A/N: hope you like it. This chappy is longer, so don't complain.
disclaimer: not mine.
Chapter fifteen.
Sirius is saying goodbye to Emma, and he's taking his time with it, I finished saying goodbye ages ago. James and I are just standing here while they make a whole kafuffle.
He is taking a very long time.
James and I are standing on Platform 9 ¾. My parents are late, as usual. My mum has never been good with punctuality.
Right that's it; I'm going to make him hurry up.
James has stomped over to him; Sirius looks annoyed. Hey, Mum and Dad are here! Petunia didn't come, thank god. Hang on James, I'm going to go and talk to Ellie and Remus, they make such a cute couple.
She'd kill you if she heard you say that.
…
Later, My house.
James and Sirius are on a tour of my house with my dad. My dad is fascinated by them (being wizards) and Sirius and James are fascinated by my dad (a muggle).
It's rather funny, every now and then I hear James or Sirius shouting "Wow!" or "Without magic?"
I don't know what to do about James, not sure whether I should tell him about Asteria. I don't want him to die, but I don't think he's in love with me.
They're finally finished with their tour, James has decided that he wants a toaster to take back to Hogwarts; so I reminded him about the fact that electrical appliances don't work there. Geez, has anyone except me ever read Hogwarts; a history?
What are you going on about Lils?
How no one has ever read Hogwarts; a history, apart from me.
That is true Lily, because no one can actually be bothered, apart from you.
Shut up Sirius. Oh my god, tomorrow is Christmas!
Yay! Presents!
That's all he ever thinks about Lils.
Ha! I have to say I'm not surprised.
Hey!
It's true Padfoot; you are very predictable.
Shut up Prongs.
What's with those nicknames?
Don't worry Lils.
No, I want to know, please tell me.
Well, ok, if you promise not to get mad.
I won't.
When we were in third year, we made a discovery.
A discovery that would change our lives forever.
Shut up Sirius, this is not one of those corny love stories you read.
Anyway…
Anyway, you know how Remus disappears once a month?
You know too?
Yeah, we're his best friends; of course we know… how do you know?
In third year I caught him sneaking out of the Shrieking Shack, his robes were all torn, and then I interrogated him, and eventually he told me.
Does Ellie know?
No, I don't think so, but she'll figure it out soon; in fact I'm surprised she hasn't already.
On with the story. We didn't feel right letting him go out there and suffer on his own…
Oh, sentiment!
Don't be sarcastic; this is a very good story, all about me.
No, it's not.
So we decided to help him, we would go out with him every month…
You could get killed? Are you crazy?
…In the form of animals.
We are animagi. Illegal animagi.
What if you get caught?
We won't.
Okay, but what does this have to do with the nicknames?
I transform into a stag, prongs. Sirius a dog, Padfoot. Remus is already a werewolf, Moony. And Peter a rat, Wormtail.
Can I see?
Okay.
…
Wow. I've never seen a transformation before.
Really? I'm so tired.
It's getting late.
I'm going to go to bed.
Me too. Night Sirius.
Night.
Don't disturb my parents.
I won't.
Christmas day. 9pm.
I'm not going to write much for today, because I want to go downstairs and finish celebrating Christmas. It was a beautiful sunny day; not a cloud in the sky.
James gave me a gorgeous charm bracelet and some beautiful emerald earrings. Sirius gave me a napkin saying 'I owe you one present.'
I gave James a broom maintenance kit, and a gift voucher for Zonko's and Honeydukes. I gave Sirius a voucher for Zonko's and Honeydukes.
My parents gave me some good presents. One hundred pounds, which I can transfer at Gringott's and some clothes, which are really nice. As usual, Petunia didn't really give me anything, except a sock, which didn't even belong to her; it was my sock. So I just said, 'Thanks for giving me my sock.'
And she just rolled her eyes and called me a freak. I'm used to it; it doesn't affect me anymore.
That's all I'm going to write today, I'll write more tomorrow, I have to go downstairs now because I have to make sure that James and Sirius are not conjuring up fireworks to impress my parents.
Boxing Day, 11 am.
Yesterday was such a good day, today not so much. It's raining. Sirius has gone out with my cousin, he's 'sight-seeing' even though he's supposed to be with Emma.
James and I are sitting on the porch; his arm is around me as I write this. He's watching a little boy riding a new bike, completely fascinated.
Diarecordium Spell.
"So the wheel thing turns as the boy pushes the petals…"
"No, the pedals."
"The pedals, and therefore the bike moves? Ingenious, muggles are amazing the
way they have acclimatized to not having magic."
"Not really, because they didn't have it in the first place."
"Oh yeah." James said. There was silence, until he leant down and kissed Lily on the lips.
"Can I tell you a secret Lily?" he said when they broke apart,
"What?"
"I love you." He said, Lily looked shocked,
"The curse." She gasped,
"What curse?"
"Nothing." She said, standing up.
"No, it obviosly isn't nothing, you mentioned it before, when we were drunk. What is this?"
"Nothing. There's no curse." Lily walked back into the house, with James behind her.
"Tell me." he said, pulling her down onto the couch.
"Hey look, the crickets on." She said, avoiding the topic as she pressed a button and
the television turned on,
"What the hell is cricket?" James shouted, "Don't change the subject, tell me."
"Fine!" Lily yelled, "It's called Asteria. It is a curse, and if you are truly in love with me then it will kill you!"
James said nothing.
"Look, I don't think this is gonna work anyway, it's over James!" Lily screamed; she was now on her feet. . James got up from the couch and walked out of the room.
Five minutes later he came back down, with his suitcase, and Sirius'.
"Curses aren't real if you don't believe in them Lily." He said, before walking out the door.
Diarecordium Spell Terminated.
a/n: hope you liked this chappy, I like the ending. Haha, I'm so evoool, I've been told many times.
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