His Final Year
Chapter Sixteen: Some Great Gals
It seemed as though Remus and the Marauders hadn't even told Lily about Remus's secret; she never uttered a word to anyone about it, including them, and she never hinted at it. To Remus's pure delight, she didn't treat him any different. Life was going back toward sanity at Hogwarts.
James and Lily were curled up on the big couch in their dorm, a big fire burning beautifully in the fireplace. James was stretched completely out on the couch, Lily lying beside him, her head on his chest. They had Head duties to discuss, but they always figured that they should at least be allowed to be comfortable when discussing such important things.
James yawned loudly, shutting his eyes. Lily playfully hit his chest, causing him to open his eyes and look down at her. "Don't' you even think about going to sleep on me Mr. Potter."
He looked shocked and hurt. "Why Miss Evans, I would never dream of doing such a thing! I'm merely suggestion we both call it a night and fall asleep, if you'd like to join me."
Lily started laughing. "Not now James, we've still got work to do." He yawned again, causing her to laugh harder. He raised his eyebrows at her. "You look so funny when you yaw. It's cute." He smiled and bent his head down to kiss her.
"Alright babe, so what else should we discuss?" Lily looked away, yawning herself but trying to hide it from him. He noticed and grinned, tickling her waist. "I saw that you know!" She laughed so hard she could barely breath. He finally stopped, laughing with her. She rested against his chest, trying to regain her breath. He played with her hair, dropping his voice to a whisper. "Hey I've got an idea…why don't we organize a dance?"
Lily was about to sit up, but she realized it wasn't nearly as comfortable as James. She smiled at him, laying her head back on his chest. "You mean like a school dance?"
He kissed the top of her head. "Yeah. Everyone could have a chance to dress up, couples could have some time for them, Remus could grow the balls to ask Mel out." Lily laughed. "You know it'd be like those one muggle thingys…ummm…"
Lily smiled. "Proms."
"Yeah exactly. It could be a winter dance, like the weekend before school breaks for Christmas. So what do you think?" Lily yawned again and nodded against his chest.
"I love it." She looked up at him, smiling. He smiled back and kissed her cheek. She shut her eyes and kissed him right on his lips, neither pulling away for quite some time. Lily finally broke the kiss, lying back down on James, curling up until they both fell asleep.
James and Lily woke up to a great amount of pressure on both of them. Lily opened her eyes first; James just groaned and started yelling. "Padfoot get your fat ass off of us now!" When he made no attempt to get off of James and Lily, James pushed Sirius as hard as he could onto the floor, causing Lily and Remus to start laughing. "Padfoot my dear friend, I'm sorry to tell you this; you need to lose some weight my fat friend."
Sirius's eyes became as big as saucers. "No, my dear Prongs! Say it isn't so!" He took off running out the door, stopping the first girl he saw, which happened to be a fifth year. He pulled his shirt up, looking straight at her. "Don't lie to me…am I fat?"
The poor girl nearly fainted. "Well, umm…n-no…y-you look very fit." Sirius sighed and hugged her tight. He let go and grinned at her, causing her to hold her breath. He ran back into the room where James, Lily, and Remus were holding their sides from laughing so hard.
Sirius ran right at James and jumped on him. "You liar! How dare you?" Sirius finally got off of James, allowing Lily to snuggle closer to him again.
James looked as his friends, grinning like mad. "So why in the hell did you two wake us up this early on a Saturday?" Lily yawned and kissed James on the cheek.
Remus sighed and looked down. "I'm going to tell them."
Lily and James both sat up and stared at him. Sirius remained quite, looking at Remus as well. James ran a hand through his hair, locking eyes with Sirius. They understood how hard this was for their friend; besides the Marauders, he had never told anyone and now he was about to tell his crush.
Lily walked over and gave him a hug. "When?" Remus shrugged and looked at the floor again. "They'll understand. They care about you and love you." He just nodded, unable to say anything. "Want me to get them?" He finally looked at her, but he could only nod. She hugged him again and headed out the door.
Remus looked at James, putting on a smile. "She really is the best you know?"
James grinned and sat back. "That she is. She's got me hooked."
Sirius laughed. "Hell she's got you whipped boy! You belong to her now buddy." James just grinned, not saying anything. Remus sighed.
"I'm so nervous. I really like her guys. I mean…she's going to…"
James sat up again and butted in. "…be exactly like Lily. She's right Moony; the girls all love you and care about you. It won't change."
Remus sighed again. "I just don't want her to be scared of me."
Sirius walked over and hit Remus across the head. "Have you not listened to anything the future Mrs. Prongs has said like ever? As she said 'you're too sweet to be scary'. I always thought you were a better listener than dear old Prongs and I!"
Remus smiled at his friends and took a deep breath. The door finally opened and Lily walked in, followed by Mel and Alex. Mel took one look at Remus and blushed, which everyone but Remus noticed. Lily walked in and sat next to James, Mel and Alex sitting wherever they could find a seat. No one spoke for a while until Mel broke the silence.
"Well…what's going on?" Remus sighed and cleared his throat.
"Um…well I wanted to talk to you and Alex about something rather important about me. James and Sirius already know and Lily just recently found out. I asked her not to tell you because I felt I needed to so don't be mad at her." Lily smiled at him. He smiled for a second, then sighed again. "When I was young I was…I was bitten by a werewolf."
Mel and Alex gasped. "Every full month I go to the Shrieking Shack by traveling under a secret tunnel under the Whomping Willow. When James, Sirius, and Peter found out, they became illegal Animagi. They transform and sneak out and we go all around the grounds together."
Mel and Alex reacted much like Lily. Neither said anything, just sat there, taking it in. Remus started getting extra nervous, worrying that they were going to freak out and leave. Instead they both rushed over and hugged him, giving him a kiss on each cheek. Mel smiled at him. "You had me scared to death! I thought you were dying or something!" She laughed and hugged him again, both of them closing their eyes and just hugging each other.
Sirius grabbed Alex and threw her on his lap, grinning at her. "You know, I turn into a leprechaun every two weeks…" He puckered up his lips as though to kiss her; she grabbed a pillow and hit him as hard as she could right in the face.
"Not on your life Mr. Black!" Lily and James laughed and stared at the frustrated lovers, smiling at each other. James leaned over and kissed her, both of them glad they were actually together.