Chapter 18: Sirius' Secret

They had 3 days left together in James' mansion. This day was extremely boring however. With rain outdoors and no cable or magic (well, a little bit) indoors, they had done absolutely nothing since they woke at 7:00 a.m. and it was now 1:00 p.m. They looked around hoping that something would jump out at them and they would have something to do. So far, their gazes were to no avail.

"Oh my God! I can't believe I didn't think of this before!" Lily yelled.

"What, Lily flower?" James raised his eyebrows in confusion.

"Well, you got a spare room, James dear?" Lily asked.

"Hmm. The fifth room on the 3rd floor is free, but…"

"Bye!" Lily jumped up and ran off, flying up to the stairs and heading straight to her room then to the vacant one.

"What do you think she's up to, Padfoot?"

"No idea, Prongs. But, you might wanna check that room later."

About 20 minutes to half an hour later, Lily came skipping down the stairs, grabbed Mariah and Carey from Remus and Sirius. She pulled them away and chatted while they giggled. Then, after about 5 minutes of explanation, the girls each went back to their boyfriends. They held out their hands to help up their guys and pulled out their wands. Muttering a small charm, each girl was wrapped in a long towel. With a snap, the guys' heads turned around to look at each girl and absolutely loved what they saw. Until…

The girls pointed their wands at the boys and in another flash, the guys had a towel wrapped around their waists.

"Lily! Don't do that. It'll fall off and…well…"

"James dear, don't worry. We covered this aspect. The girls and I. We thought of the charm that would change the clothes and they wouldn't slip off. So, neither yours nor my towel will slip off and leave us rather embarrassed. No one's towel will fall."

"Well, it wouldn't have been that bad." He hugged her.

"C'mon, James. We have to go upstairs now. It's time!"

"Um…for what? It's time for what, Lily?"

"Just come with me, James. You'll see soon enough."

They walked up the stairs three floors. After passing 4 doors, they stopped at the 5th one, which, while standing next to, had hot steam flowing under the door.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I, Lily, present the rest of our day."

She opened the door and the other 5 stood in awe of it.

The room was a Greek steam bath. Marble pillars rose and decorated the golden room. There were curtains that could be pulled to make 3 private sections for each couple. There were rose petals of pink and red.

"Wow! Lily! This is amazing! How did you do it?"

"Well, just a few summoning and conjuring charms. Wasn't that hard. Pretty easy."

The curtains were tied back against the pillars. They stayed like that for about half an hour. Then, the curtains were drawn and each couple was left to themselves. James and Lily had the section at the back. Theirs was the best. At the back of the room, they had a window seat. The light poured in and the breeze blew the curtains about. It was like walking into a dream. The two of them had never experienced extreme bliss like this.

"Lily, this is the best idea you've ever had. I mean it!"

"You mean better than the time I blackmailed Sirius?"

"Yes, well, no, nothing beats seeing ole Padfoot squirm quite as much as he did because of one picture." (A/N: Shh, not telling!)

"Yeah, I still can't believed Sirius would go out with…"

"Lily! We swore not to talk about that again! We swore to Sirius, our friend and trusted buddy!"

"Ha! He's more your friend than mine, James. Therefore, as far as I can see, I can talk about it."

"Ok, ok. I promise not to talk about Sirius dating…"

"LILY!"

"Fine!" And she dunked him.