His Final Year
Chapter Seven: Emeralds
The rest of the train ride was calm, except the argument between the guys and the girls about going to see Madam Pomfrey. The girls had done a great job on the guys, but they still felt they should see her. After lots of convincing and begging, the girls finally gave in and said they didn't have to.
Everyone got more than excited when they got off the train. It was such an amazing thing, coming back and seeing the beautiful castle each year. The Marauders sat at their usual seat at their usual table in the Great Hall. James, Sirius, and Remus grabbed the girls and led them over to the table. The guys sat on one side with the girls on the other. Remus sat on the far left, beside James. Sirius was on James's left, with Peter on his left. Mel sat across from Remus, Lily sat across from James, and, with much disappointment, Alex sat across from Sirius.
The sorting seemed to fly by fast, with many new Gryffindors. After another interesting, yet very odd speech from Professor Dumbledore, the feast began. Sirius and James immediately grabbed as much food as they could, causing everyone else to laugh. Alex looked at Sirius, sighed, and rolled her eyes. He stopped eating and looked at her.
"Why were you laughing at Prongs for doing the exact same thing I'm doing, but yet you get annoyed with me? It's because you have deep feelings for me you don't want to show yet right?" He grinned, and she began to laugh.
"Please. You're a nuisance." With that she turned her attention to Lily. Remus and Mel were having their own little talk, causing the others to smile. James stole a quick glance at Lily and blushed when she caught him. She leaned closer to him from across the table and whispered so Mel and Remus couldn't hear her.
"Why doesn't he ask her out already? They both really like each other."
"He's not ready to I guess. He will in time though. He likes her too much not to." He glanced at his friend, a smile growing on his face seeing his friend look so happy. Lily noticed his smile and smiled too. They all had a great time at dinner. After everyone, including James and Sirius, got positively full, Professor Dumbledore stood up and called for everyone's attention. "Students I hope you all have enjoyed the feast. Everyone should now retire to his or her common room; first years follow your prefects. But before we do, I would like to see our Head Boy and Head Girl for this year, so Miss Evans, Mr. Potter if you would join me please." With that, everyone slowly exited the Great Hall. James and Lily stood, bid good-bye to their friends, and walked over to the Headmaster.
"Ah, here you are. I wanted to show you where your Head dorms are for this year. You are allowed to stay in the common room anytime you wish, but these dorms are yours as well. You may friends in the dorms if you wish. Here we are." They arrived at a big wooden door. "You both need to agree on a password."
They looked over at each other, and James smiled. "You can pick it. I trust you."
Lily thought and thought and couldn't really think of one. "Um…" she laughed, "I don't know, I can't think of one. You pick."
James looked at Lily and studied her face. Man, I love her eyes. They're so gorgeous. He smiled. "Emerald." She looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "Sorry, I was looking at your eyes and they're really green, it was the first thing that popped in my head. We can change it if you don't like."
She smiled and looked to Professor Dumbledore. "Emerald it is." He smiled and nodded. The doors swung open. They walked into a room that looked a lot like the common room. It had a big couch, two big comfy chairs, a big table to study on, and a huge, blaring fireplace. It had two staircases, which led up to their rooms. There was another door, which they figured led to the bathroom. They walked in and looked all around at the beautiful room.
"Well, I'll bid you both goodnight. You can pick either room; they'll automatically change to fit you and your needs. Sleep well." With a twinkle in his eye, he smiled at the two and left the room. James strode over to the couch and threw himself on it. Lily walked around the room. James just watched her smiling and walking around looking at everything. She looked over at him and smiled.
"Is there a particular reason you're staring at me?"
He blushed and looked down. "Sorry. Just zoned out."
She walked over and sat on a chair. She kept smiling. "Liar." He smiled and looked at her. "So which room do you want?"
He shrugged. "I'll take whatever. I'm easy going."
"Ok then I want that room." She pointed to the staircase on the right. He nodded and yawned. He touched his head where he got the gash in it from before.
"Thank-you for taking care of me…it means a lot to me."
She smiled. "Well, you did start the fight because Malfoy said…that. I should be thanking you for sticking up for me. I'm really glad we're going to be friends this year James."
He smiled and reached over to her, wrapping his arms around her in a hug. "Me too Lily." She smiled and returned the hug.