A/N: yay! More reviews! Last time I checked, I had 46 reviews! That is so much more than I ever expected! Thank you all so much, and I hope you keep reading and enjoying my imagination…I mean, my fic. Wow…it's only taken me about a week to post my next chapter! Be proud for me. Well, actually its all Grace's fault…she kept telling me to hurry up and update….so if you hate this chapter, it's not my fault that I didn't have enough time to figure out what was actually going to happen in this chapter! And if you like/love it, I take al the credit! Well, actually no, you can blame Grace for that too…I guess.
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BTW: next week I go back to school, after 8 weeks summer holidays! So I probably wont be updating as often as I'd like, especially when assessment starts all over again. OMG, year 10, its sounds so scary.
Anyways…here is the next chapter.
James was burning with curiosity. What on earth could Remus want to talk to Lily about? And why was she going with him? Wasn't she furious with him for the events of the morning? This girl sure was complicated. James had no idea what she was thinking, but perhaps Remus was trying to tell Lily not to be angry with him and James anymore. That certainly would be nice.
Oh, but wait, he could hear them now, the doorknob turning as he peeked around the corner, ready to see what miracles Remus had achieved. James came out from his hiding place, expecting to find that Lily would be ready to forgive him.
He was extremely shocked to find however, that not only had Lily forgiven Remus for James' interruption this morning, but that she was now walking down the corridor with his arm around her waist and her eyes locked with his. James almost swallowed a family of flies that happened to be passing when his jaw dropped in amazement and almost instant horror when he saw this.
It was at this moment that Lily saw James and her eyes lit up. She waved and said, 'we're so glad we ran into you dearest James! We were hoping that you would be the first to hear of our good news!'
James managed to pull himself together enough to ask, 'and what news would that be?' Though he thought he already knew the answer to that question..
'Oh, just that Remus and I have finally found the courage to confess our feelings for each other,' she finished lightly.
James gulped and after another adoring look into each other's eyes, Remus went on to inform James, 'yes, after this morning's little….disagreement, we found that it was only our love trying to escape. We could never, ever be angry at each other. I missed her too much already, didn't I my delicate flower?'
Lily nodded her agreement and rested her head on Remus' shoulder, her arms around his waist. With an innocent look, she said to James, 'and we were hoping, if it isn't too much to ask.'
'We were hoping that if you could be happy for us-we understand if you're not-but if you are, this morning's events will be forgiven and forgotten,' Remus finished.
Lily giggled. 'See,' she said sweetly, 'we're already finishing each other's sentences. How could you possibly be anything but happy for us? We're just so perfect for each other.'
James' brain jumped into action. 'Right,' he thought. 'I can either be completely immature and yell and scream and get angry, and lose Remus, let alone Lily, forever, or I can act like I am happy and we can all be friends. What does it matter anyway? I bet it'll last a week at most.'
'Sure, that's great you guys. I always knew you had some sort of deep connection going on there,' he said calmly. Lily smiled and said, 'terrific, now, all is forgiven, and who knows Potter, maybe we can even be friends.'
'Maybe Evans. Maybe you'll realise just what you're missing and you'll choose me instead,' James thought to himself. Maybe he still had a chance after all.
'Anyway, I'll leave you two pranksters to your own devices. I have some urgent business to attend to,' said Lily with a wink and a wave as she descended a staircase on her way to the Great Hall.
'So Prongs, how about it? Friends?' asked Remus sincerely, extending his hand.
'Sure Moony, just so long as you know that if you're doing this for the…wrong reasons, that it wont last, and I'll be after her again. I don't mind relinquishing her for the time being, especially if it means regaining your friendship and seeing you happy. But just watch out, just because Evans is yours now, it doesn't mean that my feelings will evaporate,' said James coolly, taking Remus' hand, and they both shook whilst staring at each other.
'See, Prongs, the reason Lily, will never go out with you is because you view her as property to acquire and retain. Until you learn to change your ways, you'll never get her, as such,' said Remus, not rudely, but just as if he was explaining a difficult concept, like long division, to a particularly slow individual.
James shrugged, pushing that true, yet annoying piece of information to the back of his mind. As a way of getting things going again, he asked curiously, 'where did Evans go by the way?'
'Oh, I imagine she was going to inform her friends, you know how girls are.'
James laughed a little, and then Remus went on to say, 'Oh, and she was also going to find Mark. I'm afraid this will not be a good day for him.'
James found this extremely amusing and added in a much more friendly tone than before, 'Thank God. At least some good has come out of this. He really did deserve to be taken down a peg or two. Congrats Moony, you have done a service to the whole of the Hogwarts community. At least he'll stop gloating now.'
They both laughed and followed the path Lily had taken to the Great Hall.
Meanwhile, downstairs, Lily had found Gem and Ella and had dragged them from lunch, down a corridor and then into an empty bathroom. As she relayed the events of the last 20 minutes to them, a mischievous look came upon them and when she was done, they cheered and clapped for this sudden change of plans.
'Yay for Lily. What a brilliant idea! Are you sure you and Remus can pull this off though? Wont James smell a rat?' Queried Gem.
'Yeah. And how do you know that Remus isn't just doing this to get you and James closer? He can be very sneaky you know. You better watch out Miss Evans!' pointed out Ella.
'Wouldn't it be hilarious if she actually fell for Remus? Or, even better, if she did fall for James. I'd pay good money to see that!' continued a giggling Gem, who had now started Ella into hysterics as well.
Lily groaned, and attempting to push them off the bench on which they were sitting, said, 'ladies, please, let's NOT get carried away here. Why on earth would I actually fall for Remus? He's really sweet and all that jazz, but since when have I been attracted to guys like him? And as for James…can you actually be serious? I mean, I'm sure he's nice and all, but has he ever been to me? Once upon a time, I could put up with his public humiliation, but after that event in first year, he stepped way out of line, and he's been horrible ever since.'
'I suppose this means we can stop pretending to hate the Marauders?' asked Ella, who, in secret, actually had pretty strong feelings for a certain Marauder, who shall remain nameless at this stage.
The other two were serious again, and Gem prompted Lily, 'but what about now? Could you at least tolerate him for the time being? For our sakes?'
Lily nodded reluctantly and said, 'I guess so. At least now he knows I'm of limits.'
And with that, the bell rang, sending Lily racing for her Ancient Runes classroom, where she had to give Mark his bad news.
A/N: there, now hopefully at least Grace is happy. If anyone else is, click on that little blue button down there, that's it, the one on the left, and just type me a short review. For all those who already have reviewed, I will eventually get around to reading your stories, just be patient. Oh, and I'm sorry that this was so short, as usual. I do try, but I just end the chapter wherever I feel is the best time. Besides, it looks much longer when I'm typing it then it does actually on the site.
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