a bookstore! Can we go? Can we? Pleasssse."
"God, Evans. You sound like a child begging to go to a toy store. What's so exciting about books?" James grumbled.
I gasped. How could he ask that? Books were every thing to me. Well, maybe not everything, but I'd be lost without them. I tugged on James's sleeve, "Let's go! I'll show you my favorite book!"
James rolled his eyes, "Now, I'm excited." I glared at him.
"I'll go with you, Lily. I'd love to see your favorite book."
"Why thank-you, Peter." I stuck my tongue out at James as Peter held the bookstore's door open for me. James rolled his eyes and followed behind Peter.
"You guys go ahead, "Remus mumbled, "I have some business to take care of." He winked before heading over to the brown haired girl.
The minute I entered that book store I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Two stories filled with books just begging to be read. Wanting me to pick them. To Take them home, and read them. It was such a hard decision which one to pick. It was like trying to pick out the cutest puppy dog at the pet store when you just wanted to name them all and take them in as your own!
I was also sure I could find a gift for Remus here. He needed a book. Everyone needed a book. I could even find Mr. and Mrs. Potter something here. I grinned as an idea hit me. I knew the perfect gifts.
"Are you going to look around or just stand there all day?" James mumbled from behind me. I blushed realizing I had paused in the doorway blocking anyone from entering or leaving.
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It took me near an hour to find the perfect gift for everyone. I had finally settled on getting Remus a new book that had just came out. It was by Stephen King. 'Cycle of the Werewolf' was its name. Who wouldn't like learning about such an interesting creature such as the werewolf? It was always my favorite in class.
For Mr. Potter, or Frank (I'll never get used to calling him that.), I got a muggle book on cars. I thought I could at least make up for my rudeness James's caused. It was a very interesting book on how Henry Ford had made the first car. It also told how conveyor-belts came to be. I hoped he'd enjoy it.
For Mrs. Potter (or Harriet), I got 'Flowers in the attic'. A timeless classic that I enjoyed reading over and over. I nearly cried every time I read it. I don't know if that would make up for not doing the dishes with her, but hopefully it will improve something.
By time we finished all of our Christmas shopping it was 5:30 and time to head home for supper. We were currently walking to a darken alley way to call the knightbus. "You guys go ahead and call it. I have to pick up one more thing." James mumbled before walking away.
"But it will only take a second for it to get here!" Sirius yelled after him, but James was already out of ear shot.
"Fine," Sirius mumbled, "We'll leave without him." I found out quickly that Sirius gets as grumpy as baby when he isn't fed regularly, and shopping was something he wasn't fond of at all.
Remus chuckled and patted his friend on the back, "Come on, Sirius, we won't leave without him this time."
Sirius huffed, "fine."
"But next time, we'll be out of here." Remus said almost babying Sirius.
"And I get to be the one to call the bus." Sirius mumbled.
A/n: I love this chapter. I love the way Sirius and Lily fought the whole time. They always seem to clash when they are together yet they still like each other enough to be friends. It's so cute! Anyways, thanks for the reviews! You guys are so awesome. I love getting reviews. I love a lot of things in this author's note.
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